Heirs to Something Greater (d.m)

10: The Assignment

AN: Hello Lovelies! It's been a bit so I'm going to basically spam upload like 4 chapters and then come back and edit the author's note and the photo when we have more readers. ENJOY!!!!

Cedric and Lottie never showed up. I would have been worried but Pierre swore that they were fine so we just left it at that. The rest of lunch was uneventful, but it didn't stay that way for long.

"Hey, I need to use the restroom real quick. I'll be right back alright?" I turned to Adeline as we left the hall. She nodded as I turned to the left.

"Other way!" Pierre said with a smirk on his face. I smiled and then walked to the right, the correct direction, with a bit of a blush on my cheeks. It wasn't too long of a walk to the bathrooms, and I was sure I wouldn't get lost.

I walked quickly turning around the corner only to stop in my tracks. Oh boy.

Draco and two other Slytherin boys, who I had learned to be Crabbe and Goyle, stood talking to each other just a few meters away from the girl's room. They must have sensed me standing there awkwardly because they decided to direct their attention towards me.

"Well, look who we have here. Get lost again, hufflewus?" Draco snickered walking closer to me. Not his best insult really.

The boys behind him laughed idiotically like he was the Paul Anka of comedy. I ignored the comment and started walking again, steering as far as possible from them. Keeping my head held high I didn't notice one of them stick their foot out, slightly tripping me so I stumbled.

"Can't even walk correctly, Bloom? Probably the work of your mudblooded parents, can't even raise a child correctly," The blonde snickered, his goons gladly joining in.

"Don't talk about my parents like that!" I whipped around and glared at him, my fists clenched at my sides.

"Or what?" He challenged. When I didn't say anything Crabbe and Goyle laughed at my small attempt to stand up for myself and my family. I felt stupid backing down so early, but there wasn't a single thing I could do that wouldn't end up badly for my family and Adeline.

"Exactly. Just like that. People of your stature should do what you're doing right now, shutting up and listening to your superiors," He pushed and I scoffed.

There was no use in arguing with him, he'd just end up throwing some empty threat that risks too much and winning. That didn't mean I couldn't get in a few blows.

"You know what Draco? You're a rude, scared little boy who can't seem to do anything but insult others probably because you're too insecure about yourself. I don't care who your father is, or how "pure" your blood may seem, you're still just another bully," I spat angrily.

Everyone seemed a bit taken back at my sudden outburst, but Draco quickly recovered. His eyebrows scrunched together in a fit of rage and his eyes darkened.

"Why you," He stormed towards me whipping his wand out of his pocket. I was trying to get mine out when he flicked it out of my hand using a disarming spell. Suddenly defenseless, I froze.

He brought his wand up to my face in a threatening motion, the tip of it almost touching my throat. I kept my hands visible and pulled back my head in a bit of fear, attempting to hold back my quick breaths.

"You're lucky I don't use a spell on you right now, filthy little mudblood," He seethed, extra amounts of hate and pure resentment dripped from every word, "I got this one boys. Go ahead and head back to the next class."

I watched as Crabbe and Goyle hesitantly blumbered around the corner. Suddenly it was just Draco and I, out of a whole castle of students no one could walk down this one hall? He slowly lowered his wand and it felt like I could breathe again.