Cassiopeia Weasley

Chapter 7️⃣

In the forest. The group walks along a path to a tree. Hagrid stops, bends down and dips his fingers in a silver puddle. He pulls out his fingers and rubs them together. A silver trail smears with his fingers.
Cassiopeia pov
"Hagrid, what's that?" "What we're here for. See that?" I cut in and answer the question myself. That's unicorn blood. "I found one dead a few weeks ago. Now, this one's been injured bad by something." Harry and I suddenly see a large cloaked figure walking through the trees. We look at Hagrid. "So, it's our job to find the poor beast. Ron, Hermione, you'll come with me." "Okay." My little brother says in a scared almost terrified voice. "And Harry, you'll go with Malfoy and Ms. Weasley. Draco grimaces, and Harry nods. "Okay. Then I get Fang!" Says Draco I roll my eyes at his scardy catness self honestly. "Fine. Just so you know, he's a bloody coward." Fang whines. We are walking through the forest, Fang leading. Draco has the lamp.
"You wait till my father hears about this. This is servant's stuff." "If I didn't know better, Draco, I'd say you were scared."
"Scared, Potter?!" He scoffs I just roll my eyes. We hear an howl and Draco speaks up in a scared tone. "Did you hear that? Come on, Fang." "Scared." Our group approaches a flat ground with gnarled roots all over. Fang stops, then growls.
"What is it, Fang?" Up ahead, a cloaked figure is crouched over a dead unicorn, drinking its blood. The figure raises its head, silver blood dripping from its mouth. Harry gasps and grabs his scar, which is hurting. Draco has a look of pure fear "AHHHHHHHHH!!! AHHH!" He runs away, with Fang "HELP!!!!!" Harry and I are left by ourself. The figure slides over the unicorn and rises erect. It advances towards Harry, who backs up, but trips. He crawls backwards." I stand in front of Harry wand raised. I was in a protective stance. Stufy! The cloaked figure falls on the ground. Raising its own wand angrily. Suddenly, there is the sound of hoofbeats. A figure leaps over Harry and lands near the cloaked figure. It is a silver centaur. It rears, and the cloaked figure retreats, flying away.
"Harry Potter, Cassiopeia Weasley you must leave. You are known to many creatures here. The forest is not safe at this time. Especially for you Harry. Cassiopeia you have showed you would protect Harry without thinking. To that figure and other creatures you're a threat." I only did that because he is Ron's best friend. Harry rises "But what was that thing you saved me from?" "A monstrous creature. It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn. Drinking the blood of a unicorn will keep you alive even if you are an inch from death. But at a terrible price. You have slain something so pure that the moment the blood touches your lips, you will have a half-life. A cursed life." "But who would choose such a life?" "Can you think of no one?" "Do you mean to say...that that thing that killed the unicorn...that was drinking its blood...that was Voldemort?"
"Do you know what is hidden in the school at this very moment?" The Philosopher's Stone. I say before Harry.
Suddenly, a dog Fang barks. Harry looks up and sees Hagrid, Hermione, Ron and Draco appear.
Harry Pov
"Harry!" Hermione screams hugging me. Draco runs and hugs Cassiopeia she laughs hugging him. I watch Draco stare at her she turns towards him. "What are you staring at Drac?" "Just your beauty Cassia." She blushes and looks away from him quickly. "Hello there, Firenze. I see you've met our young Mr. Potter. And Ms. Weasley. You all right there, Cassiopeia and Harry?" Cassiopeia nods and I do too. Draco's and Cassiopeia's hands are once again together a way of comfort.
"Harry Potter, and Cassiopeia Weasley this is where I leave you. You're safe now. Good luck.
Gryffindor common room. Right after 'attack.' The group is around the fire. Hermione and Ron are seated, but Harry stands.
Harry Pov
Hermione speaks in disbelief. "You mean, You-Know-Who's out there, right now, in the forest?" But he's weak. He's living off the unicorns. Don't you see? We had it wrong. Snape doesn't want the stone for himself, he wants the stone for Voldemort. With the Elixir of Life, Voldemort will be strong again. He'll He'll come back. But if he comes back, you don't think he'll try to kill you, do you?" Ron asks. I think if your sister hadn't stepped in front of me and he'd had the chance, he might have tried to kill me tonight. "And to think, I've been worrying about my Potions final! But wait my sister protected you?" Yeah she cast a stunning spell on him almost instantly. But she only did it because you're my best friend. I don't know if she would had saved me otherwise. "Hang on a minute. We're forgetting one thing. Who's the one wizard Voldemort always feared? Plus she's a Slytherin she has to keep up her act. We look at her confused and numb. "Dumbledore! As long as Dumbledore's around, you're safe. As long as Dumbledore's around, you can't be touched." I smile at the thought I am safe now.