'Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap,' was all that Hermione could think as she stood there, in front of her desk, frozen.
'What am I going to do? What can I do? How am I going to get out of this?' In her fear, Hermione did not have time to think of anything she could do before she fainted.
'Why does she looking so scared? What's she got to hide that can possibly be so bad?' Draco thought as he watched Harmony go pale, her honey eyes bulging out.
He watched as she began to take a step forward, and then began to fall back, right towards him.
Draco didn't have time to think as she fell into his arms. He quickly scooped her up bridal style, with one hand under knees and one behind her neck, and looked to Professor Snape to allow him to bring her to the hospital wing.
"Mr. Malfoy, would you please take Ms. Snipper to the Hospital Wing? Thank you." Professor Snape then continued class without missing a beat, calling upon Longbottom instead.
Draco quickly left the dungeon with Harmony in his arms and made his way to the Hospital Wing. All the while, he persisted to muse about what she had to hide.
'Maybe it has to do with why she left her old school, or maybe she killed someone, or maybe...' but he didn't have time to imagine any more scenarios as the pair finally reached the Hospital Wing.
As he entered with Harmony, Madame Pomfrey came bustling out, took one look at the pair of them, and told him to lay her on a bed.
"Poor girl." The nurse mumbled as she quickly performed some tests. "Well, I see no actual physical cause for this. Must be the jitters. Hold on one moment and I'll revive her." She spoke to Draco in a distracted manner, not bothering to remove her gaze from the unconscious girl, before pointing her wand at Harmony and whispering, "Enervate."
Harmony slowly opened her eyes, and stared into Draco's. "What happened? Where am I?"
"You fainted during potions. You're in the Hospital Wing now." Draco answered.
"Oh, I see, oh bloody hell," she whispered. "I must have made a terrible fool of myself."
Draco was about to answer when Madame Pomfrey cut in. "Well my dear, you seem to be alright but this may be the first symptom of something. Would you like to stay here overnight for observation?"
"No, no, I'm feeling fine thank you. I think I'll just go to dinner."
"Alright then dear, just tell me if you start to feel sick again." And with that, she left them to go to the Great Hall.
"Well, that was... interesting," Draco said as they began walking to dinner.
"Interesting my arse. What happened?" Harmony grumbled glumly.
Draco smirked. "Snape called you up to test the potion and you turned an interesting shade of off-white. Before I knew it, you were falling into my arms. I knew no one could resist me." Draco's smirk grew even larger at the expression on Harmony's face.
"You, sir, are an absolute arse. You bloody well knew I only fell onto you because I fainted. And you-" She didn't get a chance to finish before Draco cornered her in a near by alcove.
"What do you have to hide? It must have been something bad for you to have that sort of reaction. What are you so afraid that people might find out about?" Draco stared down at her, his silver eyes boring into her honey ones.
'He's so close to me. Is he going to kiss me? No Hermione, do not think of that! This is Draco Malfoy we're talking about. Ferret boy for God sake!'
She put on a smirk and answered. "I don't believe, Mr. Malfoy, that what I have to hide is any of your business. Now, if you will excuse me, I'm quite hungry and would like to attend dinner."
With that she ducked under his arm and made her way to the Great Hall.
Draco stood there, stunned, watching her retreating back. 'Oh trust me, Harmony. I'll make it my business. Just you wait and see.'
With that, he followed her to dinner.
Later that night, an hour before they had to patrol the halls, harmony and Draco met in their common room.
"So what happened?" Harmony asked as soon as they had sat down. "I mean, I know the basics of it, but not much more."
"Well, what do you already know" Draco asked, sitting next to her.
"That Harry Potter dueled the dark lord and won, and won while the Order of the Phoenix dueled and defeated the death eaters."
"Well, Harry, Ron, and Hermonie were best friends at Hogwarts since our first year. They were inseparable. We were always enemies, at each others' throats. When the final battle came, the Order of the Phoenix ambushed a death eater meeting. Everyone fought. Ron was killed by a stray Avada Kedavera, and Harry, after defeating the Dark Lord, had sustained fatal injuries, causing him to die."
"And Hermonie?" Harmony asked tentatively.
"We don't know what happened to Hermonie. Her body was never found, but she has never been seen since the final battle. We just don't know where she is or if she's dead or alive." Draco finished solemnly.
'If only you knew.'
"Oh, I see..."
They sat there in silence of a few minutes before Harmony glanced at her watch.
"Well, its time to patrol. Let's catch some Gryffindorks snogging and dock points. You know how fun that is."
"Yeah, lets go." Draco said, smiling.
They got back two hours and five deductions later (only three were Gryffindor, the others were Ravenclaw) exhausted and ready for bed.
"Well, I suppose this is goodnight." Harmony said as she started towards her bedroom.
"I suppose so. Goodnight Harmony."
"Oh, and Draco?" harmony asked, stopping.
"Yes?"
"Thank you." She said, before disappearing up her staircase.
'For what?'
Well, that's chapter two. I hope you liked it, and thanks for the advice... omg I have 34 reviews!! Thank you guys so much!! Ideas are always appreciated, I have the main outline, but I still need ideas for in between!! Sorry if Draco seems a little OOC. I love you all and ill try and update again soon!!! Bai
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