The person that nobody saw in him

Chapter 3

It was starting to get colder and the snow that fell was slowly painting the landscape in all white. Over the past few weeks Draco and I met a few times at the tower. I started noticing him being nicer to me in classes and free time. Sometimes he smiled at me when we saw each other. We never talked to each other during the day, only when we met on the tower.

We somewhat became friends but not the type of friends that shared a group of friends or did homework together. Friends that talked to each other when we where at the tower because both of us knew we where only there for one reason. Because we felt like shit and couldn't sleep. Sensing the darkness and the danger that was coming. That created some sort of bond between us.

His dark circles oder his eyes told my he wasn't getting much sleep. I wondered if he was up every night.

I got a letter from my parents.

Dear Viola,
Your father and I wanted to inform you that we will spending Christmas at your aunts house in California. We want to take a break from all the chaos and danger that happens day after day in the Wizarding world. We think it might be the best for you to stay at Hogwarts. You should stay in the presence of Professor Dumbledore because he might be the only person that can truly protect his students and colleagues. If you want to join us over the holidays that's still fine with us but we don't know how it might look to diffrent people. Please send us a letter to tell us what your decision will be.

In love, Mum and Dad.

I think my parents are right, I should stay at Hogwarts. Dumbledore is protecting all of us. I also think it's good my parents get out of the country for a wile so they can stop worrying for a few times and have a Christmas without fear. Besides who knows what's coming maybe it's the last time they could see my aunt. This is exactly what keeps me thinking if I should just go with them maybe that could be the last Christmas for us all. No!! It can't be, I need to stop thinking so negative about everything.

I've send my parents a letter telling them I will stay at Hogwarts. It's probably the best for all of us. I told them to hug aunti chrissy for me.

On my way back from the owlery it was already dark so I decided to take a quick trip to the forbidden Forrest. A few hufflepuffs and I, that shared the love for special herbs, found a good hidden spot for our beloved plants. We prepared the spot with a little magic so it keeps the perfect condition for our small happy garden. It was perfect because it wasn't deep enough inside the Forrest to be dangerous to visit but it was hidden enough to minimize the chance of any students or professors finding it by accident.

As I got to the garden I rested for a while the charm we performed to keep the plants from frostbite also helped to warm me up a bit. After about 10 minutes of warming up I inspected the plants. They all looked good, no parasites, no other damages. I pulled out a zip lock and some garden scissors and cut off a few strands and leafes that got to far. It helps to keep the plant strong and not giving away to much nutrients to parts that can't really grow to be potent. I placed the strands of weed that I cut off for smoking on a little, clean cloth. I pulled out my wand and performed a simple spell to dry the weed perfectly so it would be ready for anybody who needed it. I place the dried pieces carefully in the zip lock and then I put the bag into a small chest where we kept most of the weed from our plants. Then I took a small, older bag out of the chest and put it in my purse.

I was making my way back inside the castle. I sneeked around because everyone should be in bed by now and I really don't want to get caught by Filch or any other Professor. As a made my way trough the castle I saw someone walking around the halls. I hid around the corner hoping that whoever that was didn't see me. Fortunately I was used to hide behind corners at night and wait a good amount of time, standing still and being quiet till it was safe to continue walking around. But now I was having a gut feeling that the person crossing me was not a teacher or Mr Filch. There was something sneeky and nervous looking on that person. I moved slowly and without any sound, looking around the corner lightly. There he was Draco. At first I thought he was going to the tower but then it occurred to me that the tower was in the opposite direction.

I waited a few moments and then followed him slowly trying with all my will to be quiet.
He approached a hall and waited in front of wall. Out of nowhere a door appeared slowly and Draco entered. The room of requirement! I thought about following him but something stopped me. If he did not tell me about this and probably nobody else knew about it as well then he doesn't want me or anybody to know what he's doing in there. I thought about it again but came to the conclusion that I don't want to interrupt his peace he was most likely searching for.

I turned around and made my way to the astronomy tower as I originally planned before seeing Draco in the halls.

I quickly rolled a joint and placed it on the floor next to me so I could get the zip lock out of my purse. I opened the zip lock an filled up my jinxed little box with its contents. The jinx doesn't just made the box odor proof but grinds up the buds as well when closed. I closed the box and put it back in my purse and picked up my joint.

I lid the joint and took a big hit. I liked what I saw trough this window, every day I saw something new about the landscape or a new creature from the forest. Now that Christmas was around every ring was covered in a beautiful white blanket of snow. The sky was full of clouds, not a single star could be seen and it started to snow lightly. Soon every visibal small print in the snow will disappear like mother nature was trying to erase the things that happened today as if they never happened. A fresh start, nothing to rember what happened in the snow the day before.

I smoked my joint while my mind wrapped around the concept of mother nature. I watched the snow fall from the sky, it almost looked as every snowflake was dancing. Dancing its own unique little Choreography. 'Ha being stoned let's me think about dancing snow.' I giggled at the fact how funny and quirly my thought can get while smoking weed.

After a while I went back to my dorm and fell asleep quickly.