Learning of Worlds-Private

[Orion]

Potter's brow rose slightly at her words as he trudged behind Draco. Unless she was Riddle family member, then perhaps the community could spare her feelings, but heritage did not mean villainly. Surely Draco was not the nicest Malfoy, but even he had a heart, as did the rest of his family. Tom Riddle, at some point, must of had one too. Harry was sure that this girl didn't have a fatal flaw like she spoke of, nor did it pertain to her family heritage, but instead to a singular fellow within such family. Somehow, he saw the good in the situation. Meanwhile, Draco didn't seem too pleased. "Us," he repeated back under his breath. "And who would that be?" Still, he didn't like that he had to push for her to say these things, as it seemed to be causing her distress, but it seemed as if she needed a helping hand to get her through hard times.

At Draco's words, Harry just stared intensely with a small huff leaving his mouth. How much longer did he have to deal with his presence before someone managed to punch him upside the head? Hermoine, most likely, was the culprit for that. As for now, the boy would have to deal. "Surely they wouldn't leave us, Draco," he reasoned. Leaving it at that, he continued going, but paused at the sudden appearance of two figures.

A luring gaze stared out in the distance, finding Potter and Malfoy wandering back. For a moment, he observed them up and down as he walked closer, but alas, he found nothing within their grasp. Mission failed. "Potter, looks like you've found nothing," he remarked with a sneer. "Neither have you Draco. Foolish." Hagrid, who was obviously trudging up from behind with those loud stomps of his, would be disappointed in their search. "You both can go back to your houses-" Harry interrupted, protesting. "But we fo-" "-and we can resume this tomorrow." At his words, Harry muttered lowly under his breath in frustration. He stepped off to the side and moved away from the girl, revealing her to Severus unintentionally. With that, he gestured for Draco to follow him back to the castle.

Even so, something wasn't right. "I'll deal with this," he said coldly, as if this was all in a days work. A smaller figure was before him. Snape's gaze closed in on the ragged girl, brows furrowing in curiosity as he did so, only to realize what was before him. "Go." Eyes wide, fists clenched, and mouth agape, Severus stood silently as his blood boiled in anger, confusion, and absolute awe. Perhaps it was a dream or a coincidence, but the calculating wizard didn't seem to think so.

This was his sister.

But it was not logical.

His thoughts raced through his head. There had to be some explanation to this... but there wasn't. There was no explanation. Simply, he stood silent.

Hearing Snape's words, Hagrid was intending to hop in, but figured it would be best to guide himself and the children back to Hogwarts.