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*[Part Two: Night of Farewell]*


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The thunderstorm had been frightening.

Lightning had struck across the sky as though by doing so it could cut the blue-blackness open, and the thunder had been deafening. Worst was the rain, that beat down in huge torrents, the raindrops big, the speed rapid.

Hermione Granger huddled under the porch, desperately trying out all the water-warding spells she knew.

"Impervius!"

"Impermeabile!*"

"Desvíe Agua!*"

She was getting sick of the weather.

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Trying not to fidget too much as his girlfriend of two years experimented on him, Draco Malfoy stood stiffly underneath the rickety structure that was their porch.

She was exhausted, he could see, and he was concerned.

"Look here, Hermione. It's no use. I'd be safe in the Knight Bus, at most a bit wet that's all."

But she would have none of it.

"I don't want to see you sick," she said firmly, brandishing her wand once more. "It can be avoided, so why not? Anyway I'm not tired yet, let's continue."

"Impervius!"

"Impermeabile!*"

"Desvíe Agua!*"

Damn that bloody weather, Draco thought savagely.

They must have stood there for half an hour, yet Hermione was still not satisfied. She must have chanted the spells a thousand times over, yet Draco managed to get drenched.

Perhaps it's not the rain, after all. Hermione thought wryly. Maybe dear Draco just has this magnetic ability to attract water.

"Hermione."

Draco used his firmest tone this time; the brown-haired witch was apparently drained and he hurt to see her so frail. But before he could continue his admonishment, however, Hermione had strode up to him and placed a finger on his chilled lips.

"It's the last thing I can do for you, Draco," she said softly, and to his dismay her eyes were welling up.

"Don't cry, Mione. Don't cry."

He wasn't much of a soother, but he absolutely refused to have Hermione upset about him.

"I won't be gone for long," he added gently.


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*: the only spell that can ward off water from the HP books is Impervius, so i used freetranslation.com for these two. Impermeabile means waterproof in Italian, and Desvie Agua means to deviate water in Spanish.