Wanting Something More

Chapter Two: Wanting Supplies

"Brittany wake your butt up!" Scarlett's voice called out through Brittany's peaceful rest.

Brittany groaned as she opened her eyes. She immediately shut them due to the fact that sunlight was pouring through the window and shining in her face. Scarlett jumped up and down upon her bed so as to annoy her best friend. It worked like a charm. With the most annoyed scowl on her face Brittany sat up reluctantly. Her eyes were a stormy grey as she slowly left the comfort of her bed.

"You're definitely not a morning person." Scarlett laughed, her sky blue eyes were twinkling with mirth.

"And you're definitely annoying as hell!" Brittany grumbled as she walked over to her closet to pick out her outfit.

"Make sure to get something cute, we're going shopping at Diagon Alley today." Scarlett smiled happily.

"You're certainly in a good mood. What did you do?" Brittany sighed as she picked out a top.

"I owled Nix, and asked if he wanted to go shopping with us. He said he'd meet us there." Scarlett declared happily.

"Nix is going to be shopping with us? That's going to be an event all on its own." Brittany sighed.

"Oh be nice you grump." Scarlett laughed.

"I will be once I have had some coffee." Brittany mumbled. "Besides Nix is probably going to try and prank me again."

"He only does it because he knows that you can usually avoid it." Scarlett laughed.

"I think it is because he is madly in love with you and wants to impress you by tormenting his other best friend." Brittany laughed sarcastically.

"You're strange sometimes. I wonder how insane the fantasy world you sometimes live in, is." Scarlett teased.

"Oh whatever. I am going to take a shower, so go bug Malfoy or something." Brittany sighed.

"Fine." Scarlett groaned faking exasperation badly.

"See you in a while." Brittany smiled some of the grumpy nature leaving her.

"Alright!" Scarlett smiled before walking out of the room in search of her prey.

Brittany rolled her eyes as she grabbed a black tank top out of her closet. It said 'Not Interested. I Don't Like Idiots!' It was in silver lettering. She pulled out a pair of navy blue jeans with a hole in one of the knees. She picked out a pair of black Converse shoes and black socks. She carried all her clothes to the bathroom which was attached to her room. It was on the opposite side of the door connecting her room to Scarlett's.

After taking a shower, dressing, and brushing her hair and teeth, Brittany exited the bath a somewhat happier female. She walked down the stairs and went in search of her best friend. That and some coffee.

Entering the kitchen she was greeted with the sight of her wonderful brother holding out a cup of coffee for her. She smiled as she ran up to him. With a kiss to his cheek she took the divine nectar of the gods, and began to partake of it's sweetness. Basically she greedily drank her coffee as fast as she could.

Blaise smiled at his younger sister. "I see you have not lost your addiction to coffee."

"Oh piss off. You know I need it to give me a boost in the morning." Brittany growled as she held her coffee protectively from the taunting of her brother.

After a few moments of a staring contest, Scarlett entered the kitchen looking quite satisfied with herself. After a few seconds Draco came through the doorway hunched over, clutching his stomach. His eyes showed the pain that his cold face hid. It was all too funny to see Draco Malfoy in pain. Blaise and Brittany put two and two together and figured out that Scarlett laid some serious hurt on the 'poor' bastard.

"What did you do to him?" Brittany asked trying to contain her mirth.

"Nothing much. All I did was send one of Blaise's practice Quaffles at Draco's stomach." Scarlett declared proudly.

"That bloody witch freaking tricked me. She distracted me as she sent that damn Quaffle at me!" Draco hissed angrily.

Brittany laughed as she patted her best friend on the back. "You did real good!"

Scarlett beamed as Draco's scowl darkened considerably. Suddenly Mr. and Mrs. Zabini entered the kitchen. The four teens stopped what they were talking about immediately. Mr. and Mrs. Zabini looked on quite incredulous that nothing was happening.

"What is going on here?" Mr. Zabini asked kindly.

"We were simply discussing about how we would like to go to Diagon Alley for school supplies." Brittany smiled.

"All four of you are going as a group. How wonderful!" Mrs. Zabini praised.

"Actually it was just going to be Scarlett and me. We were going to meet up with a friend." Brittany added quickly. She knew her mother all too well.

"I think you should take your brother and Draco here along with you." Her father stated.

Translation, 'you are going with your brother and Draco Malfoy whether you like it or not!' Brittany thought with a huge mental sigh.

"We would not want to be a bother seeing as how we are both a year younger then they are." Scarlett supplied.

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Zabini cried out. "Your brother would be thrilled to spend the day shopping with you. Right Blaise?"

Blaise knew what was at stake if he dared say no to his parents. So with a sigh and a mental apology to his sister, he responded. "Yes mother."

"And of course Draco would not mind strolling down the streets of Diagon Alley with two beautiful young ladies. Right Draco?" Mr. Zabini pressed.

"Of course I would love to have them on my arm." Draco responded enthusiastically.

"Then it's settled. You four shall go to Diagon Alley together." Mrs. Zabini declared happily, clapping her hands together.

Mental note: kick big brother and pummel his annoying best friend later! Brittany thought contemptuously.

Draco was smiling like he had just been named the Minister of Magic. Blaise was looking anywhere but his younger sister. Scarlett was staring at the ceiling blaming god. Brittany was busy trying to think up ways to get around it. Unfortunately there were two adults in the room who provided their room and board, so they could in no way express their true feelings on the subject.

After a silent breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Zabini both left for the Ministry. They had jobs to do and watching over kids was not it. There were hose selves and servants for that. Once gone, Brittany glared at her brother with rage in her eyes. Blaise backed away from his irate sister.

"You're carrying all my stuff you jerk!" Brittany declared in a deadly tone.

Blaise just nodded his head. Suddenly the mood was broken by an angry yelp of pain. Blaise and Draco turned to see Scarlett holding Blaise's practice Quaffle, a look of death in her sky blue eyes. Draco looked a little paler than usual, his natural smirk gone.

"What happened?" Blaise asked.

"This jerk hit me in the chest with the Quaffle!" Scarlett growled.

"Well you did it to me!" Draco shot back.

"I hit you in the chest, numb nuts, not the chest area where breasts would be, if you had any!" Scarlett challenged.

"Both of you just stop it please. Let's just get this thing over with alright." Brittany sighed. She was sick of the fighting already.

"Fine, I will if he does." Scarlett grumbled, she quite enjoyed tormenting the prick.

Draco tried to smirk at Brittany, who in turn gave him one of her dirtiest looks yet. He almost felt fear at that glare, keyword being almost. "Let's get this over with then."

The four teens entered the living room and each one of them grabbed a pinch of floo powder. Each took their turn stepping into the fireplace and shouted "Diagon Alley." Once all four had arrived at the fireplace in Flourish and Blotts Brittany smiled. She grabbed Scarlett's hand and took off at a sprint. She knew exactly how to get around her parents demand.

"What are we doing?" Scarlett managed to get out as Brittany pulled her through crowds.

"We're running through a loop hole." Brittany laughed. Being cunning was a trait she was proud of, and she certainly earned her Slytherin title through that.

"You know, you're going to have to tell me how you do that." Scarlett sighed amazed at her friend's brilliant way of thinking. She wished she was smarter. 'Being pretty won't get you anywhere.' Her mother's voice sounded in her head.

After a few moments they arrived at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Brittany ran inside the normally busy shop. She smiled broadly and began looking for either of the twins. Spotting one not too far away she smiled.

"Fred!" She called out.

"I'm George!" He huffed.

"I'm not as gullible as your mother Fredrick! I know who you are!" Brittany teased.

"Fred, stop tormenting the poor girl." George called out from farther back in the shop.

"Brittany it's been a while. Rivers was in here a few minutes ago. He left to go buy his school supplies." George smiled at her as he came out from the back.

"Business seems slow right now." Brittany sighed. "I figured you guys would be booming."

"Oh we usually are you just caught us at one of our slow times." Fred laughed.

"That's good. Um, I was wondering if Scarlett and I could hide here for a while. We are trying to lose my brother and the ice prick." Brittany pleaded.

"If it's to save you from that prick then we would be happy to help two beautiful ladies out." Fred smirked.

"For a fee that is!" George smirked as well, the twins looking identical right down to the facial expression.

"Oh come off it you two. I won't help you out with that product!" Brittany sighed. "I am not your guinea pig."

"We were just kidding. Besides we found a more willing test subject. Heather agreed to be our 'guinea pig.'" George smirked happily.

"No way. You guys conned Heather into that?" Brittany groaned.

"No, they actually asked me if I wanted to participate." A feminine voice called out from the back room. "And I agreed because it sounded like fun."

"Heather what are you doing in there?" Brittany and Scarlett both asked excited.

"Testing Fred and George's newest product. I'll be out in a minute." She told them.

"She's probably taking the antidote at the moment." Fred smirked.

"I think she'd have run here." Blaise's voice was heard from outside.

"Damn!" Brittany cursed.

"Don't worry about it." Fred smirked.

"We'll hide you." George finished.

With a wave of their wands candies flew into Scarlett and Brittany's open mouths. The immediately turned invisible. Just as they turned invisible, Blaise and Draco entered the shop. They looked around. Draco had a horrible scowl on his face. Blaise was obviously trying to hide a smirk.

"Where are they Weasels?" Draco hissed.

"Where's who Malfoy?" Fred laughed.

"Lose a couple of your Slytherin Sluts?" George added.

"No we lost Blaise's sister and her insane friend." Draco hissed.

"Aww, the Slytherin Prince can't get a couple of sluts for himself so he has to use his best friends little sister and her best friend as arm candy." Fred smirked.

"Except they want nothing to do with you either. I think he might be losing his touch Fred." George smirked.

"I completely agree George." Fred taunted.

"Watch yourselves Weasley. I'll have your license to be here revoked." Draco threatened.

"You little shit I ought to kick your pompous ass." Brittany's voice hissed.

Suddenly she shimmered into place and she groaned. Fred and George shook their heads. "What happened."

"I told you, Heather is still testing everything." George sighed.

"We have yet to perfect it. It wears off when you speak. Heather is testing out newest stuff." Fred continued.

"We've gotten to the point where you can speak in a somewhat normal tone and still remain semi transparent, usually." George finished.

"So where is Scarlett?" Blaise asked concerned.

Draco suddenly gave a shrill scream and bent over clutching his groin. Scarlett began laughing and she then appeared within kicking distance of Draco. Draco gave her a heated glare, promising pain. Scarlett laughed even harder at his angered expression.

"Now you have to stay with us." Blaise sighed. He leaned over to whisper in his sister's ear. "At least for a while. When a big enough distraction comes I'll keep him cooled down." Blaise smiled at his little sister, he would do anything to keep her happy. He would even keep his lustful best friend away from her.

"Fine by me." Brittany whispered. "Seeing that was worth it."

Blaise and Brittany shared a silent laugh as Draco tried to recover from his pain. As they were doing so, a pretty girl who looked to be about Brittany's height walked in from out of the back room. She had jet black straight hair and dark eyes. She was dressed in a bright blue shirt that stated 'I know I am insane, get over it.' She was also wearing black Capri pants and blue sandals. She was smiling widely at her two close friends.

"Heather!" They both cried out together enveloping her in a hug.

"What's up Scarlett, Brittany?" She asked kindly.

"Nothing out of the ordinary." Brittany laughed.

"Just tormenting Malfoy." Scarlett snickered.

"So I heard. Nice one there." Heather smirked.

"So you've been spending time with the twins eh?" Brittany teased.

"Well yeah, what's the problem with that?" Heather asked.

"No problems, just wondering if anything juicy is going on?" Scarlett asked intending to embarrass Heather a little.

"Nope nothing." Heather smirked back, she was not going to fall for that trick.

"Damn it! I need some excitement! Malfoy is fun to torment and all, but I am bored." Scarlett whined a little.

"We'll be fine when we meet up with Nix. He'll be happy to entertain you." Brittany teased.

"Because we all know you enjoy it." Heather added.

"Oh whatever." Scarlett grumbled.

The two girls laughed, and soon enough Scarlett gave up pretending to be angry. Draco had finally gotten over the pain. Blaise coughed lightly to remind the girls they were here to buy supplies. Brittany and Scarlett turned to Blaise and sighed.

"Well we have to get going. His lowness is getting impatient." Brittany stated annoyed.

"Alright, just be sure to tell Nix I said hello. I kinda missed him when he was here, due to the product we're testing and all." Heather replied.

"Will do. See ya around." Both girls smiled and waved at their friends.

As they were walking out of the shop they hear two identical coughs. Brittany turned and smiled. "Bye Fred, Bye George, try and behave."

"Oh, Brittany Dear. You know we wont." The twins smiled as well, satisfied. They turned back to Heather. "Back to work then."

"Slave drivers." Heather grumbled playfully.

"And you know you like it." George shot back.

"Hmph."

Outside of the shop Brittany and Scarlett were trailing behind Blaise and Draco. Draco led them back over to Flourish and Blotts. They walked around inside and picked up all the books they were to need for school. Blaise was forced into carrying Scarlett's books, while Draco insisted on carrying Brittany's. As they were exiting, Draco bumped into someone. Both people fell to the ground.

There sat Harry Potter, with his two friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Books were strewn every where. Draco was not a happy camper, and neither was Harry when they both noticed who they bumped into.

"Watch where you're going Potty!" Draco hissed.

"Why don't you follow your own advice Malfoy." Harry shot back.

"Careful Potty, you don't want to piss me off." Draco warned.

"What are you going to do about it?" Ron smirked. "Your bodyguards aren't here."

"I can take care of myself." Draco challenged.

"Like you did when Hermione punched you last year." Harry teased.

"Piss off Potty."

"Oh for the love of Merlin. Shut the hell up Malfoy." Brittany groaned.

"Want me to kick him again?" Scarlett asked quite hopeful.

Brittany began picking up her fallen books. "He's not even worth it."

Scarlett grabbed her books from Blaise. They were obviously intent on escaping once more.

"And just where are you going?" Draco questioned ignoring the Golden Trio.

"Away from you. I was only here because of my parents you prick. They said I had to go with you, not stay and return with you." Brittany growled. "So leave me alone before I kick you in the nuts this time."

"Look Malfoy, your little girlfriend hates you." Ron teased.

"If you ever imply that I am dating that thing again, I will not hesitate to pummel you Ron Weasley. Fred and George can tell you that!" Brittany hissed.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron looked at Brittany strangely. "You call them by their first names?" Hermione asked.

"I am not cruel like most of the other Slytherins. Besides I really only associate with the nice ones. I am forced into Malfoy's company by my parents." Brittany admitted.

"Same here." Scarlett declared.

"Really?" Harry asked.

Right as Brittany was about to answer him she saw someone just behind him. He was a very tall male. He had shaggy sandy colored blond hair. His eyes were a kind hazel with tints of gold. He had a cocky smile on his handsome face and was looking around. His eyes caught Brittany's and he walked over towards them. He walked around Harry and over to Brittany and Scarlett.

"I have been looking all over for you two." He admitted.

"Hey there Phoenix." Brittany smiled.

"Thank you Merlin. Nix You are my savior." Scarlett cried out dramatically.

"Malfoy pissing you two off again?" He asked already knowing the answer.

"Yes!" Both declared angrily.

"Alright well then I'll just have to take you guys away so you don't kill him." Phoenix laughed.

"Why?" Scarlett asked. "I think it'd be fun."

"And then you'll be in Azkaban forever." Phoenix pointed out.

"Good point." Brittany and Scarlett laughed.

"Alright Blaise, I'm taking your sister and Scarlett to finish shopping. Hope you don't mind." Phoenix stated out of politeness.

"Sure Phoenix." Blaise agreed.

"Wait a minute. Don't I get a say in this?" Draco shouted.

"Piss off Malfoy. Leave the poor girl alone, you perverted prick." Phoenix shouted back.

"I'll get you Rivers." Draco threatened.

Brittany smacked Draco across the cheek. "Leave him alone or I swear to god I'll kill myself just to freaking spite you. " It was a somewhat empty threat Scarlett, Phoenix, and Blaise knew. But Draco and the others took her very seriously.

Draco relented at the treat. "Alright. Take care of my future wife Rivers."

Phoenix had to hold back Scarlett, and Blaise had to hold Brittany back. "You little pratt! In your freaking dreams!" Brittany shrieked.

With that she stormed off angrily. Blaise turned angry eyes to his best friend. Draco knew he was in big trouble, and worst of all, Potter's gang was there to witness it all.

"Hope your happy." Blaise glared.

"She'll get over it." Draco stated confidently.

"Wow Malfoy, and I thought every Slytherin girl threw themselves at you." Ron taunted.

"Piss the bloody hell off!" Draco yelled.

"She must know the real you. Too bad." Harry added.

Draco was about to say something not very nice to Harry. Blaise stepped in. "Let's just finish shopping Draco." He then began to drag Draco away from the Golden Trio.

"I never knew a female hated him that much." Harry admitted as the Trio entered the shop.

"She was about ready to clobber him. I wish she had." Ron sighed.

"You are hopeless Ron." Hermione sighed. "She would have been in so much trouble."

"She would have thought it was worth it though." Ron shot back.

"How do you know?" Hermione challenged.

"Just a feeling." Ron admitted.

"At least there are a few nice Slytherins in the world." Harry stated simply. "I think we found a Unicorn."

"Harry, we did that first year." Ron explained staring at his best mate. "You feeling alright?"

"Just fine. It's good to know hope is not lost for humanity."

"There may be hope for them yet." Hermione agreed. "Some of them at least."

Harry Potter was minding his own business when Malfoy had to go be a prick. He was about to fight when two girls he did not really recognize started in on the ass. He sat back watching the scene unfold and resisted the urge to check the sky. This had certainly been the weirdest year of his life. Having returned to his Grimwauld Place nothing happened on his birthday he was on edge. The visit from the new Minister of Magic at the Borrow the week after had him even more on edge. He'd received a Snitch from Dumbledore's will a sealed letter and a bottle of two bottles of silvery liquid.

Upon his return home after requesting Kreacher return to help him clean up his new place, he felt odd. The Minister was all too willing to have Professor McGonagall, acting headmistress apparate him in to call back the aid of the Black family house elf. After Harry agreed that he should not inherit the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Kreacher was more than thrilled to return to his home. He still treated Harry with disdain.

So while cleaning the mess of Kreacher's cupboard of junk, and dealing with the screeching Harry made Kreacher a deal. Harry would allow him to keep all the Black family heirlooms he wanted, if he could put the woman's portrait in the basement. Kreacher was slow to agree but did as was asked. His disposition had changed over the last few weeks. The pair had even begun to work together to get the house back into some shape.

Unfortunately that endeavor was not going very far. Harry decided that after the war he'd buckle down and ask Hermione for help. Besides that, Harry had little contact with his friends. They needed some time to be together as a couple, and with the war looming. Harry did not want to think about what could happen, he just wanted his best friends to have some happy memories before everything changed.

That brought him to the small pensive that had arrived just two nights ago. Having forgotten the letter in all the cleaning, and not wishing to open the last piece that kept a part of Dumbledore alive, he was stunned. His mind went to the letter and the bottle and he pulled them out of a drawer in his room and rushed back. Memories flooded him with the truth. Snape had not killed Dumbledore, he had almost done it to himself, to stop Voldemort. Snape was to do it for some reason Dumbledore had cut that memory off. He watched his old headmaster through moments of that year. Snape fed him potions to prolong his life. Begged him to let him try and help him. Dumbledore was stubborn and would have none of it. It was after these memories were finished that Harry looked to the second bottle. A good idea as to whose memories they were. He had decided to wait on watching those until another time. He needed to process this new information. He would dive into the head of Severus Snape before school had begun.

Now as he was walking with his best mates, per usual. He ran into Malfoy, also not uncommon. Then something else occurred in the oddest summer of his life. Draco Malfoy was being screamed at and threatened by a female. She was not yelling about him cheating or leaving her, in fact the girl was demanding he leave her alone. She even threatened his bits. That earned a mental chuckle. At least Malfoy was having an off summer as well. She claimed to be a nice Slytherin. Harry was unsure if they existed. He wanted to make a joke that he had found a unicorn or a phoenix. Then again, that joke had little meaning among wizards, especially pure-bloods. But he had opened his mouth so he made a comment. When she turned and then smiled he felt as if he had just stuck a fork into an electrical socket.

She was not pretty, she was nothing more than normal, but that smile had sent something shooting through him. The pure joy and happiness she showed spread through his own body and he had to stop himself. Was she smiling at him, or perhaps more importantly, was she smiling because of what he had said? Had he made the joke allowed and not realized it? Not even a half second after that crossed his mind another male passed him and both the girl and her friend were staring at this male as is he were the boy who lived. It was an odd feeling. Normally he hated being hero worshiped, or treated like the savior of the wizardring world. Right now he felt a little disappointed he was not the cause of that pure joy, but he batted it off. He had not been sleeping lately anyhow.

He had to wonder at the girl's sanity the moment she slapped Malfoy. The action had seemed practiced and came easily to her though. Then when he threatened her savior, she threatened suicide. That was a new one, and Malfoy backed off as if burned. Who was this girl that she could turn Malfoy's world upside down in minutes? He was almost tempted to follow after her when the trio left. They were off and Blaise Zabini seemed to be smirking at Malfoy. So it was his sister. He needed to get some sleep tonight, and Ron was looking at him like he had grown a second head.

Brittany was still red in the face from her anger. Her eyes were now a stormy grey. She was not a happy camper due to the comment that Draco had so callously stated. She was holding her books to her chest with an almost ferocious grip. At least she had gotten a small victory. She cared for no male, in her opinion all the good ones were gone or she had paired them off with her friends. Her eyes fell on Scarlett and Nix. Harry Potter, the white knight of her recent dream this morning was in front of her. She was hard pressed not to say anything. Luckily Nix as always had perfect timing.

She almost put her foot in her mouth. She had even stared at him. She felt mad and embarrassed. She had never had a reason to try and talk to the busy male. She would admit she loved watching every Gryffindor Quidditch match because he would be there on his broom. She shook her head and ignored it. She blamed it on the dream she barely remembered. All she remembered was he came rushing to her and she felt so safe. He asked her something and she told him something about a back up plan. He moved really close to her and then Scarlett woke her up.

"Just ignore him Britt. It is not like you will actually have to marry the ass." Scarlett pointed out.

"I don't know, I just seem to have a bad feeling about that." Brittany disagreed.

"Well it does not matter right now. The Silver Trio is back together again." Phoenix laughed. "So just relax for right now and forget about him."

"Who are you talking about." Brittany stated smiling a little. The red was leaving her face, and her eyes were returning to their normal color.

"That's our girl." Scarlett and Phoenix praised.

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