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Dementors

(A/N: Happy Hallowe'en! What will you dress up as?)

The Gryffindors and I were inside Hogwarts Express, looking for an empty compartment.

"We didn't mean to blow her up. We just..." Harry said.

"Lost control." I finished.

"Brilliant!" Ron grinned.

"Honestly, Ron, it's not funny. Harry and Anna are lucky they weren't expelled." Hermione scoffed.

"I still think it was brilliant." Ron retorted.

We found a compartment with no one except a man in shabby robes.

"Who d'you reckon he is?" Ron asked.

"Professor R.J. Lupin." Hermione replied.

"You know everything. How is it she knows everything?" Ron looked amazed and creeped out at once.

"It's on his case." I pointed to his suitcase, where it read, Professor R.J. Lupin.

"Er, I'm going to find my friends. See you later." I smiled and left.

𓅓𓆙𓅓𓆙𓅓𓆙

I was walking to the compartment where my Slytherin friends usually sat, when the train lurched and stopped. The train lights flickered, then died out.

I walked faster, hoping to go into the compartment and seek the warmth of my friends, when I bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" I looked up and saw a tall, blonde figure. Draco. 

He nodded and was about to say something, when we heard something coming. Draco pulled me into a nearby compartment. Then, we saw a shadowy figure coming. It opened the door slowly with its long, black, skeleton-like hands. I hugged Draco tightly, afraid to see. I could hear his rough breathing. But when we clung onto each other, I felt weird. Butterflies in my stomach. Must be because I'm frightened. Anyway, I could also sense that the cloaked figure was looking inside the compartment. A few minutes later, I heard a voice shout something, like a spell. A blue light filled the room, and the figure was gone. 

I released Draco with reddened cheeks, and looked up to find the gray-haired man from Harry's compartment. 

"Thank you." I said.

He looked at us. "Of course. You are Annabelle Potter?" 

I nodded. "That's right. And this is my friend, Draco Malfoy." 

Professor Lupin glanced at him briefly. "Pleased to meet you, Mr. Malfoy. Annabelle, come with me. It's your brother."

"Why? What's wrong with him?" I said with alarm. 

"Just passed out, when that dementor came along. I think you ought to see him." Lupin replied.

"Okay." I was about to follow him out, when I turned.

I finally had a good look at Draco. He was taller, his hair changed (it wasn't gelled back), and he totally grew more handsome. 

I shook my head. What was I thinking?

"Thanks, by the way. You know, I was on my way to see you and the others." I said.

"I didn't really do anything. We'll wait for you in our usual compartment." Draco smiled.

I smiled back, and followed Lupin. 

"Are you two together?" he asked. 

"What? Oh, hell no. We're just best friends, that's all." I said, startled. "What even made you think that?"