Chrystal was still in the chair and she was holding her head. Dylin, Devon and Justin came in.

“Did it happen again?” Devon asked. I nodded. If I opened my mouth then I was going to throw up. Dylin helped me stand up and I leaned against Justin. Devon was holding Chrystal.

“We’ll take them to Pomfrey. Continue the lesson. Draco, Harry, you can visit them on your break.” Dylin said. Justin helped me walk out of the room.

“Justin and Devon were on their way to potions to sit with their charges and I was walking with them then we heard screaming coming from the potions classroom. We got there in time to calm everyone down. What did you see?” Dylin said.

“Unnh, it was Draco and Harry. They were yelling at each other over a toothbrush” I said. We walked through the Great Hall and Justin led me into Madam Pomfrey’s hospital wing.

“Oh dear, lie down you two.” Pomfrey said. Justin helped me into a bed. Devon put Chrystal in the bed next to mine.

“What happened?” Pomfrey asked.

“They were sitting with their charges and we were walking the halls when we heard screaming. We walked into the classroom to find Cassandra on the floor and Chrystal holding her head.” Dylin said. “We know what happened but we just want to be sure that they aren’t permanently hurt.”

“Oh, very well then.” Pomfrey said. She moved over to Chrystal and took her vitals. “She is perfectly fine. Does anything hurt?”

“No, nothing hurts.” Chrys said. Pomfrey moved over to me. She scanned me with her wand.

“Does anything hurt?” She asked. I nodded. My head was still hurting.

“My head.” I said. She frowned.

“I wondered. Let me scan you again.” She said. “Chrystal, your fine. You can go.” Chrystal got out of the bed and stood next to mine with Justin, Dylin, and Devon.

“You have a concussion. She fell you said?” Pomfrey asked Justin.

“Yes she fell out of her chair.” Chrystal replied. Pomfrey frowned.

“Well, that’s why she has a concussion. I’d like her to stay overnight so I can keep an eye on her. I’ll give her tonic for the pain and I’ll fix it but I want to make sure the symptoms are gone before I let her go.” Pomfrey said. I groaned. I didn’t want to stay in the hospital wing.

“Yes madam Pomfrey. She’ll stay and she’ll behave.” Chrystal said giving me a look. I rolled my eyes.

“I’ll stay. I mean, it’s only for tonight.” I said. Chrystal, Dylin and Justin stayed with me until lunch. We talked about everything that had been happening lately. When lunch came around they left to go back to their duties and Pomfrey had given me some food to eat. After lunch was Slytherin break so Draco came to visit me.

“What happened?” He asked. “One minute you were sitting in the back and the next you were lying on the floor screaming.”

“It was just a protector thing, love. Don’t worry about it.” I told him. After he left the rest of the night was uneventful. I got discharged the next morning and went to the dormitory.

As the year progressed I got to watch Draco learn many new things and saw him become a wonderful wizard. Severus held up his end of the bargain and gave Draco extra lessons under my supervision. Draco really had a knack for potions. Draco and I had late night talks about the most random of things but they were enjoyable none-the-less. Before I knew it, Halloween arrived. I was eating with Draco, after being invited to of course, and all was well. Of course, this was before what happened with professor Quirrell. The doors to the Great Hall slammed open and in came Quirrell running and yelling.

“TROLL!!! IN THE DUNGEON!” He yelled. “Just thought you ought to know.” He collapsed. There was sudden panic. Everyone was screaming. Draco was yelling. I grabbed his arm and sat him back down.

“Dragon, you’re safe. I’m here. Nothing’s going to hurt you. He said it was in the dungeons. We’re up here. You’re fine.” I said. He leaned into me. Even though he grew magically, he was still a small boy. It reminded me that he needed me.

“SILENCE!!!” Dumbledore roared. Everyone went silent and turned their attention towards him.

“Protectors lead the students to their common rooms. Slytherins follow Ravenclaws. Once there prefects will take over the leadership. Come back to me afterwards. Teachers will follow me.” He said calmly. It seemed like Chrystal and I had the same idea because we were both standing on the table yelling.

“Slytherins. You will keep your mouth shut and we will quietly be following the Ravenclaws.” I said. “Any sound from anyone and you will have a week’s worth detention. With me. Now follow me.” I got off the table and followed Justin’s house. We followed the Gryffindors to that part of the castle. I ran up to Justin.

“I never got a chance to ask. Who’s your charge?” I asked him.

“His name is Seamus Finnegan. He’s a Gryffindor. I trust Chrystal, so he’s fine.” He responded. Even though he said that he seemed a little concerned. I rubbed his back.

“He’ll be fine.” I said. He nodded.

“Now, you will not be allowed in the common room but you can stand outside. It just is.” He said. I nodded. We were up in the tower. We were fine. We arrived at the Ravenclaw tower and Justin took his students in. I turned around.

“Now, who’s prefect?” They raised their hands. “Perfect, you will create a wall surrounding the students. Nobody is to get through that wall.” I said. They all nodded. They stood in the formation and Justin came out of the common room. Draco walked up to me.

“Be safe okay?” He said. He sounded worried. I hugged him.

“I’m always safe. Don’t worry. I’ll be back before you know it.” I told him. He smiled and I turned to walk with Justin. We walked through the castle back towards the Great Hall when we heard screaming. We looked at each other and ran towards the shouts. We followed them to a girl’s lavatory. We walked into the lavatory to find the troll waving his club around. I saw three children in the room. One was sitting on the back of the troll. One was standing in front of the troll and the last was sitting under the sinks. I recognized Harry right away. He was the one sitting on the troll.

“Harry!” I yelled. His head turned to face me.

“Petrificus totalus!” Justin yelled aiming at the troll. The troll seized up and began to fall.

“Move children!” I yelled at the other two. “Levicorpus!” Harry was raised by his ankle. The troll landed with a thud. I lowered Harry to his feet. All the teachers and the other protectors came running into the lavatory.

“Harry!!” Chrystal screamed running forward. She grabbed him and held him. “Harry James Potter. Don’t you ever do that again. I got everyone to the common room and then you were gone. I got so scared.”

“What on earth were you thinking? You’re lucky you’re not dead. Why weren’t you in your dormitory?” Professor McGonagall asked.

“Please, Professor McGonagall ---They were looking for me.” The girl said.

“Miss Granger!” McGonagall said. Hermione stood up and looked down at her feet.

“I went looking for the troll because I--I thought I could deal with it on my own--you know, because I’ve read all about them.” She said. The red-head’s wand dropped.

“If they hadn’t found me, I’d be dead. Harry stuck his wand up its nose then Cassandra and Justin showed up. They bound it and saved us. It was about to finish me off.” Granger said.

“Well---in that case…” said Professor McGonagall. “Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own?”

All three of their heads were hung.

“Miss Granger, five points will be taken from Gryffindor for this. And for you two. Five points, each will be awarded. For sheer dumb luck. If you’re not hurt, you better get back to your dormitories.” McGonagall said. The teachers all turned to leave.

“Rian, can you take these three back to their dormitories? I’d like to talk to Justin and Cassandra.” Chrystal said. Rian nodded. He, Dylin and Alix all took the children back to their dormitories. Chrystal turned and hugged me so tight I couldn’t breathe.

“I almost had a break down when I found out he was missing. Thank you so much for finding him and saving him.” She said. She hugged Justin too.

“Well, that was all I wanted to say.” She commented. Then she turned around and left.

“So, that was fun.” Justin said. I started to smile. I think it was because of the adrenaline.

“Hardly but okay Justin.” I said. Then I laughed. For the first time since school, I let out a genuine laugh. And then he started laughing. Then it was the two of us standing in the ruined bathroom laughing. We stopped laughing after a minute and he turned to me.

“So, are you busy this Saturday? I was wondering whether you would like to go to the three broomsticks with me? It’s down in Hogsmeade village.” He said.

“Yeah, I would like that. I’ll see you Saturday. Well, I’ll see you before that but I meant yeah, I’ll go with you Saturday.” I said. He laughed. We walked out of the bathroom and that’s when I realized that the Slytherins were still at Ravenclaw tower.

“Shit. The children.” I said. Just then I heard Filch running through the halls yelling.

“CHILDREN! OUT OF BED” I cringed.

“FILCH! They’re supposed to be. I told them to be.” I said to him after I stopped him. He backed away slowly as if I was a bomb about to go off. When he was a good space from me he turned and walked away. Justin and I walked back to the Ravenclaw tower. When we got there I saw the prefects still in place from where I left them. Justin went into the tower. But before he left he winked at me.

“All of you are my favorites. I love my house so much. Thank you for staying still.” I told them all. Draco ran up to me.

“I thought you had died! You took so long! I got so scared.” He said. I chuckled.

“I told you I’m always safe. There’s nothing that can hurt me. I’m too good a witch.” I told him. He smiled.

“C’mon children. The troll is gone. Time to go to bed.” I said. “Prefects take the rear please.”

As a whole house we walked back to the dungeons and I made sure that everyone had gotten there safely. A lot of the children were yawning and rubbing their eyes. I sent everyone to bed and did my rounds. After a few minutes of doing my rounds I crawled into my twin-sized bed and curled up. After taking one last look to make sure Draco was breathing I fell asleep.