Ten Things I Hate About You
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Chapter One – shrinking potion?
"Malfoy, you prat!" Hermione shrieked loudly, although funnily enough, no one heard her except for her two best friends. And as for the 'prat', he was doubled up in laughter.
Harry and Ron were glaring at him, and if looks could kill, he would have long since been dead. Just then, Professor McGonagall stalked over to the table and demanded, "What in Merlin's name, is going on?" Then, as her sharp eyes picked up on Hermione, she gave a small gasp. McGonagall picked her up and asked her in a hushed voice, "Miss Granger, wha-who did this to you?"
Hermione turned angrily towards where Draco was standing, and a look of understanding dawned on McGonagall's face.
"Mr Malfoy, would you care to explain?" she asked.
"Wha-who-huh?" Draco spluttered in bewilderment. He suddenly realised the Great Hall was eerily quiet, and that everyone was staring at him weirdly. For once in his lifetime, he had no idea what to say.
"Mr Malfoy!" McGonagall said in a warning tone, "I suggest you explain what had just occurred, or you will be faced with dire consequences."
"Um, well, you see, I kinda spiked – I mean, I-uh, accidentally poured some shrinking potion into her cup of pumpkin juice…" and trailed off nervously under her furious glare.
"I mean, it's not my fault that the MUDBLOOD chose to come along and drink it!" Draco suddenly found himself shouting. I did NOT just call that mudblood, well, MUDBLOOD, in front of McGonagall, he thought.
Professor McGonagall's face had become bright red as the 'm' word flew carelessly out of Draco's mouth.
"Mr Malfoy", she said through gritted teeth, "Follow me at ONCE!"
Draco walked silently after her, and wasn't surprised to find them heading towards Dumbledore's office. He noticed that McGonagall still had Granger in her hands.
McGonagall leaned in front of the gargoyle, and whispered the password. It leapt aside, and revealed a revolving staircase up to Dumbledore's office.
Dumbledore, it seemed, already knew of what had happened during breakfast. He sat and waited patiently for McGonagall to finish speaking. Then he got up and asked her to leave politely. McGonagall was surprised, but did not doubt Dumbledore's judgement. She left through the staircase and set out to prepare for her morning class.
Dumbledore turned towards the two and glanced sternly at them over his half-moon glasses. "I would have thought that being made the Heads would have caused you to put aside your differences. Alas, it appears not."
Hermione, from what he could see, seemed to hang her head in shame. Draco smirked, and leaned against the wall, giving the impression that he didn't care.
"But first, of course, I will have to change Miss Granger back to her normal size." Dumbledore brought out his wand and said an incantation under his breath. Suddenly, Hermione found herself 'growing' back to her normal self.
"Ah, now that you are your normal height, Miss Granger, I suggest you help think of a punishment for Mr Malfoy." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled behind his glasses.
At this statement, a look of horror slid onto Draco's face, if only for a fraction of a second. Then, his facial expression was back to his usual cold, emotionless mask façade.
Hermione's face gleamed with glee and answered, "Professor, I think I may have an appropriate punishment."
A/N hey pplz! This is my first ever fanfic, so please review! It would help me a lot if you could provide me with some constructive criticism. I just want to know what you think of it. Was it too long, short, or just right? I tried to keep the characters justlike in the books, but I don't think I'm very good at it. So, are the characters too OOC?