CHAPTER 8: MALFOY'S LESSON
Fred and George were angry. They had run straight after Malfoy, into the whirling snow, Hermione lost sight of them. When she made it to Hogwarts the first people she saw were Harry and Ginny, occupied in a very passionate kiss. Hermione walked over to them and coughed slightly to get their attention. They ignored her. "HELLO!" she yelled. Their heads shot up. "Oh, um, Hello Hermione" Harry blushed. Ginny smiled at her first, not in the slightest bit embarrassed.
"Have you seen Fred and George?"
"Weren't they with you?"
"Yeah, but they ran after…I've lost them"
"Well no, sorry Mia, haven't seen them"
Hermione couldn't help but think 'wonder why.'
She tried everywhere they'd usually be, Owlery (Sending out the latest order forms), Outside Filch's office(waiting to see the look on Filch's face when he's pelted with a dozen charmed dungbombs), inside Filch's office(It's Fred and George, need I say more?). 'Of course they're not here' she thought, 'They ran off searching for Malfoy, not to play pranks or send order forms!' she could have kicked herself for being so stupid.
"Where would Malfoy have gone if two older Gryffindors were after him?" she asked herself, "The Great Hall, or the Slytherin common room."
She ran into the great hall and saw it near empty, except for a few people from each house, Including Harry and Ron. She made her way over to them. "Have you guys seen Fred and George?" she asked, "Uh, no, I think…um…" Ron trailed off, 'He's no even paying attention!' Hermione thought angrily, 'It's that damn chess game!' Hermione didn't even think, she just picked up the chess board and threw it on the ground. "HEY!" both Harry and Ron yelled, "Oh shut-up, you should be studying anyway!" she snapped, Ron opened his mouth to remind her that his chess skills helped get the Philosophers stone, but Hermione was quicker, "Have either of you guys seen Fred and George?" she asked. "Umm, they ran past the great hall yelling, they looked mad" Harry said. "Thanks you guys" she said, "At least now I know that they're on the castle."
Hermione made her way towards the Slytherin common room when she saw Fred and George, 'Finally!' she thought. "My god, never leave me like that again!" she said to them, "Shh, we're waiting for Malfoy" they whispered. Hermione rolled her eyes, but hid with them, she did want to see Malfoy get what he deserved. They waited there for at least and hour. Finally Hermione asked them if they could leave. "He's not going anywhere!" She said, hoping desperately to convince them. It was at that moment that the portrait hole to the Slytherin common room opened. Hermione's heart jumped, Crabbe and Goyle were coming out meaning Malfoy probably would too! This was just perfect! "Boo!" Hermione jumped and turned around, there stood Pansy Parkinson. "What are you doing Mudblood?" she shrieked. The portrait shut so quickly that Crabbe fell over in surprise and knocked himself out. "Stupefy!" Hermione shouted, pointing at Pansy.
Fred, George and Hermione ran back to the common room. When they arrived they were out of breath and grinding their teeth, they were so sure that Malfoy was going to come out. "Maybe next time?" Hermione said, trying to cheer Fred and George up. They just grunted. The only good that was coming out of this was that Malfoy was leaving her alone. She had seen him once or twice, but never when Fred and George were there.
It was the day before the Christmas holidays and Fred and George were a miserable as ever, they had obviously not bashed Malfoy. "He's like disappeared!" they complained. "Not really, he's been n every one of my classes and I've seen him walking around when I went to the bathroom" Hermione said matter-of-factly. They groaned. "That didn't help, that just means he'll never be around at the same time as us, but if you're around, he's there! Not the safest thing" Fred said, resting his head on Hermione's shoulder. Hermione smiled as an idea came into her head. She got up (making Fred fall over) and made her way to the stairs of the boy's dormitories. "Where are you going?" George asked curiously. "You'll see."
Hermione returned after several minutes holding a cloak. "I borrowed this from Harry" she grinned, "The invisibility cloak!" They exclaimed. "Ah, remember when Harry tried to sneak to Hogwarts in third year with this?" Fred asked George, "Those were the days!" George grinned. "So, what did you have in mind Hermione?" they asked. Hermione told them the plan and they left.
They arrived on the second floor after a minute or two and almost immediately they spotted Malfoy, luckily Fred and George well already after the cloak. As expected Malfoy made his way over to Hermione.
"So, finally got my name out of your mouth did you?" Malfoy asked irritably. "Clearly" Hermione answered back. "Very confident there I see, I wouldn't be if I were you" he smirked. "Whatever Malfoy, I'm out of here" she said. She started to walk away, but he grabbed her arm. "No, I don't think you're going anywhere" he snarled. He pushed her up against the wall, running his fingers through her hair. "Come on…" Hermione muttered to Fred and George. "What was that?" Malfoy said, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Nothing, now get the fuck away from me!" she yelled, pushing him off her. She tried to run, but Malfoy caught her by the arm, spun her around and hit her. She couldn't help but scream in pain. Fred and George pushed threw the cloak off them then. "Leave her alone!" they roared. Malfoy scowled at Hermione "This was your idea wasn't it?" he asked, "Of course" she said, holding her cheek and glaring at him. "Bitch" he yelled pushing her away so he could grab his wand. She hit the wall the all went black.
Hermione awoke several hours later in the common room; her head was throbbing with pain, as was her cheek. She looked over at Fred who was asleep by her side; George on the other hand was asleep in and armchair. "Fred?" she said tiredly. Fred lifted his head and looked at her "Hello there" she said, smiling. He moved his head up to hers and kissed her passionately. She threw her arms around his neck, while he lifted her shirt. Hermione winced, her head was throbbing badly now and her cheek burned painfully. "Stupid bastard" she said, sitting up and conjuring a glass of water. Fred laughed, "Well, he's probably feeling a lot more pain then you are" Hermione nearly choked on her water in her desperation to ask what happened. "Don't choke! Look, we bashed him up badly after you passed out, oh and sorry we took so long, George was holding me back, we were waiting for the opportune moment, but we were a but late" She smiled slightly. "It's ok, I'm fine, could do with a painkiller though" she said. Fred picked up a glass on the small table beside the armchairs, "We took you to the hospital wing when we were done with Malfoy, Madam Pomfrey told us to take you back to the common room and give you this potion when you woke up, said it'd help the pain, I'm sure its much better then a painkiller or whatever" Hermione thankfully took the potion and skulled it. "Thank you" she said, before drifting off to sleep.
a/n: Well, heres another chapter, FINALLY! tests are over:D i hope i did well in them. Well chapters will come more often in about 7 days, i'm on holidays then:D Well read and REVIEW! Oh and i've been asked whether this is a Draco Hermione thing or Fred Hermione. I'm sorry if i've disappointed any1, but this is definatly a Fred Hermione ship, SORRY! I put down Hermione and Draco, cause its got more to do about them, they are the main characters, sorry if i confused anyone! I also am sorry if this chapter is shit, i thought it was quite good, but i mean spelling and grammer, its been a really stressful week, so once again SORRY!