Ch 10

A/N- Well, isn't this overdue? I apologize but at least I can say that I tried. :|

-Next day-

Today was the day that Tom was going to join. The Potter family had been reunited but hadn't done anything suspicious that would tick off Argie and therefore Dumbledore to their true intentions. During breakfast, the doors to the Great Hall slammed open as Professor Flitwick walked in with a new student who had an air of confidence. The girls swooned over him while the boys looked at him with either hate or jealousy. He locked eyes with the Dynamic Group and smirked. Professor Flitwick hopped up and whispered something to Dumbledore. Dumbledore looked suspiciously at the boy before him and sighed.

"Students, we are getting a transfer today from a Russian School of Magic. He is Thomas Aleksander Slytherin. He will now be sorted." He ended. The sorting hat was summoned into the room and ungracefully plopped onto his head. Before even a second had passed, it screamed out Ravenclaw. The table politely clapped as Tom walked over and the hat was vanished back to wherever it had been summoned from. Tom plopped down between Natasha and Sam and kissed Natasha's head. The girls at the table cooed while the Order of the Crazy Chickens watched with suspicion. Argie looked constipated and Ron was purple with anger. Dumbledore nearly broke his goblet out of shock. Instead he masked his emotions and was about to give his customary 'welcome back to school' speech when suddenly Argie could take no more.

"Crucio!" he screamed, while pointing his wand towards Tom. Tom quickly stood up.

"Protege me!" Natasha and Tom screamed together. Their hands were interlocked, pushed outward and both holding the other's wand. It was a spell they had made together a few days ago. Unfortunately, it was very high powered and needed two magical cores as it was a shield against any two of the unforgivable curses. The spell didn't drain their cores completely but it did force the two to sit down. Everyone had their wands pointed at Argie, except for Ron and Ginny of course. Dumbledore's face hardened. He did not like it that the Night children were so close to the new student but he thought Argie should just give up already and be satisfied with Ginerva. He sighed at the thought of expelling the boy who lived. The press would eat him alive. He would have to suspend the boy then. The Potters growled and marched up to their so called 'son'. Lily slapped him across the face and took away his wand.

"What is wrong with, you idiot of a son?" James roared at him. Argie looked up at his father in confusion.

"But he's stealing away my betrothed!" Argie said. Natasha growled and Tom squeezed her hand in comfort.

"She is not your betrothed! Ginerva is! And Ginerva is a perfect match to you! The Nights would have killed you if anything happened to their daughter!" Lily growled out. He turned to look at Natasha with lust in his eyes. Before he could do anything of course, she hit him with a high powered stupefy which knocked him back. Dumbledore rose to scold her when he caught nearly the whole school glaring at him. He rethought his decision.

"Mr. Potter, I'm afraid I will have to suspend you for an elongated period of time for using an unforgiveable on another student. You are very lucky that he managed to save himself with the Ms. Night. And 500 points from Gryffindor." He said. James levitated him out of the room. Everyone slowly went back to their breakfast and all of their friends and the whole of the table asked them if they were alright. Soon, everything returned to its old state. McGonagall was scolding Dumbledore for not expelling Argie. Dumbledore looked at her with a twinkle in his eye and went back to his breakfast. Soon, lessons started. Thankfully, there were no classes in which the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws collided. After classes had ended, Draco had cornered the group. He thought of Natasha as a sister and needed her advice. He gently tugged her away as she shooed the rest of the group off.

"Natasha, I think I'm in love with Blaise. What do I do?" He asked with worried eyes. Natasha chewed her lip as she thought.

"Well, maybe his feelings are mutual. I'll find out about his feelings for you and tell you. Till then, don't panic and keep being friends" Natasha promised. Draco looked hopeful and he slowly trudged away. Natasha saw Blaise walk down the hallway and ran too him. He saw her and his eyes lit up. They were family friends and had known each other since birth.

"Hey Natasha! Just the person I was looking for!" Blaise cheerfully said. Natasha raised an eyebrow at him.

"I'm in love with Draco. What do I do?" He asked. Natasha smiled brightly.

"Thank the lord. He just came to me saying he loved you. Go tell him. Please. I can't deal with all this unresolved love in the air. Trust me when I say he loves you back. Now go!" She ordered. Blaise grinned and ran off to find him. She returned to her group who kept pestering her with questions. She just grinned cheekily at that them and looped her arm with Tom's. Tom grinned down at Natasha as Hermione and Luna cooed. Sam and Harry rolled their eyes but grinned anyways. They soon returned back to the great hall for dinner. Everything was going fine but by the time they reached the common room, a lot of conversation had started up.

"I heard Argie Potter was going to invite the new guy to a duel."

"He's going to get his ass whooped. Didn't you hear Dumbledore? Tom Slytherin is from that Russian School. He is probably much better."

"Don't tell me this is for Natasha's affections. If he's duelling for them, he's got another thing coming. I'm done with him and don't care if he's the boy-who-lived. Natasha is our friend." Natasha interrupted before the conversation could escalate.

"You guys, nothing will happen. If Argie is duelling, as Cho so eloquently put it, for my affections, I'll whoop his ass. I'm done with him thinking I belong with him. I kind of like another person." She said. Cho smirked at her as the girls cooed.

"Oh, and pray tell, who is this person that you speak of?" She asked. Natasha knew how this was going to go and so did Tom. He smiled and wrapped and arm around her waist.

"I'm sure we all know the answer, Cho." She said. Cho laughed and ruffled her hair. Everything went by as normal. Professor Flitwick came into the room to talk about something that he had heard.

"Students, listen up! I just got some good gossip from the Potter parents. Apparently, Argie is planning to challenge one of our house members to a duel. Any guesses on who it is and why?" He asked. Everyone exchanged looks and the 'Dynamic Group' sighed in annoyance. Tom then stood up.

"I think it's me professor. Natasha always told me about how he believes that she belongs to him. Now that I'm here, I feel as though his feelings of jealousy have increased since I have an open relationship with her, in a way." Tom ended. Everyone nodded as Professor Flitwick sighed.

"Sadly, my boy, you are right. Now, what do you mean by open relationship?" He asked. Natasha and Tom looked at each other and walked towards the professor. They created a privacy ward meaning that whatever was said would not be heard outside of it.

"Professor, I'm sure you've heard of elementals and their bonded?" Natasha asked. At his nod, Tom continued for her. "Well you see, Natasha is an elemental and I'm her bonded. Except I already was an elemental. This strengthened the bond and one could say that we are, you know..." He finished awkwardly. Natasha and Tom were a blushing mess and couldn't look at each other.

"So you're saying that you both are soulmates?" Professor Flitwick asked. The two nodded. Natasha then looked up. "Professor, didn't Dumbledore say he was suspending Argie?" She asked. Flitwick sighed and nodded.

"Yes but unfortunately, his suspension starts on Wednesday." He sighed. The two of them nodded and thanked him. They took down the privacy wards and walked back to their spot. Professor Flitwick explained the plan to them. "I've also got the hufflepuffs and Slytherins on our side. Snape and Sprout don't like the boy as he is arrogant. I haven't talked to Minerva as she would have informed Dumbledore. Now, we talked to our seer and she said that he was going to challenge him during breakfast. No one will react and when he stomps up to the table, Natasha and Tom will be doing whatever they were doing. He repeats the question but still keep ignoring him. Now, as soon as he takes out his wand, 3 quarters of the school will have their wand against him. Understood?" He asked. The students nodded and slowly went up to bed, talking about tomorrow.