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stuff I used, except for the plot. (Which is going to have some great
twists, if I do say so myself!)
A/N: Hopefully I can explain Chapter 14 in this chapter. Hehehe.
Chapter 16- Explanations
Hermione's POV
The weekend passed, and Draco and I decided what we were going to do about his father's letters: absolutely nothing. We decided that he wasn't going to the meeting in December, and Lucius would just have to deal with it. Draco sent him a letter telling him that if he punished Draco's mother instead off him, then he was a coward.
It was Tuesday, November 29th, and Draco and I were on our way to potions class. We had eaten in the kitchens again, wanting to avoid everyone in the Great Hall. Ever since that day, last Friday, everyone had been acting really strange. Even after Draco, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and I left the class, everyone else broke out into fights. Professor Hayes was quite distraught, apparently muttering something about Snape. The students thought she was crazy.
Even stranger, I thought, was that ever since Harry, Ron, and Ginny got dragged off to Dumbledore's office, we all seemed to regret what we had said to each other. And that's not just us five, it includes everyone. Everyone regretted what they said, but were too confused and weren't sure if it could be taken back. Surprisingly also, Harry, Ron, and Ginny didn't get punished by Dumbledore. After hearing the story and hearing them apologize over and over, he simply told them to see Professor Snape. They were thinking they were going to get detention, and they were all afraid to go to class.
We were now all sitting in our desks, and each and every one of us was silent. Most of us were mad at the person we were sitting next to, or other people in the class. When Snape walked in and saw us, not talking, I almost saw him smile. "Hello, class," he said, his voice dripping with fake sincerity. "I trust your weekends all passed uneventfully?" We all looked at him strangely, and he sighed.
"Professor Dumbledore has told me that I have caused much trouble with those Aucunes Craintes potions we worked on last class for a while. Apparently, I should have told you that this potion, in that stage, can sometimes cause... side effects. For example, two formerly best friends could break into a fight over a stupid little thing. It has happened to you, and I suggest you find all your friends whom you've been fighting with and make up, because that was truly not a genuine fight.
For some, this side effect may have started directly after class." He barked a short laugh. "I had some very outspoken complaints from Lorrifom- Professor Hayes- about some fights that broke out in her class. They would have stopped by sunset last Friday."
I glanced around at Harry, Ron, and Ginny (A/N: Let's say she was in the same class with them... I don't think she would be, but she just is, ok? Sorry!!!!) and saw that they were all looking quite embarrassed.
The rest of potions class went rather uneventfully, and everyone was working together again, and talking, and sounded like they were friends again. After class, when everyone was packing up their stuff and filtering out of the room, Harry, Ron, and Ginny stuck behind. I approached them, and they all looked like friends again. Harry had his arm around Ginny, and he was the first one to speak up.
"Mione, I'm so sorry!" he exclaimed, his eyes wide under the locks of hair that had fallen into his eyes. "I don't know what happened, I... I just don't know! The point is I'm sorry, and you heard Snape, it wasn't my fault, and-"
"Harry," I laughed. "It's okay. All is forgiven on my part. What about you guys? Do you forgive me? Ginny?"
They all nodded, and Ginny smiled at me. "I would've done the same thing you did if I were you," she said shyly. I smiled back at her to show her that I wasn't mad.
"Yeah, so... back to normal?" Ron questioned.
"Yeah, sure," I replied absentmindedly. I was thinking about what Snape had said earlier. '... it may have started directly after class.' Well, that explained Harry's and everyone's behavior in DADA and on the grounds outside. But more on my mind was what he had said after that. 'It would have ended before sunset...' But that couldn't be true, could it? Remembering, I recalled sitting at the edge of the lake, feeling awful about what had happened, and watching the sunset. And then Draco had come up, and kissed me. After the sun had set.
Everyone was leaving for classes, but I told them to go ahead without me. "I'll catch up in a sec, okay?"
I approached Snape's desk cautiously, where he was sitting and grading papers, with Draco on my heels. "Er, Professor?" He looked up from his papers and glared at me. "Um... I just wanted to ask, um, are you sure about what you said before? About the side effects of working on the potions ending at sunset?"
"Yes, Miss Granger."
"But, are you positive that-"
He cut me off. "The side effects will most definitely have worn off by sunset, maybe even a few minutes before. Do not question me."
"But Professor," Draco argued. "She was just-"
"I do not like to be questioned by my students, Mr. Malfoy. You've both just earned yourselves a detention. I will be seeing you Friday at 7:00. That is all," he added when Draco was about to open his mouth again.
"I hate him!" I cried once we had gotten far enough away that he couldn't hear. "I was simply asking a question, and now we've got detention!" We were swiftly walking away from potions class, hurrying so we weren't late.
"Yeah, I know. By the way, why was it that you were so intent on knowing if he was positive?" Draco looked at me questioningly, halting at the turn to Charms class.
"Oh, no reason, really," I lied, blushing. He shrugged, and turned to go down the hallway, and I continued to the herbology greenhouse.
I pulled my robes more tightly around me as I stepped out the front doors into the frigid air. The winter weather was finally starting to come out.
As for Draco's question... the truth was, I wanted to know if the potion had had anything to do with the kiss. Obviously, Snape had made it quite clear that it would have worn off by then, but I didn't want to face the only other reason Draco and I would've shared a kiss: we wanted to.
A/N: So do you get it now? Nobody is a jerk or anything like that, it was a side effect from the No Fears potion. So don't be mad, k? Next chapter will be more productive, I hope. Please review and tell me how it's going.
A/N: Hopefully I can explain Chapter 14 in this chapter. Hehehe.
Chapter 16- Explanations
Hermione's POV
The weekend passed, and Draco and I decided what we were going to do about his father's letters: absolutely nothing. We decided that he wasn't going to the meeting in December, and Lucius would just have to deal with it. Draco sent him a letter telling him that if he punished Draco's mother instead off him, then he was a coward.
It was Tuesday, November 29th, and Draco and I were on our way to potions class. We had eaten in the kitchens again, wanting to avoid everyone in the Great Hall. Ever since that day, last Friday, everyone had been acting really strange. Even after Draco, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and I left the class, everyone else broke out into fights. Professor Hayes was quite distraught, apparently muttering something about Snape. The students thought she was crazy.
Even stranger, I thought, was that ever since Harry, Ron, and Ginny got dragged off to Dumbledore's office, we all seemed to regret what we had said to each other. And that's not just us five, it includes everyone. Everyone regretted what they said, but were too confused and weren't sure if it could be taken back. Surprisingly also, Harry, Ron, and Ginny didn't get punished by Dumbledore. After hearing the story and hearing them apologize over and over, he simply told them to see Professor Snape. They were thinking they were going to get detention, and they were all afraid to go to class.
We were now all sitting in our desks, and each and every one of us was silent. Most of us were mad at the person we were sitting next to, or other people in the class. When Snape walked in and saw us, not talking, I almost saw him smile. "Hello, class," he said, his voice dripping with fake sincerity. "I trust your weekends all passed uneventfully?" We all looked at him strangely, and he sighed.
"Professor Dumbledore has told me that I have caused much trouble with those Aucunes Craintes potions we worked on last class for a while. Apparently, I should have told you that this potion, in that stage, can sometimes cause... side effects. For example, two formerly best friends could break into a fight over a stupid little thing. It has happened to you, and I suggest you find all your friends whom you've been fighting with and make up, because that was truly not a genuine fight.
For some, this side effect may have started directly after class." He barked a short laugh. "I had some very outspoken complaints from Lorrifom- Professor Hayes- about some fights that broke out in her class. They would have stopped by sunset last Friday."
I glanced around at Harry, Ron, and Ginny (A/N: Let's say she was in the same class with them... I don't think she would be, but she just is, ok? Sorry!!!!) and saw that they were all looking quite embarrassed.
The rest of potions class went rather uneventfully, and everyone was working together again, and talking, and sounded like they were friends again. After class, when everyone was packing up their stuff and filtering out of the room, Harry, Ron, and Ginny stuck behind. I approached them, and they all looked like friends again. Harry had his arm around Ginny, and he was the first one to speak up.
"Mione, I'm so sorry!" he exclaimed, his eyes wide under the locks of hair that had fallen into his eyes. "I don't know what happened, I... I just don't know! The point is I'm sorry, and you heard Snape, it wasn't my fault, and-"
"Harry," I laughed. "It's okay. All is forgiven on my part. What about you guys? Do you forgive me? Ginny?"
They all nodded, and Ginny smiled at me. "I would've done the same thing you did if I were you," she said shyly. I smiled back at her to show her that I wasn't mad.
"Yeah, so... back to normal?" Ron questioned.
"Yeah, sure," I replied absentmindedly. I was thinking about what Snape had said earlier. '... it may have started directly after class.' Well, that explained Harry's and everyone's behavior in DADA and on the grounds outside. But more on my mind was what he had said after that. 'It would have ended before sunset...' But that couldn't be true, could it? Remembering, I recalled sitting at the edge of the lake, feeling awful about what had happened, and watching the sunset. And then Draco had come up, and kissed me. After the sun had set.
Everyone was leaving for classes, but I told them to go ahead without me. "I'll catch up in a sec, okay?"
I approached Snape's desk cautiously, where he was sitting and grading papers, with Draco on my heels. "Er, Professor?" He looked up from his papers and glared at me. "Um... I just wanted to ask, um, are you sure about what you said before? About the side effects of working on the potions ending at sunset?"
"Yes, Miss Granger."
"But, are you positive that-"
He cut me off. "The side effects will most definitely have worn off by sunset, maybe even a few minutes before. Do not question me."
"But Professor," Draco argued. "She was just-"
"I do not like to be questioned by my students, Mr. Malfoy. You've both just earned yourselves a detention. I will be seeing you Friday at 7:00. That is all," he added when Draco was about to open his mouth again.
"I hate him!" I cried once we had gotten far enough away that he couldn't hear. "I was simply asking a question, and now we've got detention!" We were swiftly walking away from potions class, hurrying so we weren't late.
"Yeah, I know. By the way, why was it that you were so intent on knowing if he was positive?" Draco looked at me questioningly, halting at the turn to Charms class.
"Oh, no reason, really," I lied, blushing. He shrugged, and turned to go down the hallway, and I continued to the herbology greenhouse.
I pulled my robes more tightly around me as I stepped out the front doors into the frigid air. The winter weather was finally starting to come out.
As for Draco's question... the truth was, I wanted to know if the potion had had anything to do with the kiss. Obviously, Snape had made it quite clear that it would have worn off by then, but I didn't want to face the only other reason Draco and I would've shared a kiss: we wanted to.
A/N: So do you get it now? Nobody is a jerk or anything like that, it was a side effect from the No Fears potion. So don't be mad, k? Next chapter will be more productive, I hope. Please review and tell me how it's going.