Everlasting Memories
Chapter 4
Denial
"Welcome back ter class 'Ermione, good to see ya even though I kno what happened, and I'm sorry. Do ya want ter know what we did in class today???" asked Hagrid when he saw her at knocking on his door.
"Yes...Hagrid I would..." and Hagrid leading Hermione to the back of the house. When they got there he opened a box and pulled out a white egg with a hint of pale yellow spots on it and gave it to Hermione who took it cautiously.
"Um...Hagrid....what is this??? This isn't anything illegal, is it???"
"Oh no 'Ermione, no. This lesson we learnin' 'bouts who take take care of different kinds of creatures. Ya know how ter treat it, what ter do, what ter do when its injured, things like that. Everyone took an egg today, but they were all different shapes, size, and colors. I gave yer this cuz this is a special kind...but I'm not tellin ya what it is." he said proudly.
"Er...thanks Hagrid...anything else???"
"Oh yeah, ya have to write a summary about whats the special powers of unicorns and their history of course."
"Thanks Hagrid I should go and get to class!!!" she said and ran off with the egg in her purse and books in hand.
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"The Salem witch hysteria occurred in Salem, Massachusetts between 1692 to 1693. A total of 141 people were arrested, 19 were hanged and one was crushed to death. The beginning of the problem can probably be traced to Rev. Samuel Paris who before coming an minister worked as an merchant in Barbados. Upon his return to Massachusetts he brought back to slaves. One of the slaves 'Tituba' cared for his nine year old daughter 'Elizabeth' called Betty and his eleven year old niece 'Abigal'. Now who can tell me, why did the muggles feel that the witches were a threat to them???"
Nobody raised there hand. "Anybody-" she stopped because the door opened and Hermione stood there by the door gasping for air. The Professor looked at her with a confused look and asked, "Are you in this class???"
"Yes."
"Why are you late, class started forty minutes ago???"
"Professor Dumbledore let me take the morning off due to some circumstances."
"May I ask why???"
"No."
"Very well what is your name???"
"Hermione Granger."
"Gra-Granger!?! Oh I see why you are late now, I am terribly sorry."
"Um...thanks...Professor...ah..."
"Oh yes my name is Professor Lopez, I am only here temporarely until they find a suitable Professor for this class. Can you please take your seat???"
Hermione slid into a seat next to a Huffelpuff she never seen before, her guess he was a first year because she never seen him around before. "Hi." he said.
"Hello." she said in a dully voice.
"My name is Randy Orton, fifth year in Huffelpuff. What's your name???"
"Hermione Granger, sixth year in Gryffindor also Prefect."
His features softened when she said her name was Hermione Granger. He pushed his sand blond hair out of his eyes with one hand and stared at her with his redish-orange eyes. "I'm sorry about your parents, I know exactly how it feels to have your parents die."
"Do you really???" she said witha bit of anger.
"Yeah. You feel like you can't breathe or you can't sleep, you just want to see them again, letting you know everything is alright and okay. Right!!!"
"That sounds more of a saying that you are in love with someone besides your parents!!!!" she snapped.
"Hey I-"
"MISTER ORTON!!!! PAY ATTENTION!!!!!" screeched the Professor.
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Hermione sat in the library huddled in her little corner, trying to finish her wrk she missed in class. But she also asked for some extra credit giving them excuse so she won't fall behind, but really its keeps her mind off of what happened to her parents. As long as she was busy she's fine but if she stopped she would most likely break down. She kept scribbling answers down on her parchment wanting to keep busy more than anything else, nobody could stop her...or so she thought. She didn't know that there was a figure standing over her reading what she was writing.
"Really Granger," he said startling Hermione, "who would have thought you wanted all the attention ever since you heard that your parents were killed. The Mudblood has some never-" he never finished because he received a hard slap that made him stagger backwards. He looked up towards her and she could have sworn she saw fire in his eyes.
"Don't you ever-"
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT MY PARENTS LIKE THAT!!!!!"
"What are you doing to deny you are a Mudblood when I can see into your soul, you are nothing....just scum beneath me shoe," he smirked evilly. "Just like your parents."
When he said that she snapped, she jumped out of her chair and pounced on Malfoy, sending them both to the floor rolling around on the floor. Eventually he pinned her down his face mere inches from hers. "Listen prissy bitch, you have no rig-"
"I have every right to do that Ferret, my parents are every-"
"Still in denial I see Granger," he said getting up and dusting his robes leaving her on the ground still. "They're dead. Face and get over it!!!!"
"They're not dead, they'll always be with me forever."
He snorted and hissed, "Foolish girl." and he strutted out of the library leaving Hermione on the ground crying silently.