Drastoria is a ship I haven't seen at all, and I want to make it a part of the canon but unfortunately... Hey and without Drastoria there's no Scorose! So I dedicate this to the invisible but adorable ship.

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Astoria Greengrass hurried across the lawn, unwilling to reach class late.

She checked her watch and groaned, knowing that she had barely five minutes to get to Potions, and Snape was a nightmare to late Gryffindors, Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs, but obviously not his own house.

"Hey Greengrass, out of my way!" A voice snapped. She was shoved aside by a young platinum haired boy with a Slytherin uniform- Draco Malfoy, it was.

"Could you at least add a please?!" Astoria called after him. "I'm going to be late too, and Snape doesn't say anything to Slytherins! What do you have to worry about?!"

"Could you shut your mouth?!" Malfoy retaliated. "I'm not running for class."

That roused her curiosity, and she quickened her pace to catch up with him. "If not for class, then why are you in such a hurry?"

He paused, and she almost crashed into him. "Listen, that's none of your business. So just go to your class and leave me alone. I don't need a Gryffindor of all people tagging along behind me. After Potter, and Weasley, and that insufferable Granger."

"Don't call her that! Hermione's my friend." Astoria argued. "And despite the fact that your father is rich, doesn't mean that you can talk about anyone in any way!"

"Ugh, what is your damn problem?! Stay away from me."

"Not until you tell me where you're going. And you're being a git, you know."

Malfoy glared at her. "Fine. Come with me. But if you speak another word, I'll use a Stupefy spell on you."

Sensing she had won for now, Astoria followed him up to the seventh floor, and to an empty stretch of wall. She was confused when he stopped in front of it, but didn't open her mouth to ask what it was for.

Malfoy walked in front of it three times, making her tilt her head quizzically, but he didn't seem to notice. Then a door appeared in the wall, and she stepped back.

"What in Merlin's name...?" Astoria murmured.

Malfoy smirked as he opened the door and walked in, leaving her to walk behind, which she did, after a stunned moment.

"What... Draco, what is this?!" Astoria asked, staring at the room in shock. There were various items in there, that she could barely recognise, and surprisingly, even a freezer, which, when she opened, contained tubs of ice cream.

"That's Malfoy for you, Greengrass. And now that you know where I was going, you can get back to your class. Now, goodbye."

"No." She responded. "I'm not going until you tell me exactly what this place is."

Malfoy muttered an unflattering comment under his breath and said, "The Room of Requirement. Now, any more questions, or may I safely assume you're off to class with no word to anyone about this?"

To his surprise, Astoria laughed. "Sure, so Snape can chop my head off? I would rather be around you."

They stared at each other awkwardly.

Astoria added, "If the alternative is death. Otherwise, not so much, ferret."

The stares changed into glares and Malfoy sniffed like the pompous prat he was. "I wouldn't expect anything else from a Greengrass."

"Um, may I remind you that you're skipping class with your favourite teacher? Oh wait, he doesn't care and neither do you," Astoria said, sarcasm practically overflowing from her tone.

"May I remind you that even you're bunking class? As a Gryffindor, at that. I wouldn't sound so sarcastically smug if I were you."

"Thank Merlin you're not, then."

"As if I'd want to be a mudblood like you."

"If you recall, I come from a pure blood generation!"

"Yeah, and your mother married a mudblood. So you're one of them! And so you can stay away from us that are pure at heart."

"Pure in your blood you say, but rotten to the core!" Astoria finally exploded, and snapped harshly at Draco, who glared more fiercely, opening his mouth to fire back a retort when they heard footsteps.

"Shh!" Both hissed simultaneously.

"I heard something here," Came Hermione's voice. "Did you hear it, Harry, Ron?" A silence, and then the two answered. "Sounded like Malfoy."

"But also like Astoria! And remember, they weren't at Potions today."

"Ah, that's why Snape was pissed off. His prized pupil, not at class? How shocking. Of course, he wouldn't say anything to Malfoy," Ron said, to which Hermione scolded, "Oh shush, Ron!"

"This is the Room of Requirement. Could they be here?" Harry muttered.

Malfoy and Astoria exchanged glances worriedly. Slowly, Astoria glanced at the window and then at her wand.

Malfoy paused. "Wait, you're not thinking what I think you're thinking. Are you? They can't get in unless they know what I want!" He whispered to her frantically, but Astoria wasn't listening.

"Professor Dumbledore did tell me an enchantment to open the door of the Room of Requirement if necessary. Of course, all magic can be reversed."

Astoria glared at the Malfoy boy. "You were saying?"

He didn't have any choice, and as they heard Hermione's voice chanting a spell, Astoria grabbed his hand and jumped out of the window.

"If we die, I'll kill you, Greengrass!"

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

Astoria struggled to hold the spell intact and keep them floating in mid-air, but with Malfoy screeching like a little girl and holding on to her, her concentration was definitely waning.

"Would you help me instead of screaming?!" Astoria yelled at him, and he finally stopped screaming long enough to glare at her and cast the spell.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" He called out, and they floated in the air a second before lightly touching the ground.

For a moment, they just stared at each other and then Malfoy cleared his throat. "So you nearly got me killed, but thankfully for you, I'm still alive. Must have been my great levitation spell, right?"

"You were screaming for the first five minutes!"

"I was just properly making sure my voice was intact to cast the spell, of course!" He snapped back at her, cheeks reddening.

Astoria just shook her head in disbelief. She got up to leave, but Malfoy tugged on the hand he was still holding. "Listen, do you really think that Granger girl could have opened the door if she cast a spell?"

Astoria nodded. "She could have, because, unlike you, she's actually a quick thinker and she's talented. You may be a pure blood. But she's the best muggle born."

Then the former marched off.

Malfoy stared after her in disgust. "She's even more insufferable than Granger. At least I didn't get stuck with her longer than I had to."

He tried to get up, but a rustling movement to his right made him blink and abruptly pause. "Greengrass, that better not be you!" He called shakily.

The rustling increased, and he made a grab for his wand only to realise that it was too far for him to reach at the moment. "Astoria?" He backed away frantically, but he was too slow for the creature that finally erupted out of the bushes.

His eyes widened. "Manticore!"

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Astoria was storming away from that Malfoy because it was bad enough that they'd landed close to the forest on this side of the castle but now even her mood was completely ruined. At least she missed potions.

She had just crossed the little bridge when she heard a shout.

"Manticore!"

She glanced back immediately. It had come from where she was with... With Malfoy! The shout! Could it have been him?

Astoria looked up at the entrance of the castle which was not far now, and then back at the woods. It would be lunch now, and she could go and relax, eat something to help with her anger. But what if Malfoy was in trouble?

Astoria couldn't explain what it was that drew her back, but soon enough she was running back, wand in hand.

"I'm coming, Malfoy!"

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AND DONE WITH PART ONE! penpaperbooks I genuinely hope you liked it. It's a little late but I worked hard on it. Since Drastoria isn't common, it was difficult to find a good topic to centre the story around, but I managed!

See you guys next chapter!