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HARRY, HERMIONE, AND ron held in a laugh as snape looked at the snow-white ferret disappointedly.

"why's there an otter in the class??", lily asked, snuggling through the many pairs of legs so that she could finally witness the animal sitting aggressively on draco's seat.

"lily, it's a ferret....and it's...draco malfoy", ron snorted, making the ferret scowl at the weasley.

"draco?? but draco's not a ferret", lily reasoned, now extremely confused.

"too bad, so sad. I suppose the potion won't wear off until professor snape finds a solution. in the meantime, why don't I take—"

ron was immediately interrupted when lily had went ahead and cradled the ferret, walking away with it and making ron's jaw drop.

"h-hey lily, say, why don't we share? I've always wanted to punch malf—I mean take care of malfoy", ron cynically smiled, making lily wary.

"stop it ron! you're scaring her", hermione scolded.

"papa, can I take care of him pleaseeeeee??", lily begged.

the girl had always wanted a kitten or any type of animal to take care of, but snape had found every reason in the book to reject the girl's request.

snape took a moment to think about it, as this ferret wasn't necessarily real, just draco malfoy as an animal.

he supposed that it was fine as long as lily took good care of him.

"fine".

"YAY!!", lily cheered as she tightly squeezed the ferret, nearly making it choke.

"oh, I'm sorry", lily softly apologized as she petted the ferret, making it growl.

for the rest of the day, lily was responsible for taking draco to class, as even though the boy was a literal ferret, it didn't mean that he couldn't continue his education.

"lily, what is it that you have there in your arms?", alastor moody asked, making the girl awkwardly laugh.

"umm...draco? well...a ferret, but draco", the little girl explained.

she would not deny that professor moody terrified her, especially with his scarred up face and crazy eye, but she had learned not to judge someone by their appearance, so she smiled on.

"I see...well, if that's the case, then I hope you enjoy class today, because we've got something special to learn", moody grinned.

moody walked to the front of the class as lily took out a little brush from her dress pocket.

in the last few hours of class, the girl had learned that draco liked getting his fur brushed and combed.

"now, can anyone of you tell me what the three unforgivable curses are?", moody questioned.

lily stopped brushing draco's fur momentarily as she stopped to think. for some reason, the little girl had felt that she knew one of the curses, perhaps even heard someone say it before.

"t-the imperious curse...it's one my father told me", ron answered, much to moody's delight.

draco's little arms crossed as lily stopped brushing his fur, practically forcing the girl to continue.

"ah, yes! that one had gave the ministry quite some grief a few years ago. perhaps this'll show you why".

moody was about to open the jar that contained a spider until he saw lily holding onto draco.

"say, lily, may I borrow him for a moment?", moody requested.

lily gulped as she looked down at draco, who aggressively shook his head as even his ferret senses were tingling.

"u-um—"

"I promise it'll only be momentarily", moody smiled, sensing the girl's hesitance.

"I-I suppose", lily agreed as she placed the ferret on the desk in front of her.

if ferrets could look offended, draco's face would definitely be beat red by how the girl had betrayed him like that.

"imperio", moody casted, to which draco felt his little body start to jump up into the air by the command of moody's wand.

the rest of the class watched in excitement and laughter as draco malfoy was jumping around against his own will.

ron was especially satisfied, as he wasn't able to play any pranks or do anything to the ferret boy since lily was so overprotective of her new pet.

lily worriedly watched as draco flew from seamus finnigan's desk onto harry's head.

before draco could even attempt to scratch the boy, moody had made the ferret jump back into lily's arms, to which the girl sighed a breath of relief.

"scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only did you-know-who's bidding under the influence of the imperious curse, but here's the thing. how do we sort out the liars?"

lily felt the entire classroom tense as the silence was slowly killing her bubbly aura.

draco was still somewhat shaking from his experience, making the little girl cradle him and scratch the ferret's tummy.

"what's another?", moody questioned.

neville longbottom—a fellow gryffindor—slowly raised his hand.

"longbottom is it? professor sprout tells me that you have an aptitude for herbology".

"t-t-the cruciatus curse", neville meekly answered.

"correct! correct!! come, come. take a look at the torture curse", moody ushered as he opened the lid that contained the spider.

neville stood at the front of the class, observing closely as moody casted the cruciatus curse.

the spider twitched in agony, making lily cringe. she could almost feel the pain just by looking at it.

"p-professor moody...p-please stop. the spider looks hurt", lily meekly spoke out, making the man immediately stop, almost shocked at the girl's request.

"ah yes, my apologies for making you uncomfortable lily, but you'll soon learn that there are many things in life that make you want to cringe", moody grinned, making the girl just nod.

"now, why don't you give us the last unforgivable curse, ms. granger", moody requested, to which hermione weakly answered.

"the last one...is the killing curse", hermione uttered out.

lily silently watched as moody paced back to the front of the room, saying the two words that made her shiver.

"avada kedavra!"

lily felt numb as the spider immediately died.

her little fingers fumbled with the hem of her dress as she nervously breathed. she felt a bit dizzy as her head was spinning from the spell that moody had just used.

for some reason, she had felt very familiar with the spell, and it made the girl extremely uneasy.

draco, who was laying on the desk had sensed the girl's unease and hopped onto her lap.

lily was brought out of her trance as she gave draco an awkward smile, petting the ferret's head.

lily then cuddled the ferret closer to her, as she anticipated for the class to end.

"I'm sorry for putting you through that", lily mumbled into the ferret's fur.

though she knew draco couldn't respond, she thought she had felt a little paw pat the back of her shoulder.

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