A.N: So I was going to wait till I got this chapter betaed but then I decided to put it up for now and if I get it betaed then I'll put up the good version later. Don't like the beginning of this one and the rest is ok but then I always say that. Anyway enjoy. Lines mean a change in POV.
I've got him cornered now. It took much longer than I expected to find Potter alone. You would think that now that the golden trio is no more and all of the lions hate him he would be alone more often. If he isn't with Nott then he is somehow in a public place with people around him. No matter though- my patience has paid off. It took stalking him like one of his lovesick fans all the way to Gryffindor tower and if I had been someone else I would have left as soon as I saw him enter the tower for the night but I'm Draco Malfoy and therefore I waited which brings us to where I am now, following him down to the dungeons. I would like to know what the hell he thinks he's doing down here but that's not my purpose tonight and as such I will just follow the plan. Direct confrontation. As soon as the moment is right of course.
Malfoy thinks he's slick. I saw him following me a long time ago and when I went into the tower I hoped he would get lost but here he is following me. It's quite annoying actually.
"Malfoy." Best to just get this over with. I don't want him at my back for too long for reasons I'm sure you understand.
"So you knew I was here all along Potter?" He replies with a voice full of spite as he comes out of his poor hiding place.
"That's beside the point Malfoy. What the fuck are you doing? You've been following me all day."
"I think the question here should be what the fuck are you doing. I don't know what kind of potion or spell you're using on me but I want it off now."
"Do you get your kicks out of falsely accusing people? I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Don't play dumb with me. I know you know what I'm talking about. Remember that day on the platform? Then there was this summer. You've been planning this for a while haven't you?"
"This summer? Right, I totally managed to make my way to whatever mansion you live in by somehow getting that information out of thin air so as to curse you. Listen to yourself Malfoy. Paranoid much?"
By this time I could see Malfoy getting angrier and angrier. I should have been paying more attention to what he was doing because before I knew it he somehow lunged at me and I was pinned against the wall.
"I don't know what you're playing at Potter but I'm going to get to the bottom of this. You think you'll get away with this but you need to learn that no one and I mean absolutely no one messes with a Malfoy." Malfoy whispered all this with venom in his voice but if he had been paying more attention he would have realized that as soon as he touched me he started glowing. He also would have realized that his glow somehow ended up engulfing us both. The scent, the scent from the platform, brought back the memory of what Malfoy had been talking about earlier. All this happened while Malfoy was whispering his venomous words and by the time he was done the glow had intensified so much that it felt like my eyes were being burned out of their sockets. A dark shadow crept up from somewhere I couldn't see and started to mix with the light. Then Malfoy looked up and I could see the fear in his silver grey eyes, the same silver gray color that could be found in traces on my wings. Blackness followed that thought, a definite relief from the light.
Where am I?
What happened?
Potter. This has something to do with Potter. Potter and the plan.
Oh, right, we were in the dungeons and I was trying to get him to reverse whatever it is he's done to me. Then there was a light. I don't know where it came from but the shadow that came later came from Potter. The scent too, I remember the scent and then nothing.
This isn't the dungeon though. I don't think there's any place in Hogwarts that looks like this.
"Malfoy?" Oh great, there's Potter.
"Where the hell are we Potter?"
"I was thinking you could answer that question."
"This isn't the dungeons."
"Thanks for that information Captain Obvious." The sarcasm in his voice annoys me. If he's not going to say anything useful I don't see the need to stick around with him right now. I'll get myself out of this mess; I don't care what happens to Potter.
"Where are you going Malfoy?" Great he's following me.
"Why are you following?" He doesn't even have the decency to look ashamed.
"Well I just think we should stick together. There could be something out to get us out there." It annoys me that I almost thought what he's saying makes sense. According to me it's his fault we're stuck here. This all has something to do with the weird thing that happened this summer and the platform incidence.
"For all I know this could be your diabolical plan to get to me."
"And for all I know, Malfoy, this could be your diabolical plan to get to me so I'm not letting you out of my sight so you can leave me stuck here."
Every word out of his mouth annoys me. Where the hell does he get off…. Ugh. This is not worth my time. I could have been out of here by now if I hadn't stopped to talk to Potter so I think that's just what I'll do. Leave.
Potter is still following me. Well we'll see if he can keep up.
Malfoy is running away from me. I hope he knows that he can't leave me that easily. The place we're stuck in is vast and empty. It has no beginning and no end. The ground, if I can even call it that, is white and fluffy, almost as if we're standing on a cloud. I don't know where Malfoy thinks he's going but it looks as if he'll be running for a long time. I wish there was a chair. I'm getting tired of running after Malfoy. Actually if I'm going to be wishing for things I wish there was a big fluffy couch right here. With cushions that you can just sink into.
What the…
A couch just appeared out of nowhere in front of Potter. A fucking couch. I hate to be so crass but what the hell is going on.
"Potter, you failed to inform me that you brought your wand with you. Instead of wasting your time on elaborate transfiguration maybe you can, oh I don't know… GET US THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!"
"Jeez calm down Malfoy. It's so like you to just go assuming things isn't it? If I had my wand on me don't you think that would have been the first thing I tried?"
"Then where did the couch come from. Don't tell me you expect me to believe that it just appeared out of nowhere?"
"Something like that yea-"
"Don't be daft Potter. I'm not stupid."
"No one said you were stupid Malfoy and if you had let me finish you would know by now where the couch came from."
"Then by all means continue Potter."
"As I was saying, before someone interrupted me, while I was running after you I wished that there was somewhere where I could sit and rest my feet. Also as a little side note I was thinking about how stupid it is that you're running when you could be conserving your strength. Anyway I wanted there to be a nice fluffy and comfy couch right here. One you can just sink into and there was."
"Ignoring your little side note plus the fact that you were obviously running too. You're telling me that you just wished for the couch and it was there?"
"Yup pretty much."
"Going with your story that means if I wanted, say a bed, right here, it would just appear out of nowhere?"
"I don't know if it works that way but you can try."
Obviously Potter thinks he can yank my chain but as I said before I'm not stupid therefore I won't be falling for his lies. There's no harm in trying though now is there. Right, I wish there was a bed right next to Potters couch. A bed exactly like my Grandma Margaret's bed.
Oh Shit.
There's a bed next to Potter's couch.
Oh Shit.
"Since I know you doubted me I'll enjoy saying this. I told you so." I want to wipe the smirk off of Potters face.
"Well if you are so smart Potter you would have wished for us to be out of here as soon as you figured this out."
"If you're so smart Malfoy you would realize that I would wish for me to be out of here not us. Not to mention I was getting there before my thought process was so rudely interrupted."
"What happened to 'we should stick together'?"
"It ended when you ran away."
"Whatever Potter."
"Don't be sad Malfoy. It's in your blood to be wrong all the time."
"Why you little-"
"Malfoy that color on your face is not attractive at all. You look like a ripe tomato."
"Just wait till we get out of here Potter."
"Oooo I'm so scared."
You'll get what's coming to you Potter. Just you wait. I wish I was out of here.
"Potter it's not working."
"I know I just tried to get out too."
Damn it. Now I'm going to be stuck with Potter for a while, can't even ditch him just in case he finds a way out of here.
"Why are you sitting down Potter?"
"I'm tired. What does it look like?"
"Shouldn't you be finding a way to get us out of here?"
"Shouldn't you be finding a way to get us out of here?"
"Well I'm obviously doing more than you right now. We should start walking and maybe we'll come across something."
"Look around you Malfoy. There's nothing out there. The best thing we can do right now is stay put just in case someone comes looking for us."
"Well suit yourself. I'm going to do the smart thing and go looking for a way out."
"No one's stopping you Malfoy."
"Whatever Potter."
I got about as far as 20 feet away from Potter before I felt the pull. It was like a big bungee cord was attached to us because as soon as I took another step away from Potter I was jerked back towards him as if I had pulled the cord too tight.
"Malfoy what was that?"
"Hell if I know. You weren't the one who just got jerked back 20 feet towards you."
"Maybe you're stuck to me." The laugh in Potters voice was not helping my mood at all.
"Why don't you try walking away and we'll see if you'll be laughing then."
"Don't mind if I do."
Potter managed to walk the same 20 feet away before I felt the pull again but this time instead of me flying toward him he flew towards me.
"Still think it's me attached to you Potter?"
"Shut up Malfoy. This isn't pleasant."
"Don't I know it."
"What the hell is going on here Malfoy."
"That what I would like to know."
Potter didn't have much to say after that. I have to say though, the couch that Potter had wished up was pretty comfy. It was making me very sleepy.
"Don't fall asleep Malfoy. We have to figure a way out of this mess."
"You don't sound like you're staying awake Potter."
Whatever reply Potter had for me sounded too far away for me to catch and before I knew it I was lost in the world of dreams.
Ugh… I'm lying on something very uncomfortable.
I thought I fell asleep on the fluffiest coral blue couch ever.
Why am I on the floor? Why does it feel dank and cold here? Am I in the dungeons again?
Wait, was that a groan? Is Malfoy still here?
"Malfoy?" My voice cracked a little from lack of use. Maybe he didn't hear me.
"Malfoy?"
"What is it Potter? This is just what a guy needs when he wakes up in the morning."
"Your sarcasm is noted and ignored Malfoy." By now I was sitting up and fully awake.
"We're back in the dungeons."
"So it seems Potter."
"Since you know what I'm talking about I'm gonna take a guess and say that the white endless place we were just in was not a dream then?"
"I don't think so."
"Damn this is the one time I was hoping you would call me crazy and ask if I'm on drugs."
"Don't worry there'll be plenty of other opportunities for that but for now I think we should just forget that ever happened and go back to our lives."
"I'm completely with you there Malfoy."
"Great. Goodbye…. By the way Potter. Don't expect me to agree with you on anything ever again in the future."
"Ditto."
"Now that this experience is over I'm going to go wash the feeling of dungeon floor off of me."
"Yea, yea whatever Malfoy."
I was lucky I woke up in time to take a shower and make it to breakfast. I'm glad we chose to put this whole experience behind us. No need to dwell in the past if it's best forgotten and this is definitely best forgotten. Well maybe not all of it. I still need to figure out what happened this summer but that has nothing to do with Malfoy.
Malfoy didn't come back to the dorm last night. I think something happened between him and Harry. He has been acting strangely these past couple of weeks and I noticed him following Harry last night which could only mean something happened between him and Harry. Harry still isn't telling me what it is that changed about him but we're getting closer and I feel the moment is upon hand. No worries it'll all work out. We're meeting in the library today. Maybe I can find out what happened between him and Malfoy.
"What happened between you and Malfoy?" Was the first thing out of Theo's mouth as soon as he was settled down in the library.
"What?!-"
"Shh keep it down. This is still the library."
"I know that but what are you talking about. I'm talking about the fact that there's something weird going on with Malfoy and I know it has something to do with you."
"Why do you automatically think it has something to do with me."
"He mutters in his sleep and I heard him say he was going to get you back two nights ago then last night he didn't come back to the dorm after he'd been following you all day."
"That doesn't mean he was with me though."
"You're a horrible liar Harry."
"Look we agreed to let it go so I don't want to talk about it. I just want to forget it ever happened."
Shit. I hope he lets it go. Theo can be a lot like Hermione used to be sometimes. They both don't like not knowing (an underhanded way of saying they're both nosy as hell).
"Fine. I'll let it go this time."
"Thanks."
"Mind you I said this time. Next time though…"
"I know. I got it."
Thank everything good out there. He let it go.
So Potter got away with whatever he did to me. I'm just going to have to find a way to get out of it myself. I won't be played the fool. He might have had nothing to do with what happened last night but he hasn't proven himself innocent of the platform incidence and the weird thing this summer. Tomorrow is a new day. After I wake up I'm going to get to the bottom of this once and for all. For now though I'm just happy I get to sleep in my own bed tonight.
Oh fuck…
Why me?
A.N: Hope you liked it. Please please please please review. It'll make me update faster I promise.