Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter's characters. Everything
belongs to J. K. Rowling. Everything unfamiliar is mine. 8/13
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? Thanks for the suggestions.
I'm thinking whether to continue this story, I'm having some trouble
with my schedule. I don't think I would be having enough free time to
continue 2 stories. I think that I'd be focusing with Last Chance
especially since I have a beta there who seems interested in it. What
do you guys think? A few reviews could make me change my mind.
Title: Summer Camp
Chapter14: And It Gets Worse
Hermione woke up amidst the lake. She was inside the cave that she and Draco shared together the first few days. She looked for Draco around her. When she didn't find him anywhere she began to get worried. She didn't remember anything that happened last night or any conversation she had with Sirius or Lupin. All she remembered was that she and Draco still visited the lake. She decided to go search for Draco. When she left the cave the scene at the lake took her breath away. Sure the lilacs were there but to her amazement, there were also other flowers growing all over the place. The scene looked more like a painting that she saw once in a muggle museum. When she got back her ability to think she started calling out Draco's name.
'Where the hell is he? Did he leave me here alone?' She looked at her watch to see what time it was and it was pointing to general meeting. She got really nervous and started to sprint out of the forest towards the camp all the while continuing her search for Draco.
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Meanwhile at camp, the Gryffindors were panicking when they couldn't find Hermione anywhere.
"Lavender are you sure that Hermione's not in the cabin?" Ron was getting worried that his best friend was missing.
"Maybe we should go tell the professors now." Harry was agitated. He didn't like the idea of loosing Hermione.
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Draco on the other hand spent the night at the beach not wanting to forget the kiss that he shared with her. When he got back to camp and saw Harry with the rest of the Gryffindors he scanned for Hermione's face. He wanted to talk to her about what he said. He wanted to salvage what's left of their relationship. He took a deep breath before entering the Gryffindor people. "Has anyone seen Hermione?"
Harry and Ron looked at each other. "We thought she was with you."
"What?" Draco seemed confused. "What are you talking about?"
"When's the last time you saw her?" Harry glared at him.
Draco didn't want to talk about what happened at the beach so he lied, "Quidditch match. Why? Where is she?"
"That's what we're trying to find out!" Harry was shouting now.
"Ease up mate, it's not his fault." Even when he defended Draco in a way, he still shot him with icy glares.
Draco was not that naïve. He got the message and wondered for a while of the possibilities as to where she could be. 'Does this have anything to do with what happened last night?' "Have you searched everywhere?" He posed the question to no one in particular. When he got no answers he swore silently and began his search.
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Harry and Ron considered telling Snape since he was after their head.
"She'd only get in trouble," Ron reasoned.
"What if she is already in trouble?" Harry argued.
"She can handle herself, she'll be fine." Ron reassured although he doubted what he just said.
"Maybe she's in the forest?" Harry was beginning to get desperate.
"No, I doubt it. She knows the risks. She's smart; she wouldn't do anything that dumb."
"You think? What if she got controlled and now those fairies got her captive?"
'That's a possibility.' Ron wished real hard that that's not what happened. "Why don't we try Sirius or Lupin first?"
Harry nodded and started to sprint towards Lupin's cabin.
~~~~~~~~~~ Draco couldn't find her hard as he tried to look for her. He seriously considered to go search in the forest but he didn't want to be controlled anymore. He was having a battle of wills inside his head. One of them kept on pushing him to risk everything for her. He did care for her genuinely. The other part was telling him to be reasonable. For one he's not even sure that Hermione is in the forest. But he didn't like the idea of loosing her as well. So in an attempt to compromise, Draco decided to give her about and hour more before he went to search for her in the forest.
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Lupin saw Harry and Ron heading towards his cabin so he fixed the papers that he was writing to Dumbledore as he waited for the two to reach him. When they arrived, he heard no knock as the two barged inside.
"What's the big rush?"
"Have you." Ron started to say.
"Hermione's missing!" Harry spurted all out.
Lupin didn't expect that. "Are you sure? Since when?"
"Lavender said that she didn't sleep in the cabin and now she's not anywhere in camp."
"I was afraid of this." Lupin didn't realize that he said it out loud. "Where's Malfoy?"
"I'm here." Draco seemed like he had the same idea as Harry and Ron's.
All the three of them looked at his direction. "Mr. Malfoy, when was the last time you saw her?" Lupin arched one of his eyebrows.
"Yesterday at the Quidditch match."
"You do know that I can smell a lie within miles, do you?" Lupin challenged.
Draco couldn't believe he saw past his mask. "Last night at the beach."
Harry and Ron glared at him. The thought of Hermione and Draco alone at the beach was sickening.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Lupin was eyeing him dangerously.
"We got to talk, that's all." Draco used all his energy to be convincing.
"Right." Lupin didn't believe him. "Tell me how did this 'talk' of yours ended?"
Draco couldn't think of anything else, "She got upset."
"Why you." Harry started to lunge toward him but Ron blocked him. Don't get me wrong he wanted to rip Draco's head from his body but he wanted to know the whole story.
"Then what happened?" Lupin was glad that Ron was using his self-control.
"She walked away."
"Did you see where to?"
"No, it was dark. I thought she headed back to her cabin."
"For the record, Mr. Malfoy, has this happened before?"
"Yeah, I suppose."
Harry and Ron were now all red with anger. Ron was loosing his patience and started to lunge at Draco himself.
Lupin couldn't stand the interruption and cast a spell so that the two couldn't come near. "Did she run away that other time?"
"Not that I remember."
"Did you feel an urge to go back to the lake?"
"No, I didn't."
"That's all, you can go now."
"What the." Draco stopped himself before he could swear. "What about her?"
"We'll be looking at it. I don't want to cause any panic among the students."
Draco was being stubborn and he didn't want to leave.
"Mr. Malfoy I'm asking you to please leave, NOW!"
Draco shook his head and banged the door as he left the cabin. 'Fucking bastard! I'll find her, I swear if that's the last I'll do, I'll find her."
Inside the cabin Sirius came out of the bunk and transformed back to his original form. It looked like he was listening at the conversation earlier. "What now?"
Lupin reversed the spell he cast on the two and began to talk, "We still have no idea where she could be. For all we know, she just might want some privacy. And there's no evidence that she's in the lake right now." He added when Ron and Harry started to speak.
Silence dawned on them as they thought of where and why was she hiding. Every time the older persons would suggest a place, Harry or Ron would dismissed the idea. When everything else seemed hopeless Lupin suggested something. "Padfoot, maybe you could go."
"I'll come with him." Harry volunteered himself.
"No, you can't go. It's too dangerous. You might get controlled as well."
"What about Sirius then, he could get controlled as well."
"Not when I'm in my Animagous form." Sirius answered.
The two were bewildered.
"You see, the fairies have no power over the animals, so when Sirius transforms to a dog, he wouldn't be subjected to their magic." Lupin explained.
"Then if Hermione is in trouble, Sirius wouldn't be able to help her. I mean, if he's an Animagous then he wouldn't be able to use his wand and." Harry was already babbling.
"It'll all be alright. Don't worry. Everything will be fine."
The four then started to talk about situations and possible ways to get out of them. When they finished, all of them prepared to leave the cabin and to take their places according to the plan.
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Aside from Lupin, the other professors didn't know what was happening. The Gryffindors searched for her as calmly and peacefully as possible to avoid ruckus. But they weren't the only ones looking for her.
Draco looked at his watch as his deadline draw nearer. He stared determinedly at the forest as he dreaded the idea of being controlled.
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Hermione rushed away from the lake as she searched her way back. She never got lost before but for some reason, she found it hard to leave the lake. It was as if she was going in circles and that the forest itself wouldn't allow her to leave. Then she remembered the spell for directions that she taught to Harry for the Tri Wizard Competition. She cast it and it pointed towards north. After that she didn't have any trouble of leaving the lake anymore. Finally she saw light and rushed towards it.
~~~~~~~~~~
Harry and Ron saw Draco and they wanted to get some answers. They marched towards him.
Draco however started to walk towards the forest but he felt arms grabbing his. "What the bloody."
"We need to talk." Harry hissed.
"Let me go, I have to do something."
"I'm sure that something could wait." Ron joined Harry.
Draco jerked Harry's arms and faced them, "You bloody better stay away from me!"
"What are you hiding Malfoy?" Harry glared at him.
Before Draco could answer, he saw a person coming out of the forest.
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Hermione took in a deep breath and closed her eyes before marching back to camp. She scanned the students running here and there, having fun. When she found the person she was looking for she walked towards him.
"Hi Harry, Ron." She acknowledged her friends, but then her gaze stopped at Draco. As Hermione neared, she smiled at him teasing him. Everybody who cared watched in amazement even Draco. Before anybody blinked she was standing in front of Draco with a sensual smile on her lips. Draco held her gaze for a while, waiting for her next move. Everybody now was watching. It's as if everything faded and the only life around was Hermione and Draco.
"Hi." Hermione broke the intense silence.
Draco found himself speechless, his eyes widened when Hermione finally made her move.
Hermione stood on her toes as she reached for Draco's lips. Draco was shocked but he didn't move. He wanted to pinch himself to find out if he was just dreaming but he stayed still. Hermione however didn't stop with that. She was having an intense urge to kiss him madly. When she felt his lips starting to respond, she licked his lips and let herself in. Draco couldn't think. He was getting drugged by her soft lips and overly excited tongue. He held her head and leaned toward her to deepen the kiss that she started. It no longer registered to him that they were kissing each other in front of a crowd, a big one at that. Hermione felt like drowning in the pleasure that she was feeling. Her hands went up to play with his hair, while eagerly tugging him to get closer. They practically didn't want to stop but they had to or they would have suffocated.
Hermione looked up at Draco and was preparing for round two. Her arms were still dangling at his neck. She started tugging him forward.
Draco was still recovering from the kiss when he heard a lot of hooting and howling. That jugged his memory back. He started to blush a shade that could compete with Ron's hair. He wanted to stay like that for a little longer but thought it unwise. "I think we should get out of here." He whispered to Hermione.
She smiled thinking of what they could do. "Where are we going? The lake seems like the right place." She teased.
Draco finally understood. 'She's fucking controlled again!' "I can think of a better place."
"I bet." She flirted before fainting.
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Ron couldn't believe what he's seeing. 'Hermione's kissing the bloody ferret!' He thought that there was something wrong. He scanned the crowd to look for help. He saw most of the professors gasping at Hermione and Draco as well. He searched for Lupin since he believed that Hermione was once again under the fairies control. Then he felt someone grab his arms real hard. He looked at the person and saw Harry wincing in anger. It looked like he was about to explode.
"The bloody ferret's going to pay." Ron heard him whisper.
Harry started to move, no the right word was to attack Draco but this time, Ron got a good hold on Harry. "Don't do anything stupid. We got to take her to Lupin."
Harry tried to break free but it was to no avail. Ron's grip was steady. He had no choice but to nod.
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Draco lifted her and carried her in his arms as he headed towards Lupin. It looked like his mouth was left open.
Lupin cleared his throat and mind as he faced Draco.
"Sir, I think she's being controlled again."
Lupin could only nod, his words did not register in him because of the shock.
"Sir, the fairies?" Draco tried to make him remember.
"Right, right." He cleared his throat again. "Take her to my cabin."
Draco obeyed without hesitation.
Harry and Ron started to follow Draco but were halted.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Professor Lupin. I'd like to talk with you all." Professor McGonagall ordered.
The three of them looked at each other before heading to McGonagall's office.
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Inside the office Harry, Ron and Lupin waited for McGonagall.
"This feels strangely familiar. It's as if I'm back to being a student in Hogwarts." Lupin tried to ease the tension but nobody noticed. Harry and Ron were both contemplating on Hermione's condition.
Within minutes, McGonagall entered the room. However she was not alone. Draco, Hermione and a dog followed her in.
Harry stood from his chair. He went towards Hermione, eager to take her away from Draco. He guided her to his chair and he let her sit on it.
Hermione looked grateful but she felt a little dizzy at first and didn't respond.
"Now, start from the very beginning." McGonagall looked at Lupin for an explanation.
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Minutes passed and Lupin finished his story, "My guess is, Hermione was controlled again by the fairies."
McGonagall nodded. "Do you have anything to add Ms. Granger?"
Hermione still couldn't talk so she shook her head instead. She couldn't remember what happened.
"Very well." McGonagall took a very deep breath as she started to talk. "I'm very disappointed in all of you especially in you, Professor Lupin." She glanced at him sternly. "I think that you should've told me of everything that's happened in here." She then focused on Hermione, "And you too Ms. Granger. I expected a lot from you. Didn't I specifically tell you and Mr. Malfoy to watch each other so that you wouldn't leave the grounds of this camp?"
"I'm sorry Professor, but."
"No buts. I thought you could be a good thing for Mr. Malfoy but I see now that he was successful in changing you instead."
"Professor, Draco didn't do anything."
"That's exactly my point! He didn't stop you!"
"But." Hermione couldn't seem to talk straight.
"No more buts, there will be changes around here."
"What are you saying Professor?" Harry asked, he didn't want to see Hermione pack her things and leave.
"I'm saying, I'm exchanging partners."
"Oh." Harry sighed.
Draco on the other hand got irritated. He didn't like the idea. He liked having Hermione as his partner.
Professor Lupin dared to intervene, "I think Hermione and Malfoy should stay together. They will be more susceptible to the fairies magic if they're separated."
"Rubbish!" McGonagall was getting impatient.
"But, the two were already getting along fine. Hermione only got controlled because of a misunderstanding. They told me that she got upset last night when she talked with Malfoy, which brought about to what happened today. If they become friends then there wouldn't be any problem. They wouldn't be controlled anymore since they would be doing what the fairies want them to do."
"Are you sure about that? It looks to me like you are not." She waited for an answer. "Mr. Potter, you'll be paired with Ms. Granger. I hope that you." She looked at Harry. "Would be able to handle the situation?"
Harry nodded. If his insides could talk they would've been screaming with delight.
"Mr. Malfoy you're with." McGonagall thought for a moment, she couldn't remember Harry's partner.
"Ms. Patil, Parvati." Harry continued for her.
Draco raised an eyebrow. 'Bloody hell!'
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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? Thanks for the suggestions.
I'm thinking whether to continue this story, I'm having some trouble
with my schedule. I don't think I would be having enough free time to
continue 2 stories. I think that I'd be focusing with Last Chance
especially since I have a beta there who seems interested in it. What
do you guys think? A few reviews could make me change my mind.
Title: Summer Camp
Chapter14: And It Gets Worse
Hermione woke up amidst the lake. She was inside the cave that she and Draco shared together the first few days. She looked for Draco around her. When she didn't find him anywhere she began to get worried. She didn't remember anything that happened last night or any conversation she had with Sirius or Lupin. All she remembered was that she and Draco still visited the lake. She decided to go search for Draco. When she left the cave the scene at the lake took her breath away. Sure the lilacs were there but to her amazement, there were also other flowers growing all over the place. The scene looked more like a painting that she saw once in a muggle museum. When she got back her ability to think she started calling out Draco's name.
'Where the hell is he? Did he leave me here alone?' She looked at her watch to see what time it was and it was pointing to general meeting. She got really nervous and started to sprint out of the forest towards the camp all the while continuing her search for Draco.
~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile at camp, the Gryffindors were panicking when they couldn't find Hermione anywhere.
"Lavender are you sure that Hermione's not in the cabin?" Ron was getting worried that his best friend was missing.
"Maybe we should go tell the professors now." Harry was agitated. He didn't like the idea of loosing Hermione.
~~~~~~~~~~
Draco on the other hand spent the night at the beach not wanting to forget the kiss that he shared with her. When he got back to camp and saw Harry with the rest of the Gryffindors he scanned for Hermione's face. He wanted to talk to her about what he said. He wanted to salvage what's left of their relationship. He took a deep breath before entering the Gryffindor people. "Has anyone seen Hermione?"
Harry and Ron looked at each other. "We thought she was with you."
"What?" Draco seemed confused. "What are you talking about?"
"When's the last time you saw her?" Harry glared at him.
Draco didn't want to talk about what happened at the beach so he lied, "Quidditch match. Why? Where is she?"
"That's what we're trying to find out!" Harry was shouting now.
"Ease up mate, it's not his fault." Even when he defended Draco in a way, he still shot him with icy glares.
Draco was not that naïve. He got the message and wondered for a while of the possibilities as to where she could be. 'Does this have anything to do with what happened last night?' "Have you searched everywhere?" He posed the question to no one in particular. When he got no answers he swore silently and began his search.
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Harry and Ron considered telling Snape since he was after their head.
"She'd only get in trouble," Ron reasoned.
"What if she is already in trouble?" Harry argued.
"She can handle herself, she'll be fine." Ron reassured although he doubted what he just said.
"Maybe she's in the forest?" Harry was beginning to get desperate.
"No, I doubt it. She knows the risks. She's smart; she wouldn't do anything that dumb."
"You think? What if she got controlled and now those fairies got her captive?"
'That's a possibility.' Ron wished real hard that that's not what happened. "Why don't we try Sirius or Lupin first?"
Harry nodded and started to sprint towards Lupin's cabin.
~~~~~~~~~~ Draco couldn't find her hard as he tried to look for her. He seriously considered to go search in the forest but he didn't want to be controlled anymore. He was having a battle of wills inside his head. One of them kept on pushing him to risk everything for her. He did care for her genuinely. The other part was telling him to be reasonable. For one he's not even sure that Hermione is in the forest. But he didn't like the idea of loosing her as well. So in an attempt to compromise, Draco decided to give her about and hour more before he went to search for her in the forest.
~~~~~~~~~~
Lupin saw Harry and Ron heading towards his cabin so he fixed the papers that he was writing to Dumbledore as he waited for the two to reach him. When they arrived, he heard no knock as the two barged inside.
"What's the big rush?"
"Have you." Ron started to say.
"Hermione's missing!" Harry spurted all out.
Lupin didn't expect that. "Are you sure? Since when?"
"Lavender said that she didn't sleep in the cabin and now she's not anywhere in camp."
"I was afraid of this." Lupin didn't realize that he said it out loud. "Where's Malfoy?"
"I'm here." Draco seemed like he had the same idea as Harry and Ron's.
All the three of them looked at his direction. "Mr. Malfoy, when was the last time you saw her?" Lupin arched one of his eyebrows.
"Yesterday at the Quidditch match."
"You do know that I can smell a lie within miles, do you?" Lupin challenged.
Draco couldn't believe he saw past his mask. "Last night at the beach."
Harry and Ron glared at him. The thought of Hermione and Draco alone at the beach was sickening.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Lupin was eyeing him dangerously.
"We got to talk, that's all." Draco used all his energy to be convincing.
"Right." Lupin didn't believe him. "Tell me how did this 'talk' of yours ended?"
Draco couldn't think of anything else, "She got upset."
"Why you." Harry started to lunge toward him but Ron blocked him. Don't get me wrong he wanted to rip Draco's head from his body but he wanted to know the whole story.
"Then what happened?" Lupin was glad that Ron was using his self-control.
"She walked away."
"Did you see where to?"
"No, it was dark. I thought she headed back to her cabin."
"For the record, Mr. Malfoy, has this happened before?"
"Yeah, I suppose."
Harry and Ron were now all red with anger. Ron was loosing his patience and started to lunge at Draco himself.
Lupin couldn't stand the interruption and cast a spell so that the two couldn't come near. "Did she run away that other time?"
"Not that I remember."
"Did you feel an urge to go back to the lake?"
"No, I didn't."
"That's all, you can go now."
"What the." Draco stopped himself before he could swear. "What about her?"
"We'll be looking at it. I don't want to cause any panic among the students."
Draco was being stubborn and he didn't want to leave.
"Mr. Malfoy I'm asking you to please leave, NOW!"
Draco shook his head and banged the door as he left the cabin. 'Fucking bastard! I'll find her, I swear if that's the last I'll do, I'll find her."
Inside the cabin Sirius came out of the bunk and transformed back to his original form. It looked like he was listening at the conversation earlier. "What now?"
Lupin reversed the spell he cast on the two and began to talk, "We still have no idea where she could be. For all we know, she just might want some privacy. And there's no evidence that she's in the lake right now." He added when Ron and Harry started to speak.
Silence dawned on them as they thought of where and why was she hiding. Every time the older persons would suggest a place, Harry or Ron would dismissed the idea. When everything else seemed hopeless Lupin suggested something. "Padfoot, maybe you could go."
"I'll come with him." Harry volunteered himself.
"No, you can't go. It's too dangerous. You might get controlled as well."
"What about Sirius then, he could get controlled as well."
"Not when I'm in my Animagous form." Sirius answered.
The two were bewildered.
"You see, the fairies have no power over the animals, so when Sirius transforms to a dog, he wouldn't be subjected to their magic." Lupin explained.
"Then if Hermione is in trouble, Sirius wouldn't be able to help her. I mean, if he's an Animagous then he wouldn't be able to use his wand and." Harry was already babbling.
"It'll all be alright. Don't worry. Everything will be fine."
The four then started to talk about situations and possible ways to get out of them. When they finished, all of them prepared to leave the cabin and to take their places according to the plan.
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Aside from Lupin, the other professors didn't know what was happening. The Gryffindors searched for her as calmly and peacefully as possible to avoid ruckus. But they weren't the only ones looking for her.
Draco looked at his watch as his deadline draw nearer. He stared determinedly at the forest as he dreaded the idea of being controlled.
~~~~~~~~~~
Hermione rushed away from the lake as she searched her way back. She never got lost before but for some reason, she found it hard to leave the lake. It was as if she was going in circles and that the forest itself wouldn't allow her to leave. Then she remembered the spell for directions that she taught to Harry for the Tri Wizard Competition. She cast it and it pointed towards north. After that she didn't have any trouble of leaving the lake anymore. Finally she saw light and rushed towards it.
~~~~~~~~~~
Harry and Ron saw Draco and they wanted to get some answers. They marched towards him.
Draco however started to walk towards the forest but he felt arms grabbing his. "What the bloody."
"We need to talk." Harry hissed.
"Let me go, I have to do something."
"I'm sure that something could wait." Ron joined Harry.
Draco jerked Harry's arms and faced them, "You bloody better stay away from me!"
"What are you hiding Malfoy?" Harry glared at him.
Before Draco could answer, he saw a person coming out of the forest.
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Hermione took in a deep breath and closed her eyes before marching back to camp. She scanned the students running here and there, having fun. When she found the person she was looking for she walked towards him.
"Hi Harry, Ron." She acknowledged her friends, but then her gaze stopped at Draco. As Hermione neared, she smiled at him teasing him. Everybody who cared watched in amazement even Draco. Before anybody blinked she was standing in front of Draco with a sensual smile on her lips. Draco held her gaze for a while, waiting for her next move. Everybody now was watching. It's as if everything faded and the only life around was Hermione and Draco.
"Hi." Hermione broke the intense silence.
Draco found himself speechless, his eyes widened when Hermione finally made her move.
Hermione stood on her toes as she reached for Draco's lips. Draco was shocked but he didn't move. He wanted to pinch himself to find out if he was just dreaming but he stayed still. Hermione however didn't stop with that. She was having an intense urge to kiss him madly. When she felt his lips starting to respond, she licked his lips and let herself in. Draco couldn't think. He was getting drugged by her soft lips and overly excited tongue. He held her head and leaned toward her to deepen the kiss that she started. It no longer registered to him that they were kissing each other in front of a crowd, a big one at that. Hermione felt like drowning in the pleasure that she was feeling. Her hands went up to play with his hair, while eagerly tugging him to get closer. They practically didn't want to stop but they had to or they would have suffocated.
Hermione looked up at Draco and was preparing for round two. Her arms were still dangling at his neck. She started tugging him forward.
Draco was still recovering from the kiss when he heard a lot of hooting and howling. That jugged his memory back. He started to blush a shade that could compete with Ron's hair. He wanted to stay like that for a little longer but thought it unwise. "I think we should get out of here." He whispered to Hermione.
She smiled thinking of what they could do. "Where are we going? The lake seems like the right place." She teased.
Draco finally understood. 'She's fucking controlled again!' "I can think of a better place."
"I bet." She flirted before fainting.
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Ron couldn't believe what he's seeing. 'Hermione's kissing the bloody ferret!' He thought that there was something wrong. He scanned the crowd to look for help. He saw most of the professors gasping at Hermione and Draco as well. He searched for Lupin since he believed that Hermione was once again under the fairies control. Then he felt someone grab his arms real hard. He looked at the person and saw Harry wincing in anger. It looked like he was about to explode.
"The bloody ferret's going to pay." Ron heard him whisper.
Harry started to move, no the right word was to attack Draco but this time, Ron got a good hold on Harry. "Don't do anything stupid. We got to take her to Lupin."
Harry tried to break free but it was to no avail. Ron's grip was steady. He had no choice but to nod.
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Draco lifted her and carried her in his arms as he headed towards Lupin. It looked like his mouth was left open.
Lupin cleared his throat and mind as he faced Draco.
"Sir, I think she's being controlled again."
Lupin could only nod, his words did not register in him because of the shock.
"Sir, the fairies?" Draco tried to make him remember.
"Right, right." He cleared his throat again. "Take her to my cabin."
Draco obeyed without hesitation.
Harry and Ron started to follow Draco but were halted.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and Professor Lupin. I'd like to talk with you all." Professor McGonagall ordered.
The three of them looked at each other before heading to McGonagall's office.
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Inside the office Harry, Ron and Lupin waited for McGonagall.
"This feels strangely familiar. It's as if I'm back to being a student in Hogwarts." Lupin tried to ease the tension but nobody noticed. Harry and Ron were both contemplating on Hermione's condition.
Within minutes, McGonagall entered the room. However she was not alone. Draco, Hermione and a dog followed her in.
Harry stood from his chair. He went towards Hermione, eager to take her away from Draco. He guided her to his chair and he let her sit on it.
Hermione looked grateful but she felt a little dizzy at first and didn't respond.
"Now, start from the very beginning." McGonagall looked at Lupin for an explanation.
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Minutes passed and Lupin finished his story, "My guess is, Hermione was controlled again by the fairies."
McGonagall nodded. "Do you have anything to add Ms. Granger?"
Hermione still couldn't talk so she shook her head instead. She couldn't remember what happened.
"Very well." McGonagall took a very deep breath as she started to talk. "I'm very disappointed in all of you especially in you, Professor Lupin." She glanced at him sternly. "I think that you should've told me of everything that's happened in here." She then focused on Hermione, "And you too Ms. Granger. I expected a lot from you. Didn't I specifically tell you and Mr. Malfoy to watch each other so that you wouldn't leave the grounds of this camp?"
"I'm sorry Professor, but."
"No buts. I thought you could be a good thing for Mr. Malfoy but I see now that he was successful in changing you instead."
"Professor, Draco didn't do anything."
"That's exactly my point! He didn't stop you!"
"But." Hermione couldn't seem to talk straight.
"No more buts, there will be changes around here."
"What are you saying Professor?" Harry asked, he didn't want to see Hermione pack her things and leave.
"I'm saying, I'm exchanging partners."
"Oh." Harry sighed.
Draco on the other hand got irritated. He didn't like the idea. He liked having Hermione as his partner.
Professor Lupin dared to intervene, "I think Hermione and Malfoy should stay together. They will be more susceptible to the fairies magic if they're separated."
"Rubbish!" McGonagall was getting impatient.
"But, the two were already getting along fine. Hermione only got controlled because of a misunderstanding. They told me that she got upset last night when she talked with Malfoy, which brought about to what happened today. If they become friends then there wouldn't be any problem. They wouldn't be controlled anymore since they would be doing what the fairies want them to do."
"Are you sure about that? It looks to me like you are not." She waited for an answer. "Mr. Potter, you'll be paired with Ms. Granger. I hope that you." She looked at Harry. "Would be able to handle the situation?"
Harry nodded. If his insides could talk they would've been screaming with delight.
"Mr. Malfoy you're with." McGonagall thought for a moment, she couldn't remember Harry's partner.
"Ms. Patil, Parvati." Harry continued for her.
Draco raised an eyebrow. 'Bloody hell!'
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