Chapter Two

A Tale of A Forbidden Love

Harry Potter

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Stuck in A

Predicament

The silence was overwhelming. Shock enveloped her , making her suffocate with fear. This...this was.....this just couldn't happen! It went against every rule in the book....it went against all logic , all that she knew!

" No...I'm dreaming , I'm hallucinating , this just can't be!" Hermione blurted out , her voice unusually harsh and panicky in the silence of the night.

Again the sneering laugh.

" Oh , your not dreaming. I'm real , alright. Who the hell are you?"

Hermione felt a whoosh of familiarity wave through her body. That voice....She shook her head , her body trembling.

A dragon....

A real live dragon....

"M-My name is Granger....Hermione Granger..." she finally said , sweat coating her forehead.

The dragon was silent for a long time. " What the hell are you doing here?"

Hermione now knew what scared her so much about this dragon.

This dragon....could talk

" H-H-How can you talk??" Hermione stuttered , looking at her surroundings for an exit.

The dragon snorted , small specks of fire shooting out. Hermione dodged the flames , getting more scared by the second.

" That's because I'm not a normal dragon. Thought you'd figure that out by now."

Hermione could feel the ground rising up to her view as she staggered. " That goes against everything I know....this can't happen!"

She tried to hold off the darkness that was threatening to cover her vision. She tried to say more , tried to find out what was going on....but before she could , the ground went up to meet her eyes and she fell in a dead faint.

~~~~~~~*****~~~~~

In the morning , Hermione found herself outside of the Gryffindor Portrait. Green grass stains spotted her wrinkled black robes and her shoes were dusted with grime and dirt.

How the hell did this happen , Hermione thought. Suddenly , last nights events rushed back at her and she staggered once more.
The dragon...

No.

It couldn't have been real , it just couldn't!

She must've been dreaming...she probably forgot the password....wasn't it was something like flaming pies....

The picture of the fat lady suddenly swung open , revealing Harry and Ron. They were laughing over some joke , but they stopped dead as they saw the dishevelled Hermione.

" Whaaaaaat....." Ron trailed off, his eyes wide with surprise.

Hermione giggled nervously. " Hi , guys. I fell asleep outside the portrait , because I forgot the password. No big deal...."

Harry's eyes narrowed with suspicion , but Ron took her excuse readily. " That's not like you , Hermione , but who cares. Get ready , cause we have five minutes until we have..." Ron wrinkled his nose , " Potions...."

Hermione's eyes widened. " NOOO! I'm not ready! What am I going to do? I'm going to be late! I'm NEVER late! Bye , guys! See you there!"

Harry and Ron both nodded , a bit confusedly as Hermione raced off.

" Something's wrong..." Harry muttered by Ron just grinned.

" Hey , it's Hermione. I was waiting 'till this sort of thing would happen! I mean , she's so smart , she has to slip up sometime!"

Harry grinned and then said in a disgusted voice , " Lets go to Potions. We don't want to be late....again."

Ron nodded and they both raced off down the corridor towards the dungeons.

~~~~~~****~~~~~

" Remember that you cant add the roots to the potion until you had the liver. Remember that! Longbottom , I'm looking at you!" Professor Snape snapped.

Neville nodded , white faced. " I'm going to remember....Professor Snape."

Snape sneered , " Like you remembered last time?"

Neville trembled and Snape just shook his head and opened his mouth to lecture the class when the door burst open to reveal a dishevelled Hermione.

" Miss. Granger?" Snape asked , quite shocked.

Hermione smiled, though it was a bit wobbly. " I'm sorry I was late....Professor."

Snape just turned around and said in a sickly voice , " Detention for the two days and five points from Gryffindor. Now sit down , I'm about to pair the class down. Hurry up!"

Hermione hustled towards her desk and she could hear the distinct laughter coming from Malfoy's group.

" Look at Mudblood tremble....her hair seems a bit larger today , don't you think?" Malfoy sniggered to Goyle and Crabbe , and they all smirked at Hermione. Hermione just turned her nose up away from their group though she could see Ron clench his fist.

" One day....one day I'm going to get him!" Ron muttered , glaring at Malfoy.

Snape coughed and Ron hurriedly turned around and smiled as innocently as he could.

" Mr. Weasley , you can be paired off first since your so insistent on speaking in my class. How about....Millicent Bulstrode."

Ron grimaced. " Great....just great. See you guys. Hope you have better luck!"

Hermione and Harry smiled as Ron went over to sit beside Millicent , keeping as much space between them as possible.

Snape went through the whole class but Hermione's name was not mentioned. As the class bustled about , getting to their partners , Hermione made her way to Snape's desk.

" Um...Professor Snape...it seems I was given a partner...." Hermione trailed off.

Snape just glared at her and looked around the class. " Such a bother being given an odd numbered class....why don't you go sit with Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson , I know what good friends you three are!"

He smirked at her horrified face.

" Your joking.....you must be!" Hermione said in an unbelieving voice.

" I am most certainly saying the truth , Miss. Granger. Go sit down now , you are wasting my time and yours. This counts for much of your final mark!"

Hermione paled and she hurriedly went over to Malfoy who was trying to get Pansy off of him. She winced at the thought of having to share a group with him.....she never hated Snape in all her life then she did right then!

Huffily , she grabbed a chair and sat in front of the two fighting Slytherins. They both stopped and stared at her.

" Excuse me , do you not have a brain? I guess that is not expected of mudbloods , but why are you sitting here?" Malfoy sneered as Pansy glared at her.

Hermione wanted to hit something. " I'm supposed to be in your group. There was an odd number in the class." Hermione spit out.

Malfoy had a disgusted look on his face. " I will not share a project with you! Professor Snape , why is she in OUR group? Could she had not been with Weasel or something?"

Professor Snape shrugged. " You can handle her , Draco."

Malfoy opened his mouth to protest and the class tittered. Hermione could feel the sympathetic looks that Harry and Ron were shooting her and Hermione's shoulder's sagged. This was surely not her best day.

~~~~~~~******~~~~~

Hermione , Ron and Harry walked over to Care of Magical Creatures with Hermione ranting on and on over the trip.

" I can't believe Snape , how could he do that to me? ' I know what good friends you are.'" Hermione imitated , angrily. " I'm now stuck with Malfoy AND Pansy!! How bad could it get??"

Ron shook his head. " I got to admit , I feel sorry for you, Hermione!"

Hermione just sighed. " I feel sorry for myself..."

Harry laughed. "Hey , it won't be so bad. If he does anything , you know we'll be there! We need a reason to pick a fight with that disgusting, worthless , filthy-"

Ron added in , " -despicable , vile , loathsome piece of trash."

Harry nodded. " Exactly."

Hermione laughed. " We'd better hurry , guys , or we'll be late!"

The three hurried out across the Hogwarts grounds toward Hagrid's class that always sat outside. It was always an...interesting class , if you could call it that. Full of creatures that probably should be banned from Hogwarts forever!

Hagrid smiled at them cheerfully as they arrived to the class. " Hey there 'ermione , 'arry and Ron! Hows it goin'?

Harry smiled at him. " Great! What's the topic?"

Hagrid grinned. " I'm going to tell ye all once the Slytherins come!"

As if on cue , the whole bunch of Slytherins stalked in , giving the Gryffindor's dirty looks. They settled down at the opposite side with a clear separation between the two houses. Hermione rolled her eyes.


Hagrid smiled through the shags of hair that covered his face. " Well , we're all here...we can start our lesson! It's on a very special topic and even though I wanted to bring in the real thing , we canna for it's a dangerous creature."

Malfoy shouted out , " Tell us already. We haven't got time to waste!"

Hagrid got up and grinned. " We're going to be studyin the topic of dragons!"

Hermione jumped , startled. Dragons....

She felt someone's eyes at her back and she whirled around. Malfoy's sneered at her and she glared back.

When she turned back around , Hagrid was already assigning partners.

" 'ermione , ye can be with....Neville , here!" Hagrid said , smiling cheerfully. Neville smiled , a bit shakily at Hermione , and she smiled warmly back.

At least she wasn't stuck with Malfoy again.

Hagrid was saying something and she quickly turned back to Hagrid. He was frowning and Malfoy was in the middle of the group , standing and glaring at them all.

" Well , it seems we 'ave an odd number in our group.....well , Malfoy ye can be with 'ermione...." Hagrid smiled at her reassuringly but Hermione didn't see it.

Again?

She was stuck....with her worst nightmare....

AGAIN!


All because of this stupid odd number!

Draco slowly walked towards her and slumped down as far away as he could get.

" What the hell is wrong with this oaf?" Draco mumbled and Hermione glared at him.

" He is not an oaf , Malfoy , he is a brilliant man!" Hermione shot back.

Malfoy rolled his eyes. " So your saying you approve of this grouping? I'm stuck with the mudblood and the clumsy longbottom who doesn't seem to have one cell in his brain!"

Hermioen flushed. " If you say another word , I swear , I'll-"

Hagrid walked over to them. " Is there something wrong 'ermione?"

Hermione shook her head , resignedly , shooting a dirty look at Malfoy. " Nothings wrong."

Hagrid nodded and whispered , " Sorry I had to match ye up with dis idiot here....he'd be makin a ruckus with his friends and I knew ye can handle him!"

Hermione nodded , and smiled at Hagrid , even though she was seething inside. As Hagrid walked away Hermione leaned against a tree trunk.

It was going to be a loooong day!

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