Title: The Beginning of the End (06)
Author: Procella Nox noctis
Category: Humour
Sub Category: Spicy romance
Keywords: Hermione, Blaise, Animagi
Summary: Summer brake had been his favourite time of year. Until he had to spend it with Hermione Granger. And that was just the beginning of the story.
Sneak-peek: "You wouldn't dare. Oh!" Hermione realised he had tricked her, and she was now sitting under a Animagus wolf Blaise Zabini, completely and utterly naked.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and unfortunately never will. No money is being made out of this story, which is a pity, it's really good.
WARNING: One short and innocent phrase of implied nudity. I don't think it surpasses PG-13 rating though, but just so you should know.
A/N: THIS IS A NOTE TO Magechild: No, Blaise Zabini is the last student to be Sorted into Slytherin during the first book Philosopher's Stone. If you have the book and you go to the chapter: 7. The Sorting Hat, the last kid sorted in that chapter is Blaise Zabini. Therefore, as you can see he is not a fictional character, but cannon. Well not a cannon actually, because he only appeared during that book, but we imagine him as this. This goes to all readers who don't really know who Blaise is. Now, on with the chapter, I feel benevolent today. Maybe we'll reach chapter 8 by the time I leave, who knows?
Six: So You End Up Naked?
To say Hermione had been true to her word was an understanding. She had proceeded in waking Blaise up at ungodly hours—not to attract attention—and explain to him all the rules of becoming an Animagus.
This had been going on for about a week, and Blaise was truly considering whether or not to advice Hermione to apply for the Commander Of Doom job Voldemort was giving up. He decided not to.
During that week of excessive training he had suffered several more attacks from Nadia's part. Actually, every time Hermione's mother asked them to go to the supermarket, Nadia came along and stuck to him like glue. She repulsed him, truly she did, but the sight of a jealous Hermione made Blaise wish for Mary-Sue's presence everyday.
Of course, when they weren't in training session, and when Hermione didn't have a meeting with the Group, as Blaise chose to call them, they normally climbed Hermione's favourite tree and talked.
So normally, everyday they learned new things about the other. Blaise now knew Hermione liked blue, black and green, and had a tendency to wear T- shirts with bizarre phrases on them (until now the black one with "Beware of the big bad Bookworm" on it was his favourite). She didn't mind purple or dark red, but could not stand the sight of pink, which explained partially why she winced every time Nadia showed up with her pink dress.
Hermione forced, if anything, Blaise to tell her anecdotes about his sisters every day, and laughed wonderfully at them. Blaise had told him about Silly's attempts to prove to her sibling Blaise's broom could talk, and her annoyance when she found out it had been Blaise who had talked all along. He told her how Cora was the Wake Up Rooster of the house, because she got up at early hours and proceeded to bounce on everyone's bed until they got up too. Here Hermione took notes.However, Hermione enjoyed hearing about Bella's struggles to put up with Blaise more than the rest. There she took notes too.
By the end of the first week, Blaise and Hermione were growing close to becoming friends. Very good friends. They got along so well, that the kiss had laid forgotten. The teenagers didn't want to begin struggling with the 'whats' and 'whys' so they stuffed the kiss they had shared during the first night, only thinking about it at night before going to bed. To put it shortly, they were in denial.
As the week passed, so did Blaise grew more impatient. Some time next week they were going to visit his sisters, and then his sisters were going to visit him. He tried hard to become and Animagus before that date, that way he'd have something to show to his sisters.
That was the main reason why Hermione and Blaise were on a hill near their house, two hours past midnight, practising wandless incantations that transformed you into an Animagus.
"Right. Tonight is the night. Tonight, you Blaise Ulysses Zabini are going to take your Animagus form for the first time." Hermione started talking seriously. She stopped. "Hey your initials spell BUZ." She cackled, and Blaise was reminded of his dream again. "Anyway, I have asked another person to assist us tonight, because the first transformation is difficult. He's very experienced with this. Ahem, may I introduce the one, the only, Sirius Black!" she said in an orator's voice.
"Just how much wine did you have, Hermione?" Sirius' voice boomed again on the moor.
"Is a bottle much?" she smiled crookedly.
"You're drunk Granger."
"Yes, thank you for the informative Zabini."
"I meant you're drunk, you can't to wandless magic when you're drunk."
Hermione blinked hard. "You actually read the book?"
"Of course, who do you think I am, Potter?"
"Give me another bottle and I'll start seeing similarities."
"As entertaining as watching you two throw sarcasm here and there, we should start now." Sirius said seriously, no pun intended.
"Why have you drank, Hermione?" Blaise asked.
"To celebrate! Besides I don't feel like turning into Honey right now. So this was an excuse. You have no idea how much I'm starting to hate wine now. Have a big headache."
"Next time try Firewhiskey." Sirius muttered.
"Don't give her advices!" Blaise shouted.
"Ouch! Don't shout! Need I remind you I have a headache?"
"Sorry." They both whispered.
"Now you're just exaggerating. Sirius, do a Sobering charm on me, will you?"
Sirius did so. Hermione was fine, but still had a headache, which was very strange. Sirius informed them he didn't have time to hang around; Harry was waiting for him at his place. He was just there to help in case they needed help.
"Right, now, Blaise, see this blanket? Good. When you want to turn back to your human form, I want you to get under the blanked and do it, okay?"
Blaise grinned wildly at her. "Why?"
"Why? Why? Because I don't want to see you all naked that's why!"
"You say it, but you don't mean it."
"The day I actually mean it, Zabini, remind me to hurt myself."
"Impossible. The day you'll mean it, I'll be far too busy with you to let you do anything on your own." He wiggled his eyebrows for effect.
"Well, isn't this interesting?" Sirius cleared his throat.
"Remember, Blaise, blanket." Hermione said one last time before Blaise whispered the incantations.
He felt his body change. Hermione had been right, the first time wasn't bliss. His body contorted and convulsed, he wanted to scream. And he did. Except that what came out of his mouth was more like a howl. He looked at Sirius' smile and hermione's eyes full of admiration. Blaise looked down at his paws. Black fur covered them, and at the end dangerously pointed claws were seen.
He was a wolf. He started jumping around Hermione joyfully, in sign of thanking her for her help during the last week. She was also laughing. In his joy he didn't notice time fly by, nor Sirius leaving, he only noticed the moon, how beautiful Hermione looked and how he liked his Animagus.
"I think we should head back." Hermione's voice was full of contempt. Blaise shook his head in no. He wanted her to play with him.
'Play with me, Hermione.' He told her through his mind. Her eyes widened but in a few seconds the familiar golden fox was in front of him.
Blaise went closer to her and put his wolf head on her back. He puffed some air out and gave a little howl. The fox straightened up a bit, then stroked his back with her head as well.
'This is amazing.' He said to her.
'It is, isn't it?'
'You're amazing too, Honey. Thank you for teaching me how to do this. I know it was unrequited and it's illegal.'
'Nonsense, you'll need to be an Animagus too, it comes in handy.'
'Come on, let's explore the neighbourhood.' He winked at her and broke into a wild run on the hills.
The fox followed him all the way, amazed how he could be so cheerful, and guessing it would pass in a few days. She started running after the wolf, forgetting all about that blanket she had brought.
Two hours, five scratched trees and four rounds of the hill they were lying on the ground, both animals panting tiredly.
'We should get you a pet name.'
'How about Moony.'
'Taken by Lupin.'
'Then I have no idea.'
'Crocs.'
'You want to call me Fangs in French? No way.'
'Tueur.'
'Killer? Thanks Honey, really sweet.'
The fox made an 'hmph' like noise.
'How about Jet?'
'I like Jet. You're talking about the colour, right?'
'No, my private jet. Of course I'm talking about the colour.'
'Then it's Jet.' Zabini grinned wolfishly.
'We should go back home now.'
'You forgot the blanket.'
'Shit. Umm....well...then...I guess we should' she was tempted to say transform without a blanket, to be able to see a naked Blaise but she resisted. 'go home as animals and get dressed there.'
Jet got up from his slouched position on the ground and pranced on Honey.
'Sure you want your neighbours to freak out when they see a fox and a wolf entering your house?'
'It's two a.m. at night, they're asleep.'
'You could never know. Maybe Nadia is stalking your house waiting for me to go to our secret date.' He grinned.
"You wouldn't dare. Oh!" Hermione realised he had tricked her, and she was now sitting under a Animagus wolf Blaise Zabini, completely and utterly naked.
"You never know." Blaise's voice sounded to her as a painful cry. She realised their position. On top of each other, naked. Naked! Under Blaise Zabini. Hermione promised herself to punish herself severely for thinking about how nicely their bodies felt together.
"You're beautiful, Granger." Blaise whispered before turning back into Jet and standing up.
Hermione quickly turned back into Honey and went straight for home. When they were at the door she was shocked to see Nadia Lorens sleeping in front of it.
'She's waiting for you?' her voice actually sounded hurt.
'I think she's stalking me. Scary girl she is.'
'This is the second time, and it isn't going to happen.' Hermione muttered in her mind. 'I'm not letting Lorens take away another, the bitch.'
Blaise smiled but said nothing. It was obvious to him that Hermione didn't realise he could hear her. The boy decided he needed a cold shower after that display on the hills. He had not lied, she really was beautiful, or at least from what he had felt. He respected her feelings and only looked at her face and collarbone, no farther down that that.
Hermione growled at Blaise for not paying attention. She nodded towards the back of the house and started walking. They entered the house from the back door, and each respectively went to their own bedroom.
Neither Hermione nor Blaise could help but think how nice their bodies felt that night. And the next day Hermione's parents would wonder why the teenagers were avoinding the other so much.
E/N: Well, I'm kind of hoping to give you more chapters. For the Sirius lover who reviewed I included him in, just for you. One more day before I leave, it's all a pity, I'll miss you all too much. I'll probably miss Anna's work as well (SV2). Oh well, I'll be back soon don't worry.
Thank you to: Pippin1177, Crazed 0taku ( ), ShimmeringEvil, ukorim (you have to wait to find out now. ::Bang myself on head for being to darn obvious::) , Magechild (read A/N at the beginning, and thanks.), Dragon Blade5 (Thanks, I love sarcastic Hermione competing with sarcastic Blaise). Keep the reviews flowing, I'm still here for about one day so one or two chapters will be up, if reviews come. It normally takes three reviews to make me write more, and while I write more reviews come. It's kinda confusing. Thank you!