Chapter 83: Mudblood and Pureblood

Chapter 83: Mudblood and Pureblood

The professors and prefects worked very hard to calm down the situation before it could go out of hand. Professors announced that a petrification charm has been used on a student maliciously and they will soon find the culprit and hand out proper punishment.

"Do you think what they are saying is right Hermione?" Pansy asked her friend while they were walking around the forbidden forest.

Since the girls begin to hang around with 'Luny' Luna, they have become familiar with the forbidden forest and many secret areas inside. Luna the little girl will always act as a guide and help them in finding little magical beasts that are generally 'shy' of humans.

"I am not sure but somehow I know it's a cover-up," Hermione replied.

"How?" Pansy asked questioningly. Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

"I read the politics book from the library when I was living in the manor. It gave many examples of when people try to cover up something and use these kinds of excuses.

As long as they cannot say who did it, what did it and why did it, it is a cover-up."

Hermione, the young sherlock said in a fashionable style. Somehow it looked like she was giving a speech to an audience.

"Cut it out! Drama Queen! You know you have changed so much ever since you became popular." Pansy complained.

"Well. You knowI was never really famous. Never ever. I scored the highest marks and always helped other students in their studies, but I never found real friends and you know I kinda... sorta have always been alone.

It was only here in Hogwartsthat I found all of you."

Hermione said while giving Pansy a smile.

"Fine Fine You had a sad life, but it is better than mine. If we will play 'whose life sucks,' then I will win every time by a huge margin." Pansy said before both girls started laughing and walked in another direction to find Luna.

Somehow all three of them had a weird, sad and difficult childhood. Each one, is worse than another. Maybe that is why broken people can find each other easily and bond better.

"Let me give you a mark to make you remember your origin. Your place. Your reality. Discerpens Carnem (Tearing Flesh Curse)," The voice spoke and used a dark curse to inflict unbearable pain on Hermione's hand.

Her flesh started cutting and peeling off like dried skin and blood started pouring out before the wound burned itself and wrote a string of words on her hand.

"MUDBLOOD"

It was written in blood with the dark magic on her hand and this was the only thing Hermione remembered before she passed out from the pain.

When Hermione opened her eyes, she found herself in the Infirmary and both Pansy and Neville were sitting on either side of her bed.

"She is awake," Neville noticed when Hermione opened her eyes and ran to bring Madam Poppy.

"Thank god you woke up," Pansy cried while hugging her dear friend.

She felt so miserable, so afraid and blamed herself for what happened to Hermione. She was hit by a 'Confundo', the confusion charm that made her abandon her friend and she became a victim of some pure blood freak. Luna is still crying in her dorm and refuses to let anyone come near her.

"Oh! Dear...Let me check..."Madam Poppy came with Neville and interrupted the two girls.

She used some charms to check Hermione's condition and then forced her to drink some potions. Throughout the whole thing, Neville didn't speak a word.

He was in deep thought about whatever happened with Hermione.

"You two need to leave after ten minutes. Only ten minutes," Madam poppy left the kids alone for ten minutes and then walked back to her desk.

Hermione kept looking at her right hand, the main hand she used and she could clearly read - MUDBLOOD, etched on her wrists. It was a sort of tattoo made of blood vessels.

Neville silently took out a handkerchief and tied it above Hermione's wrist without speaking anything. Even Pansy was silent.

"You both can talk, I will come again tomorrow," Neville finally spoke and then left without doing anything.