Chapter Five: Magical Tours
"Group One, under my Supervision, Potter, Patil, Pavarti, Goyle Crabbe, Abbott, Grayson, Jury, and Smith!" McGonagall announced.
Hermione Ron and lavender were clutching hands hoping to be assigned in the same group.
Things had gone back to normal after their first day, and everything had gone smoothly. Malfoy had been sending Hermione Sleeping drought Viva House elves with the note stating 'Dreams Yeah right, losing to them, not going to happen. This should help you out there.' It was rather funny.
She burned them just in case anyone read them and got the wrong idea.
Lavender was curious about the droughts, and when Mione explained that she kept dreaming about her mother (lie), Lavender left it.
Snape Stepped forward "Those under my care! Malfoy! Parkinson! Brown, Granger, Hill, Wright, and last of the lot Freely."
Ron was eventually placed in the last group with Pavarti's sister.
Hermione tried with all her might to hide her joy in the fact that she was with Malfoy.
"MALFOY!" she exclaimed. "With all of our luck!"
"Don't complain, you aren't with the idiotic duo!" Harry grumbled.
"Yeah but you have McGonagall, we have Snape." Lavender explained the difference, "And the slut and Malfoy. Tell me, how it gets worse."
"All six year students are to report to their own compartments on the Hogwarts express with their assigned teachers." McGonagall's voice called over the school.
"I believe that did it." Harry said, "We have to travel on the train with them."
On the train, Hermione and Lavender sat with each other, until Snape arrived.
The two single words resounding from his mouth "Assigned seats." Put everyone in a far worse mood.
"Section A bench 1: Granger and Malfoy. Section A Bench 2 Brown and Parkinson, Section B bench 1 :Freely and Hill and the remaining seats go to the last two, enjoy." And he left, putting a very powerful sealing charm on the door, with a muggle lock.
"We'll, it could be worse." Hermione said merrily.
"Don't say that, it just might." Lavender said rather scared, considering what had happened that last time.
"Granger," Parkinson started, "Where do you think we'll be going first?"
"I don't know." She stated, rather lost.
"Call the daily prophet!" Malfoy exclaimed laughing "The mudblood doesn't know something!!"
Hermione smirked, "Well, Malfoy, if you think you can do better, where are we headed first?"
"Gatsburry," he stated.
"The church?" Lavender asked.
The three in their section nodded
"How did you find out Draco?" Pansy asked sweetly.
"I asked Snape where I should have my father foreword my allowance."
"Must be nice." Hermione sighed.
"Jealous?" Malfoy smirked.
"Of you?" she grimaced, "Never."
Pansy and Lavender exchanged looks.
Lavender bent in, "Flirting?"
"Definitely." Pansy agreed "But why?"
"Beats me."
Pansy however had formulated a theory.
"Oh Draco!!" Pansy said suddenly, "I just remembered I needed to talk to you about something." She winked at his arms. And he understood perfectly.
"When we get to where we are staying." "Alright."
In section B, The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were regarding the group in Section A oddly.
Since when did Slytherins and Gryffindors get along?
And since when did Malfoy gladly talk with a muggle born?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the Hotel Pansy pulled Draco to the side.
"What do you plan on doing if we come to a rather hot place? Wear long sleeves? It will be quite apparent you're hiding something, and those snakes are far more harmless then what they will jump to." Pansy informed him
"Then I'll wear short sleeves, Its no big, I'm supposed to be tough any way."
"What if they figure it out?"
"Then they'll be too confused, Pansy, to say anything."
"What about Granger?" Pansy said in a weird tone of voice, "You two seem far closer now that we are out of the school."
"If she found out, she won't tell, she has her own demons to deal with anyway."
"That's not what I meant, Draco, and you damn well know it." she sneered, "Since when were you and the mud blood so close??"
"We aren't, and we never have been, you should probably get your eyes fixed or something because me and Granger are fighting worse then ever." He explained, exhausted.
"Insult her." Pansy said disbelievingly.
"Above all other Mubloods, Granger has to be the worst case scenario. Not only is her blood tainted, but her ideals and goals are as well, just being around her makes me feel like I need a bath." He said whole-heartedly.
"Ok," she sighed, still no believing, "Your fine, come on, we have to un- pack."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
When they arrived at Gatsburry, Hermione had her breath taken away. They took a Muggle Taxi from their suit. Which had proven to be more trouble then it should have been.
After spending the five days going to services, in which Draco often left when he could, they left for their next destination. Not much had changed.
Pansy and Lavender became rather close over the aspiring time they spent together.
Draco and Hermione avoided each other most of the time, not wanting to have to deal with insulting each other when the trip was becoming rather enjoyable.
When they were on the plane headed for Ireland, Snape allowed them to choose their own seats.
Hermione got the window on the left side of the plane, Lavender sat beside her Pansy got the aisle seat by Lavender, and Draco was by the other window.
The other four moved accordingly behind the group.
The Trip was comfortable, making Hermione occasionally having to explain how to hear the moving pictures on the over-head screens.
They soon arrived, and were lead, by taxi drivers sent to pick them up, to their hotel, where Hermione, being the only muggle born, asked for their rooms.
"Tonight, I teach the rest of you how to function in muggle society." She said all importantly as they unpacked.
No one objected. It was difficult after all to ask her for the simplest of things.
They toured the great castles of Ireland, and the older villages, learning from a much different Snape about their history in relevance to magic.
Hermione thought this most inspiring.
But she didn't want it as her chosen area.
She was holding out.
"This castle is famous for the Banshees and ghouls that inhabit it!" their guide said merrily. She was a muggle so, in accordance with Ministry regulations, any Banshees and Ghouls had to keep fair distance.
Hermione became held up by a beautiful portrait, of a lady in brown curls. The lady was involved in an dramatic love triangle that caused their country to be conquered.
How Mione knew?
This woman was one of the many women plaguing her dreams at night when she neglected her potion.
"Come to bring me comfort?" a whisper asked. Hermione looked on top of the frame to see the woman from her dreams looking down at her.
Her hair had become black, so Hermione knew she was a banshee, and with good reason.
"Hello, Lady Anne" Hermione nodded her head.
"You know my name!" she smiled, and floated down, "what a smart witch you are."
"Thank you, I've seen you in my dreams." Hermione notified her.
"Really?" her eyes flashed down, "Why don't you wear the moonstone?"
"I'm," she paused, "Scared of it." She said softly.
"Don't be dear, for it's not the stone, but what it represents. It resembles your undying love for him. Why do you fear love?"
"He doesn't love me." She said flatly, "And I despise him."
"Your lives have led you that way, but in your hearts, you both realize that you cannot live without the other." She notified the girl.
"I'm without him now." Hermione defended.
"But what about when you're sad? Isn't he there in an instant?" The banshee's eyes twinkled.
"He wasn't always."
"He needed to grow up my dear. Don't worry your fear wont last."
"That's what I fear."
"You don't want to love him?"
"No, I just don't like the cycle."
"It's your punishment, descendant of Morgan. Accept it gratefully, and love."
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HER!" she turned and saw Lavender pointing her wand at Anne.
"No, you mortal, have no business speaking with me." Anne said coolly.
Hermione knew she would gain no harm from Anne, but she wasn't sure about Lav.
"Lavender, I'll be right there, go on ahead." Hermione tried to get her friend.
"No, Banshees try to lure you in from your sadness, and then they kill you."
"Wrong demon Lav," Hermione edited, "your thinking of Kelpies."
"I best go, Morgan." Anne whispered and vanished.
"No Hermione, Kelpies drown you after luring you into a river or lake." Lavender said dropping her guard. "come on, we're way behind."
And they stared walking, "You know Lav?"
"Hum?"
"I can't have false information; tell me all you know about Banshees."
By that time, they had caught up with everyone, and they all heard Lavender lecture.
Once they had learned all they ever wanted to about ghouls, poltergeists, Sirens and Banshees they boarded the plane yet again. This time they were headed to Romania to learn about dragons.
Hermione and Lavender were looking foreword to seeing Ron's older brother Charlie.
Draco was dreading the heat.
*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~
AN: I know this was kind of choppy.
Forgive me I wanted to get to the good ones.
Oh well, we get an adventure with the dragons, Then we go onto the next two, and they end in Stonehenge!! So wait!
"Group One, under my Supervision, Potter, Patil, Pavarti, Goyle Crabbe, Abbott, Grayson, Jury, and Smith!" McGonagall announced.
Hermione Ron and lavender were clutching hands hoping to be assigned in the same group.
Things had gone back to normal after their first day, and everything had gone smoothly. Malfoy had been sending Hermione Sleeping drought Viva House elves with the note stating 'Dreams Yeah right, losing to them, not going to happen. This should help you out there.' It was rather funny.
She burned them just in case anyone read them and got the wrong idea.
Lavender was curious about the droughts, and when Mione explained that she kept dreaming about her mother (lie), Lavender left it.
Snape Stepped forward "Those under my care! Malfoy! Parkinson! Brown, Granger, Hill, Wright, and last of the lot Freely."
Ron was eventually placed in the last group with Pavarti's sister.
Hermione tried with all her might to hide her joy in the fact that she was with Malfoy.
"MALFOY!" she exclaimed. "With all of our luck!"
"Don't complain, you aren't with the idiotic duo!" Harry grumbled.
"Yeah but you have McGonagall, we have Snape." Lavender explained the difference, "And the slut and Malfoy. Tell me, how it gets worse."
"All six year students are to report to their own compartments on the Hogwarts express with their assigned teachers." McGonagall's voice called over the school.
"I believe that did it." Harry said, "We have to travel on the train with them."
On the train, Hermione and Lavender sat with each other, until Snape arrived.
The two single words resounding from his mouth "Assigned seats." Put everyone in a far worse mood.
"Section A bench 1: Granger and Malfoy. Section A Bench 2 Brown and Parkinson, Section B bench 1 :Freely and Hill and the remaining seats go to the last two, enjoy." And he left, putting a very powerful sealing charm on the door, with a muggle lock.
"We'll, it could be worse." Hermione said merrily.
"Don't say that, it just might." Lavender said rather scared, considering what had happened that last time.
"Granger," Parkinson started, "Where do you think we'll be going first?"
"I don't know." She stated, rather lost.
"Call the daily prophet!" Malfoy exclaimed laughing "The mudblood doesn't know something!!"
Hermione smirked, "Well, Malfoy, if you think you can do better, where are we headed first?"
"Gatsburry," he stated.
"The church?" Lavender asked.
The three in their section nodded
"How did you find out Draco?" Pansy asked sweetly.
"I asked Snape where I should have my father foreword my allowance."
"Must be nice." Hermione sighed.
"Jealous?" Malfoy smirked.
"Of you?" she grimaced, "Never."
Pansy and Lavender exchanged looks.
Lavender bent in, "Flirting?"
"Definitely." Pansy agreed "But why?"
"Beats me."
Pansy however had formulated a theory.
"Oh Draco!!" Pansy said suddenly, "I just remembered I needed to talk to you about something." She winked at his arms. And he understood perfectly.
"When we get to where we are staying." "Alright."
In section B, The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were regarding the group in Section A oddly.
Since when did Slytherins and Gryffindors get along?
And since when did Malfoy gladly talk with a muggle born?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
At the Hotel Pansy pulled Draco to the side.
"What do you plan on doing if we come to a rather hot place? Wear long sleeves? It will be quite apparent you're hiding something, and those snakes are far more harmless then what they will jump to." Pansy informed him
"Then I'll wear short sleeves, Its no big, I'm supposed to be tough any way."
"What if they figure it out?"
"Then they'll be too confused, Pansy, to say anything."
"What about Granger?" Pansy said in a weird tone of voice, "You two seem far closer now that we are out of the school."
"If she found out, she won't tell, she has her own demons to deal with anyway."
"That's not what I meant, Draco, and you damn well know it." she sneered, "Since when were you and the mud blood so close??"
"We aren't, and we never have been, you should probably get your eyes fixed or something because me and Granger are fighting worse then ever." He explained, exhausted.
"Insult her." Pansy said disbelievingly.
"Above all other Mubloods, Granger has to be the worst case scenario. Not only is her blood tainted, but her ideals and goals are as well, just being around her makes me feel like I need a bath." He said whole-heartedly.
"Ok," she sighed, still no believing, "Your fine, come on, we have to un- pack."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
When they arrived at Gatsburry, Hermione had her breath taken away. They took a Muggle Taxi from their suit. Which had proven to be more trouble then it should have been.
After spending the five days going to services, in which Draco often left when he could, they left for their next destination. Not much had changed.
Pansy and Lavender became rather close over the aspiring time they spent together.
Draco and Hermione avoided each other most of the time, not wanting to have to deal with insulting each other when the trip was becoming rather enjoyable.
When they were on the plane headed for Ireland, Snape allowed them to choose their own seats.
Hermione got the window on the left side of the plane, Lavender sat beside her Pansy got the aisle seat by Lavender, and Draco was by the other window.
The other four moved accordingly behind the group.
The Trip was comfortable, making Hermione occasionally having to explain how to hear the moving pictures on the over-head screens.
They soon arrived, and were lead, by taxi drivers sent to pick them up, to their hotel, where Hermione, being the only muggle born, asked for their rooms.
"Tonight, I teach the rest of you how to function in muggle society." She said all importantly as they unpacked.
No one objected. It was difficult after all to ask her for the simplest of things.
They toured the great castles of Ireland, and the older villages, learning from a much different Snape about their history in relevance to magic.
Hermione thought this most inspiring.
But she didn't want it as her chosen area.
She was holding out.
"This castle is famous for the Banshees and ghouls that inhabit it!" their guide said merrily. She was a muggle so, in accordance with Ministry regulations, any Banshees and Ghouls had to keep fair distance.
Hermione became held up by a beautiful portrait, of a lady in brown curls. The lady was involved in an dramatic love triangle that caused their country to be conquered.
How Mione knew?
This woman was one of the many women plaguing her dreams at night when she neglected her potion.
"Come to bring me comfort?" a whisper asked. Hermione looked on top of the frame to see the woman from her dreams looking down at her.
Her hair had become black, so Hermione knew she was a banshee, and with good reason.
"Hello, Lady Anne" Hermione nodded her head.
"You know my name!" she smiled, and floated down, "what a smart witch you are."
"Thank you, I've seen you in my dreams." Hermione notified her.
"Really?" her eyes flashed down, "Why don't you wear the moonstone?"
"I'm," she paused, "Scared of it." She said softly.
"Don't be dear, for it's not the stone, but what it represents. It resembles your undying love for him. Why do you fear love?"
"He doesn't love me." She said flatly, "And I despise him."
"Your lives have led you that way, but in your hearts, you both realize that you cannot live without the other." She notified the girl.
"I'm without him now." Hermione defended.
"But what about when you're sad? Isn't he there in an instant?" The banshee's eyes twinkled.
"He wasn't always."
"He needed to grow up my dear. Don't worry your fear wont last."
"That's what I fear."
"You don't want to love him?"
"No, I just don't like the cycle."
"It's your punishment, descendant of Morgan. Accept it gratefully, and love."
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HER!" she turned and saw Lavender pointing her wand at Anne.
"No, you mortal, have no business speaking with me." Anne said coolly.
Hermione knew she would gain no harm from Anne, but she wasn't sure about Lav.
"Lavender, I'll be right there, go on ahead." Hermione tried to get her friend.
"No, Banshees try to lure you in from your sadness, and then they kill you."
"Wrong demon Lav," Hermione edited, "your thinking of Kelpies."
"I best go, Morgan." Anne whispered and vanished.
"No Hermione, Kelpies drown you after luring you into a river or lake." Lavender said dropping her guard. "come on, we're way behind."
And they stared walking, "You know Lav?"
"Hum?"
"I can't have false information; tell me all you know about Banshees."
By that time, they had caught up with everyone, and they all heard Lavender lecture.
Once they had learned all they ever wanted to about ghouls, poltergeists, Sirens and Banshees they boarded the plane yet again. This time they were headed to Romania to learn about dragons.
Hermione and Lavender were looking foreword to seeing Ron's older brother Charlie.
Draco was dreading the heat.
*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~
AN: I know this was kind of choppy.
Forgive me I wanted to get to the good ones.
Oh well, we get an adventure with the dragons, Then we go onto the next two, and they end in Stonehenge!! So wait!