It was surprising how quiet things had been lately. There hadn't been any talk or rumors spreading about Harry and Draco's fight a few days ago. Harry didn't seem to forget and Sirena could tell it was taking some what of a toll on him. However Draco seemed to have forgotten like everyone else.
Sirena entered the library and headed to the restricted section. She wanted to know more about these horcruxes. She peered down the isle of tall book shelf and pursed her lips trying to remember the name of he book she saw it in. Sirena didn't practice he dark arts but she was definitely interested in its concepts.
"Dark stuff for such an innocent witch," said a low voice from behind.
Sirena glanced and saw Draco Malfoy hovering behind her.
"Must you always sneak up on me whilst reading?" she asked with irritation fuming from her words.
"How else am I supposed to talk to you? You won't even look at me let alone talk to me."
"Sorry, malfoy I don't speak parsle tongue," she mused scribbling a few notes from the page.
"What the bloody hell are talking about?" he asked as the confusion bested him.
She slammed the book shut and swiftly put it back on its shelf. " I don't talk to snakes," she said giving a furious glare as she walked away.
Draco's eyes burned with rage at her insult. He grabbed the red head's wrist before she was out of his range and puked her back nearly causing her to fall. His rough grip startled Sirena. She gasped as he forced her towards him.
"I forgot," he said darkly. "Im mot perfect like you." Draco tightened his grip on her arms as the rage grew in his eyes. Her flesh beneath his hands ached from the pressure.
"I never said I was," she said as she jerked out of his grip. "and if this is your way of apologizing then you need rethink you plan."
All emotion left Draco's after that. "You don't know what it's like to be asked to do something you don't want to do."
Sirena narrowed her eyes. If he only knew. "Then perhaps you should do something about it and stop having a pity party!" she fumed. Sickens by the sight of him she start to walk away.
Draco was taken aback by her words. " Your right."
Sirena stopped wide eyed. She turned her head and stared at the boy in shock.
"What is going on over here," said the the professor.
Sirena inhaled deeply and left the library. These boys would be the death of her. She honestly wished things could be the way they were at the beginning of the year.
The hallway echo with voices of students. Sirena saw a familiar face leaning against the stone pilar leaving out to the courtyard. Andrusa was scribbling intently in a little brown leather book. He took a paused and bawled on the end of his pencil. Sirena smiled as she began to approach him. She didn't think about what she did after her mishap with Draco. She figure Andrusa would brush it off as usual. With his personality she figured as much.
The Russian boy look up and smiled placing the pencil behind his ear and closed the little book placing it in his back pocket.
"Hey, stranger."
Andrusa just smiled slightly but failed to make any eye contact.
"Whats wrong?" maybe he had a bad day?
"Sirena, " he sighed. "We seriously need to talk."
"Okay about what?" she asked.
He glanced around. "Privately," he said.
Sirena shook her head and pushed a few strands of her hair behind her ear. "There's nothing to talk about."
shaking his head Andrusa's agitation grew. "Sirena, how can you even say that?" hey said crossing his arms.
"Andrusa your being redicu-"
"No I'm not!" he interrupted. Fed up with her dodging, Andrusa grabbed the girl by her hand and pulled her under the tree in the courtyard. "First we snog then you don't talk to me for a few days and then you-" Andrusa stopped himself from saying the last part of his sentence. "Sirena I-"
"Sirena!" call Harry from the breezeway.
"Hi Harry," said Sirena.
Andrusa rolled his eyes. With a grunt of anger, Andrusa stormed off and vanished into the sea of students.
"What's with him?" asked Harry.
"No idea," she said as she watched in Andrusa's direction. She had dodged another romantic confrontation."So what's up Harry?" she asked.
"I wanted to apologize."
Sirena turned her head slightly. "What for?" she asked.
"For what I did to Draco."
"Harry you don't have to-" Sirena paused when she saw the understanding look on Harry's face. "I don't know anymore about Draco's plans."
Harry nodded. "I know." an awkward silence forced it way between them. "Well I best be off," he said as he started to leave.
"Where to?" Sirena asked.
"I have to help Dumbledore with something," he said. Sirena could tell in his voice it was important.
As Harry turned to leave again Sirena spoke. "Harry!" He turned back yucky with urgency. "I'm not in love with you know."
Harry's face grew sad. "Just remember what side he's on, Sirena." and with that he left.
Sirena returned to the corridors thinking of the mess she had made. Why was it so hard for her to talk about things like this. She wasn't in live with anyone and least of Draco.
"Those silly narggles," said a sweet voice. Sirena looked to her left and saw Luna lovegood rummaging through her satchel. Across the hall a few of the Slytherin boys were holding what looked like a bag of some kind of animal food. Sirena rolled her eyes. "Oops!" she said as she purposely tripped and fell into the tall slytherin.
"Hey watch where your going you-oh? " he smiled when he saw she was a girl. "Pretty cute for a Gryffindor," she heard one if the boys mutter. She smiled innocently. "So sorry," she said sweetly and casually walked away glancing back at the boy giving a playful wink. He retuned it with a devious yet hopeful smile.
Sirena approached Luna and smiled as shelf out the bag the boys had taken. "Loose something, Luna?" she asked. The tall Slytherin patted his person and looked at her in shock as his friends laughed. Sirena was a rather skilled pick pocket but she never stole from stores, markets or people.
"Thank you!" Luna exclaimed. "The owls are going to be so happy!"
"Huh?" Sirena questioned.
"Oh sometimes I like to feed the owls in the owlery."
"Mind if I join you?" asked Sirena. Sirena liked Luna. Ofcourse it was a little awkward considering she was Andrusa's ex-girlfriend. As the two girl walked to the owlrey, Luna explained about the narggles and how she could have forgotten were she out them because of ratsperts. Once in the owlrey Luna started playing twenty questions. "So have you like your year here at Hogwarts?"
Sirena pause for a shirt moment. "Well it has definitely been interesting. Thats for sure."
Luna smiled and held out a hand full of oats to the closest owl. "It seems malfoy has taken a big interest in you." pun leaned in closer and smiled. "I'm terribly sorry," she said and giggled.
"Yeah I hear he goes for the bad slytherin girls... Go figure," said sirena trying to make a joke.
Luna smiled again as she always did. "But I can see what Andy sees in you."
Sirena's heart nearly stopped. A sudden lump in her throat prevented her from speaking. "Don't worry, I'm happy for you! Because he seems really happy when he talks about you."
Sirena blushed. Andrusa talked about her to Luna? It was beyond embarrassing but she did like the idea. However, Sirena knew she had to set the record straight. " Luna, Andrusa and I-" she was interrupted by a high screech.
One of the owls was returning from delivering a letter or so the girls guessed. "Looks like this guy got his directions messed up," said Sirena. The owl still had the letter.
Linnaeus approache the bird with a gentle cautiousness and took the letter from its beak. "Perhaps not," she said as she read the name. " It's addressed to you."
Sirena arches an eyebrow in confusion mixed with curiosity as she opened the note.
'We need to talk. The courtyard. Tonight at 6:00pm.' The letter wasn't signed but she knew it was from Andrusa.
"Who's it from?" asked the blonde Ravenclaw.
Sirena crumple the note and shoved in her pocket. "No idea," she lied.
Curfew would be soon. Sirena dragged her feet, dreading having this talk with Andrusa. Sirena wasn't good at this romance stuff. Well she was just not the relationship aspect.
Turning the corridor, Sirena sighed and looked up towards the courtyard where her and Andrusa spoke earlier. However, the young man waiting for wasn't her Russian friend.
"Draco?"
The blonde boy opened his eyes and pushed off from his leaning position against the tree. "Your late," he said.
Sirena shook her he'd puzzled at the situation. And entered the area with caution. "You sent the note?"
The blonde slytherin looked up at Sirena wit sorrowful apologetic eyes. "I never did apologize for my behavior in the infirmary." a small smirk curled upon his lips as he placed his hands in his pockets. "I sometimes have strange reactions to their medicines."
"Draco, it's not the actions that bothered me," she admitted. "Its what you said."
"You liked my actions?" he teased.
Sirena blushed. "It doesn't matter. Your not in a competition with Andrusa!" she fumed.
"Oh but I am." Draco spoke with such seriousness when it came to things like this.
"There you go again with the status thing! Well according to you, you will always be better because your a pure blood so why bother with it, hm?" Sirena thought she might actually be beginning to hate Draco. Especially when he started to snicker.
"I didn't ask you here to start another fight." Draco slowly started to take a step towards her. "Did you think you were meeting someone else here tonight?"
Sirena hesitated. "I definitely wasn't expecting you, of all people. Why?" She asked.
Draco smiled lightly. "no reason." the blonde boy stopped leaving a few feet between them. "I meant what i said. You were right. But you don't know what it's like having such a heavy weight on your shoulders."
Sirena rolled her eyes. "You know you keep saying that and yet you won't tell me what the hell going on?" she huffed. Draco if you need my help I-"
"I don't need your help!" he snapped.
Draco looked away fuming with mixed emotions gave him away. He was hiding something and Sirena could tell it was causing him a lot of pain and distress. "Draco," she began. Sirena stepped behind him and place a comforting hand on his shoulder. "I forgive you."
Sirena was surprised at what she said. Even more surprised that she actually meant it.
Draco, in one swift movement grabbed the girl holding her close. His eyes were full of pain and suffering. Once their eyes met it was all over. Ever so slowly, Draco closed in the space separating them. His lips inches from hers.
Then the clock chimed seven. Draco's eyes wandered up and Sirena followed his gaze in astronomy tower. When she looked back he was leaving. "Draco where are you go-"
"Remember what you said,Perkins." Draco hurried off before she could say anything else.
Sirena hadn't realized the sun has almost completely set. The sky was a very dark merky color. Sirena wasn't in any hurry to get back to the common room. She started walking disgusted at this whole situation. There were too many secrets. She was lying to someone she truly cared about. No. Care about Draco? Perhaps there where other reasons that made her dread talking about 'relationships' with Andrusa.
Sirena lost track of time. She had probably walked around half the castle.
Then she heard it. The howling and calling of Bellatrix Lestrange. Sirena's heart nearly stopped when she saw death eaters leaving the great hall. Including Draco. "Harry," whispered. "I need to find Harry."
Draco saw the red headed girl standing at the steps to the corridors. He too stopped dead in his tracks at the sight of her. He forced him self to continue behind his aunt.
Sirena knew something like this was coming. So why had this shirked her so? She took a few step forward as if she could stop them. "Draco!" she cried.
Both he and his aunt turned their heads in alarm. Bellatrix grinned as she readied her wand. "Well," she chimed. "might as well get a head start on pest control!" a cruel shriek of laughter escapes the mad woman's lips. She lifted her skeletal like arms, sure thinking of the most painful curse.
"cruci-"
"No Aunt Bella!"Draco cried with urgency.
Bellatrix pouted like a child. "Oh come now Draco," she said lowering her wand. "Can't I kill the little minger?"
Draco stiffened. Then another intervened.
"That won't be nessissary Bella," said Snape.
Snape!? Sirena's eyed were wide in shock as she watched her professor leave with the death eaters.
Harry soon followed.
"Harry!" she managed as he bolted past her. Watching Harry, Sirena's eyes wondered to the figure to her right.
A shriek of panic was building in her chest as she saw Albus Dumbledore lying dead on the ground. Has Draco killed him? As thoughts traced through her head, students began emerging. In shock of their headmasters death.
Sirena's face wet with tears buried itself in the first available Chet of a familiar person. Andrusa wrapped his arms tightly around her as he too stared at Dumbledore's body.
Sirena cried senselessly into Andrusa, soaking his blue jumper within seconds.
Minerva Mcgonagall emerged from the crowd of students just as Su and Jeremy approached the scene. Minutes passed and no one said a word. Harry returned and knelt by his professor. Sirena ceased her crying, still sniffling here and there.
Harry and Sirena weren't the only ones showing such loss. Many let tears fall, others suffered on silence. The students lifted their wands in memorial to their beloved professor and few said a silent prayer out of respect for his greatness.
The others watched as if they were wait for some thing to happen. Jeremy nudged Andrusa and leaned in next to the Russian boys wear. "You should get her out of here mate," he insisted.
Andrusa nodded and heeded Jeremy's request. Gently Andrusa took Sirena's hand and helped her up the stairs and leaded her back to the common room.
"Are you all right?" he asked as he helped her through the door.
"I will be," she said whipping the remaining years from her face. "Thank you, for being there for me." Sirena plopped emotionlessly into the couch.
Andrusa smiled softly. "Eh," he shrugged. "Its what I do."
Sirena laughed lightly.
"I didn't know you where so close to Dumbledore." he said taking a seat next to her.
Sirena shook her head. "I wasn't." Sirena bit hr bottom lip and knew she would regret this. "Andrusa, I was with Draco tonight."
Andrusa twitched but remains composed. "And?" he raised a brow.
Her mouth dropped. "And?! Andrusa I could have stopped him! It'my fault professor Dumbledore is dead!"
Andrusa shook his head slowly. "Sirena we have known something was going to happen for months. There is now way you could have known."
"Then why do I feel so guilty like this is ally fault?" she asked looking at her hands.
"Because your a good person, Sirena." the room grew silent for a few seconds before Andrusa cleard his throat. "Well I best be off, even under these surcumstances, the prefect will have my wand if they found me in here." Andrusa stood and turned towards his favorite red head. "Good night Sirena."
"You need us to what?Harry why on earth would you want to leave Hogwarts?" asked Andrusa.
"Well since Ron and Hermione are coming with me i need you two to hold sown everything down here."
"yeah I get that but what exactly are you going to be doing next term?" asked Sirena.
Harry paused. "Look I have to find these horcruxes or-,"
"Wait," interrupted sirena. "Did you say horcrux?"
"Have you heard of it?" asked Andrusa.
"I ran across it reading a few days ago," she said.
"Sirena why didn't you tell us?" inquired Harry.
"I didn't think it was relevant?" she said and smile shyly.
Harry glances at the others and nodded before looking at Andrusa and Sirena. " so can you two handle things while we're gone?" he asked.
Andrusa smiled. "Easier than saying 'pumpkin juice', comerade!"
"Yeah," she said before hesitating. "Not a problem."
"We'll write and update you both on what's happens and where we are when we can." Harry couldn't express his appreciation for the both of them.
"Plus you guys will be at Bill and Fleur's wedding, right?" asked Ron hopefully.
The pair nodded and assured their attendance. "I love weddings!" said Andrusa.
Sirena rolled her eyes. She would miss Andrusa's sarcastic remarks and the school itself. But she dread the next term. No one could know for sure what Hogwarts would look like next year. Maybe things would be quiet over the summer. Sirena seriously doubted that.