You're Not Alone-Hermione Granger(Currently Editing)

Twenty

People exit the feast and start to head to their dorms. The quartet was still talking about the deathday party and Draco was still teasing Juniper about the sudden exit when the students in front of the group suddenly stop. There was a hush over the crowd as they see something written on the wall. It was written in blood. "The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir....beware." Juniper reads to herself.

Right next to the writing was hung Mrs. Norris. She was as stiff as a statue and her cat eyes were wide as she hung from her tail on a light post. And stood right in front of it all was the trio that was at the deathday party. Teachers and students gasp in shock as the corridor gets crowded, students surrounding the three. " 'Enemies of the Heir, beware.'" Draco read aloud to himself as he manages to make his way to the front. "You'll be next, Mudbloods." Draco calls out and Juniper feels anger bubble inside of her as he looks directly at Hermione.

Summer grabs a hold of her arm, keeping her in place, already noticing the girl stewing in her spot. "What's going on here? Go on. Make way, make way." Filch says, making way through the crowd towards the front. He spots Harry and walks towards him. "Potter? What are you..." He trails off as he spots Mrs. Norris. "Mrs. Norris?" He whispers. His expression hardens and he glares down at Harry. "You've murdered my cat." He seethes. "No. No." Harry starts denying. "I'll kill ya" He says his eyes bulging out and his body shaking in anger. He grabs Harry by the robes. "I'll kill ya!" He screams.

"Argus!" Dumbledore shouts, pushing through the crowd. The students start making room for Dumbledore to pass by as the other Professors follow him. "Argus, I..." Dumbledore pauses as he takes notice of the scene before him. "Everyone will proceed to their dormitories immediately. Everyone except...you three" Dumbledore says, pointing at the trio. Everyone starts leaving the area and Juniper notices the amused grin playing on Draco's lips. What was he smiling about?

*****

All anyone could talk about was what happened with Mrs. Norris. Filch was a complete mess, constantly yelling at kids who even so much as glanced at him and giving them detention. He tried getting the message off the wall but it just wouldn't come off. Draco thought it was great. He was constantly talking to his friends about how the heir of Slytherin was gonna get rid of all those "nasty little Mudbloods". Juniper on the other hand, didn't like the talk at all.

She preferred to keep her distances from him, not wanting to get into another incident with him. Which meant, spending a lot of her time in the library. Not many people spent their time in the library. Most people only went if they needed a book for class or to get in some last minute studying. So it was the perfect place for Juniper to go, to get away from Draco.

The problem was, Hermione Granger happened to be spending a lot of her time here as well, constantly having her nose buried in different types of books, researching something obviously important in her mind. The two hadn't talked since everything that went down on the pitch and to be honest she really didn't want to. Juniper noticed that when the bushy haired Gryffindor read, she liked to mumble the words quietly to herself. Not that it was important she just noted it. She doesn't know why it even matters though.

In fact, she realized every time she was at the library as well as Hermione, her eyes couldn't help but follow the girl as she read through a countless number of books, noting certain things about her. Juniper wonders if she always did this. Was she always this observant? Juniper always had to keep herself on track but with all the movement Hermione was doing across the library, she just couldn't concentrate on her work.

One day, Juniper was reading up a book on Magical creatures, wanting to figure out if there was a way to prevent Jasper from getting frozen into a statue. She couldn't imagine having to go through what Filch must be going through. Ever since the thing with Mrs. Norris happened, she's been worried this Heir of Slytherin was going after cats meaning she's been keeping an extra watchful eye on Jasper. "Excuse me?" A voice suddenly says, causing Juniper to look up.