A/N: Thank you all for reveiwing! They mean so much to me!
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns all Harry Potter characters. I own the plot line.
Chapter Twelve: Revenge and snogging
'Blagh!' Hermione squealed as Draco unearthed another chalky coloured worm from the soil beneath a rather moody Riossidazione plant.
Riossidazione plants are thick red vines braided up eight inches then split, revealing green and blue coloured sprouts which are full of a milky- white fluid, used by Madam Pomfrey to cure students from the flu.
This just happened to be "worm season" thick white worms called nookpelt's.
They like to dig deep into soil and suck up all the nutrients that help the plants grow.
Nookpelt's were eating up the Riossidazione's from underneath and had to be taken out immedently, which in this case was by Draco and Hermione. 'Ew, this is so gross!' Hermione complained as Draco stuck his hand back in, searching for worms.
'I think thats all of- Oh wait,' Draco said yanking his hand out,' Got the little bugger!' he said, proudly holding out a rather plump nookpelt.
'That was the last plant, right?' Hermione asked hopefully; her hands and robes were clean and sterile as for Draco... covered from hands to all the way down the front was soil and fertaliser, yet a grin spread wide across his face as he pointed behind her.
'Nope, we've still got to do those three, and those over there,' he said pointing to a rather disturbing worm-infested group to his left.
'We could be in here all night if you just stand there,' he added, raising his eyebrows, eyeing her.
'It's fine, I haven't much homework anyways,' Hermione said, walking over to the nearest crate and turning it over,' I'll just watch, I would rather.'
She sat down and crossed her arms, staring at him intently, as if to dare him to object.
Draco stood there for a moment or two, mouthing wordlessly to her then looked up towards the ceiling and sighed,' Okay then..' he said, then mumbled something inaudible to himself, turning to work on the next plant.
'What was that?' Hermione asked, tilting her head side ways, looking at him,' That you mumbled, what did you say?'
Draco turned around and grinned, then went back to his plant, whistling to himself. 'Draacoo,' she whined, giving him a pouty look,' Fine..if you aren't willing to talk to me you can just-'
'Herm!' Draco broke in; turning around, looking half exasperated and half annoyed,' Just look behind you!'
Confused, hermione turned her head and looked straight at a row of fine bared teeth.
'Aagh!' She shrieked, jumping back.
By luck, she missed having her head skinned by hungry looking snapping plants.
'Draco!' she shouted, running behind him and clutching his lose hand,' Your soo mean! Why didn't you tell me? I could of -died-' she whined, staring daggers at the now rather innocent looking plant that moments ago was baring its teeth was now licking an aphid off it's stem.
Draco grinned and rolled his eyes,' Don't play dumb, thats a Mendolla, it only eats -insects-' he sneered looking over at her ash coloured face.
Slowly as the colour rose back up to her face she drew in a deep breath.
'Let's just get this nightmare over with,' she said, moving over to the nearest worm-infested plant.
'It is not -slavery-!' Draco spat, his eyebrows narrowed fervently,' It's work!'
'It's slavery!' Hermione retorted, her face screwed up in anger,' and Dobby is finally realising how tough he had it living with you!' she had brought up the subject around to House-elfs, a very touchy subject, sure to rise her temper to a maximum level.
'How he had it tough?' Draco said angrily,' He loved it there! He didn't -want- to leave!'
Hermione snorted and looked back down at her plant.
'What was that for?' Draco asked, staring at her intently,' Eh?'.
Hermione spun around and faced him, her face flushed with emotion.
'He loved it there? Ha, think again Draco!'
Draco stood for a moment or two, studying her face with a rather plague expression.
'What?' Hermione snapped, crossing her arms.
Draco smirked and shook his head,' You just look cute when your angry,' he said laughing.
Hermiones insides gave a lurch -did he just say I looked -cute- ? - she thought incredulously.
'Cute eh?' she said copying his smirk,' you're just trying to change the subject, nice try, house-elf -is- slavery!' she blurted out, knowing that sounded childish.
Draco laughed and returned to his plant,' Rather quick to stay on this subject eh? Fine have it your way, what ever you say, Dobby was happy.'
'Happy, yes. but that's all he knew to be!' Hermione said quickly,' He didn't know the meaning of "sad" or "mad" Well...he seems to know upset well..' she said, remembering all the times Dobby got upset with himself.
'Why did you ever teach Dobby to -beat- himself?' Hermione blurted out, looking straight at him for any mistakable lie he might make.
Draco looked up at her in surprise and narrowed his eyebrows,' -I- never taught Dobby anything...Dobby avoided me,' he said sternly, lifting a leave from the soil of the plant, finding a small worm,' It was father who caused Dobby's actions, not my fault,' he said tossing aside the worm.
'Y-your father?' Hermione stammered.
Lucius Malfoy, a cold man, his heart completely made of ice, why didn't she think of this before? If anyone abused another being it had to be Draco's father.
Draco looked up at her, his eyes narrowed,' Yes. My -father-,' he replied; his eyes shifted to the side, making him look awfully uncomfortable.
Hermiones questioning look caused Draco to answer almost straightaway,' Imperius curse,' he said dully, almost guiltily; he scooped his hands down into more fresh earth and brushed away, revealing juicy, plump nookpelts.
'Blargh..,' Hermione gasped looking away,' What do you mean the imperius curse? The controlling curse?,' she asked in disbelief.
Draco shrugged and continued to scoop away worms, not looking her in the eye.
'My father performed it when I was young, around nine maybe,' he paused and flung another worm in the direction of a Mendolla,' My father..he has secrets, secrets only Dobby may know,' he said looking up at Hermione's solemn face,' If Dobby told anyone..-tells-,' he corrected, grimacing a bit,' That won't be good...Father put the imperius curse on him, if he even begins to talk about his master or his masters family, he will beat himself,' he finished setting aside the plant.
Hermione stood there for a moment in shock.
How could she have missed this? Of course, Dobby punishing himself was not normal, hadn't the thought of such curse come to her mind?
Feeling of anger towards Lucius swept over her as she sighed angrily; Draco looked at her and towards the plants with fast motion.
'It's late,' he said pointedly,' We should head back, c'mon we're finished,' he said walking towards the Green House door.
Wordlessly agreeing, Hermione followed back, and together, they trampled over the wet grass towards the castle.
An eerie glow echoed upon the castle walls as they entered through the main entrance.
It was well past ten and every student was surely safe in their own house common room.
Candles floated above them as they both walked silently down the main corridor, leading towards all house entrances.
After a few minutes they reached a fork in the corridor which lead them on there separate ways, Gryffindor to the right and Slytherin to the left.
Draco and Hermione stood silent for a moment or two before-
'Good ni-'
'Will you wa-'
Hermione and Draco looked at each other and grinned,' You go first,' Draco said as Hermione giggled.
'I was just going to ask if you would walk me to my dorm... it's kind of spooky late at night,' she admitted, feeling her face grow warm with heat as she realised she had -asked- Draco malfoy to -walk her to her dorm- .
Mentally slapping herself she watched in amazement as Draco smiled slightly,' Sure,' he said, a trace of embarrassment rested in his voice.
Nodding she led her way down the hallway, towards the Fat Lady portrait.
They walked a few feet before hermione stopped, a thought that had been bothering her for a while pounded in her mind like a heart beat.
'Why'd you stop?' Draco asked looking behind him.
hermione took a deep breathed and looked towards him,' Draco?'she asked, blushing slightly.
'Yeah?.'
'E-ever get the feeling, that some one is watching over you..? Like..' Hermione trailed, off, she was lost for words, how could her feeling be described? Draco looked thoughtful for a moment before answering,' Yes, sometimes I feel the presence of my grandmother, Beth, she comforts me,' he said his smile fading slightly as he watched hermiones face break out into a grin.
'Well I ment something evil, but that was -very- sweet Draco!' she said patting him on the back.
Draco grinned and shrugged it off,' Ha so you got it out of me!' he said laughing,' Well..something evil?' His stomach suddenly froze as if he drank a glass full of ice water,' Always,' he said before starting to walk again.
The look on Draco's face clearly said he didn't want to talk any further on the subject, which was fine to Hermione, as they turned the corner, the Fat Lady came into view as well as... 'Harry?' Hermione asked, stopping dead in her tracks.
Slumped in the corner sat Harry, it was obvious he'd been waiting for awhile, awaiting Hermiones return from detention.
Draco stood beside her, his fists slightly clenched.
- Why do I feel this protective about Hermione?- he thought to himself - I just feel sorry for her because that bastard Harry cheated on her.. I know how it felt with Pansy- he told him self reassuringly.
Hermiones face stiffened as she followed her gaze to the Fat Lady who looked down at the three in suspicion.
'He doesn't belong here,' she said pointing a large finger down at Draco.
'Smart one,' Hermione said rolling her eyes,' Flamel,' she said as the Fat Lady scowled and flung open.
'Herm, wait,' Harry said standing up and striding over towards her.
'Bye Draco,' Hermione said spinning around to face Draco.
The look on his face surprised Hermione, it looked almost gentle, yet angry and raging.
'Herm, we need to talk,' Harry said once again.
Images of dinner flashed through her mind.
Girl with Harry.
Harry kissing Girl.
Rage swept through her body as her mind sparked.
Revenge.
With out a second thought she rushed up towards Draco who had turned around, walking quietly down the hall, and wrapped her arms around his neck, brushing her lips softly against his.
Draco opened his eyes in shock as he realised what was happening.
-Hermione is kissing me- he thought, his heart speeding up to a rapid thud - And I...like it?-
Pulling away quickly Hermione apologised and turned around, tears flowing down her cheeks.
Harry stood mouthing wordlessly at her as she pushed past him into the common room, not bothering to look back.
A/N:Sorry!! this isn't my best chapter! I have been waiting forever to write this and the last chapter, I finally got to the point! But I'm sorry if this ended a bit crappy, I'm going through a bit of a writers block, I apologise!
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Thank you all ! oh and a very 'special' thanks to that nice big flamer I got ! If you think my story is a 'shit topic' then why the hell are you reading it? and HULLO there are TONS of storys out there where Harry is the bad guy...get over it.
Ahem now, sorry for that little outburst people, anyways thank you soo much for the reviews, they are what keep my story going! :D Thanks soo much!
~Lynzie.
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns all Harry Potter characters. I own the plot line.
Chapter Twelve: Revenge and snogging
'Blagh!' Hermione squealed as Draco unearthed another chalky coloured worm from the soil beneath a rather moody Riossidazione plant.
Riossidazione plants are thick red vines braided up eight inches then split, revealing green and blue coloured sprouts which are full of a milky- white fluid, used by Madam Pomfrey to cure students from the flu.
This just happened to be "worm season" thick white worms called nookpelt's.
They like to dig deep into soil and suck up all the nutrients that help the plants grow.
Nookpelt's were eating up the Riossidazione's from underneath and had to be taken out immedently, which in this case was by Draco and Hermione. 'Ew, this is so gross!' Hermione complained as Draco stuck his hand back in, searching for worms.
'I think thats all of- Oh wait,' Draco said yanking his hand out,' Got the little bugger!' he said, proudly holding out a rather plump nookpelt.
'That was the last plant, right?' Hermione asked hopefully; her hands and robes were clean and sterile as for Draco... covered from hands to all the way down the front was soil and fertaliser, yet a grin spread wide across his face as he pointed behind her.
'Nope, we've still got to do those three, and those over there,' he said pointing to a rather disturbing worm-infested group to his left.
'We could be in here all night if you just stand there,' he added, raising his eyebrows, eyeing her.
'It's fine, I haven't much homework anyways,' Hermione said, walking over to the nearest crate and turning it over,' I'll just watch, I would rather.'
She sat down and crossed her arms, staring at him intently, as if to dare him to object.
Draco stood there for a moment or two, mouthing wordlessly to her then looked up towards the ceiling and sighed,' Okay then..' he said, then mumbled something inaudible to himself, turning to work on the next plant.
'What was that?' Hermione asked, tilting her head side ways, looking at him,' That you mumbled, what did you say?'
Draco turned around and grinned, then went back to his plant, whistling to himself. 'Draacoo,' she whined, giving him a pouty look,' Fine..if you aren't willing to talk to me you can just-'
'Herm!' Draco broke in; turning around, looking half exasperated and half annoyed,' Just look behind you!'
Confused, hermione turned her head and looked straight at a row of fine bared teeth.
'Aagh!' She shrieked, jumping back.
By luck, she missed having her head skinned by hungry looking snapping plants.
'Draco!' she shouted, running behind him and clutching his lose hand,' Your soo mean! Why didn't you tell me? I could of -died-' she whined, staring daggers at the now rather innocent looking plant that moments ago was baring its teeth was now licking an aphid off it's stem.
Draco grinned and rolled his eyes,' Don't play dumb, thats a Mendolla, it only eats -insects-' he sneered looking over at her ash coloured face.
Slowly as the colour rose back up to her face she drew in a deep breath.
'Let's just get this nightmare over with,' she said, moving over to the nearest worm-infested plant.
'It is not -slavery-!' Draco spat, his eyebrows narrowed fervently,' It's work!'
'It's slavery!' Hermione retorted, her face screwed up in anger,' and Dobby is finally realising how tough he had it living with you!' she had brought up the subject around to House-elfs, a very touchy subject, sure to rise her temper to a maximum level.
'How he had it tough?' Draco said angrily,' He loved it there! He didn't -want- to leave!'
Hermione snorted and looked back down at her plant.
'What was that for?' Draco asked, staring at her intently,' Eh?'.
Hermione spun around and faced him, her face flushed with emotion.
'He loved it there? Ha, think again Draco!'
Draco stood for a moment or two, studying her face with a rather plague expression.
'What?' Hermione snapped, crossing her arms.
Draco smirked and shook his head,' You just look cute when your angry,' he said laughing.
Hermiones insides gave a lurch -did he just say I looked -cute- ? - she thought incredulously.
'Cute eh?' she said copying his smirk,' you're just trying to change the subject, nice try, house-elf -is- slavery!' she blurted out, knowing that sounded childish.
Draco laughed and returned to his plant,' Rather quick to stay on this subject eh? Fine have it your way, what ever you say, Dobby was happy.'
'Happy, yes. but that's all he knew to be!' Hermione said quickly,' He didn't know the meaning of "sad" or "mad" Well...he seems to know upset well..' she said, remembering all the times Dobby got upset with himself.
'Why did you ever teach Dobby to -beat- himself?' Hermione blurted out, looking straight at him for any mistakable lie he might make.
Draco looked up at her in surprise and narrowed his eyebrows,' -I- never taught Dobby anything...Dobby avoided me,' he said sternly, lifting a leave from the soil of the plant, finding a small worm,' It was father who caused Dobby's actions, not my fault,' he said tossing aside the worm.
'Y-your father?' Hermione stammered.
Lucius Malfoy, a cold man, his heart completely made of ice, why didn't she think of this before? If anyone abused another being it had to be Draco's father.
Draco looked up at her, his eyes narrowed,' Yes. My -father-,' he replied; his eyes shifted to the side, making him look awfully uncomfortable.
Hermiones questioning look caused Draco to answer almost straightaway,' Imperius curse,' he said dully, almost guiltily; he scooped his hands down into more fresh earth and brushed away, revealing juicy, plump nookpelts.
'Blargh..,' Hermione gasped looking away,' What do you mean the imperius curse? The controlling curse?,' she asked in disbelief.
Draco shrugged and continued to scoop away worms, not looking her in the eye.
'My father performed it when I was young, around nine maybe,' he paused and flung another worm in the direction of a Mendolla,' My father..he has secrets, secrets only Dobby may know,' he said looking up at Hermione's solemn face,' If Dobby told anyone..-tells-,' he corrected, grimacing a bit,' That won't be good...Father put the imperius curse on him, if he even begins to talk about his master or his masters family, he will beat himself,' he finished setting aside the plant.
Hermione stood there for a moment in shock.
How could she have missed this? Of course, Dobby punishing himself was not normal, hadn't the thought of such curse come to her mind?
Feeling of anger towards Lucius swept over her as she sighed angrily; Draco looked at her and towards the plants with fast motion.
'It's late,' he said pointedly,' We should head back, c'mon we're finished,' he said walking towards the Green House door.
Wordlessly agreeing, Hermione followed back, and together, they trampled over the wet grass towards the castle.
An eerie glow echoed upon the castle walls as they entered through the main entrance.
It was well past ten and every student was surely safe in their own house common room.
Candles floated above them as they both walked silently down the main corridor, leading towards all house entrances.
After a few minutes they reached a fork in the corridor which lead them on there separate ways, Gryffindor to the right and Slytherin to the left.
Draco and Hermione stood silent for a moment or two before-
'Good ni-'
'Will you wa-'
Hermione and Draco looked at each other and grinned,' You go first,' Draco said as Hermione giggled.
'I was just going to ask if you would walk me to my dorm... it's kind of spooky late at night,' she admitted, feeling her face grow warm with heat as she realised she had -asked- Draco malfoy to -walk her to her dorm- .
Mentally slapping herself she watched in amazement as Draco smiled slightly,' Sure,' he said, a trace of embarrassment rested in his voice.
Nodding she led her way down the hallway, towards the Fat Lady portrait.
They walked a few feet before hermione stopped, a thought that had been bothering her for a while pounded in her mind like a heart beat.
'Why'd you stop?' Draco asked looking behind him.
hermione took a deep breathed and looked towards him,' Draco?'she asked, blushing slightly.
'Yeah?.'
'E-ever get the feeling, that some one is watching over you..? Like..' Hermione trailed, off, she was lost for words, how could her feeling be described? Draco looked thoughtful for a moment before answering,' Yes, sometimes I feel the presence of my grandmother, Beth, she comforts me,' he said his smile fading slightly as he watched hermiones face break out into a grin.
'Well I ment something evil, but that was -very- sweet Draco!' she said patting him on the back.
Draco grinned and shrugged it off,' Ha so you got it out of me!' he said laughing,' Well..something evil?' His stomach suddenly froze as if he drank a glass full of ice water,' Always,' he said before starting to walk again.
The look on Draco's face clearly said he didn't want to talk any further on the subject, which was fine to Hermione, as they turned the corner, the Fat Lady came into view as well as... 'Harry?' Hermione asked, stopping dead in her tracks.
Slumped in the corner sat Harry, it was obvious he'd been waiting for awhile, awaiting Hermiones return from detention.
Draco stood beside her, his fists slightly clenched.
- Why do I feel this protective about Hermione?- he thought to himself - I just feel sorry for her because that bastard Harry cheated on her.. I know how it felt with Pansy- he told him self reassuringly.
Hermiones face stiffened as she followed her gaze to the Fat Lady who looked down at the three in suspicion.
'He doesn't belong here,' she said pointing a large finger down at Draco.
'Smart one,' Hermione said rolling her eyes,' Flamel,' she said as the Fat Lady scowled and flung open.
'Herm, wait,' Harry said standing up and striding over towards her.
'Bye Draco,' Hermione said spinning around to face Draco.
The look on his face surprised Hermione, it looked almost gentle, yet angry and raging.
'Herm, we need to talk,' Harry said once again.
Images of dinner flashed through her mind.
Girl with Harry.
Harry kissing Girl.
Rage swept through her body as her mind sparked.
Revenge.
With out a second thought she rushed up towards Draco who had turned around, walking quietly down the hall, and wrapped her arms around his neck, brushing her lips softly against his.
Draco opened his eyes in shock as he realised what was happening.
-Hermione is kissing me- he thought, his heart speeding up to a rapid thud - And I...like it?-
Pulling away quickly Hermione apologised and turned around, tears flowing down her cheeks.
Harry stood mouthing wordlessly at her as she pushed past him into the common room, not bothering to look back.
A/N:Sorry!! this isn't my best chapter! I have been waiting forever to write this and the last chapter, I finally got to the point! But I'm sorry if this ended a bit crappy, I'm going through a bit of a writers block, I apologise!
Thank you so much to all my readers!
Thank you;
Faith- Awe thank you so much!
Arafel- Thanks!
Kalariah- Thank you :D I agree there aren't enough!
dobbie-luvs-sweeties- Awe thanks !
Kai Kai- lol, yeah. Thank you!
Rosa-Thank you thank you THANK YOU! Awe thats soo sweet thank you so much!
Escritora- I'm not in Sweden so Ha! :p lol. Thank you so much! hehe I don't think Harry -had- any fruit but I do think he may be a fruit if you know what I mean -wink wink-
Yin- Thank you so much!
C-Thanks!
Mystical- Thanks! :D I didn't even realise that that was a long chapter until I edited it!
Woza [it's Me! the ALLEN lover!]- Awe thank you soooo much Nikki!!! -huggles- Oh WHATEVER the girl I was describing was all you. you are perfect, well at least I think you are, you ARE gorgeous and flawless!! Learn it and know it ! lol :D see ya in child psych!
Rorey126-Awe Thanks
Lily luna- Thank you so much :D
apie- lol, awe thanks! I'm sorry I'm updating quickly :D
Kaity-Weasley- Thanks! I'm sorry I should emphasize when she is dreaming or not more clearer.
Twilight Fantasy- Thank you! Yeah, I need to work on the 'dreams and reality' part a bit more! :D
YSM-I have talent as an HP authour? Awe thank you!!! :D
Marionie Hearts- Ha I'm not telling you about the clock..yet ;) Thanks update HPMS soon!
Hermione-Granger62194-lol your weird! LoL just joking..thanks for the good review :D
CrimsonFirebolt- LOL! I couldn't stop laughing when I read your review! thats so great! Unfourtanly i'm not going to make Hermione and insane killing psycho in this story.. ;)
Sila-Chan- Thank you soo much ! :) :)
mishi- Thanks! Oh, fan art would be awsome! Thank you so much :D :D
Brittney N.- Wow..thank you soo much! Your review was soo insperational, thank so much!! :D
Nestrik Ciorstaidh-Cairistiona- Thank you so much! :D
Persephone Bodine- Awe thank you! :D
Spork!- 'ew, sarah, ewwwww!' (Told to say by apie) Thank you soo much! :D I love your words of encouragement! lol. I actually am about to update I went to go update then I saw I had a new review so I added you! Thank you soo much your awesome! :D
Thank you all ! oh and a very 'special' thanks to that nice big flamer I got ! If you think my story is a 'shit topic' then why the hell are you reading it? and HULLO there are TONS of storys out there where Harry is the bad guy...get over it.
Ahem now, sorry for that little outburst people, anyways thank you soo much for the reviews, they are what keep my story going! :D Thanks soo much!
~Lynzie.