Chapter 16: Confrontation
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A/N: I am so sorry for blowing up with that kind of nasty author's note. It was just that I was annoyed at the time. Forgive me? Well, forgive me but not those retarded flamers, especially the BITCH WHO WAS TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO SIGN HER NAME! (Oh! If you are reading this bitch, Beauxbatons is a French School, and that is why there is French. Or were you too stupid to realize that!)
Hermione hurried back to the Malin common room as quick as she could. She was really rushing to get back, and she was very close to running. Hermione truly felt guilty for not telling anyone else about Blaise being in the Hospital Wing. ~ I have to tell Pansy, ~ she thought ~ I have to tell Pansy about Blaise, and then maybe all of us can get together and figure out how to save her. There is strength in numbers. ~
Hermione was running so fast, and thinking so much that she ran right into Katrina, who was also walking back to the Amical common room. Katrina nearly fell over, and Hermione almost fell backwards.
"Oh! I am so sorry, Katrina!" Hermione gasped.
Katrina's hands immediately flew up to her hair in an attempt to fix her hair, which was tied up in pigtails. Katrina scowled furiously at Hermione, "OH! It iz all right, I suppose. Where are you 'eading in such a 'urry, 'Ermione?"
Hermione replied, "Well, I am going to talk to my friend Pansy for a few moments, and then I am going to meet Felicity in the library."
Katrina averted her eyes quickly in the direction of the library, but quickly stared directly at Hermione. She did not seem very happy about what Hermione just said about Felicity. "Why in ze world would you want to go meet Felicity? She iz trouble!" Katrina said, not bothering to keep the agitation out of her voice.
Hermione was shocked. Hermione knew that Katrina and Felicity did not get along very well, but Katrina should not say nasty stuff about her to other people. Who gave Katrina the right to say that?
Hermione glared at Katrina, "Well, I must say that Felicity seems like a nice person, and far from trouble. Thank you very much Katrina."
Katrina sneered, "Well, don't say zat I did not warn you. Felicity iz not someone you want to make friends with. First of all, she lacks social skills-"
"Do you really think that I care about social skills!" Hermione snarled, "You shouldn't judge people like that, Katrina!"
Katrina shook her head in protest, "You don't understand. You do NOT want to hang around with Felicity. You hear moi?"
Hermione rolled her eyes, and said in a monotone, "Well, Katrina is it just me or are you just a tad full of yourself? However, I have a feeling it isn't just me."
Katrina glared and shouted, "You are going to get into deep trouble for zat attitude! Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Katrina gave Hermione one more glare, and spun around to leave. Hermione shook her head in frustration, and continued walking to the common room. She was thinking angrily, ~ The nerve of that girl! She is so full of herself. What gives her to right to judge a soft-spoken person like Felicity? Unbelievable attitude to have toward people. ~
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Draco was walking slowly down the hallway. Unlike Hermione, Draco was in no rush to get back to the common room. All that talking about Blaise was not going to be pleasant, and Draco wanted to delay that for as long as possible.
Draco began to think as he walked, ~ Why can't things be easy? Why does there have to be power? If there were no power, my father would not be tempted to do all of these evil things? Why are people so greedy? ~
Draco continued to walk done the hallway, and he was beginning to get frustrated that he could not answer those questions. Draco began to storm down the hallway, and got funny looks from the students walking to their common rooms.
"Draco?"
Draco spun around and saw Harry and Ginny walking together through the hallway. Ginny asked, "Draco? What's wrong? Do not tell me that you and Hermione got into another fight, because if you did-"
"No, not another fight. Nothing like that. I was just thinking about various things." Draco admitted.
Ginny and Harry looked at each other, and then turned back to Draco. "Is something wrong, Malfoy? Did something terrible happen?" Harry asked with actual concern in his voice toward his rival.
Draco slowly nodded, "There's something I have to tell you two."
Ginny stared at Draco curiously, "What is it? What happened? Hermione is not hurt, is she?"
"No, Hermione is not hurt. She's fine, but- Guys Lucius is here and he has Blaise." Draco replied almost in a whisper.
Harry and Ginny stared at Draco for a brief moment in silence. Draco could feel his cheeks burning. ~ They don't believe ~ Draco thought sadly, ~ They simply don't believe me. ~
Ginny opened her mouth to say something, but closed it again. Harry shook his head, and just muttered, "Draco are you sure about this? Is there enough proof?"
Draco replied, "Yes, there is definitely enough proof. He is here, and we need to think of a plan of action immediately. I cannot let anything horrible happen again, because of my stupid father."
Harry didn't say anything, but Ginny did, "Draco if your father is truly here, why didn't you tell us anything before?"
Draco felt his Malfoy temper rising, "Well, because Hermione and I figured that you would not believe us, and you don't. So, forget I said anything."
"It is rather difficult to believe Malfoy. " Harry retorted.
Draco rolled his eyes, "Whatever Potter! Just forget I mentioned it."
Draco turned away from Harry and Ginny, and began to walk away but the two stopped them. "Malfoy! I just said 'It is rather difficult to believe' I did not say that I didn't believe you at all!"
Draco glared at Harry impatiently, "So do you believe me or not?"
Ginny nodded, "I do think there is something not right here. I have been having this uneasy feeling lately and I am not sure what to do. I-I can't explain it, but something is very wrong."
Harry agreed with Ginny, "This is a situation that has to be handled carefully if your suspicions are correct, Draco. We have to have a plan."
Draco could not help but agree also, "Yes, and thinking of a plan to save Blaise that just might work. Come on you two! Lets go figure this out."
Harry looked determined, "I never want to see Lucius murder another person again."
"Me neither, Harry, "Draco said sadly, "Me neither."
Ginny smiled, and asked an odd question, "Hey Malfoy? You really do love Hermione don't you?"
Draco blushed, and Harry felt himself laughing. Ginny said, "It is really great to have a boyfriend who would stand up to his evil father for her. I hope Hermione realizes just how very lucky that she is."
Okay, that was very short. It was a necessary chapter to put in though, and you will see why later on! I will update later today as well, so keep you eyes peeled!!
~*Sophiebabe
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Get the point?
Thanks: OMG!! Thank you for all of your positive comments! Lilpinkbunny, zoogerbas1, Callisto Star (I loved your review!!!!!), Alina, reader, Caroline, PunkyPrincess13, eva-and-always, Sushie-chan (your hero? Really?) Blimey411, GinnyYvette, Evil Sly Queen, icy_flymn, Draco-luver (trust me it was not you who was mean. You gave me 'constructive criticism ^_^), Rebecca (thanks for that sweet review. Thank you!!), and Akili.
A/N: I am so sorry for blowing up with that kind of nasty author's note. It was just that I was annoyed at the time. Forgive me? Well, forgive me but not those retarded flamers, especially the BITCH WHO WAS TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO SIGN HER NAME! (Oh! If you are reading this bitch, Beauxbatons is a French School, and that is why there is French. Or were you too stupid to realize that!)
Hermione hurried back to the Malin common room as quick as she could. She was really rushing to get back, and she was very close to running. Hermione truly felt guilty for not telling anyone else about Blaise being in the Hospital Wing. ~ I have to tell Pansy, ~ she thought ~ I have to tell Pansy about Blaise, and then maybe all of us can get together and figure out how to save her. There is strength in numbers. ~
Hermione was running so fast, and thinking so much that she ran right into Katrina, who was also walking back to the Amical common room. Katrina nearly fell over, and Hermione almost fell backwards.
"Oh! I am so sorry, Katrina!" Hermione gasped.
Katrina's hands immediately flew up to her hair in an attempt to fix her hair, which was tied up in pigtails. Katrina scowled furiously at Hermione, "OH! It iz all right, I suppose. Where are you 'eading in such a 'urry, 'Ermione?"
Hermione replied, "Well, I am going to talk to my friend Pansy for a few moments, and then I am going to meet Felicity in the library."
Katrina averted her eyes quickly in the direction of the library, but quickly stared directly at Hermione. She did not seem very happy about what Hermione just said about Felicity. "Why in ze world would you want to go meet Felicity? She iz trouble!" Katrina said, not bothering to keep the agitation out of her voice.
Hermione was shocked. Hermione knew that Katrina and Felicity did not get along very well, but Katrina should not say nasty stuff about her to other people. Who gave Katrina the right to say that?
Hermione glared at Katrina, "Well, I must say that Felicity seems like a nice person, and far from trouble. Thank you very much Katrina."
Katrina sneered, "Well, don't say zat I did not warn you. Felicity iz not someone you want to make friends with. First of all, she lacks social skills-"
"Do you really think that I care about social skills!" Hermione snarled, "You shouldn't judge people like that, Katrina!"
Katrina shook her head in protest, "You don't understand. You do NOT want to hang around with Felicity. You hear moi?"
Hermione rolled her eyes, and said in a monotone, "Well, Katrina is it just me or are you just a tad full of yourself? However, I have a feeling it isn't just me."
Katrina glared and shouted, "You are going to get into deep trouble for zat attitude! Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Katrina gave Hermione one more glare, and spun around to leave. Hermione shook her head in frustration, and continued walking to the common room. She was thinking angrily, ~ The nerve of that girl! She is so full of herself. What gives her to right to judge a soft-spoken person like Felicity? Unbelievable attitude to have toward people. ~
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Draco was walking slowly down the hallway. Unlike Hermione, Draco was in no rush to get back to the common room. All that talking about Blaise was not going to be pleasant, and Draco wanted to delay that for as long as possible.
Draco began to think as he walked, ~ Why can't things be easy? Why does there have to be power? If there were no power, my father would not be tempted to do all of these evil things? Why are people so greedy? ~
Draco continued to walk done the hallway, and he was beginning to get frustrated that he could not answer those questions. Draco began to storm down the hallway, and got funny looks from the students walking to their common rooms.
"Draco?"
Draco spun around and saw Harry and Ginny walking together through the hallway. Ginny asked, "Draco? What's wrong? Do not tell me that you and Hermione got into another fight, because if you did-"
"No, not another fight. Nothing like that. I was just thinking about various things." Draco admitted.
Ginny and Harry looked at each other, and then turned back to Draco. "Is something wrong, Malfoy? Did something terrible happen?" Harry asked with actual concern in his voice toward his rival.
Draco slowly nodded, "There's something I have to tell you two."
Ginny stared at Draco curiously, "What is it? What happened? Hermione is not hurt, is she?"
"No, Hermione is not hurt. She's fine, but- Guys Lucius is here and he has Blaise." Draco replied almost in a whisper.
Harry and Ginny stared at Draco for a brief moment in silence. Draco could feel his cheeks burning. ~ They don't believe ~ Draco thought sadly, ~ They simply don't believe me. ~
Ginny opened her mouth to say something, but closed it again. Harry shook his head, and just muttered, "Draco are you sure about this? Is there enough proof?"
Draco replied, "Yes, there is definitely enough proof. He is here, and we need to think of a plan of action immediately. I cannot let anything horrible happen again, because of my stupid father."
Harry didn't say anything, but Ginny did, "Draco if your father is truly here, why didn't you tell us anything before?"
Draco felt his Malfoy temper rising, "Well, because Hermione and I figured that you would not believe us, and you don't. So, forget I said anything."
"It is rather difficult to believe Malfoy. " Harry retorted.
Draco rolled his eyes, "Whatever Potter! Just forget I mentioned it."
Draco turned away from Harry and Ginny, and began to walk away but the two stopped them. "Malfoy! I just said 'It is rather difficult to believe' I did not say that I didn't believe you at all!"
Draco glared at Harry impatiently, "So do you believe me or not?"
Ginny nodded, "I do think there is something not right here. I have been having this uneasy feeling lately and I am not sure what to do. I-I can't explain it, but something is very wrong."
Harry agreed with Ginny, "This is a situation that has to be handled carefully if your suspicions are correct, Draco. We have to have a plan."
Draco could not help but agree also, "Yes, and thinking of a plan to save Blaise that just might work. Come on you two! Lets go figure this out."
Harry looked determined, "I never want to see Lucius murder another person again."
"Me neither, Harry, "Draco said sadly, "Me neither."
Ginny smiled, and asked an odd question, "Hey Malfoy? You really do love Hermione don't you?"
Draco blushed, and Harry felt himself laughing. Ginny said, "It is really great to have a boyfriend who would stand up to his evil father for her. I hope Hermione realizes just how very lucky that she is."
Okay, that was very short. It was a necessary chapter to put in though, and you will see why later on! I will update later today as well, so keep you eyes peeled!!
~*Sophiebabe