Seven Futures, One Destiny

By: Harrison and The Cow Chain

Chapter Three: Searching for a Witch- Father finds out.

"What's the person's name?" Aerial asked. "Umm..I think she goes by Kaiya,I think. We are gonna teach her that mudbloods don't come around here." Malfoy snarled. "Oh, and Aerial, wanna go on a date with me?" he added. At that moment Zac walked up, apparently after over-hearing what had just been said. "First of all, Kaiya is our friend and what makes you think Aerial would want to get with you?" Zac said coldly. "RYU!" Aerial said.

"What?" Zac asked.

"Don't say what i will and will not do." she said.

Draco gave a hopeful smile, which looked more like an accomplished smirk. Then a girl came around the corner and Aerial ran over to her.

"Hi Kaiya! How's it going?" Aerial asked the girl.

"Fine. But now I got some ass chasing after me." she stated. At that moment she looked straight at Draco. "Well..speak of the devil...What the heck are you doing here?" she asked him with a grunt and a roll of her eyes. "Hah..I've been looking everywhere for you, mudblood. And now I have come to tell you..go back were you came from!" Draco protested.

"I will do no such thing. The mere fact that my presence is enough to annoy the hell out of you is a good enough reason to stay. And I can bet Hermione can vouge for that. Too bad she isn't here to speak for herself." Kaiya said with a smirk.

"Hermione will be the last to stand up to me..I think she's afraid of what a REAL wizard can do." Draco said matter of factly. Kaiya just rolled her eyes and said nothing. After a few seconds of silence, Aerial continued the previous conversation with her and Draco. Harry, Kaiya and Zac just stood back to listen with disgusted looks on their faces.

"Soo, Draco, you were asking if I'd like to go out with you?" she asked pretending not to have heard clearly the first time. "Oh..yes! Would you like to do something sometime. I can have my father take us somewhere extra special for Christmas or something. So, what do you say?" Draco said with an all too familiar smile. Aerial pretended to think about it for a moment than gave a quick answer.

"I'd love too." she said whole-heartedly.

"Wha- WHAT?!" Kaiya yelled at the top her lungs.

Harry just stood there speechless.

"Kaiya..Just because you and Draco don't get along very well, doesn't mean I can't have a little fun. Lighten up a bit.." Aerial said as she and Draco Malfoy walked off talked between themselves. "I don't believe her. She was supposed to be my friend." Kaiya said more to herself than anyone. "I can't believe it either. Eralier she seemed to hate Draco..I guess things have changed." Harry said gloomily. "What are you so down for? I mean..besides the fact that Aerial just walked of with the biggest creep in the school, you seem kind of hurt..are you ok?" Kaiya asked Harry.

"Yes....yes..I'll be fine." He answered.

Together, Kaiya, Zac and Harry slowly walked back towards the Gryffindor common room, shuffling their feet and kind of dragging themselves in the process. Harry had a solemn look on his face the whole walk there and when they did reach the Fat Lady to give the password, he simply stared off into deep space with a look of, what looked like to Kaiya and Zac, dissapointment on his face. When they got inside, Hermione was sitting on a couch in front of the fire, staring into it as if she were waiting on something." Oh hey, Zac! Your back, and Kaiya! It's good to finally meet you. I've heard quite alot about you from Aerial." then they shook hands and made conversation while Zac and Harry sat on a couch playing wizards chess. Ron was still wandering about, only God knows where, with Lavender, and mostly everyone got the impression, that they were doing more than just walking.

As Zac and Harry set up the board, Harry couldn't help but mumble, " ...Why..?" and Zac knew right away what was on his mind. " Let it go man" Zac said, " She must have her reasons for doing something like that. I guess she's seen something in Draco that we haven't..." and Harry sighed heavily, a depression setting over him. " Yeah..but still. She didn't have to just..just walk off like that! What if something happens to her?? And Draco's just trying to get her for something, he did say that he was going to be ' watching her' " But then Harry shook his head, " Who am I to worry?" He scolded himself aloud, " She can deal with whatever happens to her. She accepted his invitation, knowing what she could possibly be getting herself into, so she's fine." Then he totally lost train of thought as Zac took mostly all of his pawns and a rook as he was talking to himself.

"What's wrong, Harry?" Ron asked as he and Lavender walked in looking somewhat dazed. "Aerial just got asked out Malfoy..and she said yeah." Harry told him as he looked down, as if he were going to cry. "By Merlin Harry! You've got it bad." Lavender said after Ron and Zac(Ryu) tried to cheer Harry up. No one went to bed that night. Lavender and Ron talked to Harry and Zac, Hermione finished homework by the fire.

"So, I guess you don't need my help anymore?" Hermione said as she packed up her things.

"Where ya going?" Zac said.

"I am gonna go up, I guess. I mean, we are all done here." Hermione replied.

"Well, maybe you could stay down here a little longer?" Zac said, pulling up a blanket and some hot chocolate. Hermione turned around and came back down. "So, Harry are you gonna be ok? " Lavender said as she and Ron looked at each other worried.

" Yeah, but I don't get it. I mean, of all people, Malfoy?" Harry said as he tried to think of happy thoughts, but he couldn't get the thought of Aerial and Draco out of his head. No one saw Aerial that night and no one went to sleep. So the next morning, everyone was getting ready to go to breaskfast when Aerial came in.

"Oh..how did it go?" Kaiya asked in a I-really-don't-care-but-I-better-act- like-I-do type of tone.

"Oh it was wonderful!" Aerial said with a daydreamy look in her eyes.

"I bet.." Kaiya answered with a sigh.

"What's your problem?..Aren't you happy for me?" Aerial said in a look fo dissapointment.

"Well...first of all..I am glad you found someone you like..I am just a bit shocked it turned out to be Malfoy."

"Draco." Aerial corrected.

"Err..whatever..anyways..I guess I have gotten over that fact..but there's something else....Harry." Kaiya finished.

Aerial's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean...Harry?" she asked suspiciously.

"Aerial, he is worried about you and he seemed kind of hurt when you walked off with Malfoy..eh..Draco last night. I really think you should talk to him." Kaiya suggested.

Aerial just stared not really knowing what to say. Without a word she walked off up to the boys' dormitory. She banged on the door hoping for an answer. Seamus Finnigan opened the door while fixing his robes. "Is Harry here?" Aerial asked politely. "Err..just a minute." Seamus said as he walked away to go get Harry. Aerial stood there thinking to herself.

I really do like Draco..but I need to set things straight with Harry first. He is my friend..and I have to make sure he's OK.

Seamus returned with Harry a few minutes later and shut the door back to give them a bit of privacy.

"You wanted to see me?" Harry asked Aerial.

"Y-yes..It's about Draco..." she anwered.

"Oh...him.."

"Yes..Kaiya said that you were a bit concerned about me...you know..going out with Draco last night."

"Well..I just didn't want you to get hurt..." And then Harry said something he had never said before. "Aerial..I really like you...and..even if you don't feel the same way about me, I want to be sure your happy...and..well, if Draco is the one to take care of that need..than I guess I'll leave it up to him."

"Harry..that really means alot to me. I like you very much..your a wonderful person and a friend...but are you sure your OK with this?...With Draco and I?" Aerial asked.

"Yes..I'm sure..Really." Harry looked a bit more relieved now that he had talked to Aerial one on one about all this.

"Ya know Harry...there are other girls out there...what about Parvati! She's nice and pretty!" Aerial tried to cheer him up.

"Yeah..I guess so.." Harry said with a small smile.

"I am just glad your happy..Well..we better get to breakfast..it's getting late." Harry said back to his usual tone. The talk between he and Aerial really helped, and he was feeling much better. And although that didn't change his feelings for Aerial, he was still glad for her.

The entire gang met up and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Afterward, it was time for the worst class of all: Potions. Through the course of last night, and this early morning, rumors had been spreading about what really happened on Draco and Aerial's so called date. Most people made it out to be something it wasn't, or others, such as certain Gryfinndors, didn't believe it at all. What it was, was a simple walk around the castle and a friendly conversation under the stars. What people made it was a mockery. By the time breakfast was over, outrageous stories had floated around about Draco and Aerial doing more than just talking last night.

As everyone made their way to the dreaded potions class, the class had a feeling something strange was going on. Aerial had the feeling she was being watched, and not only that, but the gang itself seemed tense. Something was definetely not right.

People rushed to their seats in a mad dash to be on time. Just as Snape walked into the door, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Zac, Aerial, and Draco, all slipped into their seats. Snape's eyes narrowed on the lot of them. He did the usual, sneered at the Gryfinndors, and spoiled the Slytherins. Then he decided to do a group class project. Snape began to mercilessly pair people off in groups of two.

Harry and Ron.

Hermione and Zac.

Draco and Aerial.

As the last group was called, a few Slytherin and Gryfinndors snorted with mocked laughter. The groups took their seats and sat quietly until Snape was to come by their desks with further instruction. While Draco and Aerial sat in silence, a few Slytherin girls that were sitting a ways behind them, began crumpling up notes and throwing them towards Aerial's direction. When she caught one and read it, it was all but friendly, and inviting. To make matters worse, Snape walked around just in time to catch a crumpled message for himself.

"Well...what is going on here?" Snape said with a curl of his lip. "Uh..n- nothing! Nothing at all!" Aerial said with a fake smile. "Is that so? Well...what, may I ask, is this?" Snape answered holding up one of the unwelcome notes that had been thrown at Aerial earlier. "No! It's..nothing!" she yelled trying to cover it up. But Snape just continued opening it and then just stared. After a few seconds he finally replied.

"What is the meaning of this?" he said with a sharp tone. "Ehh..." was all Aerial and Draco could get out. "Detention..both of you.." Snape sneered. Draco's jaw dropped. Yes, he had been in detention before, but never one that had been issued by Snape. After class everyone stepped out into the halls chattering about what had just happened.

"This is awful...everyone thinks we've been doing things we haven't...and now Snape thinks something's up too." Aerial said with a sigh. "Aerial! Weren't you paying attention in class!" Hermione said. "Didn't you hear what the potion we were working on actually does?! It makes people believe whatever you wish them to believe!" she informed them. "Oh yeah! I forgot about that!" Aerial said brightly. "Yeah..it seems good enough...but how are we supposed to get everyone in the school to drink it?" Draco said. "And we don't have nearly enough ingredients to produce enough!" he added. "Well..you'd better think of something fast..This rumor is going around really quickly." Kaiya said while overhearing a few girls from Hufflepuff chattering about it. "Well...we'd better go..we've got Defense Against the Dark Arts next." Harry mentioned. Everyone agreed and walked off towards their next class.

On the way to class, Zac brought up the issue about the potion. Their luck was about the change for the best, because when they walked in DADA, Lupin was there to greet them. And non-other than Sirus Black was with him. Harry ran up to him.

"SIRUS!!?" Harry asked, excited.

"Yes, and if you want to know, I am free now! You are coming to live with me this year." Sirus said with a grin on his face.

"Umm..Harry said that you or Lupin might know something about how to reverse the effects of the threat potion." Zac said.

Sirius was surprised that someone used that potion. Lupin looked like he had used it before or had,had it used on himself.

"Yeah, I know about that potion. I know how to reverse it, but you have to be careful or it won't work. Now the person who the potion was supposed to be about, has to hold up their wand and say, "JanSport Box Car Racer" At this, everyone died out laughing at what Lupin had just said.

"..Your joking, right?" Aerial said after the laughter stop. " There's no way that can work! Holding up wands and saying..Janspot..Box Wrestler..or whatever!"

" Jansport Box Car Racer.." Lupin corrected. Aerial snorted.

" Well its worth a try." Harry said with a sweatdrop. Everyone in the room was getting very tense. Ron and Draco had already had some pretty intense arguments and Kaiya and Hermione had to break up most of them.

" Yeah, but there has to be more to it than that! If the solution to the problem was that easy, someone wouldn't bother making the potion in the first place." Kaiya stated. And Lupin coughed a bit, shuffling away from the crowd.

"Lupin..." Draco said in a growl. " What else is their to the potion! Tell us now!" And he pulled out his wand.

Lupin doubled over in the doorway , mumbling stuff under his breath that no one could understand. Since Hermione was on the best terms with Lupin, besides Harry, she was forced to sweet talk him into telling her the other essential needs for the reverse potion.

After about 10 minutes of flattery, Hermione finally dragged it out of him. And when he finally whispered it in her ear, the only sign that the crowd got was that it was something bad. Because right after he told her, Hermione yelled, " WHAAAAT!" and nearly fell over a big arm chair.

" Well?! C'mon Hermione! Tell us already!" Ron said hastily, hating to wait much longer.

" You have to..talk to Aragog in the Forbidden forest. Lupin says that Aragog has an old chamber filled with ancient wizarding potions, but the only way to get it, is to fight past his minions." Hermione said breathlessly.

Everyone fell over.

" Well that's great! Just GREAT!" Aerial said stomping about like a mad ape. " There's no WAY, that's happening. Look at what we have to use!" she said referring to a cowarding Ron in the corner. He hated spiders. Especially Aragog.

" We'll figure something out! But for now, we have to go! Were going to be late for Transfiguration!' Hermione said as she drug Zac by the wrist out of the room. Kaiya, Harry and Ron went too, followed by a very pissed Aerial, and pale Draco. This was getting out of hand. But little did they know, that at Transfiguration, things were about to get much worse.

They all filed into Transfiguration and sat down. McGonnagal had the Slytherins sitting on one side and the Gryffindors on the other, so Aerial didn't sit with Draco.



"Today class, we will be transfiguring seats into people. Or, well, trying.." Professor McGonogall said as she told everyone to stand up and put their chairs on the table.

"Be careful. This is not easy." She added as the class got to work on their projects.

"Pssst.." Malfoy said quieitly to Aerial, trying to get her attention.

"What?" She said, watching the teacher's desk.

"Meet me later......"

"ASS!" Zac shouted out. His chair had grabbed him and bit him on the arm.

"OUCH!" He screamed and went up to the hospital wing.

Malfoy finished and told Aerial to meet him later that night. They tried to talk some more but Professor McGonogall saw them and took 10 points from each house, along with detention.

There was only one person that got their chair right, and guess who that was...Hermione. After class, they went down to lunch. When they got down there, Harry saw Zac reeling in pain he was laughing so hard. When everyone got over there, Zac handed Harry the paper and Ron looked at it too. They fell over laughing. Aerial picked it up and did not laugh. It had a picture of her with a snotty paragraph beside it.

Aerial snatched the paper. " What the?! Where'd you get this!?" she said to Zac in a hoarse voice. And Zac pointed clear down the table to a huge stack of Daily Prophets. Her face paled and she ran all the way down and grabbed the whole stack and set it on fire. Sitting beside it was Colin Creevey with a smile on his face, " Hello Aerial!" he said as if nothing had happened. " Colin!!" she said in a rage. " Did you do this!?!?" And he smiled wider. " Nope! A few slytherin girls did!" and he pointed down to a group of girls at the slytherin table who were howling with laughter. " Oh I'll show them.. " Aerial said with fire in her eyes as she clenched the last remaining Daily Prophet and stomped over toward them. Heads were going to roll for this. When she got within distance, she heard Pansy Parkenson talking away, " Did you see the look on her face! The mudblood never knew what hit her!" and right after the words came out of her mouth she found herself thrown to the floor, a throbbing pain in the back of her heard. " Too bad you didn't see that coming." She heard a cold voice behind her. It was Aerial. Pansy stood to her feet backed by about 6 slytherin girls. " What are you gonna do about it? Go to Dumbledore. It's perfectly harmless. All it is, is a little picture." Pansy shot back in mockery. Aerial growled. Pansy was right. There was nothing she could do about it. As Pansy wiped a trickle of blood from her mouth, Aerial gave her a cold glance and walked away, followed by a hundred stares, including Zac, Draco and the others who had seen the whole scene. They all sat in silence as Aerial walked back over, covering her face in her hands and laying her head on the table.

"Hell Yeah!" Aerial heard the boys from Gryffindor say, including Malfoy. The next few days went by well. Malfoy started sitting with Gryffindor and the goons of his just went away. They never came around them. Crabbe and Goyle stayed with Slytherin, and it just so happened that the day was Saturday. This meant that it was time for Hogsmeade.

The gang went to the pub to get some butterbeer. "Well today will be a fun day." Harry said with a smile on his face.In the past few days, he had aceptted the Aerial/Malfoy thing and moved on. "Umm..Harry, Ron, and I are going to the candy and joke shop." Zac said." Malfoy,you want to come?" He added.

"Sure."

"I have to say Malfoy, your no that bad once you act normal." Ron stated as an owl flew into the pub and landed on Draco's shoulder.

He got the letter off and read it. His face turned from good, to weird, to very sad, and he ran out of the place. Hermione picked up the note at the same time Zac did and they hit heads. "Sorry.." he mumbled apologetically.She smiled and read the letter out loud,

You are not the be around that girl, Draco Signed, Your Father: Luscious Malfoy.