Haylin found Neville in the library bullying a couple of Hufflepuffs.
Wow, Haylin thought, He really is changing.
"Neville!" she called and motioned for him to come to her. Neville smirked at the Hufflepuffs then ran over to Haylin.
"Hey, Haylin, what can I do you for?" he asked now smiling. Haylin smiled back.
"That was bullying worthy of a Slytherin," Haylin praised. Any normal Gryffindor would have taken that as an insult but Neville bowed.
"Thank you. Actually I've been thinking about switch house," he said.
"No!" Haylin said suddenly and Neville cocked an eye brow at her questioningly.
"I mean, no, you shouldn't do that. I need you to do something for me," Haylin recovered.
"Really and what is that?" the smirk was back and Haylin had to admit that it suited him.
"I need you to spy on Harry Potter and Co. I need you to find out exactly what they are up to, whose business there butting into and why," Haylin said, firmly.
"How am I meant to do that? They stopped completely trusting me a while ago."
Haylin shrugged. "Make them trust you again, that could come in handy later as well. And make sure Trevor is with them almost at all times," she suggested. Neville gave her a funny look.
"Fine, but I better get something out of this," he said finally and went back to bullying the Hufflepuffs who were stupid enough not to run while he was distracted.
Haylin laughed. Wow, changing him wasn't that bad an idea. She thought to herself.
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Over the next few weeks, Draco began attempting to teach Haylin how to perform the Imperius curse. She practised on Spiders and other creature that had more than four legs. Eventually, she managed to convince a spider that it was a penguin and it attempted to waddle around the room, making Haylin and Draco laugh.
One night, when Draco bought out the spider again, Haylin shook her head.
"I want to practise on something more challenging," she said, pulling out her wand.
"Like what?" Draco asked, peering at the spider in the jar.
"You," Haylin said, and Draco looked up at her suddenly.
"Me?" he asked, gulping.
Haylin nodded. "I won't make you do anything, I promise, I just want to see if I can do it, that's all."
Draco closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Okay, but don't make me doing anything stupid." He put the jar containing the spider down on a table and stood in front of Haylin.
"I'm ready," he said, not sounding ready at all.
Haylin pointed her wand at him and concentrated. "Imperio!" she cried.
Draco's eyes glazed over and he went limp.
Sit on the couch she ordered in her mind.
I don't know came Draco's reply, he seemed to be regaining control.
I said, on the couch. Now! She ordered and obediently, Draco sat down on the couch.
Haylin laughed gleefully and removed the spell. Instantly, Draco returned to normal.
"Well that was interesting," Haylin said, putting her wand away.
Draco blinked a couple of times before responding.
"Why did you want to learn the Imperius curse anyway?" he asked.
Haylin shrugged. "I don't know, I just wanted to know it," she said.
I'm just a walking contradiction aren't I? She thought to herself. First I'm yelling at my father for using the Imperius curse on my mother and here I am using it on my friend. There is definitely something wrong with my sense of morality.
"Haylin? Is anyone home?" Draco asked. Haylin realised she must have been staring into space while she was thinking.
Haylin smiled. "Yeah. I'm just a little tired. I'm going off to bed," she said yawning. She waved good night to Draco and climbed the stairs to bed.
