Disclaimer: I own only the plot, not the characters; they're J.K. Rowling's.
A/N: The title is an inside joke :P
Oh No You Didn't!
Hermione walked out of her first class humming. Transfiguration had been just an introduction to the year, and she already had an assignment! Of course, she didn't mind in the least but still, how likely is that? Well, that's seventh year for you. She had ten minutes to get to Care of magical creatures and she needed the whole length of time just to get from the door to Hagrid's hut. She was glad to have it in the morning though. In the afternoon it would be way too hot to have it outside. She trudged lightly down the path to where students were gradually congregating outside of the small wooden home, much too small for someone of a normal size let alone a half giant. He seemed content with it though so it didn't matter. She took her place beside her friends just in time for the start of the lesson.
"A'righ e'ryone, today were gonna be takin' a look a' these little critters called Kit Kats. Some o' ya may of heard o' the chocolate tha' was named affer 'em. These lil' guys love chocolate; it does the same to 'em as cat-nip does ter a normal cat. Can anyone tell the class why these critters are different from other cats?" Hagrid asked, holding up what appeared to be a four week old, calico, long haired kitten. As was expected, Hermione's hand was the first to fly into the air. They were by far her favourite magical animal and if the shop had one she would have bought it instead of Crookshanks in a heartbeat.
"Yes, 'Ermione?"
"Kit Kat's are naturally small, the one you have even appears to be full grown. They have the power to sense bonds between two people that the people in question may not even realize. They are extremely intelligent and get so attached to their owner, their lives become connected, so when their owner dies, so do they," Hermione ended with a triumphant smile.
"Excellent! Ten points ter Gryffindor!" Hagrid boomed, smiling back at her. "Now e'ryone follow me." Hagrid led them to the other side of his hut and brought them to a large metal cage. It had enough of the little creature for each student to study it separately. "This assignment is gonna be all year. You'll all be gettin' one an' writtin' a weekly report. Take the class time today ter get ter know 'em." Hermione was practically ready to jump for joy. She settled for linking her arms with Harry and Ron to and dragging them to the front of the line though. They looked at her with amused smirks.
"Whoa, Hermione, you do know there is enough for all of us right?" Harry patted her back in a reassuring manner.
"Does it look like I care?" she asked excitedly. She had to sell Crookshanks because she wasn't aloud to take him to the Zabini manor. She was heartbroken but this definitely made up for it to her. Blaise and Draco pushed in line behind them, being the Slytherins that they were; they couldn't care less about the protests around them.
"'Ere "Ermione, you can 'ave this one." Hagrid handed the giddy girl the one he had been holding during the explanation. It seemed to smile as it looked at Draco, and then back at her. Purring softly, it curled into ball of fluff and let her take it to the edge of Hagrid's garden. She sat in the grass waiting for Harry and Ron. They came shortly after, Harry holding a black ball of fluff and Ron holding a red one. She laughed at them, the excitement evident in everything she did as she glanced at the two of them.
"He thought they should match your hair eh?" she pointed out. Harry's lips lifted in a lopsided grin.
"I didn't notice that, I guess so," he answered with a chuckle. She spotted Draco and Blaise coming their way when her Kit Kat jumped from her hand and padded it's way through the grass over to Draco's feet. It's tail straight in the air as it tried to jump over the blades of grass that reached to it's head. Draco lifted his brow at it and Blaise just smirked.
"It senses bonds you say?" he asked sitting next to his sister.
"Mhm." She was too distracted watching her Kit Kat and Draco's frolic in the grass to notice what Blaise was implying. Ron caught it though.
"Why? Didn't you hear her the first time?" he snapped, forgetting his promise.
"Ron," Harry and Hermione said together warningly. Blaise just waved it off.
"Just making sure I got it right is all." His Kit Kat seemed to be looking around for another to play with, but couldn't seem to pick one he approved of, so it just settled for nuzzling up to Blaise's hand. Hermione ran her hand through it's thick, grey and black fur, making it purr. As her fingers ran across the back of it's neck she noticed a collar hidden in the mass of fluff.
"Rascal," she read aloud. "Awwww, that's adorable." Her own pranced back to her, with bits of leaves in it's fur and jumped into her lap. Purring happily it let her pick out the leaves and look at the collar around his neck. "Felix," she smiled to herself. "What are yours?" she asked the other three boys. Harry identified his as Panther and Ron's was Ollie. She then looked to Draco, who answered, "Spunky," with his half-smile.
"It sure is," Blaise laughed at it batted at Felix's ear. Ron stared at him menacingly but was soon distracted as Hagrid returned the attention of the class to him.
"Aright class, time ter pack up! Yer can carry 'em around with ya in yer pockets. Be sure ta bring 'em e'rywhere wit ya or they'll get lonely!" Hermione sighed in contentment, pocketing her new pet and standing with her friends.
"Finally, lunch!" Ron exclaimed, making his way back to the castle to the great hall, with his hands wrapped firmly around the wrists of Harry and Hermione to make sure they kept up with him.
"Whoa, Ron, relax! The food will still be there in five minutes!" Hermione laughed at her over-eager friend.
"So? The sooner the better!" was his answer as he continued to drag them through the door to their table.
Blaise and Draco lagged behind, walking at a more leisurely pace. Blaise glanced sideways at Draco.
"Well, that class was, ummmm…. Productive?" he half asked. Draco sighed at his all too obvious hints.
"I guess you could call it that." Blaise was about to laugh when a nearby conversation caught his attention.
"So, Hermione is Blaise's sister, that should make this a lot easier." It was Crabbe, talking not so secretively to Goyle.
"Yeah, she's a hottie; this couldn't have gotten any better, we just have to get her alone while she's patrolling. Blaise will back us up if she tries to tell anyone." Goyle replied. Blaise was livid. He didn't even care that they were his 'friends'. He walked straight over to them, hands tightly in fists, aimed straight for Crabbe's jaw.
"Oh no you didn't! Never talk about my sister like that; stupid jack ass!" He screamed as all the rage he felt at the thought of them harassing his little sister. The one who had been there for him when he needed help countless times over the summer. It made him sick. Draco was right behind him, taking his rage out on Goyle. Drawing blood from his lip and nose, Draco was surprisingly satisfied when his fist came in contact with the jerks temple, knocking him into the same darkness he knew his counterpart would be experiencing soon enough. He was right, Crabbe soon followed suite and was sprawled on the ground next to Goyle.
"Blaise, Draco, What the…?" she dropped off when she saw the limp bodies on the ground.
"Hermione, they had it coming, don't freak out!" Blaise pleaded looking around to make sure no one else was nearby.
"How can I not freak out? You could be expelled!" She squeaked as she noticed the two start to wake up. She had her wand out in seconds. "Obliviate!" she yelled and the two dropped once more. Forgetting why she came out there again in the first place, she grabbed both of their wrists and dragged them into the castle, and up to the library to scold them away from the scene. Panting, she flopped down on a chair at the back of the library, behind the restricted section. She motioned for them to do the same, and they complied.
"Relax, it's got nothing to do with you," Blaise lied; trying to sound like it didn't bother him. She looked outraged.
"Of course it does! I altered their memory, so I'm just as accountable as you two." She let her head fall back on her chair as she watched the expression change on Blaise's face from a cool façade to complete shock.
"Shit you're right! Why'd you do that?" he asked incredulously.
"So they can't tell anyone it was you, why the hell else?" she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"So what do we do now?" Draco cut in.
"Keep our mouths shut. If anyone asks where we were, we went to the library to get more information on Kit Kats," she instructed. They just nodded at her.
"We'd better check out a book to make sure Madame Pince sees us." Blaise said as an after thought.
"Good Idea, I'll be right back," Hermione stood and walked down the exterior of the restricted section, four rows down to the section on magical creatures. Skimming the titles, a rather large one caught her eye. 101 Chocolate Associated Animals was the title. She smiled to herself, chocolate, animals and books. Her three favourite things rolled into one. She had found her one true love.