Chapter 2: Savior in Pajamas
"Wait!! Before you start reading, I need to ask you something…" Ron turned serious and looked into Hermione's eyes.
"Hermione…"
"Yes, Ron?"
"hmm, do you…. I mean I know this is not the right time to ask this but I was just wondering if you…"
"Yes?" whispered Hermione
"… if you had any food?"
"Is there ever a time that you are not thinking about food?" Hermione asked a bit upset. "Can't you see that this is important?"
Ron did not understand why Hermione was so upset, so he did the first thing that came to his mind and that was: retaliation!!!
"Listen, you bushy haired know-it-all!! You woke me up at three o'clock in the morning. I did not get any dinner last night because you made me study for the stupid N.E.W.T.S , and I have Quiditch practice at six this morning, which means I am going to miss breakfast!!!!" Ron yelled at Hermione. "Gee, Hermione, I wonder how come I am so BLOODY hungry!!"
"I am sorry Ron, I was just so excited that I didn't think about you being hungy. " Hermione answered slowly. "Look, I…"
Knock, knock"Hermione, would you tell Ron to shut up and let other people sleep!"
Hermione went to the door and found a sleepy pajama clad Draco.
"Hi, Draco, sorry Ron woke you up!"
"Hermione, as much as I hate doing this, I must admit that Ron is right!! For god's sake give him some food and make him shut up. In case you don't have anything I brought him some sugar quills and a couple of pastries maybe that will do the trick."
Draco looked curiously at Ron in his red pajamas and at a fully dressed Hermione "What are you … yaaawn…guys doing up so early in the morning…"
"Nothing."
"Research."
Draco stepped into the room a bit more awake now, closing the door slowly. "Ok, someone will explain or I am not leaving." He moved slowly to the sofa and saw the book.
"Hermione… where… where did you get this book?" Asked Draco a bit pale.
"From the library, but… Wait, do you know about this book?" Ron and Hermione looked at each other and walked towards Draco. "Can you tell us anything about it? Ron and I were just going to read it to find… uhm…. Stuff!!" Said Hermione with a strained smile.
"Right Hermione, and I guess that 'stuff' has nothing to do with Harry. By the way, how come he is not here? Isn't he your friend?"
Hermione looked at Ron pleadingly "I think that we should tell him Ron, he might be able to help us. He is now Harry's friend too."
Ron took a deep breath and looked straight at Draco. "For the past three years since the Triwizard tournament Harry has been closing himself off from the people that care about him because he is afraid that they are going to die." Ron stopped, looking at Hermione sadly.
"Ron and I have been trying to figure out a way to protect him from you-know-who until we can convince Harry that none of what has happened is his fault. We have searched for something that might help us and today we were going to look through that book. Will you help us?"
Draco looked at Hermione steadily, and with a deep sight, nodded in agreement and answered, "It's the least that I can do. After all I owe him my life."
Hermione smiled, "Great! Now tell us what you know about this book."
"Wait one second. Draco hand over those munchies."
"But Ron, I wanted to torture you with them by eating them myself!!" Draco answered slyly.
"I knew you were not that changed 'Malfoy'"
"Well, 'Weasel', I live to annoy you. What can I say?"
"Ok, you two, knock it off! We have work to do. What can you tell us about the book, Draco?"
"Well, I heard my father talk about a book that has the most powerful magic in the world, recorded in its pages. He said that nobody knew where it was, because the book didn't want to be found. From what I understood then, the book has only true spells."
"You mean that the book wanted us to find it? That is ridiculous, isn't it? I mean why would it want us to find it, I mean why not someone else? This just doesn't make sense."
"Look Mione, don't worry about it. I am sure we will figure out why. Lets just open the book and find out what we can for Harry's sake."
They all looked at each other uneasily and sat on the sofa side by side. Their bodies touching, their minds focused on one goal, to help Harry. Hermione opened the book and its first page appeared blank, but as she was about to turn the page, letters in an elegant golden writing appeared. At the same time that the letters appeared a warm voice read them out loud and its sound conforted and caressed them. Draco Ron, and Hermione knew that there was no going back.
To be continued….
Very well, this is the end of the second chapter. Thanks to all of you who have reviewed my story so far. I hope that you like this chapter. I know that it is moving kind of slow but I hope that it is keeping you in suspense about what is going to happen next.
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Edny
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