A piercing shriek floated through a good portion of the castle. The whole Gryffindor tower heard it and they all looked at each other in confusion.

"MALFOY," a girl's voice screamed and everyone looked even more confused, considering the fact that the only people Malfoy messed with were all in the common room. Fast angry footsteps were heard on the stairs and a fuming girl came stalking into the common room.

People recognized her as Josie Mackenzie. She made her way out the door quickly, wand gripped tightly in her hand. She glared at everyone who past her so harshly that she could've been mistaken for a Slytherin. She spotted Crabbe and Goyle and grabbed them both by their collars, shoving them against the wall.

"Where's Malfoy?" she asked, strangely calm. They looked at each other but didn't answer. "Answer me!" she yelled, shoving them again. They both flinched and started stuttering.

"Th-the Great Hall," Goyle spit out. She let them go and started towards the Great Hall. She stopped in the doorway and searched for a moment before finding Malfoy at the opposite end of the room at the Slytherin table.

"Stupefy," she shouted, knocking him off the bench. Blaise and Pansy looked at Malfoy to Josie and scrambled away. Malfoy groaned and started to get up. By the time she reached him she had blasted him three more times and grabbed him, hauling him off the floor.

"I take it you got my present?" Malfoy said smirking.

"I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU," she yelled and raised her wand.

She heard someone yell "EXPELLIARMUS," and her wand was knocked out of her hand. Malfoy smirked and she saw red. She tackled him to the ground, punching, and scratching. Moments later she was being pulled off a bloody Malfoy and he was moaning and groaning.

"I'm dead, I'm dead! She's killed me!" he was crying.

"Oh shut the fuck up asshole! You're such a fucking coward! You're all talk! I hate you!" Josie screamed from where she was being held. She was being led away as Malfoy was being helped up. "I HATE YOU," she screamed and let herself be guided out of the Great Hall, tears starting to fall. Before she knew it she was in Dumbledore's office along with McGonagall and Snape.

"Can you please enlighten us on why you attacked Mr. Malfoy?" Dumbledore asked calmly. She huffed and wiped her eyes.

"He wrote 'mudblood' on the wall next to my bed, put snakes in my bed, stole all my bras and underwear, had those for about three days, made sure I was alone in all my classes, he still has my rat, after he stole him three weeks ago, hell he even put pine needles in my shoes and switched all my drinks to pumpkin juice cause I guess somehow he figured out I don't like it. He tries to slip me sleeping potions all the time but I've been avoiding them pretty well after the first time, I'm pretty sure he's trying to make the whole school hate me, he just simply teases me in not the nicest ways in the corridors, he-"

"Okay I think that's enough," Dumbledore cut her off. He picked up his wand and opened the door to reveal Malfoy standing there, somehow already staring at her with a smirk on his face. He walked into the room with confidence that made Josie sick.

"Careful Malfoy, your ego is choking everyone in the room," she said before she could stop herself.

"Well your dirty blood is choking me, mudblood," he retorted. Her eyes went wide.

"You little-"

"Enough," Dumbledore said and she reigned herself in. "I think you both need to learn about each other," he continued and they both immediately started to protest. He held his hand up. "I think you'll find that you've been misjudging each other," he said. "Each of you will write about yourself. It does not matter how long it is or how well you write it. Just talk about yourself and then the other will read it. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape will read over them before you trade," Dumbledore said and Josie took on a disgusted look. "That's that and now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get myself some lemon drops," he said and Josie stifled a laugh.

Just before he was gone he turned to them, "Mr. Malfoy, I'm afraid I have to agree with Miss Mackenzie here. Your ego is a bit stifling." Josie clapped a hand over her mouth and Malfoy's eyes hardened.

"Alright Josie, Mr. Malfoy. I expect you to be done with these papers by tomorrow morning," McGonagall said and dismissed them. They walked out in silence.

"This should be easy for you," Josie bit as soon as they got out of the office.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Malfoy asked. She smirked.

"Well, you're just so proud. I'm sure you just love talking about yourself," she explained. "It'll be great to read about your death eater family and how you're one too," she smiled darkly and his eyes went wide then narrowed. He moved forward and suddenly he was pushing her against the wall.

"I am NOT a death eater," he said angrily. But she wasn't listening. She was trying to catch her breath while staring at his lips. She blinked once, twice, three times when she realized they weren't moving anymore. As she was coming back to reality his hand shifted on her upper arm and all her attention was there. A tiny wave of uneasy heat passed through her. She realized he was still very close to her and pushed him off of herself. He looked at her, a little confused, and she sneered at him.
"Fuck you," she whispered and practically ran back to her room.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No. It's not enough. You need to dig deeper. Write about your favorite memory and your biggest fears," McGonagall said. Josie narrowed her eyes.

"Yeah so he can use it all against me," she muttered. McGonagall either didn't hear her or chose to ignore it.

"Tell him everything," she said. Josie looked at her for a moment before she realized what she was telling her to do. As she left McGonagall's office her hands started to shake.

She sat back, cracking her knuckles and yawning. She had decided to do as McGonagall said and wrote about everything.