"Emberlynne!" Draco shouted above all the noise of the students coming into the dining hall. Emberlynne turned and saw Draco motioning for her to come over to him.

"I'll be right back." Emberlynne said to Harry.

"What do you want?" Emberlynne asked Draco annoyed.

"Is it true?" Draco asked.

"Is what true?" Emberlynne asked.

"You kissed Potter?" Draco asked hoping it wasn't true.

"Oh that, yeah I did." Emberlynne said, her face turning red.

"Are you insane?! How could you do that???" Draco exclaimed.

"Very carefully." Emberlynne said smartly.

"Do you have any idea what your father would do to you if…" Draco started.

"Draco, stop right there. I got the same speech from Snape; I don't need it from you. I know what I'm doing so just shut up." Emberlynne snapped.

Draco looked taken aback.

"So, you'll kiss Potter but not me?" Draco asked sounding hurt, trying to change the subject.

"That's right. Now just leave me alone." Emberlynne said turning to leave him.

"You're father wants you to write him." Draco informed her as she walked off.

Emberlynne walked back to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Harry.

"You know Malfoy?" Harry asked.

"His family is friends with mine. Not that I'm thrilled about it." Emberlynne replied coldly.

"What did he want?" Hermione asked.

"He was just basically admitting that he's jealous of Harry. No big deal."Emberlynne replied putting some chicken on her plate.

Harry smiled. He couldn't blame Malfoy for liking her, the good thing was that he had her and Draco didn't seem to have a chance with her.

After lunch Harry, Ron, Hermione and Emberlynne made their way outside to Care of Magical Creatures class.

"You'll love Hagrid, he's the best!" Harry said happily.

"Hopefully he doesn't stick us with anything too… dangerous." Hermione worried.

"Yeah, or anything that he considers cute." Ron said rolling his eyes.

Emberlynne laughed along with everyone as they came onto the patch of land where class would be held.

"Welcome fourth years!" Boomed Hagrid, a large man with hair covering almost all of his face, his black eyes glistening through the dark mass.

"Now, today we'll be dealing with Kanthers. Kanthers are very gentle creatures, unless you hit them, they don't like that much." Hagrid chuckled at this. Everyone else looked around nervously.

"Alright, everyone follow me to the back." Hagrid instructed, circling the small hut. When they got around they saw what was, apparently, the Kanthers.

The Kanthers were fairly large creatures, they looked like cross between a dog and cat. The head was that of cat's and the body, with the exception of the tail was that of a dog's. The tail looked like a cat tail, long and fluffy.

"Now, these particular Kanthers need a good grooming. Meaning, I want you to wash, try and brush them. I know it seems unimportant, but it has to be done and Dumbledore wants it to be done as a lesson." Hagrid explained.

Everyone paired up and took a Kanther, Harry paired up with Emberlynne, leaving Ron with Hermione. Bathing the Kanthers turned out to be harder than originally thought. Ron and Hermione had somehow agitated theirs and it nipped Ron's arm. Everyone seemed to be having the same problem, except for Emberlynne.

"I don't know why everyone is having such a hard time with this." Emberlynne said.

"Well we can't all be as perfect as you." Harry said laughing and throwing some suds on Emberlynne.

"Harry!" Emberlynne shouted. Then she picked up some suds and threw them on him.

Hagrid looked up when he heard Emberlynne yell, hoping it wasn't another group getting in a fight, and then he smiled when he saw them throwing suds at each other.

When the two finally had their Kanther dried, there was only one other group, two Ravenclaws that neither Emberlynne nor Harry knew.

"Well, that was fun." Harry said his face red from laughing so much.

"Yeah it was" Emberlynne agreed brushing suds off her robes.

"So how did you know how to wash this thing?" Harry said pointing at the Kanther they picked who was, at the moment, mesmerized by a butterfly.

"Well, I use to own one, although you're really not supposed to." Emberlynne said looking at the grass.

"Oh, well, that's interesting." Harry said.

"HEY! Instead of sitting there, could you guys help us?" Ron's voice came through the air.

When the two looked over they both busted out in laughter. Ron had been pinned on his stomach by the Kanther who was just staring at him, amused.

Harry was up before Emberlynne and running, Emberlynne followed at a walk. She was thinking of what she was going to write to Voldemort.

When they finally freed Ron of the paw, there were only ten minutes left of class. All four them worked fast to dry the Kanther and they had just finished when class was dismissed. The four left, waving to Hagrid, off to their last class of the day; Double History, everyone moaned about how boring it was, but Emberlynne was excited, saying how she loved History.

"Good, you can give both Ron and I a copy of your notes seeing as how we'll be asleep." Harry said jokingly, even though it was true.

"Haha, you're hilarious. You two really should be more serious." Hermione scolded.

"Maybe you should become more laid back." Ron retorted.

"Don't make me separate you two." Emberlynne said making everyone laugh.