Athena waited patiently outside of the Slytherin common room in the dungeons, hiding under the invisibility cloak. It wasn't long before a small group of fourth year Slytherins were approaching.
She walked as closely as she could to them, making sure she didn't touch any of them. A blonde girl in the group said the password, pureblood, making the stone wall move, to reveal a passage.
They walked through the passage, to the common room which was at then end. As Athena tip toed through, she thoroughly scanned the room. The only people she recognised were Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy Parkinson, who seemed to all be enjoying themselves. Athena hoped that this meant that Draco hadn't returned from dinner yet. But she knew this was unlikely.
She took some time to look around the interior of the room as it was her first and would be her last time ever being in there. It was rather long, with stone walls and accents of green all around in the chairs, tapestries and lamps. She quite liked this common room. Sure, it wasn't as cosy as Gryffindor's, but it was definitely charming.
Athena continued through, not really sure on where to go next. She saw a boy go through a hallway to what may have been the dormitories, where she needed to be, so she followed him.
Heading down the hallway, she had certainly found where the boys dormitories were. There weren't many students around apart from the boy she had followed and to her surprise, Draco.
He had just exited his dormitory and was heading in her direction for the common room.
Athena reached his bedroom and twisted the doorknob to see if it was open. Obviously, it was locked. She then retrieved her wand from her pocket.
"Alohomora," she whispered, pointing her wand at the doorknob. It opened immediately and she stepped inside, shutting the door quietly behind her.
She ripped the invisibility cloak off of her, clutching it in her hand. She held up her wand again, uttering, "Accio Sneakoscope."
Straight away, the Sneakoscope flew towards her and she caught it in her hand. She pocketed her wand but did not move immediately.
Athena had accomplished what she came here for but before leaving, decided to be nosy. She was in her sworn enemy's dormitory after all. It would be amusing to tell the others later what it was like in there.
She peered around his room for a moment, noticing how clean and lavish it was. Unlike her dormitory, his only had one bed, which she thought was strange. The only students who had a room to themselves were the Head Boys and Head Girls. Draco was merely a prefect.
It was quite similar to the common room, with stoned walls, accents of green in the tapestries and lamps.
But apart from these few things, there was no other sign of life and colour in his room. It felt so cold, so gloomy to Athena as she evaluated her surroundings. It was not how she would decorate her dormitory, hers and Hermione's looking the complete opposite to this. It almost seemed as if none occupied it at all.
She clutched onto the invisibility cloak and threw it back over herself, just before turning the handle for the door and opening it quietly.
As she did this however, something from the other side forced the door open, catching Athena off guard. She stumbled backwards, nearly tripping over herself. Luckily the cloak didn't fall off. But it was too late.
"Homenum Revelio,"Draco spat, raising his wand in Athena's direction. Before she could prevent it, the cloak flew off of her and she was standing face to face with Draco's scorned expression. The Sneakoscope began to whistle, resulting in Athena to hold it behind her back.
"What the fuck are you doing?"he hissed, the sneer on his face looking almost frightening.
She said nothing. Only stares that could kill were exchanged between them.
"Answer me!"he yelled, shutting the door behind him. Athena gulped, a lump of anxiety rising in her throat, but ignored this.
"Taking something back that doesn't belong to you,"she said, regaining her confidence. She held out the Sneakoscope from behind her back.
His eyes moved to it briefly but then moved back up to her eyes, piercing them so violently it were as if he were trying to shoot daggers out of them. It was so daunting, she had to look away.
"You shouldn't be here,"he said aggressively.
"You shouldn't have stolen this then,"she said, rolling her eyes.
"Don't roll your fucking eyes at me,"he spat. This demand made her chuckle which she could've sworn he growled at.
"Oh do piss off,"she scoffed.
"You filthy mudblood,"he sneered, scanning her body up and down in disgust. Her laughing died away, feeling a pang in her chest.
"Shut up!" she yelled. If she wanted to, she could have slapped him, but didn't in order to avoid a sanction. He would probably just snitch on her if she did that.
He lurched forward almost predatorily, which forced her to react. She was shunned into the door, her back colliding with the hardwood.
He halted when he saw her flinch.
"What are you gonna do? Beat the shit out of me like you did with Isaac?" she snarled.
He clenched his jaw and his face paled. The deep grey in his eyes flickered while his lips parted as he hesitated to form words.
"You really think I'd do that?" he asked, his tone still defensive but losing its harsh edge.
Draco's facial features softened slightly, his scowl relaxing into more of a frown, though venomous anger still lingered lightly in his expression. He seemed to be offended. Maybe even hurt by her insinuation.
"You can't blame me,"she muttered, looking away from his face.
Silence.
"He deserved it,"he said, in a near whisper.
Athena scoffed.
"What, because he insulted daddy?"she mocked, a hesitant smirk playing on her lips.
"Don't ever fucking—" he seethed, cutting off his words. "Just don't."
His aggravation was amusing. She had never seen him this annoyed before. Offending his father was obviously a trigger for him, which she found all the more comical because his father was a dick.
She knew that the smartest thing for her to do would be to put an end to this spat and leave. However, she was rather enjoying herself. She liked to see her capabilities at getting under his skin. It made her feel powerful and in control.
She stepped away from the door, shoving the Sneakoscope into her pocket and strolled slowly towards him, that hesitant smirk, now worn proudly on her lips.
"Oh, i'm sorry. Worried I'll hurt daddy's feelings?"she chuckled, finding this all incredibly comical.
Before she could blink, her back was once again slammed against the door, though this time he had forced her there. His arms were positioned above both sides of her head; hands pressed firmly against the door. His head was hung inches over hers and as he glared down, his darkened eyes scorched into hers. His lips were pressed tightly together, probably to prevent himself from shouting.
It was then when her senses were invaded with the familiar, admirable scent which had diffused from the Amortentia. The one which she couldn't quite put her finger on at the time, where and who it had come from.
It was the rich smell of this particular cologne; mahogany infusing the air that lay between them. Athena found herself breathing in his scent like a drug, so completely and utterly consumed, vulnerable to be subdued.
"Shut the fuck up,"he demanded, clenching his jaw, his grey eyes nearly black.
Athena's eyelashes fluttered. She didn't feel anger or fear, there was no way on earth that she would ever be frightened of him.
No, something else had ignited inside of her. Almost like a burning passion; an extreme lust locked away in a cage, preparing to bash down the bars that were keeping it concealed from its freedom.
He was so close.
She could feel the drafts of his refreshingly minty breath, brushing lightly on her face.
Gazing up at his face, which was now twisted into a menacing scowl, her eyes filled with such desire it seemed like she could pursue anything.
"Make me,"she smirked, fluttering her lashes again.
He removed his right hand from the wall and reached into his pocket, rapidly pulling out his wand. Before she could move, he held it to her throat, digging it in gently at first, then harder as her smirk grew tauntingly.
He paused for a moment, only staring at her.
Draco bowed his head forward, crashing his lips into hers, his wand still in place. Her lips responded, moving melodically with his.
He pulled his wand away, dropping it to the floor. Instead his hand raised up to her neck, snaking around it into a rough choke, loose enough so she could breathe. The cool metal of his ring could be felt on the base of her neck.
His tongue swiped over hers, until they were in perfect rhythm. His teeth grazed her bottom lip and he nipped at her gently. She moved her hand to the nape of his neck, gripping onto the bottom of his silky blond hair. She tugged at it slightly, making him wince.
"Fuck,"he breathed between his teeth.
He pushed her back against the door more firmly, his vein-stricken hand tightly wrapped around her throat. Their lips continued their rhythm, in sync with each other's pace.
Draco removed his hand from her neck, using it to take off her tie, tossing it to the floor and began unbuttoning her blouse. He then ripped it open to expose her bust. His lips detached from hers and started trailing kisses down her neck and to her chest.
Athena slithered her hands through his hair, pulling another grip tightly onto it. He whimpered slightly as she did this, still sucking various spaces of skin on her chest. She did it again, tugging on his hair tighter.
She was breathing raggedly, and slipped out a small moan into his ear. His body then craned into hers, compressing her to the door once again.
She began unbuttoning his shirt, when he raised his head from her chest, grabbing her wrists to halt her actions, pushing them firmly against her bust.
"Don't tempt me,"he smirked enticingly.
Then releasing his grip on her hands, he walked away from her, going over to his bed, ending this moment of extreme passion between them.
Athena stood frozen against the door, her bra still exposed, the feel of Draco's cold, wet lips, remaining on her chest.
She was completely astonished as to what had just happened in the space of ten minutes.
He didn't look at her again. Instead he grabbed a book from his bedside table and began reading it, plummeting down onto his bed.
She moved away from the door, turning to face it. Buttoning up her blouse, she concealed the recent activity which had been played upon it. Refusing to look at him, she grabbed the cloak, made sure the Sneakoscope was in her pocket and opened the door.
She threw the cloak over her body and raced down the corridor, feeling confused above anything else.
'What the fuck just happened?' this recurring thought repeating itself in her head. She couldn't form proper thoughts in her mind besides complete and utter bewilderment.
She stumbled through the Slytherin common room which was now emptying as the night progressed. Draco's friends were still in the same place as they had been when she entered.
Athena reached the end of the hallway where she slowly exited the common room, trying not to make any sound. She dashed out of the dungeons, the invisibility cloak still wrapped around her.
Her head was rushing at what felt like a thousand miles an hour and her cheeks were burning. She tried to catch her breath through her chest rising and falling rapidly.
She made her way to Gryffindor tower, praying ever so desperately that her friends were not in the common room. She could not face any of them right now. Not after what just happened.
She reached the portrait of The Fat Lady, tearing off the cloak, which made her jump as Athena appeared out of thin air.
"Blimey! You gave me a fright!"she yelped.
"Dilligrout,"Athena blurted, rushing through the portrait hole when it opened.
Of course, to Athena's utter unfortunate luck, her friends were there in the common room, sat at their usual place around the fire joined by Ginny and Dean.
Athena instantly tried to compose herself, attempting a nonchalant facade. Their heads turned to her when she came into view.
"Did you get it?"Ron asked, his face alighting with hope. Athena dug into her pocket, trying to compose the trembling of her arm and pulled out Ron's Sneakoscope, then tossing it to him.
"Brilliant! Cheers 'Thena,"he beamed, sitting back in his seat now relaxed.
She passed Harry his cloak, thanking him for it and planted herself between him and Hermione on the sofa. Ginny and Dean wanted to get to bed, deciding to retire to their dormitories.
Harry's head followed the direction they moved in. As they lingered at the bottom of the girls dormitory steps, Dean kissed Ginny on the lips. Harry shifted slightly and then looked away from them and at the fire.
"Where's your tie?"Hermione asked Athena in a whisper.
Fuck.
Athena peeked down at her chest to find that surely enough, her tie was not around her neck. She touched a hand to where the tie should've been and looked up at Hermione, puzzled.
"I- er took it off earlier in the dorm,"she lied. Luckily Harry and Ron weren't paying attention, so they couldn't point out that Athena had actually been wearing her tie when she left.
Hermione nodded and seemed to have forgotten about it already, as she peered over at Ron and Lavender who were engaging in a heavy snog.
Very conscious of the fact that she would probably never get it back, luckily Athena had a spare tie in her trunk which she could use to replace the one that was currently lying on the floor of Draco's dormitory.
"Right well I'm going to bed. Coming Athena?"Hermione said, rather venomously. She nodded, standing up with Hermione.
"Yes, me too,"Harry said, panicking as if he couldn't think of anything worse than being stuck with Won-Won and Lavender.
"Oh yeah it's late, er—bye,"Ron said to Lavender, jumping up from his place next to her. She appeared utterly betrayed but seemed to brush it off quickly.
Athena said goodnight to Harry and Ron, but Hermione however said nothing, racing to the dorms. They reached their room, and got straight into their pyjamas.
"Why were you gone for so long?"Hermione asked.
She thought Hermione had dropped this.
"Um—I had to wait for someone to say the password. No one came for ages,"she replied, inventing a response and feeling impressed with herself afterwards.
"Oh right,"she nodded.
Athena got into her bed and just as she was about to delve under the covers, Hermione spoke again.
"'Thena, do you think–um–that—er–oh...nevermind," she stuttered, appearing rather flustered.
"What is it?"Athena asked, trying to appear understanding even through her current thoughts.
"Well–um–it's just, Ron and—well you know..." she said, scraping her giant mass of hair back into a bun.
Athena had caught an idea of what she was talking about but didn't want to go off of a hunch.
"Yes?"
"Does–er—is he in love with her?" she asked hesitantly, in a near whisper.
Athena gave a great chuckle which made Hermione blush red.
"Haha! No, definitely not. He's sick of her actually,"she replied.
"Oh...really? How do you know that?"she asked, sitting straighter in her bed.
"He told me and Harry earlier."
"Right,"Hermione said, which Athena could've sworn she saw a smile play on her lips for a moment. "Goodnight then."
Athena said goodnight and delved deeper under her covers. She replayed the events of the evening in her head, still in shock from what had happened between her and Draco Malfoy.
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sixth chapter complete :)
well shit.
and that was only the beginning...