I Love To See You Cry
~hotsleekeyz~
Chapter 5 Disturbed
After the potion was supposed to be 'off', Hermione and Draco sat there, trying to muster anything. They could not accept the fact that only a potion class could change their lives---well, forever. . .
Snape dismissed them from class and eyed Stephen. He gave a wink that Hermione and Draco did not see. Snape exited and went to his office.
Hermione stood and so did Draco. They went different ways with Hermione catching up with Ginny who was still smiling her way out of the classroom. Ginny was a bit dizzy with all she did with Stephen. She didn't think they could actually do 'it' in class, in the far corner. It was her first time.
As everyone had gone out of the room, Stephen went to the table Hermione and Draco stayed and picked something on the floor. It was the thing that Snape intentionally dropped before Draco took the potion. It recorded everything that Draco said to Hermione.
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"What do we have next?", Ron asked.
"Huh?!?!?!", Harry, Ginny, and Hermione said in unison.
The three of them asked, seemingly affected after the class---Harry about Hermione and Draco, Ginny about her first encounter with Stephen, and Hermione with the unexpected shift of her emotions towards Draco.
"I asked what class we will be having next. I reckon you guys went far through Potions today. By the way Mione, how was it with the ugly ferret?", Ron queried, expecting a nasty remark about the ferret boy.
"I was glad nothing happened. We hated each other so much that the potion didn't have any effect on us whatsoever. Anyways, we will be having our next class with Hagrid", Hermione lied as she saw the dark look Harry gave her.
"Really now. Mione, how could you lie to Ron? You were holding Malfoy's arms and later hugging him tight! Now tell us that nothing happened!", Harry screamed.
Harry was so infuriated at Hermione's lies. Lying was not like her and it surprised Harry further that Hermione was lying about none other than their enemy, Draco Malfoy.
"What are you trying to tell me then? I told you, NOTHING happened!", Hermione spat as she put up with her pride.
"Swear now that nothing happened. Let us see if you could do that!", Harry tried to push Hermione to the limit.
"Fine! I swear nothing happened!"
"I don't believe this! I know you were not under the 'potion'. I found out it didn't make us in love with our partners but tell each other what we really feel. I knew it!"
"What is this, a trial whether or not I did something with the Malfoy or not? Harry, how could you accuse me of lying? And to my friends?"
Ron interrupted. "Now guys, quit it. This will lead nowhere. We're friends right? There is no use fighting about this"
Hermione answered at once. "Yeah, you're right Ron. Kindly tell the famous Harry Potter how wrong he has been and quit accusing me about Malfoy"
"Mione, let's go", Ginny grabbed Hermione's arm but she wasn't letting Ginny pull her away.
"I am not going to let this pass Hermione Granger! NEVER!", Harry's voice filled with anger.
"Can't you accept that we're through? Why would you come telling me I am lying and then suddenly accusing me there is something between Draco and I? How dare you? I was so stupid to be your girlfriend!"
"Now you slipped it! For years now you have called him Malfoy, and suddenly it's DRACO! Who would believe you now?"
"I can't believe you are letting me answer your questions. Why then did you let Lavender kiss you during Potions? WHO has been cheating WHO in the first place? It's YOU, not me!"
"I can't bear it you dealing with him. It's not you! Wake up Mione! It's a nightmare! Malfoy has other plans aside from taking you out tonight! He is luring you so that he could hand you over to his father and the Death Eaters. You know how they think that the world could do less with a mudblood! They will have you for dinner!"
"Fine! Think what you want to think about this but I'm not lying!" Hermione scampered away from Harry and Ron. Ginny tailed behind her. Hermoine cried as she headed back to their dormitories.
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"Harry is so unfair!", Hermione yelled in frustration.
"Tell me what happened. Harry wouldn't get anxious if he didn't see anything unusual with you", Ginny voiced as she watched Hermione paced around crazy.
"I don't know what to do Ginny! I agreed to go out with Malfoy tonight"
"YOU DID? Mione, I'm sorry but I reckon Harry has the right to get furious about this"
"I know, and it hurts too much to put up with this lie. I still love him but I ignore that feeling knowing that he has already moved on after our break-up. I was successful too---but now, it's all coming back to me. I can't forget how he exchanged me for a whore!", Hermione claimed as tears started to well in her eyes.
"What happened during class then?", Ginny asked carefully.
"Harry was looking at Malfoy and I the whole time. I took the potion first and I told Malfoy that I think I am falling in love with him"
"You've gone insane Mione! He is Draco Malfoy. He could lie to you even more than you are doing right now. Maybe it was just at the spur of the moment that you were able to say that. You didn't mean it!"
"I did. I knew about this potion long before. I read about it in the library and I knew from there that that potion was supposed to tell you the truth to your partner. Snape just made that up. I don't understand why he had to do that. Ginny, Harry is right about this whole thing. I can't admit to him the truth that he faced me with as much as he did before"
"I hope I could do something about it. I'll try to talk to Harry about it. I'll tell him there is nothing between you and Malfoy"
"You would also lie then! How many souls should lie to cover up this predicament? The thing is, Malfoy said he is serious about this---and I am too"
"I'll make it through Harry. If me talking to him wouldn't work, I think you should be the one to talk to him"
Hermione hugged her friend tight while she shed tears. She didn't realize how hard it was to be in between---most especially with that she is between her best friend who is also her former lover, and their ENEMY who is also the person who she will be going out with that night. It's like tearing her to pieces.
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"How dare she put up with this big lie! I can't believe she is going to choose that scum over us!", Harry yelled in utmost rage.
"Harry, what happened during class? Why would she deny what you were telling?"
"During the first hour, she was holding hands with that slimy git and she even had the courage to tell him that she was already falling in love with him! It almost made me sick until I saw her in his arms. if I knew her better, I'd say she just acted as if she fainted so that Malfoy would take his arms around her"
Still being rational, Ron interrupted, "She told about you kissing Lavender"
"Yes, in fact, I was, but I deny the fact I was kissing her back. I was kissing her but with no feelings whatsoever. I thought that if I did that, Granger would get jealous. Yet, she agreed to go out with Malfoy tonight! She doesn't know the danger she putting herself in"
"You were playing dirty Harry. You couldn't bring her to loving you again if you don't show you are worthy of it. I thought you two had agreed to be 'just' friends?"
Harry's eyes widened at the thought. Indeed, he had compromised with Hermione to stay as friends after their break-up. Silence won over him and the extreme emotion he was having begun to subside.
"We did. . .Ron, I really don't know what to do now. I haven't told you this but I'm still not over her. I love her Ron! And it hurts me much to see her with him!", Harry exclaimed while he tried to fight back his tears.
"I don't know what to do too. Why won't you tell her you still love her? It wouldn't make any difference, would it?"
"I can't! She would tell me that I am the one who is living a lie. I promised her that I will shun our past. . .And Ron, I was the one who gave her the necklace."
"YOU-DID-NOT! Harry, tell me you didn't!"
"I did", Harry mouthed as he lowered his head in the absurdity of the situation.
"All this while I was telling her that the person who gave her that is totally in love with her. Harry, you really ARE living a lie!"
"I know"
"I'll try talking to Mione about this. Maybe I could change her mind not to go out with him tonight. And I will not tell about this LOVE you have for her"
"Help me Ron. help me forget her. . .", Harry claimed helplessly.
Ron pat Harry at the back and said, "I'll try"
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Draco went to the lake on the grounds of Hogwarts. He walked around feeling the breeze glide through his skin. He felt peaceful. Never did he felt such before.
For once he was being true to himself. He really liked Hermione. . .
Yet love was an inappropriate word. . .
Draco spotted a place where he sat down. He rested his back on the trunk of the tree and took out a piece of canvas. He did this when he was feeling exhilarated. Since class wouldn't be up until after lunch, he decided to skip his meal for he did not feel hungry at all.
Hermione filled his thoughts.
And so, Draco started sketching.
He made a form of a woman. It had smooth flowing curls. The woman had nice eyes, a delicate nose, and full lips. The form was taking the person that is, Hermione Granger.
He stopped for a moment and put his hands inside his pockets. He was so occupied thinking about her. Hermione agreed to go out with him and it bothered him to death. What if it was a trap? Rather a lie so that the moment he had told her every thing about him, she would tell Harry?
//No. Granger is not like that//
Draco dug deeper into the pocket and felt something hard. He pulled it out and saw what it was. It was a box of oil pastel. He opened it and gave color to the image. He colored her hair brown and her lips red. She wore a black dress. She did look stunning in a form-fitting dress. There was every reason why the guys in Hogwarts were falling for her. She was beautiful. . . yet she did not know it. . .
//Her beauty isn't enough reason to fall for her. Maybe for them it is. I am falling for Granger for being brave, confident, and smart. She is comfortable with herself and does not have any pretensions in her. She is naturally beautiful, and no man could see it the way I do//
After finishing his work, Draco heard voices nearby.
//Oh, I almost forgot. Next class is under Hagrid. They couldn't be that far//
Draco rolled the parchment and put his things inside his pocket. He headed to the side of the forest near Hagrid's hut.
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"We hafta deal wittha hippogriffs 'gain. War y'know 'r comin' 'bout soon 'n few of yeh would hafta fight with us y'know. Usin' 'em yeh shall know 'gain. So, we'll hafta review this. follow me!"
Harry and Ron glared dangerously at Draco as the pale-skinned lad showed himself from the bushes.
"Well, there would be a war coming and I bet someone here knows about it!", Harry said in a rather high volume so that Draco could hear him.
"Yeah, and he is gonna tell his ol' father that the Good Wizards are going to use hippogriffs to ride on. he will be spying on the plan of Professor Dumbledore and spill it. I CAN'T wait!", Ron seconded sarcastically.
Draco didn't mind them. He was too happy at that moment and Harry and Ron could not spoil his day. He acted as if he was his old cocky self.
Draco didn't notice it but he was changing. He was being influenced by the mudblood.
Hermione heard Ron and Harry doing this and had to stand in between them. As Hagrid gestured him to start walking into the forest, Draco walked first and then, Hermione, who was with Ginny, followed. Lucky for him Crabbe and Goyle were busy looking for bugs.
Harry walked after Hermione. In the middle of the walking, they stopped as Hagrid told them. At the same time, Harry and Hermione both grabbed a note from their pockets and handed it to the person in front of them. Hermione gave the note to Draco and Harry to Hermione. If there was someone who should feel scared, that definitely was supposed to be her. As she handed the note to Draco, a hand touched her waist, sliding it to her hand, letting her receive the note.
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Class was over and the students had to go back to the dorms. Hermione thought she was feeling sick thinking she had made further damage to their friendship. She pursued having a connection with Draco.
She went up to her room, which was empty. Ginny followed shortly behind her who felt like she needed to lay her back on the bed a bit.
"Mione, who's that from?", Ginny queried lazily.
"It's from Harry. He slipped it into my hand during class. the same time I slipped a note to Draco"
"Come on! Open it!", Ginny said excitingly, not minding Hermione's second sentence.
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My dearest Mione,
I am terribly sorry for what happened today. I was just mad. I'm concerned about you, and what Malfoy could do to you. You can't deny me from feeling this way since I am your friend. Nor can you deny me from feeling jealous. I still love you Mione, and nothing can change that. I know this will change our friendship since I promised you that I should forget our past.
I admit I am wrong. I am always wrong. It's hard for me to contain all the guilt, the anguish and the pity I have for myself. I didn't know how to love. I was selfish and you were not deserving of such treatment. I'm sorry it has come to this. I'm trying hard to forget the love I had for you. I am exerting much effort, really. Just let me be like this for now. Let me forgive myself for what I have done. That's all I ask from you. I don't even expect you to forgive me for this. I have done much to displease you already.
Love, Harry
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"Mione! Harry still loves you!", Ginny said exasperatedly.
"I know. I want to move on, Ginny. . .and Draco will help me get there"
"Do you think that he is the one who can really help you move on? Or maybe it's because you want to deny the truth that you love Harry more than you did before that's why you're using Draco to make it seem you don't love him anymore?"
"I don't know! Ginny, I am totally clueless! I'm confused and this whole thing has been disturbing me so much!"
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Draco went back to his room (Draco and Hermione had asked Dumbledore considering they stay in their own houses' dormitories than share one together) seeing that he brought with him the portrait he did back at home. It was hung on the wall as it did in his room. He felt dizzy and reached for the side of the bed as he felt he was going to faint. He was able to pull himself over the bed and lay himself there.
//Such a long day it has been//
Draco tried looking around for something to do. He didn't feel like attending classes anymore. He had too much of Harry and the truth they were facing. It was all confusing, and disturbing, as much as Hermione was.
//Hermione, what is it with you that made me feel this way? You didn't mean anything to me, now you mean the world//
In a glimpse, Draco saw the painting move. It smiled at him again. The lady was beautiful the way it smiled at him.
The lady sang. . .it was such a sad melody. Draco thought it was a familiar tune and it bothered the hell out of him, nonetheless, it lulled him to sleep. Draco didn't resist the urge for he was tired thinking. He needed rest.
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There she was. . .
The lady on the portrait was sitting beside a damaged stallion.
She was crying. She cried without tears.
The place was so quiet that it was deafening.
Aside from her and the stallion, it was all gray. It was all sad.
"Hermione."
She looked up at him with mournful eyes. Hermione stood up and turned around to attend to the wounded horse. It shocked him bad to see what he saw on her back.
Lashes. . .
Hermione was lashed terribly and wounded greater than the stallion. Yet she didn't wince in pain. She didn't mind the pain that was piercing through her. The wounds were fresh and filled with blood. Never did he see anything like it. He thought it was not possible for one, especially a woman, to bear pain such as that.
"My dearest, if you only knew how much I hated to take this decision"
"I told you that I wouldn't want to come between your dreams and your fears. I have accepted the fact that we just can't be. We were not meant to be. Leave me here now and let me be. You might not be able to return once again in the real world if you stay here longer. I assure you, I understand"
"Hermione, always remember that my heart will forever remain yours no matter what. Even if I turn down my principles to be the worse creature I will be, I will never forget you. I will become a Death Eater, to avenge for you. Take my revenge to those who considered us not proper and moral. My father will be the first one to have a taste of my sweet vengeance"
"Don't say that. Promise you would not be like them. It will only cause you deeper into being one in their beliefs if you do so. Tell me now that you will never do a thing as they were accustomed to do. you are not a murderer Draco Malfoy! Promise me now Draco!"
"I am sorry it has to come to this"
Draco saw Harry from behind and the latter came running to him.
*As Harry was about to strangle him to death by the neck, Draco awoke.*
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Draco woke up panting, catching his breath. He could not believe what he dreamt. It was all too real. He remembered that his father was calling him to be a Death Eater before the year ends.
//The lashes? Where did Hermione get the lashes?//
//Oh Merlin, I'm grateful it was only a dream. I don't want to go out with a 'bloody' mudblood tonight!//
One thing was certain. He got the answer to his question---the question that bugged him years back. . .
The beautiful lady on the portrait was Hermione Granger.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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Chapter 5 Disturbed
After the potion was supposed to be 'off', Hermione and Draco sat there, trying to muster anything. They could not accept the fact that only a potion class could change their lives---well, forever. . .
Snape dismissed them from class and eyed Stephen. He gave a wink that Hermione and Draco did not see. Snape exited and went to his office.
Hermione stood and so did Draco. They went different ways with Hermione catching up with Ginny who was still smiling her way out of the classroom. Ginny was a bit dizzy with all she did with Stephen. She didn't think they could actually do 'it' in class, in the far corner. It was her first time.
As everyone had gone out of the room, Stephen went to the table Hermione and Draco stayed and picked something on the floor. It was the thing that Snape intentionally dropped before Draco took the potion. It recorded everything that Draco said to Hermione.
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"What do we have next?", Ron asked.
"Huh?!?!?!", Harry, Ginny, and Hermione said in unison.
The three of them asked, seemingly affected after the class---Harry about Hermione and Draco, Ginny about her first encounter with Stephen, and Hermione with the unexpected shift of her emotions towards Draco.
"I asked what class we will be having next. I reckon you guys went far through Potions today. By the way Mione, how was it with the ugly ferret?", Ron queried, expecting a nasty remark about the ferret boy.
"I was glad nothing happened. We hated each other so much that the potion didn't have any effect on us whatsoever. Anyways, we will be having our next class with Hagrid", Hermione lied as she saw the dark look Harry gave her.
"Really now. Mione, how could you lie to Ron? You were holding Malfoy's arms and later hugging him tight! Now tell us that nothing happened!", Harry screamed.
Harry was so infuriated at Hermione's lies. Lying was not like her and it surprised Harry further that Hermione was lying about none other than their enemy, Draco Malfoy.
"What are you trying to tell me then? I told you, NOTHING happened!", Hermione spat as she put up with her pride.
"Swear now that nothing happened. Let us see if you could do that!", Harry tried to push Hermione to the limit.
"Fine! I swear nothing happened!"
"I don't believe this! I know you were not under the 'potion'. I found out it didn't make us in love with our partners but tell each other what we really feel. I knew it!"
"What is this, a trial whether or not I did something with the Malfoy or not? Harry, how could you accuse me of lying? And to my friends?"
Ron interrupted. "Now guys, quit it. This will lead nowhere. We're friends right? There is no use fighting about this"
Hermione answered at once. "Yeah, you're right Ron. Kindly tell the famous Harry Potter how wrong he has been and quit accusing me about Malfoy"
"Mione, let's go", Ginny grabbed Hermione's arm but she wasn't letting Ginny pull her away.
"I am not going to let this pass Hermione Granger! NEVER!", Harry's voice filled with anger.
"Can't you accept that we're through? Why would you come telling me I am lying and then suddenly accusing me there is something between Draco and I? How dare you? I was so stupid to be your girlfriend!"
"Now you slipped it! For years now you have called him Malfoy, and suddenly it's DRACO! Who would believe you now?"
"I can't believe you are letting me answer your questions. Why then did you let Lavender kiss you during Potions? WHO has been cheating WHO in the first place? It's YOU, not me!"
"I can't bear it you dealing with him. It's not you! Wake up Mione! It's a nightmare! Malfoy has other plans aside from taking you out tonight! He is luring you so that he could hand you over to his father and the Death Eaters. You know how they think that the world could do less with a mudblood! They will have you for dinner!"
"Fine! Think what you want to think about this but I'm not lying!" Hermione scampered away from Harry and Ron. Ginny tailed behind her. Hermoine cried as she headed back to their dormitories.
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"Harry is so unfair!", Hermione yelled in frustration.
"Tell me what happened. Harry wouldn't get anxious if he didn't see anything unusual with you", Ginny voiced as she watched Hermione paced around crazy.
"I don't know what to do Ginny! I agreed to go out with Malfoy tonight"
"YOU DID? Mione, I'm sorry but I reckon Harry has the right to get furious about this"
"I know, and it hurts too much to put up with this lie. I still love him but I ignore that feeling knowing that he has already moved on after our break-up. I was successful too---but now, it's all coming back to me. I can't forget how he exchanged me for a whore!", Hermione claimed as tears started to well in her eyes.
"What happened during class then?", Ginny asked carefully.
"Harry was looking at Malfoy and I the whole time. I took the potion first and I told Malfoy that I think I am falling in love with him"
"You've gone insane Mione! He is Draco Malfoy. He could lie to you even more than you are doing right now. Maybe it was just at the spur of the moment that you were able to say that. You didn't mean it!"
"I did. I knew about this potion long before. I read about it in the library and I knew from there that that potion was supposed to tell you the truth to your partner. Snape just made that up. I don't understand why he had to do that. Ginny, Harry is right about this whole thing. I can't admit to him the truth that he faced me with as much as he did before"
"I hope I could do something about it. I'll try to talk to Harry about it. I'll tell him there is nothing between you and Malfoy"
"You would also lie then! How many souls should lie to cover up this predicament? The thing is, Malfoy said he is serious about this---and I am too"
"I'll make it through Harry. If me talking to him wouldn't work, I think you should be the one to talk to him"
Hermione hugged her friend tight while she shed tears. She didn't realize how hard it was to be in between---most especially with that she is between her best friend who is also her former lover, and their ENEMY who is also the person who she will be going out with that night. It's like tearing her to pieces.
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"How dare she put up with this big lie! I can't believe she is going to choose that scum over us!", Harry yelled in utmost rage.
"Harry, what happened during class? Why would she deny what you were telling?"
"During the first hour, she was holding hands with that slimy git and she even had the courage to tell him that she was already falling in love with him! It almost made me sick until I saw her in his arms. if I knew her better, I'd say she just acted as if she fainted so that Malfoy would take his arms around her"
Still being rational, Ron interrupted, "She told about you kissing Lavender"
"Yes, in fact, I was, but I deny the fact I was kissing her back. I was kissing her but with no feelings whatsoever. I thought that if I did that, Granger would get jealous. Yet, she agreed to go out with Malfoy tonight! She doesn't know the danger she putting herself in"
"You were playing dirty Harry. You couldn't bring her to loving you again if you don't show you are worthy of it. I thought you two had agreed to be 'just' friends?"
Harry's eyes widened at the thought. Indeed, he had compromised with Hermione to stay as friends after their break-up. Silence won over him and the extreme emotion he was having begun to subside.
"We did. . .Ron, I really don't know what to do now. I haven't told you this but I'm still not over her. I love her Ron! And it hurts me much to see her with him!", Harry exclaimed while he tried to fight back his tears.
"I don't know what to do too. Why won't you tell her you still love her? It wouldn't make any difference, would it?"
"I can't! She would tell me that I am the one who is living a lie. I promised her that I will shun our past. . .And Ron, I was the one who gave her the necklace."
"YOU-DID-NOT! Harry, tell me you didn't!"
"I did", Harry mouthed as he lowered his head in the absurdity of the situation.
"All this while I was telling her that the person who gave her that is totally in love with her. Harry, you really ARE living a lie!"
"I know"
"I'll try talking to Mione about this. Maybe I could change her mind not to go out with him tonight. And I will not tell about this LOVE you have for her"
"Help me Ron. help me forget her. . .", Harry claimed helplessly.
Ron pat Harry at the back and said, "I'll try"
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Draco went to the lake on the grounds of Hogwarts. He walked around feeling the breeze glide through his skin. He felt peaceful. Never did he felt such before.
For once he was being true to himself. He really liked Hermione. . .
Yet love was an inappropriate word. . .
Draco spotted a place where he sat down. He rested his back on the trunk of the tree and took out a piece of canvas. He did this when he was feeling exhilarated. Since class wouldn't be up until after lunch, he decided to skip his meal for he did not feel hungry at all.
Hermione filled his thoughts.
And so, Draco started sketching.
He made a form of a woman. It had smooth flowing curls. The woman had nice eyes, a delicate nose, and full lips. The form was taking the person that is, Hermione Granger.
He stopped for a moment and put his hands inside his pockets. He was so occupied thinking about her. Hermione agreed to go out with him and it bothered him to death. What if it was a trap? Rather a lie so that the moment he had told her every thing about him, she would tell Harry?
//No. Granger is not like that//
Draco dug deeper into the pocket and felt something hard. He pulled it out and saw what it was. It was a box of oil pastel. He opened it and gave color to the image. He colored her hair brown and her lips red. She wore a black dress. She did look stunning in a form-fitting dress. There was every reason why the guys in Hogwarts were falling for her. She was beautiful. . . yet she did not know it. . .
//Her beauty isn't enough reason to fall for her. Maybe for them it is. I am falling for Granger for being brave, confident, and smart. She is comfortable with herself and does not have any pretensions in her. She is naturally beautiful, and no man could see it the way I do//
After finishing his work, Draco heard voices nearby.
//Oh, I almost forgot. Next class is under Hagrid. They couldn't be that far//
Draco rolled the parchment and put his things inside his pocket. He headed to the side of the forest near Hagrid's hut.
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"We hafta deal wittha hippogriffs 'gain. War y'know 'r comin' 'bout soon 'n few of yeh would hafta fight with us y'know. Usin' 'em yeh shall know 'gain. So, we'll hafta review this. follow me!"
Harry and Ron glared dangerously at Draco as the pale-skinned lad showed himself from the bushes.
"Well, there would be a war coming and I bet someone here knows about it!", Harry said in a rather high volume so that Draco could hear him.
"Yeah, and he is gonna tell his ol' father that the Good Wizards are going to use hippogriffs to ride on. he will be spying on the plan of Professor Dumbledore and spill it. I CAN'T wait!", Ron seconded sarcastically.
Draco didn't mind them. He was too happy at that moment and Harry and Ron could not spoil his day. He acted as if he was his old cocky self.
Draco didn't notice it but he was changing. He was being influenced by the mudblood.
Hermione heard Ron and Harry doing this and had to stand in between them. As Hagrid gestured him to start walking into the forest, Draco walked first and then, Hermione, who was with Ginny, followed. Lucky for him Crabbe and Goyle were busy looking for bugs.
Harry walked after Hermione. In the middle of the walking, they stopped as Hagrid told them. At the same time, Harry and Hermione both grabbed a note from their pockets and handed it to the person in front of them. Hermione gave the note to Draco and Harry to Hermione. If there was someone who should feel scared, that definitely was supposed to be her. As she handed the note to Draco, a hand touched her waist, sliding it to her hand, letting her receive the note.
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Class was over and the students had to go back to the dorms. Hermione thought she was feeling sick thinking she had made further damage to their friendship. She pursued having a connection with Draco.
She went up to her room, which was empty. Ginny followed shortly behind her who felt like she needed to lay her back on the bed a bit.
"Mione, who's that from?", Ginny queried lazily.
"It's from Harry. He slipped it into my hand during class. the same time I slipped a note to Draco"
"Come on! Open it!", Ginny said excitingly, not minding Hermione's second sentence.
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My dearest Mione,
I am terribly sorry for what happened today. I was just mad. I'm concerned about you, and what Malfoy could do to you. You can't deny me from feeling this way since I am your friend. Nor can you deny me from feeling jealous. I still love you Mione, and nothing can change that. I know this will change our friendship since I promised you that I should forget our past.
I admit I am wrong. I am always wrong. It's hard for me to contain all the guilt, the anguish and the pity I have for myself. I didn't know how to love. I was selfish and you were not deserving of such treatment. I'm sorry it has come to this. I'm trying hard to forget the love I had for you. I am exerting much effort, really. Just let me be like this for now. Let me forgive myself for what I have done. That's all I ask from you. I don't even expect you to forgive me for this. I have done much to displease you already.
Love, Harry
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"Mione! Harry still loves you!", Ginny said exasperatedly.
"I know. I want to move on, Ginny. . .and Draco will help me get there"
"Do you think that he is the one who can really help you move on? Or maybe it's because you want to deny the truth that you love Harry more than you did before that's why you're using Draco to make it seem you don't love him anymore?"
"I don't know! Ginny, I am totally clueless! I'm confused and this whole thing has been disturbing me so much!"
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Draco went back to his room (Draco and Hermione had asked Dumbledore considering they stay in their own houses' dormitories than share one together) seeing that he brought with him the portrait he did back at home. It was hung on the wall as it did in his room. He felt dizzy and reached for the side of the bed as he felt he was going to faint. He was able to pull himself over the bed and lay himself there.
//Such a long day it has been//
Draco tried looking around for something to do. He didn't feel like attending classes anymore. He had too much of Harry and the truth they were facing. It was all confusing, and disturbing, as much as Hermione was.
//Hermione, what is it with you that made me feel this way? You didn't mean anything to me, now you mean the world//
In a glimpse, Draco saw the painting move. It smiled at him again. The lady was beautiful the way it smiled at him.
The lady sang. . .it was such a sad melody. Draco thought it was a familiar tune and it bothered the hell out of him, nonetheless, it lulled him to sleep. Draco didn't resist the urge for he was tired thinking. He needed rest.
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There she was. . .
The lady on the portrait was sitting beside a damaged stallion.
She was crying. She cried without tears.
The place was so quiet that it was deafening.
Aside from her and the stallion, it was all gray. It was all sad.
"Hermione."
She looked up at him with mournful eyes. Hermione stood up and turned around to attend to the wounded horse. It shocked him bad to see what he saw on her back.
Lashes. . .
Hermione was lashed terribly and wounded greater than the stallion. Yet she didn't wince in pain. She didn't mind the pain that was piercing through her. The wounds were fresh and filled with blood. Never did he see anything like it. He thought it was not possible for one, especially a woman, to bear pain such as that.
"My dearest, if you only knew how much I hated to take this decision"
"I told you that I wouldn't want to come between your dreams and your fears. I have accepted the fact that we just can't be. We were not meant to be. Leave me here now and let me be. You might not be able to return once again in the real world if you stay here longer. I assure you, I understand"
"Hermione, always remember that my heart will forever remain yours no matter what. Even if I turn down my principles to be the worse creature I will be, I will never forget you. I will become a Death Eater, to avenge for you. Take my revenge to those who considered us not proper and moral. My father will be the first one to have a taste of my sweet vengeance"
"Don't say that. Promise you would not be like them. It will only cause you deeper into being one in their beliefs if you do so. Tell me now that you will never do a thing as they were accustomed to do. you are not a murderer Draco Malfoy! Promise me now Draco!"
"I am sorry it has to come to this"
Draco saw Harry from behind and the latter came running to him.
*As Harry was about to strangle him to death by the neck, Draco awoke.*
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Draco woke up panting, catching his breath. He could not believe what he dreamt. It was all too real. He remembered that his father was calling him to be a Death Eater before the year ends.
//The lashes? Where did Hermione get the lashes?//
//Oh Merlin, I'm grateful it was only a dream. I don't want to go out with a 'bloody' mudblood tonight!//
One thing was certain. He got the answer to his question---the question that bugged him years back. . .
The beautiful lady on the portrait was Hermione Granger.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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Here I am again with the edited 5th chapter! See what getting sick and staying at home for a week's rest can do? Well, this.
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