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Author's Note: Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry....I am so sorry this isn't up sooner. School has been very time consuming. Well here is chapter 15, it might be kinda short, but it is better than nothing...right?
ApplesCM: I love band, it is so much fun. What instrument did you play? Glad you like the story!
Ninja-Slayer: Yes, kissing scene was a good one, wasn't it. If only things like that happened in life...sigh. Thanks for the review, glad you like it!
CuTeNcRaZy: So sorry I don't update more, but as always band is very time consuming.
Chapter 15
"AAAHHHH"
"HERMIONE!!!!" Malfoy ran to the ledge of a pit that ran from wall to wall. He looked down to see Hermione clinging on for dear life with one hand.
"Little, help?" Hermione gasped, breathing heavily from shock.
"Yeah, here gi'me you free hand" Hermione did as she was instructed slowly, for fear of falling due to the slightest movement, and gave Malfoy her hand that held her wand.
Malfoy laid down on his stomach with his arms hanging over the edge. He grabbed Hermione's arm from elbow to wrist and hoisted her up. Once she had her right arm on the ground Hermione was able to climb out, with the help of Malfoy of course.
"You...all...yeah?" Malfoy gasped.
Hermione, unable to reply from shock nodded her head. When she was finally able to catch her breathe she said: "Since we can't get around this pit, shall we go back and try another passage?"
"Yeah, I think we should."
After going back down the never ending path, Hermione and Malfoy were back in the chamber with the three passage ways. "Well, which one do we take?" Hermione inquired.
"How about the middle one."
"As long as there is no giant pit at the end, I'm good."
Malfoy now walked in the lead, making sure there was a clear path ahead of them. Hermione could tell he was confused about something, for it seemed like he was have an argument with himself.
Suddenly Hermione found herself running into Malfoy's chest. "Wha-"
"Shh, I hear something." Malfoy interrupted Hermione's protest, while raising one hand. Surely enough Hermione could hear swooshing. Malfoy and Hermione were now standing side by side and proceeded down the hall, very cautiously, together.
After walking about ten feet, Hermione could see spikes retreating in and out of the floor. Thick wooden spikes, five feet in height, 3 feet in diameter. They were close together, very close, leaving about a two foot space between each one. They went from wall to wall of the hall and took up about four feet.
As Hermione stood staring at the sight before her eyes caught site of the end of the hall. There, some fifty away she could see a door. A door with light shining from the bottom stood there, waiting to be opened.
"What are you smiling at. I see nothing happy about this situation?" Malfoy said truthfully and playfully, smirking. Hermione said nothing. She just pointed to the door. Suddenly Malfoy found himself smiling as well. "Let's go."
"Right." Hermione replied. "You go over there, and I will go over here." Hermione said pointing to the right side of the hall, then the left.
"Ok, on the count of three. One, Two, Three." As Malfoy finished, both he and Hermione stepped forward into the field of spikes.
Their glorious smiles changed quickly into frowns when their feet touched the ground. For the leisurely pace at which the spikes were moving changed into a more rapid paced movement. While this happened, suddenly spikes started shooting out of the wall at a very fast rate, both Hermione and Malfoy had to duck so they didn't get hit. This, of course, proved to be difficult due to the small space between each five foot spike in the ground.
"Granger! Are you ok!" Malfoy yelled.
"Yeah, just keep moving!"
"I am trying!" Spike after spike moved up and down, and spike after spike shot out of the walls
"OOOWWWWW!!!"
"Granger!, what happened."
"Something grazed my arm."
"Well, keep on going, we're almost at the end."
Heavy panting could be heard as Hermione and Malfoy fell to the ground after coming out of that horrific mess. Hermione lay, cradling her arm. The cut wasn't deep, in fact it was hardly bleeding, but it still hurt. Malfoy sat up on scooted closer to her.
"Are you alright?" He asked taking her arm in his own.
"Yeah, fine. Just a little scrape, that's all." She replies back, finally able to catch her breath.
"Well, well." Hermione and Malfoy both jumped at the sound of a new, evil voice. "Run into a bit of trouble, have we?" The voice said once again before breaking into an evil cackle.
"That sounds like an-" Malfoy started.
"Erkling." Hermione finished.
As if one cue two eyes appeared from the darkness followed by the body of a three foot elfish creature. As he came into the light of their wands, Hermione and Malfoy both grabbed their wands even tighter.
"Didn't get hurt, did we my dear?"
"SILENCIO!!!" Malfoy screamed, stopping to erkling from continuing knowing that his laugh could hypnotize himself and Hermione!
"STUPEFY!!!!" Hermione yelled. Suddenly the erkling was lifeless.
"WINGARDIIUM LEVIOSA!!!!!" Hermione and Malfoy yelled before moving their wands back and forth in unison, making the wicked creature hit each opposing wall.
After having their fun, Hermione and Malfoy dropped the erkling hard, ran past him, and headed straight for the door.
Malfoy through the door open, ready to be greeted by the outside world, but was greatly disappointed. And Hermione soon found out why. For they were standing in the same room as before: the on with the three passageways. Hermione heard a click and turned around in time to see the door they went through close and turn into the wall.
"What is with this place and doors turning into walls?" Malfoy joked.
"Well, I guess we should try the last passage."
"Yeah, I guess so."
They walked down the left passage for only one minute before they stood in front of a door.
"This is a way out, I know it." Hermione said.
"How do you know. The last time you thought that we ended up back at the beginning."
"Yeah, but this time it is different. The light is cool, it looks like it is coming from a cloudy day. Plus its colder here."
"True, alright, would you like the honor?"
"Yes, I think I would." But just as she was about to turn the handle, Malfoy placed a hand on hers.
"Granger, before we go back to the castle, we need to talk about something."
Author's Note: Well what do you think!? Do you like where I ended it? Probably not. Well the next and last chapter should be up soon, but I am not promising anything. This upcoming week is homecoming week! Whoot! Anyone up for a Howedown?