Starting the 6th year at Hogwarts; the school of magic and wizardry. A year to remember; the start of the dark era, when students of Hogwarts did not feel safe within the walls of the castle that had previously protected them from all dangers. To sum up, times weren't as bright as we'd wished.

In all honesty, I have never thought of even going back there again because of the recent events that took place. The Dark Lord has returned, not like it hadn't been made obvious 2 years ago by Harry Potter; the boy who lived. According to him, during the Triwizard Tournament, when Cedric Diggory tragically died on the third last quest, Harry battled the Dark Lord and miraculously managed to avoid death and return with Diggory's body. Alas, to my surprise, I was on the train on the way to Hogwarts in a cabin with Luna Lovegood, one of the more tolerable witches I am friends with.

"Merlin, Y/N, why look so grumpy? We are almost at Hogwarts, cheer up a bit!" Luna said happily which made me think about how she could be so happy-go-lucky about the whole situation that was at hand.

"Well, I don't know Loony, it's maybe that the Twat of the Dark returned? You tell me." I replied sarcastically.

"Surely, he did, but why be negative at times when everything is sad and twisted? I say staying positive and being bright won't hurt a tad bit." Luna said sheepishly.

"I suppose you could be correct," I sighed then continued "Well, excuse me for a bit as a lady needs to use the restroom. Anything you'd like me to fetch from the trolley Witch?" I asked with a smile on my face.

"No thanks, I will be waiting for you though. Don't get lost in deep thoughts, you might actually get lost on the way."

"Don't worry," I said getting up to open the door "Don't miss me too much while I am gone," I said finally closing the door to our cabin and going my way.

On my way to the restroom, suddenly one of the wagons I was going through became pitch black; filled with what seemed dark dust. I coughed mentally cursing whoever it was who thought it was a good idea to pull a prank where I happened to be passing at the time.

"So much for wanting to take a shit, this day couldn't get more annoying," I said jokingly trying to get to the end of the wagon.

I heard a fellow Slytherin Blaise Zabini laugh, which I assume was at my remark about the small "accident" that has happened. Truly, I appreciated the effort he put into finding my "joke" funny. Don't get me wrong, I love it when people find my humor humorous or tell me that I am funny. It is a great compliment to me.

"Why'd you laugh at that irrelevant joke, Blaise? I thought you were better than laughing at a joke made by someone like her." I heard a stern voice say behind me which made me jolt. I turned around to see whoever said that in order to make their nose longer or rearrange their face. To my misery, it was none other than Draco Malfoy: the second twat on my list next to Voldemort's name.

"Say Malfoy, I thought you were better than shit-talking about a fine woman such as myself," I sarcastically continued, "Don't take too much pride in what you just said, it truly was...how do I put it...very dumb for someone such as yourself."

"I see, L/N, you haven't changed much during summer, have you? You are still immature and childish for someone your age, yet you are expected to act reserved just like a lady should." Malfoy responded with a smirk plastered onto his smug face.

Oh, the things I would do to shut him up forever...however, knowing myself, the next comeback I had for him was sure to shut him up for at least an hour or two.

"I see, Malfoy, you still haven't gotten rid of your dick personality, and instead attached it to the size of what is really in there."

Blaise and even Pansy started chuckling at my little remark about the oh-so-mighty Draco Malfoy, as the star himself looked at me with anger placed on his beet-red face. So, with pride, I turned around and went about my way feeling proud about putting Malfoy in his place first thing into the school year.

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Because of stupid Malfoy, it took a bit more time than expected to get to Luna, because the train had already gotten to Hogwarts. Curse that guy, I wanted to ride the carriage with Luna, but now I will have to walk, moreover, get a notice from McGonagall for being late.

I was walking fast through the wagons hopeful to get to my cabin to get my things, as I saw Malfoy through the window in the next wagon all alone waiting, while the others were leaving. That didn't feel right so I decided to hide behind the windows to see what the blonde was up to. Although, knowing him, he probably was up to no good. Suddenly, I heard the wagon's curtains close aggressively and a loud thud following it. Yeah, that definitely didn't sound like any baggage falling, more like being thrown. As if on cue, it was a sign for me to enter that wagon to see what was going on.

I drew out my wand and opened the door. As soon as I saw Malfoy standing there looking at me petrified, I shouted out expelliarmus, missing my target, unfortunately. He, however, didn't do anything; instead, he ran out of the wagon closing the door behind him shut.

"Coward," I half-whispered to myself as I started examining the wagon carefully looking for something that he might have done there "This looks like a bloody crime scene, what did that ferret do here..."

I kneeled down looking under every seat next to me, making sure that this wasn't some sick prank that the blonde had planned for me for embarrassing him in front of his friends. However, after 2 minutes of searching, I heard footsteps approaching the wagon from the opposite side of where I came into the wagon. I quickly stood up and prepared my wand to attack, but when I saw Luna wearing some weird glasses open the door, I lowered it and looked at her dumbfounded.

"Oh, I was looking for you! Fancy seeing you here. Though, I think there might be two of you here." She said staring at the floor pointing her wand at it.

"Two of us? I don't know Luna I don't s- " I was cut off by Luna saying Finite throwing away something that seemed like a cloak from the floor revealing Harry Potter on the ground. He started blinking his eyes and looked around seeing me with a confused face and back to Luna.

"Hello, Harry." Said Luna lifting her glasses onto her head.

"Luna? Y/N?" he asked catching his breath and standing up "How'd you know where I was?"

"Wrackspurts. Your head's full of them." Luna replied casually.

"Loony, Wrackspurts? More importantly, what happened?" I asked Harry. He turned around to face me when I saw his nose bleeding, "Uh, your nose is bleeding by the way."

He looked at us astonished, not knowing what to say. Well, I wouldn't know what to say either, can't blame him. Whatever the matter with Malfoy is, there is no excuse for yanking someone on the train.

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I, Luna, and Harry were walking toward the castle because we missed the carriages. Still, I couldn't get Malfoy out of my head for doing something like that. I know he and Harry don't get along, but that was a bit too suspicious to me.

"Sorry guys, I made you miss the carriages." Harry apologized looking at me and Luna.

"Don't mind it," I said waving my hand to reassure him, although I was a little bit annoyed that the fact that I had to walk all the way to the castle.

"That's all right, I like being with friends," Luna replied as we got to the entrance gates. We were greeted by Flitwick asking our names which was a bit odd since he has known us for over 6 years now. Nevertheless, we told him our names.

Meanwhile, when I was looking around, I saw Malfoy pass by us glaring at me. Then I noticed two people who looked like Aurors.

"Who are those people?" Luna asked.

"Aurors for security I presume, Professor Flitwick?" I answered looking at the professor. He nodded and proceeded with writing down our names.

Mine and Harry's attention was now at Malfoy who was quarreling with Filch about whether his stupid stick was a crane or for walking when Snape showed up to vouch for Malfoy. He then turned his gaze onto me and Harry.

"Nice face, Potter," Malfoy said with the same smirk he had when we argued with one another on the train.

"Nice cane Malfoy," I said back to him, making him grimace his face at the word that I emphasized.

With that, he and Snape went away leaving us three alone. Luna managed to fix Harry's broken nose which I, personally found impressive. On our way to the castle, when Luna and Harry were having a chat, I couldn't help but think to myself about what Luna said about being a bit positive during these times, so I smiled about how fun this year might actually turn out to be: teasing Draco Malfoy. 

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