My body still aches, but I ignore the pain as I walk towards the Great Hall. I am late, so the halls are empty and my footsteps echo. Just for a moment I wait outside the hall. My life is going to change the moment I set a step in it. Even if I haven’t felt like a Gryffindor for months, now everyone is going to see it. They are going to hate me for it, they will see it as a betrayal. Talking to Slytherin is even frowned upon, they are going to find out everything. Ron was right all along. 