Mudblood
Chapter 4
Rating: PG-13 for language, mature themes, and mild references to sex. (haha its going to take me a long time to get there!)
A/N: Chapter four is now up!!! Like I said at the end of chapter three, I have tons of ideas; I just have to lead up to them! Anyways read on if you want to find out what potion Draco and Hermione are assigned!
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Snape's voice ran through Draco's mind as he stated dumfounded at the parchment, "'To find out how it works on humans each of you will take your potion as the other records its effect' shit!" he thought, "shit, shit and more shit!" he looked down at the paper just incase he was hallucinating, he wasn't sure enough it said...
Veritaserum – truth potion
Hermione seemed to be having the same reaction he noticed, a look of dread had come over her face.
"I'm not testing this!" Draco protested, "I refuse to let a mudblood force me into telling them things!"
"Does it matter though Malfoy," she said quietly and coolly, "Or do you have something to hide?" she asked
They both knew the answer to her question, there was really no use is asking it. Of course they had things to hide, Draco didn't want her to know his secrets, and it was likewise for her.
"Look Malfoy," she sighed, sounding defeated "We're going to have to do this together weather we like it or not, ok."
"No we are not," he replied, "I'm going to Professor Snape right now!" And with that he stalked over to the professor's desk, as Hermione slumped into her chair.
"Professor Snape, I refuse to work with Granger on this project!" He told him.
"I'm sorry Mr. Malfoy, but you two were paired up and you will work with her." Snape drawled, as if he was enjoying torturing Draco.
"I will not!" Draco protested, which was the wrong move.
"YES YOU WILL!" Snape shrieked! "Ten points from Slytherin for not listening to a teacher, you will see me after class, now get back to work!" He ordered. Draco hoped that no one had paid attention to Snape's little outburst, but the whole class had heard and the Slytherins were looking at Draco like he had committed murder, Snape had never taken points from his own house. Draco walked back to his desk, glaring at anyone who dared to look at him.
"Go get the book Mudblood." He said harshly to Hermione. For once she didn't reply and walked to the back of the room picking up a book on truth potions. Once they found the page where is gave directions on how to make Veritaserum, Draco started copying it down as Hermione went to get the ingredients.
They worked in silence for the rest of the class period, Draco copying all the ingredients while Hermione made the potion. Finishing just in time they started putting the potions into three flasks, one for their project display and the other two they knew were for testing on each other. As the class started leaving Hermione spoke.
"I think we should meet in the library tonight at 5 P.M., after dinner." She suggested to him.
"Why? So that you can spend even more time with me along with our prefect duties?" Draco shot back, even though he knew it was for the project.
"No you arrogant little prat, so that we can work on the project, the sooner we get it done the better, anyways you know that if you don't contribute to the project that I will go tell the professor and you will fail." She threatened him.
"Fine then!" he replied frustrated that he had to work with her; she walked out of the room leaving him with Snape. He walked once more over to the professor's desk.
"You told me to stay after class," He said to him.
"Ah, yes, Mr. Malfoy, I would prefer that you not have an outburst like that again," Snape told him.
"I'm not the one who had an outburst, you greasy git, you're the one who yelled at the top of your lungs!" Draco wanted to yell at Snape, but he held his tongue, something he had learned to do after being hexed by his father for talking back.
Snape continued, "I did not want to pair you with Granger, but you know very well that you barely passed this class last year."
Draco was fuming.
"Your father has sent me a letter asking that I do everything in my power to have you pass this class which is the reason you are paired with the know-it-all. Just thought you should know; you are dismissed." He finished
Draco did not have another word to say, he stormed out of the room in a rage.
"Why me?! Why, why, why!" Hermione thought as she ate her dinner. The rest of her classes had gone fairly well, she had earned her house 20 points from answering questions in charms, and also passed a pop quiz. But she was stuck with Malfoy, first with the prefect duties, which she figured she could handle as long as they didn't talk, but now a project in potions, no less! Now she had to communicate with Malfoy. Even Harry and Ron had better luck; they got the Polyjuice potion, the one that all three of them had concocted in second year.
At five minutes until 5 o'clock Hermione excused herself from the table, and headed to the library. She was surprised to see that Draco was already there with books piled on one of the tables, writing things down. Hermione sat down with a quizzical look on her face.
"Just get to work mudblood." Draco ordered her, pushing a book to her side of the table.
The rest of their study time was spent in silence.
Silence was the way that Draco and Hermione spent their meetings now, weather it was working on the project or prefect duties. It was like that until one night Hermione was late for her duties because she had fallen asleep in the common room working on homework. She ran to the corridor where she found Malfoy cornering a Gryffindor first year and yelling at her.
"What do you think you're doing out of bed at 11:45?!?!" He pressed as the poor girl cowered further into the corner
"I...I..." she stuttered
"YOU WHAT?!?" Draco yelled. This was where Hermione knew she had to step in.
"Malfoy!" She gasped, "There's no need to yell at her!"
"Jessica," she said softly to the girl, whom she knew because they were in the same house, "what happened, why are you out so late?" "I got lost!" Jessica cried, "I was just walking up the stairs, and then they moved! I've been wandering around for hours, I haven't done anything wrong I swear!" she had now started to cry.
"Jessica, don't worry you're not in trouble, the common room is just up those stairs, ok."
Jessica sniffed, "ok, thanks Hermione."
"No problem." Hermione called as she ran up the stairs.
"Well, well, it's now mommy Granger, isn't it" Draco's cold voice said from behind her.
"No it's not Malfoy, if you weren't so cold heartless, you would notice that other people have feelings and don't need to be yelled at." Hermione turned around her eyes flashing with anger.
Malfoy looked taken aback, but that look was quickly replaced with his normal cold stare.
"Don't tell me how to treat other people you filthy mudblood," Draco shot back at her.
Hermione had finally had enough.
Draco Malfoy suddenly found himself forced onto the cold floor with Hermione on top of him. Before he even got a chance to push her off him, he had a knee pressed into his groin. He took a quick intake of breath as Hermione leaned closer pinning his shoulders to the floor.
"Don't ever, EVER, call me that again!" she hissed venomously, almost serpent like.
"I don't know what you're talking about Granger." He managed to fire back before he was pressed harder to the floor and Hermione's knee pressed harder in to his groin.
"Don't play Crabbe and Goyle with me Malfoy," she said in a near whisper, her voice sent a shudder through him. "I never want to be called that word again."
Her face was so close now, Draco could see freckles sprawled lightly across her nose, and her eyes were full of hatred as they bore through his. Then all of the sudden she released him, regaining her dignity, and walked away.
Draco lay on the ground for quite some time, trying to catch his breath and replay what had just happened. He got up rubbing where Hermione had pressed his shoulders into the floor. Straightening his robes he walked away in the opposite direction she had left, thankful that no one had been there to see him get pinned to the ground by a girl.
Hermione Granger was nothing like she seemed.
A/N: OK I'm stopping there until I get at least 10 reviews, I'll continue writing the next chapters but if I don't get ten reviews, this might not be updated. (Its not that I'm greedy, I just want to know what people think of my story) So for those of you who want to know what happens PLEASE REVIEW!!! And for those of you who don't PLEASE REVIEW for those who do. kisses and cookies firefly