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Answers to some questions:
Pookie16: Hmm.. an idea I'll put in later chapters.. except, maybe not as detailed as I think your hoping.. LOL..
Great.. now on with the show!!
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Hermione's POV
"Here's your powder, Ms. Granger." Professor Dumbledore dumped a gigantic handful of floo powder into my hands making some dust swirl up and drift under my nose. What happened next was not a pretty sight, I must tell you. "AAHCHOOO!!!" I sneezed into my hands because it was a habit and suddenly a cloud of powder flew towards Dumbledore's head and covered him in green dust. His snow-white beard had turned a dark green that matched the floo powder. A sudden memory of Brittany's neon purple hair struck me. "No hard feelings, Ms. Granger." He said as if reading my mind. I watched as he hastily wiped some excess dust off his robes.
I smiled shyly and took another handful of powder and took my last look around in the house. I took a mental photograph of the house of where I fell in love with Draco Malfoy. I smiled ever so slightly at the wooden staircase and the picture of the naked fat lady. I snapped up from my dream- like gazing and hurriedly stepped towards the fireplace after Draco had gone. "HOGWARTS CASTLE!" I threw my powder on the black marble bottom and stepped inside the fireplace.
Almost instantly, I was back in Dumbledore's office sitting in his ash- covered fireplace. A hand was offered towards me and I gratefully took it and was pulled up. I brushed myself off and gave Draco a peck on the cheek for his act of kindness. Immediately after, Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall stepped out together and surveyed our soot-ridden bodies up and down. McGonagall finally spoke. "I suggest you go up to your dorms to wash up and relax. Festivities can wait AFTER you've settled down." She said. "If those twins are bothering you, tell them that on Professor McGonagall orders you have to stop unless they want detention." She added, looking at me. I could definitely sense Draco smirking beside me.
We finally exited his office and reached the staircase that divided the floors that our common rooms were on. "Soo.." I trailed off as I twisted my hands nervously.
He smiled at me, his gray eyes lighting up almost blue. "We're back home, I guess.." He trailed off.
"Look. We definitely need to talk about this whole relationship and about our friend's reactions. Why don't we meet in the library tomorrow?" I asked.
He nodded. "Fine, how about after lunch at 1?" He offered. I nodded and smiled slightly.
"So.. how about our last secret kiss before the whole school knows?" He didn't wait for me to respond as he touched his lips on mine and put his arms around my waist. I tilted my head up to gain access to his mouth, and we shared a fiery, passionate kiss. Too bad our kiss abruptly ended when I saw from behind my closed eyelids a flash go off. I pulled away as Draco looked at me in confusion.
It was when I saw the small boy behind the gigantic camera did I realize who it was. "COLIN CREEVY!!! HOW DARE YOU SPY ON MY LIKE THAT!!" I screeched. I muttered a quick goodbye to Draco as I raced up the stairs after him to catch the mousy boy.
Draco's POV
I watched as the Creevy boy ran from Hermione's clutches towards the Gryffindor common room. "Ruddy Gryffindors spoiling my moment." I muttered.
Hermione's POV
I chased after the boy as he scrambled through the entrance to the common room. For someone that small, he sure could run fast. I ran straight through the portrait hole right when it was about to close and crashed headfirst into a red-haired boy. "Hermione!!" Ron exclaimed when he turned around to see me. "A great way to greet your friends, don't you think??" He rubbed his stomach rather comically, but I knew that I hadn't affected him one bit from the way he stood stable on his feet, while I was sprawled on the ground.
He laughed and helped me up. "Now where in such a rush to, Ms. Granger?" I laughed along with him. "To catch that bloody junior photographer we have here in our house!!" I cried. "You never can tell that he's an eavesdropping spy incognito unless you catch him in the act!!" I added.
"I'm guessing that Colin did something to peeve you?" Harry asked from behind me.
I scowled. "I swear I will catch that rat later.." My sunny disposition once again replaced my recent mood. "Well, we'll deal with this later. How about a hug?" I spread my arms apart in a mocking way. They smiled and came forward to embrace me. I was buried for a few seconds in their sweaters until I heard two other voices call my name. Once I was let go, I was hugged once again by the twins. This was a bad thing because they were beaters on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. With their arm strength, they could probably lift elephants, and now they were hugging me as hard as they could. I must tell you, I couldn't breathe.
"George!! Fred!!" I gasped. "Will you loosen up a bit on the grip!!"
They smiled sheepishly at me. "I'll take that as a compliment on my upper body." Fred said cheekily. I rolled my eyes and playfully pushed him away. I turned to George and asked, "Where's Ginny?"
"Here." A familiar voice sounded behind me. I whirled around a shrieked. "GINNY!!" She gave me the same greeting and we hugged, tightly.
"What is it with these girls and their shrieking? It's not like they haven't seen each other for years." I heard Ron remark to Harry.
"I know, and it's making me jealous. WE'RE her best friends also, and we didn't get such an enthusiastic greeting." Harry responded, saying it loud enough for me to hear.
"No, but I got a greeting that almost flattened me to death." I heard Ron mutter. I turned around as he patted his stomach unconsciously. "That reminds me, I'm hungry. I'm going down to the kitchen. Who wants to join me?" He asked. I shook my head. Trust Ron to think of his stomach at a time of reunion. The rest of the boys followed him out of the common room. I rolled my eyes exasperatedly as we climbed the stairs to the girl's dormitories. "Males.." Ginny muttered as if reading my mind. She slightly reminded me of Anna.
I sprawled on top of my giant bed in my baggy pajamas. Ginny lay on her back on top of the red and gold striped couch playing with a lock of her hair. "Soo.. what's happened while I was gone?" I asked looking up from where I lay.
"Well, there was Fred and George and their Arglasive Charms." She turned to face me. "I swear, those things almost landed Fred and George in Azkaban.. they're lucky Dumbledore was soft." She murmured.
"What happened?"
"That charm that they invented is a combination of Nox and Explosivai Arglentine. And since Nox means dark, and Explosivai Arglentine means explosion, they got some way-ward result, let me tell you."
I gave her the 'look.' "Your telling me.."
"YES! THEY CREATED BLACK HOLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMON ROOM!!" She exclaimed.
I gasped. "What?? That's bloody dangerous!!! Those things are so dense that they can suck you in and you would die from the amount of pull from the atoms!!!" I shrieked. "It's a wonder why they aren't in Azkaban already!!"
She shook her head. "And now, they led the Ministry of Magic to create another law stating, "Under no circumstances, unless you have special permission from Ministry Officials and are in a controlled laboratory environment, are you permitted to use Nox and Explosivai Arglentine in a sentence that contains less that four words. Mum had a heart attack when she saw that notice posted on the Ministry Bulletin Board."
I almost laughed. I settled for faintly smiling instead. "They're worth the trouble that they cause, though. The twins are so lovable!" She nodded in agreement.
"Anyways, there's more news! Parvati got her picture on the Teen Witch.." She babbled. This was how we gossiped, me telling her about my trip and her telling me about the Hogwart's news until dinner came.
Draco's POV
I sat down in my seat for dinner. I watched as Hermione walked in a few minutes after me talking and laughing with Potter and Weasley. I scowled in jealously. I really wished I could sit next to Hermione at meals. "Oh well, we'd sort that out tomorrow when we figured this all out." I said to myself. Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted.
"Drakey!! I haven't seen you all day!! When did you arrive?? And WHY didn't you some see me??" Pansy squeaked in her high-pitched voice. Aspirin please. She approached me with her miniskirt and halter-top and sat down next to me. She threw her arms around my neck. "Never mind, don't answer that. Just kiss me." She closed her eyes and waited. I raised my eyebrows and would've laughed out loud if I didn't slightly pity her at that moment. She was just about to be rejected, and in a very humiliating way.
"Get off me. Pushing yourself onto people is very unbecoming and it turns me off. Not that you turned me ON in the first place." I added. She detached herself from my neck and stared at me wide-eyed.
"The mudblood had you brainwashed!!!" She shrieked, loud enough for the whole hall to hear.
"Don't you dare call her that.." I growled, my voice seemingly become lower.
"But YOU used to call her that all the time!! I'm just learning from you!!" Aha, so Parkinson HAD learned how to speak for herself.
Suddenly, we were interrupted. This was the first time I realized that the hall was quiet. Very quiet. "Ms. Parkinson, fifty points from Slytherin for your behavior. You have detention for, number one, touching another student when it is unnecessary, number two, calling another student inappropriate names, and three, accusing a student of doing something that you have no proof of." The thing that most surprised me was that this voice came from Professor Snape. Also known as, the greasy git with unfair favoritism.
"B-but.. but.." She stammered.
"Don't BUT me. You heard what I said!" He barked. Imagine the way that sounded when he said it, but no one dared to laugh at the most severe person in Hogwarts. Especially, when he was going against all that he displayed. He turned and marched back up to the head table and resumed eating his dinner. "Well?? What are you looking at, now?? You got the show, so I don't know what you're waiting for." He roared. I students cowered and continued eating. I had two role models now, Anna and Snape. A strange combination.
Hermione's POV
Draco caught my eye and we smiled at each other. He defended me, and that was what mattered. The Hogwarts students obviously didn't know that Draco and I were together in that way, but we would turn it public tomorrow. My loyal friends hadn't spread the word about our relationship. I wanted to get the pain and whispering over with sooner, because if you tried to keep it private, you just ended up with a lot of secrets and explaining to do.
A/N: I'm probably not going to be updating in two weeks because I'm going on vacation to Disney World!! Yay!! I want to wish a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Season Greetings to all of you out there!! And as always, please review!
Answers to some questions:
Pookie16: Hmm.. an idea I'll put in later chapters.. except, maybe not as detailed as I think your hoping.. LOL..
Great.. now on with the show!!
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Hermione's POV
"Here's your powder, Ms. Granger." Professor Dumbledore dumped a gigantic handful of floo powder into my hands making some dust swirl up and drift under my nose. What happened next was not a pretty sight, I must tell you. "AAHCHOOO!!!" I sneezed into my hands because it was a habit and suddenly a cloud of powder flew towards Dumbledore's head and covered him in green dust. His snow-white beard had turned a dark green that matched the floo powder. A sudden memory of Brittany's neon purple hair struck me. "No hard feelings, Ms. Granger." He said as if reading my mind. I watched as he hastily wiped some excess dust off his robes.
I smiled shyly and took another handful of powder and took my last look around in the house. I took a mental photograph of the house of where I fell in love with Draco Malfoy. I smiled ever so slightly at the wooden staircase and the picture of the naked fat lady. I snapped up from my dream- like gazing and hurriedly stepped towards the fireplace after Draco had gone. "HOGWARTS CASTLE!" I threw my powder on the black marble bottom and stepped inside the fireplace.
Almost instantly, I was back in Dumbledore's office sitting in his ash- covered fireplace. A hand was offered towards me and I gratefully took it and was pulled up. I brushed myself off and gave Draco a peck on the cheek for his act of kindness. Immediately after, Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall stepped out together and surveyed our soot-ridden bodies up and down. McGonagall finally spoke. "I suggest you go up to your dorms to wash up and relax. Festivities can wait AFTER you've settled down." She said. "If those twins are bothering you, tell them that on Professor McGonagall orders you have to stop unless they want detention." She added, looking at me. I could definitely sense Draco smirking beside me.
We finally exited his office and reached the staircase that divided the floors that our common rooms were on. "Soo.." I trailed off as I twisted my hands nervously.
He smiled at me, his gray eyes lighting up almost blue. "We're back home, I guess.." He trailed off.
"Look. We definitely need to talk about this whole relationship and about our friend's reactions. Why don't we meet in the library tomorrow?" I asked.
He nodded. "Fine, how about after lunch at 1?" He offered. I nodded and smiled slightly.
"So.. how about our last secret kiss before the whole school knows?" He didn't wait for me to respond as he touched his lips on mine and put his arms around my waist. I tilted my head up to gain access to his mouth, and we shared a fiery, passionate kiss. Too bad our kiss abruptly ended when I saw from behind my closed eyelids a flash go off. I pulled away as Draco looked at me in confusion.
It was when I saw the small boy behind the gigantic camera did I realize who it was. "COLIN CREEVY!!! HOW DARE YOU SPY ON MY LIKE THAT!!" I screeched. I muttered a quick goodbye to Draco as I raced up the stairs after him to catch the mousy boy.
Draco's POV
I watched as the Creevy boy ran from Hermione's clutches towards the Gryffindor common room. "Ruddy Gryffindors spoiling my moment." I muttered.
Hermione's POV
I chased after the boy as he scrambled through the entrance to the common room. For someone that small, he sure could run fast. I ran straight through the portrait hole right when it was about to close and crashed headfirst into a red-haired boy. "Hermione!!" Ron exclaimed when he turned around to see me. "A great way to greet your friends, don't you think??" He rubbed his stomach rather comically, but I knew that I hadn't affected him one bit from the way he stood stable on his feet, while I was sprawled on the ground.
He laughed and helped me up. "Now where in such a rush to, Ms. Granger?" I laughed along with him. "To catch that bloody junior photographer we have here in our house!!" I cried. "You never can tell that he's an eavesdropping spy incognito unless you catch him in the act!!" I added.
"I'm guessing that Colin did something to peeve you?" Harry asked from behind me.
I scowled. "I swear I will catch that rat later.." My sunny disposition once again replaced my recent mood. "Well, we'll deal with this later. How about a hug?" I spread my arms apart in a mocking way. They smiled and came forward to embrace me. I was buried for a few seconds in their sweaters until I heard two other voices call my name. Once I was let go, I was hugged once again by the twins. This was a bad thing because they were beaters on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. With their arm strength, they could probably lift elephants, and now they were hugging me as hard as they could. I must tell you, I couldn't breathe.
"George!! Fred!!" I gasped. "Will you loosen up a bit on the grip!!"
They smiled sheepishly at me. "I'll take that as a compliment on my upper body." Fred said cheekily. I rolled my eyes and playfully pushed him away. I turned to George and asked, "Where's Ginny?"
"Here." A familiar voice sounded behind me. I whirled around a shrieked. "GINNY!!" She gave me the same greeting and we hugged, tightly.
"What is it with these girls and their shrieking? It's not like they haven't seen each other for years." I heard Ron remark to Harry.
"I know, and it's making me jealous. WE'RE her best friends also, and we didn't get such an enthusiastic greeting." Harry responded, saying it loud enough for me to hear.
"No, but I got a greeting that almost flattened me to death." I heard Ron mutter. I turned around as he patted his stomach unconsciously. "That reminds me, I'm hungry. I'm going down to the kitchen. Who wants to join me?" He asked. I shook my head. Trust Ron to think of his stomach at a time of reunion. The rest of the boys followed him out of the common room. I rolled my eyes exasperatedly as we climbed the stairs to the girl's dormitories. "Males.." Ginny muttered as if reading my mind. She slightly reminded me of Anna.
I sprawled on top of my giant bed in my baggy pajamas. Ginny lay on her back on top of the red and gold striped couch playing with a lock of her hair. "Soo.. what's happened while I was gone?" I asked looking up from where I lay.
"Well, there was Fred and George and their Arglasive Charms." She turned to face me. "I swear, those things almost landed Fred and George in Azkaban.. they're lucky Dumbledore was soft." She murmured.
"What happened?"
"That charm that they invented is a combination of Nox and Explosivai Arglentine. And since Nox means dark, and Explosivai Arglentine means explosion, they got some way-ward result, let me tell you."
I gave her the 'look.' "Your telling me.."
"YES! THEY CREATED BLACK HOLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMON ROOM!!" She exclaimed.
I gasped. "What?? That's bloody dangerous!!! Those things are so dense that they can suck you in and you would die from the amount of pull from the atoms!!!" I shrieked. "It's a wonder why they aren't in Azkaban already!!"
She shook her head. "And now, they led the Ministry of Magic to create another law stating, "Under no circumstances, unless you have special permission from Ministry Officials and are in a controlled laboratory environment, are you permitted to use Nox and Explosivai Arglentine in a sentence that contains less that four words. Mum had a heart attack when she saw that notice posted on the Ministry Bulletin Board."
I almost laughed. I settled for faintly smiling instead. "They're worth the trouble that they cause, though. The twins are so lovable!" She nodded in agreement.
"Anyways, there's more news! Parvati got her picture on the Teen Witch.." She babbled. This was how we gossiped, me telling her about my trip and her telling me about the Hogwart's news until dinner came.
Draco's POV
I sat down in my seat for dinner. I watched as Hermione walked in a few minutes after me talking and laughing with Potter and Weasley. I scowled in jealously. I really wished I could sit next to Hermione at meals. "Oh well, we'd sort that out tomorrow when we figured this all out." I said to myself. Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted.
"Drakey!! I haven't seen you all day!! When did you arrive?? And WHY didn't you some see me??" Pansy squeaked in her high-pitched voice. Aspirin please. She approached me with her miniskirt and halter-top and sat down next to me. She threw her arms around my neck. "Never mind, don't answer that. Just kiss me." She closed her eyes and waited. I raised my eyebrows and would've laughed out loud if I didn't slightly pity her at that moment. She was just about to be rejected, and in a very humiliating way.
"Get off me. Pushing yourself onto people is very unbecoming and it turns me off. Not that you turned me ON in the first place." I added. She detached herself from my neck and stared at me wide-eyed.
"The mudblood had you brainwashed!!!" She shrieked, loud enough for the whole hall to hear.
"Don't you dare call her that.." I growled, my voice seemingly become lower.
"But YOU used to call her that all the time!! I'm just learning from you!!" Aha, so Parkinson HAD learned how to speak for herself.
Suddenly, we were interrupted. This was the first time I realized that the hall was quiet. Very quiet. "Ms. Parkinson, fifty points from Slytherin for your behavior. You have detention for, number one, touching another student when it is unnecessary, number two, calling another student inappropriate names, and three, accusing a student of doing something that you have no proof of." The thing that most surprised me was that this voice came from Professor Snape. Also known as, the greasy git with unfair favoritism.
"B-but.. but.." She stammered.
"Don't BUT me. You heard what I said!" He barked. Imagine the way that sounded when he said it, but no one dared to laugh at the most severe person in Hogwarts. Especially, when he was going against all that he displayed. He turned and marched back up to the head table and resumed eating his dinner. "Well?? What are you looking at, now?? You got the show, so I don't know what you're waiting for." He roared. I students cowered and continued eating. I had two role models now, Anna and Snape. A strange combination.
Hermione's POV
Draco caught my eye and we smiled at each other. He defended me, and that was what mattered. The Hogwarts students obviously didn't know that Draco and I were together in that way, but we would turn it public tomorrow. My loyal friends hadn't spread the word about our relationship. I wanted to get the pain and whispering over with sooner, because if you tried to keep it private, you just ended up with a lot of secrets and explaining to do.
A/N: I'm probably not going to be updating in two weeks because I'm going on vacation to Disney World!! Yay!! I want to wish a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Season Greetings to all of you out there!! And as always, please review!