Chapter 19: Bully.
No place is a better place for looking at some information than a library. One of Iris reasons to go to Hogwarts is to personally see the content of it's library. Iris has spent almost all of her free times there. Sometimes she would be accompany by Hermione Granger, who think of her as comrade with same hobbies. Or, in this current situation, Draco Malfoy, who's been wandering alone around Harry and Iris lately.
Draco has just finish his charms assignment, he look up from his parchment to see Iris still busy, reading some old books. He noticed that Iris usually read books about curses or charms. Draco rolled up his parchment and put it in his school bag, alongside his self-inking Quill.
He rise from his seat and strech, "I'll go back first, okay." he said.
"Ok, bye." Iris said without looking up from the book that she read.
"Bye." Draco shook his head at the flat response, getting used to it now. He grab his bag and walk out of the library.
Draco just walk pass by the Great Hall when he was grab from behind, hand covering his mouth.
He was thrown in an empty room nearby. He turn his head to see Crabbe and Goyle standing menacingly while looking at him.
"What?" Draco ask arrogantly, try to stand back while dusting his robe off the dust.
Crabbe kick him hard, "Stop acting like you're our boss. You're not."
Draco snorted. Crabbe get angry and went to kick him again. Goyle stop him.
Crabbe turn to face Goyle, "Why did you hold me back?"
"His Dad can get us kill." Goyle said.
"Forget him." Crabbe wave Goyle away, "Don't you remember what my father wrote in his letter, there is a move in the Ministry, the Minister did not take after Malfoy again."
What a dumbass, Draco thought. His father has wrote him too. Minister Fudge has been trying to curry favor with Black. He's been ignoring Lucius, Draco's father. Lucius has a suspicion that Fudge may have something planned. Lucius know about his son friendship with Potter and told Draco to trust his insting instead. Draco is so happy when he's told that he could keep Potter friendship.
But, this two is such a pain in his ass.
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"Ehm." Light cough disturb Iris.
She look up from the book that she's reading and come to face Madam Pince.
"Time to close." the librarian said.
"Oops." Iris look back at the book on her hands to memorize the last page that she read and write it in a little notebook that she kept.
She closed the book and put it back to it's place where she took it from before. She wave Madam Pince goodbye and walk out of the library.
Iris walk with silent and steady steps. She's just about to take a turn to go downstairs to the Hufflepuff entrance when she heard commotion. She stop walking and try to hear better. It's like someone getting mad at some other guy?
Iris walk slowly to the source of the sound. It is in an empty room that she know exist near there. Iris stop to peek at the unclosed door and found three young boys. Two is big bodies and one is thin blonde boy.
Is that Draco? That blonde is so Malfoy like. Iris squint her eyes. Definetely Draco. And that big boys is the twins but not twins, that has been with him at Hogwarts Express before. Who is it again? Damn, she can't remember their names. Whatever. They were talking, well, the big boys is talking. Draco just stand there, stick to the wall.
"...always together with Potter."
Hm. What is it all about?
Draco move from his place in the wall, "It's none of your bussiness." he said.
Iris want to applaud Draco. It's look like he's been forced to a corner by the two boys and got threatened to stay away from Harry, but still managed to sound so arrogant.
One of the boys grab Draco collar shirt roughly, "You think we're afraid of you?"
"Aren't you nothing more than Malfoy's lackeys?" Draco said. That was what Ronald Weasley from Gryffindor use to insult them.
The boy kick Draco hard. Iris has just want to move her fingers to block the attack when someone walk pass her, straight in to the room.
Damn it, Harry.
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Harry Potter has just finish another one of his daily mind conversation with Voldemort. He got up from his bed and went to look for Iris. Theo has said before that Iris is in library the last time he sees her, so Harry go out from the Hufflepuff common room to fetch her.
He see her walk pass the door that's leading to their common room. Harry find her eavesdropping nearby. He too hear what was said. When he see that Crabbe want to kick Draco, he move forward to block the kick. He push hard and throw Crabbe away from Draco.
"WHAT THE??!!" Crabbe blown up, but got silent when he see Harry Potter standing protectively in front of Draco.
Goyle move to help Crabbe and stand beside him. Harry just stand there in silent. Draco look up at Harry like he's his hero. Iris still stand by the door. No need for her to get involved then.
They are glaring at each other, more like Crabbe and Goyle are glaring at Harry, who's glaring back at them. Draco just look disdainfully at his two housemates.
"That's enough." Harry suddenly said, "Stay away from Draco."
"Saint Potter is so brave, he even defend Death Eaters son." Crabbe mock Harry.
Harry is frowning, how come this two have guts to hit Malfoy, things has change this time around.
"What??" Crabbe missunderstood Harry's silence and continue to mock Harry, "Don't you know Death Eaters? Follower of The Dark Lord? The one who kill your parents?"
Outside, Iris knock her forehead on the wall. That dumbass.
"Oh, shut up." Harry said. Crabbe feel that his tounge get stick in the roof of his mouth. He pointed at Harry with red face. Goyle grab him and take him away from the room.
"Idiots." Harry said at their backs. Crabbe want Harry to hate Draco for the things that Lucius Malfoy did, totally forget about the fact that they too, are son's of a Death Eaters. He turn to look at Draco, "Are you okay?"
Draco nodded, he can't believe that Potter still defend him after what Crabbe has said.
"Can you walk?" Harry ask, "Did he kick you somewhere?"
Draco grimaced, just realizing that he's been kicked twice, his foot and stomach did feel hurts.
"We'll go to the hospital wings." Harry then help him to walk.
They both walk by pass the empty corridor. Eh. Harry's glancing around to find Iris, none. Where did she go again? Sigh. He focus on getting Draco to Madam Pomfrey instead.
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"Mmm...mmmmm..mmmm" Crabbe try to talk to Goyle. Feeling angry. There's two of them, he believe that they can take over Potter. Why did Goyle take him away? He push Goyle hard.
Goyle sigh, "Don't you see that he curse you without wands?"
Crabbe eyes widened. He did not realized that.
"Potter is different." Goyle said, "We can't just fight him like that."
Crabbe nodded.
"What I don't understand is, why did you guys have to talk about his parents?" there is a girl voice behind them, "Don't you know that I have spent a very long time try to convince him to take this path?"
Crabbe and Goyle turn around and see Iris Swan. They are feeling weird at the moment, where did this girl come from?
"We don't know what you're talking about." Goyle said.
"And you won't." Iris move her fingers.
Crabbe and Goyle turn to face each other, they grab each other clothes and started fighting. Iris look at them one last time at the duo. Sigh heavily, then walk away.
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