DISCLAIMER: I don't any of this even though I wish I did...
Chapter 1: Saving Her
"HELP! HELP!" Someone was crying—no strike that—someone was shrieking for help. It was coming from the lake. Someone was drowning. Without another thought he ran toward the lake, removing as much clothes as possible so it wouldn't weigh him down. He couldn't believe he was doing this. After all the hate… all the shit he's gone through from the people in the school, he couldn't believe he was risking his life to save someone else's.
He could just hear his father's voice ridiculing him. "You're a stupid boy. I thought I raised you better than to go and play the hero. If I've told you once I've told you a million times, when you act on emotions it'll get you nowhere but the grave." He shook his head to get that image out of his mind. 'Well father it seems I won't be following your foot steps any longer.' He thought to himself.
As he neared the lake he realized the person was nowhere in sight. He had to act fast and jumped into the lake. To say that the water was freezing would have been an understatement to Draco. But he couldn't dwell on that thought much because he had just seen a faint shimmer of something shiny under the water. He hoped it was attached to the person he needed to save.
As he swam toward the person he could make out a shape of what seemed to be a girl. She seemed so small and helpless. She was illuminated by the moon's light. It was as if all the light was focused on her, that she was absorbing the light. It made him think of an angel, maybe his angel to save him from the hell that was Hogwarts.
Closer and closer he became to the person. He felt a feeling of familiarity with her. He couldn't tell who it was, he swam more and more when… "Granger?" he let out in a gurgled voice. He couldn't believe it. He almost turned around… almost, but he couldn't help it. She seemed so vulnerable at the moment, unguarded. She didn't even seem to realize she was drowning anymore, she was so…calm…
He swam over to where she was and grabbed her by her waist and began to kick hard upward. He was losing breath and he mentally cursed himself for not placing the bubble charm on his head before going under. When he emerged he took a couple of deep breaths before swimming toward land. He was amazed that nothing had attacked them, but he figured it might have been because most sane creatures sleep in the night.
When he placed her on the grass he realized she wasn't breathing. Not know what to do he began going through his brain for ways to magically remove water from within her. He couldn't think of anything when he thought of the extractum spell. He knew it would be a long shot to actually remove the water from her lungs, but he had to try. "Extraho" he whispered, placing his wand at the entrance of her mouth. Slowly he could see water coming out. He felt quite happy to know he could think on his feet.
She was beginning to wake up. He started to panic. To save her was one thing, but to actually be thanked or something would be too weird for him so he got up and ran for the closest person to take care of her. He ran to Hagrid's hut and knocked on his door. He quickly wrote on the dirt to go to the lake and hid behind the corner. Hagrid instinctively looked down to see the note. He was a bit suspicious, but fearing something bad had happened he made his way quickly toward the lake to see a body laying on the grass. He ran over and saw Hermione. He picked her up and took her to the infirmary.
Draco watched Hagrid take her away and made his way back to where she had just been. Something shiny for the second time that night had caught his eyes. He looked down to see a small locket. He picked it up and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. He figured he would give it to her some other time and placed it in his pocket and walked back toward the school picking up the items of clothing he had taken off.