Creeveys in Counselling

Chapter 11

Tom saw two eyes emerge from the bushes, looking directly at him and Elly.

A cheetah jumped out of the bushes. But in the second that Tom had blinked with his eyes, the cheetah had gone and there stood a girl of about fifteen years old.

"Hello," she said. "My name is Matilda. Professor Dumbledore said you needed me here..."

"You're an animagus?" Elly said and a surprised voice.

"Yes, I haven't figured out that I could do it until recently. But it works like a charm!" Matilda said.

"We'll take you to the rest," said Thomas eagerly.

Slowly they made their way up to the camping site where they had found Louise on the first day.

"Hi, everybody. This is Matilda. We found her near the beach. Professor Dumbledore send her believe..." said Elly. "The woman is Louise, the biggest of the two boys there is my brother Colin, the other my brother Dennis. This is my friend Thomas and I'm Eleanor."

"Nice to meet you all. It's strange to be so far away during the summer. I live with my adopted mother and my adopted aunt in my aunts institution," Matilda explained.

"But you are a witch?" Colin asked, blushing.

"Yes, I go to Beauxbatons. I will be a fifth year. And as Thomas and Eleanor will tell you I'm also an animagus. I can turn into a cheetah," she explained.

"There has to be a reason why Dumbledore send you here, after talking to Madame Maxime, doesn't he?" Dennis asked.."Sure, Madame Maxime explained it a bit to me. She told me what happened

the last year during the Ball. And she wanted me to bring you into contact with my aunt Agatha. She runs Mrs. Trunchbull Centre for the Deranged and Mad."

"Wait a second," Colin said as Matilda had said this. "I've read a book about you. A muggle book. You are a Muggle -born right? and your dad used to sell overpriced cars. It did say that you had magical powers."

"Indeed, mum and dad didn't understand it. Nor did my brother. But my teacher, now my adoptive mother Miss Honey did understand it. She's a squib. And her aunt hates her for it. Aunt Agatha even taught at my school, she was the principle," Matilda said.

"I remember it, too" Dennis said. "Although I was only five, I heard mum and dad talk about it with Colin. How come she never used magic? Or was so scared by it?"

"I guess she used magic for some things. To harm us little, and make the cupboard she locked children in get smaller or bigger. I guess she was scared, because she doesn't believe in ghosts. She was in St. Mungo's for a while," Matilda said matter-of-factly.

"Dumbledore must want Crabbe and Goyle to spend some time at your aunts Centre. It would suit them. Is she still that bad?" said Eleanor.

"No, but she can be and after children, teenage boys are next on her list of pesky critters!" Matilda knew this was the answers they were hoping for.