Pyrrhic Victory

thirty six.

Year Three
thirty six. The Hospital Wing

"What do you mean Malfoy's in the Hospital!?" Franklin asked the Quidditch team as they stood awkwardly with their brooms at the first practice of the year. "If we want to win the cup this year, we've got to practice every evening! That means no funny business like Malfoy did!"

Claudius and Montague rolled their eyes as Franklin reprimanded them for something a jealous thirteen year old did to himself.

"You've got something to say Claudius? Montague?" Franklin asked the two boys who just shrugged. Magnolia felt bad for Franklin. This was his year, his last year, and the first day back the team's seeker gets hurt.

"I don't see why you're reprimanding us? Do any of us look like Malfoy to you?" Claudius sassed back at Franklin. Usually Franklin and Claudius got along, but Magnolia could tell Claudius was definitely getting on his older brother's nerves.

"We can always train a reserve." Miles Bletchley calls out from the Slytherin Quidditch Team. Franklin raises an eyebrow, meaning he started thinking about it.

"What if the kid is better than Malfoy?" Montague questions Franklin and Marcus Flint who were at the front of the tent. Montague wasn't the biggest fan of the Seeker, he thought Draco was rather annoying.
"Haven't thought of that..." Franklin quietly answers back.

"Or we could use this to our advantage." Marcus Flint purposes, and Franklin raises an eyebrow at him. Magnolia also raised an eyebrow, she didn't know what Marcus Flint meant by 'use to their advantage'

"We can get out of stuff like, practice, and games". Marcus proposed, and Franklin rolled his eyes. He turned back to the team even more stressed this time.

"Is this who we are?! A bunch wusses who are scared to play against Gryffindor?! Has Oliver Wood effected our team that much?!" He reprimanded the crowd, and the boys plus Magnolia slowly shook their head. He turned to Marcus Flint who was the co-captain and spat "Get out of my face."

"Now, if any of you want to forfeit because you're scared. You can walk out of the tent, and leave your robes in locker room." Franklin tells the team, and no one gets up. He smirks, and run a hand through his curly brown hair.
"Good,"

"Now practice is dismissed, Claudius, Maggie you stay with me." Claudius and Magnolia groaned as the rest of the boys headed towards the locker rooms. They walked up to the front where their older brother stood, they could tell he was still upset. Magnolia didn't feel like getting reprimanded by her brother as she just wanted to take a hot shower.

"Come on you two, we are going to the hospital wing." Franklin said to his younger siblings. Claudius and Magnolia looked at each other weirdly, before Claudius spoke up.

"Why are we going there?" Claudius asked Franklin as we entered the castle. They were still in their Quidditch robes, and all the students looked at them weirdly.

"Going to see Malfoy." He replied blandly, they both nodded as they headed up the stairs. Claudius, Franklin, and Magnolia didn't say anything till they got up to the wing. They were immediately greeted by Madam Pomfrey, and she actually let them see Draco.

"What are you doing here?" Draco questioned as the three of them walked to his bedside. Magnolia and Claudius didn't say anything as neither of them knew what they were doing their either.

"We uh may train a reserve for your seeker spot on the team." Franklin tells Draco, and his face grew red and his eyebrows scrunched up.
"My father did not buy the team brooms for you to train a seeker reserve!"

Claudius and Magnolia just stood their awkwardly as  Franklin and Draco fought back and forth. They both turned to each other giving each other awkward looks.

"Fine! Just know Malfoy not everything is always going to go your way in life!" Franklin yelled just as he stormed out of Hospital Wing. Claudius motioned he was going to follow his older brother, and then he left the Hospital Wing.

"What are you still doing here?" Draco scoffed as he say Magnolia still standing by his bedside. She sighed as she sat herself down in the chair next to his bed.

"Why did you put your hand around Pansy earlier?" Magnolia questioned him, he looked up confused. She glared back at him as she knew he knew what she was talking about.

"Why? You fancy me?" He raises an eyebrow at her in disgust, and she quickly shakes her head 'no'.
"Oh no, of course not, that's disgusting."

He rolled his eyes before sighing, and sitting himself up. He looked Magnolia up and down.
"Tell anyone I'll kill you." She nodded.

"Well, I don't know why, but whenever I see Blaise and Lucille together I get agitated and angry. It just felt right to put my hand around Pansy waist." Draco explains, and Magnolia's eyes widen widely at what Draco was telling her. She smirked at him as she cut him off.

"You fancy Lucy!" She squealed, and Draco turned a deep red. Then her face fell as she realized.
"Oh no, you fancy Lucy..."

"No, no, I do not fancy Lucy! You're all wrong!" He defends himself. She gave him a frown, and was about to speak before the Hospital Wing door opened. Draco and Magnolia both quickly turned around, and saw Lucille walking in. Lucille was surprised to see Magnolia with Draco, and Magnolia was surprised to see Lucille coming to see Draco alone.

"Maggie?"
"Lucy?"

"What are you doing here?" Magnolia quickly asked Lucille first. Lucille had a stack of papers in her hand.
"Dropping off Draco's work for today? You?" She glared at Magnolia a bit, which caused her to be taken aback. She was also confused since Lucille wasn't supposed to be near Draco anyway.

"Frankie brought Claudius and I up here, and I stayed after them." She still has the glare, Magnolia rolled her eyes. She got up out of the chair, and left the hospital wing without saying goodbye to the two of them.

She understood Lucille's crush, but she had a boyfriend. If she didn't like Blaise and she liked Draco, she should be with Draco.

'Whatever, none of my business' Magnolia thought as she walked towards the common room to go to her dorm to take a shower.

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"Thanks." Draco mumbled as Lucille put his work on the table side next to his bed. She hasn't formerly spoke with Draco, but she offered to give him his work.

"How've you been?" Lucille asked him quietly, and he looked up to her surprised that she spoke to him. Lucille knew that her mother would be furious if she knew what she was doing right now.

"Almost died." Draco replied, and Lucille stifle a chuckle. She noticed his arm was in a sling. She looked at Draco and the two had locked eyes for around ten seconds, before she broke it. She knew was she was doing was wrong, she was with Blaise, not Draco. She loved Blaise, not Draco.

"Draco, we can't." Lucille started and he raised an eyebrow towards her way.
"Whatever your doing, you need to stop. I'm with Blaise now." She confirmed to him, and he became offended.

"Bold of you to assume I would fancy someone as rubbish you." He fought back, and Lucille was taken aback by his words. She felt tears on the verge of her eyes, but she held it back.

"Stay away from me Malfoy." She spat before she left the hospital wing, and stormed back to the Hufflepuff Common Rooms. She must've not been paying attention because she ran right into Cedric. Great.

"Lucy!" He started. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you? Luc tell me who hurt you?!" He demanded, and Lucille shook her head, and wiped her tears.

"It wasn't Blaise, please leave me alone." She told him, and he nodded.
"As you wish." He responded with a dull tone. Lucille was still upset with him from two nights ago. Lucille made her way up to her dorm, and just crashed in her bed.

'This was going to be a long year' she thought before she drifted off into a nap.

Author's note-

Hello! Also Happy Hanukkah to anyone who celebrates it! I'm sorry the update took so long, I was recently feeling ill. Also school has been absolutely insane! Anyways I hope to get back to regularly publishing :)

-Em

(Also I should get to sleep, it's late where I am)