The Girl Who Lived: Chamber of Secrets
By Misha

Disclaimer and Rating in Part One.

A.N- Sorry, its so short. Real life has been crazy, busy since I went back to school. The next chapter will be longer. Promise. We're about 2/3 of the way through this one, btw. Slogging through it slowly.

"Where's Hermione?" Hallie asked, entering the girls dorm and seeing Padma waiting for herself.

"Hospital wing." Padma mumbled, not looking at her.

"What for?" Hallie asked, concerned about her friend.

Padma turned bright red, still not looking at Hallie.

"Padma?" Hallie pressed, wondering what was going on.

"Hallie, I'm really sorry, but we thought we were helping." Padma bust out.

"What did you do?" Hallie asked slowly.

"We took Polyjuice." Padma told her. "We did it to prove that Draco was-"

"The Heir of Slytherin." Hallie said flatly. "Did you?"

"No." Padma admitted. "We should have trusted your judgement, but..."

"Tell me everything." Hallie demanded in disgust.

Padma poured out the whole story. How they'd stolen the ingredients from her chest and she, Ron and Hermione had made the potion to try and prove to Hallie that Draco was up to no good. Hermione's potion had gone wrong, landing her in the hospital wing and Ron and Padma were forced to admit that Draco was innocent.

Hallie shook her head in disgust. "I can't believe you." She told her friend and then exited the Ravenclaw common room.

She couldn't put up with Padma right then, besides she wanted to find Draco and apologize. She just hoped that he wouldn't hold her friends' absolute stupidity against her...

"You knew?" Hallie asked in disbelief.

"Not the details." Draco told her. "But I knew something was up. Though, I've got to ask, are they total morons? Did they really think I'd confide in Crabbe and Goyle?"

"And Pansy." Hallie added with a smirk. "That's who Hermione was trying to turn into and apparently."

"And they say Ravenclaws are supposed to be smart." Draco said in disgust. "Weasley I'd expect it of, but the other two... Stupid, prejudiced fools."

"Yes." Hallie said simply. "But at least they're now convinced of your innocence."

"That's something, I suppose." Draco said, shaking his head. "But I don't care about their opinion. Yours is the only one that matters to me."

Hallie blushed slightly. "I believe in you, Draco." She said softly, honestly. "I'll always believe in you, I promise."