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AN : Two updates in a matter of hours... but there is going to be a small wait for the later one's, Njoy!
Chapter 2: Hermione & Draco's fight
Where Draco insults Hermione
"I swear when that ferret comes in front of me next time I am going to hex him so bad, that he won't be able to sit straight till the next decade" said a very angry Ronald Weasley
"That is when you can get through your detention which will start in next 10 minutes" said a surprisingly calm Harry Potter
"And if you end up missing this detention Ronald you will be not only loosing Gryffindor some points but also a lot of precious time which you could spend studying, we are in our OWL's year if you have forgotten..." and so went on the normal lectures of Hermione Granger
While one of her friend Harry continued to ignore her for the divination book sitting in front of him,
Her other friend namely Ron just gaped at her and then at Harry
"Does anyone here shares my sentiments about the unfair treatment I am been given by Professor Bat and the sufferings I am going through because of the ferret" asked a absolutely annoyed Ron
He did get a lot of response this time
"Professor Bat... Oh Merlin that was a good one Ron" comes from Seamus Finnigan as he laughs merrily
"Sentiments, do you even know the meaning of it?" comes rather scathingly from Ginny Weasley his sister
"What's new about the unfair treatment... If you don't get unfair treatment in Professor Snape's class then that would be something new" comes from Angelina Johnson who continues to flip through her Witch Weekly magazine
"Don't call him Professor Bat... in fact don't call his name in front of me" comes from Neville Longbottom who whimpers just at the thought of said professor
"How about we give you some fair treatment by offering these sweets Ronnie our brother" comes from Fred Weasley his brother who seems eager to get to him and see the result, while his other twin is trying to sneak on him to actually do it
"Who is ferret?" comes from some first year who asks his equally confused other first year friend
"You now have only 5 minutes" comes from a still calm Harry
"... you are responsible to choose your career and that needs enough of good grades for you to easily pass through most of the choices, and that can only happen if you spend at least 5 hours apart from your usual school work..." comes from a still flustered Hermione
Ron realizing that no one had bothered to answer him in positive decides to concentrate on Harry who was at least neutral...
It takes him approximately 15 seconds to process what Harry had said and then he was off with a loud "Bloody hell! I am late"
"...potions is a necessary requirement for anyone going into being a Healer or auror, then you have transfi...what?" asks Hermione as she feels someone tapping on her shoulder
She looks up from her History of magic book into the blue eyes of her friend Ginny
"Ron's already gone" she says smiling at Hermione
While the other girl in question becomes finally aware of her surrounding and she realizes that Ron has indeed left and Harry is now drooling on his divination homework
She sighs knowing she often has the tendency to go on a rampage when it comes to lecturing her boys about importance of education, whose responses are usually a blank face
At least this time there responses were different... even if one was absent... and the other was drooling...
"Want to join me for a walk before heading to dinner" asks Ginny as she rolls her homework and packs it in her satchel
"Sure" comes a small reply from the older witch as she sighs and does the same with her homework
Making sure that their things are packed the two female Gryffindor make their way out of the portrait hole
It takes a matter of few minutes for Ginny to get Hermione's mood up, at least marginally
They are so involved in their topic of discussion that they don't notice someone coming from the opposite direction
That is until the same someone draws their attention,
"Well, well, well, look who we have here... the mudblood and the blood traitor... no wonder the hallway was stinking so badly" came the drawling voice of Draco Malfoy the ferret who had been the reason of Ron's detention
Hermione who was annoyed enough with her friend's antics earlier and not to forget her anger with the swot standing in front of her, decided to get it all out on the said blond specimen
"Look here Malfoy, you have already achieved making the remaining hours of our day unfortunate by showing your face so why not just bugger off and after you do that make sure to go check your nose in Infirmary seeing you are confused with the stench that is actually coming from the human boulders standing beside you"
Malfoy was obviously angry but inside he was already heaving a huge sigh as he looked at the two afore mentioned boulders who continued to look at him and the two girls with blank faces as if they have switched off their brains and were only working on Imperious, not really realizing they were just insulted
"Granger I think it's you who should get checked... Merlin knows how many diseases you must be spreading here with your filthy blood... but then again we don't wont Madam Pomfrey getting ill know do we..."
Hermione was reaching her limits and just wanted to blast the offending ferret, when Ginny butted in
"Don't worry Malfoy; Madam Pomfrey will be more worried with your health status once we get through you if you don't shut your trap soon."
"Ohh... look Crabbe-Goyle... I am soo... scared" said Malfoy to which the two human boulders start laughing
"After the stunt you pulled on Ron today you better be prepare for anything" said Hermione as she slowly took her wand out knowing that Malfoy was doing the same
"Of course... let's see... umm... what you suggest a Protego were ever I go... or that might be useless if you Avada me with your amazing skills... ohm Merlin! I am screwed for sure" he said dramatically, while his boulders had already taken a protective step in front of the blond
But the blond seem to underestimate the girls as he moved one of the boulders and took a intimidating step in front of Hermione keeping a healthy distance between them yet somehow stepping in to her personal space,
Hermione was sure she heard something along the lines 'wouldn't want to catch some germs' but then she was distracted when he started saying
"You know what Granger I am in extremely good mood so I will let you without hexing your filthy self"
"MALFOY! Fucking move out before I hex YOU to kingdom come, seeing as I AM NOT IN GOOD MOOD" bellowed a very angry Hermione
She was really loosing it,
a. She was hungry
b. She was annoyed as it is
c. It was Malfoy what other reason does one need to hex him
What did happen though was rather unexpected, so one can't blame Hermione for standing stock still as ice cold water was poured unceremoniously on her
"Well, thought would wash out that potty mouth of yours Granger, anyway I did say I won't hex you but I never mentioned about not charming something on you... have a great day mudblood, blood-traitor" and with that Malfoy turned around soon followed by his still laughing boulders
Ginny who seemed as shocked as Hermione was stand still through all this, but was able to recover from her shock faster than her friend
Looking back at her friend who was still frozen but breathing (rather deeply as if to control herself) she decided to take matters in her hand and launched well aimed three consecutive bat-bogey hex which she was well known for but unfortunately it bounded off Malfoy as if he was expecting it, he looked behind him and laughed at the now furious Ginny and walked away leaving his two bumbling bodyguards to stumble behind him with their boogies battling in front of their faces
She looked one more time at her friend and then grabbed her wrist and ran towards the nearest washroom.
It was merely few seconds after she brought Hermione inside and had just locked the door, when she heard a blast from behind her
She looked behind her to find Hermione (who seemed to have already dried herself and had managed to blast a hole through one of the basins in a matter of few seconds it took her to lock the door) pacing the length of the bathroom muttering furiously, which suspiciously sounded as different ways of killing Draco Malfoy
Knowing it would be another few minutes before Hermione will finally calm down enough to talk some sense, Ginny decided to repair the broken basin,
Thank Merlin for magic or they would have been serving detention for this till the end of their Hogwarts career, thought Ginny
"... boil him over my potion cauldron, which is after cutting him in to fine little pieces..." were just some of the more innocent thoughts Hermione voiced out
Ginny deciding it was high time to intervene, timidly spoke,
"Err... Hermione sweetie maybe you want to just sit down and calm yourself"
"No! Ginny I Don't want to calm down... first he bumps into Harry today morning making the juice jar fall on him, because of which he had to go change his robes at the end of the breakfast making him late for potion which in turn ended up with us losing 15 points, then he interchanged Ron's ingredient ending with him not only in Infirmary but also losing 25 points, and then he asked his bodyguards to bully Neville in getting his toad and set it on Professor McGonagall making us lose yet another 10 points and now this...AHHH... I had just had enough with that git" she continued to fume
Ginny thinking it better decided not to remind of her strip down the stairs earlier today because of the said git
"Ohh... and how can I forget the morning incident where he hexed me making me trip down the stairs in front of the great hall and where I fall on top of SNAPE!"
Well thought Ginny I didn't remind her that at least
"He is so going to regret messing with us" said Hermione as she looked in to the mirror her image looked that of ferocious lioness
Ginny then remembered the speed at which Hermione had managed to not just dry herself but also blow a hole in the basin (which was now back to normal thanks to Ginny's Reparo) something impressive like the ferocious lioness would do and that's what she said
"Harry wasn't lying when he mentioned that your magic becomes more impressive when you are aggressive"
Hermione was a bit confused at this direction of their talks and continued to blink at Ginny from the mirror
"Listen Hermione I know Malfoy is a git and what he did should deserve some real hexes & jinxes but now is not the time and between Snape and that toad we might as good as give up our house trophy to the Slytherins, if we indeed do something" said Ginny
Hermione looked at Ginny though this time with a thoughtful expression,
"You know Ginny you are probably right" said Hermione
Ginny nodded satisfied, smiling at herself for a job well done,
She was yet to congratulate her properly when she noticed THAT look
THAT look which Fred Weasley & George Weasley are popular to sport
BUT not Hermione Granger
THAT look which is often seen on Ronald Weasley & even Harry Potter
BUT not on Hermione Granger
THAT look when Ginny Weasley (yours truly) holds, people start running in other directions
BUT NOT HERMIONE GRANGER
Because when Hermione Granger sports THAT look it means, somebody should soon start listing their last wishes
And apparently that somebody was Draco Malfoy
No one can blame Ginny Weasley for this, seeing in spite of the fact that Malfoy was a git, a ferret, an evil cockroach (Hermione's words), a brat, moron, etc. She did try to divert Granger disaster
But apparently luck was not with Draco Malfoy
"Her...He...Hermione" came from the stuttering voice of Ginny
"We can't afford to lose any more points" said Hermione as she continued calmly with THAT look, while Ginny waited for the sure shot BUT which would follow
"So we wouldn't hex or jinx Malfoy" this time Hermione Granger smirked
A smirk that would have made Draco Malfoy cry proudly,
That was if he was ever proud of Hermione Granger
And not to forget if it wasn't aimed at him
"Th... then wha...what are we... going to do" asked Ginny but feeling wary of her friend
"We my dear friend will be ACCIDENTALLY going to talk in front of Lavender & Parvati" said Hermione as if that explained everything
Ginny though was able to understand as much as she could understand her History of Magic lessons, that is to say Nothing
"Come now let's have dinner before heading to our dormitories for some girl talk" said Hermione and she Giggled
Ginny though stood rooted to the bathroom floor as her friend opened the door beckoning her to join all the while humming to some unknown song
She contemplated whether to join or to hide
But then decided to join and watch the fun, reminding that she was not the one to face Hermione Granger
It was only when she had reached the Great hall (where everyone were oblivious to the innocent looking devil walking in front of her and were stuffing their faces until their stomachs bust and that did not include Ron) that something hit her,
Especially when she saw the Gossiping duo namely Lavender & Parvati
Her eyes widened as she continued to look at them and slowly she turned to look at Malfoy at the Slytherin's table (who had a smirk plastered on his face which immediately turned in to frown when he saw Hermione smirking at HIM) and for the first time in her life she felt pity for him.
