When Hearts Take Control-Draco Malfoy love story #Wattys2016

What the hell was that?!

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny sat me on the comfortable couch in the Gryffindor common room as I wiped my tears away. Hermione and Ginny sat beside me, while Ron and Harry sat in front of me.

"What's wrong, Hannah?" Ginny asked, looking very worried for me.

"It was Defence Against the Dark Arts, Ginny." Ron explained to her quickly. "Not your class."

"What happened in Defence Against the Dark Arts?" Ginny asked turning to Ron, and then turning back to me. I had calmed down, and I took a deep breath.

"Ginny, before I answer that question, there's probably something you should know about me." I said to her calmly.

Ginny listened in carefully as I told her that I could speak to animals and they could talk to me. 

"But that's not all," I told her quietly. "I can feel what they feel too."

I got tears in my eyes again, but I held them back with great force. Ginny was amazed with my strange but powerful gift. Hermione explained to her what happened in the classroom, but she didn't know what to say when it came to the spider. She looked at me for help. I took another deep breath.

"As soon as Moody took the spider out of the container, there was this horrible fear over me. It was how scared the spider was."

"The spider?!" Ron said in shock. "I was dead scared thinking about that ugly thing!"

"Yes, we all know Ron, I'm arachnophobic too." I added, rolling my eyes. "That's not the point right now. The point is when the spider was under the Imperius curse, I was like panting and sweating, barely able to breathe. And when it came to the Cruciatus curse I felt-"

I nearly broke into tears again. I quickly wiped some that fell down my cheeks.

"You should've felt what it felt. It was screaming! It was going through so much pain and Moody just stood there and kept going! Did you see Neville's face?"

Hermione bit her lip.

"Yes." She whispered back to me. "It's because Bellatrix Lestrange did that curse on his parents. Now they're in a mental hospital ward because of how much torture they went through."

"And when Moody put the spider on the desk, it actually turned to me and said help me!" I said, more tears coming down my cheeks. "Then Moody killed it."

Ginny looked horrified.

"They shouldn't be showing things like that in a school!" 

"When he killed the spider, I just felt this deadly coldness eat me from the inside out. It was absolutely horrible. It was just like cold death." I added, shaking a bit.

Hermione and Ginny comforted me, while Harry and Ron looked at each other in shock. What were we going to do now? 

"Hannah, I don't think that teacher's good news." Ron said to me softly, leaning forward and touching my hands to comfort me.

Harry sat down on the floor in front of me. 

"It's definitely NOT good news." I corrected him, wiping my tears away. "Why would a teacher do that in the first place? They're unforgettable curses!"

Hermione  got up on her feet.

"I know! We should report this to Dumbledore immediately."

Ginny grabbed her arm.

"NO! Hermione, we still don't know for sure." She said in a small voice.

"But Ginny. she's crying! What other proof do we need?" Hermione asked desperately. 

I could see that she was very upset in Defence Against the Dark Arts too. I looked at her too.

"Thanks Hermione, but we still don't know for sure. Maybe it was just because the spider was terrified." I said weakly.

Hermione sighed and sat back down beside me on the comfy couch.

"Maybe." She muttered back quietly.

"Do you want to go back down, Hannah? Everyone's putting their name in the Goblet of Fire." Ron said, trying to cheer me up.

"Yeah, I guess I could go." I smiled back up to him, wiping my tears away for the second time today.

Once we got there, we saw Fred and George running up with a small potion in their hands. Everyone started clapping and cheering.

"It's not going to work." Hermione said, breaking the mood.

I sat down next to her. Fred and George came up to us and sat down either side of us.

"Oh yeah? And why is that Granger?" They asked her.

"See this?" Hermione pointed at a bright circle encasing the Goblet of Fire within it. "This is an age line. Dumbledore drew it himself."

"So?" Fred asked.

"So, a genius like Dumbledore couldn't possibly be fooled by something as pathetically dim-witted as an ageing potion." Hermione said, rolling her eyes.

But Fred and George didn't listen to her. They just winked at me, drank the potion together and jumped into the circle. Nothing happened.

"Yeah!" They shouted happily.

They then put their names into the Goblet. Instantly, a big white light shot them backwards, out of the ring and they grew white hair all over their face! I was laughing my head off as they started fighting. Hermione didn't seem amused though. She just rolled her eyes and shook her head as if to say 'I told you so'.

I sat beside Hermione, still laughing, but  everyone went silent as the doors opened to the room and Viktor Krum entered with a piece of paper in his hand. He walked up to the Goblet of Fire and put the paper in, giving Hermione a smirk and me a wink.

We didn't know what to do, but I saw, Hermione smiled back at him with a thoughtful eye. I smiled at her but she didn't see me.

I looked around to see where Ron and Harry had gotten but then I saw, Draco glaring at Viktor Krum as he passed by. Strange... I saw this morning that he and Viktor were really good friends. They were even sitting beside each other. What's gotten into Draco now?

As I was staring at him, I saw Draco turn and look towards me. As soon as he saw me looking back at him, he quickly looked away. I did the same thing because I had no idea what was going on.

I peaked back at Draco and noticed that he was smiling and laughing with his friends like normal. That's when I noticed that Draco had really changed over the summer holidays. He had gotten taller and his smile had gotten really nice.

At that moment, Draco turned to face me, and saw me staring at him. I was taken back a bit because I hadn't realised that I was watching him this whole time. But to my surprise, he just gave me a small smile and continued to talk to his friends. 

What the hell was that?!