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Chapter 13: ConspiracyThe events of the morning were a blur. Preparing for the Threshold Competition suddenly became just an 'ordinary habit' for Hermione and Draco. They just moved along indifferent to each other's presence, took a bath, met with Damian the representative, ate breakfast in the dining area, hopped inside the limousine, and now, found themselves standing right next to Jonah, Harry, Ginny, Ron and Cornelia inside an old dark building that disturbingly reminded Hermione of the forbidden 3rd floor at the Hogwarts Castle.
"I bet this would be another disgusting stunt," smirked Draco. "It's in the atmosphere... The show's becoming a little too predictable, eh?" Draco looked at Jonah and scoffed at him. He then turned his attention to Harry, and then to Ron, and then scowled at them.
Jonah gave out a dry laugh at Draco's comment. He nodded his agreement and turned his amused eyes towards Cornelia who was now wearing a horrified look on her face. "Funny you should mention that, Draco! If I remember right, Cornelia here has such a big problem with 'icky' things."
As if on cue, Jonah then turned his gaze to a large transparent basin and started cheerily. "You're journey toward the 1 million pound cash prize is almost at the end, you've been here for quite a while now and I'm sure you are all anxious for the last and final stunt. However, before we get to the 'last' stunt that would test your endurance, perseverance and strength, we first have to test your stomachs AGAIN." Jonah laughed gaily and added "As if you guys haven't had enough!"
Jonah then run his hand on the side of the transparent glass box, smiled broadly and instructed loudly, "One of you will be lying inside this glass box with these."
Immediately, 5 large containers carried by 5 large men came into the contestants' view. Instantly, Hermione, Draco, Ron, Cornelia and Ginny's eyes widened in terror, only Harry seemed to be unfazed of the sudden developments.
Inside the 5 containers were hundreds of snakes of all shapes and sizes. Yellow snakes, brown snakes, striped, gray; all were slithering inside their glass cases.
"While one of you gets to know these snakes a little too personally; the other one, is to dig around the snakes for 5 hidden bull testicles – using their mouth!"
Jonah then stuck out his tongue signifying his disgust. "When you retrieve each bull testicle, you have to place it on this glass bowl right here." Jonah then pointed at the glass bowl sitting a few feet away from the glass case. "The couple who does this stunt the fastest is going to Sydney, Australia along with 20,000 pounds. Isn't this exciting?" Jonah clapped his hands in excitement. "And, Draco and Hermione, you're up first!"
"The heck! We go first!?" complained Draco as he looked irritatingly at Jonah. Draco then turned to Hermione and cocked his eyebrow. "Well, do you want those testicles inside your mouth or you want to be with the snakes?" Draco shot a look at Cornelia as he said the word 'snake', clearly implying that she was one, at least figuratively.
Hermione, though horrified had to laugh. Although it sounded outright disgusting, the way Draco said it amused her. "You're actually giving me the choice here? I'm impressed!"
Oblivious to the audience watching them, and to Cornelia who was staring back angrily at Draco, Hermione then smiled brightly at Draco and instinctively, without thinking, gave him a hug. "I think I'll let you taste the testicles, thank you. I have no intention of swallowing any of them at the moment."
Hermione then laughed lightheartedly forgetting that she opted to lie helplessly with the snakes. She risked a glance at Draco to see his reaction to her bold decision, but was bewildered when she saw him staring right back at Cornelia. She really didn't quite get Draco's ambiguous 'snake' comment to Cornelia moments before and so thought nothing about the silent war that was waging between them.
Draco then turned his angry glare away from Cornelia and tried to give Hermione a genuine smile. "Okay, you're the boss!"
Hermione gaped at Draco wondering if she heard him right. Never in her entire life would she have imagined those words coming out of Draco Malfoy's mouth! Hermione racked her brain for a witty answer to his comment but was immediately distracted when he lightly pushed her away from him toward the glass case where 2 men helped her inside and tied her in.
"Don't let the snakes bite!" Draco piped when Hermione was safely strapped in.
When Draco made sure that Hermione was all ready, he then turned his eyes towards Jonah and nodded, signaling that he was ready. Jonah in return gave Draco a thumbs-up sign and motioned for the timer to standby.
"Good luck you guys! Ready, Get set, GO!"
Immediately, without thinking clearly, Draco dipped his head near Hermione's leg and retrieved the first bull testicle that came into his view. He dropped it quickly inside the glass bowl and made vomiting sounds. "Ewww, that tastes awful!"
Draco then returned to the glass case and looked for the next testicle.
"There's one near my ear!" Hermione quipped when she noticed Draco stalling, searching for prominently protruding testicles.
Hermione kept still as Draco took his second, his third, and then his fourth testicle from the slithering snakes, dropping it quickly inside the glass bowl. One snake was already crawling lazily on her face freaking Hermione out of her mind.
"Get the last one!" muffled Hermione as Draco released the fourth bull testicle into the bowl. The snake was already dangerously curling around her neck. If Draco took too long, there was a possibility that the snake would strangle her.
"Time!" shouted Jonah as Draco took the last testicle and dropped it inside the glass bowl. "36.4 seconds!"
The 2 men who tied Hermione to the glass case then helped her out and removed the curling snake from her neck.
"What a relief!" said Jonah as Hermione took her place beside Draco. "I thought that little snake was going to choke you!"
Hermione nodded in accord and then gazed at Draco. He had a questioning look on his face. He obviously didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
"A snake curled itself on my neck!" Hermione whispered matter-of-factly, "but I bet you were too focused on the testicles to notice."
Draco made a face in answer to what Hermione said and stuck out his tongue playfully at her. Hermione smiled back, knowing that she was being teased and then stuck her tongue right back at Draco.
"Awww, ain't that sweet, the two lovebirds are in their own private world." Cornelia said sarcastically, eyeing Draco and Hermione maliciously.
Draco turned away from Hermione's face and glared at Cornelia's face. He studied her meticulously and immediately had to raise his eyebrows. Was there a hint of jealousy somewhere there?
Draco almost immediately felt a warm feeling inside his gut but then quickly pushed the thought away when he suddenly remembered what Cornelia was to him and what she has done. So instead, he stated plainly, obviously meaning it to be heard by Cornelia's ears. "Well, enough chitchat now. I know you'd love to watch me and MY girl stare at each other the whole day but I'm afraid I can't give you that honor any more."
Draco then turned to Jonah and then added "Well, Who goes next then? Could it be that its Weasel and his snake - I mean Weasel and his girlfriend's turn to meet the snakes?"
"Watch your words Malfoy!" threatened Ron who was now curling his fists into tight balls.
"Oooh, I'm scared!" cooed Draco in a mock baby voice.
Anticipating what was about to happen, Jonah took Cornelia's hand to comfort her, just in case she took offense in what Draco said. In return, Cornelia, smiled graciously at Jonah and then when he released her, she threw Draco a withering look, much different to the look she gave him a while ago.
"Cornelia, get strapped in." ordered Jonah when he noticed Draco and Cornelia lock eyes again. He then called out to Ron, "Ron, you ready?"
Ron ignored Jonah and still stared hard at Draco. "Well, you just watch your back Malfoy! You'll be sorry you ever said that." As quick as lightning, Ron marched straight toward Draco and rose up his fist to give him a good punch on the nose.
Immediately, Harry hurried to Ron and stopped him before he had a chance to clobber Draco. Hermione on the other hand, who was in shock at the sudden turn of events, positioned herself strategically between Draco and Ron to keep Draco away from Ron's wrath.
"Let it go!" soothed Harry as he led Ron farther away from Draco. "This is not the place for temper flares. Just try and beat him now, we'll hand his ass up to him later after the competition."
Hermione and Ginny simultaneously nodded upon hearing the wisdom in Harry's words, and waited anxiously for Ron's reaction.
Surprisingly, Ron calmed down and nodded. He positioned himself beside the glass case where Cornelia lay motionless amid the snakes, took a deep breath and mentally counted 1 to 10. When he felt he was ready, he then nodded to Jonah and gave Cornelia an encouraging smile.
"Okay, Ron's ready. At the count of 3. 3, 2, 1, GO!"
With revenge, Ron went through the snakes like they were spaghetti; he threw them around with his mouth, searching frantically for bull testicles. In 10 seconds he already found 2 testicles and dropped them neatly inside the glass case.
"Ron's moving extremely fast!" commented Jonah to the others as Ron dropped his fourth testicle. "You're doing really good, Ron! Keep it up!"
In 2 seconds, Ron then took the last testicle and dropped it quickly inside the glass bowl.
"Time!" shouted Jonah clapping his hand admiringly! "That was absolutely high-speed!" Jonah then turned to Harry and said "Unless you have some secret weapon with you, I'd say Ron and Cornelia nailed this stunt to the core!"
Harry just smiled and then looked at Ginny knowingly. He then whispered to her in a low, nearly inaudible voice "You bet I have some secret weapon!" He winked at her then turned his gaze to Jonah who was shaking Ron's hand vigorously. "Bring it on!"
Hermione saw Harry's optimism and knew instantly what cheered him up so much. She turned her head to Draco and whispered in his ear. "Harry and Ginny are so going to win this!"
Draco looked at Hermione with a quizzical look. He still didn't recover to what just happened with him and Ron, so he was surprised that Hermione was actually talking to him. She would have given him the silent treatment after what happened. After all, Ron is one of her bestfriends. Besides, she's not the type who would approve of fighting whatsoever.
Draco shrugged and ignored the thoughts that clouded his brain. "Well, what makes you think that?" he asked, not sure if he wanted to pursue a conversation that involved Harry Potter - his worst enemy.
"Draco, in case you're forgetting, Harry is a Parselmouth. He knows how to use it to his advantage." Hermione looked slowly at Harry who was positioning himself beside the glass case that contained Ginny inside. He had this weird smile on his face while muttering encouragements to Ginny. Along with the encouragements however, came indistinct words, that Hermione assumed only to be bits of Parseltongue.
"You sound like you're talking to the snakes!" said Jonah casually, laughing at the bizarreness of what he just said. Harry however just shrugged his shoulders and smiled impishly back at Jonah.
"Okay in 3, 2, 1, GO!"
Almost immediately, at the sound of Jonah's approval to start, the snakes inside the glass case began piling up on top of each other, with the topmost snake clutching a bull testicle in its mouth. Harry effortlessly grabbed the testicle offered to him by the snake and dropped it leisurely inside the glass bowl laid near him.
Jonah was downright shocked. His jaw was dropped and his eyes practically bulged out of its sockets. He was stiff as a board and pale as snow.
Even Ron and Hermione looked on as if they were seeing Harry for the first time. Draco in his wonder wasn't even in his right mind to find it in himself to talk trash. Shocked and dumbfounded, nobody dared to move.
Harry on the other hand was unmindful of the reaction he triggered. He just took each testicle that the snakes presented, pausing momentarily to say indistinguishable words that made the snake crawling lazily on Ginny's face crawl away from her to the far corner of the glass case. All the snakes also covering her body eventually followed suit and slithered away and huddled to the 4 sides of the glass case.
As the last testicle plunged inside the glass bowl, it took all Jonah's wits to call out "Time!" He walked cautiously towards Harry and looked at him with a scared expression coupled with awe. "That was - ," Jonah stopped in mid-sentence as Ginny came walking behind his back kissing Harry lightly on the cheek.
"Bloody brilliant!" cheered Ron suddenly out of nowhere. All eyes immediately turned to him making him flush with embarrassment.
"Where did you learn to do that?" asked Jonah finally regaining his composure. He gave out a small smile of admiration and held out his hand for Harry to shake.
Humbly, Harry smiled, took the hand Jonah offered and shrugged nonchalantly. "Learned it on my trip to India once. You know those snake charmers." he bluffed.
Hermione had to laugh out loud! Nobody was going to believe that! Harry was bound to expose the existence of the Wizarding World with his atrocious explanation.
"Ahh!" was all Jonah could say obviously believing Harry's little lie. "I guess I should visit India one of these days, and learn that little trick."
Jonah then clapped his hands together and looked straight at the camera "Now that's something you don't see everyday, can you?! Obviously, Harry and Ginny won, having a marvelous time of 11.1 seconds." Jonah then looked at Harry and Ginny "Congratulations you both!"
Quickly, in an effort not to let Hermione, Draco, Cornelia and Ron feel left out, Jonah addressed them saying. "Let's just hope something interesting comes up again when I see you guys tomorrow eh? See you then!"
All 4 heads, including Harry and Ginny's nodded in agreement.
Jonah nodded his goodbye and then turned his heel to talk with the cameramen. They spoke in such hushed voices that Hermione was sure they were talking about Harry. But then, just as Hermione was supposed to tell Draco about it, Jonah then picked up his things and prepared to leave the building.
"Well, that was amusing!" said Draco sneering maliciously at Harry. He then turned his heel and made his way to the waiting black limousine outside the building.
Hermione was supposed to follow Draco to the limousine when she caught Harry's eyes. They were all big and full of emotion, they almost spoke to her. It only meant one thing, something was up. 13 years of friendship assured her that.
"I'll catch up with you okay!" called Hermione staying rooted in her spot as Draco moved farther away from her.
Draco was about to protest and demand Hermione go with him right away but immediately voted against it. She was sure to give a fit if he did just that. So, instead, he gave her a warning look and then turned away.
As Draco turned the corner and vanished out of their sights, Hermione made her way toward Harry and teased him, before he had a chance to talk, "Cheater!" she called smiling wildly, "That was a lucky break! You don't deserve that prize! You better hand it over to me!" She punched him lightly in the arm to the objections of Ginny.
Hermione had forgotten how it felt to be with her friends again so she was kind of nauseous with happiness and excitement. She skimmed her eyes for Ron and then called out, "Hey Ron, get over here and give me a hug. You haven't greeted me since we saw each other. Didn't you miss me?"
"I think we better go," cut Cornelia immediately pulling Ron away with her as he motioned to walk toward Hermione.
"But - , Herm - ," protested Ron looking at Cornelia who was now making cutesy faces at him to make him stop talking.
"Honey, I'm stomped! It was so gross in that tank full of snakes I think I'll die. Please Ronny, just this once... I'm really tired. You love me right?!"
Unable to determine what to do with Cornelia, he decided to just go with her, he didn't want her to think that he didn't love her! "Alright then, if you're tired."
"Ooooh, I love you honey!!!" Cornelia cooed to Hermione's disgust.
"I love you too." answered Ron. He was now as red as his hair because he was aware that Harry, Hermione and Ginny were watching them.
"But, I love you more!" Cornelia said, planting a big kiss on his cheek. She then led him away without even saying goodbye to either Ginny, Harry or Hermione.
Ron looked sheepishly at Ginny's disapproving look and then grinned self-consciously at Harry and Hermione, whose faces quickly turned from all smiles to all frowns.
"I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow again then, okay? You take care now!"
As soon as Cornelia and Ron were gone, Hermione bursted into flames. "What's the matter with her?" asked Hermione irritated. "It's like as if she's controlling him! Oh, I'd love to see her face when Ron finds out. He's going to kill her! I just don't understand why you're trying to help her Gin."
Ginny looked exasperatedly at Hermione and answered "Ron loves her. Can't you see? I'm only trying to protect him. I think its best we get the issue with Cornelia and Malfoy done and over with. I don't want to help her because I like her, it's just that, it's all about Ron now."
Harry nodded his agreement but kept quiet.
"I devised a plan." started Ginny when no one else talked. "After tomorrow's stunt, I'll lead Ron away so that Cornelia can go to your room and talk to Malfoy, probably around 4 pm. I'll tell Ron we're having a 'Hogwarts-reunion-party' at our room, just you, me, Harry and him. That way, it would leave Cornelia and Malfoy out of the picture."
"It won't work," complained Hermione. "Draco would know I had something to do with it. I told you, he told me he doesn't want to talk to Cornelia."
"Make up some excuse to Malfoy. You don't have to tell him you're meeting with us!" insisted Ginny. "Do it for Ron, Hermione. He'd be brokenhearted if he found out!"
"He'd be brokenhearted either way. Let him know the truth. Let's not protect Cornelia, she's pathetic and stupid."
Hermione wasn't sure why she has such low regard for Cornelia, even from the beginning. What happened just moments ago didn't help either. Yes, she cheated on Draco and Ron, who both were important people in Hermione's life, but there was something more she hated about Cornelia. There was something about her Hermione detested, she just wasn't sure what.
Ignoring Hermione's justification, Ginny still pleaded "Come on Mione, do it for Ron."
In a last ditch resort, Hermione glanced at Harry for some support. Perhaps Harry could talk some sense into Ginny. Helping Cornelia talk with Draco wasn't a good idea. It was plain out wrong. If they did help Cornelia, Ron should at least know the truth.
Harry feeling Hermione's gaze on him, looked down. He also wasn't sure what the right thing to do was. Ron would be devastated either way.
"I think I should sleep on it." said Hermione hesitatingly. She knew it would be good for Draco and Cornelia to put all this behind them. But she had a nagging feeling that something was not right. Something was not going to be right.
Ginny nodded then added "Yeah, do that, Mione! And decide wisely, this is Ron we're talking about."
Ginny then looked around her and then said, "Well, I guess we better go now, we're the only ones left here and well, this place gives me the creeps. Besides, Malfoy must be out of his wits waiting for you outside. We don't want him suspecting anything, do we? See you tomorrow then!"
Ginny and Hermione exchanged their customary hug then walked out of the building with Harry.
As soon as she stepped into the sunlight, Hermione hastily made her way to the black limousine that was on the far left side of the road. She waved goodbye to Harry and Ginny and then climbed quickly inside the vehicle.
"I'm sorry I took too long!" she apologized to the driver. She then gave Draco, who was practically at the edge of his seat, a remorseful look.
"What took you so long?" demanded Draco as soon as he closed up the window connecting them to the driver. "What did you talk about?"
Hermione was taken aback at Draco's behavior and shrugged coolly "I just told Harry what he did was a cheap shot. I told him he was a cheater and they should give their prize to us because we need it more." She chuckled quietly to herself then settled comfortably in her seat. "And oh, we also – ," Hermione stopped and thought hard at what she was about to say. If she told Draco that Ginny was plotting a way for Cornelia and him to talk, she was dead meat.
"Yes?" asked Draco eagerly.
Hermione decided against telling Draco the whole truth. It might hurt the situation more, not to mention, their relationship... "Well, it was actually nothing; we talked about having a 'Hogwarts-reunion' tomorrow. You know, before the final competition and all."
"And you're going?"
Hermione looked deep into Draco's eyes and saw genuine concern and curiosity. "Perhaps... I said I'll sleep on it." There, she didn't lie thoroughly.
Draco, who appeared satisfied with her answers laid back and didn't question her anymore. He closed his eyes and relaxed all the way back to the hotel.
After a few moments, however, what was bothering Draco's mind eventually made its way out to Hermione's ears. "You're not planning to set me and Cornelia up to talk, are you?" he quizzed, moments before Hermione's eyes drooped into sleep.
"Hmmm?" Hermione answered slowly drifting into half sleep. She muttered indistinct words then shut up.
"Are you planning to set me up with Cornelia?" repeated Draco when he didn't get an answer from Hermione.
"Tomorrow..." whispered Hermione drowsily. "Tomorrow, we will know."
Draco's ears and brain immediately shot up as soon as he heard Hermione's answer. However, because his body was already overcome with too much fatigue, his mind quickly ignored Hermione's comment and justified it as nothing. Draco slowly relaxed and then closed his eyes. He knew he needed to talk to Hermione about whatever plan she and her friends were brewing, but being the tired wizard that he was, he didn't push the subject anymore.
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