AN: Well, here is chappie 11!! I'm very excited about writing this, even though that people won't be reading this for a few weeks after I type it...(yes, I DO type my chapters in advance). Soooooooooo...here's chapter 11!

Disclaimer: J.K.Rowling owns Harry Potter, not lil' ol' me. {sob}

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Last time:

"Ok, that [stunning practice] was fabulous!" he said after shaking his head rapidly to clear his thoughts [from being stunned]. "Now, let's go down to lunch, shall we?"

I nodded, but before we left the room, for no apparent reason, I gave him a kiss . . . square on the lips.

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[Present time]

Cassandra's POV

Harry and I walked (very fast) back towards the Great Hall in silence. I knew he was thinking about the kiss I had given him, and why. Frankly, even I didn't know why I did it. I knew he was bound to ask about it before we got within hearing distance of any other human being. Sure enough, the topic did come up . . .

"Cassy, what WAS that?" Harry said suddenly, stopping abruptly and turning to face me.

"Uhhhh. . .what was what?" I asked, playing dumb, stopping alongside him.

"The – that KISS!?"

"Well – I – uh – it was – it just felt right!" I started to babble. "I'm terribly sorry if I offended you or anything but I do kind of like you and-" however, I was cut off by Harry.

But not by words.

He stopped my jibbering by pulling me into a kiss – a REAL kiss. I positively loved the feeling. {AN: add imagination here} It was so passionate and it seemed to last forever. We were completely oblivious to anything around us.

Until we heard IT.

The sound of voices and footsteps– far away, but fast approaching. I pulled away forcefully. Harry heard them – the voices – as well. I saw his face stone still – listening. Then, without warning, he pulled me away from the direction of the noise.

"Harry! Where are we going?" I said, running to keep up with him.

"I know a shortcut! Come on, hurry!" he said.

"But what's the rush? Next class doesn't start for 10 minutes!"

"Trust me: being found by half of the students in this school, alone, with a member of the opposite gender in the middle of a corridor is NOT something you want to happen!" he said, still running. He then pulled me behind a tapestry and we were in a dark, narrow hallway.

"Unless, of course, you want to be the subject of some nasty but true gossip," he added with a smirk on his face. I smiled seductively, but just walked away down the narrow corridor. He just sighed and followed.

"So, where does this passage come out?" I asked, after we had walked for a minute or two.

"Just outside the Transfiguration classroom. Which is fairly close to Charms, just a floor down, which is the next class. Of course, we could always skip class. . ." he said trailing off and turning to face me, running his hand through my hair.

"Mr. Potter, I don't quite think that you are worth skipping classes yet. I need to learn this 'magic' stuff as fast as I can, you know." I said with a silly grin.

"I think Hermione is starting to rub off on you, Cassy," said Harry, grinning back at me. We then arrived at the other side of the passage way and we came out in the corridor just around the corner from the Transfiguration classroom, just like Harry said. The corridor was so packed with students that no one noticed that two students had just come out from behind a tapestry that was supposed to be against solid wall. We rushed off around the corner and towards the Charms classroom. We arrived there a minute before the bell rang. We ran up to Hermione and Ron, who were standing outside the classroom with most of the other students.

"So? How did it go?" was the first thing out of Ron's mouth.

"Fine," I said, looking at my shoes. Harry decided to cover up the fact that I was looking rather embarrassed.

"She got it on the first try, actually, but I had her try again, just to be safe. Then we had a little interruption on the way here-"

"Peeves?" guessed Hermione.

I dearly hoped he wasn't going to tell them the truth.

"Yep. Met him just outside the Room of Requirement. He seemed to think that throwing gum in Cassy's hair would be funny . . ." said Harry. I caught on.

"And it most certainly wasn't!" I said, catching on. I looked up, finally. "Luckily, Harry knew the spell to get the evil stuff out of my hair . . ." I said, running my fingers through a bit of my hair. It was then that the bell chose to ring.

"Well, inside we go!" said Hermione.

"Lead the way!" replied Ron.

Draco's POV (at the same time everything previous in this chapter has happened)

I walked lazily around the corridors, looking for wrongdoers, since I was a prefect. I very much enjoyed this particular patrolling time, because I didn't have a class at this time of the day, and, since most everyone else was in class, I could just enjoy a nice leisurely stroll around the school. I hadn't seen any trouble this week during my patrolling, unless you count settling a fight three days ago, so I was pretty confident in the fact that I would see no trouble today either.

Until I heard something – suspicious; normally, the only sound I hear when I patrol is the sound of my own footsteps. But something broke that rhythm. I stopped and listened. It sounded like – moaning. Pleasurable moaning. Muffled moaning: a kissing moan? I listened harder. Sure enough, that small noise was the sound of someone being kissed, and passionately at that. I came to the conclusion that it was coming from around the corner, so I took a deep breath, and, looking forward to finally getting someone in trouble, I walked briskly around the corner.

But I did not see what I expected to see.

The sight that met my eyes will probably haunt me for weeks. The first thing my brain registered was: Potter. So, in a split second, my mind jumped for joy. I could get Potter in trouble for PDA! AN: for those of you who don't know, PDA stands for Public Display of Affection Then, I saw the person he was lip-locking with, and my mouth dropped open.

It was Cassandra. And she seemed to be thoroughly enjoying herself. I couldn't get her in trouble, I just couldn't. So, hoping that they hadn't seen me, I backed away and walked down the corridor as quietly as I could, then once I was out of earshot, I broke into a run. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget what I saw. Ever. And the worst of it was, I couldn't give Cassandra the silent treatment, either. Our detention was tonight at 7.

Cassandra's POV

That night in the common room, Harry and I couldn't keep our eyes off each other. The common room was packed with students, however, so another "encounter" wasn't on the to-do list. I was simply sitting there, bidding my time until the last possible minute for when I would have to go down to the Potions classroom. Soon enough, that last minute came, so I bid good- bye to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and I left the common room for Snape's classroom. I was not looking forward to this detention, but at least I wasn't going to be alone: Draco would be there. I reviewed all I had read on the Eledora in my head as I walked down to the Potions classroom, but before I had even gone over half of the material, I was there. Time sure travels fast when you are not looking forward to something that is going to happen. To my complete surprise, neither Draco nor Snape was there yet. So, all I could do while I waited for them was lean against the wall and examine my fingernails. But, sooner than later, Draco came strolling down the corridor. He didn't have the typical smile on his face that he normally did when he was around me, but instead a scowl. Either he just wasn't happy, or he wasn't looking forward to this detention either. Or both. Draco sauntered up next to me without even so much as a "hi". So, I decided to start the conversation.

"Uh, hi Draco." I said cautiously, looking over at him.

"Hi."

"Are you ok? You seem kind of down."

"You mean besides the fact that I'm about to go into the Dark Forest? Yeah, I'm just peachy." Maybe it was just me, but I thought I heard fear in his voice.

"If it's any consolation Draco, uh, I'm kinda scared, too," I said uneasily.

Draco's POV

"Scared? Me? Ha! I think not! Why would I, a Malfoy, be scared?" It was only after I said this that I remembered that she was a Malfoy, too, although she didn't know it, and she was scared.

"Well, you know, I just thought-"she began, but I cut her off.

"Actually, your right, I am scared. I hate the dark Forest! I've been in there once and that's enough to last me a lifetime!"

"Even though it was six years ago?" said Cassandra. She gasped and covered her mouth. How did she know? Did Potter and Granger tell her about it?

Cassandra's POV

"Even though it was six years ago?" I asked quizzically. I covered my mouth instantly. I wasn't supposed to know that! And yet I had let it slip out! Oh, NOW what am I going to say?

"How did you know about that?" he demanded. Oh no. Am I going to have to tell him, too? Luckily, Snape showed up right then.

"Ah, I see you are both on time," he said. "Now, I take it that you both know what the Eledora is?"

We both nodded.

"And do you know how to catch it?"

I nodded, but Draco, sheepishly, said, "No Professor."

Snape seemed surprised that a Gryffindor knew how to catch an Eledora, and his star student did not.

"Well, Mr. Malfoy, I am sure that Miss Calaway here can give you some pointers. Now, Mr. Filch will be walking you down to the forest, you can meet him down in the entrance hall, but from the edge of the forest you will be on your own. I expect you back at my classroom by no later than midnight. Now, get going!" And with that he shooed us off to the entrance hall. I was now dreading this little escapade even more, if that was possible.

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AN: YAY! I'm FINALLY done! Please review! Next chapter: The Dark Forest.