𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 \\ 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗷. 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

𝑋𝐼𝐼𝐼.

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𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣

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IT WAS ANOTHER Hogsmede trip, and Harry still wasn't allowed to go. Caroline, again, tried to stay behind with him, but Harry refused, and Caroline was at the Shrieking Shack with Hermione and Ron. She stood a little ways away from her two friends, using a branch she found to draw in the snow.

"It's meant to be the most haunted building in Britain. Did I mention that?" Hermione said to Ron. Caroline's snowy cat she was drawing was coming along quite nicely.

"Twice." Ron said, the two of them chuckling.

"Do you want to move a bit closer? To the Shrieking Shack?" asked Hermione. Caroline smiled at their interaction, tossing her dark brown braids that were capturted under her hat over her shoulder.

"Oh, oh, actually, I–I'm fine here." Ron stammered. Caroline finished her cat's tail.

"Well, well. Look who's here," a voice said from behind the three friends. Caroline was not in the mood to deal with Malfoy today. "You two shopping for your new dream home? Bit grand for you, isn't it, Weasle-Bee? Don't your family sleep in, uh, one room?" Malfoy leered, coming closer with his two goons.

"Shut your mouth, Malfoy." Ron said, looking down. Caroline abandoned her stick and drawing, coming over to stand beside Ron.

"Ooh, not very friendly. Boys, I think it's time we teach Weasle-Bee to respect his superiors." Malfoy said, cockily.

Hermione fiend a laugh. "Hope you don't mean yourself." she said, stepping in front of Ron.

"I mean, honestly, Malfoy, are you not getting enough attention at home from your father? Leave us alone." Caroline spoke up, and Draco narrowed his eyes at her.

"How dare you two talk to me! Granger, you're a filthy little mudblood, and Caroline, your parents are dead, so I wouldn't be talking to me," Malfoy said, and just as he finished, a snowball flew at his face from thin air. "Who's there?" snowball upon snowball began pelting Draco and his friends. Crabbe's pants were pulled down and he was kicked into the snow, Draco's other friend was dragged in a circle by his scarf, and Draco himself was pulled away by his legs, all while Hermione, Ron and Caroline laughed.

"What's up, Malfoy? Lost your skis?" Ron teased as Malfoy and his friends ran away.

"Who was that?" Caroline, asked, laughing with Hermione and Ron. Her question was answered when the strings of Ron's hat and Hermione's hair were lifted in the air, and Caroline's hat was taken off her head.

"Harry!" Hermione chuckled.

Harry took off the Invisibility Cloak, doubled over in laughter. "Bloody hell, Harry. That was not funny." Ron said.

"Yes, it was." Caroline laughed, snatching her hat back, placing it back on her head.

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"THOSE WEASELS! NEVER told me about any Marauder's Map." Ron said as they walked through the village. Harry, whose dark hood had been pulled over his head by Caroline, had just explained to them the map he had been given by Fred and George.