Title: Beauty and the Beast
Author: Mjade
Summary: Draco/Mione fic. One year after graduation. Ron and Harry go exploring and when they don't come back Hermione begins to worry. I know the title is corny but I named it that because the plot line is based on that.
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter and Walt Disney own Beauty and the Beast, the animation.
Rating: PG/Romance
Author's Note: Hermione goes away from town to save Harry and Ron, but what she offers for their freedom: is it really worth it? Well if you love Malfoy, like I bet most of you do, you'd say yes. Oh well here we go!
The darkness and silence surrounded Hermione Granger and Philip. No owl hooted, no crickets present for nightly chatter. It was an unusual cold night. Philip led Hermione to the to the towering mansion gates where her friends, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, sat in the dungeons.
Hermione pulled her hood and clutched her cloak closer to her. Her breath swirled before her eyes and she thought to herself, 'I don't remember France being this cold'. Philip and her stopped along the way to rest but she regretted that. The darkness of the forest scared her despite the fact that she, Harry, and Ron been through many dangerous things in Hogwarts. But Harry had always rescued her, now it was her turn.
Hermione finally came upon the gates of the mansion. She stepped down from Philip, threw an extra cloak on his back, and opened the gate. She hoped this wasn't the one Harry had talked about, but how could it not be? Frowning, she tried pulling on the door. It was locked. Hermione sighed and got her wand out whispered "Alohomora!" and the locked clicked open. She had to pull twice on the handle before the door became easier to open. She stepped inside and lowered her hood.
"Harry, we should have known it was him! The death eater! I think my feet are numb!" Ron said, shivering.
"Ron, shut up. Just help me find a way out of here," Harry said, looking around the room for the tenth time.
There were no guards since the master ordered them away. Besides no one could escape the dungeons. There was a single bench with a window with four parallel bars between it. The walls were hard stone and cold. There were chains hanging on the walls and the door with a small opening, again with bars, near the bottom of it. In the corners of the dungeon lay a skull from a long ago prisoner. Ron shivered once again, putting his arms around himself, "The least they could do was close the window!"
Hermione ran her finger on one of the tables, and saw herself in the mirror beside it. She was going to need a haircut when they went back to England. If her hair grew a couple of inches more it would reach her waistline. At least it wasn't bushy anymore. Hermione's beauty was brought out during her last two years of Hogwarts. It was no wonder Gaston liked her, or for a fact, any boy.
Hermione shook her thoughts away and climbed silently up the stairs. She looked around and began to search.
"I distinctly told you that we would get into trouble but you didn't listen!" The chubby creature scolded his tall friend.
"I was just trying to be hospitable," Lumiere said looking down at the floor.
"You know how the master re-" Cogsworth started but stopped abruptly as he heard a feminine voice.
"Harry? Ron?"
Lumiere eyes widened and he said, "It's a girl!"
"I know it's a girl," Cogsworth said in his know-it-all voice. Lumiere jumped down from where he was standing and hurried to peek out the door, where he assumed the voice was coming from. 'She's very beautiful' he thought, 'The master wouldn't be to harsh on her, that is, if he had a heart'. "Cogsworth! I got an idea! We can lead her to where the Harry Potter and his friend are!"
"Are you mad?" Cogsworth said, but Lumiere opened the door wider making an audible sound and then ran to the other room with Cogsworth close at hand.
There was a creak at the door. Hermione turned sharply to the door and opened it. "Hello, anyone here?" Another sound was heard from the next room, she followed the sound from one to another until silence reached her. She stared in front of her. Narrow stone steps led her to the dungeon tower. "Hello?" she said again.
"Hermione?" she heard a voice say. Her eyes widened and she almost shouted "Harry! Ron! I'm so glad I found you!" She walked over to the door and knelt by the small opening. She let her hands hold Harry's and Ron's.
"I wished you hadn't found us, not even go looking for us," Harry said sadly, a while after their encounter. Ron looked down at the floor too.
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked. Ron opened his mouth to answer her but footsteps were heard, and it wasn't at all pleasant.
"What are you doing here?" a voice growled at her , and it was vaguely familiar to Hermione.
"I came . . .um. . ." said Hermione trembling, "To . . . rescue my friends!"
"Well , your little pathetic plan didn't work did it?" The voice asked with a sneer. Hermione almost thought he could feel the person standing in the dark smirking evilly. Hermione had to think of something fast, something that could save the two most important people in her life.
"I wouldn't say that quite yet," Hermione said, fighting to control the fear in her voice.
"What do you mean?" The voice snarled at her.
Hermione stood up slowly, "What do I have to do for you to give my friends their freedom?"
"Hermione, no!" Ron said.
"It's not worth it!" Harry said.
"SHUT UP!" The voice roared at them. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" The voice grew softer and Hermione could feel that smirk again. This question was hard for her, "What do I have to do?" There was silence. The silence that made Hermione just want to scream for whatever reason. Her body trembling, her nails digging to the palm of her hand. Waiting for that endless darkness to speak. Then:
"If I let them go," The voice started, "Will you promise to stay here in their place. . . and never leave?"
Hermione was even shocked by what he said. She looked down at Harry and Ron then back at the darkness again.
"Step into the light," She said, holding her breath. There was another silence, then slowly a foot stepped out. The leg following. A green cloak draped on the person's arm and broad shoulders. The gray eyes stared straight back at Hermione. Hermione gasped as she stared at the face of the person she least wanted to ever see: Draco Malfoy!
Hermione was at loss of words for a moment, but the next thing she was to say, she would regret it for the rest of her life, "You have my word."
A/N: I'm sorry I have to stop right there, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll keep writing. . . why? Because I love you guys! Heh! Heh! J/k! Sorry it took so long to post it but my exams are finally finished! Yay! I'm trying to get as much chapters done before I go on my Christmas vacay! Aren't you just dying to know what happens next? But you already must have seen the movie and it isn't that much different! So read and review, plz!
Author: Mjade
Summary: Draco/Mione fic. One year after graduation. Ron and Harry go exploring and when they don't come back Hermione begins to worry. I know the title is corny but I named it that because the plot line is based on that.
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter and Walt Disney own Beauty and the Beast, the animation.
Rating: PG/Romance
Author's Note: Hermione goes away from town to save Harry and Ron, but what she offers for their freedom: is it really worth it? Well if you love Malfoy, like I bet most of you do, you'd say yes. Oh well here we go!
The darkness and silence surrounded Hermione Granger and Philip. No owl hooted, no crickets present for nightly chatter. It was an unusual cold night. Philip led Hermione to the to the towering mansion gates where her friends, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, sat in the dungeons.
Hermione pulled her hood and clutched her cloak closer to her. Her breath swirled before her eyes and she thought to herself, 'I don't remember France being this cold'. Philip and her stopped along the way to rest but she regretted that. The darkness of the forest scared her despite the fact that she, Harry, and Ron been through many dangerous things in Hogwarts. But Harry had always rescued her, now it was her turn.
Hermione finally came upon the gates of the mansion. She stepped down from Philip, threw an extra cloak on his back, and opened the gate. She hoped this wasn't the one Harry had talked about, but how could it not be? Frowning, she tried pulling on the door. It was locked. Hermione sighed and got her wand out whispered "Alohomora!" and the locked clicked open. She had to pull twice on the handle before the door became easier to open. She stepped inside and lowered her hood.
"Harry, we should have known it was him! The death eater! I think my feet are numb!" Ron said, shivering.
"Ron, shut up. Just help me find a way out of here," Harry said, looking around the room for the tenth time.
There were no guards since the master ordered them away. Besides no one could escape the dungeons. There was a single bench with a window with four parallel bars between it. The walls were hard stone and cold. There were chains hanging on the walls and the door with a small opening, again with bars, near the bottom of it. In the corners of the dungeon lay a skull from a long ago prisoner. Ron shivered once again, putting his arms around himself, "The least they could do was close the window!"
Hermione ran her finger on one of the tables, and saw herself in the mirror beside it. She was going to need a haircut when they went back to England. If her hair grew a couple of inches more it would reach her waistline. At least it wasn't bushy anymore. Hermione's beauty was brought out during her last two years of Hogwarts. It was no wonder Gaston liked her, or for a fact, any boy.
Hermione shook her thoughts away and climbed silently up the stairs. She looked around and began to search.
"I distinctly told you that we would get into trouble but you didn't listen!" The chubby creature scolded his tall friend.
"I was just trying to be hospitable," Lumiere said looking down at the floor.
"You know how the master re-" Cogsworth started but stopped abruptly as he heard a feminine voice.
"Harry? Ron?"
Lumiere eyes widened and he said, "It's a girl!"
"I know it's a girl," Cogsworth said in his know-it-all voice. Lumiere jumped down from where he was standing and hurried to peek out the door, where he assumed the voice was coming from. 'She's very beautiful' he thought, 'The master wouldn't be to harsh on her, that is, if he had a heart'. "Cogsworth! I got an idea! We can lead her to where the Harry Potter and his friend are!"
"Are you mad?" Cogsworth said, but Lumiere opened the door wider making an audible sound and then ran to the other room with Cogsworth close at hand.
There was a creak at the door. Hermione turned sharply to the door and opened it. "Hello, anyone here?" Another sound was heard from the next room, she followed the sound from one to another until silence reached her. She stared in front of her. Narrow stone steps led her to the dungeon tower. "Hello?" she said again.
"Hermione?" she heard a voice say. Her eyes widened and she almost shouted "Harry! Ron! I'm so glad I found you!" She walked over to the door and knelt by the small opening. She let her hands hold Harry's and Ron's.
"I wished you hadn't found us, not even go looking for us," Harry said sadly, a while after their encounter. Ron looked down at the floor too.
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked. Ron opened his mouth to answer her but footsteps were heard, and it wasn't at all pleasant.
"What are you doing here?" a voice growled at her , and it was vaguely familiar to Hermione.
"I came . . .um. . ." said Hermione trembling, "To . . . rescue my friends!"
"Well , your little pathetic plan didn't work did it?" The voice asked with a sneer. Hermione almost thought he could feel the person standing in the dark smirking evilly. Hermione had to think of something fast, something that could save the two most important people in her life.
"I wouldn't say that quite yet," Hermione said, fighting to control the fear in her voice.
"What do you mean?" The voice snarled at her.
Hermione stood up slowly, "What do I have to do for you to give my friends their freedom?"
"Hermione, no!" Ron said.
"It's not worth it!" Harry said.
"SHUT UP!" The voice roared at them. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" The voice grew softer and Hermione could feel that smirk again. This question was hard for her, "What do I have to do?" There was silence. The silence that made Hermione just want to scream for whatever reason. Her body trembling, her nails digging to the palm of her hand. Waiting for that endless darkness to speak. Then:
"If I let them go," The voice started, "Will you promise to stay here in their place. . . and never leave?"
Hermione was even shocked by what he said. She looked down at Harry and Ron then back at the darkness again.
"Step into the light," She said, holding her breath. There was another silence, then slowly a foot stepped out. The leg following. A green cloak draped on the person's arm and broad shoulders. The gray eyes stared straight back at Hermione. Hermione gasped as she stared at the face of the person she least wanted to ever see: Draco Malfoy!
Hermione was at loss of words for a moment, but the next thing she was to say, she would regret it for the rest of her life, "You have my word."
A/N: I'm sorry I have to stop right there, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll keep writing. . . why? Because I love you guys! Heh! Heh! J/k! Sorry it took so long to post it but my exams are finally finished! Yay! I'm trying to get as much chapters done before I go on my Christmas vacay! Aren't you just dying to know what happens next? But you already must have seen the movie and it isn't that much different! So read and review, plz!