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HARRY POTTER & all related characters and elements are TM of ©Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling.
By the way, a little story for the fans of my first story:
My sister Amy recently threatened to make my life into a Cinderella story. This was, strangely, after I had just posted the epilogue to One Glass Slipper with the little tidbit at the end. I gaped at Amy for a second and then told her that Mathilde had said just that in the story. Then she said, "Well, I may just be Mathilde in disguise!" I stared and then started to crack up.
It figures.
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Mr. Filch's Files
File M
Name: Draco Malfoy
Date: February 14th
Crime: In the Astronomy Tower after hours.
Punishment: Detention cleaning chalkboards
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It was the day before Valentine's Day and Hermione was busy thinking as Snape droned on and on about the properties of powdered unicorn's horn. She had recently noticed Draco Malfoy watching her.
It had started with just a glance as she walked past. It soon progressed to him eyeing her openly every time they saw each other. If Hermione had looked up, she would have seen Malfoy watching her from the cauldron behind her.
As she ignored Snape, a devious plan started to hatch in her mind. Something to do with Valentine's Day, and the Astronomy Tower. She smiled as her brain whirled with ideas. Hmmm, A rigged bucket of water? Stinksap? Perhaps locking him in there for the whole day? Or how about both, and telling Filch?
Quickly she pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill. She scribbled a quick note and looked around for Malfoy.
Her eyebrows rose slightly when she saw that he was right behind her. All the easier, she thought. Still, better not tell Ron and Harry.
As soon as Snape turned his back to write a list on the chalkboard, Hermione leaned over Malfoy's cauldron and hastily passed him her note.
Malfoy smirked at her and began to read.
Malfoy Draco:
Meet me at the top of the Astronomy Tower at midnight tonight. Okay?
-Hermione
A grin slowly spread on his pale face as he thought over the implications.
He quickly wrote Okay on the parchment and handed it back to her with a wink and a knowing look.
Hermione blushed but managed to go through the lesson with almost perfect composure. After the lesson, she asked Harry if she could borrow his invisibility cloak.
"This isn't about Spew, is it?" asked Ron in horror as they both stared at her.
"It's S.P.E.W., Ron, and it isn't about that! I just wanted to be able to study longer at the library tonight," Hermione lied.
Harry grinned and told her that she could borrow it for the night.
Now stinksap and Filch… she thought.
The stinksap was easy enough to get, which she got after lessons. Unfortunately, she didn't know where Filch was. Hermione had to linger outside the staff room for about an hour before she saw him.
Ummm… "Err, excuse me? Mr. Filch?" Filch turned, that wretched cat following him like his shadow.
"What? Peeves is on the loose and I don't have much time, girl! This could be the chance to finally expel him!" Filch's jowls were quivering with excitement at the prospect of expelling Peeves.
Hermione thought fast. "Well sir, I overheard Draco Malfoy say that he was going to the Astronomy Tower tonight after hours to meet m- someone. I immediately thought that I should tell you, sir." Filch nodded, clearly delighted about punishing Malfoy.
Hermione saw him run off, muttering. "Hmmm, yes, detention, how about cleaning the Trophy Room? It's always collecting dust, but the blackboards really need cleaning. It would take him a week to get all the blackboards cleaned. Yes, my sweet, now off to get Peeves!"
Hermione grinned and started off to get Harry's cloak.
In the meanwhile, Draco Malfoy pondered Hermione's note.
She clearly wanted him, or else she wouldn't want to meet him alone. At this thought he smirked. He could kiss her, maybe have a bit of fun in a broom closet… or something like that.
In any case, roses would soften her up. He could make a dozen charmed roses that wouldn't disappear for a week.
At 11:45 p.m. on February 13th
Hermione had rigged the Stinksap in a bucket so that Malfoy would be drenched when he went into the room. In addition, Hermione would charm the door shut and wouldn't unlock it until Filch came. She'd borrowed Harry's cloak so that neither Malfoy nor Filch would see her.
She settled back against a wall, smiling inside.
At 11:59 p.m. on February 13th
Draco ran up the stairs two at a time, a bouquet of charmed roses in a hand. His mind constructed a mental scenario where Hermione confessed her attraction for him and they started kissing and…
Draco opened the door and stepped in, expecting to see Hermione waiting for him.
He didn't expect a bucket of Stinksap falling on him.
He yelled as the green slime went everywhere. He whirled about, dripping with the mess, as the door clicked shut and audibly locked.
Draco pounded his fist against the locked door, yelling.
At 12:01 a.m. on February 14
Filch stalked up the stairs quickly, murmuring to Mrs. Norris. Hermione silently unlocked the door and flattened herself against the wall. Filch opened the door to behold a lime green Draco Malfoy, looking outraged and bewildered.
"I've have a tip-off that you'd be here tonight, Mr. Malfoy," Filch wheezed. Draco's face darkened through the slime. "What did the filthy Mudblood say?" the young man demanded.
Filch grabbed his ear in one hand, causing Draco to yelp. "You'll come with me, and be thankful if I don't string you up by your ankles." He dragged Draco down the stairs, narrowly missing the invisible Hermione.
Hermione giggled silently as she heard Draco's voice. "I'll tell my father about this injustice! You filthy Squib- youch!"
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Thins is probably going to be a collection of oneshots about mishaps and apprehensions where Filch catches people doing… stuff.
I'm also thinking about writing a fic about Beauty and the Beast, Lily and James style! And of course, with Mathilde. Only thing is, you have to vote on whether or not you want the fic to happen on my page.
Ta ta!