Chapter 10

Sneaky Slytherin Snakes

Hayden stormed around the castle, waiting for people to come up to the castle. She saw Draco quickly change, coming to find her so he wouldn't get into trouble. Once he'd found her, she still paced around the castle, Draco following. After a while, they stopped by some statues. Hayden sighed, leaning back on one. She squealed when she was flipped backwards into a black pit. She grunted as she landed on the floor. "Lumos," she said, looking around the room. "Draco?" she called out desperately. She saw skeletons on the floor, and was curious what had caused it. Soon she heard Draco yelling, "Where the hell are you?" Looking around, she saw snakes and spiders start to inch out from the skeletons. "Draco, get down here," she said nervously as they headed for her.

Seeing what she saw, Draco started to get the feeling that there was something behind her. "Lumos," he said before jumping into the pit. He saw Hayden trembling, snakes and spiders almost climbing on to her. "Draco, a little help please," she said nervously, not sure what she could do. Be still, he thought to her. "Expeliarmis," he said, blowing all the spiders off her. Hayden got up quickly, leaping over to where he was. One of her legs began to feel weak. Hayden brought her lighted wand down to her ankle. Before she could see what it was her vision started going blurry, and her body weaker. She grabbed onto Draco, "Draco, I don't feel so good," she said, her head spinning. Draco saw that one of the snakes had bitten her ankle. She felt weak, so he picked her up. Before Hayden could see anything else of what he was doing, her vision went blank.

Hayden could feel something under her soon, hearing Madam Pompfrey's voice. She didn't know how long had passed when she finally woke, lights blinding her. She realized that she was in the infirmary. She felt something on her stomach, looking down she saw Draco asleep. She had to have been there for at least a day. In a chair on the other side of her sat Seamus, asleep as well. Within a matter of minutes Madam Pompfrey came in with a cup full of green liquid. "Drink this," she said as she unwrapped a bandage around her ankle. Feeling an ache in her ankle, she quickly drank the liquid. She started to get drowsy now, passing out before Madam Pompfrey could put a new bandage on it.

She regained consciousness a few hours after, hearing two people arguing. Her eyes had yet to open. "Be grateful I even saved your girlfriend, Mudblood," she heard Draco hiss at Seamus. "Maybe if you would have been paying attention to her she wouldn't have fallen in the pit and gotten bitten," Seamus told him. "You should still be grateful," Draco told him. "How can I be grateful when I don't even know if she's gonna die or not," Seamus pointed out. "Well—"Draco started only to be interrupted by Hayden. "Do I look like I'm dead?" she asked rhetorically. "Hayden," Seamus said, looking over to her in surprise. "How's it feel getting bitten by Nessie," he joked, smiling at her. "Well I'm sure it would've been a lot worse if Draco hadn't helped me," she said, looking over to Draco, Thanks. Draco smirked, knowing that Seamus didn't like her thanking him. "Mr. Finnegan, go back to class," she heard Madam Pompfrey say from behind a different curtain. "Alright, alright," he said, gently kissing Hayden before he left.

After he left Madam Pompfrey came in with another dose of medicine. "Take this and you can go. But come back before lunch and dinner. You might need a bit of help at first from Mr. Malfoy, but you'll be able to walk." She said, handing Hayden the cup and leaving. The liquid was a different color this time. "Hope it doesn't put me to sleep again," she muttered to herself before taking the disgusting medicine. Draco gagged, tasting it on his tongue as well because of the spell. "So that's what I tasted this morning," he said, getting up and going over to her bed. "Payback," Hayden grinned, sitting up in her bed. She threw the covers off her, getting up. She staggered, so she grabbed Draco's arm. "Care to help me?" she said, looking up at him with a sheepish smile. Draco put one of her arms around his neck and wrapped a supporting hand around her hip for support. Then they started making their way to the moving stairs. Hayden groaned, "Stairs? Really?" I could carry you if you want, he thought to her. She looked up at him, "Would you mind?" she asked, but he'd picked her up before she had even finished speaking. He carried her bridal style up to their apartment and then to lay her down on the couch. "When did you get so strong?" Hayden said out of amazement. He never looked that strong before, and he'd just carried her up seven stories of stairs. Draco just smirked at her.

"Just stay here," she said heading towards the bathroom so she could take a shower. The medicine had set in now, so she could limp. "Are you sure that's safe?" he asked her, thinking she might fall. "Do you need help?" he asked. "If you're asking if you can take a shower with me then no," Hayden said, seeing the image go through his head, "Just if you hear a loud bump then come see if I've fallen." She told him, continuing into the bathroom. She washed all the dust out of her hair, but was slightly annoyed because halfway through the shower she'd set down and all of them collapsed, some hitting her feet. "Ouch," she said as some soap got in her snake bite. Draco ran in hardly a second later, thinking that she'd fallen. Realizing she was nude, she grabbed the towel, blushing as she wrapped it around her. "What happened," he asked, thinking she'd gotten hurt. "I knocked over the bottles and got soap in my snake bite." Hayden said sheepishly. Then, reading his thoughts, she noticed him staring at her. Just a towel, she caught him thinking, though he'd covered up the rest of what he'd thought.

"Will you get out and let me finish." Hayden said, glaring at him. Once he left, she washed off the rest of the dust and got out, taking her towel and putting it in her room. She found a clean robe and quickly changed into it. She decided to let her hair air-dry, walking out into the sitting room. Draco looked away, afraid she'd hit him because he'd been staring. "Will you keep your thoughts to yourself, please," not wanting him to think about that. "We're skipping the rest of the day," she told him. "You want to skip," he asked skeptically. "Yeah sure, I've got a snake bite and you've got early arthritis from carrying me up seven flights of stairs," she said, grinning. She knew that also meant that they wouldn't go to Hogsmeade that day. They could go next week. Draco smirked, "What now?" he asked. "Now we have to round up all the dirty clothes." She said, heading for her room and grabbing her dusty robes. Then she went into Draco's room, seeing a pair of robes thrown on his bed. She grabbed them, sitting down on his bed and folding them. He came in and sat down next to her. "There's a laundry chute in the bathroom, will you throw this in it," she asked, handing the stack to him.

She then lay on his bed, staring at the ceiling. She tapped into Draco's mind once more, seeing through his eyes. He was eying her bra for a moment, but when he realized that she was seeing through his eyes, he threw it down the chute and thought, I thought it was broken. Hayden chuckled, closing her eyes for a minute. She didn't open them when she felt him plop down on the bed next to her.

And the riddle for the week is.....

Many years ago, a wealthy old man was close to death. He wanted to leave one of his children his fortune, but he wanted to know that the fortune would be in good hands. He asked his three children to sing him half as many songs as he had days left to live. The eldest son said he couldn't comply because he didn't know how many days his father had left to live; besides he was too busy. The youngest said the same. He ended up giving his estate and fortune to his daughter. What did she do?