Chapter 28 | The Drowning

                                    

                                          
"I do hope both of you have enjoyed the festivities nevertheless." Dumbledore queried staring at the two students sat before him in his office. They had just spent the last ten minutes explaining what had happened, taking out certain pieces of information. El and Harry were coming off a high of kissing each other at the shock of the woman in white making her return. Dumbledore had listened intently, trying to figure out what she could have meant. "Maybe it is a warning that whomever this he is that the entity speaks of, has gotten the necklace, if it is what she had led you to." El sunk into her chair as Harry rested his elbows on his knees. That necklace would have been in safer hands with her since it didn't affect her as bad, El thought to herself quietly. "What are the Ministry doing to recover it?" Harry asked tensely, sitting up in his chair. Dumbledore took a slight breath in, looking rather tense himself, "I do not have the answers to that as we speak. It got lost for seventy years before, I'm afraid it may be lost for that time again too." El sighed, rubbing her forehead stressfully, "Well whoever he is, we're now all in danger." Dumbledore looked at her over his glasses, "There is nothing that a fifteen year old can do. Leave it in the hands of the Ministry and if you get anymore messages off this entity, please do tell your father or Remus. I'd like to hope that they would pass that information onto myself." El nodded her head slowly, looking down to her feet. She felt truly helpless, and that wasn't something she was keen on feeling. "Please do have a relaxing Christmas holiday, the both of you. You can have it now that Sirius is a free man." El smiled to herself realising Dumbledore must have been in that meeting that her dad had told her about. Harry shot up in his seat in shock, looking at El for some sort of clarification as she was more casual than ever. "He told me this evening... through letter." El stuttered, realising she shouldn't tell Harry that Sirius had snuck into the castle in front of Dumbledore. "The truth is finally out and Peter is in Azkaban." He clapped his hands together as Harry's smile turned into a rather big one. "I can't wait to congratulate him." He beamed to himself but El was still lost in thought about who could have stolen the necklace and where it currently was. 
                          
Two days later. 
                          
The Hogwarts Express was packed with students excitedly returning home for the holidays. Harry and El were expecting Sirius to be waiting for them in his dog form when they hauled their luggage (on top of Newt's tree) off of the train but were met with piercing human eyes instead! El gasped at her dad smugly leaning up against the wall opposite them, smirking at the majority of the faces that were staring at him. The news had broke that he had been an innocent man for his whole time in Azkaban just yesterday in the papers, so El was sure that Sirius would be soaking up his newfound fame. 
                          
"Dad!" El shrieked, hauling all of her luggage off of the platform. He walked quickly up to her, taking some of her things. "Hello again. Good train ride?" He politely asked, motioning for the two of them to follow him to nearest available space. El nodded happily, as Harry followed suit after saying goodbye to Hermione who had ran off quickly to go see her parents who were waiting at the other end. The Weasley's and Jada had followed them, waiting for their own families. "Hi Sirius." Jada beamed confidently, smiling between El and Sirius. "Jada! Good to see you again." He politely greeted her as he put El's trunk down onto the floor. Jada smiled to herself, as her parents walked over just in time. "Mum! Dad!" She squealed as one very suited and booted man strode over, and a very fashionable tall woman followed closely behind. Mr and Mrs Monet. They hugged each other tightly, laughing slightly at Jada's excitement. Anya and Tony were Jada's very wealthy parents and treated her like their own. They had even taken El on holiday to the south of France two years ago, El's first ever holiday. "Oh, Elektra! My, we haven't seen you in quite some time. Look how much older you've gotten!" Anya opened her arms as El walked into them, politely hugging her back. Tony warmly nodded at El but his attention lay elsewhere...