Love Shouldn't be Torture || Harry Potter x Y/n Malfoy

Second Year || Chapter 8 || ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

"Homework is to write a poem of my defeat of the wagga wagga werewolf." Lockhart said as the class filed out of the room.

"Professor, I was wondering if we'd be able to take this book out of the library?" Hermione asked as the last students left the room. "Just for a bit of background reading, I wanted to understand what you said about slow acting venom in Gadding with the Ghouls." She added.

"Possibly my favourite book I wrote, you enjoyed it I assume?" Lockhart responded.

"Yes, I quite enjoyed the different methods you used to capture them." 

"So Harry, tomorrows the first quidditch match of the season if I am correct. Gryffindor vs Slytherin, I was a seeker back in my days at hogwarts if you didn't know. I've been told your very good at it. I'm always open to private training if you would like of course." Lockhart said while signing Hermione's parchment.

"We'll let you know, bye Professor." Y/n said rushing them out of the classroom and towards the library.

"He didn't even look at the book we wanted." Ron said excitedly.  

They dropped their voices as they entered the library. "Most Potente Potions?" Madam Pince asked suspiciously. She then held the note up to the light to somehow prove whether it was forged or not. She then walked off to the restricted section to retrieve the book. 10 minutes later they barricaded the door to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and set up a cauldron.

"Here it is." Hermione said after flipping through the pages of the book.

"That is one of the most complicated potion recipes ever." Y/n exclaimed.

"Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed and knotgrass will be easy to get because they're in the ingredients cupboard." Hermione said reading through the list.

"Powdered horn of bicorn and shredded skin of boomslang will be harder to get though. And then of course there's the element of getting a bit of the person we're turning into." Y/n continued.

"Sorry but what? A bit of the person we're turning into?" Ron exclaimed.

"We don't need to worry about that yet." Y/n responded.

"You do realise how much we're going to have to steal right? And all the rules we'll break Hermione?" Harry asked.

"You two can chicken out if you want. I don't fancy breaking the rules but I'd rather the muggleborns of the school stop getting attacked." Hermione said.

"I never thought we'd see a day where we were trying to tell you not to break the rules and you told us we we're doing it anyway. But we'll do it." Ron responded.

"How long will it take to make?" Harry asked.

"About," Y/n paused. reading the instructions. "A month give or take." She finished.

"A whole month." Ron exclaimed.

"Malfoy could do in half the school by then." Harry added.

"It would be a lot easier if you just knocked him off his broom tomorrow Harry." Ron whispered as the four of them left the bathroom.

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The next morning Harry had woken up early and went straight to the quidditch pitch soon followed by Y/n, Hermione and Ron. 

"Good luck,make sure you beat my brother." Y/n said hugging him and then following Ron and Hermione to the stands.

Y/n watched as they all kicked off the ground on Madam Hooch's whistle, she let out a small scream as a bludger barely missed Harry. She then realised the bludger was targeting him, she'd never seen that happen before. She watched as Harry looped the pitch with the bludger following behind him.

"Slytherin lead 60 points to 0." She heard Lee Jordan call through the stadium just as heavy rain started. Then Oliver Wood called for time out.

"That bludger is targeting Harry." Y/n said.

"I've never seen anything do that before, someone must've charmed it." Ron exclaimed.

"It was probably someone from Slytherin, maybe they didn't think they could win even with their new brooms?" Hermione suggested.

"No, I don't think it was. I think it's someone trying to hurt Harry." Y/n responded. And then they were all in the air again. She watched as Fred and George now circled Harry to protect him from the bludger. Then Harry grabbed the snitch from right in front of her brothers nose. For a moment he must've forgotten that he couldn't stay still and the bludger hit him straight on his elbow. He slid to one side of it and tried to steer around it. He managed to float to the ground and land next to one of the goal posts. The bludger still trying to get him.

"Finite Incantatem." Y/n called pointing her wand at the bludger and rushed to Harry's side.

"No not you." Harry complained as Lockhart came over with his wand out. "Anyone but you." 

"Doesn't know what he's saying, don't worry I'll fix your arm." Lockhart said.

"No I think I'll keep it this way thanks."

"It's just a simple charm, I've used it quite a few times." Lockhart continued seemingly ignoring Harry.

"Can't I just take him to the hospital wing Professor?" Y/n said.

"Stand back." Lockhart said still ignoring all the people telling him to stop. In a second he was brandishing his wand and pointing it at Harry's arm.

"What the hell have you done?" Y/n asked looking at Harry's arm.

"Yes, well that can happen sometimes. Look at the bright side, his bones aren't broken anymore." Lockhart explained.

"Not broken? There's no bones left in his arm." Ron exclaimed.

"Well, the three of you escort Mr. Potter to the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey can fix him up." Lockhart said before walking away.

"This'll be entertaining, Madam Pomfrey will have it out for Lockhart." Y/n said as they made their way towards the hospital wing.

"She's going to have a way harder job to do now too. It's way harder to regrow bones than to mend them." Hermione added.

"You should've come straight to me." Madam Pomfrey exclaimed.

"Lockhart wouldn't let him." Y/n said.

"You're in for a painful night Potter." Madam Pomfrey said.

"Still gonna stick up for Lockhart Hermione?" Ron questioned.

"Well, anyone can make a mistake. And your arm doesn't hurt anymore does it Harry?" Hermione responded.

"No, but it's not like I can use it." Harry said.

"At least we won. Did you see the look on Draco's face when you took from right in front of his face?" Y/n asked.

"I personally would like to know who did that to the bludger." Hermione said.

"Add that to the list of questions to ask Malfoy when we take the polyjuice potion." Harry responded. Then the entire Gryffindor team flooded through the doors.

"Great flying Harry." Fred exclaimed.

"We've just seen Marcus Flint screaming at Malfoy because the snitch was right in front of him." George added. And then Madam Pomfrey re-entered.

"This boy needs rest he's got thirty three bones to regrow! Out!" She yelled.

"See you in the morning then." Y/n said. waving goodbye and following everyone else out.

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