"Mr filch, round up the ghosts. We need to search every painting in the school to find the fat lady." Dumbledore demanded moving his hand across one of the marks.
"There's no need for ghosts. The fat lady's there." Filch pointed. Everyone started running to the painting, it seriously was like a stampede. You couldn't help but laugh at Percy was being pushed against the wall as all the students darted up the stairs.
"My dear lady," Dumbledore began. "Who did this to you?" He asked. There she was, the fat lady hiding behind an animal crying.
"Eyes like the devil and his soul as dark as his name." She whimpered. "It's him headmaster the one they all talk about! Ge's here somewhere in the castle! Sirius Black." She cried and hid behind the animal again.
"Secure the castle Mr filch." Dumbledore ordered. "Rest of you, the great hall!" Dumbledore yelled. Holding your hand over your mouth in shock you stood stuck there staring at the painting on the wall.
"Is it a bad time to say i need a toilet." You whispered to Hermione.
"Honestly Y/N, yes it's a very bad time." Hermione said. As quickly as you could you ran through the busy halls bumping into people and earning a few pushes in return. You did not want to be alone out of the great hall.
When you finally reached the bathroom you noticed someone was already inside. "Hello?" You questioned. "Could you hurry please?" You asked.
The door swung open to reveal Susan Bones. She frowned in confusion. "Go to the great hall! Sirius he's here." You told her.
Once you finished you basically ran to the great hall. "Where have you been?" McGonagall quizzed.
"The bathroom, i really couldn't hold it sorry." You apologized.
"Very well Miss Y/L/N." She said handing you a sleeping bag. Your eyes scanned the great hall to see there was no room next to any of your friends. The choice was between Hannah Abbott and Susan Bones, you didn't really mind but you weren't close with them. You had really only spoke briefly for example just in the bathroom.
You layed down next to Susan who was already sleeping. Was I really gone that long? You thought to yourself. You rolled over so you were facing the wall. You hated being on the end because if Sirius Black came into the hall then you'd be the most vulnerable.
Suddenly something hit the floor next to you. You held back your scream thinking it was Sirius, but then you caught sight of familiar blond hair.
"What are you doing here?" You whispered bitterly as Malfoy layed next to you in his sleeping bag.
"Everyone is sleeping in Slytherin over there and there's no space. How come you're not asleep?" He asked turning to face you.
"Well there's a space next to Hannah so you can go away and i went to the bathroom. I thought i was quick but i guess not." You informed. "Why are you here so late?"
"That's none of your business and to be honest as much as I hate you i'd still rather sleep here than next to a Hufflepuff." He said.
"I just told you why i was late why can't you tell me?" You asked.
"Because it has nothing to do with you." He shrugged pulling the sleeping bag closer to his face.
"At least I'm not on the edge anymore." You mumbled.
"Why? Oh, are you scared?" He teased smirking.
"No i was just cold." You lied turning away from him.
"Sure Y/L/N." He whispered. I could tell he was still smirking without even looking at him.
It seemed as if hours had passed and you still couldn't get to sleep. You rolled back over and faced Malfoy who was just gazing up at the night sky in the bewitched ceiling."You know it's rude to stare." He smirked turning his head.
"I wasn't even staring-" You stopped speaking when you heard what sounded like a howl. Your eyes widened and without thinking you moved closer to Malfoy hiding your face with the sleeping bag. He's here. That's him. It's the end. I'm going to die next to Malfoy. Maybe I should just run now.
"Y/L/N." You heard, but you didn't look up. "Y/L/N."
"What?" You barely whispered.
"You're kind of invading my space." You opened your eyes and slowly pulled the sleeping bag from your face to see that you were basically laying on Malfoy.
"Sorry I-I-erm.." You stuttered. Great going Y/N. He's going to make you remember that for years. Idiot . You told yourself moving away from him but still closer to him than Susan.
"It's fine Y/L/N. I knew you liked me." Malfoy breathed moving closer.
"Move one bit closer and I will break your arm." You warned glaring at him putting your hand out so he couldn't come any closer.
The doors began to slowly open. "Don't make a sound!" You mouthed closing your eyes thinking it was Sirius. Malfoy nudged you and you opened your eyes.
"It's Dumbledore relax." He mouthed back.
"Still don't make a sound."
"I've searched the Astronomy tower and the owlery and there's nothing there." You heard someone say but you couldn't make out who it was.
"the third floor is clear too."
"I've searched the dungeons and there's no sight of Sirius Black nor anywhere else in the Castle." That was definitely Snape.
"Thank you Severus. I wouldn't expect him to linger."
"Remarkable don't you think? To enter the castle completely undetected.
"Very." You couldn't make out much more as it seemed like they were getting further away.
You shrugged and closed your eyes and eventually fell asleep.
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You woke up and stretched taking a deep breath. Your neck and back hurt from laying on the cold floor and it didn't help you couldn't get to sleep properly. You still managed to wake up earlier than other people.
You rolled over but you couldn't. You jumped when you realized that Malfoy was right next to you with his arm around you. Well that's awkward you thought to yourself trying to move without waking him up. You gently moved out of his grip, but You couldn't help but look at his face though, it wasn't in his usual scowl it was a flat expression which you don't think you've seen before.
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Your first class was defense against the dark arts with Professor Lupin.
"Hi Y/N. Where did you sleep? I didn't see you." Ron asked catching up to you as you walked to class.
"Take a guess." You sighed.
"Hey." Harry and Hermione said at the same time.
"Hi." You replied.
"I just asked where Y/N slept and she told me to guess." Ron informed.
"Well I'm guessing it was bad." Harry said.
"Correct." You fake grinned entering the classroom. Harry an Ron sat together so you sat on your own.
Soon after more people joined you and before you knew it the class was full.
"Lupin's late." Harry said.
"He isn't normally." You responded confused as to his whereabouts.
"Y/L/N... Y/L/N."
"Y/L/N I know you can hear me. Y/L/N!" Malfoy said. You turned your head to the right giving him a death glare.
"I do have a first name you know." You spat, which made him smirk. You wish you could just wipe that horrible annoying smirk off of his face! "What do you want?"
Malfoy's smirk grew bigger. "I had fun last night." He winked. Oh was he really going to pretend like something happened!?
"What are you talking about?" You quizzed.
"Don't try and pretend like nothing happened."
"Nothing did happen Malfoy. I swear to fucking god if you start making up rumors i will kill you." You warned turning back to the front. Wonderful. You didn't realize how loud you said that to him and nearly everyone in the class was looking at you.
Bang! The class turned and saw Snape closing the shutters on the windows and making his way to the front of the class.
"Turn to page 394." He said looking down at the students.
"Excuse me Sir, Where's Professor Lupin?" Harry asked.
"It's not really your concern, is it Potter?" Snape said. "Your professor finds himself incapable of teaching at this moment in time, turn to page 394!" Snape demanded. You rolled your eyes and rested your head on your hand. Snape was the worst teacher to have.
"But Sir, we've only just started learning about red caps and hinkypunks. We're not supposed to be learning nocturnal beasts for weeks." Hermione added.
Once again you and Ron exchanged confused looks. You definitely did not see her walk in the classroom and sit next to you!
"Quiet." Snape frowned.
"When did she come in? Did you see her come in?"Ron asked.
"How do you keep doing this? Where do you come from?" You quizzed. Hermione was sat in between you and Ron and neither of you saw anything.
"Now which one of you can tell me the difference between a werewolf and an animagus?" Snape asked in his normal slurred kind of voice.
Both you and Hermione's hand shot up in the air.
"No one." Snape continued not even look at either of you."How disappointing."
"Please Sir," you began. "An animagus is a wizard that elects to turn into an animal a werewolf has no choice." you stated. "When he transforms he no longer remembers who he is, He'd kill his best friend if he crossed his path.Furthermore a werewolf only responds to its own kind" you added.
Malfoy howled like a wolf which gained a laugh off crabbe who was sitting next to him. You rolled your eyes, hut chose not to say anything to him.
"Thank you Mr Malfoy." Snape said.
"Speak out of terms again Miss Y/L/N and it'll be a detention. Are you incapable of keeping your mouth shut or do you take pride in being an insufferable know it all?" Snape spat glaring at you. "Five points from Gryffindor. As an antidote for your ignorance. On my desk by Monday i expect to pages on information about the werewolf with particular emphasis on recognizing it."
As Snape was speaking a piece of paper flew across the room to Harry. When you turned around you saw Malfoy smirking waiting for him to read whatever was on it.
"But Sir, it's Quidditch tomorrow." Harry said.
Snape basically launched onto the desk. "Then i suggest you take extra care Mr Potter, loss of limb will not excuse you." Snape sneered. "Page 394 the term werewolf comes from the Anglo Saxon word were, which means man and were, werewolf. There is several ways to become a werewolf that includes shape shifting." The rest of the lesson you seemed to zone out completely. You felt extremely guilty for being responsible for making the class have to do homework.
The rest of the day went by slowly, boring was an understatement.
"What did Malfoy give to you in defence against the dark arts?" You asked on your way to the great hall.
"It was just a drawing of me being electrocuted by lightning." harry brushed off.
"Oh nice." You frowned.
"I think what's more important is the reason you shouted at Malfoy." He said.
"Well er, in the great hall there was no room so i slept next to Susan, but then Malfoy was late as well so he went next to me. That is literally all it is and he's making it out as if something else happened, which it didn't. we just argued." You explained clearly.
"Is that it?" Ron questioned.
"yep." You smiled. The golden trio looked at you suspiciously but you pretended not to notice.
As you sat in the great hall eating you felt as if someones eyes were watching you, but you couldn't see anyone so you decided to ignore it and carry on eating. You looked over at Ron who was stuffing his face full of food and then you saw Hermione who was staring at him in disgust. You thought they'd be a great couple and as you said before they had some sort of connection.
Once you'd finished your dinner you had a free period so you and Harry decided to go to the Quidditch Pitch as Harry wanted to have a quick practice before the match tomorrow.
"I bet I could do a lap of the pitch quicker than you." Harry smirked.
"Is that a challenge?" You replied.
"Maybe."
"We'll see then shall we." You said getting on your broom.
"1...2,3.GO!" Harry shouted.
"Harry you cheated." You yelled after him but Harry didn't stop or turn around. You focused and quickly caught up to him.
"I knew you'd catch up to me" He laughed.
"Or even win." You grinned speeding ahead.
You got off your broom with a smirk at the end knowing you easily beat Harry.
"Yeah whatever Y/N." Harry huffed opening the case which had the snitch inside.
"Harry if we can't catch this snitch in less than 2 hours I'm not carrying on." You informed getting back on your broom.
"Why not?" Harry asked.
"Because we need energy for tomorrow's game." You replied like it was obvious.
"Oh yeah." He said releasing the snitch and getting on his broom.
At least ten minutes had gone by and neither of you had caught sight of the golden snitch. You don't think that you'd have the patience to just sit around looking for it whilst a game was going on.
Suddenly you heard a buzzing noise next to your ear. The snitch. You dived down after it hoping Harry hadn't seen, but as if he'd heard your thoughts Harry came flying next to you. It was obvious harry was going to catch it because you weren't a seeker you were a chaser, but it was worth a shot.
The snitch sped rapidly through the goal scoring hoops and back down to the pitch and towards the stands. You were so close to it and you had your hand out to get it when harry came from opposite you and took it.
You made your way down after Harry noticing it was getting dark. "I was close to getting it." You shrugged.
"Close but not close enough." Harry grinned. You rolled your eyes and hit him with with the broom
"Ouch." He joked picking up the case.
You looked up at the sky as thunder rumbled in the distance. You had a feeling that tomorrow's game wasn't going to be a good one.
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Hope you enjoyed chapter 3.
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-M