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Chapter Six:
Almost Silver
"Once you are real you can't be ugly except to people who don't understand." -The Velveteen Rabbit
Hermione lay in her bed, relaxed against the headboard. It was after classes and before dinner. She had time to waste because, of course, she had already finished her homework. She thought back on Malfoy's offer to help him. Not that she wanted to help him, just that she could clear her mind from the thoughts and questions she had on the whole mystery that surrounded Hogwarts. It could be an adventure; she laughed. Of course with Malfoy as a partner, she might not have any fun. Was it worth the risk? She slipped of the bed, and decided. Anything was worth it to figure out this conundrum that had wrapped itself around the castle.
She made her way from the common room and headed down the hall towards the dungeon.
"The Slytherin's team is improving. I just went out there and watched them." Hermione heard a piece of someone's conversation as she made her way past an entrance to some random hallway. There were quite a few of those over Hogwarts grounds.
Hermione changed her course from going to the dungeons to the Quidditch field. She ran across the stretch of grass that lead to the field, upon entering she noted they were all up in the air practicing.
She stood on the stands and waited for someone to notice her.
"Hey, is that Granger," yelled Jacob, the chaser. All heads, including Draco's turned to look at her. "What is she doing here? I say we fly down there and give her a warm welcome."
Draco stayed silent as the rest of the Slytherin team agreed and they all took off towards her. They landed in a circle surrounding her. "What do you want, Mudblood?" Shawn barked.
Hermione shook her head, ignoring the comment and said, quite calmly even with almost all the toughest Slytherin guys around her, "I need to speak to Malfoy."
"What do you want, Granger?" His voice came from behind her.
She spun around to find him leaning against his broom in the regular Slytherin gear. His hair- for the first time ever- contained no hair gel. It was lose and tousled from the wind. His gray eyes stared at her, calculating, see-through-to-your-soul.
"I need to talk to you in private."
"Why?"
"I just need to." Hermione shrugged.
"Okay," he pushed a second year aside. "Follow me." Draco made his way over to a secluded area, where he could still see his team. "What do you want?" he asked , turning around to her again.
"I was sitting in my room this morning thinking and I decided that I will help you."
"Is that all you came to tell me?" he asked as if it was absurd.
"Yea," she shrugged again. "Oh. Where and when do you want to meet?"
"I don't care, where ever. I talk to you about it later; I need to get back to my precious training." He replied sarcastically. He left her there and walked back to the group of taunting Slytherins.
Hermione ran from the stadium, in a hurry to get to the library. She could look up stuff on the necklace.
"So, I see the little mudblood is in a hurry." The voice was oh-so-familiar and so unwanted.
Hermione glanced to her side to see Liam leaning against a tree. He pushed away from it, coming to stand in front of her. "Oh, move, Liam. I don't want to deal with you now." She brushed past him. Liam spun around, grabbing her arm and drawing her towards him till their faces were only inches apart.
"No mudblood blows me off like I'm worthless trash." His eyes flashed a different color…almost silver.
Beware the man with silver eyes.
"Let go of me," Hermione growled and jerked her arm away from Liam. She took off towards the castle, not looking back.
The first thing Hermione saw when she entered, was a familiar face. "Jason! What are you doing out of the hospital wing?"
Jason smiled and walked towards her, "I heard you were the one who brought me to the hospital wing. I have to thank you."
"It's no big deal. Well, actually it would be really helpful if you could tell me what attacked you."
"I didn't see it, but I don't think it was human."
"Oh, really. Well, thank you. That helps a little." She started toward the library again, "Well, bye. See you around."
Hermione got about two steps and remembered she promised she spend the afternoon with Harry and Ron. Quickly, she hurried towards the common room.
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Harry and Ron were sitting next to the fire, chatting about random everyday wizarding thing. Hermione smiled at both of them as she sat down in between Harry and Ron.
"I saw Jason today," Harry mentioned.
"Oh, so did I." Hermione exclaimed. " I can't believe they haven't found Christian yet. That's really beginning to worry me."
"It's sad really," Ron shook his head. "I hate to see this school go to shambles."
Hermione relaxed between her friends and debated on telling them about the necklace, Malfoy's plea for help and Liam. In the end, she decided not to burden them with her troubles. She sighed and listened to Harry and Ron discuss the possible outcomes for Saturdays Quidditch match.
"From the dark side we can see the glow of something bright." -Dave Matthews
Note: Well, that's another chapter. Any questions that come up, please ask. I try to cover all points I notice, but the ones I miss it would be helpful if you could tell me about them. Read and review. Thanks! Also if you would like me to read and review you're story, just tell me the story and I would be happy to check it out.