No More Tears, No More Sorrows
Joint effort by:
Slytherin Girl, SophieBabe
& Magical Me
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Later she would regret all the petty fights that they had had. But at the time she didn't know she would fall in love, she didn't know that he would die, and in such a cruel manner. Killed, in cold blood, by his own father.
But that is all later, unimportant at present.
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Monday had come all to fast and Hermione was very much dreading potions, but even more than that Charms which was directly afterwards.
Two classes in a row with Slytherins. Every Gryffindor's dream come true.
Luckily potions passed without much incident. Just the usual 20 points form Gryffindor.
Hermione, though she was sure she was the only one, had noticed a drastic change in Professor Snape. And not for the better. She knew about his position as spy, but it was taking a toll on his appearance. His skin was practically hanging off his bones, he was paler than usual, and his temper had, if possible, grown worse, and Hermione was rather worried about him. He may be the meanest professor here, but still, he was after all, on their side.
Charms, opposite potions, was very eventful. And not in the most pleasant of ways.
"Now sit with your partners." Flitwick said eyeing the students. "And I will be passing out the charms that you shall research."
Hermione reluctantly stood up and walked over to where Draco was sitting. He sneered at her as she sat down.
Flitwick hurried around the classroom and handed out folders with their charms. Opening theirs up Hermione stared at in wonder. It wasn't even in English.
"What the hell?" Draco questioned quietly, looking over her shoulder.
"Now, some of your charms are not well known, some are not even in our language. I have given the more tricky ones to the most advanced in charms. But the ones in different languages also have a few pages of information that will not be found in the library."
"Do you know what language that is?" Hermione whispered.
"Not a clue."
"Me neither."
"Mudblood Granger admitting she doesn't know something? Someone, quick, call the Daily Prophet."
"Very funny."
" 'Para o amor do amor'. Brilliant, it couldn't even be in French."
"I suppose the first thing we have to do is figure out what language it is. Oh my gosh! Look at how much is in the folder! And it's all in that language."
"Now, I am dismissing you all to the library, from now until the end of this project classes will assemble in there. Now, off with you, I shall be there momentarily to make sure you all are indeed there." Flitwick told them. Hermione put her charms book back in her bag and started to leaf through the papers.
Walking down the hall she counted 23 sheets with notes on their charm. Suddenly an arm reached out to stop her.
"What do you want Malfoy?"
"I could have let you keep your nose in those papers and walk straight into midair. But I don't want to get landed with all the work." Hermione looked in front of her and realized they were at the top of a staircase.
"That's the only thing I hate about this school." Hermione said, more to herself than anyone.
"What?"
She looked over at him. "You have to go downstairs to get upstairs."
"What?"
"The library is on the 6th floor but to get there you have to go down one set of stairs and then up."
"Oh. I never really though about it. But that's only if you're on this floor."
"I suppose." She said as they caught up with the rest of the class.
When they reached the library the class spread in different directions, most to the catalogue system.
"Hey, do you think it would be cheating to ask Madam Pomfrey what language it is?" Draco asked.
"I'm not sure. Let's just see if we can find anything in the language section first."
"This is going to be a long day."
"Well, look at it this way, we only have half an hour left of class and then we get to leave."
"Splendid, I get to meet you in the library after dinner then."
"Not necessarily."
"Yes, necessarily. We have absolutely no idea how long his is going to take us and I'd rather we do it
right. I do have my grade to uphold you know. Honestly Granger, it's not like I want to spend time with you. But we'll be together anyway unless you're planning on going and snogging Weasley after."
"How dare you! And why on earth would I be with you anyway?"
"Earth to Granger. We kind of share a common room."
"Oh, right. I know that."
"Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, a word please." Flitwick called them.
"Yes, Professor?" Hermione said.
"Your charm is different form the others. It has not been well researched. No one knows that much about it. Except Dumbledore I guess, he specifically told me to assign it to you. That information in the folder is all that there is. You are to translate it, I myself have no idea what language it is, and try to figure out what it is used for. Obviously I can't grade you on that, but I want you to translate it and most of your grade will be participation." Hermione and Draco both had to hold down a grin. It was well known that their charms professor hated anything to do with not being graded for what they had achieved. "So, with that in mind, off you go. Oh and Dumbledore also said not to practice on each other or anyone else."
When he was gone Hermione and Draco looked at each other. "So we have a charm that practically no one has heard of, in a different language, and from the sounds of it potentially dangerous. The day keeps getting better and better." Draco drawled sarcastically.
"Let's just see if we can find out what this says. We don't even know what it's called!"
"Yeah we do. 'Para o amor do amor'."
"In English moron."
"So-rry. You're in an awfully bad mood. PMS?"
"Say that again and-."
"And what?"
"Shut-up and help me with this."
"Yes, ma'am." He said and before she could say anything dove down a row searching for a book.
"Bastard." Hermione stated and then went to look for a book as well.
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After dinner they were once again sitting in the library and no closer to finding what language it was in. They had written French, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Swedish, Mermish, Troll, Russian, Swedish, Polish, and many, many more on the 'Definitely not' list.
"I give up. Let's just take the 'F'."
"No!" Hermione exclaimed. "I have never had an 'F' and I don't plan on starting now."
"I wasn't serious, Granger. All I'm saying is I am fed up of this nonsense. We have come no closer and we don't appear to be getting very far."
"Well, we can't be very far off, there are only so many languages."
"There are only so many muggle languages. Do you know how many languages there are in the wizarding world alone? Millions!"
"Stop being such a pessimist. We'll eventually find it."
"Always the optometrist. Aren't you?"
"What?" Hermione said laughing.
"You're always the optometrist."
"Oh-my-God!" Hermione gasped between fits of laughter.
"And what is so funny?"
"It's optimist!" she told him. "An optometrist is a muggle eye doctor."
Draco blushed, which was very uncharacteristic. "Shut-up Granger and get back to work."
"Shut-up you optometrist." She said and started to giggle while going to look for another book.
"Damn Gryffindors." Draco muttered as she walked off.
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A couple hours later Madam Pince had come over to them.
"Right, libra- Oh, it's you two. Well lock the doors when you leave alright?" They had special privileges as head boy and girl and being able to stay in the library after hours was one of them.
"Yes, Madam Pince." Hermione said as Draco nodded his head and then left to put his book back.
They were in the library another hour before Hermione started to drift into sleep. Draco was going to wake her but fell soon fell asleep himself.
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"Shit!" Draco exclaimed as he realized where he was, what time it was, who he was with, and the fact that potions, who planned on having potions two days in a row?, was starting in five minutes. "Granger? Granger?" he sighed. "Granger?" this time he shook her a bit and she mumbled something and then looked at him. She sat up faster then he could move away and their heads collided. "We have to hurry." He said as he rubbed his head. "Potions in five minutes and we're never going to make it."
"Oh, why is that whenever I'm around you something bad always happens."
"Well you're no picnic either Granger, now come on." He demanded and in a very un-Malfoy-ish type moment grabbed her arm and pulled her from the library.
The bell to signal classes had started rang out in the corridors and both of them flinched at the meaning. Late, for potions. It was then that Draco realized he had been holding onto Hermione and quickly let her go.
Down three more sets of stairs plus the ones that led to the dungeons and they burst into the classroom.
"Ahh, Mr. Malfoy, Miss Granger, how good of you to join us. Should I guess where or should I say what you two were doing?" Snape said sneering at them and looking at their wrinkled robes. Hermione blushed and Draco glared.
"We fell asleep in the library, sir." Draco said still glaring.
"And pray tell, what were you doing in the library 'together' that caused you to fall asleep 'together."
"Researching charms, sir." Draco stated and he could feel a blush creeping onto his face as well at the implications the potion's master was so joyfully providing.
"And what charm would this be?"
"Para o amor do amor." Draco said trying to remember it. For a split second Draco could have sworn Snape's eyes went wide in shock. But they were back to his ever-frosty glare a second later so he wasn't sure.
"I see, well, in that case detention for both of you tonight at eight and 10 points off of Gryffindor, and Slytherin." He sort of added hoping no one was paying attention.
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After classes were through Draco and Hermione were once again in the library.
"Can we just take these back to our common room?" Draco asked. "It's not like we can research for hours anyway, we have detention.
"I guess."
They each took the maximum number of books they were allowed, 15, and headed back to their common room.
"This isn't very easy." Hermione stated looking over the books that wouldn't fit in her bag.
"Thank you so much, I really do love when people state the obvious." He said trying to glare at her from behind his books. All that happened was that in the second he took to look over at her his books toppled out of his hands and against Hermione's, which in turn fell as well.
"Ever graceful Malfoy, ever graceful." Hermione said. "Accio Books!"
The only problem with that was the fact that all of the books came into her hands and fell with the weight. All the books coming down on top of her. "Ahh!" she exclaimed as she tried to stand up and fell right back down.
"What did you do now, Granger."
"A bunch of 20 pound books fell on top of me and I can't stand up."
"Brilliant. That'll teach you for using magic in the corridors."
"Shut-up, Malfoy, I'm serious." Hermione said wincing as she tried to rotate her left foot.
"Only you could manage to brake your foot trying to pick up books."
"It's not funny." Tears were starting to well up in her big, brown eyes and she couldn't move her foot.
"Come here Granger." He said bending down. He had no idea what he was doing or why he was helping her but he felt compelled to.
"What are you doing?" she asked shakily.
"Well unless you're planning to fly to the hospital wing, or you're a medi-witch and have hid it from me than I suppose you're going to need help. Or you can wait for Potter and Weasley to come by."
"I get your point already." She said and put her arms around his neck as he lifted her. "I'm surprised you're willing to risk your 'Kill All Mudbloods' reputation in order to get me a mudblood to the hospital wing."
Draco glared and set her down on her feet. She gasped in surprise and fell towards him to relieve the pressure on her hurt foot and the tears that she had managed to keep controlled spilled from her eyes. He put an arm around her waist so she wouldn't fall.
"I don't have to help you, you know, I could just leave you here until someone came by." He hissed. She nodded. She felt a bit light-headed at the pain that was shooting through her foot. He easily picked her back up and continued towards the hospital wing.
"Granger?" he asked as her head fell on his shoulder. Her eyes were closed and he had a feeling she had fainted. "Great."
As he reached the hospital wing he had to kick the door open and Madam Pomfrey came running out of her office.
"Mr. Malfoy! What happened."
"Long story, but I think she broke her foot. Or ankle, or something. She fainted on the way up here."
"Oh, here put her on that bed." She said pointing as she hurried off to get necessary potions. "Broken ankle." She stated as she got back.
"There are quite a few books where she fell, I'll be back, I suppose." He told the nurse and swiftly left the hospital wing. Silently cursing himself the whole way back to the mess. Knowing full well he couldn't carry them all he broke the rule of no magic in the corridors and levitated them behind him to their common room.
By the time he got back to the hospital Madam Pomfrey had revived Hermione and fixed her ankle.
"Now, I want you to stay off of it." She was telling her. "If it was any other part of your body you would be ok, but your ankle supports your whole body so it will be quite sore. I want you to stay here for a while so I can keep an eye on it. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Madam."
"Good."
"Ah, Mr. Malfoy, I was actually beginning to wonder whether you would be back at all." The nurse said eyeing him. He guessed he deserved it. It wasn't like he was well known for helping needy Gryffindors, especially muggle-borns.
"Madam Pomfrey?" Hermione suddenly said and the nurse turned her head in that direction. "We have detention at 8."
"I'm sure whoever it is will excu-."
"Snape." Hermione interrupted.
"Then again, maybe not. But I want you to make sure that he knows you're to stay off you ankle."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Mr. Malfoy, you may dine up here or you may go down to the Great Hall. Either way, as Miss Granger has said 'we' I assume she means you have detention with her, I want you back up here after to help her down to the dungeons.
"I'll just stay up here then." Draco stated. He didn't want to have to go down and then come up and then go right back down again. "I'll just go put our bags away."
Hermione had still had hers when they had gotten there and Draco had brought his with him.
"Don't bother. We can just read here instead. We have nothing else to do." He nodded and went to retrieve them. He didn't know how hers had ended up with them, he hadn't felt it as he was carrying her. He picked his up and then stepped a few paces and reached for hers. "Granger?"
"Yeah?"
"What's wrong with your bag?" he asked trying to grab it again.
"Say 'cheese please' and then try." She said.
"Cheese please?" he said more as a question and then tried to pick the bag up again.
"I have it charmed so unless you say the password you can't even feel it. It's to prevent nosy people from taking things out or putting things in." she said looking in his eyes. He smirked at the memory of last year when he put grape juice in all her ink containers on the day of a potion's test. She still didn't fail, like he had hoped, because she had just transfigured the juice into ink, but it was still funny.
"Are you implying something?" he asked as he set her bag on the table next to her bed. He set his on the floor and went to pull a chair over.
"You don't have to stay you know." Hermione said.
"If it's alright with you I'd rather not be running all around the castle." He said sarcastically.
"I was just saying." She said pulling out a book.
They read until Madam Pomfrey brought them dinner. Hermione didn't eat much but Draco was as bad
as Ron.
They went right back to reading afterwards.
"Damn!" Draco exclaimed awhile later. Hermione looked up from her book.
"What is it?"
"That was almost it."
"What was?"
"Gobbledegook."
"Not a match though."
"Not unless 'para o amor do amor' means 'I can see your butt crack'." Draco said and Hermione looked at him like he was nuts. "I'm serious. It looked similar so I tried it and that was the closest thing. It actually comes out 'A cin see yuir bout crack'. But who's to tell the difference?"
"You're such a moron." Hermione said grinning to herself.
"Hey, we better get going. That's all we need is Snape to be mad at us again." Draco stated and closed his book.
"I want you back up here after your detention so I can check that ankle once more." Madam Pomfrey said.
"Is it alright is we leave or bags here then?" Hermione asked.
"Of course dear." She said before re-entering her office.
Hermione swung her legs over the bed and gingerly tested her ankle. It felt fine so she stood up and then sat right back down.
"She said it would only mildly hurt." Hermione complained. Draco gave an inward sigh and headed over to the side of the bed.
"I'm not carrying you again but you can lean on my arm." He stated.
"Thank you." Hermione said putting her hands on his arm and cautiously standing up again, putting most of her weight on Draco. "I thought she could make things not hurt anymore." She muttered crossly as they made their way out of the infirmary.
"This isn't going to work." Draco said. A look of panic crossed Hermione's face and he almost grinned. "Here, put your arm around my shoulders." He said and he put his arm around her waist. "We'd better not run into anyone." He grumbled and took most of the weight off of her feet by lifting her slightly. She was considerably light and he had no trouble. "I'm just wondering whether Snape will faint when he sees us."
Hermione let out a forced laugh. "He won't faint, he'll just give more detentions."
"Probably right."
By the time they reached the dungeons they knew they would be in trouble because they were already 10 minutes late. They reached the potion's classroom and Hermione used her free arms to open the door.
"You're lat-." Snape broke off. "And what is this?"
"I broke my ankle, sir."
"Well, that wasn't very smart, Miss Granger." Hermione was close to snapping at him but held back.
"Madam Pomfrey told me to tell you I'm not to stand on it while I'm here."
"Well, it's a good thing cleaning cauldrons does not require you to stand. Mr. Malfoy you may clean the desks."
Draco set Hermione in a chair near the sinks and then head off the clean desks.
They were finished about an hour later.
"Now, come here." Snape said motioning towards the desks in front of his desk. Draco turned to get Hermione but she was making her way slowly towards the front of the class putting all her weight on the desks.
When they were seated Snape just looked at them.
"Why, are you researching Para o Amor do amor?" he asked. "Do you know how dangerous that curse is? The Portuguese wizards were some of the most evil of that time. What cou-."
"Portuguese!" They both exclaimed.
"Yes. Portuguese."
"Oh, Professor, I could kiss you!" Hermione exclaimed. "Or not." She added as an afterthought.
"Please refrain form doing so Miss Granger, and do not interrupt. And answer my question.
"Charms."
"Dumbledore." Snape hissed. They both nodded. "I see."
"Professor?" Draco questioned. "What does it mean?"
"What does what mean, Mr. Malfoy?"
"Para O Amor Do Amor"
"For The Love Of Love"
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