Oh, my gosh I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update. I have hardly
gotten a free moment this last week! Any way hope y'all like this one!
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Snape staggered on to the bus to face a livid Filch. "Nasty little children! Ruined my bus! We can't drive anywhere." Filch griped.
Snape turned his black eyes on his pupils. "Alright who was it? One of you did this." He stated knowingly.
His eyes flickered over Harry. "Potter! Did you do this? You're always getting into trouble."
Harry wasn't surprised. He sighed. "No professor, I didn't"
Minerva turned a bitter look on Severus. "Why do you automatically assume it was a Gryffindor, Severus, it could have well likely been a Slytherin."
"I doubt it" Snape muttered.
McGonagall raised her eyebrows. "What was that?"
"Please, please professors" Draco interrupted smoothly. "Let's not bicker about who did it, let's discuss what we're going to do now."
Snape beamed at his star student. "An excellent point Mr. Malfoy." He turned to McGonagall. "Well, Minerva, what shall we do now?"
Filch volunteered to fix the bus if they left. Minerva sighed. "I suppose we'll have to fly." She held up her hand to silence Snape's protest. "I mean fly the muggle way." She pointed out the window at five gleaming fighter planes.
The students were already out of the bus and marching towards the airplanes before Snape could reject this idea. Harry and Pansy climbed into a blue one. Pansy's hair caught on the door and Harry had to assist her in removing it.
Ron glared at Draco as he helped Hermione into the plane's interior. He hated Malfoy more than anything, Ron couldn't understand himself. He had never been a jealous person before but there was something about Malfoy touching Hermione that bothered him. He shrugged and informed Crabbe that he was driving.er flying.
Pansy cackled manically. Harry gave her an uneasy look. "Do I even want to know?" He asked. They were climbing higher into the clouds and Harry felt himself growing nauseas.
Pansy's eyes sparkled. "You see this." She held up a bomb. "I'm gonna drop it on your little friend down there and then Draco will be mine."
She gestured to the plane below them to the right. Harry wasn't worried. Pansy's aim was terrible. She tossed it out the window.
"You do know that you're also blowing up Draco." Harry said flatly. Pansy's face fell as horror struck her. "Oh no!" She cried. "I must rescue him!" Boom!
"Too late." Said Harry mildly enjoying Pansy's distress.
Hermione felt the left wing of the plane snap off. The planes radio crackled as Snape's voice sliced through the static. "Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger? Are you there?"
Malfoy grasped the receiver. "Breaker breaker one nine this here's the rubber ducky." Hermione snatched the radio out of his grasp. "May day, May day!" She yelled into the speaker before it died.
Hermione screamed as the ground came closer. "Draco!" She yelled to him in desperation. He was perfectly calm strapping on the plane's only parachute.
She reached over to grasp his hand, her only anchor in this mad chaos she had gotten herself into. "Hermione. Listen to me. We're going to have to jump."
"WHAT! Are you nuts? I can't do it Draco." She was close to tears as her body realized how close she was to death.
He gathered her to him as she sobbed, and without giving her time to realize it, he leaped from the plane Hermione and all.
The wind whipped all around them Hermione looked up at Draco. He smiled and pulled the ripcord. The gigantic fabric released and inflated slowing their progress to the earth considerably.
Hermione felt her legs swooshing back and forth and despised this feeling. Draco realized her discomfort and simply swung her knees under his other hand. Directly under him he could make out the shape of a castle; the castle in the magic kingdom at Disney World.
"Shit." He cursed. If they landed there they would be stuck. Think. He demanded his brain. Just then, as if on cue, a breeze wafted through the parachute's material altering their course slightly.
Draco's feet hit the ground right in front of the doorway to the castle. He unstrapped the parachute; oblivious to the stares he was getting from stray muggles and carried Hermione to a bench inside the castle.
"Uh, Draco, I can walk on my own." She protested as he began to move. He raised his eyebrows but didn't object as he set her feet lightly on the pavement. Hermione almost fell over backwards. Indeed she would have if Draco hadn't caught her.
"Shock." He stated in neutral tones. She glared at him. She was not going to let him carry her for the fifty millionth time across a distance she was perfectly capable of covering. Her face twisted to form a stern look of determination. Then without warning she twisted out of his grasp and stood, slightly wobbling, on her own and walked to the bench.
Draco was impressed. After all her hysterics he hadn't expected she could recover so quickly. He shrugged and sat down beside her.
"Well, now what?" She asked brushing her hair out of her face. He tucked a strand she had missed behind her ear. "We wait."
"Oh this is perfect Minerva! You and your brilliant ideas!" Yelled Snape as he and McGonagall led the remainder of the students towards the gate of Disney World.
"Oh shut up Severus!" She exploded. The students were viewing this argument with great amusement though none dared to laugh out loud.
"Shut up? Shut up!" Roared Snape.
"Yes Severus, it's when you stop moving your mouth, although habits aren't very easy to break." She replied coldly.
Snape recomposed himself. "Okay, fighting is getting us nowhere. Let's think about this logically." Minerva nodded. "They landed near the castle so we'll just look in the castle. Surely our two smartest students would know to wait for us."
The whole gang flocked to the castle where they saw the two missing pupils lounging on a bench talking and laughing. Again Ron's fury rose. His fists clenched until his knuckles went white.
Harry leaned over to him. "Ron? Are you alright?" Ron nodded his head tightly. "I'm fine." He gritted between clenched teeth.
"You don't look fine." Harry answered, concern etched on his pale face.
Ron tamed the jealousy rising inside him and repeated, more calmly. "I'm fine."
"So these two iguanas walk into a bar-"
"Mr. Malfoy, I demand an explanation!"
Draco turned casually toward Snape. "It's really very simple professor. Our plane's left wing blew off and we were forced to jump."
McGonagall's eyebrows lifted sharply. "Blew up?" She repeated, suspicion tingeing her voice. Harry raised his hand but Pansy elbowed him in the ribs.
"Trust me professor, it really did." Hermione said, the vivid memory of panic still engraved in her mind.
Snape sighed "Oh well this was our destination anyway. We may as well enjoy it. Report back to the airplanes at 7:00. You're free to go."
Hermione spent the rest of the day with Draco, much to Ron's dislike. They ate ice cream and rode rides other than roller coasters at Hermione's request. They also talked to the characters walking around and had an all in all marvelous time. In fact as the hours ticked by Hermione was sorry the day was over as they headed back towards the airplanes.
They were going to ride with the professors this time. "So what's our next stop?" Draco asked casually as he plopped into the back. "Alaska!" Said McGonagall.
Now I know what you're thinking. What could they possibly do in Alaska? Just wait.
Snape staggered on to the bus to face a livid Filch. "Nasty little children! Ruined my bus! We can't drive anywhere." Filch griped.
Snape turned his black eyes on his pupils. "Alright who was it? One of you did this." He stated knowingly.
His eyes flickered over Harry. "Potter! Did you do this? You're always getting into trouble."
Harry wasn't surprised. He sighed. "No professor, I didn't"
Minerva turned a bitter look on Severus. "Why do you automatically assume it was a Gryffindor, Severus, it could have well likely been a Slytherin."
"I doubt it" Snape muttered.
McGonagall raised her eyebrows. "What was that?"
"Please, please professors" Draco interrupted smoothly. "Let's not bicker about who did it, let's discuss what we're going to do now."
Snape beamed at his star student. "An excellent point Mr. Malfoy." He turned to McGonagall. "Well, Minerva, what shall we do now?"
Filch volunteered to fix the bus if they left. Minerva sighed. "I suppose we'll have to fly." She held up her hand to silence Snape's protest. "I mean fly the muggle way." She pointed out the window at five gleaming fighter planes.
The students were already out of the bus and marching towards the airplanes before Snape could reject this idea. Harry and Pansy climbed into a blue one. Pansy's hair caught on the door and Harry had to assist her in removing it.
Ron glared at Draco as he helped Hermione into the plane's interior. He hated Malfoy more than anything, Ron couldn't understand himself. He had never been a jealous person before but there was something about Malfoy touching Hermione that bothered him. He shrugged and informed Crabbe that he was driving.er flying.
Pansy cackled manically. Harry gave her an uneasy look. "Do I even want to know?" He asked. They were climbing higher into the clouds and Harry felt himself growing nauseas.
Pansy's eyes sparkled. "You see this." She held up a bomb. "I'm gonna drop it on your little friend down there and then Draco will be mine."
She gestured to the plane below them to the right. Harry wasn't worried. Pansy's aim was terrible. She tossed it out the window.
"You do know that you're also blowing up Draco." Harry said flatly. Pansy's face fell as horror struck her. "Oh no!" She cried. "I must rescue him!" Boom!
"Too late." Said Harry mildly enjoying Pansy's distress.
Hermione felt the left wing of the plane snap off. The planes radio crackled as Snape's voice sliced through the static. "Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger? Are you there?"
Malfoy grasped the receiver. "Breaker breaker one nine this here's the rubber ducky." Hermione snatched the radio out of his grasp. "May day, May day!" She yelled into the speaker before it died.
Hermione screamed as the ground came closer. "Draco!" She yelled to him in desperation. He was perfectly calm strapping on the plane's only parachute.
She reached over to grasp his hand, her only anchor in this mad chaos she had gotten herself into. "Hermione. Listen to me. We're going to have to jump."
"WHAT! Are you nuts? I can't do it Draco." She was close to tears as her body realized how close she was to death.
He gathered her to him as she sobbed, and without giving her time to realize it, he leaped from the plane Hermione and all.
The wind whipped all around them Hermione looked up at Draco. He smiled and pulled the ripcord. The gigantic fabric released and inflated slowing their progress to the earth considerably.
Hermione felt her legs swooshing back and forth and despised this feeling. Draco realized her discomfort and simply swung her knees under his other hand. Directly under him he could make out the shape of a castle; the castle in the magic kingdom at Disney World.
"Shit." He cursed. If they landed there they would be stuck. Think. He demanded his brain. Just then, as if on cue, a breeze wafted through the parachute's material altering their course slightly.
Draco's feet hit the ground right in front of the doorway to the castle. He unstrapped the parachute; oblivious to the stares he was getting from stray muggles and carried Hermione to a bench inside the castle.
"Uh, Draco, I can walk on my own." She protested as he began to move. He raised his eyebrows but didn't object as he set her feet lightly on the pavement. Hermione almost fell over backwards. Indeed she would have if Draco hadn't caught her.
"Shock." He stated in neutral tones. She glared at him. She was not going to let him carry her for the fifty millionth time across a distance she was perfectly capable of covering. Her face twisted to form a stern look of determination. Then without warning she twisted out of his grasp and stood, slightly wobbling, on her own and walked to the bench.
Draco was impressed. After all her hysterics he hadn't expected she could recover so quickly. He shrugged and sat down beside her.
"Well, now what?" She asked brushing her hair out of her face. He tucked a strand she had missed behind her ear. "We wait."
"Oh this is perfect Minerva! You and your brilliant ideas!" Yelled Snape as he and McGonagall led the remainder of the students towards the gate of Disney World.
"Oh shut up Severus!" She exploded. The students were viewing this argument with great amusement though none dared to laugh out loud.
"Shut up? Shut up!" Roared Snape.
"Yes Severus, it's when you stop moving your mouth, although habits aren't very easy to break." She replied coldly.
Snape recomposed himself. "Okay, fighting is getting us nowhere. Let's think about this logically." Minerva nodded. "They landed near the castle so we'll just look in the castle. Surely our two smartest students would know to wait for us."
The whole gang flocked to the castle where they saw the two missing pupils lounging on a bench talking and laughing. Again Ron's fury rose. His fists clenched until his knuckles went white.
Harry leaned over to him. "Ron? Are you alright?" Ron nodded his head tightly. "I'm fine." He gritted between clenched teeth.
"You don't look fine." Harry answered, concern etched on his pale face.
Ron tamed the jealousy rising inside him and repeated, more calmly. "I'm fine."
"So these two iguanas walk into a bar-"
"Mr. Malfoy, I demand an explanation!"
Draco turned casually toward Snape. "It's really very simple professor. Our plane's left wing blew off and we were forced to jump."
McGonagall's eyebrows lifted sharply. "Blew up?" She repeated, suspicion tingeing her voice. Harry raised his hand but Pansy elbowed him in the ribs.
"Trust me professor, it really did." Hermione said, the vivid memory of panic still engraved in her mind.
Snape sighed "Oh well this was our destination anyway. We may as well enjoy it. Report back to the airplanes at 7:00. You're free to go."
Hermione spent the rest of the day with Draco, much to Ron's dislike. They ate ice cream and rode rides other than roller coasters at Hermione's request. They also talked to the characters walking around and had an all in all marvelous time. In fact as the hours ticked by Hermione was sorry the day was over as they headed back towards the airplanes.
They were going to ride with the professors this time. "So what's our next stop?" Draco asked casually as he plopped into the back. "Alaska!" Said McGonagall.
Now I know what you're thinking. What could they possibly do in Alaska? Just wait.