Once again Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked outside. But this time, there was a cold feeling in the air. Like everything around the trio was silent. All they could hear was the Executioner, the one hired to kill Buckbeak, sharpening his long blade. The three looked at him with slight terror in their eyes, and they slowly made their way around him. He looked up and smiled evilly, showing very yellow teeth. Hermione looked away disgusted and they walked onto the bridge.

When they made it to the end, Hermione said, "I can't believe they're gonna kill Buckbeak. It's just too horrible." They stepped out and Ron sighed.

"It just got worse." Harry and Hermione looked down to where Ron was talking about. Three separate, large stone walls stood lined up, and right next to the middle one were Crabbe, Goyle, and Draco. They were mumbling and laughing about something, and Hermione's eyes widened when she noticed that Draco was holding a pair of binoculars.

"What did I tell you? Father said I can keep the hippogriff's head. I think I might donate it to the Gryffindor's common room." Crabbe laughed at this and Draco smirked.

She had to strain her ears to hear, but she caught every word of what they were saying. Hermione then realized something. The whole reason Buckbeak was being killed…was because of Draco! He was the one who didn't listen to Hagrid and just waltzed right up to the creature. He was the one who cried to his mother, who told his father, who told the Ministry. And he was the reason for Buckbeak's death!

Suddenly, after hearing Draco's words and her realization, she felt a surge of anger rush through her. Love or not, she was furious at Draco. And she wanted him to pay for what he did. The next thing she knew, she was stomping down the hill with fire in her eyes.

"Hey, look who's here." Crabbe said, getting Draco's attention. He looked up, his eyes lighting up at the sight of his girlfriend. But she was definitely not in the mood to be cute right now.

"Ah, come to see the show!" He said as he took a step towards her. But she kept coming closer, anger clear on her face.

"You. You foul, loathsome, evil, little cockroach!" she yelled as she took out her wand. She pointed it at him, making him back up to the wall. He closed his eyes and whimpered in fear, knowing that Hermione was clever enough to do some real damage.

She stared him down when Ron called out, "Hermione, no! He's not worth it!" She kept glaring at him, and he looked completely terrified. Then, slowly, she lowered her wand. He opened his eyes and looked down, seeing that he was safe. Hermione backed up and he straightened out his jacket, chuckling nervously with his cronies.

Then, all of a sudden, Hermione turned and faced him again. He didn't know what she was doing…until her fist collided with his nose. He fell to the ground, Crabbe and Goyle helping him up. They ran, Draco looking back at Hermione with fear and shock.

"Not a word to anyone, understood? I'm gonna get that jumped up mudblood, mark my words." These words stung Hermione a little, but she felt pretty good. He well deserved a broken nose, and Madam Pomfrey could fix it up quickly.

She turned back towards Harry and Ron, who were looking at her in awe. "That felt good."

"Not good, brilliant!" Ron said, smiling. She smirked and they then made their way down to Hagrid's.

Meanwhile back at the castle, Draco and his cronies ran to the hospital wing. And just like Hermione predicted, Madam Pomfrey fixed it with one single spell. It stopped bleeding and Draco could finally breath through it again.

"Are you okay?" Goyle asked, looking at his now bruised nose.

"I'm fine!" Draco snapped. "Just, leave me alone!" He was definitely irritable, so Crabbe and Goyle walked out of the hospital muttering to each other. Then all of a sudden, Pansy came running in. Draco took one look at her and groaned.

"Draco! I can't believe this happened!" She cried, trying to touch his nose. It hurt like Hell and he pushed her off.

"Ow!" he exclaimed. After lightly rubbing his nose, he looked at her. "How did you even find out? It only happened five minutes ago!"

Pansy looked down at her hands. "Well, I was kind of watching." Draco scoffed, and she looked back up at him. "Don't worry Draco! I'm going to rip every bushy hair off of that mudblood's head, I guarantee it!"

Draco looked at her with wide eyes. "No you won't!" Pansy gave him a confused look, and he quickly said, "You're not my girlfriend anymore Pansy. I don't need you doing anything for me."

Her face softened and she came closer. "I know. I just…love you." She said quietly, looking into his eyes. And that's when, for the first time, Draco felt bad for her. She actually loved him, when he didn't feel a thing for her. All of his love was for Hermione, even if she did just punch him in the face.

She smiled shyly and said, "And I know you love me too." She came closer, too close for his comfort. She was about to kiss him when he gently put his hands on her shoulders, pushing her away.

"No, I don't. I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way as you." He said as nicely as he could, looking into her eyes.

"But, Draco. Please. I know I screwed up, but I'm sorry. It was a mistake and if I could take it back, I would."

"But that still wouldn't change anything. I'm madly in love with somebody else." He smiled, thinking about Hermione.

By this time, Pansy's eyes were shining with tears. "Y-you are?" He nodded, and she looked down again. After a moment she faced him again, showing a weak smile. "Of course. That explains a lot." Draco just looked at her. "I'm sorry. I really am. And whoever the girl is, she's really lucky."

"I would say that I'm more of the lucky one." He said, looking off into space. Pansy looked at him, completely heartbroken. But she still tried to smile.

"Goodbye Draco." She said before turning and walking out of the hospital wing, leaving Draco staring after her.

He sat there, thinking before standing up. He walked out of the wing and back to the place where Hermione punched him. He glared at the memory, but suddenly ducked behind one of the walls when he saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione looking down. Apparently they were watching the execution.

But the next part made Draco's heart plummet. As soon as the executioner swung his blade down, Hermione wrapped her arms around Ron's neck and cried into his shoulder. Harry held onto her arm and so did Ron. Draco knew that it should be him down there, comforting her. But instead it was his worst enemy and a Weasley. He scowled before walking back inside. He and Hermione had to talk.

Yay, the punch! Haha XP

Did I do a good job with it? It was such an epic scene in the movie, and I wanted to make it perfect! :)

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