"Ugh… where am I?" Hermione muttered to herself as she rolled over on the uncomfortable bed on her stomach. She opened her eyes and saw red. It was soft but not comfortable to sleep on. She rolled over again, closing her eyes tightly as they met with the bouncing light in the room. She groaned again before sitting up and rubbing her eyes.
"Harry, Hermione is still not back" Ginny ran down the stairs from her dormitory. Hermione looked around and saw Harry lying asleep on the couch before noticing that she was sitting on the floor. She must have fallen asleep along with Harry. She couldn't remember anything that happened last night.
"Good morning Gin" she whispered before stretching and standing up. But Ginny didn't reply, she rushed to Harry and shook him.
"Harry, wake up! This is important"
"What is important Ginny?" Hermione asked as she walked to her friend.
"Ginny" Harry moaned as he opened his eyes. He pulled her closure to him and held her tightly before kissing her cheek. Hermione coughed but it met deaf ears.
"What's up with you two today?" Hermione muttered. Harry moved to kiss his girlfriend on her lips, succeeding as well until she moaned.
"Harry… Hermione… Malfoy…" she moaned as she tried to pull off half-heartedly. Suddenly Hermione's eyes widened.
Malfoy… I was with Malfoy last night! We were searching the potion and… the bottle broke. The potion, the Caecus potion, the invisibility potion! How could she forget about it? And the silencing charm… shit!
Hermione ran to the door, opened it without anyone noticing and running out to the library, the only place she could think of to get any help. Since she could touch things – opening the portrait hole proved that much – she might as well read some more books on the curse. When she reached the restricted section she quickly took out every book she could reach and searched up the potion feverishly.
"There must be something.
There should be a way.
It just can't be irreversible
There must be something at least.
I would do anything, anything at all if you come in front of me, dear solution.
Please come in front of me. I beg you"
"You are going insane Granger" she heard someone drawl. Her eyes widened. Someone had heard her prayer. She jolted up and hugged the figure she though resembled a human without looking at them properly.
"You can see me!" she squealed. Malfoy stood there frozen as she hugged the air out of him.
"Granger…" he started to ask her to leave her hold of him but was interrupted when she supposedly kissed his cheek.
"You can see me! It means the curse has broken!" she hugged him yet again, having no intention to leave hold of him.
"Curse…?" he question. He stood still, not touching her at will. It's her problem if she was hugging him. He didn't want to be told that he was taking advantage of her. He was sure she would say something like that.
"Yes, a curse! An albino monster caused it you know! He broke the bottle of the Caecus potion and no one was able to see me! But it seems everyone can see me! I was so stupid! Of course it must have some time…" she suddenly stopped talking and Malfoy felt a weight dragging him down. He quickly caught her but couldn't keep her from falling down but saved himself. She was sitting on the floor hugging his thighs as he held her by her shoulders with his back bent very slightly. He was on his knees while Hermione's legs were sprawled to one side; her head was resting on his stomach. He pulled a hand away from her shoulder, in reaction loosening his hold on her. She was about to fall sideways but he caught her again. He held her tightly with one hand as he lowered himself into a sitting position and held her against his chest. He lifted her face up with his hand and pressed his other hand on the side of her neck, checking for her pulse. It was drumming. Thank Merlin! She didn't die on him! Imagine the trouble he would have gotten into if he was found here with her. Not like it would happen since they were under the 'curse' he had put on them. He snorted. He didn't know she was this childish. He'll use this against her sometime. Right now he had to wake her up or else they will never find a cure. He knew he could find the cure but she had read more books than he had, not that she was wittier than him, but she knew more about the book world because, he reasoned, she was a nerd and he was a cool person everyone thought was the best. He lay her down on the floor gently and took out his wand.
"Aguamenti" he conjured some water on his palm and dropped a few drops on her face.
She moaned and shut her eyes tighter before opening them and blinking a little.
"Who are you?" she whispered blinking more rapidly. He snorted.
"You have really gone insane, lioness"
"Lioness…" she whispered before sitting up and looking at him clearly. Her eyes widened. He smirked. "Malfoy!" she yelled.
"Low your volume!" he snapped, rubbing his ears. "Geez, what's with girls and screaming?"
She glared at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"The same thing as you, I came here to at least until some brainless dolt hugged and kissed me." His smirk came back full force when her eyes widened and her cheeks and ear turned red.
"T-that was… I… didn't… you…" she cleared her throat. "I… was just worried about… not being seen or heard… but… how can you see or hear me?" she asked. He shrugged.
"How would I know? I just about found out that no one can see us. I thought everyone was just ignoring me…"
"Of course" she muttered under her breath but was heard easily by Malfoy for the room was way too quiet except for their voices of course.
"Excuse me?" he glared at her.
"Never mind" she whispered before standing up and moving towards the books. "I can't find anything of Caecus potion" she groaned.
"Then how did you come to know that it made us invisible?" he asked.
"That book! Shit! I left it in the common room!" she yelled.
"Language, Granger, language. And way to go, now someone else will complete the project before us. I should have known better then to trust a Gryffindor. Always so irresponsible" he groaned as he sat down with his forearms lying on his knees and his legs wide open. She glared at him before sprinting to the common room. How could she be so stupid? Acting like that in front of Malfoy too! Alright she was panicking but to be blind enough to not recognize his albino hair? How utterly idiotic! She jogged up the stairs and reached the portrait. She whispered the password but the portrait didn't open. She cursed under her breath when she realized that no one could hear her. She waited impatiently until she saw Neville come up. It seems she had some company until someone else came up and told the password.
"Hi Neville" she muttered knowing he won't be able to hear her but she greeted him nonetheless.
"Chocolate frog" he whispered and the portrait opened. Hermione gaped at him but recovered quickly, not wanting to wait for an hour. She climbed into the hole and looked for the book. It didn't take her long. It was kept on the table near the couch. She picked the book up and left the common room, not noticing that Neville had noticed the flying book and was looking at the closed portrait hold, frightened to death.
Hermione ran down the stairs and entered the library. She quickly made her way to the Restricted Section and slumped down on the floor. Suddenly she heard the sound of the door opening. She looked up to find Malfoy standing at the door.
"Back already? I thought you were going to take forever finding your lost book" he said before sitting down across her and muttering a spell under his breath. Suddenly some food appeared in front of her. She looked at it surprised and then turned to look at him suspiciously.
"How did you conjure food?" she asked. He scowled.
"Don't worry I didn't use any dark magic! I just used the Disillusionment charm on it so others could not see it and levitated it here. It's already time for breakfast. We may be invisible but we are no ghost" he retorted.
"Right" she muttered before picking up an apple.
"Who said you could eat?" he asked. She rolled her eyes.
"Stop complaining like a child"
"Says the one who said an albino monster cursed her"
"Shut up! I was just panicked alright"
"Didn't look like that to me"
"You are such a fool"
"Says the one who…"
"Oh, cut it!"
"Fine"
"Fine"
"You didn't need to reply"
"Nor did you"
"I can do what I want"
"So can I"
"Shut up already mudblood"
"Don't you have any better and new insults to make?"
"Well I have many but I don't want to taint your innocence"
"Like I'll believe that"
"I didn't expect you to"
"Whatever, ferret"
"Shut up!"
"I won't!"
"You will"
"I won't"
"Then I'll make you!"
"And how do you plan on doing so?"
She saw him pick up his wand which had been forgotten on the ground a while ago. She quickly cast the disarming char and pulled his wand from him. He glared at her. She glared back.
"I can still make you shut up Granger"
"Without magic…? I doubt it. You always take shortcuts Malfoy. For you to not depend on magic is impossible"
"Really?" he cocked an eyebrow. "You think that about me? I am wounded Granger" he mocked her, dramatically putting his hand on his heart. She snorted. "I'll change your opinion though" he moved closure to her. "I will make you shut up" he whispered before attacking her. She screamed when he started tickling her. Suddenly he stopped and pressed him mouth against hers.
Sorry for updating so late. My computer got some virus and then it had some problem with the video card. I just got a new computer, for my old one was going for repairing almost every month! I was not at home either to write when I did get the new computer. Our school had completed 75 years so there was a big function day before yesterday in the evening. I had to go to school even on Sundays for practice. Now that the program is over, my final exams are starting on Tuesday and on Sunday I have some entrance exam for some couching classes I will be attending (Wish me luck!), so I didn't really get the time. I am sorry.
Anyway,
Thank you blacsoleil, irishwerewolf, .lee, abbergabbergirl, Brandie H, Chiaro Di Luna E Una Cosa Peri, KitsukeHikari, KrazyKanook, loukritia, Poliahu2496, and for favorites or alerts or both.
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A Pirate By Any Other Name: Thank you. That's good then haha. Well it is kind of irreversible. They can't do anything about it… but they'll turn back to normal of course, don't worry. Yes of course, otherwise there won't be any use of this story, right? Well I could still have them not be able to see each other but that would be no fun and would not match the calculations I made with the potion.
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