Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters...they all belong to j.k. rowling...so please don't sue! but i do own the rights to this fanfic
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The next morning, each group got up and gathered at the fire for breakfast. Hermione, Lisa, Blaise and Padma each helped to cook meals for over 100 hungry wizards. Once everyone had finished eating and cleaning up the mess, Professor Lupin and Hagrid handed out the activity sheets to the leaders. There were 10 activites to be done by the time dinner would arrive. For each activity, there were two groups that would be paired up together, and after an hour, you would switch and pair up with another group. Every activity was situated at a different part in the forest or valley, and one even in the mountains. Hermione looked over her schedule and the first thing she searched for was when her group would be paired up with Draco's group.
' 1 o'clock,' she noted. It was nearly 9am...time for the fun to begin. Hermione's group was paired up with Blaise's group first, and she and Blaise lead the large group of over-excited girls into the deep of the forest. With instructions in hand, Blaise gave the first orders, followed by Hermione. The first activity was some sort of obstacle with different wild magical creatures that the group would have to get across. Everyone was equipped with their wand...and with simple spells, they were supposed to go throught the obstacle, and conquire it as a team. This was made for the students to learn to work as one, putting aside differences and hatred.
' Smart,' Hermione thought, knowing that this was somehow a way for the new generation of Slytherins and Gryffindors (in peticular) to get along. One by one, Blaise and Hermione's combined group put their heads together and thought of ways to get throught the maze. Hermione and Blaise stood back, seeing as they were only there to look over the girls, not to help them. They watched in awe as this activity worked its magic, and got the girls to work as one.
"We should really learn from them huh?" Blaise looked over to Hermione and told her. Hermione nodded and smiled.
"Yeah, it's too bad they never had this when we were in third year," Hermione answered. Slowy yet surely the group of 20 girls meet and conquired every magical creature in the maze. When they finally reached the finish line, they all gave a loud cheer, laughing and giving each other a high-five. Everyone was hugging and having a good time, and when the time came to part, they said their goodbyes and walked in the direction of their next task.
"10 o'clock; Professor Lupin's group, in the valley, " Hermione told the girls. They walked out of the forest and meet Professor Lupin and his group 13 boys. Once again, the task was to anable the four houses to work cooperate and work as one, only this time the task was not a maze with all sorts of creatures, but one enormous creature, that even Hermione didn't know of. She listened as Professor Lupin explained what the group was to do in order to beat this type of creature. Once the group started planning, she pulled Professor Lupin aside and asked him quietly, "Professor, what sort of creature is this? Are you sure this is safe, I mean I don't even know what this is!"
"My dear Hermione, do not worry," Lupin whispered, "It's a Boggart, which I have instructed to morph into a creature that everyone fears; a creature of the Dark Lord."
Hermione saw his eyes gleam with secrecy, as she finally understood; this was a creature that the third years would've studied by now, the thing was that they'd have to work together in order to figure it out. Hermione smiled and nodded her head, understanding and surprised. She watched as the group aimed and fired countless spells at the towering Boggart, all which failed in the end. The group started arguing and fighting about what to do. Hermione nervously contined to watch, thinking that maybe this wouldn't work out, then;
"A BOGGART!" Stewart Ackerley yelled. Everyone shushed and turned to face the red-faced Ravenclaw.
"Do you really think so?" One of Hermione's girls asked.
"Sure, I guess," Stewart shrugged, "I mean, we've tried every spell we know right?" He looked at his fellow wizards and watched them each nod their heads.
"Ok then, I mean it wouldn't hurt to try right?" He went on.
"Alright Stewart, then go ahead," Graham Pritchard, a Slytherin boy said.
"Ok...here goes nothing," Stewart muttered, then stepped out of the crowd, and towards the creature.
"RIDDIKULUS!" He bellowed. The Boggart twitched then shrunk back to its original form. Everyone cheered as they completed the task with less than a minute to go.
"Congradulations!" Professor Lupin smiled, "Well done all! You all did a marvelous job!" Hermione agreed, then lead her group back into the forest to meet up with Harry's group for the 11 o'clock activity. Once again her group combined with Harry's grou pof 10 boys sucessfully complete their task, and set off to meet up with Padma's group for the 12 o'clock lunch, which the task was to gather up whatever food they could find, and cook it in the muggle way. There were some struggles along the way, but finally they were able to eat a quick meal before setting off into the mountains to meet Draco's group. This was the moment Hermione had been dreading the whole day. She didn't want to be stuck up in the far mountains alone with him. Yet, part of her wanted to, she had to set an example for her group, so she forced a smile and greeted the platinum blond-haired Slytherin.
"Well, Draco, do you have the instructions?" She asked. He took them out of a pack and waved them around.
"Gather 'round everyone and listen up!" He raised his voice for everyone to hear. Once he had their complete attention, he read out the instructions for this task. They young wizards had to venture into the mountains in small groups of 4 (two from Hermione's group and two from Draco's group), then they had to collect small items that would attract a certain mountain creature. Once the 5 groups of 4 returned from their treasure hunt, they would work together in constructing a kind of trap to lure in that mountain creature. If they suceeded the mountain creature would be lured into the trap, and would instantly transform into a unicorn. If they failed, nothing would be in the trap, indicating that something was done wrong. When Hermione and Draco finished forming the new groups, the third years quickly ran off into the peaks of the mountains in search of their items, leaving Hermione and Draco alone. She walked away from him, and sat herself down on a flat rock, where she could see the little figures of wizards and witches scurring around. Draco sat next to her and tried to ask her something.
"Hermione, I really am sorry if I did hurt you. Can't you just give me one more chance to sort things out?"
She turned her head to face him and looked into those silvery eyes of his.
"Draco, I gave you a chance. It's not my fault that you blew it," she said coldly, her hazel brown eyes flashed dangerously. She was about to turn her head away from him when he cupped his her chin in his hand. Slowly, he brought her face closer to his. Somehow she couldn't stop him, his deep silver eyes mesmorized her into a trance. Inside her head, voices were telling her to back away, to slap him, but she couldn't move. She closed her eyes and let his lips touch hers. The instant they made contact with her lips, a sense of warmth swam throughout her entire body. It lasted only seconds before he pulled away, letting go, but still keeping his eyes on hers.
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The next morning, each group got up and gathered at the fire for breakfast. Hermione, Lisa, Blaise and Padma each helped to cook meals for over 100 hungry wizards. Once everyone had finished eating and cleaning up the mess, Professor Lupin and Hagrid handed out the activity sheets to the leaders. There were 10 activites to be done by the time dinner would arrive. For each activity, there were two groups that would be paired up together, and after an hour, you would switch and pair up with another group. Every activity was situated at a different part in the forest or valley, and one even in the mountains. Hermione looked over her schedule and the first thing she searched for was when her group would be paired up with Draco's group.
' 1 o'clock,' she noted. It was nearly 9am...time for the fun to begin. Hermione's group was paired up with Blaise's group first, and she and Blaise lead the large group of over-excited girls into the deep of the forest. With instructions in hand, Blaise gave the first orders, followed by Hermione. The first activity was some sort of obstacle with different wild magical creatures that the group would have to get across. Everyone was equipped with their wand...and with simple spells, they were supposed to go throught the obstacle, and conquire it as a team. This was made for the students to learn to work as one, putting aside differences and hatred.
' Smart,' Hermione thought, knowing that this was somehow a way for the new generation of Slytherins and Gryffindors (in peticular) to get along. One by one, Blaise and Hermione's combined group put their heads together and thought of ways to get throught the maze. Hermione and Blaise stood back, seeing as they were only there to look over the girls, not to help them. They watched in awe as this activity worked its magic, and got the girls to work as one.
"We should really learn from them huh?" Blaise looked over to Hermione and told her. Hermione nodded and smiled.
"Yeah, it's too bad they never had this when we were in third year," Hermione answered. Slowy yet surely the group of 20 girls meet and conquired every magical creature in the maze. When they finally reached the finish line, they all gave a loud cheer, laughing and giving each other a high-five. Everyone was hugging and having a good time, and when the time came to part, they said their goodbyes and walked in the direction of their next task.
"10 o'clock; Professor Lupin's group, in the valley, " Hermione told the girls. They walked out of the forest and meet Professor Lupin and his group 13 boys. Once again, the task was to anable the four houses to work cooperate and work as one, only this time the task was not a maze with all sorts of creatures, but one enormous creature, that even Hermione didn't know of. She listened as Professor Lupin explained what the group was to do in order to beat this type of creature. Once the group started planning, she pulled Professor Lupin aside and asked him quietly, "Professor, what sort of creature is this? Are you sure this is safe, I mean I don't even know what this is!"
"My dear Hermione, do not worry," Lupin whispered, "It's a Boggart, which I have instructed to morph into a creature that everyone fears; a creature of the Dark Lord."
Hermione saw his eyes gleam with secrecy, as she finally understood; this was a creature that the third years would've studied by now, the thing was that they'd have to work together in order to figure it out. Hermione smiled and nodded her head, understanding and surprised. She watched as the group aimed and fired countless spells at the towering Boggart, all which failed in the end. The group started arguing and fighting about what to do. Hermione nervously contined to watch, thinking that maybe this wouldn't work out, then;
"A BOGGART!" Stewart Ackerley yelled. Everyone shushed and turned to face the red-faced Ravenclaw.
"Do you really think so?" One of Hermione's girls asked.
"Sure, I guess," Stewart shrugged, "I mean, we've tried every spell we know right?" He looked at his fellow wizards and watched them each nod their heads.
"Ok then, I mean it wouldn't hurt to try right?" He went on.
"Alright Stewart, then go ahead," Graham Pritchard, a Slytherin boy said.
"Ok...here goes nothing," Stewart muttered, then stepped out of the crowd, and towards the creature.
"RIDDIKULUS!" He bellowed. The Boggart twitched then shrunk back to its original form. Everyone cheered as they completed the task with less than a minute to go.
"Congradulations!" Professor Lupin smiled, "Well done all! You all did a marvelous job!" Hermione agreed, then lead her group back into the forest to meet up with Harry's group for the 11 o'clock activity. Once again her group combined with Harry's grou pof 10 boys sucessfully complete their task, and set off to meet up with Padma's group for the 12 o'clock lunch, which the task was to gather up whatever food they could find, and cook it in the muggle way. There were some struggles along the way, but finally they were able to eat a quick meal before setting off into the mountains to meet Draco's group. This was the moment Hermione had been dreading the whole day. She didn't want to be stuck up in the far mountains alone with him. Yet, part of her wanted to, she had to set an example for her group, so she forced a smile and greeted the platinum blond-haired Slytherin.
"Well, Draco, do you have the instructions?" She asked. He took them out of a pack and waved them around.
"Gather 'round everyone and listen up!" He raised his voice for everyone to hear. Once he had their complete attention, he read out the instructions for this task. They young wizards had to venture into the mountains in small groups of 4 (two from Hermione's group and two from Draco's group), then they had to collect small items that would attract a certain mountain creature. Once the 5 groups of 4 returned from their treasure hunt, they would work together in constructing a kind of trap to lure in that mountain creature. If they suceeded the mountain creature would be lured into the trap, and would instantly transform into a unicorn. If they failed, nothing would be in the trap, indicating that something was done wrong. When Hermione and Draco finished forming the new groups, the third years quickly ran off into the peaks of the mountains in search of their items, leaving Hermione and Draco alone. She walked away from him, and sat herself down on a flat rock, where she could see the little figures of wizards and witches scurring around. Draco sat next to her and tried to ask her something.
"Hermione, I really am sorry if I did hurt you. Can't you just give me one more chance to sort things out?"
She turned her head to face him and looked into those silvery eyes of his.
"Draco, I gave you a chance. It's not my fault that you blew it," she said coldly, her hazel brown eyes flashed dangerously. She was about to turn her head away from him when he cupped his her chin in his hand. Slowly, he brought her face closer to his. Somehow she couldn't stop him, his deep silver eyes mesmorized her into a trance. Inside her head, voices were telling her to back away, to slap him, but she couldn't move. She closed her eyes and let his lips touch hers. The instant they made contact with her lips, a sense of warmth swam throughout her entire body. It lasted only seconds before he pulled away, letting go, but still keeping his eyes on hers.
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