Draco was walking out into the courtyard to meet Ron and Hagrid on their next detention assignment. He was a little nervous about being outside with Ron, but at least they had an excuse this time. What awaited Draco was a complete surprise all in its own.
"Ah, Draco, finally decided to show up did ya?" Hagrid was looking quite "mad and hairy," if Draco might say so.
"Eh Sorry, I guess." Draco replied, looking past Hagrid at Ron. Ron was shrugging behind Hagrid, looking even more pale and timid than he usually was. Ron took a step forward from behind Hagrid to reveal the large bruise that took up half his face, and gave away just why he was slightly hunched over.
"Ron, what happened to you?! Are you ok?!" Draco exclaimed in a rather sentimental tone. Hagrid was slightly surprised by this. He took a half-step back, nearly knocking Ron over in the process.
"I I" Ron began, but looked up at Hagrid, pretending to dismiss Draco's question. "I'd like to get this detention over with as quickly as possible, I'm not feeling well Hagrid." The sullen look on Ron's face made Hagrid continue to worry about him.
"Yes, well we are going to be doing something not too hard. We will just be feeding the kneazles we have been taking care of in class, tonight."
Draco made a slight face at this, but decided things could be worse and he best just leave it at that.
As they walked towards the large pens on the ground where the kneazles lived Draco tried to get Ron's attention. He looked longingly towards him, but Ron just kept facing forward. Draco didn't understand what was going on was Ron doing this so Hagrid didn't suspect anything, or was something honestly wrong? He decided he wouldn't let it phase him he would just have to make it a point to talk to Ron after detention.
Ron, Draco and Hagrid got to where the kneazles were staying and all three came running towards Hagrid, their tails swooshing and large ears flapping. All three were brown and spotted and seamed to like Hagrid more than anyone else, which wasn't uncommon with any magical creature Ron and Draco supposed. Strangely enough, one of the kneazles held a very enmity attitude towards Draco. Ron secretly knew it was because kneazles could detect troublesome wizards.
Hagrid had each boy feed and groom the kneazles, which really didn't take a
very long time. It was probably a good thing that the boys were assigned a fairly
simple task, seeing that Ron really wasn't feeling all that well. The boys walked
back to the castle, neither even attempting a glance towards the other. Ron
who was still shaken about Crabe and Goyle's attack to which Draco didn't know
about yet, and Draco who was afraid that he had done something wrong to anger
Ron. Draco wanted to shout to Ron and ask what exactly he had done to cause
such a change in him when looked up to see Crabe and Goyle standing at the entrance
to the castle. When he looked back to his side where Ron had been, he was gone.
Draco wished Crabe and Goyle wouldn't show up out of the blue so often, there
were so many things Draco wanted to talk to Ron about. He signed, residing to
himself that he would have to sneak into Ron's room in the middle of the night
if he wanted to get to talk to him.
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ok, here come the reviews, whew lots!
j (jono@dragonmount.com): lol, omg youre too funny. im going to try really
hard not to get cliche, cause thats boring :O
akemi: lol, they'll get whats coming to them, im sure
sango-chan: thanks :)
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redrose2310: ah and draco's adventure is just beginning
lady shriannan santrea: lmao, i dont know why but that is the funniest review
ever - "kill them both pretty please with sure on top" hahaha...
awkwardness: hehe, *adds awkardness to her story to take care of those evil
bullies*
dracofan17: thanks a lot! im trying to be as original as possible =D
kylez: here you go, and two chapters up at once!
morgana: thank you! my friend tj has a oliver story (i think its under my favorite
stories list as "the forbidden love of oliver wood", its pairs up
with my "ron weasleys charming majenta loveoak" story)
kink: here ya go :)
pyro blood: yeah, sorry about the short chaps. i have a thing with being intimidated
by long chapters - like if you go to read a story with 20 longer chapters, i
wont do it - so i try to keep mine short and suspenceful... at least 2 of them
released at once will be more filling haha!