"It wasn't supposed to do that much damage," Draco yelled at Blaise.
"Well I thought we all did pretty good," Blaise complained. "You should have seen Granger."
"I am glad I didn't," Draco said huffily. "You should have tried to stop it somehow. I wanted you all to scare her not kill her. That was the main point of sending the real people and leaving the Duplications here. I thought you all had enough sense."
"What's the matter Draco," Blaise asked, crossing his arms over his chest, "don't you want to see that filthy Mudblood suffer? Is that why you stayed here while your duplicate went and did all the work?"
"No!" Draco yelled resentfully. "I just would have rather been given detention for scaring her than being expelled for killing her!"
"There is no way they can prove it was us," Blaise said. "For one thing the only witnesses were Weasley and Potter, we put a Silence Charm on the room, and Snape came here and saw you and the duplicates right?"
"Yeah, I guess you have a point," Draco said thoughtfully as he climbed into his four poster bed.
Blaise nodded, extinguished the torches and climbed into his bed.
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Ron ran as fast as he could with Hermione in his arms. She was conscious but just barely. Ron and Harry spoke softly to her as they made there way to Dumbledore's office. Once they reached it they rattled off password after password until they came to Fizzing Whizbees. They bounded up the stairs and pounded violently on the door. Dumbledore opened it and at once saw Hermione.
"Oh dear," he said, " Harry go fetch Madam Pomfrey, quickly.
Harry cantered off down the stairs in search of Madam Pomfrey. Ron took Hermione and set her down gently on Dumbledore's bed. Ron went quickly into a drawn out explanation of what had happened to Hermione.
Dumbledore nodded and went into his office. Ron sat down next to Hermione and ran his fingers through her hair in an attempt to soothe her. She kept her eyes shut shimmied closer to him.
"Everything will be alright," he said softly.
"Ron" she said in a whisper, "my arm hurts."
He picked it up to see it was turning a sickly purple-ish green. He gasped and went to get Dumbledore. At that moment Harry burst through the door with Madam Pomfrey, Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore on his heels. He showed Madam Pomfrey Hermione's arm and she gasped. She quickly summoned a De-Swelling regiment and smoothed it on Hermione's arm. She whimpered a bit but let Madam Pomfrey do what she needed.
" I used the last of my concealing lotion so the bruises and cuts will have to heal on their own. As for her arm.," Madam Pomfrey trailed off.
"What?" Harry asked with worry.
"We'll have to wait a few weeks until the swelling subsides and the redness goes away but I have to see if there is a way to remove those scars," Madam Pomfrey concluded.
"You mean she may have to live with that?!" Ron yelled.
"Ron, settle down," Dumbledore said. "Besides it looks like Miss. Granger is asleep. Now would one of you please tell me how this happened?"
Ron began explaining as the group went into Dumbledore's office.
"IMMPOSSIBLE!" Snape yelled. "I checked on my student during that very time and the were all accounted for in their dorms."
"Well, well, um, well they. . MUST HAVE USED A DUPLICATOR SPELL!" Ron yelled.
"Mr. Weasley I must reassure you that no fifth year could perform such a complicated spell, let alone the whole Slytherin House," Professor McGonagall said.
"But Hermione did it," Harry blurted out.
"She has?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yeah, when she was sick," Ron replied.
"Well although it was wrong I expect Miss. Granger could perform that type of spell she is immensely talented but no one else could have done such a thing. They couldn't have gotten into the tower anyway. "
"But." Ron went argue.
"Professors," Dumble dore said to Snape and McGonagall, "please ask the students in Gryffindor if they heard or saw anything and the Professor Snape I want you to question your students as well."
They nodded and left. Madam Pomfrey assured Dumbledore Hermione could return to classes on Monday and that she should be just a bit sore over the weekend. After that Dumbledore escorted Harry, Ron and Hermione back to Gryffindor Tower and changed the password. Ron and Harry helped Hermione into bed, then spent the rest of the night in the common room, talking.
A/N: Hey sorry I haven't been updating lately. I hope you are liking where the story is going. Please please review so I will put up the next chappy. Thanks!
"Well I thought we all did pretty good," Blaise complained. "You should have seen Granger."
"I am glad I didn't," Draco said huffily. "You should have tried to stop it somehow. I wanted you all to scare her not kill her. That was the main point of sending the real people and leaving the Duplications here. I thought you all had enough sense."
"What's the matter Draco," Blaise asked, crossing his arms over his chest, "don't you want to see that filthy Mudblood suffer? Is that why you stayed here while your duplicate went and did all the work?"
"No!" Draco yelled resentfully. "I just would have rather been given detention for scaring her than being expelled for killing her!"
"There is no way they can prove it was us," Blaise said. "For one thing the only witnesses were Weasley and Potter, we put a Silence Charm on the room, and Snape came here and saw you and the duplicates right?"
"Yeah, I guess you have a point," Draco said thoughtfully as he climbed into his four poster bed.
Blaise nodded, extinguished the torches and climbed into his bed.
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Ron ran as fast as he could with Hermione in his arms. She was conscious but just barely. Ron and Harry spoke softly to her as they made there way to Dumbledore's office. Once they reached it they rattled off password after password until they came to Fizzing Whizbees. They bounded up the stairs and pounded violently on the door. Dumbledore opened it and at once saw Hermione.
"Oh dear," he said, " Harry go fetch Madam Pomfrey, quickly.
Harry cantered off down the stairs in search of Madam Pomfrey. Ron took Hermione and set her down gently on Dumbledore's bed. Ron went quickly into a drawn out explanation of what had happened to Hermione.
Dumbledore nodded and went into his office. Ron sat down next to Hermione and ran his fingers through her hair in an attempt to soothe her. She kept her eyes shut shimmied closer to him.
"Everything will be alright," he said softly.
"Ron" she said in a whisper, "my arm hurts."
He picked it up to see it was turning a sickly purple-ish green. He gasped and went to get Dumbledore. At that moment Harry burst through the door with Madam Pomfrey, Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore on his heels. He showed Madam Pomfrey Hermione's arm and she gasped. She quickly summoned a De-Swelling regiment and smoothed it on Hermione's arm. She whimpered a bit but let Madam Pomfrey do what she needed.
" I used the last of my concealing lotion so the bruises and cuts will have to heal on their own. As for her arm.," Madam Pomfrey trailed off.
"What?" Harry asked with worry.
"We'll have to wait a few weeks until the swelling subsides and the redness goes away but I have to see if there is a way to remove those scars," Madam Pomfrey concluded.
"You mean she may have to live with that?!" Ron yelled.
"Ron, settle down," Dumbledore said. "Besides it looks like Miss. Granger is asleep. Now would one of you please tell me how this happened?"
Ron began explaining as the group went into Dumbledore's office.
"IMMPOSSIBLE!" Snape yelled. "I checked on my student during that very time and the were all accounted for in their dorms."
"Well, well, um, well they. . MUST HAVE USED A DUPLICATOR SPELL!" Ron yelled.
"Mr. Weasley I must reassure you that no fifth year could perform such a complicated spell, let alone the whole Slytherin House," Professor McGonagall said.
"But Hermione did it," Harry blurted out.
"She has?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yeah, when she was sick," Ron replied.
"Well although it was wrong I expect Miss. Granger could perform that type of spell she is immensely talented but no one else could have done such a thing. They couldn't have gotten into the tower anyway. "
"But." Ron went argue.
"Professors," Dumble dore said to Snape and McGonagall, "please ask the students in Gryffindor if they heard or saw anything and the Professor Snape I want you to question your students as well."
They nodded and left. Madam Pomfrey assured Dumbledore Hermione could return to classes on Monday and that she should be just a bit sore over the weekend. After that Dumbledore escorted Harry, Ron and Hermione back to Gryffindor Tower and changed the password. Ron and Harry helped Hermione into bed, then spent the rest of the night in the common room, talking.
A/N: Hey sorry I haven't been updating lately. I hope you are liking where the story is going. Please please review so I will put up the next chappy. Thanks!
