𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔 (𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐 𝑹𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒙 𝒐𝒄)

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐗𝐈𝐗 - 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒

𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒗:

After finding that prophet, I went upstairs to my dorm.

I opened the door and went in, closing it behind me.

Pansy and Astoria were both sitting in Pansy's bed, reading a newspaper together.

Of course they've seen it.

Everyone has probably seen it by now.

"Hey, I'm back." I say.

"Girl- Have you seen the prophet about you?" Pansy asks.

"Part of it." I say.

"Your father is in Azkaban?" Astoria asks, shocked.

"Surprise! He is." I say, laying down on my bed and putting my face on the pillow, my back facing the ceiling.

"For murder?" she asks.

"Surprise! He murdered someone, and I don't know who." I say.

"And for abuse?" she asks.

"Surprise! Me and Theodore." I say.

"Wait what?" she asks.

I didn't answer nor moved from my position.

"And also rape?" she asks.

"Surprise! That one was me." I say.

I think it was already time to tell her, since I've told Pansy. I've been thinking of telling her, I just didn't know how. I guess this was just a random moment that I could say it, so I did, out of the nowhere.

"What...?" she asks quietly.

"Yeah." I say, finally sitting up straight.

I looked at her and she was looking at me with a look of disbelief and trying to understand if it was true or not.

"I have no reason to fake it." I say.

"Are you serious?" she asks, pity coming on her face and voice.

"Uhum. I've told Pansy, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I just didn't know how." I say, looking down at my hands.

"Oh my god." she says.

After a few seconds of silence I looked up at her and she was frozen, looking at me in shock.

"It's fine. Really. I don't need you to pity me as well." I say.

"I- I don't know what to say... I'm so sorry." she says.

"Yeah. Thanks. I just wanted to tell you, can we forget it now?" I ask.

"It's better if you don't talk about it." Pansy says to Astoria.

Thank god. I couldn't stand opening up and telling someone else every single detail again. I wasn't in the mood to cry now. I was more worried about the tournament than about any of it.

The tournament.

I'm going to die.

I almost forgot about it.

"You girls, I'm going to die." I say.

"What?" Pansy asks confused.

"The tournament. What do I do?" I ask, getting up.

"Don't think too much about it. It'll be fine." Astoria says.

"Yeah, you won't die." Pansy agrees.

"No, you don't understand. I'm not prepared. I'm not that strong- I'm not that good in spells and shit. I don't know any serious spells that I could use. I mean, I don't even know what the tasks are like, I don't know what I'll have to do." I say, pacing around the room.