A/N: Hey everyone!! What's up?? Hope you've liked "Flight of the Shadow" so far!! Here we go!! ^_^
Disclaimer: All I own is the shadow!! Hehe.
"Flight of the Shadow"
Chapter 2
As they walked into the Great Hall, no one noticed them much. Giving each other looks that said "We shouldn't sit together", they went their separate ways.
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Breakfast- Hermione's POV
I headed for the Gryffindor table and sat down to eat, as usual.
"So Hermione, where were you last nite?" asked Harry.
"With a friend" I replied.
"So, that friend, would happen to be Malfoy?!" said Harry, a bit too loud. People were starting to turn around.
"Harry! What's gotten into you?" I hissed.
"Maybe the same thing that made you fall in love with Malfoy!" yelled Harry.
I couldn't believe this. "For one thing, his name is Draco." I said, barely able to contain my anger. Since when does Harry care about what I do? "Good bye!" I said, specifically to Ron. I got up and walked right out of the Great Hall.
Suddenly, everything went black.
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Draco and Ron were beside Hermione as she came to.
"Draco?…Ron?…Where am I?" she asked.
"Your in the clinic." said Ron.
"Are you feeling better?" asked Draco.
"Yes…but what happened?"
"Well, after your fight with Harry, you stormed out of the Great Hall. Me and Malfoy-"
"Ahem" said Draco.
"Me and Draco went after you, and there you were, out cold on the floor."
"So we bought you up here" finished Draco.
"Oh…thanks you guys." said Hermione, hugging them both, but kissing Draco.
"I guess I'll leave you two…" said Ron.
"No wait, I think we need to explain something" said Hermione. "Right Draco?"
"Yeah…"
"So, whats up with you guys?" asked Ron.
"Well…we're going out."
"Oh, I never would have guessed." said Ron sarcastically.
"Can it Weasley."
"God! Both of you! Can't you get along? At ALL?!" yelled Hermione.
"Out! Out! OUT!" yelled Madam Pomfrey, coming over. "This girl needs her rest!"
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"So, Malfoy" said Ron. "How did you guys get together?"
"She was tutoring me, but I didn't need it. I just wanted an excuse to see her…Hey! What am I telling you for, Weasley?"
"Possibly because I'm one of your girlfriends best friends" said Ron, irritated.
"Hmm…Good point. Well, I guess your not that bad." said Draco.
"Thanks man"
"But don't tell anyone I said that, ok?" said Draco, after looking down the hall outside the clinic, to see if anyone was around.
"I wouldn't dream of it" said Ron, grinning
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Dream sequence- Hermione
I walked into the library looking for that blonde-headed silver-eyed Slytherin. There he is. I thought. Ohmigosh…I hope o look ok.
Wait, why am I getting all worked up? It's just Malfoy! Possibly the hottest wizard…Snap out of it Granger! I thought, furious with myself.
"Hello Mudblood" said Draco, with his usual hateful drawl. My heart started to sink.
"Ok, what do you need help in?" I asked.
"Being nicer to Mudbloods." he muttered.
"What??" I asked. I knew I didn't hear what I thought I heard.
"Nothing" he said quickly, his eyes turning back icy cold.
"Well, why the hell did you drag me here for?" I asked, starting to get mad.
" I didn't freaking drag you, don't get all snippy with me Granger."
"Oh, I'm really scared!" I said. "Big bad Draco Malfoy is threatening me!"
"Yeah, that's right." he said. "I wouldn't screw around with me if I were you."
"Well, why the hell not? Harmful to my health?"
"One might say, harmful to your life" he said as he pulled up his sleeve. There was the Dark Mark, standing out plain as day against his pale skin.
"Oh my god Draco-I..I didn't know" I said quietly.
"Of course you didn't. But now you do" he said, slowly pulling his sleeve back down. His eyes suddenly got softer. "That's why I wanted to see you." he said. "I have to tell you something."
"What?" I asked. What could Draco Malfoy possibly have to tell me?
"I love you."
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"Ddrraaccoo!" Hermione screamed.
"What? What?" said Draco, running into the clinic, ignoring Madam Pomfrey's yells. (Something about almost breaking the door down.)
"I…I was dreaming. About that night you told me, remember? Last year?" said Hermione.
"Yeah, how could I forget?" asked Malfoy.
"You've been together that long?" asked Ron, dumbfounded.
"Yeah…" said Draco.
"How'd you keep it a secret?" asked Ron.
"Nobody knew. Just us." he said, uncomfortably.
"I think you can go now dearie." said Madam Pomfrey to Hermione. "How are the scars? Not hurting anymore are they?" she asked, turing to Draco.
"No, they've stopped and have disappeared completely." said Draco.
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"What…Scars?" asked Hermione, when they were in the hall.
"Come here." said D raco, pulling her into an empty classroom.
"I didn't want to tell you but…" said Draco. "My father found out."
"But…How?" breather Hermione.
"I'm still not sure" he said. "When I got home, well, let's just say I got the stuffing knocked out of me. Quite a few times."
"Draco! But…"
"Ssh. My mother healed me as much as she could when he was…done. Then, my first day back, I went to Pomfrey. I didn't want you knowing."
"But…you've kept it from me for…two months!"
"I didn't want you to know!" he repeated. "But, when you were almost…hurt last night I knew I'd end up telling you."
"But Draco!" said Hermione, who was starting to cry. "How…how did you survive?"
"Let's not get into that." said Draco, setting her on a desk. "Everything will be ok, alright?" he asked, his eyes softening.
After a while, Hermione said something.
"Do you think they know who broke in?"
"No, I did think it was my father. But he would've said it was him."
"Oh…I'm so sorry Draco!"
"Why?" he asked.
"Because of what you have to live with!"
"Listen to me, Hermione." said Draco, grabbing her and looking right into her eyes. "Don't you ever say that, ok?"
"Ok." she said meekly.
"Remember, your messing with a powerful Death Eater…Don't disobey me!" said Draco.
"That's not funny." said Hermione sadly. "You know I don't like that…"
"Sorry…" he said quietly. As soon as they leaned in to kiss, the door flew open.
"They've caught him!" yelled Ron. "Oops." he said, realizing what he'd interrupted.
"Caught who?" asked Draco, turning around and lifting Hermione off the desk.
"The man that tried to kill Hermione last night." said Ron.
"Ron! How do you know?" she asked.
"McGonnagal told me. Told Harry too. Oh yeah, he's sorry about this morning. He was just…shocked."
"Well, were is he?" asked Draco.
"Who? Harry?"
"Why would I want to know where Potter is?" asked Draco. "Where's the bastard they caught?"
"Oh, him. Come on."
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Ron led them to McGonnagal's office. They went in.
(A/N: There's been TWO spot I could stop and make this a REAL cliffhanger! But since I love you guys, I'm going to finish until I get to where I stopped writing it by hand!)
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"Who the bloody hell are you?" yelled Draco.
"The man who tried to kill Ms. Granger, Mr. Malfoy." said Dumbledore, answering for him.
"I know that! I mean…he looks bloody familiar."
"Want to know why you little traitor?" asked the man.
Before anyone could stop her, Hermione was infront of him and had slapped him so hard; it made Draco's ears ring.
"Don't you ever talk about Draco like that!"
"Oh, so you've told your little Mudblood your secret?" asked the man.
McGonnagal had to restrain Hermione, to keep her from slapping the man again. Draco was slowly backing up, getting paler.
"Who the hell are you?" he whispered.
"Because I'm your uncle Narcissus. Narcissus O'Neal."
At those words, Draco slumped to the floor.
"Draco! Draco!" said Hermione, rushing toward him.
Narcissus just laughed.
"Prof. McGonnagal, go get Poppy. Mr. Weasley, go get Prof. Snape." said Dumbledore.
"Prof. Dubledore! He's waking up!" said Hermione.
"Oh no…" murmured Draco groggily.
"Wait sweet. Pomfrey is coming. " said Hermione, rocking him.
"Let me take his blood pressure and check him out." said Madame Pomfrey, coming in with McGonnagal closely behind.
"Ok. Push up your sleeve so I can…" Madame Pomfrey turned a nasty shade of green.
Ron and Snape were just entering. Snape quickly sat down in a chair.
"Holy shit." said Ron.
McGonnagal gasped.
"Should have known…should have known…" muttered Dumbledore.
Hermione was softly crying.
Narcissus was still laughing.
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A/N: Ta-da! How was that? That one was a bit long! Last night when I was writing it, I kept going so the shadow man would be found out in the second chapter. So, was that a good cliff-hanger? Who is Narcissus anyway? What will they do to Draco? Hmm…
Thanks to: Thanks to AnimeGirl, walking corpse, nortylaK, Goop, and Laundry Anne for reviewing! NortylaK, you were right! It wasn't Lucius!
Disclaimer: All I own is Narcissus, who I wish I didn't!