CHAPTER 14: WHERE IS SHE?
The next day Harry, Ron, Fred and George made their way up to the hospital wing.
"What's the bet she's still complaining?" Fred smirked, obviously in a better mood then the day before.
Harry laughed, "I'd say she is, probably hasn't shut-up all night"
"Give the poor girl a break" George joked.
They entered the Hospital Wing laughing.
"Hermiiiiiiiiione…" Fred whispered.
"Come on Hermione, wake up" George laughed.
"Oh come on, this is ridiculous!" Harry exclaimed, having known Hermione since first year, he knew she never woke up late.
He walked over to her and pulled the blankets back.
"What…"
They stood before the bed, Hermione wasn't there, in her place were a few pillows, pushed into a convincing shape.
"Maybe we should ask Madam Pomfrey…?" Ron suggested.
Fred turned, closely followed by Harry.
"Madam Pomfrey!" They called, hammering on her door.
"Oh for the love of Merlin!" The matron exclaimed, answering the door in a dressing-gown.
"What?"
"Has Hermione already left?"
"Of course she hasn't, besides, I've still got her stuff"
"But she's not in bed…"
"WHAT?"
Madam Pomfrey shoved them out of the way and hurried to the bed.
As expected Hermione had not magically appeared in the short time they weren't looking.
"Where is she?" the matron asked the four boys.
"We don't know, that's why we woke you up" George answered for them, seeming as the others seemed to be having trouble getting the words out of their mouth.
Madam Pomfrey frowned and turned back to examine the bed.
The pillows had been carefully moulded so that it would appear someone was lying under the sheets.
Madam Pomfrey's first thought had been that Hermione had left during the night, I mean, after all the complaining…but no, Hermione was a responsible and reasonable person, she knew she had to stay the night and so she would have.
Madam Pomfrey darted her eyes to the head of the bed.
There was nothing wrong with it except for a small stain.
She examined this.
"Blood" she murmured.
"What?" Fred said, moving so he could also inspect the small stain.
There was a blotch of it about the size of a 20 cent coin; next to it were a few little droplets.
"What's it mean?" Fred asked the matron.
"It means that I must speak to the headmaster, if you would kindly leave the room" Madam Pomfrey said, as she rushed off to wake Pansy.
"Ms Parkinson, wake up, you must take this potion and then be on your way" Madam Pomfrey said, ignoring the filthy look she was getting from the girl.
"I'm not taking any vile potion" Pansy hissed.
"Of course not" Madam Pomfrey said, rolling her eyes as she waved her wand, making Pansy's mouth fall open.
She poured the liquid down her throat, and then released Pansy of the spell.
"That cannot be allowed!" Pansy shrieked as she tried to rid the awful taste from her mouth.
"Probably not" Madam Pomfrey answered, helping the Slytherin out of bed.
Harry, Ron Fred and George left the hospital wing in shock, Hermione was missing, their Hermione.
"W-where do you think she is?" Ron asked the others.
No-one answered.
They walked on in silence for a few moments until reaching the great hall.
Fred scanned it then turned to the others.
"I think I'm gonna, I don't know, just go for a walk or something, see you guys later" he said.
"Ok mate" the others said, taking pity on the redhead.
Fred turned and started walking towards the fronts doors, but turned back, watching as they walked into the great hall.
As soon as they were out of sight, Fred changed his direction and headed down to the dungeons instead.
Fred knew where the Slytherin common room was, thanks to the map of Hogwarts he had once owned, so it was no surprise to him when he saw a large portrait of a rich looking wizard with a snake sleeping comfortably on his shoulder open.
He watched the people walk out from his hiding place.
Only Goyle and Nott.
He glared hard at them, even though they couldn't see him.
After a five minute wait the portrait opened up again.
Crabbe ane Zabini.
Fred glared again, he was getting frustrated.
This time he had to wait no longer then 2 minutes for the next person, except this person was coming from the opposite direction. It was Pansy.
Fred frowned, Pansy had left at the same time as them, she had raced ahead of them and was long gone by the time they reached the great hall, and Fred didn't recall seeing her at the Slytherin table.
Probablycornering some poor guy Fred said, rolling his eyes.
He watched as the portrait opened, trying to look past Pansy and inside.
No luck, with the way Pansy swung her hips it would be a miracle if you could see a mountain troll coming if you were standing behind her.
Usually Fred would have laughed at what he had thought, but right now he was not in the mood for laughing.
After Pansy had entered the common room, it seemed hardly seconds before the portrait swung open again and out stormed the unmistakable form of Draco Malfoy.
Draco lay on the couch in the common room, thinking about the night before hand.
He was so caught up in his thoughts that he hardly noticed his four friends wander down from the dormitory.
"Yo Draco!"
Draco looked up.
"What?"
"Hungry, great hall, now" Blaise said.
Draco smirked.
"Nah, I'm not hungry"
"Ok" Nott said, he and Goyle left the common room, Crabbe at their heels.
"Oi, Crabbe, Wait up!" Blaise called, stopping the closest living relative to the gorilla (a/n: I feel so mean, I just insulted gorillas!).
"What's up mate?" Blaise asked Draco.
"Nothing, I'm just not hungry"
"Please, I know something is up. First you won't get up, then you don't do your hair and now, now you're not hungry"
Draco laughed.
"Since when have I been a big eater?" he asked.
Blaise shrugged.
"Don't worry, I just don't feel in the mood" Draco said.
Blaise looked at him a little worriedly before leaving.
Draco grinned at his friends concern, that was a true friend.
Draco allowed himself to drift away again, thinking about Hermione.
It was then that he felt someone claim his lips.
He pulled back and looked at…Pansy.
"For the love of…" Draco started, before pushing Pansy away from him and leaving, hearing her wail his name after him.
"Bloody pest" he spat.
He continued to walk towards the staircase across the room when he felt something collide with the side of his head.
"What the hell!" he shouted as he was slammed against the wall.
"What is the meaning of this Weasel-bee?"
"Where's Hermione?"
"Unless you've forgotten, you're girlfriend is in the hospital wing, thanks to you and your brother"
"No she's not! What did you do to her?" Fred roared.
"I didn't do anything; I don't even know what the bloody hell you're on about!" Draco roared back.
Fred looked in his eyes, they weren't cold, they were confused and angered.
He released him.
"Good, now care to tell what the bloody hell is wrong with you?" Draco asked, glaring hard.
Fred glared, but didn't say anything; instead he left, not once looking back at Draco.
Draco shook his head.
"Crazy fricken Gryffindors" he murmured.
Fred left the dungeons. Once he reached the entrance hall he decided that he needed a walk.
He slipped through the doors unnoticed, and began his walk around the grounds.
Walking didn't seem to do anything but infuriate him. Hermione was missing, and all he was doing was walking around.
He started towards the forbidden forest, but changed direction to the Quidditch pitch. Then changed direction again to the lake.
Once by the lake he began to throw stones, watching some skid across the water, and others just sink with an almighty splash.
He kept on re-thinking what Draco had said… "Unless you've forgotten, you're girlfriend is in the hospital wing, thanks to you and your brother"
"IT WASN"T MY FAULT!" he roared, throwing a handful of stones into the lake.
That night Draco lay on his bed, rethinking his encounter with the Weasley twin.
Hehadn't had a clue what the bloody maniac was talking about, all that half registered was one thing, Fred didn't know where Hermione was, no-one did.
Draco closed his eyes in frustration as the sound of giggling interrupted his thoughts.
He got up and made his way down to the common room, stopping at the bottom of the stairs to glare at the two giggling girls, Pansy and her best friend Nicole, but the girls hadn't noticed him.
He opened his mouth to say something but stopped when he heard what Pansy was saying…
"Good one Nic, but back to the subject" Pansy said, no-longer giggling. "After I saw Draco and that filth mauling at each other I was mad, I mean, how could Draco do that to me?" Nicole laid a comforting hand on Pansy's shoulder and signalled for her to continue.
"Yeah well, Drakkie kept his word and left after the k-kiss, and yeah, then I couldn't help it, I grabbed the vase next to me and just hit her over the head with it" Nicole smirked, "What then? Surely you didn't just leave her there so she could blab when she woke up" Pansy shook her head.
"Well, what did you do with her?"
Pansy put her fingers to her own lips and smiled, as if saying 'That's only for me to know'
"Oh come on Pansy!" Nicole begged.
"No, I'll tell you later, but not tonight, but I'll tell you this, tonight the mudblood won't be so brave, especially now that it's all dark!" Pansy smirked, and the girls started giggling again.
"Where is she?"
The girls snapped their hands in the direction of the boy's dormitory to see Draco standing there, eyes menacing.
Pansy glanced at Nicole, and then looked back at Draco.
"Ah, what do you mean darling?" Pansy asked.
"Hermione"
"What about Granger?"
"Where is she?"
Pansy looked at Draco frightened, he looked dangerous and his voice was to clam for her liking.
"I-I Don't know w-what you mean…" Pansy whimpered.
Draco's eyes flashed.
"Tell me where she is Pansy, or they'll be fishing your body out of the lake" Draco threatened (a/n: Just letting you know that that wasn't a real threat, it's just one of those threatening ones, like you know "If you eat my cupcake I'll kill you" weak threat, just a warning that you'll regret…eating the cupcake…lol!).
"You're not serious" Nicole scoffed.
"Try me" Draco hissed.
The girls whimpered, Pansy in tears.
"WHERE IS SHE!" Draco roared.
"She's…she's…"
A/n: CLIFFY! Oh the suspense! Oh! You know what would be kewl? If i sat down at the computer and was bombarded with reviews! hint:P lol.
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