The silver trio

The Mystery Room

People start moving immediately in small packs, intrigued and curious. I look at Draco, Blaise and Luna.
"Let's go!", I say. We rush outside together and end up among the huddle of students in front of us. It seems the entire castle is now outside, watching the scene before us.
Professor Trelawney is standing, hunched below Umbridge's harsh glare. She's gripping her trunks tightly and her face is wet with tears. Professor Umbridge does not seem sympathetic in the slightest. Filch is retrieving more of Trelawneys possessions and carrying them out of the castle.
She is now pleading profusely.
"Sixteen years i've worked here...hogwarts is my home", She chokes in between sobs.
"You can't do this!".
Umbridge looks at her with a smug expression as she reveals a letter from the ministry. She holds it upright like some sort of deadly weapon and says with no remorse, "Actually I can".
"Fucking bitch", Blaise whispers.
"This is so cruel", Luna says with tears in her eyes. Blaise wraps his arm around her. A lot of the girls are crying now and angry whispers are echoing through the courtyard.
There's a silence and then Professor Mcgonagall comes storming out from the herd of students.
She holds Trelawney in her arms as she cries and Umbridge now turns to her.
"Something you'd like to say dear?", She says in her sickly sweet voice.
"Oh, there are several things that I would like to say!", Mcgonagall spits.
Then, Dumbledore comes outside, walking towards the three ladies with his cloak swinging fiercely behind him. He looks angry, an emotion I don't often associate him with.
"Professor Mcgongall, might I ask you to escort Sybil back inside", He says cooly.
"Thank you. Thank you", She says as she walks past with Mcgonagall, reaching out to squeeze his hand affectionately, looking at him with appreciation in her eyes.
"Dumbledore!", Umbridge shouts again in her shrill voice. "May I remind you, that under the terms of educational decree number 23, as enacted by the minister-".
He interrupts her ruthlessly, "You have the right to dismiss my teachers. You do not however have the authority to banish them from the grounds. That power remains with the headmaster.".
There's a silence among us all as we wait for her response.
She looks at him with a devilish grin on her face.
"For now", Is all she says.
He begins to walk away.
"Don't you all have studying to do", He shouts at the mass group of students, frustratedly.
I look across the courtyard as Harry begins to chase after him. I wonder what that's about. Maybe i'll get the chance to ask him once we're back on good terms.

"That was awful", I say as we begin to walk back to towards the castle.
"That's just the beginning", Draco mumbles.
"She's just going to get more and more powerful", Luna states.
"Merlin, I thought Dumbledore was going to smack her for a minute there", Blaise says.
"I wouldn't blame him if he did", I respond.
"We've got to find a room as soon as possible".
"We could look now? No time like the present", Draco says.
"Alright, yeah. You guys coming?", I ask Blaise and Luna.
"Date night, remember?", Blaise grins as he takes Lunas hand.
"Right. I forgot. Well we're gonna go now. No time to waste. Have fun!", I say as I twirl around to Draco who's standing with his hands in his pockets, looking thoughtful.
"You ready?", I ask.
"What? Oh. Yes, let's go".

We walk into the castle and decide to investigate the ground floor first.
We go from corridor to corridor checking for any abandoned rooms or spots. We find nothing.
"Probably not the best floor anyways. Filch is always down here with his cat", Draco says.
"True. Let's try the second floor".
We look through all the rooms again, but no where is secluded enough.
"The abandoned loo is up here. We should at least look. We could use it as a backup", I say.
"Does it not look a bit dodgy you and me going into the abandoned girls loo together", Draco says, his eyebrows raised.
"How on earth does that look dodgy?", I laugh.
"Well, you know", He blushes.
"No one's gonna see us you idiot. Come on. Unless you're scared of moaning myrtle.", I tease.
"For fuck sake. Fine", He sighs.
The bathroom is cold and damp. The ghost of the bathroom, moaning myrtle comes flying out of a toilet stall, startling us both.
"Who are you and what are you doing in MY bathroom?", She cries rudely, looking at me with disgust.
"Oh, Hi. I'm (Y/N) and this is Draco", I say, pointing at him.
Her expression changes drastically.
"Lovely to meet you Draco. I'm Moaning Mrytle", She says seductively.
"Yes, we know who you are", I say, annoyed.
"Lovely to meet you too Mrytle", He says charmingly. He smiles at me, knowing i'm pissed off.
She starts giggling to herself.
"You're quite handsome aren't you? What are you doing with her?", She says referring to me.
"Hey! I'm right here you bitch!", I shout.
Draco starts laughing.
"Okay, this was pointless. It's too small in here and this idiot would be annoying us the whole time. Time to go".
"Yes you go, leave him behind", Mrytle smiles widely with her see through teeth.
"Merlin's beard! Next time I come here i'm bringing a hardback book to throw through your ugly head!", I say sticking my tongue out at her. She gasps at my comment and I grab Draco's hand and we head out of the bathroom.
"It seems i've still got my charm", He smirks.
"With dead girls maybe", I roll my eyes and continue walking.
"Aw, jealous are we darling?", He teases.
"Fuck you", I say pushing him playfully. He pushes me in retaliation and my back softly hits the wall. His hand is above me and he has me trapped. He leans in and kisses me roughly, his hand now grabbing my hair.
"Eh hem!", A voice coughs, loudly.
We pull apart instantly. It's Percy Weasley. He's Ron's older brother and also a school prefect.
"Shit. Hello Percy!", I say as casually as I can, flattening my hair down.
"Oh! (Y/N)", He says, seeming as startled to see me as I am to see him.
"How are you? I haven't seen you in a while", I ask, making small talk to distract him from the fact he just saw his little brothers best friend snogging Draco Malfoy in the corridors.
"I'm good, thank you. And you?".
"All good, thanks".
"Are you staying at the burrow this summer? I'm sure Mum would love to have you again", He asks cheerfully.
"I'm not sure yet. Maybe", I say, conscious of Draco standing there listening. We haven't talked about summer yet.
"Well. I hope to see you then. For now though, please keep the snogging to a minimum", He grins and gives Draco a funny look.
"Yeah, sorry about that", I laugh uncomfortably. "Won't happen again".
With that he walks off laughing to himself.
"Merlin. That wasn't awkward at all," Draco says once Percy is out of earshot.
"Don't even. I never, ever want to talk about that again", I sigh.
"Come on", He laughs and we head up to the next floor.

We go up more and more floors, finding absolutely nothing. We end up on the seventh floor, tired and out of motivation.
"Should we call it a day?", Draco asks.
"When are we going to find something? We're running out of time", I say impatiently.
"We can look again tomorrow. I think it's best we get some rest now", He says.
"Ugh...fine".
"We'll circle around once more okay? Then it's time for bed. I'm knackered".
We circle around the corridor once more. Frustration is building in my veins.
If only we could just find a room. Somewhere quiet and secluded where we wouldn't get caught. If we don't find one soon i'm not sure what we'll do. I start thinking and dreaming of the perfect room as we walk through the corridors, and as we pass a plain, brick wall on the way back, I think for a moment i'm going insane. A door begins to appear on the wall in front of me, growing bigger and bigger.
"Draco do you see that too?", I ask, unsure.
"See what?...Merlins balls what the fuck", He exclaims, just as shocked as I am.
I open the door and step into a somewhat empty room, except for a few mannequins and a mirror with some old looking photographs and notes stuck to it. It's very spacious and as we step through, I notice this side of the door has a lock.
"What is this place?", Draco asks in awe.
"I don't know. I've never been in here before. It just appeared. Am I going mad?".
"If you are, so am I because I saw that door growing", Says Draco.
"It's perfect.", I smile.
"What is it though? I mean, why have we never seen it before. How the fuck did it just appear out of thin air?", He asks.
"I have no idea. But I know who might know".
Hermione.