Duel for Love
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In this chapter, Draco might seem a bit ooc at the beginning but in the middle he shows his true self. At the end of this part of the chapter, Draco will go back to being prince charming, as you all know ooc.
This Chapter has 2 parts. The first is about the battle, or duel and the aftermath.
In Part 2, Hermione might seem a bit ooc but it's for the best.
I'm so sorry I didn't write sooner, but I had a lot of school work. I've been a bit preoccupied. Well since I am on break for a week I should be able to update more. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
In This Story So Far:
After sleeping together Draco and Hermione have decided to carry their relationship further.After getting the man of her dreams, Hermione gets another surprise; one of her best friends, Ron, likes her as well. Knowing that she doesn't love him, she told him. But during Potions, Draco slipped her a letter tell her to meet him at the Astronomy Tower that very night. That night at the Tower was an unforgettable moment for the both of them. But after a heated conversation with her friends, Hermione storms out of the Great Hall with Draco not so faron her tail. After making her feel better, Draco told her how he felt about her, not knowing that they were being watched and listened to. That peeping tom turned out to be none other than Draco's best friend, Blaise. Being a good friend; Draco had to confess his relationship with Hermione to Blaise. Everything seems to go downhill from there for Hermione. Besides finding out that Ron likes her, she finds out that Blaise also likes her. Then the issue went all wrong from there. She told Harry and Ron about her and Draco's relationship. After speaking their mind, Draco walks in. Before he could console his girlfriend, Harry, being the good friend he is tries to protect her from him. This leads to them starting a fight. And now here we are...
Duel for Love: Part 1 (The duel)
After making sure Hermione was settled in the Slytherin common room, Blaise rushed back to the head-quarters. When he got there, he met Draco sitting by the fireplace; acting like nothing happened. When Draco realized that he was there, he turned to face him and said "Did anyone ask why she was there?"
"Before anyone could ask, she said that she was there to do an inspection."
Draco smiled. "She's clever isn't she?"
"Yes." 'And beautiful too.' There was a slight pause "Um… are we really going to do this?"
"Your not backing out of this, are you?" Draco said while raising his voice.
"No, no. I was just…wondering."
"I'm not sure if you will understand this situation but, I would die for her. And if I get hurt or worst; die, it would be out of love."
"Your right, I wouldn't understand." 'But I love her too'. Blaise looked Draco in the eye and asked "You really do love her, don't you?"
"Have you been listening to me at all?"
"Sorry. But did you think what your dad would say; when he finds out?"
"No. I'll deal with that when the time comes..." he turned to look at both Ron's stupefied and Harry's petrified body and said "Now it's time for me to do something I wanted to do for a long time."
"What are you talking about?"
"Kicking Potty and Weasel's ass."
He then turned to Harry and said "Finite Incantatem." Harry got up with a deranged look on his face. He looked like he was ready to tear Draco's head off of his body. Draco then turned to Ron and said the same spell. Ron got up with a bewildered look on his face. He stretched his arms and walked over to Harry. Draco looked at Blaise and mouthed "I'll take Potty and you take Weasel."
Blaise shook his head and said "No. I'll take Potty and you take Weasel. He's obviously in love with her as well." 'And so am I' Blaise thought to himself. Draco nodded and moved a bit closer to Ron.
On the other side of the room, Harry and Ron were talking. Harry then turned to Ron and said "What do we have here…" Harry then turned to face Draco and Blaise and said "A duel for love" Ron laughed and said "I guess we do."
Harry got dead serious, looked at Ron and asked "Who do you want? Blaise or...Malfoy?"
Ron gave Harry an evil laugh and said "Malfoy"
Draco, who was now getting extremely tired of their little show stopping charade, shouted "Expelliarmous" Ron flew across the room. He hit the concrete wall behind him, so hard that both Harry and Blaise was surprised that he didn't crack a rib or something. Ron got up, minutes later, with hesitation, and shouted "Rictusempra" Draco ducked right in time. The spell hit the desk behind him. That caused papers to fly around the room and fall like hail. Blaise, now wanting to get into the duel shouted "Ennervate Stratus"
Harry was pushed back against the wall and knocked unconscious. Ron was furious. He was so furious that he lunged at Draco. But when he was about to grab Draco's neck, Blaise punched him. He stumbled back and punched Blaise back.
About 35 minutes earlier
Pansy snuck out of the Slytherin Common Room behind Blaise.
'I wonder where he is going.'
She followed him for a while but stopped when she hit her foot to the wall. 'Damn Wall.'
"Who's there?" Blaise called out while drawing his wand to face the not so pleasant cool draft of the night. No one answered so he tucked his wand back in his school robe, turned around and retreated back to the Head- Common room.
Pansy, now quickly strolling down the hall, continued to follow Blaise. As Blaise got to the common room, he took his wand out again, said the password and disappeared behind the enchanted portrait.
Back in the common room
There was so much spells being thrown around the room, that the heat, intensity and tension was so thick that you could cut it with a knife.
"I see you have lost your ability to use your wand, Blaise." Harry said, while holding Blaise's wand in his hand. On the other side of the room, Draco and Ron were way past the pettiness of Harry and Blaise. They neglected their fallen wands and were using their fist instead.
A few minutes after Blaise went into the Common Room, Pansy heard something hit against the wall. She said the password and snuck inside. She stood where she couldn't be seen and watched the fight between Slytherin and Gryffindor. (As she called it.)
Draco pushed Ron up to the wall and began punching him. Ron punched him back and pushed him far away from him and said "What's your problem, ferret? Do you love bringing pain and misery to everyone you meet?"
"Not everyone, just you..." He punched Ron again and continued "...So what; are you jealous because I made the move before you?" Draco smirked but it was quickly vanished when Ron lunged for him.
'Who are they talking about? Who is Drakie-Pooh and the Weasel talking about?' Pansy asked herself
Ron pushed Draco up to the wall and began choking him. "You really got some nerve, you know. Just because you are a ferret face prat and girls, somehow, think you look good, you think you can have any girl you want; but you can't. Hermione's mine; not yours."
Draco smirked. "So, if she's yours, then why was she screaming out my name when she came?" Draco watched as Ron's face got as red as his hear. "...Isn't she beautiful when she's all hot and sweaty from hours of love making? Oh yeah, you never had her; you or Potty. So how is she considered yours?"
Ron punched Draco right in his left jaw. Draco let out a low groan and wiped his, now, bloody lip.
Pansy, who was standing in the room, screamed. It was enough to see Draco and the Weasel fighting, but to hear that the love of her life, the man she thought she would marry and carry the name 'Mrs. Draco Malfoy' for all the wizarding world to see, just confessed that he slept with that Granger girl. 'What does she have that I don't have?' Pansy thought to herself. That tore her to pieces.
"What the fuck is going on here?" She shouted while stepping in the view of everyone.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Draco shouted while looking a bit flabbergasted and angry.
"Is your whore coming for a midnight shag?" Ron said; while Harry, who was in the corner, snickered.
"How dare you call me a whore, you poor muggle-loving red hair freak?" Pansy turned to Draco and said "and are you a muggle-lover too, Drakie-Pooh?"
"How much time doI have to tell you? I am not your Drakie-Pooh; and it's none of your business."
"You are my business."
"No, I'm not. I don't need a baby-sitter. I think that you heard and seen enough." Draco said while getting very agitated.
He began walking away from Ron when he was pushed aside by Ron. "Where do you think you are going? We're not done here?"
"Let it go, Weasel."
Draco walked over to Pansy and dragged her back into the Slytherin Common Room. When Draco entered the room he ran into Professor Snape.
"What happened to you, boy?" Professor Snape said while looking at Draco's bloody lip.
There was a small crowd forming around Draco when Hermione pushed threw and ran to him. She looked so worried; she began asking several questions; but she stopped when she saw Pansy's hand around Draco's arm. He noticed her hostility and he followed her eyes. He pushed Pansy's hand away from his and he walked over to her.
Forgetting that she was in the Slytherin Common Room, Hermione gave Draco a peck on the cheek. He looked back in her yes and she asked "Are you okay? Was everyone hurt?"
Draco, forgetting that he too was in the Slytherin Common Room; wrapped his arm around her waist and said "Love, not so many questions. I have to go to the Hospital Wing." He began to walk off but then noticed she wasn't behind him; he turned around "...are you coming?"
She walked up to him and grabbed his welcoming hand. They then made their way to the exit.
Professor Snape was astounded. Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Quidditch Captain and son of Lucius Malfoy is in some sort of relationship with the Gryffindor know-it-all; Hermione Granger. 'What is the bloody hell in going on?'
He turned around to the room full of spectators and yelled "GO TO BED...NOW!" Everyone got up and left the Common Room and Professor Snape to ponder on this new found revolution.
Duel for Love: Part 2 (The Aftermath)
A few weeks had gone by since the duel and everything was far from normal. Harry and Ron hated Draco and Blaise even more than before because they had won the fight. As Harry, Ron, Draco and Blaise walk through the Halls, they gave each other hateful looks. Hermione, on the other hand, was happy as ever.
She had her boyfriend on one hand and her two best friends on the other hand. Even though they were bitter enemies, they tried to be civil around Hermione.
As the days progressed, Draco and Hermione have fallen more in love than anyone could have imagined. At this time, everyone in school had found out about their 'secret' relationship. Nobody seemed to mind; especially Dumbledore. He encouraged separate house relationships, especially Slytherin and Gryffindor.
Everyone thought that they were a lovely couple except Pansy and Ron. Ron always thought she would look better with him; but he is trying to move on with his life. He is looking at Lavender Brown, now; she seems to like him a lot. But Pansy was a whole different story. She thought anyone looked better with Draco than Hermione. A few days ago, she confronted Hermione about what she thought and got the shock of her life.
Flashback:
Pansy saw Hermione coming from the Library with a handful of books in her hand. Anger and Frustration began to bear down on her. She wanted to strangle Hermione for talking Draco from her. She balled her fist and walked over to Hermione.
She knocked the books out of the Hermione's hands and pushed her up to the wall. She was about to slap Hermione, when Hermione pushed her back, almost causing her to trip. Pansy stood up tall and said "Look here, you filthy mudblood bitch. You better stay away from my Drakie-Pooh or there will be fatal consequences in your future."
"You must not be talking to me. I maybe a mudblood but at least I am not a slut."
"Who are you calling a slut?"
"Who ever the shoe fits. But since you're the only slut here, I guess I mean you."
"I am not a slut, you fucking, man stealing bitch."
Hermione snorted and said "Let me get this straight. You're not a slut?"
"Did I stutter?"
"You may not have stuttered but I know a slut when I see one. Let me shine some light in your peanut size brain. A slut is a person who sleeps with everyone they could get their hands on. But on this case it was all the Slytherin Boys you could get your hands on."
"Well I had your man."
"I know, and he was in his desperate phase."
"No, he wasn't." Pansy said while raising her voice.
"Of course he would. Who in their right mind would sleep with you? You are overexposed and overused."
"How dare you?"
"I'm just telling you the facts."
Pansy turned a crimson red. She balled her fist and said "I oughta..."
"You oughta do what? If you touch me, I'll hex you into next year."
"You won't hex me, if you don't have your wand, Accio Wand"
The wand flew from Hermione's hand into Pansy's hand.
"Oh, so you want a real ass kicking?"
"Bring it on"
Hermione walked forward towards pansy. Before Pansy could lift a finger, Hermione gave her a slap. After catching herself, Pansy looked back to Hermione and threw a punch; but Hermione swayed out of the way just in time. Hermione gave her another slap and said "A bitch slap for a bitch."
Pansy became so pissed, she slapped Hermione. Hermione could not believe it. She said "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, you shouldn't have done that."
After saying that, she punched Pansy. She punched Pansy so hard that she drew blood. Pansy was smiling as she spat out the blood. She looked at Hermione and said "Wow! The little mudblood's strong. But I should warn you, that will cost you your life."
"Oh, yeah; let's see."
Pansy swung a fistto hit Hermione, but she blocked it and pushed Pansy to the wall; chocking her. A Hermione began chocking her she said "Now, that I have all of your attention, listen up and listen well. Draco is not your man. He never was and never will be. Get that though your thick skull. If I ever see you hanging all over him, I will willingly and happily kill you."
"Hermione, what's going on here?" Draco asked
Hermione spun around to face Draco and letting her grip, on Pansy's neck, go"Oh, we were just having a discussion; weren't we Pansy?"
Pansy shook her head. Draco could see the fear in her in her eyes. So he took Hermione by the waist and glided her away from Pansy. She turned around, picked up her books and looked at Draco. He smiled and took some of the books. He kissed her passionately. Forgetting that anyone was there he took Hermione's hand and walked her to their room.
End of Flashback:
Hermione was in the Gryffindor Common with Lavender, Parvati, Ginny, Seamus, Harry and Ron. They were all laughing at the joke that Parvati had just told them. Suddenly the door swung open and Draco slipped inside. Everyone's attention turned to Draco.
"What's he doing here?" Ron asked
"I invited him. Is that okay?" Hermione asked looking towards Harry.
"Of course, it is."
She walked over to him and said "Hi, love. Glad you can come."
"Wouldn't have missed it for the world."
He leaned in and kissed her passionately. After they were done kissing, she carried over to the group. He took a seat in the vacant armchair. When he sat down, Hermione took a seat on his lap. Ron was sitting on the side of his new girlfriend, Lavender; Ginny was sitting on the side of her boyfriend, Harry and Parvati, her boyfriend, Seamus.
They played Truth and Dare for about an hour and then they just talked about meaningless topics. It was all very comforting until Hermione ran to the bathroom. She leaned over the toilet and began vomiting. Draco who was standing in the frame of the door asked "What's wrong?"
Hermione looked at him and said "It's nothing."
He handed her a damp towel and she wiped her mouth. She then got up and made her way to the door; but Draco stopped her. "Are you sure you are okay?"
"Of course, I am"
"Well, I think that I should take you to Madam Pompfrey, just to make sure."
"I don't think its necessary..."
"Hermione, I'm only looking out for you."
She hesitated for a while and then said "Ok. I'll go."
They walked out of the bathroom and passed the group.
"Where are you going?" Ginny said
"We'll be right back." Draco said while pushing Hermione towards the door.
When they got to the hospital Wing, Madam Pompfrey told Draco to wait in the waiting room. After afew minutes had passed a smiling Madam Pompfrey came in.
"She wants to see you."
Draco walked into the cubicle and sat in the chair on the side of the bed. Hermione was sitting on the edge of the bed. She looked at him and smiled.
"It's good that you're sitting now. Because I have to tell you something..." She exhaled loudly and said "Draco, I'm..."
I know that the rest of this is obvious but I had to put it like this. I know that everyone is so happy that i finally brought up the subject in the story. I promise thatI won't waita month to update this story but i was also working on my 4th story. Plus my school work and what not. Well I hope you enjoyed it. Review and tell me.
Baybeetricia