Note: I'm trying to make-up for my long absence on updating this story, so I tried to make this chapter a little more lengthy. I hope you enjoy it! A link to a picture of Vixen's dress is on my Profile. Also a new character is introduced. Character: Hugo Weathers. Hugo is what you would classify as a "scene boy" I suppose. He has long black shaggy hair that covers one of his blue eyes. He also has snake bites. Hugo is quite special, which you will soon find out. Enjoy!
Chapter 31
10:40 a.m., Hallway, Hogwarts(Sunday)
"Bloody fool. He knows nothing," Draco angrily thought as he stormed out of the Slytherin House. He was pulled out of his mind when Vixen appeared in front of him.
"What are you doing out here?" Vixen asked looking around Draco to see if anyone was with him.
"Taking a breather. You realize you left me with Jacob, right?" Draco told her. She shrugged in response.
"Well at least you were smart enough to leave before he got the best of you," she pointed out before walking around him. Draco turned over his shoulder to see Vixen reopen the Slytherin House doorway.
"You coming?" she asked as she stepped into the tunnel way. Draco nodded before walking into the House next to her.
"You didn't go and get dressed?" Draco asked upon realizing she was still wearing her pajamas as the two walked through the tunnel way. Vixen frowned slightly.
"I didn't really think about it when I went to wash off my makeup. I'm not really in the mood to go back out there and walk to the bathroom again though," Vixen confessed. Draco raised an eyebrow at her.
"Why don't you just change in the Slytherin girls bathroom?" he asked her. She laughed.
"Are you serious? I'd rather not deal with getting cornered in a bathroom by some witches completely unarmed if you get what I mean," she told him as they made their way into the living area. Draco sighed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Jacob had left the room.
Draco stood quietly with his hands placed in his pockets as he watched Vixen flop down on her stomach onto the couch. She let out a loud groan into the leather cushions and Draco directed his attention to her duffle bag. He hesitated before making his way over to the couch and scooping the bag up in his arms. Vixen propped herself up on her elbows and raised an eyebrow at him.
"What are you doing with my bag?" she asked while rolling over onto her side as Draco started to walk toward the stairs that led to his bedroom. He stopped and turned to look at her.
"You need to get dressed. So come on," he simply said before walking up the staircase. Vixen rolled off of the couch and followed after him up the stairs.
Vixen felt her stomach turn slightly as she grew nervous on the walk up the stairs. At the top of the staircase there was a black door that Vixen assumed led to Draco's bedroom. She bit her lower lip when he turned to look at her. Draco raised an eyebrow at her before holding her bag out toward her.
"Here. You can change in the boy's bathroom. I'll make sure nobody comes in," he said before nodding at a large silver door on the other side of the hallway. Vixen sighed a mental sigh of relief before taking her bag.
She warily pushed open the door and shut it behind herself. She examined her crystal clear reflection in the black tile floor of the room before walking toward a stall. The stalls were a dark green with chrome handles. For being a boy's bathroom she couldn't help but be surprised at how clean the place was. Vixen opened the first stall she saw and placed her bag on the polished floor. Before closing the door and getting changed she walked in front of each stall quietly.
"Hello?" she said calmly hoping that she wouldn't get a response. She sighed happily when she was greeted with silence.
She returned to her chosen stall and shut herself inside. Outside of the bathroom, Draco was leaning against the wall next to the door with his feet crossed as he examined his dirty fingernails. He scrunched his nose up in disgust as he picked dirt from beneath his index fingernail.
"What're ya' doin' Draco?" Crabbe asked walking into the hallway from the boys' bedroom. Draco rolled his eyes.
"Honestly Crabbe, use your bloody eyes," Draco harshly shot at him. Crabbe nervously scratched the back of his chubby neck.
"Sorry Draco," he sheepishly said as he frowned. Draco sneered at the boy.
"What do you want Crabbe? I don't have time to waste guessing about why you're speaking to me," Draco said angrily while crossing his arms. Crabbe started sweating nervously.
"Well ya' see, there's this boy, a muggle boy. Thinks he's real funny. Doesn't talk ta' anyone. Thinks he's too good 'er somethin'. I figured you could put 'em in his place," Crabbe admitted. Draco raised his eyebrow at the statement.
"You mean to tell me that you can't handle a muggle on your own, Crabbe? You're pathetic. What's this kids name?" Draco asked.
"Nobody knows Draco. This boy don't talk to nobody. Just fiddles with his hands," Crabbe explained. Draco groaned at Crabbe's terrible sentence structure.
"I see. You know, I think I just might go pay this wise guy a visit. I'll let you know when I'm able to do so, and you can take me to him," Draco said while rubbing his pointed chin. Crabbe nodded.
"This is the perfect opportunity to regain my reputation with the Slytherin students. I'll handle this kid when Vixen goes gown shopping. But first I need to find out when that will be," Draco thought to himself as he smirked. Both Draco and Crabbe looked at the bathroom door when it opened and Vixen emerged.
"Oh, hi Crabbe," Vixen said unhappily as she sneered at the boy. Crabbe glared back at her.
"Yeah, hi," he replied.
"Say Vixen, what day are you going shopping for your ball gown?" Draco asked turning toward her.
"Monday after classes. Why?" Vixen asked placing her bag onto the ground. Draco smirked.
"Crabbe needed some tutoring on Potions. Merlin knows the bloody fool needs it, so I'll go help him when you leave," Draco lied. Vixen looked back and forth between the boys carefully.
"That's rather kind of you, Draco. It's funny though, I would have never pinned you as the type of person who would attempt to improve their grades Crabbe," Vixen said while crossing her arms. Crabbe looked to Draco quickly.
"Yeah, Snape's really breathing down his neck this semester," Draco said quickly. Vixen raised her head up slowly as she scanned Crabbe over.
"Fine. Well, we should go get something to eat Draco," Vixen said picking up her bag and holding it out to him. Draco took it from her quickly and nodded.
"Goodbye Crabbe," Vixen said as she walked past him and started down the stairs. Draco followed after her.
"Tutoring my ass. Looks like I'll be arriving home from shopping earlier then planned," Vixen thought to herself.
9:32 a.m., Muggle Studies Classroom, Hogwarts(Monday)
Vixen sat quietly surrounded by her group of Hogwarts students as she ignored Burbage. She couldn't stop rifling through her thoughts about what Draco and Crabbe were planning on getting into tonight. Her stomach flipped when she realized that every conclusion she had come to wasn't good. Vixen was so deep in thought that she hadn't realized she was practically staring a hole through Draco's chest. Draco on the other hand, did notice and kept shifting nervously in his seat.
"Vixen are you alright?" Hermione asked before touching her shoulder. Caught off guard Vixen jumped and turned her head toward her quickly.
"What?" Vixen snapped angrily. Hermione pulled her hand back and the rest of the group exchanged nervous glances.
"Sorry Hermione, you just startled me," Vixen apologized while closing her eyes and rubbing her temples with her finger tips. Hermione merely nodded.
"Something on your mind?" Ron asked leaning forward onto the table. Vixen opened her eyes after sighing.
"I'm just stressed. I don't do well with shopping," Vixen lied. Hermione smiled a small smile her way.
"Shopping?" Harry asked.
"Hermione is taking me to buy a gown for this ball," Vixen said.
"Speaking of the ball, do you have a date yet?" Harry asked. Vixen sat up straight and Draco felt his heart leap into his throat.
"Not really," Vixen calmly replied.
"I hope Draco doesn't take that wrong. I know he said he was okay with people finding out about our relationship, but I'm sure he wouldn't want me to tell Harry," Vixen thought as she forced herself to not look at Draco.
"Not really? So does that mean you think someone is going to ask you?" Ron asked confused. Hermione quickly looked over at Draco but then back at Vixen.
"I don't know. It's complicated," Vixen said while shrugging.
"Complicated? How? Either you're going with someone or you're not," Ron pushed. Hermione bit her lip.
"Ron, just let it go," Hermione said calmly. Harry looked up at Vixen.
"Well you know, I don't have a date yet either," Harry said nervously. Draco felt the tips of his ears growing hot as he glared in Harry's direction.
"You haven't asked Ginny yet?" Vixen quickly asked, realizing what Harry was getting at. Harry's face dropped slightly.
"No, why do you ask?" he asked her.
"You should. I overheard her talking to one of her friends the other day about how badly she wanted you to invite her to this ball. I think you would have fun together," Vixen lied. Harry sat back in his chair.
"That's right Potter, back the hell off," Draco angrily thought as he gritted his teeth together.
"I suppose I could ask her then," Harry said shrugging. Vixen sighed a mental sigh of relief.
"So are you two doing the double date thing?" Ron asked looking to Draco and Vixen.
"What?" Vixen nervously asked looking from Ron to Draco.
"You know, each of you go with a date but go as a group," Ron explained.
"We haven't figured that out yet Weasley," Draco said quickly. Ron glared at him.
"It was just a question Malfoy," Ron angrily replied. Draco sneered at him before rolling his eyes.
"Well allow me to get rid of the tension that has so delightfully found its way to our group once again. It is likely that Draco and I will go as a double date only to make it easy for our examination. However, if neither of us find a date, we may just go stag together," Vixen said. Hermione smiled at her.
"Well of course Malfoy is going to take Pansy," Harry said nodding across the room at Pansy who was talking to Jacob. Draco gave him a disgusted look.
"Feel free to take her instead Potter. I wouldn't take that girl to this ball if my life depended on it," Draco shot back. Harry glared at him.
"Group 6! Get on with your assignment!" Burbage scolded upon over hearing Draco's comment. The entire group cowered down slightly.
"Assignment?" Vixen whispered looking around at the four. They all shrugged and laughed slightly.
4:54 p.m., Hallway, Hogwarts(Monday)
"I can't believe that bloody Weasley this morning," Draco complained as he paced outside of the Slytherin House. Vixen rolled her eyes at him as she was leaning against the wall.
"Yes Draco, I know. You've said that nearly fifteen times today," Vixen pointed out obviously annoyed by his repetitiveness. Draco stopped pacing and looked to her.
"Well sorry that I'm actually angry unlike you," he shot back.
"It's not a huge deal. It was awkward, but I took care of it," Vixen reminded him. Draco scoffed.
"Oh yes, that you did. If we don't find dates, then we will just go stag together," he said mimicking her. Vixen crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well at least I stopped him from asking questions unlike you. You just sat there and glared at him," she replied. Draco scoffed now and slammed his back against the wall next to her.
"Vixen! Over here!" Hermione yelled down the hallway waving in Vixen's direction. Vixen waved back before turning toward Draco.
"Well it looks like I'm off. Enjoy your tutoring session," Vixen said before walking away from Draco before he could reply. He watched as Hermione and Vixen disappeared out of the castle.
Draco smirked to himself as he entered the Slytherin House. He walked quickly through the tunnel way and stepped into the living area with a grin plastered on his face. He cleared his throat making the few Slytherin students who were in the room turn to look at him.
"Crabbe!" Draco yelled, his voice echoing through the dark room. Within a matter of seconds Crabbe was tripping over his own feet on his way down the stairs.
"Crabbe, you are to take me to this muggle boy who needs a reminder of who runs this institution," Draco said loudly enough for the others to hear him. Crabbe nodded quickly.
The two boys exited the House followed by a large group of whispering Slytherin students. Draco smirked to himself and forced himself to hide his excitement about the upcoming confrontation.
Meanwhile….
5:16 p.m., Hogsmeade (Monday)
Vixen, Hermione, Ginny and Luna walked through Hogsmeade together on their way to shop for ball gowns. Vixen tried to take in all of the surrounding shops and people on the streets but she couldn't help but stare in awe of everything.
"Yes, here we are. Gladrags Wizardshop," Hermione said opening the door to a large building. The girls entered together, Vixen behind the others.
The shop wasn't quite like any that Vixen had been in before. Clothes were not neatly placed on racks or folded on shelves but rather scattered throughout the building. Everything looked completely unorganized and just thrown together without much thought. Vixen stopped walking through the store when she stepped on a vibrantly colored sock that was missing it's match. The other three girls were greeted by a woman with very large, unkempt hair.
"Young witches, come for gowns I'm guessing?" she happily asked while clasping her hands together. The three nodded and Vixen took her place behind them once again.
"Excellent! I have many in the back right through here," the woman replied while pulling back a royal purple curtain. The girls went through it and Vixen noticed the store do a complete 360.
This part of the store was very polished with gowns hung neatly and gloves and tiaras lined out within a glass case. The floors were a sparkling white tile and there were numerous vases full of wildflowers scattering the room. Now this resembled a store that she would have gone to in the muggle world. Vixen smiled when she noticed numerous other Hogwarts girls shopping for their own gowns.
"Don't be afraid to try things on lovelies!" the elderly woman yelled back into the room.
Without a second thought Hermione, Ginny and Luna started fingering through dresses of their liking. Vixen stood awkwardly rubbing her right arm with her left hand and biting on her bottom lip. She turned around and simply glanced over the few dresses in front of her. One resembled a pumpkin with a big, round skirt in a bright orange color with a dark green waistband which she scrunched her nose up at. The next dress looked like two dresses were ripped in half and sewn together.
"You're bad at shopping, aren't you?" Luna asked from behind Vixen, making her jump.
"Oh, uh, yeah," Vixen replied rubbing the back of her neck. Luna stared at her.
"These dresses aren't right for you. They wouldn't match your personality," Luna calmly said expressionless. Vixen laughed a small, nervous laugh.
"Excuse me, madam shop keep?" Luna quietly said. Surprisingly enough the elderly woman walked into the room and over to the two girls.
"Yes dear?" she asked.
"My friend here is a bad dress shopper. Can you make her something appropriate?" Luna asked. The woman smiled at Vixen.
"Yes, yes I can. Come lovely, stand up here," she said directing Vixen to the center of the room. She stepped onto a stool and began to blush as others stared at her.
"Thanks a lot, Luna. As if I'm not awkward enough already," Vixen thought to herself.
The shop keep started measuring Vixen around her waist and bust line quickly while another floating measuring cloth took her length measurements. Vixen sat nervously as she was forced to stretch out her arms and stand up straight whilst others watched her intently. A floating pad of paper hovered beside the shop keep as a floating quill scribbled down what Vixen assumed were her measurements. She smiled when the measuring cloths vanished.
The shop keep rubbed her chin as she circled Vixen, eyeing her up and down. Hermione and Ginny smiled from the on looking crowd as their muggle friend stood nervously in the middle of the room. Vixen jumped when the shop keep clapped her hands together loudly.
"I've got it!" she said before waving her wand in a small circle and pointing it at Vixen. Vixen tensed up as she felt her shoulders become bare and her current clothes started changing.
Her tee shirt was now replaced with a tight strapless top and her jeans turned into a long skirt that attached to the strapless top creating a dress. The dress started out gray but slowly turned pure white. Vixen watched in awe as gold beading started to place itself over the white silk of the dress. Many of the girls squealed happily while others commented on how beautiful the finished dress was. Vixen couldn't help but stare down at the beautiful gown that magically placed itself on her body.
"Shall I pack this up for you?" the shop keep asked. Vixen simply nodded.
Within seconds the dress was replaced with her original clothing and was put on a black hanger inside of a dress bag. The shop keep carried it to the front of the room and placed it on a counter. Vixen made her way to the counter and waited for her total. It was then that she realized she had no money to buy her gown with.
"I'm so sorry ma'am. You see, I haven't got the money to pay for this gown," Vixen said sadly. The shop keep looked up from the gown to Vixen.
"Oh?" she said questioningly.
"Yes, I'm afraid I'm a muggle. I am a part of the Muggle Studies experiment at Hogwarts and I have no money to purchase this gown," Vixen tried to explain, her cheeks turning red from embarrassment.
"Muggle you say? You wouldn't happen to be Vixen would you?" the shop keep asked before rifling through her counter drawers.
"Um, actually yes, I'm Vixen Charm. Why do you ask?" Vixen replied trying to see what the shop keep was looking for. She opened a drawer and pulled out a black envelope with a green wax seal on the back of it.
"An owl dropped this off to me moments before you arrived. A letter enclosed in this envelope stated that your dress is being charged to a Hogwarts student," she explained. Vixen furrowed her brows.
"I'm afraid I don't understand. What student?" Vixen asked.
"A Mister Draco Malfoy," the shop keep replied. Vixen stood silent for a moment.
"I wasn't aware that he was paying for my gown," she said. The shop keep smiled.
"Well he must be a very charming young man to pay for something so expensive for you. No matter, I'll be sure that this is sent to Hogwarts with your name so nobody ends up with it accidentally," the woman happily said taking the dress away from the counter and to a different room.
"How nice of him," Hermione said from behind Vixen. She jumped and turned to her.
"Seriously, is it a witch thing about sneaking up on people?" Vixen complained trying to slow her heart rate.
"Sorry Vix. You have to admit it was a bold move of Draco to do that for you," Hermione whispered.
"I guess so. It was slightly stupid too. Apparently my dress was very expensive," Vixen replied. Hermione smiled.
"When it comes to the person you love, money isn't important," she said before walking away. Vixen smiled at her back.
"Hey could you help me zip this? Ugh, excuse me could you-? Ugh! Hi do you think you could-?" Vixen heard Pansy saying from across the room. Pansy was asking random girls to zip up the back of her dress for her but from the looks of things nobody would.
Vixen frowned slightly before realizing she needed to be a decent person. She walked over to Pansy and quickly zipped up the back of her dress. Pansy sighed what sounded like a happy sigh of relief and started to turn around.
"Thank you so much I- oh, it's you," she said going from a happy tone to an unhappy one. Vixen frowned slightly.
"No problem. I'll leave you alone," Vixen said before turning around. Pansy groaned.
"Hey wait a minute," she said before grabbing Vixen's arm. Vixen turned around with her eyebrow raised.
"Thank you for the help," Pansy said in a slightly aggravated tone. Vixen gave her a small smile.
"You're welcome," Vixen replied.
"Why have you been being so nice to me lately?" Pansy asked while crossing her arms. Vixen sighed.
"I'm not sure to be honest. Pansy, I'm trying to learn how to let things go. That includes our problems," Vixen replied. Pansy raised an eyebrow at her.
"I still don't like you, muggle," she said matter-of-factly. Vixen smirked.
"I still don't like you either," she confessed. Pansy smirked now.
"Then you'll have no problem giving me an honest and brutal opinion on hw this dress looks on me," Pansy said. Vixen looked her up and down.
"It makes your hips look huge and an empire waist isn't your best fit. Yellow really isn't complimentary to your odd skin tone either. Go for a black dress cut slightly above the knee. It should slim you out through your problem areas," Vixen said embellishing slightly. Pansy laughed lightly.
"Noted. Now go, you're bothering me," Pansy said waving her hand at Vixen and turning around. Vixen shook her head before walking over to Ginny.
Pansy stared at herself in the mirror and watched her smile fade into a line. She was starting to forget her hatred for Vixen lately. If only she hadn't been trying to be so nice to her then things would have been the way they were when she first arrived to Hogwarts. Pansy rubbed her hands together sadly as she realized her ongoing conflict with Vixen was the closest thing to a female friendship that she had. She looked her reflection in the eyes as she realized she needed to really reconsider a few things.
5:26 p.m., Hallway, Hogwarts(Monday)
"I thought you knew where this kid would be," Draco scolded Crabbe as they searched the corridors of Hogwarts for the muggle Draco was going to confront.
"He ain't where he normally goes," Crabbe said trying to explain himself. Draco rolled his eyes.
"Wait, there he is! Right there!" Crabbe yelled pointing across the crowded hallway at a thin boy with shaggy black hair. Draco smirked as he pushed through students to get to the boy.
"Hey muggle! I have a bone to pick with you!" Draco yelled approaching the boy. The surrounding students backed away from the two boys creating a circle around them.
The boy simply remained standing in his spot with his hands placed in his skinny jeans. Draco sneered at him as he rocked back and forth. Draco looked around at the crowd that was staring at the two of them and smirked. He cleared his throat.
"Muggle, your superior is speaking to you," Draco said while crossing his arms over his chest. The boy remained silent without looking at him.
"Don't ignore me!" Draco angrily yelled grabbing the boy by the shoulder and forcing him to face him. The boys face showed confusion and fear now.
Draco grinned evilly at the boy in front of him. He raised an eyebrow at him when he noticed the boy fidgeting with his hands however. Draco angrily pushed his hands down and grabbed him by the shirt collar. The boy grabbed at Draco's hands quickly as he hoisted him closer to himself.
"When I talk to you, you speak, get it?" Draco said through clenched teeth. The boy looked at him with fear in his eyes.
"Get him Malfoy!" a Slytherin boy yelled from the crowd.
"Put that muggle in his place!" a Slytherin girl added. This was fuel to Draco's fire.
"You better start talking kid, or you're going to be in a world of hurt," Draco threatened tightening his grip on his shirt.
"Draco! Stop this!" Vixen yelled making her way through the crowd and into the center of the circle. Draco turned quickly as he released the boy.
"Vixen? What are you doing back already?" he nervously asked.
"Turns out it wasn't too hard to shop for a gown. So much for tutoring Crabbe," she shot at him with her eyes narrowed. Draco swallowed hard as he looked at her.
His heart started to pound harder when the boy ran over to Vixen. She seemed startled at first by him but watched him as he started moving his hands quickly in front of his face. Draco stood quietly as he waited for her to react to the boy.
"Draco, who is this boy?" she asked. He shrugged.
"Dunno. But he doesn't talk when spoken too so he isn't very obedient," Draco said making Slytherin students in the crowd laugh. Vixen glared at him.
"Obedient? He isn't a dog Draco!" she yelled. Draco nervously looked around at the crowd.
"Could have fooled me. But honestly I'd have him put down. He doesn't know how to speak apparently so he'd be a worthless pet," he replied making the Slytherin's cackle again. Vixen was growing more and more angry with him.
"Maybe if you would have paid more attention you would have realized that this boy is deaf!" Vixen yelled. Gasps were heard from the crowd and Draco felt his heart skip a beat.
"Deaf?" he asked as he turned toward the muggle boy. The crowd erupted into whispers.
"Yeah, deaf. You know, as in he can't hear anything and he might not be able to speak. Honestly I can't believe you," Vixen said shaking her head back and forth in disgust. Draco pursed his lips together.
"I didn't know," he simply said.
"So you mean to tell me that you didn't find it the least bit strange that he was using his hands to communicate with you?" Vixen angrily asked. Just then the muggle boy began moving his hands.
"I'm sorry but I don't know sign language," Vixen slowly said to the boy after placing a hand on his shoulder. His head dropped slightly and sadness crossed his face.
"I know sign language," Rylen said emerging from the crowd. Everyone turned their attention to the usually quiet boy.
Within seconds Rylen was standing in front of the boy who was deaf and started signing to him slowly. The boy smiled a toothy grin up at Rylen and began to sign back at him. Vixen and Draco both waited anxiously to hear what they were talking about. Rylen patted the boy on the shoulder twice before turning to the two.
"He says his name is Hugo Weathers. Looks like his hearing aid hasn't been working since he arrived here at Hogwarts," Rylen explained. Draco scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"Rylen, does he read lips?" Vixen asked. Rylen signed the question to Hugo.
"Yeah, but you have to speak slower than normal," Rylen told her. Draco approached the two boys now.
"Hugo, I'm sorry for attacking you earlier," Draco said slowly. Hugo shrugged before extending his hand to Draco.
"Draco, what're ya' doin' apologizing to a muggle?" Crabbe asked from the crowd. Many Slytherin students sneered at Draco.
"Shut the hell up Crabbe," Vixen shot at him. Apparently the other Slytherin students present in the crowd didn't take to kindly to this.
"You don't order him around you filthy muggle!" one Slytherin girl yelled stepping into the center of the circle.
"Yeah you better apologize to your superior unless you want trouble!" Theodore Nott said aiming his wand at Vixen. More Slytherin's emerged into the center of the circle with their wands pointed at Vixen now.
Rylen scowled at them before stepping in front of Vixen. His massive body completely covered her in his shadow. Hugo stood next to Vixen with a hand on her arm as he tried desperately to read the lips of the hostile students surrounding them. Vixen placed her hand over his to try and comfort him even though she herself was growing more nervous. Draco stood numb as he looked between his House alliance and his muggle girlfriend.
"I think it's about time for you to make a choice Draco," Rylen said angrily as he looked around at the Slytherin students.
"What?" Draco asked nervously.
"Are you going to make these kids back down or not?" Rylen shouted at him. Draco felt sweat forming on his brow.
"Well well, what do we have here?" a tall boy with long red hair said walking up to the scene. Vixen furrowed her brow when she realized there were two of this boy.
"Looks like a Slytherin party Fred," the second boy said.
"Can't say I'm upset to have been left off of the guest list George," the first boy replied. Vixen smiled at the joke.
"What do you Weasley's want?" Nott asked while lowering his wand. The two boys looked at one another before looking back at him.
"Weasley?" Vixen thought as her smile grew larger.
"So nasty, Nott. Just a message that if you lot don't clear out now, Fred and I are going to have to give old Snape a message that his students were about to use magic on muggles. Wouldn't want to lose house points now would you?" George said before crossing his arms over his chest. Nott unhappily placed his wand in his pants while the others lowered theirs.
"Whatever, this was getting boring anyway," Nott said before storming away from the group. The other students left as well leaving the muggles, Draco and the Weasley twins in the hall.
"Fred and George Weasley? So you're related to Ron then?" Vixen happily said walking over to them. They smiled at her.
"Don't insult us," Fred replied jokingly.
"Yeah, he's our younger brother. You're his muggle friend, Vixen, right?" George asked. She nodded.
"Excellent. Thank you for the help back there," Vixen told them. They nodded.
"Hate to break this up and all, but I need to have a talk with Draco," Rylen angrily said pointing at Draco. Vixen glared in Draco's direction.
"One second Rylen," Vixen said. She made her way over to Draco and got nearly nose to nose with him.
"I'm so disappointed in you. It looks like you really haven't grown at all," she whispered before returning to George and Fred's side. Draco felt his heart drop as he lowered his head.
Rylen grabbed him by the bicep and pulled him down the hallway quickly. Rylen flung open the door to Myrtles bathroom and forcefully pushed Draco inside. He pulled the door closed behind himself as he walked in after the blonde Slytherin boy. Hugo now approached Fred and George.
"Did we overhear you say something about a hearing aid being broken?" Fred asked Vixen as he looked Hugo up and down.
"Yes, that's right. Poor Hugo here could really use it to help him understand others more easily," Vixen said sadly. The twins simultaneously rubbed their chins.
"I'm sure we could tinker with the bloody thing," George said.
"Absolutely. Come with us Hugo and we can help you out," Fred said patting him on the shoulder. Hugo smiled as he reached into his jeans pocket and pulled his hearing aid out.
Vixen watched happily as the three boys walked off through the castle corridor.