𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈. two for one deal

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─── chapter thirteen.
❛ TWO FOR ONE DEAL ❜

❝ SHOCKING BUSINESS — shocking

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SHOCKING BUSINESS — shocking... miracle none of them died... never heard the like... by thunder, it was lucky you were there, snape... ❞

"thank you, minister."

"order of merlin, second class, i'd say. first class, if i can wangle it!"

"thank you very much indeed, minister."

"nasty cut you've got there... black's work, i suppose?"

"as a matter of fact, it was potter, walker, weasley, and granger, minister..."

"no!"

"black had bewitched them, i saw it immediately. a confundus charm, to judge by their behavior. they seemed to think there was a possibility he was innocent. they weren't responsible for their actions. on the other hand, their interference might have permitted black to escape... they obviously thought they were going to catch black single-handed. they've got away with a great deal before now... i'm afraid it's given them a rather high opinion of themselves... and of course potter has always been allowed an extraordinary amount of license by the headmaster — and walker's pitied for having an insane father, so most teachers let her get away with doing anything she likes — "

"ah, well, snape... harry potter, you know... we've all got a bit of a blind spot where he's concerned. as for emmeline walker, she's just a charming young girl — easy to like, you know."

"and yet — is it good for them to be given so much special treatment? personally, i try and treat them like any other students. and any other student would be suspended — at the very least — for leading their friends into such danger. consider, minister — against all school rules — after all the precautions put in place for his protection — out-of-bounds, at night, consorting with a werewolf and a murderer — and i have reason to believe he has been visiting hogsmeade illegally too —"

"well, well... we shall see, snape, we shall see... the boy has undoubtedly been foolish..."

emmeline could hardly open her eyes — she felt as though she could sleep for months on end, the way her entire body ached.

"what amazes me most is the behavior of the dementors... you've really no idea what made them retreat, snape?"

"no, minister... by the time i had come 'round they were heading back to their positions at the entrances..."

"extraordinary. and yet black, and harry, and the two girls —"

"all unconscious by the time i reached them. i bound and gagged black, naturally, conjured stretchers, and brought them all straight back to the castle."

there was a pause. emmeline, finally gaining enough strength, opened her eyes.

everything was dark. she was lying on a bed in the hospital wing. at the very end of the ward, emmeline could make out madam pomfrey with her back to her, bending over a bed. she could see ron's red hair from the bed.

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