Updated: 8/26/18
~Of Silver and Gold~
Chapter Twelve: Injuries, Crashes, and Detention
Footsteps reverberated throughout the stairs and onto the hallway. Whoever heard it, knew that it was someone on the move. And Angel really was; she rushed throughout the castle trying to reach the Hospital Wing. She had been vicious in her rush, for example she was seen shoving a few first year Hufflepuffs down; but she didn't give a damn. Draco was injured and she needed to get there. She heard many protests from students that were bombarded by the small figure, but many understood, specifically the Slytherins. Rumors ran through the castle fairly quickly and they too felt worry for their Slytherin King and let her pass.
When Angel had finally reached the Hospital Wing, she found herself to be out of breath as soon as she reached the door. Her chaos caught Madam Pomfrey's attention as she lifted her head. Walking over and placed her hands on her hips worried.
"Miss Malfoy, what brings you here?"she asked.
Angel looked at her incredulously wondering if the woman understood how quickly gossip through the castle. Her expression must have clued in the healer clucked her tongue.
"Right Miss Malfoy, come this way, he is in bed right now" she said pushing her softly.
Angel didn't need to be told twice and she rushed over to see her brother lying on the bed. Immediately her hands went towards his face, delicately caressing his cheek in hopes of rousing him away. It seemed to do the trick as Draco, albeit a bit disoriented, looked up and let out a hazy smile.
"Hello" he slurred, at least that's what he tried to say
Her eyes softened as she saw him putting up a brave image to calm her down. She grasped his hand and he squeezed it, trying to comfort the blurry image. She sniffled and wiped her tears smiling in sat in silence as she tried not to fuss over him too much. It was once it was clear that he had some consciousness, she began to properly talk to him.
"Hey" she whispered. "You're an idiot."
He chuckled and shrugged.
"I did it because of Potter" he grumbled.
She shook her head, and felt a pang of guilt at even speaking to the person that had cause this to her brother. She leaned down and kissed his forehead, moving blond strands from his face.
"Doesn't matter, just get better okay?" she whispered.
He nodded and looked up at her with his grey eyes. He never meant to worry her, honestly she was sometimes worse than his mother. He patted her hand and tugged her towards the bed.
"Stay with me?" he asked.
She nodded immediately and let go of his hand to drag a chair towards his bed. As she sat down she grabbed his hand once more and placed her head on his chest. They relished the silence, they didn't need to speak. The silence however was broken by Angel who smiled
against his chest.
"What?" he asked.
"You're going to have to tell mom" she whispered.
He glared down at her as she simply laughed.
"I told father already" he replied.
She lifted her head to look at him. Wasn't he embarrassed to have their father find out?
"You told father?" she repeated a little louder than expected.
Madam Pomfrey opened the curtains and glared at the pair.
"Do be quiet, or I will be forced to escort you out Ms. Malfoy" she said snippily.
She nodded and as she left, Angel and Draco let out a small amused smile. She made him scoot over and she sat down next to him on the bed. She sat up and she turned to face him. He simply wrapped his arm around her shoulders and held her close.
"I told father about the bloody chicken and how it attacked me" he said. "Much to say he wasn't pleased. I hope that bird is slaughtered and Hagrid sacked"
Angel frowned at his comment and looked up at him, not pushing away from him. She didn't agree with him, she didn't agree with him at all.
"Drake…" she said softly. "Draco"
He looked down at her and noticed that she didn't seem pleased. As much as he didn't want to hear it, he knew he was going to.
"I don't think that creature should be killed" she said. "Can't they just let it go? I mean, I don't think that you were just attacked with no cause. There had to be a reason right? I mean you did blame Ha-Potter"
He frowned in return and turned to properly face her.
"Why are you making an issue of this? Wouldn't you think it's the best solution?" he sighed. "It hurt me and it's for the best"
She shook her head.
"Drake, why are you being so hard headed" she groaned.
"Because, a Malfoy always gets their way, you know this"
She shook her head and she patted his side.
"You're such a git" she whispered.
He rubbed her shoulder and chuckled.
"I swear to Merlin sometimes I don't think you're a Malfoy. You never act like one" he muttered.
As soon as the words escaped him, he found himself wincing at the light slap that came from his sister. He knew that she was getting tired of hearing that comment one after another related to their differences, but didn't think she would get riled up so quickly.
"When are you getting out?" she asked already changing the subject.
"Look, Angel I…" He said trying to make her feel better.
"Drop it" she said firmly. "Just answer my question okay?"
He sighed.
"I might be going back tomorrow in the morning." He said. "My arm is basically just needs to be wrapped."
"I hope it's painful" she muttered.
He glared and pinched her side, only to make her yelp in surprise.
"I'm just saying" she said trying to lighten their conversation. "Don't start being all 'Oh, yeah I almost lost my life to that bloody chicken" she said imitating his voice.
He glared and pushed her off the bed, despite her protests.
"I don't do that" he sneered.
They both were interrupted from their conversation as Madam Pomfrey entered the room.
"Now Miss Malfoy, do leave Mr. Malfoy here so he can rest. He'll be up and ready by tomorrow morning"
Angel nodded and turned to face Draco.
"Night Drake" she whispered and kissed his forehead.
He waved her off amused.
"See you, you big baby"
She rolled her eyes and walked away room the infirmary. As soon as she let, the smile was replaced with a worried frown. Closing the door behind her, she felt her guilt weighing on her. She didn't want the creature to be killed, but she knew Draco would never change his mind, he was so stubborn and prideful. It was in the midst of her distraction, that she failed to realize that someone was rushing to turn the sharp corner of the stairway. Before she could even fathom what happened, she felt the wind knocked out of her as she tumbled down.
Swearing she saw stars, Angel groaned in pain trying to get the spinning to stop. She lifted her left hand and began to rub her head. A groan was heard across from her and she looked to see Potter doing the same action as she was.
"Potter" she said.
Harry was getting up in the middle of her comment and when he heard her, say his surname. He immediately looked down and saw her on the ground. He had just figured out what had occurred; they had crashed. He forced himself not to smile at the irony of it all, her avoiding him just to end up literally crashing.
"Here" he said.
He offered his hand to be polite, and before she could protest he pulled her up. It would have been a graceful move, except with the force that he had pulled had caused her to crash into him. She squeaked in surprise and looked up at him to see him with an equally surprised expression.
"Hey" he said softly.
"Hello" she replied a bit surprised at their lack of space.
She forgot for an instant what was going on, and why in did they crash and silence loomed over the pair.
"Do let go Potter" she said pulling herself back.
He looked at her as if he had been burned and he stepped back, rubbing the back of his head showing his embarrassment.
"Where are you running off to?" he asked.
She blinked a few times.
"I wasn't the one running Potter." She said trying to sound annoyed. "Just let me pass"
She walked away nudging his shoulder on the way, and a smile tugged his face. Even though, he should have been thinking about the dangers that roam in the halls, all he could think of was that fate didn't always have it against him. So far he had ridden Buckbeak, saw Draco make a fool of himself, and crash into the girl that had been ignoring him. He placed his satchel back on his back and began to walk towards Potions…maybe fate wasn't so kind considering that he was late for Snape's class.
Next Day…
Angel had not seen Draco at all ever since the previous day. Professor Lupin had given her detention after she had left the class to see Draco. After she had crashed into Potter, she was found by Professor Lupin and he had brought her in his office for her to sit and explain to him why she had done that.
Flashback…
Angel forced herself not to glare at how Professor Lupin had asked her to come to his office. He had forced her to sit down in front of his desk, and she was currently trying to ignore the uncomfortable silence that around them. She was twitching as nervousness rose within her but the silence ended whenl he began to talk.
"Ms. Malfoy, I must ask why is it, that you left my class?" he asked.
She looked up at him and looked at him defiantly.
"Well Professor Lupin, my brother had been injured so I went to look after him."
He raised his eyebrow and looked straight at her expression. She looked away as his stare was too intimidating for her.
"I understand that Miss Malfoy" he began. "But my question is why did you do it?"
She looked at him confused.
"Professor I don't under-"she began.
"If I may be honest Miss Malfoy" he said interrupting her comment. "It is not like a Slytherin to be so concerned even if it is for family."
She looked at him surprised and then frustrated.
"Professor" she stressed. "What were you…a Gryffindor?"
He nodded letting her continue, just observing where she was going.
"Well you don't understand what it's like being a Slytherin. We are not categorized as loyal, but we are, we are bonded to our siblings whether by blood or house. So I am a Slytherin, and I am loyal to the people I care about Professor and-"
"Detention" he interrupted.
"What?" she asked confused.
"Tomorrow after DADA, you have detention with me, and minus ten points from Slytherin"
She glared at him and slammed her hands on his desk.
"May I leave?" she seethed out.
"You're not going to fight it?" he asked amused.
"No, there is no point, and I am not risking losing more points. Good night Professor" she said and walked away forcing herself not to hex him.
As she left, Remus Lupin spun his seat to place his back to him. He let out a little smile and a chuckle. She sure was an interesting girl, and if his hypothesis was correct, he needed to learn more of the girl. Good thing that she seemed to be a troublemaker, detention would be easier to hand out.
End Flashback
Harry was looking towards and annoyed Hermione as she sneered at the cups that Lavender and Parvati stared at immediately.
"Honestly Harry, I don't understand how they can stare at cups and think they can see into the future, how ludicrous" she whined.
"Come on Hermione, there's no real point to be annoyed" Harry tried to calm her down.
"They are at least a dozen! They make me lose my cravings for tea, I am abstaining from it" she huffed.
"Come on Hermione, its wicked" Ron said through a mouthful of food.
"Only you would think that Ronald, only you" Hermione muttered and bit into her tart.
Harry chuckled and his eyes trailed away to see Angel walking into the Great Hall. She looked annoyed and from the books she carried, he heard that she was given detention. As she sat down, he looked away and then noticed how his best friends were in the middle of an argument. Shaking his head, he found himself intercepting in hopes of stopping this before it grew into something bigger.
….
Angel was annoyed; not only had she lost ten points for Slytherin, which her Prefect was very mad at her for, but she had detention. Never in her short time at Hogwarts had she brought such shame on herself. She was better than that, she knew she was yet nothing she could say could make Professor Lupin change his mind.
This annoyance carried over as she reached the Great Hall and she realized that there was no place for her to sit. It seemed that Daphne Greengrass had taken her seat, as had many other girls as they circulated Draco and his arm in a sling. She heard a chuckle from beside her and she looked up to see Blaise looking at her.
"Disgusting isn't it" he said.
"They took your seat too?" she asked slightly amused.
He nodded and took her books placing them inside his satchel.
"Thanks" she said leaning against him.
"Doesn't that bother you?" he asked.
"How he is an attention whore?" she asked.
He chuckled at her and smirked.
"If you want to flower it that way then yes" he said amused.
"Yes, yes it does. I got detention for the git" she muttered.
He rubbed her arm and she sighed in exasperation.
"Everyone in Slytherin heard love" he said.
She glared at all the girls around them and how they hadn't noticed she was there. There was even a first year in her way.
"Does it hurt terribly Draco?" Pansy cooed.
"It comes and goes. Still, I consider myself lucky. According to Madam Pomfrey, another minute or two and I could've lost the arm." Draco said dramatically.
"Yes, quite" Angel interrupted his story telling. "And if you vultures don't move from my table, you will lose more than just a limb got it?" she hissed.
They girls looked at her immediately, including one surprised and amused Draco. They muttered coos of protest to Draco who shrugged.
"Sorry ladies, this is our table" he said.
"Yeah, leave you vultures!" Pansy screeched.
She got up and moved to her respective seat leaving the seat for Angel, who sat on Draco's right side. Blaise shooed the girls as the squawked in protest. He chuckled and sat down next to Angel amused.
"You sure know how to ruin someone's fun" Draco muttered.
Angel smirked and she nudged his arm earning a groan of pain. She giggled and Blaise joined in as Pansy rubbed the arm worried as Draco hissed.
…
Harry, Hermione and Ron looked at the Slytherin table hearing the annoyance.
"The little git, he's really laying it on thick, isn't he?" Ron muttered in disdain.
"At least Hagrid didn't get sacked." Harry said.
He noticed that Angel had her books taken by Blaise and that they leaned against one another annoyed at the table. Then as they sat down they began to laugh at an annoyed Draco.
"Yes. But I hear Draco's father's furious. I don't think we've heard the end of this.." Hermione said worried.
Everyone was calming down and the chatter began all around, that is until Seamus Finnegan loudly exclaimed.
"He's been sighted!"
The Trio turned to look at him in surprise. Seamus and the other Gryffindors are huddled over a copy of The Daily Prophet. They couldn't help but do the same and try to take in the new information.
Across the room, Angel was given the same news by Blaise who was reading the newspaper and commented on it.
She looked at him confused.
"I saw you collecting the other one, thought you might want to see this new one" he said.
Angel unfolded the newspaper and she saw the Daily Prophet. There was Sirius Black with the chilling answer.
"Sirius Black" she whispered.
At the Gryffindor table, Hermione read over the shoulders of others and answered Ron's question.
"Sirius Black" she replied. "Achintee? That's not far from here"
Many of the fellow lions looked around, and Neville looked absolutely pale.
"Y-you don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?" he stuttered.
"With the Dementors at every entrance?" Parvati shook her head. "Doubt it"
Lavender scoffed so loudly that they all looked at her, including Angel who discretely looked at her.
"Dementors? He's already slipped by them once, hasn't he? Who's to say he can't do it again?"
Unbeknownst to Harry or Angel, they both shared a look of fear that flashed in their eyes. She bit her lip as Lavender's words repeated in her mind.
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