Chapter 27-Memory Charms
A/N Sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter to you all. I went camping, but now I'm back, so have no fear, T**i is here (I know, I know, cheesy and you want the story right? Well, one last thing). And thank you, Sango_hanyou, my sixtieth reviewer.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot.
Draco's POV
Draco wondered what the heck Hermione had been doing on his balcony. Furthermore, why had she been crying all over him? He could still feel Granger's tear on his cheek, a disgusting monument of the moment. He immediately went into the bathroom and washed his face, particularly where the mud-dang it, she wasn't a mudblood. This was fine; he would just come up with a new insult for her. He snickered aloud; this was going to be fun (sorry Draco-Tom Felton- fans, I know, but you'll see why he is acting like this soon- I think.).
Hermione's POV
Why had she gone over there in the first place? It had seemed like a good idea in the first place, but now she saw the flaws. She cried as she sat on her bed. What was wrong with him? Voldemort did something to him, she just knew it, it was obvious, but what was it that had happened?
~Seems to me like he's under a spell, perhaps a memory charm. Although it may be something much more powerful than that, that seems to be the most likely thing that would have to be done to make him act like this,~ Little Dragon's husky voice sang out in her head. "You're right of course, let's go see if Harry will lend us his Invisibility Cloak, we have some business to take care of in the Restricted Section," Hermione's face was grim and Little Dragon had no objections, she liked the old Draco better, but she did have a suggestion. ~You do realize that I know many of the counter- memory charms in my head, so there is no need to go to the Restricted Section and risk getting caught.~ "Oh, Little Dragon, that's wonderful, let's go into the common room and do this, I'm quite afraid that Draco will come barging in here at any moment," Little Dragon gave a little bark and led the way into the common room.
Hermione and Little Dragon practiced remembering charms in the common room for quite some time, until Hermione knew many memory charms and remembering spells (that is what I'm going to call the counter-memory charms OK?). Hermione and Little Dragon were so immersed in their work that they didn't notice (or sense/smell) someone watching them.
Draco's POV
Draco came out of the bathroom to find Hermione, the know it all teachers pet, and her little mutt in the common room, practicing spells with her back to him. The KIA (know it all) was talking out loud to her dog, and practicing charms. He would hear things like, "Like this?" or "Okay, I get it now," or she would ask questions to her dog, like "What was it again?" and things similar to those. Draco realized what this meant; Granger talked to her dog. This would be extremely humiliating if it got out that the KIA talked to her dog, and seemed to expect a response. Never mind that she appeared to be getting it, however weird that sounded.
He sat and watched for a while, then turned go up his stairs. The floor below him gave a loud squeak and he looked up into the startled faces of Granger and the mutt. And though she never opened her mouth he heard her annoying know-it-all voice in his head, ~You do realize that you were eavesdropping,~ Granger's eyebrows raised slightly. Draco was scared, he hadn't ever heard anyone speak like this before, and he had gotten caught eavesdropping, which had never happened before, but he masked his emotions with ease as she continued. ~If you wanted to know what we were doing all you had to do was ask, but I don't think that you wish your pride to sink by let us say, have a nice conversation with the annoying know it all, so I will just tell you. We were practicing memory charms.~ Now another voice came into his head, a husky voice that definitely didn't belong to Granger, which only meant that it could be...~Hiya Draco! Yes, I am the adorable little puppy that is now down here rolling on the ground. Now Hermione, now!~
Hermione's POV
~Now Hermione, now!~ Hermione quickly put the memory charm on Draco so that he would only remember getting up to go to bed. While Little Dragon took over she had snuck behind him, ready to place the memory charm on her one and only love, feeling bad even though she knew that it was for his own good.
Draco went back up to his room and Hermione and Little Dragon went up to theirs, conversing about what type of spell Draco was most likely under. They concluded that he would be under one of the more advanced memory charms and so they would try those first. 'This is going to be hard, but who am I to refuse a challenge...or break a promise?' Hermione thought. She and Draco would have to be in the same room, alone hopefully so that no one would see the spell, and he would have to have his back to her, so that he didn't see the spell. Hermione grinned as she changed into her pajamas and a pair of red socks with constantly moving silver snakes on them, then climbed into her bed. A single tear fell on her pillow as she thought of how empty and cold her bed was without Draco. Then she had an idea to get him back. She got up out of bed to put her plan into action.
Draco's POV
'Stupid alarm clock,' thought Draco as he turned it off (A/N we're just going to say that Hermione gave that to him over summer break.). Draco rolled over and got out of bed. He walked out of his room to go take a shower. No one was in the common room, which suited Draco just fine. He took his shower and then got out, wrapping his towel around his waist. Upon walking out in the common room, he saw Granger hurtling toward him at top speed. She saw him, and tried to stop, but it was too late. She crashed into him and fell to the ground. Nothing stopped her fall. Draco sneered at her and couldn't resist a snide comment, "Geez, Granger, we all knew you were clumsy, but running into innocent people who were just standing there?" and he continued to his room with a smirk on his face.
Hermione's POV
She would just have to go see if her plan had worked. She hoped it had. She had snuck into Draco's room and placed all the remembering charms on him. If they had worked then he would wake up with his memory back. If not then...it must not have been a memory charm that made him this way. Hermione was about to do something drastic. When Draco came out of the bathroom she would re-enact their first night there, her running, crashing into him. If he remembered then he would sweep her off her feet, literally. If not, then she would just be humiliated, but she had to try. She just had to. She would do it, for her love. There he was, she ran, she hit...and she hit again, but this time she hit the floor. Draco looked down and sneered at her, then made a snide comment, "Geez, Granger, we all knew you were clumsy, but running into innocent people who were just standing there?" Her eyes filled with tears and she looked at the floor to hide it. She looked up to see him walking away with a smirk on his face. Only then did she let the tears fall.
A/N Sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter to you all. I went camping, but now I'm back, so have no fear, T**i is here (I know, I know, cheesy and you want the story right? Well, one last thing). And thank you, Sango_hanyou, my sixtieth reviewer.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot.
Draco's POV
Draco wondered what the heck Hermione had been doing on his balcony. Furthermore, why had she been crying all over him? He could still feel Granger's tear on his cheek, a disgusting monument of the moment. He immediately went into the bathroom and washed his face, particularly where the mud-dang it, she wasn't a mudblood. This was fine; he would just come up with a new insult for her. He snickered aloud; this was going to be fun (sorry Draco-Tom Felton- fans, I know, but you'll see why he is acting like this soon- I think.).
Hermione's POV
Why had she gone over there in the first place? It had seemed like a good idea in the first place, but now she saw the flaws. She cried as she sat on her bed. What was wrong with him? Voldemort did something to him, she just knew it, it was obvious, but what was it that had happened?
~Seems to me like he's under a spell, perhaps a memory charm. Although it may be something much more powerful than that, that seems to be the most likely thing that would have to be done to make him act like this,~ Little Dragon's husky voice sang out in her head. "You're right of course, let's go see if Harry will lend us his Invisibility Cloak, we have some business to take care of in the Restricted Section," Hermione's face was grim and Little Dragon had no objections, she liked the old Draco better, but she did have a suggestion. ~You do realize that I know many of the counter- memory charms in my head, so there is no need to go to the Restricted Section and risk getting caught.~ "Oh, Little Dragon, that's wonderful, let's go into the common room and do this, I'm quite afraid that Draco will come barging in here at any moment," Little Dragon gave a little bark and led the way into the common room.
Hermione and Little Dragon practiced remembering charms in the common room for quite some time, until Hermione knew many memory charms and remembering spells (that is what I'm going to call the counter-memory charms OK?). Hermione and Little Dragon were so immersed in their work that they didn't notice (or sense/smell) someone watching them.
Draco's POV
Draco came out of the bathroom to find Hermione, the know it all teachers pet, and her little mutt in the common room, practicing spells with her back to him. The KIA (know it all) was talking out loud to her dog, and practicing charms. He would hear things like, "Like this?" or "Okay, I get it now," or she would ask questions to her dog, like "What was it again?" and things similar to those. Draco realized what this meant; Granger talked to her dog. This would be extremely humiliating if it got out that the KIA talked to her dog, and seemed to expect a response. Never mind that she appeared to be getting it, however weird that sounded.
He sat and watched for a while, then turned go up his stairs. The floor below him gave a loud squeak and he looked up into the startled faces of Granger and the mutt. And though she never opened her mouth he heard her annoying know-it-all voice in his head, ~You do realize that you were eavesdropping,~ Granger's eyebrows raised slightly. Draco was scared, he hadn't ever heard anyone speak like this before, and he had gotten caught eavesdropping, which had never happened before, but he masked his emotions with ease as she continued. ~If you wanted to know what we were doing all you had to do was ask, but I don't think that you wish your pride to sink by let us say, have a nice conversation with the annoying know it all, so I will just tell you. We were practicing memory charms.~ Now another voice came into his head, a husky voice that definitely didn't belong to Granger, which only meant that it could be...~Hiya Draco! Yes, I am the adorable little puppy that is now down here rolling on the ground. Now Hermione, now!~
Hermione's POV
~Now Hermione, now!~ Hermione quickly put the memory charm on Draco so that he would only remember getting up to go to bed. While Little Dragon took over she had snuck behind him, ready to place the memory charm on her one and only love, feeling bad even though she knew that it was for his own good.
Draco went back up to his room and Hermione and Little Dragon went up to theirs, conversing about what type of spell Draco was most likely under. They concluded that he would be under one of the more advanced memory charms and so they would try those first. 'This is going to be hard, but who am I to refuse a challenge...or break a promise?' Hermione thought. She and Draco would have to be in the same room, alone hopefully so that no one would see the spell, and he would have to have his back to her, so that he didn't see the spell. Hermione grinned as she changed into her pajamas and a pair of red socks with constantly moving silver snakes on them, then climbed into her bed. A single tear fell on her pillow as she thought of how empty and cold her bed was without Draco. Then she had an idea to get him back. She got up out of bed to put her plan into action.
Draco's POV
'Stupid alarm clock,' thought Draco as he turned it off (A/N we're just going to say that Hermione gave that to him over summer break.). Draco rolled over and got out of bed. He walked out of his room to go take a shower. No one was in the common room, which suited Draco just fine. He took his shower and then got out, wrapping his towel around his waist. Upon walking out in the common room, he saw Granger hurtling toward him at top speed. She saw him, and tried to stop, but it was too late. She crashed into him and fell to the ground. Nothing stopped her fall. Draco sneered at her and couldn't resist a snide comment, "Geez, Granger, we all knew you were clumsy, but running into innocent people who were just standing there?" and he continued to his room with a smirk on his face.
Hermione's POV
She would just have to go see if her plan had worked. She hoped it had. She had snuck into Draco's room and placed all the remembering charms on him. If they had worked then he would wake up with his memory back. If not then...it must not have been a memory charm that made him this way. Hermione was about to do something drastic. When Draco came out of the bathroom she would re-enact their first night there, her running, crashing into him. If he remembered then he would sweep her off her feet, literally. If not, then she would just be humiliated, but she had to try. She just had to. She would do it, for her love. There he was, she ran, she hit...and she hit again, but this time she hit the floor. Draco looked down and sneered at her, then made a snide comment, "Geez, Granger, we all knew you were clumsy, but running into innocent people who were just standing there?" Her eyes filled with tears and she looked at the floor to hide it. She looked up to see him walking away with a smirk on his face. Only then did she let the tears fall.
