A/N; Hey everyone! Sorry this took so long! There were a couple of reasins but I won't make excuses! Just that I had slight writers block and couldn't get my brain to co-opperate! Also, I'd like to say, don't flame me with stupid questions that are answered in the author's note! They will not be acknowledged! Thanks a bunch and enjoy!
Ch.5
Over the next few days the girls kept their secrets and nothing remarkable came about. Not until Friday did anything worth noting happen. It was that day that they had their next Potions lesson and they were on their way down to the dungeons.
"I can't beleive this whole assigned seating thing!" Harry said obviously trying to cheer Hermione up. She wasn't in the best of moods and didn't look very happy about spending double potions with the Slytherins on a Friday afternoon when she could be in the library!
"Be quiet Harry!" she said sounding annoyed! "Don't you dare go feeling sorry for me! I've said it before and I'll say it again! I can take care of myself! I'm not afraid of Draco Malfoy!"
Just then they had arrived at the dungeon to find the Slytherins waiting outside. Apparently they had heard Hermione's last sentence because it was Draco who had answered her.
"Is that so?"
"Yes it is. Why should I be afraid of someone as harmless and un-intelligent as you?" she said calmly. It was clear that she truly was not afraid of him.
"Because you're a mudblood who doesn't know what's good for her!" Draco answered looking annoyed at being called names by a Gryffindor.
At his remark Ron and Harry made a move toward him but Hermione gave them a peircing look and they stopped in their tracks.
"I can take care of myself!" she repeated quietly to them.
"But..." Ron interupted.
"Don't argue with me! Shall I repeat it? Or do you not beleive me?" Ron didn't answer. "That's what I thought." She turned back to Draco who looked as though he were waiting for a comeback.
"If you're expecting me to call you a name or curse you or something, you're going to be waiting a while. You might wanna get comfortable because I'm not wasting my breath or my time on you."
Draco opened his mouth to say something but closed it when they heard footsteps. The whole class turned to see Professor Snape coming down the hall looking dangerous.
"Out of my way Granger." he said pushing her to the side of the hallway. He walked up to the dungeon door and unlocked it. He opened the door and looked at the class.
"Hurry up! Inside! All of you! We've got a lot ot do and a late start on it thanks to some Gryffindors who think they know more then I do." he walked to his desk, put down the things he was carrying, and turned to the class.
"Get set up and get started! You're to make the paralyzing potion on page 13 of your text books. I expect you'll need no further insruction since you are all by far old enough to do things for yourselves! It is highly dangerous if touched before it i finished so use some caution. We will be testing a random group's at the end of class. If you so it correctly you should have nothing to fear. If you mess up, which i do not doubt that some of you will, it could cause problems. Get started, get finished, and do it right!"
Having a feeling that he was going to be testing his in a little while Draco sat up and opened his text book to page 13. He began to read the instructions to himslelf.
"Eager are we?" Hermione wispered.
"You would be too if you knew you had to test whatever you were making." he answered.
"No rude remark? No name calling?" she asked surprised.
"No time. Plus I wouldn't waste my breath."
Hermione looked unamused.
"I see. Then I suppose I'll help" she said not wanting him to think he could do it on his own. "I'll take the bottom half of the ingrediants, you take the top. We should be done in no time."
"Fine with me. And one more thing," he said looking up, "don't screw up!"
Hermione gave him a look that clearly said 'i don't screw up' and continued to work.
Half an hour later, all of the cauldrons were bubbling happily while the students chatted aming thmselves waiting. The potion had to sit for 20 minutes before they added the frog eyes which were the final ingrediant. They had been the first ones done so Draco had turned around to talk to some Slytherins at the table behind him and Hermione had scooted her chair over and was whispering with Ron.
"So I was saying that I had work to do but she wouldn't stop talking about how wonderful Divination was!" Hermione told them. Apparently she had been talking to Lavendar the night before.
"So what did you do?" asked Ron. He wasn't really interested but he had nothing better to do. Harry was talking to Dean and Seamus about something he didn't care about so he had decided Hermione was the next best thing.
"Well...I threw a pillow at her, told her to shut up, then said that I remembered the reason that I quit. She asked what the reason was and I said it was her. Then I closed the curtains and tried to keep studying!"
Ron nodded not really listening. Then suddenly, his eyes got wide.
"Hermione! Turn around!"
She wheeled around to see her cauldron bubbling over. It was boiling and with the pop of a bubble, she and Draco were both splahed with potion. It was spilling all over the floor and people were pulling their feet up and trying to stay as far away from it as possible because of what Snape had told them before. Apparently they had let it boil for too long because not only was it over flowing, but it was also bubbling and spattering anyone withing 2 feet of it. Hermione stood up as fast as she could hoping to get away from the mess but she was already pretty drenched and was beginning to feel a bit dizzy. She fell to her knees next to the cauldon and could go no further. All she saw was black.
A/N: She shoulda been paying more attention huh? He said it could be dangerous! Oh well! Guess you'll hafta read and find out what happens! Expect a new chapter soon! I'm starting now! Peace out!
