I'm Not Perfect | Seamus Finnigan

MALFOY!

When I got back to Hogwarts, I met Seamus at the station. I froze in my tracks. Seamus was... different... 

He looked a little less boyish and more.... 

I don't know what to say... 

"Hi Emma! Something wrong?" he asked.

"Oh! No. I'm fine."

He raised an eyebrow "Alright."

We sat down on the train.

"So what were you going to say before you were dragged off by Ginny?"

"You remember that? You didn't forget about it over the summer?"

He blushed, "Well... I guess I just remembered when I saw you."

"Well..." I started.

Great. Now I don't have the courage to say it anymore.

"It's nothing really.." I lied

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

We arrived at Hogwarts and sat through the sorting ceremony.

Then went to our seperate dormitories.

"Hey, Emma? Is something wrong?" Luna asked.

"No. no. I'm fine."

"No you're not."

"Yes I am."

"I don't believe you."

"Just leave it alone because it's not worth it anyway!" I yelled.

Seeing the look on Luna's face I said, "Sorry."

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The next morning Seamus, Luna, and I were talking in the library.

"Did you hear that Sirius Black escaped Azkaban?" Seamus asked,

"Yeah. It's all over the Daily Prophet and it's on the muggle news too. They're telling them he's escaped from muggle prison, and if they spot him they're supposed to call a special hotline that the Ministry set up."

"I know." Seamus said, "A muggle woman spotted him."

"What? Where?" I asked.

"Dufftown." 

"That's not far from here!" I said, "What if he gets into the castle? Harry said Sirius might be looking for him!"

"I've got to go to my common room to get my books for the next class." Seamus said,

I went with him to wait outside the common room, but we were greeted by a large group of Gryffindor students crowded around the painting that usually let's them in with the correct password. The painting was torn up and 'the fat lady' was no where inside of it.

Dumbledore arrived and ordered the prefects and teachers to "get all the school ghosts. Search every painting in the castle for her!"

"Alright." Percy said, running off to go find the ghosts.

"It's Sirius Black!" someone yelled, "He's gotten into the castle!"

All of the houses were sent to the Great Hall.

A while later, we were let back out and allowed to go back to our dormitories.

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I came back with Harry, Ron, and Hermione from a visit with Hagrid that had left me quite upset.

I stormed past Seamus on the way to my common room.

"Hey Emma what's wrong?"

"They're excecuting buckbeak. And it's all Malfoy's fault. If he wouldn't have made him angry he would never have gotten bitten. But no, Malfoy just has to prance around school causing distress like a insensitive GIT!" I yelled, then continued on mumbling "that little... he's gonna get what's coming to him..." 

I caught up with Ron, Harry, and Hermione and stormed past them. Seamus was following me, trying to stop me before I did anything. Hermione seemed to have the same idea.

We made our way to where Malfoy and his goons were standing outside.

"MALFOY! YOU JUST HAVE TO GO AROUND CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR EVERYONE DON'T YOU!? I SWEAR ONE DAY YOU'RE GONNA REGRET IT!" I yelled.

Hermione, realizing how angry she was looked excactly like I was right now, stopped and tried to hold me back.

"I. WILL. KILL. YOU!"

Malfoy stood laughing at me being held back. 

"What are you going to do? Throw some trivia at me?"

"YOU BETTER SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" I wriggled out of Hermione's grasp and stomped right up to Malfoy.

Pushing him backwords I yelled, "YOU ARE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND TELL THEM IT WAS YOUR FAULT OR SO HELP ME I WILL RIP YOUR HEAD OFF!" 

"They'll kill him anyway!" He said, frightened.

"THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU AN EXCUSE NOT TO TRY!"

Hermione grabbed me and pulled me back again.

"Emma! Don't let your anger take over!" Hermione yelled.

"You know what? You're right. I'm not going to waste my time on a bag of spoiled filth." I spat.

"So now you're being controlled by a mudblood?" 

Hermione lost her temper as well, and turned straight around, punching Mafloy square in the face.

"Don't ever test me again or so help me I can do a lot worse."

I stomped off angrily with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Seamus trailing behind me.

"What the heck was that? I didn't know you get even get angry! Most of the time you've just got your head stuck in a book!" Ron said.

"Well he deserved it."

"This isn't going to help buckbeak you know that right?"

"He still deserved it."