TSS: Chapter 25: Extreme Escalations Part II

> *“Heed my words and hear my warning, Lords, Ladies and spectators. If Hogwarts school is ordered closed, I shall ensure that none of these children are ever seen or heard from again. This is my first address to the Wizengamot as the Heir of Slytherin. Take it as you will.”*
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— The Heir of Slytherin twisting the arm of the Wizengamot

## Summary:

Daphne's disappearance comes to light. Charlotte rebuilds Harry's Occlumency 'shields' and finds out about his confrontation at the end of his last school year. A Wizengamot emergency session is held and thrown into chaos.

## Plot:

**January 11th, 1993:** At breakfast, Harry comes to the painful realization that Daphne had gone missing.

Laten in the day the staff met after a day of unsuccesfully trying to find the missing Greengrass Heiress. Dumbledore informs the professors that he will let Lord Greengrass know of the developments at the school and that in turn will lead to actions being taken by the Wizengamot — among other their attempt in removing him from the school, most likely that coinciding with Lucius Malfoy trying to shake the faith that the Hogwarts Boards of Governors has on him.

In the Speaker's Den, Charlotte, Blaise and Tracey are waiting for the arrival of Harry who had let them in some time ago. He finally arrives and shortly afterwards he collapses into a panic attack that was enchanted by his suppressed memories. After getting permission from the other two Charlotte proceeds by using Legilimency on Harry to calm him down and rebuild his Occlumency 'shields'. In the process she finds out about the confrontation with Lady Voldemort at the end of last year. Once her work is done, before she can even comment on it, Blaise invokes Salazar's Sanction, thus forcing them all into silence.

At Greengrass Manor, Cyrus Greengrass is dealing with the revelations that Daphne has gone missing. He vows to himself that he is going to apply some serious political pressure on Dumbledore to reveal what he knows and to force an outside intervention into Hogwarts.

Some time later, in the Slytherin Common Room, after Blaise, Tracey and Charlotte put Harry to rest in a bed in the Speaker's Den, they are addressed by their Head of House. He informs the whole of Slytherin House of the latest developments, that is, the dissapearence of Daphne Greengrass, and the most likely upcoming political pressure that will be brought by the Neutral Faction via the Wizengamot upon Hogwarts. He informs the students that this might as well be their last chance to talk and reveal any information that they might have about the Heir of Slytherin. At the end of the meeting Charlotte is informed by her sister to meet with her later in the day in the room in the Dungeons where she practices with Harry.

That night the Weitts sisters meet and have a short conversation about the Heir of Slytherin and the inability of the Wizengamot to actually do anything about them. Their meeting proceeds with Charlotte practicing her Legilimency on her older sister.

**January 13th, 1993:** Harry, after he woke up, decided to change the password into the Speaker's Den, and now is pondering the happenings since Daphne's disappearance. He heads on exiting the Speaker's Den, intent on figuring out who the Heir of Slytherin actually is.

**January 14th, 1993:** An emergency gathering of the Wizengamot is held. There, Cyrus Greengrass tries to force the temporary closure of Hogwarts and its search by the Aurors. His plan is thrown into chaos when a message by the Heir of Slytherin is delivered by the court scribe revealing that the missing students are still alive, but, if Hogwarts were to close then they would never see the light of day ever again.