Chapter 4
Transfiguration and Charms passed in a blur for Hermione; she was infuriated for getting a detention when the potion blowing up wasn't actually her fault. After all it wasn't possible to miscalculate two feathers, especially when they only had two feathers on their table. Ron must have screwed something up, he always did. But then again.........Malfoy! The arse must have added something while she wasn't looking, he was laughing too much at the end for him not to have done something. Oh hell, there was a storm coming! Her hands twitched to wrap themselves round his neck and strangle him. Meanwhile, Professor Flitwick was squeaking instructions to the class in the background and setting homework. Hermione's subconscious made a note of the homework, but she didn't give it further thought, she just wanted to go to her detention and kill Malfoy.
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Draco was still finding it hard to control his laughter during third lesson, he couldn't get Hermione's look of anger out of his mind; it was too funny. While the detention annoyed him, it was a mild inconvenience to the amusement that the cause brought about. His mouth was aching now from the continuous smiling.
Everyone was told to pack away. Draco quickly gathered his text books and ran out of the class, now realising how fun it would be to serve detention with Hermione. Walking quickly, he slipped on a puddle outside the girls lavatories and skidded along the floor, landing perfectly on the other side. It made him laugh even more. He jumped down the last few steps of the Dungeon stairs, composed himself as best as he could and knocked on the Potions door.
"Enter," called Snape from inside.
Draco pushed the door open and stepped inside. His eyes adjusted to the dim light and he surveyed the room, he could see that Hermione wasn't there yet. Just as the thought entered his head, the door opened again and Hermione walked in.
"Hi, Granger." Draco smiled.
She closed the door and fixed him with a steely glare.
"Professor, are we setting up to make the serum again?"
"Yes Miss Granger, you will be working with Mr Malfoy to create a perfect potion this time. You have until the end of lunch, get started," instructed Snape.
"Yes Sir," replied Hermione.
She set about gathering the ingredients once more. Draco decided he should probably start doing something as well. He got his notes out and set out the equipment they would need. Hermione placed all the ingredients on the desk by the cauldron and started looking at her own notes. Draco looked from his notes to hers and back again, shrugged, and grabbed the Nux Myristica. Crushing and pulping it, he tipped it in the cauldron and gestured for Hermione to do the next part.
She silently took the beetle eye and crushed it as viciously as she could, taking her anger out on the eye instead of Malfoy. She would've taken it out on Malfoy if Snape hadn't been there as well. She clenched her teeth hard, trying to stop an outcry from being set free. Draco took care of the Ashwinder Eggs and added them. He could see Hermione beginning to reach bursting point. Maybe she'd figured it out, or maybe she was just angry with having to serve detention with him; he hoped it was the latter. But then again, it was fun to get Hermione fired up. But that's only if she didn't punch him in the face.....Year 3, damn that hurt.
Bringing himself back to the task at hand, he carefully added seven drops of Moondew. Suddenly, Hermione's anger could not be hidden any longer.
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU RUIN MY POTION!?" she yelled angrily. It made both Snape and Draco jump. The phial of Moondew flew through the air and almost fell into the cauldron, but Draco quickly caught it and put it safely onto the table. However, a couple of bottles of potions had tipped and spilt on Snape's desk, making the work he was marking go orange, grey and soggy.
"Phew," Draco thought, he didn't want another explosion or Hermione would actually kill him. "I don't know what you mean."
"OF COURSE YOU BLOODY WELL KNOW WHAT I MEAN! YOU PUT AN EXTRA INGREDIENT IN MY CAULDRON WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING!"
"Miss Granger! I'm sure Draco did not put anything in your cauldron, and you would do well to control the volume of your voice!" Snape snapped.
This time, she turned a full glare at Snape; she didn't care about what would happen.
"Of course not Professor, an extra feather just flew into my cauldron accidently!" she fired sarcastically.
"Fifty points from Gryffindor and a detention tomorrow lunch Miss Granger, now if you would continue your potion."
Draco smirked as he watched her turn her furious eyes to the Silverweed. She lifted her blade high and slammed it down on the stem with a massive bang. Throwing the cutting into the cauldron, she had an idea. She turned herself away from Malfoy briefly, pricked her finger with the blade and held it over the cauldron. The drop of blood grew larger and larger. Draco's eyes widened,Hermione's one different ingredient, the brewer, or in this case the brewers, would disappear.
"NO!" he yelled, shooting his hand out and grabbing Hermione's wrist. But it was too late, the shock on her arm made the blood drip. The rest followed in slow motion, the scarlet droplet fell towards the cauldron and made a tiny splash. Red smoke snaked around Hermione's and Draco's arm. It covered both in thick smog and they started melting, slowly disappearing, and the light disintegrating. Yet again, Snape was left alone in the room. He rolled his eyes and returned to his soggy paperwork.