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WTWMC – Chapter 6

Serena woke up to darkness. Or had she? It was so dark, she couldn't tell if she had opened her eyes or not.

"What happened?" a voice exclaimed from the dark. It was a male, unfamiliar voice. Where was it coming from?

"What I warned Luna what would happen!" Serena could hear the ice in her voice, but recognized the voice a little. Where had she heard that before?

"I told you it was-"

"Don't even think about it, Luna!" a harsh voice snapped. "We told you we'd tell her next year, when it would be appropriate!" Serena did not recognize that voice either.

The next voice was muffled and it made Serena's head hurt. She felt so confused and annoyed at the same time. She didn't want to hear this conversation. She just wanted to get out of this bloody darkness! "Hello?" she called out; no response.

"Are you sure she's not hurt?" the male voice spoke; it was softer than before, laced with concern. And Serena felt something touch her but she couldn't tell what. She tried to open her eyes or move her arms around, but nothing was happening and every limb felt heavy.

"They gave her a potion or something Endymion, she'll be fine." An exasperated voice said.

Serena heard a sigh and wished she could see who was around her. This blind feeling was making her feel horribly exposed.

"I can't believe you guys would let this happen! It wouldn't kill her if she found out would it?" The male voice arrogantly addressed the other two – or was it three? – people around her.

"Maybe, but we surely would not have gained her trust by keeping it a secret!" a voice argued.

Serena had thought she heard that voice before. Was it yesterday? Or a couple of months? She couldn't remember! And how long had she been stuck in this darkness; a couple of days or hours?

Serena, a voice whispered and Serena felt herself freeze. Where was this new voice coming from? There was a conversation going on in the background but this voice spoke over it loud and clear. Be strong, my Princess. Remember…

"Remember what?" Serena called out.

All of a sudden, the mumbled conversation at the back of her brain stopped, and unfortunately the voice that Serena interrupted didn't speak either.

"Remember what?" she shouted. She felt panicked; and she needed to get some answers. What was she forgetting? "Remember what?"

Suddenly a white light shined on her eyes and she gasped as her eyes opened. Frantically she looked around, trying to make sense of where she was. There was a pillow under her head and sheets around her… was she in her common room? But the sheets around her were white not green.

She did a 360 of the room and realized she was in the Hospital Wing. Groaning, she pushed herself up on her elbows to sit up all the while muttering, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch. Bloody hell, ouch!"

When she was finally comfortable (if it is possible to be comfortable on a hospital bed) she looked on the clock on the wall opposite her. 6:30, it read, which meant everyone was at dinner. Sighing, she eyed a table near her with a tray of food on it. Smelling the pasta made her realize how hungry she was. How long had she been in this hospital anyway?

Leaning over and mumbling, "Ouch, ouch, ouch," again, she picked up the tray of food and began to eat happily. When she finished, she put it back and looked around the room. Only one other student was in here besides her and they were sleeping; it looked like it would be a quiet night.

"Nice to see you're up," said a voice. Serena looked up to see Madame Pomfrey at her side with a bottle in her hands. Serena paled; none of the healing potions in here tasted good. Madame Pomfrey poured Serena half of a glass and handed it to her. "It'll help with the headaches and dizziness." She told her when Serena didn't drink it immediately.

Taking a small gulp, Serena winced, it tasted horrid. But instantly, her vision became more focused and she felt the pain in her neck lessen. She drained the rest of the glass and handed the glass to Madame Pomfrey, who was looking at her peculiarly.

"Does it taste that good?" Madame Pomfrey asked, setting the glass and bottle down on the table beside Serena.

Serena chuckled. "No, it's just very effective. Thank you," When Madame Pomfrey turned to leave, Serena stopped her. "What happened to me Madame Pomfrey? Why am I in the hospital wing?"

Madame Pomfrey blinked, her eyes eyebrows coming together in a small frown. "You don't remember?" she asked and Serena shook her head no. She had tried thinking about it, but all she came up with was darkness. "Well, we don't know either,"

It was Serena's turn to frown. "What? Then what?- how?"

"A student – you probably know him- brought you here. He found you slumped against the corridor and barely breathing." Madame Pomfrey said and Serena felt the blood practically stop in her veins then restart with adrenaline running through them.

"Where was I? Did he see anyone?"

Madame Pomfrey filled Serena more of the potion hoping to calm her down a little. "Dink some," she encouraged before continuing, "We asked Malfoy if he-"

Serena suddenly choked on what she had been drinking and ended up spitting up half of what had been in her mouth. "Ma- Mal- Malfoy?" she exclaimed after a bit of coughing while Madame Pomfrey eyed her disapprovingly and taking the glass of potion back from her.

"Yes, Draco Malfoy. He's in your year and house; you're probably familiar with him."

Serena snorted. "Yes I'm aware of him but I'm hardly familiar with him; that prick."

"Likewise, Williams." Said an arrogant voice by the door. Serena's eyes widened as he approached her bedside. "Could I have a moment with her please Madame Pomfrey?" he asked the nurse, not smirking for once.

Madame Pomfrey smiled; he was always respectful to adults for some reason. "Of course, I shall just check on Longbottom." She said, going to the other occupied bed.

Malfoy turned back to Serena, disdain in his eyes. They both glared at each other. "What do you want, Malfoy?" she said, her hand going for where her wand would usually be in her robe pocket, but she found that it wasn't there. That wasn't good.

Malfoy noticed. He smirked and took out his wand pointing it at her. Wait no… he was offering it to her. Was that her wand? Sure enough, it was, she realized as she took it out of his hand.

"When I was taking you here, it dropped and I had pocketed it, but I forgot to give it to Madame Pomfrey."

"Er- thanks, Malfoy," Serena said awkwardly, usually they were quarrelling with each other if they were acknowledging the other's presence. This was new.

"Don't mention it," he scoffed. "Can't have people know that I'm helping a mud-" he had been straightening his collar, smirking coldly at her but suddenly stopped in the middle of his "mudblood" insult, his mouth hanging loosely and his hands holding on to his collar, as he tried not make eye contact. "…you," he finished lamely.

It was Serena's turn to smirk. "I think you may be the one that belongs in this hospital bed, Malfoy, not me."

He looked at her as if she was an annoying fly, but inside he was glad that they were back to simple bickering. "And why's that?"

"Well, first you brought me to the hospital wing, then you came all the way over to the hospital wing to give me my wand," Serena said in a loud voice eliciting a glare from Malfoy.

"I said don't mention it," he said, through gritted teeth, clearly annoyed.

"And," Serena continued, ignoring him. "You stopped in the middle of calling me a 'mudblood'. Maybe you're catching a cold, Malfoy." She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "You aren't acting yourself,"

He smirked, "How nice of you to worry about me, Williams, but as a Slytherin, you should know better than to care how others are doing." Serena narrowed her eyes at him. The Slytherin jab always hit a nerve. Everyone in Slytherin was raised to be placed in Slytherin, but coming from a non-magical background, Serena wasn't. She felt as though she could never be as good as someone who had an all magical family, and the other Slytherins loved to rub it in her face.

"Oh, like you bringing me here to the hospital wing counts as not caring?"

"I only brought you here because I had to. Not to mention I got house points for such a deed," his voice had lowered since Madame Pomfrey had come their way, but he continued louder, "For your information, I'd help everyone if they didn't judge me so poorly; not just Slytherins."

Serena ignored the urge to hit him as Madame Pomfrey came up to them. "It's very nice of you to come by Malfoy." She said to him.

He smiled at her. "I wanted to make sure she was okay, you know." He said, trying not to smirk or burst out laughing.

"You're probably the one that hurt me in the first place," Serena grumbled.

"What did you say?" Madame Pomfrey said sharply. Malfoy was glaring at her again.

"Serena!" a voice exclaimed and they all turned to see Mina. When she reached Serena's bed she hugged her, eliciting an "ouch" from Serena. Letting her go, she smiled apologetically. "I'm so glad you're okay. When I came to see you before dinner you were all pale and horridly sick looking."

Serena rolled her eyes. "Nice to know," Mina laughed. She then noticed that Malfoy was also beside Serena's bed next to Madame Pomfrey and raised her eyebrows at Serena in a suggestive way and winked. Suddenly Malfoy made a choking sound and started coughing. Serena felt her face turn slightly red, which made Mina laugh even more. "May I leave now?" Serena asked Madame Pomfrey. "I'm feeling better and like Mina said, I look better than I did an hour ago."

Madame Pomfrey pursed her lips giving Mina a look. She waved her wand around Serena and her body gave a pale pink glow. The glow faded after 10 seconds and Madame Pomfrey smiled. "Yes, I think you're fine." Serena smiled and jumped off the bed when Madame Pomfrey put a hand on her shoulder. "But maybe you should stay," she told Serena, who huffed. "Dear, we don't even know what happened to you,"

"You don't?" Mina exclaimed.

Serena huffed. "No, I don't remember."

"But wait, then how did you end up in the Hospital Wing?" Mina asked.

Serena noticed Malfoy widen his eyes but before either of them could say anything, Madame Pomfrey said, "Mr. Malfoy brought her here. You didn't hear about it?" Mina nodded no and Malfoy glared at Serena as if this was her fault. "He found her slumped in a corridor barely breathing,"

Mina gasped, but Serena rolled her eyes. "Before you say anything Mina, look at me. I'm fine; I feel great."

"But Serena-" Mina argued, but Serena just glared at her.

"You said I'm fine, right Madame Pomfrey?" she asked, who reluctantly nodded. "Besides I need to catch up on all of my classes." She reasoned and then turned to Malfoy. "When did you find me? I probably missed a lot of classes."

Malfoy looked at her, clearly annoyed he had to take part in this conversation, and said, "Right after lunch; I left early and was heading down to my common room when I found you,"

"Really?" Mina asked, before Serena could say anything. "But I saw you before lunch and you seemed fine!"

"Well, I'm fine now too!" Serena huffed, grabbing her bag. "Thank you Madame Pomfrey, I'll go now."

"If your head starts to hurt or you feel weak just come back here, alright?"

"Yes, Madame Pomfrey!" Serena yelled, walking out with Mina and a reluctant Draco Malfoy.

"Serena I have so much to tell you!" Mina whispered.

Serena smiled; her head felt clear and it felt good to be with her best friend. "And let me assure you, I want to hear all about it. But why are you whispering?" Serena asked her, only half-whispering.

"Because," Mina whispered and Serena looked at her to see that she had her eyes on Malfoy.

"Oh," Serena said with a roll of her eyes. "By the way, he doesn't want anyone to know what he did for me."

"I am right here you know," Malfoy drawled from behind them; they chose not to respond to him.

"Why not?" Mina asked, not whispering anymore.

Serena shrugged while Malfoy growled, "Because it's nobody's business that's why," Mina and Serena shared a look which he chose not to acknowledge.

"Serena why are we going to the Great Hall? I just came from there." Mina asked.

"Yea, but I'm still hungry. Maybe there's some dessert left or something?" she said, and then crashed into someone. "Ow!" they exclaimed as they fell to the ground. Serena looked to see that Pansy was on the ground across from her. "Sorry," Serena said, rubbing her head.

"You!" Pansy slurred.

Mina's and Serena's eyes widened while Malfoy smirked, knowing that when Pansy was drunk, it wasn't a good thing. "Pansy?" Mina asked. "Are- are you drunk?"

Pansy covered her ears with her hands and glared at Mina. "Wh-y-y," she slurred loudly. "Is your voice so freaking high and annoy-ing?" she asked. Mina turned red. "No," she chuckled drunkenly. "On sec-ond thought, wh-y-y are you even ta-lk-ing to me?" Pansy asked, her nose in the air and straitening her clothes clumisly.

"Ex-excuse me?" Mina asked in a quiet voice, a shocked expression on her face. "Pansy-"

"Oh, do shut up!" she said. Mina's mouth closed with an audible snap. "You're such a lo-ser. I don't even kn-ow wh-y-y Blaise bothers wif you!" Malfoy felt himself freeze up at his friend's name while Serena felt her hands curl into fists; why was she just standing here?

"Come on Mina, let's go." Serena said, trying to grab Mina's arm, but Pansy started speaking again.

"Prob-b-ably to copy your homework or-"

"Mina come on!"

"-may-be because he feels sorry for you; I know I do." Serena and Malfoy looked from Pansy to Mina and saw that Mina's eyes were beginning to get misty.

"Pansy," Malfoy said in a warning tone hoping she would leave the poor girl alone.

Pansy waved a hand at him and he glared at her. But Pansy held her ground, enjoying taunting Mina which was hitting a nerve even if she was slurring every other word. "He doesn't real-ly want to be your fr-ie-nd you know. He just started tak-ing in interest in yo-u when he heard that you were re-l-lated with that professor – wha-ever her name is - with pur-le hair. Everyone thinks she's hott and yo-'re the best way to get to know-"

"Pansy that's enough." Serena said, standing in between Mina and Pansy. "What the hell is your bloody problem?"

Pansy scoffed at Serena, eyeing the crowd that had built up around them. "Oh, and don't even let me get started on you, mudblood."

Malfoy grabbed Pansy's arm. "Let's go," he hissed at her, deciding she was taking it a bit far now.

Pansy took her arm out of his grip, raising an eyebrow at him. "Getting soft on these lo-ers, Draco?" she pouted, smirking when he gritted his teeth. They both knew that the people watching them argue would never let him live this down if he agreed. She turned back to Serena. "I don't even know why I invited you to go with me and friends to Hog-meade as a group. You're just as much as a lo-er as your friend over there."

Serena took a step toward Pansy, her mouth set in a scowl and wondering how hard she should punch her to permanently make Pansy shut up. But a hand on her shoulder made her turn around to look at Mina, who even though had tears in her eyes, was mouthing no.

Giving Pansy another glare, she took a deep breath and turned around with Mina trying to leave when Pansy started taunting them again. "Oh, not to mention that you're a mudblood. I don't even kn-know why you're in Slytherin. You're not ne-early good enough to belong with the ranks of us pureblo-ods." Serena stopped and turned to glare at her, but she couldn't think of a response. "And you know it: You know you don't belong in Slytherin at all." Pansy smirked and Serena felt herself draw her arm back. "You know you're not even worthy of-"

Suddenly she gasped as Serena's fist almost hit her face. But before she could get hit, someone grabbed Serena back and Draco grabbed Pansy, pulling her away.

Serena struggled against whoever was holding her, wishing Malfoy would let go of Pansy so she could make her pay. "Serena!" Mina yelled at her.

"Let me go," Serena hissed at her, turning around to glare at her, but to her surprise, she met a pair of green eyes. A guy was holding her back. "Who are you?" Serena asked him.

A/N: Sorry to leave it at that but my neck hurts right now. WOAH. 3,000 something words my longest yet. Oh, and I know this chapter is sort of jumpy and alot of stuff happens but... that's how I wanted it you know for some action! Hope you it wasn't THAT horrible.

So how am I doing? Good? Bad? Have any suggestions? Just review please. Tell me all your thoughts and I'll try to update soon (after I update my other stories which is going to be a while cause I've got SAT in october D:)

OH and I don't want to give too much away but... it'll be a serenaXdarien in the end but a little of serenaXdraco/serenaXharry

:P anyway tell me what you think! REVIEW!

~S.N.