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Skittish Creatures

She kept her promise of course, to the complete surprise of her stalkers.

The first day they were extremely jumpy.

They reminded her off baby goats, jumping every 5 seconds like there was some extreme need for it. It made her antsy, and unlike the baby goats, they weren't cute and tiny harmless things, so she retired early that day lest she break her promise.

Evan had noticed his need to stay in the know that day. People saw him as the quiet inattentive type, but truth was he liked staying back to see the bigger picture. Which was why he was so angered that he couldn't see Hermiones endgame in this.

This not knowing had him on edge, and he took it out on his friends, telling them to keep a closer watch on her, asking them what she was doing etc. They seemed as on edge as him and found his request easy to do, since it kept them slightly more busy.

They all cringed at times when he shifted in her seat at the library, or when they were a step behind her around a corner. The attack they all were expecting seemed to be hanging over them, much like a bucket full of water she used to put over a door.

Lucius was so tense he would have snapped in two had he been a string on a piano. The poor guy ended up having to go to the nurse by the end of the day. He had a nervous breakdown and Narcissa had insisted.

On the second day they kept looking at her funny.

Evan was so calculating, like she was a puzzle to solve, and the answer would come to him if he stared at it long enough. But it seemed that none of the pieces fit together, because every now and then he would frown and shake his head.

Avery looked extremely bored, and kept sending her looks like he wanted her to do something, to prove him right. But she never even arched her eyebrow in response.

Mulciber looked confused, not in a wanting to solve her kind of way like Evan, just plain old idiotic. He kept scratching his head, today she was reminded of a Gorilla watching over her for more reason than just muscles.

Black just kept looking at everyone in the group, wondering why a chick studying warranted so much emotion.

Lucius looked normal for the most part, well if you could ignore the way his left eye twitched in a disturbing way. Apparently his trip to the hospital wing had not helped, as he had to return again that evening.

Narcissa had lingered around Hermione. Amusingly enough there was nothing she could say. Previously she had complained about her incessant hexing, was she supposed to ask her to curse him now so he could calm down? By the pacing behind the nearest bookshelf, Hermione gathered she very much wanted too.

On the third day they kept extra watch on her.

She would swear it was the entire Slytherin house. And a glance behind her shoulder often confirmed that she wasn't paranoid in thinking so.

The inner circle of followers were almost on top of her they were so close to her whatever she did. She ended up spending way too much time in the bathroom because they couldn't follow her into it.

Halfway through the day they started going in after her, even though they all hated Myrtle. So she locked herself in one of the stalls. If they dared follow her in there she would hex them, promise and plans be damned.

On the fourth day she got a letter from her father commanding her brilliant attitude towards the boys. This resulted in them walking on eggshells waiting for the bomb to go off.

Sudden movements had them grasping each other and forming a wall for comfort.

They hunched down, making themselves tiny like mice when she walked towards them.

If she turned around when walking in front of them, they would jump faster than geckos to hug the wall. She was forever caught between laughing at their antics and rolling her eyes.

Even breathing too heavy had them clutching the nearest surface and closing their eyes waiting for the onslaught of hexes they were sure would follow.

On the fifth day only Evan Rosier seemed suspicious. Lucius seemed relieved, and spent most of his time away from the group, sure they could handle whatever she threw at them.

Hermione suspected part of the reason he left had to do with how much time he spent in the hospital wing. Watching over her when nothing happened seemed to have him close to losing his mind.

Evans blue eyes seemed to haunt her that day though. She kept seeing them out of the corner of her eye, never showing emotion.

Sometimes she would stare back, and try to figure out what it was he was thinking, but apart from suspicion there was no clear emotion in his impossible blue eyes.

On the 6th day she tested them when they were in smaller groups, walking off but telling them where she was going, and by the end of the day they had grown accustomed to it, letting her walk with only one of the boys following her sometimes.

It's nice when plans come so easily together.

On the seventh day the boys seemed to be determined to enjoy the nice weather and the last relaxing day without the stress of Hermione hexing them at every turn or escaping them in some way.

Hermione had grown very tired of their presence, but relished in the fact that they had so easily been lulled into a false sense of security.

This was when she made her move.

She woke up early. To the horror of the boys, they had to wake up early as well. Taking a stroll around the grounds the boys had no way of just lying down and falling asleep.

After that she made her way up to the library, and piled a huge stacks of books up as high as she could without tipping it. Sitting down surrounded by several such stacks, the boys yawned.

Regulus, Avery and Mulciber all looked like they wanted to murder her, but way too tired to do anything of the sort. Lucius and Rosier had decided that being the self proclaimed leaders of the gang meant they could sleep in. With her promise to them they knew the extra hours of sleep would be fine.

"Are you gonna be long?" Shoulders was always the brave and stupid one.

She motioned to the books "what do you think?" And continued flipping through the book she had picked from the first pile.

The henchmen had a whispered conversation, and as she had predicted, they left Regulus alone with her, sneaking out like she couldn't see them leaving. They of course made Black promise not to tell the two others of what they were about to do.

Now she just had to wait for him to be sleepy. People always seem more amenable when tired.

It took almost an hour before she saw him about to fall asleep. She stood up Making the kid scramble up, clearly woken up just as he was falling asleep. It seemed a difficult feat for him to stay on his feet.

"I'm going to the toilet."

"Uh yeah lead the way "

Hiding her smirk she led him down some corridors until she came to the second story girls bathroom.

"Aren't you coming?" He was hesitant, like he could get cooties or something. "Promise I won't do anything to you."

Seeing her sincerity he followed her into the bathroom, only to be attacked by the foursome waiting there.

"Riddle."

"Black."

"I see you made good on your agreement."

She smirked at him "I always keep my word."

She turned to leave but looked behind her at Regulus now held down by the one with glasses and the nerdy one "You really should watch what you say around me Regulus Black. Next time I won't let you get off this easy."

She pulled out a wand when he struggled against his captors, his eyes widening in fear as she pointed it at him. "Petrificus totalis."

She waved at the boys as she walked out. "Bye boys. Pleasure doing business with you."

She returned to the library, and continued working through her pile of books until Evan showed up later.

He instantly looked around expecting to see someone watching over her, but of course found no one. He sighed and dragged his hand down his face in exasperation. "I knew it was too good to be true."

"Whatever do you mean?" Her tone was mocking, daring even and it angered him just as she had hoped it would.

"What did you do to Regulus Black Hermione?"

"He's not here?" She looked up and around like she was actually trying to find him. "Huh"

He banged his hands on the table, startling her "Don't play games with me. This whole week was about getting revenge on him wasn't it?"

She smirked at him "Revenge for what?"

"He never got yelled at for what he said, and no hexes either. I thought he had gotten off lightly. But you were just waiting for the right opportunity."

"Think of it as initiation."

"Damn it Hermione, where is he?"

"I honestly have no idea."

"What do you mean?"

"Sometimes you find opportunities to delegate certain tasks to other people."

"I am not some stupid Ravenclaw who loves riddles, so stop your games and tell me right now!"

"Or what?!"

"Or I'll tell your father."

"Really?"

"Yes"

"Since when has that threat ever worked on me?" She scoffed "and what are you going to say, Hermione got mad at Regulus because he insinuated there was something between us?"

He paused, seemingly getting where she was going with this.

"We both know who gets in trouble then. So why don't you be a clever little snake and figure out this yourself. I thought you all were supposed to be good at this type of thing."

He sneered at her, something she found hilarious, but since she had no one else guarding her, He couldn't leave her be just yet. His duties as 'body guard' came before rescuing his friend.

You could always count on Slytherins to put themselves first.