The Rose Queen- Draco Malfoy

Chapter 7

I later found myself next to Hermione in Defense against the Dark Arts.

"So do you really think he's crazy or is he just like the me kind of crazy?" I asked Hermione.

"The you kind of crazy, what does that mean?" She asked me confused.

"The one were no one takes that chance to get to know you and just assumes your crazy." I said leaning back in my chair.

"I think mad eye is the real kind of crazy." She stopped before speaking on what I had just said. "And no one thinks your crazy, you stood up to Draco Malfoy, the Gryffindors think your a saint."

"I would have thought he would have tattled on me." I said looking at Draco's healed nose.

Ron over heard and said. "Harry thinks, Malfoy's got a thing for you and that's why he got so angry when you and Harry were being friendly."

I felt myself physically laugh. No way did Draco Malfoy even think I was pretty, who goes about being mean to the person they like.

"Have you not seen the way he looks at you." Harry said leaning forward to look at me.

A few minutes past of deep thought of the disgusting notion until mad eye was introducing himself.

"Alastair Moody, ex Auror, ministry malcontent, and your new defense against the dark arts teacher. I am here because Dumbledore asked me, end of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?" I then came to the realization this guy might be crazy crazy not just the me kind of crazy.

"When it comes to dark arts, I believe in a practical approach." He sounded like a mad man. "But first which of you can tell me how many unforgivable curses there are?"

I answered. "Three of course." I was answering to try and be on the good side of the crazy man and a kid than said "of course she knows." I felt a little piece of me die inside.

"And they are so named?" He started writing on the board.

"Because they are unforgivable." I answered calmly. I finished by saying "the use of any one of them will-" mad eye then cut me off saying my next words for me. "Earn you a one way ticket to Azkaban, correct."

The crazy man's crazy eye focused on me as he talked, it was very unsettling, and when it wasn't on me if was on Harry.

"Now the ministry says your too young to see what these curses do." The man then yelled. "I say different! You need to know what you up against! You need to be prepared! You need to find another place to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk Mr. Finnigan!"

So that was Seamus's last name.

"No way the old codger can see out the back of his head." Seamus said and I rolled my eyes.

Moody then chucked a piece of chalk at him and yelled one more. "And hear across classrooms."

"So which curse shall we see first." The mad man said quietly before shouting "Weasley!"

"Yes!" Ron's head snapped to the front in fear.

"Stand." He commanded and Ron did so scared for his life. "Give us a curse." The man said for once in a not so crazy tone.

"Well... My dad did tell me about one..." Wrong said horrified. "The imperius curse."

"You don't would know all about that, gave the ministry a bit of grief a few years ago. Let me show you why."

The crazy man walked to the front and pulled a spider out of a jar. "Engorgio." He made the spider bigger so we could all see before making it hop around the class landing on people's faces and the entire class was laughing but me.

"What should I make her do next drown herself." The crazy man said as the spider winced over the water. He then brought the spider back to him.

"Many Wizards claim they only did you-know-whos bidding under the influence of the imperious curse but how do why sort of the liars." Moody asked and almost everyone but me and Hermione raised there hands.

"Longbottom is it?" Mad eye asked before saying "up" Moody then gestured for him to stand.

"T-theres the...um... Cruciatus curse." Neville said not making eye contact.

"Correct, correct. Come, come." Mad eye seemed way to excited at his answer.

Once they made it to the spider mad eye said the curse "Crucio" and the spider started squealing in pain. Neville winced clearly uncomfortable, very uncomfortable maybe even a little scarred.

"Stop! Can't you see it's bothering him, stop it now!" I shouted feeling horrible for the boy, maybe I wasn't a soulless monster after all.

Mad eye then stopped clearing his throat before picking up the spider and laying it on my book.

"Perhaps you could give us the last Unforgivable Curse Miss Riddle." I felt myself wince at the name to which I was barely able to choke out. "Miss Grey not Rid~" I stopped myself before saying "not that." I then shook my head about to break down to which he responded "no?"

Before saying it, the killing curse "Avada Kedavra!" I nearly vomited at the words soon the class was over and I was walking down the stairs with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.