The Young Slytherin Army

The Assembly

Millicent and I speed down to the dungeons, and run into the common room. I enter the green room, and blink twice as I slowly start to process the scene before me. Around 200 Slytherins are packed into the common room. All of their eyes are turned towards us as I enter further into the room.

There's a moment of silence, all of the Slytherins looking upon Millicent and I. Millicent and I turn towards each other and exchange looks of both excitement and nervousness.

Suddenly a second your boy speaks up and, nervously, asks:

" why are we here; I mean Peeves told us to be here, but why?... Is it the Carrows? Did they send you, or was it..."

The boy hesitates to finish his sentence, and I allow him to gather his thoughts. He clears his throat and continues:

"Or was it You-Know-Who?"

He says the last three words in a whisper, however I don't really care about the last three words, I am more bothered with the fact that he thinks I was sent by the Carrows.

Inexplicable terror fills my body. What was I thinking when I arranged this meeting? I mean none of these people are trustworthy. I am such an idiot. I slap my forehead in frustration and look up to answer the question asked by the boy, but I get interrupted again.

Crabbe and Goyal burst into the common room with Draco Malfoy directly behind them. My heart stops when I see Draco. He is the most beautiful boy... well... ever.

I quickly bring myself back to earth, wanting to know what Draco wants. He seems unsurprised by how full the common room is. Draco turns to me and says:

"I see you got the message that Potter might be roaming the castle tonight"

My whole head feels like it's about to explode. I mean how could Potter be here, in this very castle. Nobody can come into the castle and nobody can come out.

At Draco's words, every Slytherin starts to talk amongst themselves. Draco tries to shush them but it doesn't work. Crabbe gets sick of Draco's feeble attempts at making the crowd quiet, and decides to do it himself. He raises his voice and screams

"SHUT UP"

If we were stunned before, it is nothing to how we feel now. Vincent Crabbe just spoke to an entire crowd!

"This day just keeps getting weirder"

Millicent whispers those words to me and I can't help but to chuckle at them.

The whole crowd falls silent after Crabbe's outburst and Draco continues...

"I see Parkinson has assembled all of you, but we only need the 7th years, so all of the younger kids go up stairs."

The younger kids start to disband. They seem very happy to be allowed to go and sleep. I feel an impulsive need to join them but I know I can't. I turn to face the remaining 7th years, there are 30 of us left. Draco starts to talk again:

"We need to stay on high alert if Potter decides to take a walk around the school. So we are going to split up into groups of 5, and each group will stick together and try to find Potter."

There is a murmur of agreement from the crowd and all of them disband into groups. I grab Millicent's arm and I try to get us to the nearest group possible, but before I take another step, Goyal blocks me.

"Parkinson and Bulstrode we need you with us"

I look around and see Draco talking to me. I immediately blush, but quickly pull myself together and nod. Draco gives me a small smirk (which makes my stomach flip) and heads towards the door to the common room. Millicent and I follow Draco out of the common room with Crabbe and Goyal behind us.