Over the Edge
Chapter Six- The Boy Who Killed
She went back to the common room. It took a moment, but she saw Harry and Gunny, by the same window as two nights before.
" Mind if I join you?" she grinned.
Ginny had a somewhat angry expression, seeing as she was alone with the guy of her dreams. " Usually you shut yourself away in a your own corner and snap at anyone who goes near you".
Hermione shrugged, " when something like this happens, it makes you think about what you're doing with your time". Harry looked over at Ginny, then glared at Hermione, only he knew what she really meant. " Where's Ron?".
" Dumbledore, they're starting at the end of the alphabet" Ginny said.
That meant Harry would go before Hermione. He had the chance to turn himself in before she would to lie. But it was easily seen, that he wasn't going to do it.
" I'm going to go get my Transfiguration book" Gunny left them alone.
The silence was more brutal for him. " What are you doing?".
She ignored him in that way, " what was our Potions homework?". But he wasn't giving in. She sighed, " you're a wreck, and I don't think you're safe alone".
" I'm not going to tell Ginny".
Even if he did, it wouldn't do much. After five years, she was still both quietly and madly in love with him. Who knows, maybe knowing he was a dangerous murderer would be an erotic turn on (A/N- does that sound familiar to anyone?). " Then why did you tell me?".
He paused, but sounded sure when he did answer. " Because I trust you". There was a chance he was lying, for the sake of her not telling. But it was something about the way he was looking at her. There was no trace of doubt in his eyes. Not like she had any to begin with.
" Trust what?" Ginny heard what he answered, luckily not what Hermione had asked.
The two looked down at their books. " Just, trusting Hermione, with everything" and he wasn't lying.
Before Ginny could pop another question, Professor McGogonagall entered the tower and the room dropped into dead silence. " Tomorrow, Saturday, the entire school will be going on a trip to the village of Hogsmeade for the weekend, with or without a permission slip".
Excitement grew rapidly around the common room. Though this was only happening because the staff wanted the students out of the school in attempts for clues on the murder. Hermione wondered about those clues. If Harry had a weapon, what did he do with it? He had the power to make things disappear, hopefully he used it.
" That's a little strange" Harry commented.
" Who cares, you're not going" Hermione said.
He arched an eyebrow, " I'm not?".
" Nope".
The conversation did not continue, Ginny was right there and Ron had just come back. " Bloody hell, they got mind tricks to make you talk, it's horrible".
It was only Ginny's turn to go, but Hermione could tell from the vibes that Harry was scared. There was no other word, he was scared.
She took her quill, using Harry's ink bottle and a ripped piece of parchment, she wrote:
What did you use to kill him?
He hesitated, but returned the note without being noticed:
A knife, I think Dobby gave it to me
He thought? How could he not remember? Maybe he had it for awhile.
Where is it?
One of the school owls got rid of it
And there was something else:
Why aren't we going to Hogsmeade?
Hermione smirked while scribbling on the parchment:
Because I'm not afraid
Foreshadowing Chapter Seven- There may be another murder before the Hogsmeade trip. Who's it going to be?