The Hunt

Chapter 8 - Hide the Witch

Saturday Morning – Gryffindor Tower

"Goddammit!" Demitri swore as he paced in front of the portrait. He had spent a great deal of time looking for Lily and for some reason, she was still avoiding him. After making the rather annoying deal with the Weasley girls, they had sent him on what he could only imagine was a wild hippogriff chase.

"Malfoy?" he heard someone call as the portrait swung open.

"You!" Demitri cried walking towards her.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Lucy asked.

"I spent all of last night trying to find Lily! I ran around this fucking castle like an idiot because you told me you knew where she was going to be!" Demitri yelled angrily.

"Well, I can't help it if she didn't want to see you!" Lucy defended. "And if I recall correctly, I saw you leaving the forbidden forest last night, so you couldn't very well have been looking for her and Hunting at the same time!"

"I figured since I spent a great deal of my time running around this castle like a fucking mad man I might as well complete the look and do it outside as well!" Demitri shot back.

"What do you want?" Lucy asked sighing.

"What else could I possibly want from you Lucy Weasley?" he asked condescendingly. "Where is Lily?"

Lucy bit her lip nervously. "She left for breakfast with Dunstan twenty minutes ago," she replied a little hesitantly.

"Just brilliant!" Demitri said before turning around and heading away from the Gryffindor tower. "Just fucking brilliant," he sighed.

He was not all that surprised to see the Great Hall full so early, despite it being a Saturday morning. These were the most valuable hours of the Hunt.

He sat down at the Slytherin table and still tried to cool his annoyance. He was most disappointed though to see Lily was not anywhere in the Great Hall like Lucy has told him.

"What the hell are you waiting for?" Albus asked looking at him.

"What?" Demitri asked looking up.

"Lily! What the hell is she still doing with Grey?" Albus asked. "You, I like, Grey I do not. But if you don't sort this out soon I'm going to like you a lot less very quickly."

"Threatening the lad isn't going to do him any good," Louis piped in.

"Especially when it's your sister that's making this so bloody difficult!" Demitri cried. "She's avoiding me! How the fuck do I give her what she wants if she keeps running away! And too bloody Grey of all people!" he said looking rather sick to his stomach.

Albus looked about as sick as Demitri felt at that idea. He looked across to Demitri with a rather grim look.

"Demitri," he said looking at the younger Malfoy with a severe look. Demitri looked up and instantly worry filled him. Had Albus changed his mind? Was he going to tell him not to pursue Lily?

"Yes?" Demitri asked hesitantly. Their tone of conversation had piqued the full interest of Caius and Rose too.

"You and Lily... haven't... you know..." Albus trailed off looking uncomfortable.

"What?" Demitri asked confused.

"Well I've seen her and Grey around the castle a lot and I've noticed his very fast hands," Albus grumbled, "So I'm just asking if you and Lily... you know..."

Demitri flushed a bright red while Rose and Caius could no longer hold back the peals of laughter.

Albus didn't seem to like what his silence meant or the fantastic shade of red his face was turning. "Oh, Merlin!" Albus whined burying his head in his hands.