The Mudblood and The Slytherin Prince

Chapter 21: Memories

You head back to your common room, but when you enter the great hall, you see Harry, Ron and Hermonie. You try to go by them unnoticed, but that doesn't work.

'Where did you run off to?' Hermonie asks you.

'Oh, um, I went back to the book store to see if I could afford a book, but I couldn't and then decided to come back here.'

'We're going back to the common room, do you want to come?'

You look at Harry and he just looks at you.

'Sure.' You say.

You all sit next to the fire place and Harry starts talking.

'So, I went to see Dumbledore but Professor Moody and Fudge were there. I decided to go back later but Dumbledore insisted that I stay. So, the three of them left and a weird thing of blue water comes out of a cabinet. I got nosey and decided to look into it and I ended up in a court room. No one acknowledged that I was there. It was a memory.

Barty Crouch was there and he was interrogating Igor. The guy who is here with Durmstrang. He was a Death Eater. And Barty kept asking him questions. Igor was telling him other Death Eaters and brought up Snape, but Dumbledore stood up for him saying that he is no longer one.

He went on to say that someone helped kill Neville's dad and used the cruciatus curse on him and it was Barty's son. Everything became chaotic after that and I got out of the memory. Dumbledore was back in his office and I told him that I seen him in a dream. I don't think Barty Jr. is in Azkaban anymore. But, I know Igor is still a Death Eater, he showed Snape his dark mark after I left the office.'

Everyone sits in silence trying to understand what Harry was on about.

'There's a Death Eater in our school!' He says loudly.

'We got that part, Harry. We're just trying to understand the rest.' You say quietly.

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You and Hermonie are sitting in the library studying for potions.

'Hermonie, can we take a break? I need to talk to you.'

She closes her book and puts her papers away. 'What is it?'

'So, you know how Harry and I have been distant lately?'

'Yeah, he said you ditched him that time we went to Hogsmeade.'

'No! Well, sort of. We went back to The Three Broomsticks and he said he wanted to ask me a question, but he seemed distracted and that's when I noticed him looking at Ginny and Cho. He was about to ask but then said he forg-'

'No he didn't! I'm going to kill him!'

'Is there something I should know?' You asked curiously.

'Um, he told Ron and I about wanting to go to Hogsmeade to ask you to be his girlfriend. That's why we went to celebrate Ron's birthday. Kind of a double deal.'

You're quiet for a moment and you can feel tears fall down your face.

'Well, I guess I didn't mean that much if he was so distracted by them to even get the question out. Let alone forget!' You cover your face and cry.

Hermonie puts her arm around your shoulder and you lay your head on her.

'Let's go somewhere else and talk.' She says quietly.

You both head down by the Black Lake. It's spring now so it's actually comfortable to sit outside. You both sit under a tree and continue talking.

'You can't tell anyone about this, okay?' You say to Hermonie and she nods her head. 'I really like Harry and thought that there was something there, but after that day, I don't think there is at all. Maybe I just liked the attention, I don't know. Even though it hurts, a lot, that that happened. I'm kind of glad it did.'

'What do you mean?' Hermonie asks. Her eyes go wide when she realizes.

'No, don't tell me,' she looks around and lowers her voice, 'Malfoy?'

You just nod your head.

'I always knew you had a thing for him!'

'Calm down, that didn't happen until last year. But, when Harry and I came back from mailing the letter off to my mom, Malfoy stopped us and I talked to him.' You take a deep breath. 'Well, before he left something fell out of his pocket and I took it. During the second tournament I read it while you guys were underwater and..'

'And what?' Hermonie says, eager for you to go on.

'He likes me. He tried to say it before but Harry read the note and I didn't want to hear about it. And when I went back to the bookstore after Harry hurt my feelings, I seen him there. We talked for a bit and I told him that I like him too.'

Hermonie brings you in for a hug. You feel relieved to finally tell someone.

'So do you feel a difference between the kisses?' She asks you.

'Yeah. At first I thought Harry was love and Malfoy was more of a lust feeling, but I think I had them backwards or I just don't feel the same for him as I do Draco.'

'What are you going to do?'

'Probably nothing. I'll still be friends with Harry obviously, but with Draco... I'm not sure. I haven't talked to him since the book store. It's kind of hard to when his friends hate you and talking to a Slytherin while muggle-born isn't such a good idea as it is.'

'Are you going to-'

'Blaise.' You say interrupting Hermonie.

'Who?' She asks.

'Blaise. Blaise knows and Blaise is the one who is helping Draco with his 'feelings.' I could probably talk to him.'

'What if Harry finds out?' She asks nervously.

'He knows I like him, has since the first tournament or before, I can't remember at this point. He'll get over it. If not, that's his problem. I need to go find Blaise.' You nod Hermonie goodbye and head back into the castle.