Fights and Love Potions
For the next several days, Hermione decided to avoid Draco Malfoy altogether. That is, at least until she has figured out her odd feelings and dreams about him. After all, there could be no absolute logical reason as to why she, Hermione Jean Granger, would have any kind of feelings towards Malfoy that didn't involve hatred, or at the least, a bit of loathing. She sighed as she got out of her bed on a lovely Friday morning. It was nearly the weekend, which she was a bit thankful for, but it was also a day where she would be seeing a lot of a certain slytherin blonde. Not only because she had potions, but she also had a meeting with the prefects and headmistress which meant that Draco also had to mandatorily be there.
She quickly showered, got dressed, and headed for the Great Hall. She was smiling as the day was looking beautiful and full of warm sunshine. As she entered the hall she could just make out a smiling Ginny, a flirting Blaise, a jealous Harry, and a very protective Ron. She sighed and grabbed an apple off the table before heading out to the quidditch field. Why the quidditch field? It was a place she could sit and read while out under the fabulous sun. She sighed softly, smiling as she walked outside in the sun. The temperature was perfect. Very warm with a slight breeze to cool you off if you got too hot. She smiled as she entered the field. It wasn't until she was already getting into the stands that she noticed there was a team practicing. She ignored the team and started to read her book, pulling her head into a loose ponytail. She smiled as she continued reading her newest literature book for muggle studies. A bittersweet story of two star crossed lovers.
"Oy, Granger! What the hell are you doing here," asked Draco.
Her head shot up, and she blushed red as she saw Malfoy dismount his broom and walk towards her. She would never have thought the slytherins would ever be playing at this hour. They're more of a steal the field during the afternoon kind of people. She stood up quickly.
"Sorry! I didn't know you guys were practicing," she said as she started to leave.
"What's the hurry, Granger," asked Malfoy before dropping his voice, "After all, we are supposed to be lovers."
She bit her lip as she had forgotten about her deal with Ginny. "Oh right, um well then…"
Draco grinned and decided to help her out.
"Why I'd love to go to breakfast with you, love! Let me shower real quick," he said loudly as he winked at her and headed to his locker room.
Hermione took a deep breath as she realized she was practically stuck to the bleacher until Malfoy came back. She dug out her book once again and started to read. No point in wasting good reading time, she thought. She was soon interrupted by a figure shadowing her sunlight. She looked up to find a snarling Pansy.
"Stupid little mudblood," growled Pansy, "Draco should never be with trash like you!"
Hermione's eyes went wide in anger. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me bitch," said Pansy loudly enough to attract attention from the players, "you're nothing but mudblood trash and you shouldn't even be allowed near pure bloods such as us!"
For some reason, Hermione snapped. She was sick of blood statuses being so damn important! She had already been tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange and she had damn near vowed that she would never allow another person to call her a mudblood again. She had took enough crap from these slytherins and she was about to show them just how sick of it she was. . .
By punching Pansy right in the nose. Pansy screamed as the blood started to drip from her nose.
"You….You...MUDBLOOD," Pansy screamed before tackling Hermione. Hermione groaned and punched Pansy in the stomach. The two were throwing many fists as they rolled around before finally Hermione put Pansy in a head lock, cutting off her oxygen. She smiled as Pansy started to lose consciousness before. . .
"Hermione," Draco yelled before running to her and attempting to pry her off of Pansy. He got behind Hermione and tried to pull her arm off from Pansy's neck. At first, Hermione tightened her grip before Draco whispered, "Let go, love."
She trembled, slightly ashamed, before letting go of Pansy. Pansy gasped hard for breath, coughing. Two slytherin first years dragged Pansy to the nurse. Hermione huffed angrily before turning and grabbing her things just as she fled the scene and ran towards the castle. Draco quickly ran after her, wondering exactly where she'd go, before he saw a flash of her hair near a large oak tree. He ran up to her, her back to him, just before she whipped around. Her eyes were pink and there were tears down her cheeks.
Draco never knew what came over him, but he hugged Hermione hard, wrapping his arms around her back tightly. She sobbed hard into his arms, her hands clutching onto his robes as she dug her head into the crook of his neck. He shushed her and rocked her slightly under the tree's shade. She felt so safe in his arms and breathed in deep his scent of having just showered. She sniffled as she attempted to mutter an apology.
"Nonsense. I know Pansy and, if anything, she probably deserved it," said Draco calmly. She chuckled and smiled a bit. Draco smiled as he felt her lips curve up a bit against his shoulder.
"I. . .don't know what came over me," Hermione explained, "I just. . .snapped. And it's not like I've never been called mudblood before."
Draco twisted his nose in distaste and nodded. "Hmm. . .Interesting. Anyway, you better head to the commons room before class starts."
Hermione pulled away and looked up at him. "Why? Because of Pansy," asked Hermione.
Draco chuckled and shook his head. "No because you've got a black eye, love," explained Draco as he, light as feather, outlined her bruised eye," And if you cover it properly I'm sure McGonagall will never convict you, the smartest witch of our time and a war time hero, of such a childish thing as fighting."
Hermione smiled and nodded before she looked down and started to head to the portrait. She stepped into the commons room and quickly went to her bedroom bathroom. She gasped softly as she saw her eye. It was quite the spot and hurt a bit when she blinked. She sighed loudly and started to work her concealing magic. Soon she was back to normal and rushing to her first class period.
"No matter how many times I do it," said Hermione, "I don't think I'll ever get used to you going to the same classes and such as me."
Ginny giggled. "Welcome to my world! I feel like I hardly know you after," she paused and dropped her voice to a whisper, "after having heard you got into a fight. What happened?"
"I'll explain later, " said Hermione as the girls walked into the potions class. Ginny nodded, understanding, the room was full of slytherins and gryffindors alike.
The teacher was a temporary potions teacher and was very monotonous, even to one as smart as Hermione. That is, until the teacher decided to do something different.
"So a little owl told me," he said to the class, "that slytherins and gryffindors have quite the rivalry, even leading to fights."
Hermione blushed pink and looked down as the teacher eyed her.
"This being said, I've decided to try to mend this little bump in the road for future generations," the professor explained, "therefore, from now on, each person must be paired with someone of the opposite house."
The class gasped loudly, some shocked some scoffed. All thought that the teacher had lost his brain and gone completely mad! We're talking about Gryffindors AND Slytherins for Merlin's sake! The houses had practically been enemies since the very beginning. Seeing that nobody had moved or even breathed really, the professor put on a stern face.
"Move it," he said loudly, "now!"
There were quite a few groans before the kids started to, very awkwardly, team up. Hermione breathed in deeply and eyed up Pansy, hoping to make amends, before Draco popped up with a grin.
"Well hello there, partner," he said grinning wide.
She giggled. She couldn't help it he looked so. . .cute! Hermione groaned inwardly. What have I gotten myself into!
"Well hello," she said politely.
"I am definitely going to ace potions now," Draco said, still grinning like a cheshire cat.
Blaise laughed from behind them. He was paired with Ginny and was staring at her "lovingly". "I think I'm going to fail potions," said Blaise, "I'll be too busy looking at the beautiful goddess in front of me."
Ginny blushed red and Blaise winked at her, making her giggle. "You are just too sweet," said Ginny with a smile.
After all of the class had been paired together, the professor began assigning each set of partners a different kind of potion. Hermione was grinning, knowing that she was well prepared for anything! Whether it be the felix felicis or even the draught of living death. The professor smiled politely and gave Hermione the sheet of paper stating her and Draco's potion. Her smile dropped as she read 'amortentia'. Curse that evil half bald man, said Hermione to herself as she glared at the temporary professor.
"So, what'd we get," asked a curious Draco as he saw Hermione glare at the professor.
Hermione turned and took a deep breath. "Amortentia."
Draco laughed and let out a sigh of relief. "Thank Merlin! I thought it was going to have to be something insanely hard," he chuckled, "what with the way you glared at the professor and all."
Hermione smiled a bit and shook her head before starting to grab their cauldron as Draco gathered the ingredients. Hermione started to peel the rose thorns off of a rose as Draco added peppermint and powdered moonstone to the brewing cauldron. Hermione tossed in the thorns and swirled the mixture.
"Very good Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger," said the professor, walking around.
Hermione smiled before turning to see how Ginny and Blaise were doing. She frowned a bit, as they were given felix felicis and were struggling with it. Mostly because they were joking with each other but they were doing it right and that's what counted to Hermione. She sighed softly as she turned to the cauldron as it turned colors before settling on a mother of pearl color. She grinned.
"Done," said Hermione with a smile.
Draco turned from the cauldron to her. "How do you know? You haven't quite smelled it, yet."
She nodded but looked hesitantly at the potion. Draco grinned.
"If you're so scared as to what it might do, I'll sniff it too," said a laughing Draco.
Hermione smiled and nodded. "Okay."
Both of them got on opposite sides of the cauldron and nodded before getting their noses closer to the brew and inhaled deeply. Hermione smiled as she smelled freshly mowed grass and new parchment. She inhaled again, breathing a heavy scent that was spiced and tickled her nose a bit. Her eyebrows pulled together as she tried to identify the scent but it changed once again. It smelled of a fresh shower and soap. She gasped. No, it smells like Malfoy's fresh shower and soap. She gulped and pulled away from the cauldron slowly.
Draco smelled the wonderful smell of the quidditch field, apple crumble, and something else. He couldn't quite put his finger on it. It smelled like candy, like something from honey dukes maybe, but it also smelled kind of floral. He wrinkled his nose before pulling away. "Hmm. . .nice. It definitely works," said a puzzled Draco.
Hermione nodded and quickly poured the brew into a small flask, labeled it with the correct name and theirs, and placed it on the professors table before the professor dismissed class. She grinned and packed her bag, just about to leave before being yanked on the arm to see a grinning Ginny.
"Have I told you how much I love you," said Ginny laughing.
Hermione nodded. "You want details. C'mon, I'll explain in my commons room before my meeting."
Draco sighed and scratched her head as he stood.
"Have fun, mate," asked Blaise.
Draco chuckled and nodded. "And you?"
Blaise sighed. "I honestly had a lot of fun. Odd isn't it? How we used to hate girls like that?"
Draco nodded as the boys started to go to Blaise's commons room. He turned a bit to see Hermione and Ginny giggling. Odd indeed, he thought to himself.
The End.
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–Moon Lite Kiss