I woke up the sounds of bedpans clanging into one another a few hours later. I slowly opened my eyes and at first, my vision was all black. I began to worry that my being blind would become permanent. I couldn't imagine myself being sightless, wearing dark glasses and carrying a can or something.
I remembered the last object I saw before I blacked out...Granger. Why had she been here? I don't suppose she just came to check on me. I mean, even if I did save her or whatever I did, doesn't mean she has to be all saintly and do her good moral values in return. It wouldn't bother me one bit if she never checked on me anyway. She's just a Mudblood. What do I care?
Why did you stop that Bludger?
The question lingered in my head for a while until my sight oh so slowly came back. It was a few minutes before the void was replaced by a blur of moving colors. It made me feel dizzy but I refused to close my eyes. What if I lose it again? No, couldn't risk it. The few minutes of staring straight ahead made my eyes sting and I could feel tears starting to form. The blur was worsening and I was forced to blink to sooth the sting.
When I opened them, I could see again!
I blinked several
times and turned my head around, taking in everything I could see into
my eyes.
~.~.~.~.~.~
I stepped into
the Great Hall with a flourish. Everyone turned their heads to look at
me and my "grand entrance." I paid no attention to them, of course. I'm
quite used to the fact that everyone looks at me because of my charms.
Hah, the wonders of a Malfoy.... It's a curse sometimes, having way too
many admirers and all.
Many? Come to think of it, no one visited me when I was in the hospital wing. How did I get there anyway? And where were Crabbe and Goyle? Those two morons!
I sat down in my usual seat in the Slytherin table between Crabbe and Goyle. They were wolfing down their dinner which I can hardly distinguish due to the many stabs and slicing they did to the food. They weren't even going to bother and acknowledge my presence....
I sighed and realized I wasn't hungry after all. I looked at the table across ours and my eye caught Granger who was reading a book while the others were talking with each other, eating their dinner. She probably noticed me staring because she lifted her head and stared right back at me. I held her gaze for a while and then turned away, reaching for my goblet of pumpkin juice.
As soon as I finished my juice, my head began to spin. There was a sharp pain between my eyes that compelled me to close them immediately. I rubbed the bridge of my nose and slouched on my seat so no one would notice. I turned to look around but I oculdn't see properly. I rubbed my eyes but everything was staring to get blurred instead. Panicking, I stood up abruptly, nearly knocking down my chair. Crabbe asked what was wrong but I ignored him.
I don't know if people were looking at me as I dashed outside because I don't care. The pain was really going to kill me! I need to get to the infirmary right now but I felt I couldn't walk on anymore. I was afraid I'd collapse somewhere in the halls.
Madam Pomfrey hadn't told me there was a limit to her medicine because when I squinted, I was back to the void. I groaned. Now what? I'm going to wait for someone to see me here completely blind? No! That is so un-Malfoy-ish!
"Malfoy, what are you doing here alone?"
AN: Argh! A cliffie! Guess you'll have to wait til the next chapter...who do you think that was? [grins evilly] Please review so I can update right away! Thanks to the people who reviewed! I really appreciate your thoughts. I'll TRY to update three times a week (with longer chapters), if I can...summer enhancement classes in Math are really taking my time....and this time I'll make sure no one's too OOC. ^.^