(TFG: J.K. Rowling owns the characters, I am only temporarily borrowing them... *coughdracocough* Anyway.........

snwflakesweety-Don't worry... this chapter... well.... sorta gives it away, but... this chapter's good... just DRAMATIC! But most of the rest of the story will be, too... I'll try to even it out a bit, though. Like adding a few non-dramatic chapter in somewhere later. I don't have it all figured out yet, though. Thank you!

dani-thanks! and, maybe... maybe not. But the chapter kind of suggests something good will happen (the title, I mean)

DragonFly-Okay... here ya go!

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Discoveries-22-Forgive and Forget

Hermione and Draco, now out of the hospital wing, one fine evening, were just strolling down the corridors, hand in hand, when someone came running towards them, nearly knocking Hermione over. "Whoa! Slow down there, buddy," Draco said. Hermione looked at the person who'd come their way. It was Neville.

"Neville! What are you doing?" Hermione asked, surprised.

"Oh, Hermione! Have you seen Trevor?" Neville asked, in a panicky voice.

She shook her head. "No, I haven't seen him, Neville. Sorry."

"Okay, well, thanks!" Neville said, running off again, looking at the ground the whole time. He nearly ran into someone else, too, but they moved out of the way just in time.

"Boy! I've never seen him run that fast before!" Hermione said. "I wonder why he was so upset about finding his toad."

"Miss Granger. Mr. Malfoy." They both looked up at Professor McGonagall. "What are you doing in the hall? You are supposed to be at your astronomy lesson."

"Oh, sorry Professor," Draco said.

"Oh, my god! I'm late for Astronomy? I'm late for astronomy!" Hermione said, worriedly, grabbing Draco's hand and running towards the tower in which that class was held. She reached the doors, threw them open, and pulled Draco in behind her. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry Professor!" Hermione apologized. "I completely forgot! It'll never happen again, I swear!"

"That's quite alright, Miss Granger. But please, do take a seat with your classmates. You too, Mr. Malfoy," the professor advised.

They did as told, and listened to the teacher talk about their lesson for the night. In the middle of explaining, someone burst in through the door. It was Professor Snape. "Professor Sinistra! Come quick! There's been some sort of accident involving Longbottom, and we need your help!"

"Alright, class! Just stay here and wait, and I'll be back soon!" Professor Sinistra said, rushing out the door behind the potions master.

"Hermione!" Ron said. She turned and faced him, so did everyone else. "How come you came to class late? That's not like you. And with... Malfoy of all people!"

"For your information, Weasley, we were just walking down that hall. Not that it's any of your business, and we just lost track of the time. So EXCUSE me, if I don't feel all too guilty about it," Hermione said, purposely calling Ron, 'Weasley' to make him upset. It worked, too. His ears began turning red, then his face. Pretty soon he looked like he was on fire.

Suddenly, he lunged at Malfoy and tackled him. He started beating him with his wand, but it wasn't working, so he threw it aside, and started punching him in the stomach. "Ron, don't!" Hermione cried, trying to pull him off. Harry came to her rescue and pulled Ron off of Draco. But then she realized it wasn't for her.....

"Ron, calm down," he said. "Wizards duel," Harry said to Malfoy. "I'm Ron's second. And yours is...?" Harry looked around, even though he knew it would be neither Crabbe nor Goyle.

"I'm not going to have one. Because I don't plan on losing," Draco said.

"Ah... that's right," Harry said, somewhat sarcastically. "Well, you two can start anytime. I'll just sit here and watch, for now."

Ron raised his wand, at the same time as Draco. They held them in position, then turned around and took five paces (the room was small) in the opposite direction. They turned and faced each other. "One... two... three!" Harry counted.

Ron went first, "Locomotor Mortis!" Draco's legs snapped together, and he tried moving them, but it wouldn't work.

"Engorgio!" Draco shouted. The spell went and hit Ron, right on the nose, enlarging it to almost twice it's normal size. The Slytherins, despite the fact they hated Draco at the moment, howled in laughter, pointing at Ron.

Ron, shaking with anger, yelled, "Expelliarmus!" Except, because he was shaking so much, his wand was as well... Draco had jumped out of the way, well, more like fell down (because his legs were locked together), and the spell was aimed just perfectly so it hit a mirror, bounced off, and hit Hermione...

Hermione, who had been standing right beside an open window, was thrown backwards, and out the window, as her wand remain on the floor, rolling towards Ron's position in the room. Everyone rushed forwards... Harry, Ron, and Draco, in the front, while the others tried to push their way to the front, it didn't work. Looking down, they saw their dear old friend, Hermione, dangling from a lower part of the tower that stuck out only about five inches, just barely holding onto the ledge.

"Hermione!!!" The three boys yelled, at the top of their lungs.

"Hermione, hang on!" Draco said.

"She is hanging on you dimwit!" Ron said.

"Oh, shut the hell up, Weasley!" Draco retorted. "This is all your fault, you know! All your bloody fault!"

"Help!" Hermione screamed. "Help me, somebody!" Hermione turned to look behind her, and when she saw how far up she was, she nearly screamed again, and one of her hands slipped off. She wobbled around furiously, as Harry, Ron and Draco still were yelling out her name. She reached up and grabbed onto the ledge again, with that hand. "HELP!" She was scared out of her mind. If she fell... she'd die. It was way to much of a fall for her to recover from. "HELP ME!!!"

"Move out of the way, Potter! Weasley!" Draco said, pushing them aside, and swinging his legs over the windowsil. He turned his body, grabbed a hold of the ledge with his hands, and let his body drop, so he too was hanging there. Then he looked all around for something else to hold on with. He found a spot, and moved along, down the wall of the tower. He kept doing this, and finally looked down again. Realizing he was only halfway to her, he mentally cursed himself, and kept going. "I'm coming Hermione! I'm coming!" he said, trying to comfort her.

"Hurry, Draco! I can't hold on much longer!" Hermione said.

Draco did hurry, and ending up slipping, himself. He kept trying to grab onto something, but each time he wasn't fast enough. He was falling tremendously fast. When he saw a larger piece of cement poking out, he reached out early, and managed to grab hold. He looked to his right, and there was Hermione, looking more scared than he'd ever seen her before.

Draco reached out to grab her hand, and they fell, hand in hand, once more. He stuck his available hand in his pocket, pulled out his wand, and yelled, "Accio broomstick!" They kept falling, but then Hermione said, "Draco! Look!" It was his new broom, flying towards them. If it didn't get closer soon, they might not make it. It kept getting closer, and closer. Draco stretched his arm out as far as he could, and grasped the broom tightly in his hand. Then he swung himself onto it, and went up into the air quickly, right before they hit the ground. He stopped, hovering for a minute, while he helped Hermione climb up behind him. She wrapped her arms around him, and they flew up to the tower.

Everyone inside backed up to allow them to come through, and they landed softly on the classroom floor. Dismounting the broom, Hermione held onto Draco as tight as she could. "Thank you! You saved my life!" she gasped, looking into his eyes. "You're worth it," he whispered. They both smiled, weakly, leaned forward and gave each other a small kiss on the lips.

When Hermione let go of him, she looked around seeing all the other people staring at them. Ron came running forwards and hugged her as well, when he let go, Harry did the same.

"Oh my god, Hermione! We are so sorry!" Ron said. "I can't believe it! I almost killed you! I would never forgive myself if something like that happened and it was all my fault! And the last thing I said to you was that I hated you. I am so sorry!"

"Yeah, Hermione! Me, too! Please forgive us!" Harry said, both of them looking at her with puppy-dog eyes.

Hers, on the other hand, were filled with tears. One slipped out, then another, and another. Soon her face was sticky with teardrops. "Of course!" she said, smiling.

Just then, the door opened again, and Professor Sinistra came through. "My dear boy, you should be careful when casting spells! If you say them wrong, like you did, you might end up creating something worse out of the situation!" She said. "Giant toads!" She shook her head. It was then that they saw Neville Longbottom following her.

The professor looked up and saw her students all standing there with mixed emotions on their faces. "What happened? Why are you crying, Granger? Why is there a broomstick on my floor? And... Mr. Weasley! Why is your nose so large?"

~*~*~

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! "C'min!" Came Hagrids voice from inside the hut. When the door opened, there he stood, looking the same as always. His face turned into a smile as soon as he realized who was standing at the door. It was Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Well come on in!" he said. "I've dun made sum rock cakes if yeh wan' sum!"

"No, thanks," Hermione giggled, stepping inside first, the other two following her. They all took seats in different areas of the room... Ron, coincedentally, by Fang the boarhound, who immediately started drooling all over him.

"It's good teh see yeh! Yeh've dun made up an' all then?" Hagrid asked.

"Yes, Hagrid," Harry said.

"It was all our faults," Ron admitted. "And we almost hurt Hermione." He then went on to explain what had happened, and how they were friends again, while Hagrid listened, patiently.

"Well, all I'll say is I'm glad yeh three're friends 'gain! Mind yeh, it was wrong of yeh and Malfoy ter go an' start a wizards' duel in class..." Hagrid said, eyeing Ron. "...but yeh learned yer lesson, I'm sure. And ev'rythin's righ' how it should be!"

(TFG: Well??? Dramatic, I know... and I know it was a short chapter, but a lot happened so... er, yeah... REVIEW, please! It would mean LOTS to me!)