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THEN 50 DAYS!!!!
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Chapter 10

Draco stood as the snow fell softly on his white-blonde hair. Every hint of his body indicated a
glacial sense. From his cold eyes, to even his colder heart. But, yet he stood, outside as the snow
fell around him, dancing to the rhythm of the wind. Twirling, leaping, cavorting around him. He
looked down to the snow covered ground, then walked over to a frozen brook that was hidden
behind a fallen log. He pushed a lock of his hair back, and glanced into the water. He looked at
is face, running a dragon-skinned glove down the side of his face. He then took his fingers,
and pulled the area around his eyes out, to get a better look at them. What had she seen? He
snorted out a puff of warm air into the frozen landscape, then slowly turned around, and tried to
find his way back to the castle. If she wanted to run away from him, there was no use in him
going after her. Besides, he was cold.

*~*~*

"Hermione?" Harry whispered into his friends ear, as he pushed a lock of her hair back. She had
passed out again according to Madam Pomfrey, and now, Harry sat by her side, as Ron stood
behind him, looming over the both of them, as he tried to coax her back to the real world again

Hermione on the other hand was dreaming once again.

She was in a maze, and she had a thick heavy necklace on, with a silver chain, and a ruby and
emerald embedded in it. She was trying to feel her way along in the darkness, and tripped over a
log, in the normally perfectly flat maze, made of stone, yet there was a log there. She walked
further along, lost in the darkness, and then saw a giant book, coming at her, flapping its pages, as
if to swallow her whole. She ran in the other direction, and the necklace seemed to make her go
faster. She glanced behind her, and the book was gone, but when she turned around again, and
there was a tiny, sad looking gray dragon sitting in the corner. She walked over to it, and tried to
stroke it's head, but it didn't know what to do, so it slunk back, away into the darkness. As she
wondered about the dragon, or why she would even bother a dragon, she was smacked in the
head my a silver and green light, and what sounded like high pitched screaming.

"AH!" She screamed briefly, as she shot up, smacking Harry in the head in the process. He fell
back in the chair, and rubbed his head, as Ron went to tend Hermione

"Hermione, are you ok?" He asked frantically as he grabbed her shoulders.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-" She was shaking
and breathing heavily.

"Stop!" Ron yelled frantically at her repetitive and speedy responses. He shook her shoulders
again, and she let her head fall back, her mouth wide open, and her consciousness lost.

"Smooth" Harry said, hurrying, getting up to get Madam Pomfrey

"I didn't mean to, I-" He sighed, what was the use trying to explain his love for her, and his fear
every time she was in danger, and her frantic responses pushed him over the edge.

*~*~*

Geray sat in the forest, crouching, with her knees up at her chest, up against a rock. The snow fell
around her in soft flakes, adorning her beautiful long dark-brown hair with tiny white flakes. Her
eyelids even had a few white spots on them. Her eyes though, were constantly moving. They
darted back and forth, rapidly scanning the grounds, looking for a sign that Draco was coming.
He couldn't come. She wouldn't let it happen, not again.

*~*~*

"Great, and she has the cloak, now that oaf is going to get up my butt about being in the forest,
then I'll have to spend Christmas in the toilets, scrubbing till my bloody arm falls off" Draco
grumbled to himself, as he neared the light of the clear grounds. He exited the forest, and walked
swiftly across the grounds, that now had many sets of footprints in them, but he walked fast, with
his head down, and his shoulders hunched.

" M'sta. Malfoy?" Called Hagrid from across the grounds. "Were Yu, in da For'est?"

"No" He said stiffly, then continued walking without giving Hagrid another look. He quickly
walked up the stairs, and in through the front doors. He took his cloak off, and placed it over his
arm. He went into the Great Hall for some dinner, then he was going to retire to his empty room,
and not speak to anyone until classes started again in a few days.

"Draco!" Bellowed a angered Professor Snape.

"Yes sir?" He asked turning to face him. 'He should really wash his hair' Draco thought to
himself as the vulture walked speedily over to him.

"Mr. Malfoy" He said with the angry tone he normally used when talking to Harry "The other
day-"

'Oh great' thought Draco 'Now he's going to bother me with the Potter incident'

"The Other day you were with Mr. Potter. Have you been spending time with him since Mr.
Crabbe, and Mr. Golye are not around?"

"Sir, you have seen me everyday, sitting alone at the table. Would you care to push my misery
further?" He said coolly

Snape was taken aback by his students sudden find of a backbone. "Well then..." He said trailing
off, and exiting the Hall, leaving Draco to his own devices. He walked to the table, where only a
few people were there, he was a little late anyway. He plopped down at a seat, and placed his
cloak on the spot next to him. He felt so out of it as he sat amongst laughter and joy all of them
knowing that Christmas was right around the corner. Where was his happiness?

*~*~*

"Shut it Ron" Harry said as his friends laughed at him from across the room

"Mr. Potter, I'm trying to fix it as best I can!" Madam Pomfrey exclaimed as she was icing his
bruised nose from the Hermione attack.

"Shut it!!!" He exclaimed as Ron continued to laugh wholeheartedly, eventually falling off of his
chair, he gained a brief shocked expression, then continuing to laugh some more.

"There!" She said as she poked his nose with her wand, and it became perfectly normal again.
"Now, I think you should spend the night." She said looking Harry in the eye

"Madam Pomfrey, I think you just need some company" He said smiling, then hopping off the
table. She then bustled off into her back room, and Harry met up with Ron once again.

"You got smacked by a girl, and she wasn't even really awake." He said chuckling

"Yes, Ha, Ha, Ha" Harry said cynically

But Ron continued to laugh as Harry slumped down once again in the chair beside Hermione.

"Guys?" A meek voice called

Both of the guys who had, just a moment ago been laughing, suddenly turned as quickly as they
could, and just about jumped on top of her, to get as close as possible to their best friend.

"Hey!" Harry said, who was slumping forward in the chair, so that his arms leaned on the bed

"Feeling better?" Ron asked timidly, who was leaning forward, but standing behind Harry.

"Nope, not really. But I'm glad you guys are here, so Harry, find anything new?"

"Always on top of the game aren't you Herm?" He said smiling and leaning on folded arms.

"But of course, if I wasn't, then I wouldn't be like me" She said smiling. The happy light in her
eyes seemed missing, as if her troubled mind had something else hiding back there.

"What's wrong" Harry sad sternly this time

Hermione was taken aback by such a forward question. It hadn't fit what they were talking about
at all. But then again, Harry picked up on everything, whether he let you know that he knew was
another thing altogether.

"I can't tell you" She said docilely

"Why not?" Ron asked

"Because its stupid"

"Hermione" Harry said, "Take a look around you" Hermione glanced up, and only saw the
perfectly white walls of the infirmary, "You're in the Infirmary"

"Good job Harry. You finally learned what it's called"

"No, not that" he said smiling a bit "You're sick, and we don't know what's wrong with you.
Anything that's bothering you can help right now." He said calmly

"Yeah Hermione, please?" Ron said, and then got down on his knees, and crawled forward "I
shall even kiss your feet Oh Queen, that is if you tell us!"

She chuckled, then kicked her foot out from under the sheet, and conked him in the nose.

"Ow" He said, grabbing his nose

"You big baby, it wasn't even that hard."

"Hermione" Harry said sternly. She turned back from the goofy Ron, and came face to face with
Harry again. She looked deep into his face, the cracks and lines of his face, the scar hidden
beneath his bands, and his deep green eyes. "Answer me" He whispered. They were only a few
inches away from each other, so Hermione backed up a bit, and leaned against the back of her
bed.

"Ok"

*~*~*

Dumbledore walked down the stars from the Great hall, and then up towards Geray's Chambers.
He opened the portrait, and called inside. No answer. He walked further in, and realized that
both cloaks were missing from the wardrobe. He quickly walked over to the window, and saw a
line of two foot prints in the snow, going directly into the forest. Who did she go with though,
and where were they now?

He ran down the stairs as fast as a man of his age could, and went into the Great hall. Sitting
alone at the table was Young Malfoy. He walked over to him, and tapped him on the shoulder
gently.

"Mr. Malfoy" He said. Draco turned, and looked at him, but said nothing. "Please come with me
to my office right now"

Draco didn't answer, but grabbed his cloak, and stood up, following Dumbledore into his office.

Draco took his seat in one of the two chairs in front of Dumbledores desk. Fawkes remained on
his perch, and simply watched.

"Draco" Dumbleodre said, looking at the cold boy

He looked up

"Mr. Malfoy, I can't find Princess Geray, and I was wondering if you knew where she was." He
said leaning forward onto his desk

"I saw a pair of footprints appear out of nowhere, and head into the forest. I figured she might
have taken a walk." He said cooly. He face remained strait and harsh.

"I saw them too..." Dumbledore said curiously. "Mr. Malfoy, you're dismissed." He said, waving
his hand towards the door. He got up stiffly, and left, leaving Dumbledore alone in his office. He
let his head fall into his hands, and sighed a heavy sigh.

*~*~*

"Madam Pomfrey. Please, tomorrow is Christmas, may I please go to the feast?" Hermione
begged.

"Please?" Chorused Harry and Ron, with giant puppy eyes

She shuffled in her chair, and then looked at all of their longing eyes. "Fine..." She said as a
sudden burst of cheers emanated around the room. She then quickly turned and left the room in a
huff.

"Yes!" Hermione said falling back on her bed.

"Herm?" Harry asked "Do you really think you should be doing that? You know, flailing all over
the place?"

"I told you, I was just having a black out before, nothing weird, I used to do it all of the time
when I was younger" She said, her mouth curling into a false smile. They didn't have to know.

*~*~*

"Come on Draco" Hagrid called as they walked off into the forest.

Draco grumbled, and followed obediently. 'How the hell does Dumbldore figure everything out?'
He though to himself. He could have been sitting alone in the cold, and green glowing common
room, but instead he was out in the cold, working. 'Curse them all' he though as he trudged on.
How was he supposed to know where she had gone, all he knew was that they had walked off
into the forest, she had led the way, and then she looked at him and ran off. 'Stupid bitch' he
thought. 'What was her problem' This incident had put Draco in a bad mood all day, and seeing
the end of the day coming soon, he knew all to well, that his pissy mood wouldn't leave quickly.

They trudged through the depths of the snowy forest, leaving faint tracks behind them, because
the continuos falling snow covered their tracks quickly. 'At this rate we'll never find her' Draco
thought to himself, and groaned when thinking about how long he was going to have to be out in
he cold. He'd rather be inside, and not moving, in the cold. He truly was a lazy spirt.

*~*~*

Geray sat as the snow around her piled further and further up. 'If I let it get far enough, maybe I
can die' She thought. She couldn't let her past, thousand of years old as it may be, creep up on
her.

She heard a soft noise ring throughout the depths of wintery dispar. She cocked her head up to
listen, but heard no more. She let her head hang low again, and the tears came now. She almost
wanted them to find her, then she would feel loved. She hadn't felt loved in century's. But then
again, if he was who she thought he might be, love may not be what she wanted.

"I want my mother" She said softly, her voice cracking from the cold.

She heard a noise again, this time it sounded familiar, and out of the snow came a perfect angle,
Quicksilver. His gray body shimmering with new fallen snow. .: Come my lady:. He said, leaning
forward for her to climb on his back

.: No, I don't belong here. There is no love left in this world:. She thought, new tears running
down her face, and freezing with the swirling snow.

.: Lady!:. He horse thought as he reared up in front of her, clearly angered .:You honestly don't
think that your magic kept me alive for all of these years without any love involved! Have you
lost all reason!!!:.

Geray looked down to her knees that were tucked up near her. .:I guess...:.

.: Come lady:. He though kindly once again, and offered her his back. Geray, with much effort
pushed her frozen body out of the snow drift, and to him. Outside of the shell of snow she had
made for herself, she realized her clothing was soak through, and she was wet to the bone.

.: Lady, we must hurry, for fear you get sick.:. He thought as she got up on his back. He b0lted
through the forest, leaping over familiar logs and streams, the same as they had been centuries
ago.

*~*~*

Draco shuffled along behind Hagrid, kicking the snow as he moved. He heard a noise beneath the
layers of "GERAY!" screamed by Hagrid. In an instant, and silver blur sped by him, spinning in
him circles, and falling into the snow. After a moment, Hagrid picked him up from the snow, and
started walking back towards the castle.

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Bum-Bum-BUM! There you have it, another edition of my fabulous story. Why is Hermione
lying......What will happen with the love shape's they all are weaving.....Will Geray die from the
sever cold.....What was with her and Draco?...these and much more on the next episode of THE
VISITOR!!!!!

Yes, there you have it, oh, one thing, those of you who have read my Child of Fire story know
what I am to do next

NAMES!!! That's right, it isn't just a COF thing!

Geray~Sounds like Gray, but isn't. Grrr, AY!!! Like Hey, but minus the 'h'

Guerff~ He was the Dark wizard from the beginning but there will be more mention of him Gerr,
like the nickname for Kerry, Kerr, but with a G, not a K, Off! Like what happens when you pick
up something heavy, and say Off!

Dedrolis~ dead-roll-iss, simple eh?

Ok, moving on now top other happy things. Once more, as often used before, I am so sorry for
all of my spelling errors in previous chapters, I think I need to do a revised version of this story,
seeing that there are some chapters that should basically be one bid red line under everything.
Once again, I am SOOOOO sorry for that sort of nonsense. Muahaha!

Alrighty, here they come, Thank You's, oh good lord.

Katie Marie~you've reviewed everything, you kick ass

Aislin~ Ditto (oh I'm an original one aren't I?)

Katerina the Great~ If you're still reading this, thanks a bundle. Seeing that I don't know any of
the following people on this list, that means a hell of a lot.

Jerry Christianson~ THANK YOU!! And by the way, any more of "About the Author" coming?
And as you can see, I can't spell, so sorry If I spelled your name wrong

MeShelly~ Gracias! Ooo, I'm bilingual!

Silvara Maxwell~ Ok, you're the one I couldn't get in touch with, so if you ever even see this
that'd be so cool. So, thank you to you as well, just for reading my story. These review things
make me ever so happy!

Sophie W. ~ The fact that you even like this makes me giddy with joy! Oh yeah!

Ok, I be done with that. I would also like to say a million sorry's for Hagrid. When I do put him
in, he's hard to write, so, that all kinda sucks. Yes, well, must be going now. Laterz

~Grem