Chapter 5: Hogsmeade

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"What do you want?"

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"What do you want?"

"Well, that was quite rude."

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For some reason, none of the professors seemed to know she had almost started a physical fight because she was never punished or confronted (Luck, she thought) but she still had to listen to some of Hermione lecture's which thankfully ended the following week.

And luck felt like it was constantly following her, as she had her first Hogsmeade visit the next day.

As Ron finally stopped talking about how delicious the food was at Hogsmeade, the group separated into their separate dormitories. 

Then, Hermione turned to Natalia as she sat on her bed. "You still haven't told me how you know Draco," Hermione said. Nat pursed her lips. "Oh, well, I forgot to mention this, but they- er- adopted me for a little bit. Apparently, my dad knew them. Anyways, after that, I survived most of my life on my own. And please don't tell the whole school. Some people already find me suspicious enough."

"Who?" Hermione said, but she was interrupted by Ginny, who had just appeared in the room bubbling with excitement.  

"What happened?" 

"Harry just ask me to go on a date at Hogsmeade for our anniversary!" She said, grinning and Nat and Hermione grinned back.

"Awesome!" "Amazing!"

She sat down next to Nat on the bed they were sitting on and Hermione started talking about how she and Ron went on a date to Hogsmeade over the summer and they smiled and burst out laughing in between.

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The next day at Hogsmeade she and Hermione went to Honeydukes,  and Nat tried almost every taste-tester she could and ended up with chocolate frogs, inspired by Hermione of Ron's massive card collection.

Then, suddenly, Hermione looks at the clock and turns to her "Hey, I told Ron I would meet him at Seven Broomsticks, is it ok if I leave you alone for a bit?" 

Nat nodded her head. "Sure." Surely she'll find something to do, she thought, and besides, she was kind of longing for alone time. 

They exchanged a quick wave before Hermione walked away. However, just as Nat was about to fantasize about what she would do for her evening, somebody handed her a slip of paper.

Meet me at Hog's Head in 5

Great, she thought. Then again, at least this was only his first order. Natalie walked to Hog's Head with no time to waste and quickly walked in, taking a seat at the nearest barstool, where the boy turned to her.

"Well hello again." She said. "Hey." He said back.

"What do you want?" 

"Well, that was quite rude."

She looked at him angrily, and he finally cut the chase. "Well, first I'm going to make you pay for both of our drinks." He said, slurping something. "Fine." She said, giving money to the bartender.

"Now what?"

"Hey, one thing at a time. You know, you still don't name my name."

She rolled her eyes. "What is it?"

"Theodore. Theo for short."

"Cool. Now-"

"Ok, I'm thinking... oh, join quidditch."

"Uh, ok? And why is this?" 

"I wanna beat you."

"Excuse me? No, I'm not doing that. That's affecting more people them me-"

"No, I'm not that cruel, just... well, I'm practically undefeated. Try to actually beat me."  

"Fine, whatever. Anyways, is that it?" He smiled. "Surprised you don't want to know anything else." She rolled her eyes again.

"Listen, I don't think you realize, but I'm only talking to you because otherwise, you'll tell everybody my secret and I'll probably get expelled and banned from the wizarding world." She whispered. "You know, you never told me why you care about Hogwarts so much desperate your parents-"

"I'm not telling you that. And please don't mention them."

"Fine." She was a little shocked that he didn't make her.

Suddenly, he stood up and left. Natalia started tapping her fingers on the counter, bored. But she won't be bored for long, because the door swing open again and a new face appeared.

Draco's.


Note: Sorry that today's chapter is a little short! Also, I totally forgot you need to have a parent's signature to go on a Hogsmeade trip, so I like to think she forage it or maybe they made an exception.


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