The five in front of him gaped, Draco Malfoy, the Prince of Slytherin, was being protected by a LION!!!!
Draco's cheeks were tinged pink and he kept his eyes locked on the floor, absentmindedly scratching the big cat's ears
"Wow"
Looking up his eyes locked with Harry's
"That was unexpected" Draco grinned feebly
"Fascinating, but why would your patronous be a lion? Normally they have some personal connection with the person but you're in Slytherin, why would you have a Gryffindor symbol?" Hermione wondered aloud, circling Draco
Draco blinked at her statement, before flushing crimson
"Why are you blus---
Ron was cut off by Blaise and Pansy's hysterical laughter. Pansy was clutching her sides, tears pouring down her face. Blaise was on all fours, banging his fist on the ground, as he turned blue from lack of oxygen, Ron took one look at Draco's face and lost it as well. Draco was still blushing heavily, shaking with embarrassment and anger, Harry sighed and walked towards him while Hermione tried to get the others to stop laughing
Coming up to Draco, Harry put a hand on his shoulder and whispered
'Hey, just ignore them. Your magic is starting to get upset' Draco shivered at Harry's closeness, his anger melting
"Draco?"
Harry and Draco turned to see Blasie, Pansy and Ron, breathless but not laughing anymore, lined up against the wall being glared at by Hermione. Draco backed up her glare with of his own
"What" he snapped
"We're sorry" they chorused, Draco snorted and turned away, only to come face to face with Harry
"Their apologizing Draco" his tone wasn't exactly warning…. yet
Draco grumbled and turned back to the three against the wall
"Whatever" Hermione smiled, before turning back to Ron, she smacked him on the back of the head
"Ow! What was that for!?"
"Laughing at someone like that is rude. No more chocolate frogs for you"
Trails of fake tears made their way down Ron's cheeks as he begged and pleaded with Hermione. Harry and Draco laughed, Pansy and Blasie were whispering so they didn't notice
"Draco" he turned towards Hermione
"Yeah?"
"Do you know why you have a lion patronous?" Hermione never let a mystery go unsolved
"Uhh… um" Draco stuttered, blushing again, Hermione watched his face carefully, when his eyes darted to Harry for a split second she understood. Grabbing his arm she dragged him into the corner
'Okay, they can't hear you now. Why do you have a lion patronous? You can trust me'
Draco mumbled something
'What?'
Again the mumbling
'I can't understand you'
Draco looked away, blushing, and muttered
'Because Harry's in Gryffindor'
Draco waited for it, he knew what would happen
"OOOOOHHH!! THAT'S ADORABLE!!!" Hermione gushed, grabbing him in a bone-crushing hug
The others in the room started at Hermione, dumbstruck, she never acted like that! Pansy walked up to them cautiously and tapped Hermione on the shoulder. She spun around and grabbed her in a hug too, whispering in her ear. The boys jumped when Pansy tackled Draco in another bone-crushing hug
"KYAAAA!!!! YOU ARE SOOOO CUTE DRACO!!!" Pansy exclaimed
Hermione joined in on the hug, both girls whispered excitedly to each other while Draco steadily got redder, whether it was from embarrassment or lack oxygen Harry couldn't tell. Harry looked over at Ron and Blaise to see if they could explain this behavior but stopped when he saw them glaring daggers at Draco, they were practically green with jealousy
'I'll kill him' they thought together
Harry laughed and turned back to the hug-fest in the corner, he sighed and walked up the them, pulling them off Draco
"Guys chill, he can't breathe" his words had no effect on them what so ever, apparently they were both in 'hug mode' because they ran toward Blaise and Ron and tackled them over in hugs
Catching each other's eyes, Ron and Blaise grinned happily, looking back at Draco they smiled
'He can live….. maybe'
After making sure that Draco could breathe again Harry leaned forward and whispered
'Do I want to know what made the girls insane?' Draco shook his head, still gaping for breath
'Maybe someday' he replied between gasps
Harry was clearly confused but let it drop anyways, turning to everyone else he asked
"Can we go to the Room of Requirement now?" that seemed to snap the girls out of the their little 'hug mode', blushing they released the boys and backed off. Ron and Blaise glared at Harry but stayed silent as he cheerfully led them from the room. It was pretty much silent on the way there, for Draco it wasn't safe to walk with the girls, for they may suffocate him again and Hermione had her camera ready, intent on new action shots. And when he tried to walk with Blaise and Ron they just kept snickering at him, so he was forced to walk with Harry. He was so absorbed in his thoughts of the boy beside him that he didn't skip the fake stair. Suddenly finding himself falling forward he was about to call out when to strong arms wrapped around his waist
"Geez Draco, you should pay attention or you may get hurt" Harry exclaimed, heaving him out of the 'stair', Draco couldn't respond, his face red as he felt the soft breaths of the Gryffindor on the back of his neck, vaguely he heard the tell tale click of Hermione's camera as he wrenched himself out of Harry's grip and quickly climbed the rest of the stairs, not seeing Harry's hurt look
Ron patted his shoulder but Harry shrugged him off, sending a quick glare at Hermione he continued up as well. Blaise sighed and started up after him, the rest following behind him. When the rest of them had gotten to the top, they saw that Draco was facing the opposite was Harry was as they waited for them, Harry had a sad/angry look on his face
"Ok, is this the place?" Pansy asked Harry, he nodded, still looking at Draco
"Well…. where is it?' Harry looked up at her and sighed, then he started walking back and forth in front of one stretch of wall; Pansy, Blasie and Draco watched in confusion and jumped back in shock when a door appeared, without looking at anyone Harry grabbed the handle and let himself in. Ron and Hermione motioned to the three Slytherins and entered the room as well, Draco, Blaise and Pansy following him. Inside they gaped, the room was much bigger than they had expected. One wall was covered in bookshelves, and next to them there was a table of Dark Detectors. On the other wall there was and assortment of potions, that Hermione and Ron were staring at sadly. Draco looked around for Harry, finding him at the end of the potions self, stuffing many of them into a bag
"What are you doing?"
"Re-stocking"
"On?"
Harry glared at him "Why do you care?"
Draco stepped back in shock; Harry saw the hurt on his face and sighed, his shoulders slumping
"They're sleeping and healing potions okay"
'Geez first he pushes me away, then he ignores me, and when I get mad he gets hurt….. Damn my sensitivity!' Harry thought sadly
Draco retreated to where Pansy was
"What's the matter with him" Pansy sighed and shook her head
"Draco you can't be that clueless" no response "Okay fine! On the stairs he helped you and you pretty much pushed him away and ran away, THEN you ignored him, I think that's a good reason for him to be a little upset"
"I was embarrassed! That's no reason for him to snap at me—
"And then answer you right after, he knew he hurt you and tried to make up for it"
Draco stayed silent
"So how does this room work?" Blasie asked
"It basically is equipped with what you ask it to be"
"Except food, it doesn't do that" Ron added, Hermione smiled at him
Draco was still thinking
'What you ask it to be? Hmmmmm…. a chair?' Draco jumped when a chair popped up next to him 'THAT'S IT!'
'Smoke bombs, activated smoke bombs'
The others in the room yelped as little explosions started happening, Draco quickly walked toward Harry while the others tried to find each other in the dark. Draco ran into someone
"Who is that?' Harry asked
Draco didn't answer, instead he wrapped his arms the taller boy and buried his head in his chest
"Thanks for before" he mumbled against him, he felt Harry relax as he spoke and was startled when Harry hugged him back, nuzzling his face in his hair
"No problem"
Yaaay! Ok so I have to go to school in like 45 minutes so I have to go eat and do stuff T.T
OK NEXT CHAPTER!!!!!!!!... I HAVN'T ACTUALLY STARTED IT YET!!!!!!!
Hehehehe….. well anyway…. i will start on the bus! Ugggghh bus T.T
