I had the misfortune of being stalked by Lockhart, but I did not worry about that as much as Dumbledore constantly trying to get me alone with the idiot. I had my suspicions that Lockhart was a pedophile, so I spread the word that no one should be alone with him. If he gives you detention, skip it or make other arrangements with your Head of House. One day I found Millicent Bulstrode walking from the DADA class. She looked dazed but what caught my attention was that her robe was ruffled and tied wrong. Millicent also had a slight limp. I stopped and stared at Millicent in horror. I grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into an unused classroom.
"Alright Bulstrode, be honest. Did you have detention with Lockhart?" I asked
She nodded. "But I can't for the life of me remember what happened?"
I closed my eyes for a second then saw Millicent begin to cry.
"Why am I crying? What's wrong with me?" Millicent asked rubbing at her eyes
I pulled her into a hug before taking her to Madame Pomphrey. We sat on the bed together once Millicent was scanned and Madame Pomphrey went to get Professor Snape. I knew that Millicent had been violated and Millicent realized it too as she began to cry. I hugged and just stayed there. I had a bad feeling that Dumbledore was not going to do anything. Professor McGonagall, Snape, and the Headmaster came in but Dumbledore was determined to keep everything under the rug.
"This would have nothing to do with the fact that she is a Slytherin and you simply don't care enough about such students, would it Headmaster?" I asked as Millicent stared at Dumbledore realizing she was going to have to stay around Lockhart
"I resent that insinuation, my dear, but my hands are merely tied in this case. The evidence is circumstantial at best and Miss Bulstrode does not remember any wrong doing occurring. There is simply no point in sending for the Aurors and possibly ruining a man's life over no evidence." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye
"I want you to remember, Headmaster. I want you to remember this moment when I gave you a chance to do your duty to this school and the students in her. I gave you the only chance you would receive in this instance. You get rid of the bastard or I will." I said coldly
"I fear, my dear, that threatening me will not be tolerated. I believe three weeks of detention every night with Mr. Lockhart shall suffice." Dumbledore said smugly before walking out as Professor Snape and McGonagall starred after him in shock
"Potter, what have you done?" Millicent said horrified
"Joined the battle front. Dumbledore did this to himself. Millicent, I want you to spread your story and what happened here through Slytherin and to any allies that you may have outside of it. It needs to be done tonight." I said
"What are you going to do?" Millicent asked
"As I told the Headmaster, Lockhart has to go." I said before leaving the Infirmary
I apparently had detention with Lockhart tonight.
"Sally." I called to my house elf
"Yes, Miss." she said
"I am assuming you saw all of that."
"I did, Miss."
"Could you tell the Shadowed Unity as well as Lord Malfoy about the issue? I fear the Headmaster will have mail redirect wards up against me."
"Of course, Miss."
Sally popped away to do as ordered. I went to my classes as normal while I avoided DADA. Word began to spread after a few days that I was boycotting DADA until Lockhart was removed. By now, the story of Millicent Bulstrode had spread through out the school. Lockhart's fan base plummeted. I still attended the detentions that everyone knew Dumbledore gave me for standing up for Millicent and it made everyone mad at the Headmaster. Dumbledore didn't like that. Lockhart was heavily pranked day in and day out. He was very vain so that was where the Unity struck the hardest and the easiest. I began hearing the whispers in the walls. I knew that the basilisk had been freed. There was little I could do about that until the petrification had begun. I was coming back from Sir Nicholas Death Day party around the middle of the Halloween feast. I joined my group of friends to eat my fill to avoid getting trapped in the halls. When everyone was heading to their dorms, I made sure to be in the middle to avoid suspicion. I moved towards the back when Mrs. Norris was found but I came prepared to help Filch. I remembered that he attacked the first person he saw in the books. Filch wasn't a complete bad guy to have on your side.
Flashback
It was the first snowfall last year. I had tracked in mud from the snow after collecting potion ingredients from the Forbidden Forest. I saw the mess and Filch about to make a fuss but I pulled out a potion I had invented and poured it over the mess. It dried up and disappeared.
"You can have it. It works on most messes." I said before seeing Mrs. Norris
I love cats especially kneazles so I scratched behind her ear and she purred. Filch began to ask about the potion and I had been dying to ask him.
"Why do you stay if this job makes you so unhappy?" I asked
"I'm a squib." Filch said
"So? Did you never study anything else? The muggle world has improved by leaps and bounds since the last time you've probably been there. I can also understand if you could never give up being around magic. I know I never could." I suggested
Filch led me back to his office and showed me his rejection letters. I shook my head.
"One of things I hate, no sense of helping your fellow man. You know there are many fields of study that require little to no magic. You know that most potions require minimal amount of magic, same for runes. You could study magical creatures and specialize in the small creatures. You could study history and teach it. That needs no magic. You are squib, Mr. Filch. There is no denying that truth but you are not a muggle. You have some ounce of magic in you, of that I have little doubt. Given how long you have been to Hogwarts, I wouldn't be surprise if your magical core is bit bigger than you think. Of course if you wish to try anything I am willing to be of some assistance." I offered with a smile
Filch looked like someone gave him the best Christmas gift.
Flashback End
I made my way to the front and stopped Filch from attacking what looked like Ronald Weasley.
"Mr. Filch, please calm down. You know Miss Norris doesn't like it when you get upset." I said distracting him as Draco levitated the kneazle down so that I could look at her
"We should get her to Madame Pomphrey." Hermione said
We turned to leave and walked pass Dumbledore before he could stop them. The Professors followed us and Mr. Filch. The moment we came in Madame Pomphrey saw the problem but was trying to be polite when she had to turn us away.
"I know you are not a vet, Madame Pomphrey, but could we possibly borrow one of your beds for the night?" I asked acting like I didn't already know what was wrong with Miss Norris
"Of course, dear." Madame Pomphrey said
Dumbledore came in with Lockhart and the same scene from the movie played out right in front of us.
"Unfortunately Mr. Filch it will be some time before we can get some mandrake potion. They are still growing in the greenhouse I'm afraid." Dumbledore said patronizingly patting Filch's shoulder
I loved taking the air out of Dumbledore's sails. I began digging in my expandable pouch for the potion. Everyone looked at me as I pretended to search for the potion before I pulled it out. I gave the potion to Professor Snape.
"Will this work?" I asked
Professor Snape stared at the potion for a minute before smelling it as well and deemed it perfect.
"I always have all kinds of potions on me. You never can practice enough on certain studies." I said as Dumbledore almost glared at me before catching himself
"The kneazle shall be fine in an hour or so." Professor Snape said
Filch hugged me as my friends and I excused ourselves.
"Any idea what could petrify the kneazle that scares most students in Hogwarts?" Draco asked
"We research that as well as keeping up with the boycott and making Lockhart quit." I said before we separated and went to bed for the night
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Reborn as Hadrianna Potter
FanfictionI was 19 when I died. I was beaten and had extensive internal bleeding and all I could do was be made comfortable and wait for death. I was abused by my parents and in the end killed by them. Borderline genius because all I did was read and think al...
