(y/n) - your name

(y/f/n) - your full name

(l/n) - last name

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"I'm so late! Fuck I'm so late!" (y/n) shrieks as she had woken up past her alarm, dashing out of her dorm after brushing her teeth and changing into her uniform with a snap of her fingers. She skids outside into the dungeon's corridor, making sure no one was around and turning invisible before flying through the castle hallways for her first DADA class with Moody. She was absolutely terrified of him and didn't want to get on his bad side. She dropped next to the classroom, turning visible when no one was around and quickly ran into the room. "Oh my god I made it!" she sighs out in relief to see the students sitting at the desks but talking to each other casually.

"He's coming!" some boy dashes past her into the room, warning everyone that Moody was coming and she rushes to find a seat. She yelped as she gets pulled into a seat next to her, looking up with wide eyes to see that Draco had pulled (y/n) to sit next to him. Everyone else was too worried about getting themselves sorted to notice the unlikely pair, him taking lightly as he brushed her hair back neatly to calm its frizziness from flying.

"You're late. Later than usual." he whispers lowly against her ear, taking notice of her shudder and he smiles against her neck before leaning back away from her. He leans over to grab something from his bag, handing the Hufflepuff next to him a pear to eat since she had missed breakfast. Moody suddenly walked in, limping down the aisle with loud metallic thuds and Draco taps (y/n)'s hands that were wringing together in nervousness on her lap hidden behind the table. "Your books." her eyes widen in realisation, turning to the Slytherin next to him as he used his cloak to hide her magic when she summoned her class belongings and quickly setting them on her table.

"Alastor Moody." the DADA professor stood in front of the whole class, turning to the blackboard and writing his name on it with an eery and painful scratchy chalk. "Ex-Auror... Ministry malcontent... and your new defence against the dark arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me, end of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?" The students all sat quietly, (y/n) bouncing her foot lightly in anxiousness. 

Draco glances at her, gently setting his hand down on her knee to calm her down but it sent a flurry of butterflies through her body which made her more nervous. He ran his hand up her thigh, squeezing the flesh beneath her stockings lightly in his grip to ease her anxiousness. Her leg stops bouncing and her mind ran amuck about how the boy next to her ran his thumb against her thigh, trying to come up with a conclusion as to why he was suddenly being so forward with her, so touchy and clingy.

The coldness of his hand against her warm skin sent shivers down her spine and missing the professor's question as she tried to keep a straight face. Draco saw how (y/n) had stopped bouncing her leg, deciding to keep his hold on her as he secretly enjoyed the warmth of her skin beneath his fingers. He didn't push up her skirt, keeping his hand respectively by her knee and enjoying the way her cheeks had turned pink from his touch. He pats her knee once before finally letting her go, taking a quill to take notes of what Moody was staying about unforgivable curses and (y/n) lets go of the breath she was holding. 

"Now the ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do. I say different! You need to know what you're up against, you need to be prepared," the professor turns to the blackboard again. "you need to find somewhere else to put your chewing gum other than the underside of your desk Mr Finnigan!" the students gasp and turn to look at the said boy, him blinking in shock that he was caught in the act.

"Aw no way, the old codger can see out the back of his head." Seamus whispers, Moody suddenly throwing the chalk at the boy in anger. Draco and (y/n) looked at the teacher in shock as he yelled at Seamus, turning to look at each other but jumping when the professor called out for Ron to stand up.

"Well, my dad did tell me about one... the Imperius curse..."

"Ahhh yes, your father would know all about that. Gave the ministry quite a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why." Everyone watches with unease as Moody went to the table full of critters, popping open a jaw and putting his hand in it to pick up a spider.

"Engorgio." he casts a spell on the creature, making it larger. "Imperio!" the professor controls the spider with his wand and has it leap from his hand onto Dean's desk. "Don't worry. Completely harmless!" he says as he sends the spider onto one of Draco's goon's face, letting it crawl over him as the platinum blonde-haired boy laughs along with the rest of the students. (y/n) was the only one who wasn't laughing, the spider leaping from the goon and onto Parvati's shoulder until the spider hovers over a horrified Ron. "But if she bites... she's lethal!" 

Moody cackles as the spider falls onto Ron's head, looking at Draco who was laughing. "What are you laughing at!?" the boy shrieks out as the spider lands directly on his face and (y/n) quickly uses a piece of paper to get it off him. She drops it quickly as the spider crawled on her desk, shifting back away from it and pressing up against Draco who quickly held her until Moody sends the spider away. "What shall I have her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?" One by one, the smiles and laughter of the students dry up watching the spider struggle against the water, it hovering above a bucket until the professor brought it back to lay it in his palm. "Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only do did you-know-whose bidding under the influence of the Imperius curse. But here's the rub, how do we sort out the liars?" the students slowly raise their hands, Neville being chosen by Moody.

"There's the um... the Cruciatus Curse."

"Correct! Correct! come come. Particularly nasty." the Gryffindor boy follows the professor to his desk as he set the spider down on a magnifying glass, pointing his wand at it. "The torture curse... Crucio!" he begins to torture the spider with magic, it squealing in pain as it twitches. Its legs tremble violently, Moody standing utterly motionless with his eyes fixed on Neville visible cringing and grimacing away from the spider's pain.

"Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering him!? Stop it!" Hermione screams out furiously but (y/n) warns her not to, Moody finally lowers his wand and the class goes silent. Neville was too disturbed to be able to go back as the professor picked up the spider, looking around the class for his next victim. He looks over at (y/f/n), a deep frown on her face as Draco held her shoulders next to her and he walks over to the girl. (y/n) nervously looked up at Moody when he drops the spider on her desk.

"Perhaps you could give us the last unforgivable curse Miss (l/n)."

"No. The spider didn't do anything wrong." she snaps at the professor, furious with him and the students all whip their heads to look at her in shock

"No?" Moody hums, bringing out his wand to cast the last spell on it. "Avada Kedavra!" she jumps from the flash of green light, the spider rolling over dead and unmoving. Draco held (y/n)'s hands tightly in his as she shook in anger, her fists curled tight to try and not blow up at the professor. "The killing curse. Only one person is known to have survived it. And he's sitting in this room." Moody approaches Harry's desk and everyone turns to look at him, the professor studying him. Harry looks up at Moody as his tongue nervously flicks out against the corner of his mouth, quickly taking out his flask to take a drink before turning away from the boy.

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"I hate him! He's so fucking cruel and for what!?" (y/n) hisses out as she storms out of the classroom while carrying her belongings, moving to follow the golden trip down the stairs when she suddenly gets pulled into a dim hallway.

"Eat. You're mad 'cause you're hungry." Draco stood in front of her and held the pear she had forgotten in the classroom.

"But I'm not-" the boy wasn't having no for an answer, taking her hand and placing the pear in it.

"Eat, you missed breakfast." he leaned against the wall to cover her against from prying eyes outside the hallway, moving to hold her jaw and lift her hand holding the pear to her lips.

"Ok, ok." she shakes him off with embarrassment, eating the pear. Draco takes in (y/n)'s hum of satisfaction, listening to her rant about Moody as a professor while his hand laid on top of her book bag with his fingers brushing against her waist.

"Let's go." he suddenly pulls her out of the hallway when she was done eating, taking hold of her schedule as he leads her down the stairs. "I'll take you to your classes and pick you up after. I don't want your leg getting injured if you recklessly run to not get late again."

"Draco you don't need to do that!" she gasps, avoiding the strange looks from the other students as he grabs her arm and pulls her with him to her next class. They murmured as they walked together, confused and shocked but the platinum blonde-haired boy paid them no attention until they reached the classroom. The hallways were clear of students who rushed to get to their classrooms, Draco leaning down to kiss (y/n)'s cheek before stepping back.

"See you after class, don't cause trouble." he smirks seeing her cheeks flare red as he walked away from her, the flustered girl holding the cheek he had kissed.