The other three Slytherins were girls, each one being members of Pansy Parkinson's gang, a bunch of sycophants whose sole purpose for existence had always appeared to be to offer up peals of squealing laughter every time Pansy said something mildly insulting to anyone else.
Today, however, something appeared to be off about that situation. One of the girls, Tracey Davis was sporting an angry red mark on the side of her face, making it look as though she had been slapped by someone, and hard. Tears were stinging at the edges of her eyes, but she seemed to possess a steely resolve, utterly determined to not let them fall.
The other two girls Harry also knew. They were the Greengrass sisters, the daughters of Cyrus Greengrass who had helped Harry out so much over the summer.
The older sister, Daphne, appeared to be absolutely furious with the situation, appearing ready to lash out at a moment's notice. She was positioned on the opposite side of the compartment, her body turned slightly as though to protect her younger sister, Astoria, who was pressed up against the wall, were eyes wide with fear.
Resigning himself to dealing with a nasty situation, Harry turned to Padma and said "Alright, Prefect Patil, report please."
Not quite used to being addressed in such a way, Padma took a short moment to gather herself before replying "I was passing the compartment door when I heard raised voices coming from within. I went to the window and although the blinds were closed, I was able to look in by crouching down and looking through the gap beneath the bind. Malfoy was giving a speech about how things would change in Slytherin house now that he was a prefect. It seems he was planning on attempting to give detentions to every younger students and half-blood who failed to address him as "Sir." This includes Tracey, who told him to shove the idea up his – um…, well where the sun doesn't shine. In response Draco hit her, and that is when I intervened."
Harry listened to and thought over her answer before turning to the three girls sitting in the seats to his left and asking "Can you confirm this?"
Tracey watched him for a moment before looking towards Pansy, who glared back furiously. She then glanced towards Daphne before turning back to Harry and answering "Yes, Padma's version of events is the truth."
Harry nodded before turning his gaze upon the other two "And you?"
Daphne too turned to Pansy, who again glared back. Daphne returned the look, however, before answering Harry with "It's the truth," as behind her Astoria nodded her head vigorously.
"You bitch!" screeched Pansy as she launched herself towards Daphne, who was more than ready for her. A scrap quickly began between the two girls, but Harry was quick to react.
"Alight!" he shouted over the noise the two girls were making "That's enough of that!"
When neither girl showed signs of backing down, Padma stepped forwards and seized Pansy around the middle and dragged her back. Pansy refused to relent though, and held on tightly to a fistful of Daphne's long blond hair.
Astoria sprang out from her position behind Daphne, grabbed Pansy's hand and began to forcefully prize her fist apart as the girl tried to extract herself for Padma's hold. Pansy managed to wrench an arm free, but it was grabbed by Tracey.
"Let go of me!" the Slytherin prefect.
"Let go of Daphne's hair and I might," retorted Tracey.
Rather than get involved himself, Draco turned to his two goons and raged "Don't just stand there, you idiots!"
Taking that as their cue, Crabbe and Goyle both jumped out of their seats simultaneously and made to join in.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" said Harry, warningly.
The two thugs paused for a moments, shared a look and then turned to face Harry.
"We don't take orders from you, Potter." said Crabbe in a menacing tone.
"Right," said Harry "I've had enough of this! Stupefy!"
Having suddenly drawn his wand, Harry caught everyone off guard and so Crabbe hit the floor of the compartment like a sack of potatoes. Goyle quickly joined him, and a moment later Pansy went limp in Padma's arms.
Draco was just reaching for his wand when he too was hit.
Harry stowed his wand again and looked to Padma "Prefect Patil, please escort these three to another compartment. And make sure that it is well away from this one. Then come back here, as I might need some help with these four. If you can find any other prefects, then ask them to come as well."
Padma nodded in response and turned to Tracey, Daphne and Astoria and said "Come on," gesturing towards the door.
All three walked from the room. Daphne, the last of the three to leave, paused next to Harry and looked him up and down, as though sizing him up, before following her sister and Tracey out of the compartment, Padma following on.
Harry slid the door shut and then turned to look over the four Slytherin students that remained.
Deciding to leave Crabbe and Goyle where they were for the time being, Harry heaved first Draco and then Pansy up into a sitting position on one of the seats, making a mental note as he did so to find a spell that could do this for him.
He took each of their wands, and then conjured ropes which quickly wound themselves around the duo.
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