Hello all! I'm finally back after two months! Sorry about that by the way,
but I'm sure you'd rather read my belated story than listen to me so,
onward!
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Draco pivoted easily and pressed Hermione's soft frame back into the fire lit room with his own. Hermione didn't like the fact she was being forced back into a murder scene but couldn't do anything about it.
"Well now what?" Ron asked plopping into a chair beside the fire.
Pansy settled herself on his lap "How about we split up?"
Draco opened his mouth to protest but Hermione got there first "How would we decide pairings?"
"And besides," Ginny piped up, "we don't even have an even number of us."
"No one said we had to divide into pairs." Harry contradicted.
"This is true." Cho agreed, nodding.
"Well if there's one fact that's true we aren't accomplishing anything sitting in here." Draco decided. They all nodded in concurrence.
"So let's have the girls go right and the boys go left." Harry suggested as the seven stepped into the hall.
Draco shook his head. "I refuse to leave Hermione." He stated blatantly.
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Ron snapped.
Draco shot his metallic gaze at Ron "I suggest I go with Hermione." The blonde shot back.
Harry stepped between the two "Whoa, come on now, don't worry. We'll sort this out. How about if Ginny and Cho go with Ron, Pansy comes with me and Hermione goes with you."
Draco contemplated this theory for a moment before nodding slightly with approval.
They each chose a separate path hurriedly, Draco and Hermione scaled the stone stairs as Ron and the female duo accompanying him opted to venture left, leaving Harry and Pansy no choice but the dungeons which laid to the right.
As Pansy's hand began to waver, sending the light cast from the lantern she bore jumping about at odd angles, Harry took it from her grasp and into his own as they reached the base of the stair.
Harry scanned the tiny beam of light over everything. Once satisfied that no one else occupied their location he turned to his accomplice. "Should we inspect the Slytherin common room?"
Pansy shrugged and gave a shaky laugh "If you think it's best."
Draco and Hermione weaved their way through the corridors skillfully in relative silence. The only sound the clicking of Hermione's heels against the marble floor.
Suddenly she stopped causing Draco to halt abruptly as well. He turned to regard her curiously "What's wrong?"
She forced her cinnamon eyes to meet his molten gaze as she took a steadying breath. "Draco, I want you to tell me the truth... Did you kill Snape?"
Draco's brow furrowed "Why would I kill my own head of house?"
"Just answer the question." She pleaded.
He sighed "No Hermione, I can assure you I did not kill Snape."
She sighed with relief. "Thank God. I didn't want to date a murderer."
He laughed at that and extended his hand which she grasped with her gloved one as they rounded the corner.
All of the sudden a horrendous shriek sounded from the direction of the Charms classroom. Hermione and Draco shared a look and dashed in the appropriate direction.
They met Harry and Pansy at the bottom of the gigantic stair. The four looked at each other before speeding off towards their previous destination.
Draco flung the door opened and barged in, the trio behind him right on his heels. The quartet witnessed Ron and Ginny enter the scene from a door across the room.
"What happened?" Ginny asked as she caught sight of Cho, whom was sprawled over Professor Flitwick's desk, the dagger given to Hermione at the start of the evening protruding from between her breast, twisted in a grotesque, bloodstained shape.
Pansy swallowed "I'm beginning to notice a pattern here."
Everyone looked at her curiously, but dismissed it. Harry turned his back on Cho, his emerald eyes flat and unfeeling. "Another one's dead" he whispered right before Mrs. Norris leapt out of nowhere onto his arm causing him to drop the lantern and plunge the room into inky blackness.
************************************************************************ Alright then, sorry to all of you who thought it was Cho but oh well, maybe now you'll get it right!
Draco pivoted easily and pressed Hermione's soft frame back into the fire lit room with his own. Hermione didn't like the fact she was being forced back into a murder scene but couldn't do anything about it.
"Well now what?" Ron asked plopping into a chair beside the fire.
Pansy settled herself on his lap "How about we split up?"
Draco opened his mouth to protest but Hermione got there first "How would we decide pairings?"
"And besides," Ginny piped up, "we don't even have an even number of us."
"No one said we had to divide into pairs." Harry contradicted.
"This is true." Cho agreed, nodding.
"Well if there's one fact that's true we aren't accomplishing anything sitting in here." Draco decided. They all nodded in concurrence.
"So let's have the girls go right and the boys go left." Harry suggested as the seven stepped into the hall.
Draco shook his head. "I refuse to leave Hermione." He stated blatantly.
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Ron snapped.
Draco shot his metallic gaze at Ron "I suggest I go with Hermione." The blonde shot back.
Harry stepped between the two "Whoa, come on now, don't worry. We'll sort this out. How about if Ginny and Cho go with Ron, Pansy comes with me and Hermione goes with you."
Draco contemplated this theory for a moment before nodding slightly with approval.
They each chose a separate path hurriedly, Draco and Hermione scaled the stone stairs as Ron and the female duo accompanying him opted to venture left, leaving Harry and Pansy no choice but the dungeons which laid to the right.
As Pansy's hand began to waver, sending the light cast from the lantern she bore jumping about at odd angles, Harry took it from her grasp and into his own as they reached the base of the stair.
Harry scanned the tiny beam of light over everything. Once satisfied that no one else occupied their location he turned to his accomplice. "Should we inspect the Slytherin common room?"
Pansy shrugged and gave a shaky laugh "If you think it's best."
Draco and Hermione weaved their way through the corridors skillfully in relative silence. The only sound the clicking of Hermione's heels against the marble floor.
Suddenly she stopped causing Draco to halt abruptly as well. He turned to regard her curiously "What's wrong?"
She forced her cinnamon eyes to meet his molten gaze as she took a steadying breath. "Draco, I want you to tell me the truth... Did you kill Snape?"
Draco's brow furrowed "Why would I kill my own head of house?"
"Just answer the question." She pleaded.
He sighed "No Hermione, I can assure you I did not kill Snape."
She sighed with relief. "Thank God. I didn't want to date a murderer."
He laughed at that and extended his hand which she grasped with her gloved one as they rounded the corner.
All of the sudden a horrendous shriek sounded from the direction of the Charms classroom. Hermione and Draco shared a look and dashed in the appropriate direction.
They met Harry and Pansy at the bottom of the gigantic stair. The four looked at each other before speeding off towards their previous destination.
Draco flung the door opened and barged in, the trio behind him right on his heels. The quartet witnessed Ron and Ginny enter the scene from a door across the room.
"What happened?" Ginny asked as she caught sight of Cho, whom was sprawled over Professor Flitwick's desk, the dagger given to Hermione at the start of the evening protruding from between her breast, twisted in a grotesque, bloodstained shape.
Pansy swallowed "I'm beginning to notice a pattern here."
Everyone looked at her curiously, but dismissed it. Harry turned his back on Cho, his emerald eyes flat and unfeeling. "Another one's dead" he whispered right before Mrs. Norris leapt out of nowhere onto his arm causing him to drop the lantern and plunge the room into inky blackness.
************************************************************************ Alright then, sorry to all of you who thought it was Cho but oh well, maybe now you'll get it right!