Faded Eternity
Chapter Four- Suspect Interrogated
Quicksilver Fallen
Author's note: Thank you all so, so, so much for reviewing! I'm so lucky to have reviewers like you guys! Oh, and I think the mystery of which Death- Eater had been killed will be unraveled in either chapters Five or Six. Oh, and an extra "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" to ElvenRanger, she reviewed twice!
Hermione sped down the hall as fast as she could with 20 books over her shoulder. (Which wasn't very fast, mind you.) She scoured the entire hall, searching for a knot of Slytherins. She skidded to a halt when she passed Pansy Parkinson. Pansy had seemed to have inherited Crabbe and Goyle, who were now always at her side, ready to do her bidding instead of Malfoy's. Hermione approached the butt-ugly trio, a grimace creeping out onto her face. Pansy sneered at her.
"Uhh." Hermione was at a loss for words, it was hard asking an enemy for help! She finally managed to find her usual plane of genius, "Tell me, where is Val Lethon?" she asked coolly.
Pansy was fixing to tell Hermione to bugger off, when the name 'Lethon' was heard. She forced a false grin on her face, (and wound up looking more like a demented pug than anything) and pointed a pudgy finger towards the East Hall. She obviously didn't want Granger to tell Val anything bad about her; she was one who liked a good reputation among the Slytherins.
Hermione swiftly nodded and hurried towards the East Hall. As she turned the corner at full speed, she didn't exactly where she was going and ran smack dab into someone. Not just someone, it was Draco Malfoy. He was knocked into the ground by the force of Hermione and her hundred-pound book load. Obviously Malfoy wasn't looking where he was going; he had a glazed look in his silver eyes, his face blank and emotionless, as if his soul had temporarily left his body. But in a five-seconds, he came back to himself and noticed Granger staring at him with a look that said, "uh. go to the hospital wing!"
"What the hell do you want with me Granger?!" he ordered with a malicious tongue.
"Nothing Malfoy, I accidentally ran into you while you were trapped in la- la land." Hermione snapped back.
"Next time don't run into me. Run somewhere else- like out the window!" he sneered.
"I doubt that will happen anytime soon, Malfoy. Anyway, I think I should be off." She was about to take off towards the East Hall again, when she noticed a folded up piece of parchment sitting two feet away from Malfoy. She froze, and pointed her wand at it, "Accio Parchment!" she shouted, and it zoomed into her hand. She noticed Draco's eyes widen when the parchment landed in her hand.
"Give that back Granger!" he yelled angrily, "It's of no importance to you!"
"What's this Malfoy? A Death-Eater meeting invite?" said Hermione with a satisfied smirk as she raised her other hand to unfold the mysterious parchment.
Malfoy lunged at her, almost whisking it out of her hands. Luckily she managed to keep it away from him.
"Copyaris!" she muttered with her wand pointed at the parchment.
That was the Copy Spell. Hermione suddenly received the copy of the parchment she was holding, in her pocket. In his desperation and rage, Malfoy hadn't noticed she copied it, and he finally got the actual one out of her hands. He glared daggers, swords, knives, and arrows at Hermione as she sped off towards the East Hall with a smirk gracing her features.
She finally spotted Val talking with Blaise Zambini and Marcus Flint, who seemed to have FINALLY gotten his teeth fixed. She approached them at a walk, and luckily, Val said something.
"Er. what was it again? Oh yeah, Granger, what do you want?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I just wanted to ask you, since everyone's talking about it- why did you transfer over to Hogwarts? Everyone's guessing your parents are dead... I don't think so." She stated clearly.
'Durmstrang education was going downhill. And no, my parents are not dead, I just don't see them a lot of the time." Val answered shortly.
"Really, well I must be going." Hermione replied turning on her heel to leave, and then speeding off towards Gryffindor Tower.
"I swear, that girl is disturbing!" exclaimed Val back to Zambini and Flint.
"All Gryffindors are!" Answered Flint slyly, and they laughed.
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Hermione arrived gasping for breath at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Aquarius." She muttered at the painting and it swung forward.
Hermione burst into the common room, rushing over to Harry and Ron.
"It's not Lethon's parents, she said she only transferred out of Durmstrang because it was going downhill in the education department!" Hermione exclaimed at the two boys.
Ron sighed, "Darn, I wanted to pin something bad on her."
"Well that leaves us with Avery and Malfoy." Said Harry.
"DEFINITELY not Malfoy." Interrupted Hermione, "Malfoy Junior is back to his normal self. I swear he took an extra dose of get-pissed-off-at-Granger in the morning!" she said, "But then again, he was fighting me to get a certain parchment back.
"Where's that parchment?!" asked Harry excitedly.
"I want to look at it in my dorm first, in case it's cursed. Then I'll show it to you in the morning." Said Hermione with a glint in her eye.
"BUT-" Ron started, but couldn't battle the McGonagall glare in Hermione's face to finish his sentence.
Hermione marched off to her dormitory, against the many protests of Ron and Harry.
"Mental, that girl is!" Ron yelled in frustration, "We were THIS close to solving the mystery, and then she gets all McGonagall on us! Just like the time she HAD to go get your Firebolt checked out when Sirius sent it to you!"
"I know Ron, but c'mon, and let's have a game of chess. Forget about Malfoy, the twit." Said Harry coolly, gesturing to the chessboard next to him.
"Okay, sure Harry." Answered Ron with a disappointed frown.
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Hermione stretched out upon her four-poster bed, lying in the red and gold sheets. She reached into her pocket for the parchment, and with ease, pulled it out. She unfolded it, turned it over slowly and gasped audibly while scanning the paper.
"Oh my God."
Chapter Four- Suspect Interrogated
Quicksilver Fallen
Author's note: Thank you all so, so, so much for reviewing! I'm so lucky to have reviewers like you guys! Oh, and I think the mystery of which Death- Eater had been killed will be unraveled in either chapters Five or Six. Oh, and an extra "THANK YOU SO MUCH!" to ElvenRanger, she reviewed twice!
Hermione sped down the hall as fast as she could with 20 books over her shoulder. (Which wasn't very fast, mind you.) She scoured the entire hall, searching for a knot of Slytherins. She skidded to a halt when she passed Pansy Parkinson. Pansy had seemed to have inherited Crabbe and Goyle, who were now always at her side, ready to do her bidding instead of Malfoy's. Hermione approached the butt-ugly trio, a grimace creeping out onto her face. Pansy sneered at her.
"Uhh." Hermione was at a loss for words, it was hard asking an enemy for help! She finally managed to find her usual plane of genius, "Tell me, where is Val Lethon?" she asked coolly.
Pansy was fixing to tell Hermione to bugger off, when the name 'Lethon' was heard. She forced a false grin on her face, (and wound up looking more like a demented pug than anything) and pointed a pudgy finger towards the East Hall. She obviously didn't want Granger to tell Val anything bad about her; she was one who liked a good reputation among the Slytherins.
Hermione swiftly nodded and hurried towards the East Hall. As she turned the corner at full speed, she didn't exactly where she was going and ran smack dab into someone. Not just someone, it was Draco Malfoy. He was knocked into the ground by the force of Hermione and her hundred-pound book load. Obviously Malfoy wasn't looking where he was going; he had a glazed look in his silver eyes, his face blank and emotionless, as if his soul had temporarily left his body. But in a five-seconds, he came back to himself and noticed Granger staring at him with a look that said, "uh. go to the hospital wing!"
"What the hell do you want with me Granger?!" he ordered with a malicious tongue.
"Nothing Malfoy, I accidentally ran into you while you were trapped in la- la land." Hermione snapped back.
"Next time don't run into me. Run somewhere else- like out the window!" he sneered.
"I doubt that will happen anytime soon, Malfoy. Anyway, I think I should be off." She was about to take off towards the East Hall again, when she noticed a folded up piece of parchment sitting two feet away from Malfoy. She froze, and pointed her wand at it, "Accio Parchment!" she shouted, and it zoomed into her hand. She noticed Draco's eyes widen when the parchment landed in her hand.
"Give that back Granger!" he yelled angrily, "It's of no importance to you!"
"What's this Malfoy? A Death-Eater meeting invite?" said Hermione with a satisfied smirk as she raised her other hand to unfold the mysterious parchment.
Malfoy lunged at her, almost whisking it out of her hands. Luckily she managed to keep it away from him.
"Copyaris!" she muttered with her wand pointed at the parchment.
That was the Copy Spell. Hermione suddenly received the copy of the parchment she was holding, in her pocket. In his desperation and rage, Malfoy hadn't noticed she copied it, and he finally got the actual one out of her hands. He glared daggers, swords, knives, and arrows at Hermione as she sped off towards the East Hall with a smirk gracing her features.
She finally spotted Val talking with Blaise Zambini and Marcus Flint, who seemed to have FINALLY gotten his teeth fixed. She approached them at a walk, and luckily, Val said something.
"Er. what was it again? Oh yeah, Granger, what do you want?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I just wanted to ask you, since everyone's talking about it- why did you transfer over to Hogwarts? Everyone's guessing your parents are dead... I don't think so." She stated clearly.
'Durmstrang education was going downhill. And no, my parents are not dead, I just don't see them a lot of the time." Val answered shortly.
"Really, well I must be going." Hermione replied turning on her heel to leave, and then speeding off towards Gryffindor Tower.
"I swear, that girl is disturbing!" exclaimed Val back to Zambini and Flint.
"All Gryffindors are!" Answered Flint slyly, and they laughed.
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Hermione arrived gasping for breath at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Aquarius." She muttered at the painting and it swung forward.
Hermione burst into the common room, rushing over to Harry and Ron.
"It's not Lethon's parents, she said she only transferred out of Durmstrang because it was going downhill in the education department!" Hermione exclaimed at the two boys.
Ron sighed, "Darn, I wanted to pin something bad on her."
"Well that leaves us with Avery and Malfoy." Said Harry.
"DEFINITELY not Malfoy." Interrupted Hermione, "Malfoy Junior is back to his normal self. I swear he took an extra dose of get-pissed-off-at-Granger in the morning!" she said, "But then again, he was fighting me to get a certain parchment back.
"Where's that parchment?!" asked Harry excitedly.
"I want to look at it in my dorm first, in case it's cursed. Then I'll show it to you in the morning." Said Hermione with a glint in her eye.
"BUT-" Ron started, but couldn't battle the McGonagall glare in Hermione's face to finish his sentence.
Hermione marched off to her dormitory, against the many protests of Ron and Harry.
"Mental, that girl is!" Ron yelled in frustration, "We were THIS close to solving the mystery, and then she gets all McGonagall on us! Just like the time she HAD to go get your Firebolt checked out when Sirius sent it to you!"
"I know Ron, but c'mon, and let's have a game of chess. Forget about Malfoy, the twit." Said Harry coolly, gesturing to the chessboard next to him.
"Okay, sure Harry." Answered Ron with a disappointed frown.
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Hermione stretched out upon her four-poster bed, lying in the red and gold sheets. She reached into her pocket for the parchment, and with ease, pulled it out. She unfolded it, turned it over slowly and gasped audibly while scanning the paper.
"Oh my God."