Title: Summer In Paris

Author: Saiya-jin Girl.

A/N: Disclaimer: I don't own HP. That's all you need to know right?

I may take a while to update sometimes, so just add it to your favorite stories list and you can check. I'm really busy with school and stuff, and this is my first posted HP Fic. Review please!!!!!

38) Into the Garden

"Draco?" Hermione opened her eyes and she looked around at the garden.  She saw no sign of Malfoy anywhere.  They had been in the garden for several hours, and while lying on the grass she had fallen asleep.  She knew that Draco would wander and she quickly stood up, dusting out her pants in the process.  The sky was beginning to get dark and she glanced at her watch.  It had stopped working.  She had no idea what time it was.  She looked for the gate where they had come through and suddenly she became engulfed in a panic. 

It was missing. 

They had opened the door and they stumbled upon a dark chamber.  They lit their wands and following the passage, they had reached the garden gate.  She pulled her cloak on and she grabbed the basket of muffins.  With her wand clutched tightly in her hand, she made her way down the path.   

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Ginny looked at Harry with fear in her eyes.

"What do you have to say, Harry?" she asked in a whisper.  He looked away and then sighed.

"Well, I just wanted to tell you that I…I've known you for a long time," he said.  She nodded.

"And?" she asked.  He looked at her.

"Well, I've been wondering if you would like to accompany me to the Ball that's coming up," he said.  She looked at him. 

"Really?" she asked.  He nodded.  She smiled.

"Oh Harry I would love too!" she said.  She hugged him and he hugged her back. When they pulled away she smiled at him.  "Harry you don't know how much this means to me," she said.  He smiled at her. 

"Actually I do know," he said.  She smiled and nodded.  They continued looking into each other's eyes and suddenly the portrait burst open.  Ron came storming in and they quickly broke apart.  He glanced at them and then he plopped down.

"What are you two up to?" he asked suspiciously.  Ginny tucked her hair behind her ear.

"I was just leaving, see you all later," she said getting up quickly.  She exit the common room in a rush.

"What was that all about?" Ron asked.  Harry shrugged, keeping what had just happened quiet.   Harry decided to change the subject.

"So, Ron, have you any idea who you're going to ask to the dance?" he asked.  Ron shrugged.

"Well, I had Hermione in mind, but, you know, I suppose that she's going with Malfoy," he said.  Harry looked at him.

"I thought that you accepted Malfoy now," Harry said.  Ron snorted.

"Me, accept him? Not in a million years," he said.  Harry rolled his eyes.

"So you mean that it was all a big trick?" he asked Ron shrugged. 

"I just wanted to make her happy," he said.  Harry sighed.

"But, don't you think that it's wrong?" Harry asked.  Ron sighed.

"Well, it depends on what you think is wrong," he said.  Harry shrugged.

"I just think that you shouldn't have made her feel like you accept Malfoy," Harry said.  Ron sighed.

"You always were the goody-two-shoes," Ron said.  Harry looked at him.

"As I recall, I thought that you were the one who was always afraid," Harry said.  Ron looked at him.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he asked.  Harry shrugged.

"You tell me," he said.  Ron got up.

"No use in arguing with you," he said.  Ron made his way to the portrait and then he stopped. "Oh and Harry, stay away from Ginny.  She's not your type." And with that he left the room.

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Draco was walking in a dream.  He was walking slowly toward the tree where the young woman sat.  He heard her voice calling him, beckoning him to come to her and stay with her forever.  Was this an illusion? Where's Hermione? The thoughts were rushing through his head like water.  A picture of Hermione's face flitted through his mind and then it disappeared.  The picture was then replaced by an image of an exceptionally beautiful woman with long silver hair. 

"Come with me…" she said in a singsong voice.  Draco stretched out his hand to touch hers and then he heard a voice.  It was Hermione's.

Draco where are you?

He began to feel himself being pulled away from the girl with silver hair and he was going back to normal. 

Hermione…

The veela girl began singing and then everything went dark. 

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Ron was walking down the hallway and then he decided to visit someone—moaning Myrtle.  He hadn't been to her bathroom since his second year and so he decided to go and visit her.  As he approached the bathroom he heard voices inside. 

"I did it Susanne, I told Harry, and he asked me to the dance,"

"He did!"

"Yes.  I'm so excited, but I'm worried about Ron,"

"Why?"

"Well, he seems…I don't know…distant,"

"Really?"

"Yeah,"

Ron fumed silently and then he walked away.  There was no use in fighting her.  It would just make things worse.  He then went back the other way and began heading for the quidditch field to take a walk.

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Hermione was almost running now down the path.  She was screaming Draco's name in her head over and over until suddenly she stopped.  She felt as though someone was watching her.  She pulled out her wand and she looked around. 

"Anyone there?" she asked in a shaky voice.  She heard a rustle in the bushes and she spun around.  "Wh...Who's there?" she asked.  She screamed when she saw the person lunge toward her and she quickly pointed her wand. "Expelliarmus!"  She shouted.  The person was hit by a force and fell backward.  She looked at the person as they rose up painfully and she held out her wand with her hand shaking. 

"Please don't attack me!" the person said.  Hermione still didn't lower her hand and she stared at him.

"Who are you?" she asked.   He had his hand on his chest and he began slowly walking toward her.  "I asked you.  You the hell are you?"

"My name is Andrew.  I saw someone being taken by the veela into the forest.  I was looking for him-"

"Did he have blonde hair?" she asked.  He nodded.  "Ok we need to find him." She said.  Andrew nodded and then he looked at her.

"Aren't you going to tell me your name?"

"Hermione Granger," she said.  And with that they set off into the forest once more.     

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