Chapter 22: Hermione? Are You Going to be Okay?
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Thanks: Nathelei, Loralei, Rebecca, Draco's One and Only, Emma, Sky Brooks, BlueStariNight88, PsychoAngel, PunkyPrincess13, Glory (hehe ^_~), Glenda the Owl, dobbie-luvs-sweeties, Akili, Megan Malfoy, Summersun, unsigned, bubblegum*girl, Draco-luver, Demon Wolf, and Shawn.
A/N: I am still grounded. Sorry this is the first chance I got to update. Forgive me!
Hermione was about to continue reading, but Pansy tapped her on the shoulder, "Hey? What's with all of the reading? We are on the run from the insane Death Eaters, and you are reading! Come on now! The rain has stopped and we have to think of a halfway decent plan."
Hermione shook her head, and put down the book she was reading. Pansy was shocked to see the look of worry in Hermione's eyes. "Hey Mione? Is everything okay?"
Hermione looked up at Pansy and began talking, "Pansy? Listen! There is-"
But suddenly Hermione stopped. It was impossible. There was no way both of them could have been princesses and sisters in their past lives. Impossible. Was it? Well, Hermione was not sure. So she made a decision rather quickly. She would not tell Pansy anything about what she had just read. No, that would be a mistake. Pansy would be better off without knowing about the whole princess thing.
Hermione grinned as best she could, and said, "I am fine, Pansy. I am also ready to go."
Hermione put the Land of Eden book down, and followed Pansy to the entrance to the shop where the rest of the group was standing. Draco looked very determined, "Okay guys. We have to think of a plan. Lucius is after our blood. Why? I really don't have a clue what he really wants from us, but we have to find out."
Ginny twirled a strand of her red hair nervously, "Oh! I don't know. Shouldn't we tell the Ministry?"
Harry shook his head; "The Ministry has enough problems at the moment with Voldemort..I CAN'T TAKE IT!"
Everyone looked over at Harry in shock. The shopkeeper looked up from his book that he were reading, frowned, and shook his head. Blaise bit her lip; "Lets talk about this in a more private place."
The group immediately went outside. The sky cleared up a little bit, and therefore there were several people in the streets. They were all chattering away happily in French, and seemed not to have a single care in the world. None at all. Hermione felt her stomach turn over with a pang of jealously. Why couldn't she have a simple life again? WHY? It made her want to do something crazy!
Blaise beckoned the group to follow her. She headed toward an alleyway that went behind the bookshop. Pansy gulped nervously, "We should not go back there. I mean, what if we are mugged by some French dude?"
Ginny became overpowered with giggles, and Ron shook his head. Pansy glared, "Well, we could be."
Ron grinned, "Parkinson, you are always worried about something. Seriously, we are going to expect you to have a nervous breakdown any second now."
Hermione giggled and caught Draco's eye. Draco smiled at her, and winked. Hermione smiled back, but then felt a pang of sorrow. Why couldn't their love be easy? It just was not fair. Hermione suddenly went up to Draco and wrapped her arms around him. He was taken aback at first, but then he hugged her back. Blaise smiled for a second, but then her facial expression became one of horror. "Oh my- HERMIONE WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ON YOUR ARM!"
Hermione had no clue what Blaise was talking about, but Draco did. "Blaise, Hermione had that Dark Mark on her arm for awhile."
The rest of the group nodded, but Blaise still did not calm down. Her green eyes became very wide, and she shook her head several times in a row. Hermione smiled as best she could, "Blaise, I am fine. This Dark Mark hasn't done a thing except give me a fever, and it hurts from time to time, but that's it."
Blaise shook her head, "It's Dark Drugs, isn't it?"
Hermione tilted her head in confusion, but Pansy and Draco nodded. Draco said, "Well, Lucius said something about Hermione taking Dark Drugs, but I am not sure what they are exactly."
Blaise's face darkened. She looked at everyone and said in a solemn voice, "Dark Drugs are evil poison that penetrates the mind. If Hermione indeed took them, free will or not, she will most likely lose her mind."
Everyone was silent. Hermione looked down at the Dark Mark on her shoulder. It seemed to look back at her almost. She was going to go crazy? Great! This was all she needed. Hermione shook her head, and her brown eyes flashed angrily, "I have ENOUGH problems without you saying that I will go crazy!"
Blaise looked down, and whispered, "I have seen this happen several times before, and I think-"
Hermione suddenly snarled, "I DON'T want to hear any more bad news from you. Understand? Good!"
Blaise was shocked but decided not to say anything. She instead turned to face Harry. "What can't you take Harry? What happened?"
Harry said bravely, "I ran away from Hogwarts, from everything. I-I have to settle the score with Voldemort. I can not let this happen."
Ginny shook her head, "Harry, I can't let you do that. I just can't!"
Harry shot Ginny a glare, "Well, I DO have to do something! I just cannot run away from my problems like a coward!"
Pansy muttered, "I can. There is NO way I am going back to England as long as the Dark Lord is in power."
"It is not like we are much safer here, Pansy." Ron said, "We are being chased by Lucius."
Hermione did not feel like listening to this worthless chatter. It was going to be the same thing all over again. Oh! What are we going to do! Oh no! Blah blah blah.
Hermione instead leaned back on the wall of the alleyway and crossed her arms. Draco noticed too, and he slowly walked up to her. She raised her eyebrows, "So, can I help you?"
Draco stared directly into Hermione's eyes, "Okay, look. I know you are very confused right now about all of this, but we need to ergh- work together and stuff."
Hermione sighed, "Draco, you are absolutely right, and I know you are. But, OH! I don't know! Why do terrible things always happen to ME!"
Draco smirked that smirk that he would never lose, "Well, Hermione. I suppose some people have worse luck then others."
Hermione glared, "I hate my life. I sometimes wish that I could just curl up and die!"
Draco's eyes went wide, "That is not funny. Not funny at all. Death does not solve your problems. I wish.I wish Jewel were here. She would know exactly what to do."
Hermione felt the tears well up in her eyes, "I know she would."
Hermione leaned forward and kissed Draco on the forehead, "I love you so much. I wish I could just show you how much."
Draco winked, and whispered, "Hey, wanna go somewhere with me in private and we can well, hang out."
Hermione giggled, "Could your booty calls be any more obvious!"
Hermione suddenly blushed. She had said that much louder then she thought she had. Ron wrinkled up his face in disgust, "Okay, we are in a dangerous situation right now, and this is all you guys can think of! Seriously!"
Pansy blushed and stared at Ron. Hermione smirked, "AW! You two should really hook up!"
"HERMIONE!" Pansy shouted. "Come on now guys! Seriously what should we do?"
Harry suddenly gasped, "Oh shit!"
Everyone stared at him. It really wasn't like Harry to curse like that in front of people. Draco sneered, "Now Potter is swearing. Someone call the Daily Prophet."
Harry shook his head, "No, the Daily Prophet is looking for us."
Harry suddenly pointed at a newspaper that was laying the ground. It seemed to have been taken to the spot in the alley by the wind. Harry snorted, "News sure travels fast around these parts, and it is not good."
Hermione hugged Draco tightly as she looked at the title of the paper. It had the yearbook pictures of Draco, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Pansy, and Ginny. And the headline was: SIX TEENS WANTED FOR MURDER OF LUCIUS MALFOY: PROMINENT WIZARD.
Hermione felt the tears well up in her eyes. First they were kicked out of Beauxbatons, she was told that Voldemort took over England, then she finds out that Pansy was murdered in her past life, she was told that she was going to go crazy, and now the group was wanted for murder. COULD THINGS GET ANY WORSE!
Hermione felt the Dark Mark on her shoulder burn in a fiery pain. Was she going to be okay? Hermione wished Jewel was here as much as Draco did. Jewel may have not known exactly what to do, but she always made a horrible situation a little bit better.
OK! You all probably want to kill me right now for all that I am making my characters go through. Well, I WILL warn you! The story does get PRETTY DARK from this point onward. However there will be more D/Hr moments to balance things out. JA!
~*Sophiebabe
Disclaimer: I don't own a thing.
Thanks: Nathelei, Loralei, Rebecca, Draco's One and Only, Emma, Sky Brooks, BlueStariNight88, PsychoAngel, PunkyPrincess13, Glory (hehe ^_~), Glenda the Owl, dobbie-luvs-sweeties, Akili, Megan Malfoy, Summersun, unsigned, bubblegum*girl, Draco-luver, Demon Wolf, and Shawn.
A/N: I am still grounded. Sorry this is the first chance I got to update. Forgive me!
Hermione was about to continue reading, but Pansy tapped her on the shoulder, "Hey? What's with all of the reading? We are on the run from the insane Death Eaters, and you are reading! Come on now! The rain has stopped and we have to think of a halfway decent plan."
Hermione shook her head, and put down the book she was reading. Pansy was shocked to see the look of worry in Hermione's eyes. "Hey Mione? Is everything okay?"
Hermione looked up at Pansy and began talking, "Pansy? Listen! There is-"
But suddenly Hermione stopped. It was impossible. There was no way both of them could have been princesses and sisters in their past lives. Impossible. Was it? Well, Hermione was not sure. So she made a decision rather quickly. She would not tell Pansy anything about what she had just read. No, that would be a mistake. Pansy would be better off without knowing about the whole princess thing.
Hermione grinned as best she could, and said, "I am fine, Pansy. I am also ready to go."
Hermione put the Land of Eden book down, and followed Pansy to the entrance to the shop where the rest of the group was standing. Draco looked very determined, "Okay guys. We have to think of a plan. Lucius is after our blood. Why? I really don't have a clue what he really wants from us, but we have to find out."
Ginny twirled a strand of her red hair nervously, "Oh! I don't know. Shouldn't we tell the Ministry?"
Harry shook his head; "The Ministry has enough problems at the moment with Voldemort..I CAN'T TAKE IT!"
Everyone looked over at Harry in shock. The shopkeeper looked up from his book that he were reading, frowned, and shook his head. Blaise bit her lip; "Lets talk about this in a more private place."
The group immediately went outside. The sky cleared up a little bit, and therefore there were several people in the streets. They were all chattering away happily in French, and seemed not to have a single care in the world. None at all. Hermione felt her stomach turn over with a pang of jealously. Why couldn't she have a simple life again? WHY? It made her want to do something crazy!
Blaise beckoned the group to follow her. She headed toward an alleyway that went behind the bookshop. Pansy gulped nervously, "We should not go back there. I mean, what if we are mugged by some French dude?"
Ginny became overpowered with giggles, and Ron shook his head. Pansy glared, "Well, we could be."
Ron grinned, "Parkinson, you are always worried about something. Seriously, we are going to expect you to have a nervous breakdown any second now."
Hermione giggled and caught Draco's eye. Draco smiled at her, and winked. Hermione smiled back, but then felt a pang of sorrow. Why couldn't their love be easy? It just was not fair. Hermione suddenly went up to Draco and wrapped her arms around him. He was taken aback at first, but then he hugged her back. Blaise smiled for a second, but then her facial expression became one of horror. "Oh my- HERMIONE WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ON YOUR ARM!"
Hermione had no clue what Blaise was talking about, but Draco did. "Blaise, Hermione had that Dark Mark on her arm for awhile."
The rest of the group nodded, but Blaise still did not calm down. Her green eyes became very wide, and she shook her head several times in a row. Hermione smiled as best she could, "Blaise, I am fine. This Dark Mark hasn't done a thing except give me a fever, and it hurts from time to time, but that's it."
Blaise shook her head, "It's Dark Drugs, isn't it?"
Hermione tilted her head in confusion, but Pansy and Draco nodded. Draco said, "Well, Lucius said something about Hermione taking Dark Drugs, but I am not sure what they are exactly."
Blaise's face darkened. She looked at everyone and said in a solemn voice, "Dark Drugs are evil poison that penetrates the mind. If Hermione indeed took them, free will or not, she will most likely lose her mind."
Everyone was silent. Hermione looked down at the Dark Mark on her shoulder. It seemed to look back at her almost. She was going to go crazy? Great! This was all she needed. Hermione shook her head, and her brown eyes flashed angrily, "I have ENOUGH problems without you saying that I will go crazy!"
Blaise looked down, and whispered, "I have seen this happen several times before, and I think-"
Hermione suddenly snarled, "I DON'T want to hear any more bad news from you. Understand? Good!"
Blaise was shocked but decided not to say anything. She instead turned to face Harry. "What can't you take Harry? What happened?"
Harry said bravely, "I ran away from Hogwarts, from everything. I-I have to settle the score with Voldemort. I can not let this happen."
Ginny shook her head, "Harry, I can't let you do that. I just can't!"
Harry shot Ginny a glare, "Well, I DO have to do something! I just cannot run away from my problems like a coward!"
Pansy muttered, "I can. There is NO way I am going back to England as long as the Dark Lord is in power."
"It is not like we are much safer here, Pansy." Ron said, "We are being chased by Lucius."
Hermione did not feel like listening to this worthless chatter. It was going to be the same thing all over again. Oh! What are we going to do! Oh no! Blah blah blah.
Hermione instead leaned back on the wall of the alleyway and crossed her arms. Draco noticed too, and he slowly walked up to her. She raised her eyebrows, "So, can I help you?"
Draco stared directly into Hermione's eyes, "Okay, look. I know you are very confused right now about all of this, but we need to ergh- work together and stuff."
Hermione sighed, "Draco, you are absolutely right, and I know you are. But, OH! I don't know! Why do terrible things always happen to ME!"
Draco smirked that smirk that he would never lose, "Well, Hermione. I suppose some people have worse luck then others."
Hermione glared, "I hate my life. I sometimes wish that I could just curl up and die!"
Draco's eyes went wide, "That is not funny. Not funny at all. Death does not solve your problems. I wish.I wish Jewel were here. She would know exactly what to do."
Hermione felt the tears well up in her eyes, "I know she would."
Hermione leaned forward and kissed Draco on the forehead, "I love you so much. I wish I could just show you how much."
Draco winked, and whispered, "Hey, wanna go somewhere with me in private and we can well, hang out."
Hermione giggled, "Could your booty calls be any more obvious!"
Hermione suddenly blushed. She had said that much louder then she thought she had. Ron wrinkled up his face in disgust, "Okay, we are in a dangerous situation right now, and this is all you guys can think of! Seriously!"
Pansy blushed and stared at Ron. Hermione smirked, "AW! You two should really hook up!"
"HERMIONE!" Pansy shouted. "Come on now guys! Seriously what should we do?"
Harry suddenly gasped, "Oh shit!"
Everyone stared at him. It really wasn't like Harry to curse like that in front of people. Draco sneered, "Now Potter is swearing. Someone call the Daily Prophet."
Harry shook his head, "No, the Daily Prophet is looking for us."
Harry suddenly pointed at a newspaper that was laying the ground. It seemed to have been taken to the spot in the alley by the wind. Harry snorted, "News sure travels fast around these parts, and it is not good."
Hermione hugged Draco tightly as she looked at the title of the paper. It had the yearbook pictures of Draco, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Pansy, and Ginny. And the headline was: SIX TEENS WANTED FOR MURDER OF LUCIUS MALFOY: PROMINENT WIZARD.
Hermione felt the tears well up in her eyes. First they were kicked out of Beauxbatons, she was told that Voldemort took over England, then she finds out that Pansy was murdered in her past life, she was told that she was going to go crazy, and now the group was wanted for murder. COULD THINGS GET ANY WORSE!
Hermione felt the Dark Mark on her shoulder burn in a fiery pain. Was she going to be okay? Hermione wished Jewel was here as much as Draco did. Jewel may have not known exactly what to do, but she always made a horrible situation a little bit better.
OK! You all probably want to kill me right now for all that I am making my characters go through. Well, I WILL warn you! The story does get PRETTY DARK from this point onward. However there will be more D/Hr moments to balance things out. JA!
~*Sophiebabe