(y/n) - your name

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The fire crackled with a warm red and orange glow in the fireplace of the Hufflepuff common room while the 4 kids sat around together with papers and notes on defending a certain magical creature. Harry, Ron, (y/n) and Hermione had heard about BuckBeat being summoned for a hearing and they wanted to help Hagrid defend the lovely beast. They worked well into Christmas, having sleepovers in the Hufflepuff room since (y/n) was the only student in the house staying in Hogwarts so she had the common room all to herself. The golden trio definitely loved how warm and cozy it was in the Hufflepuff common room.

The quiet was soon disturbed by a faint ringing, the golden trip looking up from their papers and glancing at each other in confusion. "What is that sound?" Hermione asks, poking (y/n) and she looks at them when she takes her headphones off, instantly hearing the ringing she was hoping to hear. 

The golden trip watched with wide eyes as the girl gasped loudly and dashed up to the dorm rooms. "Well, that wasn't weird at all..." Ron shrugs, going back to work along with the others but Harry was curious.

(y/n) jumped on her bed and scrambled to get the telephone settled next to her on the bedside table, picking up the phone. "Hello?"

"(y/n)?" she heard Draco on the other end, sounding so unsure.

"Draco!" the boy sighs in relief when he hears her voice, glancing at his locked door every now and then to make sure no one barged into his room. "So what do you think? About the phone?"

"You were right, it works fantastic. Sorry about not calling you before. I needed to make sure I hid this thing well."

"That's ok! How are you? How's your Christmas going so far?"

"I'm doing well. My Christmas is going well as usual. You?"

"Well, I'm stuck doing defence reports cause Buckbeak got called for a hearing."

"Who?" 

"The magical creature that hurt you! Your father called a hearing for whether it should be executed or not!"

"Well bloody good!"

"Draco!" (y/n) gasps out. "It wouldn't have hurt you if you didn't act like a buffoon!"

"Potter was being a showoff!"

"Doesn't mean you had to rat to your dad about it!"

"That chicken needed to learn a lesson!" Draco hears (y/n) huff out angrily and he sighs against his bed. "Look, I tried to tell my father to cancel the hearing but he's a stubborn man. He won't listen to me."

"Thank you for trying though Draco. I guess all we can do is hope the evidence we compile is enough."

"I'm sorry..."

"It's ok... anyway, what did you do today?"

"The usual but my mother is planning to take us two away for a holiday for a couple of days. Without father of course."

"That sounds amazing! Make sure to take pictures to show me." Draco smiles, imagining (y/n) grinning at him as he showed her the places he's been, the shine in her eyes.

"I will for you." she flushes in her bed as she played with the necklace that she had kept hidden beneath her turtle neck. She didn't exactly want her friends bombarding her with questions that would make her lie to them. "What did you do?"

"Well, the usual, like you and I last year but with Hermione, Ron and Harry." Draco rolls his eyes unhappily that (y/n) was spending time with them. "We might take a break and have some dinner and watch some movies after. Just to step away from the Buckbeak stuff for a bit. Oh! That reminds me, I still need to give them their Christmas gifts!" the boy liked hearing her voice over the phone, letting her ramble on about what she got each of her friends. "Did you get any other gifts?"

"I did. My mother bought me a couple and so did my other friends. I haven't opened them yet." He didn't want to since he loved the Hufflepuff's gift the best. Nothing could top hers. Draco jumps when he suddenly hears his mother call for him downstairs, missing out on what (y/n) told him over the phone. "I have to go (y/n), my mother is calling for me."

"Oh ok! Happy Christmas and enjoy your holidays with her Draco!" the boy smiles upon hearing that, nodding softly.

"Happy Christmas (y/n), and happy birthday." the kids end the call, hiding the telephone away. 

(y/n) jumps down from the bed and dashes downstairs to her friends, making them look up at her. "Let's have a break! It's Christmas after all!"

"But-" Hermione sighs as her friend neatly stacks up all the papers and sets them to the side, rushing over to the Christmas tree to carry the gift to her friends.

"Happy Christmas!" (y/n) exclaims happily, passing the golden trio their gifts and they gasp before rushing to unwrap them.

"No bloody way!" Ron and Harry got new Firebolt brooms while Hermione got a large stack of rare books and even rare encyclopedias.

"How did you get these!? It's almost impossible to find them!" Hermione squeals happily, flicking through the books before jumping on (y/n) to hug her.

"And these are bloody expensive!" Harry says, in awe of his firebolt. "And you got two!"

"Only the best for my friends." the Hufflepuff smiles at the golden trio as they all jump to hug her. "Ok, you're crushing me!" they split away, chuckling lightly. "Let's go have dinner and watch some movies!"

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"Oh, you're back!" (y/n) hugs Draco as soon as he stepped up onto the astronomy tower, the boy quickly catching her and squeezing her back lovingly. "How were your holidays?" he sets her down on her feet, letting him pull her to the bench to sit down.

"Amazing! My mother and I had so much fun." he pulls out a couple of pictures like he promised he would take for his friend, passing them to her.

"You got sunburnt!" (y/n) giggles seeing a picture of Draco grimacing, scowling as he hat to be covered head to toe in protection while his cheeks were bright pink. She looks up at him and chuckles seeing that he was a little tan too. "You definitely had fun. You're less pale than usual." She snickers causing him to roll his eyes playfully. The two talked about what they did the last couple of days, (y/n) explaining how Harry got his Firebolt confiscated by McGonagall but Ron managed to keep his hidden while Draco talked about the places he's visited with his mother.

"I should visit these places one day, they look amazing!"

"Maybe I can take you." the kids suddenly turn pink and the Slytherin quickly covers up his words. "I mean, I've already been there before so I can show you the best spots to visit."

"Sounds like a plan Draco." (y/n) grins up at him, looking at the photos in awe of the scenery. Draco was too busy glancing at her, seeing how the sun made her glow as he brushed her hair back and saw her necklace shine a bright green. "Don't you have quidditch practice?" the Hufflepuff quickly breaks away, flustered and the Slytherin quickly shifts away nodding. "Well let's go. You're going to be late!" 

"Wait I need to go get into my uniform." he quickly says as they both stand up from the bench but the girl in front of him snaps her fingers and he was covered in a bright red glow. The dust blows away and Draco looks down in surprise to see that he was in his quidditch uniform now. "That really is convenient." he chuckles, taking hold of (y/n)'s hand as she makes them invisible, using her powers to fly them to the pitch for the boy's practice for the match against the Ravenclaws.

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"Go Draco!" (y/n) cheers out as he flies past her while she hid in the clouds, him looking up at her with a bright smile that made him push faster to chase the golden snitch. Draco could hear him cheering for him the loudest, drowning out the rest of the crowd to only hear her voice as he swerved between the stands, shoving against the Ravenclaw seeker harshly. They were neck and neck, a close game and it was up to him to try and secure a win before the timer ended. "Let's go Dracro! You can do it!" he hears her cheer out again and that was the final push he needed to grab the golden snitch, narrowly missing crashing into a stand and quickly lifting up to avoid being hurt. He gasps as he opens his hand to see the snitch resting in his palm, lifting it in the air for his house to burst into cheers. "HELL YEAH!" He looks up grinning, hearing her again and seeing that faint glow of red flicker before he was surrounded by his mates.

"Draco! Draco! Draco!" They were chanting his name as the announcer declared Slytherin the winner of the Quidditch match. Draco could still feel his heart racing from adrenaline as he flies down to the pitch and hops off his broom, getting congratulations left and right but he was looking for one specific person. He knew he wouldn't see (y/n) for a bit since he was surrounded by his mates, moving to celebrate with them as they lifted him up and carried him into the changerooms.

The Great Hall during dinner was no different as the entire Slytherin table cheered for the Quidditch team, clapping their backs and congratulating them. Draco sat down with his friends, looking over the number of students until he saw (y/n) talking to her friends again until she turned around and gave him a hidden thumbs up. He couldn't wait to talk to her at the astronomy tower.

What the two of them didn't realise was a certain boy with glasses catching their interaction.

"Are you heading to your evening classes with Lupin later?" (y/n) asks Harry as the both of them were the last to leave the Great Hall after dinner, being ushered to their common rooms by the teachers.

"Yep. Why?"

"Nah, just asking." Harry raises a brow as the Hufflepuff walks into her common room and he went to him to grab the Marauders map the Weasley twins gave to him. He waited until it was time and snuck out of his room, unlocking the map and searching for two specific names. Harry saw (y/n)'s name and Draco's move before meeting together and walking off together. He narrowed his eyes at what he saw, deciding to investigate further after he went to his anti-dementor lesson with professor Lupin first.