STUCK! Chapter 2
Previously:
With an ear-splitting shriek, she slipped on a pebble and slid down. Her hand was the only thing that kept her alive, clinging onto the concrete for dear life she felt saw her life flash before her eyes. Her heart thudding against her rib cage, she felt it would pop out of her chest any second now.
"GRANGER! HOLD ON!"
"Well what in the name of bloody hell do you think I'm doing?" she felt her eyes sting with tears, the warmth from the lava was burning her ankle.
Frantically looking around the room looking for something helpful, anything. Failing to do so, obviously. The whole bloody room deteriorated into magma.
"Malfoy why don't you just grab my hand and pull me up will you?" unlike the last time, her screams were a bit muffled now, considering her soft sobs and the ground was shaking.
Feeling stupid that he hadn't thought of this before, he blushed and grabbed Hermione's free hand, which she swung up for him to reach.
"On three, put on a little effort and pull yourself up okay?" she nodded.
"One, Two, Three!" and with much effort, he managed to pull up the brunette from the depths of boiling magma. But since the space there was only enough for both of them to stand up, both of them fell to the ground. Even if there wasn't any.
"Oh my god we're gonna die! WE'RE FALLING! OH MY MERLIN WE ARE FALLING INTO A POOL OF BOILING LAVA! TELL HARRY AND RON I LOVE THEM!" She kept babbling about ridiculous things, but who wouldn't? After all, they were going to melt in the lava like the old cupboard.
Or so she thought.
"Granger!" he snapped at her, but she wouldn't stop! Kept saying something about her Charms home work still not submitted.
"GRANGER YOU WILL NOT DIE!" He shook her body with so much force she got a head ache.
"Granger if you won't stop babbling I swear I will slap you" he threatened. And that didn't seem to stop her.
"I don't care. I don't care. I don't care" repeating these words, she thought that was the last words she'll ever say.
"Keep talking and I will KISS you!" the blond was practically growling now. But without this threat she would not have shut up.
Whimpering and stifling sobs, she buried her head in his neck. He felt her hot tears dampen his white polo. He didn't know how to react. Instead, he patted her head, just like a little puppy.
"Hey, we're alive. Stop crying" his voice softer than ever. He felt a clenching in his heart, something he never felt before. The sudden increase of his heart rate was quite shocking. How do I make this stop? He looked around, trying to distract himself but failed to do so when his eyes landed on the woman practically hugging him. And there it was again, his heart beating faster than before, if that was even possible.
Oh my god can she hear it? GAAH! Make it go away! His mind was racing, and he did the only thing he could think of.
Grabbing her by the shoulders, he pushed her roughly away from him "Are you really that stupid?" snarling he stood up from his position. Grumbling, she pushed herself up.
"You're a right foul git did you know that?" Eyes filled with fury, she clutched her shoulder, she could already feel a bruise forming there.
Rolling his eyes, he looked around, trying to analyze his surrounding, just like the old bat told him to. They were in a room, in the middle of…nothing. The whole room was dark, but held enough light for them to see in there. The room had a cold, eerie feeling about it, but the worst part was the silence. It was unnerving.
Knock knock
He turned around to see where the sound was coming from. A figure was leaning on the wall, ears pressed tightly against it. Of course it was none other than the person he just shoved earlier ago.
"Granger what are you doi-" he was cut off by her shushing. Inching towards her, he realized that she was in a state of concentration. He walked towards her until she could feel his breathing on the back of his neck. Turning her head slowly and jumping slightly when she saw him. Going back to her business, she inspected every inch of the area of the wall, occasionally raising her hand and knocking on the wall. Every knock the noise was always muffled, meaning that area of the wall was made from bricks. But when she was almost through with the area, she raised her and knocked two times. And there it was. The noise echoed throughout the room, signaling that it was hollow.
A smile crept up to her face, she drew her wand out, and just as she was about to tap the bricks, a voice interrupted.
"Granger, what in the name of Merlin are you doing anyway?" he was actually laughing! Shoulders bouncing up and down he flashed her, a charming smile.
A part of her melted when he smiled, this was the side of him she never knew of. And she liked this one. She caught herself staring at him and quickly averted her eyes to the ground, her cheeks, tainted pink.
Shaking her head, she looked right back up to him straight in the eye "Just watch and learn" smirking, she turned back to the wall.
Drawing her wand out again, she pointed it at the middle of the area. She began tapping her wand in the patter of up, left, down, right. Silence ensued the room, as the blond waited for something, ANYTHING to happen.
"Well Granger, aren't you full of bright ideas? Mind coming up with an ingenious plan again?" placing both hands on his hips, voice dripping with sarcasm, he rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe that he waited for 15 minutes for that girl to finish whatever she's doing. And here they are, still stranded in the middle of nowhere.
"Just wait" she put up her hand, it seems like she was waiting for something, like she knew what she was doing. And she did.
The chalk surface of the wall cracked and turned into ashes in a heartbeat, leaving the bricks there, and slowly every single piece of brick twisted and turned, until there was enough space for both of them to fit.
Draco stood there and gaped at the arch his brunette companion just made, while another parchment of paper slipped out in-between the bricks. Hermione picked it up and read it.
"Hey look, another message from McGonagal" poking Draco on his ribcage using her elbows.
Congratulations, you have finished set one. Thanks to Mr. Malfoys humanity, he has successfully saved you. I will also award Gryffindor five points because of Ms. Granger's 'cool use of intellect' if I may quote Albus. Well, you will find clues of what you are to do along the way. Here good luck.
"Are just gonna stand there or are you coming with? " smirking she left him there, opening and closing his mouth, looking ridiculously like a fish.
A/N: Okay so i know this chapter is a little boring, i apologize! I was trying fix something on my blog! But anyways, i think i just found a beta! Thank you so much: yourxenium! Shoutout to that anon who revied my 'Finally' fic. I know right? I'm so sorry, haha i created that when it was 12:04 AM i think. I deleted it so please enjoy this chapter! Trying as hard as i can to update EVERYDAY. So please Review! They're my only inspiration :)
