WOW! HALF BLOOD PRINCE IS HERE! Omg!
Whos got a copy? Come on, I bet you all have one :P! hhahahha.
Ok, now, lots of people have answered my questions so, firstly, my thanks. I'm sorry about the asking about the kissing thing, I had just forgotten. And to the chapters. Well, some have said, I could make 30 or even 40 but I think that might be stretching it out a bit…what do you think? I might have one or 2 more chapters then I will call it quits…now now, don't worry, I don't mean with the whole story, I mean with starting Doing Divination Again Part 2. but, if too many people disagree with this, I will keep writing to whenever people ask me to stop…though, something has to happen between Hermione and Draco soon right? Hehhe.
Ok, enough talking, and on with the story.
Hermione sat quietly with Harry and Ron while they ate their breakfast, thinking about what she had just seen. Malfoy has a ring. A ring that looks almost exactly like Hermione's necklace. Molding this over in her head, Hermione didn't notice that Harry and Ron where finished with their breakfast and were now walking slowly to the doors, thinking Hermione was in tow.
However, when they reached the Entrance hall and Harry turned around after just asking Hermione's point of view on what he and Ron where talking about, he noticed Hermione wasn't behind them.
Reentering the Great hall, Harry spotted her sitting where they had been moments before, a glazed look on her features. Harry walked up to her and tapped her on the shoulder.
'Er, Hermione? Coming to Potions?' she gave him no answer.
'Hermione!' Harry said, shaking her gently.
Suddenly, Hermione snapped out of her thinking land and saw Harry and Ron standing over her looking worried and concerned.
'I'm sorry Harry, erm…did you say something?' Harry only looked at her before shaking his head.
'No, but come on, or we're going to be late for Potions.'
Hermione jumped to her feet, alarmed that she might be late for a lesson. She stooped under the table, grabbed her bag and walked fast from the hall.
'Well, come on! It was you who said we'd be late!' Hermione snapped after waiting in the entrance hall, tapping her foot impatiently.
Both boys caught up with her and walked down into the gloomy dungeons.
All thoughout Potions, Hermione was thinking. She still wouldn't believe that Malfoy had given her the necklace, but all the evidence pointed to that conclusion.
But logic- one part of her brain argued.
Screw logic! Look at all the evidence Hermione! Answered another part of her brain.
But why? Asked her logic part.
Oh my god Hermione, are you really this thick? HE-LIKES-YOU!
Ewwww now, that is not very logic of me…
'Miss Granger, I am under the impression, judging by the state of dreaming look that is present on your face, that my lesson is boring you?' Professor Snape asked silkily from the front of the class.
Oh, good one.
'Erm, no professor Snape, its not.' Hermione answered quickly.
'Well then, you would be so kind as to answer the question that I just put forward?'
Great, now you've done it. You should have said you were board out of your mind.
'I'm sorry professor, but could you please repeat the question?' Hermione asked.
'Ten points from Gryffindor for not listening and detention on Monday night miss granger.'
Ok, even though I think you deserved the ten points, what a nerve giving you detention!
Ok Hermione, you are now officially mental.
'Great.' Hermione said aloud.
'Excuse me?' Harry whispered. Thankfully, Snape's attention was sidetracked by pansy that was having great trouble with her potion.
'Oh nothing.' Hermione answered, giving him a shaky smile. Looking at the board, Hermione caught sight of Malfoy looking at her, then smirking.
Hermione looked down at her lap in embarrassment, her cheeks turning bright red.
After class, Hermione was one of the last to leave. She was packing her things away when she heard pansy whisper to Professor Snape only a few tables away.
'Professor, how do you make a love potion?' she asked.
'Why pansy?' Snape asked, his eyes glowing.
'I want one obviously.' Pansy snapped.
'Don't take that tone with me or I will be forced to take points.' Snape snapped. Pansy rolled her eyes. 'I need to know why pansy because love potions are banned at Hogwarts.'
'I want to use one on someone and I am not telling you who.' Pansy added quickly when Snape opened his mouth.
'Come to me after dinner and I will help you.' Snape said looking at her carefully.
Pansy looked happy for a minute then turned to her normal stone-cold expression as she left the dungeon. Snape shook his head and muttered 'Teenagers' before leaving the dungeon behind pansy. Hermione shook her head and tried to forget what pansy had asked for as she finished packing up and carefully left the dungeon herself.
Hurrying to her next class, Hermione made it in the last seconds before Professor Flitwick closed the door.
'You're lucky Miss Granger.' He squeaked.
'Yes, thankyou Professor.' Hermione panted taking her seat with Harry and Ron.
They gave her a questioning look, but she shook her head, mouthed "I'll tell you later" before turning to look and Professor Flitwick who had climbed on top of a pile of books to see the whole class.
Once they had copied a few notes and the class was buzzing with people casting the charm, Hermione lent over and whispered to Harry and Ron what she had overheard in the dungeon.
'Ooo I wonder who it is?' Ron asked, mischief twinkling in his eyes.
'I don't know.' Hermione said, waving her wand.
'But I wanna find out.' Harry said, smiling slyly.
'What are you thinking?' Ron asked, smiling just as slyly.
'Oh honestly, you two have never heard of privacy have you?' Hermione said, shaking her head though wanting to know what Harry's plan was.
'Well, yeah…I'm my father's son after all.' Harry answered then whispered his plan to them.
Dinner was very exciting. Harry had his cloak tucked carefully under his robes. Hermione kept going over the plan in her head, trying to see any flaws while carefully cradling the phial of potion she had managed to knock up during the day.
'You know, I think I know who the potions for.' Ron said quietly.
'Really?' Hermione said, faking surprise. 'Well, as for me, I think its-'
'Malfoy.'
'Malfoy.' Harry and Hermione answered at the same time. 'I think even a FIVE YEAR OLD COULD GUESS THAT!' she added loudly, though looking down as people looked over. Loosing interest, everyone else continued with dinner.
'Yes, well I think so too.' Ron said irritably.
'Good for you.' Hermione added rolling her eyes but smiling.
'Snape's on the move!' Harry hissed. He had eaten some dinner, but was mostly watching Snape.
'So is pansy!' Hermione said looking over at the Slytherin table where pansy had just gotten up.
'Time to move.' Harry said quietly.
Once both Snape and pansy had gone, Harry, Ron and Hermione slipped out too.
In the Entrance hall, out of sight, Harry pulled out the cloak and put it over himself and Ron and Hermione. They carefully crept down the stairs to the dungeon and saw pansy, who was standing in front of Snape's office, nervously hopping from foot to foot.
Without a sound, they tiptoed over to a corner near Snape's door and waited.
In a few minutes, Snape walked briskly down the steps towards pansy.
With not so much as a greeting, or acknowledging pansy's presence, Snape opened the door and walked over and sat behind his desk.
Taking a deep breath, pansy followed. Before the door was closed, Harry, Ron and Hermione slipped through, carefully not to let their feet show- Ron had to almost bend over double. Finding another corner, the three walked silently over and stood waiting.
Snape's office was a foul as they remembered. Things where crawling around in slimy jars behind Snape's desk. The office had a gloomy feel to it. Over in one corner, there was small wooden table with a cauldron, knife, chopping board and a set of ingredients.
'So pansy.' Snape said after pansy closed the door quietly behind her.
'Yes?'
'Here is a book that will help you. I my self cannot make the potion- I would be breaking rules.'
Pansy snorted. 'Like you haven't done that before.' She muttered. Snape ignored her but Harry, Ron and Hermione exchanged looks of interest under the cloak.
'I will observe you while you make it, making sure nothing goes wrong.' Snape continued. 'There is a cauldron, ingredients are over there, off you go.' Snape pointed to the small table in the corner and watched as pansy picked up the book and walked over to it, took the chair and sat.
While she was chopping, Snape watched before he turned to some parchment that was on his desk and started making ticking hand movements with his quill.
Under the cloak, Hermione mouthed "lets see what the book says." The others nodded and they quietly left their corner and tiptoed over to pansy who was frowning.
Standing off to the side, Hermione looked over at the book and began reading. Harry and Ron did nothing but make sure they were covered at all times. When she was done, she nodded and they moved back over into their corner.
Two hours later, pansy had called Snape for help so many times that Hermione was shocked he had actually got some work done.
'That will do, now, bottle only one phial and go. Be wise with it pansy.'
Pansy carefully filled the phial with the potion and looked at Snape.
'This is it?' she asked skeptically.
'Idiot.' Hermione breathed quietly, again, Harry and Ron looked at her questionably.
Snape looked up from his marking and looked at her. 'Yes pansy. Now, make sure you only use three drops. Only three drops.' He repeated. Pansy nodded and left, leaving her mess behind.
Before she closed the door, pansy stopped out in the corridor to hold up the phial and examine it carefully. This gave Harry, Ron and Hermione to slip quickly out of the office.
"And now we follow" Harry mouthed to the others. They nodded and they followed pansy to the entrance to the Slytherin common room.
"Salazar" pansy said to the wall. It broke apart and let her in. again, being swift, the three managed to slip in though it was very close. They followed pansy into the common room where she sat on one of the green couches and played with Malfoy's hair. He didn't notice though after a while, he snapped at her.
Harry, Ron and Hermione took once again to a dark corner and where forced to watch sickening scene as pansy tried to flirt with Malfoy. Hermione's stomach was lurching, and she was horrified to hear a thought pop momentarily in her head:
Leave him alone! He's mine!
After a while, pansy got board, as she wasn't getting any where and decided to get up. Hermione quickly took out her wand and tapped her head. It felt like someone was cracking an egg on her head and letting it run down. It was the same spell Moody had put on Harry when he left the Dursleys house one year. Without a word to Harry or Ron, Hermione slipped out from underneath the cloak and walked quietly up to pansy. Just as quietly, she followed as pansy walked into the girl's dormitory.
Once in her year's room, pansy went into the bathroom to get ready for bed. Before Hermione walked into the room, pansy put the phial of love potion on the table beside her bed. Hermione was happy that the room was empty. Looking at the initials on the trunks, Hermione found Pansy's trunk at the foot of her bed and sat down on it. Spotting the phial, Hermione carefully got up and pulled out her own potion. Carefully uncorking the cork in the glass phial, Hermione poured out half of the potion into a spare phial, she poured the rest of her phial (it was only half full) into pansy's one. Hoping that the colour wouldn't change, Hermione put the cork in place on both phials. Smiling at her work, Hermione left the room just as pansy walked out of the bathroom.
Hermione was smiling all the way down into the common room. It was unnoticed that the girls dormitory door had just opened but no one came in or out which was good for Hermione as she tiptoed over to where she left Harry and Ron.
'Harry?' Hermione whispered though barely moving her lips.
'Yeah?' came a just as quiet reply.
'Let's go.'
Hoping that the others where in tow, Hermione walked over to the entrance and opened it. As it closed, she heard someone say 'Why did that open?' but thankfully no one came out it investigate.
Hermione didn't wait, she walked to the end of the cold corridor and up the stairs, still hoping that Harry and Ron where either a head of her already or close behind.
Reaching the entrance hall, Hermione pulled out her wand again and tapped her head. Again the sensation of someone cracking and egg over her head came to her and she was visible.
Seconds later, Harry and Ron emerged a few feet away from her.
'How did it go?' Harry asked.
'I'll tell you when we get back to the common room.' Hermione said smiling again as she walked quickly up the stairs.
When they entered their common room, they took their cozy seats by the fire and Hermione explained what she had done when she left them.
'And then I poured in my potion-'
'Which was what?' Ron interjected.
'A stronger love potion than hers. I made sure when I read the book. Snape wouldn't have given her the strongest love potion because he would have known she would do something silly with it. But I had made one in breaks. And added it to hers.' Hermione smiled again.
'What will happen when she gives it to Malfoy?' Harry asked.
'Well, if she gives him three drops like she's meant to, it will very funny. He will be confused at first, and then he will start devoting his undying love for her, and making an ass of himself.' Harry and Ron laughed.
'And?' Ron asked, eager to know more.
'I wont spoil it Ron.' Hermione said mysteriously with a wink.
'Ooo I like the sound of this!' Ron said very happy.
'But nothing serious will happen will it?' Harry asked.
'No. I also checked that and nothing will happen to him except he will be very embarrassed when he comes round.'
'Good.'
'So anyway, I mixed it with hers and left, but as I left, I was sure I heard her singing "He will be mine before the weeks out!" in the shower!'
They all howled with laughed, causing an alarmed looking fifth year to look over at them.
The next morning, pansy gave Malfoy three drops of her love potion in his pumpkin juice.
Ok, cruel place to leave it, but I promise "Before the weeks out" there will be another chap- writing it now. Maybe in the same night? Oooo. Read and review. Though, I think in about a day or two, give ya time to review :D
ENJOY READING HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF- BLOOD PRINCE! From what I've read, its great. Has anyone finished?
Ok, until next time
Aj.