I sat in my dorm on my bed alone, neither Emily, nor Hermione had bothered to come and see me they were my best friends at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry because we were all in the same year. Bored out of my wits I snapped shut my copy of Hogwarts: A History and walked downstairs to see Fred Weasley, one of Ron's older brothers, sitting on the couch by the fire. Without turning his head he said,

"Hey Izzy, bored?"

"Erm, yeah," I replied, confused "How did you know it was me?"

"Oh, it's just one of my many talents." He said turning his head and smirking at me

"Oh, Ok then, where's George?" I asked giggling

"How did you know I was Fred?" He questioned

"Just one of my many talents" I replied smiling

"Right, he's off somewhere with Lee... Doin' something to wind up Snape"

"Then why aren't you with them?" I asked walking over the couch and sitting next to him

"Got bored, plus I don't need another detention tonight" He sighed

"Fred... what's wrong?

"Nothing..."

"Fred please, tell me what's wrong, I thought we were friends..."

"Yeah, we are but-"

"But what?"

"It's nothing! Just leave it Isabelle." He snapped

"Oh, ok, sorry to have bothered you" I whispered before getting up leaving the room.

'What was that all about?' I thought to myself as I walked through the portrait hole into the corridor. I went looking for Emily to talk to her about what had just happened, 'she'll know what to do' I thought. I set off for the great hall because that was the only place we could actually talk properly as Emily was a Slytherin. Hermione thought it was weird that I was friends with her but I'd known her almost all my life and she was so much nicer than all the other Slytherins.

I got into the great hall and I waved at Emily who was talking to Draco Malfoy. She smiled and waved back, but Draco didn't look so happy that I was coming over.

I opened my mouth to speak just as Draco interrupted

"What do you want you filthy mudblood?" He spat

"Draco!" Emily gasped

"I've come to talk to my friend Malfoy, got a problem?"

Draco looked shocked so I just steered Emily away so I could talk to her in private.