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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 268: Where were you?
"Can you pass me the sausages?"
"Sure… ehmm… Ahh!" Neville almost dropped the plate on top of Ron when he saw Harry standing so close to him. For the past two days, he had been having nightmares about that night. He would find himself being chased by those masked men and werewolves, then… Harry would appear, along with all those white golems, and they would kill everyone… there was always so much blood…
"Neville, you look a bit pale, are you okay?" Harry asked. He was somewhat worried about the boy. He knew that his sister and the others were a bit more used to dangerous situations, but Neville had lived some fairly peaceful three years of school. Other than that one time he almost got killed by spiders.
"I… I'm fine…" Neville took a deep breath and recovered a bit.
"Oi, be careful! Don't drop the plate on top of my head," Ron complained.
"Sorry!" He quickly apologized and passed the plate to Harry.
Harry sat down and began serving food on his plate.
"Ah… I missed this."
He noticed the stares of Lyra and Ginny. They were obviously wondering where he had been for the past two days but were familiar enough with him to know they were not going to get a straight answer if they asked here.
"Harry, where have you been? You missed the final Charms test!" Hermione leaned forward.
"I had a lot of diarrhea," Harry answered while taking a bite.
"Ew…" Lavender said.
"Too much information…" Parvati added.
"Ah…" Hermione moved a bit further away from him before looking at his plate.
"Then I don't think you should be eating fried sausages and… fried eggs…"
Harry moved his eyes away from his plate and scanned the other side of the Great Hall, where the Slytherin table was placed.
He was looking for one particular student, but no matter how much he stared at the Slytherin students, he could not find her there.
As breakfast ended and the students started to leave, Harry stood up.
He could feel his sister's piercing green eyes focused on him as he moved.
"I'll tell you later," he said to her before leaving.
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After taking another turn into a long corridor and making sure no one was around, Harry used his new favorite ability and became invisible.
His steps became silent, so there was no need for extra charms. He hurried his walking to catch up to a duo of Slytherin students and got closer to a particular blonde girl.
"Hey," he said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
Daphne reacted by pointing her wand behind her.
"Depulso!"
"Whoa!" Harry was not expecting that reaction, but he was still able to move his head away.
"Wait!" He turned his invisibility off and showed himself. "It's me, Harry!." Harry glanced back at the wall. There was a large chunk missing.
"Merlin! Were you trying to take my head off?"
"I already knew it was you," Daphne's light blue eyes met his. "Otherwise, I would have used a stunner."
Harry raised an eyebrow and glanced at the other girl who was standing next to Daphne with a smirk on her face. "She is mad at me?"
"How should I know?" Tracey told him. "But if she is, then you must have done something."
"That was some nice wandwork. I see you have gotten used to the holster," Harry told her.
"What do you need?" Daphne stored her wand.
"Well… I am looking for one of your classmates, but she seems to be missing. Do you know where Pansy is?" Harry asked.
"Oh by Merlin's balls, Potter! Daph is already angry and you come here to ask her about another girl?" Tracey snapped.
Daphne frowned. Once again, she did not know what he was planning, but she was sure that he wasn't looking for Pansy to ask her out.
"Wait…" She could only think of one reason for Harry to need that girl.
"Tracey." She turned to her friend. "I need to speak with Potter alone a bit. I'll see you later in class."
"Okay, you go kick his ass!" Tracey stuck her tongue out at Harry before leaving.
"How old is she again?" Harry asked.
"Come." Daphne dragged him into a nearby empty room and closed the door.
"Daphne, this is a broom closet…"
She then placed a privacy charm.
"Where have you been for the past two days?"
"Is that what got you angry? That I left without telling you?" Harry asked.
"After what happened, you disappeared for two days and no one knew where you were! How can you be like that?"
"I told the Headmaster I was leaving, and I'm sure he informed my mother. I didn't tell anyone else because… well, let's just say that time was of the essence." He tried to explain.
"You had time to visit Ginny at the infirmary," Daphne pointed out.
"Ah…" He now understood.
"I had to check on her. Ginny had been hit with a dark curse. I didn't visit anyone else because no one else was hurt that badly."
Daphne stood silent.
"I haven't told anyone what I have been doing for the past two days. But… I will tell you the details, and why I am looking for Pansy."
"You will?" Daphne was surprised by this. Harry was always so secretive about everything.
"Sure. Get yourself comfortable."
"We are in a broom closet…" Daphne reminded him.
There was barely any room for them to stand, much less to sit.
"Then you should have chosen a different room. This is going to take a while…"
"We have Potions class in ten minutes," Daphne said.
"Snape is not going to miss me," Harry shrugged. "Now, where do I start?... right, let's begin with my conversation with Fenrir."
"What do you mean by conversation? You barely talked to him. I was there, Harry."
"Oh, I meant the conversation we had after he died," Harry said.
Daphne stared at him.
"I guess we are going to skip Potions class then…"
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