Chapter 71: The Missing Muggleborns

                                    

                                          
*CW: Extreme Violence & Gore*
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Dear Dawn,
Good luck at your quidditch match today, bring home the Quidditch Cup, would ya? Also, tell Ron and Ginny that I'm wishing them best of luck as well. I'm sad to hear that Harry isn't playing, but what can I say? He's Jame's kid, and boy were he and Sirius always getting themselves into unnecessary trouble.
No new updates on order business, so I'm not going to focus on that in this letter. I know that you're not looking forward to this summer, but I've got a surprise for you that you just might like. I'll explain it more once you've finished with school because it's still in the works. 
Sincerely, Remus.
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Dear Remus,
You can't just sit here and tell me that you have a surprise for me, and then not tell me what it is! The whole point of a surprise is to not expect it, and now I'm expecting it! But whatever it is, I'm looking forward to seeing it. 
No order updates is a bit concerning, but at the same time, good because then Voldemort isn't causing any trouble. Let's just hope that it stays that way, maybe he and his deatheaters can go so far underground that they never come back up. That'd be the dream.
Also, I'll tell Ron and Ginny that you've wished them luck. I hope that we win today, we've worked so hard all year long. I swear, Gryffindor has bad luck with quidditch, something always happens during our matches, so I'm hoping for a normal match this evening where we take home the Quidditch Cup!
Take Care, Dawn.
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May 10th, 1997
"YOU GOT RID OF THE BOOK?" I exclaimed.
Harry nodded slowly as he continued to brush his hair out, "Yeah... I put it in the Room of Requirement like a week ago. Why do you need it?"
Why did I need it? WHY DID I NEED IT? I needed that spell, whatever spell Harry used on Draco. I needed to learn it for my protection this summer. I needed it so I had a chance at maybe passing Potions this year. There were many reasons why I needed the book, and now Harry placed it in the Room of Requirement, where I would never find it.
"I needed it to pass Potions." I said quickly, which was only a half-lie.
"What made my Potions book so different from yours?" Harry asked through a yawn.
I tried to sneak into the boy's dormitory at six o'clock in the morning, solely because I thought everyone would be asleep, and I could have stolen the book that way. But it was also the day of our last quidditch match, so Harry was already awake when I had tried to break in.
"It says different instructions, the ones you've been giving to us all year." I explained.
"The regular textbooks give good instructions too, Dawn," Harry assured, "And if you're failing Potions, why didn't you ask any of us for help?"
"It's not about whether or not I'm making the Potions correctly," I scoffed, "Slughorn has some sort of grudge against me, and grades me too harshly because of it. My essay of cheese-based potions was perfect, 'Mione said so, and he gave me an "exceeds expectations"... THAT ESSAY DESERVED AN OUTSTANDING!"