RECKLESS FUN | Blaise Zabini | Au

6- TALONS AND TEALEAVES

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THE NEXT DAY, ZOE WALKED TO BREAKFAST WITH FRED AND GEORGE. After they sat down to the Gryffindor table, Professor McGonagall who was handing out the new timetables, handed them theirs. She looked around the table and then said:

"Could you kindly give these to Potter, Weasley and Granger when they come?"

"Sure."

Professor McGonagall gave the timetables to George.

The three started eating, discussing about the new timetables and soon Harry, Ron and Hermione joined them. Harry dropped in a frustrated manner into the seat next to George.

"New third-year timetables." George said, passing them over. "What's up with you, Harry?"

"Malfoy." Ron sighed, gritting his teeth as he sat down on George's other side and glared over at the Slytherin table.

Fred, George and Zoe looked up in time to see Draco pretending to faint in terror.

"That little git." Zoe scoffed before blowing on her cup of coffee.

"He wasn't so cocky last night when the Dementors were down our end of the train." George stated. "Came running to our compartment, didn't he, Fred, Zoe?"

"Nearly wet himself." Fred said, with a disparaging glance at Malfoy.

Zoe laughed at thought.

"I wasn't too happy myself." George confessed. "They're horrible things, those Dementors..."

"Sort of freeze your insides, don't they?" Fred questioned.

"Yeah." Zoe agreed, placing her cup down as she suddenly felt weak.

"You didn't pass out, though, did you?" Harry asked in a low voice.

"Forget it, Harry." George said bracingly. "Dad had to once go out to Azkaban one time, remember, Fred? And he said it was the worst place he'd ever been. Came back all weak and shaking... They suck happiness out of a place, Dementors. Most of the prisoners go mad in there."

Zoe gulped, thinking about Sirius Black.

"Anyway, we'll see how happy Malfoy looks after our first Quidditch match," Fred said. "Gryffindors versus Slytherin, first game of the season, remember?"

Harry seemed to cheer up little bit.

Fred, George and Zoe were debating about how Merpeople have babies whilst Harry seemed to listen Ron and Hermione argue about her filled timetable.

"I'm telling you, they lay eggs!" Zoe argued.

"But how do the eggs get inside the female merperson, huh? Is there a hole in their tale?"

"Well..." Fred chuckled. "I have an idea."

"Alright, brother. First of all, I'm not sure if I am disgusted or impressed that that's where your mind went first. Second, how do the eggs get out then?"

"Yeah, I'm with George. Human babies come out the same way they get in, I don't think that the Merpeople throw up the eggs." Zoe said amusedly.

"Are there any Merpeople in the Black lake?" Fred asked.

"Why? You wanna ask them?" Zoe asked, amused.

"You should learn Mermish first." George suggested.

"Zoe?" Harry interrupted. He, Ron and Hermione were standing up, holding their bags.

"We'd better go." Ron told her. "We have Divination's at the top of North Tower. It'll take us ten minutes to get there."

"Bye, boys." Zoe said to Fred and George, before rising from her seat and grabbing her rucksack.