I'd just like to start by saying a big big thankyou to everyone who
reviewed the last 2 chapters, it really means a lot to me. :)
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CHAPTER 3 ~ Malfoy
Malfoy scrambled to his feet, clutching his wand and the material, which gleamed as it caught the faint light of the wands. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Sonja all realised what it was. An Invisibility Cloak.
"Where'd you get that from, Malfoy?" asked Harry, nodding at the silvery material.
"Keep your nose where it belongs, Potter." Malfoy drawled. He looked around at the others. His eyes passed over Ron's scruffy clothes, Hermione's bushy hair, the stern face of Aragorn, (Malfoy shuddered at the tall grim figure) and came to rest on Merry and Pippin. A smile crept onto his face. "Found some new friends have you Potter? What a surprise! I knew you weren't the sociable type, had to settle for these midgets did ya?" Malfor sneered at Harry. He risked a brief glance at Aragorn who carried on staring at him as though he hadn't heard. Merry looked indignant, and was about to retort when Sonja cut in.
"So are you gonna answer my first question or not? What are you doing here? How did you get here?"
"None of your business!" Malfoy replied.
"Fine!" snapped Sonja. "We're going then. We haven't got time to stand here talking to you. Come on you guys." She marched briskly off in the direction she hoped was correct. The others followed, Aragorn giving Malfoy one last deep stare as he passed. After they had gone several metres, Malfoy called out.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"As far away from you as possible!" Sonja shouted back.
"D… Don't leave me here," called Malfoy, glancing nervously at the tall harsh looking trees that surrounded him. "I'm coming with you!" He hurried after them.
"Oh are you indeed? You want to journey with us, do you?" asked Sonja with sarcastic sympathy. Malfoy nodded in response. "Then tell us how you got here."
"I told you, it's none of your business!"
"Fine then! But if you want to come with us, that makes it our business doesn't it?"
"Alright, alright," sighed Malfoy. "We were up in Hogsmede and I saw Potter, Granger and Weasley acting oddly. Mind you, they always do," he sneered. "So I slipped on my Invisibility Cloak and followed them into this alley. They were all huddled around a portkey, at least I think it was a portkey, it was an old drink can. And the next thing I knew, I was here in this forest, surrounded by trees. It's funny though, I don't remember actually touching the portkey."
"Sound's rather suspicious if you ask me," said Ron. Aragorn stared into Malfoy's eyes again. It was a deep penetrating stare, and Malfoy quivered.
"He lies not," spoke Aragorn, for the first time since they had left the camp.
"But why did you stay invisible the whole time?" asked Hermione.
"Use your brains, Granger, you've got enough of them anyway. I thought it would be interesting, to hear what you three talk about. I thought I might be able to learn something. And I did," he added, glancing at Harry. "I'll be sure to accidentally let it slip about that huge crush you've got on Cho Chang!" he smirked.
"Why you, you slimy little rat!" snarled Harry, advancing towards Malfoy.
"Ferret more like," added Ron.
"Stop it! There's no need for a fight. Let's just get out of this forest first," broke in Hermione.
"Yeah, be quiet!" added Sonja.
"Stuff you! You filthy Muggle! You're worse than that Mudblood Granger," sneered Malfoy.
"Why you bastard!" Sonja and Harry both charged at Malfoy, knocking him to the ground. Sonja stroked a well aimed kick at him, and it hit right on his kneecap. Malfoy squealed in pain. (A/N: Imagine Malfoy squealing – now that's a funny picture!)
"I thought boys didn't shriek like that Malfoy?" Ron sniggered. Malfoy was silent at once. The two hobbits glanced nervously at each other. Who was this boy? Why did the others hate him so much. Aragorn just looked down at Malfoy lying pathetically among the leaves, and kept quiet. "Snape's not here to save your scrawny neck this time," Ron added.
Sonja was beginning to feel guilty. She shouldn't have kicked him so hard, especially as he was lying on the ground anyway. She stooped and offered her hand to Malfoy to help him up, but he withdrew he quickly. "Don't want to get contaminated with your Muggle filth now do I?" he drawled.
"Right, come on, let's go," Sonja called to the rest of them, trying to keep her voice steady and not show him that she was hurt by his remark. "Let's leave this rubbish to rot here alone."
"But we can't just leave him," protested Hermione.
"Herm, I can't believe you're sticking up for that scum!" exclaimed Ron in a shocked voice.
"But he'd probably just follow us in his Invisibility Cloak," she whispered back, so that Malfoy wouldn't hear. "Okay!" she called out to everyone. "Group talk!" She, Ron, Harry, Sonja, Merry, Pippin and Aragorn huddled in a circle a few feet away from Malfoy. "I say we let him come with us, he can't just be left here with his wand and Invisibility Cloak, who knows what he might do." A look of understanding came on the Hobbits' and Aragorn's faces.
"So that's what that material was!" exclaimed Pippin. "I thought it looked magical, almost Elven like, but I couldn't understand how he had got it."
Hermione nodded. "It's safer for us and him if we stick together."
"Okay," agreed Harry, "And you never know, we might need the Invisibility Cloak, that ones quite big, it would cover quite a few of us."
"But I don't trust him with that, he might give us the slip," argued Ron. The thought of spending so much time with Malfoy, was making him feel almost sick.
"Right then, we'll let him come with us on the condition that we look after the cloak, and that he's not mean to us anymore," suggested Sonja.
"Okay!" agreed everyone. They broke apart and Sonja went over Malfoy.
"You can come with us," Malfoy looked pleased, "on a few conditions," she carried on. Malfoy looked sullen. "You have to give us your Invisibity Cloak," Malfoy opened his mouth, about to protest, but Sonja merely put up her hand and carried on. "And, you must promise not to be mean, no snide comments, nothing. You mustn't be a nuisance and you've got to help us if we need it, and we'll help you too. Deal?" she held out her hand to shake. Malfoy looked at it, paused, then shook her hand, muttering, "deal." He quickly pulled it away and wiped it hastily on his robes, as though he was afraid of contamination. But the rest of the group glowered at him and he quickly stopped.
"We really must go now," said Aragorn. "I am sure the Orcs have gone, but we must find the others as soon as possible." He marched ahead. The others followed hurriedly. Sonja and the Hobbits explained about Orcs and Middle Earth to the HPers, and they in turn explained about Hogwarts and their world to the Hobbits.
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Okay, I just want to apologise for the lack of action in this chapter. Nothing much has really happened except one long conversation. The next chapter will be a bit more exciting.
Please please, if you've read this then please take the time to review it for me! I would really appreciate it! :p
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CHAPTER 3 ~ Malfoy
Malfoy scrambled to his feet, clutching his wand and the material, which gleamed as it caught the faint light of the wands. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Sonja all realised what it was. An Invisibility Cloak.
"Where'd you get that from, Malfoy?" asked Harry, nodding at the silvery material.
"Keep your nose where it belongs, Potter." Malfoy drawled. He looked around at the others. His eyes passed over Ron's scruffy clothes, Hermione's bushy hair, the stern face of Aragorn, (Malfoy shuddered at the tall grim figure) and came to rest on Merry and Pippin. A smile crept onto his face. "Found some new friends have you Potter? What a surprise! I knew you weren't the sociable type, had to settle for these midgets did ya?" Malfor sneered at Harry. He risked a brief glance at Aragorn who carried on staring at him as though he hadn't heard. Merry looked indignant, and was about to retort when Sonja cut in.
"So are you gonna answer my first question or not? What are you doing here? How did you get here?"
"None of your business!" Malfoy replied.
"Fine!" snapped Sonja. "We're going then. We haven't got time to stand here talking to you. Come on you guys." She marched briskly off in the direction she hoped was correct. The others followed, Aragorn giving Malfoy one last deep stare as he passed. After they had gone several metres, Malfoy called out.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
"As far away from you as possible!" Sonja shouted back.
"D… Don't leave me here," called Malfoy, glancing nervously at the tall harsh looking trees that surrounded him. "I'm coming with you!" He hurried after them.
"Oh are you indeed? You want to journey with us, do you?" asked Sonja with sarcastic sympathy. Malfoy nodded in response. "Then tell us how you got here."
"I told you, it's none of your business!"
"Fine then! But if you want to come with us, that makes it our business doesn't it?"
"Alright, alright," sighed Malfoy. "We were up in Hogsmede and I saw Potter, Granger and Weasley acting oddly. Mind you, they always do," he sneered. "So I slipped on my Invisibility Cloak and followed them into this alley. They were all huddled around a portkey, at least I think it was a portkey, it was an old drink can. And the next thing I knew, I was here in this forest, surrounded by trees. It's funny though, I don't remember actually touching the portkey."
"Sound's rather suspicious if you ask me," said Ron. Aragorn stared into Malfoy's eyes again. It was a deep penetrating stare, and Malfoy quivered.
"He lies not," spoke Aragorn, for the first time since they had left the camp.
"But why did you stay invisible the whole time?" asked Hermione.
"Use your brains, Granger, you've got enough of them anyway. I thought it would be interesting, to hear what you three talk about. I thought I might be able to learn something. And I did," he added, glancing at Harry. "I'll be sure to accidentally let it slip about that huge crush you've got on Cho Chang!" he smirked.
"Why you, you slimy little rat!" snarled Harry, advancing towards Malfoy.
"Ferret more like," added Ron.
"Stop it! There's no need for a fight. Let's just get out of this forest first," broke in Hermione.
"Yeah, be quiet!" added Sonja.
"Stuff you! You filthy Muggle! You're worse than that Mudblood Granger," sneered Malfoy.
"Why you bastard!" Sonja and Harry both charged at Malfoy, knocking him to the ground. Sonja stroked a well aimed kick at him, and it hit right on his kneecap. Malfoy squealed in pain. (A/N: Imagine Malfoy squealing – now that's a funny picture!)
"I thought boys didn't shriek like that Malfoy?" Ron sniggered. Malfoy was silent at once. The two hobbits glanced nervously at each other. Who was this boy? Why did the others hate him so much. Aragorn just looked down at Malfoy lying pathetically among the leaves, and kept quiet. "Snape's not here to save your scrawny neck this time," Ron added.
Sonja was beginning to feel guilty. She shouldn't have kicked him so hard, especially as he was lying on the ground anyway. She stooped and offered her hand to Malfoy to help him up, but he withdrew he quickly. "Don't want to get contaminated with your Muggle filth now do I?" he drawled.
"Right, come on, let's go," Sonja called to the rest of them, trying to keep her voice steady and not show him that she was hurt by his remark. "Let's leave this rubbish to rot here alone."
"But we can't just leave him," protested Hermione.
"Herm, I can't believe you're sticking up for that scum!" exclaimed Ron in a shocked voice.
"But he'd probably just follow us in his Invisibility Cloak," she whispered back, so that Malfoy wouldn't hear. "Okay!" she called out to everyone. "Group talk!" She, Ron, Harry, Sonja, Merry, Pippin and Aragorn huddled in a circle a few feet away from Malfoy. "I say we let him come with us, he can't just be left here with his wand and Invisibility Cloak, who knows what he might do." A look of understanding came on the Hobbits' and Aragorn's faces.
"So that's what that material was!" exclaimed Pippin. "I thought it looked magical, almost Elven like, but I couldn't understand how he had got it."
Hermione nodded. "It's safer for us and him if we stick together."
"Okay," agreed Harry, "And you never know, we might need the Invisibility Cloak, that ones quite big, it would cover quite a few of us."
"But I don't trust him with that, he might give us the slip," argued Ron. The thought of spending so much time with Malfoy, was making him feel almost sick.
"Right then, we'll let him come with us on the condition that we look after the cloak, and that he's not mean to us anymore," suggested Sonja.
"Okay!" agreed everyone. They broke apart and Sonja went over Malfoy.
"You can come with us," Malfoy looked pleased, "on a few conditions," she carried on. Malfoy looked sullen. "You have to give us your Invisibity Cloak," Malfoy opened his mouth, about to protest, but Sonja merely put up her hand and carried on. "And, you must promise not to be mean, no snide comments, nothing. You mustn't be a nuisance and you've got to help us if we need it, and we'll help you too. Deal?" she held out her hand to shake. Malfoy looked at it, paused, then shook her hand, muttering, "deal." He quickly pulled it away and wiped it hastily on his robes, as though he was afraid of contamination. But the rest of the group glowered at him and he quickly stopped.
"We really must go now," said Aragorn. "I am sure the Orcs have gone, but we must find the others as soon as possible." He marched ahead. The others followed hurriedly. Sonja and the Hobbits explained about Orcs and Middle Earth to the HPers, and they in turn explained about Hogwarts and their world to the Hobbits.
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Okay, I just want to apologise for the lack of action in this chapter. Nothing much has really happened except one long conversation. The next chapter will be a bit more exciting.
Please please, if you've read this then please take the time to review it for me! I would really appreciate it! :p