Dark Secrets

Chapter 8:

I followed Draco with my eyes to see that he's going down the same corridor that he had taken that led him to the Room of Requirements. Without another thought I followed him. As I followed him I thought about the last time I did and how angry he was. Before I could even think about turning around I saw someone ahead of me, also following Draco. The door to the Room of Requirements opened and Draco walked in. The person ahead of me was about to follow when I yelled at them to stop. The person turned around and I saw it was Harry Potter.

"Harry Potter?" I asked, shocked.

"Who are you?" Harry asked.

"Jennifer Taylor."

"The girl that's always with Malfoy?"

"What? I am not always with Malfoy." I said.

"Whatever, it's not my business."

"Speaking of what's not your business, what are you doing following Malfoy?" I asked.

"I could ask you the same question."

"I asked you first."

"Fine. I've noticed that he's been acting...different lately so I decided to follow him."

"You've noticed too?"

Harry nodded.

"Wait, why do you care? You are Draco are enemies aren't you?"

"Draco's up to something bad and I'm going to catch him in the act."

"How are you so sure that it's bad?" I asked, having no idea why I'm defending him.

"It's Malfoy. When is he ever up to something that's good?"

He had a point. Then I thought to the day that I told Draco almost the same thing you're Draco Malfoy. All your secrets are dark. But now here I am defending him after I pretty much told Draco the same thing. Before I could say anything else the Room of Requirements door opened and Draco slipped out. He looked around and not seeing Harry and me, he walked away. After a minute of silence Harry broke it.

"Why are you following Draco?" Harry asked.

When he asked that I realized I have no idea, other than the fact that I was curious but why else? Harry has a legit reason and me I'm just curious and I don't know why but I need to know what's going on with him. But what I know for sure is that when I do find out, I'm not going to like it.

"Same as you" I lied.

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After I had walked back I met up with my friends and we decided to go to Hogsmeade. I had talked with Harry a bit but it was obvious that both our views about Draco were very different. I didn't know this before but now I know that I want to help Draco and Harry just wants to get him in trouble. I tried to clear my head as I listened to my friends talk about their boyfriends and complain about assignments. I remember I used to do the same thing but now all I can think about in my free time is Draco and what he's up to.

I focused on what my friends were saying but my mind couldn't get clear of Draco, it kept coming back to him no matter how hard I tried. We went shopping around for a bit and got lunch and for once my friends didn't question me about Draco, we hung out like we used to. After about an hour of shopping we decided to go back, plus it was getting really cold. I was walking and I accidentally ran into someone.

"Sorry" I said, but the girl I ran into didn't seem to hear me and kept walking.

I rolled my eyes and looked down at my feet to see she dropped a package. The package had torn open and a beautiful necklace had slightly fallen out. I called out to her and was about to pick up the package when someone pulled me away.

"Don't touch that" A familiar voice hissed in my ear.

I looked up to see that Draco was holding me back. "What the hell are you talking about? That girl just dropped that package and I was going to return it."

"Don't touch it" Draco repeated.

"You're mad" I muttered, and pulled away from his grip.

Before I could pick the package up the girl came back and grabbed it herself. But when she touched the necklace she shot up in the air and my eyes widened. Her arms and legs spread-eagled in the air and her head fell back with her mouth hanging open. I heard a scream but it wasn't from the girl in the air, it was her friend. I looked back at Draco but he was fading into the crowd that had formed. Harry Potter and his friends made it to the front of the crowd and I saw Harry glare after Draco. How did Draco know about the necklace unless he was the one to set it up? And if he did set it up, what does he has against that girl that had the necklace? And why does he care if I touched the necklace? And what the hell is going on with Draco?