We didn't run into anyone else as we walked along. When we got to the school grounds, I patted Sirius on the head. He turned and rubbed his head against my leg. I laughed as he walked toward the Whomping Willow. "Who owns the dog?" I jumped and turned to see Harry. "Or is he yours?" I chuckled. "You can say that. And next time, can you please tell me your right there?" Harry smiled. "I actually didn't mean to scare you. I just saw you walking through the halls with a dog beside you. I was just wondering where you were this morning." "With Dumbledore. We should head to lunch. I'm starving." We made our way across the grounds toward the castle. "Why were you with Dumbledore so long?" Harry wondered. "We were just talking about different things." I looked at Harry to see him looking at me weirdly, almost angrily. "I bet you'll tell Malfoy." He said coldly. I returned the look. "Yes, I probably will. He's my best friend." I answered. Harry looked away. "It's obvious you like each other. I just want you to watch out. He doesn't have the best reputation." I looked at Harry in disbelief. "You're looking out for me? What is with you and Malfoy?" I stopped and waited for an answer. "He's just not the nicest guy. And I know someone else who likes you. Now come on." He said and took my arm. I didn't move. "Who likes me?" I asked. Harry wouldn't look at me. "Harry, who likes me?" I said slowly. "I shouldn't of said anything. Just forget it." He said while trying to pull me again. But I still stood my ground. "Who likes me?" I said slowly. "One of the twins. That's all you need to know. You probably can't even tell which is which." Harry said. "Actually, I can tell them apart. And if you don't tell me, I'll tell them that you told me and I can tell from their reactions." I said. Harry shot a worried look at me. "You wouldn't dare." He said. I smiled evilly at him. "Try me." He sighed. "Fine, it's George. He likes you. Now come on!" This time I let him pull me along. When we got there we had only missed 5 minutes of lunch. I walked away from Harry quickly and went to sit by Draco. "What's with scarhead? He looks ticked." Draco whispered in my ear. I snickered. "He's under the impression that he needs to warn me about the people I hang out with." I answered. Draco glared at Harry. "So he doesn't like me being with you. Maybe he needs to mind his own business. It's not like I'm mean to you or anything." Draco muttered. I laughed. I told him what happened with Dumbledore, but I left out the part about Sirius and me becoming an animagus. He doesn't need to worry about that. "So, nothing really important happened. But what was up with the dog? Was he yours?" Draco wondered. I shrugged. "You can say that. I'm going to take care of it for awhile. But Dumbledore said not to keep it at school. So I found a nice place for it. Tomorrow I'll visit it and see how it's doing." Draco nodded. "Snape was wondering where you were. But no one had an answer." I looked up to see Sev looking at me. I gave him a small smile. But of course he didn't react. Right, he had to keep his reputation. I looked away quickly. I turned back to Draco. "What's our house doing for the free period?" I asked. He shrugged. "Some of us are going to the courtyard to practice spells. You want to come?" he wondered. I nodded and smiled. I felt someone's stares on the back of my head. I turned to see George looking at me weirdly. I remembered what Harry said earlier and smiled at him. He looked away quickly but I still saw a blush come across his face. "What's with you and the Weasley's?" Draco muttered. "What do you mean?" I asked. He sneered. "Let's see, 2 of the 3 Weasley brothers like you." He answered. "2 of 3?" I asked, truly confused. "That Ron geek and the twin you were just looking at." He replied. "Ron? Ron likes me? Eww!" I said and Draco chuckled. The bell rang and we walked with other Slytherins of all years to the courtyard. I looked around and saw I was the only girl with their wand out. The other girls were here with their boyfriends. I then saw why. We were dueling each other. Now this will be fun. I looked at Draco and smiled. "I thought you might enjoy this." He told me. He took my arm and dragged me to the middle of the group. "Who would like to duel the best third year?" He yelled above everyone else's voice. People started to quiet down. "You think your all that great, Malfoy?" a guy yelled from the group. "No. I think Olivia is." He answered simply, raising my arm. He came over here. "If you think you're the great, you have to prove it. John Emerson, 6th year. And I think I could beat a half-blood any day." He said in my face. He was tall, tan, and had dark longish hair. And he was kind of intimidating. But I stood my ground and kept my face emotionless. "Okay, let's do this." I said and we walked over to the clearing. "Fine I start. Stupefy!" he yelled. I deflected it easily. I quickly sent a nonverbal Petrificus Totalus back at him. He didn't see it coming and barely moved out of the way. He was dumbfounded. "What? How did you do that?" he asked. I laughed at him. "Come on, John, I thought a pureblood could beat a half-blood any day." I teased. "You won't be laughing at this. Serpensortia!" he yelled. An angry snake came from the tip of his wand. I chuckled and crouched to the ground. "Come here to me and calm down." I told the snake. It instantly relaxed and slithered to me and started to coil around my foot. But of course it just sounded like snake talk to everyone else. "You're a P-P-Parsel tongue?" John stuttered. I rolled my eyes. "No I speak pig. Yes I'm a parsel tongue. And now I have a powerful snake at my control." I smiled evilly at him. "Circle around his legs." I told the snake. It obeyed immediately. John looked plain terrified. I laughed at his expression. "Potter," my head snapped up to see Sev in the crowd watching us. "Stop the snake and come with me. Now." He ordered. I turned to the snake and crouched again. "Stop and stay still." I commanded it. The snake got off John and laid still on the ground. I got up and walked through the crowd, avoiding people's gazes. Especially Draco's. I know I wasn't myself. He noticed, too. When we got there I closed the door behind me. I sat in front of Sev and waited for him to talk. "You're a parsel tongue? How long have you known?" he asked me. "Two days." I answered quietly. "How? How did you find out?" "With Dumbledore." He kept staring at his desk. "What else did you find out with him?" He was really interested for some reason. "I found out my patronus was wolf." I replied. "Your Patronus? Why would he want to know that?" he asked, but it sounded more like a command. I sighed. "Because I want to become an animagus." I answered. I could tell he wasn't expecting that answer. "Why?" he wondered. "I thought I could be helpful in some way. I have nothing to do around here. And also the ministry wants to see how big of a threat I am." I looked up at Sev with fear filled eyes. "Sev, you saw how I was out there. I wasn't myself. Now do you understand what happened when I littler? I could actually kill someone this time. Now John wasn't actually trying to hurt me, so I wasn't going to hurt him. I think. Something comes over me! I can't control myself! And I don't know what will happen when they realize I am one. And I thought if that happens I can get away from them because I'm an animagus." I told him. He looked at me finally. "I saw you out there and I thought you were a whole other person. You actually reminded me of someone. And that's not good. And I'm fine with you being an animagus. But you can only tell people you can trust. When is Dumbledore going to teach you?" Sev wondered. "Tomorrow, actually." I explained to Sev what happened with Dumbledore, but I left out Sirius again. I know Sev wouldn't like that piece of information. When we were done, I had missed my classes and it was time for dinner. At midnight, I met up with the twins at the quidditch pitch and gave them the potions. I had worked on them after dinner. They were easy to brew. And I was lucky no one caught me. They said they would help me the next day around 7 o'clock. When they were leaving, George looked back and waved. I waved back and smiled. He smiled and blushed again and looked away. Wow, he's not really hiding the crush, now is he?
