Poisonous Snake {Draco Malfoy Fanfiction}

Chapter 19: Training with Snakes

I gasped, my lungs filling with air. 

- "You're okay, you're okay." a voice hurriedly said in my ear. It was Harry. He was holding me above the surface of the water. 

- "You... I had to... retrieve you from-" he started to say, panting. 

- "I know." I reassured him. 

We were now swimming towards the decks where hundreds of people were cheering and waiting for us. I was completely soaked, my body numb from the hours spent underwater. 

- "You know?" he stared at me with incredulous eyes. 

- "I saw it all, Harry, I was in your mind." 

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- "You actually saw everything through Harry's mind?" Hermione asked me for the fifth time. 

We had been going over and over what had happened during the task for the past thirty minutes. I was once again in the Gryffindor common room, which could have been my own by now since I spent so much time over there. We were now all warm and cozy in front of the fire, the cold and dark waters of the lake hours behind us. It was after dinner, and we still had a bit of time before curfew.

- "Yes, as if I were Harry, only I couldn't do anything. A bit like watching a film." I explained again, trying to be as clear as possible. 

- "A film?" Ron questioned, frowning. 

Harry, Hermione and I answered at the same time. 

- "Muggle thing." we simply replied, not bothering to go into details. 

- "How could you be in Harry's mind? Why Harry? How can you control it?" Hermione wondered.

- "Yeah, what keeps you from entering Snape's mind next time?" Ron exclaimed, we all laugh. 

- "I could try..." I joked, trying to ease the atmosphere. 

Harry snapped his head towards me. 

- "You could?" he asked me, his eyes gleaming with something I didn't recognise. 

- "I don't know what you are thinking about right now, but I don't like where this is going." I warned him. 

- "He was the one who put my name in the Gobelet of Fire." Harry told us. 

- "We don't know for sure, Harry." Hermione tried to calm things down. 

We were all exhausted from the lake task, even though a few hours - some food, and a nap - had passed since. However we were still worried to death. 

- "That's exactly why we should try and find out." He said, determined. 

- "You mean I should try and find out..." I reminded him. 

- "Y/N, we have to be sure." he looked at me directly in the eyes, "If he did put my name in the Gobelet, he's dangerous. He might be a death eater." 

I couldn't stop the chill running down my spine. Hermione nodded.

- "You have a pretty good excuse to check if he's a death eater Y/N." she told me.

I slowly swallowed. My uncle... fuck. I took a deep breath. 

- "Okay. I'll try. I don't even know how to, but I'll try." 

- "How did you do it the last times?" Ron asked me.