Abby had learned that by being kind to her housemates had its advantages. Daphne and Lily liked things she liked too. For instance, Lily was a half-blood. Although she never openly stated it she loved her muggle mother. She only ever saw her mother three times a year, but each time showed her more of the muggle world, which made her appreciate their world more for what they provided for the wizarding world. Daphne was a Pure blood but always curious about how the half and half families could manage to coincide with each other.
By lunchtime Abby had become fast friends with Lily and Daphne. They were sitting by the lake when Ron and Hermione came over. "Hey Abby," said Hermione. She looked up and smiled. "Hi guys I want you to meet Lily Moon and Daphne Greengrass. They will be sitting with us at lunch from now on. Is that okay?" asked Abby. "I don't see why not," smiled Hermione. The girls all looked at Ron who looked undecided.
"You aren't going to call me a blood traitor behind my back, are you?" asked Ron.
"Of course not! We may be in Slytherin, but that doesn't mean we agree with what our house thinks," exclaimed Daphne. He sat down, and Abby pulled out her enchanted basket. They had decided so not to make a scene anymore that they would have lunch by the black lake if it was nice. "So, what do you three always talk about?" asked Lily. "Well Hermione is our book worm Ron is our Quidditch expert and I'm the girl who lived. So, as you can see we are pretty much misfits. We do like to talk about getting rid of the terrible rivalry between houses," said Abby. "We are actually trying to find a place that anyone from any house can come and be without any worry about being judged for their blood status and house," said Ron.
Lily and Daphne beamed. "Well where should it be? I like that idea." They said. The five of them were eating their sandwiches when Draco walked up with Crabbe and Goyle. "Um excuse me can we sit down too?" The conversation stopped as Ron and Hermione looked up trying to decide what to do but Abby just beamed and nodded. They sat down and there was an awkward silence for the next few moments. Draco sighed as if he didn't know what to say. He looked up to see Abby nodding at him.
"Look Weasley I'm sorry for calling you and your family blood traitors. And Granger I'm sorry I ever called you a Mud blood behind your back. Do you think we could start over?" he asked.
Hermione smiled and nodded while Ron just grumbled about how you can't trust a Malfoy until both Abby and Hermione punched him. "OW! Fine Malfoy fine." "Good so what's this about finding a place that's safe for any house without being judged?" "We're trying to find a place where we can be free to be with friends from other houses without being judged by others," said Lily. Draco thought about it for a moment then smiled. "I've got it. There is a room close to the potions classroom called classroom eleven. No one has used it in years," said Draco.
The group of them chatted for a while more and finally decided to meet there for the first time right before the Christmas holidays as long as they got an approval from one of the Professors. Rest of the day was fairly uneventful. It wasn't until dinner when Draco noticed Abby was missing from her usual spot across from the Weasley twins and Ron. "Lily, Daphne where is Abigail?"
"Were not sure last I heard she was hiding in the dorms after Lavender Brown harassed her. She called her a Mud blood Slytherin," said Daphne while Lily nodded. Unknown to them Fred had heard this. He got up made eye contact with Draco and they left the Great Hall. As they met by the stairs just in time to see Quirrell run into the hall and a shout about something in the dungeon. "What did he say?" asked Draco. "I don't know but if Abby is down there we need to go." Fred and Draco ran making turn after turn to the common room of the Slytherins. Draco didn't care that a Gryffindor was going to hear the password. All he cared about was making sure Abigail was safe. They both did he knew that. Draco told Fred to check her private rooms while he checked the other public rooms.
When both returned empty handed they began to panic as the students of Slytherin began to pile in. Lily, Daphne, Crabbe, and Goyle saw Draco and Fred and walked over to them. "What happened in the Great Hall?" "Well Quirrell came in throwing his arms around and shouted that there was a troll in the dungeon, but after making sure we could get back to our common room safely the teachers went to look for it," said Daphne. "Don't forget that Quirell fainted," laughed Goyle.
Suddenly realization dawned on Fred. "I hate to cut this short but I'm in a room full of Slytherins and I'm a Gryffindor, but we need to find Abby before the troll does." Everyone's eyes widened as they realized what would happen if the troll did find her. Draco knew that they couldn't all go. Even the dumbest of Slytherins would notice. They decided that Lily and Fred would go since that was easy to cover up. The two snuck out of the dorm and ran into classroom after classroom looking for Abby until Fred heard a piercing scream that made his heart stop.
They ran down the hall and entered the potions classroom. There Abby was trapped her wand arm broken. Fred picked up one of the cauldrons and threw it at the troll. The troll turned to look at Fred. "Go help Abby!" Fred shout at Lily. Lily didn't need to be told twice she ran to help Abby as Fred battled the troll. It had started to swing its club around.
"Expulso!"
The next moment the trolls club exploded, and Fred ran to protect the girls since he wasn't that far from them. Pieces of wood flew everywhere but a particularly huge chunk hit the troll really hard in the head. It knocked the troll out and the troll fell on top of the desks crushing them. Other pieces of the club hit Fred in the back as the teachers came running in. "Oh my!" exclaimed McGonagall. She looked at the destroyed potions classroom to the three students. "What happened here. Explain yourselves!" she shouted.
Snape took notice of Abby first holding her wand arm and then at Fred Weasleys robes looking like they were torn to shreds. "Minerva, I think before we question any of them they should be seen by Madam Pomfrey," said Snape. McGonagall took a long good look at them and nodded in agreement. Snape walked over to Abby as Fred and Lily moved aside. He picked her up as carefully as he could. It pained his heart, but he couldn't stop her whimper of pain as her arm was jostled. "Miss Moon if you would kindly help walk Mr. Weasley to the infirmary with me."
She nodded and the made their way to the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey checked Fred over and quickly determined that he needed a pain relief potion and a good night's sleep but still wanted to keep him over night to be safe. Jade was a little more difficult she had a broken arm but also within that arm was a lot of small breaks. "Severus, I need you to hold her down. This will hurt a lot for her." Snape just nodded. He got into place and waited for the screaming to begin. It didn't take long. Several times Madam Pomfrey had to use Episky and several times Abbys screams were worse than before.
When they were finally done Abby was given a pain relief potion and a sleeping drought. Snape left to escort Lily back to the Slytherin dorm but felt bad that Abby had to endure the pain and he had to hold her down too. He just hoped she would be alright. Nothing was worse than being hated for something you can't control. Snape knew that for a fact. Maybe one day he would tell her about it, but for now he wanted her to concentrate on feeling better.