The Affair
Suzie Felton
PG-13
1
2 A Plan Hatches
Hermione and Ron had been dating for what seemed like nearly a year. By the end of their 5th year, they had realized that they were meant for each other. They were almost never apart; their every waking moment was spent together, walking together in the halls, kissing in empty classrooms, or whispering and giggling into each other's ears. Little did they know that one of their classmates was plotting to end this innocent schoolyard relation.
For two years now, Draco Malfoy had been longing for Hermione's tender touch without telling anyone – not even Crabbe or Goyle. He had come very close to telling Hermione of these feelings twice, but on the first occasion he had lost his nerve, and on the second, Ron had interjected by asking Hermione to be his girlfriend. He now felt that the only way to pull Hermione away from Ron and into his own grasp was to convince her that he was the better catch.
But neither Ron nor Hermione were aware of this. They flitted around like fairies in a field on a summer's day. Every now and then one of them would spot Malfoy giving them a sinister stare, but to them this was nothing out of the ordinary, he being their sworn enemy since they entered the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The next day in Potions, Malfoy was exceptionally irritating. Snape of course paid it no heed. Malfoy had been careful to set up his cauldron on the table next to Ron's. While Snape's back was turned, and Ron was staring dreamily at Hermione, Malfoy slipped an odd looking root into Ron's cauldron and plucked a hair from Ron's head. Ron winced, turned around sharply and glared at Malfoy, who was looking as menacing and evil as ever.
"What was that for?" Ron whispered.
"Oh, I was just thinking that I haven't been nearly mean enough to you today, so I decided to inflict some physical pain." Malfoy smirked and Ron turned away, irritated. Snape glanced in Malfoy's direction, shot an evil grin at him and returned to lecturing about keeping an eye on who gets near your potion. In the previous year, Snape had been brewing a potion, turned his back and one of the Weasly twins had slipped a powder into the cauldron, turning the potion into a laughing tonic instead of the intended hair re- growing brew. He had been exceptionally mad and took 50 points from Gryffindor for each of the twins. Ever since, he had kept a close eye on all of his concoctions.
The remainder of the class ran smoothly until the students were to test their brain power potions and Ron's had turned him into a rat instead. The whole class had gone mad except of course Malfoy who had planned for all this in the beginning. When everyone had left in hysteria, including Hermione who was very reluctant to leave her Ronnykins left as a rat, Malfoy sidled over to Snape who was not so hurriedly looking for the antidote for poor Ron's condition.
"Professor, would you mind if I borrowed a few ingredients from your cabinet?" Malfoy batted his eyelashes a few times to make himself look more angelic than ever.
Snape, who had taken a liking to Malfoy and his posse from their first Potions lesson quickly agreed. "But I wonder, why do you need anything not included in your ingredients set?" Snape asked slyly.
"Oh, just making a brew to confuse the Gryffindor trio a bit more than usual." Malfoy smirked. Ron, Hermione and Harry had been given that nickname during their 5th year at Hogwarts.
Snape grinned broadly; he loved making those three troublemakers suffer. "Wonderful." He clapped Malfoy on the back and led him over to the cabinet in which he kept his personal stash of elements, leaving Ron to run frantically around the table.
Malfoy took what he needed and purposely neglected to inform Professor Snape that he wouldn't find the antidote to Ron's case in any of the books he had in his office. He grinned inwardly as he made his way back to the Slytherin common room.
Suzie Felton
PG-13
1
2 A Plan Hatches
Hermione and Ron had been dating for what seemed like nearly a year. By the end of their 5th year, they had realized that they were meant for each other. They were almost never apart; their every waking moment was spent together, walking together in the halls, kissing in empty classrooms, or whispering and giggling into each other's ears. Little did they know that one of their classmates was plotting to end this innocent schoolyard relation.
For two years now, Draco Malfoy had been longing for Hermione's tender touch without telling anyone – not even Crabbe or Goyle. He had come very close to telling Hermione of these feelings twice, but on the first occasion he had lost his nerve, and on the second, Ron had interjected by asking Hermione to be his girlfriend. He now felt that the only way to pull Hermione away from Ron and into his own grasp was to convince her that he was the better catch.
But neither Ron nor Hermione were aware of this. They flitted around like fairies in a field on a summer's day. Every now and then one of them would spot Malfoy giving them a sinister stare, but to them this was nothing out of the ordinary, he being their sworn enemy since they entered the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The next day in Potions, Malfoy was exceptionally irritating. Snape of course paid it no heed. Malfoy had been careful to set up his cauldron on the table next to Ron's. While Snape's back was turned, and Ron was staring dreamily at Hermione, Malfoy slipped an odd looking root into Ron's cauldron and plucked a hair from Ron's head. Ron winced, turned around sharply and glared at Malfoy, who was looking as menacing and evil as ever.
"What was that for?" Ron whispered.
"Oh, I was just thinking that I haven't been nearly mean enough to you today, so I decided to inflict some physical pain." Malfoy smirked and Ron turned away, irritated. Snape glanced in Malfoy's direction, shot an evil grin at him and returned to lecturing about keeping an eye on who gets near your potion. In the previous year, Snape had been brewing a potion, turned his back and one of the Weasly twins had slipped a powder into the cauldron, turning the potion into a laughing tonic instead of the intended hair re- growing brew. He had been exceptionally mad and took 50 points from Gryffindor for each of the twins. Ever since, he had kept a close eye on all of his concoctions.
The remainder of the class ran smoothly until the students were to test their brain power potions and Ron's had turned him into a rat instead. The whole class had gone mad except of course Malfoy who had planned for all this in the beginning. When everyone had left in hysteria, including Hermione who was very reluctant to leave her Ronnykins left as a rat, Malfoy sidled over to Snape who was not so hurriedly looking for the antidote for poor Ron's condition.
"Professor, would you mind if I borrowed a few ingredients from your cabinet?" Malfoy batted his eyelashes a few times to make himself look more angelic than ever.
Snape, who had taken a liking to Malfoy and his posse from their first Potions lesson quickly agreed. "But I wonder, why do you need anything not included in your ingredients set?" Snape asked slyly.
"Oh, just making a brew to confuse the Gryffindor trio a bit more than usual." Malfoy smirked. Ron, Hermione and Harry had been given that nickname during their 5th year at Hogwarts.
Snape grinned broadly; he loved making those three troublemakers suffer. "Wonderful." He clapped Malfoy on the back and led him over to the cabinet in which he kept his personal stash of elements, leaving Ron to run frantically around the table.
Malfoy took what he needed and purposely neglected to inform Professor Snape that he wouldn't find the antidote to Ron's case in any of the books he had in his office. He grinned inwardly as he made his way back to the Slytherin common room.