Chapter 3- Saving the Gryffindor Princess.

Getting dragged through the portrait that led to the Slytherin Common Room was not Meli's idea of a fun night. Kicking and scratching her abductor she struggled and didn't let any emotion pass across her face. Blaise tossed her onto the common room couch and the rest of them surrounded the couch so she had no way of escape. "Potter. I saw you helping that scum Malfoy. And now we plan to make an example out of you as well." Pansy said with vindictive pleasure of hurting Meli. Drawing a small knife from beneath her Slytherin robes Pansy slashed Meli across the arm. Following suit the other slytherins began to slash Meli in different locations of her body.

AN HOUR LATER

Draco was walking the halls in the early morning. Mostly everyone was still asleep and Potter hadn't come back. He knew her reputation well enough to know that she should have come back once the old nurse was back in her office. Draco was bored waiting for Potter to come back so he decided to get up and look for her. Hitting the landing of the second floor he walked down the corridor where a small female form was laying off to the side. Curious Draco approached the girl and he recognized that unruly black hair. Bending down beside her he rolled her over to see the full extent of her injuries. There were at least a hundred different slash wounds on her body and the blood had dried. He didn't bother to wait around or go get help. Lifting her gently into his arms he carried her with ease up to the hospital wing. This time he was doing something nice and he was also returning the kindness Potter had shown him when she had found him in a similar situation. Stumbling into the room he knocked over a chair getting the nurse's attention. In a huff she came out of her office and stopped when she saw Meli in Draco's arms in almost the same condition as Malfoy once was.

"Dare I ask what happened?" she muttered as she gestured Draco to lay her down on a bed. As he pulled away he looked up at her with his expression unreadable. "I don't know. I just found her. Second floor near a classroom." He explained. Clucking her tongue like a mother hen she preceded to heal and clean her wounds. Only a few were serious enough to scar and Madame Pompry turned to Draco. "Stay here while I summon Dumbledore and her Head of House. I should probably call for your too." She added.

In no time Dumbledore was in the room for the second time that night. Professor Snape stood on Dumbledore's left side while McGonagall was on his right. "Mister Malfoy can you explain this?" he asked his eyes looking tired. "Madame Pompry kicked Potter out and I got bored waiting around so I went to look for her. I found her on the second floor." Draco explained once again only more irritated this time.

Sighing with weariness Dumbledore said, "I ask you to remain here until she wakes up. Then I will tell you where you will be sharing your housing." He said. The trio of teachers left after that and Draco sat down by the bed waiting for her to wake up.

THE NEXT DAY

Meli and Draco stood outside of a wall on the fourth floor feeling very stupid. "Here goes nothing Malfoy." She said still bitter about having been attacked. She didn't tell anyone who did it and threatened to hex him any time he asked her about it. "Cockroach cluster." Draco muttered and the wall turned into a door. Turning the handle he opened the door and walked in with Meli behind him. The room was gigantic and had a very nice common room. It was neither slytherin colors nor gryffindor colors but a nice shade of hufflepuff yellow. There was a small kitchenette in a corner of the room. Upon further inspection of the room you would see three doors on one wall. On the door on the left the name Meli Potter glimmered in a nice shade of yellow and on the door on the far right the name Draco Malfoy shined in the color or midnight blue. Curiously Draco opened the door in the middle and they both raised their eyebrows. Their rooms were connected through the bathroom so that if Meli walked into the bathroom from her room she could get to Draco's room without leaving the bathroom. Only Dumbledore would find this humorous. Opening the door to her room she hoped she didn't see gryffindor colors and was very impressed when she saw the curtains, sheets, and comforter were a nice shade of black. A replica of the room she had at Grimwauld place where she had spent her summer. "Never would have guessed you would be someone who decorated their room in all black." Draco commented looking over her shoulders.

Glaring at him she pulled her door shut in a huff. "Let's see yours Malfoy." She snipped and kicked his door opened. Looking at it she saw that everything in his room was a different shade of blue. "Blue eh? I thought green and silver was more your color." She commented surprised. It was Draco's turn to glare. "Believe it or not Potter but this is what my bedroom at the Malfoy Manor looks like." He snapped. Everyone always thought he was so slytherin that he liked the colors at all hours of every day. Deciding that they had nothing else to talk about Meli reopened her door and slammed in shut. Malfoy stood there for a moment before going to the common room they were now forced to share and sat on a chair.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Snoring was coming from the common room and was loud enough to wake Meli from the short nap she had taken. Not once did her and Malfoy talk about what happened to them and he still hadn't noticed his new scars or he didn't care about them. Meli herself was feeling vain about her new scars. She had a big long scar going down her left cheek and a few scars on her arms. Leaving her room she saw Draco sleeping in the chair with his head hanging over the side. "Malfoy wake up." She said kicking the chair.

Malfoy hopped up and had his wand in hand. "It's only you. What do you want?" he asked grumpily. He was not in the mood for her attitude right now. "I was waking you up because I think we missed dinner. Want to see what's in the kitchen?" she asked surprised at the invite she had just offered him. Looking at her as if she had grown another head he nodded and followed her to the kitchen. Opening the mini fridge she found some hotdogs and some milk. Taking out some milk she ignored the hot dogs and tried to reach the cabinets to see what was up there. A hand reached over her head and opened the cabinet door for her. Smiling hesitantly she looked up and pumped her fist in victory. "Could you be a dear and hand me the fruit loops?" she asked. Glaring at her for asking him to be a dear he took it down and shoved it into her hands. "Thanks." She said sarcastically appalled at his rudeness. Luckily the bowls were in a lower cabinet and she could reach them without Draco's help. Making two bowls of fruit loops she took them both to the common room and sat them on a coffee table. "Draco dinner's done." She said in a false sweet voice.

He made his way in to her and sat down across from her, as if sitting beside her would contaminate him. Not even a complaint he ate the cereal quietly. The silence was a little awkward and Meli now felt conscious about her looks. She was afraid of what the others would do or say to her when they saw her new scars. What's worse is that she hadn't seen her brother yet and she knew he wouldn't be too happy about her new living situation. Rubbing her finger over the scar she sighed and fought back tears. She wouldn't cry over something as silly as her appearance when it shouldn't matter to her anymore. Her first love was dead and sometimes she really believed it was her fault.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked harshly.

Glaring up at him she said, "As if you didn't know. Just leave me alone!" she said rather angry.

Draco did in fact know what her problem was but he was in such a bad mood that he felt like pushing her buttons. "Get over your new found scar Potter. Now people will love you as much as him." He stated coldly.

Glaring at him she got up from the coffee table and went to her room to grab a hand held mirror. Returning to their common room she threw it down in front of him. "Look at your new found scars Malfoy." She said. Turning to go back to her room she added, "And thanks for saving me. Though you did me no favor."

As Meli returned to her room with a slam of her door Malfoy looked at his scarred face. He had done his best to ignore they were there but the fact was they were there. A part of him wanted to admit that he was scared to face the school tomorrow for his classes. But Meli would have to do the same and she would do it bravely. And there was no way he was letting the Gryffindor Princess win.

AN: Thanks to InvisibleLilacNights for the review. I thought about it and I don't know why I chose Blaise for taking Meli. I just figured that Pansy wouldn't have been strong enough.

In one of the coming chapters I was thinking about having a Halloween ball. And I was going to make the ball the time Malfoy and Meli addressed their feelings. I was hoping that someone could give suggestions for a costume for each of them and a song they would dance too. Any help is appreciated.

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