~*Rising Temptations*~
Hey people, thanks for reading my fic. Well you probably know what I'm going to
say, but I'll still say it anyways. REVIEW!!!! Not that you needed to hear it. Well
enjoy!
Summary: This is a Hermione/Draco, Ron/Lavender, and Harry/Ginny fic but mainly
evolved around Hermione and Draco. They're in their 7th year at Hogwarts. The fic
won't seem like it in the beginning, but stick with me. I'm getting there.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, I suck..haha!
Chapter 12 – The Project:
'Newt warts, unicorn hair, and dragon scales.' Hermione Granger scribbled furiously
on her parchment while glancing up at the chalkboard every now and then. Her mind
wasn't focused on her greasy haired Potions teacher, but on a certain boy sitting
across the room. His expensive quill flowed across his parchment while his silver eyes
calmly scanning the chalkboard. In fact, she hasn't stopped thinking about him ever
since that night not so long ago. The night she found out that her date to the
Halloween Ball was the infamous Draco Malfoy, and to make matters worse just after
they shared a knee weakening kiss. True she ran to her room like the devil was after
her, and that he pretended nothing short of the ordinary happened, but how could she
forget? Actually, how could Dumbledore match them together?
"Psst! Hermione!" Someone nudged her.
She looked to her left and saw Harry indicating to the board. A whole new list of
ingredients had appeared while her quill stayed motionless above her parchment.
Hermione nodded to Harry and smiled. He was such a good friend. Perhaps to look on
the bright side, this whole thing with Dra-Malfoy put her feelings about Harry aside.
She only saw him as her best friend.
"Attention students! Quills down!" Snape said. "We will be starting a new project in
class. One that will count for 35% of your grade. And yes Longbottom, that is a lot."
Hermione glanced at Draco from the corner of her eye. He looked the same as always.
Cool as a cucumber.
"For this project, you will each be given a partner already chosen by me. Together, the
two of you will make a potion. However, this potion isn't just about finding the right
ingredients and mixing them together. Emotions and feelings are the main part of
this."
Snape brought out a velvet drawstring bag and reached in, bringing out a clear rock
the size of grape.
"This is an Exilier rock. Each one of you will get one. If you lose it, you and your
partner will get an automatic zero. This rock already contains the potion, but the last
ingredient it missing. That ingredient is for you to find out. I personally do not know
why I need to include this as part of my curriculum, but of course Dumbledore
insisted." Then Snape muttered something under his breath.
Parvati put up her hand.
"Yes, Miss Patil."
"Who are our partners?"
"I was just getting to that." He snapped.
"Partners are posted at the back of the room." Snape flicked his wand and a piece of
parchment tacked itself up to the back wall. He flicked it again, and on each desk
appeared an Exilier stone. "Class dismissed."
Hermione gathered up her stuff in a hurry, as did the rest of the class. Grabbing the
stone, she made her way to the back of the classroom. At first look of the list,
Hermione noticed that the partners all consisted of a girl and a boy. She scanned down
the 'Girl' column and found her name, then looked horizontally into the 'Boy' list.
Her heart skipped a beat. Him? No, it couldn't possibly be-
"Partners with the Mudblood? Should I jump up and down while bellowing out
Hallelujah?"
"Malfoy," Hermione winced at the name. She hugged her books closer to her chest
and turned to face the heart throb. "Look Malfoy, 35% is a lot and I want to get good
marks. Even if it means working with you."
Draco's sneer widened. "Sure, sure. But tell me; are you secretly screaming inside
'Yes! I get to work with the love of my life! Thank you Snape, my favourite teacher in
the whole world!'"
Hermione scoffed. "So it's true what I've heard. You do think every girl in this school
is head over heels in love with you."
Draco stepped closer so that his face was just barely touching hers.
"Only the pretty ones." His breath tickled her face and he leaned in even more and
brushed his lips slightly across Hermione's. A tingle went down her spine, but she
could've sworn she felt Malfoy shiver himself. Hermione lowered her eyes and pulled
back, brushing past him out the classroom. Why didn't she feel disgusted by that close
encounter? Why did she actually like it? Hermione tightened her grip on the stone and
walked into the common room.
"Malfoy! Get up you lazy arse!" Hermione shouted into his closed door while
pounding away furiously.
The door swung open revealing a topless, scowling Head Boy.
"Well, well, well." He drawled. "What have we here? Can't stand to live without
seeing my beautiful face?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "If 'can't stand to live without' means enjoying every
second of my life without feeling queasy then yes. I'm sorry I disturbed your beauty
sleep, but you and I have a project to do."
"Now? God Granger, we have two more weeks!"
"Better to start it now than leave it till the last minute like some people."
"Exactly what a goody-goody like you would say. And then next you'll say, 'Really
Draco. If you want to get good grades like me, you would be studying right now for
out OWLS which are only 7 months away.'"
Hermione could feel her face going red with anger and her rage about to explode.
"Oh kiss my ass, Malfoy!"
She turned on her heels and stomped out of the common room.
"Gladly!"
Hermione decided to go the place she went to escape; the library. She wanted to get a
good mark, even if her partner wasn't willing to help. Sighing, Hermione started to
add books to her already huge stack of resources.
Half and hour later, Hermione sat down at one of the oak tables and started flipping
through a book called, 'Magic Stones and Amulets Over the Ages'. For some reason,
her mind blurred the fine print words and her eyelids drooped until her head fell on
the cool wood and Hermione fell into sleep.
When Hermione came around again, she cringed as she slowly raised her stiff neck to
observe her surroundings. The shelves and shelves of hardcover books, table after
table with students absorbed in work, she was still in the library.
A rustling of papers and the voice, "So the queen finally awakes."
"Malfoy. What are you doing here?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?"
Hermione leaned forward and tilted her head to read the neat handwriting on the
parchment in front of Draco. They were notes. Pages and pages of detailed notes on
magic stones.
"Wow, Draco. These are great. I mean, you did so much work. Wow, thanks!" Was all
Hermione could manage out.
Instead of making some cruel comment, Draco shrugged and muttered, "It's nothing."
"So what have you found out so far about the Exilier?"
"Oh um, it's basically just a vial that holds potions but also allows emotions to be
allowed into the potion."
"So basically we don't know what potion is in it. If only we know, then could find out
what emotion is required."
"Well whatever it is, Snape definitely made the worst partner pair-ups in the history of
Hogwarts!" Draco said, chuckling a bit.
"What do you mean?"
"Well you know, you and me, Potter and Parkinson, Ron and Goyle, Slytherine and
Gryffindor. I mean, can the partners hate each other any less?"
Hermione laughed at Snape's evilness (is that even a word?). Her eyes skimmed past
the grandfather clock on the wall beside her and gasped at the time.
"Draco! It's so late! I totally missed dinner!"
"Wow, it is late. Don't worry we can go get something from the kitchens."
"You know about that too?"
"Yeah. We always get food for our weekly Slytherine parties."
Hermione snorted, but didn't dare say a thing.
When they arrived at the portrait of the fruits, Hermione reached up and tickled the
pear. The portrait swung open and the bustling house elves stopped what they were
doing and scampered over to them.
"Draco Malfoy! Hermione Granger! We humbly welcome you!" They squeaked.
"Thank you. Could you quickly get us some food from dinner?" Hermione smiled.
She felt Draco's eyes on her and reddened slightly.
"Of course, we will hurry!"
In two minutes, boxes of food were handed over to the students. Thanking the house
elves, Hermione and Draco quietly snuck up to their common room.
"Just what in the world are you two carrying?" Justin asked raising one eyebrow.
"Um, books!" Said Hermione.
"Feathers!" Said Draco at the same time.
Blaise snorted from behind her textbook. Justin raised his other eyebrow.
"So which one is it?"
"Both, actually," Hermione stated before Draco could say anything.
Justin nodded slowly and turned back to his essay. Hermione elbowed Draco and gave
him an evil look. They entered Draco's room and locked the door. Hermione bounced
onto Draco's king sized bed and put the food down.
"Did I say you could sit on my bed?"
Hermione faked an exaggerated 'I'm SO sorry' look.
"Fine, fine, you may."
Hermione rolled her eyes and began opening the boxes of food. She breathed in the
steam as her stomach growled with displeasure. Draco sat down beside her and
together they dug into dinner.
The whole night Hermione and Draco talked like normal people. They shared
thoughts and feelings and totally forgot their rivalry. As Hermione laid in bed that
night, she couldn't help but think about his warm grey eyes, and the way his words
melted everything inside her. 'Maybe he isn't too bad at all.'
So, they finally begin not hating each other. Don't worry though, they will be more
than friends, if you know what I mean (wink wink). Just so you know, I'm SO busy
right now and I know I haven't updated for like half a year, but I really really do not
have the time for this. I managed to squeeze in this chappy during a long weekend. I
hope you guys will continue to be faithful and bear with me! Love you guys and have
a Happy Valentine's Day! Review please!
~dragon tamer
Hey people, thanks for reading my fic. Well you probably know what I'm going to
say, but I'll still say it anyways. REVIEW!!!! Not that you needed to hear it. Well
enjoy!
Summary: This is a Hermione/Draco, Ron/Lavender, and Harry/Ginny fic but mainly
evolved around Hermione and Draco. They're in their 7th year at Hogwarts. The fic
won't seem like it in the beginning, but stick with me. I'm getting there.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, I suck..haha!
Chapter 12 – The Project:
'Newt warts, unicorn hair, and dragon scales.' Hermione Granger scribbled furiously
on her parchment while glancing up at the chalkboard every now and then. Her mind
wasn't focused on her greasy haired Potions teacher, but on a certain boy sitting
across the room. His expensive quill flowed across his parchment while his silver eyes
calmly scanning the chalkboard. In fact, she hasn't stopped thinking about him ever
since that night not so long ago. The night she found out that her date to the
Halloween Ball was the infamous Draco Malfoy, and to make matters worse just after
they shared a knee weakening kiss. True she ran to her room like the devil was after
her, and that he pretended nothing short of the ordinary happened, but how could she
forget? Actually, how could Dumbledore match them together?
"Psst! Hermione!" Someone nudged her.
She looked to her left and saw Harry indicating to the board. A whole new list of
ingredients had appeared while her quill stayed motionless above her parchment.
Hermione nodded to Harry and smiled. He was such a good friend. Perhaps to look on
the bright side, this whole thing with Dra-Malfoy put her feelings about Harry aside.
She only saw him as her best friend.
"Attention students! Quills down!" Snape said. "We will be starting a new project in
class. One that will count for 35% of your grade. And yes Longbottom, that is a lot."
Hermione glanced at Draco from the corner of her eye. He looked the same as always.
Cool as a cucumber.
"For this project, you will each be given a partner already chosen by me. Together, the
two of you will make a potion. However, this potion isn't just about finding the right
ingredients and mixing them together. Emotions and feelings are the main part of
this."
Snape brought out a velvet drawstring bag and reached in, bringing out a clear rock
the size of grape.
"This is an Exilier rock. Each one of you will get one. If you lose it, you and your
partner will get an automatic zero. This rock already contains the potion, but the last
ingredient it missing. That ingredient is for you to find out. I personally do not know
why I need to include this as part of my curriculum, but of course Dumbledore
insisted." Then Snape muttered something under his breath.
Parvati put up her hand.
"Yes, Miss Patil."
"Who are our partners?"
"I was just getting to that." He snapped.
"Partners are posted at the back of the room." Snape flicked his wand and a piece of
parchment tacked itself up to the back wall. He flicked it again, and on each desk
appeared an Exilier stone. "Class dismissed."
Hermione gathered up her stuff in a hurry, as did the rest of the class. Grabbing the
stone, she made her way to the back of the classroom. At first look of the list,
Hermione noticed that the partners all consisted of a girl and a boy. She scanned down
the 'Girl' column and found her name, then looked horizontally into the 'Boy' list.
Her heart skipped a beat. Him? No, it couldn't possibly be-
"Partners with the Mudblood? Should I jump up and down while bellowing out
Hallelujah?"
"Malfoy," Hermione winced at the name. She hugged her books closer to her chest
and turned to face the heart throb. "Look Malfoy, 35% is a lot and I want to get good
marks. Even if it means working with you."
Draco's sneer widened. "Sure, sure. But tell me; are you secretly screaming inside
'Yes! I get to work with the love of my life! Thank you Snape, my favourite teacher in
the whole world!'"
Hermione scoffed. "So it's true what I've heard. You do think every girl in this school
is head over heels in love with you."
Draco stepped closer so that his face was just barely touching hers.
"Only the pretty ones." His breath tickled her face and he leaned in even more and
brushed his lips slightly across Hermione's. A tingle went down her spine, but she
could've sworn she felt Malfoy shiver himself. Hermione lowered her eyes and pulled
back, brushing past him out the classroom. Why didn't she feel disgusted by that close
encounter? Why did she actually like it? Hermione tightened her grip on the stone and
walked into the common room.
"Malfoy! Get up you lazy arse!" Hermione shouted into his closed door while
pounding away furiously.
The door swung open revealing a topless, scowling Head Boy.
"Well, well, well." He drawled. "What have we here? Can't stand to live without
seeing my beautiful face?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "If 'can't stand to live without' means enjoying every
second of my life without feeling queasy then yes. I'm sorry I disturbed your beauty
sleep, but you and I have a project to do."
"Now? God Granger, we have two more weeks!"
"Better to start it now than leave it till the last minute like some people."
"Exactly what a goody-goody like you would say. And then next you'll say, 'Really
Draco. If you want to get good grades like me, you would be studying right now for
out OWLS which are only 7 months away.'"
Hermione could feel her face going red with anger and her rage about to explode.
"Oh kiss my ass, Malfoy!"
She turned on her heels and stomped out of the common room.
"Gladly!"
Hermione decided to go the place she went to escape; the library. She wanted to get a
good mark, even if her partner wasn't willing to help. Sighing, Hermione started to
add books to her already huge stack of resources.
Half and hour later, Hermione sat down at one of the oak tables and started flipping
through a book called, 'Magic Stones and Amulets Over the Ages'. For some reason,
her mind blurred the fine print words and her eyelids drooped until her head fell on
the cool wood and Hermione fell into sleep.
When Hermione came around again, she cringed as she slowly raised her stiff neck to
observe her surroundings. The shelves and shelves of hardcover books, table after
table with students absorbed in work, she was still in the library.
A rustling of papers and the voice, "So the queen finally awakes."
"Malfoy. What are you doing here?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?"
Hermione leaned forward and tilted her head to read the neat handwriting on the
parchment in front of Draco. They were notes. Pages and pages of detailed notes on
magic stones.
"Wow, Draco. These are great. I mean, you did so much work. Wow, thanks!" Was all
Hermione could manage out.
Instead of making some cruel comment, Draco shrugged and muttered, "It's nothing."
"So what have you found out so far about the Exilier?"
"Oh um, it's basically just a vial that holds potions but also allows emotions to be
allowed into the potion."
"So basically we don't know what potion is in it. If only we know, then could find out
what emotion is required."
"Well whatever it is, Snape definitely made the worst partner pair-ups in the history of
Hogwarts!" Draco said, chuckling a bit.
"What do you mean?"
"Well you know, you and me, Potter and Parkinson, Ron and Goyle, Slytherine and
Gryffindor. I mean, can the partners hate each other any less?"
Hermione laughed at Snape's evilness (is that even a word?). Her eyes skimmed past
the grandfather clock on the wall beside her and gasped at the time.
"Draco! It's so late! I totally missed dinner!"
"Wow, it is late. Don't worry we can go get something from the kitchens."
"You know about that too?"
"Yeah. We always get food for our weekly Slytherine parties."
Hermione snorted, but didn't dare say a thing.
When they arrived at the portrait of the fruits, Hermione reached up and tickled the
pear. The portrait swung open and the bustling house elves stopped what they were
doing and scampered over to them.
"Draco Malfoy! Hermione Granger! We humbly welcome you!" They squeaked.
"Thank you. Could you quickly get us some food from dinner?" Hermione smiled.
She felt Draco's eyes on her and reddened slightly.
"Of course, we will hurry!"
In two minutes, boxes of food were handed over to the students. Thanking the house
elves, Hermione and Draco quietly snuck up to their common room.
"Just what in the world are you two carrying?" Justin asked raising one eyebrow.
"Um, books!" Said Hermione.
"Feathers!" Said Draco at the same time.
Blaise snorted from behind her textbook. Justin raised his other eyebrow.
"So which one is it?"
"Both, actually," Hermione stated before Draco could say anything.
Justin nodded slowly and turned back to his essay. Hermione elbowed Draco and gave
him an evil look. They entered Draco's room and locked the door. Hermione bounced
onto Draco's king sized bed and put the food down.
"Did I say you could sit on my bed?"
Hermione faked an exaggerated 'I'm SO sorry' look.
"Fine, fine, you may."
Hermione rolled her eyes and began opening the boxes of food. She breathed in the
steam as her stomach growled with displeasure. Draco sat down beside her and
together they dug into dinner.
The whole night Hermione and Draco talked like normal people. They shared
thoughts and feelings and totally forgot their rivalry. As Hermione laid in bed that
night, she couldn't help but think about his warm grey eyes, and the way his words
melted everything inside her. 'Maybe he isn't too bad at all.'
So, they finally begin not hating each other. Don't worry though, they will be more
than friends, if you know what I mean (wink wink). Just so you know, I'm SO busy
right now and I know I haven't updated for like half a year, but I really really do not
have the time for this. I managed to squeeze in this chappy during a long weekend. I
hope you guys will continue to be faithful and bear with me! Love you guys and have
a Happy Valentine's Day! Review please!
~dragon tamer