The Dragon's Heart: Chapter 5
By: Teenlaunch A/n: Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers, even the ones that don't own a computer
Over the next weeks Draco and Hermione's friendship grew stronger and stronger. One thing that proved it was Draco's "concern" about Hermione. Today was no different. Since their N.E.W.T.s were taking place this year the Gryffindors and the Slytherins had been put together for all their classes. Transfiguration had become even harder than they imagined it could be. At the moment they were still working on the transfiguration of humans. They were to change their partner into the animal they thought would best suit that person. Professor McGonagall had chosen everyone's partner.
Ron and Harry kept throwing Hermione's partner disgusted and suspicious looks. Hermione's partner rolled his eyes as they made their way to a corner. "Why are they so suspicious? It's not like I'm going to turn you into a bloody spider!" Hermione laughed softly. "Now what?"
"I thought that you knew that Ron is arachnophobic," Hermione whispered.
"You mean that I've missed out on scaring him out of his wits because I didn't know that? I'll just have to fix that." Draco laughed as he imagined pulling such a prank on Ron.
"Don't even think about it. Come on, I still need to think of an animal that would suit you and Professor McGonagall is almost ready to start."
"A ferret," Draco muttered, looking at his feet.
"No way. Not even close. Okay, I think I have one. You're going first, by the way."
Draco gave her a pouty look. "You just better not turn me into a rat," Draco muttered as he and Hermione faced each other.
"All right get ready to cast your spell. Okay, GO!" Professor McGonagall said. There was a series of bangs and there were many creatures around the room.
Draco had his eyes clamped shut. As he slowly opened them he saw Hermione standing a few feet away from him. He tilted his head and she giggled. He tried to give her a questioning look and she must have understood because she shook her head. "Look behind you," she said and Draco turned his head around. There was a white tail swinging back and forth. He followed it with his eyes and soon became dizzy. After a minute Draco realized that he had been turned into a large, gleaming white dog.
There was a loud growl and a large black dog came up to Draco and snarled. Draco shot around the other dog and it followed. The dog, which Draco soon learned was Harry, chased Draco at top-notch speed. There was an ear-splitting yell and Draco and Harry stopped chasing each other to look around. Ron was scrambling backwards from a spider the size of his head. A raccoon, a lion, and a lizard were chasing after it. The raccoon cut the spider off from Ron and chased it.
There was a loud bang and everyone turned back to their normal forms. Harry and Draco were a little thunderstruck. Pansy (the spider) was being crushed underneath Parvati (the raccoon). Neville (the lizard) and Dean (the lion) were standing a few inches away, watching in amusement. Crabbe, who had been the ferret, had stayed over in the corner and watched the fray. Draco walked back over to Hermione in a slight daze.
"Okay, that was.strange." Draco said coming to a halt in front of her.
"All right, let's try this again with another group of students," Professor McGonagall said from her desk. "Face each other again, raise your wand, and go." There was another series of bangs and, again, a number of animals were sitting around the room.
Hermione looked up and saw Draco smiling down at her. He crouched down to her level so she didn't have to crane her neck to look at him. "Well, did I get it right?" Hermione looked down at her hands, I mean, paws and saw that they had become small and dainty. Something flicked her ear and she looked behind her to find as tail. Being the genius that she is, she figured out that she was a cat. The tabby looked up at Draco innocently, opened its mouth, and gave a loud meow. Draco smiled. "I'm glad you approve."
He reached out his hand but hesitated. Hermione, realizing why he had stopped, got up and moved over to his hand. She used her head to nudge his hand and he started to pet her. She sat against his leg, purring contentedly. He smiled as her eyes drifted shut. He knew that she hadn't had many good nights of sleep because he had heard her moving around.
There was a crash and both Draco and Hermione bolted. A spiny mouse (I ran out of animals) and a water dragon were battling an otter, a robin, and an owl while a weasel stayed off to the side. Hermione and Draco heard Professor McGonagall sigh and Hermione sprinted back across the floor to a spot a few feet away from Draco. Professor McGonagall pointed her wand pointed her wand at the muddle of animals on the floor. There was a bang and Lavender (the robin), Ron (the owl), Seamus (the otter), Goyle (the weasel), Millicent (the spiny mouse), and Blaise (the water dragon) appeared. The bell rang and the class filed out of the classroom. Hermione approached Professor McGonagall cautiously.
"Um. Professor?"
"Yes Miss Granger?" the professor said rifling through the papers on her desk.
"I-I was wondering. if you could help me become an animagus?" Professor McGonagall looked up at Hermione a little startled.
"That depends. I could help you start it today but we would have to notify the minister."
"But, Professor, do you really think it wise to be registered when there ore so many of Voldemort's supporters around and." Hermione stared out of the window beside her.
"And what, Miss Granger? Do you have a secret that you don't want anyone to know about or something?" Hermione knew that the professor was losing her patience.
"I just need to get away from the world sometimes, away from all the pain." She let a single tear run down her cheek.
"Are you trying to tell me that Mr. Malfoy is trying to hurt you?" Professor McGonagall said quickly.
"No! Oh, no, actually we've-"
"Have you, by any chance, become friends?" Professor McGonagall said excitedly. Hermione nodded and McGonagall beamed at her. "I think we had better go to lunch. I need to talk to Professor Dumbledore. You are to come to my office tonight so that we can start your potion." Hermione looked up at her surprised.
"You're going to let me do it? Thank you! If you don't mind me asking, how long does it take to brew the potion?"
"Two weeks tops. It mostly depends on when you get a sample of the animal you want to become."
"That's the easiest part."
When they reached the Great Hell, Hermione saw Draco sitting on the steps just outside of the doors. He seemed to come out of a daze and stood up when he saw Hermione. "Great, just great," she said as he walked towards her. Professor McGonagall disappeared into the Great Hall with a smile plastered on her face as he came to a halt in front of Hermione.
"So, where've you been?" Draco said. Then he noticed the tear streaks on her face. "You've been crying again."
"No I haven't." He gave her a skeptical look. "Just leave me alone," she said as she stomped past him to go and look for Crookshanks.
A few minutes later Hermione was on all fours on her bedroom floor looking for Crookshanks. She stuck her head under the bed and grumbled. "Where is that cat?" Suddenly there was a yell, a hiss, a loud bang, and a groan.
"Hermione, your cat just tried to take my hand off! Is he always like this? Ah!" Draco jumped and held the cat at arms length away from his face as the cat tried to take off his nose next.
"Actually, that's how he used to play with Ron." Hermione said as she came out of her room clutching her head. "Come here you." She said taking Crookshanks away from Draco with both hands, leaving her head unattended.
"What happened to your head?" Since he had been too preoccupied with Crookshanks, he hadn't heard the loud bang.
"I was just under my bed waiting for you to scare the living daylights out of me. My poor head." She said cradling the cat with one arm and nursing her head with the other.
"Oops." Draco said as he realized what had happened. Hermione sighed and handed Crookshanks back to Draco. "Hey. Don't hand this thing to me!" he said. Hermione just ignored him and went into her room where she sat down on her bed. Taking a glass vial from her trunk she gathered a few of Crookshank's hairs form her robes, placed them in the vial, and put it away after the vial was closed.
Over the next few weeks Hermione went to see Professor McGonagall every night. Under McGonagall's careful watch and instruction Hermione completed her potion. Finally the night came for her to drink it. She added Crookshanks' hair to the potion and drank it down in a few great gulps. After a few minutes the professor came over to Hermione and looked her over.
"Well done so far. Now, I recommend that you do not eat anything until tomorrow. Come straight to me tomorrow when you wake up. Goodnight."
The next morning Hermione woke up early and found that she was very excited. She rushed to get dressed, grabbed her bag, and went to Professor McGonagall's office. She was very surprised to see Dumbledore standing outside the door.
"Ah, good morning, Hermione! I have asked to oversee your first transformation with Professor McGonagall. That is, if we are ever let in." Dumbledore said and the door opened. Hermione, followed by Dumbledore, entered the office.
"Hermione, we must hurry. Stand at the center of the room. You may start whenever you are ready, although it must be in the next five minutes." Dumbledore said as he sat down in a chair beside Professor McGonagall.
Hermione closed her eyes and focused on becoming a cat. She could feel herself shrinking and then it stopped. She heard applause and then the shuffle of feet. Hermione opened her eyes and looked up at her smiling audience.
"Well done, Hermione! Very nice work! Ah, look at the time. I must be going. I will see you both later." Dumbledore turned on his heel and left. Hermione, although reluctant to leave her new sanctuary, transformed back onto herself.
"Do not tell anyone about this, Miss Granger, and, just as a small prize, 100 points to Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall said as she and Hermione started walking breakfast. "I am a little surprised you managed both the potion and the transformation so well. I suspect Sirius had something to do with this?" Hermione nodded. "Is it true that's what saved him from Bellatrix Lestrange?" Hermione nodded again.
"It was a big shock that it was him, as a dog of course, on my front porch. It was just this summer."
~flashback~
Hermione woke up one morning, expecting to do some shopping at the mall or something but got a big shock when she stepped out onto her front porch. A large, black dog was lying on her steps. The dog looked up at her and its eyes turned bright. It slowly got to its feet and wagged its tail feebly. Despite his large body frame he was very thin and ragged looking. He started to walk to the door, and Hermione, on shaking limbs.
"What do I do? I can't leave him out here," she said to herself. The dog reached the door, put his paw on the doorknob, and turned it. The door swung open and the dog went inside, leaving behind a shocked Hermione. After she had recovered, Hermione rushed into the house and found the dog sitting on the family room couch.
She sighed, "You remind me of Snuffles, you know?" The dog seemed to give her a look that said 'I know something you don't know.' Hermione walked into the kitchen and looked everywhere for a bowl for the dog but had to settle for a large plastic cup. Since the dog would probably make a mess and get her in trouble Hermione decided that the dog would have to eat in the kitchen so she went to get him. When she walked into the family room she screamed.
"What in the world was that for, Miss?" The man on her couch said and he put a hand to his head. "You'd think you'd seen a ghost." The man in front of her had long, matted, black hair; a gaunt face; and sunken eyes. He smiled weakly at her and she, half crying, ran into his arms.
"Oh, Sirius! How- we thought you were dead!"
"So did I! I still don't know how I survived, or how I got out of the Ministry for that matter!" Sirius gave a bark-like laugh. "Hermione, listen," Sirius said, "don't tell anyone, not even Harry, that I'm alive. The professors and some of the members of the order will know and only some. It's for the best." Hermione nodded and went to get him some food.
~end flashback~
"That's exactly what happened. I even had to keep him in my room." Hermione said as they reached the Great Hall.
"Very interesting. Oh, my! Miss Granger, I made you miss breakfast! You're supposed to be in Charms! Hurry!" The professor said and Hermione shot off like a bullet. Five minutes later she was outside her Charms classroom. She opened the door quietly and saw Professor Flitwick perched on top of his pile of books. Everyone was in pairs, except for one person, Draco Malfoy. She groaned as both the professor and Draco started to walk towards her. They both reached her at the same time.
"Miss Granger!" Hermione opened her mouth to explain but Flitwick cut her off. "No excuses! I was told by the headmaster just before class. Today you are doing the disillusionment, or camouflage, charm. Mr. Malfoy is your partner." Hermione suddenly grinned. It was because Draco had been so nosy that she had become an animagus in the first place, right? Maybe it was time to pay him back.
"Okay, I guess I'll go first again. Anytime you're ready." Draco said as Flitwick walked away. Five minutes later it was Hermione's turn. "Ready? Okay." Draco mumbled the spell and Hermione vanished. "Hey, where'd you go?" Hermione didn't answer him and snuck to his side. She made sure that he was looking around the room for her before giving him a quick peck on the lips. "What the-?" Draco's eyes widened as he spun on the spot, but Hermione had already gone.
"Come on, Draco! I want to be back to normal." He turned back around and performed the counter curse. Hermione reappeared and smiled angelically at him. "Slowpoke."
One week later. Professor Binns was droning on and on about another goblin rebellion. The room was filled with a sleepy silence as always. Draco drifted so far into his daze that he absentmindedly picked up a book. Hermione looked over at him as he mumbled.
"O ee a su me a o ee a su me a su." There was a dull bonk and everyone looked at Draco, well, the book covering his face. There were a few giggles and chuckles around the room while Binns droned on. Soon everyone drifted back into a daze but Hermione looked at Draco as he slowly lowered the book.
"You okay?" she whispered.
His expression didn't change as he answered. It was blank. "Ow." Hermione stifled a giggle as he reached up and touched his sore nose. His eyes were watering in pain. After five more minutes of the torture called History of Magic, the bell rang.
Hey, I hope you liked it! Oh, by the way, My friend BaBy BuSh, who used to be Star Derringer, gave me most of the ludicrous ideas in this chapter. Thanks for reading.
~Teenlaunch~
By: Teenlaunch A/n: Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers, even the ones that don't own a computer
Over the next weeks Draco and Hermione's friendship grew stronger and stronger. One thing that proved it was Draco's "concern" about Hermione. Today was no different. Since their N.E.W.T.s were taking place this year the Gryffindors and the Slytherins had been put together for all their classes. Transfiguration had become even harder than they imagined it could be. At the moment they were still working on the transfiguration of humans. They were to change their partner into the animal they thought would best suit that person. Professor McGonagall had chosen everyone's partner.
Ron and Harry kept throwing Hermione's partner disgusted and suspicious looks. Hermione's partner rolled his eyes as they made their way to a corner. "Why are they so suspicious? It's not like I'm going to turn you into a bloody spider!" Hermione laughed softly. "Now what?"
"I thought that you knew that Ron is arachnophobic," Hermione whispered.
"You mean that I've missed out on scaring him out of his wits because I didn't know that? I'll just have to fix that." Draco laughed as he imagined pulling such a prank on Ron.
"Don't even think about it. Come on, I still need to think of an animal that would suit you and Professor McGonagall is almost ready to start."
"A ferret," Draco muttered, looking at his feet.
"No way. Not even close. Okay, I think I have one. You're going first, by the way."
Draco gave her a pouty look. "You just better not turn me into a rat," Draco muttered as he and Hermione faced each other.
"All right get ready to cast your spell. Okay, GO!" Professor McGonagall said. There was a series of bangs and there were many creatures around the room.
Draco had his eyes clamped shut. As he slowly opened them he saw Hermione standing a few feet away from him. He tilted his head and she giggled. He tried to give her a questioning look and she must have understood because she shook her head. "Look behind you," she said and Draco turned his head around. There was a white tail swinging back and forth. He followed it with his eyes and soon became dizzy. After a minute Draco realized that he had been turned into a large, gleaming white dog.
There was a loud growl and a large black dog came up to Draco and snarled. Draco shot around the other dog and it followed. The dog, which Draco soon learned was Harry, chased Draco at top-notch speed. There was an ear-splitting yell and Draco and Harry stopped chasing each other to look around. Ron was scrambling backwards from a spider the size of his head. A raccoon, a lion, and a lizard were chasing after it. The raccoon cut the spider off from Ron and chased it.
There was a loud bang and everyone turned back to their normal forms. Harry and Draco were a little thunderstruck. Pansy (the spider) was being crushed underneath Parvati (the raccoon). Neville (the lizard) and Dean (the lion) were standing a few inches away, watching in amusement. Crabbe, who had been the ferret, had stayed over in the corner and watched the fray. Draco walked back over to Hermione in a slight daze.
"Okay, that was.strange." Draco said coming to a halt in front of her.
"All right, let's try this again with another group of students," Professor McGonagall said from her desk. "Face each other again, raise your wand, and go." There was another series of bangs and, again, a number of animals were sitting around the room.
Hermione looked up and saw Draco smiling down at her. He crouched down to her level so she didn't have to crane her neck to look at him. "Well, did I get it right?" Hermione looked down at her hands, I mean, paws and saw that they had become small and dainty. Something flicked her ear and she looked behind her to find as tail. Being the genius that she is, she figured out that she was a cat. The tabby looked up at Draco innocently, opened its mouth, and gave a loud meow. Draco smiled. "I'm glad you approve."
He reached out his hand but hesitated. Hermione, realizing why he had stopped, got up and moved over to his hand. She used her head to nudge his hand and he started to pet her. She sat against his leg, purring contentedly. He smiled as her eyes drifted shut. He knew that she hadn't had many good nights of sleep because he had heard her moving around.
There was a crash and both Draco and Hermione bolted. A spiny mouse (I ran out of animals) and a water dragon were battling an otter, a robin, and an owl while a weasel stayed off to the side. Hermione and Draco heard Professor McGonagall sigh and Hermione sprinted back across the floor to a spot a few feet away from Draco. Professor McGonagall pointed her wand pointed her wand at the muddle of animals on the floor. There was a bang and Lavender (the robin), Ron (the owl), Seamus (the otter), Goyle (the weasel), Millicent (the spiny mouse), and Blaise (the water dragon) appeared. The bell rang and the class filed out of the classroom. Hermione approached Professor McGonagall cautiously.
"Um. Professor?"
"Yes Miss Granger?" the professor said rifling through the papers on her desk.
"I-I was wondering. if you could help me become an animagus?" Professor McGonagall looked up at Hermione a little startled.
"That depends. I could help you start it today but we would have to notify the minister."
"But, Professor, do you really think it wise to be registered when there ore so many of Voldemort's supporters around and." Hermione stared out of the window beside her.
"And what, Miss Granger? Do you have a secret that you don't want anyone to know about or something?" Hermione knew that the professor was losing her patience.
"I just need to get away from the world sometimes, away from all the pain." She let a single tear run down her cheek.
"Are you trying to tell me that Mr. Malfoy is trying to hurt you?" Professor McGonagall said quickly.
"No! Oh, no, actually we've-"
"Have you, by any chance, become friends?" Professor McGonagall said excitedly. Hermione nodded and McGonagall beamed at her. "I think we had better go to lunch. I need to talk to Professor Dumbledore. You are to come to my office tonight so that we can start your potion." Hermione looked up at her surprised.
"You're going to let me do it? Thank you! If you don't mind me asking, how long does it take to brew the potion?"
"Two weeks tops. It mostly depends on when you get a sample of the animal you want to become."
"That's the easiest part."
When they reached the Great Hell, Hermione saw Draco sitting on the steps just outside of the doors. He seemed to come out of a daze and stood up when he saw Hermione. "Great, just great," she said as he walked towards her. Professor McGonagall disappeared into the Great Hall with a smile plastered on her face as he came to a halt in front of Hermione.
"So, where've you been?" Draco said. Then he noticed the tear streaks on her face. "You've been crying again."
"No I haven't." He gave her a skeptical look. "Just leave me alone," she said as she stomped past him to go and look for Crookshanks.
A few minutes later Hermione was on all fours on her bedroom floor looking for Crookshanks. She stuck her head under the bed and grumbled. "Where is that cat?" Suddenly there was a yell, a hiss, a loud bang, and a groan.
"Hermione, your cat just tried to take my hand off! Is he always like this? Ah!" Draco jumped and held the cat at arms length away from his face as the cat tried to take off his nose next.
"Actually, that's how he used to play with Ron." Hermione said as she came out of her room clutching her head. "Come here you." She said taking Crookshanks away from Draco with both hands, leaving her head unattended.
"What happened to your head?" Since he had been too preoccupied with Crookshanks, he hadn't heard the loud bang.
"I was just under my bed waiting for you to scare the living daylights out of me. My poor head." She said cradling the cat with one arm and nursing her head with the other.
"Oops." Draco said as he realized what had happened. Hermione sighed and handed Crookshanks back to Draco. "Hey. Don't hand this thing to me!" he said. Hermione just ignored him and went into her room where she sat down on her bed. Taking a glass vial from her trunk she gathered a few of Crookshank's hairs form her robes, placed them in the vial, and put it away after the vial was closed.
Over the next few weeks Hermione went to see Professor McGonagall every night. Under McGonagall's careful watch and instruction Hermione completed her potion. Finally the night came for her to drink it. She added Crookshanks' hair to the potion and drank it down in a few great gulps. After a few minutes the professor came over to Hermione and looked her over.
"Well done so far. Now, I recommend that you do not eat anything until tomorrow. Come straight to me tomorrow when you wake up. Goodnight."
The next morning Hermione woke up early and found that she was very excited. She rushed to get dressed, grabbed her bag, and went to Professor McGonagall's office. She was very surprised to see Dumbledore standing outside the door.
"Ah, good morning, Hermione! I have asked to oversee your first transformation with Professor McGonagall. That is, if we are ever let in." Dumbledore said and the door opened. Hermione, followed by Dumbledore, entered the office.
"Hermione, we must hurry. Stand at the center of the room. You may start whenever you are ready, although it must be in the next five minutes." Dumbledore said as he sat down in a chair beside Professor McGonagall.
Hermione closed her eyes and focused on becoming a cat. She could feel herself shrinking and then it stopped. She heard applause and then the shuffle of feet. Hermione opened her eyes and looked up at her smiling audience.
"Well done, Hermione! Very nice work! Ah, look at the time. I must be going. I will see you both later." Dumbledore turned on his heel and left. Hermione, although reluctant to leave her new sanctuary, transformed back onto herself.
"Do not tell anyone about this, Miss Granger, and, just as a small prize, 100 points to Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall said as she and Hermione started walking breakfast. "I am a little surprised you managed both the potion and the transformation so well. I suspect Sirius had something to do with this?" Hermione nodded. "Is it true that's what saved him from Bellatrix Lestrange?" Hermione nodded again.
"It was a big shock that it was him, as a dog of course, on my front porch. It was just this summer."
~flashback~
Hermione woke up one morning, expecting to do some shopping at the mall or something but got a big shock when she stepped out onto her front porch. A large, black dog was lying on her steps. The dog looked up at her and its eyes turned bright. It slowly got to its feet and wagged its tail feebly. Despite his large body frame he was very thin and ragged looking. He started to walk to the door, and Hermione, on shaking limbs.
"What do I do? I can't leave him out here," she said to herself. The dog reached the door, put his paw on the doorknob, and turned it. The door swung open and the dog went inside, leaving behind a shocked Hermione. After she had recovered, Hermione rushed into the house and found the dog sitting on the family room couch.
She sighed, "You remind me of Snuffles, you know?" The dog seemed to give her a look that said 'I know something you don't know.' Hermione walked into the kitchen and looked everywhere for a bowl for the dog but had to settle for a large plastic cup. Since the dog would probably make a mess and get her in trouble Hermione decided that the dog would have to eat in the kitchen so she went to get him. When she walked into the family room she screamed.
"What in the world was that for, Miss?" The man on her couch said and he put a hand to his head. "You'd think you'd seen a ghost." The man in front of her had long, matted, black hair; a gaunt face; and sunken eyes. He smiled weakly at her and she, half crying, ran into his arms.
"Oh, Sirius! How- we thought you were dead!"
"So did I! I still don't know how I survived, or how I got out of the Ministry for that matter!" Sirius gave a bark-like laugh. "Hermione, listen," Sirius said, "don't tell anyone, not even Harry, that I'm alive. The professors and some of the members of the order will know and only some. It's for the best." Hermione nodded and went to get him some food.
~end flashback~
"That's exactly what happened. I even had to keep him in my room." Hermione said as they reached the Great Hall.
"Very interesting. Oh, my! Miss Granger, I made you miss breakfast! You're supposed to be in Charms! Hurry!" The professor said and Hermione shot off like a bullet. Five minutes later she was outside her Charms classroom. She opened the door quietly and saw Professor Flitwick perched on top of his pile of books. Everyone was in pairs, except for one person, Draco Malfoy. She groaned as both the professor and Draco started to walk towards her. They both reached her at the same time.
"Miss Granger!" Hermione opened her mouth to explain but Flitwick cut her off. "No excuses! I was told by the headmaster just before class. Today you are doing the disillusionment, or camouflage, charm. Mr. Malfoy is your partner." Hermione suddenly grinned. It was because Draco had been so nosy that she had become an animagus in the first place, right? Maybe it was time to pay him back.
"Okay, I guess I'll go first again. Anytime you're ready." Draco said as Flitwick walked away. Five minutes later it was Hermione's turn. "Ready? Okay." Draco mumbled the spell and Hermione vanished. "Hey, where'd you go?" Hermione didn't answer him and snuck to his side. She made sure that he was looking around the room for her before giving him a quick peck on the lips. "What the-?" Draco's eyes widened as he spun on the spot, but Hermione had already gone.
"Come on, Draco! I want to be back to normal." He turned back around and performed the counter curse. Hermione reappeared and smiled angelically at him. "Slowpoke."
One week later. Professor Binns was droning on and on about another goblin rebellion. The room was filled with a sleepy silence as always. Draco drifted so far into his daze that he absentmindedly picked up a book. Hermione looked over at him as he mumbled.
"O ee a su me a o ee a su me a su." There was a dull bonk and everyone looked at Draco, well, the book covering his face. There were a few giggles and chuckles around the room while Binns droned on. Soon everyone drifted back into a daze but Hermione looked at Draco as he slowly lowered the book.
"You okay?" she whispered.
His expression didn't change as he answered. It was blank. "Ow." Hermione stifled a giggle as he reached up and touched his sore nose. His eyes were watering in pain. After five more minutes of the torture called History of Magic, the bell rang.
Hey, I hope you liked it! Oh, by the way, My friend BaBy BuSh, who used to be Star Derringer, gave me most of the ludicrous ideas in this chapter. Thanks for reading.
~Teenlaunch~