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Chapter Three- Untold Secrets...
Once I had finished dressing I walked back to where Harry and Ron where. The rest of the train ride was peaceful. Even once we had walked out towards the carriages I didn't see him. I shrugged and made my way through the congested crowd and stood on my tip-toes over the head of hundreds of students trying to make their way to look for our dear friend Hagrid.
"There! There's Hagrid!" Harry shouted at us over the clamor.
"Where? I don't see him!" Ron yelled. It was fairly odd not to be able to see Hagrid; he was so large that anyone could see him within a mile. But in this case there was an excuse.
The sky was dark and it was starting to rain pretty hard. His voice wasn't heard between the echo of students and thunder. Once all three of us had spotted him, we made our way through the multitude and towards him.
"Firs' years this way!" He bellowed.
"Hiya Hagrid!" Ron yelled once we got closer to him.
"Well, 'ello you three! How you been?"
All three of us nodded knowing that it would be impossible for him to hear us.
"Well tha's just fantastic! See you folks up at the Castle. 'Ave to get these youngsters through this storm. Must be off."
We waved at him, turned around and walked towards the carriages driven by threstrals, invisible horse-like creatures.
Once I had left Potty's compartment I had felt a pain on my right arm. I held it tightly with my left hand and tried to ignore it.
Right now is not the time for this. How bloody hell am I supposed to get there?
I painfully walked back to where Pansy was and I saw her clutching her arm just as I was.
"Draco, how are we going to get there?" She hissed with her attractive voice.
I walked up to her and held my arm around her comfortably and she let out a sigh of relief and laid her head on my shoulder.
"Where have you been all this time?" she asked me.
I snickered.
"Making Potter, Weasley and Mudbloods life agony."
She smirked and we held are lips closely together the rest of the train ride.
As the train came to a halt, Pansy and I alienated ourselves and went our separate ways. I joined Crabbe and Goyle and we stepped off the train and onto the Hogsmaede Train Station before anyone had gotten off.
The rain was increasing, and the pain on my right arm was already starting to fade. I was now feeling guilty for not attending the gathering, but it hadn't been the first time, and it wasn't my fault. I glanced over to my left and I saw Hogwarts filthy mudblood lover half-giant Gamekeeper, Hagrid. He was a monster. Huge and ugly. Those were the basic words to describe him. He was standing there under the rain waiting for the first years to come out of the train and he would take them to Hogwarts by boat.
The three of us passed his side ignoring his existence and then, walked over to the carriages that would take us to Hogwarts and entered them. The carriage took off immediately and I we stayed there in utter silence until we reached Hogwarts.
"I'm starving!" Goyle yelled out massaging his stomach after listening to his stomach rumble. "When's the feast starting?"
"Shut up Goyle!" I snapped at him.
We were starting to enter the castle; I looked around the Entrance Hall, same as always. No changes. The three of us stood there in the Entrance Halls for a few minutes until the Hall started filling up with people. Once we had found remaining Slytherins we walked with them towards the Great Hall determined to win this year's House Cup. The good way or the bad.
We reached the marvelous castle and I looked at it as if waiting for magical happenings to just wander over to me. We stepped off the carriage and entered. In the distance I saw a group of repulsive Slytherins and I spotted Malfoy. My heart gave a terrified jump as he looked over to where we were and as he came walked towards us.
Once he got closer to me, he stopped. I tried to turn away and go a different direction but Ron had just held my arm tightly and pulled me closer and closer to where he was.
"Ron!" I whispered trying not to drive attention to myself. "Let me go!" I hissed.
"Hermione c'mon...I'm starving!" he said ignoring my remark.
Once I was side-by-side of Malfoy, Ron let me go, leaving a red bruise on my right arm. I gave him a look of despair and he just chuckled and ignored me. After that, I turned back, looking for my dearest friend Ginny Weasley, sister of Ron; but also giving me time to escape from Malfoy's reach. But he, of course, is not as stupid as he looks. He saw me and silently walked behind me and when we were all alone he turned me around and looked at me straight in the eye.
"Granger."
"Malfoy."
"I didn't conclude speaking to you, you filth." He spat at me.
I could feel my heart starting to beat quickly.
"As if I had time." I stated very sure of myself.
"Listen." He said raining his voice and holding onto my am tighter. "Watch it this year; I have my eyes on you and the others too. Just make sure you do nothing stupid." He completed giving me a deadly look.
For the first time, I had no idea what Malfoy was talking about. I gave him a quizzical look and tried to organize my words together.
"I-I have no idea what you're talking about." I told him, hardly any breath in me.
"Oh give it a rest mudblood. I unlike you have a brain that I use."
"Of course you do." I muttered under my breath.
"I heard you!" He hissed.
All I could feel on my arm was numbness. He was pressing my arm so hard that it ached but more than that, I felt as if tears should run down my face. Which they did.
"Oh Granger, stop being such a cry baby and if I find out you tell ANYONE about this conversation...you'll be dead. Hear me?"
I gulped and nodded softly wiping my teardrops from my face and watch him walk away into the Great Hall.
My tear drops slowly starting to dry. I was frightened. I raised my right hand to my mouth and silently stood there. I retraced my thoughts to when Malfoy had been right across from me. As I remembered I started crying again. Then sobbing. I slowly leaned my body back onto the wall and lowered down to the floor.
I sat there for minutes until I heard a deliberate pace coming my way, I ignored it and say there blankly.
"Hermione? What's wrong?" It belonged to a muffled male's voice. I looked up.
Ron was standing above me staring down at me with an expression on his face asking for an answer.
"N-n-nothing Ron." I said trying to forget about everything and wiping my last tear drops from my face. "I'm fine. I was just a little too overwhelmed."
"Hermione, you're bloody not fine!" he said raising his voice a little too much.
After these words he got closer to me and sat by my side. I was feeling uncomfortable, he was sitting quite close to me and I felt as if he was here for a different reason. I smile encouragingly, trying to show him that I was fine. He ignored me and moved a few inches closer to me. Now we were only inches apart, I could feel his breath which was just a tiny bit abrasive for me.
"Ron, could we-erm, go back to the Great Hall, I'm starving." I said trying to ignore the fact that he was staring directly into my eyes as if waiting for his answer to come out from there.
"NO! Wait!" He jumped at once he saw that I was starting to stand up. "You haven't told me what's wrong!"
"Nothing Ron. I am utterly splendid!" I reassured him.
Hey gave me a hesitant look but nodded understanding that I didn't want to talk about it. I stood up and quickly walk to the Great Hall wiping my last tear drops from my face and hoping that my eyes weren't red from all that I cried.
"Hey Hermione! Wait up!" Ron yelled after me.
I suddenly stopped and sighed heavily rolling my eyes. I turned around and gave him a sweet smile.
"Sorry..." I whispered.
I gave me his charming grin and jogged up to me and then- he did that outmost awkward thing he had ever done: he wrapped his arms around me comfortably and gave me the most sweetest grin I had ever seen him give me. I just fixed my gaze on him remotely astonished and dumbfounded.
"What?" he asked giving me a natural shrug and then he burst out laughing. I continued staring at him astounded.
"Erm- Ron, are you feeling alright?" I asked unaware of what he was trying to do.
After I left Granger I went to the Great Hall and gracefully took my seat without dragging too much attention to myself as I sat down.
"Hey Draco." Pansy whispered in my ear after taking a seat next to her. "Where were you?" She asked me.
I smirked at her. "I'll explain later." I said getting closer to her, letting my mouth wander around her neck and ears. She giggled and I felt her place her hand on my thigh and she shifted it up and down, closer and closer to my "part". This was not a place for this. But later that night I was sure we would finish with this.
"Pansy," I whispered. "Not now. Later!" I said looking around noticing plenty of stares from unknown Slytherins and from other houses. She shrieked excitedly and placed my arm around her waist leaning my hand against the other side of her seat.
"Oh yshu foo var zick!" Goyle said with his mouth full of pumpkin pie.
I raised my eye-brow and stared transfixed at him.
"You know you two are absolutely disgusting!" I said.
"Ugh!" was all Pansy could say when she saw them stuffing their mouths with anything and everything within their reach.
Right now I was doing nothing. Pansy had gone over to a friend and I was just sitting their recalling the events that had taken place during the summer.
"Draco, I have just been informed, a new person shall enter Hogwarts on the fourth week of class and he shall be aware of any happenings that will go on during this year. Together you shall help me get rid of that FOOL of a mudblood lover Dumbledore!" A vicious voice roared in my face. Voldemort.
"Avada Kedavra!"
"Father? Father? What was that?" Then I saw him lying on the floor. "FATHER! NOOO!"
"Draco, our Lord does not give mercy. NEVER socialize with a mudblood or muggle. It's the worse that a Death Eater could ever do."
"I swear I'll kill Potter." I muttered.
Then, I woke back up. I realized that the people surrounding me were starting to get up and were making their way out the Hall. I looked around for my "friends" and followed them out the door and to the Slytherin Common Room. I walked silently through the hallways, while I listened to others converse my mind was elsewhere nevertheless. I had to do something. I couldn't let someone else finish them off, the people that had ruined my life. I gritted my teeth and shivered as we deepened into the castle.
"Harry, erm- I-I didn't want to mention this but....are-are you-"
We were in the Gryffindor Common Room, we had waited until everyone had gone off to sleep to go on with our conversation.
Harry smiled at me and made a movement with his hand motioning for me to stop.
"I know what you're going to say Hermione. I'm fine...now don't worry about me. It was tough this summer without having Sirius, but Professor Lupin helped out a lot and Mr. And Mrs. Weasley helped me out too."
I gritted my teeth.
I nodded and changed the subject. "What about Malfoy's father. What do you know?"
Ron immediately looked up as he heard Malfoy's name.
"Hermione! I don't want to talk about that ferret!"
I giggled but Harry and I ignored him.
"Malfoy's fathers dead because Voldemort killed him..."
"I know, but what I don't know is why Voldemort would kill his most faithful Death Eater." I whispered.
Ron nodded motioning that he wanted to know too.
"Voldemort killed Malfoy...well, because he was trying to save us."
"Who do you mean in us?" I asked not very sure I wanted to know the answer.
"Trying to save you and me Hermione."
I was speechless. Was I listening correctly, or did Harry just tell me that Luscious Malfoy died...saving Harry and me? My throat was stuck and I found no words to fill in the soundless night in the Gryffindor Common Room. I tilted my head an inch and saw Ron in the same position as I was but instead his mouth was literally open and his eyes had widened. I was trying to search for the correct words but I remained silent...not saying anything at all, just repeating what I had just heard. Trying to save you and me Hermione.
"I...Uh...Are...what?" That was all I could say.
"Harry, are you bloody sure?" Ron asked still trying to adjust himself to the situation.
"Positive." He muttered.
I was still silent, opening and closing my mouth every now and then trying to find the right words. In other words, I was numb. I was looking into space...just wandering off. Until I heard a voice in my ear.
"HERMIONE! Er- are you ok?" Harry asked.
I shook my head slightly and looked towards Harry's and Ron's direction. They were both staring down at me.
"Uh-Yeah, I'm fine."
I weakly smiled and watched them stare at me.
"Are you positive?" Ron asked me with a note of concern in his voice.
"Yes, I am Ron!" I laughed.
"Okay..." he smiled. "Anyways Harry, how do you think they'll find out?"
I had no clue what they were talking about.
"Maybe they'll bug Hogwarts..." Harry replied silently.
"Harry, when are you going to read Hogwarts a History? No muggle artifacts are effective here at Hogwarts. They don't work here." I rolled my eyes. "Seriously!"
"There's no need Hermione...we have you!" Both Harry and Ron chuckled slightly and I rolled my eyes.
A/N:
Sappjody: Haha...I see you enjoy..Yeah, Later in the future I'll do another store. Right now..I'm full! Classes started today and I'm wrtting this fic, and L/J fic and my very own story on FictiongPress. Thanks for reading!
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