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WARNING!
This chapter might be very long!
Hermione finished the day, exhausted.
Aj came over to her at dinner, sat down, and talked as though she was a part of Gryffindor, not Slytherin.
Many boys watched her, and tried to talk to her.
'Hermione, what's wrong?' Aj asked, breaking a conversation she had been having with Harry.
'Err, nothing…' Hermione read the slip of paper that had appeared in front of her.
Miss Granger, your detention with Professor Snape shall commence after you get this slip of parchment. It will take place in the Forbidden forest, and Professor Snape shall be collecting you at the end of your meal.
Thankyou,
Professor McGonagall.
Hermione swallowed, and looked at Harry.
'Harry…but….I don't like the Forbidden Forest…' Hermione said, fear clouding her mind.
'What?' Harry asked, confused.
Hermione shuddered at the memory of her being in the forest before- dark…cold…silent, except for the rustle of bushes….
'Hermione? Your pale…' Harry said.
Hermione handed him the note, and took a sip of water.
'Oh no.' Harry said.
'What?' Aj asked, now coming out of a conversation with Dean.
'Hermione got herself detention in potions, remember?' Harry asked, while Hermione fanned herself.
'Yes.' Aj answered.
'Well, Hermione is petrified of the forest…Hermione, come on.' Harry stood, walked over to Hermione, and helped her up.
Hermione put one arm over Harry's neck.
Aj stood as well, and helped Hermione with her other arm.
Just as they were ready to leave, Malfoy turned up. Gang of Slytherins behind him.
'AJ, why are you over here, and why have you got that mudblood's arm around your pureblood neck?' he asked.
'Hermione's not-' Aj stopped when she saw the meaningful look on Harry's face.
'Mudblood's not what?' Malfoy asked.
'Why do you call her that?' Aj asked.
Harry groaned- he only wanted to get Hermione out of here!
'Cause that id what she is.' Malfoy answered.
'Come on.' Harry said, glaring at Malfoy.
Leading the limp Hermione from the hall, Aj and Harry took her back to her room.
'Hermione?' Harry asked.
'Mmm?'
'Were is your room?'
Hermione started giving directions, and her helpers followed them.
Moments later, they arrived at the portrait.
'Dark Shadows.' Hermione said.
The portrait swung open, and they guided Hermione inside.
'In there.' Hermione pointed to her door.
Just as they reached the door, Harry was last to enter, but as he did, an invisible force pulled him back, and he went flying across the common room.
because he had had such a grip on Hermione, she was pulled back, and fell the ground, as she lost her footing.
Aj crashed on top of her.
It took a few minutes for Aj and Hermione to become untangled, but they managed it, and Harry got up, rubbing his bum.
'Ow.' he said.
Hermione laughed.
'Are you ok?' Hermione asked, helping Aj to her feet.
'Yeah, You?'
'Fine.' Hermione answered.
Since Harry couldn't help Hermione through the door, Aj had to help Hermione over to her bed.
'Will you be ok?' she asked.
'I'll be fine.' Hermione answered, smiling at her friend.
'Your sure?'
'Positive.'
'Ok, see you tomorrow, the weekend!'
Hermione laughed, and waved to her friend.
'Bye Harry!' Hermione called, before Aj closed her door.
Aj and Harry saw themselves out, and separated in the corridor.
Hermione was off her bed, and she was walking through the bathroom, and had a nice warm shower.
Coming out, Hermione slipped in to a silk nighty, and walked out onto the balcony.
It was a little brisk, but Hermione warmed soon, and watched the silent trees of the forbidden forest gently sway in the moon light.
Hermione remembered.
Her detention!
Running back inside, Hermione through on some robes, and ran at top speed through Hogwarts.
Her hair was flowing wildly behind her, as she raced past other students, all fed, and tired.
Reaching the entrance hall, Hermione clutched a stitch in her side, and walked over to a stiff looking McGonagall, and a smirking Malfoy.
'Sorry- Professor!' Hermione exclaimed.
'Are you alright, Hermione?' McGonagall asked.
'Err…' it was then that Hermione also remembered were detention was to take place.
'Fine.' she said, 'What are we doing in the hall Professor…and I though Professor Snape was meant to be here…' Hermione looked around, as though she was looking for him.
'He is waiting for you by the forest- and he can explain.'
McGonagall stepped out of their way, and watched as Malfoy and Hermione walked out onto the grounds.
Hermione reached for her wand.
'Lumos!' her wand tip lit up, and she could see.
A few seconds later, Malfoy did the same behind her.
Hermione stopped, scanned the grounds, and saw Professor Snape standing by the forest.
Heading in his direction, Hermione pretended Malfoy wasn't there.
'So, Granger, why were you late?' Malfoy asked.
'None of your damn busness. Hermione said.
'Come on.' He turned to wards her, and got really close.
'Were you snuggling anyone? Cause I have to tell you, three of your blouse buttons are undone.' Malfoy winked, and smirked.
'How bloody observant you are.' Hermione said, sarcastically.
'So you are snuggling someone?'
'No, I'm not.' Hermione said.
Malfoy moved away, and Hermione almost ran the rest of the way to professor Snape.
When she got there, she asked him what they were to be doing.
'Miss Granger, while you are in the forest, you will be collecting with Mr. Malfoy a special plant. This is detention, but it is a privilege as well. You should thank your lucky stars that it wasn't anything else.'
Hermione gulped, and thought that cleaning out cupboards or something- anything, well ok, maybe not anything, but- else!
'Er, what plant shall we be collecting?' Hermione asked.
'The Jackboot.' Snape answered, 'Which is located in the very heart of the forest.'
Hermione shifted.
'I will be waiting for you in the Entrance Hall.' Snape said, and he made his way back up the darkened ground.
'Well, come on Granger, I don't want to be here all night!' Malfoy snapped, holding out his wand, which had been hanging loosely by his side.
Hermione shivered, but followed him, extending her own wand.
'Not scared are we, Mudblood?' Malfoy smirked, when they were five minutes into the forest.
Hermione had jumped and squeaked at a snap of a stick.
'A little.' Hermione answered truthfully.
'Your scared of this, but not of being Potter's friend?' Hermione scowled.
'Yes.' she said.
Hermione studied Malfoy for a moment with her wand light.
Hermione could recall Harry telling her way back in her first year, that when they had detention, Malfoy was scared out of his wits.
Now, he looked calm, alert, but relaxed.
Hermione jumped and shivered as a bush moved behind them.
'What was that?' she squeaked.
'A bush- honestly, Granger, calm down.' Malfoy sighed.
'If you want, you can cling to my strong arm.' Malfoy said, holding out his arm, but Hermione new he was being naive.
Hermione scowled again, but took him up on his offer, and clung to his arm, as two sticks snapped, and bushes rustled.
'Relax Granger!' Malfoy laughed.
Hermione still clung to his arm, despite her dislike for the Slytherin.
'Let's just move on.' Hermione said, as she detached herself from him.
He smirked and moved a head.
Hermione looked around her, behind her. For some reason, she kept thinking someone or something was behind her- other than trees. The little hairs on the back of her tanned neck were standing up.
'Malfoy? I think there's something there…' Hermione trailed off.
'There's nothing here Granger.' Malfoy answered from the front.
He had spoken too soon.
Suddenly, there was thunder- but it was coming from the ground, vibrating through Hermione's cold and stiff body.
'What the hell?' Malfoy asked.
Eyes were appearing out of the gloom, darting around them. They were slowing circling.
Just as Malfoy stood in front of Hermione, one of the mysterious creatures lashed out.
Malfoy jumped on Hermione, knocked her to the ground, and forced her head to stay flat on the dirt.
Hermione was weeping from fear.
Malfoy stood, and faced the mysterious creature.
They started circling them again. Again they lashed out, this time, one connected to Malfoy's chest.
He yelped out in pain, as blood soaked his shirt.
Hermione rolled to her feet, and looked down at Malfoy.
'Who are you?' Hermione asked the mysterious creature.
'You should know who we are, human.' It was a centaur.
'Why are you attacking us?' Hermione wept.
'Because you are invading our territory.' the centaur replied.
'Please, we only came in here because of a detention- we need to collect Jackboot.' Hermione said, trying and failing to bring herself to her full height.
'You speak the truth?' one asked.
Hermione nodded.
'Very well. You may continue, but if you do not return and see my brother before you leave, next time we see a human, we kill them.' the other centaurs shouted in agreement.
'What's going on here?' one asked.
It was Firenze, their old Divination teacher.
'Oh, it's you.' someone muttered.
Malfoy was in a sitting position, and was slowly crawling to lean himself up against a tree.
Hermione rushed over to help him, and checked his chest.
Malfoy wasn't crying, though his face was contort of pain, and extreme measures at that.
Hermione stood, and watched as Firenze entered by the light of Hermione's forgotten wand, which she had dropped when Malfoy had knocked her to the ground.
'You have hurt innocents.' Firenze said, noticing Malfoy's wound, and his face.
'We had hurt invaders.' someone spat.
'No, they were clearly innocent.' Firenze said.
'We have cleared them, they can do what they like, as long as they are out of this forest by sun dawn, and have checked with my brother.' someone else said.
'Well, then, clear off!' Firenze said.
'These are our invaders, not yours, besides, we are only not killing you because of Master Dumbledore.'
'Hermione, Draco, you may leave.' Firenze said.
Hermione helped Malfoy to his feet, collected her wand, and looked around for Malfoy's.
It was lying at the hoof of one of the centaurs.
Hermione cautiously approached him, bent down, picked up the wand, and walked back over to Malfoy.
'Bye, and thankyou Firenze.' Hermione said, as she put her arm around Malfoy's middle, and helped guide him away from the centaurs.
Five minutes later, Hermione stopped by the edge of a river, that ran through the forest, and helped Malfoy sit.
'Are you feeling better?' Hermione asked, squatting down in front of him and inspecting his wound.
'Yeah, I'm fine, apart from a gash in my chest.' he said, sarcastically, but he was trying not to smile.
Hermione lifted his t-shirt.
'Hey!' Malfoy screeched.
'Please, Malfoy, I need to see it clearly.' Hermione said.
'Can't wait to see my chest can we?' Malfoy smirked.
Hermione rolled her eyes, and helped him lift his blood stained shirt off.
She kept it close, and looked at his cut.
By the looks of it, it ran deep, and it was across his right side.
Hermione muttered a water spell, poured some on his shirt and carefully cleaned what she could of his cut.
Malfoy winced, but said nothing, determined not to let weakness show- no matter the pain.
Hermione dried his shirt with another spell when she was done cleaning it, and then looked at the cut, now that she could see it.
Hermione strained her eyes, but couldn't see.
Getting Malfoy's wand, Hermione ignited it again, as it had gone out, and held it up close to Malfoy. Using her own wand, she patched up his wound, so now it looked like a scar.
'That better?' Hermione asked.
'Much.' he answered, standing, getting his shirt back, and cleaning the blood off in the stream.
When he was done, he dried it, and wore it again.
Hermione gave him his wand back, and they continued into the forest.
'Why don't we just turn around?' Hermione complained.
'Because, then we will get in more trouble.' Malfoy said, wincing as he walked.
Hermione pouted, but continued.
Ten minutes later they found what they had made the dangerous trek for.
As Malfoy bent and collected the plant, Hermione studied the surroundings.
It was dark, silent…well not anymore.
Something was moving, something was out there.
Again.
Hermione turned, and saw trees moving slowly in the wind. Something else was moving their lower half though.
Hermione turned back to Malfoy, bent, whispered in his ear.
'There's something out there.' she said, shaking again.
Malfoy sighed, stood, and looked in the direction Hermione was pointing.
Malfoy stiffened as he saw Hermione was right- something was there.
He reached for his wand, and stood in front of Hermione again.
The thing that was moving stopped just out of their rang in eye sight.
No one spoke.
No one moved.
No one did anything, but breath.
Hermione shivered, Malfoy stiffened even more.
'Draco?' someone said.
Malfoy shushed Hermione, thinking it was her, but it wasn't. Hermione doesn't use his first name, and it wasn't Hermione's voice. The voice came from in front of him, not behind him.
A wand lit up in the darkened trees, and someone stepped forward.
'Who are you?' Malfoy called, quickly looking over his shoulder to see Hermione holding her wand out behind him.
'Draco, it's me- Pansy!'
Hermione held her wand up, but Malfoy lowered his.
'Pansy, you PRAT!'
Pansy walked forward, and hugged Malfoy.
Malfoy yelped as Pansy's body placed pressure on his freash wound.
'God Damn It PANSY!' Malfoy yelled, pushing her back.
Pansy looked confused.
then she saw Hermione.
'Mudblood?' she asked.
'Yes, Pansy, we are here on detention. Why are you here?' Malfoy asked, angry.
'I was looking for you…' Pansy trailed off.
'You could have waited till later, or till tomorrow morning!' Malfoy snapped.
'Come on, let's get back to the castle.' Hermione said.
'No Mudblood, I think this place is quiet romantic, and I want Draco to share this with me.'
'Fine,' Hermione took the little jar of which had the plant in it. 'Do what you wanna.'
Hermione walked back to the trees.
'Granger!' Malfoy shouted.
Hermione waited for him to catch up, Pansy behind.
'What?'
'Like you think I'm going to let you go back through this forest on your own?' Malfoy said.
'Err…Yeah. You don't care for me remember? I'm just a mud…just a mud….just a Mudblood after all.' Hermione said.
Malfoy caught her as she walked off with a quick speed.
Pansy followed, wondering what the hell was going on.
'Draco, why don't you let her go back? She is, as she said, just a Mudblood.' Pansy snorted.
'Because, all Malfoy's are gentlemen, and it wouldn't be gentlemen like If I let an unaccompanied lady walk through the forest alone.'
'Why, Draco, I didn't think you thought of me as a Lady!' Pansy shrieked excitedly.
Hermione and Malfoy looked at each other, before Hermione turned and headed back through the trees, her wand out, and looking for the centaur.
When she reached him, he nodded and headed back for the cover of his trees.
Hermione walked back up to the castle alone, Malfoy and Pansy trailing behind.
Upon Entering the Entrance hall, Hermione saw Snape standing there, waiting.
McGonagall was there too.
'Mr. Malfoy! What happened to you?' she exclaimed when Malfoy walked in behind Hermione.
His face was covered in dirt and mud, his t shirt was ripped and his hair was all scruffy.
'Centaurs.' Hermione answered.
'Centaurs?' Her Professor repeated.
Hermione nodded, so did Malfoy.
'They attacked.' Hermione explained.
Pansy looked shocked,
'CENTAURS ATTACKED MY DRACO?' she yelled.
'Calm down Miss Parkinson!' barked McGonagall.
'You two have had a terrible ordeal, so please, go to your rooms, and a teacher will check on you tomorrow.'
'Professor, should Malfoy really go to the hospital wing?' Hermione asked.
'No, he is exhausted, so he must rest.'
Hermione nodded, thrust the bottle of plant into Snape's hand, and walked behind Malfoy incase he lost his footing.
When Hermione was showered again, in her Pjs again, she walked in on Malfoy in the bathroom.
'Oh, I'm sorry!' she said, throwing her hands up to cover her eyes.
'It's Ok, Granger, I have pants on.' Malfoy smirked.
Hermione slowly lowered her hands.
Malfoy was standing in front of the mirror, examining the cut.
'Do you want help?' Hermione asked.
'Yeah.' Hermione walked over to him, and cleaned the cut with the creams he had on the sink bench.
When she was done, she rapped a bandage around his middle.
But in order to do this, she had to kinda hug him.
When she did, Malfoy caught a sent of mangos in her hair.
Hermione tried her hardest not to notice Malfoy's six pack or anything, as she cleaned him up.
When she was done, she bid him good night, and headed off to bed.
When she woke, she got dressed and decided to check on Malfoy.
She entered the common room, and saw him there, explaining something to Professor McGonagall.
'Ahh, Miss Granger.'
'Professor.' Hermione nodded.
'Miss Granger, can you please tell me what happened last night?' Hermione looked to the door and back again.
'Do not worry, you have been excused from your morning classes.' McGonagall read her mind.
'Oh.' Hermione sat down to a smirking Malfoy.
Hermione told her head-of-house everything that happened the previous night right up to when they met in the hall.
'Very well. You may leave.' Hermione and Malfoy stood, and walked out, McGonagall close behind.
Malfoy and Hermione said nothing as they walked to Charms.
'Malfoy.' Hermione said when they parted before entering the classroom.
'Mudblood.' he said.
'Ferret.' Hermione shot back before opening the door.
Malfoy opened his mouth to say something, but Flitwick interrupted.
'Mr. Malfoy, you are letting in a draft, kindly sit down.'
Malfoy was standing there, holding the door open, while Hermione had practical ran to sit next to Harry.
Malfoy scowled and slammed the door, but regretted it as his chest hurt.
'Holy SHIT!' he said, clutching his wound.
'Mr. Malfoy? Control yourself!' Flitwick looked shocked that Malfoy had sworn.
All the girls in Slytherin had seen Malfoy clutch his chest, and ran to help him, as he knelt on the ground, were he had fallen from the pain.
Hermione watched as the girls in Slytherin, Pansy in front, ran over to him.
They started pestering him, asking him if he's ok.
'Draco? Are you ok?' Pansy asked. 'You look like you're in pain….'
'Of course I'm in pain, you twit!' Malfoy said from the ground, a touch of icyness to his voice.
'Want help up?' someone asked.
'No!' he yelled.
'Draco, mate, are you ok?' Blaize asked, pushing through the crowd of gaggling girls.
'Yeah, I'm just peachy!' Malfoy said.
Hermione smiled.
'Mr. Malfoy, I think you should go to the hospital wing…' Flitwick said from the front of the class room.
'No. I'm fine…just give me a sec…' Malfoy groaned as he lifted himself from the stone floor.
The girls started fighting- again.
They all wanted to sit next to him, and pamper him.
'Sir?' Malfoy asked as he talked to some chick, telling her a story, which had her grinning.
'Yes, Mr. Malfoy?'
'Could Miss Granger sit next to me?'
The room, which had been buzzing with voices, died instantly, and Hermione started to sweat…sit? Next to Malfoy? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HIM? Hermione's mind buzzed with thoughts.
'Why?' Flitwick was flabbergasted.
'Because. I think teachers should mix up the houses, and also, I need to learn, and Miss Granger would be the best to be sat next to.' Malfoy smirked, as he turned around, and saw Hermione's look of horror, confusion, and pure hatred.
How can she look like that all in one go? Malfoy thought to himself, as he smirked more.
'Very well.' Flitwick said.
'But sir!' Hermione started.
'No, Miss Granger.' Flitwick turned a deaf ear to Hermione's complaints.
Hermione huffed as she gathered her things, and made her way up to Malfoy, who was smirking.
'Err, were would you like me to sit ferret?' Hermione gritted her teeth.
'There.' Malfoy pointed right next to him, but the trouble was, there was already someone sitting there.
'There's someone sitting there Malfoy.' Hermione said.
'Thankyou.' Malfoy said sarcastically. 'Rose, move.'
The girl named Rose, looked at him, then moved back to where Hermione had been sitting, and wished that she still was.
Hermione sat, and looked at Flitwick.
'Hey, Granger, listen to my story.' Malfoy whispered.
'No.' Hermione said.
'Please?'
'No.'
Malfoy bugged Hermione the whole lesson, and she kicked herself mentally for thinking he did it cause he wanted to be near her.
He did it to irritate me! AND IT'S WORKING! Hermione said to herself, as Malfoy talked to Pansy, who was on his other side.
Hermione almost ran out the door at the end of lesson, praising anyone who thought of bells.
Hermione didn't wait for Harry or Ron, as she walked very quickly to the dungeons.
It was when she got there that she noticed she had it with the Slytherins…
DAMN!
Hermione waited in a dark corner for the rest of the class to get there.
Panicking for a minute, Hermione thought that she hadn't done her homework. She spun around, faced the wall, fell the floor, and practically ripped her bag open to look for the homework in question.
Ok, there's Divination- I have that today…Herbology…POTIONS! Where is it! Oh, there it is… Hermione was half way through returning to her calm state, when a soft, soft, but dangerous voice spoke behind her.
'You know, dark corners are the best place to do dark deeds.' Hermione's eyes hardened as she recognized that voice.
'Buzz off Malfoy.' Hermione snapped, as she turned around, and rose to her full height.
'I missed you when you ran out of charms.' he whispered, coming ever closer.
'Like hell you did.' Hermione said.
'No, I did. See, now because you ran away, and wouldn't talk to me, I'm going to ask Snape to sit you next to me, and seeing as how I'm his favorite student…'
Hermione groaned silently.
Damn him she thought.
Over his shoulder, Hermione saw Harry and Ron coming down the stairs.
'Whatever Ferret.' Hermione said, as she passed him and over to Harry and Ron.
'Hey, herms, are you ok?' Ron asked.
'Fine.' Hermione said, smiling.
'How was sitting next to Malfoy?' Harry asked.
'Crap.' Hermione answered honestly.
Harry laughed, and followed Hermione in as Snape opened the damned door.
'Sir?' Malfoy called in the lesson.
'Yes?'
'Can Granger sit next to me?'
'Why?'
Malfoy used the same explanation that he had used on Flitwick. Snape gave in, same as Flitwick, and he also ignored Hermione's complaints as she moved to sit next to him.
'NO!' someone screamed as Hermione sat.
Hermione turned around, and saw Pansy standing there, looking ferious.
'I WILL NOT LET YOU SIT NEXT TO HIM!' she screamed, and before Hermione could say anything in her defence, Pansy had grabbed her hair, pulled, and sent Hermione crashing onto Malfoy's lap.
Pansy screamed again, grabbed Hermione, again by the hair, and this time, sent her crashing to the ground.
'MISS PARKINSON!' Snape shouted from the desk.
Hermione raised her wand, and sent Pansy flying across the dungeon.
Pansy pointed her wand at Hermione as she recovered, immobilized Hermione, and began hitting and kicking her.
I know it was long, but I warned you!
Please R&R!
I hope it was ok, but then again, I'm the writer, so I don't have to read it, you do!
Thanks for reading, and please R&R!
Man, I just noticed, this chapter didn't have anything about Ron or the slumber party, I am soo sorry, I was so buzy with work and stuff, that it competey sliped my mind….i am writing the next chapter now, and belevie me, it has both of the things that I promised in it!
Please don't hate me!
Aj