//---hey everyone. Sorry this took so long to get out to you, but I've been going through a lot lately, and I have been on an extended vacation, without a computer. Also, a lot has gone on in my personal life, going through a breakup, and everything else that goes on with that. Well, I hope that you like this chapter. I worked on it for awhile. And don't forget to review. Thanks to my reviewers. I can't believe that I have 83 reviews. 3 more than what I asked. Thank you so much. It actually made me feel better from what I was going through. Pathetic, yes. I know. Haha. Well here are the shoutouts.
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"Oh, Hermione! I wonder
what this is going to be like with a partner. I wonder who mine is going to
be!" Lavender said in a fit of excitement. This girl really needs to
know when to chill out.
"Yeah, I don't know," I said dully, looking at Harry and rolling my eyes. I saw him stifle a laugh.
"Oh! Did I tell you about last night with Ron?" she asked me.
"No…Tell me," I said, wanting to know what my ex-best friend was doing late at night and to see if he was a man whore. Ha, ha.
"Well, I was sitting in the common room last night, watching
the fire and he came and sat down next to me. We started talking and he
asked me to go for a walk. We went over to the Quidditch
pitches and well..." she trailed off. Oh, geez,
her and Ron screwing by the pitches--what a wonderful
vision for my developing psyche.
"Really? Wow. We are getting around, aren't
we?" I said.
"Yeah, definitely. What about Ginny? I haven't seen her in awhile," Lavender replied.
"She's going out with Seamus Finnigan. Didn't you know? Or at least see them kissing or holding hands in the hallway?" I asked her.
"Really? Interesting. Last month she could barely talk about kissing a guy. I'm happy for her though, she deserved it. I wonder if she even thinks about what we told her before, about how she shouldn't be so tense around guys," she said.
"Obviously," I said tensely, pissed at her stupidity. She could be so dumb sometimes and it just ticked me off.
"I'm going upstairs to pack for tomorrow. I'll see you all tomorrow,"
I said, walking towards the exit.
I walked the long way to my room, watching the lake through the many widows that lined the corridor that I was on. I finally got to the portrait of the mermaid and told her the password. She let me in and I threw my bag on the floor and grabbed out my backpack. I threw four tee-shirts, a sweatshirt and sweatpants, two bras and two pairs of undies, two pairs of shorts, a pair of jeans, a black bikini, my toothbrush and toothpaste and some lip gloss, not knowing where the hell we were going to go. Plus they also said minimal clothing, so I figured this is what I was going to need.
I looked out of my terrace and saw that the last Quidditch game before us seventh years were going was Slytherin verses Gryffindor and figured that I might as well go and watch since I had nothing better to do.
The game had already started and I walked to the pitches and got a seat next to
Ginny and Seamus. They were acting very much as
a couple and I suddenly felt very lonely. I stared at the sky to see Draco and Harry racing for the snitch. I was torn
between who I wanted to do better, but it really didn't matter to me in the
end.
"Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy
race for the snitch! It looks like Draco is in front
of Potter! God damn it!! Come on Harry!! Uhh…Sorry
Professor, right. Captain and Seeker Draco Malfoy catches the Snitch! Slytherin wins the final match before the seventh years
leave for their trip," Lee Jordan said the last part with disappointment
because Gryffindor lost.
But, I couldn't help but feeling a small jump in my stomach when I heard that Draco had won, but I tried to get rid of these feelings for him. I watched him fly around with a smile on his face with his teammates and then fly down to Pansy Parkinson and kiss her. My heart sunk and I looked up to Harry and gave him a small smile.
I walked off out of the pitches and went down by the lake. I sat down by one of the trees and put a warming charm on as I watched the sun set, on this cold November night. I watched the golden reflections dance on the cold water and stared at the school that I had called home for so long.
After about a half hour of deep thought about my life, about Harry and Draco, my friends, everything the warming spell started to
wear off, and I felt the cold biting into my robes, it was dark. I got up
and turned around and saw a figure in black, presumably his robes, start
walking towards me. I noticed the blonde hair and that it had to be a
guy. My heart jumped as I thought it was Draco,
but then an overwhelming feel of dread washed over me when I noticed that it
was Blaise.
He had a scowl on his face worse than I could have ever imagined and he looked ready to kill. And he was looking at me. I suddenly felt scared and I wanted to leave, but I was stuck to that spot and I couldn't move.
"Who the fuck do you think you are, bitch?" he said, his voice full
of anger.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, scared out of my mind.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. I saw you holding hands with Potter, you ugly mudblood," he spat.
"You have no right to say shit to me, Blaise. You were the one who cheated on me, remember?" I said, trying to sound stronger than I felt.
"Who told you that?" he asked venomously.
"None of your fucking business, asshole," I replied.
"Oh really," he said, the scowl on his face becoming more frightening by the moment.
He walked closer, scaring the hell out of me because we were alone and that I had no one to come and save me. He took a step closer and was an inch from my face. He hit me straight in the jaw and I felt a crack resound though my body, followed by immense pain. I was still frozen to the spot. I was so scared. I couldn't run, couldn't scream, couldn't fight, couldn't cry.
"Going to say anything, mudblood?" he
asked. I didn't reply. He grabbed my face and kissed me, a hard, painful
kiss--not one filled with love, but with hate and anger. The pain in my
jaw grew. I knew at that moment he was going to rape me. I felt it
in his touch, I felt it within my soul.
I knew I had to do something, but I was so frozen it felt like I was drifting out of time and watching this happen from afar. I slowly grabbed my wand from my robe without him noticing. I did the first thing that came to mind. I pointed my wand at him.
"Immobulous!"
And he froze. It was his turn to be frozen. I stared at his frozen
form and held my jaw. I saw blood in the snow and noticed that my lip and
part of my jaw was bleeding. I walked away and into the castle, trying to
find my way back to my room through blurry, crying eyes. It was dinner
time, but I wasn't hungry. I couldn't eat. I felt like I had no one to
turn to and I didn't feel like turning him in. I didn't have the strength.
I laid down on my bed and stared out the ceiling and cried my eyes out. I was so drained, so tired of everything going on in my life. I had never felt so alone before, ever.
I looked at the time and saw that it was almost ten. I decided to fall asleep and maybe, just maybe it would all go away when I woke up.
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I don't know what came over me, but after I had won the Quidditch
game I flew down to Pansy and kissed her. I was in the mood to get some action
from her and I figured that would make her want to shag.
After the game I walked back to her room and we put a silencing charm on her bed and pulled the curtains around us so that her stupid little roommates wouldn't find us.
We had amazing sex, unlike anyone else I had ever had. She was amazing. In bed. That's it. Which isn't so great for me because I would think she would be a good girlfriend because we would be the King and Queen of Slytherin. Well, I guess I can't help it that she's not so…intellectual.
I realized that she was asleep and I decided to leave. I still had to pack for tomorrow, so I scribbled her a small note and left it on her bed stand.
I walked out into the hallway and up the silent and dark staircase up to my room and threw whatever was in my drawers into a muggle gym bag.
I walked over to the bathroom and stared in the mirror. The long nights were wearing on my face. I looked really pale and bags were under my eyes.
Sometimes, I just wish that I didn't have to drink my life away. Maybe things would be better if I didn't drink. However, it really isn't my fault that my father still beats me and that my mother doesn't really like me either.
I just want someone to love and maybe I see that in the girls I sleep with. Momentary love. But, what I really need is a love that is built to last, someone that will help me survive because I don't think I can last much longer in this life of mine.
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I woke up to the sound of my muggle alarm clock
beeping that it was seven
AM. I groaned and rolled over, turning it off,
and trying to ignore the pain in my jaw.
I got up and walked into the shower. I let the shower steam up before I got in and slipped out of my nightie, feeling the soft pink silk run down my legs as I slid it off.
I stepped into the white marble shower, letting the water fall all around me. I looked into the mirror that was in the shower and I swore for a second that I saw Draco's sad, passionate and beautiful face.
I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live to breathe
You're taking over me
I look in the mirror and see your face
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that
Just like you are taking over...
I turned away for the mirror and shook my head in disbelief. Then I looked
back in the mirror and saw my own reflection staring back at me. I
breathed a sigh of relief.
I washed my long hair, my face and my body and stepped out of the shower. I wrapped a towel around me and walked out of the bathroom and bumped right into Malfoy. Oh, bloody hell.
"Watch where you are going, bitch," he said coldly. I couldn't
take everyone being so mean to me. I couldn't take the torture. And
the attempted rape last night didn't help. I just started crying right
there, not giving a crap if he was there or not. And my jaw hurt so bad I
was shaking.
"What the hell happened to you, Granger?" he asked me.
"Nothing," I said and put my hand on my jaw and ran away to my
room.
I stripped the towel off and got dressed in a pair of black Juicy Couture sweatpants and a plain white Gap long sleeve tee-shirt. I put a drying spell on my hair and fingered the soft waves. (a/n don't you wish that we had this! Less time blowing out your hair!! lol) I set it with a soft hairspray and threw the bottle in my backpack. I put on some of the Philosophy Kiss Me lip gloss on, grabbed my backpack and headed out the door, putting my sneakers on as I was walking.
I walked down to the Great Hall and saw other people that had gotten there
before me, talking to their friends and dragging huge suitcases. So much for minimal packing. I walked up to Harry and
Ron.
"Hey Harry...Ron," I said. "I thought that you hated us, Hermione," he replied.
"Shut up, Ron. I don't anymore," I said.
"Well, I'm glad you are back. I missed you, Mione," Ron replied.
"Enough with the sentimental crap. You all ready for this 'adventure'?" I asked.
"I hope so. Mum's worried sick," Ron replied.
"Oh, she'll be fine, Ron," Harry said.
"I suppose," he replied. Dumbledore was trying to get our attention.
"Students!! I see everyone is here bright and
early as I requested. Thank you all. Now, would all of you walk up to the
four classmates at the front of your tables in each of your respective
houses to get a number and for them to go through your bag. You
may all go now," he said.
I thought that this was very strange and I had heard of this elusive trip that many other students had gone on before us and we couldn't get any of them to talk about it. I wonder why. Now, I think I know.
I walked over to the crowd and I picked the shortest line, Lee Jordan's. I waited my turn and walked up to him.
"Hey Mione. Just
let me look through your bag and give you your number," he said.
"No problem," I replied and handed him my backpack.
He looked through my clothes and pulled out my lip gloss and one tee-shirt.
"You can only have what's in here. I'll make sure that the stuff I took out will get back to your room. Now…um…right. I have to put a charm on you, so you won't get your…you know," he said blushing.
"My period?" I said, laughing.
"Yeah," he replied. He took his wand and placed it over my stomach.
"Nino no mas," he whispered and I felt a cold surge through my body and as quickly as it came on it went away.
"There you go," he gave me a small piece of parchment with the number
73 on it. I walked back to Harry and Ron.
"What number did you get?" I asked.
"Twenty-two," Harry said.
"Forty-seven," Ron said.
"Seventy-three," I replied.
"I wonder what the hell this means," Ron said.
"I have no idea," I replied.
"Well, you should know, Miss Head Girl," Harry said, laughing.
"Shut the hell up, Harry," I said sarcastically. We were interrupted by Dumbledore's voice once again.
"Now, does everyone have a number?" Dumbledore
said. No one replied that they did not, so he continued.
"Well, as you will see there are four doors behind me which you have never seen here before. That is because they will only be here for the moments that you are here. You will leave your wand in the room. You will receive directions. They will take you to your destination. Be safe. Promise me. And do not forget to have fun," he said.
This was getting very strange. We all rushed up to the front of the room, me to my Gryffindor door and everyone else to their doors.
I watched Draco drag his feet and walk slowly to the back of the line. Even though he looked tired, he was still angelic. He had the looks of a fallen angel. Fallen, for sure.
My gaze was ripped away from him by Harry tapping me on the shoulder to let me know that it was my turn to go in the door. I made sure, slow steps to the door and touched the doorknob.
//--im goin
to end it here. haha
jk, im not that mean.
I walked into what seemed like a beautiful closet and shut the door behind
me. The walls were glowing a soft gold and there
were lights slowly moving along it. A soft, gentle voice came out from
nowhere.
"Hermione Granger. Number Seventy
Three. A smart one you are, brave as
well. We will give you more of a challenge. Yes, we will.
Please take the pamphlet off of the floor," the voice said.
This was freaking the hell out of me. I didn't see anything on the floor before, but there was a small stack of papers on the floor and I bent down to pick them up. The second I touched them everything faded to black…..
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