Chapter 10: Midnight Magic

When Hailey was ready to go to Arithmancy, she stopped by the Slytherin table. "Let's go," she muttered. To her horror, he grabbed her hand and drug her out the door.

Hailey looked back. Out of the door came Hermione, Crabbe, and Goyle. Hailey shrugged and sent a sorry to Hermione, then glanced at Malfoy. He looked right at her and smiled. "Having fun?"

Hailey forced a laugh. Plenty. She wanted to freak him out, speaking to him telepathically. "Great," he said aloud.

"But-" she started. "Think you could scare me? Very funny my love." Hailey almost winced at 'my love'.

"Well, Malfoy, okay. Test past," she said. Malfoy pulled her close and whispered, "Relax. By the time we're done, you'll enjoy every second with me."

Hailey rolled her eyes and whispered, "I give up, you have me." She then sighed. Malfoy smiled back at her. She dumbfoundedly smiled back.

Meanwhile, Trip watched enviously. During lunch he thought, He never even paid attention to me. What a great friend! He was too busy staring at my ugly stupid sister. God, I hate her!

As he walked to the next class, he thought about them. Something told him they were going to get very close. He kicked a rock on the ground. "Yeah, right," he muttered. Hailey hated Malfoy's guts! As he ran into a Hufflepuff, he moved on. He huffed and ran to Defense Against the Dark Arts, his next class.

Later that night, Hailey arose from her bed and checked her clock- H. She opened her chest and pulled out a blue cloak and a flashlight. "Hermione, wake up!" she whispered. The duo headed downstairs.

"Ugh!" a voice went as they walked downstairs. "Hailey?" Harry whispered. Hailey threw off her cloak. "It's us."

The invisibility cloaks showed nothing except the lantern the boys were using. They searched but found nothing. Using the map, Hailey led the group to a secret entrance which led into the secret room of the infirmary. Hailey and Harry swung off their indivisibility cloaks and started to look for the bowl.

After a while, Ron was searching the cabinets when he saw a button. He tried to pick it up but he couldn't. Flash! Hailey opened the door. Madame Pomfrey was frozen midway up!

Hailey, eyes wide, started to close the door when heard "Hailey?" Malfoy! She cried. She ran to the others and touched the bowl.

Ka-woosh!

"Where are we?" Ron dared to ask.

"Ugh," a groan! Hermione screamed, "Who's there?"

"Ugh!"

"Tommy?" Hailey cried.

"Haughly?"

"Tommy, keep groaning!" Hailey cried. She worked toward the groans to find him. Hailey finally found him. They all worked to revive the young man. After a while, he was recovered, and Hailey whipped up some water to soothe his thirst.

"Thanks, guys. By the way, who are your friends?" Tommy said once his voice was back.

"This is Ron, Hermione, and Harry, my twin," she introduced him.

"Pleased to meet you," Tommy said.

Hailey looked at him. "What happened to you anyway?""

"I dunno," Tommy replied. "There was this woman behind me…. She had me here before I could get a good look from her."

"Uh, guys…" Ron was looking behind them. They turned. There was a huge monster with sixteen eyes and slimy arms coming towards them as fast as it could.

"How do we get out of here?" Harry screamed.

Hermione pointed her wand and shouted, "Rebaco bowlist!"

Ka-woosh!

"Hailey? What are you doing?" Malfoy asked.

The rest of them were panting from the sudden fear they had. "We were saving a friend," she replied once the fear had subsided.

"Who is this?" Tommy trailed off.

"Draco Malfoy. I come from the good and ri-" Hailey cut him off. "Malfoy? The deal?"

"Oh, yeah…" he said. "Er, yeah."

"Come on guys. I'm sure Tommy wants to return to his town." She snapped them outside. "I'll leave you here. Bye, Tommy. She snapped him back to his home. "Come on Malfoy." Hailey turned to Hermione. "You go back to Gryffindor with Ron and Harry. I'll walk with Malfoy back to Slytherin's tower." She swung her invisibility cloak around Malfoy and herself. After she entered she asked, "Where is Slytherin?"

"Follow me," he grinned. She followed.

Malfoy led Hailey to a bare, damp stone wall. "Let's see," he whispered. "Basilisk."

A stone door concealed in the wall opened. "Come on," he said.

As Hailey entered a voice said, "Who's there?" she looked around. "Wow!" she whispered. The room was shaped like a cylinder. It looked nothing like Gryffindor. "I thought the houses would look the same."

"Who's there? I said who's there? Malfoy, is that you?"

"Yes, it's me Trip," Malfoy replied.

"I didn't know you were afraid of things you couldn't see, Trip," Hailey said laughing. She took of the cloak.

"Y-you b-brought an outsider in!" he stammered in shock.

"Oh, get a grip Trip. It's not like you can't. Percy Weasley has gone into Ravenclaw thousands of times for his girlfriend," Hailey said, still laughing.

"You're taking up for Malfoy? It's a miracle!"

"Shut up, Trip. Night, Mafloy. See ya tomorrow," Hailey said.

"Yes, night to you too." Hailey headed for the door, about to put the cloak back on. "And Hailey?" she turned. "Be careful, okay? Love you." Hailey swung over her invisibility cloak. She half expected herself to shudder and roll her eyes. Instead she just smiled.