Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this Harry Potter story, except for the plot.
"Well, well, well," drawled a tall blonde known by the name of Draco Malfoy. "Fancy having a stroll around the lake are we?" he asked as he acknowledged each one of them, Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger.
"Yes," answered Hermione "do you have a problem with that, Malfoy?" she asked."Why don't you just crawl back into the hole you came out from, Malfoy." suggested Harry.
Ignoring the bespectacled wizard, Draco turned to look at Hermione. "Frankly, yes." He answered "My vision is being filled with Mudblood filth at the moment." He answered.
He then noticed a spark of fire in Ron's eyes as he growled "Look some where else then."
"For your information, Malfoy…" began Hermione. But he never did get to hear what she said.
A giant tentacle came out of the water and rose silently behind Hermione. His face remained impassive as his eyes followed it higher.
Suddenly it made a move to drop down and grab her, and he only did one reaction and instinct that ran through his mind.
"Granger, watch out!" He shouted as he quickly tried to push her out of the way. Everything then happened in slow-motion; he lunged towards her, while she looked up at the tentacle swinging towards her.
It was only then that time seemed to go back to normal as the squid grabbed her before he could.
It wrapped around her midriff and she screamed as it brought her high in the air. Her two friends tried desperately to stun the giant thing.
His eyes then quickly followed her as it pulled her into the water. He then glanced at Harry and Ron. They had started panicking and began shouting at each other.
--Why would she even call them friends!-- He thought as he just stared at both of them.
Draco then wasted no time as he removed his Hogwarts robe, vest, tie, shoes and socks.
Without a second thought, Draco jumped into the icy-cold, murky lake.
--Come on, Granger. Where are you?-- He swam for quite some time and tried hard to find her.
Why was he doing this in the first place?
--Potter should be the one saving her--
He then saw the figure of Hermione Granger. He was relieved when he got to her, because he was slowly running out of oxygen.
But Hermione wasn't looking to good herself. She was unconscious, pale and her lips were slightly blue.
As he swam over to get her out, it was only then that he realized she was still in the squid's grasp. He tried to get her out and luckily for him; the squid didn't put up a fight as it released her.
Draco quickly took Hermione and placed her on his shoulders. He then kicked with all his might as he tried to reach the surface of the water.
As his head broke the water surface, he panted for air. After getting oxygen back into his lungs, he brought her to the bank where Harry crouched waiting, looking worried.
"Some friend you are Potter." He growled as he placed the unconscious Hermione on the bank. Harry just looked at him, never replying.
Then in a distance, Draco saw Ron, followed by Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey and Hagrid rushing towards the lake.
As Draco was about to pull himself out of the water, he felt the something grab his ankle. Draco didn't even have time to think when it pulled him back into the lake.
The squid slammed him roughly against a very sharp jagged boulder.
He then felt the back of his shirt and flesh rip open as it pushed him harder to the rock.
It's tentacle then took hold of his ribs and it dragged him away, tearing more shirt and flesh. Strangling him into a bone-crushing hug, his life was slowly squeezed away from him.
He heard a bone crack, followed by another, it was then that he had difficulty breathing than he already was.
As he was about to give in, the squid suddenly released him and without warning, it slammed him head first into a huge boulder.
The last thing he saw in the murky water was a big figure wrestling with the squid before he passed out.
If there were any spelling errors or any other errors, sorry for the inconvenience. The first few chapters would be a bit, short, but I'm trying to make the other chapters as long as possible.
Flexiblefish.