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Furious, Harry threw his ingredients and his bag into his cauldron and dragged it up to the front of the dungeon to the empty table. Snape followed, sat down at his desk and watched Harry unload his cauldron. Determined not to look at Snape, Harry resumed the mashing of his scarab beetles, imagining each one to have Snape's face.

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Chapter 21

Draco and Hermione hardly saw each other for the weeks following their return to Hogwarts, Quidditch season was in full swing which meant Draco was at practice when he wasn't in class and at the try-outs for a new chaser, as Capitan he needed to be there even though he wished he was somewhere else with Hermione.

Hermione was busy also, NEWT's were only 5 months away and she needed to revise 7 years worth of work for May. She spent most of her free time in the library or speaking with professors about assignments and clearing up a few things she needed to be clear on.

She also tried to spend time with her friends since it was their last year all together at school. Harry wanted to become a member of the ministry, Ron wanted to become a England Quidditch player and she wanted to be a teacher, so after school they would all be going their separate ways. Draco wanted to become a master of potions at Hogwarts with Hermione.

December 24th was a delightfully warm Sunday, and promised to be a good one. The game was Slytherin v's Hufflepuff in the past Hermione would have supported Hufflepuff, but Draco was her husband so she descended to the stands dressed in green and silver.

Not all of the students were present from other houses at the match, the only time every student would be on the field was when their house was playing or Slytherin and Gryffindor was playing, even if they weren't in those houses, their games always promised to be fun.

"Kiss for good luck" Draco asked Hermione when he met her eye level on the stand. She was in the Slytherin stands teachers and parents section, no parents were allowed since it was only a friendly game. Draco had flown up to her before the game started. Hermione nodded and kissed his cheek

"Good luck" she said.

"I'm gonna' win, just you watch" He said confidently and flew away. Hermione smiled and sighed as she continued to watch the team get in their positions.

Madame Hooch blew her whistle, signaling that the game had begun. The balls were released, followed by the golden snitch; Draco saw this and flew off in the direction it flew off in.

Hours had passed, Quidditch games could go on forever if they really wanted to, Slytherin was in the lead 100-70, Hermione had to admit Slytherin was good, not as good as Gryffindor. She too thought the Hufflepuff where quite good too.

"Draco Malfoy, Slytherin seeker and captain seems to have seen the snitch, he's doing a Wronskie Feint" said the announcer, a younger Hufflepuff student she didn't know. Hermione knew this was a dangerous move; the Wronskie feint was intended to make the opponent copy the seeker who is doing the move in hurdling to the ground in full speed and then pull out at the last minute. She never liked when Harry did this move, but it was his favorite move named after Josef Wronskei. Draco pulled up at the last minute, much to Hermione's relief but also the other seeker pulled out too knowing what Draco was doing.

Draco could no longer see the stitch, he decided to fly above the game and watch for it up there, as he flew he flew past Hermione and winked at her.

Hermione was so involved in the game she never saw the Slytherin beater looking and smirking at her.

The beater, Bore held his bat steady waiting for a bludger to come his way, one did come his way and he swung his bat hitting the bludger with full force at the Slytherin stands and the bludger hit Hermione full force in her stomach and she lost her balance over the edge of the Quidditch stands so she fell over the edge.

Hermione fell faster and faster, she was unconscious at the time, she fell about 150 feet on the bottom of the Slytherin stands. Dumbledore noticed her falling but before he could stop her she hit the floor, the game was still going on no one seemed to notice because the game was so intense.

A few people in the audience who saw the whole scene gasped and all scrambled to the edge of their stands to look over.

Hermione laid there, blood was on her face and she was unconscious, or dead because she was not moving at all. Madame Hooch too saw but rules were to keep the game going unless a player was injured. It seemed that Draco was unaware because he was so high in the sky he couldn't be seen him self.

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"What happened?" Poppy demanded to Dumbledore as he levitated a not breathing head girl through the hospital wing doors

"She fell from the Quidditch stands, she was hit with a bludger, fell about 150 feet" he said putting her down on a spare bed.

"Thank you, excuse me" Poppy said closing the curtain so she could examine Hermione.

Minutes later she came out to see Dumbledore and McGonagall waiting for news, Poppy shook her head

"We need to contact her parents, Mr. Malfoy and his family as well as her best friends, she doesn't look good. Please inform them and I shall explain everything," she said starting to put Hermione's arm in a temporary sling.

Dumbledore and McGonagall ran to his office, they had to owl the Grangers and Malfoy's at once.

He ordered Fawks to go with a letter that said Hermione had been in an accident and they were needed at once.

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Narcissa and Libby were both out in the garden of Granger Mansion, their husbands were with them but reading while the women talked. Libby looked up to see Fawks coming their way

"Fawks" she said, "Look" and she pointed at the bird

"Must be important news, Dumbledore doesn't always use his best carrier for ordinary news" Lucius said putting his book down. Fawks dropped the letter in Libby's lap.

"Oh my god, we have to get to the school" she said as she read the letter

"What's happened?" Narcissa asked

"Hermione, she's been in a accident, we have to go all of us" she said running with the others in doors. Libby's eyes were starting to form tears as she ran to the grand fireplace, that all 4 of them could floo at one time to Hogwarts.

"Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, Headmaster Dumbledore's office" she shouted and they all dropped their floo powder forming green flames.

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