~sonrisa means smile, by the way~

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Both of them got of and crowded around the window. It was on the side of the house, so they couldn't seem much. They both raced out his bedroom door.

Harry could hear screams from across the street, and panicked cries, too. Together, he and aerin bounded down the stairs, not caring about the suspicious Dursleys.

"What's going ON?" Aunt Petunia muttered.

"Who- who??" Uncle Vernon managed to say as Aerin ran past his burly figure.

"Neighbor!" Harry said over his shoulder as they both clamored to get out the door.

The house across the street, number 16, Ms. Figg's, was smoking. There was a small crowd gathered around the fence.

Harry and Aerin squeezed through the crowd, Harry going first, quite protectively. Aerin was not the average muggle girl you'd see on the streets. She was wearing muggle clothes, yes, but was bedecked with small henna tattoos, and her long blonde hair almost fell to her waist unbound.

Some members of the crowd retreated, and backed away in fear. When Harry and Aerin got to the front of the crowd, they soon saw why.

Draco.

Malfoy was standing in the middle of all of them, his wand at the ready. The Dark Mark hovered in the air above him.

"Malfoy- NO!"

Malfoy spun around. He's ready to do something nasty to these muggles, Harry thought. Aerin got the picture.

While Harry negotiated with Draco, Aerin performed some much-needed Memory Modification spells and Muggle-Repellant spells. She knew a nifty trick that modified the memories of all in the area, except witches and wizards. Harry, meanwhile, was having worse problems.

"Potter?! You son of a-"

Draco was ready to throw a hex at Harry, but Harry kicked him down and punched him. Aerin decided to join the sprawl, but was wary, because she was weak still. But she wanted revenge.

"Malfoy! You bloody jackass! I will get you back, I swear!"

Malfoy, overwhelmed, pulled her to the ground by her leg, and got pommelled by Harry again. Harry and Draco's wands lay unused in the grass, and Aerin summoned them. "Accio!"

She drew away from both of them, and tried to stupefy Malfoy, but he was moving too much and Harry couldn't pin him to the ground for long.

"Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy!"

She didn't care if she got Harry, as long as she got Draco, too.

"STUPEFY!"

Harry went limp and keeled over.

"Oh... shit!"

Malfoy drew his attention away from Harry at once, and faced Aerin. Right now she was holding all their wands.

Malfoy took a running start and tried to pull her to the ground. She jabbed at him with the wands, and he managed to grab one- Harry's.

"Crucio!"