Chapter 9
The next day I woke up. Draco is sleeping so I decide to head to my dorm. As I head to my dorm a thought crosses my mind. What if Ethan's parents are death eaters? I don't think my dream will become real but if Ethan was a death eater in my dream maybe his parents are. I get to my room and walk to my dresser. I grab my clothes, then head to the bathroom and get changed. I freshen myself up and get ready for the day. My next objective is to see if Ethan's parents are death eaters. Thankfully, around this time he is either eating breakfast or heading to breakfast, so he can go to the astronomy tower and eat. My bets are on that he's at the astronomy tower.
And so that's where I'm headed. It only takes a couple of minutes to get there. Thanks to Fred and George I've learned my way around the castle. I walk up the stairs and see Ethan sitting near the edge staring over the landscape.
"Mind if I join you?" I ask, making Ethan turn around.
"Uh. Sure." I walk over and sit down next to him.
"We haven't talked much since break." Ethan says quietly, trying to start up a conversation.
"Sorry about that."
"It's fine. It's basically how it usually is anyway." He shrugs. It is how it usually is. I avoid him a lot. Usually when he gets a girlfriend.
"Ethan, I don't try to ignore you. We drift apart easily." I try to explain but every bit of it sounds like a lie.
"I know we do. I don't blame you if I'm being honest. I think I always kinda knew we were gonna drift." He takes the lie as if it were the truth.
"Maybe that's why we never actually tried to be with each other. I think we both subconsciously knew that we weren't going to work."
"Probably."
"I'm pretty sure this is the most deep conversation we've ever had." I joke. I don't want to talk about why me and him have never been together. If I do I will just end up crying and yelling at him.
"Way to ruin the moment." He said while nudging my shoulder.
"I guess that's just how I am." I say while chuckling a little.
"On a serious note, I need to ask you something." I changed the subject to what I have been wondering about.
"What's up?"
"Are your parents here, death eaters?" I ask slowly.
"Yes, why?"
I shrug. "Just curious."
"That's not true. Why do you want to know?"
"I saw in a dream that you had become a death eater. I don't believe you would but it made me think if your parents are death eaters."
"Ok."
"See I was just curious."
"Ok."
"Anyway, I better get going. I promised Fred and George that I would help them with something."
"With what?"
"You'll see." I say while getting up.
"By the way don't eat breakfast tomorrow." I say just as I get to the staircase. I leave before hearing any response. I walk all the way down to the kitchens. When I get there I tickle the pear on the painting and enter the kitchen. Fred and George were at a table looking at some pieces of parchment.
"You know you should be more attentive. I could've been a teacher." I say causing the twins to look up.
"Well I guess it's a good thing you aren't a professor." Fred jokes. I walk over to the boys and sit down next to Fred.
"So what's the plan?"
"Right now the house elves are preparing breakfast for tomorrow." George replies.
"We have three spells, one will make a person's tongue their house color for one day, two will make their tongue swell up, and the third will make your hair color change to the color you hate the most." Fred said, finishing George's sentence. I still don't know how they do that. Parker and I have practiced shit like that but could never ever get it right.
"We heard that you are very good at changing the color of things." George says with a smirk on his face.
"Meaning Parker told you because I did her hair for Halloween." I cut him off before he could continue. He gives me a cheeky smile then continues.
"So, you are going to be doing the hair color spell. Fred will do the other color spell and I will do the most important one of them all."
"Oi. I think I have a more important job than you." Fred says.
"Oi. We better hurry up before we get caught." They looked at me and started laughing. After their laughing fit, (That I eventually joined in), we all got up and started hexing the food. It didn't take us very long, thankfully. When we were done, Fred asked Dobby to get us a pack of cookies, then once we received them, we thanked Dobby then left. I went back to my common room and sat down on the leather couch. Thankfully, the common room is not far from the kitchens, so I didn't have to walk far.
"You know, it's kind of rude to leave your boyfriend while he is sleeping." Draco said as he sat down next to me.
"Sorry love, I was taking care of something." He sighed then laid his head on my shoulder. Out of instinct I lay my head on his. Draco grabs my hand, lacing our fingers together.
"Is it ok if I call you bubs?"
"Yeah. It's cute." I smile at his comment. I never knew Draco Malfoy could be sweet.
"We have school tomorrow don't we?" I honestly don't pay attention to school. Even being at a magic school. Nothing makes me focus on school. Not anymore.
"Yep."
"Great." I say with sarcasm dripping from my voice.
"Can we just cuddle? Right now?" I ask. He lifts his head up and nods. He lays down on the couch, pulling me with him. The upper half of my body is practically on top of him and the other half is on the couch.
"I don't deserve you." Draco whispers. I smile to myself, then close my eyes. After a few minutes, I hear light snoring coming from Draco. Man, I wish I had a camera because one I want to bug him and two his little snore is kinda cute and funny. Anyway, I hear the common room door open and hear loud voices coming through the door. I hear their footsteps stop by the couch and I hear one of them scoff.
"God that girl is clingy." I hear Pansy say. I want to make it look like I'm asleep so I keep my eyes closed.
"I know. It's not like he even likes her. I bet as soon as he can get out of that arranged marriage he will." I hear Daphne Greengrass say. Daphne is Astoria Greengrass' older sister, who happens to be in my year. Yep, the same Astoria Draco Malfoy marries. I don't know much about Daphne. All I really only know about her is that she is a Slytherin and Astoria's sister.
"Yep. He'll be running to anyone who would give him pleasure. I'm surprised he hasn't cheated on her by now." A pang of guilt twists in my stomach. He probably has. I'm just the girl he's supposed to be married to. I don't know if I want to be that.
"Who says he hasn't?" Daphne responds.
"You two shut up before she wakes up. And stop saying I'm going to cheat on her because I won't. Unlike you sluts, I have the decency to be loyal to whoever I'm with." Draco mumbles in my defense which surprises me.
"Excuse me, you were dating me earlier this year and still cheated on me." Pansy replies, her voice going an octave higher than normal.
"Well, maybe it's because I don't like you Parkinson. Now both of you go away before I hex you. Also Pansy, you are more clingy than she's ever been." I hear Pansy and Daphne scoff then I hear them walking away. I open my eyes and look up at Draco.
"Thank you for that." He didn't say anything, just smiled. I look away from him and lay my head back down on his chest. I feel him kiss my head.
"You're welcome."
"I'm pretty sure I have detention tonight." I comment.
"I would be surprised if you didn't." I hit him lightly on the chest, then started laughing.
"Asshole." I breathe out.
"FELICITY!!!!" I hear Parker scream from our dorm room. My eyes go wide knowing that I am in trouble for some unknown reason.
"When were you going to tell me that you have a cat?" Parker says as she stops right in front of the couch.
"I'm sorry. I didn't even know my mom sent her. I haven't been in my room since yesterday."
"It's fine, just make sure she stays flea free. You know what happens."
"I know." She walks away but I get up and go give her a hug from behind. She wiggles out of my grasp and gives me a death stare.
"Love you, Parker." I say with a cheeky smile.
"You're a dork."
"I know." She shakes her head, then turns around and heads out of the common room. I turn around and go over to Draco. I grab his hand and pull him up. He grumbles a bit but follows me. I walk all the way to my dorm room. When I get to my dorm I see a small black kitten on my bed sleeping. I nearly scream because it's so cute. I'm pretty sure her name is Shadow if I remember my script correctly. I drag Draco to the bed and he lays down on the right side of the bed, making sure not to lay on the kitten. I watch as he starts petting the kitten and falling asleep. After about a second, I lay down on the left side facing Draco and the kitten. I brush a bit of Draco's hair out of his face, then close my eyes and fall asleep.
I open my eyes to see my room crumbling around me. Everything was gone except me, the bed and part of the walls. Water was seeping into the room from the lake. Nothing felt normal or right. I got up from the bed and walked out of the room. Everything in Hogwarts was ruined. The slytherin common room was almost completely filled with water. I walk out of the common room, finding the hallways filled with water. I walk up the stairs entering the first floor and everything is in ruin. Some things are on fire and the roof is collapsing on itself. I move out of the way as a piece of the roof comes crashing to the floor.
I walk all the way to the great hall and see bodies on the floor. Most of them I've seen in the hallways during free time. As I'm walking, I feel a hand on my back, so I turn and end up seeing Draco. He pulls me into a hug and starts crying. I put my arms around him and he melted into the hug.
"Please don't leave me." He whispers.
"I won't." As soon as I say that I feel a sharp pain sears across my stomach. I let go of Draco, then grab my stomach and fall to my knees. I look down and see blood coming from my stomach. Draco bends down and sits beside me, pulling my head to his chest. I can feel myself grow tired and weaker, as Draco starts trying to comfort me.
"Stay with me please." Was the last thing I heard Draco say before I closed my eyes and woke up.
I open my eyes and sit up quickly. I feel a hand on my shoulder but I don't bother to look who it is. I put my hand to my stomach and look down, making sure there's no blood. I wiped away a tear that came down my face. I shake my head and finally hear Draco talking to me.
"Earth to Felicity. Are you ok?" Draco asks.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just shaken up, that's all."
"Bad dream?"
"Mhm." I hummed in response.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No. Maybe. I don't know."
"I think it might be better if you do." He's right.
"It-it was strange. I-I woke up here in the room but it was different. The whole castle was in ruins. When I got to the great hall there were bodies everywhere. You came up behind me and pulled me into a hug then....I-I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and I saw blood. Then when I closed my eyes I woke up." I feel him pull me into a hug as I start shaking, reliving the dream. The kitten crawls onto my lap and curls up to take another nap. Draco rubs my arm, while we lay back down. Slowly, my eyes drifted closed and I fell asleep.
A few hours later, I woke up and it was extremely dark. I decided since I have barely been out of my room much, I'm going to go for a walk. I quietly get up, trying not to wake Draco up. I grabbed one of the hoodies Draco gave me and my wand, then left the room. I walk out of the common room and into the dark hallway. I take out my wand from my pocket and say, "Lumos." The tip of my wand lights up, making the dark hallway less dark. I walk along the dark hallways, all the paintings telling me to put my light out.
As I'm walking, I see another light from around the corner. I slowly approach the corner and look around.
"Harry?" I say, making him turn around.
"Felicity? How did I not see you on the map?" Harry says, clearly startled from seeing me.
"I don't know." I walk over to him and look at the map. I see my footprints and name next to his on the map.
"Harry look." I say, pointing at where it says Peter Pettigrew on the map. He looks down at the map, then looks up to check if anyone was there. He looks back down and sees Snape coming up another hallway.
"Mischief Managed." He says while I put the light out on my wand. As soon as Harry puts the light of his wand out, another light appears with Snape at the other end of it.
"What are you two doing awake at this time of night?" Snape says.
"He was sleepwalking. And I was helping him to his common room." I quickly lie, using the story Harry was supposed to tell him.
"How extraordinarily like your parents, both of you. Especially like your father, Pottah. Strutting around the castle like you own the place."
"My dad didn't strut and nor do I. Now if you don't mind I would appreciate it if you lowered your wand." Harry snaps. Surprisingly Snape lowers his wand a little but not enough where it wasn't in Harry's face.
"Empty your pockets." Snape drawls. Harry does reluctantly, explaining all he has is a spare bit of parchment.
"Open it." Harry opens the parchment, then Snape dramatically puts his wand to the parchment saying, "Reveal your secrets," in a really dramatic way. At the moment, I'm not sure whether I should leave or not. If I leave I'm going to get yelled at but if I stay I'm probably going to get yelled at. So I just stay where I am listening to this unfold.
"Read it." I hear Snape say, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Messers Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs offer their compliments to Professor Snape and request that he keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business." Professor Snape had started to insult Harry but before he could Professor Lupin's voice came from behind him.
"Lupin, out for a little walk in the moonlight?" Snape says, mocking Lupin.
"Harry, Felicity, you ok?" Lupin says completely ignoring Snape's question. We both nod our heads.
"That remains to be seen." Snape says as he snatches the parchment from Harry. "I have just now confiscated a curious artifact from Mr. Potter. Take a look, Lupin. It's supposed to be your area of expertise. Clearly it's filled with dark magic." Snape hands Lupin the parchment. Lupin looks over it and starts laughing to himself.
"It appears to be a prank parchment. Meant to insult anyone who reads it. I presume it's a Zonko. But as you say it's my area of expertise, so I will look further into it. Felicity, Harry come with me." Lupin turns around and starts heading to his office. Harry and I start following Lupin, thankful to get away from Snape.
We walk into Lupin's office, feeling the disappointment filling the room. I knew we were both in trouble. Lupin turned around, causing me and Harry to stop in our tracks. Harry waiting to get scolded and me acting like I don't care. I don't really care because I know what's going to happen. Lupin might not let me off easy but he's going to let Harry off with a warning.
"Now, Harry, Felicity I have no clue how this map came into your possession and I am very disappointed that you did not turn it in. Your parents died to save your life Harry, and this is a poor way to repay them."
"I'm sorry sir." Harry whispers.
"I will not cover up for either of you again. Understood?"
"Understood." Harry and I say at the same time.
"Good. Now I want you both to head to your dorms. No short cuts. By the way, Miss Wilhite, I know you don't like Professor Snape but when he is teaching my class, I expect you to have the same respect for him as you do for me."
"Yes sir."
"Don't tell anyone I said this but keep up with the sarcastic comments. I enjoy reading those after I get back." He smirks and a mischievous glint appears in his eye.
"Will do, sir." I say with a smile.
"Professor? Before we go, I don't believe the map always works." Harry says as he stops by the door.
"What do you mean?" Lupin questions.
"I saw someone. Someone I know to be dead. Peter Pettigrew."
"That's not possible."
"It's just what I saw." Harry says, then turns around, with me following after him.
"Goodnight Harry." I say as I walk towards the dungeons. I don't bother to hear if he says it back or not. I'm tired and I want to sleep.
I get to my dorm and see a grumpy looking Draco Malfoy, sitting on my bed, waiting for me to come in. He is sitting cross-legged, with his arms crossed to his chest. It's quite funny. He looks like a little kid who is upset with his parents.
"I hate when you do that."
"I couldn't sleep." I shrug.
"You could've woke me up, instead of leaving me to wonder where you are." I laugh a little and lay down by Draco. He lays down and puts his arm around my shoulder. I lay my head on his chest and close my eyes, letting sleep overtake me.
I wake up the next morning, having a restless sleep, making me tired as hell. Draco is awake, waiting for me to wake up. I sat up slowly, not wanting to move at all.
"Did you sleep at all?" I ask Draco, knowing I probably moved a lot in my sleep last night.
"Yeah why?"
"I tend to move a lot when I don't get a good night's rest." He nods his head, then puts his arm around me and puts his head on my shoulder.
"I need a shower." Draco says.
"Same."
"Can we try something?"
"What?"
"Just come with me and you'll see." He says as he moves off the bed and extends his hand towards me. I take his hand and he pulls me after getting some clothes, into the bathroom. He starts the shower and starts taking his shirt off.
"Are you going to join or are you just going to stand there watching?" I smile, then slowly start undressing. Not for his pleasure but because this is the first time I've ever showered with a guy in my life and even here I'm still really insecure about myself. Draco went into the shower while I was undressing. I followed in after him, keeping my gaze at his face and nowhere else. He took my hand and pulled me under the water. I felt the hot water go down my back, feeling stress just wash away.
"Which one is your's?" Draco asks as he picks up a shampoo bottle.
"Strawberry vanilla."
"No wonder your hair always smells good." I blush and keep quiet, not really knowing what to say. He picks up my shampoo bottle, then looks over at me, smiling to himself. He gives me a quick kiss, while opening the bottle and pouring shampoo all over my head.
"Draco, that's too much. I'm trying not to waste any." He laughs and puts the bottle down. He starts massaging the shampoo through my hair, surprisingly making me calm. I did the same to him, both of us just washing each other's hair. Draco's hair is really soft. When he doesn't have all that gel in it, it's soft and he looks really hot with wet hair.
Anyway, after our shower, we got dressed and left the bathroom to see Pansy waiting for us on her bed. Her tongue was almost completely swollen and her hair was a shade of a disgusting green. I smiled, knowing that the prank had worked.
"Let me guess, that was the business you had to take care of yesterday?" Draco asked as he turned to me.
"Yep." I say, way too cheerily. I hear him laugh a little, while Pansy gives us, mainly me, a death glare. Pansy tried to start yelling at me but all her words came out were just mumbles. Me and Draco just walked out of the room and acted like no one was there. We both walk out of the common room, heading to one of our classes. I don't know or care which one at the moment. At this point I've skipped class so many times, I've forgotten what classes I have. But I'm pretty sure I have Arithmancy. Which sucks because I hate math and arithmancy is just the wizard version of math.
Before me and Draco even step onto the first floor we are stopped by Filch. Well more like I'm stopped by Filch.
"You, little rat, have detention tonight. And so do those twins, make sure to tell them." Filch says to me and me only. I just nod my head and walk away.
I get to class a couple minutes later, and end up getting yelled at by Professor Vector. I sit down next to Hermione and lay my head on my desk.
"You really need to stop skipping classes." Hermione says.
"I slept in."
"People are going to start blaming Draco. Ron already does and people suspect that you two are just using each other."
"We haven't done anything. By the way, I like you as a blonde." I say looking at her hair. I'm guessing yellow is one of her least favorite colors. But surprisingly it looks good on her.
"Your idea, I'm guessing."
"No but I did the spell for it." She rolls her eyes and gets to work. I don't bother with my work because I know I'm going to flunk this class. I'm not good at math at all. I'm not even good at math in my real reality. I have like a c in math I think. Well that's partly because I never turn in my homework. But again I don't like math and I don't see the point of it. I probably will, later in life but right now nope.
The bell rings and I bolt out of the classroom before anyone can ask why I was late. As I'm running, I see the two red-heads I need to talk to. I run up to them and start walking as I catch up to them.
"Hi."
"Hello." The twins said at the same time, like usual.
"You missed the prank this morning. It was hilarious." George says.
"I slept in. Sorry guys."
"Yeah, bet you were up late with your whiny-ass boyfriend." Fred grumbled to himself. I looked at him confused for a quick second, but didn't let him see my expression.
"Excuse my brother, he just woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning and is a little bit grouchy."
"It's not that George and you know it. She's hanging around the shittiest person in this school. She barely makes plans with us anymore. And remember what he made her do. Now she's all buddy-buddy with him like they've been friends since forever." Fred snaps, then walks away before his twin and I could answer.
"I...Is that what everyone thinks? I'm so sorry if that is. I didn't..."
"No, it's just him. No one has really had a problem with it because you've kept him from taunting people. Well...no one except him and Ron. Ron we all know why, but Fred I thought he was over you to be honest." George cut me off before I could get in another word.
"I...I thought he was too. Should I go talk to him?"
He shrugs. "Probably. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Do you really like Malfoy, or are you playing pretend? Like how we used to when we were kids."
"Don't hate me but yeah, I like him a lot. I was scared to get close to Fred, you know. Because I knew I was gonna end up spoiling his fun."
"I don't hate you. I just won't ever understand how you like that git. But, yeah go talk to Fred, he'll need it."
"Thanks George." He nods his head, then I walk away to the spot where I know Fred is going to be. His little secret spot.
I walk all the way to the spot and take out my wand, removing the bushy entrance so I can get in. On the other side, I see Fred sitting with his legs over the edge and head in his hands. I put my wand away, then walk over quietly and sit down next to him.