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~ * Chapter 3 * ~
It had been an extremely hard week, even by Hermione's standards; every time you would finish a two foot long essay - the teachers would give you a three-foot long essay. In other words, they were doing exactly as Ron had predicted.
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(Saturday)
"Do you want to come to Hogsmeade with us Hermione? Cause if you want to go your gonna have to hurry, were leaving now."
"Oh - sorry, say that again?" Hermione looked up from her book to see Harry looking at her. "Were going to Hogsmeade, do you want to come with?" Hermione gave a sigh and nodded. A visit to Hogsmeade wouldn't do her any harm.
Twenty minutes later, Harry Ron and Hermione were cheerfully siting down at a table in the three - broomsticks for a few glasses of butterbeer, when the doorbell gave a ring, Harry looked around. "Don't worry," he said casual. "It's just a ferret."
Hermione, who was half way through a drink, accidentally reeked whatever vengeance she had on Harry by spraying an entire mouthful of butterbeer on him. "What?!?" she managed to gasp, but she already knew what the answer was.
"Oh, you know, Malfoy. Oh, and Hermione, next time, please try not to spray your entire drink on me." Ron let out a snort.
"Hey wait! Hermione!"
But to was to late, Hermione had already swung herself off her chair and ran. Hermione did the first thing that entered her head. She clapped her hands over her mouth gave a fake lurch and ran even faster. She ran as fast as she could, not daring to look behind her. She thought of all the places that there were in Hogsmeade, She cast her mind around for a good hiding place, all she needed was a place where there was more than one way to get out, her mind immediately settled on the forest outside of Hogsmeade. "Perfect!" She whispered softly, as she made her way through the lonely streets of Hogsmeade. After about five minutes she saw the edge of the forest. It was getting dark outside, just dark enough so that the inside of the forest would be completely hidden, a very good thing.
(In the forest)
In the middle of the forest, Hermione stopped to regain her breath. "Lumos!" she muttered, and her wand lit up.
"Yes, I must admit, it is very hard to see in here, isn't it?"
"Ho - how did you get here?!?" Hermione managed to gasp.
"Well," said Malfoy, absentmindedly twirling his wand. "I heard you. Do you seriously think that I would have come through the forest not even sure if the person I was looking for was already half way through the forest? It would have been impossible to follow them, not unless they were making as much noise as a mad Rhinoceros, as you evidently were." He gave a small smirk when he saw the surprised look on Hermione's face. He came a step closer. "Don't even think about it." Hermione said calmly.
"Oh, really?" he said, and advanced another step.
"Oh, and one more thing before you take another step," she said sweetly. "first of all, what's the point of all this? You kiss me and leave, what good is there in that? Secondly, I'm warning you now, that all damage done to you in this forest is all at your own risk, so unless you want to end up in the hospital wing, I suggest you keep your grounds."
The smug expression on Malfoy's face faltered, but he immediately put it back, as if nothing had happened.
"But I'm Prefect, remember? And if you hex me, I can put you in detention. Simply as that."
This time, Hermione smiled. "It's rather hard to put someone in detention, if you've got a silencing charm put on your mouth."
"You wouldn't dare." He said, trying to look calm, and failing terribly.
"You know your afraid," Hermione said triumphantly. "You know I wouldn't hesitate to jinx you. In fact, I DARE you to kiss me, come on, or is the king of Slytherin finally going chicken?" Hermione mouth formed a smug smile. But she was surprised again when his next move came.
"Alright, if you say so . . ." He came walking steadily closer, a memory of his old sneer on his face.
But this time, Hermione was ready. She quickly raised her wand and bellowed, "IMPEDEMENTA!" a beam of red light shot from out of her wand and hit Malfoy straight in the face. Unfortunately for him, his last moves where never accomplished; having immediately gained the pace of a snail.
"You know, I think I might just leave you here," Hermione said, the beginning of a small sneer appearing on her face. "It wears off eventually, you wouldn't be stuck here forever." Hermione turned to go, but a hand reached out and grabbed her arm.
"What the -?" Hermione started to say. The hand impatiently turned her around, it was Malfoy.
"To bad Hexes don't last forever." He managed to say, before she was slammed into a tree.
"You dared me Granger." He said, and a real smile spread over his face.
"I didn't think you would have the wits, you do obviously, but you definitely don't have enough brains to know the move you just made wasn't the smartest one in the entire world." Hermione held up her wand to her face. Malfoy quickly shot a look at the wand before he doubled over, his hands over a place a little below his middle. Hermione had done the quick and painful thing to him that girls quite often do in self-defense, that I will not bother to go into detail of.
"Told you it wasn't the smartest move." Hermione said, before she quickly uttered, "Petrificus Totalus!" Malfoy bent over, rigid, and as stiff as a board. "Oh, and Malfoy, one more thing before I go and leave the other students to find you, Repetion Cantatum!" A small thin golden beam shot from out of the tip of her wand and wound itself tightly around Malfoy.
"See, now your bound with Repetion Cantatum. As long as that spell is on you, they won't be able to take the Petrificus Totalus off you, and, as soon as they do take all the spells off you, you are immediately forced to repeat, every, single word you said to me inside this forest.
"Anyway, pity I can't stick around and chat, but you see I don't have very much leisure time to spend talking, so, I'll just be leaving you." When Hermione saw the look on his face, she casually added, "Don't worry, the forest's perfectly safe. A Werewolf may come along occasionally, but apart from that, trust me, the forest's perfectly safe."
Then, grinning evilly, she turned around and started to walk. She kept on walking, not even bothering to look back.
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Thanks a ton to the following: dillydally272, Hermione double, fictiongurl.
~ * Chapter 3 * ~
It had been an extremely hard week, even by Hermione's standards; every time you would finish a two foot long essay - the teachers would give you a three-foot long essay. In other words, they were doing exactly as Ron had predicted.
* * *
(Saturday)
"Do you want to come to Hogsmeade with us Hermione? Cause if you want to go your gonna have to hurry, were leaving now."
"Oh - sorry, say that again?" Hermione looked up from her book to see Harry looking at her. "Were going to Hogsmeade, do you want to come with?" Hermione gave a sigh and nodded. A visit to Hogsmeade wouldn't do her any harm.
Twenty minutes later, Harry Ron and Hermione were cheerfully siting down at a table in the three - broomsticks for a few glasses of butterbeer, when the doorbell gave a ring, Harry looked around. "Don't worry," he said casual. "It's just a ferret."
Hermione, who was half way through a drink, accidentally reeked whatever vengeance she had on Harry by spraying an entire mouthful of butterbeer on him. "What?!?" she managed to gasp, but she already knew what the answer was.
"Oh, you know, Malfoy. Oh, and Hermione, next time, please try not to spray your entire drink on me." Ron let out a snort.
"Hey wait! Hermione!"
But to was to late, Hermione had already swung herself off her chair and ran. Hermione did the first thing that entered her head. She clapped her hands over her mouth gave a fake lurch and ran even faster. She ran as fast as she could, not daring to look behind her. She thought of all the places that there were in Hogsmeade, She cast her mind around for a good hiding place, all she needed was a place where there was more than one way to get out, her mind immediately settled on the forest outside of Hogsmeade. "Perfect!" She whispered softly, as she made her way through the lonely streets of Hogsmeade. After about five minutes she saw the edge of the forest. It was getting dark outside, just dark enough so that the inside of the forest would be completely hidden, a very good thing.
(In the forest)
In the middle of the forest, Hermione stopped to regain her breath. "Lumos!" she muttered, and her wand lit up.
"Yes, I must admit, it is very hard to see in here, isn't it?"
"Ho - how did you get here?!?" Hermione managed to gasp.
"Well," said Malfoy, absentmindedly twirling his wand. "I heard you. Do you seriously think that I would have come through the forest not even sure if the person I was looking for was already half way through the forest? It would have been impossible to follow them, not unless they were making as much noise as a mad Rhinoceros, as you evidently were." He gave a small smirk when he saw the surprised look on Hermione's face. He came a step closer. "Don't even think about it." Hermione said calmly.
"Oh, really?" he said, and advanced another step.
"Oh, and one more thing before you take another step," she said sweetly. "first of all, what's the point of all this? You kiss me and leave, what good is there in that? Secondly, I'm warning you now, that all damage done to you in this forest is all at your own risk, so unless you want to end up in the hospital wing, I suggest you keep your grounds."
The smug expression on Malfoy's face faltered, but he immediately put it back, as if nothing had happened.
"But I'm Prefect, remember? And if you hex me, I can put you in detention. Simply as that."
This time, Hermione smiled. "It's rather hard to put someone in detention, if you've got a silencing charm put on your mouth."
"You wouldn't dare." He said, trying to look calm, and failing terribly.
"You know your afraid," Hermione said triumphantly. "You know I wouldn't hesitate to jinx you. In fact, I DARE you to kiss me, come on, or is the king of Slytherin finally going chicken?" Hermione mouth formed a smug smile. But she was surprised again when his next move came.
"Alright, if you say so . . ." He came walking steadily closer, a memory of his old sneer on his face.
But this time, Hermione was ready. She quickly raised her wand and bellowed, "IMPEDEMENTA!" a beam of red light shot from out of her wand and hit Malfoy straight in the face. Unfortunately for him, his last moves where never accomplished; having immediately gained the pace of a snail.
"You know, I think I might just leave you here," Hermione said, the beginning of a small sneer appearing on her face. "It wears off eventually, you wouldn't be stuck here forever." Hermione turned to go, but a hand reached out and grabbed her arm.
"What the -?" Hermione started to say. The hand impatiently turned her around, it was Malfoy.
"To bad Hexes don't last forever." He managed to say, before she was slammed into a tree.
"You dared me Granger." He said, and a real smile spread over his face.
"I didn't think you would have the wits, you do obviously, but you definitely don't have enough brains to know the move you just made wasn't the smartest one in the entire world." Hermione held up her wand to her face. Malfoy quickly shot a look at the wand before he doubled over, his hands over a place a little below his middle. Hermione had done the quick and painful thing to him that girls quite often do in self-defense, that I will not bother to go into detail of.
"Told you it wasn't the smartest move." Hermione said, before she quickly uttered, "Petrificus Totalus!" Malfoy bent over, rigid, and as stiff as a board. "Oh, and Malfoy, one more thing before I go and leave the other students to find you, Repetion Cantatum!" A small thin golden beam shot from out of the tip of her wand and wound itself tightly around Malfoy.
"See, now your bound with Repetion Cantatum. As long as that spell is on you, they won't be able to take the Petrificus Totalus off you, and, as soon as they do take all the spells off you, you are immediately forced to repeat, every, single word you said to me inside this forest.
"Anyway, pity I can't stick around and chat, but you see I don't have very much leisure time to spend talking, so, I'll just be leaving you." When Hermione saw the look on his face, she casually added, "Don't worry, the forest's perfectly safe. A Werewolf may come along occasionally, but apart from that, trust me, the forest's perfectly safe."
Then, grinning evilly, she turned around and started to walk. She kept on walking, not even bothering to look back.
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