The slytherin prince and the Quiet Gryffindor

chapter 4

**************************************************** Elizabeths POV ****************************************************************************

I look away quickly, and look back at my friends. Gin seems to be telling Hermione about some big mess that Ron caused. I laugh because Ron seems to be getting redder by the second. Ron was soon saved by McGonagall's voice.

"Let the feast begin," as she said this the most delicious food appeared on the table as usual. Some how they always have exactly what I'm craving. Infront of me is delicious seafood, and by the smell of it it's the same seafood from my favorite restaunt that I haven't been to in quite a long time. Considering that I haven't been to the beach in quite a long time.

"Seafood?" Harry asks.

"I haven't been to the beach in so long, and it's my favorite place... I guess I was just missing it," I said as I put some clam chouder into my bowl. I looked over and as usual Ron has every food imagineable infront of him. Gin, Mione, and I all look at him and laugh, he just shrugs it off.

"I guess some things just never change," Mione says while shaking her head and going back to her own food. Dinner was the same as usual. Ron hardly ever had an empty enough mouth to talk to anyone. Harry and Gin sat and talked quitely to eachother. sharing soft smiles and love filled glances. Mione and I sat and talked about the many book that we had read while we were all apart. Mione recommended some books that seem very interesting, I plan to go and see if the library holds the book which it most likely will. The only thing that seemed at least slightly evenful was when Malfoy Stood up before dinner was anywhere near over. the whole room went silent as if they were afraid to make any noise at all. Even Ron stopped eatting long enough to stare at Malfoy. Nott stood and walked out with him. Malfoy walked as if no one was staring at him, as if the glares of 100 pairs of eyes weren't burning a hole in the back of his head. Other than Malfoys awkward exit nothing really happened. It was like everything was back to normal.

As dinner ended we headed to the Gryffindor common room. Our stuff has already been placed in our dorms. I go up to my dorms to write a quick letter to my mother before I forget that I promised to owl her. I write a simple letter saying that I arrived safely and telling her about the resoprting of the Slytherins. I then walk over to my owl. Nyra is a beautiful barn owl. She has pitch black eyes and the feathers on her back are the color of toasted marshmallow. I pet her head lightly as I give her the letter telling her to take it home. I then walk back down to the common room. Seeing Ron, Mione, Harry, and Gin I walk over and tell then that I'm going to the library. I look and Mione and we both smile, as she can tell that I'm going to find those books she told me about. I walk down to the library, no longer afraid of the fairly dark corridors. Stepping into the library I inhale deeply. Oh how I love the smell of old books. I trail my fingers along the spines of the books as I pass by, heading to the section that I know the books are in. Once I found them I spent what felt like 10 minutes looking over them, at the sound of the clock I come to the realization that I've spent far more than 10 minutes in the library and it's past curfew. Quickly I gather up the books and went to Madame Pince's desk to check them out. I ran qiuckly to the common room and sat down in one of the love seats next to the fire.

I sat there contently and read my book, until I was startled by a strangled scream coming from the room the Slytherin boys are staying in. A few seconds later the door opens up to reveal and very tired looking Nott. He hasn't seemed to notice me so I sit quitely and wait to see if he was the one screaming. He has a blanket and pillow with him, he throws the pillow down on the couch opposite me. He goes to sit down when yet another scream is heard this time it forms the simple word of 'no'. Nott looks back at the door he had previously exited. He sighs and sits down, he jumps slightly as he finally notices me sitting here.

"what are you doing here Stilth?" Nott asks with and obviously fake look of discusted on his face.

"One it is the Gryffindor common room and I am a Gryffindor and two drop the act Theodore no ones around you don't need to act like a jerk." I say with a straight face. He sighs yet again and I can see that it's almost like a burden was lifted. He half lays and half sits on the couch spacing off into the fire. I go back to my book but I am yet again interupted by the same stangled scream. I look up at the door. Theodore looks at the door then looks at me.

"It's just going to get worse, it always does. He keeps going until it wakes him up." Theodore says as he looks back at the fire, pitty lingering in his eyes.

"It's Malfoy isn't it? Is he like this every night?" I ask with the silghtest hint of worry in my voice. No one, no matter who they are, should have to deal with such terrible nightmares everynight.

" yeah." he says nodding," I used to try to wake him up but it was useless. I always ended getting hit and he always ended up just falling right back into his nightmares." As if on cue I hear another scream followed not long after by yet another scream. they're getting closer together. Determined I stand up and walk twords the closed door. Theodore stands up.

"What are you doing? You're going to get yourself hurt. It's no use." He says almost with the sound of desperation.

" Don't worry about me,"I pause and look at the door," no one deserves to have to deal with nightmares every night." I hear another scream that is shortly followed by another. Without futher adue I walk into the room and see two beds. I haden't noticed that Theodore and Malfoy were the only Slytherin boys to be sorted to Gryffindor. I pull out my wand and wisper 'lumos' I then see it the bed furthest away a restlessly sleeping Malfoy. He tosses and turns. He seems to start to slightly hyperventilate and mumble incohearent words, I know that another scream is on it's way. He turns into his pillow and I realize this is how the screams seem strangled, I've been hearing then through a pillow. Slowly I walk over, as I get closer I can see that hes sweaty and has his blankets kicked to the foot of the bed. He takes in and deep breath, his body preparing for another scream. Not knowing what else to do I gentally putt my hand on his cheak, and his body seemed to tense up for a second then relax, but not fully his brow is still knit up with worry. I slowly begin to stroke his face. First brushing the hair out of his face then I just stroked his cheak until there's a calm look on his face. Once I know he's sleeping peacfully I stand up off my knees and grab the blanket from the foot of the bed, draping it over him. I quietly walk out of the room Closing the door as silently as possible. I turn and come face to face with Theodore. His face showing suprise and someithing else I can't recognize. I simply walk past him and grab my books.

"goodnight," I say to a still slightly suprised Theodore, and with that I walk up to my dormatory, and my bed.