HSWW Part 1

Hogsmeade

Luna skipped out of a nearby shop and onto the road. "It's pretty today." She said to herself as she looked around at the snow-covered town.

"Hello there Luna" Susan said with a small smile.

Before Luna could say anything, Draco came storming out of the shop next door. He groaned and rolled his eyes as Pansy followed him out, bickering at him as usual.

"What is the trouble now?" Luna said, a little blankly

"Did you see what the Daily Prophet says?!" Pansy shouted, shoving the newspaper at Luna.

Luna stared and began to read the article that she assumed Pansy was upset about, "The Ministry wants to take all magic out of Hogwarts?" She muttered in shock, looking back at Pansy. She gulped when Pansy nodded in response, "But doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of why we go to Hogwarts?"

"That's what I said!" Pansy shouted back. She pointed a finger towards Draco, "He thinks its a good idea!"

Susan stared in shock as she heard the news and said "But the ministry can't take away magic can they?!"

Draco turned and growled at Pansy, "I never said it was a good idea! I just said that we don't know why the Ministry is doing it and I said that they probably had a good reason!"

"Good reason?!" Pansy snapped back, "What exactly is good about them basically shutting down the purpose of our school?!"

"Where does it say they're shutting it down?" Draco retorted, walking up close to Pansy's face, "You're over-exaggerating things again! That's what you're doing!"

"Over-exaggerating, am I?" Pansy replied with a shocked look on her face, "Well excuse me for being a bit concerned at the fact that now we lost almost everything that Hogwarts has ever had!"

Luna giggled a little to herself as she watched Pansy and Draco fighting. She zoned out a litte and became distracted by a squirrel running up a tree.

Draco was about to snap back at Pansy when he turned blankly towards Luna, "And what exactly is so funny?" He glared

Luna gave a dazed giggle and re-focused on Draco, who now looked as if he wanted to kill her. She cleared her throat, "Well if you ask me, this whole thing seems a little pointless. I mean, why do we have a school for magic if we aren't allowed to use it?"

"See?" Pansy turned and rolled her eyes, "Loony of all people gets it, I don't understand why he doesn't..." She muttered to herself.

"Oh I understand it perfectly." Draco muttered back, "I just don't think its that big of a deal, I mean, we're old enough, atleast I know how to do magic well enough on my own."

"Read the fine print." Pansy said, yanking the newspaper away from Luna and shoving it at Draco. She pointed to a section of the article and read it aloud, "As of now, the Ministry of Magic has forbidden any Hogwarts student or member of staff from using magic inside and outside of the school." Pansy smiled to herself when she saw Draco's blank expression.

Draco re-read the section again and sighed, "Well still, it isn't that big of a deal. If we are forbidden to use magic, then there simply won't be any magic around anywhere."

"Now that's where you're wrong dear." Pansy replied, "We aren't allowed to use magic, yes, but it doesn't say anything about the Ministry not being able to use it." She noticed his look of defeat and smirked. She leaned a bit closer to him, "Or anyone in Azkaban for that matter."

Draco sighed and rolled his eyes, "Would it be too pointless for me to say that you were right?"

Pansy grinned and patted him on the back, "Of course not." She turned to Luna and Susan, giving them a thumbs up and winked at them.

Draco frowned a little and turned towards Susan, "Huh. Didn't even notice you were here."

Susan turned slowly, facing Draco, "Only becuase you were arguing with Pansy for a while. Don't worry about it, I'm just happy you two stopped fighting finally."

Pansy scoffed, "Don't get your hopes up."

Luna giggled again and looked around behind Pansy for her squirrel.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Draco snapped back at Pansy

"Oh my, I shouldn't have said a word about you two fighting." Susan said softly while she moved next to Luna

Pansy smirked at Luna and Susan and then turned to Draco, "What I mean is that whatever I say, you take the wrong way and get angry again. Exactly like you just did, thank you for proving my point." She exaggerated a grin towards Draco.

Draco pointed a finger at Pansy and began to say something, but stopped and sighed, "You know some days I hate you." He muttered

"So you keep telling me." Pansy smirked, not looking at Draco as he stomped his foot in frustration.

"See?! There you go again, deliberately smarting off to me!" Draco snapped, pointing a finger at Pansy and looking at Luna and Susan, "Do you not see it?!"

"Hey Malfoy are you having a lovers gathering? Because that isn't the way to treat a female you know." Harry said laughing

"Hello Harry." Pansy replied, not looking towards Harry, "And why would I ever smart off to you?" She turned towards Draco, making a pouty face.

"You had a tone." Draco replied. He turned toward Harry, "And what exactly are you doing here? Shouldn't you be off with your little friends?"

"Stop being mean to Harry, Draco, he's welcome here!" Susan said as she was staring blankly at Draco

Draco growled toward Harry, "As much as I hate you, read this." He said, handing the newspaper to Harry.

Harry read the newspaper and stared blankly "What the hell is this! And as for Ron and Hermione I'm not sure where they are" he said throwing down the paper

"It's exactly what it looks like." Draco replied

"I know you already hated me but now everyone does. I mean what in bloody hell did I do!" Harry replied with anger

"Save it Potter and get over yourself, we have more important matters to worry about." Draco said, cocking his head towards the newspaper.

"I don't hate you Harry." Luna blurted out and slapped her hands over her mouth when she saw everyone staring at her.

Pansy cleared her throat, "Yes well then, I suggest that we talk to the teachers about this. Do you think Dumbledore knows already?"

"I agree with you Pansy, we should tell Dumbledore as soon as possible, I'm sure though he already does know, after all he is the headmaster." Susan said as she stopped looking at Luna with shock.

Draco shrugged, "Well then if he's the all-knowing headmaster, why do we need to talk to him?"

"As I said Draco, Dumbledore probably already knows what's going on but we should still warn him, just in case it hasn't floated up to his concern yet." Susan said plainly

Harry nodded "Susan is right," he stated as he held his forehead

Draco scoffed, "If we talked to anyone, it should be Snape. He'd be the one that would do something about it."

Pansy shrugged her shoulders, "Unfortunately he's right. No doubt Dumbledore already knows about it, he's probably known for a long time and he still hasn't done anything about it."

"Well Pansy do you think we can trust Snape with handling this situation while being honest with us?" Susan asked Pansy with a small head nod

"What? Are you saying that we can't trust Snape?!" Pansy glared, "Of course you'd say that, why does everyone else but us hate him?!"

Harry stared blankly "I don't know because I can tell you exactly what Snape would say if we told him. Snape would say "Yes I saw that in the paper Potter, well what ever you did Potter you probably deserve this." thats what he would say"

Pansy gave a small laugh, "Well of course you would say that! You're the one always doing something to antagonize the poor guy!" She said glaring at Harry

"You two stop it, just stop, we need help so I say we work out something that we all together can agree on. After all this is about us not being able to use any magic anymore." Susan said angerly to Pansy and Harry

Draco sighed, frustrated, "Alright everyone stop yelling!" He laughed to himself at the irony of him shouting not to yell, "Now we all know that this could mean trouble. Hell, I know this means trouble, no doubt someone will fight against it." He purposely glanced towards Harry, "But right now, I can't believe I'm saying this, we all have to work together on this. Now I know that Snape is back at Hogwarts and I suggest that we go and find him. Now who's with me?"

Luna raised her hand and looked around at everyone, "I am! But why the sudden change of mind?" She glanced suspiciously at Draco.

Pansy raised her hand slightly, "Hm, that change of mind wouldn't have anything to do with your dear aunt possibly breaking out of Azkaban, now would it?" She whispered to Draco.

Harry sighed "I know your trying to help Draco but think about this for one second. You know as well as I do that Snape hates me more than you do. True he would help if you were the one in the paper but what makes you think he would do anything for me?" he stated firmly

"It does seem Snape has a additude towards you Harry,but maybe he will help us out just because we can't use any magic anywhere and this involves Draco as well as everyone else" Susan said trying to sound fair.

"Who said this was about Potter?!" Draco snapped, "This is about all of us." He turned to Harry, "And if you're scared to talk to him, then I will." He turned to Pansy and Luna who had now stepped behind him, waiting for him to do something, "Anyone who's with me, let's go. We're heading back to Hogwarts to go find Snape." With that, Draco and Pansy turned on their heels and left in the direction of the school with Luna skipping behind them. Draco turned to Pansy, "And yes, that witch has a lot to do with it."

Potter looked at Draco "I'm not scared of him Malfoy. Its that I already know what he is going to say!" he shouted at him

Draco ignored Harry and kept walking towards the school.

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