Kissing a Green and Silver Serpent
Chapter III: Failure of Judgment
If Hermione had thought that a new day would clear her mind, she was very much mistaken. After a night of uneasy sleep. With a green and silver serpent visiting her dreams, she woke up only to find a new and mysterious letter that read:
If the world should end tomorrow
I shall regret only one thing.
Lacking the courage to tell you
Who this is that loves you in secret.
She could not believe that someone would write such things to her, her girlish self wanted to start jumping on her bed, giggling, sighting and drawing hearts all over the place. But her conscious self, the strongest part of her personality wanted desperately to know who this "secret admirer" was.
She went down to have breakfast blessing her two best friends, they were boys, surely they wouldn't realize she was worried about something. But as she reached the Great Hall, she couldn't help but think that her judgment had been replaced with Neville's (A/N poor thing, I love him, but I needed someone to make a comparison). Two mistakes in less than twenty-fur hours was more than she could bear. She hadn't been sitting for fifteen minutes when Ron asked:
"Is everything all right 'Mione?, you've been too quiet."
"Hu? Oh, everything's fine. I was just thinking about - quickly, something they would never ask about- S.P.E.W" perfect, if there was a subject both would be glad of avoiding was that one. mmm, three mistakes? Third time lucky perhaps?
"Oh yes, I've been thinking about that too... perhaps if we offered some kind of prize people would we more interested"
Ok, her secret admirer was right, the world was upside down, the only things left to happen were Harry saying he hated quiditch and Goyle getting higher marks than she in potions. But the strangest thing of all happened while the three of them were leaving the great hall towards their History of Magic class.
"Granger, wait, I need to talk to you". The three of them rounded instantly as they heard the familiar drawling voice of Draco Malfoy, both Harry and Ron fists raised just in case.
"What is it Malfoy, you can't give detention anymore and I am not interested in anything that comes from you" She replayed acidly.
"I would like a privet word with you, if you please" he said, as politely as he could manage, clearly restraining himself from being rude
"You are nuts if you think we are going to leave Hermione alone with you" Ron said menacingly.
"Weasley, I'm trying to have a word with the lady here, just that"
"If it's just a word you can speak in front of Ron and Me..oh, no wait, you don't have a choice, if you really want to have a conversation with Hermione, you'll have to do it with us here"
At that moment the bell rang, Harry and Ron turn to leave but Hermione didn't move, she was transfixed thinking about something; at this, her two best friends grabbed her by the arms and dragged her out of the Great Hall. Only then she reacted and mumbled something like "thank you for that, boys" and went back to her silent thoughts. She supposed that the rumbling noises she was hearing were Ron's and Harry's voices insulting Malfoy, but she didn't care about that, she had more interesting things to think about: Did she had a secret admire or was that just a cruel joke? If she indeed had one, who was it? What on earth could Malfoy want with her? Had he just called her "lady" instead of "mudblood" or something more offensive? "Oh God, this is going to be a long day, I can tell". She turned towards the charms corridor but Ron stopped her.
"I forgot my wand!"
Well, at least something was right at the universe. "Ron, how on earth could you have forgotten your wand. we are at school for heaven's sake. seriously you should be more careful with that."
"I know, save the lecture and lend me yours so I can summon it."
"OK, here you are. But I still think you." She was cut off by the appearance of Malfoy who merely smirked at them and went away. Though, tit hadn't been his usual rude smirk, it had looked almost as a smile.
"Wait, don't get carried away. the world is acting strange today, but there is no reason to start seeing impossible things all around the place".
"Even though, you have to admit he has a charming little smile"
"SHUT UP" She said that out laud, Ron and Harry looked at her as though worried abut her sanity ("well they are right to be worried, this inner vices are driving me crazy").
"Eeem, 'Mione, you sure you are all right?"
"Yes, fine. has your wand arrived?, can we go now?"
"Yeap"
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"Ok now, plan A failed, not that I'm surprised..but plan B will work, at least face one was successfully completed and she would never dare t reject to a teacher's petition."
Draco Malfoy walked towards his DADA class very pleased with himself. He hadn't been able to talk to Hermione because of Weasley and Potter. But now she'd be her charms tutor, after he had convinced Flitwick that he really needed help with the subject and nobody in his house was a god teacher. F curse he had suggested Granger, she was after all his best student. and Draco "reluctantly" accepted.
But his joy was muffled when Pansy Parkinson called him, the very moment he entered the DADA class.
"Here Draco, I've saved you a sit so we could talk"
He knew she wanted to talk abut the ball, "eeh, that was very thoughtful of you, but I have to sit next to Crabbe and Goyle. we'll talk later"
Luckily for him a couple of minutes later the teacher entered and he could go back to thinking about how he had to act in front of Hermione. If he was to show Hermione he was a god person, someone she could fall in love with, then many things would have to change.
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Luckily for Hermione it hadn't been a difficult charm class as they were just revising some basic points, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to do anything as her mind wasn't anywhere near the charms room.
When the bell rang, professor Flitwick called her, "I need a word with you Miss Granger"
Assuming he had noticed her lack of attention, she went down t her desk, only to receive a major surprise.
"Miss Granger, I received today the visit of a student who needs tutoring, would you mind giving him some extra lessons? As you are my best student and have some teaching skills I thought you'd be the best person for the, lets call it, job"
"Oh, sure Professor, I'd we glad to help. who is he?"
"Draco Malfoy"
"WHAT?!"
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"WHAT?!" Ron and Harry looked furious
"As you hear it, now I have to meet Malfoy three times a week to teach him charms"
"You should have denied!"
"I had already said yes. oh, this is going to be awful!"
"We are not going to leave you alone in a room with Malfoy after everybody else is in the Common Rooms. will stay outside de classroom, ready t attack if you need any help" Said Ron
"Hey! I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself. After all it was me who taught you and Harry most of the defensive spells you know!" Replied Hermione sounding somehow annoyed
"I didn't mean to say you are not capable of facing Malfoy, but what if the tries to put you under the Imperious Charm?"
"It is very unlikely for him to know how to use it. lets face it he is not a very skilled wizard. besides. we are at school, I'm not meeting him in Hogsmeade or somewhere were I could we attacked. On top of everything, I bet you anything that when he finds out who his tutor is he'll go to Flitwick and say he miraculously learned how to do charms!"
"The lady has a point there, I don't think Malfoy would we very pleased to receive instructions for her. in fact now I think abut it, I would like to be his tutor. It could be very funny!"
"Harry!" Said Hermione sounding like Mrs. Weasley, but hiding a smile.
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Hermione never knew it, but that one had been the fourth mistake her judgment had done the same day. Because at that precise moment Draco Malfoy was glowing with joy, sending a letter. After the owl had left he went to bed, thinking about the next day, when at 5 o'clock he would have his first encounter with Hermione.
"Dear Draco, if you know how to play your cards, you'll be going to the ball with the most beautiful and intelligent with of the school"
TO BE CONTINUE
A/N: So, there you go. a looong chapter. but do you think about it?? Tell me, plase!! I'm dying to know!!!
Chapter III: Failure of Judgment
If Hermione had thought that a new day would clear her mind, she was very much mistaken. After a night of uneasy sleep. With a green and silver serpent visiting her dreams, she woke up only to find a new and mysterious letter that read:
If the world should end tomorrow
I shall regret only one thing.
Lacking the courage to tell you
Who this is that loves you in secret.
She could not believe that someone would write such things to her, her girlish self wanted to start jumping on her bed, giggling, sighting and drawing hearts all over the place. But her conscious self, the strongest part of her personality wanted desperately to know who this "secret admirer" was.
She went down to have breakfast blessing her two best friends, they were boys, surely they wouldn't realize she was worried about something. But as she reached the Great Hall, she couldn't help but think that her judgment had been replaced with Neville's (A/N poor thing, I love him, but I needed someone to make a comparison). Two mistakes in less than twenty-fur hours was more than she could bear. She hadn't been sitting for fifteen minutes when Ron asked:
"Is everything all right 'Mione?, you've been too quiet."
"Hu? Oh, everything's fine. I was just thinking about - quickly, something they would never ask about- S.P.E.W" perfect, if there was a subject both would be glad of avoiding was that one. mmm, three mistakes? Third time lucky perhaps?
"Oh yes, I've been thinking about that too... perhaps if we offered some kind of prize people would we more interested"
Ok, her secret admirer was right, the world was upside down, the only things left to happen were Harry saying he hated quiditch and Goyle getting higher marks than she in potions. But the strangest thing of all happened while the three of them were leaving the great hall towards their History of Magic class.
"Granger, wait, I need to talk to you". The three of them rounded instantly as they heard the familiar drawling voice of Draco Malfoy, both Harry and Ron fists raised just in case.
"What is it Malfoy, you can't give detention anymore and I am not interested in anything that comes from you" She replayed acidly.
"I would like a privet word with you, if you please" he said, as politely as he could manage, clearly restraining himself from being rude
"You are nuts if you think we are going to leave Hermione alone with you" Ron said menacingly.
"Weasley, I'm trying to have a word with the lady here, just that"
"If it's just a word you can speak in front of Ron and Me..oh, no wait, you don't have a choice, if you really want to have a conversation with Hermione, you'll have to do it with us here"
At that moment the bell rang, Harry and Ron turn to leave but Hermione didn't move, she was transfixed thinking about something; at this, her two best friends grabbed her by the arms and dragged her out of the Great Hall. Only then she reacted and mumbled something like "thank you for that, boys" and went back to her silent thoughts. She supposed that the rumbling noises she was hearing were Ron's and Harry's voices insulting Malfoy, but she didn't care about that, she had more interesting things to think about: Did she had a secret admire or was that just a cruel joke? If she indeed had one, who was it? What on earth could Malfoy want with her? Had he just called her "lady" instead of "mudblood" or something more offensive? "Oh God, this is going to be a long day, I can tell". She turned towards the charms corridor but Ron stopped her.
"I forgot my wand!"
Well, at least something was right at the universe. "Ron, how on earth could you have forgotten your wand. we are at school for heaven's sake. seriously you should be more careful with that."
"I know, save the lecture and lend me yours so I can summon it."
"OK, here you are. But I still think you." She was cut off by the appearance of Malfoy who merely smirked at them and went away. Though, tit hadn't been his usual rude smirk, it had looked almost as a smile.
"Wait, don't get carried away. the world is acting strange today, but there is no reason to start seeing impossible things all around the place".
"Even though, you have to admit he has a charming little smile"
"SHUT UP" She said that out laud, Ron and Harry looked at her as though worried abut her sanity ("well they are right to be worried, this inner vices are driving me crazy").
"Eeem, 'Mione, you sure you are all right?"
"Yes, fine. has your wand arrived?, can we go now?"
"Yeap"
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"Ok now, plan A failed, not that I'm surprised..but plan B will work, at least face one was successfully completed and she would never dare t reject to a teacher's petition."
Draco Malfoy walked towards his DADA class very pleased with himself. He hadn't been able to talk to Hermione because of Weasley and Potter. But now she'd be her charms tutor, after he had convinced Flitwick that he really needed help with the subject and nobody in his house was a god teacher. F curse he had suggested Granger, she was after all his best student. and Draco "reluctantly" accepted.
But his joy was muffled when Pansy Parkinson called him, the very moment he entered the DADA class.
"Here Draco, I've saved you a sit so we could talk"
He knew she wanted to talk abut the ball, "eeh, that was very thoughtful of you, but I have to sit next to Crabbe and Goyle. we'll talk later"
Luckily for him a couple of minutes later the teacher entered and he could go back to thinking about how he had to act in front of Hermione. If he was to show Hermione he was a god person, someone she could fall in love with, then many things would have to change.
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Luckily for Hermione it hadn't been a difficult charm class as they were just revising some basic points, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to do anything as her mind wasn't anywhere near the charms room.
When the bell rang, professor Flitwick called her, "I need a word with you Miss Granger"
Assuming he had noticed her lack of attention, she went down t her desk, only to receive a major surprise.
"Miss Granger, I received today the visit of a student who needs tutoring, would you mind giving him some extra lessons? As you are my best student and have some teaching skills I thought you'd be the best person for the, lets call it, job"
"Oh, sure Professor, I'd we glad to help. who is he?"
"Draco Malfoy"
"WHAT?!"
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"WHAT?!" Ron and Harry looked furious
"As you hear it, now I have to meet Malfoy three times a week to teach him charms"
"You should have denied!"
"I had already said yes. oh, this is going to be awful!"
"We are not going to leave you alone in a room with Malfoy after everybody else is in the Common Rooms. will stay outside de classroom, ready t attack if you need any help" Said Ron
"Hey! I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself. After all it was me who taught you and Harry most of the defensive spells you know!" Replied Hermione sounding somehow annoyed
"I didn't mean to say you are not capable of facing Malfoy, but what if the tries to put you under the Imperious Charm?"
"It is very unlikely for him to know how to use it. lets face it he is not a very skilled wizard. besides. we are at school, I'm not meeting him in Hogsmeade or somewhere were I could we attacked. On top of everything, I bet you anything that when he finds out who his tutor is he'll go to Flitwick and say he miraculously learned how to do charms!"
"The lady has a point there, I don't think Malfoy would we very pleased to receive instructions for her. in fact now I think abut it, I would like to be his tutor. It could be very funny!"
"Harry!" Said Hermione sounding like Mrs. Weasley, but hiding a smile.
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Hermione never knew it, but that one had been the fourth mistake her judgment had done the same day. Because at that precise moment Draco Malfoy was glowing with joy, sending a letter. After the owl had left he went to bed, thinking about the next day, when at 5 o'clock he would have his first encounter with Hermione.
"Dear Draco, if you know how to play your cards, you'll be going to the ball with the most beautiful and intelligent with of the school"
TO BE CONTINUE
A/N: So, there you go. a looong chapter. but do you think about it?? Tell me, plase!! I'm dying to know!!!