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Fanfic Death Total in 9th chapter: 1
IN all: 5+unknown number
Rating: R
Cheerleading practice.
(A/N: This is a mystery and will stay R as long as I can keep it form-turning NC-17.)
In this chapter:
Deaths: 1 Voice 3
Unknown People: 2
I will give you a hint: Voice 1: Pansy
Voice 4:Nott
Pain: arm rubbing and shifting, knife wound
Song interrupts: 0 no more song
Disasters: 0
Screams: 0
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The Slythern girls practiced cheerleading when, "Girls, Miss Granger is going to be joining you for your first practice."
Pansy, "No really?"
"Really, it is part of the her punishment."
Pansy, "ON us or on her," a couple of girls laughed.
"Dumbledore, says that she has to do this."
Pansy, "Alright, but she better keep up."
Hermione, "Does this look alright," she asked the teacher.
"You look just fine,"
Hermione, "If you say so," she was still not convinced.
"Now just watch first, than we can go over the cheer with you."
Hermione, "Alright, I thought this was our first practice." She looked at the other girls doing their cheers almost perfectly.
"I sent a tape and diagrams to all the cheerleaders, over the summer."
Pansy, " You do not even have a chance as to keep up with me."
Hermione, "I have no chose, but to keep up with you." She hoped there was a place where she could hide away from the embarrassment of being upstaged by Pansy.
Patsy, "Do not make us look bad."
Hermione received diagrams of the cheers and watched the girls. "And I will be doing?" Pansy looked as if she could not help but reply.
Pansy, "That is yet to be determined. Your skills must be tested first. You could end up doing floor exercises, flips, catches or I don't know. Just practice, the diagrams are in that book. I do not want to look bad."
Hermione, "ok," She looked in the book, 'First practice and work on the diagrams in this book.' She looked at them and then looked at the girls who were doing that. Stretching before she tried any of diagrams. Glancing at the other girls. In the diagram a girl looked as if she had been throw up in the air and now doing the splits. Looking up again. No one was trying this one at the moment. She looked at another diagram that looked as if the girl might just fall over any minute. Could she get away with doing just round offs? She knew how to do them round offs. Flipping through the index. 'Yes' she said to herself. 'It is here'. Looking at the diagram to make sure. The book is very heavy. "I think, I know this one" She pointed out to the teacher.
"Let's see."
Hermione did a one handed round off. "Ok"
"Let's stop messing around now. We work as a team."
Slythernin's cheat as a team. Hermione wanted to remark. Hermione looking at every page as fast as her eyes could read searched for anything she knew.
She marked those with small stickers.
"Hermione you are up. Show us what you got and smile."
Hermione trying desperately to remember anything that would be of use that she had seen in that manual while smiling and cheering. The instructor then called out some moves for her to do. The one with the most Slytherin Spirit and ability would be Captain. All Hermione could think about is how she wished; she could transfer to a school that did not require her to be a cheerleader.
As the session went on, Hermione practiced with the other girls. Pansy yelled at her to keep her movements more crisp and definite.
Pansy, "Watch me again, Hermione," Pansy looked as if she was going to strange Hermione. Pansy did the move and looked at Hermione for any sign of clarity.
Hermione, "Like this,"
Pansy, "Smile a pit more and you have it." Pansy tried all summer to get the cheers perfect. Hermione needed some help. If Pansy was going to be captain, that meant sucking up big time.
"Pansy you're stance and smile is perfect. I am sure that Hermione likes all the extra help you have been giving her." She is such a sweet girl. Captain material.
Pansy, "Everyone has to do their part." Seeing that Hermione sort of knew some of the moves she decided continue with the practice.
"I am going to give you a half an hour more to figure out this cheer." The cheerleaders practiced for another half an hour. Hermione stayed on the floor cheering as the others did more difficult flips and jumps.
These cheerleaders had to have met all summer.
After cheerleading Hermione met up with Draco.
Draco, "Have fun?"
Hermione, " These cheerleaders had to have met all summer." I am never going to catch up with them.
Draco, "That is because they have."
Hermione, "I am just so tired."
Draco, "Who is captain?"
Hermione, "That is not posed, yet. But Pansy is the best on the team."
Draco, "Oh and you know this to be true?'
Hermione, "She is having me practice with her every morning, Draco I am so sore. I think she doing this to torcher me."
Draco, "She is actually helping you out?"
Hermione, "I saw that look in her eye, it was the kind of look I get want something really badly. I think she wants to be Captain so badly that she will even help me, to do so."
Draco, "Think she is the one who painted the walls in blood?"
Hermione, "No, I observed her, she is so neat and orderly." It has to be the work of someone more contemporary artist.
Draco, "She is very organized."
Hermione, "I would suspect her of murder before I would defacing this building." How would she have time to kill anyone?
Draco, "Know if she is a…"
Hermione, "We have arm bands on, that have the crest on them, so I have no idea." Oh, she could be trying to kill me.
Draco, "We will find out, soon enough."
Hermione, "It would be a pity to attack someone on our side." A real shame. Smiles.
Draco, "You might be the main target of an attack, before this weeks over."
Hermione, "I know that is why I want to investigate. No one can know what I am going to do."
Draco, "Do you have something planned?"
Hermione, "Sh ... it is a surprise."
Draco, "Can I help?"
Hermione, "don't you have plans of your own?"
Draco, "I have to stay with you."
Hermione, "Just four more days."
Draco, "If you can live thought it."
Hermione, "Me, I am too smart for any little thing that those people have to throw at me." I should watch my step.
Harry appears.
Hermione,"I am so sorry," Then he hugs Hermione.
Hermione, "Hugging is not good." Looks up at him.
Harry, "I have talked it over with Ron, you can sleep in his bed, they will not find you."
Hermione, "Find me? Harry, do not get hysterical." He really does care. That is so sweet.
Harry, "You're roommate is dead. I also fear that Lavender is dead, too." There is fear in those eyes.
Hermione, "Are there any suspects? I am not going to sleep in Ron's bed." I could not hide if I wanted to do so, they will find me.
Harry, "I have overheard Dumbledore and he said (looks at Draco)"
Draco, "I can not leave her side. I would have to be away from her."
Harry "You could have done it, Malfoy."
Hermione, "Go on with it…" Draco was with me the whole time.
Harry, Whispers," you switched teams."
Hermione, "I nearly forgot," She walks to Dumbledore's office with Draco.
Draco, "I am here with you," They touch hands energy flows though them.
They go into Dumbledore's office for her to be resorted.
***Meanwhile. *********
Voice 1 "I have no use for you anymore, Colin."
Colin, "Do not be mad with me."
Voice 1 "Mad, is that what you think?"
Colin, "Yes, just put the knife down."
Voice 1, "You were late. We could have been caught. Now, Hermione is still alive. I though, I told you to …" A student walks in and pushes Colin on Voice 1's knife.
Voice 4, "All better."
Voice 1, "How did you get in here?" Pulls the bloody knife out of Colin who is now on the floor in pain.
Voice 4, "Just put the knife down and we will talk." Kicks Colin.
Voice 1, "Stay away from me," Backs up.
Voice 4, "No, from now on I will keep a very close eye on you." Takes out his own knife, leans over and cuts open Colin's chest while he is still alive. Then cuts Colin's heart out of his body. Colin is now dead.
Voice 1 "*Screams* I was going to kill him."
Voice 4, "I just wanted a bite to eat. Care to join me?" Still holding the heart.
Voice 1,"NO, you go right ahead." Then Voice 1 cleans off the knife with scarf, puts the knife in a bag, and leaves in a huff.
*********To be continued***********