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Author's notes: Wohoo! being ill pays off! I'm just flying through this fic! I've planned out a part two for this story too!! ^.^. I'm nearly recovered now by the ways, I just have a bad cough now!
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Chapter five
Hermione quickly arranged a plan in her head. She was only going to step into the forest a little and if she couldn't spot him, she would go straight back up to the castle and tell a teacher the situation. She took her first few steps into the cover of the trees, feeling the darkness growing around her and calling Malfoy's name. The further she went, the thicker the layout of the trees became; the worse the calls of the night sounded; the more the shadows pranced about. It was getting quite cold, though the trees sheltered her from the wind.
'Place hasn't changed much,' she thought to herself, recollecting the last time she had come into the forest; when she had a detention with Hagrid. 'Wish I had Hagrid with me this time...'
Draco swore to himself. He'd been wandering about the borders of the forest one minute, and the next it seemed as if Hagrid's cabin had been swallowed up behind him.
He decided against sending up red sparks, hoping that somebody at the castle might spot it. He would look cowardly and besides, he'd get done in by the teachers.
' Perhaps I should call Hermione's name. She can't be too far if she hasn't left Hagrid's hut...'
"Hermione!" he yelled "Hermioneee- I mean, Grangerrrrrrrr!" He swore to himself again, giving up and leaning against a tree. He listened out to the sounds of the night: a far off mysterious call of some creature echoed faintly, giving him the shivers.
"Maalfoy!! Where are you??"
Malfoy strained his ears. Did he just hear what he thought he heard?
"Malfoy!"
There it was again! Malfoy's heart jumped. It was Hermione, she'd come looking for him.
"Hermio- I mean Granger! Where are you??" he called back.
"Right here!" Hermione popped up right behind Malfoy, making him jump slightly out of shock.
"Granger, why did you come and look for me?" Malfoy asked interested. Why did she go looking for him. She hated him... didn't she? Had she forgiven him?
"Oh Malfoy, I couldn't just leave you! In fact, I was pretty scared that you'd just tricked me... you know, to make me go and lose myself in this forest." Malfoy wanted to tell her that he would never do that sort of thing to her, but then he remembered that that was the sort of thing he did. It shot his heart.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so glad I found you!" Hermione blurted out, not realising what she had really said. She blushed at her words.
'Was that just an inckling of a smile that he just gave me?'
Relief spread through Malfoy's entire body. It was okay because she was okay.
"Yeah," he replied at distance "I'm glad neither of us are still alone..." Malfoy did smile now; his grin slowly crept across his features making his eyes glow. "So, have any ideas how we can get back?"
"Well," she started importantly "Hogwarts must be in that direction because if you think about it, me going..." Malfoy didn't listen to her voice; it seemed to just melt away into silence. He didn't care if he ever got back to the castle. He was with Hermione now.
"...but I might have walked a bit to the left so that," she directed her arm to a patch through the trees "must be the right way back." She finished breathlessly, hands on her hips.
"Er, right. C'mon then let's get going..."
'See Malfoy's not that bad, he's being really nice.' Hermione fell back a little, walking just behind him. She felt her heart thumping hard in her chest each time that Malfoy peered back to check that she was still there.
'Oh my god! No!' she voice in her head gossiped. 'Believe it baby' the other voice winked back. 'Oh my god! I fancy Malfoy! What am I going to do?'
Hermione continued to stare at the back of his head bobbing up and down as he walked.
'Oh my god! This can not happen!' her inner voice panicked 'I can't fancy my enemy! What about Harry and Ron?? What-' But before she could finish, she felt herself being suddenly flung up into the air. She felt bits of rope rub and press in her skin over most of her body.
"Ooomph!"
"Agh!" Hermione felt her body slam into Malfoy's. They'd each been caught in trap.
"What the heck are they doing leaving traps over the place!" Malfoy growled trying to shake himself out of the netting. His legs were crumpled untidily beneath him.
"Oh, It's probably one of Hagrid's... you know, for him to catch magical creatures for his class or something... hang on..." Hermione, hanging as if she were knelt in mid-air seized her wand from within her robes and started muttering incantations at the net, each spell failing. With each spell she tried, her net shone blue or shot off sparks.
"Damn!" Draco muttered. He began rocking in his net, making it swing from side to side. He tried grabbing onto a branch on a nearby tree, but gave up after a while. "Oh great! Now we've got to wait for Hagrid!"
They hung there for about an hour more, by when a poor deer had also been caught in a third net beside Hermione. Draco decided that he'd rather talk than hang there doing nothing. Finally Hermione began to talk.
"M-Malfoy?" she stuttered, pausing and going pink.
Terror seized Malfoy's heart. What if she'd noticed how he'd been gawping at her lately? What if she's worked out his deadly secret? Malfoy turned his head slightly to look at her face.
"Malfoy," she started again "do I have to call you Malfoy?..." Malfoy shot her a puzzled look. What did she mean? "Can't I call you D-Draco, instead of Malfoy like boys do..."
Malfoy took a deep breath. "Er, yeah, If you want, Hermione" he chuckled. Even in the dark, Draco could see that she was blushing. It filled his heart with warmth.
Uncomfortable under his close gaze she quickly turned her head back round to stare at the deer beside her. After ten minutes or so, Hermione's breathing became deeper and more relaxed and she drifted silently off to sleep. Draco gawped at her peaceful face. He didn't care who knew how he felt. He didn't care about hid father. This was his choice...
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The sweet and clear sound of the morning bird's songs drifted into Draco's ears urging his eyes to open and take in the fresh light. The thick trees of the forbidden forest blocked most of the sun's rays but it was definitely morning in Draco's eyes; it was quite bright for the middle of a forest. Just a few gaps in the leaves allowed spots of light to dazzle the damp leaves on the ground.
The deer near Hermione still hung helplessly from it's trap, weeping and tangled. Hermione stirred and her eyelids fluttered open. All of the details of the last day came flooding back to her. She sighed.
'God's sake, I've been hanging here for ages. When is Hagrid going to come and get us??' 'Shut up! Hello, this is probably the last time you're this close to Hermione you stupid git!' Draco smiled to himself. 'You wanna bet?' '...' Draco couldn't believe he had just said that. he replied quickly in his head. 'No wait, what am I saying?? I can't wait to get down from here, away from Granger! She stinks! I was wrong, I do still hate her!' Draco felt relieved. He felt more like his old self; he had completely blocked his feelings for Hermione - or... had he just pushed them aside on purpose?
"That git Hagrid had better hurry up!" Malfoy sneered with his old wolfish smirk.
"Dra-Malfoy! Don't ever talk about Hagrid like that!-"
"Quiet Mudblood! I'm trying to listen out for if anybody's looking for us! I can't with you barking in the background like that!"
There was a pause. Quiet sobs could be heard from Hermione. Draco stared, slightly ashamed at the back of her head.
"Malfoy! I have had enough with you!" her turned her head, her eyes were flaring dangerously. "First you're-" her face broke into tears "First you're normal, and then your talking again like a stupid Bastard!" her face flooded with tears.
Malfoy gazed at her face. Seeing it all wet and distraught, to him felt like something had just cracked his heart in two and balanced heavy weights on each half. He didn't know what to say.
"You know... sometimes I wonder, Malfoy..." she sniffed, turning away from him.
How could he have done this. He'd hurt the one important person in his life. He didn't hate her, he knew how he felt; but in a way he didn't... he couldn't explain it.
"Hermione... Hermione I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I called you what I did. Please, I'm being serious!-"
"Oh yeah right! You are just the same old Malfoy, Malfoy who bullies and hurts people all the time. Don't bother trying to apologise I know you don't really want to be my friend, you're trying to trick me or something-"
"Hey! It's not like that! Honestly! Hermione listen to me! I'm sorry!" Before Hermione could snap back at him, a strange noise called from behind Malfoy causing the deer to twitch in panic, tangling it's legs even more.
"Hermione!" Draco squeaked.
"Oh shut up!" she sneered, looking around and listening. Low grunts were coming. The patter of feet were coming nearer and nearer, the grunts closer and closer. "Someone's coming!"
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Spankyou for reading! the next chap's on it's way!! prepare for what I think will be the cheesyest thing ever, as the next chapter is kinda silly, but it does make sense though! i'll try and make it less cheesy for you k? ^.~
plz review ^.~
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Author's notes: Wohoo! being ill pays off! I'm just flying through this fic! I've planned out a part two for this story too!! ^.^. I'm nearly recovered now by the ways, I just have a bad cough now!
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Chapter five
Hermione quickly arranged a plan in her head. She was only going to step into the forest a little and if she couldn't spot him, she would go straight back up to the castle and tell a teacher the situation. She took her first few steps into the cover of the trees, feeling the darkness growing around her and calling Malfoy's name. The further she went, the thicker the layout of the trees became; the worse the calls of the night sounded; the more the shadows pranced about. It was getting quite cold, though the trees sheltered her from the wind.
'Place hasn't changed much,' she thought to herself, recollecting the last time she had come into the forest; when she had a detention with Hagrid. 'Wish I had Hagrid with me this time...'
Draco swore to himself. He'd been wandering about the borders of the forest one minute, and the next it seemed as if Hagrid's cabin had been swallowed up behind him.
He decided against sending up red sparks, hoping that somebody at the castle might spot it. He would look cowardly and besides, he'd get done in by the teachers.
' Perhaps I should call Hermione's name. She can't be too far if she hasn't left Hagrid's hut...'
"Hermione!" he yelled "Hermioneee- I mean, Grangerrrrrrrr!" He swore to himself again, giving up and leaning against a tree. He listened out to the sounds of the night: a far off mysterious call of some creature echoed faintly, giving him the shivers.
"Maalfoy!! Where are you??"
Malfoy strained his ears. Did he just hear what he thought he heard?
"Malfoy!"
There it was again! Malfoy's heart jumped. It was Hermione, she'd come looking for him.
"Hermio- I mean Granger! Where are you??" he called back.
"Right here!" Hermione popped up right behind Malfoy, making him jump slightly out of shock.
"Granger, why did you come and look for me?" Malfoy asked interested. Why did she go looking for him. She hated him... didn't she? Had she forgiven him?
"Oh Malfoy, I couldn't just leave you! In fact, I was pretty scared that you'd just tricked me... you know, to make me go and lose myself in this forest." Malfoy wanted to tell her that he would never do that sort of thing to her, but then he remembered that that was the sort of thing he did. It shot his heart.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so glad I found you!" Hermione blurted out, not realising what she had really said. She blushed at her words.
'Was that just an inckling of a smile that he just gave me?'
Relief spread through Malfoy's entire body. It was okay because she was okay.
"Yeah," he replied at distance "I'm glad neither of us are still alone..." Malfoy did smile now; his grin slowly crept across his features making his eyes glow. "So, have any ideas how we can get back?"
"Well," she started importantly "Hogwarts must be in that direction because if you think about it, me going..." Malfoy didn't listen to her voice; it seemed to just melt away into silence. He didn't care if he ever got back to the castle. He was with Hermione now.
"...but I might have walked a bit to the left so that," she directed her arm to a patch through the trees "must be the right way back." She finished breathlessly, hands on her hips.
"Er, right. C'mon then let's get going..."
'See Malfoy's not that bad, he's being really nice.' Hermione fell back a little, walking just behind him. She felt her heart thumping hard in her chest each time that Malfoy peered back to check that she was still there.
'Oh my god! No!' she voice in her head gossiped. 'Believe it baby' the other voice winked back. 'Oh my god! I fancy Malfoy! What am I going to do?'
Hermione continued to stare at the back of his head bobbing up and down as he walked.
'Oh my god! This can not happen!' her inner voice panicked 'I can't fancy my enemy! What about Harry and Ron?? What-' But before she could finish, she felt herself being suddenly flung up into the air. She felt bits of rope rub and press in her skin over most of her body.
"Ooomph!"
"Agh!" Hermione felt her body slam into Malfoy's. They'd each been caught in trap.
"What the heck are they doing leaving traps over the place!" Malfoy growled trying to shake himself out of the netting. His legs were crumpled untidily beneath him.
"Oh, It's probably one of Hagrid's... you know, for him to catch magical creatures for his class or something... hang on..." Hermione, hanging as if she were knelt in mid-air seized her wand from within her robes and started muttering incantations at the net, each spell failing. With each spell she tried, her net shone blue or shot off sparks.
"Damn!" Draco muttered. He began rocking in his net, making it swing from side to side. He tried grabbing onto a branch on a nearby tree, but gave up after a while. "Oh great! Now we've got to wait for Hagrid!"
They hung there for about an hour more, by when a poor deer had also been caught in a third net beside Hermione. Draco decided that he'd rather talk than hang there doing nothing. Finally Hermione began to talk.
"M-Malfoy?" she stuttered, pausing and going pink.
Terror seized Malfoy's heart. What if she'd noticed how he'd been gawping at her lately? What if she's worked out his deadly secret? Malfoy turned his head slightly to look at her face.
"Malfoy," she started again "do I have to call you Malfoy?..." Malfoy shot her a puzzled look. What did she mean? "Can't I call you D-Draco, instead of Malfoy like boys do..."
Malfoy took a deep breath. "Er, yeah, If you want, Hermione" he chuckled. Even in the dark, Draco could see that she was blushing. It filled his heart with warmth.
Uncomfortable under his close gaze she quickly turned her head back round to stare at the deer beside her. After ten minutes or so, Hermione's breathing became deeper and more relaxed and she drifted silently off to sleep. Draco gawped at her peaceful face. He didn't care who knew how he felt. He didn't care about hid father. This was his choice...
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The sweet and clear sound of the morning bird's songs drifted into Draco's ears urging his eyes to open and take in the fresh light. The thick trees of the forbidden forest blocked most of the sun's rays but it was definitely morning in Draco's eyes; it was quite bright for the middle of a forest. Just a few gaps in the leaves allowed spots of light to dazzle the damp leaves on the ground.
The deer near Hermione still hung helplessly from it's trap, weeping and tangled. Hermione stirred and her eyelids fluttered open. All of the details of the last day came flooding back to her. She sighed.
'God's sake, I've been hanging here for ages. When is Hagrid going to come and get us??' 'Shut up! Hello, this is probably the last time you're this close to Hermione you stupid git!' Draco smiled to himself. 'You wanna bet?' '...' Draco couldn't believe he had just said that. he replied quickly in his head. 'No wait, what am I saying?? I can't wait to get down from here, away from Granger! She stinks! I was wrong, I do still hate her!' Draco felt relieved. He felt more like his old self; he had completely blocked his feelings for Hermione - or... had he just pushed them aside on purpose?
"That git Hagrid had better hurry up!" Malfoy sneered with his old wolfish smirk.
"Dra-Malfoy! Don't ever talk about Hagrid like that!-"
"Quiet Mudblood! I'm trying to listen out for if anybody's looking for us! I can't with you barking in the background like that!"
There was a pause. Quiet sobs could be heard from Hermione. Draco stared, slightly ashamed at the back of her head.
"Malfoy! I have had enough with you!" her turned her head, her eyes were flaring dangerously. "First you're-" her face broke into tears "First you're normal, and then your talking again like a stupid Bastard!" her face flooded with tears.
Malfoy gazed at her face. Seeing it all wet and distraught, to him felt like something had just cracked his heart in two and balanced heavy weights on each half. He didn't know what to say.
"You know... sometimes I wonder, Malfoy..." she sniffed, turning away from him.
How could he have done this. He'd hurt the one important person in his life. He didn't hate her, he knew how he felt; but in a way he didn't... he couldn't explain it.
"Hermione... Hermione I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I called you what I did. Please, I'm being serious!-"
"Oh yeah right! You are just the same old Malfoy, Malfoy who bullies and hurts people all the time. Don't bother trying to apologise I know you don't really want to be my friend, you're trying to trick me or something-"
"Hey! It's not like that! Honestly! Hermione listen to me! I'm sorry!" Before Hermione could snap back at him, a strange noise called from behind Malfoy causing the deer to twitch in panic, tangling it's legs even more.
"Hermione!" Draco squeaked.
"Oh shut up!" she sneered, looking around and listening. Low grunts were coming. The patter of feet were coming nearer and nearer, the grunts closer and closer. "Someone's coming!"
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Spankyou for reading! the next chap's on it's way!! prepare for what I think will be the cheesyest thing ever, as the next chapter is kinda silly, but it does make sense though! i'll try and make it less cheesy for you k? ^.~
plz review ^.~
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