Chapter 5
Midnight Duel plot?
After lunch the only thing left for me was to attend my extra potions class that I asked Severus for last year. I asked him for private lessons just so I can have something to do, but that didn't start until like eight in the evening so I was currently laying down by the black lake marveling at its beauty. I pulled out my portable speakers and set them up. I began blasting music that was so loud that it could be heard all the way to Gryffindor Tower. I scrolled through my play list as I heard rushing feet coming towards me. Heh, time to blow em away. I giggled as I turned on Last Friday Night by Katy Perry, a singer in America I think?
I resumed my sleep-like position on the ground singing along with the music, wand in hand in case of surprise attacks.
"Raven!" I heard a voice shout I ignored and continued singing. I of course stopped when a familiar blond appeared in front of my face.
"Draco? What's the matter?" I asked as he smiled.
"Nothing just putting those pathetic Gryffindor's in their place."
"What did you do this time?"
"Well, I told that Potter and Weasel to come to the trophy room for a duel. I pl-" Draco was interrupted by me.
"A duel? My brother might be able to handle the duel, but Potter? He doesn't stand a chance!" I chuckled at the small image of him epically failing in my mind.
"He grew up with Muggles, He doesn't have the knowledge of defensive spells, nor any skill!"
"Exactly! I plan to tip Filch off that there is someone in the room." said Draco.
"When's it happening?"
"Midnight Tonight."
"Hm. Kinda sudden. Haha! This will be interesting!" I laughed of course I was planning different. Like I'm gonna let my brother get caught I don't want to deal with Percy shouting at us over all this nonsense. Oi but I'm not one to get into personal fights, especially involving family. Even though I might of scared Percy that doesn't mean he wont lecture me.
"Wait, you came out here and disturbed the peace just to tell me that?" I sneered realizing I could have been relaxing right now! Ugh well I guess I would have to get up anyway, since the world loves to go against me. I sat up and stretched. How troublesome today has been. Draco laughed and gave a nod of his head.
"It will be, now Weasel and Potter will finally learn their place!"
"Good job, Malfoy!" I laughed along with him, I will admit it is a good plan, for a first year. Draco stopped laughing and went super cereal- er super serious face.
"Honestly, If your so much against Gryffindor's why are you in that house? Why aren't you in Slytherin?" He asked.
"Honestly, I would like to know as well. But that's how I earned my nicknames!" I stood up and packed everything. I wish nightfall would come already so I can get my day over with. I'm extremely tired, but I gotta stay up I got potions in... what time is it? Meh I don't care anymore.
"Don't you have class, Draco?" I asked.
He smirked at my question. "Nothing wrong with skipping from time to time." He said with a shrug. I laughed at his response knowing it was true worst you could get when you got caught was detention. I stood straight and stretched once more.
"I'm hungry." I mumbled hearing my stomach growl. Draco chuckled at me, causing me to blush slightly.
"Someone's hungry."
"Not my fault! I had to much to do!"
Hours later I was marching back up to the great hall for dinner. Draco left 3 hours ago to attend class. I was starving and began to run up the hall. I had a long way to go if I wanted to get to the great hall and I couldn't remember the password to Damara Dodderidge, who guarded the passageway from the clock tower to the Grand Staircase. I dashed up the stairs and down the hall that led to the Hospital Wing than took a right and ran down the steps.
Dashing through another hallway I stopped. Fred and George were there walking down the same hallway. Ugh! Today isn't my day! I started walking wanting to just pass them to go to dinner. Just as I was about to pass them they stopped. Oh great...
"Raven..." They mumbled out.
"Yes? What can I do for you?" I asked walking past them and standing behind them.
"Why?" I could hear their voice cracking as they tried to keep their question steady.
"Why what?" I sneered.
"Why did you..." Fred began and George finished.
"do it?"
"Do what?" I smirked knowing very well what I did. I gasped as Fred grabbed my arm and swung me around and pinned me against the wall.
"Why did you change?!" Fred lashed out tears falling from his eyes. George blocked my left side so I couldn't leave.
"Why did you try and kill Angelina?!" Yelled George.
"Why did you hurt Percy? Why did you do all those awful things to that student?!" They yelled.
"Why?! Why..."
They finally broke down and cried. I sighed, such babies. "Because I wanted too. You two really are stupid to not even notice it last year." They snapped their heads up and looked at me. "I am this way because I am me. I am not part of your family and never was."
It broke my heart to say it but in order to not put them in danger, from the nagging feeling I had that something bad was going to happen and I had a reputation to protect. My father, that is my REAL father, would be disappointed that I didn't look down to those who were not welcomed to be taught magic and those who supported those infernal creatures known as Muggles. Even though Muggles had the best creations ever, I hate how they can waltz in and say they can do magic.
"No it's not!" They both yelled. I looked at them with a questioning look. "This isn't you! You aren't this type of person!"
I smiled at them. "Of course I am... I was raised to be this way."
"Raven, we know you... you've never acted this way once before you started going here." Said George.
"Now you're some sort of...sort of..." Fred trailed off searching for the right word. "Demon?" I suggested. "It is one of my so called nicknames"
"We thought those were jokes!"
"Not at all. I worked hard at gaining those nicknames, people have the right to fear me as should you." I pushed them off and dusted off the back of my robes to get rid of the dirt.
"Raven, we know this isn't you. You can't possible be this cruel." George said.
"Yeah. You've never acted this way at home." said Fred.
"I need a place to live, right? Besides your family never really loved me, right? So I started to feel the same." I shrugged and began to walk down the hall
"That's not true!" The twins said getting up and running after me. They grabbed my arms and made me come to a stop.
"We love you!"
Why cant they stay away! I'm a dangerous person, who loved one's who always get killed in the end. "Prove it."
It was silent as the twins couldn't find anything to say. I scoffed and used depulso to get them away. "That's what I thought. Good-bye boys." I quickly made my way out of the same hallway and down to the great hall.
"I'm sorry, Fred, George..."
Finally reaching the Great hall I quickly sat down at the Slytherin table and smiled at the first years. "Hey, Raven!" I looked toward Jesse who sat next to me.
"What's up Jess?" The rest of our group sat down.
"You didn't hear?" asked Jesse.
"Hear what? That Dumbledore's beard is made out of your mum's chest hair?" I said jokingly. All the Slytherin's and a few other students from the Gryffindor table who over heard laughed at my joke. Jesse glared and slapped the back of my head. Now I know how Tony from NCIS feels like.
"No that's not it! Potter made seeker on the Quidditch team for Gryffindor."
I looked at him in shock. "Harry Potter? A first year? Made SEEKER! You've got to be kidding me?!"
"No joke" said Cassius. "He actually made it."
I groaned. "Freaking Potter. It's so not fair we couldn't make any positions during our first year!."
Adrian looked to be in thought. "Hey Raven your a fair flyer right?"
"Yeah. Why?" I asked having no idea where this was going.
"How would you like to be seeker. We don't have one yet."
I laughed at Adrian for asking such a stupid question. "Adrian first of all I'm a Gryffindor; second, if Potter made it he's obviously good so even if I were to join I would probably fail miserably and third, Mcgonagall would give me detentions for months for helping out the opposing team." I deadpanned. It was so obvious.
"So? Come on Raven! Please!" I groaned at Adrian's persistent whines.
"Sorry, boys. I'm not ready for a months worth of detention. I've got stuff to do." I rejected, smiling. The boys groaned and let it be.
"Good now that we've come to an understanding, Draco how exactly are you going to do your little "Evil plan" if you yourself could get caught out after curfew?" I asked focusing my attention on the blonde kid.
"I'm a Slytherin, being sly and cunning is what we do best." Said Draco with a smirk plastered on his face.
"Indeed we are." I said nodding in agreement.
Later that same night, I was sitting in potions class once again brewing Draught of Peace and Snape was grading papers from all his classes.
"Severus, I've seem to forgotten to grab syrup of Hellebore." I said while looking around to make sure it wasn't hidden behind any of the other ingredients. I heard Severus shuffle from behind his desk and approach me.
"Would you see if there's anymore in the storage room?" Severus said nothing and searched through the storage. I added the powdered moonstone and waited for it to simmer and turn turquoise. Snape came back and set the needed ingredient on the table.
"Thanks, Sev!"
I added it to the potion and continued on.
Finishing up the potion was easy, and so was the written lesson and now I've got homework to do. I packed up all my belongings, kissed Severus on the cheek laughing at his blushing annoyed facial expression, and left. I walked down the dungeon corridors and up the stairs and pass the viaduct to outside. I made my way toward the great hall and stopped remembering something. I looked at my wristwatch and seen it was almost midnight. "Ron!" I gasped out and made a dash for the third floor to get to the Trophy room.
I was running, but quietly, and stopped at the corner of the Trophy room.
"He's late, maybe he chickened out?" I hear Ron whispered.
I rounded and seen Harry and Ron, who I expected, and Neville and Hermione, who I didn't expect.
"You actually came?" I asked with fake surprise. They spun around and gasped once they saw me.
"What are YOU doing here?" Hermione whispered harshly pointing at me.
I ignored her and approached Ron and Gryffindor's newest seeker, Harry. I grabbed Ron's hand and Harry's wrist.
"I'm just here to get these two, I can't risk my brother getting into trouble..." I replied dully motioning my head to Ron then to Harry. "and we can't have the new Seeker getting into trouble and getting kicked off the team. You two can do whatever, cause this was a trap."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
"Draco set you up, Filch is going to show up any minute."
Hearing foot steps approach I ran off dragging Harry and Ron with me.
"That's our cue!"
We dashed out and hid through a secret corridor hidden behind the tapestry. We all ran down the hall and ended up in the Charms corridor. Everything was going great, until Peeves showed up. Peeves squealed with delight causing me to groan in annoyance.
"Shut it Peeves!" I growled out. "Or I'll fetch the Bloody Baron."
"Little lady Weasley doesn't have the guts! The Baron won't come running to a small weasel like you, he won't!" cackled Peeves.
I sneered at the annoying ghost. "Look here Peeves, you've dealt with me last year! I'm sure you know as well as everyone else does what I am more capable of." I growled at him. "All I got to do is call for the Baron."
Peeves scoffed and laughed at me. "Little girl is right I do know what you're capable of, more of the reason to call Filch, yes!"
I growled and stood straight glaring at the transparent being. "Don't. You. Dare."
"STUDENTS OUT OF BED!" Peeves screeched. "STUDENTS OUT OF BED IN THE CHARMS CORRIDOR!"
Everyone scattered to get past Peeves and ran away. "Damn it!" I cursed and ran behind them looking for Filch to see if he's running after us. We all ran to the end of the corridor, and me just turning around ran into the door.
"Son of a bitch!" I yelped falling back. "WHO PUTS A DOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORRIDOR?!"
"Everyone?" deadpanned Hermione.
I growled and jumped to my feet pointing my wand at her.
"You trying to be funny, Mudblood?" She yelped and shook her head. Ron pulled on the door trying to open it.
"This is it!" Ron moaned as he kept pulling. "We're done for! This is the end!"
Everyone panicked as Filch's steps drew closer to where Peeves was shouting. "Oh move over!" Hermione whispered and snatched Harry's wand tapping the lock. "Alohomora!"
The door clicked and swung open. I pushed everyone through and closed the door. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville pressed their ears to the door as I stared at the massive black thing in the middle of the room that began to move. "He thinks the door is locked." whispered Harry, "I think we'll be okay."
"Don't be so sure..." I mumbled quietly but loud enough for the others to hear.
The black thing stood up stretching its limbs while yawning. I gasped at the three headed dog. "Open the door." I said to Hermione who was closest to the door.
"B-but Filch-" Hermione stuttered out.
"Do you want to die!" I ran to the door as the dog growled. I slammed it open and we all fell down landing outside the door. I jumped up and pushed the door closed and locked it. We ran for it dodging Peeves and Filch as we ran up to the seventh floor.
We stopped outside the portrait to the common room to catch our breath.
"Wh-what was that thing?" Ron asked.
"What did it look like? It was a three headed dog!" I snapped quietly as I stood up straight and faced the portrait who's been asking us where we've been. "Studying, Caput Draconis." She humphed and swung open to reveal the common room. We piled in and sat around the fire. The group of kids were trembling, scared at the massive dog.
"W-what do they think they're doing?!" exclaimed Ron, after a moment of silence has passed. "Keeping a thing like that locked up in a school!" I sighed at this, Ron was right, what was a dog like that doing in Hogwarts? "If any dog needs exercise, that one does!"
"You don't use your eyes do you?" snapped Hermione. "Didn't you see what it was standing on?"
"In case you hadn't notice, we were face to face with a three headed dog!" I snapped back at her, causing her to flinch but carried on.
"It was standing on a trap door, it's obviously guarding something." I scoffed at her response, but knowing that she might be right. A dog wouldn't be placed there for no reason.
"I hope you're pleased with yourselves! We could've been killed or worst expelled!" Hermione screeched when she said the word expelled. Tch typical nerd. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed." she jumped up and walked off to the girls dormitory with her nose in the air. I looked into the fire and began thinking, what is there to guard in that room? What is so important that it has to be kept secret? I stood up and patted Ron on the head.
"Don't stay up late, or Percy will through a fit."
Ron stared at me with a small pink tint to his face. "R-right."
I nodded my head at Harry and Neville who had small tints of pink on their faces too. "Don't get into anymore trouble, alright? Unless it's necessary." They nodded saying nothing. "Night boys."
I marched up the stairs and entered the girls dormitory hearing faint good nights. I marched up to the second year dorms and curled up on my bed, closing the curtains. I read a manga, a comic book from Japan, before falling asleep.