A/N- Yep, I'm back! Sorry it took so long, people. It was my evil homework. **Mutters angrily about the 4 grad standards she had to do in 2 weeks that gave her writers block** So, now here is chapter 4. Enjoy everyone!
Bonded Together ~04~
By: Burrow Gurl
By the time classes were done that day, Draco was sure that he did not like Hermione. Class with the Gryffindors was horrible. Draco could not believe how dumb some of them were. (And that Parvati girl was staring at him during Transfiguration.) One of their classes that day was Care of Magical Creatures, with the Slytherins. Draco used up all five of his spells that hour, so he could talk with the Slytherins. They talked the whole hour, spending most of that time throwing insults at the Gryffindors. (Of course, they did it cheekily so that Hagrid couldn't hear them.) Harry and Ron, of course, told each other that Draco would pay for it later. After Care of Magical Creatures, Draco had Divination with Professor Trelawney. Herm was not very happy.
"I still don't know why Dumbledore won't let me skip this. He knows that I don't like this class, and that Trelawney is full of rubbish," muttered Hermione as her and Draco were walking up to Trelawney's classroom. "Harry and Ron are right to call her a bat-eyed kook. I can't believe I have to suffer through her lessons for 3 months!"
"Put this down for the record books, people! Hermione Granger doesn't want to go to class!" Draco yelled to anyone and everyone.
"Oh, shut up you!" snapped Hermione. "You know bloody well that I dropped this class back in our 3rd year!"
"Yes, I do know that. Now, quit complaining. It is only one hour."
"With someone who teaches nothing but rubbish!"
"That is beside the point," Draco said as they reached the trap door. "Ladies first."
Hermione snorted. "That's the first sensible thing I've heard you say today. But, sorry, I won't go first."
"Suit yourself," Draco said as he started up the steps. Hermione reluctantly followed him, and found herself back in the classroom she never thought she would go in again.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Malfoy. Hello Miss Granger. I didn't think I would see you back here again," said Professor Trelawney in her misty voice as they came in.
"Yeah, neither did I," muttered Hermione under her breath. She gave Trelawney a fake smile. "Good to see you too, Professor."
Trelawney looked pleased. "Ah, are you now ready to experience the wonderful world of Divination? That is wonderful. Now, please be seated."
"Yeah, I am really ready for the 'Wonderful World of Divination.' Right," Hermione muttered. "Damn, I wish I didn't have to be here. I don't want to listen to her make a bunch of phony death predictions." She sat down at the table next to Draco, and closed her eyes, attempting to fall asleep.
"Now, class, today we will be reviewing the Crystal Ball seeing. The fates have informed me that this will be on your end of semester test, so you need review."
"Not this junk again! Just like I said in our 3rd year, she makes the tests! How can the fates inform her of something that she is making up?" Hermione grumbled, still mad that she had to sit and listen to this.
"Hermione!" Draco muttered. "Shut up!"
"Fine. I will just do my other homework." Hermione working on her Transfiguration essay, becoming oblivious to anything else. When class was finally done, her and Draco went back to the Gryffindor common room. There, she talked with Harry and Ron for 4o minutes, being careful to save one of her spells, so that she could get ready for bed that night. Then she remembered something. "Damn!" she exclaimed.
"What?" asked Draco, sitting on one of the armchairs.
"We need to go to the Library," answered Hermione.
"Why?"
"Because I need to do research for my Transfiguration essay."
"Then go to the Library yourself. I don't want to go."
"Unless you want to get sleep in what you are wearing tonight, you better come on. I only have one spell left."
"I don't want to go!"
"Well, looks like you don't have a choice," Hermione said as she started walking towards the portrait.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" shouted Draco as he was being pulled towards Hermione.
"Going to the library!" answered Hermione over her shoulder. As they left, Harry and Ron were rolling on the floor in laughter at the sight of Draco being dragged on the floor.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! STOP NOW!" yelled Draco.
"How come?" asked Hermione, innocently.
"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" yelled Draco, raising his voice.
"Sorry Draco. I have to do research."
"HERMIONE GRANGER! I DEMAND THAT YOU STOP NOW!"
"Draco, you have to keep your voice down. There are classes in progress," said a highly amused Hermione.
"I DON'T CARE! I WANT YOU TO STOP NOW!"
"Well, Draco, considering that we are only a couple seconds away from the library, I don't see why you want me to stop. Now, keep your voice down. Madam Pince is very strict," Hermione said as she turned a corner. She then stopped at the library entrance. "Are you happy now?"
"Shut up!" hissed Draco. "Just find that stupid book."
Hermione started looking in the Transfiguration section, as Draco stood behind her, muttering incoherently. After a few minutes, Hermione found the book she needed.
"Eureka! Here it is!" She showed Draco the book that had caused him to be dragged from the Gryffindor common room to the library. It was called Mystical Transfiguration by Uganda Dracaenas.
"And how is this going to help you?"
"Don't you pay attention in class? The essay is about transfiguring common things into mystical creatures and mystical items."
"Oh, now I remember. Well, you have your book. Let's go."
"Hold on. I have to get it checked out." Hermione checked the book out, then remembered another book she needed. "Wait, Draco. I need another book."
"Is the homework due tomorrow?"
"No, next week."
"Well, you'll get that one another time," Draco said as he started walking out of the library.
"Wait, Draco, stop!" Hermione yelled as she was being dragged towards Draco.
"Why should I? You wouldn't for me, so I won't for you," Draco answered her.
"DRACO! PLEASE STOP!" Hermione shouted. Draco ignored her. "DRACO MALFOY! STOP NOW!"
"Huh? Did I just hear something?" asked Draco.
"DRACO! I SWEAR I WILL CURSE YOU WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE COMMON ROOM IF YOU DON'T STOP NOW!"
"Oh, I must not have," said Draco as he continued walking.
"DAMN YOU! I CAN'T EVEN CALL YOU BY YOUR LAST NAME! STOP WALKING NOW!"
"Hermione, there are classes in progress. You must be courteous to them."
"SHUT THE HELL UP! STOP NOW!"
"Hermione, you didn't hear me yelling this much on the way to the library," Draco said with a grin.
"THAT'S BECAUSE I USED THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO GET THERE YOU BLOODY IDIOT! YOU ARE TAKING US TO THE GREAT HALL AND THEN TO THE GRYFFINDOR TOWER." At that moment, Professor McGonagall stuck her head out of her classroom.
"Mr. Malfoy! Miss Granger! What is going on here?" McGonagall asked with an accusing look in her eyes. "Explain why you have disrupted my class, or you will have detention for a month!"
"We, um…" Draco didn't know how to explain what had happened.
"You see, Professor McGonagall," Hermione started, having gotten up from the floor, then looking daggers at Draco. "Draco and I went to the library. He wanted to leave, but I didn't. So he decided to drag me back to the Gryffindor tower."
"I see. But does that give you the right, Miss Granger, to yell so loud that people in Hogsmeade can hear you? You both have detention tonight with Filch. Please keep it down, or I will be forced to geive you a week of detention. Now go." McGonagall closed the door, leaving Hermione and Draco alone to fight it out.
"Let's go now," Hermione said in a deadly whisper. They went up to the Gryffindor common room, and when they got there, all hell broke loose.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING? YES, I DRAGGED YOU DOWN THERE, BUT WHAT RIGHT DID YOU HAVE DRAGGING ME BACK? AND BY MCGONAGALL'S CLASSROOM, MIND YOU!" Hermione shouted at Draco.
"Well, Hermione, what goes around comes around!" Draco shouted at her.
"Well, then you better be watching, Draco. You have a lot to look out for."
"Don't I know it. And anyway, I thought that you should get a taste of your own medicine. Dragging me down to the library. You said that you wanted one book. You got your book, and we left. That simple." Draco glared at her.
"Yes, but I needed another book. You didn't let me get it."
"THAT'S BECAUSE THE ASSIGNMENT ISN'T DUE UNTIL NEXT WEEK!" yelled Draco, finally losing his patients.
"Hey, keep it down you two. Some people are trying to study," said Ginny, with a smile on her face.
"What are you smiling about?" snapped Hermione.
"Nothing," Ginny said. She turned back to work. Hermione and Draco glared at each other. They decided to shut up, though. Just then, Harry and Ron came in from Divination.
"I swear, if she makes one more death prediction about me I will crack!" Harry grumbled. "I would think that it is getting a bit old, don't you?"
"Harry, remember that she is a bat-eyed kook, who doesn't know what she is talking about. Except, of course, the two predictions she DID get right. You know, the one about You-Know-Who, and the one about Gryffindor's heir being born to the Stag and the Flower, but…" said Ron, trying not to laugh.
"Yeah, so?" Harry said. He had smile on his face, though. "Hey Ginny!"
Ron snorted into his homework, knowing why Harry was saying hi to Ginny.
"Hi Harry!" Ginny said brightly. "What's the matter?"
"Trelawney."
"Oh, yeah, I can see why. Would you like to come to the library with me?"
"Sure, why?" Harry asked.
"Because…" Ginny gestured for Harry to come closer. "Herm and Draco are in the middle of a fight. Something about getting dragged to and from the library, and detention," she whispered.
"Okay, let's go," Harry said. They left the common room, leaving Ron with Hermione and Draco.
"You want to leave too, Ron?" Hermione asked, gritting her teeth.
"Sure!" Ron said, high-tailing it out of there. He ran and caught up with Harry and Ginny soon after.
"What's up?" asked Harry.
"I think that Hermione and Malfoy are going to kill each other," Ron said. "Hermione told me to leave, after you two left. That must really suck, having to be stuck to Malfoy for 3 months. I know I would crack."
"Well, Ron, that is because you are a boy, and boys don't like being stuck with other boys," Ginny said. "I wouldn't be surprised if those two don't fall in love." Harry and Ron looked at Ginny in horror.
"You aren't serious, are you?" asked Ron.
"Nope, I'm not Harry's godfather."
"Funny, Gin," Harry said.
"Well, we could always look in the library for information about the potion. It might help," Ginny said.
"Okay, why not?" Ron said. They went to the library, and Ginny asked Madam Pince about the potion.
"Excuse me, Madam Pince? I was wondering if you knew anything about the Bond Together potion," Ginny asked politely.
"Well, I don't personally know about it, but I know of book that it is in," Madam Pince said. She started walked over to the section on potions, and returned a couple minutes later carrying a large book covered with dust. It was called Potions and Their Origins. She gave it to Ginny, who thanked her. Ginny, Ron, and Harry sat down and started reading it.
"Okay, it says here that the Latin name for the spell is Vinculum Simul. The spell originated here in the UK, and that Godric Gryffindor was the one that invented it. He invented as a punishment to the students if they were sworn enemies. That was one of Slytherin's objections to Gryffindor's running of the school rules. Anyway, Rowena Ravenclaw made a prediction about this potion. The prophecy is this:
When the Messenger and the Dragon become bonded,
The evil one will become powerless.
At that time, the heir marked with lightning, the boy marked with fire,
The girl with the star on her forehead,
And the Messenger and the Dragon will defeat him,
When the world is looking grim."
Ron and Harry looked at each other, and then at Ginny. Then it hit them.
"Ginny, what does Hermione's name mean?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, I'll look it up." She went to find what Hermione's name meant, while Harry and Ron talked about the prophecy.
"Well, we know that Malfoy is the Dragon, and that I am the heir marked with lightning. Ron, does Ginny have a star on her forehead?" Harry asked.
"How should I know? You're her boyfriend, you find out."
"What about you, Ron? Do you have a scar shaped like fire?"
"As a matter of fact, I do. Remember that giant chess set back in our 1st year? Well, that queen gave me small cut on my forehead. It is shaped like fire. I never really paid attention to it before," Ron answered. Just then, Ginny came running up.
"You won't believe this, but Hermione is the female form of Hermes, who is the messenger of the gods. He was also very clever. That explains Hermione perfectly. But, anyway, she is the Messenger!" Ginny said.
"Come on, we have to go see Professor Dumbledore," Harry said. They took off for Dumbledore's office, stopping in front of the gargoyle. "Um, Lemon Drop!" Nothing happened. "Sugar quill!" Still nothing happened. "Cockroach Cluster! Acid Pops! Chocolate Frogs!" As he said Chocolate Frogs, the gargoyle came to life. It swung open, and the 3 of them walked up the stairs to Dumbledore's office. They knocked tentatively on the door, and someone opened it up.
"Come in!" Dumbledore said. "What can I do for you?"
"Well," Ginny said, "We were doing some research on the Bond Together potion, and came up on this prophecy. We were wondering if you know anything about it." She showed Dumbledore the prophecy, and he studied it for a few minutes.
"Well, unless I'm much mistaken, Miss Granger is the Messenger, Mr. Malfoy is the Dragon, Mr. Potter, you are the heir marked with lightning, Mr. Weasley, you are the boy marked with fire, and Miss Weasley, you are the girl with the star on her forehead. Rowena was one of the few true seers, and she predicted that you 5 would cause Voldemort's downfall once and for all. I suggest that you tell Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy about this, and we will have a meeting tomorrow after breakfast. I will excuse you from any lessons you miss. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Now we are one more step closer to defeating Voldemort. You may go now," Dumbledore said. "Oh, and, Miss Weasley? Could you please leave the book with me? Thank you."
Harry, Ginny, and Ron left Dumbledore's office, and started walking back to the Gryffindor tower. They didn't say anything until they got back to the common room. When they got there, Hermione and Draco where no where in sight.
"Oh no. This can't be good," muttered Ginny. Just then, Hermione and Draco came tearing out of their room, evil grins on their faces. They came straight for Harry, Ginny, and Ron.
"May I ask what is going on?" Harry said.
"Nothing is the matter, Harry," Hermione said in an angelic voice.
"Then why do you two have the same look that Fred and George always get when they are planning something?" asked Ron.
"No reason at all, Weasley," Draco said. Just then, a bucket of water fell on Harry and Ron, soaking them.
"OH, YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" Harry roared, lunging for Hermione and Draco. They took off for their room, slamming the door in Harry's face. Then Draco and Hermione broke out into laughter.
"What in the bloody hell has gotten into Hermione?" Ron asked, casting a drying spell on himself.
"I dunno, Ron. But, all I know is that those two better knock it off, if the fate of the wizarding world lies in our hands," Harry answered.
The rest of that day passed pretty much uneventful, until Hermione and Draco had to go down to their detention. The temporary truce had worn out soon after their water prank, and they were back to arguing. When they got to Filch's office, both of them were spitting fire.
"Now, since you two like disrupting classes so much, you will be cleaning Professor McGonagall's classroom, top to bottom, without magic. I expect everything to be shining by the time you are done," Filch said, with a grin on his face. He led them to McGonagall's classroom, and gave them the supplies they would need. They glared at each other, then started the work. Five hours later, they went back to the Gryffindor tower, exhausted. When they got there, Harry, Ron, and Ginny greeted them.
"Hermione, Malfoy, we forgot to tell you something," Ron said, trying not to laugh because they looked so funny.
"What, Weasley?" Draco snapped, not in the mood for anything at that moment.
"We have a meeting with Professor Dumbledore tomorrow after breakfast. It is about a prophecy that we uncovered," Ron told them.
"Fine," said Hermione tiredly. "I'm going to bed. See you in the morning." With that, she went to her and Draco's room. Draco followed her in, and they got ready for bed. (Good thing she saved that last spell!) As Hermione was drifting asleep, she was thinking about what Ron had said. I wonder what that prophecy is about. Well, I guess I'll find out tomorrow. With that, she fell asleep.
A/N- First and foremost, I want to thank yael, Sanna, and Xoni Newcomer for the ideas they gave me. Thanks sooooo much! Anyway, sorry this took so long. I appreciate everyone's patients. I hope that you aren't too mad. **Looks around at all the people glaring at her, then attempts to ward them off with her golf clubs** I hope you liked this chapter. I added something new, the prophecy. I know that it isn't really new, but it will give a different twist to the story. Now it will not only have romance and comedy, but also drama. Please read and review everyone! Thanks!
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Disclaimer- Harry Potter and almost everything mentioned in this story belongs to J.K. Rowling the magnificent. Ron's fire scar comes from Alicia Jennings story The Evil is Rising. The plot and the bonded together spell belong to me.