Draco's Potter-Proof Guide On How To Be a Slytherin

Step Thirty-Five

Step Thirty-Five: One must let Potter know that he stinks.

A curious Slytherin watched as two Gryffindors exited the Great Hall; one after the other. What was going on now? Was Scorpius about to profess his love for Rose? He laughed at the thought of it then pretended to clear his throat as the lions stared down their table at him. Zabini caught his eye mischievously, appearing directly opposite him, she obviously was thinking something along the same lines as he had. Albus just hoped that she wasn't going to say anything and crossed his fingers under the table.

"What, not going to chase after the love-birds, Potty?" she sneered, challenging him to a fight.

"No, what love-birds." he replied simply, shaking his head, "Are you seeing things, Zabini? It's okay to admit that you have imaginary friends. I mean, I did...when I was six."

At first, her eyes narrowed from his patronizing tone but then she fished out her wand from her pocket (this was a regular occurrence whenever Albus was around and most Slytherins and Gryffindors alike had grown used to it) and, if looks could kill, was wearing a face that would've sent everyone else to Hell to rot there in mere seconds.

"You'd better start running, Potter!"

"After your imaginary friends?" he taunted, glad to have the upper-hand in their argument for once.

Zabini's reply was most certainly not in English, it sounded similar to a mutated elephant that had been stuck in a microwave for way too long. Albus frowned, did that even make sense? And what is a microwave...probably something I learned about in Muggle Studies. But ignored his rather strange trail of thought and jumped to his feet, hopefully he'd be able to catch up with his friends if he ran fast enough.

"Petrificus totalus!"

Albus let out a yelp as he just about dodged the spell and pulled out his own wand as he pushed open Hogwarts' front doors and was greeted by...

Rain.

Nonetheless, he continued to run, firing back a jelly legs jinx before spotting Scorpius and Rose who looked like they were in the middle of an argument, not even half as bad as the fight he was in. "RUN! RUN! RUN!" Albus screamed, waving his hands in the air for extra effect as he rushed past the pair.

"IT'S YOU I WANT, POTTER!"

Albus almost blushed when Zabini shouted at him from behind, noticing the double-meaning behind her words. Why am I blushing...almost! IDIOT. He thought to himself, running a hand through his windswept hair.

He now knew one thing: she'd dodged his jinx. Gasping for breath now, Albus delved into the Forbidden Forest with Zabini on his tail, sending hexing, curses and jinxes straight at him. All he could see were trees, no Scor, no Rose, just trees...and an angry girl.

Starting to panic now and slowing down he twisted around and fired a stupefy at her. The Slytherin held his breath, praying the spell would actually make impact with her this time.

"YES!" he cried, collapsing onto the dirty ground in a mixture of relief and exhaustion.

Though, he had nothing to be at all relieved about. He was in the middle of a dangerous forest, with nothing but Zabini's unconscious body to keep him company...

A/N: THIS STORY IS STILL ALIVE AND SO AM I! (Obviously, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this.)

Firstly, I am SO sorry for taking ages to update it's just that school's been taking over my life again but it's now the half term holidays for me so I should be able to update daily until the start of November. After that, I'll try my best to update at least once a week but I can't make any promises.

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