Chapter 11: Strange Days

jemy-thefreak: Hermione also wouldn't date Draco Malfoy.

Thank you to everyone that reviewed my story. I know, the last chapter was quite confusing... Basically, Hermione is at the Shreiking Shack, and Draco went back to Hogwarts to talk to Dumbledore, but when he sees McGonagol, he calls out to her, but she doesn't respond to him. Now onto the story.

DRACO'S POV

After seeing the way that Professor McGonagol acted, I knew that I had to find someone else. I didn't care who, just someone. I ran to the great hall, I could hear the noise from outside of it. It was the sound of students talking joyfully, and laughing. "Thank god!" I thought heavily as I opened the doors to the great hall. It seemed quite normal. I looked up at the teacher's table, where they were all sitting very stiff and not speaking to one another. No arguing, nothing.

"Draco!" I heard a voice call from across the large room. It was Blaise Zabini, what did she want? "Oh no..." I gasped, "I'm dating her!"

I quickly walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek, "Uh, goodmorning... sweety?" Pansy shot me a glare with very watery eyes. I almost felt bad. But not quite. Blaise smiled at me, she leaned in and got her mouth very close to my ear and whisperd, "I know."

Shocked, I jerked my head up, "You know what?" I whispered back. Couldn't be about Hermione, it would be impossible for her to know!

Blaise whispered again, her hair falling in front of her eyes as she leaned in, "Meet me at the Shreiking Shack, and I'll tell you."

"No!" I shouted before I could say or do anything, the entire slytherin table turned and looked at me. I realized what I said and laughed, "I mean... It's too hard to get there with times like these." I couldn't let anyone know about Hermione, she was in my protection, and I had to keep it that way.

"I saw you walking back from the shreiking shack this morning. How did you leave the common room without anybody noticing?" Blaise smirked.

"What?" Okay, I was very confused now. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a head of very red hair walking towards me. It was Ginny Weasley.

"Malfoy?" She asked nervously, "Can I talk to you?" Her eyes were filled with worry.

"Umm... yeah..." I said standing up.

"Where are you going Drakey!" Pansey yelled in her annoyingly shrilly voice. She was really making me sick.

I stopped and turned around, "Wouldn't you like to know?" I ssmirked and turned back around to follow Ginny. I could hear Pansy's tears as I left the great hall. As soon as we were out of there Ginny turned and looked at me.

"Something happend last night. Nobody else remembers the terrors that went on!" She was now shaking badly. "Ron and Harry are looking for Hermione. and when I said that she was with you, they freaked. They want to find you, and pound you. I went to talk to a teacher, but none of them are responding! Last night, I heard somebody enter the girls area of the gryffindor tower. I heard each girl in turn gasping for hair, then going silent. It was almost like they've forgotten the past 24 hours!"

I was shocked, "Why didn't they do that to you?"

Ginny blushed. Her face was as red as her hair. "I sleep underneath my bed when I'm scared. And so last night, I slept underthere... They must have thought I wasn't in my bed!"

"So, we know what happend to the students. But what about the teachers?" I was really glad SOMEBODY remembered what happend last night.

Ginny bit her bottom lip, she must be thinking. "I got it!" She shouted, "Let's go talk to Hagrid. If anyone will spill the beans, it's him! I've heard Ron and Harry talk about it a lot before."

I laughed nervously. Everytime I took Hagrid's animal type course, something bad would happen to me. But, I wanted to know what happend. So I decided to become brave and go visit this half-giant.