Over the Edge
Chapter Three- False Accusing and True Confessions
Hermione spent the remainder of the day biting her fingernails and pacing around the dorm room. She had washed the blood away, but it was still engraved in her mind, she couldn't get it out of her brain. Hermione had a tendency to be delirious when studying so late, with growing exhaustion and a decreasing memory. It was a long shot, but also a possible one.
While everyone was getting prepared for bed, Hermione gave Harry a note, asking him to meet her in the common room after lights out. Lights out, that's where it all began. Along the day, Hermione found out some more details about the murder.
Colin died somewhere between midnight and three in the morning, the range of Harry returning to the tower and Hermione going to bed. Filch found him in the library, his throat had been slashed. There was no murder weapon, nothing, nothing was found. It could have been anyone, even Hermione.
She stood by the fire, waiting, like a stone statue. Hearing the click from a door upstairs, her eyes shot to the staircase where Harry came running down them.
" Are you alright?" he had a deep look of worry.
Hermione nodded, like she was afraid to do anything else, " if I tell you something, do you promise not to tell?".
The look deepened, " what? What is it?".
This was the one person, out of anyone, who she could trust. No matter what, but she still had to be sure. " Promise me".
" Yes, I promise".
She took a deep breath, " I think I know who killed Colin".
Now he looked scared, very scared, " w-who?".
" Me".
" What?" he sharply gasped.
" I think, I murdered him, I think there's a chance I may have when I was exhausted last night and...".
Harry gently grabbed her by the shoulders, " Hermione, listen to me, look at me. You did not kill anyone, okay? You did not murder Colin".
She began to tremble she was scared so much, " how? How do you know that?".
" Because, I did it".
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Foreshadowing for Chapter Four- What's Harry going to tell Hermione and how will she take it?