Harry slowly opened his eyes as the sun shone brightly through the dorm. He sighed at the thought of another day in the castle that brought back memories but there was nothing he could do about that. He rolled out of the four poster bed and walked into the bathroom, after picking up his school uniform. When he walked through the door he locked the door and walked to the row of mirrors that were on the right wall. Harry brushed his hair out of his eyes and started to get dressed. He threw on his shirt, which was creased as the house elfs had not been around to the common room that night. He threw on the rest of his clothes, not really worrying about how he looked. He bent down and turned on the cold tap, the cold water gushing out in an instant and some of it splashing onto Harry's robes. He cupped his hands and let the water run into them. He splashed it onto his face to wake him up properly and he shivered for a second as the ice water met his flesh. He walked out of the bathroom and walked slowly down to the common room where he knew Hermione and Ron would be waiting for him.
He saw them standing there, looking up at him with smiles on their faces. Harry smiled back a weak smile and walked to them. He nodded at both of them and then started to walk out of the common room. The grand staircase was filled with students running to their lessons as the school bell rang loudly around the castle. Hermione grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him into a hug, one where Harry knew just from the hug that today would be alright, Well hopefully it would be. Hermione linked arms with both him and Ron and started to walk down the staircase, well she flowed just as she always did. Harry looked back to Ron and Ron looked at him. Ron shrugged his shoulders in confusion and Harry just raised his eyebrows.
When they got to their first lesson which was Defence against the dark arts, They saw that Blaise was talking to his fellow slytherin, Pansy Parkinson. She looked at Blaise like he had just told her something really important, Something that was more important than anything else. Harry looked at Hermione and she nodded, knowing what Harry was going to do. He broke from the group and walked near to Blaise and Pansy. He listened closely to what they were talking about and focused everything else out.
"Are you sure it was Draco?" Pansy asked, frozen on the spot
"Yeah I'm sure, I think I would know seeing as I have seen that boy every day since he started here" Blaise whispered back as quietly as he could
"But why would he come back here after what he did, I mean I knew he was evil but killing someone that did nothing wrong is something I thought Draco would never do" Pansy said
That shocked Harry to the core as he thought that Pansy was just as evil as Draco, maybe even more evil but maybe Harry had got her wrong. Maybe she wasn't evil, just acting like it to fit in.
Harry went back to Ron and Hermione and stood still, waiting for either one of them to say something first and he didn't have to wait long.
"What were they talking about Harry?" Hermione asked quietly, looking at him
"Him, they were talking about him and how Blaise had seen him in the castle" Harry said, nearly crying just from the fact that somehow Draco had been back here after what he had done.
Both Ron and Hermione jaws dropped open at that and Harry knew they were just as shocked and Horrified as he was. Ron placed one hand on Harry's shoulder and then hugged him, One thing Ron had not done before.
At that moment the door to the classroom swung open and Moody ushered the students inside. They all took their normal seats and quietened down as they knew the temper Moody had when the class talked when he was suppose to be teaching.
Halfway through the lesson Harry felt someone tap his shoulder so he turned around and saw Hermione passing him a piece of parchment folded in half. Harry took it and turned back round quickly. He opened the parchment under the table and read "Talk to me after, Meet me in the astronomy tower" Harry re-read it and then placed it in his robe pocket. He carried on taking notes from the lesson, not really taking interest in what was being said.
After the hour was over, Harry stuffed his work into his bag and walked out of the classroom. He started to walk in the direction of the Astronomy tower to wait for Hermione. When he got there he walked over to one of the bookcases that were there and sat down in front of it. Not long after he heard the sound of footsteps and looked up. He saw Hermione standing over him smiling. She sat down next to him and took his hand into hers.
"Why would he come back Hermione?" Harry asked, with the sound of fear and pain in his voice
"I really don't know Harry but I wish I did. Everyone knows what he did and Blaise should of reported it to Snape or Dumbledore right away" Hermione replied
Harry sniggered "If Blaise told Snape then he would of just hidden it from everyone else and of told Blaise to keep it a secret, You know how close Snape is to the Malfoy family"
"Then we need to report it to Dumbledore, before Draco has the chance to do it again, If he managed to get in then there is nothing that can stop him again unless we tell Dumbledore" Hermione said, standing up and pulling Harry up.
Harry swung his bag around his shoulder and started to walk with Hermione to Dumbledore's Office. Hermione placed her hand into his and smiled at him wanting him to feel safe and protected. Harry smiled back at her and then looked forward.
They reached the goyle to the headmaster's office and Harry stepped forward. He knew how to gain access to the Officer after visting it a few times.
"Acid Pops" He said, making it sound more like a command.
The goyle started to move and a staircase started to appear from the floor. Harry grabbed Hermione's hand and pulled them onto the moving staircase. Hermione looked up and saw that the glass ceiling at the top was getting nearer and nearer to them. When they reached the doorway to the Office Harry knocked three times before hearing the Headmaster's voice telling them to enter.