Year 1 - Dynamics - A Harry Potter Fic.

Part 25 - Vyla's POV

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(Outside Of Transfiguration)(Vyla's PoV)

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I nudge Draco in the arm, waking him up as class is dismissed. I gather my books and stand up. Amelia bolts out the door as if she's got someplace to be. Draco wipes his drool away as we head out of the class. Outside of the classroom, I spot Jay. We approach him. It's been a month since our trip into the Forbidden Forest, and ever since then, Amelia's been acting weird. Avoidant, I suppose, of me and the rest of all who went.

"Hey, Jay!" I wave, as Draco spots him. Draco groans.

He looks up from his book, pretty shocked. "Oh! Hey Vyla, you spooked me."

I nod to him, "What'cha reading there? Gotta be something surreal if I managed to spook you.."

"I was taking Cedric's Defense Against the Dark Arts book to him, I got bored and started reading it... the animagus section is fascinating."

"Oh..." I say, particularly bored by now, "That's cool."

An idea pops into my head, "Oh! Hey, why don't you two join me and my adventure buddies today?"

"Sure, why not? I'm not busy." Jay shrugs.

"Wait, who the hell are your adventure buddies?"

"Oh, right. My buddies are Mickey and Nevile Longbottom."

"Ooh! Yes! Nevile, I love him! Platonically, of course." Jay says, mostly to himself.

"That manipulative little twit and the meek Gryffindor?" Draco huffs.

I smack him with my books in the arm.

"Be nice."

"Um, OW." He growls.

I stick my nose in the air and give a prude noise.

"If you're going to be rude to them, then you can go study for our potions test with Snape on Friday."

Draco groans. "Ok, ok, fine!"

He grumbles, "I'll be 'nice'."

"Draco Malfoy? Nice? Woah." Jay says sarcastically.

To which I give a big cackle. And now it's Draco's turn to smack me with a book. I rub my arm where it hurts and glare at him. He simply sticks his tongue out at me.

"Ok, then... Let's go."

On the way down the hall, someone in Gryffindor-- who I noticed is as smart as that Hermione -- waves at us.

"Hey, guys!" He bids as we pass by.

"Oh hey-- Jaaake?"

He deadpans.

Whatever.

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(Time Skip)

(The Hieroglyphics Hall)

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When we meet up with Mickey and Nevile at the Hieroglyphics Hall, towards the lower levels of the castle, we find Mickey pacing back and forth between the narrow hall.

"Hey, guys!" I cheer, greeting them. Mickey doesn't look up and Nevile gives a meek wave hello.

I look at Mickey oddly and Nevile skips on over to my side.

"He's in a bit of a fizz right now..."

"Is everything okay?" Jay asks.

"Not really," Mickey sighs.

"Why what happened?"

"Says he lost his Bowtruckle."

"Yeah, Mr. Lima-Bean slipped out of sight for one second, and now everything's going wrong?"

Draco stuffs his hands into his pockets, as if not to care. I recall that I brought two people along and make a quick introduction.

"Hope you don't mind that I brought people along." I chuckle.

"It's fine, just as long as they help find Mr. Lima-Bean," Mickey states, mostly looking at Draco.

"I just promised to be nice. I didn't promise to help find whatever the hell a LimaBean is."

I elbow him in the ribs.

"As usual, Malfoy, you have lived up to your reputation." Nevile sasses.

Draco scowls, "Shut up."

"I mean, it's not hard to live up to that reputation, Malfoy." Jay jabs at Draco, "I wouldn't mind helping though. I've got nothing better to do."

Draco glares at Jay.

I clear my throat, turning to Draco.

"You know-- The NICE thing to do would be to help look."

"You people are the worst."

I lean forward, giving him my puppy eyes. (Meanwhile, Jay gags.)

He sinks in posture and mumbles something that none of us catch.

"Sorry, what?" I trill.

"I'll help find the bloody Lima Bean!!"

He huffs a breath, "What IS a lima bean?"

"Well, Malfoy, lima beans are a type of bean but I wouldn't expect a dimwit like you to understand that." Jay says before going pale and recoiling and changing to a sweeter tone, "But in this case, I'd assume it's a name."

We all stand around staring at Jay, completely shocked after him owning Draco in that roast.

"Wow... MudBlood's got guts." Draco smirks.

Jay grins.

"Draco!"

"What?"

"You can't just call him a Mudblood!" Nevile hisses

"It's okay Neville if that fly-bitten pig can't come up with a more creative insult, then don't even acknowledge it," Jay says.

Draco smirks, impressed with how far Jay has come.

"Well, ... I'll be a bitch."

"Look! Can we just focus on finding Lima-Bean?" Mickey pleads.

"Oh, sorry Mickey," Jay says.

"Yeah, sorry, got distracted in the moment."

"What's Lima-Bean look like?" I ask.

"He's a Bowtruckle."

"What's a..."

Mickey huffs a breath and pulls out a school book.

'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.' Opening the book to a page in the depths of it all, she shows us a picture of a Bowtruckle.

We have our collective 'oh's.

"Where do we start looking?"

Mickey sighs, looking ashamed of something.

"Mickey?"

"I saw him... But you're not going to like where."

I look at Jay, then back at Mickey.

"He's in Professor Snape's office."