The Purest Kind of Magic

- thirty seven -

"That's right, it's a time turner. If you get me the intel I want, this is yours to have," Sylas said with a charming smile.

"Your offer, it's... intriguing," Draco muttered reluctantly as he glanced at me, "What do you say? You're the main character in this play."

I looked at Draco's grey eyes that seemed like he was waiting for me to say yes. "Do you want it? The time turner? If you want it, I'll get it."

Draco bit his bottom lip as he quickly nodded yes. I smiled and looked at Sylas, "It's a deal."

"Great! I'll leave the rest to you two then, see ya!" Sylas said as he got up and walked away without looking back.

Draco and I exchanged looks before he gave me a carefree shrug, "Thanks."

--

"Alright, plan A. Y/n, you will just randomly go up to him and just... I don't know, bump into him and fly like five yards away and act really hurt so he'll help you and so on," Fred Weasley said as he read off the list of plans he made.

"That sounds awfully cringe, Weasley," Draco complained with a frown, "Got any other ones?"

Fred unrolled a bit more of the parchment and cleared his throat before speaking, "Ahem, of course I do. Plan B, wait for Lunaris boy to come into the courtyard and Y/n will fall into the fountain and start wailing for help. That sound good to you, Malfoy?" 

Draco rolled his eyes, "Plan A it is."

"That's what I thought," Fred said smugly as he rolled up the parchment and handed it to Draco, "Do keep this though, in case you change your mind." Draco groaned as he snatched the list.

"Are you two done with your bickering or do I need to take a nap?" I frowned with my arms crossed. 

"I think you should take a nap, I'll tell you every detail once you wake up so we can have a laugh," Elmia responded with a snicker.

Draco rolled his eyes as he shoved the rolled up parchment into my hands and gave Fred a glare. I huffed as I elbowed Draco's arm as hard as I could.

"Fine, I'm sorry," he muttered under his breath. 

"What's that? I don't hear you," Fred said with a teasing smile. 

Elmia sighed as she took Fred's arm and started dragging him away, "Alright, enough with that." Fred visibly resisted but still gave in at the end and started laughing away from Elmia.

I turned to Draco who was still scoffing at the Weasley twin and sighed, "Can't you two just get along?"

"What do you mean? That's me getting along," He said with a slight smile as he turned to face me. 

"Whatever, just remember that you're the one that suggested to ask him for help," I rolled my eyes. 

Draco was silent for a few seconds, "I did? That's funny, I must've been hit with a memory charm as I do not recall that."

I snickered sarcastically, "You're really convincing, really convincing."

--

I quickly located Rohan Lunaris in the middle of his peaceful walk to the Ravenclaw common room. I let out a breath and backed away and counted to five before I started to run directly towards him.

This whole thing is so fucking stupid but what choice did I have? Draco wants that time turner.

As I was lost in my thoughts, I forgot to control my speed and straight up ramaged into Rohan, causing both of us to fall back.

Rohan groaned, "What the hell..." He sat up and frowned when he saw me laying on the floor. He held out his hand to me.

"Thanks," I took his hand and got up and rubbed the back of my head in pain. Holy fuck, that hurt.

His eyes then slightly widened in realization that the random reckless girl that knocked him down was me. He cracked a small smile, "Sorry about that. Why were you running?"

"I was uh... running from Draco. Having a personal bodyguard everywhere you go isn't exactly the best," I quickly made up.

Rohan's eyes narrowed, "You're terrible at lying."

I froze. Sylas didn't mention anything about him being a fucking lie dectector.

He gave me a smile, "Sylas sent you, right? I'm guessing he also offered one of his time turners?"

I gulped as my eyes darted everywhere, trying to think of what to say.

"I'll tell you what he wants me to tell you. Just... promise me one thing, it's important." 

I looked up to meet his eyes, "What is it?"

"Promise that..." He paused and lowered himself to whisper in my ear, "You won't go to the Third Task. Of course, you can do that if you want, but whatever happens will be on you, consider this me warning you." 

Rohan stood up straight again, "Is that a deal?" I nodded and he smiled.

"I'm sure you can figure the rest out then," He said as he turned around to leave. 

Before he disappeared around the corner, I ran up to him and grabbed him by the arm. "You're a Seer?"

Rohan shook my hand off with a smirk and walked away without giving me a response or even a look. He then quickly disappeared from my sight.

I was in a daze when I trotted back to the area that Draco and Fred was hiding in. I scratched the back of my neck when Fred noticed me and hopped out of a bush.

"So? It went well or?"

"Uh... I guess? I got what we had to get. Where's Draco?" I said as I looked around.

Fred cleared his throat with a guilty look, "Well, about that. I might've mistakenly smacked him in the face with the binocular."

I blinked at him for a good 10 seconds before I ran behind the bush to find Draco out cold. I sighed as I wiped some dirt off under his eye. 

"Sorry, it was actually an accident, I promise," Fred said as he tried to lean Draco on the tree. 

"It's fine but what about the binoculars? Did they break?" 

"You're worried about the binocular but not me?" Draco's voice groaned as he opened his eyes. His eyes immediately landed on me as soon as he could see clearly again. 

Fred chuckled as he stood up and started walking away, "See you guys later then, I'm not up for three-wheeling right now."

I gave him a quick wave before I turned to look at Draco's relaxed face again. He then tilted his head with a cute smile. I blushed and quickly looked away.

"I got the intel, we can go find Sylas now."

Draco snickered as he took my chin and turned me around to face him, "Come on, I'm so hurt from your statement, I need like at least one kiss to recover."

I rolled my eyes as I slapped his hand away, "Do you want your time turner or not?"

"What about my broken heart?" He pouted and looked down.

I raised an eyebrow, "You seem pretty fine. Come on, let's move along."