I'm back again! I finally found the time to write another chapter! I know it's been a while but between schoolwork, the school newspaper, and drama club I've been really busy. Anyway, here's the next chapter for you. Enjoy! Also remember to read and respond and to all those who did...I love you guys! Thanks!
~Sparklemoonbunny~
Chapter Seven: Ron to the Rescue
Draco looked at the scaly creature that Hagrid had instructed them to watch. It had a long spiky tail and blood red eyes with horns sticking out of its head. Draco gazed at it uncertain and raised his hand.
"Yeah, Malfoy?" Hagrid asked.
Draco watched the creature approach his shoe and hiss. He took a step back.
"Uh, what are these things again and why are learning about them?" he asked while backing away from the creature nervously.
Hagrid frowned and looked annoyed.
"These things are Groundfids! We're learning bout them cause their tails are often used to make a powerful medicine for healing when it falls off. Blimey Malfoy, what are you doing?" Hagrid asked as he watched Malfoy dodge in back of Goyle in terror.
It appeared that the Groundfid that Malfoy was watching decided to take a bite out of his leg and Draco did the only thing he could think of. He hid behind someone bigger then himself. The other students busted out in laughter. Hagrid shook his head and scooped the Groundfid off the ground.
"It's okay Malfoy. I have em here," said Hagrid holding on tight to the struggling creature.
Draco peered from behind Goyle and when he saw the creature in Hagrid's arms he breathed a breath of relief. The other students continued chuckling and Malfoy shot them an icy grey glare that silenced them.
"Right then," the large hairy man said. "I'm going to put yous into two pairs and yer going to take notes about the Groundfids. Mind that you don't step on their tails cause they won't be too thrilled about that. At the end of the lesson I want yous to turn in your observations."
Hagrid then split the class into pairs. Hermione was paired with Ron. Crabbe and Goyle became a group and Lavender and Pansy got paired. To Draco's shock, Hagrid paired him with Harry.
"Ready to work, Draco?" asked Harry cheerfully. He picked up the Groundfid and held it out to Draco.
"ARGH! Get that thing away from me!" cried out the Slytherin backing away with his arms blocking his face.
Harry laughed and placed the scaly creature on the ground. Malfoy slowly put his arms down and frowned at Harry.
"You're supposed to be my friend, Potter," Draco said.
The Gryffindor shrugged and grinned deviously.
"I couldn't resist. Consider it revenge for the last few years I've known you," he laughed.
Draco opened his mouth to say something but thought better of it. Harry laughed again.
"Come on, Malfoy! We have to finish this assignment," The raven- haired teen said.
Both boys sat on the grass and Draco pulled out a parchment and quill from his book pile.
"I'll take notes and you handle that beast," Malfoy explained.
Harry smirked but said nothing and reached for the Groundfid. It gave a low growl but soon quieted down when Harry scratched its head.
"Well its skin's rough and it growls to warn people," observed Harry.
Malfoy nodded and scribbled it down on the parchment. Harry picked the creature up and looked under its belly.
"I'd say it weighs about 5 pounds. It's belly is red underneath. I think Hagrid said that meant it was a girl," noted the emerald-eyed boy.
Harry then turned to face Draco.
"You sure you don't want to hold it?"
"NO! GET THAT THING OUT OF MY FACE! I'M WARNING YOU, POTTER!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and drew their attention to Harry and Draco. Draco's face grew warm and he looked nervously among the faces staring at him.
"Is there a problem, Malfoy?" asked Hagrid getting up from a group he was helping.
"No, Hagrid. I was just joking around with Malfoy. I'm sorry. It won't happen again," Harry spoke up.
The gamekeeper's face soften a little but he gave a slight frown.
"Well I don't 'spect you to be joking off, Harry. Just don't do it again. Just get yer work done," he scolded and went back to helping some students.
The class went back to their projects and left Malfoy looking highly embarrassed.
"Alright there, Harry?" asked Ron Weasley from nearby.
He and Hermione were watching Harry from their group. Both gave concerned looks at him.
"Is that twit Malfoy starting trouble again?" Ron asked and directed a cold glare at Malfoy who frowned back in return.
"I can hear you know," the blond snapped back.
The Boy Who Lived shook his head at Ron.
"No, Ron. We're okay! I was just playing with Malfoy. It's okay. Really," called out Harry.
Ron and Hermione looked at each other with raised eyebrows and nodded.
Malfoy stared at Harry for a moment then at Ron and Hermione.
"Uh, let's just get this work done, Harry," Draco said.
Harry nodded and both of them concentrated on the Groundfid.
Later that evening Malfoy was sitting at the Slytherin table finishing up a slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream. It had been one long tiring day but he felt better then he did yesterday. Now he just wanted to finish his homework and crawl into his nice warm bed.
"Hey, Draco! You want the last slice of pie?" asked York motioning to it.
Draco shook his head.
"It's all yours," he said with a yawn.
"Great!" exclaimed York Harrison and reached for it but his hand was slapped away by Pansy Parkinson.
"What's the big deal Pug Face?" he asked sorely.
Pansy glared at him
"How did you know that maybe I didn't want the last slice?" she asked frowning.
York's face softened and he pulled his hand back.
"You're right. I didn't even consider that. How very uncouth of me, " Harrison replied.
He looked at Pansy with warm eyes.
"Pansy would you like the last slice?" he asked holding out the plate to her.
Pansy smiled with satisfaction.
"Yes, I would."
"Okay, I was just wondering," York said and pulled the plate back and stabbed his fork into the pie.
He took a bite of it and chewed slowly smirking at Pansy. The girl's face formed into pure malice and she abruptly got up from the table and stomped off muttering curses under her breath.
Malfoy watched this whole scene and laughed till his eyes watered. York just shrugged and continued eating his pie without a care in the world.
Two hours later, Draco was in the Slytherin Common Room looking over his potions homework with confusion. Snape had assigned them an essay to answer about a certain potion and its side effects but Malfoy was clueless on the subject. He could ask Crabbe and Goyle if they had the notes on it but that would be like asking Neville if he could do brain surgery. Pansy was already in bed. The only person he could ask was Potter. Draco gathered up his books and walked out of the Common Rooms into the halls.
After asking a prefect where the Gryffindor Common Room was Draco stood outside of it looking stumped. He forgot that you needed a password to get in. The blonde stared at the portrait of the Fat Lady and cleared his throat.
"Excuse me," he spoke.
The Fat Lady looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Yes?" she asked.
"See, I'm not in this house but I need to talk to one of my friends. Do you think you could ask me in?" Draco asked.
I'd better throw in that old Malfoy charm too, he thought to himself.
Draco flashed her a bright smile.
The Fat Lady looked at him and shook her head.
"I'm sorry dear but the rules clearly state I cannot let anyone in without a password," she explained.
"But just this once. I swear I won't cause any trouble! I just need to talk to Harry Potter! That's it! Honest! It's about homework," sputtered out the Slytherin.
"I can't dear. I'm sorry," she said.
Draco thought for a moment.
"Can't you give me a hint about what the password is?" he asked her.
"No, I'm afraid not," The lady said.
"You don't have to give me the password. Just a hint. If I guess it then you can let me in," Draco pestered.
The Fat Lady shook her head again.
"Please?" Draco asked.
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"I'll give you a galleon."
"No!"
"Okay then. Two galleons?"
"NO!"
"How about five. I'm rich you know. You name a price and I can double it-"
"Listen here you hooligan! I'm not letting you in! Now either leave or I'll send for a teacher to remove you this instant!"
Suddenly the picture flew opened and Harry peered from behind it.
"Malfoy? Is that you making all that racket?" Harry asked bewildered.
Malfoy sighed and nodded.
"I was trying to convince this overly large woman to let me in. I need to speak with you about homework for Potions," explained the silver-eyed boy.
Harry motioned for Draco to come in.
"Keep it down though. Everyone is asleep. They might freak out if they find you in here," the Gryffindor explained.
Harry motioned for Draco to sit on the sofa. He then stalked to the sleeping quarter's door and listened for any stirring. When there was none he crept back to the sofa.
"Okay what's the problem?" he asked the blond.
Draco pulled out his parchment and quill.
"That assignment Snape gave us. I need help on the essay. Can you help me?" Malfoy spoke softly.
Harry took the parchment from his hand and read over it. Draco meanwhile looked around the common room in awe.
"Well here's your problem. You have all the side effects wrong. You're going to have to rewrite those," Harry said pointing out the mistakes.
Malfoy watched Harry scribble out all the errors and then the two went on to rewrite the whole essay. It was about till a quarter to twelve that the boys were just putting the finishing touches on the essay.
"I'll just add that last bit into it and I'm done," spoke Malfoy writing down more information.
"Good because I'm getting sleepy," yawned Harry.
"Yeah we'll I better get ready to leave anyway. Weasley might wake up and try to kill me if he sees me in the coomon room," mused Draco.
"Ron? Nah, he wouldn't do all that. He would just be upset. I haven't told him that you and me are no longer enemies yet," Harry said looking at the essay Draco was holding.
Suddenly there was a loud creaking noise in the room. Both boys whipped their heads around in the direction that it came from. They held their breaths and remained motionless for a minute. When no sound was heard they shrugged.
"Probably was the wind," shrugged Malfoy and went back scribbling his essay.
"Ah! There I'm done!" he exclaimed and packed up his books and quill.
Harry looked at the clock in the corner.
"Good I need sleep. Just pack up your stuff and make sure you bring everything with you," The raven-haired boy said getting up from the sofa.
Malfoy grabbed everything and also got up but paused next to Harry with mouth open.
In the doorway was Ron looking sleepy eyed and bewildered.
"Malfoy?! What the hell are you doing in our room? I thought I was dreaming when I heard your voice but I see I'm not!"
"Ron it's not what you think," Harry started.
Malfoy only stared at Ron with a nervous look.
The red head rolled up his sleeves of his pjs and grinned wickedly.
"I have no idea how you got in Malfoy but you're on my turf now and I say its pay backs!"
Ron then lunged at Draco.
"RON NO!!!!!" Harry called out.
A/N: I'm sorry but I had to leave a cliffhanger. It seems Ron may have discovered the little secret of the two boys. Now what's he going to do? What will Ron do to Malfoy? How's Harry going to take this? What about poor Draco? Please review! Thanks!
~Sparklemoonbunny~
Chapter Seven: Ron to the Rescue
Draco looked at the scaly creature that Hagrid had instructed them to watch. It had a long spiky tail and blood red eyes with horns sticking out of its head. Draco gazed at it uncertain and raised his hand.
"Yeah, Malfoy?" Hagrid asked.
Draco watched the creature approach his shoe and hiss. He took a step back.
"Uh, what are these things again and why are learning about them?" he asked while backing away from the creature nervously.
Hagrid frowned and looked annoyed.
"These things are Groundfids! We're learning bout them cause their tails are often used to make a powerful medicine for healing when it falls off. Blimey Malfoy, what are you doing?" Hagrid asked as he watched Malfoy dodge in back of Goyle in terror.
It appeared that the Groundfid that Malfoy was watching decided to take a bite out of his leg and Draco did the only thing he could think of. He hid behind someone bigger then himself. The other students busted out in laughter. Hagrid shook his head and scooped the Groundfid off the ground.
"It's okay Malfoy. I have em here," said Hagrid holding on tight to the struggling creature.
Draco peered from behind Goyle and when he saw the creature in Hagrid's arms he breathed a breath of relief. The other students continued chuckling and Malfoy shot them an icy grey glare that silenced them.
"Right then," the large hairy man said. "I'm going to put yous into two pairs and yer going to take notes about the Groundfids. Mind that you don't step on their tails cause they won't be too thrilled about that. At the end of the lesson I want yous to turn in your observations."
Hagrid then split the class into pairs. Hermione was paired with Ron. Crabbe and Goyle became a group and Lavender and Pansy got paired. To Draco's shock, Hagrid paired him with Harry.
"Ready to work, Draco?" asked Harry cheerfully. He picked up the Groundfid and held it out to Draco.
"ARGH! Get that thing away from me!" cried out the Slytherin backing away with his arms blocking his face.
Harry laughed and placed the scaly creature on the ground. Malfoy slowly put his arms down and frowned at Harry.
"You're supposed to be my friend, Potter," Draco said.
The Gryffindor shrugged and grinned deviously.
"I couldn't resist. Consider it revenge for the last few years I've known you," he laughed.
Draco opened his mouth to say something but thought better of it. Harry laughed again.
"Come on, Malfoy! We have to finish this assignment," The raven- haired teen said.
Both boys sat on the grass and Draco pulled out a parchment and quill from his book pile.
"I'll take notes and you handle that beast," Malfoy explained.
Harry smirked but said nothing and reached for the Groundfid. It gave a low growl but soon quieted down when Harry scratched its head.
"Well its skin's rough and it growls to warn people," observed Harry.
Malfoy nodded and scribbled it down on the parchment. Harry picked the creature up and looked under its belly.
"I'd say it weighs about 5 pounds. It's belly is red underneath. I think Hagrid said that meant it was a girl," noted the emerald-eyed boy.
Harry then turned to face Draco.
"You sure you don't want to hold it?"
"NO! GET THAT THING OUT OF MY FACE! I'M WARNING YOU, POTTER!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and drew their attention to Harry and Draco. Draco's face grew warm and he looked nervously among the faces staring at him.
"Is there a problem, Malfoy?" asked Hagrid getting up from a group he was helping.
"No, Hagrid. I was just joking around with Malfoy. I'm sorry. It won't happen again," Harry spoke up.
The gamekeeper's face soften a little but he gave a slight frown.
"Well I don't 'spect you to be joking off, Harry. Just don't do it again. Just get yer work done," he scolded and went back to helping some students.
The class went back to their projects and left Malfoy looking highly embarrassed.
"Alright there, Harry?" asked Ron Weasley from nearby.
He and Hermione were watching Harry from their group. Both gave concerned looks at him.
"Is that twit Malfoy starting trouble again?" Ron asked and directed a cold glare at Malfoy who frowned back in return.
"I can hear you know," the blond snapped back.
The Boy Who Lived shook his head at Ron.
"No, Ron. We're okay! I was just playing with Malfoy. It's okay. Really," called out Harry.
Ron and Hermione looked at each other with raised eyebrows and nodded.
Malfoy stared at Harry for a moment then at Ron and Hermione.
"Uh, let's just get this work done, Harry," Draco said.
Harry nodded and both of them concentrated on the Groundfid.
Later that evening Malfoy was sitting at the Slytherin table finishing up a slice of hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream. It had been one long tiring day but he felt better then he did yesterday. Now he just wanted to finish his homework and crawl into his nice warm bed.
"Hey, Draco! You want the last slice of pie?" asked York motioning to it.
Draco shook his head.
"It's all yours," he said with a yawn.
"Great!" exclaimed York Harrison and reached for it but his hand was slapped away by Pansy Parkinson.
"What's the big deal Pug Face?" he asked sorely.
Pansy glared at him
"How did you know that maybe I didn't want the last slice?" she asked frowning.
York's face softened and he pulled his hand back.
"You're right. I didn't even consider that. How very uncouth of me, " Harrison replied.
He looked at Pansy with warm eyes.
"Pansy would you like the last slice?" he asked holding out the plate to her.
Pansy smiled with satisfaction.
"Yes, I would."
"Okay, I was just wondering," York said and pulled the plate back and stabbed his fork into the pie.
He took a bite of it and chewed slowly smirking at Pansy. The girl's face formed into pure malice and she abruptly got up from the table and stomped off muttering curses under her breath.
Malfoy watched this whole scene and laughed till his eyes watered. York just shrugged and continued eating his pie without a care in the world.
Two hours later, Draco was in the Slytherin Common Room looking over his potions homework with confusion. Snape had assigned them an essay to answer about a certain potion and its side effects but Malfoy was clueless on the subject. He could ask Crabbe and Goyle if they had the notes on it but that would be like asking Neville if he could do brain surgery. Pansy was already in bed. The only person he could ask was Potter. Draco gathered up his books and walked out of the Common Rooms into the halls.
After asking a prefect where the Gryffindor Common Room was Draco stood outside of it looking stumped. He forgot that you needed a password to get in. The blonde stared at the portrait of the Fat Lady and cleared his throat.
"Excuse me," he spoke.
The Fat Lady looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Yes?" she asked.
"See, I'm not in this house but I need to talk to one of my friends. Do you think you could ask me in?" Draco asked.
I'd better throw in that old Malfoy charm too, he thought to himself.
Draco flashed her a bright smile.
The Fat Lady looked at him and shook her head.
"I'm sorry dear but the rules clearly state I cannot let anyone in without a password," she explained.
"But just this once. I swear I won't cause any trouble! I just need to talk to Harry Potter! That's it! Honest! It's about homework," sputtered out the Slytherin.
"I can't dear. I'm sorry," she said.
Draco thought for a moment.
"Can't you give me a hint about what the password is?" he asked her.
"No, I'm afraid not," The lady said.
"You don't have to give me the password. Just a hint. If I guess it then you can let me in," Draco pestered.
The Fat Lady shook her head again.
"Please?" Draco asked.
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"I'll give you a galleon."
"No!"
"Okay then. Two galleons?"
"NO!"
"How about five. I'm rich you know. You name a price and I can double it-"
"Listen here you hooligan! I'm not letting you in! Now either leave or I'll send for a teacher to remove you this instant!"
Suddenly the picture flew opened and Harry peered from behind it.
"Malfoy? Is that you making all that racket?" Harry asked bewildered.
Malfoy sighed and nodded.
"I was trying to convince this overly large woman to let me in. I need to speak with you about homework for Potions," explained the silver-eyed boy.
Harry motioned for Draco to come in.
"Keep it down though. Everyone is asleep. They might freak out if they find you in here," the Gryffindor explained.
Harry motioned for Draco to sit on the sofa. He then stalked to the sleeping quarter's door and listened for any stirring. When there was none he crept back to the sofa.
"Okay what's the problem?" he asked the blond.
Draco pulled out his parchment and quill.
"That assignment Snape gave us. I need help on the essay. Can you help me?" Malfoy spoke softly.
Harry took the parchment from his hand and read over it. Draco meanwhile looked around the common room in awe.
"Well here's your problem. You have all the side effects wrong. You're going to have to rewrite those," Harry said pointing out the mistakes.
Malfoy watched Harry scribble out all the errors and then the two went on to rewrite the whole essay. It was about till a quarter to twelve that the boys were just putting the finishing touches on the essay.
"I'll just add that last bit into it and I'm done," spoke Malfoy writing down more information.
"Good because I'm getting sleepy," yawned Harry.
"Yeah we'll I better get ready to leave anyway. Weasley might wake up and try to kill me if he sees me in the coomon room," mused Draco.
"Ron? Nah, he wouldn't do all that. He would just be upset. I haven't told him that you and me are no longer enemies yet," Harry said looking at the essay Draco was holding.
Suddenly there was a loud creaking noise in the room. Both boys whipped their heads around in the direction that it came from. They held their breaths and remained motionless for a minute. When no sound was heard they shrugged.
"Probably was the wind," shrugged Malfoy and went back scribbling his essay.
"Ah! There I'm done!" he exclaimed and packed up his books and quill.
Harry looked at the clock in the corner.
"Good I need sleep. Just pack up your stuff and make sure you bring everything with you," The raven-haired boy said getting up from the sofa.
Malfoy grabbed everything and also got up but paused next to Harry with mouth open.
In the doorway was Ron looking sleepy eyed and bewildered.
"Malfoy?! What the hell are you doing in our room? I thought I was dreaming when I heard your voice but I see I'm not!"
"Ron it's not what you think," Harry started.
Malfoy only stared at Ron with a nervous look.
The red head rolled up his sleeves of his pjs and grinned wickedly.
"I have no idea how you got in Malfoy but you're on my turf now and I say its pay backs!"
Ron then lunged at Draco.
"RON NO!!!!!" Harry called out.
A/N: I'm sorry but I had to leave a cliffhanger. It seems Ron may have discovered the little secret of the two boys. Now what's he going to do? What will Ron do to Malfoy? How's Harry going to take this? What about poor Draco? Please review! Thanks!