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Detention
"It's getting dark."
"I know, but I still haven't found the tree yet."
"Yes, but if you don't soon, we aren't going to find our way back."
"Are you scared Malfoy?"
The blond boy seemed quite taken aback. "What! Me scared? No! That's ridiculous! I was merely concerned that you might get scared."
"Hmmm? Draco Malfoy concerned for the well-being of a Mudblood?" she pretended to muse, "I don't buy it."
This time the blond spoke with an indignant air, "If you were scared then I would have to worry about getting us both safely back to the castle- we are stuck together you know! It's as much for me as it is for you."
"Mmm hmm... keep telling yourself that and maybe one day it will be true."
Malfoy shot the brunette a glare that put a momentary halt to their conversation. They were trudging through the Forbidden Forest looking for a tree with a dark red bark. Professor Snape needed the bark of the tree and sent Hermione to find it on her detention.
So far, there had been no red trees.
"You don't think we missed it do you?"
Hermione gave him a weird look, "Do you think it's very likely that we both missed a RED tree? Especially a red tree that is right next to the path?"
"No, I suppose not." Draco was silent for a moment. "But sending us into the Forest of Doom to look for a tree that there is only one of to get it's bark when he knows specifically where it is...it's just...it's just... Wh- What's That?!"
Draco had jumped and accidentally grabbed Hermione's hand. "Not scared?" Hermione said looking down at their intertwined hands in a mocking way.
"Shut up!" Draco said practically throwing her hand away.
Hermione smirked as he walked uncomfortably a few steps away.
"There!" he called pointing slightly to the right of the path.
An hour later, Hermione was scraping the last bit of bark from the tree while Draco was jumping at his own shadow.
Hermione turned around and laughed at the nervous boy. "Honestly Draco! You are entirely too old to be acting like this."
"Too old my..." but the blond boy was unable to finish his sentence because he heard another noise and jumped. Unfortunately, he began to slide down a hill.
Hermione had just enough time to say, "Oh no!" before she was swept down the hill after Draco.
The two teens slid down the slope in a mass of limbs, thistles, and curses. Hermione had been concentrating on a way to slow down her momentum when she heard Draco scream something that was inappropriate for a school. Looking up Hermione saw the reason.
The girl had barely enough time to react by grabbing a tree and stopping her descent before she reached the edge of a rather high ledge.
Her breath became very heavy and she could feel her heart pounding against her ribs. It was hard to hold herself up, although she couldn't tell why. Being that her legs were stronger, she wrapped these around the trunk of the tree and looked backwards.
She was less than half a foot away from the edge and Draco...
Hermione's stomach tightened as she peeked over the edge.
"Draco?" she said in a weak voice. Then she saw him, dangling from the edge of the cliff, suspended in midair.
"Hold on!" she called down to the boy.
"Hold on! Hold on? Hold on to what?" he cried back somewhat hysterically.
Hermione reached for her wand and attempted to levitate the boy three times.
"What's going on up there?"
"It's not my fault!" Hermione called gritting her teeth, "You're fat!"
"Am not!" he called.
"Then you try lifting you arse in the air!"
"Shut up!"
"Can you reach my hand?"
"What?"
"My hand! Can you reach it?"
"I don't know."
"Well try!" she was getting rather frustrated with trying to hold her and Draco from falling off the cliff and doing magick at the same time.
Twice Draco tried to reach her, and twice he failed.
"I can't!" he cried.
"Yes...you...can!" Hermione replied through gritted teeth.
On his third try, Draco managed to grasp the hand of the girl, and together they pulled him up back onto the sturdy ground. Once the task was done they collapsed into a heap of panting sweaty teens.
Draco's head was resting on Hermione's stomach and she in turn was resting against a tree stroking his hair unknowingly. The blond sighed as his heart rate returned to normal. He could hear the pounding of Hermione's heart against her ribs; it was very soothing.
When both teens had calmed and realized that they were laying in such close proximity, they stood up awkwardly, a faint blush even creeping up on the pale boy's cheeks.
"Hermione!" Draco said in a sudden whim of realization, "Where is your bag?"
With a glance back to the edge of the cliff, Hermione said, "Let's go."
"You dropped it? Hermione, we can't go back, Snape will be furious! We have to run! Not only did you not complete your detention... that was the only tree like it in the forest!"
"I couldn't hold the bag and you at the same time," she remarked as she passed him and headed towards the castle.
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Hey guys hope you liked it. I got the next two chapters planned out, so I think that they should both be up this week! Yay! I can't wait! So here we go! Hope you liked it!
Oh! And I started a new story which is a Remus/Sirius story. And it's been up a couple days and got only a few reviews. Please read it? ::makes puppy-dog eyes:: the more reviews I get the faster I write all my stories! No bribery is uncalled for, but check it out if you want! It's called Beyond the Veil. Okay, I'm out!
~Atiannala
Detention
"It's getting dark."
"I know, but I still haven't found the tree yet."
"Yes, but if you don't soon, we aren't going to find our way back."
"Are you scared Malfoy?"
The blond boy seemed quite taken aback. "What! Me scared? No! That's ridiculous! I was merely concerned that you might get scared."
"Hmmm? Draco Malfoy concerned for the well-being of a Mudblood?" she pretended to muse, "I don't buy it."
This time the blond spoke with an indignant air, "If you were scared then I would have to worry about getting us both safely back to the castle- we are stuck together you know! It's as much for me as it is for you."
"Mmm hmm... keep telling yourself that and maybe one day it will be true."
Malfoy shot the brunette a glare that put a momentary halt to their conversation. They were trudging through the Forbidden Forest looking for a tree with a dark red bark. Professor Snape needed the bark of the tree and sent Hermione to find it on her detention.
So far, there had been no red trees.
"You don't think we missed it do you?"
Hermione gave him a weird look, "Do you think it's very likely that we both missed a RED tree? Especially a red tree that is right next to the path?"
"No, I suppose not." Draco was silent for a moment. "But sending us into the Forest of Doom to look for a tree that there is only one of to get it's bark when he knows specifically where it is...it's just...it's just... Wh- What's That?!"
Draco had jumped and accidentally grabbed Hermione's hand. "Not scared?" Hermione said looking down at their intertwined hands in a mocking way.
"Shut up!" Draco said practically throwing her hand away.
Hermione smirked as he walked uncomfortably a few steps away.
"There!" he called pointing slightly to the right of the path.
An hour later, Hermione was scraping the last bit of bark from the tree while Draco was jumping at his own shadow.
Hermione turned around and laughed at the nervous boy. "Honestly Draco! You are entirely too old to be acting like this."
"Too old my..." but the blond boy was unable to finish his sentence because he heard another noise and jumped. Unfortunately, he began to slide down a hill.
Hermione had just enough time to say, "Oh no!" before she was swept down the hill after Draco.
The two teens slid down the slope in a mass of limbs, thistles, and curses. Hermione had been concentrating on a way to slow down her momentum when she heard Draco scream something that was inappropriate for a school. Looking up Hermione saw the reason.
The girl had barely enough time to react by grabbing a tree and stopping her descent before she reached the edge of a rather high ledge.
Her breath became very heavy and she could feel her heart pounding against her ribs. It was hard to hold herself up, although she couldn't tell why. Being that her legs were stronger, she wrapped these around the trunk of the tree and looked backwards.
She was less than half a foot away from the edge and Draco...
Hermione's stomach tightened as she peeked over the edge.
"Draco?" she said in a weak voice. Then she saw him, dangling from the edge of the cliff, suspended in midair.
"Hold on!" she called down to the boy.
"Hold on! Hold on? Hold on to what?" he cried back somewhat hysterically.
Hermione reached for her wand and attempted to levitate the boy three times.
"What's going on up there?"
"It's not my fault!" Hermione called gritting her teeth, "You're fat!"
"Am not!" he called.
"Then you try lifting you arse in the air!"
"Shut up!"
"Can you reach my hand?"
"What?"
"My hand! Can you reach it?"
"I don't know."
"Well try!" she was getting rather frustrated with trying to hold her and Draco from falling off the cliff and doing magick at the same time.
Twice Draco tried to reach her, and twice he failed.
"I can't!" he cried.
"Yes...you...can!" Hermione replied through gritted teeth.
On his third try, Draco managed to grasp the hand of the girl, and together they pulled him up back onto the sturdy ground. Once the task was done they collapsed into a heap of panting sweaty teens.
Draco's head was resting on Hermione's stomach and she in turn was resting against a tree stroking his hair unknowingly. The blond sighed as his heart rate returned to normal. He could hear the pounding of Hermione's heart against her ribs; it was very soothing.
When both teens had calmed and realized that they were laying in such close proximity, they stood up awkwardly, a faint blush even creeping up on the pale boy's cheeks.
"Hermione!" Draco said in a sudden whim of realization, "Where is your bag?"
With a glance back to the edge of the cliff, Hermione said, "Let's go."
"You dropped it? Hermione, we can't go back, Snape will be furious! We have to run! Not only did you not complete your detention... that was the only tree like it in the forest!"
"I couldn't hold the bag and you at the same time," she remarked as she passed him and headed towards the castle.
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Hey guys hope you liked it. I got the next two chapters planned out, so I think that they should both be up this week! Yay! I can't wait! So here we go! Hope you liked it!
Oh! And I started a new story which is a Remus/Sirius story. And it's been up a couple days and got only a few reviews. Please read it? ::makes puppy-dog eyes:: the more reviews I get the faster I write all my stories! No bribery is uncalled for, but check it out if you want! It's called Beyond the Veil. Okay, I'm out!
~Atiannala