Disclaimer:  I love 'em all, but alas, they don't belong to me!  And I've got a random question, anybody know of a good Latin translating site, cuz I may want to use some Latin in another story I'm gonna be starting soon!  It's gonna be focusing on the pairing of Ginny and Deimos, simply because I made him up, and I think he is such a cool character, and I want to be able to write more on him, since this story of course focuses on Draco and Hermione.  So keep an eye out for it!

Chapter 17

An Accident

            "The teams are in position, let the game begin!" came Dean's voice.  "And the quaffle is taken immediately by Guadalupe, who speeds off towards the goal where he shoots, but it's intercepted by…"

            Hermione and Ginny tuned him out, since the commentary wasn't of extreme interest to them.  They just focused on the game.  (*cough, boyfriends, cough*).  Draco and Deimos were playing extremely well, not that they didn't usually, but today was even better than usual.  Deimos was playing extremely well, scoring lots of points.  Draco was flying around searching for the snitch, but while he was doing so, he was showing off.  He even did an extremely risky Wronski Feint, almost causing the Hufflepuff seeker (Cho Chang) to hit the ground, since she followed in the dive, but luckily she pulled out in time.  Hermione could see Harry breathe a sigh of relief, for while they had briefly dated last year, it didn't work out, yet they still remained good friends.  The game was getting fierce.  The Hufflepuff team had been working extremely hard, and it showed, as they were doing extremely well, even with Deimos' many scores.  Currently, it was 60-70, Slytherin.  Draco knew he needed to catch the snitch A.S.A.P, before Cho Chang did, in order to keep Slytherin in the leading contender spots for the Quidditch Cup. 

            Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a flash of gold above the middle of the field, hovering above everyone, un-noticed by Cho, but not for long, as she raced towards it, seeing it after Draco did.  Racing towards it, he had the advantage of the faster broom, but Cho was lighter.  Stretching out, he felt his fingers close around it, just as hers grabbed at it.

"And Slytherin gets the snitch in a spectacular snitch by Draco Malfoy.  Slytherin wins!" came Dean's voice over the roaring of the Slytherin house.  Ginny and Hermione were also happy, but of course pretended to be ticked off as well as the other houses.  The only non-Slytherins cheering were some Ravenclaws, as they were an acceptable house to date someone from, being extremely intelligent.  Back to the game, Draco was taking a lap around the pitch, sending an inconspicuous nod in Hermione's direction.  All of a sudden, Hermione and others watched in shock as an escaped bludger shot from Madame Hooch's hands towards the nearest people, who being close to the ground, were able to land, causing the bludger to find a new target, and it zoomed towards Draco, who had his back towards it. 

"Draco watch out!" she screamed in her mind.  Draco started to turn, but it was too late.  The bludger slammed into the back of his head, rendering him unconscious, and everyone watched in shock as he fell twenty feet to the ground below, landing with a sickening thud. 

"No, oh no, Draco…" Hermione whispered in shock and horror, tears coming to her eyes, as she started to stand and try to make her way down to him.  Ginny saw this and knew she had to stop her from going down there.  This was not the time for everyone to find out about them.

"Hermione, you can't go down there, you'll put yourself, and him in danger!" Ginny pleaded, grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the stairs.

"Let go of me!  He's hurt and he needs me, I can't leave him there!  Let go Ginny, NOW!"  She was starting to get hysterical, crying hard, wanting to get to him and see what was wrong. 

"Forgive me Mione," Ginny said, right before she slapped Hermione across the face.  Hermione just stared in shock, her hand slowly reaching up to her bright red cheek.  It had hurt Ginny to do that to her, but it had the desired effect.  Hermione seemed to gather her wits back together, and allowed Ginny to pull her to the prefect room that they shared with each other.

"I'm sorry Mione, but I didn't know what to do.  You couldn't have gone down to him, everyone would've found out, and you know that could have caused people to riot, and you could've gotten hurt.  You need to wait to see him.  I'll lend you my invisibility cloak, and you can go see him tonight after curfew."

"You're right, of course you are.  I just…I saw him lying there, and he wasn't moving, and I was so scared, all I could think was what I would do without him.  I'm falling so bad for him, and it scared me.  And what if he's not okay, I mean, he wasn't moving, and I don't want to wait till tonight to go see him, I want to go now!"  Hermione was saying all this from her spot on the bed where she was sitting with her knees tucked up under her chin, and she had tears flowing down her face. 

"You can't though, wait till tonight and use my cloak."

"I will, but still…wait, where did you get an invisibility cloak from?"

            Ginny was saved by the interruption of the door being knocked on.  Ginny opened it a crack, and seeing who it was, opened the door and ushered Deimos in quickly.  He shut the door behind him and grabbed Ginny in a comforting hug.  He pulled back and gave her a light kiss on the lips, before turning to Hermione, who figured out where the invisibility cloak had come from upon seeing him.

"Hermione, this is my boyfriend Deimos.  Deimos, this is my best friend, Hermione."  Ginny said by way of an introduction.

"How's Draco?" Hermione asked.

"He's unconscious.  And he has a few broken ribs, a sprained ankle, and a bad concussion.  Pomphrey's healed his bones, but all we can do now is wait for him to wake up."  Deimos said, mainly for Hermione's sake.

"Oh God!  What if he doesn't wake up?" she said, bringing on another wave of tears.  She put her head down, crying harder, scared by this news. 

            Deimos walked over to the bed, sat down next to her, and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her onto his lap.  Thankful for the comforting hug, she cried to her hearts content, releasing all her fears through her sobbing.  Ginny had put a silencing charm on the room to prevent anyone from hearing Hermione's anguished sobs.  This was probably a good thing, since their room was fairly close to the common room, and the Gryffindors had started returning.  After ten minutes or so, Hermione started to quiet down, all the crying having exhausted her, and she fell asleep.  Deimos carefully transferred her back to the bed, throwing a blanket on her. 

"Thank you.  She was so scared and upset, I've never seen her like that.  I didn't know what to do." Said Ginny as Deimos came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder after giving her a loving kiss on top of her head.

"I just did what came naturally.  It just seemed like she needed a shoulder to cry on, and a comforting hug." He said, turning her around and giving her a lingering kiss on the lips. 

"You had better go, dinner starts in about twenty minutes." Ginny said reluctantly, wrapping her arms around him in a hug, knowing that he was shaken up by what had happened to Draco, who was one of his best friends.  She could hear more people in the common room, and he had probably get back to his own room before people wondered where he was.

"You're right.  I've got something for you, you'll get it at dinner.  I probably won't be able to see you this weekend, so I wanted to let you know that."

"You didn't need to get me anything, and there's no reason for it." She said blushing.

"I love you, and that's worth everything." He said, looking into her eyes.

"I love you too, Deimos." She replied, standing on tip-toe to kiss him. 

            Deimos muttered a charm, and turned invisible.  He quickly left, avoiding hitting any Gryffindors, and headed to his own dormitory before using the counter-charm.  He took off his robes, revealing his baggy jeans and a black sweater, and walked over to his dresser to get Ginny's gift.  He wrapped the box in gold paper with a red ribbon, knowing she'd like that.  With the ribbon he tied on a single red rose with a card attached, saying, "To the beautiful woman who has captured my heart, never forget I love you more than life itself."

"Deliver this to her at dinner, that's in just a few minutes.  You know where I must go, and I will see you when I get back." Deimos said to the other occupant of his room.  In the corner, on a perch, was a large, male albino eagle, totally white, except for a diamond shaped spot of black fur on its head, and of course it's red eyes.  It was extremely valuable, and very loyal, making it a wonderful pet and friend.  It was named Diamond, for obvious reasons, and had an air of aristocratic-ness about it.  It flew over and picked up the package by the carrying string, and flew out the window, in search of the great hall. 

            Back in Hermione and Ginny's room, Hermione had woken up to see Ginny watching her.

"We've dinner in a few minutes, do you want to go?" 

"I-I suppose I should.  Just let me use a few charms to clear up my face, and straighten my robes out."  Hermione said using her wand quickly.  "Okay, ready to go?"

"Yeah," said Ginny, standing up and walking out the door with Hermione. 

            They made their way down to the common room to see Harry, Parvarti, Ron, A.J., Seamus, Lavender, and Dean sitting around the fire, talking about the quidditch game, and going over strategies for their game against Slytherin, which would be in a few weeks.  They were also discussing when they would have try-outs for the vacant chaser position.  They stopped when they saw the two girls come down.

"Hey guys, where were you?" asked Ron

"Hey, we were just in our room, freshening up some before dinner," Ginny replied.  She and Harry weren't on friendly terms, after all you don't forgive something like that so easily, but they were talking.  Ginny had been mad, but she realized that maybe it was for the better that it didn't work out between them, because now she had Deimos.

"Hey, we should be heading down, it's almost time to eat, and I'm hungry." Ron said thoughtfully.

"You're always hungry."

"So, I'm a growing boy, I have to keep my strength up."

"Whatever you say, brother dearest, lets just go." Said Ginny laughing.

            And with everyone laughing at Ron, they all got up and headed out of the common room to the great hall, where Ginny couldn't wait for mail, anxious to see what Deimos had gotten her. 

A/N:  I know it's a bit of cliff hanger, but it's not too bad, and I'll try and get the next chapter out in a week or two, so please bear with me.  Thanks to everyone who's reviewed my pitiful little story.  Anyone want to read a really good story by one of the best authors?  Go check out SlytherinGirl's profile.  She's got some great stories!  And guess what?  This chapter was exactly 2000 words, yea!  Also, has anyone of heard of this certain story?  It's a Draco/Hermione story, and there's a ball, where Draco and Hermione use the Glamourie charm to do each other's costumes.  Everyone is in costumes, and no one knows who anyone is.  And there is alcohol being served, and Hermione sits with some teachers, and they don't know whether she's a student or a teacher, and I can't remember the name of the story.  If anyone knows, can you say in a review, or e-mail me at DontLetMeGetMe86@aol.com.  Thanks!