Chapter 9: Dazed

'Boring!' Brett whined in Hermiones head.

Hermione's mind was blank, well apart from the occasional cloud, coloured spark, and gibberish.

'For someone so smart I didn't know could be so dull even when unconscious'

'Go away! Leave me alone! Help! HEL…' Hermione thought screamed but she was cut off.

'Well that was…ohmigod!'

In front of Brett was a moving image. It was dark in the image but Brett could make out Hermiones terrified face as she was hit in the head. She was shocked as the force of the backhand slap across her face made her fall to the ground. Blood was running down her cheek where she was hit. Hermione lay panting and dazed on the stone floor, a pool of blood was being made as she lay there. Someone kicked her and walked off. Nothing moved for ages, as the image seemed to speed up as if someone had hit the fast forward button and then it slowed to normal. Hermione finally got up and just stood there in the enormous pool of her blood. She looked up as if someone was there, blinked and collapsed, her blood covering her clothes. The person came up to her, grabbed her shoulders and shook her trying to wake her but she didn't. They called out her name but nothing worked so finally they picked her up bridal style and rushed down the hall, Their back to Brett so he could see who the person was, and continued towards the hospital wing, they themseves getting covered in her blood from her robes.

The image materialised in front of him.

'What the hell was that?'

'When unconscious a person can see what is going to happen in their future that will change their life but they will not remember it on waking.' Came a voice from somewhere.

'Who's there!'

'I am a dragon, I can mind read duh!'

'Blackar! Don't be rude' said another voice

'Yeah, yeah. I'm Blackar, I'm a dragon, we met Hermione and Draco in the forest…blah, blah, blah… you know the rest'

'Blackar! Manners! Geez'

'Don't tell me what to do Icy.'

'Ignore her she is English with no manners. Honestly. Europeans!'

'Speak for yourself.'

'Don't you start. Don't you start! I swear I will kill you my self'

'Can I watch?'

'Snyder?' Blackar and Icy thought screamed in unison.

'The one and only'

'What do you want to watch?'

'Icy kill you'

'No you can't she's MINE! I want to kill her! Me, me, ME!'

'Not to be rude or anything but….WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE ALL YOU DOING HERE IN HERMIONE GRANGERS HEAD!'

'Checking up on her'

'Reading her thoughts'

'Trying to hypnotise her to come to my well so I can eat her'

All the Dragons said at once.

'Your what? Reading her thoughts? Hypnotising her? Ok out!'

'AW! Why?

'Yeah why?'

'OUT NOW! BEFOR I GET THE BIG CHEESE ON YOU! NOW OUT!'

'They're gone. Well I have to go. No mind reading permitted in Atlantis.'

And so Icy left Hermiones head.

'I hate dragons'

'I heard that!'

'OUT!'

'………'

'Good riddance. Now Hermione wake up…wakey wakey'

Hermione just groaned in her sleep and moved her head to the other side.

'Hermione? ……..Draco is looking for you'

'(groan)'

'Hermione?'

'……'

'Hermione you have to wake up……come on woman……hmmm……Hermione? ……Draco is trying to look down your shirt.'

Hermione's eyes snapped open to see the ceiling of the hospital wing. Wide eyed she looked around for any sign of Malfoy.

'Liar'

'Hey it got you awake now didn't it? now do you remember anything like dreams etc…?'

'Dreams? No'

'Ok then I better not tell you.'

'Tell me what?'

'nothing'

'nothing what?'

'nothing nothing'

'nothing nothing what?'

'nothing nothing nothing nothing'

'why the extra nothing?'

it was just to answer your next question.'

'oh…..nothing nothing nothing nothing what?'

nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing'

'why am I in the hospital wing?'

nothing nothing nothing…huh?'

why am I in the hospital wing?'

'oh, you fainted so Draco carried you up here'

'Malfoy?'

'Yes the one and only'

'why?'

Teacher ordered him to'

'ah.'

"Good your awake," Madam Pomfrey said, "drink this." Madam Pomfrey handed Hermione a purple vile.

Hermione cringed at it but swallowed it all the same. The expression on her face made Madam Pomfrey laugh.

"It tastes like water," Hermione commented looking at the still purple vile.

Madam Pomfrey chuckled some more and answered, "everyone expects me to give them potions and elixirs so sometimes I like to give them a coloured vile filled with plain water and watch their reactions. You were just dehydrated, that's all. You may go when you're ready" She walked away and Hermione looked over to her left.

There in the other bed was Draco Malfoy asleep. Hermione slipped her feet from under the sheets of the bed and lightly landed on the stone floor. She slowly walked over to Malfoy's sleeping form and looked at him. His breathing was slow and relaxed signalling that he was asleep. Hermione looked over his features and decided why most of the girl population like him. He was gorgeous.

'but he never looks like this around me'

'he doesn't want you to see what he looks like when he's relaxed'

'and you would know how?'

it's obvious'

'ah ha if so then I guess that he likes m'

'how'd you know?'

'What? I was only being sarcastic. How would you know if he liked me anyway?'

'I can communicate with his consciences you know.'

'Yyyeeaahhh and answer this question for me. Does he only have an evil conscience as he murdered his good one?'

'What? I'm insulted by that'

'How can that be insulting to you?'

I haven't…I mean he hasn't killed anyone.'

'right. So Malfoy does have a good side.'

'yeah just he doesn't like showing it'

and he likes me'

'pretty much'

'why?'

'ask him'

'what? I'm not asking him, he'll proberly tell me to F-off'

'well now's your chance so ask him?'

'huh?'

"I know I'm handsome Granger but damn you don't have to stare"

"Huh?" Hermione shook her head and looked at Malfoy. He had propped himself up on his elbows and was looking at her with a smirk on his face but it wasn't a bad smirk it was one of amusement.

Hermione felt her cheeks grow hot and she automatically placed her hands on her cheeks and her eyes grew wide.

"Embarrassed?" Malfoy asked amused.

"Hehe," Hermione tried to control her breathing. She removed her hands and breathed in and out thinking 'it's fine. He's just a nobody'. Hermione closed her eyes and thought this again and again.

Draco looked at the girl above him. He felt himself sit up and go onto his knees on the bed facing her. He rested on his heels and looked at her straight in the face.

Hermione heard fabric shift and the bed groan as if someone was standing on it. She lost herself in her thoughts, slowly feeling the embarrassment flowing away, the hotness in her cheeks was dieing down. Something stopped her from breathing out again through her mouth. She opened her eyes and saw a pair of closed ones. Her eyes fluttered closed again thinking that she was imagining it.

Draco pulled away, "See you later Granger," with that said he jumped off of the bed and walked out of the hospital wing.

'why did I just kiss her?'

'oh sorry that was me'

'What?'

'yeah I kinda made you do that.'

'you do know that you just gave me another reason to kill you.'

'I know but I was worth it. just something to take over her mind and beside I was just saying to her that you like her so that just either confirmed it or made her even more confused.'

'oh you are dead…start digging your grave right now.'

'well I was looking at the very nice plot at the grave yards the other day. It had a very nice view to be honest.'

'you're weird'

'PANSY 12 O'CLOCK!'

'wha..? shit!'

'HIDE! BOTH OF HER CONSCIENCESARE WORSE THAN HER NOW HIDE YOU SKINNY ARSE BEFORE PANSY SMACKS IT!'

Draco dived behind a suit of armour before Pansy could see him and waited a whole ten minutes before resurfacing only to walk straight into some one who he had just had a close encounter with knocking over the suit of armour as he went.

Hermione sat on the bed, which Malfoy had just vacated. She sat there dazed and touched her lips. Hermione was puzzled, why had Malfoy kissed her? Does he really like her? Hermione sat there still with her fingers on her lips staring at the floor. Madam Pomfrey came out and whisked her away. She passed Pansy on the way and didn't bother to tell her Malfoy had already left. Hermione just dorddled down the corridor, fingers lingering on her lips still. She didn't even notice that she was slowly walking in a diagonal line for a suit of armour only when she ran into it, felt something fall on her and heard the sound of crashing metal did she wake up.

Hey every one. I know I know i haven't updated in ages. go ahead and kill me. (just kidding). lately i've been suffering from major writers block. i've got all of these ideas but none of them fit into any of my stories on plus i know what's going to happen in them but i just don't know how to work in them in...hmmm...plus we are on school holidays and i may be going away but i don't know when so i may not be able to update.

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