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Hermione sat on Ron's lap, not noticing that Harry was watching her. She was watching pansy. Ron was watching the other dancers.
Other side of hall
Pansy sat with her friends talking about what they could do to Hermione to make her pay.
'Well, you said burn her like a cane- field…' someone said, smiling wickedly.
'Yeah, that material would burn really well…' pansy said, looking over at Hermione.
'Or we could drown her…'
'Nah, let's poison her!'
'No way, to obvious…I think we tear her dress off.'
'You're a pervert! Let's not…let's burn her!'
'That's also something a pervert would do, you'd see things when the flame burns out!'
'Well…Hey! Let's get Aj! She knows Mudblood, and could help us!' the girls grinned and looked around for Aj.
'There she is! I'll get her.' Pansy said, raising and heading over to Aj who was dancing with Jamie Silverstone.
'Aj?' pansy asked sweetly when she was within ear shot.
'Yeah?' Aj turned, smiling at something Jamie had whispered in her ear.
'Can you come with me?' she asked.
Aj looked warily, and raised an eyebrow.
'Why?' she asked.
'Just wanna ask you a question.' Pansy shrugged.
'Ok…be back soon Jamie.' Aj followed pansy over to the table.
'Now, sit.' pansy ordered.
'No, thank you, I'd rather stand.' Aj replied.
'Ok, suit yourself.' pansy said.
One of pansy's smarter friends asked Aj the question.
'Aj, how would you repay someone…badly?'
'I dunno, depends what they did I guess.' Aj answered, choosing her words carefully.
'Ok, well, say someone tried to come between you and someone else, someone you liked?'
'I dunno, take it as it came I guess.' Aj smiled, knowing this wasn't what they'd want.
'Ok,' said pansy's friend, grinding her teeth, 'What spell would you use to repay someone…for anything?'
'Mmm, well, I think I'd cast a fire spell which wont burn clothing, cause, lets face it, if you're no one but a pervert, who would want to see someone's naked body?' the girls looked intrigued.
'Go on!'
'And, well, the spell I'd pick would burn them, but not their clothing…and wouldn't brunt them bad…'
'Thank you.' Pansy snapped, pushing her away.
Aj was confused, but went back over to Jamie and started dancing again.
What she didn't realize was that, what she had said was exactly what pansy and her friends where going to do to her Gryffindor friend.
Hermione watched as pansy walked over to Aj and took her back to were pansy's friends where sitting.
They exchanged words before Aj was pushed out of the circle and went back over to Jamie.
Hermione wondered what they had talked about, but before she could come to a reasonable answer, Malfoy returned.
'Ok Granger, last time, so CAN WE GO?' Malfoy snapped, coming over to her and extending his hand.
Hermione gulped, and she saw pansy looking at her, with a grin on her face that made Hermione shiver.
Malfoy led Hermione into the middle of the floor, which was still crowed, even though it had to be three in the morning.
To Hermione's relief, it wasn't a slow dance, so they danced well away from each other, but it would look like that they where dancing.
Aj saw Hermione enter the dance floor with Malfoy, and then saw Pansy pull out her wand.
Aj's eyes widened when she realized what her conversation with pansy had meant.
She left Jamie and tried to run through the crowd, but she wasn't fast enough.
By this time, Aj could see Hermione and Malfoy dancing closer, as it was a slow dance, which made Aj's job of getting to the couple much harder- everyone was dancing slow, and reluctant to move out of her way.
She was half way to them when she heard a terrible scream that suggested the owner of the voice was in enormous pain.
Her heart dropped when she noticed it was Hermione.
A Ravenclaw, the same one dancing with Ginny, saw pansy get her wand out and point it at Hermione.
Hermione was exchanging insults with Malfoy like always, but she wasn't looking at him, which made him angry.
'Mudblood!' he said, when she looked at him, he saw, and then noticed, that her hands, and everything about her was tense.
What the? he thought must have been the kiss thing, but we've danced two times, and she wasn't this tense…Ahh well, its only Mudblood.
Hermione kept one eye on pansy, and one eye on Malfoy.
When he called her a Mudblood with no sense of humanity, she took her eye off pansy, a BIG mistake.
Pansy used this opportunity to fire her well- aimed curse at Hermione.
Hermione was about to say something to Malfoy in reply to his insult when she felt pain, more pain then a million knives could have caused.
She felt something hot starting at her feet.
Malfoy also felt the sudden burst of intense heat, and jumped away from Hermione, only to see that at her feet, there was a pool of flames. Hermione's feet didn't feel that badly burnt, but the heat wasn't helping.
Everyone had moved away from Hermione, all gasping in shock and fear for Hermione.
Hermione didn't feel pain for about three seconds as the flames grew over her head and made a cylinder around her.
She twisted, tried squashing the fire, but to no success.
Malfoy didn't know what to do, he felt bad for Hermione, that she would be panicking soo much now, her head might explode.
Pansy stood the minute the curse was sent, and watched it.
Even she felt bad as she saw Hermione's dress suck up the flames so it cocooned her.
The teachers ran at the flames, and when they got there, they feared for Hermione, their smartest student. Seeing only her hair, flicking in and out of the walls of fire.
This is just like my dream! I'm engulfed in flames, burning…burning…BURNING LIKE A CANE- FIELD!
IM GOING TO GET PANSY FOR THIS!
Hermione shrieked as she continued to burn, then she was wet, nothing but wet.
Someone had put the fire out with their wands.
Hermione was still in shock…she fell forward, onto Malfoy…he caught her as she fell.
She breathed deeply as Malfoy sank to the floor.
'Who is responsible for this!' Dumbledore thundered.
'Professor?' Aj raised a trembling hand.'
'Miss Tyler? You did this?' Even Dumbledore seamed shocked.
'No sir, but I know who did see something.' Aj said. She couldn't say anything about Pansy, or she'll be murdered.
'Who? Who saw anything?' Dumbledore asked.
'He did.' Aj said, pointing to the Ravenclaw standing next Ginny.
'Did you, Mr. Coal?' Dumbledore asked.
'Yes sir, I did.'
'Very well, anyone who saw anything, even if you're not sure, I want to remain in the hall. Everyone else, GO TO YOUR COMMON ROOMS!'
The room buzzed as the students tried to see Hermione, who was breathing in and out, trying to calm down.
The teachers saw that, and blocked the nosy student's site.
Harry and Ron ran over to McGonagall, who told them to stay behind.
About three people stayed behind.
Ginny, Aj and the Ravenclaw.
When everything cleared, it was only Dumbledore, Hermione, Snape, Harry, Ron, McGonagall, Ginny, Aj and the Ravenclaw boy left in the hall.
'Minerva, please get madam Pomfrey immediately.' Dumbledore said, turning his attention to Hermione.
'Hermione?' he whispered, leaning on one knee to get close to the head girl's face.
'Mm?' she answered.
'I shouldn't ask if you're alright, the answer is apparent, but where does it hurt most?' he asked, every trace of his viciousness gone.
Dumbledore told the three people who saw something to come with him.
He took them to the entrance hall, and spoke.
'Ok, Ginny, you first please.'
Ginny told the headmaster about what happened in the bathroom, with pansy and her friends and Hermione.
'She went in fine sir, but when she came out; she was pale and looked scary.'
'Ok. That's all you saw?' Ginny nodded. 'Mr. Coal.'
'Well, I only saw that Parkinson Slytherin chick getting her wand out and pointing it at Hermione. That's all.'
'Aj?'
'Well, sir…' she looked uncomfortable, but she knew she'd have to tell him.
'You two, please back in the hall.' Ginny and Aaron (coal) went back to the hall.
'What is it?'
At that point, they saw madam Pomfrey running down the hall to wards them, carrying a bag.
'Where is she?' she screamed.
Dumbledore pointed, and she ran past him, McGonagall following.
'Well, sir, I kinda helped pansy…'
'What do you mean?'
Aj explained about what happened with pansy.
When she was done, the headmaster looked grave.
'Thank you.' he said, and then returned with her to the hall, where Pomfrey had Hermione in a sitting position.
'She is in a lot of pain, Albus.' She said, as she looked at Hermione's charred face, her eyes wide and her skin pale, well, the parts that weren't black.
'To the hospital wing!' McGonagall said at once.
'No, to her own bed. I will visit her later, in fact, Potter, Weasley, Minerva, help her to her room, I want to talk to Mr. Malfoy.'
Ron and Harry moved forward, got Hermione from under he arm pits, and helped her off Malfoy's lap, Malfoy pushing her from under her back.
Hermione placed two trembling arms around her best friends, and let them guide her from the hall.
McGonagall followed, and Dumbledore brought up the rear.
'Mr. Malfoy, I cannot look after Hermione all the time, I will need your help.' Malfoy looked angry.
'Help look after her?' he screamed.
'Yes Mr. Malfoy! You saw the state she was in! I cannot do it all the time!' he nodded glumly.
'Good, now, apply this to her face tonight when she has rested, and I will do the rest. Thank you.'
Malfoy headed off, but Pomfrey took over, getting to Hermione's room before he did.
When she was there, Pomfrey nodded to all sitting in the common room, and headed into Hermione's room.
She waved her wand, and applied potions to her face.
Half way through, she went into the bathroom to get a drink of water that Hermione had requested.
When she was done, which was 6 in the morning, she bid everyone in the common room good bye, and departed.
Dumbledore had left to the Slytherin common room at about 4 in the morning, where he found most of the house sitting there.
'Where is Miss Parkinson?' he said when he entered.
All were scared at his tone, and the look in his eyes, that they only pointed to her dormitory room.
'Wake her!'
Someone left at once to wake pansy.
When she came out, she looked scared.
'Miss Parkinson, follow me.' he said when he saw her, and walked out.
Pansy looked freaked, but followed, shivering from fright.
When they reached the head's dorm, Dumbledore opened it, and walked in.
All who took Hermione up where sitting there, and gasped when they saw pansy, especially Malfoy.
'Pansy?' he asked.
She said nothing as Dumbledore led her to Hermione's room.
When he opened the door, he saw the matron was in the bathroom, so he led pansy in.
'There.' he said, showing her Hermione. 'That is the result of your handy- work, Miss Parkinson.'
Hermione saw pansy, and looked away, trying not to look pansy in the eye.
Pansy felt guilty for a split second, then her Slytherin part over took her human compassion.
'You will receive a month worth of detention, and then you will speak with Professor Snape and myself when we debate weather or not you are welcome at this school.'
Pansy left, and Dumbledore shortly after wards.
Malfoy said good bye to everyone at 7 in the moring, wanting to sleep.
He put the cream the matron had given him on his bedside table, and hit the pillow.
It was around midday when Malfoy woke, hearing the shower running.
He got up and dressed and waited for Hermione get out.
When he thought she was done, he tapped on the bathroom door.
'What?' someone replied.
'It's Draco…I er…need to do my hair!' he tried sounding angry, but it just didn't come out like it used to.
'Ok.'
Malfoy turned the handle to the door, and walked in a cloudy bathroom.
'Here.' he said, handing Hermione the cream tube.
She was fully dressed, which surprised Malfoy.
'You're not going to classes!' he gasped.
'Yes I am.' she said, looking at him before taking the cream.
Her face wasn't burnt, but it was an extraordinary pink.
She was burnt, but not as bad as it could have been.
'Ok, well, madam Pomfrey said she was dropping by today.' Malfoy said, before leaving.
At the door, he began laughing.
'What's so funny?' Hermione asked, thinking it was her.
'You said you where going to class! It's Sunday!' he cackled before closing the door behind him.
Hermione was making progress over the next few weeks, she didn't have any scars, and she looked healthy, but Madam Pomfrey forced her to rest.
She felt happy because Harry and Ron came by often and so did Ginny.
They told her about what punishment pansy got, and Hermione thought she got what she dissevered.
Madam Pomfrey made regular visits checking on Hermione, and making sure she was healing right.
Everyone was really nice when she asked for help, and Ginny, lavender, Aj and Parvati helped her when she needed washing, taking her for a swim in her swimmers.
When Hermione was ready, she headed down to the great hall, just in time for dinner.
It was decorated in celebration.
before Hermione entered the hall, Dumbledore addressed the school.
'You may notice the hall is decorated tonight. We are celebrating our smartest student, Hermione granger of Gryffindor house, who has been nursed back to health from her..er..misshap at the ball.'
At this, many students turned to glare at pansy and her friends- rumors had spread, and they knew it was her fault.
Dumbledore sat, and when he did, Hermione entered.
Everyone cheered when they saw her, and she smiled, though it was painful. Even though she had no scars or anything, the pain was there, and that was something you couldn't visibly see, not unless Hermione showed it.
She headed over to her table and sat.
She was very popular that night, everyone coming over and asking her if she was ok, and if they could do anything for her.
'Thank you, but no.' she repeated over and over again.
Eventually, the boys stopped coming and asking if they could help, but they continued to come and talk.
Hermione scanned the hall, and saw a blond hair Slytherin looking at her.
She looked away, and heard a snip of a conversation someone was having three seats away.
'Yeah, well, Malfoy said that when she had woken up, they had fooled around!'
Hermione's face burned in anger.
How dare he! She fumed, before getting to her feet.
The boys who had crowed around her moved out of her way simply by the look on her face.
'Herms, where are you going?' Ron asked when he saw Hermione walk away.
'Be back.' she said, anger flowing from her voice.
Ron looked at Harry, and Harry looked at Ron.
Hermione stormed across the hall to Malfoy, every eye watching her.
'Malfoy!' she screamed, reaching the Slytherin.
'Yes Mudblood?' he asked, in a gentlemen manner.
This made Hermione fume even more.
'Come with me! NOW!' she added when he didn't move.
'No.' he smirked.
Hermione pulled out her wand, and pointed it at Malfoy.
'He said no, Mudblood!' Pansy screamed, standing in front of Malfoy, protecting him from Hermione's wand point.
'Pansy, move!' Malfoy yelled from behind her.
Hermione didn't lower her wand, as she watched Malfoy push pansy out of his sight of Hermione.
'NOW!' she repeated.
Malfoy looked at his friends and smirked.
'Be back soon.' he said, winking.
He got up, then turned to Blaize.
'Hey, Blaize, know any empty class rooms?' he smirked, and Blaize did as well.
'I don't want an empty class room!' Hermione shrieked.
Malfoy smirked one more time to his Slytherins before following Hermione from the hall.
Only when they where in the entrance hall did Hermione lower her wand.
'You told people we had slept together!' she shrieked.
'What? No- oh yeah!' he started cracking up laughing which made Hermione extremely mad.
'So, you did tell them!' she screamed.
'Well, sorta…' he smirked at Hermione, which she repaid him with a hard slap.
'Ok, I suggest we continue this in our common room.' Malfoy said, clutching his cheek where Hermione's hand had made contact.
'No, we can continue this right here, right now!' Hermione snapped.
'Do I have to chase you?' he asked, wiggling his eye brows.
'No, you don't-' Hermione screamed in shock and in a little bit of enjoyment as Malfoy ran at her.
Instincts kicked in, and Hermione ran the other way.
Malfoy managed to round her up like a lost sheep, and forced her to run to the marble stair case.
Everyone in the hall had been watching when Hermione took Malfoy out of the hall, and when they heard Hermione scream, they all watched the great hall doors, hoping for something good.
When they saw Hermione run past the doors and up the stair case, some could have sworn she was smiling…then Malfoy followed.
It could have looked very bad to some people, they might have thought Hermione was being chased by Malfoy for an enjoyment game, but to Hermione, it was annoying.
Hermione ran to the common room, despite of herself, and threw herself onto the couch.
Malfoy charged in a few seconds later, and saw Hermione on the couch.
One second ago, there was a smile on her face, then it turned back to anger as she remembered the reason why she had gone after Malfoy in the first place.
Now she looked almost deadly.
'Now, Malfoy, tell me what you meant by you sorta told everyone that we'd slept together?' she asked.
'Well…I didn't really say we had slept together…' he smirked, 'But I can if you want me to.'
'Your rep would be ruined, you dumb ass.' Hermione snapped.
'How would it?' he asked, walking over to a chair and sitting down.
'Cause.' she said, slapping her forehead like he was dumb. 'The Slytherin prince sleeps with a mud- Muggleborn?'
'Well, I could say it was for sport.' he smirked again.
Hermione shot up and slapped him again before going to her room and slamming the door shut.
Hermione was reading that night when she heard boys laughing.
oh no! Hermione said, panic attacking her.
Malfoy must have his friends over! Hermione replaced the book mark in her book and got off her bed.
She crossed to the door leading to the common room and walked in.
Malfoy was there, lying on the couch, Jamie lying spread out on the ground, Blaize sitting side ways in the arm chair, and some other boys Hermione didn't know the name of.
Crabbe and Goyle seam to be MIA.
'Ahh, granger, we where wondering when you where going to come out!' Malfoy called, seeing Hermione come out.
'I'm not staying.' she replied dryly.
'Sure you are.' Malfoy smirked, 'Remember our deal?'
Hermione thought back and sighed.
'Yes Malfoy, I remember.'
The rest of the boys only looked at Hermione once before going back to their conversation.
Hermione decided to leave when Malfoy turned back to his guests.
'Hey, Granger, where do you think your going?' he asked, looking at her retreating back.
'Away.' she answered.
'No you don't.' he said, before jumping to his feet and walking over to her.
'What?' she asked, looking at him warily.
'Come in here.' he pointed to his room.
'No.' Hermione answered without a moment's hesitation.
Malfoy rolled his eyes. 'Don't worry granger, my hands will stay in my pockets.' he vowed, putting his hands in his jean pockets to show he wasn't joking.
Hermione looked at him, before heading off to his room.
Malfoy followed, and at his door, he turned back to his friends. 'Be back in a hour.' he smirked, and then closed the door.
'Excuse me?' Hermione asked, walking ever so closer to the bathroom door.
'Relax Granger!' Malfoy laughed, before crossing to his bed and throwing himself on it.
'What did you want Malfoy?' Hermione asked, clearly wanting to get out of here as soon as possible.
'Well, I wanted to tell you what I want you to do tonight.'
Hermione looked at him before rolling her eyes,
'And that is?' she asked, hoping all he was going to say was either go, or stay in her room.
'We all want you to be our slave for three hours.'
Hermione glared at him.
'And if I refuse?' she asked, razing a challenging eye brow.
'You don't wanna know.' Malfoy smirked.
'Oh, yes I do, because I think I might.' Hermione said, returning Malfoy's smirk.
Malfoy raised his eye brow.
'Well, I don't want you too, because the guys said, that if you don't, I have to kiss you, and I don't want to!'
'Ok, I'll do it!' Hermione screamed at the very thought of kissing Malfoy…again.
'Good.' Malfoy sighed, 'Kissing you before was…'
'Shut up!'
Malfoy smirked again.
'Well, slave I think we need you out there.'
Hermione glared at him.
'Well, you know what, I REFUSE!'
'You want me to kiss you?' he asked, fake shock coming over his face.
'Well, one little kiss wouldn't be a bad punishment, especially if I don't have to serve a hole bunch of Slytherins.' Hermione answered.
'But, I don't wanna kiss you…' Malfoy trailed off.
'Well, I don't wanna serve a bunch of slimy Slytherins.' Hermione snapped.
'Just do it!'
'No.'
'Your sooo stubborn!' he yelled.
'Your just so-' but Hermione didn't finish her sentence.
Do we like what Pansy did to herms?
I'll have her do something else soon as well…
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