I Know You Fancy Me ||D.M.||

Part 37

Once Hermione and I are back in our room I sit down on my bed and look at her. "What?" she asks. "Can I ask you something? Like I need to know the truth." I say. She nods. "What is it?" "Well, uhm I noticed that Draco wasn't at our little convention. Earlier, and I was wondering if you just hadn't asked him or that he refused to come." I say not really wanting to know the truth but also did want to know. She gives me a sympathetic look, already giving me the answer I was looking for. "He said he would come though, I don't know if he meant it and just forgot or if he really never was planning on showing up." she says, trying to make me feel better. We hear a knock on the door and I stand up to open it. "You need to come with me!" Neville says when I open the door. "What why?" Hermione asks. "I will tell you on the way! We need to get Harry and Ron!" He says and turns towards the boy rooms. A couple of seconds later Harry, Ron and Fred and George are also standing with us in the common room. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Neville says. "But where are we going?" I ask him, following since he already left the room. "I was walking through the hall, as one does, and I walked past a what I thought was a normal wall. But I heard crumbling as if the wall was falling apart so I looked back, and there appeared a door slowly. The sand came off it I opened the door and it was a while room, filled with reflecting walls." he says walking fast. We all follow him, I look at Ron, who also gave me a very confused look. Once we stand at the wall I assume Neville was talking about he says: "Here this is the wall." enthusiastic. But nothing happens, but just seconds later, the sand falls off the wall like he said. Revealing a door. He opens the door and we walk in. "You've done it Neville. You've found the Room of Requirement." Hermione says. "The what?" Ron asks. "It's also known as the Come and Go room. The Room of Requirement only appears when a person has real need of it and is always equipped for the seeker's needs." she explains. "So, say you really needed a toilet.." Ron starts, I slap his arm getting a glare from him. "Charming, Ronald. But, yes, that is the general idea." Hermione says. "It's brilliant." Harry speaks for the first time we've been here. "It's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back." he says. "I think it does." I say agreeing with him. 

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The next day we meet in the Room of Requirement with the whole 'army'. There is a statue in front of us. It is a knight kind of person. It looks weird. But it is holding a wand, it starts to move the wand up in the air. It is there for us to practice though. But still it looks weird. Neville and Harry stand in front of the two lines we have formed. Neville hesitates but then spells "Expelliarmus!" and his wand goes flying over our heads. We all duck. "I'm hopeless." He mumbles. "You're not!" I exclaim putting my hand on his shoulder smiling at him. "You're-you're just flourishing your wand too much." Harry explains. "Try it like this. Expelliarmus!" Harry says and the wand flies out of the statue's hand. We all practice for a little more but then it is time for some of us to go to Defense Against the Dark Arts. We take a seat and Umbridge starts: "You will please copy the approved text four times to ensure maximum retention. There will be no need to talk." she walks through the classroom "No need to think is more like it." I hear Hermione say beside me. "Wands away." Umbridge says ignoring Hermione's comment. I look behind me and see Neville with a guilty look on his face. And then puts his wand away and starts to write. I feel something hit my shoulder and turn around, looking right in the eyes of Draco. Who is smirking at me. Then he looks down signaling me to do the same. I look down and a piece of parchment lays on the ground in a ball. I pick it up and unravel it. Then I see a hand and look at the face from the person who the hand belongs to. Umbridge "Miss Soulton, hand it over." I sigh and hand it over to her. I look back to Draco who looks very annoyed, and slightly embraced. "Meet me after class in the library. Our usual spot." Umbridge reads from the piece of parchment. I feel my cheeks turn red when every one stares at me. "What about you meet me, in my office, for detention?" Umbridge asks with that awful smile of hers. I roll my eyes. "Fine." I say. "You to Mr. Malfoy." she says. Now everyone's eyes are on him, his cheeks are now a light red themselves. I giggle. Getting a glare from Umbridge. "What were you going to do to her?" a kid says. "Shut up!" Draco shouts back. Then he angrily ahead of him. "Oeh!" a girl says. I shoot her a death stare and she immediately she stops her giggles and looks back to the front of the class. Class is finally over and Umbridge commanded me and Draco to stay after instead of going to her office. "You two will be cleaning this classroom! I will be back in an hour and I want to see no dust anywhere." she says and walks out of the room. I sigh, and mimic her without speaking making Draco chuckle, which leads to Umbridge turning around. I quickly stop what I am doing and walk towards the chalkboard to erase the words that are written on it. Umbridge huffs and walks out. "Stupid." Draco says looking at me. "What? I just can't stand the woman!" I say as I put the brush down. "Now come on and help me clean." I say. "Yes ma'am." Draco responds and grabs a broom to sweep the floor.