a/n hi sorry this is so late, i had to try and get on fanfiction and it kept saying the server was down then it was too slow and it really irritated me i felt like throwing the computer out the window but anyways, it is a long chapter and it took me ages, i added a little different stuff, but anyways,i have a driving lesson at 10 in the morning so i had to get up early (for me anyways) well i hope u like my chapter...read on...
oh yeah
to the reviewers...
thankyou to all that reviewed my story,
DiOsA4u, i emailed u and sorry it was such a long one, i was really frustrated. you'll know why
to the one who corrected my german translation, thanks for that i fixed it up
and to all that have stuck by me, thanks a lot, u guys r cool
Chapter 6
Secret Potion Plans
After Harry had gone, Draco rifled through his parchments trying to recall where he had seen the Life Draught instructions. He had it all planned out. He would make the potion and place it in her locket. That way it would last as long as she wore the locket. He loved her so much and was desperate to see her and touch her again.
"Ah hah!" he said aloud as his eyes fell upon the potions book in front of him. He pulled it closer and pushed the other parchments aside. Now how to get the ingredients. The mandrake bulbs would be easy, Snape always had a large supply of them for Madame Pomfrey. A pinch of gold dust made from the Philosophers Stone. 'Now how the hell am I meant to find that! The stone was destroyed five years ago! There wouldn't be any gold any more!' Draco thought to himself. Essence of Phoenix tail. Oh! He had some of that. His mother had sent it to him for his birthday thinking that he still had the love for potions he did as a boy. 'Thank god for mother' he mused.
Diced pixie ears. Perhaps the old closet in the Defence against the Dark Arts classroom. There were all kinds of weird things in there. And pond water was common material for potion making. That left the gold dust. How would he get that! His heart began to sink as he realised how hopeless his situation was. He looked at the clock on the wall near him. The large hand was nearing BED on the clock face. Draco agreed. Perhaps some sleep would help the situation.
* * * * *
Draco stepped down the familiar path to the gnarled tree and hidden passageway. He walked in anticipation of seeing Hermione again, perhaps she would let him explain what he did. He hoped she would forgive him.
He stepped cautiously into the cavern.
"Hermione?"
"Oh it's you again, what do you want now? To smirk at my predicament?"
"No Hermione I - "
"Look Malfoy, I know it's your *dream* and everything but I'm the one trapped here. If you've got nothing better to do than dream of me trapped you're a very sad boy"
"Hermione, Goddammit! Will you listen to me please?"
"Fine but it better be good. You've got half an hour before sun up."
"Hermione when I told you that I didn't lo- that we couldn't see each other any more I told you to protect you from my father. He found out about us because he rifled through my room and found a letter from you. He told me if I didn't call it off he would have to kill you. I knew if I had just told you about what he had said you would have wanted to help me over power him but he had Voldemort on his side and was virtually unstoppable by two normal teenagers. I couldn't bare to lose you Hermione. I figured even if you hated me for the rest of your life, at least you would be alive and I could still see your beautiful face. But Voldemort had other plans and decided to kill you anyway. No body told me Mina, no body even mentioned it. I found out from Potter when they came back to school."
"Don't you call me Mina, you hurt me Malfoy, you killed me inside. Voldemort only took my body. I was going to die either way. Do you realise that you cannot throw away love?! It was a stupid thing to do. I love you and I am unable to be at peace because of something that is holding me to your subconscious."
Draco felt his eyes burning, tears of pain and sorrow, held back for so long, finally began to fall down his face. Hermione's eyes widened. She had never seen Draco cry before. He usually put on the cold shell. Her heart softened as it dawned on her. "You love me Draco?"
"Yes Mina, forever"
"Drache, my Drache." she whispered.
The chasm grew lighter as Draco was slowly brought back to consciousness. Before he lost sight of her completely he said "I'm going to find a way to bring you back Mina. I love you, and I will bring you back."
Draco awoke to the sun shining through his curtains around his bed. This was odd because she always made a point to close them tightly. He looked out at the dorm and saw that on his bedside table was a purple sachet with a note in scrawled green handwriting.
~Dear Mr Malfoy,
It has come to my attention that you were in search of this. I trust you use it well and do not let your hope fade. Some things happen for a reason. And I just 'happen' to own something of your use. Goodluck young man. Maybe the Gryffindors and Slytherins will be reunited with a new light.
Sincerely yours,
Albus Dumbledore.
PS Best keep this under wraps until further notice.~
Draco was puzzled. He looked at the sachet and lifted the velvet opening. Inside were hundreds of grains of Philosophers stone gold. Draco gasped and smiled in happiness. And it was Saturday! He could try the potion today! Draco felt overwhelmed. He jumped out of bed and grabbed his robes. After he was changed he decided he would leave the mandrake bulbs till last so he could make sure Snape was at breakfast before he went sneaking around his Ingredients cupboard.
He headed towards the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom and checked out all the cupboards. Finally he hit the jackpot. A cupboard full of materials like nymph toes, mermaid hair, unicorn horn and tail, but no pixie ears. "Damn!" Draco exclaimed in frustration. He looked around and was about to leave when he noticed a desk near the door. on the desk was a note.
~Professor Surman
If you are looking for any other materials for visual aids, there is a door behind the tapestry to the right. Sorry there is not a larger range, oh and there is a jar of pixie ears in the trapdoor under the desk at the front of the room. I have no idea why they are there or what you would use them for but just in case. Goodluck teaching this lot.
Sincerely
Professor McGonagal~
"Perfect, now...Trapdoor, maybe I should check that cupboard behind the tapestry. Why am I talking to myself?" Draco's spirits were raised by the thoughts of bringing Hermione back to life. He found the tapestry and the door. He opened it and his eyes lit up. "Mandrake bulbs! Yes now I don't have to get into Snape's supply. That leaves Pond water, pixie ears...ahhh trapdoor"
Draco made his way over to the desk and saw the trapdoor under it. He lifted it and as the moths flew out a jar of pixie ears was revealed.
"Brilliant." Draco was now on a natural high.
He grabbed the jar and put it on the table with the mandrake bulbs. Then he waved his wand and said "Mystify" and the items were gone. He ran from the room and made his way back down to the Slytherin Common Room. When he reached his dorm he went to his trunk, grabbed his cauldron, and the essence of phoenix tail vial and placed a spell on his bed chambers to keep the other Slytherins away. "Now, Rectify" Draco waved his wand and the mandrake bulbs and pixie ears returned.
He set everything up quickly to ensure he did it right.
After he had filled his cauldron he added the mandrake bulbs, magically crushing them and stirred clockwise. Thirty seconds later he quickly added the gold dust and the essence of phoenix tail then stirring it anti-clockwise for one minute. He then left it and took out a magical egg timer. "5 minutes" he said and the little egg timer burst into life humming a happy tune as the sands fell away. "4 minutes and counting", the little thing said beaming from ear to ear. Draco pulled out the locket from inside his shirt pocket and ran the silver links across his fingers, creating a tingling sensation. He thought about Hermione and couldn't help but smile this time. For they had made amends in the dream dimension and Draco was finally going to be able to free her, both her heart and her soul. He couldn't wait to see her again. He wondered what the teachers would think. He was lost in thought when suddenly a loud voice boomed through his mind
* * * *
(a/n maybe I should leave it here?) ~nah~
* * * *
"Oi you got 30 seconds buddy! so wake up and finish this potion!" The little egg timer boomed up at him. Draco laughed, it looked so strange to be yelled at by a bright red egg timer with big ears and a quirky little grin. (a/n haha you thought it was serious hehehehe, I tricked u all! :P)
Draco added the diced pixie ears which he measured carefully and cut to perfection. Therefore nothing could go wrong, right? well he was sure everything was ok, but as he set the cauldron on auto-boil he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. When bubbles began to pop on the surface he removed the heat and added the rest of the essence of phoenix tail. The potion turned a silvery white colour and began to swirl very fast inside the cauldron.
There was a flash of bright light and a human figure began to form at the center of it.
Draco watched with squinting eyes as the shape of Hermione began to form.
oh yeah
to the reviewers...
thankyou to all that reviewed my story,
DiOsA4u, i emailed u and sorry it was such a long one, i was really frustrated. you'll know why
to the one who corrected my german translation, thanks for that i fixed it up
and to all that have stuck by me, thanks a lot, u guys r cool
Chapter 6
Secret Potion Plans
After Harry had gone, Draco rifled through his parchments trying to recall where he had seen the Life Draught instructions. He had it all planned out. He would make the potion and place it in her locket. That way it would last as long as she wore the locket. He loved her so much and was desperate to see her and touch her again.
"Ah hah!" he said aloud as his eyes fell upon the potions book in front of him. He pulled it closer and pushed the other parchments aside. Now how to get the ingredients. The mandrake bulbs would be easy, Snape always had a large supply of them for Madame Pomfrey. A pinch of gold dust made from the Philosophers Stone. 'Now how the hell am I meant to find that! The stone was destroyed five years ago! There wouldn't be any gold any more!' Draco thought to himself. Essence of Phoenix tail. Oh! He had some of that. His mother had sent it to him for his birthday thinking that he still had the love for potions he did as a boy. 'Thank god for mother' he mused.
Diced pixie ears. Perhaps the old closet in the Defence against the Dark Arts classroom. There were all kinds of weird things in there. And pond water was common material for potion making. That left the gold dust. How would he get that! His heart began to sink as he realised how hopeless his situation was. He looked at the clock on the wall near him. The large hand was nearing BED on the clock face. Draco agreed. Perhaps some sleep would help the situation.
* * * * *
Draco stepped down the familiar path to the gnarled tree and hidden passageway. He walked in anticipation of seeing Hermione again, perhaps she would let him explain what he did. He hoped she would forgive him.
He stepped cautiously into the cavern.
"Hermione?"
"Oh it's you again, what do you want now? To smirk at my predicament?"
"No Hermione I - "
"Look Malfoy, I know it's your *dream* and everything but I'm the one trapped here. If you've got nothing better to do than dream of me trapped you're a very sad boy"
"Hermione, Goddammit! Will you listen to me please?"
"Fine but it better be good. You've got half an hour before sun up."
"Hermione when I told you that I didn't lo- that we couldn't see each other any more I told you to protect you from my father. He found out about us because he rifled through my room and found a letter from you. He told me if I didn't call it off he would have to kill you. I knew if I had just told you about what he had said you would have wanted to help me over power him but he had Voldemort on his side and was virtually unstoppable by two normal teenagers. I couldn't bare to lose you Hermione. I figured even if you hated me for the rest of your life, at least you would be alive and I could still see your beautiful face. But Voldemort had other plans and decided to kill you anyway. No body told me Mina, no body even mentioned it. I found out from Potter when they came back to school."
"Don't you call me Mina, you hurt me Malfoy, you killed me inside. Voldemort only took my body. I was going to die either way. Do you realise that you cannot throw away love?! It was a stupid thing to do. I love you and I am unable to be at peace because of something that is holding me to your subconscious."
Draco felt his eyes burning, tears of pain and sorrow, held back for so long, finally began to fall down his face. Hermione's eyes widened. She had never seen Draco cry before. He usually put on the cold shell. Her heart softened as it dawned on her. "You love me Draco?"
"Yes Mina, forever"
"Drache, my Drache." she whispered.
The chasm grew lighter as Draco was slowly brought back to consciousness. Before he lost sight of her completely he said "I'm going to find a way to bring you back Mina. I love you, and I will bring you back."
Draco awoke to the sun shining through his curtains around his bed. This was odd because she always made a point to close them tightly. He looked out at the dorm and saw that on his bedside table was a purple sachet with a note in scrawled green handwriting.
~Dear Mr Malfoy,
It has come to my attention that you were in search of this. I trust you use it well and do not let your hope fade. Some things happen for a reason. And I just 'happen' to own something of your use. Goodluck young man. Maybe the Gryffindors and Slytherins will be reunited with a new light.
Sincerely yours,
Albus Dumbledore.
PS Best keep this under wraps until further notice.~
Draco was puzzled. He looked at the sachet and lifted the velvet opening. Inside were hundreds of grains of Philosophers stone gold. Draco gasped and smiled in happiness. And it was Saturday! He could try the potion today! Draco felt overwhelmed. He jumped out of bed and grabbed his robes. After he was changed he decided he would leave the mandrake bulbs till last so he could make sure Snape was at breakfast before he went sneaking around his Ingredients cupboard.
He headed towards the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom and checked out all the cupboards. Finally he hit the jackpot. A cupboard full of materials like nymph toes, mermaid hair, unicorn horn and tail, but no pixie ears. "Damn!" Draco exclaimed in frustration. He looked around and was about to leave when he noticed a desk near the door. on the desk was a note.
~Professor Surman
If you are looking for any other materials for visual aids, there is a door behind the tapestry to the right. Sorry there is not a larger range, oh and there is a jar of pixie ears in the trapdoor under the desk at the front of the room. I have no idea why they are there or what you would use them for but just in case. Goodluck teaching this lot.
Sincerely
Professor McGonagal~
"Perfect, now...Trapdoor, maybe I should check that cupboard behind the tapestry. Why am I talking to myself?" Draco's spirits were raised by the thoughts of bringing Hermione back to life. He found the tapestry and the door. He opened it and his eyes lit up. "Mandrake bulbs! Yes now I don't have to get into Snape's supply. That leaves Pond water, pixie ears...ahhh trapdoor"
Draco made his way over to the desk and saw the trapdoor under it. He lifted it and as the moths flew out a jar of pixie ears was revealed.
"Brilliant." Draco was now on a natural high.
He grabbed the jar and put it on the table with the mandrake bulbs. Then he waved his wand and said "Mystify" and the items were gone. He ran from the room and made his way back down to the Slytherin Common Room. When he reached his dorm he went to his trunk, grabbed his cauldron, and the essence of phoenix tail vial and placed a spell on his bed chambers to keep the other Slytherins away. "Now, Rectify" Draco waved his wand and the mandrake bulbs and pixie ears returned.
He set everything up quickly to ensure he did it right.
After he had filled his cauldron he added the mandrake bulbs, magically crushing them and stirred clockwise. Thirty seconds later he quickly added the gold dust and the essence of phoenix tail then stirring it anti-clockwise for one minute. He then left it and took out a magical egg timer. "5 minutes" he said and the little egg timer burst into life humming a happy tune as the sands fell away. "4 minutes and counting", the little thing said beaming from ear to ear. Draco pulled out the locket from inside his shirt pocket and ran the silver links across his fingers, creating a tingling sensation. He thought about Hermione and couldn't help but smile this time. For they had made amends in the dream dimension and Draco was finally going to be able to free her, both her heart and her soul. He couldn't wait to see her again. He wondered what the teachers would think. He was lost in thought when suddenly a loud voice boomed through his mind
* * * *
(a/n maybe I should leave it here?) ~nah~
* * * *
"Oi you got 30 seconds buddy! so wake up and finish this potion!" The little egg timer boomed up at him. Draco laughed, it looked so strange to be yelled at by a bright red egg timer with big ears and a quirky little grin. (a/n haha you thought it was serious hehehehe, I tricked u all! :P)
Draco added the diced pixie ears which he measured carefully and cut to perfection. Therefore nothing could go wrong, right? well he was sure everything was ok, but as he set the cauldron on auto-boil he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. When bubbles began to pop on the surface he removed the heat and added the rest of the essence of phoenix tail. The potion turned a silvery white colour and began to swirl very fast inside the cauldron.
There was a flash of bright light and a human figure began to form at the center of it.
Draco watched with squinting eyes as the shape of Hermione began to form.