Return to the Chamber of Secrets
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 19
Blossom Kowalski and Karry Curtiss escorted Katelynn Ashwolf to McGonagslls office. They sat in the chairs just outside the great double doors awaiting the Headmistress to summon them in.
"I can't believe they put Sasporilla Bucket in custody!" Blossom said. "She was defending everyone in our world from that mad man!"
"I'm sure the Wizengamot will drop the charges once all truths come out." Karry Curtiss said.
Katelynn sat silently. She no longer had the look of defiant superiority on her face that everyone had grown used to. She saw the truth of all she'd done and was not proud of herself for how she had acted.
The large office doors opened. Professor Sprout stepped out. "You may go in ladies."
Katelynn stood and proceeded in first, followed by Blossom and Karry. Headmistress McGonagall sat behind her desk and stared at the first year Hufflepuff with a steely gaze and pursed lips.
Katelynn Ashwolf stood before the Headmistress bold as brass, refusing to divert her gaze from that of Minerva McGonagall.
"Before you yell at me and Expel me Headmistress," Katelynn said. "I want to say something."
Professor McGonagall nodded, curious to hear what the girl had to say.
"I am not going to blame anyone else for this but me." Katelynn said much to the Headmistresses surprise. "It was my vanity, wanting to be Slytherin that lead me to Ms.Lee and her plan to steal the documents from Mrs.Curtiss. It was my fault Poppey fell into the Chamber of Secrets and was so badly hurt. It was my fault we left the school to find Poppey, which lead to us following Ms.Lee into the Chamber getting Mary Killed. It is my fault people died trying to rescue us. My fault Salizar Slytherin was released from his prison. My fault that Sasporilla Bucket was put into the position she was and had to make the decision she did to save us."
"Is that everything Miss Ashwolf?" Headmistress McGonagall asked.
"No." Katelynn said. "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused."
"Very well." The Headmistress said. "I will ask your advocates if they have anything to say. I will start with you Mrs.Curtiss."
"I believe Miss Ashwolf is genuinely contrite." Karry began. "Though she wants to take ownership for all responsibility of what happened I must disagree. She is a child, emotional and naive. Katelynn was misled by Jasmine Lee. She was promised her house would be reassigned to Slytherin house if she complied to Jasmine Lees requests. The two girls, Mary Crowley and Olga Bathory were assigned to be Katelynns friends to help Jasmine maintained control over an impressionable Hufflepuff. When Poppey was in danger Katelynn organized the rescue because her conscience couldn't leave an injured girl in danger. Despite the orders of Jasmine Lee."
"Thank you Mrs.Curtiss." Minerva McGonagall said. "Anything else?"
"I have forgiven Katelynn for her part in the burglary of my office and the destruction of the documents, as she told Jasmine Lee of the location and Lee did the rest." Karry said.
"Thank you." Headmistress McGonagall said sternly. "Miss Kowalski you're up."
"Thank you headmistress." Blossom smiled. "I am in agreement with everything my esteemed house mate has said. I also must add that I saw no sign of the greedy, narcissistic, mean child we all knew down in the Chamber of Secrets. I saw a child under the hypnotic control of a Maladictus. I have also seen a new attitude in young Katelynn. A sensitive, competent girl. Polite, helpful and thoughtful of others. If she keeps it up Katelynn Ashwolf may be prefect material some day."
"Really?" Professor McGonagall said. "That is very high praise indeed coming from you Miss Kowslski."
"Thank you Headmistress." Blossom smiled proudly.
"Miss Ashwolf." Headmistress McGonagall sighed. "You are guilty, by your own admission, of conspiracy of theft and destruction of priceless Hogwarts property. You endangered the lives of Hogwarts students. You have accepted responsibility for the entire fiasco and as everyone else who could be construed as guilty, the entirety of sentence falls on your shoulders. Full expulsion followed by criminal charges that would surely see you placed in Azkaban for the rest of your life."
"Headmistress!" Karry and Blossom gasped.
"Do you feel that judgement is fair Miss Ashwolf?" Professor McGonagall asked, eye brow raised curiously.
"Yes Headmistress." Katelynn said stiffly.
Professor McGonagall saw the small shake in the girl and the tears that welled in the corner of her young eyes.
"Very well then." Minerva McGonagall said standing. "One weeks detention, for being a silly innocent, easily mislead little girl, and I trust you have learned a lesson from all of this Miss Ashwolf?"
"More than one." Katelynn hung her read humbled and relieved. "Thank you Headmistress."
"One more thing." Headmistress McGonagall said. "You will be deducted twenty house points for your actions. However Mrs.Curtiss and Miss Kowalski, and Miss Bucket in absentia, will be awarded fifty points each for your bravery in this matter."
"Thank you Headmistress!: Blossom said excitedly.
"Thank you Headmistress." Karry said. "Now about Sasporilla, how are we going to get her out of these unfair charges?"
Blossom Kowalski and Karry Curtiss escorted Katelynn Ashwolf to McGonagslls office. They sat in the chairs just outside the great double doors awaiting the Headmistress to summon them in.
"I can't believe they put Sasporilla Bucket in custody!" Blossom said. "She was defending everyone in our world from that mad man!"
"I'm sure the Wizengamot will drop the charges once all truths come out." Karry Curtiss said.
Katelynn sat silently. She no longer had the look of defiant superiority on her face that everyone had grown used to. She saw the truth of all she'd done and was not proud of herself for how she had acted.
The large office doors opened. Professor Sprout stepped out. "You may go in ladies."
Katelynn stood and proceeded in first, followed by Blossom and Karry. Headmistress McGonagall sat behind her desk and stared at the first year Hufflepuff with a steely gaze and pursed lips.
Katelynn Ashwolf stood before the Headmistress bold as brass, refusing to divert her gaze from that of Minerva McGonagall.
"Before you yell at me and Expel me Headmistress," Katelynn said. "I want to say something."
Professor McGonagall nodded, curious to hear what the girl had to say.
"I am not going to blame anyone else for this but me." Katelynn said much to the Headmistresses surprise. "It was my vanity, wanting to be Slytherin that lead me to Ms.Lee and her plan to steal the documents from Mrs.Curtiss. It was my fault Poppey fell into the Chamber of Secrets and was so badly hurt. It was my fault we left the school to find Poppey, which lead to us following Ms.Lee into the Chamber getting Mary Killed. It is my fault people died trying to rescue us. My fault Salizar Slytherin was released from his prison. My fault that Sasporilla Bucket was put into the position she was and had to make the decision she did to save us."
"Is that everything Miss Ashwolf?" Headmistress McGonagall asked.
"No." Katelynn said. "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused."
"Very well." The Headmistress said. "I will ask your advocates if they have anything to say. I will start with you Mrs.Curtiss."
"I believe Miss Ashwolf is genuinely contrite." Karry began. "Though she wants to take ownership for all responsibility of what happened I must disagree. She is a child, emotional and naive. Katelynn was misled by Jasmine Lee. She was promised her house would be reassigned to Slytherin house if she complied to Jasmine Lees requests. The two girls, Mary Crowley and Olga Bathory were assigned to be Katelynns friends to help Jasmine maintained control over an impressionable Hufflepuff. When Poppey was in danger Katelynn organized the rescue because her conscience couldn't leave an injured girl in danger. Despite the orders of Jasmine Lee."
"Thank you Mrs.Curtiss." Minerva McGonagall said. "Anything else?"
"I have forgiven Katelynn for her part in the burglary of my office and the destruction of the documents, as she told Jasmine Lee of the location and Lee did the rest." Karry said.
"Thank you." Headmistress McGonagall said sternly. "Miss Kowalski you're up."
"Thank you headmistress." Blossom smiled. "I am in agreement with everything my esteemed house mate has said. I also must add that I saw no sign of the greedy, narcissistic, mean child we all knew down in the Chamber of Secrets. I saw a child under the hypnotic control of a Maladictus. I have also seen a new attitude in young Katelynn. A sensitive, competent girl. Polite, helpful and thoughtful of others. If she keeps it up Katelynn Ashwolf may be prefect material some day."
"Really?" Professor McGonagall said. "That is very high praise indeed coming from you Miss Kowslski."
"Thank you Headmistress." Blossom smiled proudly.
"Miss Ashwolf." Headmistress McGonagall sighed. "You are guilty, by your own admission, of conspiracy of theft and destruction of priceless Hogwarts property. You endangered the lives of Hogwarts students. You have accepted responsibility for the entire fiasco and as everyone else who could be construed as guilty, the entirety of sentence falls on your shoulders. Full expulsion followed by criminal charges that would surely see you placed in Azkaban for the rest of your life."
"Headmistress!" Karry and Blossom gasped.
"Do you feel that judgement is fair Miss Ashwolf?" Professor McGonagall asked, eye brow raised curiously.
"Yes Headmistress." Katelynn said stiffly.
Professor McGonagall saw the small shake in the girl and the tears that welled in the corner of her young eyes.
"Very well then." Minerva McGonagall said standing. "One weeks detention, for being a silly innocent, easily mislead little girl, and I trust you have learned a lesson from all of this Miss Ashwolf?"
"More than one." Katelynn hung her read humbled and relieved. "Thank you Headmistress."
"One more thing." Headmistress McGonagall said. "You will be deducted twenty house points for your actions. However Mrs.Curtiss and Miss Kowalski, and Miss Bucket in absentia, will be awarded fifty points each for your bravery in this matter."
"Thank you Headmistress!: Blossom said excitedly.
"Thank you Headmistress." Karry said. "Now about Sasporilla, how are we going to get her out of these unfair charges?"
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, donate to J.K.Rowlings charity LUMOS and help children who need it most.