Orla Ricci, a young teenager from Ireland, travels to Hogwarts to seek protection from her past. While at Hogwarts, Orla falls for the devilish Draco Malfoy who she slowly sees as misunderstand and a doorway to her dark past she has tried so hard to...
Orla grabbed her Slytherin robe and bag before a knock sounded on the door. "Who is it?" She asks while looking her hair over in the mirror one last time. She had given herself two dutch braids that ended at the nape of her neck. "It's me." Draco says making Orla tense a little before smiling.
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The door opened to reveal Draco standing tall in his uniform. Orla nodded towards him as he walked into her room. "Good morning." She says before putting her robe on over her black skirt and white button down shirt. "Morning." Draco says before coming up to her and buttoning the few buttons on her robe.
Orla cleared her throat while looking down at his hand fumbling with her robe. "Thanks." She mumbles while pulling his hands away and holding them. "To class?" He nods before grabbing her bag and walking out the door. "You really don't need to carry my bag." Orla smiles before trying to grab her bag back. Draco doesn't let her have it.
As they both walk to potions class, a few of Dracos friends come around and talk to him. "Are you ready for the Quidditch match tonight?" Blasie asks while looking over at Draco and a few other people Orla didn't know. "Of course, we're going up against Hufflepuff. Can't wait to snatch the golden snitch from Greggory." Draco replies.
"Are you coming tonight Orla?" Blaise asks, looking over at her in question. "Sure, why not." She says smiling nervously while counting the number of people she would be adding to her list. Orla looked over at Draco as he shrugged a little.
Once they were in class, Professor Slughorn started his lecture before showing off what they would be doing today. "Today we will be making Amortentia potion. Can anyone tell me of it?"
Hermione raised her hand almost immediately, and was picked on. "Amorentia is one of the most powerful love potions in the world. The potion is known to smell different and of the things one finds attractive." She explains as Slughorn nods in approval. He then told all of the student to begin.
Draco grabs the ashwinder egg before cracking it open and mixing it into the cauldron. "Don't get any ideas." Orla says while looking over at him and smiling. "I think I can get you to like me more without any potion." He then hands a moonstone to Orla to start scraping.
"Perhaps." She says shrugging while chiseling off chunks of moonstone before crushing them. "If you don't want to go to the Quidditch match, you don't need to. I'm going to be quitting after tonight." Draco looks down a bit before cutting off thorns from a rose. "Quitting?"
"I've.. got too much on my plate." He states while looking up at her. Even liking this girl was adding to his plate. "I see." Orla nods before throwing the powder in and mixing it. "I'll go." She smiles a bit before starting to grind a pearl into dust. "Might be the only time I get to see you play if you're planning to quit."
Silence laced between them as Orla thought about her own plate. Her parents had told her to come here and try to live a normal life, but of course that would never happen. Voldemort had to be defeated for Orla to live a normal life.
