Chapter 24
The next morning, Ginny, Ron and Trinity met downstairs in the Gryffindor common room before making their way to Hagrid's for a cup of tea. It was a nice warm day, and as the three Gryffindor's made their way down the hill towards Hagrids' Hut, the could see Professor Sprout planting Snap Dragons and other magical plants in the greenhouse.
"What a beautiful day!" Ginny exclaimed, twirling around. She extended her arms towards the sky as a light breeze toyed with her vibrant red hair. "Absoloutely beautiful."
"Watch out, she'll be doing poetry next." Ron murmured to Trinity. "
As they climbed the steps to Hagrids' Hut and knocked on the door, Ginny broke into song.
"What on earth is the noise?" Hagrid frowned when he opened the door.
"It's Ginny doing The Sound Of Music." Ron stated, stepping into the giants house.
"Hello, Hagrid." Trinity smiled up at the giant. "How're you?"
"I'm very well, thanks." He smiled back.
As the three Gryffindors sat down in the lounge, Ron was greeted with a face wash from Fang. "Hello boy!" The middle Weasley rubbed the giant dog's belly as Hagrid came over with the tea tray and a bowl full of his homemade Treacle Fudge.
"Right then." Hagrid stated happily, "help yourself!"
Pip jumped onto Trinity's lap and began to purr. The Kneazle rubbed his head along Trinity's jawline - looking for affection. The raven haired girl began to gently pet the cat like creature on the head. As she gingerly helped herself to a small cube of Treacle Fudge.
"How's school been this year?" Hagrid asked, "I haven't seen you as much as I would have liked."
"It's going well thank you Hagrid." Ginny replied, nibbling on a piece of treacle fudge. "I've been getting better at Charms now, but - don't worry - Care of Magical Creatures is still my favourite subject!"
Hagrid chuckled, "Glad to hear it." He then turned to the other red head, "what about you Ron? How's school been?"
"Getting better at Transfiguration." He stated, pausing to take a sip from his teacup. "And Herbology isn't that bad either. I may even be rivalling Neville Longbottom!"
"Far from that Ronald." Ginny grumbled, filling her mouth with a bite to eat.
"That's good." Hagrid took a gulp of tea from the mug Trinity had given him for Christmas, "and Quidditch? George is the Captain right?"
The three Gryffindors nodded, "We beat Ravenclaw in the first game." Ron began.
"And then Slytherin beat Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw." Ginny added.
"It'll be us against Hufflepuff this week," Trinity stated, "then it's Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, right?" She looked to Ron.
"Yeah, and then it'll be us against Slytherin for the cup!" Ron punched the air with his fist.
"Well, I'll wish you luck for it!" Hagrid cheered. "Now, what about your mates?" He asked, "that's the most important thing."
"Well, I'm getting along well with Dean," Ginny replied, "and I think Trin is happy with Malfoy." The raven haired girl blushed. "But Ron-"
"-I'm not getting along with Lavender." He crossed his arms over his chest. "It's too soon."
Ginny sighed, "come on, Ron. Lavender is a nice girl...once you get to know her."
"Just give the poor girl a chance." Hagrid reasoned with him.
There was a moment of silence before Ron finally agreed, "alright." He stated, "I'll start a fresh with her next year."
"No Ronald." Ginny stated, "start today." The Gryffindor sighed, knowing his sister was right, before leaning over to grab another cube of Treacle Fudge from the coffee table.
As the three Gryffindor's thanked Hagrid for the tea and said goodbye, they made their way back up to the school. They were too late to be able to go to Hogsmeade, so they decided to go to the library. Trinity still hadn't finished all of her homework and Ron hadn't even started any of it!
"Hopeless Ronald!" Ginny rolled her eyes as she pushed open the double doors and stepped in first, and as she scoured the room for a table to sit at; she spotted George and Kimberly sitting at one of the desks in the corner of the library. Gineva bounded over too them, earning herself a warning glare from Madam Pince at the main desk.
Ron and Trinity followed the youngest Weasley, and sat down at the table, pulling out their homework parchments as they did so.
"I'm really not in the mood to do homework." Ron groaned, throwing his quill down onto the desk.
Trinity turned to look at him, "that Dark Arts essay and the Herbology Questionnaire is due in tomorrow."
Ron shrugged, "I can think of better things to do with my time." He stated, grumpily.
"Like what?" Ginny and George asked him.
"Like..." The middle Weasley blinked before grinning uneasily. "Not doing homework."
Trinity pulled out her finished Dark Arts essay from her bag and handed it over to Ron. "Here." She then picked up her quill and continued to struggle with the Herbology questionnaire. She sighed and turned to the grumpy Weasley, "have you done the Herbology, by any chance?"
Ron shook his head before pulling the questionnaire out of his bag, "I'll do it now for you."
"Thank you." Trinity smiled at her friend before turning to George and Kimberly. "How was the first night in the new dorms?" She asked.
Kimberly looked up from her Purebred homework, "it was different." She replied. "They're nice rooms, but they're cold and...eerily quiet."
Trinity frowned, "what do you mean?"
"The rooms are big and dark." George replied, "I suppose it's because we're used to a common room full of people."
Ron placed the finished Herbology questionnaire infront of Trinity. "Thank you."
As the homework was completed, everyone sat around the table, discussing the upcoming Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
"I can't wait!" George said excitedly. "Hopefully we'll win the cup again this year!"
"No way." Kimberly stated, smirking. "Slytherin will take the victory right from under your noses!"
The four Gryffindors began to defend their house against the Slytherin, and as the stained glass window began to let less light into the library, Ron checked the time. "We should probably grab some dinner and then head back to the common room." He stated, packing up his things with a small flick of his wand. "We may miss dinner if we stay in here any longer."
"Merlin forbid your stomach isn't rewarded for a long, hard day!" Ginny gasped before laughing.
Trinity packed up the last of her things before shouldering her bag. "Let's go." She stated.
After dinner, Kimberly and George made their way towards the library where they would use the vanishing cabinet to get back to their dorm. Trinity, Ginny and Ron however, made their way up one of the moving staircases towards their common room. Talking about the last three weeks they had left of this year.
"Where will you go for the Summer holidays, Trin?" Ginny asked.
The raven haired girl slowed to a stop and frowned, "I don't know." She replied. "I used to live with Kim but...she lives with the Malfoy's now." She gasped and grabbed onto the banister as it began to move. She closed her eyes tightly, willing herself not to look down as she held on for dear life. Once the staircase stopped moving, she ran to safety, but unfortunately, that meant running into Blaize Zabini.
Did she hop back on the staircase, and pray that it moved? Or did she stay there and walk back to the Great Hall and up the stairs again?
The staircase moved away, and Trinity sighed. It looked like she was going to have to endure a conversation with the dark haired Slytherin.
"They're not suppossed to move when students are on them." Blaize said, his voice filled with amusement. "But obviously, it wanted to bring you to me. Can't say I blame it really, I am handsome and sexy." Trinity cast her gaze towards the stone floor and began the treck along the corridor. Unfortunately, Zabini walked with her, talking about how great he thought he was whilst Trinity pretended to pay attention. She hoped that Malfoy would come along and save her, very soon.
As they walked past the dungeons, Trinity hoped that Blaize would go away and leave her alone. He did, but he grabbed her by the elbow and began pulling her towards the Slytherin common room aswell.
"Let me go!" Trinity pleaded, trying to pry her arm out of his clutches.
"You're coming with me," Blaize smirked. "Male Slytherin's have a dorm to themselves and, I'm getting a little lonely in mine."
Trinity grabbed hold of the stone snake statue and held on tightly. Blaize pulled her arm in an attempt to get her to let go, but to no avail. He huffed, "you're being difficult." He stated, wrapping an arm around her waist and dragging her away.
Trinity saw another opportunity to stop them from walking and held onto a black curtain. "Mr. Zabini what do you think you're doing?" A sneering voice cut through the noises of the struggling students. Trinity released her hold on the talking curtain and looked up, into the face of Professor Snape.
Blaize put Trinity back on her feet and quickly racked his brain for an excuse, "Malfoy wanted to see her, Sir." He shrugged, "I was just bringing her too him."
It was silent for a moment, and Professor Snape did not look amused one bit. He raised one eyebrow, "is that so?" Blaize nodded eagerly. "Miss Riddle would you please go back to your dorm room? I'm sure Mr. Malfoy can wait until tomorrow to see you."
Trinity quickly escaped and ran back down the corridor and past the Great Hall. She was overjoyed to see that the staircase had come back. She quickly made her way up the stairs and stopped infront of the Fat Lady portrait, "Godric." She stated, thanking the lady as she stepped into the Gryffindor common room.
Ginny and Ron were waiting for her, "blimey, you took your time!" Ron exclaimed. "Did you get lost?" He chuckled. Trinity smiled shyly before taking a seat beside Pip infront of the fire.
"Anyway," Ginny began. "We were wondering, that...because you don't have anywhere to go for the Summer holidays, why not come to The Burrows with us? We can owl our mum and ask, if you'd like?"
Trinity smiled, "that's so kind of you guys. I'd love too, but-"
"-No buts!" Ron jumped up and covered her mouth with his hand. "We're going to owl her now."
"Mum will love you." Ginny smiled, "I can just see her knitting you a jumper now." Trinity chuckled and thanked them again as she ran her hand through Pip's soft fur.
As Trinity slipped under her bed covers, she shut the drapes around her bed and curled up with Pip beside her on the pillow, she gently stroked the Kneazle. The soft purring of the creature was soothing to her ears, and she slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, after breakfast, Trinity and Ron made their way towards Charms. Trinity smiled shyly as she sat down beside Draco, and the familiar butterflies began to circle her stomach. Professor Flitwick had assigned the students to try the Defodio spell. Infront of each student was a square stone tablet, which they had to try and carve their names into.
Trinity had managed to carve her name into the block, as did Draco. Ron however, had managed to carve the name 'Ronda' causing Lavender to burst out laughing.
"Here," the blonde slid her stone tablet across the table towards Ron. She then turned his over and placed it infront of her, "defodio." She whispered, casting her own name to appear in the stone. "Before you try again, practice the pronouncition." She suggested, smiling sweetly at the red head beside her. "Deaf-o-dee-oh." She said.
Ron tried the spell again, and smiled when 'Ron' appeared in the stone. He turned to Lavender and smiled gratefully. "Thanks." He said.
"Now," Professor Flitwick stated, gathering the attention of the class. "Pair the Defodio spell with Reparo, to make your writing disappear."
The students tried the combined spell and the writing on each of their tablets was erased and as the Professor gave them a short questionnaire to fill in, it was the end of class. Everyone packed up their belongings before shouldering their bags and heading towards their next class; Herbology. Trinity saw Ron smiling and chatting quietly with Lavender, and as she didn't want to disturb them, she hurried out of the classroom to walk to the next lesson by herself.
Malfoy quickly caught up with her. "Not waiting for Weasley?" He asked, stuffing his hands into his pockets.
Trinity shook her head, "he looked happy with Lavender." She replied, "so I left them."
Draco smirked, "I'm glad." He glanced at her, noticing she was looking at him. "Not for Weasleby. But for me."
"Why?"
"Because I'm walking with you." He smirked again once a light blush swept across Trinity's face.
As they stepped into Herbology, they were happy to see that Professor Sprout was in a meeting, and that meant that they had a free lesson. They quickly collected their work before heading towards the library. Trinity smiled when she saw Ron still walking with Lavender, and the couple were still smiling and chatting away to one another.
Draco led Trinity over to a table in the library, and took a seat.
"We have Potions after break." Draco stated, relaxing back in his chair. "Did you finish your extra work?" Trinity nodded and placed her Charms and Herbology questionnaires on the desk along with her quill and ink. "You're actually going to do the Herbology work?"
"I've had enough detentions this year." She smiled shyly. "If they start getting Hagrid to do detentions in the Forbidden Forest again, I'd have to get you into trouble to come with me."
Draco smirked, "I'm your Prince Charming then, am I?"
Trinity blushed a little, "it looks that way doesn't it?" She completed half of the Charms questionnaire before something under the table made her jump.
"Did I kick you?" Draco asked, frowning.
"No..." Trinity stated, moving her chair back a little. "I don't think you did." She peered under the table to see Pip sitting there, watching her. The Knezale looked ready to pounce, and once he did, he jumped onto Trinity's lap. The raven haired Gryffindor had a moment of panic when the front two legs of her chair tilted off the floor. She grabbed onto the table quickly, and sighed with relief when she stopped herself from falling. Pip jumped onto the table and trotted over to Malfoy, sitting down infront of the platinum blonde and tilting his head to the side. He meowed loudly before stepping onto the Slytherin's lap and curling up comfortably.
"I'm guessing this is a good thing." Draco smirked, patting the cat on the head twice before pulling the Herbology questionnaire out from his bag. "Might aswell do the work, I might be stuck here for hours."
They finished their work in silence, and Draco frowned at the last question on the Herbology work. "Does it really matter what the difference is between soil and mud?" Trinity shrugged. "What did you write?"
"Nothing." Trinity stated, packing her things back into her bag.
Draco raised an eyebrow, "what? You left it blank or you're not telling me? I do help you with Potions, you know."
"And I read your tea leaves in Divination." She replied, "I left it blank. Does it matter if one question isn't filled in? You were going to leave the whole questionnaire blank."
Draco shifted in his seat, causing Pip to hiss. The Slytherin stopped moving and looked down at the cat. "How sharp are his claws? I don't particularly want to lose anything down there."
Trinity didn't reply, instead she could see her vision going blurry and an array of images flashed across her mind.
She was walking towards the library, when all of a sudden, someone grabbed her arm and pulled her into the boys' bathroom. She was about to scream when a hand covered her mouth. Trinity was roughly pushed agaist the wall of the bathroom, and as she struggled against her captor's hold a body pushed itself against her back, and the person who had abducted her began to roughly suck on her neck. She tried to push the person away and scream for help, but the hand that had covered her mouth grabbed a fistful of her hair and bashed her head against the stone wall. She was released by her captor, and she fell to the floor. Trinity tried to look up and see the person's face, but her vision was going blurry. Although she could see darkness, Trinity could feel someone ontop of her, ripping and tearing at her clothes.
Trinity suddenly came back to the present, and her hands flew to her eyes. "Are you alright?" Draco asked, placing his hands on her shoulders to steady her swaying. "What did you see?" He asked. He helped her to stand, and grabbed her bag. "Do you have any more of those orange vial things?"
"Yeah, there should be one in the bottom of my bag." She stated, holding onto the table so that she wouldn't fall over.
Draco made sure she wasn't going to pass out, before he turned away and rifled through the Gryffindors bag. He handed her a vial filled with orange liquid and he waited for her to drink it and open her eyes before he asked her anymore questions.
"What did you see?" He asked, not being able to hide the worry in his voice as he spoke.
Trinity shrugged, she could remember the vision, but it came in patches. "I think I was on my way back from the Great Hall." She began. "I was going to the library when someone," she frowned and tried to remember what happened. "Someone dragged me into the boys' bathroom and..."
"And what?" Draco asked, seeing the frightened look in the raven haired girls' eyes. "Riddle." He stated. Pip jumped onto Trinity's lap and meowed softly with worry.
Trinity couldn't look Draco in the eye, not only was she embarassed, but she was frightened. "I think I'm going to be raped." She concluded, in a small voice.
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