To Touch A Dragons Heart
Disclaimer: I don't own anything... Except the plot and the things or persons you havn't seen before..
Chapter 4: Caladonia Academy
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"Welcome to Florida," McGonnagal said to her two students. "Did you have a nice flight?"
"Well actually, Draco was afr ..." Hermione started, but Draco cut her off.
"Yes Professor, we had a nice trip," He said while glaring at Hermione, he obviously didn't want the professor to know about his fear.
"And you two were able to get along?" Professor McGonnagal asked, she had arranged the flight, because she wanted the two pupils to try and get along before they reached the Wizard school in Florida.
"Yes, we made a, um.. an agreement," Hermione said, while flipping her long hair over her shoulder and put it in a ponytail; it was quite windy and she didn't want it to be in her face.
Draco watched her as she did this, and whispered to himself: "She has truely become a woman."
"Did you said something Draco?" Hermione asked, getting Draco back to reality.
"No, no, I didn't say anything." Draco said, and then added with a sneer: "And what if I had, Mudblood?"
There it was again, that damn annoying name. "I just asked," Hermione exclaimed. Why did he call her Mudbood all of a sudden? He had been so nice in the plane, and he had kissed her.. Why had he kissed her? She didn't know, but she knew that she didn't want to put up with him calling her names without doing something in return, so she added in an angry voice: "But you might not know how to have a friendly convesation, Ferretboy?"
"What did I tell you about calling me..." Draco started, but was cut off by McGonnagal, who was really mad.
"I just can't believe you two! You tell me you got along fine on the plane, and then you start fighting when you have landed! But that will stop NOW!!!" McGonnagal snapped at them, looking them both in the eyes after turn: "If I hear you two fight or am being informed about you two fighting while we are at the school, I will make sure you both will recieve at least a weeks detention, either while we are at the school, or when we come home. I will decide that, if it happens, but just try and get along, at least in public! Now come with me!"
Both Hermione and Draco were speachless - this was the second time they had heard McGonnagal yell, but it wasn't less frightening than the first time. They looked at each other for a second, but none of the uttered a word. The anger was gone and replaced by shock, so they just followed McGonnagal to a car, which took them to a small alley. McGonnagal stepped out and they followed suit. She paid the man inside the car and he drove off, then she turned around to look at them and asked:
"Have you two cooled off?"
"Yes Professor," Hermione answered, she didn't want anymore trouble.
"Good" McGonnagal said, while she pulled something out of her pocket, to Hermione's surprise, it was a boomerang. "Now, come her and get a grip on this.. ehm, item, and we'll be off."
"It's a boomerang, Professor," Hermione explained, but continued when she saw the confused look on both Draco's and the professors faces: "It's a muggle toy. You throw it into the air and it will return to you, it's quite fun actually.."
Draco rolled his eyes and said: "Whatever Muggle-girl, let's be off then Professor."
Hermione glared at Draco, why was he like this? She knew there was a different side of him, she had seen it. She didn't have time to find a comeback, because both Draco and McGonnagal was holding onto the boomerang looking impatiently at her. She hurried to them and felt the well-known feeling in the stomach for a moment, then she landed hard on the ground and tripped, but was caught of strong arms before she hit the ground. She looked up at Draco for a moment, and she couldn't look away. Their gazes had locked and they stood like that for what seemed like forever, but it was only a few seconds when McGonnagal asked: "Are everyone allright?"
Draco broke the trance-like state to look up at McGonnagal while helping Hermione to a standing position.
"We are allright Professor," He answered. Hermione looked at him, tried to catch his gaze, but he refused to look at her. What had just happened? Why wouldn't he look at her? Her thoughts was cut short by McGonnagal asking if there was something wrong.
"No, no, I'm fine professor, really," she said and looked up at the professor, but there was something else that caught her gaze. Behind the professor was a castle almost as beautiful as Hogwarts.
"Is that the school?" she gasped. That caught Draco's attention, he had looked into the ground until that moment, and when he looked up, he couldn't help but gasp aswell. The castle was one of the most beautiful buildings he had ever seen.
"Yes, this the school Miss Granger. Now let's get up there," McGonnagal, and they started to walk towards the school.
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They hadn't walked more than five minutes time when they reached the gate of the castle. Just when McGonnagal had raised her hand to knock, the door opened and revealed a little room with another massive door behind it. The houseelf who had opened the door lead them through the door and down a long corridor full of students either Hermione's age or younger it seemed. Most of the students starred at them, curious about who they were. As they stopped in front of a door, covered with beautiful carvings, Hermione heard a group of girls whisper something about "the handsome stranger" and instantly she knew who they were talking about. Unknowingly she took a step closer to Draco.
Draco on the other hand had noticed a couple of guys that looked to be around their age staring openmouthed at Hermione, so he took a step towards her. He realished too late that Hermione had taken a step towards him aswell and only a few inches seperated them, so when he stepped towards her his body accidently pushed her and she was about to fall when he caught her for the second time that day.
Hermione felt herself being pushed forward suddenly when a stepped into her, but when she was about to fall she felt a pair of strong arms encircle her waist from behind. Draco helped her to her feet again and then she turned to face him. Their gaze locked and Hermione said the only thing she could think of:
"Deja-vu," She said softly. Draco was just about to say something, when the moment was interrupted by the Houseelf that had led them in:
"Will Miss and Master please follow me?" It asked submissively.
Hermione looked at the little creature and remembered Dobby and all the other houseelfs at Hogwarts and said: "Of course we will," and smiled at the Houseelf. It smiled shyly back and led them further down the hall way.
"Hermione," Draco's voice said from behind. "Where the heck is McGonnagal?"
Hermione stopped instantly, and Draco who didn't pay attention bumped into her from behind. Hermione turned around and said with a grin: "We gotta stop bump into eachother like this," but then she got serious again. "I don't know where she is actually, do you think something's wrong?"
Draco was just about to answer when Hermione turned around and ran down the corridor, she had got an idea, and all Draco could do, was to follow her. Hermione soon reached the Houseelf and stopped beside it.
"Ehm.. Houseelf, what is your name?" she asked while catching her breath.
"Tille, Miss. Tille's name is Tille."
Hermione almost started laughing at the way the houseelf spoke, but caught herself just before she did, she didn't want to make Tille unhappy.
"Hello Tille, I'm Hermione."
"Hello Miss Hermione" Tille said with a curious look in her eyes, she had never been spoken to like she mattered or said hello to before. "Tille, did you notice the woman who were with us when we arrived?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, Miss." Tille said excited.
"Do you know where she is?" Hermione said kindly, knowing that Tille liked the way Hermione talked to her.
"Yes, Miss, she is with Headmaster and Headmaster asked Tille to show Miss and Master their rooms, while Headmaster spoke to Mrs."
Hermione turned to Draco and said: "That's where she is, should we go with Tille or wait for McGonnagal?"
Draco looked around and noticed that a coupld of guys was heading in their direction, obviously wanting to talk to Hermione, so he said quickly: "I think we should go with Tille, I really want to see our rooms." That wasn't the entire truth - Draco knew that they would get introduced to other people at the school, but he wanted to have Hermione to himself the first night if that was possible, so he said: "Show us our rooms Tille."
The little elf lead them down a few corridors and stopped infront of a painting. The mermaid that was inside the painting smiled at them and asked them what they wanted the password to be.
The two pupils stood there thoughtfull for a moment, then Hermione spoke: "What do you think about "Truce" Draco?"
"I think that it's great." He then said to the Mermaid: "Truce" and the portrait swong open and revealed an opening in the wall. Hermione was the first one to enter and what she saw made her gasp. The Common Room was beautiful decorated in Blue and silver. There was a couch, two big comfortable-looking chairs and a table in the middle of the room. To the left there was a door, which lead to a small library and to the right another door, which revealed a big bathroom, with both a cabine and a bathtub.
Draco walked into the room and was quite impressed. He looked around and saw another two doors in the back of the room. He went to one of the doors and opened it. The room he saw was decorated in gold and red, it had a king- size bed against one wall and a desk against the other. There was a big walk-in closet just to the left of the door. Draco turned towards the other door and as he walked towards it, he called: "Hermione, I think I've found your room." And pointed backwards to the door he had left open.
He opened the other door and found a room identical to Hermiones except his was decorated in in green and silver. He opened the door to his wardrobe and saw that all his clothes already hung neatly side-be-side and his school sublies was set beside his trunk in the back of the room.
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Hermione heard a knock on the portrait and went to open the door. Who could that be? She thought curiously, they didn't know anyone yet. She pushed the portrait aside and saw McGonnagal waiting outside with a man.
"Hello Professor," She said smiling. "It's good to see you, we didn't know where you went off to.."
"Hello Miss Granger," McGonnagal said. "This is Professor Cooper, The Headmaster on this school." She intruduced the man beside her.
"Hello Professor," Hermione said. "I'm pleased to meet you."
"Hello young lady," The Headmaster said with a deep voice. "Welcome to my school, Caladonia Academy."
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A/N: That was chapter 4, I hope you enjoyed it! Please review!
~The Charmed One
Disclaimer: I don't own anything... Except the plot and the things or persons you havn't seen before..
Chapter 4: Caladonia Academy
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"Welcome to Florida," McGonnagal said to her two students. "Did you have a nice flight?"
"Well actually, Draco was afr ..." Hermione started, but Draco cut her off.
"Yes Professor, we had a nice trip," He said while glaring at Hermione, he obviously didn't want the professor to know about his fear.
"And you two were able to get along?" Professor McGonnagal asked, she had arranged the flight, because she wanted the two pupils to try and get along before they reached the Wizard school in Florida.
"Yes, we made a, um.. an agreement," Hermione said, while flipping her long hair over her shoulder and put it in a ponytail; it was quite windy and she didn't want it to be in her face.
Draco watched her as she did this, and whispered to himself: "She has truely become a woman."
"Did you said something Draco?" Hermione asked, getting Draco back to reality.
"No, no, I didn't say anything." Draco said, and then added with a sneer: "And what if I had, Mudblood?"
There it was again, that damn annoying name. "I just asked," Hermione exclaimed. Why did he call her Mudbood all of a sudden? He had been so nice in the plane, and he had kissed her.. Why had he kissed her? She didn't know, but she knew that she didn't want to put up with him calling her names without doing something in return, so she added in an angry voice: "But you might not know how to have a friendly convesation, Ferretboy?"
"What did I tell you about calling me..." Draco started, but was cut off by McGonnagal, who was really mad.
"I just can't believe you two! You tell me you got along fine on the plane, and then you start fighting when you have landed! But that will stop NOW!!!" McGonnagal snapped at them, looking them both in the eyes after turn: "If I hear you two fight or am being informed about you two fighting while we are at the school, I will make sure you both will recieve at least a weeks detention, either while we are at the school, or when we come home. I will decide that, if it happens, but just try and get along, at least in public! Now come with me!"
Both Hermione and Draco were speachless - this was the second time they had heard McGonnagal yell, but it wasn't less frightening than the first time. They looked at each other for a second, but none of the uttered a word. The anger was gone and replaced by shock, so they just followed McGonnagal to a car, which took them to a small alley. McGonnagal stepped out and they followed suit. She paid the man inside the car and he drove off, then she turned around to look at them and asked:
"Have you two cooled off?"
"Yes Professor," Hermione answered, she didn't want anymore trouble.
"Good" McGonnagal said, while she pulled something out of her pocket, to Hermione's surprise, it was a boomerang. "Now, come her and get a grip on this.. ehm, item, and we'll be off."
"It's a boomerang, Professor," Hermione explained, but continued when she saw the confused look on both Draco's and the professors faces: "It's a muggle toy. You throw it into the air and it will return to you, it's quite fun actually.."
Draco rolled his eyes and said: "Whatever Muggle-girl, let's be off then Professor."
Hermione glared at Draco, why was he like this? She knew there was a different side of him, she had seen it. She didn't have time to find a comeback, because both Draco and McGonnagal was holding onto the boomerang looking impatiently at her. She hurried to them and felt the well-known feeling in the stomach for a moment, then she landed hard on the ground and tripped, but was caught of strong arms before she hit the ground. She looked up at Draco for a moment, and she couldn't look away. Their gazes had locked and they stood like that for what seemed like forever, but it was only a few seconds when McGonnagal asked: "Are everyone allright?"
Draco broke the trance-like state to look up at McGonnagal while helping Hermione to a standing position.
"We are allright Professor," He answered. Hermione looked at him, tried to catch his gaze, but he refused to look at her. What had just happened? Why wouldn't he look at her? Her thoughts was cut short by McGonnagal asking if there was something wrong.
"No, no, I'm fine professor, really," she said and looked up at the professor, but there was something else that caught her gaze. Behind the professor was a castle almost as beautiful as Hogwarts.
"Is that the school?" she gasped. That caught Draco's attention, he had looked into the ground until that moment, and when he looked up, he couldn't help but gasp aswell. The castle was one of the most beautiful buildings he had ever seen.
"Yes, this the school Miss Granger. Now let's get up there," McGonnagal, and they started to walk towards the school.
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They hadn't walked more than five minutes time when they reached the gate of the castle. Just when McGonnagal had raised her hand to knock, the door opened and revealed a little room with another massive door behind it. The houseelf who had opened the door lead them through the door and down a long corridor full of students either Hermione's age or younger it seemed. Most of the students starred at them, curious about who they were. As they stopped in front of a door, covered with beautiful carvings, Hermione heard a group of girls whisper something about "the handsome stranger" and instantly she knew who they were talking about. Unknowingly she took a step closer to Draco.
Draco on the other hand had noticed a couple of guys that looked to be around their age staring openmouthed at Hermione, so he took a step towards her. He realished too late that Hermione had taken a step towards him aswell and only a few inches seperated them, so when he stepped towards her his body accidently pushed her and she was about to fall when he caught her for the second time that day.
Hermione felt herself being pushed forward suddenly when a stepped into her, but when she was about to fall she felt a pair of strong arms encircle her waist from behind. Draco helped her to her feet again and then she turned to face him. Their gaze locked and Hermione said the only thing she could think of:
"Deja-vu," She said softly. Draco was just about to say something, when the moment was interrupted by the Houseelf that had led them in:
"Will Miss and Master please follow me?" It asked submissively.
Hermione looked at the little creature and remembered Dobby and all the other houseelfs at Hogwarts and said: "Of course we will," and smiled at the Houseelf. It smiled shyly back and led them further down the hall way.
"Hermione," Draco's voice said from behind. "Where the heck is McGonnagal?"
Hermione stopped instantly, and Draco who didn't pay attention bumped into her from behind. Hermione turned around and said with a grin: "We gotta stop bump into eachother like this," but then she got serious again. "I don't know where she is actually, do you think something's wrong?"
Draco was just about to answer when Hermione turned around and ran down the corridor, she had got an idea, and all Draco could do, was to follow her. Hermione soon reached the Houseelf and stopped beside it.
"Ehm.. Houseelf, what is your name?" she asked while catching her breath.
"Tille, Miss. Tille's name is Tille."
Hermione almost started laughing at the way the houseelf spoke, but caught herself just before she did, she didn't want to make Tille unhappy.
"Hello Tille, I'm Hermione."
"Hello Miss Hermione" Tille said with a curious look in her eyes, she had never been spoken to like she mattered or said hello to before. "Tille, did you notice the woman who were with us when we arrived?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, Miss." Tille said excited.
"Do you know where she is?" Hermione said kindly, knowing that Tille liked the way Hermione talked to her.
"Yes, Miss, she is with Headmaster and Headmaster asked Tille to show Miss and Master their rooms, while Headmaster spoke to Mrs."
Hermione turned to Draco and said: "That's where she is, should we go with Tille or wait for McGonnagal?"
Draco looked around and noticed that a coupld of guys was heading in their direction, obviously wanting to talk to Hermione, so he said quickly: "I think we should go with Tille, I really want to see our rooms." That wasn't the entire truth - Draco knew that they would get introduced to other people at the school, but he wanted to have Hermione to himself the first night if that was possible, so he said: "Show us our rooms Tille."
The little elf lead them down a few corridors and stopped infront of a painting. The mermaid that was inside the painting smiled at them and asked them what they wanted the password to be.
The two pupils stood there thoughtfull for a moment, then Hermione spoke: "What do you think about "Truce" Draco?"
"I think that it's great." He then said to the Mermaid: "Truce" and the portrait swong open and revealed an opening in the wall. Hermione was the first one to enter and what she saw made her gasp. The Common Room was beautiful decorated in Blue and silver. There was a couch, two big comfortable-looking chairs and a table in the middle of the room. To the left there was a door, which lead to a small library and to the right another door, which revealed a big bathroom, with both a cabine and a bathtub.
Draco walked into the room and was quite impressed. He looked around and saw another two doors in the back of the room. He went to one of the doors and opened it. The room he saw was decorated in gold and red, it had a king- size bed against one wall and a desk against the other. There was a big walk-in closet just to the left of the door. Draco turned towards the other door and as he walked towards it, he called: "Hermione, I think I've found your room." And pointed backwards to the door he had left open.
He opened the other door and found a room identical to Hermiones except his was decorated in in green and silver. He opened the door to his wardrobe and saw that all his clothes already hung neatly side-be-side and his school sublies was set beside his trunk in the back of the room.
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Hermione heard a knock on the portrait and went to open the door. Who could that be? She thought curiously, they didn't know anyone yet. She pushed the portrait aside and saw McGonnagal waiting outside with a man.
"Hello Professor," She said smiling. "It's good to see you, we didn't know where you went off to.."
"Hello Miss Granger," McGonnagal said. "This is Professor Cooper, The Headmaster on this school." She intruduced the man beside her.
"Hello Professor," Hermione said. "I'm pleased to meet you."
"Hello young lady," The Headmaster said with a deep voice. "Welcome to my school, Caladonia Academy."
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A/N: That was chapter 4, I hope you enjoyed it! Please review!
~The Charmed One