Two weeks later, Erin and Draco boarded the train together. Since the Quidditch cup, Erin had avoided Lucius Malfoy as much as she possibly could. Draco and Erin were getting along well, better than the night she broke down crying as she told Draco what happened to her mother.
Erin and Draco both walked into their normal compartment and sat down, Draco against the wall and Erin leaning against him as Draco placed his arm around her.
"Drakie." Erin gagged mentally as Pansy Parkison walked into the compartment. "Where have you been, I haven't talked to you all summer." She said as she tried to sit on Draco's lap.
"I'm sorry Pansy, I've been busy with my girlfriend." Draco said, pushing Pansy off of him.
"Girlfriend?" Pansy asked. "But what about us?"
"There is no us Pansy. Every year we have to go through this." Draco said.
"But Drakie, please." Pansy said, looking on the verge of tears.
"Pansy, no." Draco said harshly. Pansy glared at Erin before running out of the compartment in tears.
"What was that about?" Daphne asked as she walked into the compartment.
"Pansy was trying to get all in Draco's lap." Erin said her voice sounding dangerous.
"Oh, bad move." Daphne said sitting across from her while Blaise took a seat next to Daphne.
"I would've paid to see you kick her ass." Blaise told her.
"Yeah well that didn't happen yet." Erin muttered to herself as she leaned closer against Draco.
"Anything from the trolley dears?" The old woman asked, looking into the compartment.
"Do you want anything?" Draco asked Erin who just shook her head. Blaise and Draco each got some things while Erin rested against Draco.
"Erin, you alright?" Daphne asked.
"Yeah, just tired." Erin answered. "I haven't heard from my father since I left." She tried not to show it but she was scared for him. Since the death eaters had all gotten together at the Quidditch cup, she thought that maybe they had gotten to him for not being one. "I'm gonna go find Mason." With that, she got up and left the compartment to find her brother. As she looked in compartments, she saw Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws reading the Daily prophet but thought nothing of it as she continued down the hall.
"Erin." Erin turned to find Harry walking toward her.
"What is it Potter?" Erin asked, crossing her arms and leaning against the nearest wall.
"I talked to Amanda after the Quidditch cup. I didn't know that Death eaters killed your mother." Harry said.
"Well now you know." Erin said bitterly.
"I'm sorry." Harry said in a kind tone. Erin rolled her eyes and let out a breath before speaking up again.
"It's alright. And thanks for sticking up for me when Crouch said I conjured the dark mark." Erin said sincerely.
"Well you didn't do it, that guy did." Harry said. Erin gave a small smile before uncrossing her arms.
"Well if you'll excuse me, I have to go find my brother." Erin said before turning and looking for Mason again. "Potter." She said turning around again. "This little conversation never happened." Harry nodded as Erin turned around again and looked through compartments. She found Mason a few compartments away talking to his friends with Rebecca on his lap. She rolled her eyes and opened the door.
"Mason." She said, not walking in. "Can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Yeah." Mason said as Rebecca slid off his lap and onto the seat beside him. Mason stood up and walked out of the compartment, closing the door behind him. "What's the matter?"
"Have you heard from dad at all since the Cup?" Erin asked.
"Not really, why?" Mason asked.
"Because I haven't heard from him and I thought that maybe the death eaters…" Erin started.
"Erin, don't. They didn't get him. Dad wouldn't let them." Mason cut her off.
"Well he was at home alone with what, three house elves. It would've been easy to get him." Erin told him.
"Erin, dad's fine. I promise." Mason told her.
"But what if…" Erin started.
"He's fine." Mason said again putting his hands on her shoulders and looking down at her.
"Alright." Erin nodded slightly.
"Now go find Draco and the others, alright." Again Erin nodded before turning around and walking back to the compartment.
"You find him?" Draco asked as she walked in.
"Yeah." Erin nodded, sitting down beside him and leaning her head on his shoulder.
The train ride seemed to go faster and soon they were all back at Hogwarts. Erin got off the train with her hand in Draco's as they walked over to the carriages. Draco helped Erin in and sat beside her while Blaise and Daphne sat across from them.
"What's the matter?" Draco asked, looking over at Erin.
"I dunno, something feels weird. Wrong." Erin answered in an unsure voice.
"Do you want to go to the infirmary?" Draco asked.
"No." Erin shook her head. She didn't like hospitals.
"You think you'll be okay to sit through the sorting and the feast?" Draco asked.
"Yeah." Erin gave a small nod as the carriage came to a stop in front of the school. Erin jumped out of the carriage with Draco following and wrapping his arm around her waist, leading her up to the school and into the great hall. They all sat down at the Slytherin table, waiting for the first years to be brought in and sorted. A few minutes later, they were led in and they all noticed one boy was soaking wet, Erin guessed her fell into the lake.
"They get smaller every year, don't they?" Daphne whispered to them. Erin just nodded as she watched them get sorted. The wet boy went over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to the boy who had been obsessed with Harry in their second year. When they were next to each other, Erin could see they were brothers.
"Now." Dumbledore said after the last student was sorted into Ravenclaw. "I have a very important announcement to make. This year, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a very important event. The Triwizard Tournament. For those of you who do not know, the Triwizard Tournament brings together three magical schools for a serious of magical tasks. From each school a single student is selected to compete. Now let me be clear, if chosen, you stand alone. Trust me when I say these contests are not for the faint hearted. The two schools, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive tomorrow afternoon" Dumbledore explained.
"They're starting the Triwizard Tournament again?" Erin asked, looking around at her friends. "The last time, a girl from Beauxbatons died, my grandmother told me."
"If it's so dangerous, how can they start it again?" Daphne asked.
"Because the Ministry approved it." Draco told her.
"They're bloody insane." Erin muttered as Dumbledore finished his speech and dinner appeared on the tables. Erin didn't eat much, just watched as everyone else did. She looked across the tables at Harry who was looking in her direction. She met his gaze for a brief second before looking back down at her empty plate.
"Erin, maybe you should go to the hospital wing." Draco whispered, holding her closer.
"No, I'm fine. I promise." Erin told him. "I'm just not hungry right now." Draco just nodded and went back to talking to Blaise. After dinner, Dumbledore did his little speech about what's banned in the school and that the forbidden forest was off limits before releasing them to their dorms. The first years all followed the prefect while Draco, Daphne, Erin, Blaise, Mason, and Rebecca took the shortcut and got there before the little first years. She watched as the fifth year prefect told them about the common room and the doors before leading them upstairs to their rooms.
Around eleven, they were all still in the common room when Millicent came over to them with a copy of the Daily Prophet.
"Did you guys see this?" Millicent asked.
"See what?" Mason asked, taking the paper from her and skimming through it. "Oh god."
"What?" Erin asked, moving closer to Mason to look at it. On the front page there was a picture of a woman with long brown hair, a young boy around nine with soft blonde hair and a baby girl maybe one year old with light blonde hair. Erin skimmed through the paper and found out that they were killed two days earlier by who they suspected was Quinton Travers but was set free.
"That's horrible." Rebecca said, looking at the picture of the children.
"I-I'm going to bed." Erin said, getting off the couch and stumbling toward the stairs.
"Erin." Draco said, following after her.
"Draco, I just need to get some sleep." Erin said as Draco spun her around.
"Alright." Draco sighed, "See you in the morning?"
"Of course." She placed a kiss to his lips before going upstairs into her dorm. She changed into a pair of black flannel bottoms and a black tank top before collapsing onto her bed and completely blacking out.
She was in a large room with a king size bed in the middle and a fire place on the opposite wall of the bed. There was a dark haired man sleeping on the bed calmly. He suddenly woke up with a gasp and turned in her direction. The man pulled out his wand and pointed it at her.
"Oh that will be of no use to you Travers." She said in a calm and taunting voice.
"Who are you and how did you get into my house?" Travers asked, still pointing his wand at the intruder.
"It wasn't that hard." The girl said calmly. "Now again I must ask you to put the wand away."
"Stupify." The red beam shot at the girl who just held her hand out. The beam dissolved in the air, leaving no traces.
"H-How did you do that?" He stuttered.
"You're a coward Travers. You kill a mother and her children. Her babies!" The girl said fiercely as purple sparks emitted from her fingers.
"I did no such thing." Travers told her.
"Liar, admit what you did." She demanded as the sparks got darker. Travers didn't say anything so the girl raised her hand and Travers's skin started to burn.
"A-Alright, I did it. Please stop." Travers begged. The girl just gave a menacing smirk as she continued to burn him.
"You killed many people before, haven't you? You've killed more women and children before, haven't you?" She said as the sparks got worse, as did the pain.
"Y-Y-Yes!" Travers half yelled. The girl flicked her wrist and Travers was out of his bed and hanging in midair.
"You cost three innocent people their lives two nights ago. How can you live with yourself?" The girl asked, trailing her finger down his chest, scorching the skin to the touch.
"I-I'm sorry!" He yelled.
"You're not deserving of this body you possess." She told him. With another flick of her wrist, Travers let out an earsplitting scream as smoke emitted from his mouth as his insides were burnt up completely, starting with his heart. The girl smirked as his body fell lifelessly to the floor and disappeared.
Erin woke up with a start and practically fell out of bed. Sweat was beading to her forehead. That had felt too real to be a dream. The screams, the smoke, the fire. It felt as though she had actually killed him. She just shook her head and headed into the shower before starting the day and finding Draco.
Not my best but I was kinda searching Youtube at the same time. I did find a smexi video by the way if you like Harry and Draco. It's got one of those over 18 things so you'll have to set up an account and forge your age if your not old enough but Damn it's smexi. lol. It'll be on my profile if you want to watch it.