128 Welcome to Slytherin (2/2)

”You didn't step outside the house the whole day?” Draco asked again, raising his eyebrows.

”Yes, Master.”

Draco sighed, staying silent for a while he turned towards Dobby again, ”Dobby you wouldn't lie to me right?”

”Master gave me freedom and have taken care of me since forever.” Dobby said looking a bit taken back, ”I'd rather end my life than betray you, Master.”

Draco nodded, ”Go and help Kreacher.” he said with a cold voice.

Dobby still confused, nodded and left, wondering if he did something wrong.

Draco laid back a little massaging his temples, wondering what was going on. He wasn't that reliant on Dobby but he trusted the house-elf enough to know that it wouldn't lie to him, no matter what. Especially Dobby who was easy to read didn't seem that suspicious to Draco.

'Who could it be?' Draco thought to himself, according to the information collected by Snape, there wasn't any suspicious activity happening around London so the chances of Ryan being behind it was very low and again considering the first target of the passage wasn't Draco but Harry and Ron made the situation even weirder and confusing.

After the supply was collected, Draco took it back inside the suitcase and arrived inside Hogwarts again. He looked at Theodore who was still asleep as he laid back in his bed wondering what he was going to do.

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The next day, Draco, Theodore, Daphne, and Pansy went to eat breakfast in the Great Hall. Ginny was nowhere to be seen so were her brothers who weren't at the table along with Harry. The four long house tables were laden with tureens of porridge, plates of kippers, mountains of toast, and dishes of eggs and bacon, beneath the enchanted ceiling (today, a dull, cloudy gray). Hermione came toward the Slytherin table and greeted them ”Good morning.”

”So where are the Weasley's and Potter's?” Theodore asked looking back at the Gryffindor table and at Hermione, everyone was clear from his voice that Theodore didn't like the Weasley's.

”Ron said they were going to talk to their sister and convince her to leave Hogwarts.” Hermione said sighing, ”With Ron's hatred for Slytherin, his reaction wasn't surprising at all but I am more concerned for Ginny.”

”Hmph! It's not like we Slytherin's like the Weasley's.” Pansy snorted. ”Besides, do we really have to talk about her, when her staying at Hogwarts had nothing to do with us.”

”But it is really sad.” Daphne said, ”I wanted to see what kind of new drama would the Weasley's brew knowing that their sister is in Slytherin. Too bad, it looks like the girl can't even follow her fate.”

”It's just like Draco said, the hat ruins everything and everyone.” Hermione said. She was now beginning to realize how bad these weird tradition of Hogwarts which seemed to really affect everyone was. From her perspective, if Draco was in any other house, they could have all been friends without fighting each other and now Ginny, who was now put in this weird predicament was all due to the sorting hat.

”It's not the Hat's fault's actually,” Draco said. ”While I indeed still believe in what I said before, but I have come to realize that all the houses are what you make of it. For years, Slytherin has been known to be creepy and full of Dark Wizards, but the school never removed Slytherin from being one of the houses since all of the principals knew that, this all had nothing to do with being a Slytherin at all but rather the student's own bad choices.”

All of them turned silent listening to Draco as he turned his head towards Hermione, ”So aren't you going to help her?”