A/N: I'm sorry that it took so long to get this chapter up. I've been
suffering from really bad writers block, so if this chapter is a little
weird (which my friend assures me its not) then I'm sorry.
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Chapter 22: Close Encounters
"Goo' afternoon class. Today we're gonna learn abou' Catters," Hagrid's voice boomed to the Gryffindor's and Slytherin's.
Hagrid reached into a wooden crate and pulled out an animal that fit in the palm of his hand. It had the body, fur and ears of a kitten and the face and tail of a bunny. It was actually very cute, according to the girls that is.
"These here are baby Catters. I'll be puttin yer in groups er two. Yer to feed the catters and then le' 'em run er round and play with um. Make sure yer keep er close eye en um." Hagrid put the catter back and began pairing the students.
Zabini ... Weasely Malfoy ... Potter Parkinson ... Granger
Hermione didn't pay attention to who the rest of the groups were. She was too disgusted with the fact that she was paired up with a pig faced tramp.
Hagrid finished reading off groups and told the students to get to work.
Hermione picked up one of the female catters. It had silver fur for the body and black fur for the ears and tail. The catter snuggeld up to Hermione's chest as she walked over to Pansy.
"Stop right there mudblood," Pansy snapped. "You can do all the work because I am Not getting my beautiful hands dirty from that filthy creature."
"You're the filthy creature Pansy," Blaise said harshly behind her. Ron started laughing and Hermione smiled.
"Lets go Parkinson. I haven't got all day," Hermione snapped.
Hermione fed the catter while Pansy sat around filing her nails. Once the catter was done eating it started running around chasing after butterflies. Hermione followed it around playing with it once in a while. Pansy stood at least five feet away mumbling under her breath while she continued to file her nails.
The catter had ran about ten feet into the forest. Hermione picked it up before it could go further. The catter started freaking out in Hermione's arms. It scratched Hermione's face and bolted out of the forest. Hermione watched it run for dear life.
"What the..." Hermione started but was cut off by a low, deadly type growl.
Hermione stiffened and slowly turned around. Her eyes grew wide with fear. There, standing in front of her, not more than fifteen feet away was yet another big, ugly troll.
Hermione immediately bolted out of the forest screaming at Pansy to run.
"RUN PANSY!!!RUN!!!" Pansy saw the troll running after Hermione. Her eyes grew wide with horror. She screamed a blood curdling scream that caught everyone's attention and sent catters scurrying everywhere.
"AHHHHH!!! TROLL!!!"
By the time Pansy started to run Hermione was only inches behind her. The troll only feet behind her. The troll smashed trees as it came out of the forest. Students started running for dear life.
The troll let out a loud roar which scared Pansy half to death. This caused her to trip and fall which caused Hermione to trip and fall. The girls turned on their back just in time to see the trolls hand reaching down to them.
"AHHHHHHH!!!" The girls screamed.
"HERMIONE!!!" Ron, Harry, Draco and Blaise all yelled at the same time. They ran over to the girls but it was too late.
The troll picked the girls up squeezing them as hard as he could. He slowly inched them up to his mouth. Pansy and Hermione were both balling uncontrollably.
They were only feet from the trolls mouth. The students below watched in horror, hating the fact that there was nothing they could do to help. Hagrid had run off to get the other Professors so he had no idea what was going on.
Draco was beside himself. He couldn't believe that people were just standing around watching this happen. Nobody was doing anything to help. What the hell is wrong with everyone? What the hell is wrong with me? I'm not even helping!
While Draco was having these thoughts an idea struck Hermione. "Pansy! Bite him!" She yelled.
Pansy didn't need telling twice. The two girls sunk their teeth into the trolls hand bitting with all their might. The girls could taste the trolls bitter blood and they could feel and smell his hot, disgusting breath on their faces.
The troll let out a yell of pain releasing the girls from his grip. The girls began to fall fifteen feet.
They could only think that this was going to hurt like no other. But to their surprise and relief the ground never came. Instead they each landed into four strong arms. Draco and Harry caught Hermione while Blaise and Ron caught Pansy.
Once the boys caught the girls they all fell to the ground but got up as fast as they could. The six had barely begun to run when the troll back handed them. They flew into the crowd of students that were watching the scene unfold.
The troll began to head for the students, who where now trying to get back on their feet, when he stopped abruptly. Every adult at Hogwarts appeared behind the crowd of students. The troll sneered and ran back into the forest with Hagrid, Professor Snape and Professor Lupin not far behind him.
"Good heavens! Are you students all right?" A worried Mcgonagall asked.
Pansy was still balling hysterically and Hermione was crying. They were both lying on the ground in pain and shock.
"We need to get them to the infirmary," Madame Pomphrey stated.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy, will you please help Madame Pomphrey get these two girls to the hospital wing?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes sir," The two answered.
"Once you are done you may head to your next class. As for the rest of you, please prepare for your next class," Dumbledore said.
Draco picked up Hermione and Harry picked up Pansy. They followed Pomphrey to the infirmary, dropped off the girls and headed to their next class.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hagrid, Lupin and Snape eventually captured the troll. Students still weren't allowed outside until tomorrow just to be safe.
Hermione slowly woke up. She looked around and noticed that she was in the infirmary. Pomphrey saw that she was awake and scurried over to her.
"How are you feeling Miss Granger?"
"Sore."
"I should think so. You have a bruise on your left side that goes from your navel to your mid back from the troll squeezing you. Take this," Pomphrey handed Hermione a vile of purple potion. "When your done you are free to leave. I'm afraid that you missed dinner but I'm sure that if you are hungry a house elf can bring you something."
"All right." Hermione gulped down the potion then got out of bed. She headed for the door and noticed that Pansy was still asleep.
"Oh, and Miss Granger," Pomphrey said poking her head out of her office.
"Yes."
"It's passed curfew so I suggest you go straight to your common room as to avoid a run in with Filch."
Hermione smiled her acknowledgment and left.
She walked as fast as she could without hurting her side. This wasn't working out as well as she would have hoped.
"Crap," she muttered.
If Filch catches me I'll be in for it
She tried to walk faster but stopped dead in her track when she heard voices.
"Come Mrs. Norris. We shall find some rotten brats and make them suffer," Filch snarled while his wretched cat meowed. They were headed in Hermione's direction.
Crap. Crap. Crap. Hermione started to panic. What do I do? She turned around and started to speed walk back the way she came.
She had only gone about ten feet when someone grabbed her by the waist and covered her mouth. They pulled her into a dark corner so Filch couldn't see them. Hermione panicked at first but relaxed when she saw that it was Draco.
Hermione was about to say something when Draco put his finger on her lips.
"Shhh."
"I know they're here my sweet. Find them and we will have some fun with them."
Hermione could barely breath. Not because she was afraid of being caught by Filch. That definitely wasn't it. No, she could barely breath because of how close together Draco and she were. She was against the wall with him pressed against her. Her hands rested on his chest while his hands held her hips. Hermione was tingling all over.
Hermione didn't want to leave this position. Screw Filch. Screw everybody else. All she wanted to do was stay this close to Draco forever.
"Come Mrs. Norris. They may have gone this way. We shall catch them." Filch and Mrs. Norris headed down a different hallway. Away from Draco and Hermione.
Hermione felt Draco's hot minty breath on her face which sent chills down her spine. She slowly lifted her head up and met the warm gaze of an icy blue storm.
Draco could feel Hermione's chest rise and fall against his. As she lifted her head up he was met with a cinnamon storm.
Even though Filch had left, neither one of them moved. They just stared at each other. The same sensation going through both their bodies. Hermione decided to brake the silence.
"Draco I..." She was cut off by Draco's lips meeting hers.
They kissed tenderly at first but slowly deepened the kiss into one full of passion. Their hearts raved as a fiery sensation filled their entire bodies. A sensation like they had never felt before.
Draco pulled Hermione in closer. He held the small of her back while kissing her more passionately. Hermione moved her hands up Draco's chest and around his neck.
Draco slowly parted his lips from Hermione's. He started a trail of kisses down to her neck. He kissed down to her collarbone and then up to just behind and beneath her ear. Once he reached that spot Hermione let out a soft moan. Draco smiled at her reaction and began kissing the spot again.
Draco then worked his way back up to Hermione's lips so they could kiss heatedly once again.
Just as the kisses were getting more and more pleasurable, there was a loud bang down the hall. The two broke apart immediately.
"PEEVES!!!" Filch screamed.
"HE, HE, HE!!!" Peeves squealed.
Draco grabbed Hermione's hand and the two began to run to their common room.
Halfway there Hermione stopped and let go of Draco's hand. Draco turned around.
"What's wrong?"
"My side."
Hermione was bending over clutching her side and breathing hard. Draco walked over and scooped Hermione up into his arms. Hermione locked her arms around Draco's neck and rested her head on his shoulder as he carefully carried her the rest of the way.
Once they reached their common room, Draco proceeded to carry Hermione to her room. As he gently layed her down he noticed that she was asleep. He took her robe and shoes off and then put her blanket over her. He bent down and kissed her softly on the forehead. He felt Hermione squeeze his hand.
"Stay with me," She said. Her voice soft and her eyes pleading.
Draco took off his robe and shoes and climbed in next to her. Hermione turned over and nestled her head into Draco's chest. Draco wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his head on top of hers. He kissed he head and whispered,
"Goodnight Hermione."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: I hope you guys liked it. Please review.
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Chapter 22: Close Encounters
"Goo' afternoon class. Today we're gonna learn abou' Catters," Hagrid's voice boomed to the Gryffindor's and Slytherin's.
Hagrid reached into a wooden crate and pulled out an animal that fit in the palm of his hand. It had the body, fur and ears of a kitten and the face and tail of a bunny. It was actually very cute, according to the girls that is.
"These here are baby Catters. I'll be puttin yer in groups er two. Yer to feed the catters and then le' 'em run er round and play with um. Make sure yer keep er close eye en um." Hagrid put the catter back and began pairing the students.
Zabini ... Weasely Malfoy ... Potter Parkinson ... Granger
Hermione didn't pay attention to who the rest of the groups were. She was too disgusted with the fact that she was paired up with a pig faced tramp.
Hagrid finished reading off groups and told the students to get to work.
Hermione picked up one of the female catters. It had silver fur for the body and black fur for the ears and tail. The catter snuggeld up to Hermione's chest as she walked over to Pansy.
"Stop right there mudblood," Pansy snapped. "You can do all the work because I am Not getting my beautiful hands dirty from that filthy creature."
"You're the filthy creature Pansy," Blaise said harshly behind her. Ron started laughing and Hermione smiled.
"Lets go Parkinson. I haven't got all day," Hermione snapped.
Hermione fed the catter while Pansy sat around filing her nails. Once the catter was done eating it started running around chasing after butterflies. Hermione followed it around playing with it once in a while. Pansy stood at least five feet away mumbling under her breath while she continued to file her nails.
The catter had ran about ten feet into the forest. Hermione picked it up before it could go further. The catter started freaking out in Hermione's arms. It scratched Hermione's face and bolted out of the forest. Hermione watched it run for dear life.
"What the..." Hermione started but was cut off by a low, deadly type growl.
Hermione stiffened and slowly turned around. Her eyes grew wide with fear. There, standing in front of her, not more than fifteen feet away was yet another big, ugly troll.
Hermione immediately bolted out of the forest screaming at Pansy to run.
"RUN PANSY!!!RUN!!!" Pansy saw the troll running after Hermione. Her eyes grew wide with horror. She screamed a blood curdling scream that caught everyone's attention and sent catters scurrying everywhere.
"AHHHHH!!! TROLL!!!"
By the time Pansy started to run Hermione was only inches behind her. The troll only feet behind her. The troll smashed trees as it came out of the forest. Students started running for dear life.
The troll let out a loud roar which scared Pansy half to death. This caused her to trip and fall which caused Hermione to trip and fall. The girls turned on their back just in time to see the trolls hand reaching down to them.
"AHHHHHHH!!!" The girls screamed.
"HERMIONE!!!" Ron, Harry, Draco and Blaise all yelled at the same time. They ran over to the girls but it was too late.
The troll picked the girls up squeezing them as hard as he could. He slowly inched them up to his mouth. Pansy and Hermione were both balling uncontrollably.
They were only feet from the trolls mouth. The students below watched in horror, hating the fact that there was nothing they could do to help. Hagrid had run off to get the other Professors so he had no idea what was going on.
Draco was beside himself. He couldn't believe that people were just standing around watching this happen. Nobody was doing anything to help. What the hell is wrong with everyone? What the hell is wrong with me? I'm not even helping!
While Draco was having these thoughts an idea struck Hermione. "Pansy! Bite him!" She yelled.
Pansy didn't need telling twice. The two girls sunk their teeth into the trolls hand bitting with all their might. The girls could taste the trolls bitter blood and they could feel and smell his hot, disgusting breath on their faces.
The troll let out a yell of pain releasing the girls from his grip. The girls began to fall fifteen feet.
They could only think that this was going to hurt like no other. But to their surprise and relief the ground never came. Instead they each landed into four strong arms. Draco and Harry caught Hermione while Blaise and Ron caught Pansy.
Once the boys caught the girls they all fell to the ground but got up as fast as they could. The six had barely begun to run when the troll back handed them. They flew into the crowd of students that were watching the scene unfold.
The troll began to head for the students, who where now trying to get back on their feet, when he stopped abruptly. Every adult at Hogwarts appeared behind the crowd of students. The troll sneered and ran back into the forest with Hagrid, Professor Snape and Professor Lupin not far behind him.
"Good heavens! Are you students all right?" A worried Mcgonagall asked.
Pansy was still balling hysterically and Hermione was crying. They were both lying on the ground in pain and shock.
"We need to get them to the infirmary," Madame Pomphrey stated.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy, will you please help Madame Pomphrey get these two girls to the hospital wing?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes sir," The two answered.
"Once you are done you may head to your next class. As for the rest of you, please prepare for your next class," Dumbledore said.
Draco picked up Hermione and Harry picked up Pansy. They followed Pomphrey to the infirmary, dropped off the girls and headed to their next class.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hagrid, Lupin and Snape eventually captured the troll. Students still weren't allowed outside until tomorrow just to be safe.
Hermione slowly woke up. She looked around and noticed that she was in the infirmary. Pomphrey saw that she was awake and scurried over to her.
"How are you feeling Miss Granger?"
"Sore."
"I should think so. You have a bruise on your left side that goes from your navel to your mid back from the troll squeezing you. Take this," Pomphrey handed Hermione a vile of purple potion. "When your done you are free to leave. I'm afraid that you missed dinner but I'm sure that if you are hungry a house elf can bring you something."
"All right." Hermione gulped down the potion then got out of bed. She headed for the door and noticed that Pansy was still asleep.
"Oh, and Miss Granger," Pomphrey said poking her head out of her office.
"Yes."
"It's passed curfew so I suggest you go straight to your common room as to avoid a run in with Filch."
Hermione smiled her acknowledgment and left.
She walked as fast as she could without hurting her side. This wasn't working out as well as she would have hoped.
"Crap," she muttered.
If Filch catches me I'll be in for it
She tried to walk faster but stopped dead in her track when she heard voices.
"Come Mrs. Norris. We shall find some rotten brats and make them suffer," Filch snarled while his wretched cat meowed. They were headed in Hermione's direction.
Crap. Crap. Crap. Hermione started to panic. What do I do? She turned around and started to speed walk back the way she came.
She had only gone about ten feet when someone grabbed her by the waist and covered her mouth. They pulled her into a dark corner so Filch couldn't see them. Hermione panicked at first but relaxed when she saw that it was Draco.
Hermione was about to say something when Draco put his finger on her lips.
"Shhh."
"I know they're here my sweet. Find them and we will have some fun with them."
Hermione could barely breath. Not because she was afraid of being caught by Filch. That definitely wasn't it. No, she could barely breath because of how close together Draco and she were. She was against the wall with him pressed against her. Her hands rested on his chest while his hands held her hips. Hermione was tingling all over.
Hermione didn't want to leave this position. Screw Filch. Screw everybody else. All she wanted to do was stay this close to Draco forever.
"Come Mrs. Norris. They may have gone this way. We shall catch them." Filch and Mrs. Norris headed down a different hallway. Away from Draco and Hermione.
Hermione felt Draco's hot minty breath on her face which sent chills down her spine. She slowly lifted her head up and met the warm gaze of an icy blue storm.
Draco could feel Hermione's chest rise and fall against his. As she lifted her head up he was met with a cinnamon storm.
Even though Filch had left, neither one of them moved. They just stared at each other. The same sensation going through both their bodies. Hermione decided to brake the silence.
"Draco I..." She was cut off by Draco's lips meeting hers.
They kissed tenderly at first but slowly deepened the kiss into one full of passion. Their hearts raved as a fiery sensation filled their entire bodies. A sensation like they had never felt before.
Draco pulled Hermione in closer. He held the small of her back while kissing her more passionately. Hermione moved her hands up Draco's chest and around his neck.
Draco slowly parted his lips from Hermione's. He started a trail of kisses down to her neck. He kissed down to her collarbone and then up to just behind and beneath her ear. Once he reached that spot Hermione let out a soft moan. Draco smiled at her reaction and began kissing the spot again.
Draco then worked his way back up to Hermione's lips so they could kiss heatedly once again.
Just as the kisses were getting more and more pleasurable, there was a loud bang down the hall. The two broke apart immediately.
"PEEVES!!!" Filch screamed.
"HE, HE, HE!!!" Peeves squealed.
Draco grabbed Hermione's hand and the two began to run to their common room.
Halfway there Hermione stopped and let go of Draco's hand. Draco turned around.
"What's wrong?"
"My side."
Hermione was bending over clutching her side and breathing hard. Draco walked over and scooped Hermione up into his arms. Hermione locked her arms around Draco's neck and rested her head on his shoulder as he carefully carried her the rest of the way.
Once they reached their common room, Draco proceeded to carry Hermione to her room. As he gently layed her down he noticed that she was asleep. He took her robe and shoes off and then put her blanket over her. He bent down and kissed her softly on the forehead. He felt Hermione squeeze his hand.
"Stay with me," She said. Her voice soft and her eyes pleading.
Draco took off his robe and shoes and climbed in next to her. Hermione turned over and nestled her head into Draco's chest. Draco wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his head on top of hers. He kissed he head and whispered,
"Goodnight Hermione."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: I hope you guys liked it. Please review.