Ch 3 Fight in Spite
After a while I heard a bell sound in the distance. I wiped my tears and went to the castle for lunch. I usually didn't cry over some stupid sod but it was as if reality came crashing in at one time and I couldn't restrain a good cry. I swore never to cry over him again. I glanced at my schedule I wouldn't have to see Tom again until the next day.
I awoke the next morning before any one else and I decided to get some books from the library instead of getting breakfast. I quickly found a few books and checked them out then I went outside and waited by greenhouse 3 for herbology. We were uprooting New World Dragon weeds for a special potion and I was, as luck would have it, paired with Tom. I was ignoring him and he in turn was ignoring me. As I pulled my 20th weed from the ground I glanced at what Tom was trying to pull from the ground. It wasn't a weed but a Mandrake.
"Tom! Tom that's a Mandrake!" I said trying to pull his hand off the plant. He looked carefully at what he was holding and frowned.
"Get your hand off that Mandrake its and adult you don't want to upset it Mr. Riddle" the professor said as the bell rang in the distance
"Mr. Riddle you need to pay close attention in my class specially when we are doing something potentially dangerous. 5 points from Slytherin" the professor said humiliating Tom more. He looked dangerous and it seemed I was the object of his anger. I gathered up my stuff and left as quickly as I could. It wasn't quick enough because a second later I felt a hand wrap tightly around my upper arm and drag me to the side of the green house. It was Tom he looked ready to kill so I struggled hard to free my arm.
"Let me go!" I said clawing at his hand. He shoved me roughly and I fell on the grass. I stood and faced him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!" I said grabbing my wand from my pocket.
"I told you clearly never to correct me in front of people again" he said dangerously. I began to get angry at this point. The nerve of him!
" we indeed went over this and I made it clear that I would correct you when you made a dangerous mistake. I also told you that I didn't take orders from your ignorant ass!" I must have struck a nerve at that point because he pulled out his wand and aimed at me.
"Dolore Affici!" he shouted I blocked it easily. So he wanted to play dark I could take him.
"Impedimenta!" I said followed quickly by "Plagae Ictus" he was knocked off his feet and fell flat on his back gasping for air. He suddenly gasped out
"Caedere!" I moved to dodge it put it hit me in the side. It was a cutting curse and I felt the stinging as my clothes and skin were cut open and blood gushed in a large amount onto the grass. I wasn't going to die with out causing him more pain so I raised my wand a cried out
"Adustio" the curse hit him and I heard him scream out in pain. I heard someone scream out in the distance before I passed out.
When I came back into consciousness it was day and the hospital wing was bright and eerily quiet. I lifted up my head and looked around. I seemed to be the only one in the hospital. Suddenly the matron appeared. She was a mean looking old women. She was tall thin and gray and that about summed her up.
" Good your awake. You're in big trouble young lady. Your lucky you and Mr. Riddle weren't expelled. If it was me you would both be on your way back to were you came from never to step foot into this school again" she said with and evil cackle. This women reminded me of both Filch and Snape combined. I shuddered at the thought. She checked me over quickly adding snide remarks when she felt they were necessary. I ignored her to the best of my ability. I was on the verge of screaming at the women when I was saved my Dumbledore. She shut up when he strode into the hospital wing.
" She is well enough to go Albus" she said nicely I almost snorted.
" Thank You Sarah" he said to her nicely " lets go Hermione the headmaster would like to see you" Dumbledore said disappointment in his voice. I changed and followed Dumbledore from the hospital wing.
"am I going to be expelled?" I asked quietly. he sighed
" No but the headmaster is extremely upset. Those are dark curses the two of you were using. Curses not taught in this school. The two of you could have ended up dead if your professor hadn't heard the shouting. Tom was burnt pretty badly but the matron fixed him up quick enough you took longer because of all the blood you lost but you seem fine enough now" he said
"What did Tom say happened?" I asked looking at the floor my eyes welling with unshed tears.
" He didn't say much only that you two got in an argument and it escalated from there. He didn't elaborate to much. This upset Armando who was no doubt going to try and pin it all on you" I looked up at Dumbledore.
" he was going to pin the whole blame on me?" I asked surprised.
"yes he is quite fond of Tom and he didn't want to hear how his prized pupil was performing Dark Arts spells so he tried to say it was all you. Hermione I suggest you take a leaf out of Tom's book and do not elaborate to deeply on the events occurring between the two of you" he said
"I won't. and Professor it won't happen again the Dark Arts thing I mean. sorry" I said as we reach the headmasters office. Dumbledore merely nodded.
He said the password and lead me up the stairs to hear my fate. To soon I was seated directly in front of the headmaster who looked angrily at me as I told him almost nothing of my fight with Tom. Lack of information seemed to make him angriest but I didn't dare elaborate more in fear that it would incriminate me. After a lot of gnashing of his teeth he let me leave with a months detention and 50 points off Gryffindor like Tom.
The month seemed to fly by with detention and homework and my 'on the side' studying. Halloween was drawing ever closer. Me and Tom got into practically an argument a day. Sometimes it escalated to more but never as much as the first time for fear of being expelled. Most was physical violence. For example we were arguing after lunch in the hall and he began insulting me so I slapped him hard across the face. He had me pinned against the wall in two seconds his fingers digging painfully into my arm. I kneed him in the groin and ran. On another occasion he threw his Charms book at me. And most recently he went about destroying the class we were fighting in. I ended up with a bloody nose from a flying waste bin. I slapped him on a few other occasions as well as throwing things at him.
This time was no different then others we began fighting again and I smacked him across the face and left quickly as he hurled an ink well at my head. I was growing tired of all the fighting. I went outside to get some fresh air. I laid by the lake and looked up at the gray sky. After a few minutes it began to sprinkle then pour. I began to laugh. The rain always brought back memories of a time before Hogwarts. When it rained my parents always took me outside to play. I would jump and twirl and laugh. I was happy and carefree then. I got up and pulled off my robes and began to twirl like I used to when I was young. The rain mixed in with my tears as I spun faster and faster. I fell suddenly and stared at the sky that was moving rapidly. A figure suddenly appeared above me. I couldn't tell who it was for the world was still spinning. Finally the world slowed and I recognized the figure as Tom. The happy balloon that had momentarily inhabited my soul burst.
"you'll catch your death out here like that" he said quietly
"I've been doing it since I was five and I haven't died yet so I'll take my chances." I said not really in the mood to argue. He only shrugged and followed me up to the castle. I silently went back to the common room to shower. As I went down for dinner a bunch of kids were looking at the bulletin board. I stopped and looked to. There was only a notice for upcoming Quidditch season. Try outs were the approaching weekend. There were two positions for chaser and one for beater. I thought about it through dinner. I had learned to play during the summer. All Harry Ron and Ginny wanted to do was play. So eventually tired of being an outcast I let them teach me. I told Harry I would try out for the team when we returned to school. He thought I was good at chaser. I knew that Harry would have let me on the team anyway because I was his best friend. I ended up with a resolution to try out in this time to see if I was good or if my friends were just trying to boost my confidence.
/okay another chapter I hope you like it I was so happy when I actually got reviews from people saying they actually liked my story I started jumping up and down and screaming. Okay I'm exaggerating but I did run upstairs and tell my mom who just looked at me like I was a crazy person. So please review it gives me confidence and energy to type because I hate typing and my fingers are about to fall off so appreciate it. I will hopefully update tomorrow when I finish my homework and I will update a few chapters every weekend and sometimes during the week when I have A days I usually have time. This one I know Toms kind of mean this chapter but he will get nicer I think we will see. Luv ya/xoxoxoxo oh yeah the spells i made up they're Latin cool huh?