A/N: Thanks for your reviews. Here's number 6.
Chapter 6.
Peter was still very mad at Sirius. He refused to talk to him for a day. Hermione discovered that it was actually Peeves's fault. He had set up a trap on the stairs and Peter got stuck in it causing Filch to catch him. Sirius tried to apoligize several times but Peter wouldn't stay long enough in the same room with him to hear him. Hermione felt sorry for Peter in a way. He really didn't mean to get caught.
And then again it wasn't Sirius's fault either. It was an accident. She was doing pretty good on keeping her identity a secret. Although several times Remus, James and Sirius was trying to get the map fixed in saying her 'real' last name. But it wouldn't work so they left it there. Hermione was becoming very good friends with the Marauders and Lily.
They told her alot about their families. But of course she didn't need to hear too much about Petunia Evans who would marry Vernon Dursley. Harry already told her enough. Hermione was doing quite well in her classes. The teachers were pretty impressed.
Although the Potion's Master, who was abit like Snape kept calling her a know-it-all because she was doing so well in Potions. It made James and Sirius angry that he would call her Miss Know-it-all or Miss Smarty Pants almost every time they seen him. Hermione just ignored him. At least he wasn't so bad as Snape would be. Speaking of Snape, several times he confronted Hermione when the Marauders weren't around. Hermione discovered that he wouldn't leave her alone untel she actually talked to Lucius.
It started right during Care of Magical Creatures. She was trying to listen to Professor Kettleburn talking about Manticores. They were now getting into some very dangerous creatures but at least the damn creature was locked up tight. It was snarling and hissing at them.
But at least they had Hagrid near by. He was standing as back up. Hermione was trying to avoid eye contact with him. She knew that he would remember her in the future. He got to see her almost every day when she went to visit him with Harry and Ron.
As Kettleburn went on about what sort of powers a Manticore had, Hermione felt someone's breath on her neck. She felt the hairs rise up abit. She turned her head abit meeting the dark beady eyes of Snape. He was watching the Marauders who had a great interest in trying to pet the Manticore. "Lucius wants to talk to you. Right after class. I suggest you take this advice, Dumbledore. He's not the type of wizard you should ignore. I don't like you as you don't like me. But I'm warning you now. Do what Lucius says or you'll be sorry." he hissed in her ear.
Hermione stepped away from him and turned her glare on him. "You don't get it do you, Snivelly? I don't care what he wants. I'm not talking to him and that's that. I suggest you stop talking and listen to the Professor." She warned. Snape glared. "Very well. But don't say that I didn't warn you." he said. He went back to where Lucius was. The two Slytherins were whispering.
Hermione watched Malfoy's eyes grow very dark and then they turned her way. She didn't like the malice look in them. It reminded her of Draco that night. She shuddered abit and turned her attention back to the Professor.
After class, Hermione was walking with Lily. The boys had run off somewhere. "So, the first day of the trip to Hogsmeade is coming up. Are you going with us?" Lily asked. Hermione looked at her. "Depends on who is us." She said. Lily shrugged. "You know. Everyone who is going. Me, the boys, everyone." She said. Hermione bit her lip. She wondered if Dumbledore would let her. Even if she didn't have a parents signature. "I don't know. I might. I'll have to ask my uncle first." She said. Lily smiled. "I'm sure he'll let you. He's a real nice guy." She said. Hermione nodded. "I'll ask him at dinner." She said. Lily nodded.
They hurried towards the castle. Lily then stopped as she looked through her stuff. "Oh no. I think I dropped my history book." She said. Hermione stopped. "Well, let's go back and see." She said. Lily shook her head. "No. You go on ahead. I'll go back on my own." She said. Hermione looked concerned. "Are you sure?" She asked. Lily nodded. "Yes. I'm a Prefect anywasy. I won't get into too much trouble for being abit late. You on the other hand would." She said. Hermione nodded. "Well, see you in History of Magic." She said. Lily nodded. She hurried back towards the way they came.
Hermione was entering the castle and heading up towards Professor Binns class room. She was just on her way down the hall when suddenly someone grabbed her from behind and yanked her back. She gasped as she almost slipped but someone slapped their hand over her mouth making sure that she wouldn't cry out. Another pair of hands grabbed her books and pulled them out of her hands.
Hermione started to struggle but couldn't get away. Her attacker had a death grip around her waist and she couldn't budge their hand off her mouth. Before she knew it she was pulled into a dark room. There were several quiet laughs. Then Hermione's attacker shoved her forward. She suddenly found that there was stairs were she was landing and fell down the rest of them. She gasped with pain as she hit each one then landed on the ground hard face down.
The door slammed shut and it was pure dark. Hermione groaned with pain and sat up. She reached up and touched a lump on her forhead. She felt something warm and wet. Blood. Hermione looked around the dark room. It was abit chilly down there and couldn't see a thing. She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out her wand.
Luckily it hadn't broke while she fell down the stairs. "Lumos." The tip lit up luminating the area. She was in some kind of storage room.
There were kegs in one corner. That must have been where everyone stored the Pumpkin juice. The kitchens were probably close by. Several boxes layed stacked around. Hermione pushed herself to her feet and started to climb the stairs. She found her books at the top. She reached up and grabbed the door nob. But it wouldn't turn. Locked.
"Damn!" She cursed loudly. She went back down the stairs to see if she could find another way out. She looked around the dark room. She started to crawl over boxes trying to find another door. She came a clearing of boxes when suddenly she heard hissing. She froze with wide eyes.
There were three sounds of hisses like snakes. And they sounded angry and delighted at the same time.
Hermione's heart nearly stopped as she listened. The hisses were coming right in front of her from the darkness. She could see three pairs of red eyes that was shining from her light. For a moment she thought it was the Basilisk from her second year but then she remembered that there was only one Basilisk in the school and it hadn't been awakened yet, or did it?
Another, she would have been dead right were she stood seeing great big yellow eyes and not red. Another thing different these three pairs of eyes were not that big. They were big only not as big as the Basilisk. Hermione squinted her eyes as the three came closer then they widen. She recognized the creature from a book she read.
It was called a Runespoor. A three headed snake that could get up to six or seven feet long. Only this one was about nine feet long and a foot wide. About the size of a young adult Anaconda. Someone had been taking care of this one very well or at least it took care of itself very well.
Hermione started to tremble with fear. There was one thing about the Runespoor that she remembered and it made her shudder. It was very, very poisinous. One bite could kill her. Or atleast the right head was. She didn't know about the center and the left. And she didn't want to find out if they were poisinous or not.
The three headed snake slithered closer hissing towards her. The three heads seemed to be talking to each other. 'Harry! I wish you were here!' She thought backing up. Harry always had the habit of meeting dangerous creatures and getting away safely.The snakes hissed viciously as it came closer. Hermione almost tripped over a box making the Runespoor hissed and snap their fangs towards her. The three heads rose their heads like cobras ready to strike.
Hermione let out a frightened sob of fear. She couldn't move because if she did, it would strike. But then again, if she didn't move, it would strike. She knew she was in trouble. Her chest heaved with terror. "Help. Someone please help." She whispered. The three heads let out threatening hiss. Hermione wanted to use her wand but she knew that she would be too slow if she tried to think of a spell. Her terror filled brown eyes were on the poisin dripping fangs that were bared at her.
Then the left head decided that it would move. It made a snap towards her only inchs from her face. Hermione flinched and spun around taking off. She heard the angry hiss of the Runespoor and could almost feel the fangs of them as three pairs of them snapped at her robes ripping them.
Hermione let out a scream of horror. She began knocking boxes over trying to keep the Runespoor away from her. "Help!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. But she knew that no one would hear her cries. It would be too late for her if someone even did hear her and tried to come to her rescue. They would not make it on time. However someone did.
Remus was walking towards class. He was running abit late because he was speaking to one of the professors about an assignament. The full moon was coming up and he was feeling abit sick because of his lycanthropy. He wasn't looking forward in having to change again but it had to be done. As he was walking, his great sense of hearing picked something up. A scream. He halted right on spot and listened.
There was a distant scream close by. He felt his skin go pale and he followed the screams towards the cellar door where the house elves kept the Pumpkin juice and other stuff. He stopped near the door and put his ear up against it. Another scream and hissing. His eyes went wide. He grabbed the door nob and tried to twist it but it was locked. He dropped his books and pointed his wand at the door. "Alohomora!" He said firmly.
There was a click and he grabbed the door and threw it open. There was another scream. "Help! Someone, please!" Remus's eyes went wider. He recognized it. "Hermione!" He yelled down the stairs. "Down here! Help! There's a....ahhhh!" Hermione screamed. Remus started running down the stairs slipping abit. "Hermione!" He yelled as he hurried with his wand out. "Remus?! Don't come down! Runespoor!" Hermione screamed.
Suddenly a head shot upward from the dark hissing. A very big snake head. Remus gasped jumping back and slipped on the stairs. The snake head snapped above him as it tried to get him. His eyes were wide as he stared up at it. It was just about to snap at him again when suddenly the other heads pulled it back. Hermione let out another scream.
Remus swallowed hard and hurried down the rest of the stairs as the Runespoor's head decended into the darkness. He jumped the rest of the stairs and looked around. The Runespoor was trying to get at Hermione who was hiding under a bolted down steel table. The heads were having quite the time trying to get her. They were beginning to fight each other. Hermione's terrorfied eyes went to Remus. "Remus! Watch out!" She screamed. Remus had to duck because the one head had come for him again. He rose his wand.
"STUPEFY!!" The red sparks shot out his wand and hit the Runespoor in the eye. The head let out a scream. Hermione rose her wand now that the other two heads had been distracted by what Remus did. "IMPEDIMENTA!!" She yelled.
The Runespoor flew backward. Remus kept his wand on the snake. "Come on, Hermione! Run!" He yelled. Hermione quickly crawled out from underneith the table and bolted up the stairs. The Runespoor hissed angrily and lunged for the two. Remus was running up the stairs backwards.
"Diffendo!" He yelled aiming at a one of the wooden beams. The beam exploded and landed on the snakes' heads.
Then Remus ran up after Hermione. Hermione grabbed her books and hurried out of the cellar. Remus hurried up behind her. The Runespoor's right head leaped up the stairs almost reaching Remus's ankles. But Hermione slammed the door shut. There was a loud thud as the snake had hit the door. Remus aimed his wand.
"Colloportus!" He yelled and the door locked. Hermione slipped on her ripped robes and fell to the ground. Remus spun around and hurried to her side. "Hermione! Are you alright?!" He asked worriedly. Hermione looked like she was ready to faint but she nodded.
Just then several teachers including Filch hurried up. "What in the world is going on here?! Why aren't you two in class?!" McGonagall exclaimed. Remus pointed at the door. There was another loud bang making everyone jump. "There's a Runespoor in the cellar, Professor!" Remus said quickly. There were several gasps. Hermione backed abit untel her back was against the wall. Remus joined her side. He looked very pale but he kept his hand on her shoulder. McGonagall looked very terrorfied at Hermione.
"What happened?! What are you doing out of class?!" She asked in a trembling voice. Remus swallowed hard looking at Hermione. Hermione was taking to the Infirmary for shock. Remus had split the back of his head when he slipped on the stairs so he was sitting on the next bed as Madam Pomfrey cleaned the little blood from was pouring out abit. Hermione was in a bit of shock but she was doing abit better.
Dumbledore had been informed of course. He had hurried straight to the Infirmary to find out if his 'niece' was alright. It took a minute but Hermione finally told him what happened. Remus was listening. "Miss Dumbledore, did you recognize any of the voices that locked you in the cellar?" McGonagall asked worriedly. Hermione tried to think. Then she shook her head. "I don't think so. It happened so fast that I didn't pay any attention to the voices." She said. Dumbledore looked very grave. "We shall investigate as soon as possible." he said. Hermione nodded hugging her pillow.
"You are a very lucky girl, Miss Gran-Dumbledor, to have not been bitten by the Runespoor." McGonagall said still trembling from head to toe. Hermione swallowed hard. She looked over at Remus. "I'm just lucky enough that Remus was passing by. If it weren't for him, I would still be locked up in the cellar possibly dead." She said shaking abit.
Remus smiled faintly then winced when Madam Pomfrey applied a small potion to the cut on his head. Dumbledor looked at him. "Yes. Your right there. I'd have say Mr. Lupin had just won two hundred points for Gryffindor." He said. Hermione's and Remus's eyes shot up to the elderly man with shock. They both smiled abit. "Th-thank you, sir." Remus said. Dumbledor shook his head with a smile. "No, Remus. Thank you." He said. Remus nodded feeling abit proud.
Ten minutes later, Hermione and Remus walked out of the Infirmary together. As soon as they left, Hermione looked at Remus with a small smile. "Thank you, Remus. For saving my life. I really owe you one now." She said. Remus blushed and shook his head. "No you don't. It's the duty of Prefect to help others in need." He said trying to sound all noble.
Hermione laughed abit. She nudged him in the shoulder. "No. Really. How could I ever repay you for saving my life?" She asked. Remus just shook his head. "Nothing. Your a friend, Hermione. You don't need to pay me anything. Really." he said. Hermione shrugged. "Alright. If you insist." She said. Remus nodded. They were starting up the stairs to go to the Gryffindor tower. Remus then started to slow down. "Hey, actually. Maybe there is one thing you could do." He said. Hermione paused and looked at him. "What's that?" Remus bit his lip and tilted his head. "Well.....you don't have to do it if you don't want to. But the Hogsmeade trip that's coming up in a week, would you like to go with me for lunch or something? You don't have to if you don't want to. I completely understand. Really I do." He said awefully quickly.
Hermione couldn't believe what she had just heard. Remus Lupin, her future DADA Professor had just asked her on a date. "Are you asking me on a date, Remus?" She asked abit stunned still. Remus blushed deep red. "Uh......n-no.....well.....yeah. I guess I am, huh?" he asked rubbing the back of his head nervously. He was now looking at the ground trying to hide his blushing face. Hermione smiled and folded her arms. She was thinking no but apart of her said yes.
'Come on, Mione. It's just a date. It's not like he's asking you to marry him or something. Besides you can just go as friends.' a tiny voice in her head said. Hermione sighed with a smile. "Alright. I'll go with you." She said. Remus's head shot up and he looked at her with wide eyes and shock. "You w-will?" he seemed kind of excited.
Hermione nodded. "But just as friends, right?" She asked. Remus was smiling looking cheerfully at her. "Yeah. Just as friends. Friends sounds good." He said. Hermione nodded. "Okay. It's a date." She said. Remus smiled brightly. "Cool. Thanks." He said abit excited. Hermione nodded. The two then walked up to the tower together.
A/N: That's it for this one.What do you think of this chapter?
Chapter 6.
Peter was still very mad at Sirius. He refused to talk to him for a day. Hermione discovered that it was actually Peeves's fault. He had set up a trap on the stairs and Peter got stuck in it causing Filch to catch him. Sirius tried to apoligize several times but Peter wouldn't stay long enough in the same room with him to hear him. Hermione felt sorry for Peter in a way. He really didn't mean to get caught.
And then again it wasn't Sirius's fault either. It was an accident. She was doing pretty good on keeping her identity a secret. Although several times Remus, James and Sirius was trying to get the map fixed in saying her 'real' last name. But it wouldn't work so they left it there. Hermione was becoming very good friends with the Marauders and Lily.
They told her alot about their families. But of course she didn't need to hear too much about Petunia Evans who would marry Vernon Dursley. Harry already told her enough. Hermione was doing quite well in her classes. The teachers were pretty impressed.
Although the Potion's Master, who was abit like Snape kept calling her a know-it-all because she was doing so well in Potions. It made James and Sirius angry that he would call her Miss Know-it-all or Miss Smarty Pants almost every time they seen him. Hermione just ignored him. At least he wasn't so bad as Snape would be. Speaking of Snape, several times he confronted Hermione when the Marauders weren't around. Hermione discovered that he wouldn't leave her alone untel she actually talked to Lucius.
It started right during Care of Magical Creatures. She was trying to listen to Professor Kettleburn talking about Manticores. They were now getting into some very dangerous creatures but at least the damn creature was locked up tight. It was snarling and hissing at them.
But at least they had Hagrid near by. He was standing as back up. Hermione was trying to avoid eye contact with him. She knew that he would remember her in the future. He got to see her almost every day when she went to visit him with Harry and Ron.
As Kettleburn went on about what sort of powers a Manticore had, Hermione felt someone's breath on her neck. She felt the hairs rise up abit. She turned her head abit meeting the dark beady eyes of Snape. He was watching the Marauders who had a great interest in trying to pet the Manticore. "Lucius wants to talk to you. Right after class. I suggest you take this advice, Dumbledore. He's not the type of wizard you should ignore. I don't like you as you don't like me. But I'm warning you now. Do what Lucius says or you'll be sorry." he hissed in her ear.
Hermione stepped away from him and turned her glare on him. "You don't get it do you, Snivelly? I don't care what he wants. I'm not talking to him and that's that. I suggest you stop talking and listen to the Professor." She warned. Snape glared. "Very well. But don't say that I didn't warn you." he said. He went back to where Lucius was. The two Slytherins were whispering.
Hermione watched Malfoy's eyes grow very dark and then they turned her way. She didn't like the malice look in them. It reminded her of Draco that night. She shuddered abit and turned her attention back to the Professor.
After class, Hermione was walking with Lily. The boys had run off somewhere. "So, the first day of the trip to Hogsmeade is coming up. Are you going with us?" Lily asked. Hermione looked at her. "Depends on who is us." She said. Lily shrugged. "You know. Everyone who is going. Me, the boys, everyone." She said. Hermione bit her lip. She wondered if Dumbledore would let her. Even if she didn't have a parents signature. "I don't know. I might. I'll have to ask my uncle first." She said. Lily smiled. "I'm sure he'll let you. He's a real nice guy." She said. Hermione nodded. "I'll ask him at dinner." She said. Lily nodded.
They hurried towards the castle. Lily then stopped as she looked through her stuff. "Oh no. I think I dropped my history book." She said. Hermione stopped. "Well, let's go back and see." She said. Lily shook her head. "No. You go on ahead. I'll go back on my own." She said. Hermione looked concerned. "Are you sure?" She asked. Lily nodded. "Yes. I'm a Prefect anywasy. I won't get into too much trouble for being abit late. You on the other hand would." She said. Hermione nodded. "Well, see you in History of Magic." She said. Lily nodded. She hurried back towards the way they came.
Hermione was entering the castle and heading up towards Professor Binns class room. She was just on her way down the hall when suddenly someone grabbed her from behind and yanked her back. She gasped as she almost slipped but someone slapped their hand over her mouth making sure that she wouldn't cry out. Another pair of hands grabbed her books and pulled them out of her hands.
Hermione started to struggle but couldn't get away. Her attacker had a death grip around her waist and she couldn't budge their hand off her mouth. Before she knew it she was pulled into a dark room. There were several quiet laughs. Then Hermione's attacker shoved her forward. She suddenly found that there was stairs were she was landing and fell down the rest of them. She gasped with pain as she hit each one then landed on the ground hard face down.
The door slammed shut and it was pure dark. Hermione groaned with pain and sat up. She reached up and touched a lump on her forhead. She felt something warm and wet. Blood. Hermione looked around the dark room. It was abit chilly down there and couldn't see a thing. She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out her wand.
Luckily it hadn't broke while she fell down the stairs. "Lumos." The tip lit up luminating the area. She was in some kind of storage room.
There were kegs in one corner. That must have been where everyone stored the Pumpkin juice. The kitchens were probably close by. Several boxes layed stacked around. Hermione pushed herself to her feet and started to climb the stairs. She found her books at the top. She reached up and grabbed the door nob. But it wouldn't turn. Locked.
"Damn!" She cursed loudly. She went back down the stairs to see if she could find another way out. She looked around the dark room. She started to crawl over boxes trying to find another door. She came a clearing of boxes when suddenly she heard hissing. She froze with wide eyes.
There were three sounds of hisses like snakes. And they sounded angry and delighted at the same time.
Hermione's heart nearly stopped as she listened. The hisses were coming right in front of her from the darkness. She could see three pairs of red eyes that was shining from her light. For a moment she thought it was the Basilisk from her second year but then she remembered that there was only one Basilisk in the school and it hadn't been awakened yet, or did it?
Another, she would have been dead right were she stood seeing great big yellow eyes and not red. Another thing different these three pairs of eyes were not that big. They were big only not as big as the Basilisk. Hermione squinted her eyes as the three came closer then they widen. She recognized the creature from a book she read.
It was called a Runespoor. A three headed snake that could get up to six or seven feet long. Only this one was about nine feet long and a foot wide. About the size of a young adult Anaconda. Someone had been taking care of this one very well or at least it took care of itself very well.
Hermione started to tremble with fear. There was one thing about the Runespoor that she remembered and it made her shudder. It was very, very poisinous. One bite could kill her. Or atleast the right head was. She didn't know about the center and the left. And she didn't want to find out if they were poisinous or not.
The three headed snake slithered closer hissing towards her. The three heads seemed to be talking to each other. 'Harry! I wish you were here!' She thought backing up. Harry always had the habit of meeting dangerous creatures and getting away safely.The snakes hissed viciously as it came closer. Hermione almost tripped over a box making the Runespoor hissed and snap their fangs towards her. The three heads rose their heads like cobras ready to strike.
Hermione let out a frightened sob of fear. She couldn't move because if she did, it would strike. But then again, if she didn't move, it would strike. She knew she was in trouble. Her chest heaved with terror. "Help. Someone please help." She whispered. The three heads let out threatening hiss. Hermione wanted to use her wand but she knew that she would be too slow if she tried to think of a spell. Her terror filled brown eyes were on the poisin dripping fangs that were bared at her.
Then the left head decided that it would move. It made a snap towards her only inchs from her face. Hermione flinched and spun around taking off. She heard the angry hiss of the Runespoor and could almost feel the fangs of them as three pairs of them snapped at her robes ripping them.
Hermione let out a scream of horror. She began knocking boxes over trying to keep the Runespoor away from her. "Help!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. But she knew that no one would hear her cries. It would be too late for her if someone even did hear her and tried to come to her rescue. They would not make it on time. However someone did.
Remus was walking towards class. He was running abit late because he was speaking to one of the professors about an assignament. The full moon was coming up and he was feeling abit sick because of his lycanthropy. He wasn't looking forward in having to change again but it had to be done. As he was walking, his great sense of hearing picked something up. A scream. He halted right on spot and listened.
There was a distant scream close by. He felt his skin go pale and he followed the screams towards the cellar door where the house elves kept the Pumpkin juice and other stuff. He stopped near the door and put his ear up against it. Another scream and hissing. His eyes went wide. He grabbed the door nob and tried to twist it but it was locked. He dropped his books and pointed his wand at the door. "Alohomora!" He said firmly.
There was a click and he grabbed the door and threw it open. There was another scream. "Help! Someone, please!" Remus's eyes went wider. He recognized it. "Hermione!" He yelled down the stairs. "Down here! Help! There's a....ahhhh!" Hermione screamed. Remus started running down the stairs slipping abit. "Hermione!" He yelled as he hurried with his wand out. "Remus?! Don't come down! Runespoor!" Hermione screamed.
Suddenly a head shot upward from the dark hissing. A very big snake head. Remus gasped jumping back and slipped on the stairs. The snake head snapped above him as it tried to get him. His eyes were wide as he stared up at it. It was just about to snap at him again when suddenly the other heads pulled it back. Hermione let out another scream.
Remus swallowed hard and hurried down the rest of the stairs as the Runespoor's head decended into the darkness. He jumped the rest of the stairs and looked around. The Runespoor was trying to get at Hermione who was hiding under a bolted down steel table. The heads were having quite the time trying to get her. They were beginning to fight each other. Hermione's terrorfied eyes went to Remus. "Remus! Watch out!" She screamed. Remus had to duck because the one head had come for him again. He rose his wand.
"STUPEFY!!" The red sparks shot out his wand and hit the Runespoor in the eye. The head let out a scream. Hermione rose her wand now that the other two heads had been distracted by what Remus did. "IMPEDIMENTA!!" She yelled.
The Runespoor flew backward. Remus kept his wand on the snake. "Come on, Hermione! Run!" He yelled. Hermione quickly crawled out from underneith the table and bolted up the stairs. The Runespoor hissed angrily and lunged for the two. Remus was running up the stairs backwards.
"Diffendo!" He yelled aiming at a one of the wooden beams. The beam exploded and landed on the snakes' heads.
Then Remus ran up after Hermione. Hermione grabbed her books and hurried out of the cellar. Remus hurried up behind her. The Runespoor's right head leaped up the stairs almost reaching Remus's ankles. But Hermione slammed the door shut. There was a loud thud as the snake had hit the door. Remus aimed his wand.
"Colloportus!" He yelled and the door locked. Hermione slipped on her ripped robes and fell to the ground. Remus spun around and hurried to her side. "Hermione! Are you alright?!" He asked worriedly. Hermione looked like she was ready to faint but she nodded.
Just then several teachers including Filch hurried up. "What in the world is going on here?! Why aren't you two in class?!" McGonagall exclaimed. Remus pointed at the door. There was another loud bang making everyone jump. "There's a Runespoor in the cellar, Professor!" Remus said quickly. There were several gasps. Hermione backed abit untel her back was against the wall. Remus joined her side. He looked very pale but he kept his hand on her shoulder. McGonagall looked very terrorfied at Hermione.
"What happened?! What are you doing out of class?!" She asked in a trembling voice. Remus swallowed hard looking at Hermione. Hermione was taking to the Infirmary for shock. Remus had split the back of his head when he slipped on the stairs so he was sitting on the next bed as Madam Pomfrey cleaned the little blood from was pouring out abit. Hermione was in a bit of shock but she was doing abit better.
Dumbledore had been informed of course. He had hurried straight to the Infirmary to find out if his 'niece' was alright. It took a minute but Hermione finally told him what happened. Remus was listening. "Miss Dumbledore, did you recognize any of the voices that locked you in the cellar?" McGonagall asked worriedly. Hermione tried to think. Then she shook her head. "I don't think so. It happened so fast that I didn't pay any attention to the voices." She said. Dumbledore looked very grave. "We shall investigate as soon as possible." he said. Hermione nodded hugging her pillow.
"You are a very lucky girl, Miss Gran-Dumbledor, to have not been bitten by the Runespoor." McGonagall said still trembling from head to toe. Hermione swallowed hard. She looked over at Remus. "I'm just lucky enough that Remus was passing by. If it weren't for him, I would still be locked up in the cellar possibly dead." She said shaking abit.
Remus smiled faintly then winced when Madam Pomfrey applied a small potion to the cut on his head. Dumbledor looked at him. "Yes. Your right there. I'd have say Mr. Lupin had just won two hundred points for Gryffindor." He said. Hermione's and Remus's eyes shot up to the elderly man with shock. They both smiled abit. "Th-thank you, sir." Remus said. Dumbledor shook his head with a smile. "No, Remus. Thank you." He said. Remus nodded feeling abit proud.
Ten minutes later, Hermione and Remus walked out of the Infirmary together. As soon as they left, Hermione looked at Remus with a small smile. "Thank you, Remus. For saving my life. I really owe you one now." She said. Remus blushed and shook his head. "No you don't. It's the duty of Prefect to help others in need." He said trying to sound all noble.
Hermione laughed abit. She nudged him in the shoulder. "No. Really. How could I ever repay you for saving my life?" She asked. Remus just shook his head. "Nothing. Your a friend, Hermione. You don't need to pay me anything. Really." he said. Hermione shrugged. "Alright. If you insist." She said. Remus nodded. They were starting up the stairs to go to the Gryffindor tower. Remus then started to slow down. "Hey, actually. Maybe there is one thing you could do." He said. Hermione paused and looked at him. "What's that?" Remus bit his lip and tilted his head. "Well.....you don't have to do it if you don't want to. But the Hogsmeade trip that's coming up in a week, would you like to go with me for lunch or something? You don't have to if you don't want to. I completely understand. Really I do." He said awefully quickly.
Hermione couldn't believe what she had just heard. Remus Lupin, her future DADA Professor had just asked her on a date. "Are you asking me on a date, Remus?" She asked abit stunned still. Remus blushed deep red. "Uh......n-no.....well.....yeah. I guess I am, huh?" he asked rubbing the back of his head nervously. He was now looking at the ground trying to hide his blushing face. Hermione smiled and folded her arms. She was thinking no but apart of her said yes.
'Come on, Mione. It's just a date. It's not like he's asking you to marry him or something. Besides you can just go as friends.' a tiny voice in her head said. Hermione sighed with a smile. "Alright. I'll go with you." She said. Remus's head shot up and he looked at her with wide eyes and shock. "You w-will?" he seemed kind of excited.
Hermione nodded. "But just as friends, right?" She asked. Remus was smiling looking cheerfully at her. "Yeah. Just as friends. Friends sounds good." He said. Hermione nodded. "Okay. It's a date." She said. Remus smiled brightly. "Cool. Thanks." He said abit excited. Hermione nodded. The two then walked up to the tower together.
A/N: That's it for this one.What do you think of this chapter?