Phoenix Feather [Harry Potter]

e i g h t [Cassidy Faye]

I wake up right before lunch starts. I turn to see Ron and Hermiorn walking in, while Harry is nowhere to be seen.

I sit up slowly, smiling at them.

"Cassidy!" Ron says ecstatically, hugging me before backing away. "Are you okay?"

I nod as Hermione hugs me. "Where's Harry?"

Hermione looks at Ron. "Well, he was waiting for you to wake up, but you didn't. So he walked down to the lake with us. He said he would stay here while we checked on you."

"Hmm. Well, let's go to the lake." I say, then stand up. "Wait. Madame Pomfrey, is that okay?"

Madame Pomfrey nods. "Next time, don't try to involve yourself in threatening situations."

"Okay. Thank you," Ron, Hermione, and I walk outside.

"Guess what?" Hermione asks me as we walk to the lake. I shrug. "Draco taunted the hippogriff and got scratched."

I laugh. "He probably deserved it."

I see Harry sitting by the lake and practicing spells.

"Boo." I say, grabbing his shoulders from behind. He starts, then turns to me.

"Cassidy! You're ok!" Harry laughs, hugging me.

I'm glad that I'm kind of used to touching people now, or I would have flinched.

"I am indeed." I say. I gesture to the castle. "Harry, how about we get dinner?"

We all start to walk to the castle, until I remember something. "Ugh, I have detention tonight."

Harry shrugs while Ron looks at me. "So do I."

"Ron, what did you do this time?" I ask him, playfully shoving him with my shoulder.

"Fred and George put some dung bombs in my bag. They set off in class."

"That sucks."

We enter the great hall and the Slytherins start to laugh.

"Oh, no!" Draco taunts. "It's a big scary hippogriff."

"I wouldn't talk if I were you. Did you really roll on the ground and cry?" I snap back.

Draco clenched his fists, "Watch what you say, half-blood."

"Make me." I quote Draco from earlier.

Draco ignores me and turns to Crabbe and Goyle, whispering.

I smirk. "I win."

Harry chuckles as we sit down and dig in.

"I never knew that pasta could taste so good!" I say, sighing. Yum!

Ron nods.

I look over at Ron to see that he has stuffed his mouth with meat. Hermione snaps, "Chew with you're mouth closed, Ronald."

Ron rolls his eyes.

Sorry guys. I had no inspiration for this chapter, so it was pretty short. I'll try and make up for it. ヾ(*'∀｀*)ﾉ