Chapter 14: First Signs
The first few weeks of school came and went. Nina and Hermione were still
best friends, but were usually pulled apart by the Slyterins. Draco
continued to hit on Nina, until the last week of September, when something
happened.
It was during potions. Hermione and Nina were running an errand for
Professor McGonagal and were late to class.
"Well, thank you Lucy and Ethel, for finally joining us. Now please take
your seats" Snape said.
The two took their seats in the middle of the room.
Snape looked at the class. His cold eyes staring at each student. It gave
most of them the chills.
"Now, as I mentioned during the first class, there shall be a project for
you to do. Each subject will be included. Your partners are to be
discovered at the end of this class. Now, you are to concoct a potion,
which should be finished by the end of class. It is simple, and according
to the headmaster, I am to help you if you have any trouble" he looked at
Neville. "Now, the instructions are on the board. You are to do this
individually and you have until the lunch bell rings." Everyone went up to
collect the ingredients. Hermione, along with everyone else, was wondering
who her partner was going to be. She gathered her stuff, but as she was
reaching for the phoenix feather, a hand brushed against hers. She looked
up into the eyes of Draco. He was staring at her, but the second he noticed
she noticed him, he grabbed a feather and walked away, dropping a piece of
paper. Hermione bent down to pick it up, but it was quickly snatched away
by a smooth hand.
"Don't touch things that aren't yours mudblood" a cold voice said from
above her. She looked up to see Draco. He quickly walked away. She took a
feather and went back to her cauldron.
"Nin (pronounced Neen), has Malfoy asked you out lately?" Hermione slowly
asked.
"No, now that you mention it, he's been pretty good lately" Nina slowly
answered, thinking to herself. "Why?"
"Dunno. Just wondering"
"You so like him. Ever since the thing with the pig-boy" the two laughed at
the memory of Dudley. "Remember that day I went to your house. We cried so
much, and yet I've never had more fun" Nina giggled as she cut up her
ingredients.
"Yeah, same here. Y'know what, Halloween is in a month, let's ask the heads
if we can have a dance. Every year we have a feast, it'll be cool to do
something different." Hermione suggested
"Cool. So, how do you think this works?"
"Honestly, I don't know" Hermione whispered. It was a new thing for her not
to know something.
"Really? You always seem like you know everything?"
"Well, this time I don't. How about if Snape doesn't tell us we'll go to
the library after class. But please don't tell anyone that I don't know
something"
"Sure, but wait. We have lunch after this. Please can we wait 'till after I
eat."
"Fine. But eat quickly"
The two continued to work on their potions with some conversations.
~Across the Room~
'What doesn't she see in me! How can she continuously turn me down!' Draco
violently threw his rose thorns into his cauldron. 'I mean, I'm rich,
popular, powerful, and she did make out with me on the train! Wait! She was
playing me! The bitch was playing me! No one plays Draco Malfoy!' He looked
away from the two girls. 'Probably talking about how she made me look like
a fool. What you want is for her to come crying to her. Maybe we can add
some drama to this. But what can I do? Make her envious by making out with
other girls in front of her? Nah. Play hard to get? Only girls like her do
that. Blackmail? What! What can make this girl pay for making me look like
a fool, especially with the mudblood?' He tried to think of something he
could do for the rest of the period, continuously looking to his right,
into the center of the room.
"Now that you have completed the first part, you must all take a piece of
yourself and add it to the potion. It may be a drop of blood, a hair, even
saliva. (laughter/ewwww's) You must do this as soon as the potion settles,
which should take a few minutes, which shall give me a chance to explain
what this potion is to do. Now, as Dumbledor said earlier, you shall be in
groups"
"Excuse me, he said that we would be working with a partner (A/N I'm sorry
if I forgot to mention the oh so expected project before)" Crabbe asked
"He meant in a group, but the group will slowly shrink, and divide, until
there are only two person groups. Now, when you add the part, your potion
should either turn a color, or an image will appear. Today, if you have not
heard, is a very special day. After lunch, you shall stay in the Great Hall
to begin the projects. Now add."
Hermione and Nina spit in their potions, while most people added a hair.
Draco, though, took a knife and slowly cut his hand and let the blood drip
into the potion. His hand hurt, but he was somehow relieved. He felt a
large amount of serenity, but it was interrupted by the sizzling of his
potion. He looked down to see his potion turn to a very light gray.
The bell rang. He cleaned up his area, poured his potion into a vial and
left the room.
~In the middle of the room~
"Hey, mine is turning into a mixture of different shades of grays, hmm?"
Nina said
"Mine is turning into a really dark gray. Wait, it's swirling. Does this
mean that we're not going to be together?" Hermione was worried
"I don't know. Let's go to lunch. Do you wan to sit at my table?"
"Nah, last time I did, I spent the entire time getting death-glares from
your house-mates. How about mine?"
"OK, my house-mates hate me too" They laughed as they finished cleaning up.
They did what Draco did and went to lunch (A/N I'm too lazy to write it
again but not to write this).
~After lunch~
"My dear students. The time has come for you to all embark on a journey
deeper into yourselves. You have all done something in your first class
that has given you a color, or image. Now, I wish for all of you to hold
you questions for after my long and boring speech. Your colors just
appeared by chance, if you would call it that, this project is for you to
search yourself, find who you truly are. The shade shows how you are. Maybe
light, bearing almost no color because you feel empty and etcetera. This
isn't much magic, though you will be using it. You shall understand this
more as it goes along. Now, I have a record of the colors that should have
been given out." He waved his wand and one area of the room turned purple,
one orange, one red, one yellow, and one green. "Please stand in the area
closes to your shade" Most of the students walked to their area, but when
Dumbledore looked around, three students were standing where they were
during his speech. (I'll give you a hint who, maybe no, I mean, it's so
obvious). "Misses Nina and Hermione and Mister Malfoy, where are you
supposed to be?"
"We don't know" Nina answered
"What do you mean? What color were your, you were in potions, right, yes,
what color were your potions?"
"Gray"
"Gray"
"Gray"
"But that was not supposed to happen. Well, please come up here while the
professors go to the groups that they are in charge of."
The three walked to the headmaster.
"Now, please tell me exactly what your potions looked like"
"Mine was a bunch of different grays"
"Mine was like a gray vortex"
"Mine was a very pale gray"
"Well, this has never happened before. You three shall be a group together.
I shall be in charge of this group. Now, your first activity shall be
tonight after dinner. Please come wearing your favorite outfit"
The three stared at him in confusion, but nodded their heads (LIKE ME!).
The confused prefects were dismissed and walked to the common room.
"So, I guess that we're going to be forced to actually be within yards of
each other" Hermione said
"Unfortunately, but don't think that I'm happy about it. In fact, I think
that the loon is more off his rocker than usual, making us work together"
Draco said
"Just shut up both of you!" Nina said as she came to a halt. The two stared
at her. "Malfoy, you never gave 'Mione a chance because of her blood. You
two had a great time at the mall and shit during the summer, and don't you
dare deny it. You two were actually able to spend a whole day and night
together, what the fuck changed?"
"What changed to make us go temporarily insane, or what cause the bitch to
run?"
"Who said I had a good time?"
"The past is what keeps our present" she looked into their eyes "and
futures." With that, she left the two with a smirk on her face.
"What the hell?" Hermione said when Nina had turned the corner
"She's your best friend. Why don't you tell me? And while you're at it, why
don't you tell me why she thought that I actually had a good time with a
mudblood, surrounded by muggles!"
"UGH!!! You're so damn infuriating! Why do you have to be stuck in your
small box! Leave it! You experienced muggle life for a day and seemed to
enjoy it! What happened that morning?"
"Do you want to know what happened? I woke up in a muggle house, after
spending the day and night with a mudblood. I am not supposed to do that! I
was scared that I enjoyed it! And shit, because that was out loud! Why
don't you just tell the world! I'm surprised that Potter and Weasley don't
know!"
"They don't know because it's none of their business! What I do during my
spare time is for me to know! They don't know everything about me!"
"Like that used a time-turner in the third year?"
"How did you know?"
"It was obvious, and I heard Snape complaining about it"
"But they found out."
"When? When you and Potter saved Black. Yes, I know all about it. I put
pieces together"
"Well then, I owe you credit for your intellect, but I am taking it back
for your being a bitch to me for almost half my life."
"Well, how about this. We leave each other alone, for the rest of the year.
If you see me in a hall, turn around, I will do the same. I don't know how
I was even able to associate with you for this long" With that, he turned
around and walked away, even though he was going in the wrong direction.
"Yo! Dumbass! Wrong way!"
"Wha-I know! I was just, uh"
"Whatever" She smiled and walked away, but it wasn't a smirk, or making fun
of him. He just made her smile.
'What just happened?' Draco thought to himself. 'and did I actually say
what I thought I did?' He slowly walked to the common room, replaying the
events that had occurred.
"Alohomora"
The portrait swung to the side. He looked up and saw Weasley. He was the
only person in the room. He seemed to be deeply engrossed in a book.
Draco walked to his room and closed the door behind him and locking it.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT!" That was Granger
"Shh!" It was Nina. He walked to the wall dividing the two dorm rooms and
put his ear to it.
"NO! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT!"
"Listen, if there's one thing I hate it's kicking someone when they're
down." Draco was confused "It's obvious that something has been troubling
him and you know what happens to me when that happens. I just had to help
the bitch and I knew that he could be honest with you, I mean, remember
when you told me about what happened over the summer? Also, Dumbledore
obviously wants us to get along."
"I know that there's more to it. You're not telling me something"
Draco listened closely, but heard a knock on his door.
"Shit" Draco said as he turned to answer it. As soon as he go to the door,
though, it burst open and Pansy was standing in the doorway. Draco could
see Ron smiling from the bottom of the stairs.
'WHY ME! WHY NOW!'
"Hello Parkinson"
She walked in, closing the door behind her. "Hey baby" she seductively
said.
"Listen, Parkinson, I hate you. I don't want to be near you, now get out of
my room"
She took off her robe and threw it on the floor.
"But Drakie, I just want to be with you" She pulled him into a deep kiss,
but he pushed her away and spit.
"Take your robe and GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
She slowly turned around, put her nose in the air and walked out.
Draco turned back to the wall to try to hear the rest of the conversation.
"Totally"
"I know!"
"And it was just like, what the fuck do you think you're doing!"
"You have got to be kidding me"
Draco turned and walked to his bed. When he got there, he sighed and
reached under his bed to look into his trunk.
He rummaged around and then caught a glimpse of a piece of parchment. It
said...
A/N Sorry, I know that I'm leaving you with a bunch of cliffhangers, but
it's just to make sure that you all review. I want at least 10 new reviews
if you want chapter 15...KISSEZ
The first few weeks of school came and went. Nina and Hermione were still
best friends, but were usually pulled apart by the Slyterins. Draco
continued to hit on Nina, until the last week of September, when something
happened.
It was during potions. Hermione and Nina were running an errand for
Professor McGonagal and were late to class.
"Well, thank you Lucy and Ethel, for finally joining us. Now please take
your seats" Snape said.
The two took their seats in the middle of the room.
Snape looked at the class. His cold eyes staring at each student. It gave
most of them the chills.
"Now, as I mentioned during the first class, there shall be a project for
you to do. Each subject will be included. Your partners are to be
discovered at the end of this class. Now, you are to concoct a potion,
which should be finished by the end of class. It is simple, and according
to the headmaster, I am to help you if you have any trouble" he looked at
Neville. "Now, the instructions are on the board. You are to do this
individually and you have until the lunch bell rings." Everyone went up to
collect the ingredients. Hermione, along with everyone else, was wondering
who her partner was going to be. She gathered her stuff, but as she was
reaching for the phoenix feather, a hand brushed against hers. She looked
up into the eyes of Draco. He was staring at her, but the second he noticed
she noticed him, he grabbed a feather and walked away, dropping a piece of
paper. Hermione bent down to pick it up, but it was quickly snatched away
by a smooth hand.
"Don't touch things that aren't yours mudblood" a cold voice said from
above her. She looked up to see Draco. He quickly walked away. She took a
feather and went back to her cauldron.
"Nin (pronounced Neen), has Malfoy asked you out lately?" Hermione slowly
asked.
"No, now that you mention it, he's been pretty good lately" Nina slowly
answered, thinking to herself. "Why?"
"Dunno. Just wondering"
"You so like him. Ever since the thing with the pig-boy" the two laughed at
the memory of Dudley. "Remember that day I went to your house. We cried so
much, and yet I've never had more fun" Nina giggled as she cut up her
ingredients.
"Yeah, same here. Y'know what, Halloween is in a month, let's ask the heads
if we can have a dance. Every year we have a feast, it'll be cool to do
something different." Hermione suggested
"Cool. So, how do you think this works?"
"Honestly, I don't know" Hermione whispered. It was a new thing for her not
to know something.
"Really? You always seem like you know everything?"
"Well, this time I don't. How about if Snape doesn't tell us we'll go to
the library after class. But please don't tell anyone that I don't know
something"
"Sure, but wait. We have lunch after this. Please can we wait 'till after I
eat."
"Fine. But eat quickly"
The two continued to work on their potions with some conversations.
~Across the Room~
'What doesn't she see in me! How can she continuously turn me down!' Draco
violently threw his rose thorns into his cauldron. 'I mean, I'm rich,
popular, powerful, and she did make out with me on the train! Wait! She was
playing me! The bitch was playing me! No one plays Draco Malfoy!' He looked
away from the two girls. 'Probably talking about how she made me look like
a fool. What you want is for her to come crying to her. Maybe we can add
some drama to this. But what can I do? Make her envious by making out with
other girls in front of her? Nah. Play hard to get? Only girls like her do
that. Blackmail? What! What can make this girl pay for making me look like
a fool, especially with the mudblood?' He tried to think of something he
could do for the rest of the period, continuously looking to his right,
into the center of the room.
"Now that you have completed the first part, you must all take a piece of
yourself and add it to the potion. It may be a drop of blood, a hair, even
saliva. (laughter/ewwww's) You must do this as soon as the potion settles,
which should take a few minutes, which shall give me a chance to explain
what this potion is to do. Now, as Dumbledor said earlier, you shall be in
groups"
"Excuse me, he said that we would be working with a partner (A/N I'm sorry
if I forgot to mention the oh so expected project before)" Crabbe asked
"He meant in a group, but the group will slowly shrink, and divide, until
there are only two person groups. Now, when you add the part, your potion
should either turn a color, or an image will appear. Today, if you have not
heard, is a very special day. After lunch, you shall stay in the Great Hall
to begin the projects. Now add."
Hermione and Nina spit in their potions, while most people added a hair.
Draco, though, took a knife and slowly cut his hand and let the blood drip
into the potion. His hand hurt, but he was somehow relieved. He felt a
large amount of serenity, but it was interrupted by the sizzling of his
potion. He looked down to see his potion turn to a very light gray.
The bell rang. He cleaned up his area, poured his potion into a vial and
left the room.
~In the middle of the room~
"Hey, mine is turning into a mixture of different shades of grays, hmm?"
Nina said
"Mine is turning into a really dark gray. Wait, it's swirling. Does this
mean that we're not going to be together?" Hermione was worried
"I don't know. Let's go to lunch. Do you wan to sit at my table?"
"Nah, last time I did, I spent the entire time getting death-glares from
your house-mates. How about mine?"
"OK, my house-mates hate me too" They laughed as they finished cleaning up.
They did what Draco did and went to lunch (A/N I'm too lazy to write it
again but not to write this).
~After lunch~
"My dear students. The time has come for you to all embark on a journey
deeper into yourselves. You have all done something in your first class
that has given you a color, or image. Now, I wish for all of you to hold
you questions for after my long and boring speech. Your colors just
appeared by chance, if you would call it that, this project is for you to
search yourself, find who you truly are. The shade shows how you are. Maybe
light, bearing almost no color because you feel empty and etcetera. This
isn't much magic, though you will be using it. You shall understand this
more as it goes along. Now, I have a record of the colors that should have
been given out." He waved his wand and one area of the room turned purple,
one orange, one red, one yellow, and one green. "Please stand in the area
closes to your shade" Most of the students walked to their area, but when
Dumbledore looked around, three students were standing where they were
during his speech. (I'll give you a hint who, maybe no, I mean, it's so
obvious). "Misses Nina and Hermione and Mister Malfoy, where are you
supposed to be?"
"We don't know" Nina answered
"What do you mean? What color were your, you were in potions, right, yes,
what color were your potions?"
"Gray"
"Gray"
"Gray"
"But that was not supposed to happen. Well, please come up here while the
professors go to the groups that they are in charge of."
The three walked to the headmaster.
"Now, please tell me exactly what your potions looked like"
"Mine was a bunch of different grays"
"Mine was like a gray vortex"
"Mine was a very pale gray"
"Well, this has never happened before. You three shall be a group together.
I shall be in charge of this group. Now, your first activity shall be
tonight after dinner. Please come wearing your favorite outfit"
The three stared at him in confusion, but nodded their heads (LIKE ME!).
The confused prefects were dismissed and walked to the common room.
"So, I guess that we're going to be forced to actually be within yards of
each other" Hermione said
"Unfortunately, but don't think that I'm happy about it. In fact, I think
that the loon is more off his rocker than usual, making us work together"
Draco said
"Just shut up both of you!" Nina said as she came to a halt. The two stared
at her. "Malfoy, you never gave 'Mione a chance because of her blood. You
two had a great time at the mall and shit during the summer, and don't you
dare deny it. You two were actually able to spend a whole day and night
together, what the fuck changed?"
"What changed to make us go temporarily insane, or what cause the bitch to
run?"
"Who said I had a good time?"
"The past is what keeps our present" she looked into their eyes "and
futures." With that, she left the two with a smirk on her face.
"What the hell?" Hermione said when Nina had turned the corner
"She's your best friend. Why don't you tell me? And while you're at it, why
don't you tell me why she thought that I actually had a good time with a
mudblood, surrounded by muggles!"
"UGH!!! You're so damn infuriating! Why do you have to be stuck in your
small box! Leave it! You experienced muggle life for a day and seemed to
enjoy it! What happened that morning?"
"Do you want to know what happened? I woke up in a muggle house, after
spending the day and night with a mudblood. I am not supposed to do that! I
was scared that I enjoyed it! And shit, because that was out loud! Why
don't you just tell the world! I'm surprised that Potter and Weasley don't
know!"
"They don't know because it's none of their business! What I do during my
spare time is for me to know! They don't know everything about me!"
"Like that used a time-turner in the third year?"
"How did you know?"
"It was obvious, and I heard Snape complaining about it"
"But they found out."
"When? When you and Potter saved Black. Yes, I know all about it. I put
pieces together"
"Well then, I owe you credit for your intellect, but I am taking it back
for your being a bitch to me for almost half my life."
"Well, how about this. We leave each other alone, for the rest of the year.
If you see me in a hall, turn around, I will do the same. I don't know how
I was even able to associate with you for this long" With that, he turned
around and walked away, even though he was going in the wrong direction.
"Yo! Dumbass! Wrong way!"
"Wha-I know! I was just, uh"
"Whatever" She smiled and walked away, but it wasn't a smirk, or making fun
of him. He just made her smile.
'What just happened?' Draco thought to himself. 'and did I actually say
what I thought I did?' He slowly walked to the common room, replaying the
events that had occurred.
"Alohomora"
The portrait swung to the side. He looked up and saw Weasley. He was the
only person in the room. He seemed to be deeply engrossed in a book.
Draco walked to his room and closed the door behind him and locking it.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ABOUT!" That was Granger
"Shh!" It was Nina. He walked to the wall dividing the two dorm rooms and
put his ear to it.
"NO! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT!"
"Listen, if there's one thing I hate it's kicking someone when they're
down." Draco was confused "It's obvious that something has been troubling
him and you know what happens to me when that happens. I just had to help
the bitch and I knew that he could be honest with you, I mean, remember
when you told me about what happened over the summer? Also, Dumbledore
obviously wants us to get along."
"I know that there's more to it. You're not telling me something"
Draco listened closely, but heard a knock on his door.
"Shit" Draco said as he turned to answer it. As soon as he go to the door,
though, it burst open and Pansy was standing in the doorway. Draco could
see Ron smiling from the bottom of the stairs.
'WHY ME! WHY NOW!'
"Hello Parkinson"
She walked in, closing the door behind her. "Hey baby" she seductively
said.
"Listen, Parkinson, I hate you. I don't want to be near you, now get out of
my room"
She took off her robe and threw it on the floor.
"But Drakie, I just want to be with you" She pulled him into a deep kiss,
but he pushed her away and spit.
"Take your robe and GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
She slowly turned around, put her nose in the air and walked out.
Draco turned back to the wall to try to hear the rest of the conversation.
"Totally"
"I know!"
"And it was just like, what the fuck do you think you're doing!"
"You have got to be kidding me"
Draco turned and walked to his bed. When he got there, he sighed and
reached under his bed to look into his trunk.
He rummaged around and then caught a glimpse of a piece of parchment. It
said...
A/N Sorry, I know that I'm leaving you with a bunch of cliffhangers, but
it's just to make sure that you all review. I want at least 10 new reviews
if you want chapter 15...KISSEZ