Almost a week after that day, she found herself walking down an empty corridor, speaking to her familiar in Parseltongue. At this point in her life, she really should have known better than to go places all alone. Something always happened to her whenever she wasn’t guarded by at least one of her friends. She’d gotten cornered, confronted, and pulled aside for a number of times now. If she’d have learned her lesson, a certain someone wouldn’t have been able to grab her hand and yank her into an unused classroom. She nearly did scream, thinking Graham was back for revenge, but her magic recognized her soul-bonded in time. Still, Sirius and Remus didn’t miss the way her eyes widened with fear. She huffed out a relieved laugh, attempting to play off her instinctive reaction.