I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

Chapter 9: He's Back

After I had told the twins everything they needed to know about Unicorn's and how evil one must be to murder them, their body language changed and neither of them had mischievous grins on their faces anymore.

They both hugged me and told me to be safe, I think they were worried which was sweet but I would be alright. Dumbledore wouldn't let us do anything that would endanger us.

Not long after we broke away from the hug, Filch appeared to pick me up and escort me to Hagrid's.

Upon arrival, I noticed that Hagrid wasn't as happy as usual. In fact he seemed rather dull which wasn't like him. He was sniffling as if he had been crying and looking down towards the ground.

"Good god man, you're not still on about that bloody dragon are ya?" Filch asked in a dismissive and careless manner.

"Norbert's gone. Dumbledore sent him off to Romania, to live in a colony." He informed us.

We all tried to console Hagrid, except the Malfoy kid, but it didn't seem to work, he just really didn't like the thought of his baby dragon being all alone. Malfoy just scoffed, thinking was better than all of us as usual and finding entertainment in poor Hagrid's misery. He obviously didn't believe what we would be doing for detention tonight otherwise he wouldn't be so cocky.

But we assured him that it was no joke. And as I suspected his demeanour immediately changed and I would say he was even frightened. Imagine that, perfect and brave Draco Malfoy scared. I enjoyed seeing his facade crumble, and apparently so did the rest of us.

Once we had finally got Malfoy to stop wetting his pants, we entered the forest. Upon entering, it felt much colder and sadder straight away. You could feel the evil all around and it was noticeably more eerie the further inwards we got.

We continued to walk, further and further into the forest, strange noises and fog surrounding us and harsh cold air attacking our bodies, causing us to shiver. Suddenly, Hagrid stopped, bending down to inspect the floor. That's when I noticed it.

I had read stories, but I had never seen Unicorn blood for myself. Even the blood looked as magical as the creature, the silver shimmering in the moonlight. It was hauntingly beautiful.

"Hagrid, what is that?" Harry asked, obviously on edge.

"See that. That's Unicorn blood that is. I found one dead a few weeks ago. Now, this one's been hurt bad by something." Hagrid started.

At the same time, Harry and I averted our eyes to something in the distance, a black figure wading through the trees. Hagrid noticed us looking away and slowly turned the direction we were looking.

"So, it's our job to go and find the poor beast. Ron, Hermione you'll come with me. Harry, Draco you'll go with Savannah." He nodded in my direction, as the younger ones nodded and I scoffed.

Of all the people in the world, I did NOT want to be stuck with a Malfoy. Even being stuck with he-who-must-not-be-named would be less painful because at least he would kill me and put me out of my misery instantly. I shouldn't joke about that actually.

I decided to suck it up and we went our separate ways, both boys trailing a few feet behind me. We had been walking in silence for about 15 minutes until someone broke the silence.

"You wait till my father hears about this." There it was, the infamous Malfoy line I had yet to hear, "This is servant stuff."

"Draco, not scared are we? I'm sure Daddy dearest would be so proud to hear that his precious boy is a pussy." I responded.

"Shut up Pottah, you filthy half-blood." He spat back, I hadn't realised that the fact that Harry and I were related had gotten around so quickly.