Disclaimer: I claim all that belongs to me, which happens to be nothing. I owe everything to Ms. JK Rowling.
A question never goes unanswered: To 'Jinni', do I think Legolas and Draco could pass as brothers or twins… I really do think they're related on Narcissia's side of course…maybe a distant cousin of Draco? Maybe Draco's Uncle? Hehe he. Now there's a build up to some HP/LOTR fic.
Authors Note: I don't know what happened to Chapter 8…it didn't load the HTML I suppose…I reread it here and then I was slightly confused! I'm so sorry if it got a little weird at parts. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year…woo! 2004…isn't that a mouthful. Well this is obviously a Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger Pairing! Um…duh? Well any ways I don't think its too OOC…but it suites me. I'll shut up now… on with the writing…
Things to keep in mind: The prefects are that of OOTP. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger of Griffindor. Hannah Abbot and Ernie Macmillan of Hufflepuff. Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil of Ravenclaw. Then Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson of Slytherin.
Chapter 9…
Draco woke up at 6 am, as usual. He sat up in his bed about to get up to take a shower when he realized. He then layback down and pulled the covers over his head.
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Hermione woke up to the shrill shriek of Padma Patil and Hannah Abbot, searching through her closet. Hermione wiped the sleep out of her eyes, and very much like a cat stretched completely and sat up.
"Um, would either of you like to tell me what in the name of Merlin is going on?" Hermione spoke in a half awake voice, "And what's all that green stuff on your faces?"
Padma and Hannah completely looked at Hermione in awe. And they both started incessant laughter
"I don't think she's realized." Padma looked at Hannah in bewilderment; "This calls for drastic measures."
"You do the treatment and I'll keep searching." Hannah was telling Padma in a commanding tone.
Padma went to Hermione, "Okay close your eyes." Hermione did so unknowing what was going on, "This won't hurt a bit…"
A loud scream could be heard from Hermione's room.
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Draco tried
to put a pillow around his ears to cover the shrieking from another room in his
hall. His first thought was to do a silencing spell, but then was too lazy to
get his wand, which was on the other side of the bed on the nightstand table.
Suddenly a piercing scream startled him…
"What the Bloody…"
He had no choice but to get up and try to find which room it was coming from his first choice was to go to Hannah's room for she was known as the wild girl who would always be playing vedo games through the night. Draco walked up to the door and heard no shrieking or shrill laughter coming from her room, but it was coming from the room exactly across the hall from his.
"Granger's Room…now that's a surprise." Draco said to himself.
Knock-knock
Draco waited patiently. Suddenly the door opened just a crack and Hannah's head popped out. Draco did a double take…
"What in Merlin's name d'you have on your face?" Draco lost all concentration that was built to tell Hermione off for not being able to shut up.
"Malfoy, could you please save your crude remarks until the dance, we're kind of trying to get ready." Hannah said obviously trying to rid of Draco.
"Ready!? The ball isn't for another 12 hours! Blimey Abbot! It's 7 AM!" Draco said as something exploded 3 doors down.
"Ha! And that's Pansy getting ready." Hannah sounded disgusted. Well who wouldn't be after picturing Pansy getting ready for a ball? "Bloody hell only 12! Any ways what did you want?"
"D'you have Granger tied to her bed something? Cause it sure sounds like some ones having fun." Annoyed and frustrated Draco said.
"Glad to know that you think having Hermione tied to her Bed is fun…but we're genuinely busy so thanks for stopping by anything else you'd like me to tell Hermione?" Hannah spoke as if there were a smirk on her face, but the Greensleve root mask was dry and she could barely move her mouth.
"Oh try to keep it down." His composure was lagging. Draco turned to his door…
"Nice boxers by the way." Hannah said and shut the door. Draco looked down at his boxers they had small Nimbus 2001's all over and had the saying "Want a ride on my broomstick." Also all over. He smirked and shut the door.
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"That's COLD!" Hermione gave a high-pitched shriek.
"What?! I just said it wasn't going to hurt." Padma said innocently.
Knock-Knock
"Hannah could you get that please?" Hermione asked.
Hannah went to the door and it was obvious who was on the other side… If only I could hear what they were saying. Then after a couple comments Hannah shut the door.
"What did Malfoy want Hannah?" Hermione questioned.
"Just to tell us that he thinks you tied to the bed seems fun." Hannah said nonchalantly.
Hermione heard it the first time but… "What?"
"Nothing nothing, just that he says if you scream again he's afraid his ears will numb." Hannah giggled to herself and kept in search in Hermione's closet. Padma heard nothing for she was in deep concentration of putting Hermione's facemask on, "Merlin! Hermione you never mentioned telling us that over the summer you decided to get Designer Viscotti Robes! This is to die for!"
Padma and Hannah stared in admiration at the shimmering midnight black to blood red robe that was now lying neatly on the bed.
"Oh that?" Hermione said calmly, "Yes on our summer trip to France, I decided to go to Wizard Paris. I saw the robe in the window display in silver and black and I knew I needed to have one. It was quite eerie because I was never an impulse buyer."
"That's not surprising Viscotti robes are notorious for using Fay dust in their dress robes, that's what gives it the unearthly shimmer, and the Fay are known to do strange things to people." Padma informed Hermione.
"That's clever." Was all Hermione could say, for just then Hannah had put a mint candy in her mouth and told her to keep it sealed.
"It's a breathless candy, it gives you mint fresh breath for a full 48 hours. Plus it's great when snogging." Padma once again was the informer.
"I don't think I'll be snogging anyone anytime in the next 48 hours." Hermione objected.
"Keep your mouth closed. And I wouldn't bet on that. Anyway, how should we do your hair?" Hannah spoke
"My hair? What about your hair?" Hermione pleaded.
"My dear sweet Hermione, we've got that all covered. Since 2 weeks ago." Hannah said still staring at the mess of chocolate brown that lay on Hermione's head.
"How about swept up? With the ends curled in a messy bun in the back?" Padma suggested.
"No, with the robe as great as it is, it'll show too much." Hannah's brows went up in a mischievous look, "If you know what I mean."
After an Hour or two of suggestion and taking off the green masks in replace with pink masks came the final suggestion.
"I have it! Glossy straight no hairs out of place with ends at a double curl? With the Fay charm so it has the effect of it shimmering in the light and looking like a different color?" Padma said after reapplying the pink cream.
"That sounds…" Hannah started.
"Absolutely brilliant!" Hermione was excited. Her stomach Rumbled it was already mid afternoon. "Can we make it to lunch?"
"Oh my! How does the time fly by." Padma looked at her watch. "Not to the great hall, in the state we're in. Everyone will know what we're to be like for the Ball and we can't risk being copied, that's always a shame."
"I really don't care for that. I'm starving!" Hermione demanded.
"Grumpy are we? Well of course we have something to eat!" Hannah said obviously as she took out a small chest. Inside were the most delicious looking tarts and loaves of bread.
"Just take one piece okay? This stuff I got from my neighbor back home. Its elvish lembas bread." Padma told Hermione. After just one small piece they were filled and ready to tackle more preparations.
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Draco sat in the common room on the couch facing the stair way to their rooms. He looked to the clock; it was nearly 1 o'clock! What were those girls doing? He thought back to Hannah's conversation of that morning, and how he couldn't get the image of Hermione tied to his bed out of his mind.
Bad Draco.
A smirk crept onto his face. He went back to reading the Daily Prophet.
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6.43 PM
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Draco, Ron, Anthony, and Ernie were all in the common room talking quidditch, waiting to escort the girls to the Great Hall. It was a Hogwarts Tradition that the Head Girl and Head Boy enter the dance together and that the Prefects do the same and enter the ball in pairs.
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"Are you sure about this?" Hermione looked into the mirror and couldn't believe at what she saw looking right back at her.
"You can't honestly tell me you don't like it." Hannah said in an excited pitch, "Padma you really did it up with Mione."
"Yet, it's simple enough to think not, and yet simple enough to make everyone do a double take. Trust me Hermione, there'll be loads of Double takes. I don't think I've ever seen anyone so different, but still the same." Padma rambled.
Hannah and Hermione started laughing at Padma's speech.
"But I'm sure that they'll look at the both of you like that." Hermione said modestly.
"They've seen us like this millions of times! It won't be such a shock. Sure they'll be drooling at us by the end of the night." Hannah said to Hermione laughing.
" But it's you who'll take their breaths away, leave them with opens mouths, all at first glance. Then they'll do a double take!" Padma assured her.
"It's ten to seven!" Hermione looked at the clock astonished of how the time flew by.
"Time to knock em dead." Hannah spoke as she opened the door.
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"Merlin its 6.55!" Ron said as he looked at his watch.
"GIRLS!" Ernie yelled up the stairway.
"Good sir, tis not the right thing to call up to your lady like such." Hannah spoke with the most confidence. She slowly with posture to die for made her way down the staircase. All the boys looking at her eyes wide. She was dressed in a lavender silk robe with her hair up in a French twist with lavender tulips in her hair, wearing a strapless white dress with matching lavender flowers in the front under and strapped lavender heeled sandals.
"You don't want to make a scene. Or do you?" Padma Came down the stairs like she was floating. The boys' eyes grew wider. She wore Raven blue robes that had flecks of silver in them. Her Dress under was a halter miniskirt that was black and black go-go boots. Her hair in wild curls and had streaks of blue in them.
The two bombshells stood at the end of the stairs looking up waiting for the last of their trio. The boys had their eyes up there too.
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