REBORN

Chapter 8: The Haven's Secrets

Draco and Harry sat in silence for some time, waiting for Luna to return. As the night began to darken she finally skipped back, hands empty of bloody meat. "I'm glad you're feeling better Draco. You really do need to let your walls down more often." Luna said kindly.

Draco nodded, he had no intention of following her advice. Draco cleared his throat. "If we could keep this between ourselves?" Draco asked trying to keep his voice bland.

Potter nodded. Luna smiled and led the way back. Harry and Draco walked in awkward silence. Neither knew quite what to say, despite the progress they had just made. Draco felt uneasy in his uncharacteristically loose clothing and bare feet, which were numb from the cold and wet of the forest.

They entered the castle through one of the side entrances and made it up to the seventh floor and then they heard a series of loud bangs then heard running footsteps headed directly towards them. Draco immediately reached for his wand, Harry just a second behind him. Luna, however, simply skipped towards the staircase leading to Ravenclaw Tower.

Harry and Draco turned to each other just as the Weasley twins ran out of a nearby hallway laughing uproariously. Each twin grabbed one boy and began to drag them away.

"Fred! George! What-" Harry's voice was cut off as the twins shoved all four of them behind a statue of a one-eyed witch. There were shuffling steps and yells coming from the same direction as the explosions. "What have you done!" Draco heard Filch screech.

"What did you do!" Draco hissed at the twins. "He can find us here!" The twins laughed.

"Not to worry!" One said. "Dissendium." The other said, tapping the wand on the hump of the statue. "In you go." The first one said cheerfully.

"Wha-" Draco yelped as he fell into the dark hole landing hard on rough ground. Harry was pushed in after him landing nearly on top of him. The twins came soon after the door shut tightly behind them leaving the group in darkness.

"Bloody hell! What are you doing?" Harry whisper-yelled. Draco lit his want with a quiet Lumos. Draco examined the walls of the tunnel, shining his wand light further into the darkness, it seemed to continue for a long way.

"Mate, they worked!" One laughed. The other seemed just as excited wrapping an arm around his twin and Harry. Someone, Draco wasn't quite sure who attempted to draw him into the overwhelmingly happy huddle.

Draco breathed out slowly, "Are we going to be stuck in this tunnel all night?" Draco drawled.

"Course not. Once Filch pokes around a bit and can't find us..." The twin one on the right said.

"Then we sneak right back upstairs." The one on the left said happily.

"Right," Draco said. "Where are we?"

Potter answered him. "Ah, right. Well, it's a secret passageway to Hogsmeade." Draco stared. "It's actually only one of them." Harry continued.

Draco nodded pretending everything made sense. "You Gryffindors always did get away with everything. I suppose this is why." Draco said wryly.

"You Gryffindors? You're one too, why'd you think we didn't just leave you to take the blame?" The right twin asked.

"How kind of you." Draco deadpanned. He sat and leaned his head back against the rocky wall content to wait for Filch to pass. He was tired and wanted to sleep, however, Gryffindors seemed to be incapable of sitting in silence.

"Sooooo..." One twin began. Draco closed his eyes. "How has it been in Gryffindor? You know, since you were disowned."

"Fine," Draco answered.