Chapter 10
A/N Sorry, I know I said I would update sooner but I've been busy . Here it is :) Please review!
Disclaimer: I only own the plot and a few characters.
After a tedious five minute walk, we finally arrived at the towering tree, which was currently swaying softly in the breeze. At the current moment it didn't look troublesome or dangerous, it looked peaceful and charming. What a lie. As we got closer I realised there was a white line circling around the tree. That must be marking its branches range. I planned on staying well behind that line. Hagrid came to a stop and, concentrating on my thought's I didn't realise, I crashed into Cormac's back. I gasped.
"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention," I whispered as he turned around and gave me an amused smile.
"Hermione Granger not paying attention. That's got to be a first." He said, chuckling, which earned him a light smack on the arm. I realised that everyone had clustered behind Hagrid, using him as protection from the tree; as if Hagrid would stop its strong branches from knocking them off of their feet. I laughed and earned a few strange glances from people around me. Deciding to be brave I escaped from the huddle and stood to the side, in plain view of the tree. Hagrid looked at me and smiled.
"That's right, spread out. Yer all need a good view of her." He said. I rolled my eyes, of course it was a her. The class did spread out a little but still stayed in a slight huddle. I sighed and made my way to the front, standing just beyond the white line.
"That's it. Stay behind the white line, as long as yer stay behind it, the tree can't reach yer. I'd go a bit further back, if I were you Hermione." Hagrid said. I shrugged.
"I'm okay where I am." I said. Hagrid smiled and turned toward the whomping willow as Cormac came up and stood beside me. As Hagrid started talking, my gaze drifted over to Lavender, who was stood to my left, staring up at the tree in wonder. Subconsciously, she was walking slowly towards it. Everything went into slow motion. I saw the biggest branch start to swing towards her.
"Lavender!" I shouted, but she didn't hear me so I leaped forward and pushed her back behind the line; also putting myself in the path of the branch. I gasped and braced myself for the impact. Just as the branch was about to hit me, Cormac came out of nowhere and pushed me hard. Making us fall and end up lying on the ground. The branch went over our body's but another smaller yet still strong branch was already coming at us from above. I pushed Cormac over and rolled over myself so it landed in between us. I scrambled to my knees, looking around anxiously for the next branch to attack. I managed to pull Cormac to his knees when suddenly a small branch whipped towards us with the speed of a nimbus 2000. I screamed and pushed Cormac towards the white line but it was too late to save myself. The branch hit my stomach, sending my flying backwards and making my legs bend at an impossible angle. I hit the ground and the last thing I heard before blacking out was Lavender's annoying high pitched scream.
A/N Sorry this one was really short . I swear I'll update tomorrow though :) Please review!
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