Dear Hermione,..

Unexpected Request

I rush to the library, desperate to see who loves me... Gosh, I sound like a teenager, I mentally slap myself.
I look down at the diary and the apparently lifeless pen in my hand. I was so anxious, I had to work hard to not stop right there and read the answer.
I quickly make my way to the back of the library, away from my usual seat.
I sit and keep the diary on the table.
I take a deep breath. I can do this.
Obviously you can! If you can make up your mind to fight death eaters, then you could anytime read a name in a diary! Duh.

I raise a shaky hand to open the book when I hear a cough from somewhere behind me. I turn to see Pansy looking me up and down. I prepare myself, imagining a verbal argument with her.. more of an insult match. But it never came. Instead...
"Hi.. Um, I'm Pansy."
For about eight whole seconds I just stare at her.
I raise an eyebrow.
"Look.. I know we haven't been on good terms ... I just wanted to talk to you."
I thought about it. What if it's some stupid trick? What if she wants to extract some information from me about The Order or something?
"I know Granger, that I have always taunted you. Always hated you. But.. it was for a stupid reason."
She actually sounds genuine.
She's just good at acting. Don't listen to her.

"Please, I know you don't believe in me. You shouldn't! But, just hear me out. Please."
I took a deep breath. It won't hurt to hear her out,right?
"Fine. What do you want to say?"
She looks around, and says,"Not here. Can we meet outside the library after curfew?"
Oh you've got to be kidding me.
"After curfew? No way."
She pouted, thinking.
"Umm.. What about..."
"Look, if you want to say anything to me, say it now."
She raises her wand and mutters some spell. My hand quickly sneaking under the table and grabbing my wand from my robe pocket.
"Ok. Now no one will be able to eavesdrop on us."
So she had cast a silencing spell. Good. Nothing to worry about.
"Ok. Shoot."
She takes a deep breath,then starts.
"Draco and I, we were forced into working for the dark lord. Our families were hell-bent on making sure their children got to work for the right side. We were forced into becoming a death eater in the end of fifth year. And now, the dark lord has got a very dangerous, horrible job for Draco. He had an even horrible job for me, but I managed to get away with the excuse of helping Draco to do his job."
I was shocked. So Malfoy and Pansy, both were deatheaters.
"We both had stopped believing in the blood supremacy shit long ago. We just had to act like we did believe in it."
I laughed,"Well, then you both are amazing actors. You really expect me to believe that?"
Pansy sighed and said,"Oh we are good actors. It's a must if you're working for the dark lord."
I thought about it. It really must be terrible working for him. A shiver ran down my spine, just at the thought of being in close proximity to him.
"Anyways, so this job Draco and I are assigned, it risks the existence of our families. If we don't do what we are assigned, he will.. he'll kill our families."
"Oh God..." I whisper.
"And we can't do this job. We just can't."
Pansy took a deep breath and said,
" And so we need your help."
I was taken by surprise. I wasn't expecting her to ask me for help. Ask me for help.
"O-out of everyone in this school,why would you want my help?"
She looks me straight in the eye and says," Coz your the smartest witch I've ever known."
Oh my God. No way. I can't help them. They're bloody deatheaters! I won't just believe her and let her take advantage of me...
But then again, why would she tell me about her being a deatheater in the first place, if she didn't want my help?
But I can't trust her... Or can I ?
No. I can't...
"Please, Hermione. Please."
What should I do?

A.N:
Yeah, what should she do? Or rather, what will she do? Will she help Pansy and Draco? Will she risk her safety?
Believe me, it's not so predictable.😉

Yours only,
Mintu2099