43 Ch.43 Trust issues

Hey guys, Merry Christmas to all. I just have to inform you that from the next two or three chapter two small arc's will be there.

1st Would be the Christmas arch, here will like the music recording Tv deals and network rights and stuff, this arc will heavily involve Daphne and Jon and kind of building there side of the story.

The 2nd one will be about the summer break, and it will be a little reminiscent of the old ff but minus Alyssa and others, there will be a concert tour and also meeting with the uncle chapter. That will allow us to develop the books that were left behind by Grindlewald.

And also from the third year I will update the current auxiliary chapters for the new pictures of Mc, the Oc and some additional characters. I'll also try and make the mc sound a bit more British. I know that it was kind of an oversight on my part but I was new to writing when I started this.

And lastly thank you all you guys for reading and showing support to this book.

Thank you

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In the headmasters office four individuals were present to deal with a troublesome student. The air was palpable with tension. Why was it so? The troublesome student in question was me, Jon who in the past few hours had broken dozens of school rules but I had good reason to do so. I want to talk my case but these two standing beside me like vultures are making me swallow my words even before I could utter them.

I was tapping the arm of the chair with my finger nails in anticipation as to what would happen to me. "Stop." A cold voice rang from my left side it was Snape. I stopped the tapping, and cleared my throat "No candy to eat this time…" I felt the glare coming from the two on my sides. 

"I have cherry lemmon?" the headmaster offered and I took one and ate. "Can you tell us Jon why were you there?" Professor McGonnagal finally broke her silence. I was about to say something but Snape quickly uttered in a cold tone. "And don't leave out a single… detail, Mr. House."

I looked at the two and said, "I think I would be able to speak my case better if you two would ease up with the staring" 

McGonagal came around and looked at me and asked, "It's not a joke, Jon. You could have been in real danger."

Snape said, "It seems… he's becoming stupider as the years pass him by."

I sighed and Dumbledore chuckled at my predicament and said, "Perhaps it would be better if we both talked in private." Both of them looked at him in disbelief but he nodded at them they left the room reluctantly. I sighed in relief and said, "Thank you sir."

He just chuckled and asked, "Now, that they are gone. Can I ask, why you decided to endanger your life by going to the chamber… and how did you even find it?"

He stared down at me and I gulped down the pool of saliva and said, "Well, there were a few reasons as to why I did go there." I took out the diary and showed it to him, he looked curious and took the diary in his hand and was inspecting it and I said, "It's my father's…" He looked up at me in astonishment and I continued, "I found it where the entrance to the chambers are… I found it and I analysed it because it didn't feel right.

The diary told whose it was or rather what it was. And that's when I got suspicious of it. Most of the attacks happened around the girls bathroom and even those that didn't. You could find water, and then the diary was there so I searched the lavatory and I found the slytherin embelem on one of the faucets and I believe you know the rest."

He hummed and groomed his beard and after a moment said, "I understand but you could understand how it could have went differently your life could have come to an end today."

I sighed and said, "It could have… but I couldn't stand by and do nothing… the next victim might not have been so lucky as to just get petrified."

He hummed and asked, "So what did you do the monster?"

I wry smile curled up on my face and I said, "It's still there." His eyes widened but I quickly said, "But not to worry… it won't kill again. I want to get it out of there. It's not a good place for it." 

He sighed in relief and then asked, "I believe you are quite shocked by the revelations that had happened today?"

I nodded and rubbed the back of my head and said, "Yeah, but… I don't think I'm all that shaken by it." He looked intruded and I continued "Yeah, I have some very very bad lineage. My great uncle is a dark lord, my father is a piece of garbage but I'm also my mother's son… and I think I'll be fine."

He looked happy and leaned back on his golden throne and said, "I had hoped you'd say that… even when there is abysmal shadow such your father and him, you still walk the right path shined my your mother and your friends." He leaned closer and said, "I'm proud of you, Jon."

I smiled but then a worry expression held me and I asked, "What will happen now? I don't think people will believe me, I think that they might even accuse me as the perpetrator."

He smiled and said, "You won't have to worry about it… I'll take care of the rest." He then stood up and said, "Now, let's talk about rewards… hmm?"

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I was sleeping in my bed after that whole ordeal, I was sure that I wasn't going to be caught, the bastard managed to do it for so long but not me ,apparently Ginny told McGonagal about what happened after getting grilled about it by Hermione… she sure is a busy body. I slept through the whole day and was a bit surprised that no one came to check up on me. I groggily looked at the time and it was 3. The classes must be over by now, but it wasn't, a problem I was told to take the day off as I had saved the school all by me self.

I got up and yawned and stretched, I wasn't used to sleeping in. I must say feels quite nice actually. I went ahead and got ready and got dressed in the school uniform. I went out of my room and I saw Ted in the common room but as soon as he saw me, he threw me an annoying look and just walked out of there which was odd.

I saw my friends but all seemed to ignore me for some reason or another. Tracey, Astoria, Luna but I think she might just be in her own thoughts or something, Ted, Hermione, Daphne and even Tori. I don't exactly know what happened but I am sure it has something to do with what I did. But Dumbledore didn't say anything that could point toward me.

I was in the library and I was looking for someone anyone that could tell me why they have been acting so strange and I got one. I saw Daphne she was walking towards a shelf to get a book. I waited for the opportunity for her to pass by I hid behind the shelf and waited. As soon as she did I grabbed her hand and pulled her in and a small yelp escaped her mouth before I put my hand on her hand.

She saw that it was me and clearly she looked enraged. I shushed her, but before I could get a word in she kicked me in my shin and and I grunted in pain and said, "Calm down, I want to talk."

She grumbled and I removed my hand from her mouth and she said, "How dare you?"

I crunched my eyebrows and said, "How dare you? Really?" She grumbled and squinted and I asked, "Who says that? You're not getting mugged."

She scoffed and said, "I thought I was… I thought you were some hooligan."

I chuckled and said, "You thought I was Draco? He doesn't have the guts to touch you."

She faked a smile and then again kicked me in the shin, I grunted and said, "Will you stop that? I know it looks like it doesn't hurt but it does."

She crossed her arms and said, "That's why I did it." She tried to go but I grabbed her by the arm and pinned her to the self and said, "No one is talking to me… why?"

She looked closely in my eyes and said, "So you don't know what you did?"

I had a bad feeling about it and said, "But Dumbledore said he wouldn't say my name!"

She widened her eyes and said, "Ah, ha, I knew it!'

"QUIET!" The librarian shouted.

 I looked at her and said, "So you guys didn't know?"

She looked at me and said, "We knew that you had to be involved, Dumbledore announces that chamber's been found and the monster is dealt with and surprisingly you don't show up to class and Snape of all people says that you are "under the weather"… so we decided to ignore you so that you fess up what you did."

I looked deeply into her eyes and was actually surprised, "That's… pretty vicious of you guys."

She scoffed and said, "Don't give them the credit, all my plan." I looked at her and hummed. She tried to leave again but my hands were still holding her hands tightly and she grunted and demanded, "Let me go."

I shook my head and said, "Let me at least tell you why I did… what I did."

She shook her head and said, "Not interested." She looked at me with a troubled expression and I could see tears pooling in her eyes "You promised us, that you wouldn't do something like this again…" I sighed and let go of her hands "Last year you said, it was because you didn't have time… what's the excuse now Jon? You say that you trust us, you ask us to trust you… but then you go head first into the danger, every single time… you don't want trust, you just want control." She walked away from me with tears dropping down her face

And I just stood there with her voice ringing in my ears like the trumpets of armageddon. I might be more like him than I had imagined.