Hogwarts Diary: Snape Goes Crazy

Chapter 185: Chapter 184 — You Saved Her!

# Chapter 184 — You Saved Her!

In any case, riding on a phoenix felt wonderful.

Almost in an instant, they were back on the ground, arriving in Myrtle’s bathroom.

”Well? Where’s your sister? Is she dead?”

Myrtle asked eagerly.

Under Harry’s furious glare, she shrank back a little and said sheepishly, ”Actually, if she became a ghost like me, I think I’d quite like her company. I could even invite her to share a toilet with me...”

Harry’s anger turned into helplessness.

Why bother getting angry with someone like her?

He sighed and, together with Ron, dragged Lockhart towards Dumbledore’s office.

”Where are you taking me?” Lockhart asked blankly.

”Somewhere nice. A place where you’ll be especially happy!” Ron replied with an evil grin.

Before long, they followed Fawkes to Dumbledore’s office.

Harry and Ron stopped outside the door. Their bodies were covered in mud and blood, and they weren’t sure whether they should enter in such a state.

”Ginny!”

Mrs Weasley’s voice rang out.

Only then did Harry realise that Mr and Mrs Weasley were there, along with Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, and several others.

Almost everyone was present.

Mrs Weasley rushed forward and threw her arms around Ginny, bursting into tears.

”You saved her!”

She then hurried over and embraced Harry and Ron as well.

Harry quickly shook his head.

”It was all Vesey’s doing. We only helped a little...”

Mrs Weasley shook her head.

”I know, but you went down there too, didn’t you? You didn’t have to risk your lives, but you did. That makes you Ginny’s saviours too!”

She hugged them tightly.

Then she raised her head and began looking around, apparently searching for Vesey.

After looking everywhere without finding her, she turned pale.

”Where’s Vesey? Where is she?”

Professor McGonagall and the others also looked at Harry and Ron in alarm.

Harry’s eyes reddened.

He took several breaths before managing to speak.

”Vesey is injured. Very seriously... I thought she was dead...”

Professor McGonagall gasped.

Professor Flitwick rubbed his eyes.

Mrs Weasley pulled the boys into another embrace and began crying again.

”How could this happen? How could this happen?”

”All right, let Harry and the others explain what happened. I’m confused about the situation myself,” Dumbledore said solemnly.

Harry and Ron then recounted everything that had happened over the course of the year.

”So, we didn’t really do much. Most of it was Vesey’s doing...”

Harry placed the Sorting Hat and the other items on Dumbledore’s desk.

He explained how they had discovered the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and how they had encountered Lockhart trying to escape along the way.

”So, you took him with you...” Professor McGonagall said helplessly. ”I must point out that you violated more than a hundred school rules!”

She had thought that entering the Chamber to rescue Ginny was the only rule-breaking they had done. She hadn’t expected that the boys had been breaking rules throughout the entire year.

Harry felt a little guilty.

But Professor McGonagall smiled at him again.

”Never mind. I won’t deduct any points from you!”

Harry finally managed a small smile.

He continued his explanation, describing Tom Riddle and Ginny’s involvement.

Then he spoke softly.

”Vesey said that even if she died, she would forgive Ginny. I respect her decision, so I’ve forgiven Ginny too. I hope she won’t be expelled!”

Mr Weasley looked at Ginny in surprise.

”Didn’t I tell you that if you couldn’t see where that thing’s mind was, you shouldn’t believe a word it said?”

”I... I thought it was just an ordinary book. It was in a pile of second-hand books, so I thought there was nothing unusual about it...”

Ginny sobbed.

”All right,” Dumbledore said gently. ”I think Ginny needs treatment and a good night’s sleep. This incident wasn’t really her fault.

”Just as Vesey said, very few people could have resisted something like that. Ginny is only a child.

” Voldemort has deceived and corrupted so many wise and powerful wizards. You should be grateful that Ginny survived!”

He came out from behind his desk and smiled kindly at Ginny.

”How about a cup of hot milk? Perhaps a slice of chocolate cake? After such a frightening experience, you need something to soothe your nerves. Let’s go to the hospital wing.

”You can visit Vesey there, and perhaps you’ll see Madam Pomfrey administering the antidote. The other victims should recover soon as well.”

”So Hermione will wake up soon too?”

Harry and Ron looked at him in surprise.

Dumbledore nodded.

”That’s right. In other words, apart from Vesey’s injuries, no one has suffered any lasting harm.

”You can try to earn the forgiveness of those affected. Vesey has already forgiven you, so, my dear child, you should stop blaming yourself.”

He gently patted Ginny on the shoulder.

His bright blue eyes shone with a warm smile.

Mrs Weasley led Ginny out, followed by Mr Weasley, who looked thoroughly dejected.

He clearly felt that he had failed to educate his children properly.

Dumbledore watched them leave before turning to Professor McGonagall.

”I think an incident like this is all the more reason to hold a celebration.

”Of course, we should also inform everyone about what happened and explain how to prevent and deal with such situations in the future. Could you please notify the kitchens?”

Professor McGonagall wiped her eyes.

”Of course, of course. But poor Vesey won’t be able to attend.”

She left through the office door.

Professor Flitwick and the others realised that Dumbledore probably had something to discuss with Harry and Ron, so they soon departed as well.

That left only Harry, Ron, and Lockhart.

The two boys looked at Dumbledore, wondering what he intended to say.

Dumbledore looked at them and chuckled.

”I seem to remember telling you that if you broke the school rules again, I would expel you!”

Harry and Ron knew exactly what he meant.

Dumbledore had said those words after they had flown the enchanted car to Hogwarts on the first day of the school year.

And now...

Ron’s eyes widened in horror.

But Dumbledore was still smiling.

”Of course, this also means that even the best of us sometimes have to go back on our word.”

Harry and Ron breathed a huge sigh of relief.

For a moment, they had thought they were really going to be expelled!

”Now, let me see. You and Vesey have earned the Special Award for Services to the School. Each of you will receive two hundred points for your respective Houses!”

Ron immediately turned as red as Lockhart’s robes.

He was so excited that he could barely speak.

Even after Snape had deducted so many points from Gryffindor throughout the year, adding the points awarded to Harry and Ron still left Gryffindor twenty points ahead of Slytherin, even after Vesey’s two hundred points had been added to Slytherin’s total.

In other words, could Gryffindor finally win the House Cup?

And yet, for some reason, both boys had a strange feeling that Gryffindor still wouldn’t win the House Cup outright this year.

They simply couldn’t figure out where that intuition came from.

Perhaps they were overthinking things?