Once again we come to the ramblings of the author before the actual chapter or story if you're one of those people who fit in a whole story into a chapter. Anyway you know what's going to happen right now, it's time for disclaimer.
Disclaimer:no character in the following story belong to me they all belong to the all mighty J.K. Rowling, I am not making any money from this etc. (Rowling is the one who makes the money), just a strange flitting thought is; if J.K actually reads our meagre attempts at copying her work? Oh well whether she does or doesn't here's the next chappie.

Death

"Hermione, we get up early to wait outside the Slytherin common room to see Malfoy's purple nose, and yet you sit slumped against the wall looking like the world is about to end." Staring disbelievingly at Hermione, Ron looked up quickly as he heard a scream issue from within the Slytherin common room."Show time Herm."
"You idiots!!! There are SNAKES in my bed and you stand there doing nothing!!! Get someone now!!! Please!!!!," the piercing voice that was Malfoy, was the first thing that brought a smile to Hermione's lips that day, "Noooo, get away from me!!! He's what?! Aaaargh, it's trying to eat me!! Get a teacher this instant!!! Crabbe you're standing on a Runespoor!! Aaaargh , my face! My nose is purple!!! Nooooooo! Get away, just leave me alone!! No, don't stand there! Get off my arm!!! Nice Nundu, good pussy-cat!Aaargh!" the smile on Hermione's face had now tturned into a full blown grin.
"Come on Herm, I think that's all we need to hear to get our own backs." getting up on tingly legs Hermione and Ron made their way for an early breakfast.
"I'm guessing that it wasn't just snakes that you had Malfoy seeing?"
"Um, no I kinda thought that if I told you he'd be seeing a Nundu following him for the next week, I thought you might not agree to do this."
"The opposite actually, I'd be even more eager to do this."
"So where do you want to sit close to the Slytherin table or further away from it?"
"Closer to it, we'll be able to see just who is in the hospital wing simpering over, poor, little Draco, who has been abandoned by his mean, cruel, heartless father." waving to a few of the other people who were mad enough to be up at seven o' clock, Hermione and Ron sat down on the table side closest to the Slytherin table. During the two hours that was allocated for breakfast, Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe and Goyle, and Blaise Zabini were all un-accounted for. Once the bell rang for the end of breakfast and half an hour 'til the first lesson, all of the remaining pupils in the hall traipsed out to ready their bags.
"Miss Granger might I have a word?" Snape had silently come up behind Ron and Hermione as they were discussing ways to thank Fred and George for allowing them unlimited use of Weasley's wicked Tricks' stock if they carried on pulling off stunts like the one the night before. Though Hermione paled visibly as Snape glared at her she kept her eyes locked on his, as good as saying that she was not going to take back anything she had said the night before.
"I'll wait for you in the common room Herm." wondering why on earth Hermione was so scared, Ron sauntered off to the common room.
"I, I'm sorry for some of the um, things I ah, said last night, erm Miss Granger," Snape shifted to the other foot and managed gain some of his dignity by looking as if he had been forced point blank to apologise, which he just about had, "but the fact that you actually hit me directed me to give you a detention."
"What?" Oh sweet mother of the gods, Snape just apologised!
"Your detention will be tonight Miss Granger, at 8 p.m.. Is that all right with you?" By his voice his last sentence was not a real question.
"No it damn well isn't!" usually Hermione would have kept quiet but the Truth Potion she had drunk was a long lasting one, "had you not insulted me I wouldn't have hit you, so I should not be the one getting a detention!"
"Whether you want to go to my detention or not you will go! Is that understood!?"
"Yes Professor, *loud* and clear." emphasising the 'loud' Hermione turned on her heels and strode to common room hoping to tell Ron about the previous night without everyone else hearing about it.


Hopefully the next few chapters will be a little more substantial and **fingers crossed** will be a little more angsty also. C'mon now I want s'more reviews okay? Good people review so if you are a bad person you won't review, now do you want to be known as a bad person? Anyway e-mail if you have any suggestions, (addie at top of chpt 3) well signing off now. Oh and don't worry, we'll have a little scene for Malfoy(and his imaginary pet Nundu).

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