I went back to the Slytherin common room thoughtful about those three Gryffindors. It wasn't until I nearly ran into someone that I realized something was happening. Inside some students were standing, all facing a corner of the room. Curious as I've always been I made my way in to see what it was that was causing such a scene. I stood in shock as I, along with several others, watched as Lev growled at some second and third year girls, forcing them against the wall. In the front was Pansy.
"Don't just stand there!" she yelled when she saw me. "Control this monster, you idiot"
"What did you do?" I demanded rushing towards my puppy. Lev was a little rough but he never attacked without reason.
"Nothing! I walked into my room and this stupid thing started chasing me out!" she said with a slight stutter in her voice
"Don't lie! And don't call him stupid, he's smarter than you could ever hope to be!" I yelled back and walked forward to pick up my puppy. He was shaking slightly and only relaxed when I hugged him. He was scared. "What did you do?"
"L-look just get that thing away from us" said Millicent behind Pansy sounding scared. Some of the students watching found it funny that such seemingly tough girls were scared of a little puppy dog. But to me nothing about this was amusing. They had done something to Lev otherwise he wouldn't have disobeyed me and gone after them. I looked down at Lev to see a small patch of hair gone from the side of his face, just under his ear. They didn't!
"Did you try to hex him?" I asked not looking up
"Wha-what? Why would we possibly-"
"Did you try to hex Lev?" I repeated in a louder and more serious voice interrupting her bad lying. Some of the girls who had stepped forward after I grabbed Lev had now stepped back again. They looked unsure of what to do, or which side was safest, with me or with Pansy. I set my puppy down on a seat near me and walked over to the girls. I stopped right in front of them and pointed my wand straight at Pansy. She leaned back but tried to maintain her composure
"Katerina?" I heard Draco say behind me but didn't look back. He came up next to me and I didn't move. "What are you doing?"
"She's crazy! She thinks we tried to hex her stupid dog" Pansy said and I pressed my wand closer to her. From the corner of my eye I saw a couple of our house prefects come near us. We were obviously causing a scene with all our yelling and had come to see what was happening. Still I didn't budge, I was too angry to care about any trouble I could possibly get into
"Katerina put your wand down" Draco said cautiously, warning me; he had seen them too. I kept my place and slowly pressed the wand closer against her skin. "Kitty!" he said not wanting me to get in trouble. Since this was the first time he had called me that in years I turned to look at him. He had a serious look on his face but I could tell underneath that he was worried. He kept looking over at what were now three prefects who were holding their wands probably in case I decided to act on Pansy. I sighed and looked back at the girls
"If you ever go near my dog again, I don't care if I get expelled, I will hurt you" my voice was deadly serious. I put my wand down and headed towards my room turning back only to make sure that Lev followed. I heard Draco sigh with relief.
That night Pansy didn't bother me. She didn't even come near me for the following week. She even went as far as to sit away from Draco at our table during meals. This would've made me happy if I wasn't so irritated with her. Fred and George had noticed I was upset and asked what had happened
"Did you get in a fight with that Malfoy boy again?" George asked after dinner one evening
"No, it's Pansy" I said and explained what had happened in our common room just a few nights before. They looked surprised at first but then began to laugh.
"You should've hexed her!" Fred said in between laughs
"N-no. Just put stink pellets in her bed" George said shaking from his suppressed laughter. "We could help you if want"
"You would do that?" I asked looking at the two happy twins. Not that I wanted them to, it just took me by surprise that they would be willing to do something like this for me. Then again if they were to do something I wouldn't oppose it… I shook my head trying to get the idea out of my head. I had to remember to stay out of trouble, for my parents… "No, thank you. I wouldn't want you two to get in trouble for me like that"
"We don't mind" they said and gave me an even bigger smile. "Besides this side of you is fun"
"What?" I asked confused as to what they meant
"You know this whole dark side of you that comes out every once in a while-"
"That comes up with evil plans and fun prank" George said finishing Fred's sentence. I laughed; I liked that I could tell them things and let them see that "dark" side of me without fear of them judging me. But rather they felt closer to me for it. Still I shook my head. Pansy wasn't worth all that trouble
Days passed and later that week an announcement was posted that caught everyone's attention. Students of all houses and years looked with bright eyes at the piece of parchment. There was a Duelling Club being started at the school. A lot of the kids looking at the announcement looked really excited about it. Seeing as this sort of thing could come in handy Draco and I decided to go to the first meeting. That night, at exactly eight o'clock, we arrived at the Great Hall wands ready and excited to start our first lesson