Written In The Stars VI -[Harry Potter xF!Oc]

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Battle of The Astronomy Tower.

Mel ran up to her bedroom, when she came back her friends were still standing there. 

"You heard Harry," She grabbed the map out of Hermione's hands. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

"Mel, c'mon, you can't possibly think—"

"I don't," She stated, walking up to her bag and pulling out the fake galleon she would always carry. "But Harry's intuition rarely goes wrong—Sure, he was wrong about Sirius last year, but he's right about Malfoy, and about plenty of other things. I'll rather be safe than sorry."

"Mel, be rational," Erick started, but she shook her head.

"Draco's a death eater," Her eyes skimmed through the map. "He's been planning something for months—Harry said that when he was in the bathrooms the day they fought he said 'Unless I do it soon, he'll kill me'—  Don't you understand?"

Her friends didn't respond, Mel shoved the luck potion onto Erick's hands.

"Get Daphne. Lucas as well—Tell them we need eyes that Malfoy won't notice. Ron, bring your fake galleon—"

"But—"

"Bring it," Mel gave him one sharp look and Ron left. Then she turned to the Slytherin. "Ron will give you his galleon and you'll give it to Daphne in turn. Tell her that if the coin gets warm I'll need her to go back to her common room and make sure all the kids stay there."

"Who are we going to call apart from them?" Erick questioned. 

Ginny and Neville walked into the common room just then, Mel dragged them to where the group was standing, she explained everything quickly.

"Will you help us?"

"Sure," Ginny said right away. "Where's Harry though? Are you sure he's fine?"

Mel chose not to answer, she looked down at the map and frowned. 

"Malfoy's definitely on the seventh floor — He's not on the map. Keep an eye there, okay? If you see anything, you tell me..."

Ron was back, she seized her watch and grabbed Erick, pulling him closer.

"I rather look like a fool than to put my loved ones at risk," She said. "Please, help me. Just this one time."

For some reason, Barty Crouch Jr's words were echoing at the back of her mind: 

"Told you to leave it to the adults, didn't I? But true to your nature, you kept digging... I guess I should be happy you're still young and gullible to listen to what you're told, otherwise I would've had to kill you."

Perhaps all those months doing nothing while people continued to die was making her lose it, or her breakup with Erick left her feeling like she just couldn't do anything right, especially knowing her uncle was dying, she needed to know if she was really worthy to take his place.

Erick drew out his own watch, he uncorked Mel's potion and drank a bit, then he tried to hand it back, she stopped him. 

"Take it and share it with your friends. They're risking more than I am and it's better if they're uninjured once this is all over, no one will care about me—"

"That's not—"

"Go!" She pushed him away. 

Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Neville drank what was left of Harry's potion, she told Ginny and Neville to get other members of the D.A. if they could, she told Ron and Hermione to stand outside Snape's office, Mel left the tower as well, not knowing where she was planning to go.