Disclaimer: No I am most certainly not J. K. Rowling in disguise and if I was I wouldn't be writing fan fiction I would be hurrying to think of plot points for book 6! Oh and also none of the characters are mine ... although I would like to borrow Draco for a bit :o)
Ps. (the stars indicate Hermione's thoughts)
Draco groaned as he turned over to his other side. Hermione looked over worriedly. He's probably going to blow it for the both of us I know it. She thought dejectedly. He looks so much better when he's sleeping . . . almost normal. She suddenly sat upright and mentally scolded herself. Well not like I complimented him, just said he looks almost normal. That's not bad. She reassured herself. Hermione sighed and looked around. She was obviously stuck here for a while but how was she going to explain this to Draco when he woke up?
She heard a rush of feet coming down the hallway and the Infirmary door slowly opened. Hermione cautiously lay back down and pretended she was asleep. The last thing she wanted was more questions, especially considering this was one of the rare times that she did not hold the answers. The curtain separating her and Draco from the rest of the room was roughly pulled aside and Hermione tried not to move. "She's not wearing any robes from Durmstring Wormtail so you can stop whining about that." Came a voice from her right. "Padfoot we really shouldn't be in here." Peter said nervously as she could her his footsteps slowly backing away. "Shut it I just wanted to know where she's from. And who the hell that other kid is." The two boys wandered over to Draco's bedside. "Looks an awful lot like Lucius. All stuck up. Look at his clothes!" Sirius scoffed. Hermione stifled a laugh as she remembered Draco's sense of style was based on looking his best, never buying anything that didn't bring out his stunning features.
Sirius turned abruptly to face Hermione's 'sleeping' form. "Hey did you hear something?"
"I don't think we should be in here." Peter repeated. His attention was immediately directed to the blonde boy lying in the bed as he slowly stretched. "He's awake!" Peter shrieked. "Shh!" Sirius scolded. "We should get someone Padfoot. What if he needs medication?"
"Who needs medication?" Draco said as he sat up looking strangely at the chubby boy. "Welcome to Hogwarts." Sirius said as he walked over and extended a hand. "Hogwarts?" Draco asked, apparently confused. "Yeah, magic school, cool ghosts, hot chicks." Sirius grinned. "Sirius what if he's a muggle!"
"Wormtail keep quiet." Sirius said. "What a stupid name for a school." Draco said simply as he looked around. "Well I'm sure there was a good reason for it . . ." Sirius replied taken aback. "Yeah good reason." Draco said absently. "What is this room?"
Hermione groaned and instantly froze. "The girls awake." Peter said. Hermione slowly rolled over, realizing she could not feign sleep any longer. "Hi." She said shortly and blinked as she realized who she was talking to. A younger, Sirius was staring back at her. It was then that she fully realized what she could be doing. "Um me and my friend . . . uh we have to get going." She said stupidly as she swung her feet over the bed. "Hey hey not so fast." He replied. "No really, you don't understand. Um the people we were with are going to be looking for us and . . . We don't want to uh worry them" Hermione finished lamely. "Oh." Came the reply. She put her feet on the floor and almost slipped and fell. "Careful!" Sirius exclaimed as he grabbed her and held her steady. "You did slam your knees pretty hard when you landed."
Thanks for telling me now Hermione thought sarcastically but held on to Sirius' arm anyway. "I still don't understand why I'm here." Draco called from the corner. "Oh no." Hermione moaned as she turned to face him. His silvery blonde hair, even though slightly tousled from sleeping for so long, complimented his light skin perfectly. "Sirius what happened?" She asked. Although curious about how she could possibly know his name, he told her.
"Well I was on my way to History of Magic at the time with Pro- um James and Remus, you'll meet them later, and Peter over there was heading to the infirmary because he didn't do his essay." Peter had the grace to blush as she looked over at him. "Anyways, that greasy git, Snape, you'll probably see him around, was walking in front of us. I was about to help him out with his books," He smirked. "But that's when you and that guy over there just came out of no where and landed on him. It was great!" Sirius exclaimed as he spread his arms to show how Snape's supplies went everywhere.
Hermione distractedly grabbed for a necklace, something she knew wouldn't be there, as she had checked the night before. "Did you see anything else? Like a charm on a chain or something?" She asked, hoping against hope. "Nope, just a bunch of quills and ink everywhere." He replied. "Why are you missing something?"
"Well I had this necklace with me . . . kind of a keepsake you might say."
"Oh. Well it wouldn't be there now; Ol' Gerrich had a fit about the ink and was there almost all night scrubbin' it."
Hermione sighed dejectedly and looked over at Draco, who was now investigating a long cut on his forearm that had started bleeding again.
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The next morning, the Great Hall was buzzing with talk about the previous night. The blood on the wall still hadn't been cleaned up, and instead, Filch had roped off the area and was constantly scouring it. Meanwhile, Harry hadn't touched his food. "Ron she wouldn't of blown me off over the project she's not like that." He explained. "Well maybe she forgot."
"No I reminded her before she left dinner. She never forgets anything. And I asked Lavender and she said Hermione didn't go to bed all night, and when they woke up, her bed hadn't been touched. I'm worried about her."
"Well when she comes to breakfast she'll probably have a good explanation, and if she doesn't come, she's probably in the library." Ron said as he helped himself to more eggs. "I guess so." Harry replied as he poked at his bacon.
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I'm so sorry! I forgot about this fanfic and realized I hadn't updated since freaking April! Anyway this chapter is more of a motivation for me, getting back into the plot line . . . so sorry if it's dry but next chapter is going to get more into the plot so just hang on it should be out in a few days.