An Impossible Friendship... Or Not!
Hi! I'm Sapphire, and I am only 12, so I'm not the best at writing. But I really enjoy writing, and would like to improve, so if you find something that could be fixed or revised, please tell me by reviewing! And also tell me what parts you liked too! Also, I'm pretty sure this story will have some romance. I think. I don't know anything about it, and I am basing the romantic scenes completely from the other fan fictions I have read. Also, I am a Californian, so excuse my "American-ness" I don't know how to talk/write British style... Anyway, thank you, please enjoy!
A/N: I changed the fact that she punched Malfoy, not slapped. Cause in the book she slapped the boy. In the movie she punched the boy. The italic part is the part that I got from the book, which I tweaked. A bit.
Disclaimer: Last time I checked, Harry Potter characters are J.K. Rowling's… Let me check again.
Chapter One: Punching the Malfoy
It all started when Hermione Granger first punched Draco Malfoy in their third year.
"Have you seen anything quite as pathetic?" said Malfoy. "And he's supposed to be our teacher!"
Harry and Ron both made furious moves toward Malfoy, but Hermione got there first – SMACK!
She had punched Malfoy across the face with all the strength she could muster. Malfoy staggered, holding his nose. Harry, Ron, Crabbe, and Goyle, stood flabbergasted as Hermione raised her hand again.
"Don't you dare call Hagrid pathetic, you foul – you evil –"
"Hermione!" said Ron weakly, and he tried to grab her hand as she swung it back.
"Get off Ron!"
Hermione pulled out her wand. Malfoy stepped backward. Crabbe and Goyle looked at him for instructions, thoroughly bewildered.
"C'mon," Malfoy muttered and in a moment, all three of them had disappeared into the passageway to the dungeons.
Hermione couldn't believe what she just did. She had always been able to control her anger knowing that showing her it to Malfoy, especially Malfoy, meant that she was letting him win. And if her temper ever showed, she always thought she would figure it out with a wand. Never physically! But here she was, guilty of punching someone. Of punching Malfoy. Malfoy out of all people! Out of everyone she could punch, it was Malfoy, some one who would rat her out immediately. But, it was he who insulted Hagrid. Something snapped inside of her when she heard him insult Hagrid. Him, insulting her, she could handle, but insulting someone who was currently emotionally unstable? Hermione shook her head. To kick someone while they were already down was a very Malfoy like thing to do.
Hermione suddenly gasped, realizing something.
"Hermione? Hermione, what's wrong?" It was Harry, his emerald eyes looking concerned. Hermione turned her head so Harry and Ron couldn't see her starting tears. What would Professor McGonagall do when she found out? Would she make Hermione redo her third year? What if her action stayed in her record forever, making her dreams of becoming a prefect and, ultimately, Head Girl, ruined forever? Somewhere to her side, she heard Harry and Ron laughing. Oh, would Professor McGonagall owl her parents? Hermione's parents would be so disappointed! What if… Would the professor take away her time turner, thinking that Hermione wasn't responsible enough? Unable to keep her sobs silent anymore, she started crying. Harry and Ron, who were still chuckling about the expression on Malfoy's face, went to her side immediately, asking what was wrong. Hermione couldn't very well tell them about the time turner, as she promised Professor McGonagall she wouldn't tell anyone about it, she told them every else that was currently on her mind.
To her annoyance, they burst out laughing.
"What? It's not funny!" Hermione said angrily. Still, they kept on laughing. "It. Is. Not. Funny!" Hermione yells, clutching her wand. There were red sparks coming out of the tip of it. "How on earth do you find this funny? How? Wouldn't you be worried what would happen to you if you just physically hurt someone? Huh? Huh!?" Hermione snapped, nearly jabbing the boys with her wand. Ron and Harry gulped, looking at her wand that was sparking with now green and red sparks, even more furiously than before.
"Er, we weren't laughing at you. Uh," Harry looked at Ron for support.
"We, uh, oh, come on! Do you think Professor McGonagall would really make you do your third year again? You are the smartest witch of the age!" Ron said. Hermione looked at both of them, wondering how they could be so unfeeling. Then she ran back into the castle taking herself wherever her feet carried her. Surprisingly, she found herself in front of the hospital wing.