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Chapter 5; Fighting?
Hermione and Julie returned from their night-time flying a few hours later. They laid their brooms next to the cupboard and went to sit in Hermione's bed. Hermione was still slightly miffed at the way she had been woken up. "What on Earth did you tell him to do?"
"Who, Crookshanks? I just told him to go and wake you up in the loudest way possible. I didn't think he could do it coz.well.he's a cat but it was pretty funny to hear you scream. I just figured he always woke you up like that"
Hermione glared, seeing red. "It was so embarrassing! Did you see everyone come in here?"
"Yep, including a topless Malfoy." Julie giggled
"Well at least that's something to tell the kids. Slytherin's can giggle without looking like Pansy Parkinson trying to win 'The Most Ugliest Person' contest."
Julie laughed hard at that.
"You're cunning, you know that Julie Baddock?"
"Yep. I am still a Slytherin remember." Julie had proceeded to lay down on Hermione's bed with her hands behind her head but suddenly shot up when she heard something at the window.
"Keep your hair on Julez, it's just Hedwig."
"Who-Wig?"
"Hedwig, Harry's owl. No doubt he wants help with some form of homework and knowing he can't enter here, sent his poor owl."
"Ah, well read it out then."
Hermione opened the letter and grimaced. It read.
Hi Hermione, How is life without your two bestest ('that isn't a word,' she exclaimed) friends in the world? I'd love to be in your position right now. I stole Hedwig to send you this letter because Pigwidgeon is off hunting crickets. It's not like he can carry anything else. I hope having to live with Malfoy isn't as bad as it seems but cheer up, Ginny's there for company. I heard that Julie Baddock's ok so there's someone else for you to talk to. Now I'm not saying that I trust Slytherin's but there's always one or two differences I mean take Percy for example. Well I don't have long to write because I should be doing my 'homework' so I'll be off.
(This is where the handwriting changes. It's neater and obviously Harry's.)
It's not called stealing if I know he's using her, is it Hermione? Well just to tell you that we want to know if you're safe and you have to write back right now. That's all we have to say. Oh and could you help us with our essay?
Luv Harry and Ron.
Hermione still had her grimace after she finished reading. She wrote her reply which was short and non-committal and grumbling, she sent it off with Hedwig. Then she joined Julie on the bed again.
"They care about you, don't they?"
Hermione sighed "Talk about overprotective. They treat me like a very little naive sister. Like I don't know how to handle my self or something. I hate it!"
"Have you ever had a crush on either of them?"
"Hell no. Hate to admit it, but I feel like they're my older brothers."
"Oh you hypocrite. You hate being treated like their sister but you treat them like brothers."
"No, I don't mind being treated like a sister but they just take it too far. They treat me worse than Ginny."
"Oh right."
Julie's eyes wondered over to the brooms, Hermione, seeing this, asked "HHHhhghhhow was the flying?"
Julie glowed. "Brilliant, but I wouldn't be able to do it as much as you. I'm not that into flying, above a certain height and I get afraid of falling off."
"Oh don't worry, that happens to a lot of people. I love flying."
"I'm sure. It is very relaxing. And I won't tell a soul."
"I trust you. So are you going to go back to sleep then? I couldn't even if I wanted to. I've already had enough today."
Julie nodded. "Are you coming down or staying here?"
"I'll come, I want to talk to Professor Flitwick about my Charms essay."
They headed downstairs and while Julie headed up a different staircase to her bedroom, Hermione left the common room.
* * * * *
It didn't matter how long Hermione took with the Professor because it was Sunday and student had a choice in what they wanted to do. She spent quite a few hours there, going over her essay and learning a few new Charms that Professor Flitwick was only too eager to help her learn.
"Thank you Professor. Are you sure that it was ok to teach me these Charms? I mean won't we be learning them soon?"
"I am here to teach Miss Granger" Squeaked the tiny professor "and I believe that that is what I have just done."
Hermione smiled gratefully and left.
By the time Hermione began to wander the corridors again, most students were already up. She was just thinking about the Fidelius Charm she had learnt. Obviously, she knew all about it, having heard it via eavesdropping in her 3rd year, when Professor Flitwick was explaining it in the 'Three Broomsticks'. Harry's parents had used it.
Hermione was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice someone was in her way until she had collided, hard, with them.
"Bloody hell Granger!" Malfoy bellowed "I know you're jealous, you just need to touch me, but you can't have me."
"Like anyone would want you!" she spat, interrupting him, he just ignored her and carried on as if she had said nothing.
"and your boyfriend's aren't even available anymore. Can't think why anyone would want a geek with and ugly scar or a long-nosed dumb-ass who calls dirt money because he's never seen the real thing."
Hermione had had enough. She grabbed her wand and threw a leg-locker curse at him, which he deflected easily. He had obviously learned his stuff. He threw a tickle curse at her which she in turn blocked. They had learned this in Defence Against the Dark Arts. She tried to hit him with the Furnunculus curse but he ducked, causing Hermione to look on in horror as it ricocheted off the wall, breaking a torch and half the wall apart. They carried on like this for quite a few minutes as the throng of people got larger; they all wanted to see their heads trying to blast each other to smithereens. That was until the teacher turned up.
"ENOUGH!!!" McGonagall had arrived, throwing a barmy (manic fit). "I expect better from the Heads and I certainly do not expect fighting. IN FRONT OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS?! I do not care what the reason is. Never in all my time as a teacher here, have I ever seen such blatant disregard for the rules and the state of the castle." She looked around at the havoc that they had created. "You two are the most prominent student in this school! No two heads have ever behaved is such a manner, well maybe Potter and Evans." Hermione gasped "Harry's parents?" McGonagall glared, realising she had strayed off the point. "Never you mind. You will learn to behave if you intend to keep your badges and for god's sake, grow up! What would your father say?" She said to Malfoy. "And everything you've worked for?" She added to Hermione. "100 points from each of your houses and a detention cleaning up this chaos. Now get out of my sight"
They walked away, in opposite directions, heads bowed in shame but they distinctly heard "I told Albus that this was a bad idea."
* * * * *
Hermione was in the Gryffindor common room, not having the courage to go back to her dorm so soon. Harry and Ron were with her, although Harry was a tad preoccupied at this particular moment as he was rolling on the floor laughing.
"You didn't?" Ron asked impressed, fighting his mad urge to scream with laughter a lot more successfully than Harry.
Hermione hid her face behind her hands in shame. "Yes" Her speech was muffled "and I go a warning, detention and a 100 points from Gryffindor too."
That stopped Harry from laughing. "A hundred points?!!?"
"Yes Harry one hundred."
Ron didn't seem to care though. "Wow, you're the only who's ever hit him before. In year 3 and now."
Hermione stared at the carpet from in-between her fingers. "Ron, this is awful!! What are the Gryffindor's going to say when they find out that their Head Girl lost them 100 points?"
"Probably 'wow, she hit Malfoy and got away with her life. Amazing!'" Ron supplied helpfully.
"I didn't hit him, he ducked every one, just like I did. But we did do considerable damage to the corridor. Our detention is to clean it up."
Harry had finally calmed down and spoke, he himself had lost Gryffindor enough points after all so he was no better. "Together?"
"We both did the crime, we both do the time and yes, that means together."
"Don't work about it Hermione" Ron said "People are used to us losing points and getting them all back again. They'll wait till the end of the year, if we lose the house cup (for the first time in 6 years), then they'll kill you."
Hermione groaned "Ever the bearer of wisdom you are Ron."
He just smiled.
Harry grinned "Good for you Hermione. He deserves some punishment. Even if he didn't get any, he'll know no to mess with you again."
"My badge will be taken if it happens again and I'm sure that I'll lose so many points that well be in the minuses."
The boys just grinned.
Hermione rolled her eyes and stood up. "I think it's time to face the prefects.and Head boy" she added as an afterthought.
She walked through the door that lead straight to her common room. Only she could see it. When she opened the other door, she found Julie, Jason and Ginny sitting close together and laughing. They stopped suddenly when they saw her and Hermione could only think 'oh dear, they hate me for all the points I've lost.' But they smiled and Hermione relaxed.
"Did you really blow a corridor apart?" Ginny asked
"Really not in the mood Gin." Hermione said, tired
"Oh come on." Julie said. "Fighting with your future husband and lifelong live partner, how was it?"
Hermione's features darkened "I am warning you Julie, give it a rest."
"Oh come on Hermione. Everyone thinks it." Ginny and Jason nodded.
Hermione spoke very slowly "I will become a nun and never venture out of my hole before I even think about fancying that."
"Isn't denial a beautiful thing?" Julie asked Ginny and Jason.
"Are all Slytherin's this irritating?" Hermione growled.
"No, just me. You'll admit it sooner or later."
"If so, why did I fight him?"
"Ah yes, back to the question at hand."
"Not going there."
"Was it sexual frustration?" Ginny and Jason had to turn away so Hermione wouldn't know they were laughing. She wasn't that dumb though and glared daggers at all three of them.
"Yes that must be why we tried to kill each other."
"Well Malfoy's been back and he didn't seem cut up about it." Ginny said.
"Yeah, well people expect it off him, not me." Hermione was close to tears of frustration.
"Um Hermione, hate to break it to ya, but we do expect it off you." Julie said, sensing her distress.
"Huh?"
"Well you hang out with Ron and Harry and they always get into trouble. It's expected off you."
"Oh, well I'm going to bed, I might try and kill myself so if you don't hear from me tomorrow, you'll know why."
She was joking about the killing herself, but she really was tired.
* * * * *
Well that's the end of another chapter. Have to do boring stuff now so ciao. waves and departs
Review please. No flames thanx.
Chapter 5; Fighting?
Hermione and Julie returned from their night-time flying a few hours later. They laid their brooms next to the cupboard and went to sit in Hermione's bed. Hermione was still slightly miffed at the way she had been woken up. "What on Earth did you tell him to do?"
"Who, Crookshanks? I just told him to go and wake you up in the loudest way possible. I didn't think he could do it coz.well.he's a cat but it was pretty funny to hear you scream. I just figured he always woke you up like that"
Hermione glared, seeing red. "It was so embarrassing! Did you see everyone come in here?"
"Yep, including a topless Malfoy." Julie giggled
"Well at least that's something to tell the kids. Slytherin's can giggle without looking like Pansy Parkinson trying to win 'The Most Ugliest Person' contest."
Julie laughed hard at that.
"You're cunning, you know that Julie Baddock?"
"Yep. I am still a Slytherin remember." Julie had proceeded to lay down on Hermione's bed with her hands behind her head but suddenly shot up when she heard something at the window.
"Keep your hair on Julez, it's just Hedwig."
"Who-Wig?"
"Hedwig, Harry's owl. No doubt he wants help with some form of homework and knowing he can't enter here, sent his poor owl."
"Ah, well read it out then."
Hermione opened the letter and grimaced. It read.
Hi Hermione, How is life without your two bestest ('that isn't a word,' she exclaimed) friends in the world? I'd love to be in your position right now. I stole Hedwig to send you this letter because Pigwidgeon is off hunting crickets. It's not like he can carry anything else. I hope having to live with Malfoy isn't as bad as it seems but cheer up, Ginny's there for company. I heard that Julie Baddock's ok so there's someone else for you to talk to. Now I'm not saying that I trust Slytherin's but there's always one or two differences I mean take Percy for example. Well I don't have long to write because I should be doing my 'homework' so I'll be off.
(This is where the handwriting changes. It's neater and obviously Harry's.)
It's not called stealing if I know he's using her, is it Hermione? Well just to tell you that we want to know if you're safe and you have to write back right now. That's all we have to say. Oh and could you help us with our essay?
Luv Harry and Ron.
Hermione still had her grimace after she finished reading. She wrote her reply which was short and non-committal and grumbling, she sent it off with Hedwig. Then she joined Julie on the bed again.
"They care about you, don't they?"
Hermione sighed "Talk about overprotective. They treat me like a very little naive sister. Like I don't know how to handle my self or something. I hate it!"
"Have you ever had a crush on either of them?"
"Hell no. Hate to admit it, but I feel like they're my older brothers."
"Oh you hypocrite. You hate being treated like their sister but you treat them like brothers."
"No, I don't mind being treated like a sister but they just take it too far. They treat me worse than Ginny."
"Oh right."
Julie's eyes wondered over to the brooms, Hermione, seeing this, asked "HHHhhghhhow was the flying?"
Julie glowed. "Brilliant, but I wouldn't be able to do it as much as you. I'm not that into flying, above a certain height and I get afraid of falling off."
"Oh don't worry, that happens to a lot of people. I love flying."
"I'm sure. It is very relaxing. And I won't tell a soul."
"I trust you. So are you going to go back to sleep then? I couldn't even if I wanted to. I've already had enough today."
Julie nodded. "Are you coming down or staying here?"
"I'll come, I want to talk to Professor Flitwick about my Charms essay."
They headed downstairs and while Julie headed up a different staircase to her bedroom, Hermione left the common room.
* * * * *
It didn't matter how long Hermione took with the Professor because it was Sunday and student had a choice in what they wanted to do. She spent quite a few hours there, going over her essay and learning a few new Charms that Professor Flitwick was only too eager to help her learn.
"Thank you Professor. Are you sure that it was ok to teach me these Charms? I mean won't we be learning them soon?"
"I am here to teach Miss Granger" Squeaked the tiny professor "and I believe that that is what I have just done."
Hermione smiled gratefully and left.
By the time Hermione began to wander the corridors again, most students were already up. She was just thinking about the Fidelius Charm she had learnt. Obviously, she knew all about it, having heard it via eavesdropping in her 3rd year, when Professor Flitwick was explaining it in the 'Three Broomsticks'. Harry's parents had used it.
Hermione was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice someone was in her way until she had collided, hard, with them.
"Bloody hell Granger!" Malfoy bellowed "I know you're jealous, you just need to touch me, but you can't have me."
"Like anyone would want you!" she spat, interrupting him, he just ignored her and carried on as if she had said nothing.
"and your boyfriend's aren't even available anymore. Can't think why anyone would want a geek with and ugly scar or a long-nosed dumb-ass who calls dirt money because he's never seen the real thing."
Hermione had had enough. She grabbed her wand and threw a leg-locker curse at him, which he deflected easily. He had obviously learned his stuff. He threw a tickle curse at her which she in turn blocked. They had learned this in Defence Against the Dark Arts. She tried to hit him with the Furnunculus curse but he ducked, causing Hermione to look on in horror as it ricocheted off the wall, breaking a torch and half the wall apart. They carried on like this for quite a few minutes as the throng of people got larger; they all wanted to see their heads trying to blast each other to smithereens. That was until the teacher turned up.
"ENOUGH!!!" McGonagall had arrived, throwing a barmy (manic fit). "I expect better from the Heads and I certainly do not expect fighting. IN FRONT OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS?! I do not care what the reason is. Never in all my time as a teacher here, have I ever seen such blatant disregard for the rules and the state of the castle." She looked around at the havoc that they had created. "You two are the most prominent student in this school! No two heads have ever behaved is such a manner, well maybe Potter and Evans." Hermione gasped "Harry's parents?" McGonagall glared, realising she had strayed off the point. "Never you mind. You will learn to behave if you intend to keep your badges and for god's sake, grow up! What would your father say?" She said to Malfoy. "And everything you've worked for?" She added to Hermione. "100 points from each of your houses and a detention cleaning up this chaos. Now get out of my sight"
They walked away, in opposite directions, heads bowed in shame but they distinctly heard "I told Albus that this was a bad idea."
* * * * *
Hermione was in the Gryffindor common room, not having the courage to go back to her dorm so soon. Harry and Ron were with her, although Harry was a tad preoccupied at this particular moment as he was rolling on the floor laughing.
"You didn't?" Ron asked impressed, fighting his mad urge to scream with laughter a lot more successfully than Harry.
Hermione hid her face behind her hands in shame. "Yes" Her speech was muffled "and I go a warning, detention and a 100 points from Gryffindor too."
That stopped Harry from laughing. "A hundred points?!!?"
"Yes Harry one hundred."
Ron didn't seem to care though. "Wow, you're the only who's ever hit him before. In year 3 and now."
Hermione stared at the carpet from in-between her fingers. "Ron, this is awful!! What are the Gryffindor's going to say when they find out that their Head Girl lost them 100 points?"
"Probably 'wow, she hit Malfoy and got away with her life. Amazing!'" Ron supplied helpfully.
"I didn't hit him, he ducked every one, just like I did. But we did do considerable damage to the corridor. Our detention is to clean it up."
Harry had finally calmed down and spoke, he himself had lost Gryffindor enough points after all so he was no better. "Together?"
"We both did the crime, we both do the time and yes, that means together."
"Don't work about it Hermione" Ron said "People are used to us losing points and getting them all back again. They'll wait till the end of the year, if we lose the house cup (for the first time in 6 years), then they'll kill you."
Hermione groaned "Ever the bearer of wisdom you are Ron."
He just smiled.
Harry grinned "Good for you Hermione. He deserves some punishment. Even if he didn't get any, he'll know no to mess with you again."
"My badge will be taken if it happens again and I'm sure that I'll lose so many points that well be in the minuses."
The boys just grinned.
Hermione rolled her eyes and stood up. "I think it's time to face the prefects.and Head boy" she added as an afterthought.
She walked through the door that lead straight to her common room. Only she could see it. When she opened the other door, she found Julie, Jason and Ginny sitting close together and laughing. They stopped suddenly when they saw her and Hermione could only think 'oh dear, they hate me for all the points I've lost.' But they smiled and Hermione relaxed.
"Did you really blow a corridor apart?" Ginny asked
"Really not in the mood Gin." Hermione said, tired
"Oh come on." Julie said. "Fighting with your future husband and lifelong live partner, how was it?"
Hermione's features darkened "I am warning you Julie, give it a rest."
"Oh come on Hermione. Everyone thinks it." Ginny and Jason nodded.
Hermione spoke very slowly "I will become a nun and never venture out of my hole before I even think about fancying that."
"Isn't denial a beautiful thing?" Julie asked Ginny and Jason.
"Are all Slytherin's this irritating?" Hermione growled.
"No, just me. You'll admit it sooner or later."
"If so, why did I fight him?"
"Ah yes, back to the question at hand."
"Not going there."
"Was it sexual frustration?" Ginny and Jason had to turn away so Hermione wouldn't know they were laughing. She wasn't that dumb though and glared daggers at all three of them.
"Yes that must be why we tried to kill each other."
"Well Malfoy's been back and he didn't seem cut up about it." Ginny said.
"Yeah, well people expect it off him, not me." Hermione was close to tears of frustration.
"Um Hermione, hate to break it to ya, but we do expect it off you." Julie said, sensing her distress.
"Huh?"
"Well you hang out with Ron and Harry and they always get into trouble. It's expected off you."
"Oh, well I'm going to bed, I might try and kill myself so if you don't hear from me tomorrow, you'll know why."
She was joking about the killing herself, but she really was tired.
* * * * *
Well that's the end of another chapter. Have to do boring stuff now so ciao. waves and departs
Review please. No flames thanx.
