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Chapter 7: A Midnight Trick

D.A.M

It was dinner time and Blaise and Draco were walking into the Great Hall. Blaise then saw Harry sitting with his friends and guided him to the Gryffindor table. Draco resisted from rolling his eyes, he was hungry and was not in the mood for mocking Harry at the moment. What does a guy have to do to get food around here?

"Having one more meal before they ship you off to the muggles Potter?"

Harry and his friends swivelled round in their seats to face them. "You're braver now that you're back on the ground Malfoy."

Before Draco could remark, Blaise stepped in and said "How about a wizard duel later Potter. In the trophy room at midnight. I'm Malfoy's second, who's your second?"

"I'm his and it's a deal." Weasel butted in without hesitation. Blaise nodded and smirked as he pulled Draco towards their table.

"What the hell Zabini, what were you thinking!" Draco hissed angrily as they sat down.

"Relax Draco. We're not going to go and duel them. I'm going to tip Filch off so they get caught in the trophy room while we sit in our common room with our friends. What's so bad about that?" Blaise asked, who was amused by the whole situation.

"What so bad about what?" Theo asked, turning his attention to both Blaise and Draco.

"We'll tell you and others when we get back to the common room," Blaise said while putting food on his plate. Draco followed suit quickly but was worried that Harry might get expelled because of the flying incident and possibly getting caught after curfew. If it did happen, he knew that it would be all his fault and that didn't sit well with him.

Once all the first year Slytherins, minus Blaise, found themselves back in the common room, they agreed to hang out in the boys' dormitory for privacy since boys couldn't go into the girls. They all agreed to change into their nightclothes and meet in the dorm. Once the girls had gotten changed, they entered the boys' and grabbed all the blankets and pillows off the boys' beds and dumped them in the middle of the room, while the boys were in the bathroom. Theo was the first guy out and called upon a house elf and asked for nine mugs of hot chocolate.

They all settled down on the blankets and got comfy. "This is just like old times," Mille said. Draco agreed, it was nice to be a kid sometimes, just hanging out with friends without worrying about keeping up their reputations or pleasing adults. Contrary to popular belief but Slytherins liked to relax with their friends like everyone else and the first years Slytherins had been friends since they were young so this was a common practice.

The door to the dormitory swung open, revealing Blaise standing in the door frame. "Good job on the setup girls," Blaise said as he sat in between Draco and Crabbe. The girls smiled, he said that every time they did this.

Draco saw that Pansy was about to speak when a house elf appeared with steaming hot chocolate. Pansy waited for everyone to receive their beverage before she spoke. "Where were you? You just left without telling us and made us prepare everything."

Blaise cleared his throat and stated "All you did was collect all the blankets and pillows, you didn't need me for- "

"That's beside the point." Pansy interrupted.

Blaise glared at Pansy. "I left after dinner because I went to Filch's office."

"Why?" Pansy asked.

"Oh just let the poor man finish," Theo said, getting annoyed. All the girls laughed as Pansy threw hands up in the air and crossed them, sitting back with a scowl on her face.

"Thank you, Theo. You see when Draco and I entered the Great Hall, I saw Potter and his friends so we walked over. We mocked him a bit and I challenged him to a duel against Draco, saying that I was his second. Then Weasel butted in and said that he was Potter's second and he accepted."

Daphne smirked, catching on and said, "Tell me you didn't."

"I did," Blaise confirmed. "So let's just say Filch will have a jolly good time at midnight."

"Now we must bow down to the high and almighty Blaise," Draco said mockingly. There were many snickers of amusement while Blaise rolled his eyes.

In an attempt to change the subject, Draco asked Pansy if there was any new gossip, he knew once she started there was no stopping her and he was right. "It's surprising what happens in just a day here. My mother wasn't kidding about the amount of gossip that spreads across the school." She said excitedly.

"So, spill!" Millie demanded.

"So the Gryffindor team had an empty spot to fill in the role of the seeker but there are rumours that their captain has picked someone to be on the team."

"And your point is Parkinson?" Draco said, feeling bored.

"Well nobody knows who it is. The team is keeping it under wraps. So some Slytherins are planning to go spy on their practice whenever that is." Pansy looked around at her friends who were pretending to listen but weren't. Daphne was checking her nails, Tracy and Theo were probably thinking about what they were studying tomorrow, Millie was fiddling with a blanket, Blaise messing around with his hair, Greg and Vince staring off into the distance and Draco had his head down most likely thinking deeply about something dull. She smirked, she knew what to say to get their attention. "We are also holding a betting pool on who it is, winner takes all."

All heads snapped in her direction, well not Crabbe and Goyle but they were probably thinking about food. "Count me in" They all said in perfect unison before they smirked in amusement.

"We'll have to get back to you on our bets later," Draco said as he came up with an idea. Harry might know who was chosen and if he did then he could get the money if not all of it.

Ha, I can't imagine what everyone's faces would be if I just got the right person out of 'pure dumb luck'.

As the Slytherins they are, they spent the good part of an hour gossiping and discussing thoughts on everyone who attended and worked at Hogwarts. Now, this might be weird to some people but a lot of purebloods grew up with their parents gossiping about everyone and everything interesting in the wizarding world. So it was common for the kids of purebloods to do this. Although Pansy did enjoy it more than the others, she was in her element since her mom is a journalist.

It was nearing midnight, coincidentally, and they were beginning to dose off into a slumber. As a result of the arrangement on the floor, some of them fell asleep on top of each other. Like Theo on top of Tracey and Mille had her head in Pansy's lap.

If both pairs knew they would definitely be blushing, it's a shame no one owned a camera.