Chapter 2

"Harry Potter is a proof that evolution can go in reverse." Draco snickered at his own insult. Laughter exploded from the entire Slytherin table. She let out a low chuckle that got Draco's attention. He takes a quick glance at her and returns to the conversation he was having with his group of friends.

Xandra, who was having a grandiose dinner with Nott realized she never has laughed from one of Draco's remarks, even if she believes them to be true, so it was a shock for her when she realized that she has.

"Nott it's my turn!" She thought of smart remark and replied, "Hey Nott, a prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is the period, because it commemorates the final stage of his sentence." Nott gave her a blank stare and forced a small laugh too, not to make her feel bad.

"C'mon, it wasn't that bad, Nott!" Xandra yelled playfully, trying to defend her not so funny pun. She believes she has improved quite a lot during the summer. Her uncle Bome found her puns quite funny.

"It wasn't that bad compared to the others ones you have told me, but it wasn't funny either. But hey look at the bright side you have improved a bit." He tried making her feel better but didn't succeed, for she sulked for almost the entire dinner. After dinner Nott and Xandra headed to the common room. Drained of energy they still decided to stay up a little longer in the common room to discuss what they think the school year will offer them. Thirty minutes into their conversation the common room door opened, Draco and his crew came in laughing so loud that it vexed the people who were already asleep. Draco and his gang notice Xandra's and Nott's presence, Draco acknowledges them with a quick nod as he and his friends went inside their dorms.

"Is it just me, but doesn't Draco look a bit different? Nott questioned Xandra as he attempts to get comfortable on the couch he's sitting at.

"I don't suppose he looks different, he just looks taller and more muscular." Xandra replied back as she started to feel very sleepy with every word said.

"I don't mean physically... Never mind, forget what I said, just go to bed it looks like you need it." Xandra stood up and bids a Goodnight to her friend and headed to her room. After a couple of hours of fidgeting on her bed, she couldn't fall asleep to save her life. 'Is Nott asleep? I doubt it… should I go visit him.' After pondering whether she should go visit Nott in his dormitory she decides to go. She quietly enchants a teleportation spell, and is teleported onto Nott's bed. 'Thank Salazar there was nothing sharp on the bed.' She thankfully didn't land on Nott, like the other time. She looks around the room to inspect if there was anyone awake, before waking up a soon to be angry Theodore.

"Nott wake up!" Xandra quietly whispers into his ear as she slightly pushed him. Nott stirred as he slowly woke up.

"What Xandra?" He muttered angrily, pushing her. "You should stop your nightly visits into the men's chamber when they're asleep." Nott whispered loudly as he covered himself with a blanket.

"What men? There are no men in here, just a bunch of pubescent boys." She smirks as she goes under the covers as well. Nott stiffens as he feels Xandra's body against his own.

"What are you doing? You have your own bed, do you not?" Nott mumbled as he tries to move further away from her.

"I couldn't sleep; I became accustomed to sharing a bed with Uncle Bome's cat," she yanks on the blanket and adds, "that I can't sleep on my own, so you're replacing it at the moment." They both hear someone stirring from the bed near Nott's bed, and they both freeze realizing they might be caught. 'Oh please don't wake up!' She mutters to herself, imagining her parents disowning her because she was in bed with a man she was not going to wed.

'I am going to kill her.' Nott paralyzed with fear, thoughts swirling in his mind of the consequences they were going to face if they were caught. They both did not move for what seem like hours but in reality it was just a couple of minutes. After a while they no longer heard nor saw any movements so they both relax.

"Leave in the morning before someone wakes up, Xandra." He sighs in frustration knowing that Xandra won't be going away anytime soon.

Draco couldn't sleep at all because he couldn't stop remembering his father words he boarded the train. "Draco, son, in a week or two you will get your inheritance and your body will fully transform into a one of a veela and you will face hardships that you never dreamt of, or even knew existed, and one of those hardships will be finding your mate and making her accept you."

His body has already started altering to the body his mate will find attractive, making him a lot taller and more muscular than his use to be. He was very nervous, and anxious; he has heard that the final stages of the transformation were very excruciating. In those stages his body will fully transform and he will get his wings, and he will get an image of his mate to be. 'Bloody Hell! my mate better not turn out to be a blood traitor or a filthy mudblood." He spats angrily at himself.

At the very moment a gush a wind hit his face as a small thump was heard from Nott's bed. followed by a 'thank goodness' from a girl's voice he recognized very well. 'Why the hell is Xandra here?' Draco thought to himself as he began to pay attention to Xandra's and Nott's conversation. It annoyed him a great deal that she was with Nott at this hour of the night. 'Don't they have any shame." Draco turned to face them; making a ruckus as he did. Startling both Nott and Xandra.

"Leave in the morning before someone wakes up, Xandra."

Draco felt like saying something but he was to tired to even care of what those two were up to. He felt into a deep slumber, forgetting his worries.

Xandra woke up early in the morning before any of the guys did. She was going to walk out the room instead of teleporting back to her bed because she knew some of the girls would be awake up and ask questions. She began to head for the door, but she spotted Draco's blanket on the floor, she saw Draco shivering -it was a chilly morning- she grabbed the blanket and covered him. When she was about to cover Draco's face he woke up and nonchalantly stared at her.

"Sshhhh go back to sleep, this is all a dream." She mumbled as she covered Draco face and went to her room.