I, ME, MY LOVE POTION EGGS!
by squidward
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And I just realized that I got a wrong title here. The original title of the series is "I My Me! Strawberry Eggs" so this should be "I My Me! Love Potion Eggs".
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter! So what? *sniffs*
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I, ME, MY LOVE POTION EGGS!
Chapter X: Coming Back To Earth
"YOU PERVERT!!!!!!" Hermione was burning in anger. She very much wanted to strangle Malfoy, who was still standing in front of her in shock. He was holding his left cheek, which was already red, and looking at Hermione in silent bewilderment.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HERE?! STANDING IN FRONT OF ME WITH EYES CLOSED! WE ALMOST KISSED, Y'KNOW!"
"That's because we're supposed to kiss anyway!" Draco shouted, finally.
"WHAT?!? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KISS??? ARE YOU MENTAL?!"
"You're the one who's mental!" Draco roared angrily. "Last minute you told me you like me, then the next minute you're ranting angrily like a mad dog!"
"I told you I like you!? No way! I'm really mental if I said that!"
"Then I assure you, you really are!"
Hermione's nerves contracted and her eyes flickered. She frantically scanned the area again and glared back at Malfoy.
"I knew it! I knew it!" Hermione kept muttering.
"You would want to share what you know, don't you?" Draco said sarcastically. What did ever happen to her anyway? She would not act this wildly, she wouldn't! She never even dared talk to him; all she would do was blush when she was with him. But now, the 'normal' Hermione was standing in front of him. Was she only acting to get his attention? That was a possibility but he hadn't dumped her yet, so why would she do such an act?
Unless, of course… The most probable thing that happened…"You kidnapped me! You kidnapped me! I knew it! I knew it!" Hermione barked. Her face was livid and if looks could kill, Draco would be very dead by now.
"And why would I kidnap you anyway!? You came here in your own will!"
"Huh! I'll be mental to do that!"
"I told you, you really are mental!" Draco was starting to lose his patience. This wasn't an act of course - she was already cured from the potion.
Hermione was still looking around like a raving lunatic, her face fuming. She couldn't remember how she got there. Worse, she couldn't remember what happened the previous day.
"Where are Harry and Ron? What did you do to them?"
"I'm not interested in guys, Granger!"
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?!"
"They are in Quidditch practice! You're the one you said that if you must remember!"
"Then, where are we?! What are you doing here – with me?!"
Draco was getting as mad as Hermione. This was so humiliating. The last thing he wanted to do right now was answer Hermione's questions. He wanted to knock her down or strangle her, but he couldn't. Well, it wasn't very manly and hurting Hermione physically wasn't really something he dreamt.
"Answer me! What place is this!?"
"Are you sure you're a Hogwarts student? Or are you just so stupid you didn't notice we're in Hogsmeade?"
"Hogsmeade? We're in a Hogsmeade trip?" Hermione's temple started to ache. Memories flashed in her head. She couldn't make out what those memories were, and not really sure if they really happened. Her head throbbed more and she screeched in pain. She fell on the ground, clutching her forehead. Her vision started to become blurred and she could hear a voice that getting fainter and fainter, calling her name…
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"Is she alright?"
"What happened to her?"
"She's going to wake up soon, right?"
"Ginny, what happened to Hermione?" Ron asked upon arriving at the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey was getting annoyed at all the noises so she pushed the students out of the room, making Harry and Ron furious.
"We just arrived here! We wanted to check her!" Ron roared, his broomstick still in his hands. He was still in his Quidditch robes.
"She needs some rest, okay! Now, OUT!" and Madam Pomfrey slammed the door behind her.
Ginny sighed and looked at the infuriated boys. "I think you two should change first. We can go back here after."
"Explain to us first what happened!" Ron demanded.
"We just heard from Seamus and Dean that she collapsed in Hogsmeade, and you're with her, right?" Harry asked.
"Yes and no. Yes, she collapsed. No, she was not with me," Ginny answered.
"Then who was she with? Who brought her here?"
Ginny looked hesitant and took a deep breath before answering, "Malfoy did."
"WHAT?!" The boys looked like they were stunned. Ginny smiled nervously. She pretty knew they were already formulating their own speculations about what had happened. Ron's furious red face was clashing horribly against his hair. He might actually burst in anger at any moment.
"And what the hell is she doing with that git?!"
"Well, it looks like they had a date or something," Ginny started. Harry's jaw fell and Ron turned purple. The two became temporarily speechless so Ginny continued. "Dean told me that they saw her and Malfoy in the Quidditch shop, but Hermione denied that they were together. Well I doubted that was true so I looked for them in the village. I've searched in the all the shops but they were not there. And then when I took a seat to rest a little I saw Malfoy dashing, the unconscious Hermione was on his arms.
"So I followed. And when I caught up with him I asked him what happened. He only said that she collapsed, nothing more. He didn't even explain what he was doing with her and where did they go. After bringing Hermione in the hospital wing he left without saying a word." Harry and Ron looked at Ginny incredulously.
"Why did Malfoy care to bring her here?" asked Harry. Ginny shrugged.
"Just make sure he didn't do anything to her, or else I'll kill him the moment I saw him!" Ron bellowed.
"I doubt it that Malfoy did something. He wouldn't dare bring her back if he did," said Ginny.
"Maybe he panicked because what he did was too much!" Harry hissed angrily.
"Let's just wait for Hermione to wake up. I don't like the idea of interrogating Malfoy about this anyway. Let's go back to the common room," Ginny suggested.
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"Oh, you're already awake," Madam Pomfrey beamed. Hermione blinked. She was in the hospital wing, lying on a bed.
"What happened?" she asked.
"You collapsed my dear. Just take a rest and you can go back for breakfast later."
"Breakfast? It's tomorrow already?" Madam Pomfrey didn't hear her though because there was someone knocking. Hermione tried to recall what happened. Malfoy almost kissed her and they fought, then her head ached and then…
"Hermione!" before she knew it Ginny already threw herself at her. Harry and Ron were standing at her bedside, beaming.
"Finally, you're already awake!" Harry said.
"Are you alright now?" asked Ron in a caring voice. Hermione nodded.
"We're so worried you know!" said Ginny and took the seat beside Ron.
"What happened to you anyway?" asked Harry. Hermione stayed quiet and didn't answer. She was thinking about what really happened to her.
"Honestly, I don't know," she murmured.
"Did Malfoy do anything to you?"
Malfoy? Memories flashed again in her head. They were all picturing her and Malfoy together, but she couldn't really understand it. Then more memories flooded her, this time she could remember it clearly. Her talk with Professor Flitwick, the chocolate eggs, Ginny talking to her, Ron asking her whom she likes, Malfoy flying…
"Malfoy!" Hermione exclaimed. Harry, Ron and Ginny nearly fell from their seat at her sudden outburst. The memories were starting to show their links at one another.
"The love potion eggs! I saw Malfoy first! I'm going to fall for him!" Hermione yelled hysterically.
"Sshhh!" Madam Pomfrey hissed and gave them a disapproving look.
"I'm going to fall for him! I can't believe it!" Hermione whispered worriedly.
"In fact," said Harry, "you already did."
"What?!" Hermione exclaimed. Ron winced.
"You're madly in love with him a few days ago!" Ginny chuckled. Hermione just stared at her.
"Well, this could only mean one thing," said Harry. Everyone looked at him. Ginny, as if reading his mind, looked a little shock for a moment then broke into a grin. Ron though was still clueless.
"You're already cured, Hermione." Harry smiled. Ron's face lightened up.
Hermione just stared at Harry in silence. So that's why I can't remember anything from yesterday. I was in love at Malfoy at those times. She tried to focus her mind on the bits of memories in her head. Her fight with Ron about Malfoy, her attempts to ask Malfoy out, Malfoy asking her to drink the Discernment Potion, Harry telling him her feelings were not genuine, Malfoy coming to her, Malfoy holding her hand, Malfoy leaning closer to kiss her…
She blushed as she remembered the kiss. Malfoy almost kissed her. If she didn't come back to her old self it could have happened. Then Malfoy would be her first kiss…
"Are you okay?" Harry asked. Hermione flinched when she saw Harry waving his hand on her face.
"Ye-yeah, I'm fine. I just r-remembered what had happened…" Hermione looked down and blushed. Ginny laughed.
"So you remembered going after Malfoy?" she teased. Hermione turned redder.
"I can't believe I did those things!" Hermione muttered.
"Honestly, you're pretty hard to control," Harry joked. All of them laughed.
"I'm sorry about that. But what's bugging me is why Malfoy asked me out," Hermione pondered.
"He asked you out?!" Ron asked in surprise. Hermione blushed again.
"Actually, he was really nice to me," she mumbled and told them about their 'date'. Ron thumped the table beside him in rage when Hermione told them about the kiss.
"HE KISSED YOU?!" Ron thundered. Madam Pomfrey glared at them and told the three visitors to go out.
"I'm coming with them. I'm already fine!" Hermione jumped and followed her friends. Ron was still livid and started shouting again when they got out.
"SO, HE REALLY KISSED YOU?!"
"No. I suddenly came back to my senses and slapped him. But it was really close though…" Hermione muttered. Then she told them about their fight and how she lost her consciousness.
"…I heard him calling my name and my mind went blank and that's it!"
"That prat! I bet he knew that you were under spell and took advantage of it!" Ron howled.
"But how did he know? Only you, Harry and I know it?" Ginny asked.
"I think he used the Discernment Potion on Hermione," Harry suggested.
"Yeah, I remember Malfoy forcing her to drink it!"
"So probably he wanted to play with my feelings. I bet he would dump me after that kiss. But the spell was lifted just in time," Hermione said.
"Malfoy was very furious, I suppose," Harry mumbled.
"Serves him right," Ron grunted. "Let's just go and get our breakfast."
"But it was still kind of him to bring you in the hospital wing," said Ginny with a giggle. Ron glared at his sister and Ginny giggled harder. They headed to the Great Hall together when Hermione gasped.
They were face to face with Malfoy.
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