Hermione woke up lying on the bed, next to Draco. Her eyelids felt like lead, she was so tired. She slowly opened her eyes, and after a few seconds, they adjusted to the dim light.
She slowly sat up, looking around her, much slower than she would have liked.
As she looked beside her, she saw Draco. He was asleep on his back, breathing normal. There was a book across his chest, entitled "Wands or no wands? The great debate". It looked like he had fallen asleep reading it.
Hermione read the back of the book to herself.
'Wands or no wands?'
'The Grate Debate'
Witches and wizards that are able to use magic without their wands are rare. You are either born with it, or able to learn it. But if you're a natural, your ability will be the most powerful, out of all that learn.
The ability is often thought to be linked with Dark Magic, since Dark Witches and Wizards may be caught without their wand, they always need to be prepared.
Read more inside, to find out about the history of wands and the history of this debate, along with other tidbits and facts.
Hermione looked above her, curious about the Slytherin Dorms. A canopy. She then looked to her right. A stone wall.
She was stuck between a solid wall, and a sleeping Malfoy.
Great, she thought. Not only am I in the same bed with him, but I'm stuck! I'd take the wall over a sleeping Slytherin any day, she thought, while glaring inwardly, as there was no use psychically glaring, as no one could see her.
"Malfoy!" she hissed, poking him in his shoulder.
"Draco!" she hissed, a little louder.
The only reaction that she got was Draco turning to his right, facing her, but still sleeping.
Oh, no, she thought. No! He looks…No! Don't you even think about it! He looks…ack! Cute! Even…Eer! A little…Damn. Sexy, she thought, giving in to her outrageous thoughts.
"Oohh…" she moaned, fuming at herself. "Dracooo!" she said, louder than the last two times.
That time she got a…unexpected reaction. Draco must be used to hugging a pillow while he sleeps, because he suddenly put his arms around her waist, pulling her to him, then started to softly snore.
It was a bit funny. Once Hermione realized what was going on, she started giggling, but when she remembered he was a Slytherin, she screamed "Draco Malfoy!"
Well, that woke him up. His eyes popped open, and he flipped around, and jumped off the bed so fast, it caused Hermione to fall as well.
"Aaahhh!" she screamed.
"Hey, Malfoy!" spat an unidentifiable Slytherin. "Take your girl back to her room, or quiet it down!" he said, from behind a curtain.
Hermione was…outraged at that, to say the least. As she opened her mouth to reply, Draco put his hand across her mouth, to shut her up.
"Not a word!" he hissed, as he grabbed her hand and the book, leading her up the stairs, to the common room.
"What was that for?" she spat, stopping to look at him, once they were up the stairs.
"Why am I helping you?" he asked, out loud. "I know! Because I don't want to be linked to a freaking Gryfinddor, mudblood at that!"
Not wanting to risk another anger spasm, Hermione kept her mouth shut, and resorted to fuming.
She grabbed the book from him, and plopped down on a fluffy green loveseat, with silver adornments.
Freaky, she thought, as she opened the book.
This book isn't to be taken as all lies, nor all truth. It's a collection of facts, tales, prophecies, tidbits, records and assumptions. No one will ever know whether the ability of being able to do magic is good or bad. It just depends on the user to decide whether it's a gift…or a curse.
Wands, or no wands? The great debate.
Turn the page for the list of contents.
It went on to explain a brief history of magic, wands, blah, blah, blah. But something caught her eye, as she skimmed Chapter Eight-Natural Gifts.
The natural ability of being able to function without your wand is very rare. There's an estimate of two beings, every ten years. But as we've stated previously, since it is linked the Dark Magic, no one confesses, so there may be more.
So far, the two beings have always being a witch, and a wizard. Fifty percent of the time, they know each other. Here's a statement made by Louisa Spain, famous medium:
"They may know each other, they may not. They may hate each other, they may love. One will be evil, the other pure. If both are the same, the souls may be lost. Without equality, the magic will be uneven. Causing a surge of power, for the side that was in the lead."
There's a story, in which a man and wife had the power. Both were evil, to the core. As evil was greater, the balance uneven, the two souls were lost, for all eternity.
They were lucky. How, you ask? It could have been worse. The magical community could have been destroyed in the process.
They say, that if the two meet, the magical world, as we know it could be destroyed. Don't be afraid, that will only happen if both are evil. What will happen if they're both pure, we don't know. But we shall only hope that if that even does happen, it's better than the destruction of our world.
Hermione stopped reading to discover she was shaking like a leaf.
Draco had been watching her, as she read. Her brown eyes seemed to be going a mile a minute, reading that book. He had gotten lost in those eyes, until she looked up at him and he was found.
"Are you ok?" asked Draco, unsure whether her shaking was out of fear, or anger.
"Yes. No, this is scary," she whispered, passing to book to him, where he sat, across from her.
Draco read what she'd told him to. As he finished, he let out a low whistle.
"Read this part," he said, getting up, and sitting beside her, so he could easily point it out to her.
'There's a legend, saying that all good at heart, with this 'gift' shall perish at it's mercy, or turn evil at it's expense.'
"Are you saying that I'm a goody-goody?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah, but this isn't really a good time to be one…either way you look at it," said Draco. "But you better start saying your good-bye's," he said, going back to that Malfoy drawl. "Because, I doubt you'll ever turn evil."
Hermione raised an eyebrow at him questioningly, as she told him, "I would rather die at its expense, but I'm not ready to give up yet," she said.
"I mean, come on!" he said, throwing his arms in the air. "It's not like, you're going to change over night or something!"
"Well," said Hermione, "I can start."
"By doing what, may I ask?" Draco tried to ask her, but was cut off, when Hermione put her lips on his.
After the kiss, Draco said, "Good start…"
Suddenly, they saw Snape enter the common room.
"Shit!" said Draco. Grabbing Hermione and the book closely, he hissed, "Invisablate!" causing the two to disappear from sight.
Draco suddenly saw a picture in his head. It's his bedside table. On it, is his lamp, book for Potions and, his wand.
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A/N: Sorry it's been awhile! (I love that song…) But I didn't know it had been four days! Sorry you guys! Anyways, was that long enough? I hope so! Well, sorry it's…off and…confusing, but hey, I'm me, what can I say? ^-^ I know Draco is OOC but that's how I write. If you don't like it, get used to it, and continue reading the rest of this series! =)
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