Disclaimer: *Kat no longer believes in Santa*. all because he didn't give her ownership to Harry Potter and the gang. Fran doesn't believe in the tooth fairy cause she stole all of her teeth.
{}-brackets mean author's notes and [ ]- mean translations.
A/N: This is a REALLY REALLY REALLY fluffy chapter! But we have to establish the couples so meh!! And Kat got stood up by two guys in two days. they were just friends but that doesn't mean she still doesn't feel like sh*t. So this is Kat's equivalent of 'Retail Therapy' Note: Arwen, Aragorn and Legolas are all the same age, about 22 at the time of the fic, and have grown up together. come on. its only natural. Arwen is daughter of the Lord of the High Elves, Legolas is Prince of Mirkwood and Aragorn is the true king. And if you don't like it. TOUGH!!!!!
Chapter Six: Into the Forbidden Forest We Go!
*Katie woke up, smiling slightly at the thought of the fun planned. THE CAMPING TRIP*
*Katie then opens her eyes*, upon seeing a face right up against hers, she does the only sane and normal thing to do. she screams "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! WHAT THE F*CK???"
Franni falls sideways, unfortunately not onto the bed but onto the floor, she then attempts to look innocent of Katie's abrupt wakeup, unsuccessfully.
Since that plan failed she instead tried to wax indignant at being pushed off the bed, grabbing a pillow she thwacks Katie over the head with her own pillow, with a "THAT'S FOR KNOCKING ME OFF YOUR BED" *thwack* "AND THAT'S FOR. ummmm. BEING IN SLYTHERIN" *thwack* "AND THAT'S FOR STEALING MY CLOTHES ALL THE TIME!" *thwack* "AND THAT'S FOR BEING A FLIRT" and since Franni had run out of anything else to punish Katie for, she scampers out of the room giggling and holding a towel, her voice floating back to Katie saying "I'm just gonna have a quick shower before we go camping" *at this Katie grins evilly*
-Later-
"Katie Mya Connor! OPEN THIS DOOR NOW! I'M FREEZING MY ASS OFF HERE!!!" She banged on the door again, making sure her towel didn't slip from around her chest. But still Katie didn't open the door.
"I could use the Alohomora charm," Fran thought hopefully, but that was shattered when she remembered, "but the last time I tried that the door turned pink and fluffy and all the furniture went missing in the black hole that suddenly appeared". Fran thought for a moment, trying to devise a plan to get her clothes back. Ten minutes later she was back to beating the door with her fists of fury (she had given up on the thinking aspect).
"Come on Katie, it's cold! I'm going to get hypothermia!! You don't want that to happen to me do you?"
~Silence~
"KATIE! STOP BEING A BLOODY PRAT AND LET ME IT!" Fran kicked the door in a fit of rage, and then realizing the door was in fact, very hard, yelped in pain as she hopped up and down. While this was all happening Fran didn't seem to notice a certain blond haired Slytherin enter the room, He strode right past Fran, but then stopped and looked straight at her. He couldn't believe it:
(Draco's thoughts) + The dark lord must be rewarding me . . .yes that must be it+
The Caulston girl,
In his Common Room,
Only wearing a small +make that miniscule+ blue towel!
He could still see the small droplets of water trickle down her back slowly, her light amber shoulder length hair clinging to her neck. Using his stealth, he slowly crept behind her. He was surprised by the fact she STILL hadn't noticed him yet (he guessed one of the stupid characteristics of being a Griffindor). Finally he was right behind her, he could smell a faint smell of frangipannis off her. He leant over and slowly whispered in her ear,
"My my, isn't it a little early for skinny dipping?"
Fran squeaked and twirled around suddenly coming face to face with a very cocky looking Malfoy.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" she demanded, her arms hugging her body to cover any indecent exposure from him. Malfoy gave her a coy smile, gently brushing a small tendril of hair from her face,
"I was about to ask you the same thing", he checked her out quickly, causing Fran to blush heavily, before adding, "Miss Caulston, may I ask what you're doing here?
The blush on her cheeks stood out against her caramel skin, and then very rapidly she explained,
"WellKatieandIweregoingtohaveacampingtriptodayandIcameearlytostartpackingand sinceitwasearlyIdecidedtohaveashowerherebutasIwascomingoutKatielockedmeoutwi thoutanyoftheclothesandI'mreallycoldand oh god I'm babbling aren't I?"
Draco (who hadn't heard a word she had said) simply leant down and pressed his lips against hers. Shock overtook her body, she had DEFINIETLY not expected this. But as she felt his arms wrap around her waist, a sense of ease filled her body and she kissed him back more firmly.
~Moments Later~
*Katie opening the door and grinning*
*Peeping out*
*Doing the clichéd "EH HEM!" *
*Draco and Franni springing apart in a most comical manner*
"So, we have two choices here," Katie said, "either a) I let Franni in or b) cast a locking and soundproofing charm on the door and let you two 'work things out'"
*Franni blushed flaming red and Draco looked flushed*
"Well I'm taking that as option a)"
*Katie opens the door wider and Franni runs in*
*Draco looking slightly hurt*
"Don't you worry Draco, she's just shy, she does like you, and you and me together can fix the shy thing"
*Draco nodded and Katie continued to speak,
"So Draco, you know your really cool magically enhanced tent?"
*Draco nods apprehensively*
"Weeeeell, Franni and I want to borrow it. because we want to go on a camping trip for the weekend."
*Draco still looks suspicious*
"Where, near Hogwarts, would you go camping. if I might ask" Draco inquires
A sound remarkably like "miblewimble" escapes Katie's mouth.
(Draco's thoughts) +AH HA! Just as I thought, she's hiding something+
*An evil grin comes upon Draco's face and he prepares to tickle torture it out of her*
"I didn't hear you Katie, now you wouldn't be hiding anything from me would you?" Draco began to question his fellow Slytherin.
"Me? Hiding something? NEVER!" Katie hedged.
"Now Katie, for some reason I don't believe you. What are you up to?" Draco pushed further, trying to push her buttons He edges closer, his hands ready to for an onslaught tickle attack, when Katie crouched, tucking her legs against her chest and surrendered. Draco gives an arrogant grin as he puts his hands back behind his back.
"Where are you and Fran going?" he asks again.
*Katie's voice is now barely audible but now clear enough to be heard* "we are going to go camping in the forbidden forest"
Draco, upon hearing this goes pale {A/N is that possible?} "YOU'RE WHAT?"
"Wellitsoundedinterestingandwereallywantedtoseewhyitsforbiddenand it sounded cool" Katie reverted to the safety of babbling.
Surprisingly Draco agreed to Katie and Franni borrowing his tent, with the condition that he could come too, Katie on the other hand unsurprisingly agreed. she wanted her adventure!
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~Later that day, in the Forbidden Forest~
"We there yet?" Fran asked annoyingly for the seventh time, causing Katie's eye to twitch repeatedly
"No Fran, like I said two minutes ago . . . .We-are not-THERE YET!"
"Geez, no need to get snippy. My body's not made for hiking uphill," Fran complained, making sure she avoided stubbing her toe on a nearby rock.
"From where I'm standing whoever made your body was certainly doing SOMETHING right!" Draco catcalled from behind. Fran blushed,
"Katie! Why's he here?"
Katie sighed,
"I explained this already. I was only allowed the tent if he could come along. Honestly Fran I thought you would have been more happy".
"But, but, the sexual tension!" she whispered hoarsely. Katie smirked at his moment screaming back to Draco,
"DRACO! THERE'S SEXUAL TENSION!!!" Draco eyes brightened as he laughed at the top of his lungs at Katie's comment.
"KATIE! SHUT UP!!"
"Make me!"
Fran stuck her tongue out. Katie sighed heavily,
"You like him, it's so obvious. You get all giddy and happy when he's around; you've practically scribbled, 'Mrs Fran Malfoy' all over your Potions book and you blush heaps! JUST TELL HIM THAT YOU WANT HIM BAD!!"
Fran, finally lost it and screamed,
"FINE! I LIKE HIM! OK? I ABSOLUTLY F*CKING LIKE HIM A LOT! I THINK HE'S THE HOTTEST, SEXIEST, MOST CHARMING GUY IN THE WHOLE OF FREAKING HOGWARTS! HAPPY KATIE? HAPPY? I *whoa*!" Franni suddenly tripped over something causing her to do a very unflattering somersault in the air. She collapsed onto the ground, her hair covered with fallen leaves. Draco ran over and helped her up. Fran glared at him, his face was complete with a very conceited smirk and it looked like he was about to collapse with laughter at any minute.
"One word Malfoy, one word!" she threatened. But then her face lightened up at the sight of a very uncute, very large, menacing shaggy black dog.
"OMG! IT'S SO CUTE!!" she ran up and hugged it, the poor dog, who was now looking very scared and confused. Draco raised an eyebrow at Katie,
"Her mum won't let her get a dog and her dad's allergic," she answered, being able to read the look on his face. Suddenly she heard a faint sound in the distance, it was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard. Wherever it was coming from she had to find out.
"Draco I'll be back. You and Fran can set camp here, and please don't do anything unappropriated in my part of the tent while I'm gone. I need to be able to sleep there without being grossed out, so do it in your own area" she added, Draco looked down, trying to hide the blush spreading across his face. Fran meanwhile wast too interested playing "makeover" with the dog, much to its horror.
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Katie made her way through the treacherous forest, navigating her way through the many bushes and trees that stood in her way. Finally ducking underneath an above tree branch, she got a clear view of a man sitting on a rock playing a flute. Not just any man, a simply gorgeous, heavenly guy with long golden hair and alabaster skin.
+Yah! Number 3034 on my thing to do before I die, meet absolutely gorgeous flute playing guy in middle of woods!+ Katie wanting to take a closer look tried to creep closer, but the guy perked his head up, the tune from the flute stopping abruptly.
"Who's there?" he called out angrily "Show yourself." Katie slowly creped out of her hiding stop, as soon as the man saw her he withdrew his bow at the sight that his visitor was a girl (and a rather good-looking one at that).
"Quel re [Good day]" he called out to her happily. Katie meanwhile looked at him absolutely confused. Confused himself he spoke again,
"Lle rangwa amin? [Do you understand me?]" Katie shrugged at him looking very confused. The man sighed,
"Lle quena i'lambe tel' Eldalie? [Do you speak elvish?]" Katie shook her head at him saying very slowly,
"I-don't-know-what-you-are-saying". The man chuckled lightly as he spoke this time in English,
"I'm sorry, for a moment I mistook you for an Elf like myself. I'm Legolas, Prince of Mirkwood. And who would you be?"
Shocked by how proper he was, Katie shyly replied,
"I'm Katie Connor, Mischief maker of Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft".
"Wizardry?" Legolas looked impressed, "then surely you have heard of Gandalf the White".
"Gandalf who?" she replied back. Legoals sighed,
"Never mind. Tell me Katie Connor, what are you doing in these parts of the woods?"
"Would you believe me if I said I was camping with my friends here?" she laughed taking Legolas by surprise,
"Camping? That seems a little unusual"
"Yeah well I'm a pretty unusual girl" she retorted back playfully. Legolas grinned at her,
"Come sit. I won't bite". +Or at least not till I know you better+ Katie beamed as she skipped over and sat next to the blond haired wonder. She looked up at him (he was a few inches taller than she was) and smiled,
"You're not from around here are you?"
"You could say that", he said, "I was riding on my way to Rivindell to visit friends when I was attacked by an Orc. I managed to lose him by riding through the forest but I suspect he is close by. Stupid thing really, almost crashed into a tree".
Katie giggled,
"Now that would've been funny. Orcs? I think I've heard of them. They're like trolls right?"
"Pretty much, expect uglier, stupider and meaner" he grinned; "though this would be a perfect description of my friend Estel {A/N Aragorn to you non- LotR diehards} actually," he joked {A/N NOTE THE JOKED. THIS IS NOT MY OPINION, NOR IS IT FRAN'S!}. Katie laughed, playfully slapping him on the arm,
"That's so mean!"
"Yeah well, it's true" he smirked cheekily, "so tell me Katie, why would you and your friends consider camping here of all places?"
"Weeell", she started off, "it's forbidden, that adds to the whole appeal thing. Also this gives a prefect opportunity for my two friends to work out their feelings and get it on; it's been going on for way too long".
Legolas laughed at this comment,
"Sounds like me when I tried to hook Estel up with his crush Arwen. Took forever. I mean there was the fact that he was human and she was the daughter of Elrond, Lord of the High Elves of Rivindell, and the fact that they were both so shy, it was sickening when they finally did though, sop and sap galore!".
Katie scooted closer to him remembering:
Katie's thoughts: +Number 3035 on to-do list, kiss him till he can't see straight! +
Their eyes meeting in a comfortable silence, gazes locking on one another, an even deeper silence falling upon the pair, before the silence became unbearable "Lle naa vanima (you are beautiful)" his voice husky. Katie felt herself leaning forward, seeing him to do the same, something in him calling to something deep in her. Their lips meeting in what felt to be fireworks, both losing and focus or link to the outside world, eyes still open and gazing into the depths of each other's eyes.
Katie looked up into his deep sapphire eyes and smiled,
"I have no clue what yo just said but I'm guessing it was a complement" and with that he pulled Katie into his arms, holding her securely and kissed her softly on the lips again.
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~Meanwhile~
"Fran, I don't think dogs are supposed to be hot pink" he smirked at her. Fran cocked her head to the side,
"I dunno, I think it's an improvement on what he looked like before". The now pink dog lay next to the tent, if it wasn't human Draco would've sworn it was giving them the death glare when it wasn't pouting *draco shook himself* (Draco's thoughts) +Pouting??? Death Glares???? Draco my dear boy, stop hanging about with Crabbe and Goyle, they are affecting your brain capacity+.
"I'm gonna go for a swim", Fran announced taking her white t shirt off revealing a pink Hawaiian print bikini, "wanna come?"
Draco looked at her oddly,
"Caulston this is Scotland!" he reminded. Fran shrugged,
"Hasn't stopped me before". Draco studied her closely. Then it hit him,
(Draco's thoughts): +Oh god, there could be a chance that you actually really like this girl and this isn't just some one night stand thing . . .crap!+
"Fran?"
Fran looked up at him, her hazel eyes twinkling in the sunlight,
"Yeah what Malfoy?"
"About earlier, all that stuff you said. Was that true?"
Fran blushed and looked away embarrassed,
"Kinda, maybe, sorta . . . yes".
Draco grinned as if he had caught the Snitch before Potter,
"Even the bit about me being the hottest, sexiest, most charming-"
"YES EVEN THAT!" she yelled in humiliation, "please doesn't rub it in. We don't need your ego taking up even more space". Fran looked up to see Draco looking contentedly at her, with his trademark smirk on his face.
"What?" she insisted, slowly feeling uncomfortable.
"You don't have any clue how sexy you look when you get all angry and pouty at me do you?"
"Oh god, No! No! You can't do this!! YOU'VE STOLEN MY ONLY DEFENCE AGAINST YOU!" Draco laughed at her light-heartedly, Fran scowled at him,
"Listen Malfoy! Maybe before today I 'might've' been interested in you. But now I see what the rest of the Griffindors see! You're nothing but a selfish, bigheaded, arrogant, cruel, deceitful, lazy-"
Fran was cut off as Draco planted a fiery kiss on her lips. Quickly Fran forgot what she had just said as she pulled on his collar, beckoning him closer to her. The dog looked at them oddly before lying back down, seeming to almost mutter something to itself, something which sounded a lot like "kids".
"What was that?" Fran broke away from Draco, who looked rather annoyed by the sudden interruption. Then a loud howl was heard east of where they were standing.
"Draco, Katie! She might be in danger!!" Fran cried. Draco soon reacted taking Fran by the hand and leading her up the rocky slope following where Katie had gone. The dog, also go up and followed then as if wondering what all the commotion was all about.
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Katie and Legolas also continently broke apart, Legolas springing up and immediately standing in the defence stance.
"Legolas?"
"Shhh", he told her inaudibly, his eyes circling the perimeter. Something ran past some bushes, causing a loud rustle. Then something jumped out,
"KATIE!" Legolas jumped and pushed the Orc out of the way, protecting Katie. Katie screamed as Legolas took out his bow and fired several arrows at the Orc. The Orc threw out his giant wooden club and
*THWACK*
Legolas flew through the air, into a tree and then sliding onto the groud, unconscious.
"Shit" was all Katie had time to say before she was into the fray. Drawing her wand she pointed it at the Orc "EXPELLIARMUS!" Suddenly a large group of weapons are flying towards Katie from the Orc she has just disarmed "Double Shit!" Jumping back she narrowly avoids the flying weapons and casts another spell "Wingardium Leviosa" *the orc now hovering 4 feet in the air, struggling quite fiercely* "SHIT!! FRANNI. DRACO. HELP RIGHT NOW WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!!!"
At that point Draco and Fran decide to hurry faster.
"LEVITATING THIS BRAINLESS UGLY BRUTE IS REALLY NOT ON MY TO DO LIST. I HAVE MANY THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST. AND THIS JUST AINT ONE OF THEM!" Katie by this point is not happy.
"ME NOT STOOPID! ME NOT UUUGLY!" The Orc at this point has something to say for himself.
*Three voices then calling in unison* "STUPEFY" *the Orc twitching for a moment, eyes rolling to the back of its head, twitching further then falling unconscious. still twitching* a soft voice whispering "Well that was overkill" *the three students jumping at the obviously adult voice* *Draco spinning around and staring at the hot pink dog* *then pointing at it* "THAT. THING. TALKED!!! Again!" *the dog then appears completely innocent to this charge, a difficult look to achieve for a dog, especially when it is coloured hot pink*
Matching AWWWWWWWWWWW's are heard to come from Katie and Fran, Fran FINALLY deciding on the name Snuffles for the dog.
-Later-
After healing Legolas, Fran is to be found in one of the many rooms in the magically enhanced tent with the dog kept prisoner with her, she then calls to Katie, who is in a room with Legolas on a bed and Draco sitting beside her and talking to her since Legolas was doing a credible impression of sleeping beauty, "Hun. Can I borrow your violet fluffy flashing bow for Snuffles????" At this a loud howl is heard from the aforementioned dog and Draco looks freaked, "By the way that poor creature is reacting to Fran's plans for him you'd think that he could understand!" Draco said to Katie before taking the gaudy bow to Fran's room, leaving Katie to test whether Legolas was like sleeping beauty in fact. (Katie's thoughts) +His lips look so cute pouted up like that, and it is in a good cause+ By this time she is leant over Legolas, *Gently she presses her lips to his and his eyes open* *Joining her in the kiss*
Draco meanwhile is engaged in the same with Fran, Snuffles looking on, happy that the bow lies now discarded and forgotten under the bed {Snuffles' thoughts}+Now, once they are asleep I'm going to knaw that thing out of existance+.
TBC
A.N: Hey peoples!! This is a really fluffy chapter huh? Well next chapter will be less fluffy but funnier, like ha ha funny, not sad/strange funny!! Lol, nah but not too much . . . I think . . . (Kat smacks Fran outta way) Kat here, I think I feel like a bit of smut, yes, yes (Fran runs over and smacks Kat in the head with a frying pan) *THWACK!* All right, all right. So I'll let the first date occur!! (Fran hits Kat outta way) Franni again in the hotseat! Oh, I better go before Kat screams and kills our friend cause she likes "angsty depressed music"
Franni again; if any of you wish to know how this exceedingly long chapter came about. Kat made a deal with the muse, he helps in return for her kissing him *shudders* they're at it right now under the computer desk in return for this wonderful and long chapter. I will not remember anything of this conversation in any point in the future. its just waaaay too traumatising.