Disclaimer: Credit goes to JK Rowling...(and a few other companies, people, etc. who probably own a little bit of The Boy Who Lived...)
A/N: This was my first fanfic EVER. I wrote this about two years ago, WAAAAY before OOTP, so there are a lot of things that won't fit in with canon. My writing was horrible, and I switched back and forth between plot lines...but I still think this is a pretty darn good story. However, it is the only thing I have EVER completed in all the fanfics I've ever tried to write...so I thought I'd just post it online...It is a love triangle sort of thing...Hermione likes Harry, Ron, and there's some Draco in there too...so if you don't like this...then don't read it... Well, enjoy my REALLY old fanfic...
Chapter Four - Blood-Stained Waterfall
"Yes, she'll be fine. Just fine..." Harry trailed off. 'Or I hope she will be...What would I do without her?' He thought to himself. There was a silence between him and Ron. Even though they had only been not talking for less than a day, it still seemed to hurt them both deep down about what they said about each other. As they say, the truth only comes out when you're angry or upset...
"Harry, the question is...are you ok?" Ron asked uncertainly.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be ok?" Harry said, avoiding eye contact and looking down at his feet as they walked.
"It's just, last night when I asked Hermione about the Ball, I really meant for her to take you...not me..." Ron mumbled. Silence...
"Ok, I know you don't want to talk about it but...Harry we have to sort this out!" Ron begged. Silence...
"Do you really love her?" Silence...
After a long pause, "I dunno anymore." Harry responded, his voice shaking.
"Harry, I've got to tell you something...it's really important but I don't know how to say it, I mean you and Hermione are my best friends...I can tell you guys anything right?" Ron said slowly.
"Yeah, you can tell us anything. Shoot." Harry responded smiling at Ron, who didn't smile back.
"Ok well, here goes...I'm going to die..." Ron started
'Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!' the bell interrupted and blocked out Ron's last word so it was barely heard.
"Oh no, the first class of the day! And we got Potions!" Harry shrieked, completely forgetting what Ron had just said.
"We don't have our stuff either! Hurry lets run and go get our bags!" Ron shouted as they sprinted for the Gryffindor Tower.
It was a tough run since the whole of the school was walking the opposite way that they were. They finally got up to Gryffindor Tower and got their bags. They slung them on their backs and dashed away towards the dungeons.
'Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!' the bell rang again.
"Oh no, that must be the minute bell! We'll never make it!" Harry gasped.
They kept running and right as they got to the door to the dungeons, the bell rang one last time. They slid in the door hoping that Professor Snape wouldn't notice. But of course, Snape never misses a thing.
"Potter! Weasley! Why are you late?" came Snape's sneer, malicious voice.
"Uh...sir...we were just down at the Hospital Wing, with..." Harry began.
"Silence! I did not mean for an answer, Potter. It was a rhetorical question!" Snape bellowed. "Since I am feeling very...generous today...I will not assign you detention."
Ron's jaw dropped. "Bu..bu...you...always...bu?" He began and then Harry elbowed him in the ribs and smiled at Snape. "Ow!" Ron exclaimed.
Snape looked outraged. "Shut up, Weasley! And I do not need your smirk, Potter, now SIT!" Snape motioned towards their empty seats.
Harry and Ron walked down over to their usual seats; and Snape, like always started to call roll.
"Pansy Parkinson..." his drawling voice pronounced.
"Here!" came Pansy's annoying, high, preppy voice.
"Seamus Finningan..." the sound of Snape's voice was so monotonous that it almost put everyone to sleep.
While Snape was calling roll, Harry and Ron put their heads on the desk and whispered quietly.
"So why do you think he didn't give us detention?" Ron asked, massaging his ribs.
"I dunno..." Harry retorted. "Oh, sorry about that!" He added when he saw Ron holding his side. Ron just smiled.
"Draco Malfoy..." Snape said. No answer... "Is Mr. Malfoy not here today?" he asked. At that moment Malfoy came bursting into the room.
"Sorry, Professor, I was in the Hospital Wing." Malfoy said, but Snape interrupted him.
"Yeah, don't worry about it." Snape didn't even look up at Malfoy as he sat down.
Ron was cursing both Malfoy and Snape on the spot. But Harry reminded him that Snape didn't even give them detention so it didn't really matter.
"Hermione Granger..." Snape droned on. "Is she not here today? Good...no little twit-wit know-it-all's today." Snape stated.
Three people all jumped up from their desks at this remark.
"What the hell was that for?!" Harry shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Hey! She's our friend you son of a...well, if you don't shut up about her, I swear I'll kick your ass!" Ron yelled, punching his fist.
"Just because you ask questions and the only one smart enough to answer is Hermione doesn't mean you have to go putting her down all the time! She works hard for what she does, and she deserves respect! So please...STOP!" someone else yelled from the back corner.
Everyone turned around to see who it was.
"Mr. Malfoy? What has gotten into you?" Professor Snape asked with a curious look on his face, completely ignoring what Harry and Ron had said, for the time being at least.
"Absolutely nothing." Malfoy answered, looking very calm and undisturbed.
Harry and Ron just gaped at Malfoy with their jaws dropped, in total shock.
Everyone just sat there in total shock while Harry, Ron, and Malfoy were all standing up, all breathing heavily. Snape had come to his senses.
"Draco, I must ask you to please take your seat." Snape said soothingly, and then turned to Harry and Ron.
"Potter! Weasley! SIT!" Snape bellowed. Harry and Ron sat down so fast that they skidded backwards in their seats.
"Is it proper to show disrespect to one of your professors?" Snape interrogated. Harry and Ron just sat there staring at Snape, who stared back, as if daring them to say something to piss him off even more.
"I said, SPEAK!" Snape and roared. Harry and Ron were just dumbfounded.
"Fine! Get out!" Snape pointed a long, sallow finger towards the door. "OUT!"
Harry and Ron gathered their books and made their way to the door silently.
"Detention for both of you! And 50 points from Gryffindor!" Snape yelled as they made their way out of the dungeon. Snape ran over and slammed the door in their faces.
They just stood outside the classroom door for a few minutes in stunned silence. They slowly made their way back up to the Gryffindor Tower, drudging their feet along noisily. When they got up to the Common Room, Harry heaved his bag onto the couch and slung himself next to it. Ron just sat in the chair across from him.
A random thought came to Harry's mind. "Why was Malfoy in the Hospital Wing, you think, Ron? He wasn't in there to see Hermione was he?"
Ron just shrugged his shoulders. "I sure hope not Harry..."
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The door to the hospital wing slowly opened and someone tiptoed through the shadows towards Hermione's bed. Hermione was fast asleep and had been all day; ever since Harry and Ron left her earlier, she had been asleep. The figure put a vase of roses on Hermione's bedside and sat down at the foot of her bed.
"Hermione? Are you ok? Wake up Hermione..." the person said softly, rubbing her arm softly.
"Harry? Is that you?" Hermione replied wearily.
"No, Hermione."
"Ron?"
"No."
There was a pause...
"Draco?"
"Yes, Hermione, it's me." Draco smiled.
Hermione sat up and looked at the clock on her beside table; it was 5:30. That's when she noticed the roses. "Who gave those to me?"
"I did..." Draco answered affectionately.
"Oh, Draco, there was no need for that!" Hermione said, looking into his eyes.
"Yes there was. I wanted you to know..." He broke off, silence...
"Know what?" Hermione said leaning closer to him.
Draco didn't say anything but he just leaned in closer to Hermione. He tenderly put his hands on Hermione's neck and pulled her close to him. He leaned in to kiss her when Hermione sneezed. She was embarrassed and apologized. Draco just ignored it and leaned in to kiss her again, their lips had barely touched when Hermione pulled away.
"I can't do this..." She said quietly.
Draco just put a finger on her lips. "Shh..."
Hermione closed her eyes and Draco kissed her. Hermione opened her eyes again and she was now kissing Harry. She pulled away real fast and noticed that the person she was kissing was Ron. Hermione blinked real hard. No one was sitting there anymore but she wasn't in the Hospital Wing.
She was in a jungle....with a waterfall. Ron was standing on a rock above the waterfall, with two figures behind him. On Ron's right was Draco, holding out a hand to help Ron. On Ron's left was Harry, sulking behind Ron not caring about what was happening. Hermione looked at the waterfall and noticed it wasn't water. It was blood...
A large black dog jumped out of the tangled jungle floor and leaped onto Hermione's chest. It growled and barred its teeth. It was Sirius.
Hermione looked up at the waterfall and Ron was ready to jump. Harry looked as if he were going to push Ron off the edge. Draco was on Ron's other side, taking off his shoes and cloak, looking worried, and as if he were willing to jump in after Ron if anything would happen to him.
Sirius got off of Hermione and stood guard next to her. Ron caught Hermione's eye and just mouthed 'This is for you...goodbye...' Ron took a step towards the edge...
Harry stepped forward and pushed Ron off the edge. Draco made a grab for Ron but it was no good, Ron was falling down towards his death down the waterfall of blood.
"RON!" Hermione screamed, running towards the bottom of the waterfall, but Sirius stopped her. "NO! RON!"
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"Hermione, it's ok! I'm here!" Ron said, shaking Hermione softly.
"Wake up, it's just a dream, it's ok, I'm here!" Hermione opened her eyes and looked up at Ron.
She sat up real quickly. "Oh my gosh...it was horrible, Ron! I was in the jungle, I didn't know where I was, then I looked up and there was a waterfall except it wasn't water, it was blood. And, and, and you and Harry were there. And then Sirius was there and, and, and Dra---" Hermione cut herself off, suddenly realizing that Harry was there too; she lay back down.
Harry patted her forehead, "Hermione, it's ok; it was just a dream, a nightmare..."
"Hey, Herm, you're fully recovered, and it's 6:30, so you can leave the Hospital Wing now..." Ron interrupted, trying to change the subject and get Hermione into better spirits.
Hermione looked over at her beside table and what she saw made her scream. There was a vase of roses on the table.
"Oh my gosh, who brought those?!" Hermione shouted.
"Herm, calm down, it's ok, they're just roses..." Ron said coolly.
"Bu--bu--but who gave them to me?" Hermione worried.
"We're not sure, they were here when we walked in..." Harry replied.
"Oh...alright." Hermione said, sitting up again and thinking that maybe Draco had given them to her. "Well I guess I better change into my clothes." She said, pushing Harry and Ron outside the curtains.
Hermione changed quickly and hurried Harry and Ron out of the Hospital Wing. About halfway back to Gryffindor Tower, Hermione stopped suddenly.
"What time is it again?" she asked anxiously.
Ron shrugged his shoulders and Harry looked at his watch. "6:45..." he said slowly, "why?"
"Ok, I'm really sorry, I'd love to explain, but...I just...I just can't explain! But I gotta go! Ok? Don't follow me and I'll meet you back up in the Common Room in an hour, ok?" and she just ran off down towards the Great Hall.
"Wonder what she's on about?" Ron asked curiously.
"No clue, but I hope it has nothing to do with Malfoy..." Harry sighed.
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