~The Slytherin Princess~ Draco Malfoy

T H I R T Y O N E

That evening the Slytherin table was varying an odd display of emotions, some nervous, some excited to finally be busting Harry Potters secret group.

Suddenly, a letter, carried by a great owl Adeline immediately recognised as Draco's, flew towards them with a great deal of speed carrying a letter in it's beak. With one look at the seal, Draco's face turned a sickly pale. The crest of the Lestrange's.

"They're supposed to be in Azkaban." Adeline hissed as Draco tore open the paper with trembling hands.

The group held their breaths as the blondes grey eyes quickly skimmed the text, lip quivering with every word.

"They're out." The pale boy muttered quietly, "Voldemort helped them escape."

Adeline gulped, her hands shaking beneath the table as the mood turned sombre, the dimmed great hall lights feeling almost too dim.

"That's not good." Pansy shook her head, biting her lip.

"You know what that means don't you?" Adeline questioned rhetorically, knowing the group knew exactly what it meant, "the dark side are gaining stronger forces everyday. There's going to be a war."

"And we're going to have to pick a side." Draco looked towards his left sleeve, which was a blank canvas, praying to Merlin it wouldn't be painted with ink one day.

"Let's not think about that now." Daphne butted in, "Let's focus on how we're going to completely destroy Potter tonight."

The group laughed half-heartedly as the topic changed, however not one of them could deny the tense atmosphere that loomed above them all.

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"Seventh floor, room of requirement." Umbridge muttered to herself as a group of Slytherins followed her from behind, ranging from 5th all the way to 7th year.

Suddenly, a large echo resonated through the seventh floor, causing the entire groups eyes to widen.

"It's 10:15." Draco muttered in confusion, "they don't finish for another 45 minutes."

"Unless, they know we're here." Adeline thought logically, Umbridge going red at the thought.

"Well don't just stand there!" The woman barked, "get them!"

Adeline and Draco nodded to each other as they took off in the same direction, immediately beginning to chase a familiar black haired boy. Adeline pushed her body, realising who the boy was before Draco, sending jinxes and hexes his way, the ebony haired male dodging them all.

Draco suddenly shot a spell, hitting the boy perfectly, tripping him up with a yelp. The Malfoy began to laugh as Adeline panted for breath, not used to doing exercise. The boy rolled onto his back, revealing none other than Harry Potter himself.

"Trip jinx." Draco boasted proudly, a smug smirk on his face as Potter glared heavily, "this is going to be good, I can't wait until-"

"Professor!" Adeline yelled, cutting Draco off irritably, could you blame her though, the teen was tired and she wanted to sleep, "Professor, we've got one!"

Zooming around the corner, wearing a bright smile, Umbridge bustled towards them, tutting as she noticed the figure they had caught.

"Harry Potter." The woman whispered in delight, as if she couldn't believe the sight before her, "well done Adeline, Draco. 100 points to Slytherin," Potter gaped in shock at the large number of house points, glaring at the smug pair as they grinned back at him, "stand up Potter, let's go."