You were walking on the corridors, on your way to the Great Hall with your sister.

"I made new friends by the way," Megan informed. "The other one's a year older, I think."

You smiled. "Well, that's good. I thought Ginny and Draco will be your only friends here in Hogwarts."

Megan slightly slapped your arm. "You know how much I hate human interactions. So be proud that I have Luna and Cho as my new friends."

"Of course I'm proud, MJ." You patted her head. "Maybe you can introduce your new friends to Ginny so that the four of you could hang out."

"Stark!"

Your eyebrows furrowed in confusion. 'Okay. Which Stark?' You and Megan turned around and saw Stacey and Pansy. Stacey pushed Pansy towards you and your sister. "What?" You asked her in annoyance.

Pansy breathed heavily then pinned you in the wall causing you to wince in pain. "You giving us problems is what!"

You tried to push her away from you but you ended up failing. "Giving you a... what? What did I do?"

"Stay. Away. From. Draco!" She hissed, pushing you harder on the wall. "Or if you didn't I swear I'll make your life living hell!"

"Let her go!" Megan pushed Pansy away from you but the older girl didn't budge. Pansy glared at Megan and pushed her away causing Megan to fall to the ground.

Your eyebrows furrowed and you glared at Pansy whose eyed widened in shock. "How dare you!" You pushed Pansy away from you with more force causing her to almost lose her balance. You helped your sister up and faced Pansy. "If you touch my sister, I'll kill you myself, got it?"

You bumped your shoulder to Pansy's as you and your sister walked away. Megan looked up at you and smiled. "Didn't know you were that protective over me."

"Yeah because I'm the only one who can push you like that."

Megan dramatically gasped and playfully pushed you. "Rude!"

Pansy stared at the both of you as you and your sister entered the Great Hall. She turned around and glared at Stacey who watched the whole thing. "I hope you're happy."

You went to your seat with your friends while your sister went to the Ravenclaw table. You sat beside Hermione and let out a groan while smacking your head to the table.

"Bloody hell, (Y/n)!" Ron exclaimed. "Are you okay?"

"I'm... fine." You groaned in frustration and lifted your head up to look at your friends as you rest your chin on your fist. "Pansy just threatened me to stay away from Malfoy."

"What?" Harry asked in disbelief. "First of all, how dare she threatened you. I'll cast a killing curse on her if I have to. Second, Malfoy and Pansy aren't even dating so why does she care so much?"

"She's in love and obsessed with him." You replied with a fake gag. You spotted Pansy entering the Great Hall wearing an annoyed expression. "Honestly, I feel sorry for her."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Well, she can't see that Malfoy doesn't like her. It's just sad to see and think that she and Stacey are still trying so hard."

"How about you?" Hermione asked.

Your eyebrows furrowed in her question. "I'm sorry?"

"Based on my observations, you and Malfoy were quite close. Don't you think the two of you think of each other of something more?"

"Me thinking more of..." You shook your head in disbelief. "No offense, Hermione but you're being ridiculous."

"As much as I still hate Mafloy's guts, Hermione's right." Harry butted in. "I may not be a Ravenclaw but I'm smart enough to see clearly that you two fancy each other."

"You're agreeing with this?" You asked Harry in complete shock. "You, the supposed-to-be-sworn-mortal enemy of Draco Malfoy, agrees that the Slytherin Prince may have feelings for me?"

Harry nodded. "I mean, sort of, yeah. We thought you and Peter were going to end up together but ever since you became un-Petrified, you couldn't stop thinking and talking about Malfoy."

Ron nodded as well and smiled at you. "Besides, why would we interfere with your relationship with Malfoy? It's your choice if you want to be with him or not. It's your happiness."

You stared at them in surprise and blinked your eyes repeatedly. You let out a small chuckle and smiled. "You three are creeping the hell out of me. And for all we know, he must be hating on me now. You heard him back at Hagrid's class and he was right."

"So you did avoided him." Ron gasped.

You sighed heavily. "I don't know why but I got scared. Scared of telling who I am to him and maybe something more, I don't know."

"(Y/n)," Hermione closed her book and faced you. "There's nothing to be scared of telling him who you are. I don't know why but I don't think that's your real reason. Maybe you're scared of telling him how you feel as well?"

You shook your head as you blinked. "For the record, I'm not in love with Draco Malfoy."

Hermione rolled her eyes and looked at the two boys. "Yeah. Sure." She said sarcastically causing the two boys to snicker.

Stacey came inside the Great Hall and sat beside Draco. She looked at Draco's arm in a sling while Pansy gently placed her hand on the sling. "Does it hurt terribly, Draco?"

"It comes and it goes. Still, I consider myself lucky. It's just a scratch." Draco chuckled. "Nothing serious. But if Buckbeak did dig his claw deeper, I could have lost my arm; couldn't possibly do any homework for weeks if that happened. But it didn't so it's just a scratch." He shrugged.

"I'm so sorry, Draco." Stacey pouted. "You saved me from that bloody chicken. You could have lost your arm because of me!"

"Listen to the idiot!" Ron hissed. "She's really laying it on thick, isn't she?"

"At least Hagrid didn't get fired," Harry spoke up.

Hermione sighed. "Yeah, but I hear Draco's father's furious. We haven't heard the end of this."

"He's been sighted!" The four of you heard Seamus yells catching your attention as ran towards the Gryffindor table with a newspaper in hand. "He's been sighted!"

"Who?" Ron asked.

"Sirius Black!" Seamus announced as he dropped the newspaper on the table. You and your friends quickly moved your seats and looked at the newspaper.

Hermione reads where Sirius Black was sighted. "Dufftown? That's not far from here."

"You don't think he'd come to Hogwarts, do you?" Neville asked worriedly. "I mean, the dementors are at every entrance."

"Dementors?" Seamus questioned. "He's already slipped past them once, hasn't he? Who's to say he won't do it again?"

"Black could be anywhere," You stated as you looked at your fellow classmates. "We have to be ready and careful even with the Dementors patrolling here at Hogwarts."

Suddenly, an owl came flying inside the Great Hall. Students looked up as their eyes followed the owl approaching the Slytherin table. Pansy's eyes widened when she realized where the owl is going while Stacey smirked. Pansy got the letter and you squinted your eyes to see the envelope clearly. 'A red envelope. Oh no.' The owl flew away and Pansy observed the letter. Her eyes widened.

"Look, everyone!" Seamus laughed. "Parkinson got a Howler!"

Pansy glared at Seamus then opened the Howler. The Howler takes a form of a mouth just like Ron's before. "PANSY PARKINSON!"

She gulped while Draco backed away because it was too loud.

"HOW DARE YOU BULLY A STARK?! I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE HUMILIATED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED!" The Howler yelled. It's a woman. Probably her mother. "EDWARD STARK CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND WAS OUTRAGED WHEN HE FOUND OUT YOU ARE BULLYING ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS!"

Pansy avoided the stares of the students around in embarrassment until she slowly looked at you. You stared back at her and Harry pulled you into his arms, causing you to look at his chest. You looked up at him and saw him gave Pansy a death glare.

"DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE STARKS ARE ONE OF THE FAMOUS AND RICHEST FAMILIES IN THE WIZARDING WORLD?! WE WERE FRIENDS WITH THEM AND NOW YOU RUINED IT! EDWARD STARK THREATENED US SOMETHING TERRIBLE IF YOU BULLY A STARK AGAIN." 

Pansy was breathing heavily now, her head was hanging low, and her face was turning red in embarrassment and anger.

"IF I EVER HEARD YOU BULLY ONE OF THE YOUNG STARKS WE WILL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME!" The Howler turned to you causing you to flinch in surprise. Students looked at you including Draco. "Many apologies, Ms. Stark. I promise you, it won't happen again."

The Howler didn't wait for your response and just gave Pansy a huff before tearing itself apart.

Pansy was huffing in anger and she instantly stood up and faced Stacey then to you. Draco quickly grabbed her hand and shook his head. "Don't."

Pansy glanced at you and spotted Harry hugging you protectively and pulling out his wand. "Don't even think about it."

The Slytherin girl sighed and returned to her seat, crossing her arms. Harry pulled away as you stared at Draco. Draco stared back at you before shaking his head and looking away.