Interlocking Chains Chapter 4: Locking the Third, Losing the Fourth
"Granger, you wanna slow down?", yelled Draco running behind her.
"Why are you following me?", Hermione called back.
"You were talking like a mad woman. Slow down!"
"No, you just hurry up." She ran into the library and started searching.
Draco sat down at a table trying to catch his breath. "What are you looking for?"
"Polyjuice."
Draco laughed. "I'm sure you won't find it in a book."
"No, you ninny. I looking for more information. I've tried it before when we changed to trick you." She gasped and covered her mouth.
Draco looked up at Hermione. "Trick me, why did you try to trick me?"
"No reason.", she said as she turned around searching.
"Granger, why did you try to trick me?", he said standing up walking towards her.
"No reason, Malfoy."
"Granger, don't lie to me." He turned her around. "Why did you try to trick me?", he said in a calm voice.
"It was second year. When the Chamber of Secrets was open. We were trying to find out who was the Heir of Slytherin. We thought it was you. So we decided to use Polyjuice to change."
"What a minute we? Who's we?"
"Me, Harry and Ron?"
"Of course, the Golden Trio out to save the day."
"We needed to know if it was you. So we made it and then we changed. Ron and Harry became Crabbe and Goyle."
"What about you?"
"I didn't do it.", she said looking to the ground.
"You said we changed. Who were you?"
"I was a cat!"
Draco started to laugh and Hermione pushed him away. "Shut up." She turned around and then saw the book. She sat down and started reading. Draco watched her read finally she slammed the book closed and put it back on the shelf. "It's not telling me what I need to know."
"Granger, I hate to break it to you, but a book isn't going to tell you who it was pretending to be me."
"I know that Malfoy. I needed to know more information about it, but I knew all that the book said already."
"Granger you're the smartest girl in our class. You don't need a book to figure it out."
Hermione looked at Draco then turned around and left the library. She went outside and sat thinking.
"You are the smartest. But do you not possess any Gryffindor courage? Is it just Potter who can figure things out? Are you just there to fill his mind with knowledge.", said Draco.
"I have courage."
"No you don't. You have smarts. You belong in a muggle school with your own kind."
"You're not Malfoy."
"Granger, are you that dumb? I am Draco Malfoy."
"No you're not."
Draco grabbed her arms and shook her. "Yes I am."
"No you're not."
"Then who am I?", he yelled shaking her harder.
She slapped him. "I don't know who you are, but you're not Malfoy."
He pushed her against the wall and took off. She slid down the wall and started crying and shaking.