Chapter 120 – Amelia Bones! Part-3

    {Pomona Sprout''s Office, Hogwarts}

    {5th Oct 1991}

    {Amelia Bones POV}

    "Sorry about that, Pomona, family emergency." Amelia apologized, getting a concerned look from Pomona.Th.e? most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m

    "Do you need my help with anything?" Pomona immediately asked. They were both quite close, which was one of the reasons she was able to sneak into Hogwarts like this.

    "Yeah, don''t tell Albus that I''m here..." Amelia replied, getting a frown from the herbology professor, "...I''ll meet with him after, I promise."

    "...Alright," Pomona agreed after a moment.

    "Thanks!" Amelia smiled at her and then indicated to her door before she walked out. The main door was open as always, and Pomona was one of the few teachers in Hogwarts who had an open-door policy sans curfew.

    She walked out of the office and arrived at the Greenhouses. The walk to the Hufflepuff common room was quite long, as the Greenhouses were isolated at the northeast end of the castle. She had to walk through a courtyard and then a handful of moving staircases just to arrive at the central part of the castle. A sharp left took her to the Viaduct Bridge, and even though she was just halfway to the common room, it had taken her over five minutes of walking already.

    ''I should have asked Susan to meet me here. At least the Slytherin common room and the Hufflepuff common room are quite close, so we don''t have to take a detour,'' Amelia thought. She kept her mind off the topic discussed in the letter. Too much thinking about any possible wording that Susan had written could cloud her judgment.

    ''Susan is a second-hand source. Even though I always taught her to pay attention to the words, she could have missed something.''

    She didn''t want to mess this up since it was an important clue and her final lead. As she walked through the Hogwarts hallways, the paintings were already eyeing her, and by the looks of it, quite a few of them recognized her before they disappeared from their frames.

    ''Dumbledore would soon know that I''m here. I need to wrap this up quickly before I go to meet him... I don''t want him to intrude on this meeting and force Rigel to hide some stuff...''

    Amelia stared at her briefly, then sighed, "Fine, but you will have to ask Rigel for permission."

    "Don''t worry about it. He owes me a favor," Susan grinned cheekily.

    "...don''t waste a favor on this right away. First, ask him about it. Only if he declines initially should you mention the favor," Amelia replied. She had taught her niece a lot about the world and magic, but it seemed like some lessons in politics and bureaucracy needed to be put on her schedule for the term break.

    "Alright, tell me about Rigel. What do you know about him?" Amelia asked. This would give her some information and keep her mind busy.

    "Well..." Susan hesitated, "...he''s quite reclusive, and there are a lot of rumors surrounding him, from being the next dark lord to being a pervert to everything in between."

    "Pervert? Is this about the ritual?" Amelia asked. She told Susan that it was up to her if she wanted to do the ritual or not, and although Susan had tried to be nonchalant about it, she could tell that her niece was quite interested in that.

    "Kind of. He has been linked to a couple of witches already, and rumors are that either Evelyn Rowle or Pansy Parkinson spends the night in his room daily." Susan shrugged.

    ''Daily? He''s quite active, and his reputation is quite similar to that of Blacks.''

    Before her thoughts could plunge into another depressing sea of memories, she saw him. He had the same hairstyle and cheekbones, even though his eyes were slightly different, like Sirius''s little brother.

    "Aunty?" Susan''s voice broke her dazed expression as Amelia controlled her emotions.

    ''He looks so much like him, no wonder there are so many rumors going around...''

    ...

    AN- Switching back to Rigel''s Perspective, next chap!

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