The Riddle: The Philosopher Stone ( Shifting Script/ Harry Potter Fan-fiction )

Chapter 29:

It was a week after Halloween and I was going to Potion's class since it was my next period I had to take. When I walked in, I saw Sage was sitting next to Fred than our usual table. I went up to her to find out why she wanted to sit with Fred all of a sudden.

Me: " Sage! Why are you sitting with Farty Fred and not me!"

She and Fred turned their heads when they heard me speaking.

Sage: " Just wanted a different change of face that's all."

Fred looked like he was offended

Fred: " I don't even fart! At least not in front of you guys!"

Sage was laughing. I moved my eyes down to under the table, since I was in front of them, I saw that they had their hands collided together and it was resting on Fred's leg. He was stroking her hand with his thumb, which was adorable. They had their precious time to look into each other's eyes after they were done explaining why she was sitting with them. I didn't want to stay there staring at them and they staring at each other, so I decided to look for a spot. There was literally no where to sit. Except... next to Draco. I wasn't speaking to Draco, as I was too mad at him for what he did at Halloween, always being so mad or sad at me. But I had no option. I went over and tapped on Draco's shoulder. He turned around in fear, but when he saw me, we just stared at each other before I blinked and asked

Me: " Do you mind if I sit here?"

He looked surprised to see me, and replied

Draco: " Um, sure."

I put the handle of my bag on the back support of the chair and sat on it. He was still looking at me as I layed out my supplies on the desk. He then broke the silence as we waited for Snape and asked

Draco: " Why do you want to sit next to me?"

I rolled my eyes slightly and replied

Me: " Sage is having a situation where she thinks Fred is much better looking than me to stare at."

I said sarcastically, but he said

Draco: " Well, I think she's wrong..."

I dragged my face to look at Draco in a confused look. He was just writing on a piece of parchment rather than looking at me. I could feel my cheeks turning scarlet red at his comment. I heard a door slam open, it was Snape. He was walking fast and angrily to the front

Professor Snape: " Today, we are going to be taking a break from learning how to brew potions and instead..."

While he was saying that, I could hear people let out a sigh of relief.

Professor Snape: " Learn how to gather Porcupine Quills."

I heard people whispering

Professor Snape: " Silence! Now, follow me students, and don't trip on anything. I'm talking to you Fred."

Fred looked at Sage and moved his shoulder up and down. Signaling that he knew Snape was talking to him. Everyone including me and Draco rose from our seats. We were making our way to the Forbidden Forest when I heard a boy say

Terry: " But sir, aren't we not allowed to go to the Forbidden Forest? Under Dumbledore's order?"

It was in fact Terry Boot. The same Ravenclaw that wondered why I came late on the first day of Potions and didn't get a punishment. Professor Snape replied still walking

Professor Snape: " Mister Boot, that's five points. You should have common knowledge to know that I asked Professor Dumbledore."

I mean, he wasn't wrong. We kept walking to the inside of the forest. It was huge and I didn't know how to react to it. It was beautiful, yet, incredibly scary. Professor Snape stopped all of a sudden. Multiple kids knocking each other down from hitting the back of Snape. He didn't budge to fall. Once everyone stopped, he turned around and took out his wand.

Professor Snape: " This area is where you should collect your Porcupine Quills. I will assign your partners to help you with your task. For each group, I expect at least twenty quills since this area is filled with Porcupines. You both will have thirty minutes to complete the assignment. If you have any trouble, and I don't mean finding a bee that's following you Fred, but real trouble, then pull out your wand and spark a red firework. This is not a game Fred, this is serious. Alright, I will be pairing now."

He started grouping two people together and let them go off to find quills. Sage got Terry, which made me feel bad for her, Fred got Daphne Greengrass, and I got. Why does Snape always do this? Draco Malfoy. We started walking away from the group to get quills. Right as we lost sight of Sage, Draco asked me

Draco: " Are you mad at me?"

I rolled my eyes for him to see and said

Me: " What do you think Draco?"

He immediately replied back with

Draco: " But what did I do to make you upset?"

I lifted myself up from the dead leaves on the ground and said

Me: " I don't know Draco, maybe because whenever I am doing something with other people, you start to get mad or sad about it! I'm starting to think this isn't a game of us trying to trick the others to think we are actual enemies, what, do you want me to start calling you Malfoy from now on?"

He looked at me guilty, and I just stared at him. He became angry and replied

Draco: " Well i'm sorry to be the only smart one and know that Woods, the Weasley's and Pottah are a bad influence on me, you, and Turner!"

I could feel my pure blood boil, these wizards were nothing but kind to me ever since I met them, how dare he think that they aren't? I said

Me: " Well maybe if you tried being friends with them, you would understand that they're more than you think."

Draco was starting to turn maroon at my words, he was very pissed. He started saying

Draco: " Merlin Hazel! Why can't you understand how I feel! How I feel about everything! You are so ignorant! Maybe you would understand how I feel about you! Merlin Hazel... we stare at each other like it means nothing, don't you know it means something?"

I was in shock. I- i never really understood what this meant. For the both of us. It was like Cedric all over again. He was right, I am ignorant towards him. But he will never know that I was ignorant to him because I had such strong feelings towards him that I shove them down because I know, if it ever happened, it wouldn't do good for the both of us. But before I could respond, I saw Draco looking at my lips and came near, and kissed me. But this wasn't like the library, no, this was like me and... Oliver. But the kiss felt right, and it felt as if time stopped. I could feel my arms try to go around his neck, but then I realized, this is wrong. I couldn't like Draco. Not under the circumstances with his father being a very, and i mean very loyal death eater like Sage's mom. I couldn't date him even if I wanted to, I also had to be careful for Uncle Leo's safety. I quickly pulled him away. I could feel myself flush over the situation. He just stared at me, waiting for me to say something, but I didn't. I didn't know what to tell him. Instead, I went back to picking quills. He stayed there confused for a while, but then joined me. We finally got ten each after about fifteen minutes. Draco just stood there, not knowing what to do once we were done. I stood there as well, being in the same place. Then, I decided to go find Sage. She must be here somewhere. I started fast walking around the forest, but I believe I was going in deeper. I could hear a faint voice saying ' wait! Hazel!' but I thought I was just imagining things. I could hear something rattling in the bushes. I started getting scared and decided to go ahead and keep walking. Sage has got to be here...right? I came near what seemed to be, a skull. It was tiny though, as if it was a rat, some sort of rodent perhaps. I tried to ignore it. Before I took a step further, I saw from the side of my eye a long figure. It went at me. I turned my head as fast as I could and saw red eyes. I saw a black long thin body. It was a snake. It's mouth was opened and I saw the sharp long fangs that was about to bite me. I felt a sharp object go into my low arm. I immediately said

Me: " Ow!"

I was grabbing my arm to steady it. I saw two big red dots. I could see my veins pop out and my arm started to swell. I could feel myself going away. All I saw was a blur of green and brown until I heard a thud. I was so groggy that I couldn't say anything. I eventually heard a quiet ' Hazel! '

Was it Sage? Fred? Draco? But then, all I saw was black. Nothing more.