Harry Potter and La Senorita

Harry Potter and La Senorita

Chapter Dos

Harry and Ron stepped into the Common Room the next morning to find Hermione and Maria hugging each other. Maria noticed Harry and Ron curiously glancing their way, and pulled away, brushing a tear away.

"What's wrong Maria?" Harry asked, worried slightly. Maria tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and shook her head.

"Nada Harry, it's nothing," Maria said while shakily drawing in a breath. Harry glanced at Hermione. She was biting her lip and trying to smile at the same time.

"Well...maybe we should get down to breakfast, I'm starving!" Ron exclaimed, breaking the awkward silence. The girls laughed as Harry rolled his eyes.

"What is new about that Ron?" Harry asked. Ron grinned. They headed out to the Great Hall, Maria and Hermione leading the way. Hermione was explaining about all the classes and teachers.

"You seem to be in all of my classes, except O.W.L prep of course and you have Divination instead of Arithmancy, but that's okay because Ron and Harry have Divination with you," Hermione said as they sat at the table.

"So what do I have when you have O.W.L prep?" Maria asked and peered over Hermione's shoulder.

"Hmm let's see," Hermione glanced at her schedule and then at Maria's, then back to hers again. "Wow! You get a free period!"

"Bueno!" Maria exclaimed. She blushed slightly when she noticed Ron and Harry staring at her dumbfoundly. "I mean...great!"

"You'll get a lot of homework done then!" Hermione nodded. Maria smiled.

"You bet," she said as she winked at Harry. Just then Seamus and Dean came up from behind Maria.

"Hey kids," Seamus greeted them as he put his arm around Maria's shoulders. Harry's fists clenched.

"Buenas Dias Seamus," Maria said as she took his arm off her shoulders and sat down in her chair. Seamus sat down beside her just as the food appeared upon the platters. They all dug in.

After breakfast was Potions, with the Slytherins of course. All the Gryffindors groaned except Maria, who was slightly excited. She told Harry this.

"Your excited?" he questioned, "It's Potions!"

"Well in my old school it was my best subject. I really do enjoy it!" Maria nodded. Hermione fell in stride with Maria and Harry.

"It's not the subject that is bad, i do find Potions very interesting myself, it's just the teacher..." Hermione cut off as they entered the Potions dungeon. Hermione, Ron, Harry and Maria took their seats at the back, across from the Slytherins. Professor Snape was standing at the head of the class, looking especially greasy and meaner than ever.

"Welcome back students. When I say that it means summer vacation is over, and so you are hear to learn, and pay attention," Snape's eyes glanced over to Harry and Ron. Maria furrowed her brow. The teacher did seem quite strict.

As he began to explain the lesson that they would be doing she looked over at the Slytherins. Miserable looking bunch, she thought. Except one boy caught her eye. She knew him from her past. Draco Malfoy. She blinked slowly and turned her attention back to the Professor, flushing bad memories out.

After Potions, the Gryffindors had O.W.L. prep. Maria walked them to their class and then headed up to the Entrance Hall. She couldn't be bothered to run up to the Gryffindor Tower, so she just used a simple Banishing spell to send her book bag to her dorm room.

"You should read the Hogwarts rule book a little more carefully hun, " a deep voice said behind her. she turned around, and Draco Malfoy was standing behind her, smirking.

"What do you want, Draco Malfoy?" Maria asked snottily. She hadn't seen him in a year or so, and he had changed. Draco was much taller than her now, and he didn't look quite as albino as she had recalled. In fact, the way his silvery blonde hair and his midnight black robes contrasted, and the way his steel grey eyes pierced through her, he looked almost normal. Handsome even.

"Is that the way you greet an old amigo?" Draco asked smugly.

"It is the way i greet an old, ex-friend," Maria replied and turned to walk away. Draco grabbed her arm and pulled her back around.

"Ex-friend, that hurts Maria. Remember all the good times we had? You liked me," Draco put his arms around her waist. Maria felt almost at home in them. They had been friends for along time. However...

"Draco, I dont want anything to do with...your kind anymore," Maria tried to unlock his grasp, failing.

"My kind?" Draco pulled her closer, "You were also once my kind Maria. Now look at you. You in Gryffindor, of all houses! Hanging around Harry Potter!"

"Leave me alone Draco," Maria escaped his grasp, but Draco held tightly onto her hands.

"Why do you have so much against me Maria, you loved me once," Draco whispered gruffly to her. Tears sprang to her eyes, remembering recent events. She shook her hands away from Draco's.

"Your father killed him! He killed my father!" she cried and ran off.

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