Chapter 7: Harry's date with a Malfoy

Juliunna Pov

I looked around nervously at the common room. Trying my best not to call attention to myself, I followed Juliunna into the girl's dorm. The walls were covered with bright green paint. There were sparkling black name plates above each of the three beds. Pansy, Millificent, and Juliunna.

Juliunna pulled a large broom that I recognized as a Nimbus 2001 from her trunk. "I see that Draco let you use his broom. How did you make that happen?" I asked, and she suddenly smirked.

"Oh Draco! Seeing as if your arm is so… impaired, I should really take your place on the Quidditch Team. Isn't that right Flint?" She cooed to an imaginary person. I laughed as she continued.

"He couldn't call me off with everyone staring, so he just gave me the broom. He was very angry about it later. Oh, and Flint got demoted because of his grades. When I heard Uncle Snape talking about it, I went straight to him and asked to be captain. He already knew about my great Quidditch skills and was more then happy to promote me." I heard the child like glee in her voice and smiled.

"Come on, I can't wait to show you my skills!" She smiled at me.

(Fifteen minutes later)

She wasn't kidding. She was amazing! She must have been using her bending, because she didn't sit when she was on the broom. She had to feet planted on her broom, and she weaved in and out of the obstacles gracefully. Even I can't do that! And not once did she look like she'd fall. Oliver is going to flip when he sees what she can do. We couldn't get the Snitch because Madame Hooch said no, but we practiced with rocks. She caught each and every one of them too.

"Wow, you might just have us beat for the cup." I complimented her. She got down to the ground and smiled at me. "Thanks, I've been practicing for soo long. My Aunt Bella was a Quidditch player. Keeper though, best on her squad." She said, and looked up to the sky dreamily. I didn't question her further. Huh, her hair really does shine in the light.

"But enough about me, what about you?" She said, and I shrugged. "My dad was a seeker too, so Quidditch is in both of our bloods. My dad is dead though, where's your Aunt?" I pressed gently, but raised my eyebrow at the hardened look on her face.

"My Aunt Bella did a horrible crime. She's in Azkaban, and had been since before I was born. My family gets to visit her once a month. But she really likes me." Jules hummed thoughtfully.

"Not that it's any of my business but… What did your Aunt do?" I asked softly, and frowned. Juliunna's lip trembled nervously.

"Harry, it's not my business to tell. I'm sorry, but there is a student here that is involved. It wouldn't be fair." I nodded, respecting her choice.

"Anyway, let's take a walk." She suggested. "Well alright-!" But before I could finish my sentence, she was back on her broom and zooming forward.

"Hey, wait for me!" I laughed, and jogged ahead.

"Okay, but you got to catch me first!" She squealed, and I grabbed my broom. I braced myself, and then kicked off. The wind felt wild. It blew past my hair and threatened to blow my glasses off. I didn't understand why, until I saw her laughing at me. That's when I realized she was using her bending. The cheater!

"Hey! That is so not fair!" I shouted, and reared my broom next to hers. Juliunna looked to me and smiled. Her grey eyes were shining really bright. "Alls fair in love and war!" She smiled, and then took off again. She was racing towards the castle.

She reached up and stretched over head, obviously bragging. "Harry! Aim for the D.A room!" She shouted, zooming forward. I followed her through the hoops. When I looked up at the sky, the clouds seemed to be darkening. I was starting to get a little bit scared. Hopefully, she won't use her powers to hit me with a block of ice. Although I doubt that she would. I wouldn't put it pass Draco to do that but, luckily he doesn't have the power.

By the time I reached the D.A room, she was already there. She feigned boredom and yawned. "So what now?" I asked her, and wondered what she wanted to do. She looked really bored. Well, not like bored, but more like… Depressed. As she reached out to knock on the window, I was suddenly reminded of the time on the train, when she passed out. If that happened now, from this high up, she could die. But fortunately, my worries weren't needed. Professor Lupin opened the windows and helped her inside. He obviously had the same thoughts as mine.

"Wouldn't want a repeat of the train would we?" He joked, but Jules just scowled. "Would you both like a cup of tea?" He asked, and I nodded. But Juliunna just continued to scowl. She obviously didn't like his attempt at a joke. She looked at the very large take of water. A sickly green creature with sharp little hands had its face pressed against the glass.

"Grindylow. Water demon. We're going over them in class tomorrow. So," He passed us both a cup of tea. "What are you both doing flying outside my window?" He asked jokingly. "Just practicing with our brooms." Julie muttered, and I thought of the Bogart suddenly. He hadn't given me a turn, and I'm suspicious that he'd think that I couldn't handle it. Professor Lupin must have seen the look on my face because he said, "Anything worrying you lately Harry?"

"No." I lied, and focused on Juliunna, who looked as if she was now sleepy. If I had gotten a chance with the boggart, I definitely would have seen her die or something like that.

"Yes. You know the day we fought the boggart?" I said suddenly, and watched Juliunna stretch and yawn.

"Yes," Lupin said slowly.

"Why didn't you let me fight it?" I said abruptly, and Jules looked up curiously. "I would have thought it was obvious Harry." He said, sounding surprise. Wow, I had expected him to deny that he'd ever done such a thing.

"Why?" I asked.

"Well." Lupin said, frowning a little. "I assumed that if the boggart faced you, it would assume the shape of Voldemort." I stared. Not only had this been the last answer I expected, but Lupin had said Voldemort's name.

"Clearly I was wrong." Lupin said, still frowning at me. "But I didn't think it would be a good idea if Lord Voldemort materialized in the staff room. I imagined that people would panic."

"I didn't think of Voldemort." I… I thought of Juliunna." Her head snapped up, and I imagined that if looks could kill, I'd be dead already.

"Oh and why is that? Because if it's her glare, then I'm not really blaming you." I felt tempted to smirk at the furious look on her face.

"Actually, I'm really afraid of seeing her hurt. Or angry for that matter. Just last week her brother called a friend of ours a dirty word and fire sprouted out of her hands. And if she hadn't calmed down, her brother would have turned into a roasted Malfoy marshmallow." Both Juliunna and I laughed, and I saw a bit of a smirk on Professor Lupin's face. There was a loud knock on the door just then.

"Come in." Lupin called, and I looked at the door to see who it was. The door opened, and Snape came in. Boo! He was carrying a goblet, which was smoking faintly, and stopped at the sight of me. His eyes narrowed. But then turned to mere surprise when he saw Juliunna.

"Ah Severus," Lupin said. "Thank you very much. Could you leave it here on the desk for me?" Snape sat down the goblet on the desk and turned to Juliunna.

"Miss Malfoy, please meet me in my office. I'd like to discus something important." He said. She tuned around looking confused, but didn't explain further. "Alright, goodbye Harry. Goodbye Lupin." She said, and allowed Professor Snape to lead her out of the room. Huh? What was that about?