Chapter 7

Once Christmas had finished despite Remus telling her she would be best staying away from Draco she had been sending him letters for the Christmas holiday and he responded when Remus asked who she was messaging she told him it was Hermione. It wasn't technically a lie she was messaging Hermione she just didn't say she was messaging Draco as well. After being in Hogwarts for a few months Angelica was sat in the library with Harry and Ron reading their books when Hermione comes up with a huge book which she slams onto the table making Harry jump.

"I had you looking in the wrong section! How could I be so stupid? I checked this out a few weeks ago for a bit of light reading."

"This is light?" Ron asked shocked making her glare at him.

"Of course! Here it is! "Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone!""

"The what?" Harry and Ron asked confused.

"Honestly, don't you two read?" Hermione sighed.

""The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary substance with astonishing powers. It will turn any metal into pure gold and produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal."" Angelica quoted.

"Immortal?" Ron questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"It means you'll never die." Hermione explained.

"I know what it means!" Ron exclaimed but Harry shushed him.

""The only stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicholas Flamel, the noted alchemist, who last year celebrated his 665th birthday!" That's what Fluffy's guarding on the 3rd floor. That's what's under the trapdoor...the Philosopher's Stone!" With that they all look at each other deciding they need to go talk to Hagrid. That night Hermione, Ron, Harry and Angelica run across the grounds to Hagrid's hut where they knock on the door till Hagrid answers. When he answers he has on oven mitts and an apron.

"Oh, hello. Sorry, don't wish to be rude, but I'm in no fit state to entertain today." He goes to close the door when all four of them shout.

"We know about the Philosopher's Stone!" The door slowly reopens, and Hagrid lets them in once everyone was sat down Harry says.

"We think Snape's trying to steal it."

"Snape? Blimey, Harry, you're not still on about him, are you?"

"Hagrid, we know he's after the Stone. We just don't know why."

"Snape is one of the teachers protecting the Stone! He's not about to steal it!"

"What?"

"You heard. Right. Come on, now, I'm a bit preoccupied today."

"Wait a minute." Harry starts but Angelica becomes distracted as Hagrid's dog Fang walks up to her allowing her to stoke it.

"Ain't no one gonna get past Fluffy. Hehe, not a soul knows how. Except for me and Dumbledore. I shouldn't have told you that. I shouldn't have told you that." luckily Hagrid is saved by a cauldron over the fire begins to rattle. He hurries over and grabs something from out of it. Making Angelica's eyes widen in amazement at the sight of it.

"I know what that is!" Ron exclaims, and Angelica looks at Hagrid confused.

"But Hagrid, how did you get one?" Making Ron look at her surprised that she knew what it was.

"I won it. Off a stranger I met down at a pub. Seemed quite glad to be rid of it, as a matter of fact." The egg rattles and begins to crack. Pieces start to fly off as a dragon emerges it squeaks and slips on pieces of its egg. At the sight of the baby dragon Angelica cooed at the cute little thing.

"Is that...a dragon?" Hermione asks.

"That's not just a dragon. That's a Norwegian Ridgeback! My brother Charlie works with these in Romania." Ron answers in excitement.

"Isn't he beautiful? Oh. Bless him, look. He knows his mummy. Hehe. Hallo, Norbert." The dragon squeaks and looks at Hagrid.

"Norbert?" Harry questions.

"Yeah, well, he's got to have a name, doesn't he?" Hagrid defends. "Don't you, Norbert?" Hagrid then tickles underneath Norbert's chin when Norbert backs away and hiccups blowing a fireball in Hagrid's beard. "Ohh! Oooh, ooh, ooh, well...he'll have to be trained up a bit, of course." After he had put out the cindered beard he looks at the window and sees someone looking in. "Who's that?" The person ducks down and runs away.

"Malfoy." Harry answers. The four students then start making their way back through the hallway when Harry looks like he's thinking about something.

"What'cha thinking about chief?" Angelica asked.

"Hagrid always wanted a dragon. He told me so the first time I met him."

"It's crazy. And worse, Malfoy knows." Ron adds.

"I don't understand. Is that bad?" Harry asks but before Ron could answer Angelica beat him to it.

"It's bad." They all stop as McGonagall, in her nightgown, appears in front of them with Draco standing behind her looking smug making Angelica glare at him. In McGonagall's classroom the four accused are standing in front of the teacher's desk, whilst Draco is stood a bit away from them still smirking.

"Nothing, I repeat, nothing gives a student the right to walk about the school at night. Therefore, as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken."

"50?!" Harry exclaims.

"Each. And to ensure it doesn't happen again, all five of you will receive detention." Draco nods agreeing until his smile suddenly vanishes.

"Excuse me, Professor. Perhaps I heard you wrong. I thought you said..."the five of us.""

"No, you heard me correctly, Mr. Malfoy. You see, as honourable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours. You will serve detention with your classmates." Harry, Ron, Hermione and Angelica grin at this with their own smug smirks.

For their detention the five students are being led to Hagrid's hut by Filch.

"A pity they let the old punishments die. There was a time detention would find you hanging by your thumbs in the dungeons. God, I miss the screaming." Angelica saw Draco gulp and she even grabbed onto his sleeve to make her feel a bit better to her surprise Draco didn't complain. "You'll be serving detention with Hagrid tonight. He's got a little job to do inside the dark forest." Hagrid appears with his crossbow sniffling. "A sorry lot this, Hagrid. Oh, good God, man, you're not still on about that bloody dragon, are you?" Hagrid turned to the students explaining, mainly to the three he liked to talk to.

"Norbert's gone. Dumbledore sent him off to Romania to live in a colony."

"Well, that's good, isn't it? He'll be with his own kind." Hermione tried to explain.

"Yeah, but what if he doesn't like Romania? What if the other dragons are mean to him? He's only a baby, after all." Angelica gave him a sympathetic look.

"Oh, for God's sake, pull yourself together, man. You're going into the forest, after all. Got to have your wits about you." This made Draco look scared and Angelica had to move her hands slightly to hide the fact that she was still holding his sleeve.

"The forest? I thought that was a joke! We can't go in there. Students aren't allowed. And there are..." A howl breaks out of the woods. "...werewolves!"

"There's more than werewolves in those trees, lad. You can be sure of that." Draco and Angelica share a scared look. "Nighty-night." He says whilst walking away making Angelica scowl asking.

"How is he allowed to work in a school?" In the forest the group walks along the path to a tree where Hagrid stops them at a silver puddle.

"Hagrid, what's that?" Harry asks.

"What we're here for. See that? That's unicorn's blood, that is. I found one dead a few weeks ago. Now, this one's been injured bad by something. So, it's our job to find the poor beast. Ron, Hermione, Harry, you'll come with me.

"Okay." Ron responds weakly.

"And Angelica, you'll go with Malfoy." Hagrid expects an argument but they both just nodded. But Draco looks at the dog.

"Okay. Then I get Fang!"

"Fine. Just so you know, he's a bloody coward." To prove it Fang whimpered. Draco walked with Angelica, she had slipped her hand into his shaking slightly scared.

"You're not scared are you, Angel?" Angelica shuck her head.

"N-no of course not" A branch snapped away from them making her jump in fear. Making Draco chuckle as they turned the corner they saw a hooded figure drinking from a unicorn. Draco started to pull them away as the hooded figure looked up. Angelica turned to Draco.

"Draco run, now!" They both turned to run when Angelica tripped over a large root from the ground. She turned around and saw the figure looming over her it looked at her closer and hissed slightly making her shake in fear as she sat its eyes making her freeze in fear. Just when the figure swiftly grabbed her arm a centaur jumped out of nowhere it reared at the figure making it let go of her and retreat quickly. The centaur then turned to Angelica.

"Angelica Black, you must leave. You are known to many creatures here. The forest is not safe currently. Especially for creatures like you" Angelica looked at him worriedly.

"How did you know about me? And how did you know my second name?" The centaur looked at her.

"Your mother would constantly come into the forest in her time here she did not set a good name for herself here" This made her more worried. "But you seem different, almost new" Suddenly, Fang barks and Harry, Hagrid, Hermione, Ron and Draco appear.

"Hello there, Firenze. I see you've met our young Miss. Lupin. You all right there, Angelica?" She nodded. 

"Angelica Lupin, this is where I leave you. You're safe now. Good luck." He emphasized her name showing he would play along. Later that night when they were all back in their common rooms Angelica worried about what she saw that night after talking with Harry she found out it was Voldemort. Why did he grab her arm and not just kill her?

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