His Daughter 1 | HP/Twilight

14. The Defence Plan

Sorry about the slow update but I have been crazily busy so yeh... this is a bit short but I had to update.

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I woke up, breathing heavily and cold sweat droplets were running from my brow to my jaw. The green flash of light seemed to have temporarily imprinted itself inside my mind as I replayed over and over again the dream. I had no doubt that I had just seen my "father" in action and to say that it terrified me would be an understatement. The way his face looked reptilian and the emotionless facial expression as he fired the worst curse imaginable at someone without a hint of remorse was a wake-up call to say the least. I vaguely remember him when he still had midnight black hair and handsome features, the things that drew Mum in, it was a stark contrast to his present state, and it was terrifying.

Looking at the clock on my bedside table, I saw that it was only twelve o'clock and I knew that trying to go back to sleep was futile so I picked up 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott off my bedside table and headed down to the common room and read for a bit by the fire. Walking down the staircase, I heard a murmur of voices coming from the common room so I stopped and listened. Who would be up this late at night?

"What are you getting at Hermione?" I heard a boy say. It must be Harry and his friends, no one else has a name like Hermione. I edged further forward but kept behind the stone wall separating us.

"We need a proper teacher, Umbridge isn't teaching us anything and if we don't learn to defend ourselves, we practically sign our own death warrants." What was she getting at? That we go and teach ourselves behind Umbridge back?

"Yeh but how do you plan to do that and who would teach?" Harry asked.

"Hermione! That's a brilliant idea!" Ron jumped in as he cottoned on to what Hermione was suggesting. I finally realized that she wanted Harry to teach people, I had to give it to her, she came up with some good ideas sometimes. Should I tell them about my dream or go back upstairs? I opted for revealing myself as Harry spoke again.

"I still don't get what you're insinuating, Hermione." He was incredible slow so I just stepped out from behind the staircase wall and stood in front of them, startling them, but then relaxed when they saw it was me.

"She means that you should teach us." I stated plainly and the expression on Harry's face was priceless.

"What? You can't really expect me to teach people! They hate me, remember?" He had a point, there were few people who actually held him in their good graces at the moment. We all looked at Hermione who seemed to be the master mind of the entire plan and she was currently looking down at the floor and shifting uneasily which Harry seemed to have noticed as well. They didn't even question me as to why I was hiding behind a wall so I just stood there and listened in.

"What did you do, Hermione?" She looked up at us with wide eyes.

"Well, I kind of already gathered a small group..."

"What?!" Harry exclaimed.

"I just think that when people hear your whole side of the story, they'll open up to the idea a bit more."

"Hermione, how many people is there?"

"Just a few, Harry, I told them to meet at the Hogs Head this coming Hogsmede trip, will you please do it?" The depth of sincerity in Hermione's eyes made us know that she was truly not going to back down in this regard.

"Fine..." He relented. I yawned and realized that I was still very tired so I decided to wrap up this conversation.

"Do you mind if I come?" I asked. Hermione, Harry and Ron all cast a look at each other and Harry nodded very slightly, indicated that he was okay with it.

"Sure, we'll see you tomorrow." I nodded and smiled, wishing them goodnight and then walked back to bed.

~~~ At breakfast- 8:30am ~~~

I sat at the Gryffindor table by myself and munched on some vegemite toast, god this stuff was good. The meeting was going to be at 9:30 in the Hog's Head which meant that I had just enough time to grab Jez, Jace and Alex and drag them along with me. All of the students who were planning to head out today all had their school-colored scarves pulled up to their ears and large black coats tightly wound around their bodies to keep out as much of the cold as they could.

At 8:50, I began to pack up my stuff and head to the entrance hall to wait for my friends. At eight they all appeared at the top of the staircase and came down smiling and laughing, but the only thing I noticed was how hot Alex looked with his hair sexily tousled in a messy yet purposeful way and then he looked up and saw me... damn he looked fine... and I found that everything bad disappeared out of my mind as soon as he came into view. I noticed that he was still looking at me and I flushed, turning my gaze away towards Jezebel and Jace laughing. They looked so good together and she was clearly enjoying the attention he was giving her.

~~~~~~~ Alex's P.O.V (Yay!) ~~~~~~~~~~~

Today was supposed to be freezing so I made sure that I had my warmest coat on and a warming charm placed upon my pockets to keep my hands from turning black and dropping off from frostbite. Jace and I were really happy that Jezzy had finally found a girl that she got along with. It wasn't like she wasn't a nice person, but Jez could be a bit of a bitch sometimes which put off some people, well...most people. What I wasn't expecting was Jez's friend to be Annabelle Riddle, daughter of the Dark Lord, of course Jez would go for someone potentially dangerouse. At first, I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to hang out with her but seeing Jez so happy was too much of a good opportunity to pass. Us three friends had been together since we were in first year, we had instantly clicked and the love we shared for each other was one that had us all bound like siblings.

Annabelle was a different thing altogether, her golden blonde hair was utterly mesmerizing and her perfect facial features had me spell-bound (not literally) as soon as I laid eyes on her. Many of the guys had been commenting on her appearance before I saw her and I thought that they must have been severely over exaggerating but as soon as soon as I saw her, I stood corrected, their words of praise barely did her justice. I was strangely excited when Jez suggested that Anna should come with us to Hogsmede with us today.

Coming down the staircase, the icy winds blew through the open heavy oak double doors and I shivered slightly, Jezzy and Jace were talking about Gandalynne Freyer, chaser for the Hollyhead Harpies and how she thought that a bludger was a balloon and tried to catch it in the middle of a game, we were laughing but I stopped as soon as I spotted Anna standing by the entrance. Her hair was had her naturally curled blonde locks flowing down her back, her cheeks were slightly pink from the cold air and her lips were a perfect red from her constantly biting them in the frigid air. She looked so cute as she bounced on the balls of her feet trying to warm herself up. Then she looked at me and I did the same to her. After a few seconds, she realized that she was still staring and a beautiful blush appeared on her cheeks. Wait what? Beautiful? No, you should only be calling Liana that, you need to stop thinking about Anna like that. I internally berated myself.

"Alex? Hello? Are you ready to go?" Jez waved her gloved hand in front of my face and I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Yeh, let's go."

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