A/N: I don't own Harry Potter
An Argument
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked into Potion's the next day they saw Hazel seated at a table alone. She was staring at the wall, a blank expression on her face. They paid her little mind as they got seated. Snape stood at the front of the room waiting for the rest of the class to arrive. When Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle showed up-talking loudly-Crabbe and Goyle sat at their usual table, but Draco sat beside Hazel. She didn't even notice until he shook her shoulder.
"Huh? Hi...oh...Draco." She said, coming out of her daze. "Hello Hazel." He said sounding polite. She eyed him carefully and pushed her hair back. "Can I help you?" She asked with a slight edge in her voice. "I wanted to apologize for calling you a mudblood." He said, earnestly. She shot straight up and stared at him. "Um...apology accepted." Hazel told him, slightly put off by his new attitude. Draco smiled. "I heard that you are in fact a pureblood." Hazel nodded. "I am." She stated.
"Mind if I ask about your parents?" Hazel shrugged. "Ask away." Draco smiled again. "What do they do?" He asked, simply. Hazel bit her lip. "Nothing." She told him. Snape was watching them out of the corner of his eye. "Nothing? What does that mean?" Draco asked, honestly confused. "It means exactly that. Nothing." She replied. Draco frowned. "That doesn't make any sense." He told her. "It makes plenty of sense." She retorted. "How?" He demanded. "How does 'nothing' make any sense at all?" She slammed her hand on the table and turned to face him completely. "Well when your parents are dead and you're an orphan it makes a lot of sense!" She snapped. The whole class had gone quiet and stared at her while she glared at Draco whose mouth was opening and closing like a fishes as he looked at Hazel, trying to think of something to say in response. "Forget it." She said getting up. Draco got up too, intending to follow her. "Hazel-." He got to the door when Snape stopped him and went out instead.
No one said anything-not even Crabbe and Goyle-as they waited to see if they would come back.
"Hazel!" Snape called out as he grabbed the girls wrist. She spun around to face him. "What?!" Hazel seemed to be on the verge of tears. Snape sighed. "Don't mind Draco he didn't mean to offend you." Hazel shook her head. "It's not that! I didn't care! He's a stupid git I know! What bothers me is that I finally get to be surrounded by other people and I have to lie to them and sneak around! I'm sick of it!" She complained loudly. Hazel was obviously struggling to keep her volume down and her tears in. "Hazel, I know but, for your own sake and everyone else's you need to. I know it's hard and seems unfair but it's better like this. Trust me." Snape told her, trying to calm her down. "I do trust you. It's myself I don't trust." She said. "Yourself is who you should trust the most." Snape told her. Hazel bit her lip. "Will you be coming back to class?" He asked gently. She nodded. "Can I have a minute?" She asked even though she didn't wait for an answer before running to the bathroom.
Snape walked back into his classroom to find it deathly silent. Draco was seated back beside Crabbe and Goyle with his head in his hands. When he heard Snape walk back in the room his head shot up and he met Snape's eyes. Snape nodded at him and Draco look relieved. His classmates seemed surprised he actually cared about another person's well-being but Draco didn't care. He managed to get through the rest of class and hung back once it was over. Hazel hadn't shown up again like she had said she would and Snape was worried but covered it as Draco approached him.
"Professor Snape I honestly had no intention of upsetting her." He told him. Snape looked at him mildly surprised. "Mr. Malfoy it's quite alright. I have spoken to her and you're not what upset her." Draco nodded but didn't seem to believe it wasn't his fault. "Mr. Malfoy...why do you care about her so much?" Snape asked, voicing his thoughts. Draco blinked. "Who said I cared?" He asked carelessly. "I did and so did everyone else. If any other girl had ran out of this room and it was believed to be your fault you would be dying of laughter. But you didn't do that." Draco just stood there taking in what Snape said and realizing it was all true. He shook his head. "Whatever, look I really don't care as long as I'm not in trouble. I'll be going to my next class now." He turned and walked out of the classroom without a single look back.
No one saw Hazel for the rest of the day. By the time dinner rolled around Harry, Hermione, and Ron were getting worried. Of course Fred and George were spreading gossip all over the school which earned them some disapproving looks from Percy. They were beginning to get antsy when Dumbledore entered the Great Hall and walked over to where they were seated. "Harry I'd like you to come with me please." He said. Harry stood and so did Ron and Hermione. "Could we come too?" Ron asked. Dumbledore nodded. "Quickly though this is urgent." They all exchanged looks and followed Dumbledore out of the hall all the way to his office. Inside were Snape, McGonagall, and Hazel. Hazel looked slightly ill and was sat in one of the chairs, Snape hovering over her protectively.
"Harry we have some strange news to tell you." Dumbledore announced. Harry nodded and Dumbledore went on. "I'm sure you all have noticed there are some...odd circumstances surrounding Hazel here." Everyone-including Hazel-nodded. "And I'm afraid it's about to get even weirder. Harry, does she look familiar to you?" Harry nodded slowly. "Well yes. She reminds me of my mum sir." He told Dumbledore who nodded. "Hazel?" The girl in question looked up. "He looks like my dad." She said quietly. Dumbledore nodded again and looked between the two of them. "I'm not quite sure how to say this other than to just come out with it." Dumbledore turned his gaze solely on Harry now. "Harry, I'd like to introduce you to your sister Hazel Potter-the other Potter child."
~Chameleon52 2/24/13
