Okay, here's chapters three and four!
PG -13 for language and some kissing
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Enjoy!
Chapter THREE Adge's POV
After several successful Quidditch practices and lots of work it was finally Friday and we were in our last class, Double Potions.
Today we were doing a pretty simple draught potion. Snape was going over a few things in the front of the class and I was drooling. No, not because of him. It was just so boring, I already knew this stuff.
"Miss Vedder, will you please come down here?"
I woke up and scrambled down to the front. I did everything he told me and barely even had to use my brain to make the potion.
"Thank you." He said. "Now, this is just the starter for your real potion. Today we are making the Elixir of Life. This is a highly advanced potion so...I doubt that most of you will succeed." I was sent back to my seat and I slumped back down next to Draco.
"Why is he always calling you up there?"
"I dunno...because I'm an amazing potion master." I smirked.
"And as a little experiment I'll be partnering you up myself....you will be with someone from a different House." Snape's lips curled into a smile.
I didn't really give a shit, much. I knew what he was doing. Snape was going to pair the Gryffindors off with the Slytherins to piss them off. That way a Gryffindor will do something bad and Snape can take points away. Clever, but it didn't pass me.
"Malfoy, Miss Bowie, and Evans."
Edge? Why couldn't we be together?
"Hewson, Miss Vedder, and...Guggi."
I sat back as the two boys joined me around the cauldron.
"Hi, love." Bono crooned.
I grinned at him, he was hot. Guggi took a seat and sighed. I looked over at Amber, Draco, and Edge's group. Edge was looking at me, he winked to my surprise. I blushed a little and smiled back at him. Did that mean anything?
"All right." I glanced at the empty cauldron. "Guggi go get everything we need and Bono you can make the simple draught I presume?"
He shook his head.
"I can get this done no problem otherwise."
"But Snape said it was difficult." Guggi said.
"I doubt it."
Guggi gathered the ingredients and I casually dropped them in, muttering a few spells once in a while. For some reason this seemed to easy. Draco stopped by and swung an arm around me.
"Why don't you come help me? And take the Mudblood off of my hands."
"Draco. I'm not doing it." I said firmly.
"Please!" He whispered frantically. "I think she fancies me. I cant have a Mudblood drooling all over me."
"That makes it all the better." I said wickedly and finished up our potion.
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Snape was overjoyed with our potion. It was no big deal really. I went down to the Library to meet up with a few people. It turned out it was over packed with Gryffindors today. Everyone stared at me as I walked in but as soon as I would turn towards them their eyes would advert to somewhere else.
Ron waved me over to their table. I took a seat and then got evil looks from Ginny and Hermione.
"What." I said. "Seriously, if you have a problem with me just say it."
They remained silent.
"Whatever. So Amber....where's George?"
"Right here." He beamed and put an arm around her. "Sup? Hogsmeade this weekend?"
"Yeah..I guess." I shrugged.
"Who are you going with?" Harry asked me.
"Nobody." I sighed.
"I heard you and Draco were going together." Amber piped up.
"Ha, is that what he told you during Potions today? Nah, everyone thinks we're dating for some reason...not sure why."
"Well, who do you want to go with?" Bono said smiling.
"I could name a few boys I'd fancy to ask me."
"How about me?" He grinned charmingly. "I wanna go with you."
"Oh-okay." I smiled back and nodded. "Yeah...yeah."
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My hair trailed behind me, all wavy. Hopefully Bono thought I looked okay. Draco approached me early today complaining that he couldn't take me. He didn't say much about me and Bono though. Bono was a pure blood yet he was in Gryffindor. Plus most of the time Draco didn't dare to say anything that would piss me off.
Bono was standing with Amber, George, Ron, Hermione, Ginny..and..and Edge. Edge was with Ginny?! Can I die, please, now?
"You look so beautiful." Bono said. "Can we please snog, now?"
I smiled at him and said, "There will be plenty of time for that. Amber, can I talk to you?"
She nodded and I pulled her over to the side street and then created a bubble for us to talk in...this was so no one could overhear our conversation.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GINNY DOING WITH EDGE!?" I cried.
"Oh..he asked her." She replied, scared.
"He fancies her?"
"I don't know!"
"Well....can you...can you find shit out?"
"I thought you two were good friends?"
"We are! Its just! I dunno if he fancies me and I don't want to tell him I like him. Its just too painful for someone to tell you they just want to be friends, FUCK. Can you do this for me?"
Amber nodded quickly and then we left calmly. I smiled at Bono and stuck to him. He wrapped an arm around my waist and we set off into Hogsmeade.
I made some chaos in Zonko's with the help of a few others and we went to the Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer.
Bono was kissing my neck and whispering things into my ear. I enjoyed this immensely. Partly because he was gorgeous, I liked him, and I wanted to see Edge's reaction. He wasn't even really talking to Ginny which I thought was odd.
"Hey...um me and Amber are going to head back...or..um." George said.
"Go snog her." Hermione laughed.
They left happily and I shifted under the weight of Edge's stare.
"Well, we have Quidditch tomorrow." I said all of a sudden. "And I have to whoop Gryffindor's arse tomorrow. Edge, you'll be cheering for me right?"
"Yeah, o'course." He smiled up at me.
I Bono followed me out and we walked back to Hogwarts hand in hand.
"Incardium." I said at the tapestry on the wall. "Come on."
We entered a secret room. "Wow. I never knew this was here."
"Yeah. I brought you here so we could talk, Bono." I looked at him with my eyebrows raised.
"That was...OH!"
Bono grabbed me and we snogged like mad. It was a bit messy at first, it seemed like Bono's tongue wanted to go everywhere.
We stopped, breathing heavily.
"Wow, you're insane, Bono."
"In a good way, right."
I kissed him again.
"Yeah. Lets go. I cant be confronting with the Quidditch enemy the night before a match."
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I had my uniform on and I was ready. So what if it was only a pre-season game. It meant something, especially since it was Gryffindor. I was seriously ready to kick some ass. Ginny was a Chaser, and I was so going to do some damage there.
Draco was talking to me, yet somehow I wasn't paying attention. I was too focused on Edge a few tables away. It was curious. He never had a girlfriend. He was the most attractive boy I had ever seen. Was it because he didn't want one? Or was it because he just didn't find anyone he fancied enough to ask out?
Edge looked over at me and smiled softly. I grinned back and wiggled my fingers.
"So you'll come?"
"Yeah, sure."
"My Da' really wants us to get together so this is good." Draco grinned, looking very pleased with himself.
"What?!"
"I've always wanted you to be my girlfriend, and now its finally happened...that's all."
Fuck, what did I just do?
Adam filled me in on everything as we made our way to the pitch. Apparently my Da' and Draco's Father had always wanted us to date. And Draco really wanted it too. He was my mate but I wasn't too sure I liked him in such a manner. but now I had to concentrate, on the quidditch match.
Chapter Four Amber's POV
Today was the quidditch game between Slytherin and Gryffindor and I was going for my house team of course. Even though Adrienne was playing for Slytherin...and so was Draco. I still couldn't believe that he and I had an actual conversation in Potions. It had been so unreal! And Snape..well he was still being his snarky self but I didn't mind.
Slowly, Adrienne was becoming part of our group of friends. Even though we could all tell that Hermione and Ginny didn't trust her. Harry...he didn't say much about things either way. I was getting worried about him. Ron mentioned something about him having dreams again where he would wake up screaming or thrashing about in bed. And then there was that shouting match with Umbridge that earned him and Adrienne detention. I decided to talk to Harry before the game and snuck into the locker room.
"Ready to kick some Slytherin arse?" George asked Ginny. I ducked behind a locker hoping they wouldn't see me and slipped over to where Harry was at the back.
"Pssst, Harry!"
He turned with his shirt half way off and trapped his face. "Mmph!!"
Giggling I tugged it down and he blinked as I straightened his glasses. "Amber? What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to wish you luck before the big game! And..um, I wanted to know if you're feeling all right?"
He turned away from me and started pulling his equipment on. "Of course I'm all right. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you look a little pale..I'm just worried. Are you..having dreams?"
His back stiffened and I winced, wondering if I'd gone too far. "They're not that bad." He said quietly. "I need to finish getting ready.."
"O-okay. Good luck." I hurried out of there and ran into a red head on my way out.
"Oi! Watch where you're...Amber?" George grinned down at me. "Come to give me a good luck snog?"
"Um...sure." I smiled. He pulled me in and met my lips with his. It was soft, sweet...nice. But the spark between us wasn't electric. It just kind of sizzled. I felt bad because George was such a good bloke to be with, why couldn't I be happy with him? Well, maybe if I didn't fancy about, oh, ten or twelve other blokes! I inwardly groaned as I made my way to the quidditch pitch and climbed into the stands.
I took a seat next to Bono and he grinned excitedly. "Adrienne is gonna kick our arses!"
"What!" I laughed. "You're supposed to go for your own team, you git!"
He shrugged "She promised me a good snog if she wins!"
"Ooh, well that explains it all." I rolled my eyes. Hermione, Ron and Neville soon joined us and by eleven it seemed like the whole school was out in the stands. The seats were raised way high up in the air but it was still a little hard to see sometimes, so many of the students had binoculars.
Seamus, and Dean had painted a huge banner that said, "GO, HARRY! CATCH THE SNITCH!" like they had for Harry's very first game.
"Help us out, Hermione?" Dean asked breathlessly as they unfolded the huge thing.
"Oh, all right." She took out her wand and pointed it at the banner. "Wingardium Leviosa!" We all cheered at the huge sign was lifted into the air where Harry could see it.
"Where's my binoculars?" Bono cried suddenly, looking all around his feet.
I rolled my eyes and took out my wand. "Accio, Bono's binoculars." They flew into my hand and I handed them to him.
He grinned. "Oh right, magic. I keep forgetting."
"Even after six years? You're hopeless." Edge snickered. Hey, when did he get here!
Bono stuck out his tongue. "Don't push me or I'll cast one hell of a spell on you!"
"Yeah, like what?" Dean asked.
"Um...abracadabra!" He giggled. Everyone else paled.
"W-What did you say?" Ron choked out.
Bono frowned. "What?"
Hermione gasped. "OH! It's just that, that sounded a lot like Avada Kadavra, Bono. Where did you hear that anyway?"
Bono was pale now too. "Adrienne said it the other day..said it was from some Muggle movie, I thought it was funny!" He turned to Edge. "I didn't mean..I wasn't saying.."
Edge patted him on the back and smiled. "I know, mate. No harm done."
"Who wants some bertie bott's every flavor beans?" Ron held out a bag and broke the tense moment.
I took a handful and ate one. Chewing carefully. "EW, why do I always get pickles!?" Everyone laughed at me.
Edge made a face. "Ear wax."
"Ugh, gross. Haha, I got chocolate!" Bono grinned.
We glared at him. "Git...he gets everything." Edge mumbled.
"What does that mean?" I whispered to him, thinking now might be a good time to get some information out of him about Adrienne.
He flushed. "Em...only that there's something about Bono that gets him what he wants."
"That's true. He's much too cocky for his own good." Hermione interjected. Merlin, she was nosy. Couldn't she tell Edge and I were trying to have a private conversation?
"Who's too cocky?" Ron stuck his head in over Hermione's shoulder. She smiled at him. "Bono."
"What?" Bono asked.
We all shared a look. "Nothing." I said quickly sending Hermione a glare. She better not blab! She didn't like Adrienne enough as it was, if she found out about her fancying Edge who knows what she would do.
About this time the Slytherin and Gryffindor teams probably had a pep talk going on in the locker rooms.
Madam Hooch stood in the middle of the field as the referee and waited for the two teams with her broom in hand. As the teams took to the field we all cheered. Madam Hooch said something to them than they mounted their brooms. Madam Hooch nodded and gave a loud blast on her silver whistle. Fifteen brooms rose up high, high into the air. They were off!
"And the Quaffle is taken immediately by Adrienne Vedder of Slytherin - what an excellent Chaser that girl is, and rather attractive too -"
"JORDAN!"
"Sorry, Professor."
Lee Jordan was doing the commentary for the match, closely watched by Professor McGonagall.
"And she's really belting along up there, a neat pass to Warrington, a good find for Slytherin by the captain last year, a pass back to Vedder and - YES Gryffindor have taken the Quaffle, Gryffindor chaser Ginny Weasley has it and off she goes - nice dive around Lint, off up the field and - OUCH - that must have hurt, hit in the back of the head by a bludger poor Ginny, was that Vedder?...-Quaffle taken by Slytherin! That's Vedder speeding toward the goal posts, but she's blocked by a second bludger sent by George..er or Fred, can't tell which - nice play by the Gryffindor beater, anyway, Ginny back in possession of the Quaffle, a clear field ahead and off she goes - she's really flying - dodges a speeding bludger - dives - misses - GRYFFINDORS SCORE!"
Gryffindor cheers filled the cold air and howls and moans came from Slytherin.
"ARG! NO!" Bono wailed. We all glared at him and he grinned sheepishly. "I wanna get snogged tonight!'"
"Pathetic." Hermione sniffed. "All you boys care about is sex, sex, sex."
"Is there something else?" Bono pretended to be shocked. She huffed at him and lifted her binoculars.
"This is exciting." Neville said with a little grin. He had really come out of his shell over the summer and he was looking kinda cute. We shared a smile.
"Yeah, I wonder if Harry is close to the snitch." Edge peered up into the sky.
Way above us Harry was gliding over the game with Draco hot on his heels.
"Slytherin in possession." Lee Jordan was saying. "Chaser Vedder ducks two bludgers, two Weasleys and Chaser Ginny, and speeds toward the goal posts - she dives - so close - SLYTHERIN SCORES!"
The Slytherins cheered while we all groaned. Except Bono, who jumped for joy. Ron hit him over the head with his binoculars.
"Here we go - Gryffindor in possession - Fred or George Weasley takes one to the head - that's going to hurt in the morning - oh wait - is that the snitch?"
A hushed silence fell over the pitch and we all turned our eyes to Harry and Draco racing in the sky. They were neck and neck and both with an arm reaching out.
"They must be after the snitch!" Jordan said excitedly. "It's there - Malfoy has a bit of a lead - no wait now Potter - It's neck and neck I tell you - well more like neck and eyes since Malfoy is a little ferret -"
"JORDAN!" Growled Professor McGonagall.
"I mean, he was turned into one last year and all -"
"Jordan, I'm warning you!"
"All right, all right. Back to the game. Slytherin in possession - Mullen with the Quaffle - passes Ginny - and he's hit in the face with a bludger, wonder if it broke his nose , ha that would be funny - only joking, Professor - Slytherins score again...oh no.."
The Slytherins were going crazy. We were all sharing glum looks. And Ron was eying Bono waiting to see if he would start cheering again. He wisely kept quiet. Edge was smiling but that was okay since he was in Ravenclaw. We could let that slide.
"OH MERLIN!" Jordan yelled. "Malfoy and Potter almost collide - the race for the snitch is on! Malfoy takes the lead, damn, I mean, way to go...- Potter speeds up, GO HARRY! - er...Malfoy is doing a bang up job isn't he - flies just like a dragon with a broken wing -"
"Jordan!"
"What.. -oh wait! I think we might - yes somethings happened! Someone has the snitch but who is it!?" We all watched tensely. Harry and Draco both stopped flying in mid air. Then Draco held open his hand and the snitch flew out. "And Malfoy has the snitch - that gives them one hundred points and - SLYTHERIN WINS!"
The Slytherins went crazy and the team met in the middle of the air and cheered amongst themselves. Bono was grinning but one look from the rest of us had him grabbing Edge and making a run for it, probably to reach the locker room and offer congratulations. Adrienne and Draco were carried on the Slytherins shoulders as the team headed for the locker room. Gryffindor was slower to leave, with their shoulders slumped and heads hanging. Harry couldn't be very happy right now...
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Dinner in the Great Hall that night was not a pleasant experience for us Gryffindors. The news had traveled all over the school about the game...as if everyone hadn't been there already! Whispers were floating all around as Harry sat down between Ron and I. The people whispering were obviously not trying to keep quiet. It was almost like they wanted Harry to hear and start shouting or something.
"He sucks at Quidditch now...can you believe he says You-Know-Who is back?"
"Come off it..that's not true."
"He says he saw Cedric Diggory get killed..!"
"Pffff..please..."
"What I don't get." Harry said through gritted teeth, laying down his knife and fork. "Is why they all believed the story two months ago when Dumbledore told them.."
"I'm not sure they did." I said grimly. More whispers as the Slytherin quidditch team finally came into the great hall. The Slytherin table cheered. Adrienne took a quick bow along Draco's side.
"Oh, lets get out of here!" Hermione slammed down her own knife and fork. Ron looked sadly at his half eaten blood pudding but followed suit. I got up too and felt the eyes of everyone on us as we walked across the hall.
"Hey, Harry!" Everything froze for a second. The Harry turned to face Adrienne as she walked up to him with a smile on her face.
"Yes, Adrienne?" He said stiffly. I saw Hermione's wand hand twitch and Ron was already holding his wand tightly by his side.
Adrienne noticed and her smile turned grim. "I just wanted to congratulate you, you might not have won but I was watching you out there, you played a good game."
Harry visibly relaxed. "Thanks...you were good too. Nice job...tell Draco he did...okay too." We all gaped at him. Only Adrienne didn't seem surprised by this.
She grinned. "Sure thing, Harry. See ya later tonight for detention with fucking toad face."
Harry groaned at being reminded. "Yeah...see you.."
We left the great hall then. Rain pounded on the window panes as we strode across the empty corridors back to Gryffindor tower. I still had homework to do before bed and I wasn't the only one.
"Mimbulus Mimbletonia." Hermione said before the fat lady could ask. The portrait swung open and we all scrambled inside.
The common room was nearly empty as everyone was still at dinner. Crookshanks came over and purred against our feet. We sat down in our favorite seats before the fire and stared into the flames.
"How can Dumbledore have let this happen!?" Hermione cried suddenly making us all jump. "How can he let that terrible woman teach us? And in our O.W.L. year too!"
"Well, we've never had great defense against the dark arts teaches, have we?" Harry said.
"Nope, we haven't."
"AHHH!!" Ron cried and pointed his wand at Adrienne as she leaned against the wall just inside the port hole.
"How did you get in here?" Hermione snapped, holding her own wand out.
"I followed you and heard the password." She shrugged and slumped into the seat next to Ron and smiled at him. "Nice night isn't it?" We all glared and she snorted. "Maybe it's just me. Anyway we all know what it's like, Hagrid's saying it all the time. Nobody wants the job 'cause it's jinxed."
"But, that still doesn't make sense why Dumbledore would hire someone who wont even let us do magic! What's he playing at?" Hermione sighed.
"And she's trying to get people to spy for her." Bono said darkly.
"Aahh! Where did you come from?" Ron cried.
Bono smirked. "I snuck in after Adrienne." He sat down next to me and sighed. "Do you remember when she said she wanted us to come and tell her if we hear anyone saying You-Know-Who's back? She's up to no good."
"Of course she is, that's obvious, why else would Fudge have wanted her to come?" snapped Hermione.
"Don't start arguing again." Harry said wearily.
"Yeah, that doesn't solve anything." Adrienne said. "We're better off coming together on our own and fighting off the hag."
"What are you saying?" I asked. "You want us to fight back?"
Hermione twitched. "We can't...! And how do we know you're not a spy for her and trying to get us in trouble?" Her and Adrienne had a little glaring contest.
"Listen, this is dangerous to talk about here." Harry said, glancing at people who'd started to come back from dinner. "Adrienne, you better leave before you're seen. We'll talk later at detention, yeah?"
Adrienne nodded and stood. "Sure Harry...just remember what I said. I'm on your side." She looked at all of us pointedly before she left.
Bono grinned after her. "Isn't she great? She's got such spirit."
"Whatever Bono." Ron scowled. "She doesn't even fancy you, she's just waiting for a better bloke to come along."
"And that would be you?" Bono smirked. Ron flushed and mumbled something. Hermione rolled her eyes and stood.
"Can we just do our homework now and get it out of the way?" Harry asked, thankfully breaking the mounting tension between Bono and Ron.
"Shall we do Snape's stuff first?" Ron asked. We all groaned, and nodded. Best to get the hardest stuff over with first.
Halfway through our work Hermione yelled at Fred and George for testing their new edible experiments of some first years. There were limp bodies all over the common room and Fred was beaming. One student started hiccuping purple bubbles and that sent George mumbling to himself and digging through his bags.
"Don't you think that's dangerous?" I said mildly as another one fainted.
George smiled. "Perfectly safe."
"It's not right!" Hermione yelled.
"Rubbish."
One of the first years woke up and said she was all right but she looked a little shaky. That was the last straw for Hermione and she threatened to inform Mrs. Weasley if they didn't stop right then.
"You wouldn't." George said, horrified and taking a step back from her.
"Oh, yes, I would." She said grimly. "I can't stop you eating the things yourself but you're not giving them to first years."
Fred and George looked thunderstruck. It was clear this was hitting below the belt. They collected their things and went up to their dorm, shooting Hermione nasty looks as they went. I sighed and felt like going after George but knowing the twins they were already plotting revenge and I didn't want to get involved.
Things quieted down a little and we finished our homework. Then Harry stood and sighed. "I'm off to detention."
"Good luck, mate." Bono offered."Say hello to Adrienne for me." Harry nodded and left. I hoped that it wouldn't be too terrible.
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The following day was leaden and rainy. We were getting kind of worried that Hagrid was missing.
"Well, at least no Snape today." Ron said cheerfully.
I wilted. "That sucks." Ron gave me a disgusted look.
Bono yawned widely and poured himself some coffee. "I didn't get a wink of sleep last night."
"Have a midnight love affair, did you?" Fred asked.
"Ha, I wish. Just had some nightmares.." He shivered. "Kinda gruesome ones."
We all stared at him, than at Harry, who was looking into his plate of eggs and toast. I knew he was having dreams but for once in five years he wasn't telling any of us about them and that was really worrisome.
Suddenly someone pushed Bono over and sat down at our table. "Morning." Adrienne grumbled and reached for Bono's coffee.
"What the..why are you always popping up!?" Ron grinned, not looking the least bit mad about it.
She shrugged. "I dunno. Have you got a problem with it?" Still grinning, Ron shook his head. "Good. So, I've been thinking, we should get together and practice our own defense." We all gasped.
"Watch what you say!" Hermione hissed.
Adrienne rolled her eyes. "Do I look like an idiot? I cast a silencing charm. Stop worrying so much. It'll lead to terrible heart burn. I should know, my Da suffers from it. The git deserves it too."
We all stared than slowly started to laugh.
"What's heartburn?" Ron asked after he stopped laughing.
"Ron! Why were you laughing if you don't even know what it is?" I asked, exasperated.
He shrugged. "Sounded funny!"
Adrienne grinned and slung an arm around him. "It was funny. Soo, are we all in Double Care of Magical Creatures later?" We all nodded. "Brilliant. See you there.."
She started back to Slytherin and I ran after her. "Adrienne!" She stopped and turned. "I was just wondering..um..do you think there's a chance that Draco would ever-"
"Stop right there." She held up a hand. "There's no way. You're not pureblood and no offense but he wont go near any girl who's not."
I sighed. "I kinda knew that but I had to ask. I talked to Dave..I mean Edge, a little and I know he's jealous of Bono. I really think he fancies you. Actually I think Ron might too.."
She smiled nervously. "Really? Well, that's good then isn't it?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, I better get going." She flipped her hair and I noticed a bandage on her hand.
"What's that?"
She glanced down and shrugged. "Just something toad face gave Harry and I last night."
"What! Let me see."
She pulled her hand behind her back and frowned. "Later! We don't have time now. Get back to your table. Your little friends are waiting for you." She walked away and sat next to Larry. I watched them talking and then sighed and turned away. Whatever was going on she wasn't ready to tell me but I was definitely going to question Harry as soon as I could.
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"Everyone here?" Barked Professor Grubbly-Plank once all of us Gryffindors and Slytherins arrived just near by Hagrid's hut and the forbidden forest for Care of Magical Creatures. "Let's crack on then - who can tell me what these are called?"
She pointed to a heap of twigs in front of her. Adam Clayton's hand shot up. He was called on and said. "They're Bowtruckles. They're tree guardians."
"Five points to Slytherin." said the Professor. "Yes, these are Bowtruckles. They generally live in trees of wand quality. Anybody know what they eat?"
"Wood lice." Hermione said promptly which earned her a glare from Adam. "But they like fairy eggs if they can get them." Ew.
"Good girl. Five points to Gryffindor. Now these little creatures may not look dangerous but if angered they will gouge our human eyes with their fingers, which, as you can see, are very sharp and not at all desirable near the eyeballs."
'Brilliant." Bono muttered eying the Bowtruckles closely. Harry snorted next to him and Adrienne made a face. Well at least we didn't have anything huge and hairy today.
"So, if you'd all gather closer, take a few wood lice and a bowtruckle, I have enough here for one between three, you can study them more closely. I want a sketch at the end of the lesson."
The class moved froward around the table. Harry moved over to the professor and asked her something about Hagrid but she wouldn't answer him. Draco eyed Harry with a smirk and almost said something but then Adrienne elbowed him. Draco glared but when he saw it was her it turned into a smirk.
"Better watch what you say around here Malfoy." Bono threatened.
"He didn't say anything, Bono ." Adam sneered as he grabbed one of the bowtruckles and walked away. Larry walked up next and looked me right in the eye. I froze as he slowly smiled and winked. MERLIN'S BALLS!
"Hey, Amber." He grinned. "Want to be my partner?"
I gaped. "Um..I..."
"She's with me." Adrienne slung an arm around me and glared at Larry.
"Suit yourself." He shrugged and backed off. He made a group with Adam and Draco. Merlin, what a threesome they were.
"Thanks..I think." I said.
Adrienne laughed. "Oh you want to thank me. Lar is not interested in anything but having your skirt up around your head."
I blushed. "Really? I thought he was nice?"
"He is..but he still wants to shag you."
"Just me?"
"Not sure..I could ask." She grinned. "Why, do you fancy him too?"
"Um.."
"Salazar's beard." She shook her head. "What are we gonna do with you?"
"I'll take her." Harry said quietly as he snuck up to us. He smiled at me.
I smiled. "You..what....huh.." Way to sound mature!
Adrienne snorted. "You want to join us, Harry? We're still one short."
Harry nodded and held up the bowtruckle he'd already gotten from the table. We eyed it with distaste.
"That thing isn't really going to poke out my eyes it is?" I asked fearfully.
"I dunno." Adge picked up a quill and started sketching. "We can test it out on someone...I bet I could get Bono to volunteer."
"Did I hear my name?" Bono called from a few feet away where he was partnered with Hermione and Ron.
Adrienne smirked at him. "Yes, luv. Would you come over here for a second?"
Bono moved to but Hermione grabbed his sleeve and stopped him. She flung Adrienne a nasty look.
"Will she ever stop hating me?" Adrienne asked in annoyance.
"Probably." Harry bit his lip and lifted up the little bowtruckle. It was wriggling in his grasp and I held some wood lice ready in case we needed to distract the thing from wanting to eat our eyes. Ugh. "She's just jealous." He went on. "Cause we all know she's fancied Bono forever."
Adrienne and I gaped at him. "What!?" I cried then quieted at Adrienne's sharp look. She took out her wand and cast a quick silencing charm.
"How do you know that, Harry?" She asked.
"She told me over summer break, not that I care." He shrugged. "And Ron fancies you, Adrienne, but everyone thinks it's Hermione. They're in for a surprise."
"Wow...you're just a fountain of knowledge aren't you." Adrienne smirked.
Harry grinned. "Yeah, too bad no one believes me."