Chapter 17: The Third Corridor
Wow Hermione" Harry said on the trio's way back from Hermione's mom's rooms "that was so much fun. Your mother is the coolest!"
"Yeah!" Ron agreed "Who would have thought that Snape was actually a nice person at one time. Hey, imagine if Harry's dad hadn't pulled that stunt. She did say that other than Sirius, he was her favorite boyfriend."
"Yeah, but my mum also fancied him. And I know that she wouldn't lose him without a fight according to Cass" Cassara told them to call her Cass.
"Wow, and here I thought I was the daughter of a muggle dentist who turns out is my godmother." Hermione said.
"It is so cool that you're a princess Hermione" Harry said
"Yeah, princess Hermione" Ron swept into a low bow.
"Yes, would you care for a footrest majesty?" Harry joked, following suit.
"Let me conjure you up a thrown, princess" Ron said
"No, let me, a humble servant to the honors" Harry and Ron broke down in a fit of laughter.
"Shut up!" they wouldn't stop laughing. "Fine then! Off with your heads!" Hermione ordered. She conjured a holographic guillotine, but the two boys thought it was real. They jumped back and stopped laughing. "Haha! Do you two think I would actually want that?" They sighed "then who would get me a soda?"
The boys looked at each other then back at their friend "ATTACK!" Harry grabbed her arms and Ron began to tickle her ruthlessly.
"AAAHHH!!! STOP! PLEASE! I CAN'T BREATHE!" Hermione shrieked between laughs. Ron finally stopped when she got a case of the hiccups. "I have to go to the library for a while guys. HICCUP. Sorry. I'll meet you back in the HICCUP tower in a few." She said. She walked away to her favorite place in the castle.
All of a sudden she was pulled into an empty classroom.
"Wha-!" she began, but a hand clamped over her mouth.
"Blaise told me what happened in the compartment. Hermione, how could you do it?" she recognized the voice. IT WAS (A/N dun dun dun) MALFOY!
"What did I do, pray tell?" she asked. He roughly lifted her sleeves.
"This" he looked at her with cold, hard eyes.
"Why would you care Malfoy?" she asked as she tried to pull her arm back, but he wouldn't let go.
"Because you're my He-because I do mudblood." His eyes softened. "Why?" he whispered.
"Because I did. All right? Now what am I? Your...?" she asked
"That doesn't matter. You just need me to promise me that you wont do it again" he let go of her wrist
"Tell me" she was strong willed.
"Why should I?"
"Because"
"Because why?"
"No"
"Tell me"
"No"
"I'll cut myself again, here and now." She threatened
"Hermit"
"What?" she stood still
"You are my Hermit." He said slowly. He took a step forward "And I'm your Dragon"
She looked up at him. It was Dragon! She gasped. He laughed at this.
"That's much better than how I handled that" he said, grinning.
'Malfoy grinning?' Hermione thought.
"But why have you been so cruel to me and my friends all these years?" She asked.
"I'm feeling a little de ja vou (A/N I take Spanish, not French, and do horribly in that class so don't laugh at my spelling). But apparently we first found out on the train. I called your phone. Hermione," he took another step closer to her. They were inches apart. "I missed you so much, but at the same time I loved this Hermione. The girl that I mocked and teased, and apparently fought in the compartment." He pointed to his black eye.
Hermione smiled. "But how do I know that this isn't some trick?"
He placed his hand in her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. He then reached into his own and took out his. "dial one" he told her as he handed over his phone.
When she did so, her phone began to ring.
"Oh look, Draco is calling" Draco said. "Now do you believe me?"
"I don't know what to believe Malfoy. First I find out I'm not a Granger, now this." He took her hand in his.
"Hermione, please believe me" he leant down and kissed her. She began to kiss him back. Her arms snaked around his neck as the kiss deepened. His arms wrapped around her waist.
They continued to kiss until they heard a noise outside. They quickly separated, gasping for air.
"What was that?" Hermione asked, placing her hand in Draco's.
"I don't know. We had better go." He pulled her out of the room and down the hall. "Hermione," he began when they stopped running "what just happened in there?"
"I-I don't know." She quietly said
"Well, I think it went like this" he leant in and kissed her again, this time with more passion.
"Albus, we must inform them if it is to happen" The two teenagers heard someone say.
'This isn't my night' Draco thought
Hermione playfully slapped him.
"What?" Draco asked
"Nothing." Hermione said. She peeked around the corner and saw her mother, Emma and Dumbledore walking into the room she and Draco had just been in. "Good thing we left the room in time" she said, trying to break the awkward silence.
"Yeah, so, I guess we had better go back to our common rooms before they come back" Draco replied.
"One, two, three" they ran onto the steps, but just as they did so, the stairs began to move. "Quick, let's get off here" they jumped off the staircase.
"Where are we?"
"The third corridor" Hermione said in a grim voice.
"Isn't that that corridor we were warned of in our first year?"
Hermione slowly nodded her head.
"What's the matter?" He pulled her into his body.
"Do you see that trap door?" he nodded "Well, after Harry, Ron and I got passed the three headed dog, we went through the trapdoor and landed in Devil's Snare. After we got out of that we got passed attacking, flying keys, don't laugh it was painful. After that was the fully-grown troll, thank goodness we didn't have to fight it, but it STANK! Damn, that was nasty. After that was the enlarged chess game where Ron sacrificed himself, we were the pieces. After that was a potions riddle and through the flames was Voldemort, but on Quirril's head under his turban. Harry was the only one of us who faced that though." Hermione explained.
"Shit! That's how you guys celebrate the end of exams?" She playfully slapped him. "What, that was the first thing you decided to do the second you were free?"
"Shut up. Well, I think we should go outside to see if the stairs moved. We do have to get back to our rooms." Hermione headed for the door, but it wouldn't open. "Alohomora" it still wouldn't budge. "Looks like we're stranded" she sighed.
"Just blast the damn door open." He raised his wand.
"NO!" she grabbed his wrist. "It's school property"
"Well do you have any other brilliant ideas?"
"Hold on, I think I do." She tried to remember what she had done to get back to her home the other night. "Take my hand" she tried to concentrate hard on the library, but nothing happened. "DAMNIT!"
"Now what?"
"I guess we're here till we can think of something-OTHER than destroying the door"
"But we can fix it after"
"So?"
"What do you mean so?"
"Fine, but I bet you that it won't work" Draco smirked. He raised his wand and said a spell. Nothing happened. "Told ya so."
Draco sat down. "So,"
"So" Hermione sat across from him. "What else did Blaise tell you? 'Cause I heard some fucked up things myself"
The Next Morning
"YAWN! Draco, wake up. It's, WHOA, nine thirty!" Hermione said
"What? But mommy, I don't wanna go to school today. I wanna say home and bake cookies with you (A/N Space Jam...hellz yea)!" He whined
"Oh wake up you baby!" Hermione nudged him with her foot.
"Wh-what? Where are we?" He asked groggily.
"The third corridor. I have an idea for how to get out of here."
"Well, what is it?"
"Well, according to a book I read, my great great great great great grandmother was able to change her form into anything. Maybe I can do so and open the door from the outside?"
"It's worth a try, but can I ask you something first" he said.
"Sure. What is it?"
"Well, about last night, I mean the kiss and you finding out that I'm Dragon and all, um" she put her finger to his lips.
"Draco, last night was just, I don't know. I mean, I don't know what I mean. I think that we should be friends though" she gave him a hopeful smile "just like the little five year olds inside us" He put his arm around her shoulder and kissed her forehead.
"You wanna hang later today?" he asked
"Owl me with the when and where" she looked up at him "Wish me luck, I've never done this before" she concentrated really hard and slowly turned into an ant. She crawled out of the room and opened the door.
"Cool! How did you do that?" Draco asked as he walked out.
"Later, but now we have to get to class, wait a second" she pointed her wand at herself and her clothes changed.
Her skirt was shorter than the other two, and instead of chains, it was plain. Her blouse was also plain, but it wasn't tucked into her skirt or buttoned up. Her sweater vest was tight and ended at her belly button. She was wearing the same shoes, robe and tie. Draco just changed into a new uniform.
"Let's go!" Hermione said as she grabbed Draco's wrist. "We have Care for Magical Creatures now."
Wow Hermione" Harry said on the trio's way back from Hermione's mom's rooms "that was so much fun. Your mother is the coolest!"
"Yeah!" Ron agreed "Who would have thought that Snape was actually a nice person at one time. Hey, imagine if Harry's dad hadn't pulled that stunt. She did say that other than Sirius, he was her favorite boyfriend."
"Yeah, but my mum also fancied him. And I know that she wouldn't lose him without a fight according to Cass" Cassara told them to call her Cass.
"Wow, and here I thought I was the daughter of a muggle dentist who turns out is my godmother." Hermione said.
"It is so cool that you're a princess Hermione" Harry said
"Yeah, princess Hermione" Ron swept into a low bow.
"Yes, would you care for a footrest majesty?" Harry joked, following suit.
"Let me conjure you up a thrown, princess" Ron said
"No, let me, a humble servant to the honors" Harry and Ron broke down in a fit of laughter.
"Shut up!" they wouldn't stop laughing. "Fine then! Off with your heads!" Hermione ordered. She conjured a holographic guillotine, but the two boys thought it was real. They jumped back and stopped laughing. "Haha! Do you two think I would actually want that?" They sighed "then who would get me a soda?"
The boys looked at each other then back at their friend "ATTACK!" Harry grabbed her arms and Ron began to tickle her ruthlessly.
"AAAHHH!!! STOP! PLEASE! I CAN'T BREATHE!" Hermione shrieked between laughs. Ron finally stopped when she got a case of the hiccups. "I have to go to the library for a while guys. HICCUP. Sorry. I'll meet you back in the HICCUP tower in a few." She said. She walked away to her favorite place in the castle.
All of a sudden she was pulled into an empty classroom.
"Wha-!" she began, but a hand clamped over her mouth.
"Blaise told me what happened in the compartment. Hermione, how could you do it?" she recognized the voice. IT WAS (A/N dun dun dun) MALFOY!
"What did I do, pray tell?" she asked. He roughly lifted her sleeves.
"This" he looked at her with cold, hard eyes.
"Why would you care Malfoy?" she asked as she tried to pull her arm back, but he wouldn't let go.
"Because you're my He-because I do mudblood." His eyes softened. "Why?" he whispered.
"Because I did. All right? Now what am I? Your...?" she asked
"That doesn't matter. You just need me to promise me that you wont do it again" he let go of her wrist
"Tell me" she was strong willed.
"Why should I?"
"Because"
"Because why?"
"No"
"Tell me"
"No"
"I'll cut myself again, here and now." She threatened
"Hermit"
"What?" she stood still
"You are my Hermit." He said slowly. He took a step forward "And I'm your Dragon"
She looked up at him. It was Dragon! She gasped. He laughed at this.
"That's much better than how I handled that" he said, grinning.
'Malfoy grinning?' Hermione thought.
"But why have you been so cruel to me and my friends all these years?" She asked.
"I'm feeling a little de ja vou (A/N I take Spanish, not French, and do horribly in that class so don't laugh at my spelling). But apparently we first found out on the train. I called your phone. Hermione," he took another step closer to her. They were inches apart. "I missed you so much, but at the same time I loved this Hermione. The girl that I mocked and teased, and apparently fought in the compartment." He pointed to his black eye.
Hermione smiled. "But how do I know that this isn't some trick?"
He placed his hand in her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. He then reached into his own and took out his. "dial one" he told her as he handed over his phone.
When she did so, her phone began to ring.
"Oh look, Draco is calling" Draco said. "Now do you believe me?"
"I don't know what to believe Malfoy. First I find out I'm not a Granger, now this." He took her hand in his.
"Hermione, please believe me" he leant down and kissed her. She began to kiss him back. Her arms snaked around his neck as the kiss deepened. His arms wrapped around her waist.
They continued to kiss until they heard a noise outside. They quickly separated, gasping for air.
"What was that?" Hermione asked, placing her hand in Draco's.
"I don't know. We had better go." He pulled her out of the room and down the hall. "Hermione," he began when they stopped running "what just happened in there?"
"I-I don't know." She quietly said
"Well, I think it went like this" he leant in and kissed her again, this time with more passion.
"Albus, we must inform them if it is to happen" The two teenagers heard someone say.
'This isn't my night' Draco thought
Hermione playfully slapped him.
"What?" Draco asked
"Nothing." Hermione said. She peeked around the corner and saw her mother, Emma and Dumbledore walking into the room she and Draco had just been in. "Good thing we left the room in time" she said, trying to break the awkward silence.
"Yeah, so, I guess we had better go back to our common rooms before they come back" Draco replied.
"One, two, three" they ran onto the steps, but just as they did so, the stairs began to move. "Quick, let's get off here" they jumped off the staircase.
"Where are we?"
"The third corridor" Hermione said in a grim voice.
"Isn't that that corridor we were warned of in our first year?"
Hermione slowly nodded her head.
"What's the matter?" He pulled her into his body.
"Do you see that trap door?" he nodded "Well, after Harry, Ron and I got passed the three headed dog, we went through the trapdoor and landed in Devil's Snare. After we got out of that we got passed attacking, flying keys, don't laugh it was painful. After that was the fully-grown troll, thank goodness we didn't have to fight it, but it STANK! Damn, that was nasty. After that was the enlarged chess game where Ron sacrificed himself, we were the pieces. After that was a potions riddle and through the flames was Voldemort, but on Quirril's head under his turban. Harry was the only one of us who faced that though." Hermione explained.
"Shit! That's how you guys celebrate the end of exams?" She playfully slapped him. "What, that was the first thing you decided to do the second you were free?"
"Shut up. Well, I think we should go outside to see if the stairs moved. We do have to get back to our rooms." Hermione headed for the door, but it wouldn't open. "Alohomora" it still wouldn't budge. "Looks like we're stranded" she sighed.
"Just blast the damn door open." He raised his wand.
"NO!" she grabbed his wrist. "It's school property"
"Well do you have any other brilliant ideas?"
"Hold on, I think I do." She tried to remember what she had done to get back to her home the other night. "Take my hand" she tried to concentrate hard on the library, but nothing happened. "DAMNIT!"
"Now what?"
"I guess we're here till we can think of something-OTHER than destroying the door"
"But we can fix it after"
"So?"
"What do you mean so?"
"Fine, but I bet you that it won't work" Draco smirked. He raised his wand and said a spell. Nothing happened. "Told ya so."
Draco sat down. "So,"
"So" Hermione sat across from him. "What else did Blaise tell you? 'Cause I heard some fucked up things myself"
The Next Morning
"YAWN! Draco, wake up. It's, WHOA, nine thirty!" Hermione said
"What? But mommy, I don't wanna go to school today. I wanna say home and bake cookies with you (A/N Space Jam...hellz yea)!" He whined
"Oh wake up you baby!" Hermione nudged him with her foot.
"Wh-what? Where are we?" He asked groggily.
"The third corridor. I have an idea for how to get out of here."
"Well, what is it?"
"Well, according to a book I read, my great great great great great grandmother was able to change her form into anything. Maybe I can do so and open the door from the outside?"
"It's worth a try, but can I ask you something first" he said.
"Sure. What is it?"
"Well, about last night, I mean the kiss and you finding out that I'm Dragon and all, um" she put her finger to his lips.
"Draco, last night was just, I don't know. I mean, I don't know what I mean. I think that we should be friends though" she gave him a hopeful smile "just like the little five year olds inside us" He put his arm around her shoulder and kissed her forehead.
"You wanna hang later today?" he asked
"Owl me with the when and where" she looked up at him "Wish me luck, I've never done this before" she concentrated really hard and slowly turned into an ant. She crawled out of the room and opened the door.
"Cool! How did you do that?" Draco asked as he walked out.
"Later, but now we have to get to class, wait a second" she pointed her wand at herself and her clothes changed.
Her skirt was shorter than the other two, and instead of chains, it was plain. Her blouse was also plain, but it wasn't tucked into her skirt or buttoned up. Her sweater vest was tight and ended at her belly button. She was wearing the same shoes, robe and tie. Draco just changed into a new uniform.
"Let's go!" Hermione said as she grabbed Draco's wrist. "We have Care for Magical Creatures now."