Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin 166 Arya Grimblehawk pt.2

"As long as they don't annoy me like back in Hogwarts, I am completely fine with it."

"You might be in for a supr--" Before he could finish his sentence, Walter's eyes caught something that immediately made him bitter as he rushed towards a particular table.

Draco quickly noticed something as well, though he didn't know what was going on but looking at the situation it seemed like a group of guys trying to bully some girls around.

"Krum, I thought you learned your lesson but I guess I was wrong." Walter yelled as he took out his wand, "I told you to stay away from her, didn't I?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself Snyde, last time you won because you sneakily attacked me." Krum and the people around him took their wand out and pointed at Walter as well, "And me not talking to Arya was part of the deal, which hasn't taken place yet and that again is if you win. So till then, you don't have a say about what I can do or not."

"You..." Walter grumbled in anger as he couldn't do much against so many of Krum's follower and Krum himself as they were in their fifth year already, so they were much harder to fight but he wasn't the type to back down, "If you want to settle things then let's settle it right here and now but I hope you won't go running back to the headmaster this time."

A crowd started forming around the place, with both of them being at the center of it. Krum's face twisted in anger as Walter had hit him right where it hurt. He had never gone to Igor to complain against Walter, instead, it was Igor who went through extra lengths and unnecessarily too action against Walter by suspending him for a couple of weeks straight. But even though he and his friends knew about it, a lot of people thought the otherwise, especially the crazy purebloods who weren't exactly a fan of his. Due to this, his life had been tough throughout the week with random taunts thrown at him every now and then, so Walter's comment wasn't exactly the thing he wanted to hear right now.

"You'll pay for this." Krum roared in anger as he went for a punch forgetting he was a wizard in the moment of rage.

Walter without wasting time used a spell throwing Krum across the room, but as expected of an athlete, he wasn't backing down without a fight.

Among all this, Draco was just watching the fight by the sidelines. Amongst the chaos, not a lot of people noticed him as they were more interested in the fight that was taking place. Draco had no intention in joining the fight or helping Walter as he casually looked around at the students and as he expected the figure named Ryan was nowhere to be seen.

"Aren't you going to help?" A voice called out to Draco as he looked back at a girl staring at him. Though shorter than him, she had a mature looking face which was pale and she had beautiful long dark-reddish hair.

"Why should I?" Draco answered already guessing the girl's identity.

"I thought you were better than that." The girl said in a haughty tone, "Or is everything just a pretense."

"If me not getting involved in something that I had nothing to do is a pretense, then let it be so." Draco said casually shrugging his shoulders, "And besides if you're so concerned about your little boyfriend then why don't you go help him instead."

"I would but I am not..." The girl gritted her teeth trying to hold back something when suddenly Walter was thrown across the dining table making her suddenly feel helpless, "Help him, Black!"

Draco looked at Walter who got back up and went back to join the fight once again.

"Why should I?"

"I know you are here in Durmstrang for a reason." She said, "And you should know I can help you."

"Why should I trust you?"

"You're looking for the person who attacked you and Theodore back during your vacation, isn't it?" She quickly said with urgency in her voice as she saw, Krum's friends joining in on the fight, "Is that enough to pique your interest in the least?"

Before Draco could say anything she took the wand in her hand and threw it at him, "We both need each other's help, don't we?"

On the other side, Krum's friends were getting ready to attack Walter as he was kind of overwhelming Krum in a one to one duel when out of nowhere they heard someone else read a spell out loud and before the knew it, they were suddenly tied by a rope pulling them together with force, constricting them.

Everyone looked shocked wondering what was going on, as they cleared their path to find a strangely handsome boy with snow-white hair, slowly walking towards Krum and Walter. Whispers started going around as people looked at the boy carefully.

"It's him..."

"Is he really the prince?"

"Of course he is, haven't you seen his pictures in the newspapers?"

"I nearly forgot that he was arriving today..."

The same way, others were staring at Draco, Krum was intensely gazing at him as well. Of course, he had already recognized who he was, Draco Black, the prince of the Black family or in short the Prince but one thing he couldn't figure out was why Black was interfering with this fight.

"Took you long enough..." Walter breathed heavily as the whole thing was getting a bit too hard for him to handle on his own.

Unlike what he had in mind, Draco didn't even look at him as he just stared at Krum casually waving the wand in his hand around.

"You are our guest, so I don't want to use force against you." Krum said staring back into Draco's ice blue eyes, "So it's best if you don't interfere."

"I am not trying to." Draco said smiling a little as he looked at Krum's friends struggling with the rope, trying to get out, "But you do know the proper tradition of a duel, right?"

"I didn't need them to interfere."

"I sure hope that's the case." Draco turned around, "Good luck buddy, I hope you win."

Saying that he casually walked back to his original place alongside the girl, while everyone including the girl was just stuck wondering what just happened.

Walter's lips twitched as he looked back at Krum and without warning both of them started to duel again, this time a bit more formally than before.

"You really have changed." The girl said, "I was sure you would've stepped in but I guess you really grew up."

"Is that right, Grimblehawk." Draco said, "In that case, so have you considering you asked me for help."

"It wasn't me asking for help. It was just an ordinary deal, so don't get too delighted about it." The girl said, "And call me Arya, no need to bring up our family's name every time we speak."

"Well, you started it." Draco lazily said, "So what information have you got for me, Ms. Arya?"

"There is a time and place for that." Arya said rolling her eyes as she stared back at the students of Durmstrang staring Draco with wonder, "Sigh! You could've at least helped him, you know?"

Chapter end