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A Shock to the System
Chapter 3 - Bathroom Crises
The next morning Harry and Ron filled Hermione in on their adventures the previous night.
"You-Know-Who??" Hermione exclaimed, amazed that Harry and Ron had appeared unscathed.
"Yeah.. he was acting really strange. I mean, he didn't try to kill me or anything." Harry said puzzled.
"Strange? Now there's an understand if I ever hear one." Ron snorted.
Harry then proceeded to tell Hermione about the Snape theory and how he must have let Voldemort into the school.
At the mention of Snape Ron paled and remained silent the rest of the conversation.
~ ~ ~
Storm clouds drifted in the mid-afternoon and it wasn't long until it started pouring. Harry, Hermione and Ron hurried back from Hagrid's hut cloaks held above their heads in a vain effort to keep off the rain, Ron had suggested they use one of Hermione's books but received a glare that would have done a basilisk proud.
"When it rains, it pours." Muttered Harry as they splashed their way back to the castle.
"Actually," Hermione said, water dripping from her nose in big droplets. "This rain is Hippogriff spit, they're up in the big clouds above our heads."
Both Harry and Ron looked up in disbelief.
"My God! She's right!!" Ron exclaimed as he sighted dark shadows flitting above. Harry, however was not so easily convinced, sneaking a glance at Hermione from the corner of his eye he saw that she was busy trying to keep a straight face while watching them with obvious amusement in her eyes.
"C'mon Ron," Said Harry pulling his sadly gullible friend along. "Before
they decide to do more than just spit on us." Hearing that Ron practically charged into the building, Harry and Hermione traded amused looks and followed suit.
~ ~ ~
Dinner in the great hall was not an exciting event, although Hermione did snap at Ron several times for trying to talk with his mouth full.
"Geez..she's worse than my mother!" Whined Ron pitifully after receiving yet another kick from Hermione under the table.
Harry quickly shoved another spoon full of mashed potatoes in his mouth all the while chewing earnestly effectively hiding his smirk.
A rustle of wings announced the posts and a stream of owls soared through the windows. (A/N Ok, so the owls got confused, a little something called daylight saving perhaps? *laughs weakly *) A furry fluff fell (A/N Hey alliteration!) like a shooting star straight into the Gryffindor's bowl of pumpkin juice causing an orange shower.
"Pig you idiot!!" Ron growled trying to latch on to his overly excited owl that was twittering and spraying juice everywhere. "Stop..Stop.. that...RIGHT..NOW!!!" with that Ron leaped up and managed to grab a hold of the little hooting fuzz ball, but Ron being himself lost his balance and fell into the pumpkin juice bowl splashing the remaining juice all over the table.
The Slytherin table erupted in gleeful laughter. Among the Slytherin heads, Draco Malfoy's stood out more than anything (A/N Big headed *gwuffles * heh heh ...). Hermione glared in the blonde's direction, felling the familiar feeling of anger rising up within her. Following Hermione's venomous glare, Ron looked at Draco, a flush rising on his face.
"Ignore Malfoy, he's just a stupid git." Harry said also shooting a glare at Draco's direction.
But that was easier said than done as it was apparent that someone had spiked the Slytherin's drinks as they suddenly burst into a noisy round of random singing that was half made up as they went along, that and every Slytherin now sported flashing green and neon pink hair.
"Brilliant ain't it?!" Grinned Fred and George Weasley as they dropped off to sit at either side of their brother.
"You??" Ron's eyes bugged, choking back a laugh.
"Who'd have guessed?!" Hermione rolled her eyes skyward.
"I wonder if anyone will get expelled?" Ron asked hopefully, glancing at his most favourite Slytherin (A/N Being sarcastic of course). "You know, for the worst singing in Hogwarts history and killing everyone with their out-of-tune voices." Ron winced as someone attempted a high C.
Hermione drew herself up indignantly.
"I'm afraid not, this is no fault of theirs unfortunately," she said shooting daggers at two carbon copies of grinning red heads. "and as a prefect I have every right to put the REAL trouble makers in detention!"
"Oh c'mon Hermione. You wouldn't do that to poor old Fred and George would you?" The twins said in sync batting their lashes.
Hermione laughed. "No, probably not."
~ ~ ~
"Ah.. the luxury of being a prefect." Hermione sighed happily as she sank into a foamy bath in the prefects bathroom.
She had firmly declined Ron's offer to join her and relished in the thought of being alone (i.e. No Ron or Harry) for a while.
She was just scrubbing her arms when the door burst open and none other the Draco Malfoy stalked in wearing nothing but a towel. For a second, Draco stared at Hermione, blinking furiously. He then turned on his heel and strode out, closing the door behind him.
Hermione sat shocked, then slowly sunk down further into the bath. Squeezing her eyes shut.
"Oh Dear MERLIN. That did not just happen." She said out loud.
'Yes it did.' She thought miserably after a good minute and holding her breath she sank beneath the water. Therefore she missed the sound of the door opening a second time and the relieved sigh and the muttered "Oh good, I was just hallucinating. Knew I shouldn't have eaten anything Parkinson gave me" that followed.
Draco Malfoy removed his towel and dove into the pool-sized bath, swimming a few laps before settling down on a side bench.
He was waving his hands around under water watching the patterns his arms made in the foam when his left hand connected with something soft and not at all bath-tub-side like.
* Silence *
Hermione gingerly surfaced, the two just blinked owlishly at each other.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
Both then proceeded to scramble to opposite sides of the bath.
"What the HELL are YOU doing in here?!" Hermione screamed her chest heaving like a uni student on $1 a beer night.
"What the HELL were you LOOKING AT down there?!"
"The backs of my eyelids, besides I doubt there'd be much to look at." Hermione huffed crossing her arms over her chest.
"That's SICK!!" Draco yelled looking very offended.
"YOU'RE SICK!!" Hermione screamed right back.
"YOU'RE SICK!!"
"YOU'RE SICK!!"
"No, YOU'RE SICK!!"
"I always knew you were creepy, Draco Malfoy, but I didn't think you were a PERVERT on top of that!!"
"I wasn't the one UNDER the water!!"
"What? And you think I TOUCHED myself?!"
An uncomfortable silence settled on the bathroom.
"That.. didn't.. come out right.." Hermione blushed.
"No. It didn't"
"Wow... Us two agreeing on something... That's.."
"Miraculous?"
* Silence * "Get OUT!" Hermione suddenly spat.
"What, so you can perve on me some more?!" Draco shouted sinking lower into the water.
"Eww, NO!" Hermione genuinely cringed and had to look away.
"Why don't you get out?" Draco suggested.
Hermione's head shot up. "What, so You can perve on ME??!!"
"Well.. then there's only one way to solve this." Draco said looking at Hermione seriously.
"What?" Hermione snapped, beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Well, its simple really. We'll just hex each other until one person drops off, then the non-hexed person gets out and gets changed. No big deal."
"Oh, and do you have your wand handy? I mean it's not exactly like I have it stuck up my ass ready to use in a dire situation such as this."
"Really? You sure act like it."
Hermione glared and wrapped her arms around herself, felling vulnerable.
Then, the bathroom door burst open and Ron came walking in, Harry in tow.
The two stopped and glanced at the bath.
"I KNEW there was a reason that you didn't want me to join you!!" Ron bellowed.
Harry just laughed and laughed and laughed.
"OK, jokes over guys." He said, wiping the tears from his eyes. "You can get out now."
Silence ensued.
"HOLY ****" Harry's eyes bulged. "You're not telling me you're..you're REALLY not wearing anything down there!!!"
Hermione and Draco flushed a red yet unknown to man.
"Geez, Malfoy, I knew you were a slimy git but I didn't know you'd sink this low!!" Harry exclaimed.
"Why do you immediately jump to the conclusion that I'M the offender??" Draco protested. "SHE" pointing at Hermione across from him, "is the one who SANK!"
Hermione catching the hidden meaning growled and gave him a one-fingered salute.
Harry, Ron, Draco stared, astonished at her.
"HERMIONE!!"
"What?" She snapped, her skin still flushed but now for a different reason. "If I were fully clothed I would seriously hurt you Malfoy!" She growled.
"That's because you can't resist my manly charms." Draco said, lifting an eyebrow suggestively.
"What?" Hermione asked, completely thrown off.
Draco smiled and moved closer a strange look on his face.
"Why don't you two take a hike?" Draco said with a pointed look at Harry and Ron. "The Lady and I would like to talk.. alone.."
Harry and Ron stared.
Hermione looked worried.
"NO!!" She began. "Don't leave-ugh!"
Draco pushed Hermione under the water, careful to keep his body as far away as possible.
Hermione burst out screaming her head off, "MOLESTERER!!!!!!" and streaked through the bbathroom to lock herself in the changing room.
* Thud *
Ron fainted. (A/N He seems to be doing that a lot lately doesn't he?)
*Blink * Blink *
Harry stared blankly at the place where Hermione previously occupied.
"Ahh.." Draco sighed contently stretching out. "Finally! Got this place all to myself."
Harry looked scared at the look on Draco's face.
"You look scary." He said before exiting the bathroom, not bothering to remove Ron.
A/N Yes!! Longest Chapter yet.. * rubs sore hands * You people better be grateful. Please read and review *sad puppy dog eyes * don't make all our efforts go to waste!
A Shock to the System
Chapter 3 - Bathroom Crises
The next morning Harry and Ron filled Hermione in on their adventures the previous night.
"You-Know-Who??" Hermione exclaimed, amazed that Harry and Ron had appeared unscathed.
"Yeah.. he was acting really strange. I mean, he didn't try to kill me or anything." Harry said puzzled.
"Strange? Now there's an understand if I ever hear one." Ron snorted.
Harry then proceeded to tell Hermione about the Snape theory and how he must have let Voldemort into the school.
At the mention of Snape Ron paled and remained silent the rest of the conversation.
~ ~ ~
Storm clouds drifted in the mid-afternoon and it wasn't long until it started pouring. Harry, Hermione and Ron hurried back from Hagrid's hut cloaks held above their heads in a vain effort to keep off the rain, Ron had suggested they use one of Hermione's books but received a glare that would have done a basilisk proud.
"When it rains, it pours." Muttered Harry as they splashed their way back to the castle.
"Actually," Hermione said, water dripping from her nose in big droplets. "This rain is Hippogriff spit, they're up in the big clouds above our heads."
Both Harry and Ron looked up in disbelief.
"My God! She's right!!" Ron exclaimed as he sighted dark shadows flitting above. Harry, however was not so easily convinced, sneaking a glance at Hermione from the corner of his eye he saw that she was busy trying to keep a straight face while watching them with obvious amusement in her eyes.
"C'mon Ron," Said Harry pulling his sadly gullible friend along. "Before
they decide to do more than just spit on us." Hearing that Ron practically charged into the building, Harry and Hermione traded amused looks and followed suit.
~ ~ ~
Dinner in the great hall was not an exciting event, although Hermione did snap at Ron several times for trying to talk with his mouth full.
"Geez..she's worse than my mother!" Whined Ron pitifully after receiving yet another kick from Hermione under the table.
Harry quickly shoved another spoon full of mashed potatoes in his mouth all the while chewing earnestly effectively hiding his smirk.
A rustle of wings announced the posts and a stream of owls soared through the windows. (A/N Ok, so the owls got confused, a little something called daylight saving perhaps? *laughs weakly *) A furry fluff fell (A/N Hey alliteration!) like a shooting star straight into the Gryffindor's bowl of pumpkin juice causing an orange shower.
"Pig you idiot!!" Ron growled trying to latch on to his overly excited owl that was twittering and spraying juice everywhere. "Stop..Stop.. that...RIGHT..NOW!!!" with that Ron leaped up and managed to grab a hold of the little hooting fuzz ball, but Ron being himself lost his balance and fell into the pumpkin juice bowl splashing the remaining juice all over the table.
The Slytherin table erupted in gleeful laughter. Among the Slytherin heads, Draco Malfoy's stood out more than anything (A/N Big headed *gwuffles * heh heh ...). Hermione glared in the blonde's direction, felling the familiar feeling of anger rising up within her. Following Hermione's venomous glare, Ron looked at Draco, a flush rising on his face.
"Ignore Malfoy, he's just a stupid git." Harry said also shooting a glare at Draco's direction.
But that was easier said than done as it was apparent that someone had spiked the Slytherin's drinks as they suddenly burst into a noisy round of random singing that was half made up as they went along, that and every Slytherin now sported flashing green and neon pink hair.
"Brilliant ain't it?!" Grinned Fred and George Weasley as they dropped off to sit at either side of their brother.
"You??" Ron's eyes bugged, choking back a laugh.
"Who'd have guessed?!" Hermione rolled her eyes skyward.
"I wonder if anyone will get expelled?" Ron asked hopefully, glancing at his most favourite Slytherin (A/N Being sarcastic of course). "You know, for the worst singing in Hogwarts history and killing everyone with their out-of-tune voices." Ron winced as someone attempted a high C.
Hermione drew herself up indignantly.
"I'm afraid not, this is no fault of theirs unfortunately," she said shooting daggers at two carbon copies of grinning red heads. "and as a prefect I have every right to put the REAL trouble makers in detention!"
"Oh c'mon Hermione. You wouldn't do that to poor old Fred and George would you?" The twins said in sync batting their lashes.
Hermione laughed. "No, probably not."
~ ~ ~
"Ah.. the luxury of being a prefect." Hermione sighed happily as she sank into a foamy bath in the prefects bathroom.
She had firmly declined Ron's offer to join her and relished in the thought of being alone (i.e. No Ron or Harry) for a while.
She was just scrubbing her arms when the door burst open and none other the Draco Malfoy stalked in wearing nothing but a towel. For a second, Draco stared at Hermione, blinking furiously. He then turned on his heel and strode out, closing the door behind him.
Hermione sat shocked, then slowly sunk down further into the bath. Squeezing her eyes shut.
"Oh Dear MERLIN. That did not just happen." She said out loud.
'Yes it did.' She thought miserably after a good minute and holding her breath she sank beneath the water. Therefore she missed the sound of the door opening a second time and the relieved sigh and the muttered "Oh good, I was just hallucinating. Knew I shouldn't have eaten anything Parkinson gave me" that followed.
Draco Malfoy removed his towel and dove into the pool-sized bath, swimming a few laps before settling down on a side bench.
He was waving his hands around under water watching the patterns his arms made in the foam when his left hand connected with something soft and not at all bath-tub-side like.
* Silence *
Hermione gingerly surfaced, the two just blinked owlishly at each other.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
Both then proceeded to scramble to opposite sides of the bath.
"What the HELL are YOU doing in here?!" Hermione screamed her chest heaving like a uni student on $1 a beer night.
"What the HELL were you LOOKING AT down there?!"
"The backs of my eyelids, besides I doubt there'd be much to look at." Hermione huffed crossing her arms over her chest.
"That's SICK!!" Draco yelled looking very offended.
"YOU'RE SICK!!" Hermione screamed right back.
"YOU'RE SICK!!"
"YOU'RE SICK!!"
"No, YOU'RE SICK!!"
"I always knew you were creepy, Draco Malfoy, but I didn't think you were a PERVERT on top of that!!"
"I wasn't the one UNDER the water!!"
"What? And you think I TOUCHED myself?!"
An uncomfortable silence settled on the bathroom.
"That.. didn't.. come out right.." Hermione blushed.
"No. It didn't"
"Wow... Us two agreeing on something... That's.."
"Miraculous?"
* Silence * "Get OUT!" Hermione suddenly spat.
"What, so you can perve on me some more?!" Draco shouted sinking lower into the water.
"Eww, NO!" Hermione genuinely cringed and had to look away.
"Why don't you get out?" Draco suggested.
Hermione's head shot up. "What, so You can perve on ME??!!"
"Well.. then there's only one way to solve this." Draco said looking at Hermione seriously.
"What?" Hermione snapped, beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Well, its simple really. We'll just hex each other until one person drops off, then the non-hexed person gets out and gets changed. No big deal."
"Oh, and do you have your wand handy? I mean it's not exactly like I have it stuck up my ass ready to use in a dire situation such as this."
"Really? You sure act like it."
Hermione glared and wrapped her arms around herself, felling vulnerable.
Then, the bathroom door burst open and Ron came walking in, Harry in tow.
The two stopped and glanced at the bath.
"I KNEW there was a reason that you didn't want me to join you!!" Ron bellowed.
Harry just laughed and laughed and laughed.
"OK, jokes over guys." He said, wiping the tears from his eyes. "You can get out now."
Silence ensued.
"HOLY ****" Harry's eyes bulged. "You're not telling me you're..you're REALLY not wearing anything down there!!!"
Hermione and Draco flushed a red yet unknown to man.
"Geez, Malfoy, I knew you were a slimy git but I didn't know you'd sink this low!!" Harry exclaimed.
"Why do you immediately jump to the conclusion that I'M the offender??" Draco protested. "SHE" pointing at Hermione across from him, "is the one who SANK!"
Hermione catching the hidden meaning growled and gave him a one-fingered salute.
Harry, Ron, Draco stared, astonished at her.
"HERMIONE!!"
"What?" She snapped, her skin still flushed but now for a different reason. "If I were fully clothed I would seriously hurt you Malfoy!" She growled.
"That's because you can't resist my manly charms." Draco said, lifting an eyebrow suggestively.
"What?" Hermione asked, completely thrown off.
Draco smiled and moved closer a strange look on his face.
"Why don't you two take a hike?" Draco said with a pointed look at Harry and Ron. "The Lady and I would like to talk.. alone.."
Harry and Ron stared.
Hermione looked worried.
"NO!!" She began. "Don't leave-ugh!"
Draco pushed Hermione under the water, careful to keep his body as far away as possible.
Hermione burst out screaming her head off, "MOLESTERER!!!!!!" and streaked through the bbathroom to lock herself in the changing room.
* Thud *
Ron fainted. (A/N He seems to be doing that a lot lately doesn't he?)
*Blink * Blink *
Harry stared blankly at the place where Hermione previously occupied.
"Ahh.." Draco sighed contently stretching out. "Finally! Got this place all to myself."
Harry looked scared at the look on Draco's face.
"You look scary." He said before exiting the bathroom, not bothering to remove Ron.
A/N Yes!! Longest Chapter yet.. * rubs sore hands * You people better be grateful. Please read and review *sad puppy dog eyes * don't make all our efforts go to waste!