A/N: Hello great people of the world! I'm back! Again!
I was so excited! In around 3 hours, I finished my goal. You. People. Rock.
Anyway, I was really happy to see your guesses on what it was.
Unfortunately, almost all of them were centaur, but I'm sorry, it's not...
There was one person that guessed correctly. Eva Grace Malone, you are psychic :)
I suppose it's partially my fault, for not giving you more of a hint to what it was. My BFFL, books13 pointed out that these aren't usually in the Forbidden Forest, so I suppose it's my fault...
CREDIT TO ALL WHO GUESSED OR REVIEWED! YOU GUYS MADE MY DAY!
Good guess! Thanks to all of you who tried :)
Anyway, the only other person who got it was books13, who cheated, because I was talking to her about the plot, so it doesn't count. :) sorry, Fran.
Anyway, here you go! Find out what it is!
Draco POV
The huge creature came forth another step. It's skin was red. Pure red.
I knew where I had seen it before. In my 4th year. Potter's intense battle.
A Hungarian Horntail.
It dashed towards us and spewed a huge flame. Hermione screamed, and I pulled her to safety.
"What is it doing here? They don't even live in the Forbidden Forest!" exclaimed Hermione.
"I don't know. But right now, that's not important." I replied. I pulled out my wand. She pulled hers out.
"What spell?" she asked.
"And they call you the smartest witch of our time." I said, sarcastically.
"This is NOT the time for this. WHAT SPELL?" she screamed.
"The Stunning Spell, I suppose. It might work if we both do it at once!" I yelled.
She nodded. We both stepped out, and yelled "Stupify!"
Hermione POV
I was extremely frightened. I had faced worse situations than this, but this time, I felt the most alone.
On Draco's signal, we both jumped out from behind the tree and yelled "Stupify!"
A bright ray of shot out from the tip of my wand, and it worked effectively. The dragon was on the ground, shrieking.
I smiled.
"Good job!" he called. Suddenly, he was hit with a ray of light, and he flew back and fell to the ground.
"DRACO!" I yelled. I ran to where he had fallen.
Deep cuts ran along his whole body, especially his chest. Blood was seeping through his white shirt. His eyes were closed, but he was in apparent pain.
"HERMIONE?" shouted voices.
"OVER HERE!" I cried, ripping Draco's shirt off to try to help him and stop the bleeding, but I really didn't know what to do.
Tears began filling my eyes.
"Hermione?" Harry's voice.
"I'm over here!" I yelled. "And hurry! Draco's hurt!"
A flock of people finally appeared in the mist. Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, Hagrid, Harry, Ron, and Ginny were all sprinting towards us.
"Are you alright?" called Professor McGonagall.
"Yes, but we were attacked!" I said.
They all finally reached us, and their eyes grew wide at the sight of the dragon laying behind us, and again at Draco.
"I told you there was a dragon!" said Ron.
"What happened?" ordered Professor Snape. "Was he attacked by the dragon?"
I shook my head. "We stunned it, but then a ray of light came, and this happened!" I cried.
Everyone stared at Ron, and I saw confused.
"Oh..." he said. "I cast that to try to hit the dragon. I guess my aim was bad." said Ron sheepishly.
"I told you!" cried Ginny, slapping him.
Professor Snape's eyes widened. "He was hit by Sectumsempra?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Very well." Snape crouched down and pulled out his wand.
"Vulnera Sanentur." he muttered. The blood stopped it's flow.
He muttered it a second time, and the wounds began closing up.
The last time made him look almost healed, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"I will take care of the Horntail." said Snape. "Take Malfoy to the hospital wing. Give Weasley a detention."
Ron just looked shocked, but Ginny almost smirked.
Professor McGonagall nodded. "Of course, Severus. Mobulus!" She charmed Draco's body to move with us, and we headed back to Hogwarts.
Once we got back the the school, Draco went straight to the hospital wing.
It wasn't for another 3 hours or so until Draco regained consciousness. I was the first to see him.
"Draco?" I asked quietly.
He groaned, and his eyes fluttered open. "Oh. It's you." he replied.
"You idiot! You got hit with the Sectumsempra curse again! Will you ever learn?" I asked.
"Probably not." he said. He tried to sit up, but he winced. "So who hit me?" he asked.
"Um, Ron. But in his defense, he was aiming for the dragon." I said.
He chuckled. "The bastard has horrible aim then."
Suddenly the door flew open, and Ron was shoved inside.
"No! I don't wan-oh. Hello, Malfoy. Hermione." said Ron, turning as red as his hair.
"Hello Weasley. If you must know, my chest hurts like hell." said Draco.
Ron mumbled something. I couldn't hear it, but Draco's face smoothened once he did.
"I'm sorry, what?" he asked Ron.
Ron mumbled again, his face getting redder than I had thought possible.
"One more time?" asked Draco, smirking. He was messing with Ron.
"I'm sorry." he said, this time loud enough.
"Oh, well alright." said Draco, as leaned back, smirking.
I spent the rest of the day with Draco, making sure he was ok. For some reason, I was really worried about him.
Finally I caught up with Ginny. "Tough day, huh?" she asked.
I nodded. "I need to take a million hour nap." I said, yawning.
"Well, you can't. You can't miss what's going on in 3 days." said Ginny.
I stared at her. "What?" I asked.
"Why, Valentine's Day, or course!"
Oh.
A/N: Did you all like this chapter? I had fun writing it :)
Hehe, Valentine's Day. What will happen?
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