~ Sakura ~ Sorry I took so long to get this chapter out minna, had a bad case of writer's block.
Disclaimer: I don't own HP and SM. They belong to their respective owners.
ForbiddenChapter 3: Kiss at Midnight
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~ The Next Morning ~
Everyone was gathering inside the Great Hall, having their breakfast.
"Have you guys heard the news?" squealed Lavender Brown to her fellow Gryffindors at their House table.
"What news?" asked Usagi, interested.
"Qudditch tryouts will be held this Saturday!" answered Patil Pravati, who had joined the conversation.
"Really?" asked Hermione who was sitting besides Usagi. "But I thought that our team had enough players already,"
"Do you know about this Harry?" asked Ron who was sitting across Hermione, glancing at the jet-black haired boy besides him.
"Yes. Dumbledore told all of us yesterday just after Quidditch practice," replied Harry. "We need a Chaser, Ravenclaw a Keeper and a Beater, Hufflepuff a Seeker and Slytherin two Chasers and a Keeper."
Usagi widened her eyes slightly and a strange glint gleamed within its now sapphire blue orbs.
"What time will the tryouts be held on Saturday?" she asked.
"At eight in the morning," replied Harry.
"Why? Are you thinking of trying out?" he asked.
"As in a matter of fact, yes," answered Usagi.
"Cool. I'll bet you'll be the new Chaser," said Ron. "You must be good if you played in your team at Drumstang,"
"You haven't seen me play yet Ron," exclaimed Usagi, blushing slightly.
No one seemed to notice Harry and Hermione smiles turned into scowls. (AN: Hehehe. *in a singsong voice* Looks like somebody's jealous..)
"Anyway, I'm going to practice later at the Qudditch Field after classes are over. Is that okay?" said Usagi.
Harry shrugged. "I don't see why not,"
"Thanks," said Usagi.
The golden-haired girl then grabbed a piece of buttered toast on her plate and took a bite out of it.
Usagi hurried down the stairs and into the corridor, looking for the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
The golden-haired girl was in such a hurry that she didn't see someone walking towards her direction and bumped into him.
"Itai.." muttered Usagi softly as she collided with the person, dropping the books she held in her arms in the process.
"Gomen nasai. Its all my fault," said Usagi as she picked up her fallen books from the floor.
The words came out of her mouth before she had the chance to cover it. She'd just realized that she was talking in the wrong language and was about to translate her words in English when a voice said,
"It's all right Usa-chan,"
Usagi glanced up to see that she'd bumped into none other than her twin brother, Draco. "D-chan?"
Draco smirked. "Who were you expecting? Jack the Ripper?" He chuckled at his own joke.
"Haha, very funny," said Usagi sarcastically, her eyes narrowed.
"It was, wasn't it?" chuckled Draco.
"So where are you headed to anyway?" he asked.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts," replied Usagi.
Draco raised his eyebrows in surprise. "But I thought that we don't have those since the DADA teacher wasn't introduced yet to us. He wasn't even at the High Table with the other teachers when the Sorting Ceremony begun,"
"Well he's here now," said Usagi.
"Maybe he arrived late yesterday," she said helpfully.
Draco shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever, the class is just at the end of this corridor, you can't miss it,"
Usagi nodded her head in thanks and said, "See you later D-chan,"
She then resumed running down the corridor where Draco told her to go.
"Good luck at the Quidditch tryouts on Saturday," said Draco, a knowing smile on his face although his twin couldn't see it.
Usagi stopped in her tracks.
"How did you…" she started, turning swiftly around to look back.
To her disappointment, she saw that Draco was nowhere to be found.
"Boy, he sure can run fast," muttered Usagi before she look back front and ran.
(AN: Should I stop here? *thinks thoughtfully* Hmm… Nahh.. I've kept you guys waiting long enough so you deserved a longer chapter.)
"Finally, I made it," said Usagi as she opened the DADA classroom's door. She was breathing at a fast rate and she needed to catch her breath so she decided to walk slowly across the room towards the spot where Harry and the gang are.
She flopped down on the vacant seat besides Harry who was besides Ron and Ron besides Hermione, not noticing the blush creeping across Harry's cheeks.
'I wonder whose the DADA teacher going to be?' thought Usagi, surveying the room to notice that their teacher hasn't arrived yet.
Not sooner then, a knock on the door was heard and it opened to reveal a tall man with short brown hair tinted with gray and warm brown eyes. He was carrying the shaggiest briefcase Usagi had ever seen and she could clearly make out the words Professor Remus Lupin written in gold peeling letters at the right end of the briefcase.
"Good morning class," said Lupin as he walked to his table and placed his briefcase on top of it. "My name's Prof. Remus Lupin, some of you may remember me as the school's DADA teacher two years ago. I was fortunate enough to receive this proposal from Dumbledore himself and I thought, why not? So here I am,"
The class cheered and clapped happily
"Prof. Lupin quitted after our third year at Hogwarts. He's the best DADA teacher we've ever had," explained Harry, noticing Usagi's confused look.
"I see," said Usagi.
When the clapping had died down, Lupin cleared his throat and said,
"Today, we'll learn about vampires and how to defend ourselves against them,"
"Unfortunately, since vampires are sometimes dangerous, we won't be doing the lesson practically," he added.
Everyone breathe out a sigh of relief. Fighting against a boggart was one thing but a vampire is a completely different topic.
"Has anyone here ever met a vampire before?" asked Lupin to his class.
No one raised his or her hand.
"Good. Now, does anyone know something about vampires?"
Hermione raised her hand, Usagi was a little reluctant about raising hers.
"Miss Granger?"
Hermione stood up from her seat. "Vampires are creatures that appeared at night and sucked blood from people, mostly Muggles." she said.
"That's partially correct Miss Granger," said Lupin.
Hermione had a look of surprise in her face but took her seat anyway.
Usagi raised hers.
"Yes Miss..umm.. I didn't quite get your name,"
"My name's Usagi Malfoy,"
"I see," said Lupin, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Are you by any chance related to Mister Draco Malfoy?"
"Yes. He's my twin brother," replied Usagi.
"I see. Well then Miss Malfoy, what's can you say about vampires?" asked Lupin.
Usagi could now feel everyone in the room staring at her, some with curiosity and gulped.
"Well, not all vampires attacked at night. In fact, pureblooded vampires can go out during daylight and get accustomed to the sun. Vampires can also eat human food except for garlic but to them, the food that we humans find delicious tasted horrible in their opinion. Human blood is the sweetest thing a vampire has ever tasted and that's why almost all of the vampires preferred our blood" said Usagi.
"Very good Miss Malfoy. Ten points will be awarded to both you and Miss Granger for your answers," announced Lupin and proceeded to ask someone another question.
Usagi sat back in her seat and listened to the discussion, taking down necessary notes.
After a while, the bell ranged signaling their dismissal.
"Since it's our first class together, there'll be no homework. Class dismissed," said Lupin.
The students packed their quills, notes and books into their backpacks, stood up, and walked out of the classroom.
The last class of the day ended and Usagi was one of the first to rush out of the classroom. With a little navigating help (mostly climbing through secret staircases), Usagi was at the seventh floor leading towards Gryffindor Tower.
"Caput Draconis," said Usagi to the Fat Lady.
The Fat Lady swinged itself open to reveal a large round hole, the entrance to the Gryffindor common room. Usagi climbed over it and, when she was inside, climbed up the stairs leading to the girls' dormitories.
She brusted into the dorm room she and Hermione shared with three other girls and opened her trunk.
She took a pair of dark blue cutoffs, a loose black T-shirt and a pair of sneakers and quickly changed from her school robes into her chosen outfit.
Finally dressed, Usagi then took out a long, narrow case and opened it. If any of the other girls had seen this, they would have dropped their jaws open in shock and awe.
Inside was a broomstick similar to that of a Firebolt, only its colors are different. Instead of a mahogany colored handle, it was colored silverish-white and the usual straw-colored birch twigs, they were colored light blue. The word Silver Wind was written near the tip of the handle in gold script letters. It was a given to her from her friends at Drumstang as a goodbye gift. Usagi knew just how expensive the Silver Wind cost and how much effort her friends had gotten through for them to buy her this broom so she kept it safe in her trunk where no one except herself knew.
Usagi took it out of its case and approached the large window at the other side of the room in front of her. She unlocked the hook closing it and pushed it open.
Instantly, her pet flacon, Amory (AN: See the last chapter for details.) flew inside the room and perched itself on Usagi's shoulder.
Usagi stroked Amory's feathers lovingly, smiling.
"Get a good night's sleep Amory. I'll see you in the morning," said Usagi.
Amory pecked affectionately at one of the girl's fingers before it flexes it wings and flew towards Usagi's bed, perching itself in its perch besides the girl's bed. It then folded it wings once again before it fell into a deep sleep.
Usagi took a deep breath of the fresh cool late afternoon air as she stared at the sun setting over the horizon.
'Its almost six, I better practice now,' thought Usagi.
Without hesitation, Usagi mounted on her Silver Wind and flew out of the window and into the open fields.
Usagi was having the time of her life. The Silver Wind flew very fast and it's easy to maneuver it to what she wanted it to do, where she wanted it to go. She can do sharp turns, including zigzags and can even easily make it fly higher or lower. All in all, it was a piece of cake.
Deciding that she had enough practice for one night, Usagi turned to flew back to the school when..
"Ouch!" exclaimed a voice not far from where the golden-haired girl flew.
'What's that?' thought Usagi. 'I better check it out,'
So the girl flew to the direction where she heard the voice. She couldn't find anyone flying there except for herself and decided to go down. Effortless, Usagi quickly swooped down to the ground and dismounted.
"This is harder than I thought," Usagi heard the same voice again, this time more clearer. Its coming from somewhere in the bushes.
Wordlessly, Usagi quickly hid behind a tall tree, her broom clenched tightly in her hand. Her eyes were fixed on the bushes in front of her which suddenly had begun moving.
A figure crawled out of the bushes, dusting its robes to get rid of the leaves and dirt clinging to it.
"I should have never had gone out looking for a couple of beetle's eyes. I should've asked Ron or the others for them," grumbled the figure.
Usagi knew that voice anywhere. "Harry?" she asked cautiously.
"Usagi?" said the figure and it moved foreward from the shadows and into the moonlight. (AN: Its now nighttime if you guys are wondering).
"It is you Harry!" exclaimed Usagi softly and hugged the surprised teenager.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, glancing up at Harry.
"I umm…well its for my Potions class, I forgot to buy some beetle's eyes in Diagon Alley and I heard that the school grounds is full of ingredients so here I am," replied Harry.
He suddenly noticed just how close they are and broke out of their embrace. His cheeks suddenly felt warm.
"How about you?" he asked. "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
"I was practicing with my new broom and I guessed I lost track of time," said Usagi sheepishly, scratching the back of her head. "Anyway, I'm planning to go back already, want a ride?"
"Usually I would but I haven't found a pair of beetle's eyes yet unfortunately," said Harry, frowning.
"Is that all? Well you could've have just ask me for some instead of trying to find them here you know," said Usagi.
"I'll give you some tomorrow,"
"Thanks Usagi," said Harry gratefully.
"Let's go then," said Usagi and mounted on her broom. "Climb on board,"
Harry did as he was told and mounted on the broom behind Usagi.
Usagi kicked the ground and before they know, they were flying the air.
The night wind rippled their robes and hair as they flew towards the school.
"I just thought of another thing. How am I going to get back to my dorm room?" asked Harry particularly to himself.
Usagi heard him and replied, "That's easy. You just follow me inside my room and I'll help you get downstairs and into the boy's dormitories." She said this is in a clam tone of voice.
"What!" exclaimed Harry, blushing redder than before.
Usagi rolled her eyes. "Come` on, its not like we girls go to sleep naked. We do wear night clothes you know,"
Their conversation was interrupted when Usagi reached her room's opened window at Gryffindor Tower.
'Hermione must have left it opened,' thought Usagi as the two flew inside the room and landed quietly on the floor.
The girl quickly dismounted her broom and Harry could now see the broom clearly by the lighted bulb of the lamp on top of Usagi's bedside drawer and his eyes widened.
"That's the Silver Wind, the newest in the broom selling market!" exclaimed Harry. "How did you get it?"
"Shush! People are sleeping you know," whispered Usagi. "Anyways, I got it as a gift from my friends in Drumstang,"
"Okay," whispered Harry back.
Usagi walked towards the door and opened it. "Let's go,"
Harry nodded his head but a thought crossed his mind and he said, "What about the window?"
Usagi turned back to face the still opened window and pulled out her wand from the pocket of her shorts, pointed shoulder-length to the window and said, "Clowsplez"
A tiny gust of wind came out of the wand's tip and as it reached the window and closed it. The breeze than changed its form into that of a hand and locked the hook in place before it vanished.
"Cool," muttered Harry admiringly.
"Thanks," said Usagi as she placed her wand back in her pocket.
The two walked out of the room and tiptoed through the corridor and creeped quietly down the stairs until they stood in the dark common room.
"This is where we part, Harry. See you in the morning," said Usagi, glancing at the boy besides her.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow then," said Harry.
He was about to walk away when Usagi said, "Wait!"
Harry turned and his right cheek met with the golden-haired girl's rosy pink lips.
"Thanks for the wild night. I had a great time," said Usagi and winked, although she knew Harry couldn't see it, before she climbed quietly up the stairs again.
Harry just stood there for what seemed like an eternity to him. His hand shot up to touch the spot in his right cheek where Usagi kissed him, a blush sweeping across the dumfounded look on his face.
A goofy grin then spread across his lips. "No problem," he muttered softly before he climbed up the other set of stairs, this time leading to the boy's dormitories, a look of pure happiness on his face.
~ Sakura ~ Hey everyone! Like it? Love it? Absolutely hate it? Want more? Well I'll find out soon enough on the number and kinds of reviews I'll get for you people *smirks*. Anyway, don't forget to r+r. Flames are most likely accepted.
Note: About the spell that Usagi used, 'Clowsplez', its just something I made up. See if you can guess what it means, a prize will be awarded to the first one who knows the answers (maybe, its very easy anyway). Hehehe. Also, the broom 'Silver Wind' is also my own creation so if you guys want to use them, you'll have to ask for my permission first cause I can get REAL mad when someone uses my creations without asking.