Love and Hate

By Tennisplaya278

The stars will cry the blackest tears tonight.
- Anthem of our Dying Day; Story of the Year-

-Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I don't own Harry Potter and neither do you. Bananas are yellow, tomatoes are red, stop reading this and read my story instead!-

Three pairs of feet shuffling along outside. Three hearts stopping. Three pairs of eyes widening. Three pairs of ears hearing voices within the room. Three minds as confused as ever. Three different people stuck under one roof.

Hermione's heart stopped. She leaned toward the wall, breathing very deeply, not daring to take out her map. Her breath quickened and beads of sweat began to roll down her face.

" – long now. I'm sure he is about to give in and it will not be long until he will become one of us. We must get rid of that mudblood. She is teaching him all sorts of ideas about equality and…love. He will understand one day. He will thank me…" There was a brief silence before he began to speak again. "You are dismissed. Go back to the dungeons."

The door creaked open and a tall man walked out. He had shoulder length black hair, yellowish skin and beady eyes. To everyone's amazement, Snape had just walked out the door! However, Hermione was sure that Snape was sitting on her right side…

As soon as the man walked out of eyesight, Draco lifted the spell off of them and proving that Snape was in fact there the entire time. His eyes were large and wide and he wondered what was going on. Unfortunately, someone else also wanted to know.

The door creaked open once more and this time Lucius walked out. His eyes immediately spotted the trio, leaning against the wall and frozen still with shock.

"Well, well," he began, mouth slightly smirking, "what do we have here? Two children and a worn out professor trespassing my property?"

Snape stood up, thin lips pressed together. "I found these two outside of your office. I thought you'd like to deal with them."

It took both Draco and Hermione a great deal of effort not to protest.

He shoved them both into Lucius' hands and began to walk off before Lucius called him back. "As enjoyable as that sounds, I am quite busy. The ministry has been looking up records and the Dark Lord has asked me to find something."

"Such as?"

Lucius just smirked. "Something valuable. Something very valuable. Now take these two down to the dungeons. You know what to do with them."

Grabbing them by their necks, he nodded and began to walk off toward the dungeons. Hermione and Draco struggled, convinced that Snape had turned evil. Draco shot Hermione a glare. It was her fault they were here.

Once round the corner, Snape let go of them quickly. He looked at Draco quickly and said in a sharp voice, "Where is the exit Malfoy?"

Draco sneered at him. After all, Snape was just about to kill them! Why should he tell him? So, he simply crossed his arms and sneered like the young Malfoy boy within was telling him to.

Stubbornly Draco said no.

Snape looked at Hermione before looking back. "You do realize what you are risking by not showing us the way out? Hm? Your potion's master and a know-it-all bookworm?"

After another silence, Draco nodded and began to walk down the hall. They were on the second story and had to go down a flight of stairs before reaching the backdoor in which they came in.

On the way down, they ran into Lonny. The house elf's eyes went wide as they told him what they were about to attempt. Then Draco ordered him not to say a word to Lucius. Lonny nodded silently before scurrying away.

"Do you think it'll work?" Hermione asked worriedly.

"Course it will. House elves can't deny a direct order." Draco replied.

Still Hermione worried about it. Dobby did it after all…

They headed down the stairs and out the back door, excited to be out. Draco took a deep breath of fresh air before stopping and hearing a distant voice. He whipped around and saw Lucius running down the stairs after him. Quickly, he pulled Snape and Hermione behind him as they ran into the woods.

BANG!

A red jet of light hit a spot a few feet away from them. Another one came closer. One last one hit Hermione squarely on the back. She collapsed and both Snape and Draco stopped. Then they did the only thing they could do. Snape quickly pulled out a pen and said "Portus". All three grabbed (In Hermione's case, the pen was placed into her hands) the pen and felt a familiar rush.

They were out.

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"OW! GET YOUR ARSE OFF ME GRANGER!" Draco yelled as they landed in the middle of the Great Hall.

"ERG! I WOULD IF YOU WOULD MOVE!" Hermione yelled back as Snape landed on her.

"PROFESSOR! DO YOU MIND GETTING OFF OF US!?" They yelled in unison.

Around them, hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at the scene in interest. This was the most exciting thing to happen since Neville had turned the common room into a child's playroom. The 7th years were ruthlessly attacked by 3 year olds.

It was a while before the three of them noticed that they had landed right in the middle of dinner. When they did, Hermione blushed, Draco smirked and Snape merely got up and dusted himself off before walking to the staff table. All pairs of eyes were on him until he barked at them to continue eating.

Finally Draco and Hermione got up as well and left the Great Hall together, ready to explain everything to Dumbledore. But first, Hermione had a bit of explaining to do to the two boys who appeared in front of her, grim expressions on their faces.

-Author's Notes-

Thanks for reviewing guys. I'm glad I still have some of my earlier reviewers with me!

KittyOfWonder: Yes Narcissa is meant to be an annoying figure in the story. Just like I've imagined her. A snobby wife who sponges off her husband's wealth without doing anything. :)

Jomai: You're probably the only reviewer who has been with me since the beginning! Thanks again!

MustLoveTheSimonGirl: Thanks for the review.

BlackDragonOfDeath13: Thanks for reviewing.

CCBChunks: I can always count on you to ask the questions I never thought of. No Narcissa didn't wake up the house because Hermione had cast a silencing spell on the room. Lucius knows that Narcissa is dead, he just doesn't know exactly where she is.

PadfootLover1: I'd love to hear your ideas as I'm not good with those. :P

Thanks for making my day guys. Hope you like this chapter too, even though it's a bit short and written in a hurry.