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Chapter 2:
Later that day Hermoine had a big lecture from her parents that she should stop crying over the loss of her eyesight and begin anew by learning how to deal with it. The beginning of a new term of school was only one month away and she had to learn how to read, write, and cast spells without her eyes. Hermoine groaned at all the work that was ahead of her. She wanted to write to Harry and Ron all about her eyesight and write her heart out about how angry and horrible she was feeling. She felt a new sense of helplessness...always being Hermoine Granger she was always top student, a bit cocky, and always talkative...weakness was never in her vocabulary.
4 weeks later....lol........~~~~~~~~~
Throughout her short period of time she had practiced extremely hard on pointing her wand in the correct way and at the correct people (after putting crookshank's tail on fire a ...few times). She also learned how to charm books to translate them into brail. After many tireless days of studying brail and reading "The ways of life with 4 senses left". Although sometimes clumsy when walking in a cluttered room she had managed to return to her regular Hermoine self.
She had finally reached platform 9 3/4 her father guided her near to the seemingly solid wall. After slowly feeling her way forward her father gave her a small signal and she gave a quick yelp and disappeared into the wall and found herself feeling a velvety carpet floor on the soles of her shoes and the holler of a train whistle. Gratified that she made it on the train in one piece she smiled and felt around for a compartment door. As she was still trying to find the handle to a compartment door she heard some one holler "Hermoine!!!" and after about 2 seconds 4 great arms seem to pile around her and squeeze her tight.
"Hermoine!!!!!...TURN AROUND FOR HEAVENS SAKES!...at least you could do that!!! You haven't sent any owls to us for the past month!!!" Ron shouted.
Hermoine realizing who it was quickly returned their massive hug..."Oh Merlin! I didn't know it was you!!! Oh I've missed you two soo much!" With that she gave another rib breaking hug and sighed in happiness..
Ron a bit confused that she *didn't know who he was* looked at her face... Instead of her eyes focusing on him they wandered around the walls of the train.
"Hermoine?...are you alright? You didn't even recognize your ol Ron and Harry?!"
"Oh...I'm sorry...I am...just...urgh...lets go find a compartment and I'll tell you..." she winced as she said this...she was too embarrassed to tell them that she was blind in public. Trying to find Ron's shoulder she grabbed onto his arm slightly as they came to a compartment and slid in.
"So...what's been going on lately?" Ron asked in a low voice.
"Well...if you haven't noticed I'm blind..." She said and quickly ducked her head between her knees.... As if that would ease her embarrassment and sadness...
Ron and Harry looked at each other with their mouths gaped...for a few seconds they had this expression of total shock. But they soon realized that they needed to comfort their sobbing friend. Both of them sat next to either side of her and hugged her again. Not knowing what to say to comfort her they just held on to her to show that they-were-never-ever-going-leave-her-side. Hermoine feeling their warmth and their total friendship to her smiled and put her arms around them and gave them a little squeeze. The Golden Trio never broke up she thought to herself. A little while later she began to loosen up and told them the awful night of when Lord Voldemort had poured abscondo on her eyes. They gaped with terror...shivering as she told the details of the mishap. She fell silent again and Ron and Harry had to cheer her up to let her start talking again. Something had changed other than her eyes, her personality mainly, there was a sense of hopelessness in her; and they knew that she needed their thorough support to make it through this year.
As they began talking about their compartment door suddenly opened and the infamous Draco Malfoy was their leaning his body against the side while Crabbe and Goyle were next to him giving a little snigger.
"So Potter and his little gang of friends have once again come back to Hogwarts..." He smirked a bit and scanned the little compartment with his steel gray eyes. His eyes landed on Hermoine. He noticed that she wasn't staring at him but at Goyle. He looked at Goyle and couldn't find anything that she would find interesting...'That's odd...' he thought to himself as he scanned her blank eyes.
"Granger, do you find Goyle to your fancy? Not content with Crackpot and Weasel?" He sneered..
By then Granger realized who had come into their compartment. Her facial expression did not change from last year however. She scrunched up her nose and tried to glare at him...wherever he was...Harry had already reacted to this comment and growled..
"Shut up Malfoy if you still want yourself to leave this compartment in one piece"
"I wasn't aiming the question at you was I Potter? I was asking our little mudblood sitting over there." He replied coldly again.
"What the hells wrong with your eyes Granger! I find it unimaginable that you would find Goyle attractive." He said again after noticing that she was staring even harder at Goyle.
Hermoine opened her mouth to speak but quickly closed because she didn't know how she could risk how he would take if she told him she was blind. Ron jumped in to defend Hermoine.
"It's not of your bloody business so leave us alone and go to wherever you Slytherin lot go to." He glared getting his wand out.
"Why would I risk my own social status with you lot? I've only come to get Granger because she's been assigned as this years Head Girl...pity really having our school run by a mudblood...but what can you do, that old madman Dumbledore thinks she's a genius of sorts."
Hermoine stared in astonishment...'Me Head Girl? And...Malfoy Head Boy?' Her parents had informed Dumbledore that she was blind...how could she still handle the responsibility of Head Girl? Confused she just sat there with her mouth gaping open...
Malfoy snickered and said "Granger, I understand that your completely astonished that a dolt like you would get this position but Professor McGonagall is waiting for you and me, so hurry up."
With the help of Harry and Ron she got up and followed Draco Malfoy. He saw her slowly feeling against the wall to walk towards him and then it hit him. He knew why she was acting so weird in the compartment. 'She's Blind' he thought to himself. He saw her stumbling around for the compartment door and thought how Un-Hermoine she acting...The usual Hermoine would never stumble or fall...but always walked in quick paces with her nose in the air. For a half-second Draco felt a tinge of guilt of how he treated her...but then he realized blind or not she was still a damn mudblood and he would not be putting any pity on her. Draco held her wrist and dragged her outside.
"Ouch!!!" Hermoine yelped as she felt Draco's hand tighten around her wrist.
"Draco, You better not do anything to Hermoine or your going to pay!" Ron said in a growl.
"I wouldn't touch this filthy thing, but since she doesn't know how to walk..." With that he pulled Hermoine out of the compartment and started walking in a quick pace up the train.
Hermoine not knowing where she was going try to free herself from Malfoy's grasp
"Let GO OF ME! I know how to walk by myself! Just because IM BLI-.…I mean I can walk let go of me Malfoy"...
Draco smirked a little and stared into her blank eyes.... Although her eyes couldn't focus and she wasn't staring at him...or at anything...he still thought they were beautiful. Yes...true he didn't think she was very attractive, but everyone had a particularly nice feature and Hermoine's was her eyes. Those deep amber orbs with dark eyelashes surrounding them...he found he could now take more advantage of her since she had no profound way to tell of what he was doing to her....
"Malfoy! Why have we stopped...aren't you going to drag me to Professor McGonagall room?" She said in an exasperated tone.
Without replying he again began the process of dragging her to the main compartment. Finally finished dragging the extremely stubborn Granger he let out a sigh and opened the office compartment.
"Hi Professor McGonagall. I've finally managed to bring Ms. Granger up here to tell her the news."
"Thank you Malfoy, Hermoine please take a seat right over there.." She gently took Hermoine's hand and gestured it to the left.
Stumbling a little Hermoine managed to take a seat opposite from Professor McGonagall.
"As you already know you and Malfoy have been chosen as Head Girl and Head Boy. You have been chosen for your superb OWL and NEWT scores and by the recommendations of most your professors."
Hermoine nodded in understanding.
"You two will be sharing the same common room, and obviously different bedrooms. You two will eat lunch together and Malfoy will be assisting you Hermoine when you will be needing it."
Hermoine knew exactly what Professor McGonagall was talking about. She must be *assisted* by Draco Malfoy...'His definition of assisting is throwing me in a bloody pit' she thought. She hated feeling needy and she gave a frown when she heard the word *assisting*. Draco on the side gave a little smirk. She was now totally under him...she would never have the upper hand now that she was in this state.
Professor finished her McGonagall finished her lecture when someone in the hallway shouted that they were one hour away from Hogwarts. She dismissed them and told them to change into their new Head Boy and Girl cloaks and begin getting their luggage.
~~~~In the common room~~~~
"So Granger, how is life without not knowing where the bloody hell your going" Draco drawled as he looked into the crackling fire.
Red in the face "Its not of your business." She walked around and tried to find something with substance to hold on to.
"Be careful there mudblood, you almost knocked over that vase," He said as he glanced at Hermoine.
Hermoine caught the vase in her hand and tried slowly putting it back. She hated feeling so vulnerable and clumsy. She was tired and still didn't know where her bedroom was. She had to do something, but she doubted Draco would help. Sensing her dilemma Draco gave a small smirk and tried to resist mocking her of her predicament.
"Ma-lfoy...Urm..." sniffing and coughing a bit she looked away.
"Yes?" He replied slowly.
"I might need a bit of help, not allot mind you. Just point me to where my bedroom is located."
Draco moved closer to her slowly and quietly so she couldn't hear him. Only a few feet away he sneered at the way she was holding onto the table next to her for dear life. She was beautiful and the vulnerability of her made her even more beautiful. Those dazzling eyes, amber brown orbs that shimmered in moonlight that was pouring into the common room. Her bangs dropped messy around her milky white forehead. Her hair was tied back but with strands of hair falling over her shoulders. He moved a little closer and Hermoine realizing how close he was she pulled away and fell. Draco quickly grabbed her shoulders and pulled her towards him.
"Wouldn't want my little mudblood to fall, wouldn't want to clean your dirty blood off the floor." He sneered as his nose ran across her neck. She smelled wonderful, like a rose.
She shivered feeling his breath against her skin. She could feel his body pressing against her and could feel his hair dangling over her face. 'Lost the gel heh Draco?' she thought to herself. His body felt firm and strong as her body pressed up against his for a few seconds. Although Hermoine couldn't see Draco had turned into a very handsome young man. He had lost the gelled hair and the immature sneer. His eyes were gray with specks of blue and his lips were thin and soft. 'Such a romantic setting but with such wrong people' Draco thought to himself. He let go of his firm grip and began leading her to her bedroom.
"Are you sure this is my bedroom Malfoy? Are you sure your not taking me to some pit filled with leeches?" Hermoine inquired as she quirked up her eyebrow.
"Now, why in Merlin would you think that?" He said sarcastically.
Chapter 2:
Later that day Hermoine had a big lecture from her parents that she should stop crying over the loss of her eyesight and begin anew by learning how to deal with it. The beginning of a new term of school was only one month away and she had to learn how to read, write, and cast spells without her eyes. Hermoine groaned at all the work that was ahead of her. She wanted to write to Harry and Ron all about her eyesight and write her heart out about how angry and horrible she was feeling. She felt a new sense of helplessness...always being Hermoine Granger she was always top student, a bit cocky, and always talkative...weakness was never in her vocabulary.
4 weeks later....lol........~~~~~~~~~
Throughout her short period of time she had practiced extremely hard on pointing her wand in the correct way and at the correct people (after putting crookshank's tail on fire a ...few times). She also learned how to charm books to translate them into brail. After many tireless days of studying brail and reading "The ways of life with 4 senses left". Although sometimes clumsy when walking in a cluttered room she had managed to return to her regular Hermoine self.
She had finally reached platform 9 3/4 her father guided her near to the seemingly solid wall. After slowly feeling her way forward her father gave her a small signal and she gave a quick yelp and disappeared into the wall and found herself feeling a velvety carpet floor on the soles of her shoes and the holler of a train whistle. Gratified that she made it on the train in one piece she smiled and felt around for a compartment door. As she was still trying to find the handle to a compartment door she heard some one holler "Hermoine!!!" and after about 2 seconds 4 great arms seem to pile around her and squeeze her tight.
"Hermoine!!!!!...TURN AROUND FOR HEAVENS SAKES!...at least you could do that!!! You haven't sent any owls to us for the past month!!!" Ron shouted.
Hermoine realizing who it was quickly returned their massive hug..."Oh Merlin! I didn't know it was you!!! Oh I've missed you two soo much!" With that she gave another rib breaking hug and sighed in happiness..
Ron a bit confused that she *didn't know who he was* looked at her face... Instead of her eyes focusing on him they wandered around the walls of the train.
"Hermoine?...are you alright? You didn't even recognize your ol Ron and Harry?!"
"Oh...I'm sorry...I am...just...urgh...lets go find a compartment and I'll tell you..." she winced as she said this...she was too embarrassed to tell them that she was blind in public. Trying to find Ron's shoulder she grabbed onto his arm slightly as they came to a compartment and slid in.
"So...what's been going on lately?" Ron asked in a low voice.
"Well...if you haven't noticed I'm blind..." She said and quickly ducked her head between her knees.... As if that would ease her embarrassment and sadness...
Ron and Harry looked at each other with their mouths gaped...for a few seconds they had this expression of total shock. But they soon realized that they needed to comfort their sobbing friend. Both of them sat next to either side of her and hugged her again. Not knowing what to say to comfort her they just held on to her to show that they-were-never-ever-going-leave-her-side. Hermoine feeling their warmth and their total friendship to her smiled and put her arms around them and gave them a little squeeze. The Golden Trio never broke up she thought to herself. A little while later she began to loosen up and told them the awful night of when Lord Voldemort had poured abscondo on her eyes. They gaped with terror...shivering as she told the details of the mishap. She fell silent again and Ron and Harry had to cheer her up to let her start talking again. Something had changed other than her eyes, her personality mainly, there was a sense of hopelessness in her; and they knew that she needed their thorough support to make it through this year.
As they began talking about their compartment door suddenly opened and the infamous Draco Malfoy was their leaning his body against the side while Crabbe and Goyle were next to him giving a little snigger.
"So Potter and his little gang of friends have once again come back to Hogwarts..." He smirked a bit and scanned the little compartment with his steel gray eyes. His eyes landed on Hermoine. He noticed that she wasn't staring at him but at Goyle. He looked at Goyle and couldn't find anything that she would find interesting...'That's odd...' he thought to himself as he scanned her blank eyes.
"Granger, do you find Goyle to your fancy? Not content with Crackpot and Weasel?" He sneered..
By then Granger realized who had come into their compartment. Her facial expression did not change from last year however. She scrunched up her nose and tried to glare at him...wherever he was...Harry had already reacted to this comment and growled..
"Shut up Malfoy if you still want yourself to leave this compartment in one piece"
"I wasn't aiming the question at you was I Potter? I was asking our little mudblood sitting over there." He replied coldly again.
"What the hells wrong with your eyes Granger! I find it unimaginable that you would find Goyle attractive." He said again after noticing that she was staring even harder at Goyle.
Hermoine opened her mouth to speak but quickly closed because she didn't know how she could risk how he would take if she told him she was blind. Ron jumped in to defend Hermoine.
"It's not of your bloody business so leave us alone and go to wherever you Slytherin lot go to." He glared getting his wand out.
"Why would I risk my own social status with you lot? I've only come to get Granger because she's been assigned as this years Head Girl...pity really having our school run by a mudblood...but what can you do, that old madman Dumbledore thinks she's a genius of sorts."
Hermoine stared in astonishment...'Me Head Girl? And...Malfoy Head Boy?' Her parents had informed Dumbledore that she was blind...how could she still handle the responsibility of Head Girl? Confused she just sat there with her mouth gaping open...
Malfoy snickered and said "Granger, I understand that your completely astonished that a dolt like you would get this position but Professor McGonagall is waiting for you and me, so hurry up."
With the help of Harry and Ron she got up and followed Draco Malfoy. He saw her slowly feeling against the wall to walk towards him and then it hit him. He knew why she was acting so weird in the compartment. 'She's Blind' he thought to himself. He saw her stumbling around for the compartment door and thought how Un-Hermoine she acting...The usual Hermoine would never stumble or fall...but always walked in quick paces with her nose in the air. For a half-second Draco felt a tinge of guilt of how he treated her...but then he realized blind or not she was still a damn mudblood and he would not be putting any pity on her. Draco held her wrist and dragged her outside.
"Ouch!!!" Hermoine yelped as she felt Draco's hand tighten around her wrist.
"Draco, You better not do anything to Hermoine or your going to pay!" Ron said in a growl.
"I wouldn't touch this filthy thing, but since she doesn't know how to walk..." With that he pulled Hermoine out of the compartment and started walking in a quick pace up the train.
Hermoine not knowing where she was going try to free herself from Malfoy's grasp
"Let GO OF ME! I know how to walk by myself! Just because IM BLI-.…I mean I can walk let go of me Malfoy"...
Draco smirked a little and stared into her blank eyes.... Although her eyes couldn't focus and she wasn't staring at him...or at anything...he still thought they were beautiful. Yes...true he didn't think she was very attractive, but everyone had a particularly nice feature and Hermoine's was her eyes. Those deep amber orbs with dark eyelashes surrounding them...he found he could now take more advantage of her since she had no profound way to tell of what he was doing to her....
"Malfoy! Why have we stopped...aren't you going to drag me to Professor McGonagall room?" She said in an exasperated tone.
Without replying he again began the process of dragging her to the main compartment. Finally finished dragging the extremely stubborn Granger he let out a sigh and opened the office compartment.
"Hi Professor McGonagall. I've finally managed to bring Ms. Granger up here to tell her the news."
"Thank you Malfoy, Hermoine please take a seat right over there.." She gently took Hermoine's hand and gestured it to the left.
Stumbling a little Hermoine managed to take a seat opposite from Professor McGonagall.
"As you already know you and Malfoy have been chosen as Head Girl and Head Boy. You have been chosen for your superb OWL and NEWT scores and by the recommendations of most your professors."
Hermoine nodded in understanding.
"You two will be sharing the same common room, and obviously different bedrooms. You two will eat lunch together and Malfoy will be assisting you Hermoine when you will be needing it."
Hermoine knew exactly what Professor McGonagall was talking about. She must be *assisted* by Draco Malfoy...'His definition of assisting is throwing me in a bloody pit' she thought. She hated feeling needy and she gave a frown when she heard the word *assisting*. Draco on the side gave a little smirk. She was now totally under him...she would never have the upper hand now that she was in this state.
Professor finished her McGonagall finished her lecture when someone in the hallway shouted that they were one hour away from Hogwarts. She dismissed them and told them to change into their new Head Boy and Girl cloaks and begin getting their luggage.
~~~~In the common room~~~~
"So Granger, how is life without not knowing where the bloody hell your going" Draco drawled as he looked into the crackling fire.
Red in the face "Its not of your business." She walked around and tried to find something with substance to hold on to.
"Be careful there mudblood, you almost knocked over that vase," He said as he glanced at Hermoine.
Hermoine caught the vase in her hand and tried slowly putting it back. She hated feeling so vulnerable and clumsy. She was tired and still didn't know where her bedroom was. She had to do something, but she doubted Draco would help. Sensing her dilemma Draco gave a small smirk and tried to resist mocking her of her predicament.
"Ma-lfoy...Urm..." sniffing and coughing a bit she looked away.
"Yes?" He replied slowly.
"I might need a bit of help, not allot mind you. Just point me to where my bedroom is located."
Draco moved closer to her slowly and quietly so she couldn't hear him. Only a few feet away he sneered at the way she was holding onto the table next to her for dear life. She was beautiful and the vulnerability of her made her even more beautiful. Those dazzling eyes, amber brown orbs that shimmered in moonlight that was pouring into the common room. Her bangs dropped messy around her milky white forehead. Her hair was tied back but with strands of hair falling over her shoulders. He moved a little closer and Hermoine realizing how close he was she pulled away and fell. Draco quickly grabbed her shoulders and pulled her towards him.
"Wouldn't want my little mudblood to fall, wouldn't want to clean your dirty blood off the floor." He sneered as his nose ran across her neck. She smelled wonderful, like a rose.
She shivered feeling his breath against her skin. She could feel his body pressing against her and could feel his hair dangling over her face. 'Lost the gel heh Draco?' she thought to herself. His body felt firm and strong as her body pressed up against his for a few seconds. Although Hermoine couldn't see Draco had turned into a very handsome young man. He had lost the gelled hair and the immature sneer. His eyes were gray with specks of blue and his lips were thin and soft. 'Such a romantic setting but with such wrong people' Draco thought to himself. He let go of his firm grip and began leading her to her bedroom.
"Are you sure this is my bedroom Malfoy? Are you sure your not taking me to some pit filled with leeches?" Hermoine inquired as she quirked up her eyebrow.
"Now, why in Merlin would you think that?" He said sarcastically.