A/N:Awww.... I thought I was so good in that surprise too... darn....but anyway, Thank you everyone for the support!
evildancer93: I didn't mean it in a mean way....I just thought I was sly...apparently I wasn't....
Fiona McKinnon: I thought I was so sly...but I wasn't, oh well. I'll add more when I can.
nerd2006: Happy to hear! And thank you!
jmb: Thank you!! And I will keep it up!
VoldemortsVeela: Thank you! I'm glad to know it keeps people attention!
HMLove: Yea, it was a bit confusing with Ron and Maire, but it seemed like they were partners for just that time, so I wanted to kinda say they are partners from now on. But interestingly good...I like that phrase...
Nis: It's offical I'm not sly...lol. But thank you!
Yea...ok I'll try makin things more um, surprise? Next time..... But no one was overly voiced on it so I'm happy....
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Too bad...
"Your kidding me." Hermione said, her voice echoing off the walls. She didn't care if Malfoy heard.
"Oh jeez." Malfoy said in return and rolled his eyes. Hermione was killing Ms. Rankin, next chance she got. Hermione sighed.She twirled the sword in her hand.
"Let's just get this over with."
Ron, to his surprise found out that Marie was a Gryffindor also. So there they were, sitting in front of the Common Room fire, thinking of ideas. The problem was that their idea amount was zero.
"Well." Maire said. "Let's think about your family. Why not make something that would help them?"
"Why not your family?" Marie looked a bit down.
"My parents are dead." she said quietly.
"Oh, I'm sorry." he said, in equal tone. Maire smiled sadly.
"It's ok." she recovered quickly. "But onto you family, what kind of people are in it?"
"Well, there's my mum. She's the best mum in the world. She likes to cook, knit,mom stuff. And my dad works in the muggle department of the ministry. He's in love with muggle objects and how they work. Then there's Bill, he works in the ministry also. And Charlie works with dragons abroad...he loves them. Percy...um...well he's not really in good standing with the family. There was a bit of a falling out, but he's working his way back. Then there's Fred and George, I'm sure you've heard of them. Jokesters at heart, but they're awesome, the nicest guys you'll ever find. Me of course, and then there's Ginny. If you've seen Hermione she's probably close by. She's really sweet, kinda quiet. But that's about my family." She smiled.
"They sound great!" she exclaimed. "Why not something for you mum then?"
"Sure." he shrugged.
"And you send it to her for Mother's Day!" she said.
"Mother's Day?" he questioned. She looked at him in shock.
"Mother's Day? It's a day where we thank our mums for their hard work. It's like a mum's day off. You give gifts to your mum...treat her special. Hince the name, Mother's Day." she explained. Ron made a mental note to study the holidays of the muggle world after this.
"Oh, when is it?"
"In May. Of course we'll be done by then, but you can send it to her later. Now let's see... she likes to knit.... What does she knit?"
"Sweaters mostly. But maybe some scarfs or gloves." he said remembering his sweater he got. This year's color was blue with gold letters.
"Does she ever do it magically?" she asked. Ron could see she had something in mind.
"Sometimes...what are you getting at?"
"Well of course there are more colors than I can say to choose some, string wise. But how about we make her a loom type thing." he looked at her questionably. "Go with me Ron. You set all your colored strings. Like there could be 7 at a time. And it seperates them all. Like a holder except with she wants to knit, she doesn't have to unwind the string. It's already there, ready. Plus it's a carrying case type of thing. So when she needs more string, the ball doesn't go all over the floor." Ron dimly got the idea.Marie, sparkling eyes looked at him. "What do you think?"
"Can we make it?" he asked. She grinned.
"If there's a will there's a way!!"
Harry couldn't sleep. He hadn't been getting much sleep, considering how in demand he was. He rolled over and tried to sleep but no. He sighed. Looking at outside his window, he saw Luna. Putting on his glasses, he could see her better. She was sitting by the pond, smiling. She had some type of white glowing fairies that she seemed to be talking to. They made colored charms in the air and ran around. Harry was entranced. Here was probably the most ignored girl in school but here she was with fairies as friends. He felt a bit bad, having magical creatures as friends instead of regular people. But he knew something about Luna was special. Fairies were by nature very picky on who they chose to befriend. Fairies had a quick and smart mind and weren't to be messed with. But there they were, playing together....He sighed as he propped himself up with his elbow. She was now twirling, the fairies going around her, showering multi colored sparks around her. She grinned. The first time she had seen her do that. And as he looked at her from his window only one thought came to hismind. She's beautiful.
"Granger if do anything I swear..." Malfoy growled as Hermione put a blindfold on him. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"This is how I was taught, and if you want to pass this class I suggest you listen."
"Who taught you?"
"That's none of your business." she stated as he snickered.
"Tell me why your doing this again?"
"Because, if you want to sword fight. You have to know when to strike. One, relax." She said.
"Why should I?"
"Because if your so tense you tend to focus on a big sound. The big sound your enemy makes and you know this is where they are. But remember they almost never do that, unless they are incredibly stupid. But if your relaxed you can focus on the little sounds. Which is why the blindfold is on. You may not always have your eyes. So you have to focus on sound. A rustle of grass. A pebble being pushed. All the little sounds can tell you where your enemy is. And also the difference between you live or die." Hermione slowly began to circle him. She took out her wand and with came a loud sound. Malfoy instantly went toward the sound, fists up. She laughed.
"Stupid git. I've over here." he was quite a sight, hands out in front. "On the other side of the room." She directed him to the starting point. "Okay let's try this again, remember relax." she said and began to circle him again.
Draco had no clue where Hermione was. What was this sound thing? He only wanted to know how to use a sword, not how to attack your enemy. And he didn't have any enemies, his father's standing and back account made sure of that. But he complied all the same. He didn't need any more points taken off his grade. So he listened. At first he couldn't hear anything but slowly he began to hear the rustle of stone pebbles. He waited and then struck. He caught her, wiping off his blindfold. Hermione wretched out of his grasp as if he were some kind of disease. She raised an eyebrow.
"Well your exceeding my expectations." she commented as walked away. He tried to reach for a sword but he slapped his hand.
"Bloody hell, Granger, that hurt."
"And you think I care?" she said coldly. She knew it was cold and cruel but she didn't care.
"What the hell is your problem Granger?" he asked straight out.
"You know Malfoy." she replied, turning away. They let it hang in the air.
"I'm sorry." he said softly, Hermione turned.
"I know you are. But your not the person I want to hear those words from." she explained.
"Well he's dead."
"Where he belongs." she growled. Malfoy looked shocked. "Oh, surprised that I wished him death?" she asked.
"Look, I know your hurting...."
"Damn right I am." she said.
"But he's gone. Why are you hold a grudge?"
"I'm not spilling my secrets to some pampered rich Slytherin." she said coldly. "But remember this." she said handing up a sword. "I am like this sword. If you get my good side, your not cut. If you hit the blade your dead. I'll fight you if needed. And here's a secret. Your not on my good side." she whispered in his ear.And returned to blades to their place and started to carry them out.
"This lesson is over."
If you don't get Marie idea. Never fear! I don't really either! I have picture in my head but I couldn't really write it...
So what ever is hurting Hermione has to do with Malfoy and someone he knows....of course I'm trusting you very keen viewers know who it is!! But the boys are love sick.....can Malfoy get his meaness aside and maybe help Hermione?
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