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Chapter 2:
I fell down onto the sofa in front of the fire, only after changing into old clothes for detention but I was going to tip into Mc Gonagall's office first.
The guys came down from the room messing.
"Do you guys ever shut it?" I asked.
"No. We're guys remember?" Harry said grinning.
"Come on. Sprout will kill us if we're late. Oh and behave yourselves if you're near the Slytherin's. They'll just cause trouble for you. Do you hear that Twins?" I asked Fred and George.
"Got it. If they annoy us.."
"Blast their ass off." Both grinned and the others joined them.
"How did I end up friends with you guys?" I asked shaking my head, but silently agreeing. I had my target booked. Initials being DM
"Aw. You know you love us." Seamus said putting an arm around my shoulder.
"Yeah. One in particular." Dean added.
"Shut up."
"Oh Oliver. Did you know I've fancied the pants off of you since I first saw you in first year?" Fred said in a girly voice.
"I do not talk like that." I said turning to them since they were walking behind me.
"We'll see now. Here's your dearly beloved now." George said.
"Liar." I said and fell down the first stair that I wasn't warned about. Luckily I was caught around the waist. I looked up and saw George was telling the truth. That's a new one.
"Hey Oliver." I said smiling up at him sheepishly.
"I think you need eyes in the back of your head." He grinned down at me. I heard the Twins attempting to hide their laughing but was failing terribly.
Oliver put me up onto my own two feet. "I was wondering if you'd like to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend." He asked. A cute little blush crept up onto his cheeks.
"Of course. See you then and in between." I said and looked at my watch. Nearly seven.
"I'd love to talk but I really have to go to Mc Gonagall and then detention with Sprout. I'll see you when I can." I said.
"See you." He said and kissed me on the cheek. Now it was my turn to blush. Oliver walked past the guys and added quickly. "Mind her for me." And walked on to the common room.
"Will you tell Sprout that I have to see Mc Gonagall before detention please." I asked Harry, who was the person who would most likely remember to tell Sprout for me.
"Sure. See you." And the guys went in the opposite direction from me. I arrived at Mc Gonagall's office just on time and she was just letting Malfoy in. Shit, I forgot he was in on this.
I walked in to the office too.
"I understand that you both have detention now so this is only going to be short." Mc Gonagall said sitting behind her desk.
"How did you find the body? Ms Longbottom?" Here we go.
"After finishing the fight the Slytherin's started I went to the bathroom." I begun. I know I started it but since Malfoy was there I had to piss him off. It was in my nature.
"No details there so after I came out I saw the stream of blood in front of my shoes so I had to go and see what it was. I walked around the corner and saw Snape-"
"Professor Snape Dianne."
"hanging from nothing. Remember last year when Sir Nicolas was petrified and he was just hanging there, spinning in circles, head looking like it was hung? Professor Snape was like that. Oh yeah, He had a knife in his heart too which was where all the blood was coming from. I noticed there was like an engraving on the knife like initials or something but I couldn't make it out since it was covered in blood. Then he came along." I finished nodding my head towards Malfoy. He narrowed his eyes at me.
"What about you Mr Malfoy?" Mc Gonagall asked.
"When she left I, of course, thought she was up to something but dropped it. Since the girls toilet was close I thought it would be quickly go, quickly back. She wasn't back after fifteen minutes so I went after her to see what she was doing."
"So you're telling me Mr Malfoy that you had your thoughts set on Dianne between the time she left and the time you found her?" Mc Gonagall asked. I looked over my shoulder at him, but not directly. With the side of my vision. He was blushing. Funny thing? So was I.
"Not the whole time." Malfoy said. I smiled to myself. He makes things so difficult.
"But you were thinking about her for a while, while she was absent. Correct?"
"Because I thought she was causing trouble." Draco said. I glanced back again and he was even redder.
"That is what I meant. Did you think I was implying something else Mr Malfoy?" Mc Gonagall asked raising an eyebrow at him. Merlin, even if it is Malfoy no one can stand that kind of pressure.
"Professor, do you know who killed Professor Snape?" I asked. I could feel Malfoy's stare in my back.
"Not yet but when we do we will find this person and make sure they are sent to Azkaban. I believe you both have detention now so off you go. One more thing.." Mc Gonagall added just was we turned to go out the door.
"You two were the first two who found Severus. Everyone knows that, even the murderer. House differences shouldn't stop you two from looking out for each other. The murderer didn't want Severus to be found. He could be looking for you next. Just watch out. You may go." Mc Gonagall said and returned essays.
Not a word was said between leaving Hogwarts and going onto the grounds. Just before we got to the greenhouse Malfoy finally found his voice.
"Why did you stop Mc Gonagall questioning me like that?" he asked, not looking up at me.
I knew what he was on about straight away but I had to ask. "The questioning where she was trying to figure out of you fancy me?"
No reply.
"I stopped her because, as funny as it was, no one could stand that kind of questioning." I said opening the door to the greenhouse.
I could see the unhappiness on the guys' faces and saw a Slytherin helping them each.
"Hello you two. Come on. The last pot is here to be done. Everyone else has partners so you two work up here in front of me." Sprout said pointing to the one about two metres in front of me.
Great. This can't possibly get any worse. Hey, at least I'll be going to Hogsmeade with Oliver. That'll definitely clear my mind.
"Hello? Longbottom." Malfoy said hitting me in the back of my head.
"What?" I snapped. I noted Sprout had left.
"Ooh. You just woke her up from her daydream of Oliver Wood." Fred said in a you're-so-in-trouble voice.
"She should be helping me, not thinking of that prat." Malfoy said. The twins caught on to something very quick.
"Malfoy's jealous! Malfoy's jealous! Malfoy's jealous!" The Twins sang and then the rest of Gryffindor, excluding myself, joined in.
"Hey guys. Did you hear which two girls Fred and George adore?" I said smiling. I knew they only told me because I was a girl and could talk to them, even though they're older than me. The Twins stopped in their tracks and glared at me.
"Don't-" Fred started.
"You-" George continued
"Dare." Both finished.
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because we know exactly how to make you feel really really bad." George said. Shit, I forgot they read my diary.
"You stop teasing me about Wood and I won't tell." I said holding both of my hand out for each twin.
"Deal." They said, one taking my arm, and the other taking my left.
"Can we finish this already?" Malfoy interrupted.
"You didn't make us promise to stop teasing Malfoy." The Twins said and started to hum their new 'Malfoy's jealous' song.
"Everyone leave except for Dianne, Draco, Fred and George. (she has a habit of going alphabetically) You four come into the forest with me. You all have an extra hour due to messing." Sprout said and she ushered us out of the greenhouse.
"The Forbidden Forest? I've always wanted to go in there in the dark." I said.
The other three looked at me like I was a prat.
"What? Just because you lot get scared easily doesn't mean that I do." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Come on you lot. The sooner we go in the sooner we get out." Professor Sprout said as we walked into the forest. Since it was dark I muttered a spell and my wand illuminated the area around me. I decided to walk at the back because I wasn't in the mood for talking. My mind was on what Mc Gonagall said when Malfoy and I were leaving. I can look after myself easily enough, as can he. We don't need to protect each other. The Slytherin's protect Malfoy anyway like he's their master or something. But why would the killer want to find us?
A hand clamped over my mouth and held me tight. I dropped my wand on the ground and was pulled into the darkness. I struggled and turned trying to break free but couldn't. Then a thought struck me. The killer. Shit. He took his hand from my mouth and threw me on the ground.
"Why are you out here in the forest?" a rough voice asked. I could tell he wasn't human, well, completely.
"I had to do detention with three other people. My teacher, Professor Sprout, brought us. Can I ask who are you?" I hoped that he would be the friendly type.
"If I tell you I have to kill you. My name is Nessus and I am a centaur." I groaned quietly. Now here comes the killing part. I was actually hoping to die an old woman but instead I'm being killed by a centaur at thirteen. Just brilliant.
Someone stepped in front of me. "Stupefy." He said and the centaur was stunned.
"Here's your wand. You're staying up the front between the Weasel twins and me." Malfoy said pulling me up easily and handing me my wand.
"Ok." I said and he begun to walk ahead.
"Hey Malfoy." I called. He turned to me. "Thanks." I finished.
"Come on. Sprout doesn't know we're gone. We better hurry before she find out." Malfoy said walking fast deeper into the forest.
We walked through the forest quietly, until Malfoy broke the silence.
"This is what Mc Gonagall was talking about earlier, wasn't it." He said as a fell into pace with him.
"Probably. But a centaur wouldn't be the killer, would they?" I asked.
"Centaurs don't come into the castle. They stay away from humanity. That's why that one tried to kill you. Bad experiences with humans caused him to think that we're all alike." Malfoy said, looking at the ground while walking.
I looked over to him silently. He looked like he was looking at the ground but I could see that he was in his own world.
"There's Sprout and the Twins. Where did she last see you?" I asked.
"Behind her. Only the Weasels know we're gone." Malfoy said walking over in front of the Twins and behind Sprout. I tried to sneak back to behind the Twins again where I was but Malfoy dragged me beside him.
"Hello you two young love birds. How was your sweet little trip into the forest alone?" Fred asked, grinning.
"There wouldn't have been a trip if you two had have been watching her." Malfoy spat. Never heard him blowing up about something like that. So weird, out of character for him at least.
"Fred, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"I think our little Slytherin friend has gotten protective of our little Dianne. Do you think so George?"
"That's exactly what I'm thinking Fred." George agreed.
I sighed. This is going to be a long detention.
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We got back to the castle at around half past ten.
"Now you hopefully have learned your lesson. Straight to bed immediately and rest up for your classes tomorrow." Sprout said, making her way to the Professor's end of the castle.
"Yes Professor." We all chorused together tiredly. The Twins still had energy to burn though.
Malfoy turned to walk to his common room. The Twins made their way to where Peeves was, ready for scandal.
I went to walk up the stairs when my arm was caught.
"Your Gryffindor friends are in the Great Hall." Malfoy said in a serious tone, as usual but a bit more of a warning too.
"Why?" I asked.
"How do you expect me to know?" he asked.
"Whatever." I said and begun to walk towards the common room. Malfoy pulled me back and I rolled my eyes.
"The Great Hall is that way." Malfoy said pointing in the opposite direction.
"Ok. Ok." I said. He let me go and watched me cautiously.
I walked slowly towards the Great Hall. I could see that he was right at my shoulder. I quietly counted to three and then turned and sprinted up the stairs. I heard Malfoy follow me, swearing under his breath.
I got to the painting and saw that there was a hole through it. The door part was slightly open.
"I told you to get down into the Great Hall." Malfoy said, finally getting here. I pulled open the painting the rest of the way and climbed in, ignoring him.
The whole place was thrashed. Fire out, chairs and papers scattered, wallpaper torn. I walked up the stairs into my dorm. Everyone's stuff was everywhere but mine was just the way I had left it earlier. I noticed a note on my bed. I sat down and as I read it, my face paled.
"It looks like a Death Eater did this. My father showed me before what they can do." Malfoy said after coming from the boy's dorm.
"They were Death Eaters. They did all of this." I whispered, confirming his thoughts.
"How do you know? And how come your stuff is all neat like it was untouched?" he asked.
I handed Malfoy the note. "Because my mom did all of this alongside your father." I said.
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Dun-dun-duuuuuunnnnnn. Lol. I have always wanted to do that. Please review. I made this one longer because the last one was too short for my liking.
