Being His Daughter

Snogging

  I felt someone shaking me by the shoulders and I slowly opened my eyes. Ron's worried face loomed over me, beads of sweat on his forehead. "Sierra, are you alright?"

I sat up slowly, the back of my head aching incredibly. I winced. The floor was rattling underneath me, so I knew the train had started moving again. "W-What happened?" I asked. I tried to pull myself up with the seat of the compartment and Ron helped me.

"Well, when that thing came in here you and Harry both passed out."

I looked down at the ground to see Hermione crouched over Harry, lightly tapping on his face and whispering, "Harry. Harry. Harry."

"Good thing I sort of caught you," Ron said, rubbing the back of my head where I hurt. "Or that blow to your head would've been worse."

"Thanks."

Harry suddenly sat up quickly, making Hermione stumble back and land on her butt softly. "What happened?" he asked, touching his forehead, which was covered in sweat.

There was a loud crack, making everyone jump. I looked over to the front of the compartment by the door to see Professor Lupin breaking up a large piece of dark chocolate. "Here," he said, handing some of it to each of us. "Eat. You'll feel better."

"What was that thing?" Harry asked as I bit into my chocolate. Warmth spread throughout my body, all the way from my aching head down to my numb toes. I smiled.

"A Dementor," Lupin said. "From Azkaban." I froze. "Excuse me, I need to go speak with the driver." He left the compartment.

I suddenly felt very uncomfortable. "I think I should go back to my compartment," I said.

Neville stood from his seat. "Sierra... are you sure?"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine anyway," I said quickly, wiping my forehead with the sleeve of my robes. I shoved my last bit of chocolate into my mouth as Hermione hugged me.

"Before you get into any more trouble with Malfoy," Ginny joked. I smiled at her.

"Please," I said, waving my hand making her laugh.

"See you later," Harry told me. He was still on the ground so I just ruffled his hair as Ron hugged me from behind.

"Thanks for catching me, Weasley," I grinned. Then I left the compartment.

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Thump

I stopped in my tracks as I was making my way back to my compartment.

Thump

I narrowed my eyes and looked to the compartment to the right of me. The blinds were shut on it, not letting anyone see in. There was another soft thump, and I placed my hand on the handle, contemplating if someone needed help or something. I shouldn't be nosy...

Thump

I slid the door open and entered but quickly stopped when my eyes settled on what was happening. Draco and Pansy were basically tangled up in each other against the wall. They unglued their lips from each other and looked at me like deer caught in headlights.

I wasn't breathing. I couldn't breath. I felt like I was suffocating watching them stare at me like that. Pansy slowly began to smirk until Draco shoved her away harshly, staring at me wide eyed. My eyes tingled and then burned, making me blink them quickly. "Sierra-" Draco reached a hand to touch and that's when my legs began to work. I backed away from him quickly.