DISCLAIMER: Sue me if you like... i have a Lawyer…(my dad)
Summary: After the huge fight scene Hermione and Malfoy had displayed in the great hall. Dumbledore decided to punish them by making their right hand stick together and by making them unseparable. Now that they're stuck together… will love spark?
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Chapter 2: The Punishment
"Ms. Hermione Granger!" Professor McGonagall called out while knocking sharply at the 5th year's girls dormitory. "Ms. Granger! Pls. Meet me in Professor Dumbledore's office at exactly 8:30, right after breakfast… I expect you to be there on time…" then she left, the sound of her heels fading away.
"I'm so dead…" Hermione muttered to herself, as she sat up feeling totally miserable. "so…so… dead…". Hermione took a deep breath and got up. "I should have thought about the consequences before attacking him" she thought.
"Hey Herm! Don't worry… everything's gonna be alright!" Lavender said as she got out of the bathroom. "it's just one day…"
"Ya Hermione, just ONE day so… breathe… calm down.." Parvati said as she got up and grabbed her towel. "you still have time… it's only 7:30.."
"Ya you're right…" Hermione said as she entered the bathroom. "it's just one day, 1 day with Malfoy…" She sighed. "I hope everything's going to be fine…"
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"Damn mudblood!!!" Draco Malfoy shouted as he examined his perfect, but slightly bruised face. "My face has bruises…! I will really make her pay-" there was a sudden knock on his door. "Come in!" Draco called as he put the mirror down. The door swung open, it was Snape.
"Professor! Did you find out? What's the punishment?" Draco asked, as he pocketed the mirror and his wand. Snape looked at Draco in the eye and then shook his head "I'm sorry Draco, but Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall hasn't told me."
"WHAT?!" Draco shouted. "You don't know?!! Damn!"
"I'm sorry, I really tried but all they told me was the reminders." Snape said. "By the way meet me in Professor Dumbledore's office at exactly 8:30, the password is well… 'ice cube'. Don't be late… and I suggest you to eat… you might need it. He smiled at Draco. "Don't worry, everything would be fine!" He gave him an encouraging look and then left the room. Draco felt miserable. "Spending an hour or 2 with Granger isn't going to be fine… ever" Draco thought as he sighed heavily. "I think I should have breakfast…" he then walked out of the room and headed for the great hall.
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"Hey Herm!" Ron said as Hermione took her seat opposite him and Harry. "What's up?"
"Nothing is up." Hermione said as she glanced up at Ron. "Absolutely nothing is up. Everything's totally down." She then pick up a toast and tried to eat it. She was nervous.
"Well… Hermione…" Ron started, then he mimicked Hermione's voice. "I don't know what you expected, Hermione, but I think you-"
"Yes Ron…" she snapped as she remembered telling Ron exactly that same line back when they were 2nd year, when Ron received his Howler. "I deserve it…" Ron smiled "Now, now Hermione… I was just passing on to you exactly the same line you uttered when I was in trouble…"
"Thanks a lot Ron!" Hermione said sarcastically, now truly realizing what he must have felt back then.
As Hermione munches her toast and trying hard to enjoy her meal, she caught a glimpse of Malfoy as he sat down his seat in the Slytherin table. Hermione gasped as she saw the bruises. "Did I really made that?" she thought as she noticed Malfoy glaring at her. "Gosh.. I can't believe I can be so violent…"
She checked the time it was 8:00. "Damn…
my punishment is nearing"
"Don't worry Hermione.. Everything's gonna
be alright!" Harry said as he gave her a reassuring smile. "it's just one
day…"
Hermione tossed her toast on the plate. "That's exactly what Lavender said…"
"Hey Herm!!" Ginny greeted as she sat beside her. "McGonagall told me to remind you that, you should meet her at exactly-"
"-8:30" Hermione cut in. "I know…"
"Well… are you ready?" Ginny asked while looking at her watch. "'coz you know it's already 8:15"
"WHAT?!" Hermione checked her watch. Ginny was right, it was 8:15. "Damn!"
"Hey guys I gotta go…" Hermione stood up and saw Malfoy doing the same thing. She sighed. "Good Luck to me…" she muttered silently to herself as she left the great hall and headed towards Dumbledore's office.
(A/N: should I stop here? Or should I continue? Hmmm…… okay I'll continue…)
Hermione finally reached Dumbledore's office, Malfoy following behind her. He was glaring at her, she could feel it but didn't take notice. She stared at the extremely large and ugly Gargoyle and that's when Hermione realized. "Oh no! I don't know the password!". Malfoy looked at his watch, it was already 8:25. "What the hell are you doing?" He asked obviously irritated. "Open it!"
Hermione felt her face getting hot. "I don't know the password.." she said curtly. Draco rolled his eyes and said to the gargoyle "ice cube". The rock solid gargoyle sprang to life then it hopped to the side as the wall behind it split into two. Hermione and Malfoy stepped inside the entrance and into the circular staircase and quietly but slowly went up to the gleaming oak door. Malfoy was leading the way and Hermione was trailing behind him. She has never been to Dumbledore's office before so she was totally amazed. She looked around… everything there was beautiful…
They finally reached the top step and the gleaming oak door now looked like an ordinary door. Malfoy knocked at it and the door gently swung open. As they entered, Professor Dumbledore smiled at them and motioned them to seat. Hermione looked around the circular room and saw pictures of past Headmasters and Headmistresses, all of whom gossiping in the pictures and staring at her and Malfoy. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape stood beside a small basin and the sorting hat. Both of them looking intently at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and stood up. His eyes twinkling behind his half moon spectacles. "Today is the day you'll be punish…" he said as he stared at Draco and then to Hermione, his eyes became somber. "I'm very disappointed on the both of you…" he paused then looked directly at Hermione. "Most especially on you Ms. Granger, You were the last person in my mind to ever duel in the great hall and almost destroyed it…" Hermione looked down in her lap, she couldn't bear the look on Dumbledore's eyes. "-so what were about to do to you is for your own good…" Hermione looked up. "This is it…" she thought. Malfoy just sat there, motionless and was staring at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore got his wand out of his pocket and pointed it at the both of them. Draco blinked. "What's he doing?". Dumbledore then raised his wand muttered something under his breath and before anyone could say a word Hermione and Malfoy were hugging each other.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!!" Hermione and Malfoy shouted together as they tried to get away from each other. "MALFOY LET GO!!!" she shrieked. "I'M TRYING! I'M TRYING" he shouted as he tried to remove his arms around Hermione. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape stared at the two students who were trying everything with all their might to get away from each other. "Du-Dumbledore!!!" McGonagall also shrieked "Isn't that a little too far…?". Professor Snape still stared at Hermione and Malfoy in utter disbelief. On the look on his face, he was just as shocked as McGonagall. Dumbledore raised his wand again and waved it at them and Hermione and Draco was now separated, only the hands were connected. "Sorry about that…" Dumbledore apologized as he took his seat.
"Professor…" Hermione started as she looked at the headmaster. "You forgot to separate our hands…" Dumbledore then stared at her and his eyes twinkled. "That's you're punishment" he said…
Hermione and Malfoy blinked, then gasped. "ARE YOU KIDDING???!!!!"
Dumbledore shook his head. Hermione then stared at Malfoy her face totally horrified. "B-but… P-professor" Hermione started. " We can't be together!!! He's- He's my worst enemy!!!!!! And … and… "
"-And" Draco cut in. " we can't actually be together.. I mean how can we sleep?! I'm a Slytherin and she's a Gryffindor!!! Wait 'till I tell this to my father…"
"He already knows Draco…" Dumbledore said.
"Then what did he say?" Draco asked.
"Well…" Dumbledore started. "He can't do anything about it… Because I'm the only person who knows how to remove that… so he didn't say anything… " Dumbledore then looked at McGonagall and Snape. "Can you please accompany Ms. Granger and Mr. Malfoy outside this office and let them sort out for themselves what they're going to do…" They nodded and accompanied Hermione and Malfoy outside the office…
This is so much worst than I expected…" Hermione thought, feeling twice as miserable as she felt earlier. "What the hell gotten into Dumbledore that he suddenly acts like an idiot?"
"Damn! Now what? At first I thought I'll be with Granger only for a few hours and now… it's more like forever…" Draco thought broken-heartedly as she glanced at Hermione. "And to think I'll have to be with her…" He shuddered.
They finally reached the door. Professor McGonagall then faced them. "Okay Ms. Granger, Mr. Malfoy… well… before we leave you.." she glanced at Severus. "Well.. don't try to do anything naughty…"
"Huh??!" they looked up. "What do you mean naughty?"
McGonagall blushed. "You know what I mean… you'll entirely be together… even while you sleep, take a bath and even while you pee…" Hermione and Malfoy looked disgusted. Just the thought make both of them nauseous. "Now you better decide where to sleep tonight… and also decide whatever it is you have to do.." McGonagall and Snape then left and went up to Dumbledore's office, leaving Hermione and Malfoy together…
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A/N: okay….. that's chapter 2… what do
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