A/N
As you can probably see, this is chapter 2. If you can't see, then why the heck
are you on ff.net? This chapter is going to be a bit longer, and sorry it took
me so long to post it.
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Draco's
POV
"Great…"
Draco muttered. Why on earth had Snape paired him up with Parvati Patil?
All she did was giggle… and stare at him. He couldn't blame her for that
though. He grinned to himself. Maybe he would put a Silencing Charm on her…
"And then get detention" Well… Maybe
he could just tune her out. Oh well, it was much better than working with the
insufferable know-it-all Mudblood.
He walked up the stairs to Transfiguration
slowly, because he wasn't exactly sure of what kind of project they were
working on. He wasn't dim or anything, he just hadn't been paying much
attention in class.
"And
if you keep it that way" A nasty little voice said in his head "Then you will be a bit dim"
Stupid voice, always scrutinizing him-
A girl had just then pushed by him on her way
up the stairs. A girl with bushy brown hair…
"Hmm… Maybe I can make an event out of
this" He thought. He had a plan…
"Hermione?" He asked, almost sweetly. It was
a huge change in the way he normally sounded.
"What? Come to taunt me some more, have you?"
Her voice was cold, a cold that didn't quite reach her eyes though. For a
Mudbloods' eyes they were actually quite pretty. They were large, and a had a
cinnamon color-
"WHAT
ARE YOU THINKING" shouted the little voice inside his head. It was right, what was he
thinking? Mudbloods weren't pretty, and especially not this one.
"Well, what do you want?" She asked again.
"Oh" Draco was taken aback " I er… wanted to
know if you would- meet me at the top of the North Tower." He said quickly.
What was wrong? Surely he didn't actually like the Mudblood?
"No, of course not" He told himself.
She looked at him with astonishment, and then suspicion.
"Why?" She just had to keep
questioning him.
"Because I need some help with er… our
project" He finished.
"But we don't even know what our project is
yet!" Why, oh why did she have to think so much?
"Professor Snape told me" He said smoothly.
She glared at him. "But he also told me not to tell you yet"
"Wait… We aren't partners though" She was
still looking suspiciously at him.
"Yes… but he told me what Parvati and I are
doing and said that you would know a lot about it, and so I thought I should
ask you for help" He was running out of ideas-
"Alright then. North Tower it is. What time?"
She asked briskly.
"Finally she accepted!" Thought Draco
almost joyfully.
"Eight o'clock sharp" Good thing he knew that
she was very punctual.
"Great, see you in Transfiguration" She smiled
and waved.
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Hermione's
POV
"Oh my God, I can not believe that I
actually smiled and waved to him!" What was she thinking? She hated
Draco Malfoy!
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"YOU'RE
WHAT? HERMIONE, you can't meet Malfoy in the North Tower! He- he'll do
something to you!" Ron was telling Hermione as he, Harry and her were walking
into the Transfiguration classroom.
"Ron, I am perfectly capable of taking care
of myself!" Hermione said through gritted teeth. However, Ron had a look of
disbelief on his face.
"Do you want us to hang around the Tower
under the Invisibility Cloak?" Asked Harry.
"NO! Look, since the both of you think
that I can't very well take care of myself, I'm going to go to the Tower alone!
"Well fine then! Harry and I will just
sit alone today! C'mon Harry, no use hanging around her" Ron
replied scathingly. At this Hermione felt a hot rush of tears streaming down
her face. Then things got worse…
"Hello, Hermione" Draco Malfoy said sweetly.
"Him of all people, it just HAD to be him"
Hermione thought, forgetting about how nice he had been earlier. Then Draco did
something way to out of the ordinary for her to tolerate. He put his arm around
her.
"Okay, I am officially freaked out now"
It felt kind of good to have his arm around her- WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?!?
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Draco's
POV
"Why am I putting my arm around her?"
Draco thought. Was it because she was crying?
"What's wrong?" He asked sincerely. However,
it appeared she thought differently. What came next was excruciating pain. She
had just slapped him 'round the face, harder than even the first time she had
ever hit him- and that time had been pretty hard. That was it. Enough fun.
"DENSAUGEO!" He yelled and pointed his wand
right at her front teeth, which had, yet again, started growing at an alarming
rate.
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Hermione's
POV
While
she could still talk normally she raised her wand, and pointed it at Draco.
"DENSAUGEO!" She shouted. If she had to have
beaver teeth, so did he.
Professor McGonagall strode into the room to
see what all the shouting was about. She burst out laughing, with the rest of
the students joining in.
"What's so funny?" Asked Draco and Hermione
at the same time. Then they looked at each other. Draco started laughing, soon
followed by Hermione.
Amidst all the gales of laughter a great oily
voice shouted over them all.
"GRANGER! MALFOY! IN MY OFFICE NOW!"
Snape screeched at them. The laughter died almost immediately.
Slowly Hermione and Draco walked out of the
classroom, their teeth now far below their collars. They followed Snape down
past his dungeon, and into his office.
"I am not" He said in his oily voice "going
to give you detention. I am however going to punish you in a way you will most
regret. I am now pairing Ms. Patil with Mr. Crabbe, and you, Granger, with
Malfoy. Do you understand?" He looked as though he might curse them if they
said anything but 'yes' so they nodded their heads.
"And" He continued, his voice greasier than
ever "The subject you will be campaigning against is the Mistreatment of House
Elves.
"At least I can be happy in one respect"
Thought Hermione grimly. Then Snape got a strange look on his face. He grinned
rather evilly at Hermione and Draco.
"Wait… Maybe I will give you both
detention…"
"Oh, God, no…" Hermione thought.
"Yes, I think I will… Eight o'clock tonight
at the top of the North Tower. You two will clean it, from 8:00 to midnight. I
will be there to supervise. No go back to class!" He barked. Hermione and Draco
rushed out the door, eager to avoid another detention.
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Draco's
POV
"Great… Not only did he get detention with
the Mudblood, he didn't even have his teeth shrunk yet" He thought
miserably. Maybe he could ask Herm- Granger for the counter curse.
"'Er-aye-nee?" (Translation: Hermione) He had
to speak strange because his front teeth disabled to use of his bottom lip.
"What?" She asked. Her voice was cold- and
normal.
"Cou you fix aye teef?" (Translation: Could
you fix my teeth?) He asked hopefully.
"Come again?" She asked. She obviously didn't
understand him.
"Shink aye teef!"(Translation: Shrink My
teeth!) Draco said as best as he could. This time she got the gist.
"Oh… well, I don't know if I should or not…
After all you did get us detention…
"Great, she's gonna make me beg" Thought
Draco- and he was right.
"Perhaps if you ask me nicely…" She was
definitely going to make him beg.
"P'ease?" This was embarrassing. This type of
thing went on for about ten minutes (They were walking slowly) when-
"Alright… REDUCIO!" She said, flicking her
wand casually at his teeth, which instantly went back to their original size.
"Thank you! Well… we might as well head on to
lunch, classes'll be out any minute… I guess I'll see you tonight at eight. 'Bye"
He supposed he ought to be nice to her. He'd be mean to her tonight in
detention though….
"Why though? She isn't that bad…" He
shook the thought out of his head and thought "Nah… Being means' more fun!"
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