A week had passed. Hermione was able to accomplish most of her tasks and know her way around the school without any major mishaps. Peeves posed slight problems but she found a nice incantation that made him oddly think that she was the bloody baron. The only negative was Malfoy's presence. He had done no harm to her except be there. She felt uneasy when he was around and would try to stay as far away from him as possible.
"Ron pass me the Daily Prophet pronto…heard some rumors about some mad man hiding in the Alps."
Ron tossed her the papers and after she did a little spell she slowly began reading the headline with her fingers.
"Some weird hairy man was found living in a small nook by the side of a mountain…. Oh bloody hell I thought it was worth reading" she muttered to herself.
"You never know! Maybe that's a death eater who accidentally Polly juiced himself with big foot" Ron said as he tried to finish off his toast.
"I'm sorry to say, but Rita Skeeters was much better than any of these rubbish reporters…I mean last week it was an interview with what was it again? A cow? It doesn't matter if it had an IQ of a monkey…. I mean that's hardly better than yours Ron." She said as she was lazily picked a few crumbs from her blouse.
Harry chuckled while Ron tried to think of a better come back…not finding one he decided to correct her thoughts that he did not have an IQ slightly higher than a chipmunk.
"For your information Ms. Never-has-anything-nice -to-say…I have been studying over the summer, and my newt scores…will show to prove it"
" Ah trying to succeed the astonishing 3 owls you got in the 5th year heh?" Harry added in.
"I don't bloody care anymore, I mean I have to be good at something…other than being the sexy beast that I am" Ron said while he rebuffed his nails on his cloak and winked at Lavender. He slowly retracted his wink as he saw the middle finger come up from Lavender as she idly ate her pancakes.
Hermione giggled and tried to swallow the sausage that seemed to have been lodged down her throat from laughing.
"Well lets stop talking about my horribly handsome looks, we have transfiguration next" Ron said as he grabbed another piece of toast.
"Your right my extremely handsome friend" and with that she was lifted from her seat and the three headed off to their next class.
~~~IN CLASS~~~
"Double with Slytherin…" Hermoine groaned as she ran her hand over her schedule.
"Oh we meet again?" Draco said as he swished passed her.
"Ah…don't give me that crap Malfoy or me punching you in the face will come up in the daily prophet" Hermione said as her two friends walked towards her.
As Harry and Ron were about to say something Professor McGonagall came into the room "Hello, I'm glad to be seeing you for the second time"
"Today we will be learning how to turn magical things into regular muggle items. Knowing that many of us magical citizens live in the same area as non-magical people we must keep an eye out. If a muggle found an owl sitting on the lawn of their house…how would they react to it? To avoid the troubles of this I will teach you today to transform magical things into household items temporarily."
"Now form groups of two and I will direct you on how to perform the spells. Draco and Hermione will be the example pair and you will all follow what they do."
Hermione groaned and put her head down on her desk. She stood up and came to the head of the class. She could sense Draco right by her by smelling his musky cologne 'Put a bit too much' she thought…and rolled her eyes.
"Now I have an owl in the front of my desk, you two will take turns by saying "Temporus mail box" and lightly flicking your want out towards the owl. If done correctly your subject will turn into a mailbox. Ladies first Hermione."
Grimacing a bit Hermione focused her senses on the owl and yelled out "Temporus mail box!" and the way people in her class was applauding assured herself that the owl had turned itself successfully into a mail box.
"Excellent! Beautiful wand work. Ten points to Gryffindor. Now class that is how the correct spell is cast. I have some wizard items on each of your desks such as an owl, cloak, hat, and some other rather conspicuous items a muggle shouldn't find."
Ron eyed Hermione carefully just in case Draco would turn her into a mailbox.
"I see your little weasel friend isn't to fond of me being Head Boy."
"I don't think anyone's a bit fond of you being Head Boy…" She said as she waited for Malfoy to perform the spell.
" Temporus chair!" The snowy white owl had turned itself into a lawn chair with a pink and blue palm tree pattern on it.
"Your turn Granger, Now what happened to that mutual Slytherin and Gryffindor union?"
"Temporus book!" she said it a little too violently and turned the poor little owl into a feathery dictionary.
"Now now, no need to focus your anger on the owl Granger." Draco smirked. She was soo cute when she was angry . Her brown eyes would flash into a darker color and her nose would scrunch upwards.
Hermione did not reply but instead moved for Draco to perform the charm. After casting the spell several times at the owl, class was finally dismissed.
~~~LUNCH~~~
She sat at her table waiting for Harry and Ron and she sensed someone staring at her. Looking around her head bumped into someone's leg.
"Ouch!" she yelped rubbing her head with her hand.
"Is that you Ron, Merlin stop standing around and sit down!"
Malfoy laughing decided to have a little fun with her.
Trying his best to sound like Ron "Oh sorry Mione, I was just looking around, mind if I sit here?"
"Well you always sit here so why are you asking today?"
"Oh sorry" as Draco scooted closer to her.
"You know Mione, I've always felt we had some connection between you and me…"
Hermione laughed out loud "Ron you've been saying that for the last 4 years and you know what…its getting old."
"No I really mean it…" Draco whispered as he gently ran his finger down her neck.
She shivered and moved a little to the left.
"What's wrong? Ro- I mean I never treated you like this" Draco whispered in her ear.
Hermione realizing this person was not Ron she flashed her head towards him "I don't know what you're playing at, but step away a couple hundred feet or I'll hex your baby making organ off your body in no less than 3 seconds"…she said quietly.
Draco knowing that his lovely mudblood friend was fully inclined to do that whispered "Ta ta my love" and swept away towards his table.
Blushing Hermione tried to keep her face straight so the real Ron and Harry wouldn't think anything was wrong.
"Hey Mione! Sorry we were a bit late, Harry had to give a speech to the team."
"Yup, this years going to be awesome, Got some new chasers and they seem to be flying pretty good."
"Ah…that's good news…but to be quite blunt I don't fancy the flying sport all that much…or any game at that." she mumbled as she realized the cat and mouse game she was playing with Malfoy.
"Ron pass me the Daily Prophet pronto…heard some rumors about some mad man hiding in the Alps."
Ron tossed her the papers and after she did a little spell she slowly began reading the headline with her fingers.
"Some weird hairy man was found living in a small nook by the side of a mountain…. Oh bloody hell I thought it was worth reading" she muttered to herself.
"You never know! Maybe that's a death eater who accidentally Polly juiced himself with big foot" Ron said as he tried to finish off his toast.
"I'm sorry to say, but Rita Skeeters was much better than any of these rubbish reporters…I mean last week it was an interview with what was it again? A cow? It doesn't matter if it had an IQ of a monkey…. I mean that's hardly better than yours Ron." She said as she was lazily picked a few crumbs from her blouse.
Harry chuckled while Ron tried to think of a better come back…not finding one he decided to correct her thoughts that he did not have an IQ slightly higher than a chipmunk.
"For your information Ms. Never-has-anything-nice -to-say…I have been studying over the summer, and my newt scores…will show to prove it"
" Ah trying to succeed the astonishing 3 owls you got in the 5th year heh?" Harry added in.
"I don't bloody care anymore, I mean I have to be good at something…other than being the sexy beast that I am" Ron said while he rebuffed his nails on his cloak and winked at Lavender. He slowly retracted his wink as he saw the middle finger come up from Lavender as she idly ate her pancakes.
Hermione giggled and tried to swallow the sausage that seemed to have been lodged down her throat from laughing.
"Well lets stop talking about my horribly handsome looks, we have transfiguration next" Ron said as he grabbed another piece of toast.
"Your right my extremely handsome friend" and with that she was lifted from her seat and the three headed off to their next class.
~~~IN CLASS~~~
"Double with Slytherin…" Hermoine groaned as she ran her hand over her schedule.
"Oh we meet again?" Draco said as he swished passed her.
"Ah…don't give me that crap Malfoy or me punching you in the face will come up in the daily prophet" Hermione said as her two friends walked towards her.
As Harry and Ron were about to say something Professor McGonagall came into the room "Hello, I'm glad to be seeing you for the second time"
"Today we will be learning how to turn magical things into regular muggle items. Knowing that many of us magical citizens live in the same area as non-magical people we must keep an eye out. If a muggle found an owl sitting on the lawn of their house…how would they react to it? To avoid the troubles of this I will teach you today to transform magical things into household items temporarily."
"Now form groups of two and I will direct you on how to perform the spells. Draco and Hermione will be the example pair and you will all follow what they do."
Hermione groaned and put her head down on her desk. She stood up and came to the head of the class. She could sense Draco right by her by smelling his musky cologne 'Put a bit too much' she thought…and rolled her eyes.
"Now I have an owl in the front of my desk, you two will take turns by saying "Temporus mail box" and lightly flicking your want out towards the owl. If done correctly your subject will turn into a mailbox. Ladies first Hermione."
Grimacing a bit Hermione focused her senses on the owl and yelled out "Temporus mail box!" and the way people in her class was applauding assured herself that the owl had turned itself successfully into a mail box.
"Excellent! Beautiful wand work. Ten points to Gryffindor. Now class that is how the correct spell is cast. I have some wizard items on each of your desks such as an owl, cloak, hat, and some other rather conspicuous items a muggle shouldn't find."
Ron eyed Hermione carefully just in case Draco would turn her into a mailbox.
"I see your little weasel friend isn't to fond of me being Head Boy."
"I don't think anyone's a bit fond of you being Head Boy…" She said as she waited for Malfoy to perform the spell.
" Temporus chair!" The snowy white owl had turned itself into a lawn chair with a pink and blue palm tree pattern on it.
"Your turn Granger, Now what happened to that mutual Slytherin and Gryffindor union?"
"Temporus book!" she said it a little too violently and turned the poor little owl into a feathery dictionary.
"Now now, no need to focus your anger on the owl Granger." Draco smirked. She was soo cute when she was angry . Her brown eyes would flash into a darker color and her nose would scrunch upwards.
Hermione did not reply but instead moved for Draco to perform the charm. After casting the spell several times at the owl, class was finally dismissed.
~~~LUNCH~~~
She sat at her table waiting for Harry and Ron and she sensed someone staring at her. Looking around her head bumped into someone's leg.
"Ouch!" she yelped rubbing her head with her hand.
"Is that you Ron, Merlin stop standing around and sit down!"
Malfoy laughing decided to have a little fun with her.
Trying his best to sound like Ron "Oh sorry Mione, I was just looking around, mind if I sit here?"
"Well you always sit here so why are you asking today?"
"Oh sorry" as Draco scooted closer to her.
"You know Mione, I've always felt we had some connection between you and me…"
Hermione laughed out loud "Ron you've been saying that for the last 4 years and you know what…its getting old."
"No I really mean it…" Draco whispered as he gently ran his finger down her neck.
She shivered and moved a little to the left.
"What's wrong? Ro- I mean I never treated you like this" Draco whispered in her ear.
Hermione realizing this person was not Ron she flashed her head towards him "I don't know what you're playing at, but step away a couple hundred feet or I'll hex your baby making organ off your body in no less than 3 seconds"…she said quietly.
Draco knowing that his lovely mudblood friend was fully inclined to do that whispered "Ta ta my love" and swept away towards his table.
Blushing Hermione tried to keep her face straight so the real Ron and Harry wouldn't think anything was wrong.
"Hey Mione! Sorry we were a bit late, Harry had to give a speech to the team."
"Yup, this years going to be awesome, Got some new chasers and they seem to be flying pretty good."
"Ah…that's good news…but to be quite blunt I don't fancy the flying sport all that much…or any game at that." she mumbled as she realized the cat and mouse game she was playing with Malfoy.