The New Task

Draco looked at her like she was covered in goo. Why, he asked himself, did I have to play that stupid game of truth or dare, and why did I chose dare? It had been a Hogsmead trip yesterday, and of coarse being a rambunctious 16 year old he had went to The Three Broomsticks with all of his followers. And if he hadn't got Pansy mad then maybe this would all be a different story, but he had, not caring what the consequences might be, and she seemed to be wanting to get revenge while they were playing truth or dare.

"You're turn Draco," Blaise said.

"Can I ask it?" Pansy asked with an evil glint in her eyes.

"I don't see why not," Blaise replied.

"Great Draco, truth or dare?"

"Umm," he was wondering what he should say. He felt like she wanted him to say dare, and he did feel a bit bad about their argument. "Dare," he answered finally.

"Fine I dare you to get Hermione Granger to sleep with you, without magic or potion." This was a shocking dare for both Draco and for everyone else there. Everyone knew that Pansy held Draco in such high esteem, she never let him out of her sight. And know she was daring him to sleep with another woman, a woman who happened to be one of the whole gang's worst enemy.

"Pansy are you feeling alright? I mean did you understand what you just said?" Draco said out of desperation. He hated Granger, and Granger hated him and now someone who usually worshipped him was asking him to sleep with her. It was madness, truly madness.

"Why what do you mean Draco? I know exactly what I said. I asked you truth or dare and you chose dare. So as it was my turn to give you your dare I did. I dared you to sleep with Hermione Granger."

"But Pansy…" Draco was at a loss for words for the first time in his whole entire life. why was she asking this of him? He looked around at his companions for help. Surely one of them, either Blaise, Crabbe or Goyle would surely back him up. But they were all as shocked as he was.

"And if you don't do it within 3 weeks then you have to sleep with me," Pansy grinned for she knew that it was truly impossible for Draco Malfoy to get Hemione Granger to sleep with him, and at the end of 3 weeks she would actually sleep with the famous Draco Malfoy. "And also remember that you can't back out of a dare."

"But Pansy this is stupid. I can't do it."

"Then do you just want to get right to you sleeping with me because I don't mind skipping these 3 weeks."

"Come on, do it. Rather Granger then Pansy, even though she is a Mudblood." Blaise said.

"Uhhhhhh. Remind me never to play this stupid game again." And with that Draco stormed out of the building. He wouldn't have minded if it was Muggle truth or dare but this was wizard truth or dare which meant that he had to live up to whatever he was supposed to do and if not that then the alternative, otherwise it would feel like his insides were burning.

That lead him to staring and Hermione during breakfast on Sunday which was the day after. When she finally realized that someone was watching her she looked around. When she found out that nit was Draco who was looking at her she did one of her famous glares that Draco was so used to seeing. Draco on the other hand tried to smile nicely to her. But she quickly looked down at her food again leaving Draco to his own thoughts. This is going to be a lot harder then I thought, and I thought it was going to be hard too. He stood up from his table and decided that he was going down to the Quidditch pitch early because today was the first Quidditch game of the season. As he got up of coarse Crabbe and Goyle come with him.

"So have you given any thought about how you are going to get Hermione to sleep with you? It isn't going to be easy is it?" Crabbe said running to keep up with Draco's strides.

"Of coarse it will be easy," Draco lied but he didn't want Crabbe and Goyle to know that he thought it was going to be extremely difficult to do. "After all if I can't do it then who can? I am after all Draco Malfoy." And with this new found confidence he walked with his head held high and told himself that this was going to be easy.