Chapter 11 Secluded
"Pansy? have you seen my ring? you know, the one with the dragon on it? The one that reminded me of Draco?" Aphelia asked as she scavenged through all of her belongings looking for her ring "Uh, yea. you gave it to Draco, remember?" Pansy recalled as she began to put away the stuff that APhelia was throwing all over the room. "Oh, right! I almost forgot! I've finally decided that we were ment to be friends, otherwise wouldn't we be together? so I have decided that being friends with him is enough for me,"Aphelia said. Snapping her fingers everything in the room went back to its original place. "Good! Then you wont mind if I try to get my hooks back into him, will you?" Pansy asked, ducking passed the pillow APhelia had palyfully thrown at her. "Calm down! I was only joking! Draco and I aren't 'right' for each other anyways! Plus, I kinda am with Goyle!" she said as she sat down on her bed. "I know you really liked Draco, but hey so did I, and I am sorry for taking him from you, but then again I'm also not. Plus, you and Goyle are great together! And, like I said, Draco and I are friends now, and I'm actually happy with it that way," Aphelia answered as she put on her Dragon necklace to replace her dragon ring. Pnasy came up and placed a finger ontop of it. "You are over him, and yet you are still obsessed with dragons? Are you sure?" Pansy asked suspiciously. Aphelia pulled away defensively. "I know it might look like I am still wanting him, but if I wanted him that much I would have gone insane, remember?" Aphelia said as she straightened her necklace and looked at her image in the mirror. "Okay, I believe you, Lea!" Pansy said as she laid back down on her bed. APhelia glanced at the dragon on her neck and sighed. she was in denial about being in denial and she new it. As much as she hated to admit it, she was over Draco.
"Hey Guys! Wait up!" called Harry as he ran to join Aphelia and Draco on their way to Care of Magical Creatures. Aphelia and Draco stopped talking to make room for Harry. "Hey Harry! How's your week been?" Aphelia asked him as she tried to keep her attention from the fact that Draco was wearing the Dragon ring in a chain around his neck. She was trying to convince herself that it wasn't her ring, but there was one little problem there; Aphelia had made that ring herself and it was a one of a kind. "It's been going fine. I've been teaching the team some tips to beat Ravenclaw in the match this week," Harry added as he cut between Aphelia and Draco. "You know if you beat Ravenclaw you'll have to go against Hufflepuff, whom we've already beaten, and then you'll be against us, right?" Draco reminded him as they made their way towards Hagrids Hut. None of them seemed to notice that there seemed to be nobody around the campus. It took them until they were in front of Hagrid's Hut to notice that there wasn't a person in sight. "I don't get it? Has it been like this the whole time?" Aphelia asked as she looked around. she couldn't bleieve it that the place was deserted. "I'm not sure, but as far back as I can remember we ahven't been disturbed by anyone!" Harry pointed out as he retraced their footsteps in his mind. "HELLO? IS ANYONE OUT THERE?" shouted Aphelia and Draco at the same time. looking around the whole grounds of Hogwarts, the three of them saw nobody in sight. That's when they decided to go and check out the school.
"Harry? Draco? APHELIA?" yelled Pansy as she and a group of kids gathered around the three of them. Pansy was getting so annoyed at the fact that she was being ignored that she had started snap in front of their faces, but it didn't seem to work. "Guy's? are you okay?" Pansy asked as her friends started yelling for everyone. This whole thing was starting to freak her out. grabbing for Aphelia's hand, she missed because the gang started to walk away. looking after them, Pansy joined in an all the rumors about what might have happened to her best friends.
"Gosh! Even the LIBRARY is empty!" APhelia yelled as she stepped out into the hall to join Draco and her brother. Looking at Draco she could see how she could love him, and she again believed that she did love him, but she had moved on. she wasn't just going to be saving herself for him for the rest of her life. After she realized that that was how she felt she began to soften up to Draco. "Okay, WHAT is going ON? This is INSANE! Sorry, Aphelia," Draco added at the remark on being insane he had made, but APhelia just shrugged it off. "Oh, don't worry about it! THAT was LAST years problem!" joked Aphelia as they looked around for more people. "HELLO?" she yelled, listening to it echo off of the walls. "Hey! Wicked!" Draco yelled and he and Harry began to yell stuff also, listening to it echo down the halls. They had fun for a while, but then they all silently decided that what they were doing was very childish. "Hey guys! I have an idea! follow me!" Aphelia yelled. "I have an idea!" she cried as they ran towards Slytherin Tower. As they got outside Aphelia cited the password to the portal and began to climb in. when she was in she waited, and saw Draco's face as he began to climb through the portal, but he stopped, and she followed him out. "Harry! WHat are you doing? come on!" Draco said as APhelia exited the portal. Harry crossed his arms in front of him. "No! I'm not SUPPOSED to be going into Slytherin Common Room, I'm a Gryffindor, remember?" Harry said with a 'don't be an idiot' sort of tone. "Harry! You've been in there before, and you will come in again! Besides, who is gonna tell, there isn't anyone aorund in the whole school of Hogwarts, remember?" Aphelia ashed as she and Draco grabbed Harry's arms and pushed him throught the portal. As they entered the room they were engulfed in millions of peices of paper and immediatley lost each other to the darkness. the last thing Draco and Harry heard was Aphelia's screams before the darkness engulfed them also.
"Harry? Draco? Aphelia? WHats wrong? SOMEONE CALL A PROFESSOR!" Pansy yelled as she stared down at the three laying on the floor of the Slytherin Common Room. The sight or them was appalling, Their eyes had a glossy, empty look, and drool dripped from their open mouths. By the time one of the Professors had arrived Pansy, as well as others, where in tears at the pathetic look on their friends faces.
"Pansy? have you seen my ring? you know, the one with the dragon on it? The one that reminded me of Draco?" Aphelia asked as she scavenged through all of her belongings looking for her ring "Uh, yea. you gave it to Draco, remember?" Pansy recalled as she began to put away the stuff that APhelia was throwing all over the room. "Oh, right! I almost forgot! I've finally decided that we were ment to be friends, otherwise wouldn't we be together? so I have decided that being friends with him is enough for me,"Aphelia said. Snapping her fingers everything in the room went back to its original place. "Good! Then you wont mind if I try to get my hooks back into him, will you?" Pansy asked, ducking passed the pillow APhelia had palyfully thrown at her. "Calm down! I was only joking! Draco and I aren't 'right' for each other anyways! Plus, I kinda am with Goyle!" she said as she sat down on her bed. "I know you really liked Draco, but hey so did I, and I am sorry for taking him from you, but then again I'm also not. Plus, you and Goyle are great together! And, like I said, Draco and I are friends now, and I'm actually happy with it that way," Aphelia answered as she put on her Dragon necklace to replace her dragon ring. Pnasy came up and placed a finger ontop of it. "You are over him, and yet you are still obsessed with dragons? Are you sure?" Pansy asked suspiciously. Aphelia pulled away defensively. "I know it might look like I am still wanting him, but if I wanted him that much I would have gone insane, remember?" Aphelia said as she straightened her necklace and looked at her image in the mirror. "Okay, I believe you, Lea!" Pansy said as she laid back down on her bed. APhelia glanced at the dragon on her neck and sighed. she was in denial about being in denial and she new it. As much as she hated to admit it, she was over Draco.
"Hey Guys! Wait up!" called Harry as he ran to join Aphelia and Draco on their way to Care of Magical Creatures. Aphelia and Draco stopped talking to make room for Harry. "Hey Harry! How's your week been?" Aphelia asked him as she tried to keep her attention from the fact that Draco was wearing the Dragon ring in a chain around his neck. She was trying to convince herself that it wasn't her ring, but there was one little problem there; Aphelia had made that ring herself and it was a one of a kind. "It's been going fine. I've been teaching the team some tips to beat Ravenclaw in the match this week," Harry added as he cut between Aphelia and Draco. "You know if you beat Ravenclaw you'll have to go against Hufflepuff, whom we've already beaten, and then you'll be against us, right?" Draco reminded him as they made their way towards Hagrids Hut. None of them seemed to notice that there seemed to be nobody around the campus. It took them until they were in front of Hagrid's Hut to notice that there wasn't a person in sight. "I don't get it? Has it been like this the whole time?" Aphelia asked as she looked around. she couldn't bleieve it that the place was deserted. "I'm not sure, but as far back as I can remember we ahven't been disturbed by anyone!" Harry pointed out as he retraced their footsteps in his mind. "HELLO? IS ANYONE OUT THERE?" shouted Aphelia and Draco at the same time. looking around the whole grounds of Hogwarts, the three of them saw nobody in sight. That's when they decided to go and check out the school.
"Harry? Draco? APHELIA?" yelled Pansy as she and a group of kids gathered around the three of them. Pansy was getting so annoyed at the fact that she was being ignored that she had started snap in front of their faces, but it didn't seem to work. "Guy's? are you okay?" Pansy asked as her friends started yelling for everyone. This whole thing was starting to freak her out. grabbing for Aphelia's hand, she missed because the gang started to walk away. looking after them, Pansy joined in an all the rumors about what might have happened to her best friends.
"Gosh! Even the LIBRARY is empty!" APhelia yelled as she stepped out into the hall to join Draco and her brother. Looking at Draco she could see how she could love him, and she again believed that she did love him, but she had moved on. she wasn't just going to be saving herself for him for the rest of her life. After she realized that that was how she felt she began to soften up to Draco. "Okay, WHAT is going ON? This is INSANE! Sorry, Aphelia," Draco added at the remark on being insane he had made, but APhelia just shrugged it off. "Oh, don't worry about it! THAT was LAST years problem!" joked Aphelia as they looked around for more people. "HELLO?" she yelled, listening to it echo off of the walls. "Hey! Wicked!" Draco yelled and he and Harry began to yell stuff also, listening to it echo down the halls. They had fun for a while, but then they all silently decided that what they were doing was very childish. "Hey guys! I have an idea! follow me!" Aphelia yelled. "I have an idea!" she cried as they ran towards Slytherin Tower. As they got outside Aphelia cited the password to the portal and began to climb in. when she was in she waited, and saw Draco's face as he began to climb through the portal, but he stopped, and she followed him out. "Harry! WHat are you doing? come on!" Draco said as APhelia exited the portal. Harry crossed his arms in front of him. "No! I'm not SUPPOSED to be going into Slytherin Common Room, I'm a Gryffindor, remember?" Harry said with a 'don't be an idiot' sort of tone. "Harry! You've been in there before, and you will come in again! Besides, who is gonna tell, there isn't anyone aorund in the whole school of Hogwarts, remember?" Aphelia ashed as she and Draco grabbed Harry's arms and pushed him throught the portal. As they entered the room they were engulfed in millions of peices of paper and immediatley lost each other to the darkness. the last thing Draco and Harry heard was Aphelia's screams before the darkness engulfed them also.
"Harry? Draco? Aphelia? WHats wrong? SOMEONE CALL A PROFESSOR!" Pansy yelled as she stared down at the three laying on the floor of the Slytherin Common Room. The sight or them was appalling, Their eyes had a glossy, empty look, and drool dripped from their open mouths. By the time one of the Professors had arrived Pansy, as well as others, where in tears at the pathetic look on their friends faces.