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A/N: '' - Basically means that the character is thinking
"" - Basically means that the character is speaking
This is not a continuation to "Models".
Thanks for the reviews! Any thoughts?
Harry and Hermione were paired here because Madam Hooch thinks that
Harry can bring out Hermione's talent. He was able to help her in the
Seeker position.
Sorry if I don't update as often. I have little time now. I've got
midterms coming. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
It's also hard focusing on 2 different stories; I apologize if my
chapters drift from the main idea. Sometimes, I mix up their feelings
from Models and this. I hope you bear with me.
Title: Summer Camp
Chapter8: Jealousy
"Good morning. You've all finished trying out all the positions; today you'd be paired again. Each team would help each other with their weaknesses. This time, I think I should pair you all." Madam Hooch announced.
Some people were happy at her news; Harry and Ron were one of them. There were some however that didn't like the idea.
"Hey Hermione." Harry went to her side. "Shouldn't you be happy to finally get rid of Malfoy?"
Hermione gave out a small sigh. "I suppose."
"You sound a little disappointed."
Hermione started thinking of ways to get out of this situation. " I just thought that."
"I was only kidding, " he grinned at her.
She returned his smile. She raised her hand doing anything in her power to drop the topic entirely.
"Yes, Ms. Granger?"
"I just wanted to know how and why are you going to pair us up?"
"I told you before that you'd have a competition this Saturday. Unless your team doesn't want to win you can practice on your own. Anymore questions?" She looked around to scan the crowd. When nobody raised their hand, she started pairing teams. "Mr. Weasley and Mr. Longbottom."
Harry and Hermione exchanged faces that looked like a mixture of sympathy and amusement.
".Lastly, Ms. Granger and Mr. Potter. One more thing, you're allowed to consult with each other. This session will end before lunch, now get to work." Madame Hooch ordered.
Ron came over Harry and Hermione, "Why'd I get stuck with Neville?"
Harry gave him a pat on the shoulders. "It's alright, just think that this is just temporary arrangements and you'll be back with Lavender in no time."
"Why not Hermione?"
"Maybe because you'd get upset with me again." She was insulted at being compared with Neville. 'Sure I'm not the best in Quidditch but I'm not the worst either!'
"What's that suppose to mean?" Ron's face started turning red.
"You know very well what I mean!"
"Guys, let's stop this. I thought you 2 are already beyond that by now." Harry was getting tired of their bickering.
"She started it!" Ron said childishly. "I was just asking why you 2 have been paired when Neville would do much better with you Harry."
"Let's just cut this out." Harry was able to say before Hermione had a chance to get back at him. "Hermione and I are going to start practicing. I believe Neville's looking for you Ron." He grabbed Hermione's hand and led her to the other side of the pitch. "I'm tired of you bickering already!" He dropped her hand carelessly.
"So am I, believe me!" She gently massaged he hands.
Harry saw her and softened his eyes. "I'm sorry, did I hurt you? I didn't mean to."
Hermione shook her head, "It's nothing."
"How did you 2 come to this?"
"It's that stupid Keeper position, as if I want to play Quidditch."
"He's just being prat."
"You said it, I didn't." She raised her hands defensively.
"Sometimes we all are. Look at it this way; he wanted to be with you. He was jealous of me."
"Nah! How could he be jealous of you?" She put an arm around him and gave him a little squeeze.
Harry's face turned red. "Maybe we should practice now." He tried to get away from her. Her closeness was stirring some emotions from him.
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Draco Malfoy watched as his partner Pansy kept on blabbing about how dreadful it was to sleep with the Gryffindors. 'Granger was a better partner than this one.' His eyes wondered around aimlessly until something caught his eyes. His eyes got caught on Hermione. 'She's getting really good at every position.' Just yesterday she dreaded flying at top speed, now she playing tag with Potter. 'Why does this bother me?' His eyes darted off to a very red faced wizard who seem to be watching Potter and Granger as well. 'Ha! Serves him right for being such an ass!' He liked watching Weasley fuming in jealousy but the thing is, he didn't like watching Hermione having fun with anybody else.
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Hermione felt like there were a few pair of eyes watching her. She assumed that was just Ron. She made sure that she looked like she's having the time of her life. She also put her heart in practicing all the positions. She wanted Ron to think that she's not only having fun but also learning each position.
Harry was having a great time. Quidditch, his favorite sport plus his best friend only added to fun. 'What a great combination.' He's never seen her loosen up. Her spirits were soaring high.
"You alright Harry?" Hermione asked as he stopped abruptly in the chase.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just thought that maybe now we could practice with being a Seeker."
"Harry, you're really a great teacher." She gave him the sweetest smile.
A mob of Gryffindor students including Ron surrounded them. They wanted to learn from Harry as well. Hermione however, didn't share much of the enthusiasm. She barely survived catching the snitch, she wouldn't dare try any of the techniques Harry did. She decided to rest for a while. She came down leaving Harry with their fellow Gryffindors.
She headed for a tree and tried to relax. She closed her eyes to block everything so that she could focus on herself. Before she even starts minding her business, she felt someone sit beside her. She opened her eyes and looked at her side, "Malfoy? What are you doing here?"
Draco smirked at her, "I didn't feel like watching your friends making a fuss over Potter."
"He is a great Seeker, unlike somebody I know." She teased.
"That was just pure luck!"
"I beg to differ, you know as well as I do that he's very much talented." She said cautiously.
Draco rolled his eyes eager for a change of topic. "So, what are you doing here?"
"Why are you suddenly concerned?"
"I was just wondering why pass up a chance to be with the 'great' Potter."
"Maybe because I also get tired."
"You got tired of Potter? What's the world coming to?"
"No, silly. I literally got tired."
"Really? Does that mean, you're not scared of flying rough anymore?" Draco snickered.
"Look at who's laughing. Aren't you the one who lost to him at every Quidditch match?"
"Whatever! He's just lucky that's all."
"You believe in luck?"
"Not really, I control my own destiny."
"Really? I thought there was somebody controlling yours."
"What do you know? You're just a mud." He was able to catch himself.
"Go on, I've gotten used to it by now. Those words have no meaning to me anymore."
Draco was astonished at her response; he didn't think she'd give up a fight. Like it or not, he began missing it. "Did you mean what you just said?" He was fishing for an excuse to argue.
"Let's give it a rest. We've been having a fine conversation just now."
"If we start getting along then we'd have no excuse to talk to each other anymore."
Hermione blushed out of her own accord.
"I'd better deflate Potter's already overgrown head." 'Before I add anything more ridiculous.' He added to himself as he stood up.
Hermione couldn't believe what she just heard. 'Something is definitely wrong with Malfoy.' Her mind then drifted to a picture of Draco's face, lit by the moonlight. 'What am I thinking? Looks like Malfoy's not the only one loosing their minds.' She remembered what he said about something mysterious in the lake. 'That must be it. Malfoy and I are acting stupid because of the lake. There's definitely something out there and I'm going to find out what.'
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Sirius was getting more and more protective of the Gryffindor trio. Dumbledore asked him to accompany them for the safety of the student's and his own as well. Seeing that there's no possible way the Death Eaters can come prancing in on the island, he focused on the well being of his 3 little friends. Dumbledore asked him to come to give support to the principles of Harry and his friends. He had faith in their conviction but a little outside help wouldn't hurt. Dumbledore also asked Lupin to come with them in case the protection he built on the island was breeched. Snape couldn't very well help the students openly. He was an important spy. Dumbledore trusted the other professors but it wouldn't hurt also if there was a wizard who can challenge the Death Eaters openly. In other words, Dumbledore put his trusted friends to protect the students while he's gone doing his business.
Sirius allowed Dumbledore's plans not only for Harry's sake or Dumbledore's orders. He believed in Dumbledore's plans. He willingly accepted his task because he knew that while there are students that fall astray, they could be led back into the right path. He wanted to help give another chance for the misguided students. Besides, this is the only place he can roam around freely. He wouldn't be stuck in some prison like place.
Sirius kept a closer watch over Hermione since he saw her 'flirting' with Malfoy. He believed that there was something wrong with her and he doesn't believe that it had to do with hormones. She's been edgy around Ron. He saw some of her little outbursts at him. She was hiding away from her friends, welcoming loneliness, worst of all she was having a great time with Malfoy. At least that's how she looked like when he saw them coming out of the woods. He didn't like the signs. He was thinking that Malfoy was influencing her. Hermione is one of Harry's best friends. He didn't want Harry to lose her to Malfoy. 'There must be an explanation to all this. What were they doing in the woods in the 1st place? Maybe I should do a little investigating.' He decided to keep an eye on her whereabouts. He'd act like her shadow. 'Once she leaves for the forest, I'll follow her.'
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Sirius didn't have to wait long before Hermione left for the woods. He was surprised though when Malfoy waited for her outside her cabin. What was more astonishing was the fact that she didn't seem surprised or anything. She just gave him a smile (another weird thing) and left towards woods.
Sirius figured it was easier to follow them as a dog to lessen his chance of being caught. He followed them as they walked deeper in the forest. When the 2 stopped walking, he looked around to the see the surroundings. All he found was a dainty lake. There was way long untrimmed grass growing everywhere. Scattered all over the lake were big rocks. 'What a dump!'
He watched the couple as they laughed merrily around. His eyes widened and started to growl when he noticed Hermione undressing. 'What the hell's going on?' His rage lessened a little when he saw her swimsuit underneath. She began picking small rocks and placed it under her nose as if smelling them. Malfoy grinned at her. Hermione then climbed a rock as she prepared herself for a dive. 'She's crazy! That lake doesn't look deep enough.'
He paced forward readying himself to strop her from jumping. He didn't actually know what he was going to do. Would he risk letting Malfoy see him or would he risk Hermione getting hurt? He didn't have to make a choice it was made for him. He found it impossible to walk closer to her as if there was a barrier surrounding the lake. He watched in horror as she saw Hermione jumping into shallow waters. If he were in human form, all the color on his face would've faded. He watched her helplessly. 'Why can't I move?' He thought angrily as he try to push his feet forward. Then, without blinking he watched Hermione falling ever so slowly into the water and landing safely.
'That's impossible!' He looked around looking for any explanation. That's when he saw glittering wings started rising from the grass. 'Fairies!' He carefully looked at their wings and their face to recognize what kind of fairies were lingering around them. 'They must be playing with Hermione. I have to stop them.'
Without hesitation, he barked as loud as he possibly can. There was no way more towards them because now he was sure there was a barrier. He knew however that sounds could pass through barriers. To his dismay the only ones who heard him were angry fairies scouting the surrounding. He suddenly found himself fighting against several fairies. All he could do was back down just this time.
When he escaped the fairies he directly went to his friend Remus. He still cared for Hermione and didn't want to get her in trouble with the other faculty. He knew his friend was safe ground. "We need to talk!"
"Hold your horses, I just got to bed." Remus groggily got up from his bed.
"Something bad happened to Hermione!"
"What happened to her?" Remus' face suddenly showed great concern.
"Fairies in the forest!" He said in short gasps.
"Fairies?" Remus questioned his friend. "What's wrong with Fairies? Most of them are kind and playful but more or less, they are harmless. Besides, an inhabited forest is their habitat. I wouldn't be surprised if there are fairies in the forest."
"Right! Right!" Sirius was getting impatient at his friend's lecture. "This ones are different, I tell you."
"What about them?" Lupin didn't feel any need to panic.
"These fairies attacked me! They've put a barrier around Hermione and Malfoy!"
Remus straightened his back as he heard Malfoy's name. "Tell me again from the beginning."
Sirius told Remus exactly what happened from the barrier to the marks he saw on the fairies.
When Sirius ended his story, Remus gave him his opinion. "There's still nothing that suggests these fairies to be harmful."
"Didn't you hear me when I said that they attacked me?" Sirius was getting agitated by Remus nonchalant attitude.
"Listen, fairies can be over protective about their territories. I assume you were in your Animagus form when you followed them. I believe they were just protecting themselves."
"How did Hermione and Malfoy cross the barrier then?"
"Maybe their barrier was made to prevent animals trespassing. What on earth is Hermione doing with Malfoy?"
Sirius avoided his question, "You must admit that Hermione's been acting rather strangely."
"I haven't got a chance to talk with her or Harry or Ron for that matter."
"In my opinion, she's clearly being controlled."
"Maybe, or maybe not. We just don't know her that well. Maybe she's just different from what we thought her to be like."
"Or maybe she's being controlled! Don't forget she was with Malfoy! Malfoy for crying out loud! How can you explain that?"
"Shut up! Someone might hear you."
"Who in their right mind would choose Malfoy for their friend? Get this, Malfoy waited for her before heading for the forest. Why would a muggle- hating wizard wait for a muggle witch?" Sirius was still raving.
"Maybe those were just an act before to defray other people's eyes on them."
"What?"
"Maybe, Hermione and Malfoy bickering at each other is just an act." Remus explained carefully.
"You know Remus, you're acting strange too. Are you sure the fairies haven't gotten you yet?"
"I'm just saying maybe you're just being paranoid. I mean there are a lot of other possibilities. Let's give it time. They have been coming back unharmed anyway."
"You call being controlled unharmed?" He stared at his friend's eyes, "So you're saying, I should put on a blind eye and pretend that nothing happened?"
"I'm saying it's not good to fight someone you know nothing about." Remus was running out of patience. He always had a soft spot saved for special creatures like him.
"I'll go look what I can find from their markings and I promise to let you know as soon as possible."
Sirius wasn't happy at their conversation. "I thought you cared about your students, is it alright for you that fairies are taking control over them? Controlling them?" He didn't wait for an answer as he left him openmouthed.
A/N: '' - Basically means that the character is thinking
"" - Basically means that the character is speaking
This is not a continuation to "Models".
Thanks for the reviews! Any thoughts?
Harry and Hermione were paired here because Madam Hooch thinks that
Harry can bring out Hermione's talent. He was able to help her in the
Seeker position.
Sorry if I don't update as often. I have little time now. I've got
midterms coming. Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
It's also hard focusing on 2 different stories; I apologize if my
chapters drift from the main idea. Sometimes, I mix up their feelings
from Models and this. I hope you bear with me.
Title: Summer Camp
Chapter8: Jealousy
"Good morning. You've all finished trying out all the positions; today you'd be paired again. Each team would help each other with their weaknesses. This time, I think I should pair you all." Madam Hooch announced.
Some people were happy at her news; Harry and Ron were one of them. There were some however that didn't like the idea.
"Hey Hermione." Harry went to her side. "Shouldn't you be happy to finally get rid of Malfoy?"
Hermione gave out a small sigh. "I suppose."
"You sound a little disappointed."
Hermione started thinking of ways to get out of this situation. " I just thought that."
"I was only kidding, " he grinned at her.
She returned his smile. She raised her hand doing anything in her power to drop the topic entirely.
"Yes, Ms. Granger?"
"I just wanted to know how and why are you going to pair us up?"
"I told you before that you'd have a competition this Saturday. Unless your team doesn't want to win you can practice on your own. Anymore questions?" She looked around to scan the crowd. When nobody raised their hand, she started pairing teams. "Mr. Weasley and Mr. Longbottom."
Harry and Hermione exchanged faces that looked like a mixture of sympathy and amusement.
".Lastly, Ms. Granger and Mr. Potter. One more thing, you're allowed to consult with each other. This session will end before lunch, now get to work." Madame Hooch ordered.
Ron came over Harry and Hermione, "Why'd I get stuck with Neville?"
Harry gave him a pat on the shoulders. "It's alright, just think that this is just temporary arrangements and you'll be back with Lavender in no time."
"Why not Hermione?"
"Maybe because you'd get upset with me again." She was insulted at being compared with Neville. 'Sure I'm not the best in Quidditch but I'm not the worst either!'
"What's that suppose to mean?" Ron's face started turning red.
"You know very well what I mean!"
"Guys, let's stop this. I thought you 2 are already beyond that by now." Harry was getting tired of their bickering.
"She started it!" Ron said childishly. "I was just asking why you 2 have been paired when Neville would do much better with you Harry."
"Let's just cut this out." Harry was able to say before Hermione had a chance to get back at him. "Hermione and I are going to start practicing. I believe Neville's looking for you Ron." He grabbed Hermione's hand and led her to the other side of the pitch. "I'm tired of you bickering already!" He dropped her hand carelessly.
"So am I, believe me!" She gently massaged he hands.
Harry saw her and softened his eyes. "I'm sorry, did I hurt you? I didn't mean to."
Hermione shook her head, "It's nothing."
"How did you 2 come to this?"
"It's that stupid Keeper position, as if I want to play Quidditch."
"He's just being prat."
"You said it, I didn't." She raised her hands defensively.
"Sometimes we all are. Look at it this way; he wanted to be with you. He was jealous of me."
"Nah! How could he be jealous of you?" She put an arm around him and gave him a little squeeze.
Harry's face turned red. "Maybe we should practice now." He tried to get away from her. Her closeness was stirring some emotions from him.
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Draco Malfoy watched as his partner Pansy kept on blabbing about how dreadful it was to sleep with the Gryffindors. 'Granger was a better partner than this one.' His eyes wondered around aimlessly until something caught his eyes. His eyes got caught on Hermione. 'She's getting really good at every position.' Just yesterday she dreaded flying at top speed, now she playing tag with Potter. 'Why does this bother me?' His eyes darted off to a very red faced wizard who seem to be watching Potter and Granger as well. 'Ha! Serves him right for being such an ass!' He liked watching Weasley fuming in jealousy but the thing is, he didn't like watching Hermione having fun with anybody else.
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Hermione felt like there were a few pair of eyes watching her. She assumed that was just Ron. She made sure that she looked like she's having the time of her life. She also put her heart in practicing all the positions. She wanted Ron to think that she's not only having fun but also learning each position.
Harry was having a great time. Quidditch, his favorite sport plus his best friend only added to fun. 'What a great combination.' He's never seen her loosen up. Her spirits were soaring high.
"You alright Harry?" Hermione asked as he stopped abruptly in the chase.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just thought that maybe now we could practice with being a Seeker."
"Harry, you're really a great teacher." She gave him the sweetest smile.
A mob of Gryffindor students including Ron surrounded them. They wanted to learn from Harry as well. Hermione however, didn't share much of the enthusiasm. She barely survived catching the snitch, she wouldn't dare try any of the techniques Harry did. She decided to rest for a while. She came down leaving Harry with their fellow Gryffindors.
She headed for a tree and tried to relax. She closed her eyes to block everything so that she could focus on herself. Before she even starts minding her business, she felt someone sit beside her. She opened her eyes and looked at her side, "Malfoy? What are you doing here?"
Draco smirked at her, "I didn't feel like watching your friends making a fuss over Potter."
"He is a great Seeker, unlike somebody I know." She teased.
"That was just pure luck!"
"I beg to differ, you know as well as I do that he's very much talented." She said cautiously.
Draco rolled his eyes eager for a change of topic. "So, what are you doing here?"
"Why are you suddenly concerned?"
"I was just wondering why pass up a chance to be with the 'great' Potter."
"Maybe because I also get tired."
"You got tired of Potter? What's the world coming to?"
"No, silly. I literally got tired."
"Really? Does that mean, you're not scared of flying rough anymore?" Draco snickered.
"Look at who's laughing. Aren't you the one who lost to him at every Quidditch match?"
"Whatever! He's just lucky that's all."
"You believe in luck?"
"Not really, I control my own destiny."
"Really? I thought there was somebody controlling yours."
"What do you know? You're just a mud." He was able to catch himself.
"Go on, I've gotten used to it by now. Those words have no meaning to me anymore."
Draco was astonished at her response; he didn't think she'd give up a fight. Like it or not, he began missing it. "Did you mean what you just said?" He was fishing for an excuse to argue.
"Let's give it a rest. We've been having a fine conversation just now."
"If we start getting along then we'd have no excuse to talk to each other anymore."
Hermione blushed out of her own accord.
"I'd better deflate Potter's already overgrown head." 'Before I add anything more ridiculous.' He added to himself as he stood up.
Hermione couldn't believe what she just heard. 'Something is definitely wrong with Malfoy.' Her mind then drifted to a picture of Draco's face, lit by the moonlight. 'What am I thinking? Looks like Malfoy's not the only one loosing their minds.' She remembered what he said about something mysterious in the lake. 'That must be it. Malfoy and I are acting stupid because of the lake. There's definitely something out there and I'm going to find out what.'
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Sirius was getting more and more protective of the Gryffindor trio. Dumbledore asked him to accompany them for the safety of the student's and his own as well. Seeing that there's no possible way the Death Eaters can come prancing in on the island, he focused on the well being of his 3 little friends. Dumbledore asked him to come to give support to the principles of Harry and his friends. He had faith in their conviction but a little outside help wouldn't hurt. Dumbledore also asked Lupin to come with them in case the protection he built on the island was breeched. Snape couldn't very well help the students openly. He was an important spy. Dumbledore trusted the other professors but it wouldn't hurt also if there was a wizard who can challenge the Death Eaters openly. In other words, Dumbledore put his trusted friends to protect the students while he's gone doing his business.
Sirius allowed Dumbledore's plans not only for Harry's sake or Dumbledore's orders. He believed in Dumbledore's plans. He willingly accepted his task because he knew that while there are students that fall astray, they could be led back into the right path. He wanted to help give another chance for the misguided students. Besides, this is the only place he can roam around freely. He wouldn't be stuck in some prison like place.
Sirius kept a closer watch over Hermione since he saw her 'flirting' with Malfoy. He believed that there was something wrong with her and he doesn't believe that it had to do with hormones. She's been edgy around Ron. He saw some of her little outbursts at him. She was hiding away from her friends, welcoming loneliness, worst of all she was having a great time with Malfoy. At least that's how she looked like when he saw them coming out of the woods. He didn't like the signs. He was thinking that Malfoy was influencing her. Hermione is one of Harry's best friends. He didn't want Harry to lose her to Malfoy. 'There must be an explanation to all this. What were they doing in the woods in the 1st place? Maybe I should do a little investigating.' He decided to keep an eye on her whereabouts. He'd act like her shadow. 'Once she leaves for the forest, I'll follow her.'
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Sirius didn't have to wait long before Hermione left for the woods. He was surprised though when Malfoy waited for her outside her cabin. What was more astonishing was the fact that she didn't seem surprised or anything. She just gave him a smile (another weird thing) and left towards woods.
Sirius figured it was easier to follow them as a dog to lessen his chance of being caught. He followed them as they walked deeper in the forest. When the 2 stopped walking, he looked around to the see the surroundings. All he found was a dainty lake. There was way long untrimmed grass growing everywhere. Scattered all over the lake were big rocks. 'What a dump!'
He watched the couple as they laughed merrily around. His eyes widened and started to growl when he noticed Hermione undressing. 'What the hell's going on?' His rage lessened a little when he saw her swimsuit underneath. She began picking small rocks and placed it under her nose as if smelling them. Malfoy grinned at her. Hermione then climbed a rock as she prepared herself for a dive. 'She's crazy! That lake doesn't look deep enough.'
He paced forward readying himself to strop her from jumping. He didn't actually know what he was going to do. Would he risk letting Malfoy see him or would he risk Hermione getting hurt? He didn't have to make a choice it was made for him. He found it impossible to walk closer to her as if there was a barrier surrounding the lake. He watched in horror as she saw Hermione jumping into shallow waters. If he were in human form, all the color on his face would've faded. He watched her helplessly. 'Why can't I move?' He thought angrily as he try to push his feet forward. Then, without blinking he watched Hermione falling ever so slowly into the water and landing safely.
'That's impossible!' He looked around looking for any explanation. That's when he saw glittering wings started rising from the grass. 'Fairies!' He carefully looked at their wings and their face to recognize what kind of fairies were lingering around them. 'They must be playing with Hermione. I have to stop them.'
Without hesitation, he barked as loud as he possibly can. There was no way more towards them because now he was sure there was a barrier. He knew however that sounds could pass through barriers. To his dismay the only ones who heard him were angry fairies scouting the surrounding. He suddenly found himself fighting against several fairies. All he could do was back down just this time.
When he escaped the fairies he directly went to his friend Remus. He still cared for Hermione and didn't want to get her in trouble with the other faculty. He knew his friend was safe ground. "We need to talk!"
"Hold your horses, I just got to bed." Remus groggily got up from his bed.
"Something bad happened to Hermione!"
"What happened to her?" Remus' face suddenly showed great concern.
"Fairies in the forest!" He said in short gasps.
"Fairies?" Remus questioned his friend. "What's wrong with Fairies? Most of them are kind and playful but more or less, they are harmless. Besides, an inhabited forest is their habitat. I wouldn't be surprised if there are fairies in the forest."
"Right! Right!" Sirius was getting impatient at his friend's lecture. "This ones are different, I tell you."
"What about them?" Lupin didn't feel any need to panic.
"These fairies attacked me! They've put a barrier around Hermione and Malfoy!"
Remus straightened his back as he heard Malfoy's name. "Tell me again from the beginning."
Sirius told Remus exactly what happened from the barrier to the marks he saw on the fairies.
When Sirius ended his story, Remus gave him his opinion. "There's still nothing that suggests these fairies to be harmful."
"Didn't you hear me when I said that they attacked me?" Sirius was getting agitated by Remus nonchalant attitude.
"Listen, fairies can be over protective about their territories. I assume you were in your Animagus form when you followed them. I believe they were just protecting themselves."
"How did Hermione and Malfoy cross the barrier then?"
"Maybe their barrier was made to prevent animals trespassing. What on earth is Hermione doing with Malfoy?"
Sirius avoided his question, "You must admit that Hermione's been acting rather strangely."
"I haven't got a chance to talk with her or Harry or Ron for that matter."
"In my opinion, she's clearly being controlled."
"Maybe, or maybe not. We just don't know her that well. Maybe she's just different from what we thought her to be like."
"Or maybe she's being controlled! Don't forget she was with Malfoy! Malfoy for crying out loud! How can you explain that?"
"Shut up! Someone might hear you."
"Who in their right mind would choose Malfoy for their friend? Get this, Malfoy waited for her before heading for the forest. Why would a muggle- hating wizard wait for a muggle witch?" Sirius was still raving.
"Maybe those were just an act before to defray other people's eyes on them."
"What?"
"Maybe, Hermione and Malfoy bickering at each other is just an act." Remus explained carefully.
"You know Remus, you're acting strange too. Are you sure the fairies haven't gotten you yet?"
"I'm just saying maybe you're just being paranoid. I mean there are a lot of other possibilities. Let's give it time. They have been coming back unharmed anyway."
"You call being controlled unharmed?" He stared at his friend's eyes, "So you're saying, I should put on a blind eye and pretend that nothing happened?"
"I'm saying it's not good to fight someone you know nothing about." Remus was running out of patience. He always had a soft spot saved for special creatures like him.
"I'll go look what I can find from their markings and I promise to let you know as soon as possible."
Sirius wasn't happy at their conversation. "I thought you cared about your students, is it alright for you that fairies are taking control over them? Controlling them?" He didn't wait for an answer as he left him openmouthed.