A/N: I'd just like to say thank you to the three people who reviewed! Thank you sooo much. I was going to have this chapter up sooner, but, hey. Things happen sweatdrop. Don't mind if this chapter has a bit of a manga touch, I've been reading it a bit lately another sweatdrop. It may not, but I thought I'd warn you. I didn't get on much this weekend, but I'm posting now.
Thanks to:
Amazing Spork: Thank you sooooo much!!!! You were the first person to review this story! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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Sasha: I'm not quite as ecstatic that you reviewed, (mainly because I basically forced you too cough cough) what? I didn't say anything. As I was saying, thank you for the review. I'll post the next chapter of SoaW soon, as well. Happy?
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AssassinatorGirl: thank you for the review, and, no, before you go all psycho on me, I wont forget to review your story, as well. I've just been kinda busy. Thanks for the review, though!
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, I give you, CHAPTER 3!
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Princess of the Rising Sun
Chapter 3: What the Heck?
She was running though the woods, just like her dream. Everything was exactly like her dream.
Was she dreaming? Was she just going to wake up, disappointed? No, this was real, it had to
be. It had to be! Where was it? It was around here somewhere, whatever it was. No, was she
running in circles? She could have sworn she just saw that tree, where was it? She was so
frustrated, she didn't even see the person until she ran into him.
"Watch where you're going." "Sorry, I was looking for s- some...th...ing..." she had looked
up as she said that. In front of her stood a tall, blonde boy. He looked familiar, but she wasn't
sure. 'It couldn't be Malfoy, could it? He looked so different. He looks, older. Its probably
somebody else. It has to be somebody else. But still, the resemblance...' She stood up as she
was thinking this, brushing herself off and getting a better look at the boy. He was a few inches
taller.
"So, what are you looking for this deep into the woods? Isn't it a little strange that a student
would be wandering around in the forest?" he paused. When she didn't respond, he continued.
"Come with me. It isn't the time for you to find what you are looking for. You will happen upon it
when the time is right." She was shocked, and let herself be led through the forest. When they
neared the edge, he turned to her again. "You will know when the time is right, don't come back
until it is. I leave you here, you're safe now, and your friends will be looking for you." With that,
he turned back towards the forest, and within moments, had disappeared. "Hermione!
Hermione! Where are you? Come back!" Harry and Ron had been yelling at the top of their
lungs, not wanting to go in there, for fear they'd miss her if she came back out somewhere else.
"Hermione! You're going to be late for class!"
"Oh no! Come on! We can't miss the first Herbology class!" Hermione had just come
running out of the forest, straight towards them. Ron had barely enough time to look at Harry and
say, "I thought that might work." Before they were both over taken by Hermione, who had a lot
of momentum behind her. Needless to say, they ended up in a tangle of arms and legs.
"My, my, my. Look what we have here, the Potty, the Weasel, and the bookworm. And
here I was thinking you three had enough decency to at least get a room." The Slytherins all
laughed as they tried unsuccessfully to untangle themselves. Then, all of a sudden, Hermione
stood up really fast, and with great dignity, somehow, knocking Harry and Ron both flat in the
process. The Slytherins started laughing again, but then Hermione turned and rounded on
Malfoy. She was in his face before he had any time to react, and before he knew it, he was flat
on his back, on the ground.
"Why'd you push me, Mudblood? I'm going to have to wash these robes now that you've
touched them."
"For your information, I didn't even touch you, let alone push you to the ground. And as for
your robes, too bad. Unless you plan on taking them off and running up to the castle in your
knickers, there isn't much you can do at the moment, now is there? I could certainly do with a
good laugh."
All he did was scowl at her as he walked away. "That awful Mudblood, pushing you to the
ground like that, Drakie. It must have been terrible." A simpering Pansy was hanging off his arm.
"Get off me, you bitch. I'm not in the mood for your whining."
Hermione looked at Harry and Ron just as they stood up. "Good job, Hermione, telling off
that loser. It would have been a good laugh to see him run up to the school in his knickers.
There's just one thing I don't get. If you didn't push him, why did he fall to the ground?" Ron
was torn between confusion, and laughter. "I probably just let loose a spell out of my wand
without thinking about it. I actually meant to punch him, but he was on the ground before I
could."
"Hermione, you couldn't have used your wand." Harry had been pretty quiet for a while.
"Whys that, Harry?" "Because your wand is laying on the ground, over there."
Hermione looked where he was pointing, and sure enough, her wand was laying on the
ground where she had dropped it when she fell.
"H-How?"
Ron and Harry just looked at her.
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Okay, then. Review and I might post what happens next!
I'm feeling kinda evil today. not so evil as to not post, but evil enough to leave you with a cliffie!
4 reviews till the next post! Thank you!
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