His Little Sunshine Chapter 10
After a long and tiring potions class, Paislee and Draco and the rest of the Slytherin's headed to the Great Hall for lunch. Keeping close to his mate, Draco listened into the conversation that Paislee and Kinga were having. He may have allowed the newcomer into their circle but he by no means trusted her. He had a bad feeling as he thought about the scars that were on both her and her brother's faces. He knew exactly what type of scar they were and where they most likely received them. Blaise and Theo meet his eyes giving him a knowing look before nodding and staying close by. Draco knew their friends would stay with them to face whatever problems would arise. After all, Blaise and Theo much like Draco had been trained in the dark arts and together they could take down anything that threatened their group. Astoria and Pansy caught their eye and nodded as well seeming to be thinking the same thing. Draco sensed that Paislee was unaware of the situation that they had just gotten involved in and vowed to talk to her later that night about her new friend.
Focusing back on Paislee and Kinga's conversation, he tightly his grip on his mate's hand causing her to shoot him a confused look before turning back to her friend. "You're welcome to sit with us at lunch if you want, Kinga. I'm sure we could fit one more on our side of the table." Kinga looked slightly surprised before lowering her gaze to the floor. "Thank you, but I have to meet my brother at the Great Hall, we have a prior engagement that we have to go to." Paislee frowned as Draco and the rest of the Slytherin's gave a mental sigh of relief. The farther away Kinga and her brother were, the better. The last thing they needed was for two unruly supernaturals to cause trouble. Turning to face his mate and Kinga, he shot the newcomer a look that held a silent warning. "That's a shame. Perhaps we'll see you around then. Won't we, guys?" Paislee sent him another confused look while the other Slytherin's gave a curt nod giving off a vibe of darkness. Feeling the darkness seep into the air, Paislee was caught off guard when Kinga raised her head high as her lips curled into a sickeningly sweet smile. "Yes it is. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find my brother. You will most definitely see me around."
As soon as Kinga walked around the corner and disappeared in the crowd of other students, the Slytherin's now gave a sigh of relief out loud. Paislee took in their expressions of relief and immediately knew something was very wrong. Turning to look up at her mate, she spoke with her voice low. "Something's up with Kinga isn't it?" Draco and the other Slytherin's stopped abruptly and pulled her off to the side surrounding her in a circle. Nodding Draco pulled her close. "Yes, love. Something's very wrong with Kinga and her brother. All is not what it seems to be. There's something going on that's definitely going to screw up our plans for a quiet relaxing year." Blaise put a hand on her shoulder gently meeting her eyes. "We need you to stay close to us at all times. Out of all of us, you're the least prepared for any trouble that might arise. Theo and I and our parents are the new guard families for the House of Malfoy. We swear on our lives that we'll protect you both." Pansy and Astoria place a hand on her back and rubbed it soothingly. "Our families are also guard families for the House of Malfoy and together we'll make sure no harm will come to you and Draco." Raising her head, Paislee looked around at her friends and saw the seriousness of the situation and felt her heartbeat pick up and fill with pure love for them all. They were willing to lay down their lives for her and Draco and for that she'd always be thankful. Speaking with her voice full of confidence and power she nodded to them all. "Thank you for all that you are to our House. I promise you I'll stay with one of you at all times. I trust all of you with my life. We'll make it through this together." Giving her a nod they looked to Draco who gave them nod turning to look at all of them. "If it's possible, I'd like to have some time to speak with Paislee alone for a few. I feel like she needs to know the situation in its entirety. I'll send a signal if anything happens. You know the drill. Thank you. All of you." Their friends bowed low before taking off for the Great Hall.
Once Draco sensed they were seated in the Hall for lunch, he turned to Paislee trying to gauge her reaction to all of this. Paislee looked up and met his eyes giving him a halfhearted smile that didn't quite meet her eyes. "Fancy getting out of here for a while, love? We can go back to the dormitories and stay there. We don't have any more classes for today. I haven't really gotten to have you for myself for very long since you've arrived." Paislee noticed that his expression had softened and his eyes sparkled with a hopeful look as he met her eyes. Smiling and leaning up to give him a quick kiss she pulled away and took his hand intertwining their fingers together giving it a squeeze. "Let's go then, Draco-kun." Grinning down at her he started to lead the back to the dormitories but threw a glance over his shoulder as he caught the eyes of the Golden Trio who were around the corner for the entire encounter who he knew had heard every last word. Harry nodded at him giving him their word that he and the rest of the Gryffindor's would stand behind them if anything happened. Draco sent them a grateful smile before turning back to his mate wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her into his side protectively. Little did they know, that things were just getting started. Only time would tell how it all would end. But together, the two former enemies and their friends knew that they would stand their ground and fight to have a year free of danger and the darkness that had just descended upon their school.