Disclaimer: Nope, none of it is mine. Well, you know...other than the plot.
Warnings: None for this chapter really. Just a little bit about...attacks. Nothing goes into detail though.
Author's Note: Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed :D They make me happy. And to Lindy Yes, I love Ron too :) he's so adorable!
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As they entered the hall, everyone did exactly what Hermione wanted them to do and exactly what she didn't want them to do.
They were speechless.
No one talked as Hermione sat between Blaise and Pansy. They didn't say a word when they sat directly across from Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle. No one said anything as the five of them ate their lunch like nothing had happened.
Hermione felt rather self conscious as everyone stared at her eating. Usually people were looking the other way and not at her and she wasn't use to all the attention. Pansy and Blaise kept on smiling like fools. Malfoy glared at his food while Crabbe and Goyle just chomped away happily at their food. All of the other Slytherins seemed to get the point that they weren't going to tell and started to eat again too.
But everyone else, including the teachers, was silent. At the teachers table Hagrid dropped his fork the sound scaring some people. McGonagal looked like she was going to faint. Only Snape and Dumbledore seemed to smile.
As for the students...it was a different world. Ravenclaw sat silently. They continued eating but didn't speak. Hufflepuff, the house of gossip began to whisper silently but not eating any of their food. Only Gryffindor did neither. They sat in completer shock.
Harry's face was priceless. He looked as if he had just seen a child being born. Ron's face was bright red with anger. Padama looked extremely...jealous. Harry pounded the table with his fist and stood up. Ron looked at Harry for a second then quickly followed. They strode over to the Slytherin table where Hermione sat with her 'friends'.
"Dumbledore, don't you think you should do something?" McGonagal whispered her worries to him.
"Watch. It will work out," he replied smiling.
"What in the bloody hell do you think you're doing, Granger?" Harry thundered.
Hermione looked innocently around her examining the Slytherins around her. "You see, Potter, this is what we call 'having lunch'." she said sarcastically. A few Slytherins sniggered.
"Why are you having lunch over here is what he means smarty pants." Ron stated.
"Oh, that one hurt her," Malfoy laughed taking a bite of his salad. Hermione snorted.
"I don't remember asking for an opinion, Malfoy," Harry said icily.
"That's because you didn't ask for one," Pansy laughed.
Harry's face turned red. "Relax, I'm just eating lunch. Last time I checked it wasn't a crime." Hermione said continuing her lunch.
"Double crosser!" Ron shouted. Everyone heard his voice boom out in the hall stabbing the almost silence like a knife to the heart. People gasped and looked at Ron with pride and anger mixed on their faces.
The reaction from such a simple statement was enormous. Hermione dropped the pitcher of lemonade she was holding. The sound of breaking glass filled everyone's ears. Pansy, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, Malfoy, and Hermione all jumped up. If they jumped up to get out of the way of the juice or just to defend Hermione, Hermione didn't know. She knew that Blaise and Pansy had jumped up for both reasons but by the look on Malfoy and the two big goons he calls friends faces they jumped up to not be hit with the lemonade.
"What did you just call me?" She asked through gritted teeth.
Ron looked at Crabbe and Goyle. His gaze landed on Malfoy and he smirked. "I just called you a double crosser," he repeated.
"I--am--not--a--double--crosser!" Hermione shouted through deep breaths.
"Liar!" Harry shouted. "First you leave us to join a bunch of Death Eater trash! Now you leave the entire Gryffindor house to sit with them!" Harry waved his arm around him to indicate the Slytherin table.
Hermione looked helplessly at Harry and Ron begging them to understand her predicament. The Slytherins all shot daggers at Harry for practically saying they were scum. "Death eater trash?" she shouted. "Want to see something Harry?" Hermione asked looking at him fire flashing across her eyes.
Harry just glared at her. "No, I'd rather not."
"Too bad!" She screeched and she undid the button on her blouse sleeve pulling it up to reveal her tan bare arm.
"Wow, nice tan, Granger!" Ron said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Shut up, Ron! If I were really a follower of Voldemort I would have the stupid death mark!" Everyone in the hall gasped at the use of Voldemort's name. Malfoy looked at Hermione with an unreadable expression on his face. Was it pride? "Oh, would you people just get over it? Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself!" Hermione shouted to the rest of the hall.
"That doesn't mean you're not a follower or a spy," Ron stated sticking his nose in the air.
Hermione whipped out her wand and pointed it right between Ron's eyes. Malfoy stepped to the side so he wasn't in range of the spell. "Give me a reason to hurt you, and I will," she spoke calmly.
With Hermione you could tell she was mad or upset about something when she spoke calmly without yelling at you. She had only been this mad a few times in her life and those times were rather memorable in Harry and Ron's life. They didn't want a repeat of that.
"Like you would," Harry said. Hermione moved her wand to point at Harry now.
"Don't tempt me."
Pansy and Blaise took their wands out too. Harry looked back and forth and knew they were against an unstoppable force. Harry grabbed Ron by the sleeve and they went back to the Gryffindor table, their ego broken into pieces.
Hermione smiled and snorted at their foolishness. Right when Harry and Ron sat down the whole hall burst into talk.
Hermione fixed the juice and sat down again trying to cool off. Pansy and Blaise didn't speak to her understanding that she didn't want to be talked to. Crabbe and Goyle just went back to eating like nothing had happened. Malfoy stared at her for a moment.
His eyes looked hard into Hermione's eyes and she shivered. She narrowed her eyes at him but he didn't back off. Instead he just got a confused expression on his face, like he was trying to read something out of her.
Then out of no where Malfoy grabbed Hermione's wrist and brought her arm down to examine it. "Where did you get these?" Malfoy asked tracing four scraggly scars down her arm unto her wrist.
Hermione looked at the scars herself suddenly getting the chills. "A long time ago."
She tried to pull her arm away, but Malfoy tightened his grip. "It's fresh."
Blaise and Pansy leaned over to examine her arm too. Blaise got an idea and grabbed Hermione's other arm. She rolled the sleeve up and saw almost identical scars on the other arm. "Hermione, what happened?"
Hermione shook her head and tried to get her hands away from them, but they wouldn't give in. "Nothing, all right? It's just something that happened."
"Who did this to you?" Pansy voiced touching a scar herself and quickly pulling her hand away.
"No one just drop it alright?" Hermione whispered.
Malfoy let her wrist drop to the table. "Are you that much of a coward to try and kill yourself?"
"No. Maybe? I don't know. I just remember not wanting to scream. I wouldn't give in and scream. I had to do something to occupy my mind. To get the pain away," Hermione said recalling the memory.
"Scratching yourself would get rid of the pain?" Pansy asked her eyebrows almost hidden in her hair line they were so high from her questioning glare.
Hermione glared at her for a moment then softened her gaze. "It was a mental attack. Any physical attack wasn't to my arms."
Blaise shivered visibly. Pansy straightened. "Hermione," she began.
"I don't want to talk about it," Hermione said standing from the table and leaving the Great Hall. Everyone's gaze followed her.
Three people got up and followed her out.
Author's Note: Ok, so what did you think of this chapter? It's a little shorter than the usual ones but it still held some useful information, right? I hope so. The next chapter should be up soon. I must warn you though I have finals coming up. Yes, I take school all year long. :D I love school, but anyway I might not update for a while after my next update, just to let you know. Hopefully I will be able to, but I must study if I want to get the top grades :D
PLEASE REVIEW!!!
Warnings: None for this chapter really. Just a little bit about...attacks. Nothing goes into detail though.
Author's Note: Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed :D They make me happy. And to Lindy Yes, I love Ron too :) he's so adorable!
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As they entered the hall, everyone did exactly what Hermione wanted them to do and exactly what she didn't want them to do.
They were speechless.
No one talked as Hermione sat between Blaise and Pansy. They didn't say a word when they sat directly across from Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle. No one said anything as the five of them ate their lunch like nothing had happened.
Hermione felt rather self conscious as everyone stared at her eating. Usually people were looking the other way and not at her and she wasn't use to all the attention. Pansy and Blaise kept on smiling like fools. Malfoy glared at his food while Crabbe and Goyle just chomped away happily at their food. All of the other Slytherins seemed to get the point that they weren't going to tell and started to eat again too.
But everyone else, including the teachers, was silent. At the teachers table Hagrid dropped his fork the sound scaring some people. McGonagal looked like she was going to faint. Only Snape and Dumbledore seemed to smile.
As for the students...it was a different world. Ravenclaw sat silently. They continued eating but didn't speak. Hufflepuff, the house of gossip began to whisper silently but not eating any of their food. Only Gryffindor did neither. They sat in completer shock.
Harry's face was priceless. He looked as if he had just seen a child being born. Ron's face was bright red with anger. Padama looked extremely...jealous. Harry pounded the table with his fist and stood up. Ron looked at Harry for a second then quickly followed. They strode over to the Slytherin table where Hermione sat with her 'friends'.
"Dumbledore, don't you think you should do something?" McGonagal whispered her worries to him.
"Watch. It will work out," he replied smiling.
"What in the bloody hell do you think you're doing, Granger?" Harry thundered.
Hermione looked innocently around her examining the Slytherins around her. "You see, Potter, this is what we call 'having lunch'." she said sarcastically. A few Slytherins sniggered.
"Why are you having lunch over here is what he means smarty pants." Ron stated.
"Oh, that one hurt her," Malfoy laughed taking a bite of his salad. Hermione snorted.
"I don't remember asking for an opinion, Malfoy," Harry said icily.
"That's because you didn't ask for one," Pansy laughed.
Harry's face turned red. "Relax, I'm just eating lunch. Last time I checked it wasn't a crime." Hermione said continuing her lunch.
"Double crosser!" Ron shouted. Everyone heard his voice boom out in the hall stabbing the almost silence like a knife to the heart. People gasped and looked at Ron with pride and anger mixed on their faces.
The reaction from such a simple statement was enormous. Hermione dropped the pitcher of lemonade she was holding. The sound of breaking glass filled everyone's ears. Pansy, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, Malfoy, and Hermione all jumped up. If they jumped up to get out of the way of the juice or just to defend Hermione, Hermione didn't know. She knew that Blaise and Pansy had jumped up for both reasons but by the look on Malfoy and the two big goons he calls friends faces they jumped up to not be hit with the lemonade.
"What did you just call me?" She asked through gritted teeth.
Ron looked at Crabbe and Goyle. His gaze landed on Malfoy and he smirked. "I just called you a double crosser," he repeated.
"I--am--not--a--double--crosser!" Hermione shouted through deep breaths.
"Liar!" Harry shouted. "First you leave us to join a bunch of Death Eater trash! Now you leave the entire Gryffindor house to sit with them!" Harry waved his arm around him to indicate the Slytherin table.
Hermione looked helplessly at Harry and Ron begging them to understand her predicament. The Slytherins all shot daggers at Harry for practically saying they were scum. "Death eater trash?" she shouted. "Want to see something Harry?" Hermione asked looking at him fire flashing across her eyes.
Harry just glared at her. "No, I'd rather not."
"Too bad!" She screeched and she undid the button on her blouse sleeve pulling it up to reveal her tan bare arm.
"Wow, nice tan, Granger!" Ron said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Shut up, Ron! If I were really a follower of Voldemort I would have the stupid death mark!" Everyone in the hall gasped at the use of Voldemort's name. Malfoy looked at Hermione with an unreadable expression on his face. Was it pride? "Oh, would you people just get over it? Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself!" Hermione shouted to the rest of the hall.
"That doesn't mean you're not a follower or a spy," Ron stated sticking his nose in the air.
Hermione whipped out her wand and pointed it right between Ron's eyes. Malfoy stepped to the side so he wasn't in range of the spell. "Give me a reason to hurt you, and I will," she spoke calmly.
With Hermione you could tell she was mad or upset about something when she spoke calmly without yelling at you. She had only been this mad a few times in her life and those times were rather memorable in Harry and Ron's life. They didn't want a repeat of that.
"Like you would," Harry said. Hermione moved her wand to point at Harry now.
"Don't tempt me."
Pansy and Blaise took their wands out too. Harry looked back and forth and knew they were against an unstoppable force. Harry grabbed Ron by the sleeve and they went back to the Gryffindor table, their ego broken into pieces.
Hermione smiled and snorted at their foolishness. Right when Harry and Ron sat down the whole hall burst into talk.
Hermione fixed the juice and sat down again trying to cool off. Pansy and Blaise didn't speak to her understanding that she didn't want to be talked to. Crabbe and Goyle just went back to eating like nothing had happened. Malfoy stared at her for a moment.
His eyes looked hard into Hermione's eyes and she shivered. She narrowed her eyes at him but he didn't back off. Instead he just got a confused expression on his face, like he was trying to read something out of her.
Then out of no where Malfoy grabbed Hermione's wrist and brought her arm down to examine it. "Where did you get these?" Malfoy asked tracing four scraggly scars down her arm unto her wrist.
Hermione looked at the scars herself suddenly getting the chills. "A long time ago."
She tried to pull her arm away, but Malfoy tightened his grip. "It's fresh."
Blaise and Pansy leaned over to examine her arm too. Blaise got an idea and grabbed Hermione's other arm. She rolled the sleeve up and saw almost identical scars on the other arm. "Hermione, what happened?"
Hermione shook her head and tried to get her hands away from them, but they wouldn't give in. "Nothing, all right? It's just something that happened."
"Who did this to you?" Pansy voiced touching a scar herself and quickly pulling her hand away.
"No one just drop it alright?" Hermione whispered.
Malfoy let her wrist drop to the table. "Are you that much of a coward to try and kill yourself?"
"No. Maybe? I don't know. I just remember not wanting to scream. I wouldn't give in and scream. I had to do something to occupy my mind. To get the pain away," Hermione said recalling the memory.
"Scratching yourself would get rid of the pain?" Pansy asked her eyebrows almost hidden in her hair line they were so high from her questioning glare.
Hermione glared at her for a moment then softened her gaze. "It was a mental attack. Any physical attack wasn't to my arms."
Blaise shivered visibly. Pansy straightened. "Hermione," she began.
"I don't want to talk about it," Hermione said standing from the table and leaving the Great Hall. Everyone's gaze followed her.
Three people got up and followed her out.
Author's Note: Ok, so what did you think of this chapter? It's a little shorter than the usual ones but it still held some useful information, right? I hope so. The next chapter should be up soon. I must warn you though I have finals coming up. Yes, I take school all year long. :D I love school, but anyway I might not update for a while after my next update, just to let you know. Hopefully I will be able to, but I must study if I want to get the top grades :D
PLEASE REVIEW!!!