~*~Chapter 5 ~*~
"Draco…" It was Hermione's turn to be speechless as she watched Draco clench and unclench his claws. She couldn't move as the snow slowly stopped falling. "What the fuck are you?!" She screamed at him in her anger and confusion as he stared at her with his blue eyes.
"I didn't want to get close to anyone. Because of what I am. But…" He took a step forward and continued, "I can't get away from you all of a sudden. You've done something to me…" His voice was sincere for once and it scared her more than his appearance.
"What do you mean I've done something to you? And what does your father mean about this 'ritual and full control'?" Her voice was losing its anger because of her thirst to know what was wrong with his young man, whom she was falling for. 'I should feel repulsed… but I just feel angry and upset he lied to me. Do I have feelings for Draco?'
"I forgot you heard the letter…" He said and turned his head toward the un-clouding sky. "I am what they say I am, Dragon of Bad Faith." Her said and turned to her and sighed. "You've changed me. I can't control this around you." Then his eyes snapped back to gray. "Why did you do this to me Mudblood!" His voice turned malicious as he slammed her against the wall again. This time he held her hands against the wall. He kissed her again, but this kiss was full of raging anger as well as passion. His lips and clawed hands were ice cold and it almost felt like burning. She tried to kick him away, but he was too strong. Draco took one clawed hand and pushed it into her shirt, feeling her breasts and making her scream from the cold. The claws were leaving little nicks and cuts as he moved them.
Draco pulled away suddenly, his eyes blue again, as he held her against the wall. She was quietly sobbing from the pain and the cold. "Fuck!" He screamed and punched the wall with his hand, keeping her pinned to the wall so he could explain. "Something about you… makes me need you. I have no control anymore. I need you like a drug." As he spoke, all the scales started to melt back into his skin and he returned to a pale white. Releasing her, he backed up. "I don't want to hurt you anymore. I never meant to…" Ripping one of the last large scales off his shrinking arms, he threw it at her. The place where it had been removed was now a gaping wound. "Torture me if you like. I had no control…"
Hermione grasped the scale in her hand as she fixed her clothes. She wanted to cut his throat out, but stopped short as she held it to his neck. "How do you feel about me Malfoy?" Her voice was dark and filled with rage.
Draco knelt to the ground. "I... Don't know… But I know don't want to be without you--" He stopped short when Professor Snape came through the now open doorway to the roof. Hermione went to drop the scale, but found it already gone.
"What are you two doing up here this early? Didn't you hear the screams?! Twenty points from both houses!" He said brusquely and glared at them. "What do you have to said for yourselves?"
Hermione looked to Draco who was rising from the floor. He looked devoid of any emotions at all. So, she thought up a half-truth. "I came up to investigate the screams and Malfoy followed me. We saw a silver dragon," she stated and Draco looked at her in surprise.
"Is this so, Draco?" He questioned in an angry tone to the Slytherin.
"Y-yes sir." He stuttered and mentally slapped himself.
"Very well. But you still have detention. Come and see me after class later for your assignments," he said and turned on his heel. "Now, off with the both of you! This is a horrible example to set for the younger students!" He called back at them as he walked away as quickly as he had come.
"Why did you-"
"Don't think you got off easy Malfoy. I'm going to bet every secret there is out of you to get back at you. And don't think I won't!" She said quietly and stormed off.
(PS- Is it ok? I'm going to drag the 'ritual' and voldemort into this somehow... yeah... review please)