Chapter 16: Stroll Down Memory Lane
Hermione woke up early the next morning. She took a long, hot shower. By
the time she had gotten dressed, some of the other people were awake. She
kept running the night before through her head.
'What the hell is going on with everything?' She then walked to the Great
Hall and grabbed a piece of toast. She ran to the owlery to write a letter.
~Dear Jared
How's everything and everybody? Nina and I have been having a good
year so far, but there was an incident last night.
'NO!'
~Hey Jared
What's new? Nina and I are great. The school year has been wonderful
so far. We had a dance last night and...
'HELL NO!'
~Hey Jared
Call me ASAP! Nothing too major, but I really need to talk to you.
I'll probably be free all night, but I don't know when you're going to be
free, but just please call me as soon as you are able to
'That's the best that I'm going to come up with' she thought as she read
the letter. She tied to a school owl's leg and watched as the gray owl flew
off into the distance. Hermione turned and walked to her first class, even
though it wasn't supposed to start fir another half hour.
'I understand Nina not telling me about Jared, I mean, she can fight her
own battles, but I'm her best friend and Jared is one my friends also. And
why didn't she tell me the whole truth. Couldn't she trust me? I know that
I'm overreacting about this, but so much happened last night. Malfoy likes
me, or at least he started to. Nina almost lied to me to get her own
revenge upon Draco and the entire male gender. She threatened to not be my
friend. Malfoy was singing a muggle song, or more like reciting it. We
actually broke the ice king and it made me feel worse than I've ever felt
in my life. And why didn't Nina tell me that she made out with Malfoy more
than once? I have to talk to her later.' She then realized that she was
standing in front of the potions classroom (her first class). 'Was I
thinking all of that the entire walk?' she stepped into the classroom and
took her usual seat in the middle of the room. After a minute or so, Nina
walked into the room.
"Hey Hermione. I didn't see you all morning. I was looking for you." She
walked over to her. "I'm really sorry about the position I put you in last
night. It was inconsiderate of me, but I was just really...in don't know, and
I know that that isn't an excuse, but I just want you to know that I'm
sorry. I'm going to talk to Malfoy today and apologize for the mask thing."
"It's OK Neen, but I think we need to talk"
"What about?"
"Well," Hermione began but she then heard noise at the door. "Later" Nina
nodded and sat in her seat and began to doodle. The class soon filled up
and there was a large amount of chatter. Snape then walked in quickly and
there was a hush throughout the room.
"Now, as you should all remember, last month you all got into groups and
did some activities. Tomorrow you shall all be getting back into your
groups, ah here com the other student now." The other students from the
sixth year came in carrying something "You shall get the rest of the
information at breakfast. Now, please go to the back of the classroom and
get your potions and get into your groups, if any of your group members are
in this class, which they should be." Everyone got up and gathered their
potions and then got into their groups. Hermione, Draco and Nina felt
uncomfortable sitting at the same table. Everyone waited for Snape's
instructions. "Now, there should be some change on your potions. For the
rest of the period, you shall all be adding to not your potions, but with
the person sitting to your left." Everyone passed their potions to the
person to their left. "Now that you have done that, add the ingredients
written on the board and look into the cauldron, but I must warn you to
not, under any circumstances, allow anyone to know what you see. Now
begin."
*Hermione's POV*
I gingerly took Draco's potion and placed it in front of me. Slowly and
carefully I added the ingredients on the board. After about twenty minutes,
the potion became like foggy water with pictures in it. I know I shouldn't
have, but I touched the potion and fell into a dark room. I looked around
and saw a young boy standing at a window. He turned around and sighed. I
recognized him. It was Draco!
"Draco! I'm sorry! I-wait, how old are you?" At first I was nervous, I
mean, I was in the Malfoy Manor, but he didn't seem to notice me, also he
seemed to be only about ten years old.
He looked at the floor and dragged his feet as he made his way to the bed.
"Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday Draco. Happy
birthday to me" he sang slowly and in a quiet voice. I then realized that I
was in a pensive! The door then opened and a small house elf came in. Draco
hardened his face and demanded "What do you want dobby?"
"I is sorry sir, but the others and I was wanting to wish you a happy
birthday." I saw as Draco's eye's softened, but not his face. "And to be
giving you this" he snapped hid fingers and a chocolate cupcake appeared in
front of his face. Draco took the cupcake and smirked.
"Thank you Dobby" Dobby bowed low and left the room, leaving Draco alone
with the cupcake. He got up and went to the side of the bed and pulled
something from under it. He pulled out a small shoebox and put the cupcake
in it.
I felt my surroundings swirl around me as i fell into another memory.
"Come on Draco! It isn't that difficult! Lords!" Lucius was yelling as he
threw his arms up into the air. The two were outside holding their wands.
There were also two broomsticks beside them.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" the tree a few yards away began to float.
"There, now that you have mastered the basic spells and had your flying
lesson you are free to do as you wish." With that Lucius walked away
leaving Draco alone in the big yard. He walked around until he saw a muggle
garbage can with a laptop sticking out. A smile came to his face as he ran
back inside the house. I was then drawn to Diagon Alley a few minutes later
(flash forward the memory). Draco walked into Flourish and Blott's and
bought a book, but she could not make out the title. He had a large smirk
on his face. She then felt another memory change.
It was summer and I could tell that I was back in his room, but a different
one. He was looking at something that appeared to be a photo, but I
couldn't tell what it was of. He put it next to him on the bed and took
something out of a black box (the other one from when he was ten was a shoe
box). As he was doing so, I looked at the picture. It was the pictures we
took at the mall! Why would he have them? I then tried to see what else was
in the box. It contained lyrics to muggle songs as well as some, I'm
guessing, he wrote, drumsticks, muggle currency and other items from the
day we spent together and that we spoke about. I felt a pang in my chest
and a tear come to my eye. He looked out a window a few minutes later and
shut it and then the same with the doors. He took something out of the box
that I had not noticed. It was a toy drum. He applied some sort of potion
to it and it grew to actual size. He took his drumsticks and began to play
one of my favorite New Found Glory songs, 'Something I call Personality'
"before you jump down my throat
I'd like to present you with
something i call personality
word travels fast when you're on the road
I'd like to think what I have is real
sort this out on your own time
you ought to sort this out on your own time
before you jump to conclusions
about all the friends I have
just remember they were born that way
word travels fast when her name's involved
I'd like to think what I have is real
sort this out on your own time
go on and sort this out on your own time
no matter how happy you are
you'll always want more
no matter how stupid I get
you'll always want more" he looked up after he finished and whispered "I'm
such a jackass" as he shook his head and looked at the pictures of us.
I was then pulled out of the memory by an odd force.
*Draco's POV*
I stared into the strange mixture of ingredients. I leant in to get a
better view of the picture that was replacing the potion, but I then felt a
sudden pull and I fell into the potion, but instead of hitting the caldron
I fell onto a beach. There was a party going on around me, but nobody
seemed to notice that a hansom sixteen-year old boy had just fallen from
the sky. I looked around and saw Nina standing next to me.
"Nina? Hey." I said, but she didn't notice. She just sighed and looked
around. I then realized that we had made pensives in class and since this
was Nina's potion, this was her memory. I then saw Hermione talking to a
guy. I walked over to listen.
"Sorry Jared. I'm not really in the mood to dance right now, maybe later,
and if not we can always hang out tomorrow." She said to him.
"But tomorrow you're leaving for school with Nina" he said. I was
apparently 'at' the dance Nina and Hermione had spoken about.
"Listen Jared, I really can't dance with you because it would hurt too
much, I mean, with us leaving tomorrow, I might break down and cry in the
middle of the dance floor" I could tell that she was lying.
The boy, Jared, took her hand and led her to the sand dunes, I followed
them with Nina right behind me.
"Listen Hermione, I've wanted to tell you this since the day we met. I like
you, a lot, and I really want to be with you, as more than friends" he
said.
"Jared, please don't do this. Our friendship is too important. I would kill
myself if anything happened between us. I also like things the way they
are" she leaned into his chest and wrapped her arms around him "I like you
as a friend, but I don't think I want more. This is already as good as it's
going to get" she looked up into his eyes. He wrapped his arms around her
and kissed her on the top of her head.
"You're right, nothing could be better that this" the two just stood there
for five minutes, but it felt like an hour. They then began to walk back to
the party. I turned to see Nina behind the dunes, she seemed to be frozen
in place. She then smiled as a tear went down her cheek. She wiped it off
her face and went back to the party. I remembered Hermione admitting to
liking that boy one time. Nina must like him too. Gee, I never realized
what a good friend Hermione is.
I was then pulled by an unexplainable force to another memory
I was in a purple and green bedroom. There were clothes strewn around the
room. I then heard a sniffle and saw Nina in a walk in closet. I walked in
to see why she looked and sounded upset. She seemed to be writing something
and was wearing a wristband on her right wrist. I leant over her shoulder
and read: Have you ever given up something? Something that you've held onto
for...forever.
I like you, Jared, but we can't even be friends without me feeling like I'm
forcing something upon you and I'll accept that. I know that you don't do
many things on purpose, but one thing that that shouldn't have to be is the
friendship that I've held onto since we first met. I know that you're a
good person with a great heart, but we both know that you are keeping part
of something locked up. I know that you are an individual mind, but and are
your own person, but you're selling yourself short. You say that you are a
shy, quiet person, but if you saw yourself the way the rest of the world
does, or did you would feel more comfortable in your own skin. This letter
was meant to be tell you that I still have feelings for you, but it has
turned into an important question that everyone asks themselves but can
never answer should ask themselves, but I am asking you: who are you? To
close this letter I want to thank you. Thank you for making me feel loved,
even for only a short time. Thank you for helping me to begin to become
acquainted with myself. And many other thank you's. This is not a good-bye
forever letter, but a hello and thank-you one.
Yours Truly,
Nina
Now and Forever More'
She looked up as she finished the letter then frowned. I had to agree, the
letter was corny and pathetic. The then looked at her wristband and sighed
as she began to pull it off. I saw scars where her wristband was and
noticed some above those. I knew she was a drastic person, but I never
thought she would ever do something like cut herself. She put on a 'Boy
Girl' wristband (David and Goliath, duh). She stood up and walked out of
the closet and to her computer.
"Why wont you im me? We've both been on for thirty frickin' minutes!" she
yelled.
"Adriana Bronwen! Get downstairs now!" a voice came from downstairs.
"I told you! It's Independence Nina!" Nina screamed back
"Get down here this instant!"
Nina got up and walked downstairs (I followed, duh).
"Sit" her mother said
"What did I do this time?" Nina asked as she sat on the couch.
"Lucius Malfoy has just informed me that you have another trial coming up
tomorrow. What are you going for this time?" her father asked
"Someone from the ministry caught me protesting for protesting with muggles
to free Tibet. I used an unbreakable potion on some chains I used to chain
myself to the Chinese consol. (A/N I did go to 2 protests yesterday and the
third one, which my school had to miss, was to free Tibet...for more
information please go to ) They said that I
had crossed the line and that I have to be more responsible with my magic
and might take away my wand or something so I learn my lesson." She
shrugged. I could tell that I was in a memory from this summer! "Now if
you'll excuse me, I have to go soon." She tried to get up, but was stopped
by her mother.
"Oh no you don't young lady. We are not done with this discussion. Lucius
is coming tonight for dinner with Narcissa. His son won't be coming,
though. It would appear that he has plans. I want you to be home by a
quarter to five" Nina nodded and walked up to her room.
She kicked her stuff when she got into the room and muttered stuff along
the lines of 'death eater' and 'infuriating bastard'.
I was then pulled to another memory. I fell into a courtroom. Nina was
sitting in a chair with chains.
"Adriana Browen, you are speaking out of line" I heard Fudge say.
"First of all, it's Independence Nina. Second of all I was only correcting
Umbrie's mistake" she answered. I could tell that this wasn't her first
trial. She was giving them nicknames. I had to smirk at her spunk. "I did
not perform any magic in front of muggles like a careless two year old, I
coated some chains before I went to the protest and a ministry official
found out and dragged me away from the protest."
"Well, we have been here for an hour and we are still at square one. Since
you are to go to school in less than a week, we shall allow you to keep
your wand, but we shall owl you when we come up with a proper punishment."
Fudge said. With that everyone left the courtroom.
I was then pulled to another memory (A/N don't worry, this is gonna be the
last one)
"But, why?" I heard a voice from behind me say. I turned around and saw
Nina and Jared.
"Listen Nina, we never really talk or anything anymore. I think it would be
better if we were just friends" Jared said
"Yeah, I mean, I was gonna break up with you too for the same reason.
Well," she said. Her voice wanted to crack so much and tears wanted to flow
from her eyes.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later" Jared said. He walked away. Nina walked
to Hermione, who was a few yards away and cried into her as she brought her
somewhere else. She just cried into Hermione as though her heart had been
broken, torn out of her chest and stomped on, destroyed for a long while. I
felt a pang in my chest and felt a tear come to my eye. It was so sad. Even
though Nina and I weren't friends and I was just a mere shadow in this
memory, I wanted to do nothing more than make Jared feel physically what he
made Nina feel emotionally. I was then pulled from the pensive.
Nina's POV
I could tell that we made a pensive. I had made one at home one time when I
was bored. I touched the filmy material and was pulled into Hermione's
memory. I fell into her living room. She and Draco were talking and hanging
out as though they were friends. I watched as they fell asleep. I then felt
a large wind, like I was in a tape that was fast-forwarding. I saw Draco
wake up. He looked around in confusion. Hermione walked into the room.
"Morning!" He turned around to see Hermione standing behind him wearing
baggy flannel pants and a white tank top and a large smile. He quickly
turned around so he wasn't facing her.
"Ah, finaly, you're awake, mudblood. Where is the blasted floo powder?" He
demanded
She frowned. "Well, if you're gonna be such a bitch then rather than
letting you sit down to a peaceful breakfast how about I shove it down your
throat MAKING YOU CHOKE TO DEATH!" I giggled to myself, she is a girl no
one would ever want to mess with, mudblood or not. She quickly walked
upstairs and shortly came down with a small velvet bag. She violently
shoved it into his hands.
"HERE!" She angrily said. "And I hope you end up in a million pieces
wherever the hell you go!" if looks could kill, I'm sure Draco would be
dead a million times before he hit the floor. She then said in a deadly
whisper "And I thought you changed"
Before he left, he looked at her. Her back was turned away from him. He
stepped into the fire and disappeared. Hermione looked at the floor and
began to cry.
I was then pulled to another memory.
"But tomorrow you're leaving for school with Nina" I heard Jared say. I
turned around and saw him talking to Hermione. We were at the end of the
summer dance.
"Listen Jared, I really can't dance with you because it would hurt too
much, I mean, with us leaving tomorrow, I might break down and cry in the
middle of the dance floor" I could tell that she was lying, she is such a
horrible lire.
Jared, took her hand and led her to the sand dunes, I followed them with
my memory right behind me.
"Listen Hermione, I've wanted to tell you this since the day we met. I like
you, a lot, and I really want to be with you, as more than friends" he
said.
"Jared, please don't do this. Our friendship is too important. I would kill
myself if anything happened between us. I also like things the way they
are" she leaned into his chest and wrapped her arms around him "I like you
as a friend, but I don't think I want more. This is already as good as it's
going to get" she looked up into his eyes. He wrapped his arms around her
and kissed her on the top of her head.
"You're right, nothing could be better that this" the two just stood there
for five minutes, but it felt like an hour. They then began to walk back to
the party. I turned to see myself behind the dunes. I was frozen in place.
I then smiled as a tear went down my memory's cheek. I wiped it off my face
and went back to the party. I remember that night. Hermione really liked
Jared, but gave him up for me. She is the best friend a girl could have, or
anyone. I then felt a force pull me to another memory.
"Um, Vickor" I saw Hermione say as she walked up to VIKTOR KRUM!!! He
turned to face her and smiled, but she was somber and as though she was
about to cry.
"Herm-own-ninny!" he exclaimed
"Before you say anything, just listen to number two" she handed him a
muggle c.d. player and walked away. I saw the c.d. in the player. Number
two was Bye Bye Boyfriend by Fefe Dobson.
I was then pulled put of the pensive back to the potions classroom.
Hermione woke up early the next morning. She took a long, hot shower. By
the time she had gotten dressed, some of the other people were awake. She
kept running the night before through her head.
'What the hell is going on with everything?' She then walked to the Great
Hall and grabbed a piece of toast. She ran to the owlery to write a letter.
~Dear Jared
How's everything and everybody? Nina and I have been having a good
year so far, but there was an incident last night.
'NO!'
~Hey Jared
What's new? Nina and I are great. The school year has been wonderful
so far. We had a dance last night and...
'HELL NO!'
~Hey Jared
Call me ASAP! Nothing too major, but I really need to talk to you.
I'll probably be free all night, but I don't know when you're going to be
free, but just please call me as soon as you are able to
'That's the best that I'm going to come up with' she thought as she read
the letter. She tied to a school owl's leg and watched as the gray owl flew
off into the distance. Hermione turned and walked to her first class, even
though it wasn't supposed to start fir another half hour.
'I understand Nina not telling me about Jared, I mean, she can fight her
own battles, but I'm her best friend and Jared is one my friends also. And
why didn't she tell me the whole truth. Couldn't she trust me? I know that
I'm overreacting about this, but so much happened last night. Malfoy likes
me, or at least he started to. Nina almost lied to me to get her own
revenge upon Draco and the entire male gender. She threatened to not be my
friend. Malfoy was singing a muggle song, or more like reciting it. We
actually broke the ice king and it made me feel worse than I've ever felt
in my life. And why didn't Nina tell me that she made out with Malfoy more
than once? I have to talk to her later.' She then realized that she was
standing in front of the potions classroom (her first class). 'Was I
thinking all of that the entire walk?' she stepped into the classroom and
took her usual seat in the middle of the room. After a minute or so, Nina
walked into the room.
"Hey Hermione. I didn't see you all morning. I was looking for you." She
walked over to her. "I'm really sorry about the position I put you in last
night. It was inconsiderate of me, but I was just really...in don't know, and
I know that that isn't an excuse, but I just want you to know that I'm
sorry. I'm going to talk to Malfoy today and apologize for the mask thing."
"It's OK Neen, but I think we need to talk"
"What about?"
"Well," Hermione began but she then heard noise at the door. "Later" Nina
nodded and sat in her seat and began to doodle. The class soon filled up
and there was a large amount of chatter. Snape then walked in quickly and
there was a hush throughout the room.
"Now, as you should all remember, last month you all got into groups and
did some activities. Tomorrow you shall all be getting back into your
groups, ah here com the other student now." The other students from the
sixth year came in carrying something "You shall get the rest of the
information at breakfast. Now, please go to the back of the classroom and
get your potions and get into your groups, if any of your group members are
in this class, which they should be." Everyone got up and gathered their
potions and then got into their groups. Hermione, Draco and Nina felt
uncomfortable sitting at the same table. Everyone waited for Snape's
instructions. "Now, there should be some change on your potions. For the
rest of the period, you shall all be adding to not your potions, but with
the person sitting to your left." Everyone passed their potions to the
person to their left. "Now that you have done that, add the ingredients
written on the board and look into the cauldron, but I must warn you to
not, under any circumstances, allow anyone to know what you see. Now
begin."
*Hermione's POV*
I gingerly took Draco's potion and placed it in front of me. Slowly and
carefully I added the ingredients on the board. After about twenty minutes,
the potion became like foggy water with pictures in it. I know I shouldn't
have, but I touched the potion and fell into a dark room. I looked around
and saw a young boy standing at a window. He turned around and sighed. I
recognized him. It was Draco!
"Draco! I'm sorry! I-wait, how old are you?" At first I was nervous, I
mean, I was in the Malfoy Manor, but he didn't seem to notice me, also he
seemed to be only about ten years old.
He looked at the floor and dragged his feet as he made his way to the bed.
"Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday Draco. Happy
birthday to me" he sang slowly and in a quiet voice. I then realized that I
was in a pensive! The door then opened and a small house elf came in. Draco
hardened his face and demanded "What do you want dobby?"
"I is sorry sir, but the others and I was wanting to wish you a happy
birthday." I saw as Draco's eye's softened, but not his face. "And to be
giving you this" he snapped hid fingers and a chocolate cupcake appeared in
front of his face. Draco took the cupcake and smirked.
"Thank you Dobby" Dobby bowed low and left the room, leaving Draco alone
with the cupcake. He got up and went to the side of the bed and pulled
something from under it. He pulled out a small shoebox and put the cupcake
in it.
I felt my surroundings swirl around me as i fell into another memory.
"Come on Draco! It isn't that difficult! Lords!" Lucius was yelling as he
threw his arms up into the air. The two were outside holding their wands.
There were also two broomsticks beside them.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" the tree a few yards away began to float.
"There, now that you have mastered the basic spells and had your flying
lesson you are free to do as you wish." With that Lucius walked away
leaving Draco alone in the big yard. He walked around until he saw a muggle
garbage can with a laptop sticking out. A smile came to his face as he ran
back inside the house. I was then drawn to Diagon Alley a few minutes later
(flash forward the memory). Draco walked into Flourish and Blott's and
bought a book, but she could not make out the title. He had a large smirk
on his face. She then felt another memory change.
It was summer and I could tell that I was back in his room, but a different
one. He was looking at something that appeared to be a photo, but I
couldn't tell what it was of. He put it next to him on the bed and took
something out of a black box (the other one from when he was ten was a shoe
box). As he was doing so, I looked at the picture. It was the pictures we
took at the mall! Why would he have them? I then tried to see what else was
in the box. It contained lyrics to muggle songs as well as some, I'm
guessing, he wrote, drumsticks, muggle currency and other items from the
day we spent together and that we spoke about. I felt a pang in my chest
and a tear come to my eye. He looked out a window a few minutes later and
shut it and then the same with the doors. He took something out of the box
that I had not noticed. It was a toy drum. He applied some sort of potion
to it and it grew to actual size. He took his drumsticks and began to play
one of my favorite New Found Glory songs, 'Something I call Personality'
"before you jump down my throat
I'd like to present you with
something i call personality
word travels fast when you're on the road
I'd like to think what I have is real
sort this out on your own time
you ought to sort this out on your own time
before you jump to conclusions
about all the friends I have
just remember they were born that way
word travels fast when her name's involved
I'd like to think what I have is real
sort this out on your own time
go on and sort this out on your own time
no matter how happy you are
you'll always want more
no matter how stupid I get
you'll always want more" he looked up after he finished and whispered "I'm
such a jackass" as he shook his head and looked at the pictures of us.
I was then pulled out of the memory by an odd force.
*Draco's POV*
I stared into the strange mixture of ingredients. I leant in to get a
better view of the picture that was replacing the potion, but I then felt a
sudden pull and I fell into the potion, but instead of hitting the caldron
I fell onto a beach. There was a party going on around me, but nobody
seemed to notice that a hansom sixteen-year old boy had just fallen from
the sky. I looked around and saw Nina standing next to me.
"Nina? Hey." I said, but she didn't notice. She just sighed and looked
around. I then realized that we had made pensives in class and since this
was Nina's potion, this was her memory. I then saw Hermione talking to a
guy. I walked over to listen.
"Sorry Jared. I'm not really in the mood to dance right now, maybe later,
and if not we can always hang out tomorrow." She said to him.
"But tomorrow you're leaving for school with Nina" he said. I was
apparently 'at' the dance Nina and Hermione had spoken about.
"Listen Jared, I really can't dance with you because it would hurt too
much, I mean, with us leaving tomorrow, I might break down and cry in the
middle of the dance floor" I could tell that she was lying.
The boy, Jared, took her hand and led her to the sand dunes, I followed
them with Nina right behind me.
"Listen Hermione, I've wanted to tell you this since the day we met. I like
you, a lot, and I really want to be with you, as more than friends" he
said.
"Jared, please don't do this. Our friendship is too important. I would kill
myself if anything happened between us. I also like things the way they
are" she leaned into his chest and wrapped her arms around him "I like you
as a friend, but I don't think I want more. This is already as good as it's
going to get" she looked up into his eyes. He wrapped his arms around her
and kissed her on the top of her head.
"You're right, nothing could be better that this" the two just stood there
for five minutes, but it felt like an hour. They then began to walk back to
the party. I turned to see Nina behind the dunes, she seemed to be frozen
in place. She then smiled as a tear went down her cheek. She wiped it off
her face and went back to the party. I remembered Hermione admitting to
liking that boy one time. Nina must like him too. Gee, I never realized
what a good friend Hermione is.
I was then pulled by an unexplainable force to another memory
I was in a purple and green bedroom. There were clothes strewn around the
room. I then heard a sniffle and saw Nina in a walk in closet. I walked in
to see why she looked and sounded upset. She seemed to be writing something
and was wearing a wristband on her right wrist. I leant over her shoulder
and read: Have you ever given up something? Something that you've held onto
for...forever.
I like you, Jared, but we can't even be friends without me feeling like I'm
forcing something upon you and I'll accept that. I know that you don't do
many things on purpose, but one thing that that shouldn't have to be is the
friendship that I've held onto since we first met. I know that you're a
good person with a great heart, but we both know that you are keeping part
of something locked up. I know that you are an individual mind, but and are
your own person, but you're selling yourself short. You say that you are a
shy, quiet person, but if you saw yourself the way the rest of the world
does, or did you would feel more comfortable in your own skin. This letter
was meant to be tell you that I still have feelings for you, but it has
turned into an important question that everyone asks themselves but can
never answer should ask themselves, but I am asking you: who are you? To
close this letter I want to thank you. Thank you for making me feel loved,
even for only a short time. Thank you for helping me to begin to become
acquainted with myself. And many other thank you's. This is not a good-bye
forever letter, but a hello and thank-you one.
Yours Truly,
Nina
Now and Forever More'
She looked up as she finished the letter then frowned. I had to agree, the
letter was corny and pathetic. The then looked at her wristband and sighed
as she began to pull it off. I saw scars where her wristband was and
noticed some above those. I knew she was a drastic person, but I never
thought she would ever do something like cut herself. She put on a 'Boy
Girl' wristband (David and Goliath, duh). She stood up and walked out of
the closet and to her computer.
"Why wont you im me? We've both been on for thirty frickin' minutes!" she
yelled.
"Adriana Bronwen! Get downstairs now!" a voice came from downstairs.
"I told you! It's Independence Nina!" Nina screamed back
"Get down here this instant!"
Nina got up and walked downstairs (I followed, duh).
"Sit" her mother said
"What did I do this time?" Nina asked as she sat on the couch.
"Lucius Malfoy has just informed me that you have another trial coming up
tomorrow. What are you going for this time?" her father asked
"Someone from the ministry caught me protesting for protesting with muggles
to free Tibet. I used an unbreakable potion on some chains I used to chain
myself to the Chinese consol. (A/N I did go to 2 protests yesterday and the
third one, which my school had to miss, was to free Tibet...for more
information please go to ) They said that I
had crossed the line and that I have to be more responsible with my magic
and might take away my wand or something so I learn my lesson." She
shrugged. I could tell that I was in a memory from this summer! "Now if
you'll excuse me, I have to go soon." She tried to get up, but was stopped
by her mother.
"Oh no you don't young lady. We are not done with this discussion. Lucius
is coming tonight for dinner with Narcissa. His son won't be coming,
though. It would appear that he has plans. I want you to be home by a
quarter to five" Nina nodded and walked up to her room.
She kicked her stuff when she got into the room and muttered stuff along
the lines of 'death eater' and 'infuriating bastard'.
I was then pulled to another memory. I fell into a courtroom. Nina was
sitting in a chair with chains.
"Adriana Browen, you are speaking out of line" I heard Fudge say.
"First of all, it's Independence Nina. Second of all I was only correcting
Umbrie's mistake" she answered. I could tell that this wasn't her first
trial. She was giving them nicknames. I had to smirk at her spunk. "I did
not perform any magic in front of muggles like a careless two year old, I
coated some chains before I went to the protest and a ministry official
found out and dragged me away from the protest."
"Well, we have been here for an hour and we are still at square one. Since
you are to go to school in less than a week, we shall allow you to keep
your wand, but we shall owl you when we come up with a proper punishment."
Fudge said. With that everyone left the courtroom.
I was then pulled to another memory (A/N don't worry, this is gonna be the
last one)
"But, why?" I heard a voice from behind me say. I turned around and saw
Nina and Jared.
"Listen Nina, we never really talk or anything anymore. I think it would be
better if we were just friends" Jared said
"Yeah, I mean, I was gonna break up with you too for the same reason.
Well," she said. Her voice wanted to crack so much and tears wanted to flow
from her eyes.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later" Jared said. He walked away. Nina walked
to Hermione, who was a few yards away and cried into her as she brought her
somewhere else. She just cried into Hermione as though her heart had been
broken, torn out of her chest and stomped on, destroyed for a long while. I
felt a pang in my chest and felt a tear come to my eye. It was so sad. Even
though Nina and I weren't friends and I was just a mere shadow in this
memory, I wanted to do nothing more than make Jared feel physically what he
made Nina feel emotionally. I was then pulled from the pensive.
Nina's POV
I could tell that we made a pensive. I had made one at home one time when I
was bored. I touched the filmy material and was pulled into Hermione's
memory. I fell into her living room. She and Draco were talking and hanging
out as though they were friends. I watched as they fell asleep. I then felt
a large wind, like I was in a tape that was fast-forwarding. I saw Draco
wake up. He looked around in confusion. Hermione walked into the room.
"Morning!" He turned around to see Hermione standing behind him wearing
baggy flannel pants and a white tank top and a large smile. He quickly
turned around so he wasn't facing her.
"Ah, finaly, you're awake, mudblood. Where is the blasted floo powder?" He
demanded
She frowned. "Well, if you're gonna be such a bitch then rather than
letting you sit down to a peaceful breakfast how about I shove it down your
throat MAKING YOU CHOKE TO DEATH!" I giggled to myself, she is a girl no
one would ever want to mess with, mudblood or not. She quickly walked
upstairs and shortly came down with a small velvet bag. She violently
shoved it into his hands.
"HERE!" She angrily said. "And I hope you end up in a million pieces
wherever the hell you go!" if looks could kill, I'm sure Draco would be
dead a million times before he hit the floor. She then said in a deadly
whisper "And I thought you changed"
Before he left, he looked at her. Her back was turned away from him. He
stepped into the fire and disappeared. Hermione looked at the floor and
began to cry.
I was then pulled to another memory.
"But tomorrow you're leaving for school with Nina" I heard Jared say. I
turned around and saw him talking to Hermione. We were at the end of the
summer dance.
"Listen Jared, I really can't dance with you because it would hurt too
much, I mean, with us leaving tomorrow, I might break down and cry in the
middle of the dance floor" I could tell that she was lying, she is such a
horrible lire.
Jared, took her hand and led her to the sand dunes, I followed them with
my memory right behind me.
"Listen Hermione, I've wanted to tell you this since the day we met. I like
you, a lot, and I really want to be with you, as more than friends" he
said.
"Jared, please don't do this. Our friendship is too important. I would kill
myself if anything happened between us. I also like things the way they
are" she leaned into his chest and wrapped her arms around him "I like you
as a friend, but I don't think I want more. This is already as good as it's
going to get" she looked up into his eyes. He wrapped his arms around her
and kissed her on the top of her head.
"You're right, nothing could be better that this" the two just stood there
for five minutes, but it felt like an hour. They then began to walk back to
the party. I turned to see myself behind the dunes. I was frozen in place.
I then smiled as a tear went down my memory's cheek. I wiped it off my face
and went back to the party. I remember that night. Hermione really liked
Jared, but gave him up for me. She is the best friend a girl could have, or
anyone. I then felt a force pull me to another memory.
"Um, Vickor" I saw Hermione say as she walked up to VIKTOR KRUM!!! He
turned to face her and smiled, but she was somber and as though she was
about to cry.
"Herm-own-ninny!" he exclaimed
"Before you say anything, just listen to number two" she handed him a
muggle c.d. player and walked away. I saw the c.d. in the player. Number
two was Bye Bye Boyfriend by Fefe Dobson.
I was then pulled put of the pensive back to the potions classroom.