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Chapter 4. The Hungry Serpent
Hermione woke to a slight jolting movement. Someone was carrying her. She kept her eyes closed and leaned against the persons chest, and inhaled there scent. They smelled good, it wasn't Lucius, but they still smelled good. She opened her eyes and looked up to see a man with blond hair who looked a lot like a younger version of Lucius.
"Who could that be?" Hermione thought to herself, "He looks like Draco Malfoy."
Then it hit her with realization.
"Draco Malfoy!" Hermione yelped which caused Draco to drop her.
She fell on her arse, which caused her to let out another yelp.
Draco smirked and towered over her, he hadn't been in school for a month nearly before the summer and she had found out that he was having his work sent home. She hadn't even thought that he would be here.
"Yes, it is I, Draco Malfoy." He smirked at her evilly and bent to scoop her up.
She struggled but he was stronger.
"I found you in the library, in my chair asleep, so Lucius told me to take you to your room. And I was, until you decided to dive out of my arms." He smirked at her and then grinned.
"I could have walked myself." Hermione protested again.
"Father didn't want to wake you." Draco retorted, "Now shut up." At that he pulled out his wand and apparated them to her room.
She was stunned for a moment before saying, "How did you use magic? Your underage!"
"Do you think the Malfoy's are really that ignorant? We had a magic barrier put around all of our manors." He looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "I thought you were supposed to be smart."
Hermione snorted and he dropped her on her bed. He then bowed and apparated himself away.
She sat up and rubbed her backside. She stood and looked around again. She needed a bath, a long bath. She walked into the bathroom and turned on the water, with a few different taps with sweet scents and bubbles. She snorted to herself when a stream of green bubbles shaped like snakes came out of one tap. She stripped and slid into the hot bubbly water. She sighed and leaned her head back against a headrest.
"Why am I so calm? I should be trying to escape. People are probably worried and looking for me." She thought with a funny look in her face, "Well, let them look, I am tired of being the bookworm. I am just going to have to find out what Lucius wants."
At this a thought came to Hermione.
"Was Draco being serious when he said that anyone could do magic inside the manor without the Ministry finding out?" Hermione got a thoughtful look on her face, "Did Lucius take her wand? He would have wouldn't he of?"
"Only one way to find out." Hermione thought, "Accio Hermione's wand!" She stated clearly and waited. To her surprise she heard a thump and her wand came zooming into the bathroom and into her hand.
"Hhhhmmm..." Hermione said thoughtfully. "I wonder if there is a curse book in the library?" She smirked to herself.
After about an hour in the tub when only a few bubbles were left, not because they had popped, but because she had made a snake bubble zoom around and eat most of the other bubbles, she finally slid out of the tub and wrapped a towel around herself and marched into the bedroom.
She at once noticed a pair of silver and green silk pajamas lying on the bed. She raised an eyebrow at this. Someone had been in her room; the fire was also lit in the hearth so it was most likely a house elf, but she had this strange feeling that Lucius had picked out her nightclothes.
She smiled to herself and dried herself off and put on her pajamas and looked at the blazing fire in distaste. It was too bright. She retrieved her wand and lowered it to a small flame and slid under her comforter and sheets and fell asleep.