let me go and I will run, I will not be silent

Honestly, he isn't sure what to do with himself. He's passing potions because of a help from a mysterious scribbler in a book, which Hermione says is the worst possible thing for him to be doing. "Cheating won't get you anywhere in life," she scolds him, but he's too interested in reading the Half-Blood Prince's notes and worrying about what Malfoy is up to to listen to her in this moment in time. The Gryffindor common room is empty of people, save for Ron, Hermione, himself, and a few other people he hasn't said hello to year this year.

His glasses are falling off his nose, per usual, and his hair is ruffled (what else is new), and he's reading the book. His friends leave him after a time, saying they want dinner and ask if he wants anything brought to him. He says no, he'll go to the kitchen's later if he gets hungry. He wants to see Dobby anyway and talk to the House Elf, see if he knows anything about his old master and what he might be planning.

He's off reading some page about a sleeping drought when it grows nearly silent in the common room and Harry looks up into the fire. He sighs and closes the potions book and looks around the common room, surprised to see a blonde female in the room. Knowing it was the Gryffindor twin, Harry raised a hand in hello. "Evening," he greeted somewhat awkwardly.

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She'd left dinner full and happy, her mind wandering about some Charms homework she didn't finish or some odd thought she was having that night. She'd said goodnight to Faye at the Great Hall doors, hugging her older sister (a fact she disputed daily with Faye) and headed toward her own common room for the night. She knew staying out in the corridors too late would land her in detention again, and heaven forbid, she get another screamer from Mum because Faye just HAD to tell her that Gabi had landed herself in Snape's office again.

With a roll of her eyes, to no one in particular, Gabi muttered the password and entered the common room, tripping over some second year children in her wake. "Oi, find a new place to hide ya toe-rags!" she shouted at him, pushing them out of her way as she ventured deeper into the place she'd called home for the past five and a half years. Her glare followed the boys as they scurried off, afraid of her, though she wasn't nearly as mean as she acted. A heart of gold for those she loved, though the list was only as long as her pinky finger.

Her left arm itched a little, making her wince as the feeling of it. She reached up to scratch at it through her robes as she found a spot to sit in front of the fire. She knew she had to answer the call some time, thought she felt it was slightly unfair for him to call at such a late hour. "Can't a girl sleep?" she muttered aloud to herself, glaring into the flickering fire as her right hand absent-mindedly rubbed at her left forearm. "Bugger off," she said to a pair of kids (face it, she thought everyone was a kid at this point) as they stared at her. She realized her sleeve had gotten pushed up in her scratching attempts. "You've seen nothing," she warned, her hand moving from her left forearm to the wand hidden in her robes. "Go."

Draco had been sitting in an armchair in the Slytherin common room, he had watched as Gabriela arrived and snapped at younger students as she made her way to the couch in front of the fire. "And now you know why everyone likes your sister over you" He chuckled softly as he has never gotten along with the brunette twin, there was just something about her that rubbed him the wrong way. Maybe it was the fact that she has always stood up to him, even in their first year at Hogwarts she made herself known as someone that no one should mess with.

He already knew that the Dawson family were Deatheaters and helped out as much as his parents did, however they had it worse because the oldest twin was in Gryffindor and was pretty much a disgrace on the family name. Turning his head which was resting on the soft back of the armchair, his pale blue eyes focused on the girl who was scratching her left forearm.

The mark their forearms held were still meant to be secret though that wouldn't last for much longer, if she continued to ignore the Dark Lord as he would just continue to call for her. "I saw him a few days ago, he just wants to check in and make sure that you haven't chickened out" He explained to her quietly not wanting anyone else to overhear what he said, not many people their age were given the mark because Voldemort only really trust people who he had grown up with at Hogwarts. Although both the Malfoy and Dawson families were well known for being at Voldemort's side, what Draco didn't feel like telling Gabriela was that he had been asked to keep an eye on the twins. Mostly Faye to keep her in line.

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After dinner and saying goodnight to her younger twin (though that never actually ever left her lips), she made her way up the moving staircases to the Gryffindor common room where she curled up on a couch and started reading through a book she had found on Potions in the library. She had finished all her homework and assignments earlier in the day so now she had the evening to relax, though she would have preferred to spend more time with Gabi considering the Slytherin students disliked her and the Gryffindor students didn't trust her.

The only friend she had was her sister but they were always apart after dinner otherwise they'd both end up in detention, so she usually sat close to the fire and read or finished off school work. It always hurt her when she tried talking to other students, only to have them be rude or just walk away from her. So she was surprised when a deep voice spoke to the otherwise empty common room, looking up her blue eyes landed onto Harry who had given her a small awkward looking wave. At first she wasn't sure if this was her mind playing tricks on her or if he was actually speaking to her, the last person that he should ever speak to.

"Hello" Faye's voice was it's normal sweet and soft tone but her eyes held confusion in them, though if he was willing to talk to her first then she wouldn't waste this chance. "Reading up on potions?" She asked seeing the text book that he was holding, they shared Potions class together however they shared all of their classes together. Not that they even sat near each other, Faye tended to be at the back on her own at all times unless the class was paired up. She was always the last one to find a partner because no one wanted to work with her.

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@ Lily Evans
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