Oxygen |Draco Malfoy|

Confusion

I went rigid when I heard my​ name, not skater girl or freak, but my name. I turned around to see a Bulgarian boy right behind me. That explains why it sounded funny... "Hello, Teresa Delicrass... I vould vike to ask you if I could escort you to the vall?" He asked politely. I actually laughed, this must be a joke. Judging by the look on his face, or wasn't, I instantly stopped laughing.

"No! I mean I would love to... I just thought it was a joke. You do know who I am right?" I rushed, seeing the hurt on his face. Relief flooded into his features. "Yes! I have asked around, but I do not believe vhat people say about you... I think you are beautiful! You are no freak! I shall meet you outside your common room at seven, on ze night of ze Yule Vall" he grinned, taking my hand and kissing my knuckles.

I gave him a polite and confused smile as everyone who just saw that broke into gasps and murmurs. What just happened? I quickly scanned my surrounding, everyone was watching me. I gulped and did what I always do when attention comes my way, I fled the premises.

I groaned, how does news travel so fast here? It happened almost ten minutes ago and everyone knows. I still don't know if it was a joke or not... But at least in have a date, McGonagall told me if I didn't come to the Ball I would lose Gryffindor two hundred points.

Dra-Malfoy and I haven't spoken since the dance lesson, he and his posse haven't even teased me! I'm so confused. And to make everything worse, I still haven't figured out that damn egg! Everytime I open open it I nearly lose my hearing!
On top of everything else... I found out mum isn't getting a funeral. Father says he won't waste money on such a 'coward'. I nearly hexed him the minute he told me, but just nodded and ran off.

Father is staying at Hogwarts with Barty Crouch... So I literally am not safe anywhere. I groaned, plunged another rock into the black lake. Everything has been going so bad since mum died... They were always bad... I found myself shivering as snow fell around me, I had forgotten a jacket.

I let out a squeal and jumped when my egg was swiped out of my hands. I looked around for who took it, but no one was there. My egg was just, like, drawn to the water.

I reached out to grab it, but lost my footing, plunging into the freezing water, right after my egg. I screamed and kicked, to deep to touch. I closed my mouth and watched the egg, it had opened itself!

Come and seek us where our voices sound,

We cannot sing above the ground,

And while you're searching ponder this;
We've taken something you'll sorely miss,

An hour long you'll have to look,
And recover what we have took.
But past an hour the prospects black,

Too late, it's gone, it won't come back.

I was beginning to get light headed, but I stayed where I was, desperate to hear the clue again. It had just began again when something snaked around my waist. I screamed, creating nothing but bubbles. I felt claws raking down my back and arms, struggling to get away from what I think is Grindylows.

I whimpered, creating more bubbles, and no help. I hit Grindylow away, but more came. Black dots began to cloud my vision, I'm going to die! After a moment I was blinded by a light, instantly freed of the creatures. An arm grabbed my wrist and began pulling me to the surface.
I began sputtering and coughing as I collapsed onto the surface. I realized several people were watching me. I looked around and laughed, crawling to the egg. I held it like a prize. "Brilliant! That's brilliant" I grinned, ignoring the growing crowd. I saw a soaking wet Dra-Malfoy beside me. He saved me!! I watched him. "Why were you in there!" He spat. "I fell in while trying to catch my egg" I chuckled, shivering viciously. "And you didn't swim back up!" He glowered. I was confused, why does he care.