To Love Thine Enemy --- °The Shield of Hate° Part II
By °Mia°



Hermione blinked, it was interesting, but rather disturbing as well. People based their beliefs on a bit of magic? Hermione's eyes ran through the pages with ease. Of course she'd known about this before, but this book included a few interesting spells...like making a toga from thin air. Hermione continued to explore the book late into the night; it was rather creepy in the room with only a dim lamp to illuminate the pages. The door creaked open...Hermione snapped to attention, seeing Draco's head poke through.

"Still awake are you? Well...I thought I'd give you a little proof that Harry is alive, so you don't do anything stupid. This is the globe of Hades, my father and I use it to keep track of Potter, well, it's not the original one. I duplicated it with a spell, impressed Granger?" He asked, smirking as he showed her a glowing red globe in his palm.

Hermione frowned, something odd was going on here, she was beginning to find Draco attractive. His slender muscular body...his pallid face, those gorgeous blue eyes...Hermione shook her head to clear it. This wasn't healthy. "Not really, and you could try not smirking, it gets old, fast."

Draco glared at her, "Heh, you could stop frowning and glaring at me."

Hermione gaped, "You're the one who dragged :me: here, not the other way around!"

Draco rolled his eyes, "Oh, get over it! What did you expect? I need you here for Harry's sake. You might've been killed otherwise, you should be grateful to me. You're so goddamned clueless Hermione! All of those years!" he flushed and turned away, "I hid behind my hate..."

Hermione blinked, "What are you talking about Malfoy?" she demanded.

Draco glared at her, "How can someone as brillant as you be so blind to the obvious?" he hissed, "I used hate as my shield against you." He plopped the Globe of Hades down on the bed next to her and stalked out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

Hermione was confused, with a shrug she peered down into the Globe of Hades. She let out a choked sob, there was Harry, looking downcast, shoulders slumped under a black cloak. The lens of this glasses were covered in soot, his hair was dirty and stiff with blood, a nasty wound on his forehead was bleeding. His arms were chained together, his wand was nowhere to be seen. While watching Harry she thought she heard him whisper something, she pressed her ear to the globe...

"Hermione..."

Hermione reeled back, tears streaming from her eyes, this was too hard...it hurt :so: much.

AN: Okies, a friend let me know that it should be To Love Thine Enemy, thus the name change ^^;; so please forgive me. I hope you're enjoying this, as I've said before, your comments are greatly appreciated, whether they be just praise or helpful criticism.
°Mia°