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Hermione ran as fast as she could to the empty classroom where Malfoys cries were coming from. She reached the classroom first with Harry and Ron only feet away. Slamming open the door she was shocked to see a very battered white cat lying on the floor. "What the hell have you done to him!" She screamed at Crabbe and Goyle who had obviously used him as a punching bag. Worry overrode every other emotion Hermione might have been feeling at that moment and she made a move forward to pick Draco up. But Crabbe moved forward to block her path, cracking his knuckles menacingly.
Hermione bit her lip and wondered what to do next, just then Ron and Harry ran up behind her. "We'll try to hold them off if you can grab your cat fast and run even faster." Harry whispered urgently.
"Speak for yourself mate," Ron mumbled, looking paler by the minute at the very thought of fighting with Crabbe and Goyle.That's so sweet of Harry, Hermione thought, but I dunno if I should really let those goons beat him up...She looked uncertainly at the door and then at Draco. He needs help quick, he looks real bad...but what am I going to do?
Suddenly Goyle moved forward and later nobody knew if he did it on purpose or if it was an accident but he stood on Dracos tail and Draco let out an anguished " Oooooowwwwwwwwww". At this Hermiones temper just fired upHe-he, I have given Hermy a temper. It defiantly makes things more interesting, don't ya think? "Just who do you think you are? You don't scare me you overgrown apes." She shouted at a startled Crabbe and Goyle. "How dare you beat up something that's defenseless !" She whipped out her wand and snarled "Orfius hotende marite aspar". A yellow light hit both Crabbe and Goyle and they both fell to the floor like rocks. Everybody looked at Hermione in shock, even Hermione herself seemed to be surprised at herself. She wondered why she had reacted so strongly...she quickly put it down to her stupid temper although... she had never reacted this strongly before to anything...
There was silence... then Ron hesitantly took a few steps forward and nudged Crabbe's face with his shoe. But Crabbe remained as still as a rock. Ron laughed nervously "Hermione ... errr... w-what have you done to them? Are they ...are they... you know..." he let his question trail off.
"No,Ron" Hermione sighed as she started forward "they're only asleep, but," she gave a half smile "it'll be at least a month before they wake up! "
"Wow Hermione! I had no idea you could do that ," Harry said in an awed tone.
"My dear Harry, there are a lot of things that I can do which you don't know about!" Hermione stated tartly.
She crouched in front of Draco and asked in an anxious voice "Are you okay?"
Although it was clear that he wasn't okay, Draco opened his pain-clouded eyes and managed to whisper "Just peachy. So go away!"
Hermione smiled almost tenderly and murmured "Always the fighter,"he would never be able to admit to weakness.
She carefully picked him up and carried him out the door. She didn't even notice that Ron and Harry weren't with her. She walked as quickly as she could, without upsetting Draco, down the passage. "Look at what they've done to you!' she murmured down to his unconscious form. She didn't even think to take him to the hospital room, but took him up to her own room where she placed him in a large basket with a fluffy pillow. She tended to his wounds, murmuring things like "I know you'll make it,"and "even you don't deserve to be beaten up like this," and "soon you'll be back to your old nasty self, mores the pity,"and put various ointments on his body to soothe the pain. She worked slowly and meticulously and didn't even notice that it was soon past midnight.