Dragon | Draco Malfoy✓

~Chapter 3~

"Bea, they're here, go and hide!" Nova whispered her eyes reflecting her fear.

"Who is here?" I asked frowning.

"Death Eaters" she whispered.

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I quickly woke up, my face beaded with sweat. This dream was quite common for me. But I knew it couldn't be true since I'm a muggle-born and there is no way my cousin sister could ever know about magic, much less Death eaters.

I quickly got out of my bed did my basic routine and dressed up. I wore a simple crop top and shorts and wore my robes on top of them.

I strutted down to the great hall, to see more than half of the students missing from the great hall. I quickly sat down at the Hufflepuff table.

"Hey Susan!" I whispered at the blond girl.

"Morning Beatrice" she whispered back.

"Where are the rest of the table?" I whispered yelled

Susan simply shrugged and replied "Today is a weekend, I'm surprised there are actually people sitting in our table".

"I see your point" I nodded.

Suddenly hundreds of owls flew in carrying posts, letters and parcels. Students suddenly became excited and chatted smiles shining on their faces.

That's when I noticed something grim. It was midnight, our family owl, and it carried a howler. I closed my eyes preparing for the worst. At that moment I felt fear, not because, I received a howler but because everyone is going to know why I received one.

Midnight dropped my howler in my lap and flew away. Suddenly everyone around me started pointed at my lap and whispered.

"Look everyone! Hart got a howler!" Jessica yelled for everyone to hear, with a stupid smirk plastered on her face. And yet people wonder why I hate Jessica.

Some looked curiously at me while others looked at me with a teasing glance. My eyes wandered to the Slytherin table where Draco Freaking Malfoy was looking at me amused with a small smirk playing on his lips.

Only Susan Bones, my best friend, other than Ernie Macmillan (who was currently sleeping) looked worried about me.

And that's when the howler let out a loud screech and started speaking in my mom's voice. And it did not feel to good to hear it again.

"BEATRICE RUBY HART, I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN YOU FOR LEAVING THE HOUSE LIKE THAT! AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU NOT TO COME BACK TO OUR HOUSE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SHOULD SUCH AN INCIDENT HAPPEN AGAIN, YOU WILL NOT BE WELCOMED BACK"

The howler burst into shreds. I looked around the great hall. Everyone was staring at me. Then I did something that shocked even me.

"Quit your staring people! Never seen a howler before have you? Mind your own fucking buisness!" Beatrice shouted for the whole hall to hear.

"Whoa Beatrice, that was-"

"Brave" Ernie finished Susan's sentence and quickly flopped next to me, casually putting his hand over my shoulder. Then he turned towards me, looking very serious.

"Well Beatrice, care to tell me what that was all about?"