camellia withlock│draco malfoy ✓

41│mathilda

CHAPTER 41: mathilda

"Good morning, children!" Umbridge says as she walks in. "Ordinary. Wizarding. Level. Examinations... more commonly known as OWLS. It is not an understatement to say your fifth-year examinations will in many respects determine your futures. Study hard and you will be rewarded! Fail to do so, and the consequences may be...severe."

Some textbooks start floating out of the cupboard and distribute themselves to the students. They land with a thud. 'Dark Arts Defense: Basic for Beginners', I already hate this...

"Your previous instruction in this subject has been disturbingly... uneven. But you will be pleased to know that from now on you will be following a carefully structured, Ministry-approved course of defensive magic..."

Hermione raises her hand, "There's nothing in here about actually using defensive spells."

She lets out a silent laugh, "Using spells? I can't imagine why you would need to use spells in my classroom."

"We're not going to use magic?"

Hermione speaks up again, "But surely the whole point of Defense Against the Dark Arts-"

Umbridge cuts her off, "Wizards much older and cleverer than yourself have devised our new program of study. You will be learning about defensive spells in a secure, risk-free way-"

"What use is that? If we're going to be attacked it won't be 'risk free'-"

"Students will raise their hands when they speak in my class," she sneers at Harry before her voice becomes instantly sweet. Draco laughs beside Melia who punches him in the stomach. "It is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be sufficient to get you through your examinations--which, after all, is what school is all about."

"And how's theory supposed to prepare us for what's out there?"

"There is nothing out there, dear. Who do you imagine wants to attack children like yourself?"

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe Lord Voldemort?" everyone cringes and Umbridge freezes. Melia just looks at Umbridge with a blank face. The professor looks at her for a moment and Melia smirks at her.

"Let me make this quite plain. You have been told that a certain Dark wizard is at large once again. This is a lie."

"It's not a lie. I saw him, I fought him-"

"Detention, Mr. Potter!"

"So according to you, Cedric Diggory dropped dead of his own accord?"

Umbridge looks over the class for a small moment with fake sorrow, "Cedric Diggory's death was a tragic accident."

"It was murder. Voldemort killed him and you know it-!"

Umbridge looks like she's about to explode, which she did, "ENOUGH!" The whole class flinches. She regains her posture and talks with her sweet voice again. "Friday, Mr. Potter...My office."

The rest of the class was the most boring class all the students had ever had. Theory isn't fun when you have a teacher like her. When the class was done everyone was groaning in exhaustion. How can you get so tired after just one class? Melia wasn't feeling hungry, so she went to the library to read some.

She sat down on one of the sofas farthest away from everyone else, to get some privacy. 'Mathilda' was the book she was reading. Melia said she would read it with Draco, but she couldn't wait to read it. After about 20 minutes of reading alone, a young girl came and sat down beside her. Melia looked up from the book and smiled at her. She put her arm around the girl's shoulders and started reading out loud in a small whisper. Rosie had never read a muggle book before and was awed by the story.

When Melia was halfway through the book, she started to get sleepy. Rosie took the book from her and put it on the table before getting a blanket for Melia. Then she took out her homework from her bag and started working while Melia was asleep. Rosie had grown quite fond of both Melia and Draco. When her sister graduated last year, she was scared of being alone, but she wasn't. Her two older friends would take care of her. She loves them both and sees them as her second family. Not that she doesn't like her own, but it's good to have someone here at Hogwarts.

After lunch, Draco came. He looked at Melia before noticing Rosie, "She fell asleep about half an hour ago." He made an 'o' shape with his mouth before going to sit beside Rosie. She was beginning to struggle with the potion's homework, so he helped her. When they were done, Melia woke up and saw the picture unfolding in front of her. She smiled at the two of them before she snatched Rosie and hugged her from behind. They laughed some and then the two of them asked if Draco would want to read for them. He picked up the book and read from where they left off. Melia placed her chin on top of Rosie's head and wrapped her in the blanket too.

They sat there until dinner, completely forgetting about class. They were so happy in that moment that either of them wanted the day to end. And it ended earlier than they wanted when Professor Snape came and told them off. Melia and Draco took the blame so that Rosie wouldn't be in trouble. He left them all with a warning. The three also left to go to dinner. Rosie went to her friends while the two others went to their friends. Melia looked over to the girl and winked at her, which earned her a giggle from the girl. Draco placed a hand on Melia's lower back and kissed her forehead.

"I love you."

She moved closer to him and brushed his ear with her lips, "I know." She moves back and smirks at him. He shakes his head with a small smile plastered on his face.

(A/N) Some of the lines in this chapter are from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie script, which mean that I don't own it. Everything else is written by me.