Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Slytherin!Harry)

Chapter 9, What a fright!

Curiosity killed the cat!

It was the night before Halloween and Harry was feeling a bit rebellious. Of course, this was nothing new. Harry did tend to break a few rules here and there with the Dursleys, even if he knew that the consequences of his actions were severe.

His reason for doing so? Simple. He couldn't help himself. He had to do it.

"You should go to bed, Malfoy."

"I can't," said a pale boy with platinum blonde hair.

"Why?" asked Harry.

Draco, who had been sitting on a comfy sofa next to Harry pulled a pillow over his chest and hugged it tightly, "I'm an insomniac." He retorted.

Harry frowned, "You're so full of rubbish. You sleep early in the evening because you wake up so early in the bloody morning! You're probably just scared."

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"No!"

"Psh, whatever." Said Harry, getting up.

"Where are you going?"

Harry paused and looked back at his friend,

"The bathroom." He lied. He didn't want Draco to think Harry was stupid for wanting to explore the exact place he was told not to.

Draco sighed of relief, getting up. "Good, I thought you never went."

Harry raised an eyebrow, a bit weirded out, "Hm?"

Draco realized what he just said, bless his heart. "Oh! Well, you see, I had to pee too..."

"And you couldn't go before?"

"Not by myself! Are you mad??"

A moment of silence.

Harry sighed, seeing no way out of this.

"Right," he pinched his nose, "Let's go then."

As Draco used the toilet, Harry hummed softly to himself, slowly making his way further and further away from the bathroom. He was almost out completely without Draco noticing until-

"Potter!" a scream whisper that belonged to none other than the blonde could be heard. It made Harry jump. He looked back and resumed his previous position, "Yeah?"

"What are you doing???"

"Er....."

Draco waited for a reply.

Harry gulped, "I wanted to explore the castle a bit... Well a certain part of the castle."

Draco raised an eyebrow, "Which part?"

The boy who lived put on a mischievous grin, there was no hiding it now so he might as well tell the truth, "The third floor."

Draco's jaw dropped and his eyes widened, "Are you mad?? That floor's area is forbidden! Who knows what disgusting creature could be lurking about there??"

Harry laughed, "Like what? Filch's cat?"

Draco frowned, "What if you get caught?"

"We won't." Harry said, confidently.

'What!?' Draco thought, "What do you mean we?"

Harry tilted his head, "What I just said. We."

"As in you too."

Draco shook his head furiously, "Absolutely not."

Harry frowned, "If I didn't know any better I'd say you're scared, Malfoy."