Chapter 41: CHAPTER 41: THE AFTERMATH

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WHAT’S THE MATTER COUSIN?

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Ed appeared in the living room, he felt like he wanted to throw up again, he rushed to the kitchen sink, and he let all of it out, making the room smelled of puke. He groaned and sat on the floor, leaning on the counter.

“Ugh, why did I even watch all of that…” he complained to himself, “I should’ve just looked away…”

He thought about what he did in that abandoned cottage and felt the urge to throw up again, but he held it this time, groaning on the floor.

“You all right?” asked a feminine voice beside Ed. He was startled by the voice, but when he looked at who is it, he relaxed a bit.

“Hermione? why are you here?” Ed said while looking at the sleepy looking girl.

“I was worried…” said the girl, a look of worry can be seen on her sleepy face, “D-Did you do it then?”

Ed nodded weakly, “Not a pleasant experience, I tell you that.” Answered Ed, “How’d you get in anyway? I thought I put the case beside the dorm’s bed…” he suddenly questioned, making the girl blushed a little bit.

“I-I snuck into your dorm room…” answered Hermione shyly, “I just thought that you would blink to this place after you finished, so I waited here…”

Ed sighed deeply, “You should sleep Hermione, it’s quite late, and we have classes tomorrow.”

She ignored the advice and took a mug from the coffee table in the living room, “Here, I made you hot chocolate, I’m not a good cook, but… at least I can make this.” Offered the girl, Ed then took the mug, and smelled the hot chocolate, making his nerves calm a little bit.

“Thank you Hermione…” said Ed weakly, then he drank the hot chocolate. It was nice, the drink made Ed calm down a lot. “I really needed that.” Continued Ed.

The girl nodded, she gestured to Ed to sit on the sofa, on which he complied and stood up to move.

The two then just sat in silence for a while, Ed was enjoying the silent company and the sound of crackling fire, he temporarily forgot what he just did a few minutes ago and closed his eyes.

“Did I do the right thing Hermione?” asked Ed weakly while still closing his eyes, introspecting himself.

“I-I don’t know Ed…” answered the girl hesitantly, “If you want my opinion, I think killing is wrong, and I will always stand for that, but…”

“If a man like him could kill two innocent people just because of a mocking battle in a bookstore, I don’t know what he would do if it’s worse…” continued the girl, “I won’t judge you Ed, even if I disagree with your methods, but just promise me Ed, that you won’t make murder as a first resort to all your problems…”

Ed nodded weakly, his face showing a tired expression, “I’ll try, and please keep me in check will you?” Asked Ed.

Hermione nodded with a sad smile on her face, “I will, don’t worry.”

Ed sighed and stood up from the sofa, “Right, we should go back.” Stated Ed, “Unless you want to sleep here? I think we’ve got a bedroom here, I never use it though… if you want to sleep here, I’ll sleep on the couch while you sleep in the bedroom.”

Hermione blushed a bit before saying, “Yeah, I think I’ll sleep here… it’s quite late and it’s hard to snuck out again.”

Ed hummed and walked to the door beside the kitchen, “I think the bedrooms are here…” said Ed to himself. He opened the door and checked, he saw a quite long corridor, there were multiple doors in the corridor, and he assumed that those were bedrooms.

“Ah, I think I don’t need to sleep on the couch, there’s a lot of bedrooms here apparently, I never check I guess.” Commented Ed, “Pick one Hermione.”

The girl nodded shyly and picked the closest to the living room door, and Ed picked the opposite of her, “All right, I guess good night Hermione…” Ed said good night to the girl, which the girl answered back, and closed the bedroom door.

He looked around the room, it was quite spacious, a king size bed in the middle, and the room was decorated gothic style, with a dark blue colour palette. Ed just walked to the bed and instantly passed out, resting his body and soul altogether.

He then was woken up with a rough shake to his body by someone, and that someone was of course, Hermione.

“Ed, wake up! I need to go back to my dorm.” Said the girl anxiously.

Ed groggily wakes up and groans, “Huh? Oh right, wait a minute Hermione, I need to collect myself first…”

“Well hurry up! We’re going to be late for breakfast!” countered the girl, and Ed just hummed at the statement.

A couple of seconds later, Ed stood up from the bed and walked closer to Hermione, “All right, I’ll bring you to your dorm now, I think everyone’s still sleeping.”

Hermione nodded nervously and stood closer to Ed, then the two disappeared from the room, reappearing again in Hermione’s dorm room.

Ed looked at the room, it’s quite tidy compared to the boys dorm room, but then he was interrupted by Hermione who was blushing a bit. “Go! Don’t look around!” she hissed quietly.

Ed nodded blankly and blinked back to the suitcase, he then sat on the sofa in the living room, where Gilligan suddenly appeared.

“Hello Gilligan…” Ed said weakly, “Sorry I didn’t come to train yesterday…”

Gilligan shook his head, “It’s fine, the first kill is always like that, you will grow resistance to it overtime…”

Ed frowned at the statement, but didn’t say anything, “What’s the progress of the ingredients?”

“It’s still not finished Ed, not even a quarter finished.”

Ed sighed, “Right, I’m going to do the routine you gave me, it looks like it’s a form of torture…” Ed commented and stood up, he climbed the suitcase and changed his clothes to his workout clothes, then he ran around the lake, but this time around five times, by the time he was finished, he was already exhausted, then he went back into the suitcase and train his spells and magic, but this time, it also includes weight lifting and boxing routine, and about an hour later, he finished all of that, barely catching his breath.

“That was fucking exhausting…” Ed complained while sitting on the sofa. “And I have to do this every day?”

“You need to Ed.” Commented Gilligan, “It will help you in the long run, trust me.”

Ed just shook his head in annoyance and took a shower outside, then he wore his Hogwarts uniform and went to the Great Hall for breakfast. He saw Hermione already sitting on the long table with Harry and Ron, reading the Daily Prophet intently.

Ed then noticed that almost all of the Gryffindors were looking at the Slytherin long table with a bit of a smirk on their faces, he then walked to Hermione and asked what’s going on.

“What happened?” asked Ed while gesturing his head to the staring Gryffindors.

The girl did not say anything and just handed him the newspaper, he then read the newspaper and saw today's headline.

“LUCIUS MALFOY MISSING”

The headline also shows the moving picture of Lucius’s office, with the writing and the ring present. Ed smirked in his mind, ‘The news travels fast I see…’ Ed thought, ‘But why didn’t they hide it?’

“Ed….” Whispered Hermione suddenly, snapping Ed from his thought, “You’re smiling creepily you know…”

Ed instantly changed his expression and answered the girl, “Did I? sorry…” he said, but he didn’t look like he was sorry.

“We need to talk later.” Said Hermione sternly, then she whispered to Ed, making sure that nobody heard her, “You didn’t tell me you made this kind of thing.” Said the girl while pointing at the moving picture.

Ed just gulped and nodded nervously, he then handed over the newspaper to Hermione, and picked some food from the table, filling his stomach up.

“Ed, did you do this?” asked Harry suddenly, looking at Ed curiously.

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Ed choked a little bit, then answered the boy, “Do what Harry?” continued Ed with an innocent smile.

“This.” Answered the boy while showing the headline again.

Ed looked at Harry strangely, still acting innocent, “What makes you think I did that Harry?”

“Because you were gone last night? It’s quite a coincidence don’t you think?” joined Ron.

Ed chuckled at the redhead’s words, “You have a broad imagination Ron, how can a twelve-year-old boy like me kidnap an adult like Lucius Malfoy?” said Ed, making the two nod a little bit, but still suspicious of Ed.

Hermione just sighed and decided not to intervene, she continued to eat her breakfast, while others did the same. Suddenly, Professor McGonagall came to the table, approaching Ed.

“Mr. Aldrich,” she said sternly, making Ed flinched and the others looked at him with curiosity, “May I take your time? We need to discuss your schoolwork for last term.”

Ed just nodded weakly and followed McGonagall silently, he was brought to her office and was told to sit.

“Mr. Aldrich, I was aware that you requested the headmaster to postpone the schoolwork of the last term to this term…” informed the Professor.

Ed nodded weakly, “Um, yes, I requested it to Professor Dumbledore.”

McGonagall sighed, “Are you aware of the quantity of the work you were supposed to do?”

“I think I do…”

“Well,” continued the professor while standing, “Then here it is, you can ask your friends to help you carry it to your dorm room.” Said the professor while pointing at the corner of the room.

Ed looked at the direction she was pointing and saw stacks of papers that filled the corner, he gulped and asked the Professor, “All of this Professor?”

“Yes,” said McGonagall coldly, “Most of the work was given by the potions’ professor and me, and you have to finish it before midterm.”

Ed sighed, ‘No mercy huh…’ thought Ed, “Very well Professor, can I call some friends of mine to help me now?”

McGonagall nodded, “You may go Mr. Aldrich.”

Ed just went out of the room and went back to the great hall, where Harry, Ron, and Hermione were. Ed walked to them and asked for help.

“Hi guys, I need your help a bit.” Said Ed gloomily.

The trio looked at Ed curiously and questioned, “What is it?”

Ed sighed tiredly, and answered, “Just follow me will you?”

The three nodded and stood up from the chair, following Ed, in the middle of the way, Harry asked Ed,

“What did McGonagall want Ed?” he asked.

“Just follow me Harry, you’ll know…” Ed answered gloomily.

The four then arrived at McGonagall office and went inside, much to the other three’s curiosity, then Ed walked to the stacks of papers in the corner of the room and said to the other three, 

“Can you help me bring this to my dorm room?” asked Ed while pointing at the stacks of papers.

The three nodded blankly and Ron asked, “What’s all this?”

“My schoolwork.” Ed answered tiredly, which earned a surprise look from the other three.

“This much?” questioned Harry, which annoyed Ed, “Of course it is Harry.”

The boys laughed, while Hermione just smirked a bit.

“Yes, laugh at my suffering all you want.” Ed grumbled at the three, “Will you help me or not?”

The three laughed a little more and calmed down, “Fine, we’ll help you.” Said Harry while picking up a stack of paper, the others did the same and started walking towards the Gryffindor tower.

In the afternoon, Ed was walking to the Defence of the Dark arts class, in other words, Lockhart’s class. He was not looking forward to it, he’d rather do the schoolwork rather than hearing that narcissist bragging about himself, but alas, he needs the attendance.

“You alright? You look dazed…” asked Richard, who was beside him.

“I’m fine…” answered Ed, “I’m just not looking forward to attending Lockhart’s class…”

Richard chuckled, “Well, welcome to the torture mate.”

Ed sighed gloomily, he then entered the DADA class, he looked for a seat but then saw an opportunity, Draco sitting in the corner, alone. Ed smirked a bit, making Richard confused, then he whispered to Ravenclaw.

“Richard, you go and search for a seat, I’m going to sit with my cousin here.” He said smugly.

Richard shook his head in pity at the blonde boy, “Is it enough Ed? you killed his father for merlin’s sake…” he whispered back.

Ed sighed, “He’s a tosser Richard, I need to fix his attitude, he’s the head of the Malfoy family now after all… even if his father was a heinous man, he’s still my cousin.”

Ed hummed and just looked for a seat, Daphne hadn’t come back, so he’ll probably sit alone in the class. Ed then walked to Draco, and sat beside him, making the blonde boy scared.

“What’s the matter, cousin?” Ed said smugly, smirking in his mind, “Why are you so scared?”

Draco gulped loudly, his face paler than usual, and stuttered a word, “N-N-Nothing…”

Ed chuckled and asked the boy, “My condolences to your father… I hope he will be found soon…”

Draco shivered slightly at Ed’s words and nodded blanky, Ed then continued, “Of course, If they don’t find him, then congratulations for being the head of the Malfoy family, good on you cousin, you don’t have to be in the shadow of your father anymore.” Said Ed while patting Draco’s back, which scared the blonde boy.

“I-I Suppose…” Draco mumbled weakly.

Ed nodded in agreement, “Don’t be as stupid as your father will you? It will be a pity if you disappear too…” said Ed, acting sad at Draco, which made him shiver from fear.

Ed sighed at the sight of the shivering Draco, “Look cousin, I don’t hate you as long as you fix that attitude of yours, so try to be a better person will you? Good luck.” He advised the boy, which he just nodded.

Ed then stood up and walked to Richard, sitting beside him, a couple of minutes later the class was full, Lockhart then entered the room and continued to do his narcissistic ways, but then he looked at Ed, and questioned Ed excitedly, “Ah! What did we have here! I don’t suppose we’ve met…”

Ed sighed tiredly, hating the class already, “No ‘Professor’, I was in France last term, as an exchange student…”

“Indeed…” continued the Professor, “I remember when I was at France I saved a-”

Ed massaged his head, stopping to listen to the Professor and thought, ‘This is going to be a pain in the arse…’

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