Disclaimer: As always the lovely characters all belong to the lovely
J.K.Rowling.
**Hey guys! Sorry about the Hermione and Draco not getting together, but it's done purposely to make the story better, trust me!!**
**Any ways, this chapter some cool things will happen. This takes place the weekend before they leave for Durmstrang, and the "Wizard's & Witches Multifree week" has been pushed back, Dumbledore will explain it all. So in this chapter you will hear about some weird things going on with the weather, and also it's mostly a look at all the relationships of everybody in Hogwarts, well all the major characters at least!!**
CHAPTER 24-UNCONTROLLABLE WEATHER!
HERMIONE'S POV
Finally it was the week to leave for Durmstrang. I was soo excited. It was finally Octorber and I could not wait to leave. More then a month ago, Professor Dumbledore told us we would be going to join the Durmstrang students to celebrate The Wizard's & Witches Multifree week. I personally think it was because Dumbledore and the new head teacher there decided that if they were to face Voldemort this year, they might as well do it together. And I thought it was a brilliant idea. But it was just a thought anyways.
It was October right now, and we were having the strangest weather ever. It was uncontrolably hot. Even worse then the summer and this was supposed to be fall. It was so warm that Professor McGonagall had told all students at dinner last week that we were alowd to wear our normal summer clothes, instead of our robes. Even though it was mighty cool inside the school, when we went out for Herbology or Care of Magical Creatures, we would all die of heat. And even if the school was cool, it was still humid and sticky in those thick castle walls. Therefore we were all alowd to walk around comfortable in shorts and tshirts and tanktops and skirts, as long as (girls) weren't showing too much skin that it was out of hand, we still had to look presentable.
The heat became uncontrolable for teacher's aswell. No longer did they wear theire thick robes and long scarves and big hats. They were down to the summer clothes, which was quite funny to watch, since no one has seen them in clothes that weren't robes. Professor Dumbledore wore a silly sorta of "Mumu" it was really funny. Like an oversized colorful long short sleeved robe. It looked like it was made in the late 60's. He pursued wearing his hat though, and sandals on his feet, he looked like a hippy and was soo cool to me.
Professor McGonagall, usually uptight and modest, would wear a summer flowery dress. And I don't think I have ever seen her so normal looking, baring skin on her arms and all. Her hair was put up in a bun at the top of her head instead of the back at her neck, and the dress flowed all away down to her feet and was quite loose fitting, but seemed comfortable enough for this humid weather.
The most funny of all must have been seeing Professor Snape walk down the hall with Professor Evee as he always did, trying to church her into going for dinner with him or talk to him. It was really funny to see him in black cut off pants around his ankles and a black baggy tshirt on top. He wore black shoes and black socks and an inch of his legs were showing. He even combed his black greasy hair back, it was too hot to leave it all over his face. And compared to Professor Evee who had her own style and way to dress smart and nice, he looked really stupid.
She looked great, and which was really odd, she did not wear a skirt or dress, she wore pants. She wore this aqua blue tube top with a navy ribbon that went around her waist twice and tieing at the side. At the neckline was more navy ribbon as well as the hemline of the shirt. She wore an aqua blue hankershief around her neck as she always did to cover her neck (she always covered it up, I didn't know why?), and she wore long navy fingerless gloves that went from her elbows to her wrist and around her thumb. She wore a black silver sutdded belt and long baggy capri jeans. At the sides of where the pockets of the pants were, was drapped an aqua blue chiffon fabric from one side over her behind to the other side. And then rugged combat boots to her knees, bearing the slightest of skin as she walked.
They both walked toward Draco and I, they knew that we weren't together any more and that we were just friends, and they didn't tell anyone suprisingly. We were sitting outside on the grass under a shady tree, playing some chess. It was getting to stuffy in our living quarters so we decided to get some air, even though there was not much in this heat wave. Apparently Professor Snape and Professor Evee had the same idea.
As they came closer, the sun got brighter and Professor Evee put out her hand to her head and snapped her fingers and black sunglasses appeared on her face, I saw Professor Snape role his eyes at her.
"Good evening Miss. Granger, Mr. Malfoy, getting a little too much sun I see." Evee said looking at me. I smiled.
Snape looked up into the air looking at the sun and down at the three of us again. "Darn this sun, it will be the end of us all!" he muttered out loud.
"Oh Severus, shake off of it!" she said patting him on the back pushing him forwards. "You need a little tanning anyways, however do you expect to get that skin of yours to a more natural color!"
Both Draco and I looked at each other with our mouths open, laughing silently at Professor Evee's teasing. We knew that Professor Snape would never say anything back, since it was obvious that he was infatuated with her.
He just glared at her and said "Ill see you lot at dinner" and he left, with Professor Evee running behind him apologizing. They were a funny pair, but I just prayed that nothing would happen between them, because please, Professor Evee has got to have better taste!
Draco and I were left alone under the heating sun. For a moment when I looked back at him to continue playing our game of chess, I caught him staring at me, up and down.
I was still not very comfortable wearing little clothes around people, because of the "Crabbe: incident, even if it was almost a month and a half now. So I was wearing long faded hip hugging jeans, that just flared slightly and that dragged on the ground. Then I wore a loose fitted yellow Tshirt with a green velvet dragon on it, and I tied it in a knot at the small of my back, showing minimal skin. My sleeves were roled up so I could barely get a tan. But the way Draco looked at me I could tell he still had feelings for me, but unlike me, he never tried to hide it. I got uncomfortable.
I finally looked at my watch and realized it was time for dinner.
"Gosh look at the time Draco, I got to go!" I saw the dissapointed look on his face.
"Come on, don't get like that you know I eat with Harry and Ron." I explained.
"Yeah, you do everything with Potter and Weasley." He snapped back.
I got up, knowing that he was trying to make me feel bad so I would stay with him. "Well I live in the same quarters as you, so I see you just as much. So Ill see you later, bye!!" and I hurried off after waving at him and wishing him good bye.
DRACO'S POV
When I got to the Great Hall everyone was seated for dinner. I looked to the other side of the room to where the Griffindors would sit, and I saw Hermione talking up a storm with that girl Lavender was it? And that other girl, Parvarti I think her name was aswell.
So I went to sit down between Marcus Flint, our Quidditch Captain, who stayed a year behind, to surprisingly teach the underpriveleged witchs and wizards how to play Quidditch, and with Goyle, who him and I, also surpisingly became good friends.
"Yo Malfoy!" said Goyle shoving a hand out waiting for me to shake it.
"How you doing?" I shook his hand while I sat down in my seat next to him.
"What's up Malfoy?" asked Flint.
"Nothing." I answered.
"So Malfoy, going with anyone to Hogsmead?" Asked Pansy looking at me. I squinted my eyes in thought, looked at Hermione for a minute and then back to Pansy. I knew most likely that Hermione would go with Harry and Ron, either one of them being her date, so ya, I dedecided why not take Pansy.
I looked at Pansy for minute, and actually noticing that maybe there was a prettiness to her. Nothing compared and even remotely as beautiful as Hermione, but whatever, I could not wait around for Hermione forever, and it was just one day anyways. Pansy had complete stick straight black hair, but something that contrasted against that were her pale blue eyes, much like my own.
"You know what Pansy, I will go with you! But don't try to bother me to much, cause then I might have to dump you." I told her, letting her know that I would not be fooling around with her, it was more like a friends thing, if I ever exactly consider her a friend.
"That's cool Malfoy" she answered back with less excitement then I thought she would. I think she finally noticed that I did not like when she got all clingly and annoying.
"Ya, Malfoy, we both got girls to go with, so the 6 of us can hang out, sound alright man?" Flint told me, while I just nodded. I didn't see why we needed to have dates for Hogsmead anyways, I guess because now that we were older and hardly had anytime to go out on our own, that was kinda what Hogsmead was for us. Therefore allowing us to go on dates with the girls we wanted. Except that I wasn't going with the girl I wanted, the girl I wanted was going with one of her idiot bestfriends, Potter or Weasley, and I had a feeling it was Weasley, because I could tell he fancied her, it was apparently obvious.
HERMIONE'S POV
'Why is Draco looking at me in that strange sort of way. Like if he hated me or something. Maybe Pansy is annoying him, I don't know. Anyways I tried to concentrate on the conversation of Lavender and Pavarti, that went on soo fast I could hardly catch each word. I did not know what was going on but then I saw Thomas Dean rise out of his seat and walk towards we were, Lavender was going mad to talk to him.
"Hey Lavender." he trailed off not looking at her at all.
She responded batting her eyelashes quickly and said "Hey Thomas" she blushed.
"Wondering if you'd go with me to Hogsmead this weekend?" he finally looked up smiling while all the guys including Harry and Ron cheered and laughed in the background.
"I'd love to!" she yelled out, a bit to eagerly, making us all laugh out.
"Great, see ya later then!" he replied walking back to his seat with the goofiest of grins on his face.
"Yeah, I have a date now! Do you have one Hermione?" Both her and Pavarti looked at me, and I just stuttered, I didn't know I needed one.
"Well does Pavarti have one?" I asked her in response, instead of answering the actual question.
"Of course I have one Hermione, Im dating Seamus remember?" She told me. I felt foolish for asking. Seamus and her had been dating since last year, it was true, I don't know why I had asked such a stupid question.
They both stared at me, waiting for me to say who I was going with.
"We are all gonna meet for some Butterbeers along with everyone else. So who you going with?" Lavender asked me again.
"Girls, girls!" said Ron joining the conversation acting like the big player he liked to ACT like. "Im sorry if there is not enough of me to go around, but Hermione will be going with me!" he said putting an arm around my shoulders making me laugh.
"Oh am I really?" I answered back sarasticlly.
"Yes of course!" he answered back like it were obvious and he winked. "So will you go with me?"
"Ron you ask such stupid things, of course I will" I replied. I knew I wouldn't get anyone else right now. It was either Harry or Ron? And Harry was going with Ginny, just as friends though, cause even though Ginny still crushed on him. Harry did not feel the same way. Im not sure who Harry fancied at all.
Of course I liked Ron as a friend, and I loved soo much. But I began to get the feeling lately as if he were developing feelings for me, but maybe I was misinterpreting his friendship. I knew that Draco was becoming awful paranoid, but he just needed to get used to it, we were friends and that's that. But I knew what he meant about the jeolousy. As I looked up towards Draco, I saw Pansy in front of him giggling uncontrollably and flirting with him, I did not like her at all.
As we all ate dinner, I saw Professor Evee coming late for dinner aswell. In her outfit of before walking down the floor between Slytherin and Ravenclaw towards the head table, her chiffon fabric of her pants flowing behind her as she walked fast. She sat at her seat uncomfortably between Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall. She had finally told me why she didn't like to sit with the other teachers when she ate. And it was because she was soo used to eating all alone her whole life, having people around her was very discomforting. But she tried to manage it quite gracefully.
As always we heard of the sound of spoon clinking against goblet. And there was Dumbledroe standing comiclly in his "mumu" sort of attire, causing some laughs and giggles, even from some of the teachers.
"Everyone, I have some good news and bad news!! I shall start with the bad news. The bad news is that the Wizard's & Witches Multifree week has been pushed back until the first weekend of November." A lot of moaning and complaning was heard from the students. "Therefore instead of leaving the day after tommorow, we will be leaving next weekend. Concluding that we shall be spending Halloween at Hogwarsts."
Here there were some cheering.
"The good news is that, on top of leaving tommorow for Hogsmead, the day before leaving for Durmstrang, classes will be cancelled to get packing done, and any other important things."
Here there was even more cheering.
"And next week the day before we leave will also be Halloween! We will have a grand feast as we always do, but this year no ball will take place because of the ball that wil be taking place at Durstrang. But if you wish you could dress up for the day. On that day we will be giving announcements, and very important news about Voldemort."
Everyone hushed.
"These news is more like a warning, and what you must do if we come encountered with him this year. Besides that, I do not think there is more to say." He said almost ending.
"Ah yes one last thing. I know this weather is unbarably hot and humid, but the weather in Durmstrang is quite normal for fall weather, therefore if you were to buy clothes tomorrow at Hogsmead, make sure it's for all weather. Also you will be needing to buy a more appropriate attire for the ball at Durmstrang. If any of you plan on wearing a "Mumu" as I am now, I do not think we will be ever called back there again." He laughed and then took a seat again.
I was ever so exited for tommorow, and even more excited for next weekend. This year was going to be great, but when I looked to my front to see how Draco was liking these new plans, I saw Pansy placing a kiss on his cheek, and he did not push her a way at all, he actually smiled!
What did this mean? Should I even care?!?!
**Hey guys! Sorry about the Hermione and Draco not getting together, but it's done purposely to make the story better, trust me!!**
**Any ways, this chapter some cool things will happen. This takes place the weekend before they leave for Durmstrang, and the "Wizard's & Witches Multifree week" has been pushed back, Dumbledore will explain it all. So in this chapter you will hear about some weird things going on with the weather, and also it's mostly a look at all the relationships of everybody in Hogwarts, well all the major characters at least!!**
CHAPTER 24-UNCONTROLLABLE WEATHER!
HERMIONE'S POV
Finally it was the week to leave for Durmstrang. I was soo excited. It was finally Octorber and I could not wait to leave. More then a month ago, Professor Dumbledore told us we would be going to join the Durmstrang students to celebrate The Wizard's & Witches Multifree week. I personally think it was because Dumbledore and the new head teacher there decided that if they were to face Voldemort this year, they might as well do it together. And I thought it was a brilliant idea. But it was just a thought anyways.
It was October right now, and we were having the strangest weather ever. It was uncontrolably hot. Even worse then the summer and this was supposed to be fall. It was so warm that Professor McGonagall had told all students at dinner last week that we were alowd to wear our normal summer clothes, instead of our robes. Even though it was mighty cool inside the school, when we went out for Herbology or Care of Magical Creatures, we would all die of heat. And even if the school was cool, it was still humid and sticky in those thick castle walls. Therefore we were all alowd to walk around comfortable in shorts and tshirts and tanktops and skirts, as long as (girls) weren't showing too much skin that it was out of hand, we still had to look presentable.
The heat became uncontrolable for teacher's aswell. No longer did they wear theire thick robes and long scarves and big hats. They were down to the summer clothes, which was quite funny to watch, since no one has seen them in clothes that weren't robes. Professor Dumbledore wore a silly sorta of "Mumu" it was really funny. Like an oversized colorful long short sleeved robe. It looked like it was made in the late 60's. He pursued wearing his hat though, and sandals on his feet, he looked like a hippy and was soo cool to me.
Professor McGonagall, usually uptight and modest, would wear a summer flowery dress. And I don't think I have ever seen her so normal looking, baring skin on her arms and all. Her hair was put up in a bun at the top of her head instead of the back at her neck, and the dress flowed all away down to her feet and was quite loose fitting, but seemed comfortable enough for this humid weather.
The most funny of all must have been seeing Professor Snape walk down the hall with Professor Evee as he always did, trying to church her into going for dinner with him or talk to him. It was really funny to see him in black cut off pants around his ankles and a black baggy tshirt on top. He wore black shoes and black socks and an inch of his legs were showing. He even combed his black greasy hair back, it was too hot to leave it all over his face. And compared to Professor Evee who had her own style and way to dress smart and nice, he looked really stupid.
She looked great, and which was really odd, she did not wear a skirt or dress, she wore pants. She wore this aqua blue tube top with a navy ribbon that went around her waist twice and tieing at the side. At the neckline was more navy ribbon as well as the hemline of the shirt. She wore an aqua blue hankershief around her neck as she always did to cover her neck (she always covered it up, I didn't know why?), and she wore long navy fingerless gloves that went from her elbows to her wrist and around her thumb. She wore a black silver sutdded belt and long baggy capri jeans. At the sides of where the pockets of the pants were, was drapped an aqua blue chiffon fabric from one side over her behind to the other side. And then rugged combat boots to her knees, bearing the slightest of skin as she walked.
They both walked toward Draco and I, they knew that we weren't together any more and that we were just friends, and they didn't tell anyone suprisingly. We were sitting outside on the grass under a shady tree, playing some chess. It was getting to stuffy in our living quarters so we decided to get some air, even though there was not much in this heat wave. Apparently Professor Snape and Professor Evee had the same idea.
As they came closer, the sun got brighter and Professor Evee put out her hand to her head and snapped her fingers and black sunglasses appeared on her face, I saw Professor Snape role his eyes at her.
"Good evening Miss. Granger, Mr. Malfoy, getting a little too much sun I see." Evee said looking at me. I smiled.
Snape looked up into the air looking at the sun and down at the three of us again. "Darn this sun, it will be the end of us all!" he muttered out loud.
"Oh Severus, shake off of it!" she said patting him on the back pushing him forwards. "You need a little tanning anyways, however do you expect to get that skin of yours to a more natural color!"
Both Draco and I looked at each other with our mouths open, laughing silently at Professor Evee's teasing. We knew that Professor Snape would never say anything back, since it was obvious that he was infatuated with her.
He just glared at her and said "Ill see you lot at dinner" and he left, with Professor Evee running behind him apologizing. They were a funny pair, but I just prayed that nothing would happen between them, because please, Professor Evee has got to have better taste!
Draco and I were left alone under the heating sun. For a moment when I looked back at him to continue playing our game of chess, I caught him staring at me, up and down.
I was still not very comfortable wearing little clothes around people, because of the "Crabbe: incident, even if it was almost a month and a half now. So I was wearing long faded hip hugging jeans, that just flared slightly and that dragged on the ground. Then I wore a loose fitted yellow Tshirt with a green velvet dragon on it, and I tied it in a knot at the small of my back, showing minimal skin. My sleeves were roled up so I could barely get a tan. But the way Draco looked at me I could tell he still had feelings for me, but unlike me, he never tried to hide it. I got uncomfortable.
I finally looked at my watch and realized it was time for dinner.
"Gosh look at the time Draco, I got to go!" I saw the dissapointed look on his face.
"Come on, don't get like that you know I eat with Harry and Ron." I explained.
"Yeah, you do everything with Potter and Weasley." He snapped back.
I got up, knowing that he was trying to make me feel bad so I would stay with him. "Well I live in the same quarters as you, so I see you just as much. So Ill see you later, bye!!" and I hurried off after waving at him and wishing him good bye.
DRACO'S POV
When I got to the Great Hall everyone was seated for dinner. I looked to the other side of the room to where the Griffindors would sit, and I saw Hermione talking up a storm with that girl Lavender was it? And that other girl, Parvarti I think her name was aswell.
So I went to sit down between Marcus Flint, our Quidditch Captain, who stayed a year behind, to surprisingly teach the underpriveleged witchs and wizards how to play Quidditch, and with Goyle, who him and I, also surpisingly became good friends.
"Yo Malfoy!" said Goyle shoving a hand out waiting for me to shake it.
"How you doing?" I shook his hand while I sat down in my seat next to him.
"What's up Malfoy?" asked Flint.
"Nothing." I answered.
"So Malfoy, going with anyone to Hogsmead?" Asked Pansy looking at me. I squinted my eyes in thought, looked at Hermione for a minute and then back to Pansy. I knew most likely that Hermione would go with Harry and Ron, either one of them being her date, so ya, I dedecided why not take Pansy.
I looked at Pansy for minute, and actually noticing that maybe there was a prettiness to her. Nothing compared and even remotely as beautiful as Hermione, but whatever, I could not wait around for Hermione forever, and it was just one day anyways. Pansy had complete stick straight black hair, but something that contrasted against that were her pale blue eyes, much like my own.
"You know what Pansy, I will go with you! But don't try to bother me to much, cause then I might have to dump you." I told her, letting her know that I would not be fooling around with her, it was more like a friends thing, if I ever exactly consider her a friend.
"That's cool Malfoy" she answered back with less excitement then I thought she would. I think she finally noticed that I did not like when she got all clingly and annoying.
"Ya, Malfoy, we both got girls to go with, so the 6 of us can hang out, sound alright man?" Flint told me, while I just nodded. I didn't see why we needed to have dates for Hogsmead anyways, I guess because now that we were older and hardly had anytime to go out on our own, that was kinda what Hogsmead was for us. Therefore allowing us to go on dates with the girls we wanted. Except that I wasn't going with the girl I wanted, the girl I wanted was going with one of her idiot bestfriends, Potter or Weasley, and I had a feeling it was Weasley, because I could tell he fancied her, it was apparently obvious.
HERMIONE'S POV
'Why is Draco looking at me in that strange sort of way. Like if he hated me or something. Maybe Pansy is annoying him, I don't know. Anyways I tried to concentrate on the conversation of Lavender and Pavarti, that went on soo fast I could hardly catch each word. I did not know what was going on but then I saw Thomas Dean rise out of his seat and walk towards we were, Lavender was going mad to talk to him.
"Hey Lavender." he trailed off not looking at her at all.
She responded batting her eyelashes quickly and said "Hey Thomas" she blushed.
"Wondering if you'd go with me to Hogsmead this weekend?" he finally looked up smiling while all the guys including Harry and Ron cheered and laughed in the background.
"I'd love to!" she yelled out, a bit to eagerly, making us all laugh out.
"Great, see ya later then!" he replied walking back to his seat with the goofiest of grins on his face.
"Yeah, I have a date now! Do you have one Hermione?" Both her and Pavarti looked at me, and I just stuttered, I didn't know I needed one.
"Well does Pavarti have one?" I asked her in response, instead of answering the actual question.
"Of course I have one Hermione, Im dating Seamus remember?" She told me. I felt foolish for asking. Seamus and her had been dating since last year, it was true, I don't know why I had asked such a stupid question.
They both stared at me, waiting for me to say who I was going with.
"We are all gonna meet for some Butterbeers along with everyone else. So who you going with?" Lavender asked me again.
"Girls, girls!" said Ron joining the conversation acting like the big player he liked to ACT like. "Im sorry if there is not enough of me to go around, but Hermione will be going with me!" he said putting an arm around my shoulders making me laugh.
"Oh am I really?" I answered back sarasticlly.
"Yes of course!" he answered back like it were obvious and he winked. "So will you go with me?"
"Ron you ask such stupid things, of course I will" I replied. I knew I wouldn't get anyone else right now. It was either Harry or Ron? And Harry was going with Ginny, just as friends though, cause even though Ginny still crushed on him. Harry did not feel the same way. Im not sure who Harry fancied at all.
Of course I liked Ron as a friend, and I loved soo much. But I began to get the feeling lately as if he were developing feelings for me, but maybe I was misinterpreting his friendship. I knew that Draco was becoming awful paranoid, but he just needed to get used to it, we were friends and that's that. But I knew what he meant about the jeolousy. As I looked up towards Draco, I saw Pansy in front of him giggling uncontrollably and flirting with him, I did not like her at all.
As we all ate dinner, I saw Professor Evee coming late for dinner aswell. In her outfit of before walking down the floor between Slytherin and Ravenclaw towards the head table, her chiffon fabric of her pants flowing behind her as she walked fast. She sat at her seat uncomfortably between Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall. She had finally told me why she didn't like to sit with the other teachers when she ate. And it was because she was soo used to eating all alone her whole life, having people around her was very discomforting. But she tried to manage it quite gracefully.
As always we heard of the sound of spoon clinking against goblet. And there was Dumbledroe standing comiclly in his "mumu" sort of attire, causing some laughs and giggles, even from some of the teachers.
"Everyone, I have some good news and bad news!! I shall start with the bad news. The bad news is that the Wizard's & Witches Multifree week has been pushed back until the first weekend of November." A lot of moaning and complaning was heard from the students. "Therefore instead of leaving the day after tommorow, we will be leaving next weekend. Concluding that we shall be spending Halloween at Hogwarsts."
Here there were some cheering.
"The good news is that, on top of leaving tommorow for Hogsmead, the day before leaving for Durmstrang, classes will be cancelled to get packing done, and any other important things."
Here there was even more cheering.
"And next week the day before we leave will also be Halloween! We will have a grand feast as we always do, but this year no ball will take place because of the ball that wil be taking place at Durstrang. But if you wish you could dress up for the day. On that day we will be giving announcements, and very important news about Voldemort."
Everyone hushed.
"These news is more like a warning, and what you must do if we come encountered with him this year. Besides that, I do not think there is more to say." He said almost ending.
"Ah yes one last thing. I know this weather is unbarably hot and humid, but the weather in Durmstrang is quite normal for fall weather, therefore if you were to buy clothes tomorrow at Hogsmead, make sure it's for all weather. Also you will be needing to buy a more appropriate attire for the ball at Durmstrang. If any of you plan on wearing a "Mumu" as I am now, I do not think we will be ever called back there again." He laughed and then took a seat again.
I was ever so exited for tommorow, and even more excited for next weekend. This year was going to be great, but when I looked to my front to see how Draco was liking these new plans, I saw Pansy placing a kiss on his cheek, and he did not push her a way at all, he actually smiled!
What did this mean? Should I even care?!?!