Unconditionally

Chapter 10

The new chapter! I tried to update as soon as possible after the cliffhanger of last chapter, so here it is! Enjoy.

Ethelyn ran, she did not see where she went, she just ran as far away from the Room of Requirements as possible. How could she have been so stupid? What was she thinking, just telling him it like that? Of course he hated it, she should’ve known. She needed to find the girls, it was still afternoon, so with a little luck they were still under the tree. Not that she has had that many luck today, but there was a chance.

Still sobbing, the girl ran outside, looking for the girls with tears in her eyes. They weren’t here, god dammit they weren’t here. Where the hell could they be? Maybe the Hufflepuff common room? But how would she get in there? People were looking at her, but at this moment she really couldn’t care less, they didn’t know her anyway. She started running towards the Hufflepuff common room.

Which painting was it? Near the kitchen she knew, but that was all. “Er, sir? Er, could you, could you tell me where the, the Hufflepuff common room is sir? ” She finally asked to a portrait of a priest, he looked at her suspiciously, of course he did; she was obviously not a Hufflepuff. But he seemed to pity her, and told her it was the portrait left to the kitchens, with the three badgers. Stupid, of course it was that portrait, they were BADGERS for god’s sake.

Ethelyn took a deep breath, and knocked on the portrait. She didn’t have to wait for long, and a Hufflepuffgirl from she thought seventh year opened the portrait. “Oh dear! Are you okay?” She shook her head, even though it was obvious already. “Are, Are Kiana, Dawn, Celeste or Dabria there? Please?” She looked at me with pity before looking through the common room and nodding. “Yes they are, should I get them for you?” “Y-Yes please.” She smiled at me and walked over to the four girls.

“Mrs. Montgomery, Fields, Marin and Hastings? There is a girl for you by the portrait, she’s asking for you. ” Celeste gasped “That must be Ethelyn I think! Would something be wrong? She’s supposed to be with him!” The four girls stood up and ran over to the portrait. “Ethelyn! What’s wrong?”

Ethelyn’s point of view

“Come here, we can go to our dormitory’s okay?” I nodded and they guided me through the common room. The eyes of all the Hufflepuffs stared at me, and I felt ashamed. They must all think I was stupid,  weak, or both. But they didn’t,  a first year boy walked up to me and gave me a small Treacle Tart, “It always makes me feel better, but you need it now.” I smiled sadly “Thank you!” Before following Kiana upstairs.

I sat down on one of the beds and they all looked at me “Ethelyn, what happened?” Celeste asked. “I told him. ” I start crying again. “I take it, he didn’t react very well?” I shook my head. “At first it seemed like he didn’t mind it that much, he asked me to show how I looked as a girl. But when I did, he just looked at me, like I was something disgusting...”

“Oh girl... I’m so sorry!” Dawn had tears in her eyes too, and hugged me tight. I couldn’t say anything, and sobbed into her shoulder. “I lost him... It was stupid anyway to think it could ever work out. He’s Harry Potter for god’s sake, he could have anyone he wanted, why would he ever go for someone as fucked up as me?!” I start talking louder, and Celeste casts a silencing charm on the room.

“Don’t think like that Ethelyn, you’re not fucked up, and even if he could have anyone he wanted, they would never be as perfect as you were for him. Maybe he just needs to get used to this you know? It’s a bit of a shock for him too I guess, he thought he was dating Draco Malfoy, but you’re someone else. He should’ve reacted better though, he could’ve known something like this would hurt you, the idiot.”

Maybe she was right, maybe he just needed to get used to it, it was true, Harry had thought he was dating Draco Malfoy, a guy, but he was actually dating Ethelyn Malfoy, and he didn’t even know. “I shouldn’t have reacted this way.  I just, thought he was disgusted and ran away...  I left him there.” How stupid could I be? Leaving him there, probably completely confused. “I probably would have done the same thing, it’s better than hearing him say he hated it or something. It’s completely normal you wanted to go away.”

“I can’t talk to him again, not now. If it wasn’t bad enough I told him, I ran away right after, god I’m so ashamed.”

Harry’s point of view

What had just happened? I was extremely confused. Draco was not a boy? But a girl? But how? How’s that even possible? And he told him, and then ran away? This was so confusing.  Why had Draco ran away? Had he done something wrong? And if he did, what had he done wrong?

I walked back to the Gryffindor common room, still thinking about what had happened in the Room of Requirements. Where would Draco had gone to? Maybe those girls from Hufflepuff he had talked about? One thing was sure, he and Draco needed to talk about this.

I opened the portrait, and entered the room, immediately Hermione walked over to me “Harry! Where have you been now? You’re away a lot lately, you come back late, or not at all! What’s going on?! I want an explanation!” I sighed, Hermione was a sweet girl, really she was, but sometimes she could be so utterly annoying. “Not now Hermione, just let it be for the moment.”

But she wasn’t satisfied “No Harry! You are going to tell me, I’m worried about you know what Dumbledore said about having to be careful! Where have you been?””HERMIONE JUST SHUT UP! YOU DON’T HAVE THE FUCKING RIGHT TO KNOW WHERE I HAVE OR HAVEN’T BEEN, IT’S NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS! JUST LEAVE. ME. ALONE!”

Wrong move. I knew that look, she was furious, she only looked like that once, in third year when she hit Draco in the face. But there was also hurt. “Fine. You can do it yourself Potter.” And with that she stormed out of the common room. Potter, she called me Potter, and had pronounced it the same way Draco used to.

Everyone in the room was staring at me, but I really didn’t care. It was her own fault, she shouldn’t demand to know everything. Okay, maybe it wasn’t entirely her fault, but was I to blame? I already was confused and stressed and whatever else. I just heard my boyfriend was actually a girl, and then he ran away. Can I help it I want to be left alone?

I sighed and walked upstairs to the dormitory, ignoring all the stares. I laid down on my bed, closed my eyes and tried to forget everything for a moment, I needed to think about this.

I hope you liked it, I’m sorry they’re not back together yet! It will come, I promise,I plan on doing something with singing, because I really like songfics, but I’ll figure something out. Please leave a review behind!