CHAPTER 4

The following day was the first day of school. The morning went off without any problems (not counting Professor Lupin's constant glaring and the armies of fangirls that followed us around all day). After lunch we had Care for Magical Creatures with that giant fool.

And that, my friends, is when I began to become suspicious of my new roomate.

About 75 yards away from Hagrid's hut, Edgeworth stopped and smelled the air. "What's wrong?" I asked.

When he looked back at me, his eyes were no longer the vibrant purple that I've know, but a much darker, duller shade. "Nothing."

(A/N: I'm too lazy to type up Hagrid's way of talking. I'm gonna make it all normal and you can pretend its the way its supposed to be. xD;)

"Today, we're going to learn to identify the difference between human blood and creature blood." Hagrid began. "It will come in handy if you ever find yourself at a murder scene. Many dark wizards use creature blood to create a trap to lure aurors into their hands; the aurors thinking that the blood is actually human." He waved his umbrella/wand thingie and levitated some cardboard boxes onto each of our tables. "Inside these boxes are different blood samples. You can use your text books to identify whether they're beast or human. Record your findings and hand in your results at the end of class. You may begin!" With a flick of his wand, the boxes opened.

I (of course being the closest to Edgeworth), was the first to notice Edgeworth's reaction. I could see that his eyes grew even darker, almost black, and his hair visibly darkened to a gray. His eyes widened and he quickly reached into his shirt, pulling out a small dragon tooth necklace. He unscrewed it from the chain and drank the contants inside of it.

"Are you feeling alright?" I questioned.

Edgeworth forced a smile, "Er. . .yeah. . ..I just get a bit quesy at the sight of blood."

Edgeworth was a bit edgey the rest of the day (A/N: LAWL! GET IT? EDGEY, EDGEWORTH? ROFLCOPTER!... no wonder why I was alone for so long...), jumping up at the slightest sound or movement. But the worst was yet to come when we went back to our room.

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Edgeworth sniffed the air just like at Hagrid's hut.

His eyes narrowed dangerously. "Draco, why are the beds done? I don't recall them being made this morning."

"Oh, that's just the house elves. They clean and cook for Hogwarts. Rather effeciant servants, don't you think?" As I turned to face him, I found that he was already darting out of the common room.

I ran off after him, trying my best to follow the echo of his footsteps. The echoes stopped outside Dumbledore's office.

"Ah, Mr. Serpentine, I was just going to head out for a stroll? Care to join me?" Dumbledore said cheerfully.

"No, I'm not here for a stroll," he spat, "I'm here to talk about those bloody elves!"

The anger in his voice frightened me.

He sounds like my father. . . .

Not wanting to face his wrath if he discovered me eavesdropping, I hid behind a nearby suit of armor.

"The house elves?" the Headmaster questioned, "Is there a problem? They're a great help at this school. They cook and clean and--"

"THEY BROKE INTO MY ROOM!"

I could not resist taking a peak at the furious Edgeworth. His hair and cloak were swirling behind him in an invisible gust of wind that only seemed to be effecting him. His eyes changed color to a peircing, hawk-like amber.

"No need to get like this. They were merely cleaning and--"

"They introduced their horrid scent into my life! I will need to soley concentrate on it's scent for me to succeed. The longer it takes me to get what I want, the longer I will stay at this pathetic school!"

The great Professor Dumbledore seemed defeated. "I will talk to the elves. They will not bother you again."

The invisible gust of wind died down, and Edgeworth's eyes returned to the dark purple-like color they were earlier. He turned around, his cloak swirling behind him, and walked away from the headmaster. He walked a couple steps before pausing. Without looking at Dumbledore, he said "Oh and Albus, keep an eye on Remus. Stop him from doing anything he might regret."

Alright, let's get this straight-

1. Edgeworth Serpentine doesn't like house elves.

2. Edgeworth Serpentine wants something that is unkown to me.

3. I don't think Edgeworth Serpentine likes Professor Lupin.

4. -Gulp- A furious Edgeworth Serpentine is standing right behind me.

"You really shouldn't spy on people."

Oh shit.

"I-I. . .er. . . was. . .uhm. . .s-sorry?"

Edgeworth sent me a death glare and begna to walk swiftly back to the room. I had to run to keep up with his brisk pace and all the while mumbling half-hearted 'sorry's (I AM a Malfoy after all).

"Stop. Just stop it, boy! 200 points from Slytherin!"

This stopped me dead in my tracks.

200 points!

That would take forever to get back. To win the House Cup would be nearly impossible now!

Edgeworth passed through the carving in the wall (we no longer had to tap it with our wands because the carving already registered our wand's 'aura' and could tell who we are just by sensing our wand's presence on us) with me on his heels. I noticed that when we entered, that there was a new curtain hanging to the right of the fireplace. My curiosity will have to wait though.

"Don't you want your own House to win!?" I screamed, hoping to change his mind.

He merely shrugged. "I could care less."

That was about the only arguement I had.

"Please, don't do this."

WAIT! HOLD UP!

PLEASE?!

I can assure you that Malfoy's don't say 'please'. We are more likely to say-

"How much?"

"Hmm...?" It seems that I have gotten his attention.

"How much do you want to pretend this never happened and to give Slytherin back it's points."

Edgeworth gave a deep, throaty laugh. "You cannot buy everything in life, Draco!"

Tell that to my father...

Well, that was about the last thing I could think of. Saying please seems like my only option now.

"Please...I'll do anything!" I cried, but then clasped my hands over my mouth in horror.

Of all the stupid things to have come out of my mouth!

"Anything?" Edgeworth mused.

Shit, Shit, Shit. I knew hoping he wouldn't take that offer seriously would be just too good to be true.

Father always told me that giving 'anything' sows that you're a bad business person. But in this case, do I even have a choice?

"Yes," I gave in, "anything." I sat down on the loveseat and stared at the bouncing flames in the fireplace, refusing to meet his eyes.

"Alright. . . .I think I know something that will make it up. . . " Edgeworth came over and sat next to me.

I had the urge to move as far away as I could from him, but that would be disrespectful and it may end up costing Slytherin some more points.

"Look at me, Draco."

I did as I was told, and I soon came to regret it. Edgeworth put one hand aroundmy neck and pulled me into a suprisingly soft kiss. Our lips touched for a moment and he pulled away, his hand playing with the hairs on the back of my neck. I shoved him off, not caring about House points at the moment. "You're gay!" It wasn't a question.

"No."

"But you just kissed me!" I argued.

Edgeworth tapped his chin, analizing the situation. "Hmm. . .I guess I am."

-insert 'headdesk' here-

"And before I forget, 250 points to Slytherin." he smiled, putting extra emphasis on 50.

I blushed and ran into the bedroom. Laying on my back, staring at the night sky through the glass ceiling, I came to some more conclusions about Edgeworth Serpentine:

1. Edgeworth Serpentine gets queasy at the sight of blood.

2. Edgeworth Serpentine doesn't like house elves.

3. Edgeworth Serpentine has some authority over Dumbledore. Who else can yell at the Headmaster like that and not even get a detention?

4. Edgeworth Serpentine is gay and he might fancy me.

5. The facts presented in number 4 do not mean anything to me.

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YOSH! ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE!

This was a pretty long chapter for me. (cannotz write long chapterzz ; - ;)

be nice and R&R :D

p.s. the reason behind the whole M rating now is cus im tired of peoples claiming their fanfics are M worthy and they don't even grope each other. So since i cant beat 'em, im joinin 'em. :D

dont yell at me! -hids in corner-