The other side of Draco || Enemies to lovers

~Chapter 29~

There was an awkward silence as us three stood there eying each other, unsure of who to trust.

"Scarlett?" Draco asked again

"We both just came from Dumbledore's office" my voice was raw

"Why?"

"We had these lessons about the past, I'm not sure why though"

"To learn and protect ourselves from Voldemort" Harry stepped in, bravely looking at Draco

"What?" Draco asked looking confused

"Voldemort is gaining power again, we need to protect ourselves from him"

"And?" Draco laughed "Dumbledore believes that your going to stop Voldemort, is that right, is that why he's giving you these 'special' lessons, he actually belives that your the chosen one?"

"Yes, and don't forget that Scarlett is having these lessons too"

Draco looked beaten at me, then grabbed my arm, turned away from Potter and fast walked away.

"Sorry Draco" I said but he didn't reply

Finally, when we reached the Slytherin common room, he let go of my arm and said "stay here, I'll be back"

"But Draco, that's what you always say but you always end up leaving me here" I looked him in the eye

"I promise this time I won't" he started walking away, as usual, before I could say anything else. I was curious though, to see where Draco was going, so I pnce more, followed him, just like last year and ironically, he was headed to the room of requirements.

I slipped in just as the door was closing, it was the same place as the time Draco showed me his dark mark. I hid behing a pile of objects in there and and watched as Draco took off the sheet on the big thing, I held my breath, what was it going to be? Finally, the whole cloth was taken off and standing there was a... cupboard?

Draco put an apple in the cupboard and muttered a spell, then he opened the cupboard and ther was noting in there, he closed the door again and when he took the apple out this time, it was bitten.

"Whoa" I whispered and clamped my mouth but it was too late

"Petrificus totalus" Draco yelled pointing his wand at me, I dodged out of the way

"Stupefy" he said, again, I dodged

"Crucio" I fell screaming in pain on the floor

Draco cautiously walked over to where I was laying, face on the floor, still screaming.

"Who are you?" He asked

"Dr-" *scream* "i- it's" *scream* "help" I tried to say through tears.

"Scarlett!" He exclaimed when he was close enough to see me and instantly stopped the spell "why are you here?"

But I didn't reply as I was still in pain

"I'm so sorry" he said sympathetically bending down to hug me "I didn't know it was you, I thought it was Potter"

" 's ok" I said gasping for air

"I'll take you to madam pomfrey"

"No, too risky, who'd be casting forbidden spells around the school? They'll find out"

"Ok then, I'm so sorry" he added

"It's fine" I said masking my pain

"Why were you here anyways?"

"I wanted to see where you were going"

"I told you not to, but too late, let's go back to the common room"

We walked back in silence to the Slytherin common room and when we got there, Zabini and Goyle were standing in the room,

"Come on then, sit down" Draco said as he sat down himself "Come sit Scarlett".

Flashback

"Well sit down then" Draco said to Crabbe and Goyle

They sat down while I watched them from the common room entrance

"Want to sit down too Scarlett?" Draco asked me, why was he being so nice?

"Umm... no thanks" I said

"Come on" he looked up at me with pleading eyes

"Ok" I ran over, not wanting to upset Draco

Draco turned to Crabbe and Goyle to talk about the Weasleys, I hated how they were talking about how much of disgrace the Weasleys were but I just kept silent and zoned out for a bit.

"What! you think there's someone here who's worst than Dumbledore? Well?"

Crabbe, Goyle and I violently shook our heads, I was getting really scared of Draco now

"H- Harry Potter?" Goyle suggested

Crabbe and I nodded, holding our breaths, then, fortunately, Draco smiled.

"Good one Goyle, your absolutely right, saint potter the mudblood's friend"

I let go of a breath I didn't realize I was holding

"They're blood traitors, especially Weasley, I, only associate with purebloods such as you two" he indicated Crabbe and Goyle "and of course, Scarlett" he smile at me and I blushed, I wasn't for anything Draco said about Ron, but I still smiled.

Of course, that was back then, things have changed a lot now, I was definitely not friends with the golden trio now and I saw a nicer side of Draco, a different side of Draco, the other side of Draco.