A pair of milk chocolate eyes fluttered open to the sounds of birds chirping and the neighbor cutting the lawn early in the morning. An eighteen year old Hermione Granger pushed a piece of her long wavy cinnamon brown hair behind her ear and through the covers off of her. She pulled the shades back and was showered with rays of morning sunlight. She then closed them and decided to get ready. She changed out of her light pink silk night gown and put on a yellow short-sleeved shirt with a red and pink butterfly in the middle and a pair of dark skinny jeans. She brushed her hair, brushed her teeth, and put on her make-up like every other morning. Her make-up consisted of light pink eye shadow and her favorite chocolate flavored lip gloss; nothing special. She glanced at her clock; it was seven am. Even though it was summer vacation Hermione always woke up early, she felt as though if she didn't the day would be gone. She ran down the steps and stopped at the last step and her jaw dropped in shock. Her entire living area and the rest of the house was a wreck. It was as if someone had ransacked it over night and yet she didn't hear it.
"Mom! Dad!" Hermione called, but there was no answer. She ran back upstairs into her parent's bedroom to see if they were still asleep, but they weren't there. She ran back downstairs frantically and searched the entire house, but they were nowhere to be found. Hermione leaned against the refrigerator and slid down. She put her head on her knees and pulled at her hair.
"How could I have not heard someone come in?" Hermione asked herself as tears started to swell up in her eyes. Then an envelope fell on top of her head along with a magnet. She realized that who had ever been here had left a note. Hermione's name was on the envelope. She tore it open and began to read aloud.
"Dear Ms. Granger, as you might have noticed we were at your house and we took your muggle parents. We will give them to you in exchange for something, and don't worry they'll be fed and safe as long as you cooperate. You have a special energy inside you known as the Griffin's Fire and we want it to get something back that's ours. Come to Dragon Mouth Waterfall and enter into our cave by the end of the month and you're parents will be fine. By the way we're watching all of your friends so don't try and go for help. Sincerely, the Lizard Hounds." Hermione set the piece paper down and tears started to stream down her face she got a tissue and dabbed the tears away and then stood tall. She didn't have anyone to help her and she was alone, but for her parent's sake she needed to be strong. She ran up stairs and grabbed her purple beaded handbag and her wand. She then disapperated to London, there she entered Diagon Alley.
She walked down Diagon Alley until she came across the book store. Believe it or not she had never heard of a place called Dragon Mouth Waterfall, but it had to exist somewhere. She walked up the stairs in the book store and started to look for books that had anything to do with waterfalls. She finally found one that was titled "Great Waterfalls of the Wizard World". She bought the book and went outside where she found a bench to quietly read.
"This is exactly how I wanted to spend my summer alone trying to stop my parents from getting killed." Hermione thought to herself.
"Well, well, well what do we have here? Did Granger get separated from her dopey friends?" an evil and annoying voice asked from behind her. She turned around to see none other than Draco Malfoy the nastiest boy alive standing behind her.
"Get lost Malfoy I'm not in the mood right now! And for your information I'm here on my own not with any of my friends." Hermione yelled returning to her book.
"Why would you want to read this planning on visiting a waterfall with one of your little boyfriends? Which one is it Weasley or Potter?" Draco asked snatching the book from Hermione's hands.
"Neither! Harry and Ron are just my friends! I have my own personal reasons for reading this book and you don't need to know them!" Hermione answered grabbing her book back. She was now standing against a wall in between two buildings and Draco was no more than a few inches away since he had managed to work his way back here while she tried to get her book back. Draco put his hand on the wall near Hermione's face and leaned in closer.
"Who cares if I need to know them, all that matter is that I really want to know." Draco said smirking his face only a couple of inches away from Hermione's. Hermione looked at Draco and she started to sweat. Her heart started to beat faster and she got scared. Then she really took a good look a Draco, his blonde almost white hair hanging slightly in his face and those beautiful gray eyes of his starring Hermione down. Hermione took a deep breath and then started to talk determined to keep her composure.
"Even if I wanted to tell you why I was reading this book I couldn't. I'm not allowed to." Hermione said.
"And why can't you tell me?" Draco asked leaning in closer.
"Because I was told to do something and the people who told me to do it told me I'm not allowed to tell any of my friends!" Hermione yelled almost out of breath.
"You forget I'm not your friend as far as anyone knows we're enemies. So I think you can tell me." Draco replied smiling. At that moment for some reason Hermione couldn't understand she trusted Draco and was completely comfortable with him.
"Alright then I guess I can tell you, but not here we don't know who's watching." Hermione replied looking down.
"I know a place behind a store in Knockturn Alley. No one ever goes there and the store's abandoned." Draco said as he stepped away from Hermione. Then he started to walk away. Hermione following him at a distance making sure no one thought they were together.
Once behind the abandoned store in Knockturn Alley Hermione explained everything that had happened this morning to Draco.
"Wow that's a lot for one morning." Draco said as he leaned against the cold brick wall. The wall was wet so the back of his plain black t-shirt was probably soaked and probably part of his black pants.
"Yeah now I have to go to this place called Dragon Mouth Waterfall that I've never even heard of and give these guys some kind of power I have just to get my parents back." Hermione replied.
"What power exactly did they say they wanted?" Draco asked.
"Something called the Griffin's Fire." Hermione answered hating that she didn't know anything about this stuff.
"The Griffin's Fire? Hermione that's one of the most powerful magical forces in the entire world; with it anyone can find a special tree that can grant an endless amount of wishes to anyone! If you give it to them who knows what will happen? Plus you'd die!" Draco explained now standing up straight.
"Well what am I supposed to do? I can't just let my parents die and I can't stop these people by myself, and it's not like I have anyone to help me." Hermione replied as tears started to fall down her face.
"Stop crying Granger, I'm going to help you." Draco said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"You? But you said it yourself we're enemies. Plus you're always so mean to me and my friends and everyone else around you! Why would you help me?" Hermione asked.
"Maybe because I'm not as mean as you think I am. Plus you seem clueless about what's going on here and I can definitely help you. I even know where Dragon Mouth Waterfall is." Draco said as he smiled again.
"You do? Well where is it?" Hermione asked.
"In a place nicknamed the muggle bubble. It's a place in the middle of the Wizard world but for some reason you can't use magic in the area you become a muggle, thus the name. Dragon Mouth Waterfall is in the heart of that area. We can disapperate to the border then it would take a week to get to the waterfall." Draco explained.
"Well then I guess we'd better get going." Hermione said holding out her hand. Draco noticed her hand shaking showing she was nervous. He smiled and then took her hand, and then they were off.