DISCLAIMER: I don't own either Harry Potter or The Mortal Instruments
The rest of her first week back was uneventful at most, all her classed had been a breeze and simply been about preparing them for this year and what they should be expecting. She had petrol with Malfoy only once more this week and that had been on Thursday, which consisted with him asking questions about her, who she was, about her family. Questions she avoided like the plague, she gave him little vague answers once she had said time and time again when the topic of her family rose.
What was slightly grating on her nerves was the feeling of constantly being watched, she was being watched closely by Draco, the teachers, her fellow Slytherin's and now the bloody Golden Trio. This was going to be really old, really fast.
It was the first weekend of the year and she had somehow found herself sitting in the stands of the Quidditch pitch currently watching Slytherin's tryouts, she was silly enough to let Blaise and Theo talk her into it.
She did however fully agree once she found out Malfoy was captain of the team, so far things where on track with Malfoy she was watching his comings and goings however a few nights this week he had slipped through her finger tips
"Can you put your damn book down and at least try and enjoy this wonderful day outside" Blaise snapped at her from his broom above her
"Hey do you want my Arithmancy notes or not?" She challenged
"Oh no, carry on" he told her as her flew away to join the others
"So you come to our try outs" The voice of none other than Draco Malfoy said from the air "And you don't watch said tryouts"
"Shhh reading" she told him without looking up
However before she could even prepare Draco dove on his broom and snatched up her book
"Hey give that back!" she yelled now standing up
"Not until you promise to pay attention" he teased
"To what" she asked
"To me" he said with a smirk before flying away to hold his tryouts
"Bloody annoying housemates" she seethed as she now watched their stupid tryouts
When it was all said and done Draco gracefully landed beside her, book in hand
"Was that really necessary" she asked snatching her book back
"As a matter of fact yes" he answered with a smirk "I got your attention didn't I?"
"If it's my attention you wanted Mr Malfoy" she said in a huff "All you had to do was ask"
He couldn't help but burst out laughing at her antics, there was something about this small blonde before him that drew his attention to her. Like so many others in his house, he too was growing this odd fascination with her and he was unsure if that was a good thing or not.
Another week had passed since that day on the pitch and Hannah did her best to avoid Malfoy, make the blonde come to her if you will.
Twice now Harry has cornered her in the halls pressing the matter that he still thinks Malfoy is a Deatheater, she was starting to think Harry had been following him personally but unlike Harry she couldn't personally keep that up every night what with advanced classes and homework that seems to never end, perhaps she needed a new approach.
She did however start to notice a change in Draco, more so then the start of term. He was always an outspoken person, projecting his thoughts and view on others however he had started to become distant both mentally and physically from his fellow classmates. The blonde was mostly keeping to himself and oddly quiet which was a new development, if one looked close enough you could see the slightly haunted look that would cross his face every now and then.
Just like this very moments she was sitting across from the blonde in the library both trying to finish the latest Ancient Runes calculations
She sat down her quill "Are you alright Malfoy?" she asked real concern lacing her voice
"Why do you ask?" he asked looking up at her now, a guarded look now across his features
"For someone who is normally extremely out spoken you are oddly quiet these days" she confessed
"I don't think you'd like to hear the opinion I have these day" he said, the tone of his voice sent shivers up her spin
"I'm not ignorant" Hannah told him making point to look at his left covered forearm "Neither do I care"
Malfoy scoffed at her "If you were smart you'd keep such thoughts and accusations to yourself"
"Look around Malfoy" she said quietly "This whole castle is cowering in fear, the lines were drawn a long time ago and if you haven't noticed it's us vs. them"
He took a moment to look around the library and to be completely honest he believe her words, no one single soul was game enough to sit remotely close to the Slytherin's. It happened in the hallways also, most of the younger years would go out of their way to avoid the older Slytherin's afraid that one might just jump right out and attack one of them.
"Besides" Hannah said claiming his attention once more "Everyone is entitled to their secrets and I'm not one to judge"
"I've just had a lot on my mind" He answered at long last
"Pardon" Hannah asked shocked
"I haven't been sleeping well, I've just had a lot on my mind" he told her truthfully
"Understandable" Hannah said with a small smile "At least try and get some sleep" she said playfully now "Because you're starting to look like crap"
He couldn't help but laugh at her last statement "Thanks" he said shaking his head "I'll keep that in mind"
It's now November and the pair had somehow become a study buddies from that day forward, it only seemed fitting having most classes together and it was a great way for her to keep an eye on him. Between prefect patrol's and doing their homework together she had managed to keep an eye on him 70% of the time, however he was still sneaking off at nights and sometimes during breaks however she did start to notice that when he disappear so did either Crabbe and Goyle.
"Since when have you and Malfoy become all best buddies?" Theodore asked one Friday afternoon during double Herbology
"Why" Hannah asked "Jealous?"
"No" he snapped "It's just… weird"
"I don't know" Hannah answered with a shrug "Between having almost every class together and prefect patrols we've just been stuck together I guess you could say, it was bound to happen us having a conversation Theo"
"Just… be careful" Theodore told her looking completely serious now
"Theodore" Hannah said with a sigh
"No Hannah I really mean it" he said nodding towards Pansy and Daphne
Hannah scoffed "You think I need to be scared of Pansy?"
"You know from day one she had laid claim to Draco" He told her "She won't take to kindly of you stepping on her turf"
"She can have Draco" she answered holding up her hands "I don't want him, I've just had to spend a lot of time around him is all"
"You might want to tell them that" Theodore whispered now "Because between you and me Pansy scars me just as much as Bellatrix Lestrange does"
"Wait" Hannah said her completely shocked by his words "You've met Bellatrix?"
Her question however went unanswered for the bell rang giving Theodore the opportunity to make a hasty exit.
Hannah was so deep in thought it wasn't till halfway through Potions that she snapped out of it, she was so completely taken off guard by Theodore's that she hadn't being paying the slightest attention to the world around her
"Where in Merlins name is your head at Ravenheart" Draco snapped
"Wait what' she said looking around now
"Are you even thinking" he growled at her taking the ladle off her "You could have bloody blown us all up you stupid girl"
"Excuse me" Hannah snapped back going on the defensive, it was then that she looked at the bright red potion before her "Oh my" she said shocked
"Far from the navy blue colour it's meant to be huh" Draco said raising an eyebrow
Hannah sat down on a stool and rubbed her face in frustration, what can she say it's been a long couple of months. Draco wasn't the only one losing sleep, she could hardly remember the last time she had a full nights rest.
Between classes, the mass amounts of homework and assignments not to mention Prefect duties. Tailing Draco and watching his every move and her what little sleep she had been invaded with thoughts of Jace. She would spend most of her night working out, trying to release the frustration and build up emotions she was working hard to squash deep down.
"I'm just exhausted" she told him laying her head down on the desk, she could feel her eyes softly drifting
"Sir" she heard Draco speck up "Miss Ravenheart isn't feeling to well, I think she needs to laydown" he said addressing the teacher
"Oh, I see" Slughorn said addressing their work station "Please see to it Mr Malfoy that she gets to the hospital wing, or at least a proper sleep"
"To right you are Professor" Draco said picking her up bridal style
Hannah had little to no energy to object, she could barely keep her eyes open
"I'll bring your bags" she heard the soft voice of Blaise say before completely falling asleep to the soft rhythm of Draco Malfoy's beating heart.
When Hannah woke hours later she had no idea what the time was let alone where in heavens name she was, because this was most defiantly not her bed.
"You currently in the boy's dorms" Came the voice of Draco Malfoy to her right
Slowly rolling over she saw him sitting at his desk clearly working on what appeared to be homework
"You were only a sleep for a couple of hours" He told her looking up from his work now "Everyone else is at dinner but don't worry Blaise promised to bring you back something" he said getting back to his work
"I can't believe I fell asleep in potions" she said slowly sitting up
"I can't believe you almost blew up the classroom due to your stupidity" He shot back
"We've all had bad days Malfoy" she said annoyed now "You included"
"You know nothing of my bad days" he said softly
That peaked her interest "care to share" she asked standing behind him now, she took a chance and softly place her small pantie hands on his shoulders. She felt him tense up at her very touch "Being a Malfoy mustn't be easy" she was treading carefully now "being the heir to such a family is both a burden and an honour"
He lent into her touch now, let himself enjoy her small hands softly release the tension from his shoulders "Are you trying to seduce me?" he softly chuckled
"Oh Draco, you wish" she answered softly easing the knots out of his shoulders "Just simply repaying you for earlier" in truth she was trying to relax the boy enough to try and read his mind, or get some indication as to what he is up to at night
"I know of a few other ways you can repay me" he said in humour
"I'm sorry, I'm not like Pansy" she told him truthfully "I don't get on my knee for any pureblood that says please"
She felt him tense up once more "No, your not are you" he said seriously "But that can change"
Something in the way he spoke put Hannah on edge, the coldness to his voice hit her to the core
He slowly stood up, making her drop her hands from his shoulders. He was standing close to her now, to close for her liking "Do I scar you?" he asked noticing the change in her demeanour, he took another step closer for good measure
"No" she said, he breathing shaking slightly
"Well I should" he told her softly
She didn't know what it was, it might have been the slight gleam in his eyes or the sadistic smile that momentarily graced his lips but it was at this moment that Hannah was reminded who he was… or more importantly what he was, a deatheater.
But then again she was a Shadowhunter, he should be the one fearing her
Standing up straight she lifted her chin up as if to challenge the tall blonde
"No" she said again, this time her voice didn't shake not even slightly "You don't scar me"
Taking them both by surprise he graved her behind the neck and pulled her into an intense kiss, and what surprised her the most was she found herself kissing him back.
If it wasn't for the sudden arrival of Blaise Zabini forcing the two teenagers to untangle themselves from each other, it would have only gotten worse from there.
Once reality hit her in the face she now felt sick to her stomach, how could she do that… how could she let HIM do that, what had she done…
"I'll take that as my queue to leave" The blonde said amused, leaving a shocked Hannah alone with a fuming Blaise Zabini
"What the bloody hell" the Italian yelled once Malfoy had left the room "What the hell just happened?"
"I… I don't know" Hannah answered truthfully crumbling to the floor
Blaise quickly rushed to her side a look of concern on her face "come on let's get some food into you, I didn't see you each anything today"
"I'll be fine Blaise" she said standing up on her own "I might just take a nice relaxing bath and call it a night"
"Are you sure?" he asked looking unsure
"Yeah" she said wrapping her arms around herself, she needed to wash herself… she wanted to wash away the feeling of his touch… she needed to get out of there "I'll see you in the morning" she told him quickly rushing from his dorm room, she made her exit out of the Slytherin common room without interruption and without hesitation
She was once again lost in her own thoughts, to consumed with what just happened she didn't realise she herself was being stalked for once, because hiding within the vary shadows she normally consumed herself with was someone desperate for some payback.
She had made it to the third floor by the time they decided to strike and strike they did, she felt a hard object connect with the back of her head, hard.
The next thing Hannah knew she was collapsing to the floor, she saw a faint outline of someone standing over her before her whole world went black.
Hannah could hear soft faint voices from somewhere far, far away. Her whole body felt like lead, as if something heavy was weighing her down.
Where was she? What happened? And what are the voices screaming about?
Hannah slowly felt her eyes flutter open, it took what felt like a lifetime for them to focus but once they did she assisted the scene before her.
A very patient Albus Dumbledore was trying to hardest to calm a very erratic Magnus Bane
"I'll have your head for this old man" Magnus snapped
"Who are you calling old Warlock" came the bored tone of Servus Snape
"Watch it" Magnus growled
"Magnus" Hannah got out weakly
Just hearing her faint voice claimed the warlock down immensely
"Button" he said rushing to her side "You had me worried for a moment there"
"Silly warlock" she said with a faint smile "Never trusting me"
"Miss Ravenheart, how are you" Dumbledore asked kindly
"Been better" she answered truthfully
Magnus helped her sit up slowly
"What happened" she said rubbing her face
"You fell down three flights of stairs" Dumbledore told her concerned
"I didn't fall" Hannah said deep in thought "I was hit from behind" she said recollecting her thoughts
"You were attacked?" he asked shocked
"That's it" Magnus yelled "I'm pulling her out of this damn school"
"Magnus" Hannah said trying to taking his arm
"No" He growled "Don't be foolish you could have been hurt a hell of a lot worse then you currently are"
"Magnus it's nothing a few runes won't heal" she shot back
"What is it with you Shadowhunters and being so damn reckless" he said mostly to himself handing over her Stele
"Thank you" she said softly before carefully carving the healing rune onto her arm, she could instantly feel the effects "I'll be fine" she told the professors "I'll just need to rest"
"Miss Ravenheart, this is very serious business" Dumbledore addressed "For another student to harm another in such a way…"
"In all due respect headmaster" Hannah cut across him "I've been through worse and dealt with worse"
"I have no drought about that" he said
"Then please do not baby me like you do your other students" she told him
"As you wish" he told her "We shall leave you to rest" before leaving he added "Perhaps it's best if you spend the weekend in the hospital wing… to maintain your cover"
"As you wish" she answered laying back down
The two professors left leaving Hannah alone with an angry warlock
"I thought you were otherwise engaged?" Hannah told him "Don't tell me you came back because you were worried about me"
"Hannah this isn't funny" he said taking a seat "You could have been seriously hurt not to mention when I arrived you looked so… lifeless"
"I'm sorry" she said taking his large hand in hers "I'll be more careful" she promised
"I'll be heading back to New York shortly, all I found was whispers of a ghost" he informed her taking a seat on her bed "Perhaps he is just that… a ghost"
"We can hope" she added
"Rest now Button" he told her giving her a kiss on the head "I'll see you in a months' time, Christmas holidays will be here before we know it"
And just like that he lulled her back to sleep.
When Hannah came to next she could tell it was well and truly close to drawn, what dragged her from her slumber was Draco Malfoy. He was sitting in a chair next to her bed, his feet resting up on the bed itself softly writing away in a book.
"Malfoy" she asked confused startling the blonde
"Your awake" he said siting up
It was then Hannah noticed her runes were currently showing, as quickly as she could she covered herself up in the blanket making it appear as if she was cold
"I heard what happened" he simply told her
"Aw where you concerned for me?" she asked
"Hardly" he scoffed getting comfortable once again "I just mealy came here to tell you Parkinson had been dealt with"
"Dealt with?" she questioned
"For Parkinson to pull such an act on a fellow Slytherin was both stupid and very, very foolish" he said his silver eyes giving off a dark gleam
"Well I guess I owe you a thank you" she asked
An smirk spread its away across his face now "That you do" he told her getting to his feet "However I'll take that payment at a later date"
"What are you doing with your weekend?" She asked, she would be stuck in here till Sunday at the earliest so there was no way of keeping an eye on him now
"Detention" he answered "apparently my Transfiguration homework had been lacking"
"Wait isn't it a Hogesmeade weekend" she said looking chest fallen
"What can I say" Draco said "McGonagall can be a real bitch"
"You're more than welcome to stay here till your detention if you'd like my help with the homework" Hannah offered
He stopped and really thought about her offer "As wonderful as the offer may be, you should get some rest" he told her
"And you have places to be" she accused
"Something like that" he answered watching her rather closely now
By the time midday came around she was bored out of her mind, of all the weekends she had to be stuck in the hospital wing on a Hogesmeade one.
Her boredom however was short lived, Hagrid came rushing into the room with a girl limply hanging from his arms yelling for none other than Madam Pomfrey
"What happened" said asked rushing forward to examine the girl
Hannah noticed the faint green glow resinating off her skin "Don't touch her!" Hannah yelled getting to her feet "She has been cursed with a dark object"
"Too right you are Miss Ravenheart" Professor Snape said rushing into the room closely accompanied by both Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall
"Careful Poppy" Dumbledore told the nurse
"Miss Ravenheart" Snape asked "Can you be of assistance" he asked
"I can try" Hannah answered confused by his request, sure she had extensive training from Magnus dealing with dark artefacts and objects. Taking a deep breath she stepped up to the girl gently placing her hands over her body and closing her eyes, she had to contain the magic before it weaved its way through the young girls magical core.
She could feel it, she could sense it
"I need my bag" she told them "Someone bring me my school bag"
And sure enough within minutes they had retrieved her school bag and Hannah was digging through it for a small yet precious poach, she found a black onyx stone and placed it careful within the young girls hand… the place of contact.
She used all her power and energy to transfer the lingering curse into the stone itself, transferring it from one object to another was serious business and took a lot of concentration. It took Hannah hours, two painful hours the teachers all stood by and watched.
Once her job was done Hannah clasped into Snape's strong arms "Well done Miss Ravenheart" he told her "You might have just saved that young girls life"
"She isn't out of the woods just yet" she told them "She has to do the rest of the healing herself"
"She'll need to be transferred to St Mungo's" Madam Pomfrey informed the headmaster
"To right you are Poppy" he answered "But first we need answers"
"Potter Granger and Weasley are waiting for me in my office" McGonagall informed him "As is the object"
"I'd like to view it" Snape informed her following her out of the hospital wing
"Come dear" Madam Pomfrey said leading her back to her bed "You need to rest now"
Hours later Hannah's rest was once again interrupted by none other than Harry Potter this time
"I'm telling you Hermione it was Malfoy, I just know it" he said storming into the hospital wing
"Harry it can't have been" the girl tried to plead with him "You heard what McGonagall said, he wasn't even in the village"
"How the hell could you let this happen" Harry yelled at her coming into view "How could you sit back and let Malfoy attack a student"
"Excuse me" Hannah said getting up
"Malfoy was behind that attack on Katy Bell I just know it" Harry said stepping forward "I've seen that necklace before"
"It is a genetic cursed necklace" Hannah snapped back "Who hasn't seen one"
"Malfoy is a bloody deatheater and you're not doing anything about it" He yelled at her "Isn't your job to keep an eye on those bloody snakes Malfoy included"
"How do you know what my job is" she snapped
"Why else would they have someone like you join the order" he answered "It's your bloody job to find out what your classmates are up to"
"Potter you're walking on thin ice" she hissed "If its escaped your noticed Mr Potter I'm currently stuck in the hospital wing because of one of my fellow housemates"
"By Parkinson of all people" He scoffed "All because your too busy trying to get into Malfoy's pants rather than doing the job you've been assigned" once the words left his mouth a look of shock crossed his features
Without even thinking Hannah wandlessly summoned the Seraph Blade from her school bag and had it placed against his throat before he could so much as utter another word.
All three Gryffindor's looked utterly horrified now, at both Harry's words and Hannah's actions. Hannah had never been so angry and frustrated, she was downright seething
"Miss Ravenheart" Said the voice of Professor Snape "I would kindly appreciated it if you wouldn't slice open Mr Potters throat… as tempting as the thought sounds"
Hannah was looking Harry deep in the eyes as she slowly lowered her sword, never once breaking contact
"Now as for yourself Mr Potter" Snape continued "You have just errant yourself a weeks' worth of detention" Harry didn't even bother trying to object "And a trip to the headmaster"
A very chest fallen Gryffindor and his two sidekicks slowly started making their way out of the room
"As for yourself Miss Ravenheart Professor Slughorn wishes to have your attendance at a dinner party later this evening" Snape said rolling his eyes before taking his leave also "Be there at 8pm"
Once she was given the all clear to leave the hospital wing she wanted nothing more than to take a long hot shower and get a good night's rest, however that hope was short lived with reminder that she a dinner party to attend too
After changing into appropriate clothing Hannah slowly made her way to Slughorn's office, she was dressed in perfect pureblood attire with not even a curl out of place.
"Ah Miss Ravenheart" Slughorn addressed her once she entered the room "How wonderful for you to join us, especially since you were in the hospital wing not that long ago" he gestured to the open chair next to Blaise "We were just discussing what Miss Granger's muggle parents do for a living"
Getting to his feet Blaise helped her into her chair like the perfect pureblood gentlemen he was raised to be
"So Miss Granger" Slughorn asked "What do they do?"
"There dentists" she answered finally "They tend to peoples teeth"
"Fascinating" Slughorn said "And is that considered a dangerous profession?"
"Um no" she answered looking at Harry "However one boy did bite my father once… he needed ten stickers"
"And you Miss Ravenheart" Slughorn said addressing her now "I hear you spend a lot of time overseas?"
"That is correct Professor" Hannah answered watching him closely, she saw the slight gleam in his eyes… he knew, all the teachers knew and clearly judging by the students around them he had surrounded himself with the best and the brightest "He is a curse breaker" she simple told him "So natural his job requires us to move around a lot"
"Ah that's a very dangerous and serious profession" Slughorn said playing along "Has he been at it long?"
"Ever since he graduated" She answered
"Amazing stuff curse breakers" he turned to Ginny Weasley now "Isn't your older brother a curse breaker Miss Weasley"
Hannah breathed a sigh of relief, just happy to have the conversation on someone else