Loyalty

Part 20-Thank The Ferret

A/N-hehe… I love the title of this chapter… Sorry it took so long, again, to do this chapter. But this time I don't have an excuse because I didn't go camping. I am just hitting major writers block, but I thank all my reviewers who are sticking with me!

Disclaimer-I do not own Harry Potter… or any other characters that have to do with the Harry Potter series… I wish I did… man how I want to know what goes on inside JKR's head sometimes… lol

Last time on Loyalty…

"Lavender… LAVENDER! Oh it's so good to finally meet you!" Mrs. Weasley shrieked, pulling her into a famous bone-crushing hug. "Ron had told us so much about you and I was wondering when I would get to see you in person."

Hermione smiled as the two sat down and started chattering. She made her way out the door with one last look at Ron, and walked down back into the Great Hall.

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"Harry if you're not down here in 3 seconds I'm leaving without you!" Hermione hollered up towards Harry's room. "I don't want to be late for Snape's class!"

" 'Mione… we have 15 minutes." Harry whined, walking down the steps to great her.

"I have to talk to Malfoy remember?"

Harry groaned. "You shouldn't talk to him at all."

"I thought we already had this conversation. He helped me, I have to say something."

"Has he come up to you at all?"

"Harry he doesn't have a reason to. I didn't save his best friend."

Harry didn't say anything, but he opened up the door to the classroom and watched Hermione walk in.

"I'm sitting down… as far away from the ferret as possible."

"You do that."

Hermione spotted Draco over in the far corner and started towards him. Surprisingly he was alone, and not flocked with people.

"What do you want?" Draco asked as he noticed Hermione sit in front of him.

"I came to say thank you… for the whole Ron thing."

"Yeah, your just glad I was there, and in a good mood."

Hermione's mouth dropped. "I'm trying to be a decent person towards you. The least you could do is say 'no problem' or 'your welcome'."

"And why would I want to do that?"

"Because I know, somewhere underneath your layers of hate… is a good person. Or else you would have left me there, and Ron bleeding to death."

Draco opened his mouth to say something but quickly shut it as Professor Snape walked into class and told everyone to take their seats.

"I really appreciate what you did." Hermione whispered, and walked back over to her seat next to Harry.

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After what seemed like the longest day of classes ever, Harry and Hermione walked hand-in-hand down to the Great Hall to dinner. Hermione had wanted to go back to the Gryffindor Common Room to do homework, but Harry insisted she come down and eat. Too much studying cannot be good for you.

"Thank you for introducing me to the Weasley's." Lavender said as she sat down across from Hermione. "Molly reminds me so much of my own mother."

"I told you that she would like you."

"Yeah and I didn't believe you. I should have known that Hermione could never be wrong."

Harry laughed, ignoring the glare from his girlfriend, and went back to his food. Lavender opened her mouth to say something more when the Great Hall doors burst open and Ginny came running over to the Gryffindor table.

"Ginny what is it?"

"Ron…" She said breathlessly, "He's awake."

Harry Hermione and Lavender said nothing. Instead they bolted from there seats and arrived in the Hospital Wing in 10 seconds flat. Lavender jumped on Ron's bed and buried her face in his chest instantly.

"Ron I missed you so much."

"I missed you to Lav." He chocked out, "I did to…"

Lavender reluctantly let go in order to give Hermione a turn. She grabbed him around the neck and brought him into a friendly hug.

"Oh Hermione… I thought he would have killed you."

"Who?"

"Eric… I think his name was… the Death Eater from the Shrieking Shack."

Hermione smiled, "Nope. I took care of him."

Harry clapped Ron on the shoulder and told him it was good to have him back as Lavender climbed into bed next to him.

"So…" Ron started, "When am I going to get out of here?"

"Ron! You were captured by Voldemort, shot at by Death Eaters, and god knows what else!" Hermione shrieked, "And you think your just going to waltz on out of here like nothing happened?"

"Well… yeah. I feel fine."

Hermione muttered something about 'being hopeless' under her breath before Harry stepped forward and started to talk. "So uh… what exactly happened?"

The smile Ron had on his face faded, and he sat for a long moment, playing with Lavenders hair. "I told him Harry…"

"Told who what?"

"Voldemort… about the prophecy…"

"Do you honestly think I care? All that matters is that you're alive. Maybe now that he knows he will stop going after people I love and care about and just come after me."

Hermione fought back the urge to cry as the prophecy ran through her head. 'Harry can't die… I won't let it happen… it can't happen…'

With these thoughts still running through her head, Madame Pomphre came bustling around the corner. "Miss Brown! I do not tolerate people in beds with my patience!"

Lavender mumbled a quick apology and slowly sat back up and stood next to Hermione.

"Now… I need you all to leave so I can examine Mr. Weasley and then give him another sleeping potion. You may all come back tomorrow morning."

Harry and Hermione nodded and started out the hospital doors and to the Common Room. They were about half way there when Hermione stopped and told Harry to be quiet.

"Do you hear that?"

'creeeeeek…'

"It's probably just the floor or something." Harry said.

'creeeeek…'

"No I think it's…" but she didn't get to finish. It seemed like everything went silent for about 2 seconds before the wall next to the couple came crashing down, hard. Without hesitation, Hermione put her hands on Harry's chest and shoved him into the opposite wall, and he watched as it came crashing down on top of his girlfriend.

"Hermione!"

Harry frantically started lifting chunks of rubble off the ground until he uncovered a hand, then a foot, then a head, and soon Hermione's whole body.

"Oh my god Hermione please be ok. Please."

She stirred a little in his arms and slightly opened her eyes.

"Oh thank Merlin… I can't have anything happen to you Hermione."

"Who's? Her…mione?" She grumbled.

"What? What are you talking about?"

"I don't know wh… am…"

Hermione's eyes closed again, and she fainted into Harry's arms.

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A/N- So… does anybody hate me? Lol… I was re-reading all my chapters the other day… man I'm not a very good writer… but I'm working on it! Lol… please review!