Malfoy Neighbors

The Night In The Great Hall-Year 3 Chapter 9

"I want you to..." Draco called to you but you kept walking "...forgive me." He finished his sentence in a whisper.

Your pov

Thursday rolled around and Draco was finally comming to class. He was still milking his injury for all it was worth. He got sympathy from most of the Slytherins. Perkinson was no exception. She new you and him weren't together anymore, and was taking her chance to flirt with Draco.

"Let me cut that for you, Drakey." She said at lunch time, pulling his plate to her. You rolled your eyes. The rest of the day passed by quickly.

Weeks flew by and it was time for the first trip to Hogsmeade. You, Sam and Sebastian were waiting to head out with the other students on Halloween morning.

"Staying here, Potter? Scared of passing the dementors?" Draco said in his normal cold voice. You shot a dirty look at Draco as you walked by. You and your friends had loads of fun exploring the town. You got Butterbeer from The Three Broom Sticks and sweets from Honey Dukes. The day was ending and, the Halloween feast was just as good as it had been the years before. You headed to your common room when your head of house, Prosser Sprot, told you and the other Hufflepuffs to go back to the Great Hall. Once you got there the Gryffindors were there too. Soon the other two houses joined.

"What's going on?" A lot of the students kept asking. (N/n) had made his was to you and jumped onto your shoulder.

"Oh good. Your safe (n/n)." You said to your niffler.

"The teachers and I need to conduct a thorough search of the castle." Dumbledore announced as Flitwick and McGonagall closed all the doors.

"I'm afraid, for your own safety, you'll have to spend the night here. I want the prefects to stand guard over the entrances to the hall and I'm leaving the head boy and girl in charge. Any disturbances should be reported to me immediately." Dumbledore went on. "Send word with one of the ghosts" He was heading back out then stopped again.

"Oh and you'll be needing..." he pulled out his wand and waved it. The tables moved to the side and stood themselves up. Dumbledore waved his wand again and the hall filled with pruple sleeping bags. "Sleep well" Dumbledore shut the door behind him as he left. Everyone started talking about why you were all in there. The Gryffindors were telling people how they couldn't get into their common room because the fat lady wasn't there because Sirius Black attacked her. Persey Weasley, a prefect and the oldest Weasleystill at the school, told the students to get into a sleeping bag. You and sam grabbed sleeping bags and headed off to a corner.

"How did Black get in?" Sam asked you. You shrugged your shoulders and looked at Draco worriedly. He had told you it was safer at the school then it would be at home. It got quite in the hall. Sam fell asleep pritty quickly. You layed there for a long time. What if Black found his way into the Great Hall? The prefects and head boy and girl weren't going to be strong enough to protect the other students.

You set up and looked around. The prefects and head boy and girl were all talking amongst themselves, not paying any attention to you. You looked over to were Draco was. Was he sleeping too? You got up and dragged you bag over to see if he was out like the rest of the hall.

"Draco?" You said laying between him and the wall. He opended his eyes.

"What are you doing here?" A caring tone came from him.

"I can't sleep." You said with terror forming in your voice. "You told me it was safe here. How did Black get into the school?"

"I don't know," Draco said, pulling an arm from his bag and placing it around you. "I know your scared, but it will be alright. Now try to get some sleep." He said closing his eyes. It was nice to have him holding you again.

"Draco?" You asked in a low whisper. He hummed. "Why are you nice to me, but mean to others?"

"Because," Draco mumbled.

"Because why?" You wanted him to give you a real answer for once. He pulled you closer to him to whisper in you ear.

"Because your my Hufflepuff Princess." You blushed at his words.

"I hear people whispering." Percy Weasley said over the sleeping crowd. You and Draco both smiled. "Go to sleep!" You snuggled your head into Draco's chest.

"And you're my Slytherin Prince." You whispered sleepily. You wanted things to go back to the way it was over the summer. You just wished he would be kind in school like he was then.

In the next few days, all the students could only talk about the scare. Hufflepuff was told they were playing Gryffindor in this comming up match. Gryffindor was going to play Slytherin, but due to Draco acting like a baby with his arm, the Slytherin team backed out. Kathy was training hard all the time so you didnt see her much.

The next few day passed and
You noticed Kathy looking at the new Quidditch team captain, Cedric Diggory a lot. She was captain last year but had back down to let another take the lead. She would catch Cedric,s eye then look away, red.

"Do you have a crush on him?" You asked your 5th year friend one day in the common room. She pulled you to the side truning even redder.

"Is it really that obvious?" She asked shyly. You nodded your head viciously.

"Do you think he's noticed?" She said with her face trunning a dark maroon.

"Kathy!? Are you blind?" You said truning her around to face the common room. Cedric was watching them. His eyes met Kathy's and he truned around to talk to his friend.

"What?" She asked you confused.

"You must be blind." You said annoyed. "He likes you too. Neither of you noticed the other because your both too busy hidding your feeling from the one another." You said as she truned back to face you. "Go talk to him." You encouraged her. She looked over at him agian. "Go on." You said again. Kathy slowly walked over to him. You stood back and watched with Sam. You saw Kathy trun red then Cedric turn red. After a few seconds, she walked back over to you.

"He said he would go with me to Hogsmeade on the next trip." She said bright red and excited.