Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with Harry Potter
Next morning meant the first day of classes also meaning it was time for Harry to have an encounter with Amelia Riddle.
"She's a right mouthy one she is." Ron announced
"Ron I don't think that's appropriate, you barely know the girl. Right Harry?"
"Uh yes, sorry I was thinking." Really Harry was thinking about what he had seen last night.
"Sit down, quiet down, welcome to your first term of potions." Snape said in a low blunt tone while closing the blinds and blackening the room. "Seating plan on the desk sit where you are assigned, no swapping so you can gossip with your friends."
On the four seater desks it always went a boy then a girl however due to the odd number on the back desk sat only three. Draco then Amelia, a nice combination but that was turned upside down as on the other side of Amelia was Harry. Everyone couldn't help but take the occasion to gossip about what would happen between them.
Meanwhile on the actual desk the three sat in silence hoping it would be hard work in the class so there would be minimal contact. As always things never worked out the way people wanted and they had to meet up and do a group project. The rest of the 3 hour class was meant to be spent to go off and do the group project in parts of the school which were free to use.
The grounds near the forest were quiet and out of the way with lots of fresh air. It was perfect place where no one would find them but it also made a silence even more awkward.
They all sat down at first putting their books down but then they would actually have to talk to each other about what each of them would do. Amelia surprisingly took charge.
"I will quite happily do the part on identification as it's mainly drawing, I am sure you two can get along long enough in order to go into a dark forest in order to collect the types of plants needed and make the actual mixture."
She giggled to herself when saying this although Harry and Draco were mortified as they couldn't stand each other. Harry and Draco looked at Amelia in a way to beg her not to make them.
"Fine, I'll go with Draco into the forest while Harry does the research so I can draw the plants out later."
"I think it would be better if I went with you instead of Draco, seeming as he has a fear of the forest." Draco grunted when Harry said this but didn't say a word for Amelia's sake.
"Okay then let's go Harry." As they walked away from the base camp area Amelia looked back at Draco wishing that she could have gone with him instead. Draco looked up and they had a brief moment of eye contact.
When in the forest it was a case of keeping your head down and looking. Amelia heard a slight grunt from Harry. She saw that he had hurt his hand. They hadn't really talked to each other but really she had a kind heart and so walked over to him and smiled.
Amelia took his hand and looked at the cut which was rather deep. She closed her eyes and healed it, a rare power but one which came in handy. Harry just looked at her shocked that she would do this for him.
"Thank you." Is the most Harry could string together without sounded too strange but he was curious and nothing was there to stop him from asking, "Why do that for me?"
There was a long pause but then she answered the nastiest way he could think of, "My father wants you to be in one piece and at his mercy." She didn't mean it at all but she knew having anything to do with Harry would only cause trouble.
"I didn't think you were like that. You seemed like a normal person when with Draco last night." He said this to only trigger a reaction. He never really wanted to be nasty.
"Can you just stay away from me please?" She said this honestly as she didn't want any trouble and being close or friendly with someone her dad wanted to kill.
With this Harry started walking out of the forest and back to where Draco would be. Amelia just sat down for a moment on a log thinking maybe it was a bad idea to come to Hogwarts. So lost in thought she didn't even realise that three men from outside the school were approaching her.
When Draco saw Harry arrive back alone he was more than fuming inside. That second he got himself up in order to go to Amelia but then the noise stopped both Draco and Harry in their steps.
A scream, a deathly scream echoed around the whole area with only one person it could be Draco and Harry started running into the forest trying to find Amelia, but it was wasted efforts. She had already been taken.
