Harry had just been relaxing by the lake, clearing his mind. He hadn't expected the hex that hit him right in the middle of his back. His first instinct was obviously to get his wand out. Harry ignored the pain in his back as he moved, and turned around to face Nott as he cast another spell, which Harry quickly blocked. Harry was drained of energy, however, from the countless days of no sleep. He couldn't keep up with the amount that Nott was sending so quickly.

"Levicorpus!" Harry shot up in the air, before Nott released him almost instantly. Harry fell to the ground at lightning speed, and his head his a rock, causing it to bleed. His knee and elbow were also bleeding, though not as bad. Nott repeated the spell once more, letting Harry fall again. This time, when Harry hit the ground he blacked out. Nott punched him in the face, blood now also flowing from his nose, and took of before anyone found him.

Luckily, it was only about five minutes before Ron found Harry there, covered in a scary amount of blood. He hastily picked up the unconscious boy, and made his way to the hospital wing.

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Draco threw open the door to his room, to find Theo there, looking like nothing had happened at all. Draco slammed the door shut, his hand grabbing for his wand. Theo looked up at the sudden noise.

"Oh, hey Draco. Listen, Blaise wants us to...you ok?" Draco glared at him, the anger flowing through him, his knuckles white from gripping his wand so tight. "Is something wro-"

"YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING!"

"Come again?" Theo was taken aback by the sudden change in behavior. Just this morning everything had been fine between them.

"Don't act like you don't know what you did," Draco said through clenched teeth.

"What did I do?"

"WHAT KIND OF PERSON HEXES SOMEONE WHILE THEY'RE DEFENSELESS, LET ALONE UNTIL THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS?"

"I don't know what your talking about," Theo replied, innocence plastered on his face.

"Whatever," Draco muttered before throwing a stinging hex at the other boy, and walking out without a second glance. As much as he hated Theo, he didn't have it in himself to seriously hurt him, or anyone really. Draco hated violence and pain, and he hated being the cause of it. All of his fights were verbal, with very few exceptions, this being one of them.

Draco made his way back to the hospital wing, calming down a little more with every step. So when he got back, looking calm and relaxed, it surprised everyone else. He silently walked back to his seat by Harry's bed, and sat down.

"What'd you do?" Harry asked.

"Stinging hex," Draco replied simply, not in the mood to go into further detail. Harry let out a sigh of relief, though he knew the blond wouldn't have gone too far.

"What is going on? Why are Malfoy and Harry acting like they're best mates all the sudden, and why did Nott attack him? To add to this chaos, I'm starving and there's not a single piece of chicken in sight!" Hermione and Harry rolled their eyes, and Dean and Seamus looked amused.

"It's because we are best mates, you oblivious git. And why are you so bloody obsessed with chicken?" Harry replied casually. Ron's mouth fell open, and Draco eyes widened. Dean and Seamus didn't seem affected by the news, so Harry figured Draco had told them earlier.

"Hold on, I thought I was your best mate?" Ron seemed jealous, and slightly offended, which amused the raven-haired boy.

"Of course not, don't be ridiculous," Harry answered, having a bit of fun with the ginger. Ron's eyes widened.

"Don't tell me I've been replaced with this good for nothing death eater scum," Ron said, not realizing the weight of the words as they left his mouth. Hermione gasped quietly, the playful smile faded from Harry's face, and Draco looked at the ground.

"Don't you ever call him that, Ron." Ron gulped and nodded. Harry turned to Draco, and after deeming him alright, faced Ron again. "To answer your question, the reason your not my best mate, is because I see you as a brother." This only seemed to embarrass Ron more, as he flushed and hung his head.

It was then, that Theodore Nott walked in, wincing at every step he took. Madame Pomfrey reluctantly walked over and tended to him. As everyone else except Harry glared at him, while Harry avoided even looking in his direction.

Madame Pomfrey, although she had a good guess, asked, "How did this happen, Mr. Nott?"

Theodore glared and moved to point at the blond, before thinking better of it, due to the pain he got every time he moved. "Malfoy."

"Yes, well I believe it was rightfully justified, seeing as what you did to him was much worse," Draco replied, pointing at Harry. It was strange to think that they had been getting along so well just a few hours prior, while their eyes now showed so much hate towards one another.

"I have no idea what your talking about!"

"Your a bloody freak, did you know? Why don't you just do us all a favor and throw yourself off the Astronomy tower?" Harry tensed at the word freak, a word he's heard all too much.

"Mr. Malfoy, I think that's enough. You as well, Mr. Nott," Madame Pomfrey glared at both boys. They both shut up, but there were daggers coming out of both of their eyes. Harry wanted out of the hospital wing, right then and there. It was uncomfortable, the amount of hateful tension in the room.

Dean, Seamus, and Hermione left because, unlike Harry, they actually could. Ron and Draco stayed back, though Harry hadn't really expected the ferret to leave. Ron looked nervous, and he stood up. "Listen Malfoy, about what I said-"

"It's fine Wealsey, no harm done." Harry rolled his eyes at the very obvious lie, but didn't say anything. Ron nodded, and turned to leave, before abruptly stopping.

"Hang on. You were Harry's secret girlfriend, weren't you?" Harry burst out laughing, and Draco flushed.

"What?"

"Well, since you guys were always disappearing and such, we all assumed that Harry had a girlfriend he wasn't telling us about."

"Oh," Draco said, and Ron left, leaving the two alone with Theo, as Madame Pomfrey had run off to who knows where. Oh yes, this should be fun indeed.

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