Laurie's POV:
For the first couple of months, things at Hogwarts were running quite smoothly aside from the fact that Draco and I were still not speaking. Every time I tried to go up to him to apologize for being dramatic, he would get up and leave, probably thinking that I was going to yell at him. Luckily, I had the chance to talk to him after a very dramatic event right outside the Great Hall. Harry, Ron, and Hermione hadn't shown up for dinner and Sara and I were getting worried. As we were leaving the Great Hall, we heard Filch yelling down a corridor. We all went in the direction of the screaming and saw Filch yelling at Harry, Hermione, and Ron about them killing his cat. "YOU MURDERED MY CAT! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!" "Argus!" Dumbledore emerged from the crowd followed by a number of other teachers.
Draco had finally caught up with me. That's when we both noticed the writing on the wall. THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN REOPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE. "Enemies of the heir beware?" Draco asked, thinking aloud. He looked toward Hermione and then glanced over at Colin Creevey. "You'll be next, Mudbloods." I kicked him. "Hey!" "That will do, Mr. Malfoy." Snape said, not very sternly. "Everyone go back to your dormitories." Dumbledore ordered. Everyone except Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Ms. Granger."
When we got to the Slytherin Common Room, Draco turned to me. "Look, I'm sorry. I have a reputation to keep you know." "So your goal is for everyone at Hogwarts to hate you?" "It's complicated. Anyway, I can tell you a little bit about what's going on, but not right now. It's too early for me to say anything yet. And you have to keep your mouth shut about it, because I could get into trouble with my father." I wanted to question him further, but I was so relieved that he was speaking to me again that I just decided to save my questions for later.
The next morning Sara came running up to the Slytherin table to talk to me. "I just talked to Harry. He thinks he knows who petrified Mrs. Norris." "I have potions with the Gryffindors today," I said, checking my schedule."but I don't know who Snape is going to pair me up with."
Luckily, Snape paired me up with Hermione. As an excercise to represent "house unity" he paired every Gryffindor with a Slytherin, but I think that he just took it as an opportunity to take points away from Gryffindor if they weren't getting along with the Slytherins. "So, who does Harry think is behind the incident with Mrs. Norris." "Malfoy. He thinks that Draco's dad gave him the key to the chamber and that maybe the chamber was opened while his dad was at Hogwarts. We're going to figure out a way to find out if Draco is behind all of this." "I can help." I told her. "Draco and I started speaking again and he told me to keep my mouth shut, but if he's planning on doing something dangerous that could put the entire school in jeopardy, then we have to tell someone. However, he hasn't told me anything yet, so don't assume anything. Sometimes Draco can just be all talk." "Tell me about it." Hermione said knowingly. Snape came over to our potion and nodded approvingly.
Before we knew it, the day was over and we all went to bed excited for the quidditch match that would be going on the next day.
