Draco's arrived in time to save the group from the Quintapeds, but the question is, why did he come back?
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Draco's POV
I had arrived just in time, luckily, leaving London to fly here at about five in the afternoon, heading straight here, where I found Potter, three Weasleys and Hermione surrounded by Quintapeds. I took one out with my sword, before setting the hidden fireworks off and jinxing them so they attacked the Quintapeds
But even still, I'm not sure if they were glad to see me or not. However, I did land and got off my broom, looking at the ground
"So, uh, well, I'm back," I said, looking up for a brief second
Little Weasley was scowling at me, the only one though. While the Twin Weasleys were treating me with suspicion, I think they were glad I had showed up. Potter was surprised. But I take it Hermione was shocked. She had never expected someone like me to show up and save them from a bunch of giant carnivorous beasts
"So, decided to come back?" said Potter
"Yeah, I did"
"Where did you go?"
"Around"
I walked over to the corpse and retrieved the sword, before sheathing it on my hip. I turned around, drew my wand and conjured up a tent for myself
"I think you might have to reset the charms," I told the twins, "I might have overused them. And be quick, there would be more coming"
They turned away, but I saw the anger in their eyes. I smirked and went into my tent, thinking up a way of getting back at Weasley
Just as I did, the flap opened and Hermione came in. I jumped, surprised by this, but I decided to question her with sarcasm
"Don't you think it's a little early?" I asked, "Normally you wait until everyone is asleep"
"Yeah right, Malfoy, like I'd come to you like that?" she said
"You could. I'm not too sure how a woman's mind works"
"If you're not thrown into Azkaban or killed and you end up getting married, if you do, then maybe you could learn a thing or two"
"Well, I may know one thing or two about women," I said with a leer
"Uh-huh, like you go for me. Hello, stupid, I'm a mudblood, remember?"
"Are you? Are you just a mudblood? Or are you something more?"
"What are you, Shakespeare?"
"Who's that?"
"Never mind"
"Ah, so why did you come in, if not for me?" I said, raising an eyebrow
"Hey, the brain in your head, wake up! The brain past the belt can stay asleep"
"And it was just waking up, too"
Hermione gave me a what-are-you-an-idiot look
"Malfoy!"
"I'm awake, no need to shout! Now what do you want?"
"Oh forget it; I just came in here to see why you came back?"
"Remember when I said I liked you?"
"If you start speaking poetry to me, I will hex so bad you won't forget it!"
"Oh I know you love me"
"In your dreams"
"Well, I rarely have dreams; I get what you call nightmares"
"Get on with it, Malfoy"
I was grinding her nerve and I was enjoying it. I smirked when she gritted her teeth at me
"Well, I know I can't have you, but that doesn't mean I can't hang around and help out"
"Oh so you ran away because you couldn't get me, right?"
"Yeeah, something like that. And besides, I know you won't have me, because you hate me so bad, it's not funny. I mean, why shouldn't you? We've hated each other for the last few years, so it's not like I can turn around and date you, right?"
"I think for once you're making sense, Malfoy. Wow, it's so unbelievable you can!"
"Oh ha, ha, very funny. So even though I can't have you, doesn't mean I can't do this"
And with that, I seized her by the shoulders, pulled her towards me and crashed my lips to hers. Oh my, it was so intoxicating. Her lips were so soft, so luxurious, so…
"What the fucken hell is going on?"
I pulled away from Hermione to see Weasley's angry face glaring down on us. As soon as I saw him standing in my tent, I felt a wave of anger rising up inside of me, while I could feel the hatred rolling off him
"This is not what it looks like," Hermione said coolly
"What do you want, Weasley?" I snapped
"Oh I look around and see Hermione missing, she's not in her tent and I heard talking coming from yours. So I take a look and what do I see, what do I SEE? I see my best friend kissing my worst enemy!"
Okay, so I did something wrong, but he didn't have to go psycho, did he? If I caught him kissing my dad, would I freak out? Oh no, bad image, BAD IMAGE!
"Calm down, Weasley, I'm sure I haven't killed her with my wonderful kiss yet," I said icily
"Calm down, no Malfoy, I will not fucken CALM DOWN!"
I saw his hand reach into his pocket. And I knew he was going to jinx me again. Not wanting him to get the upper hand, I whipped out my wand and aimed it at him
"Draco, Ron, settle down"
Too late, Hermione
Even though I had my wand, I wasn't fast enough for Weasley's spell, which threw me back against the tent wall. I didn't rip through, but I was pissed off. Weasley raised his wand. I flicked mine
"Levicorpus"
Suddenly, Weasley was thrown into the air, as if an invisible meat hook had impaled his ankle and hoisted him up. His wand fell away and Hermione jumped up in shock. Weasley's face was turning red (like it already wasn't). I got up and with a flick of my wand, projected him out of my tent and into the open. Potter and the twins all jumped up from around the fire when they saw me
"Put him down, Malfoy," said one of the twins threatening
"No, I don't think I will, Weasley, he jinxed me before, it's only fair this time," I said
"Malfoy," said Potter in a warning voice, "Let him go"
I ignored him and looked at Weasley's purple face
"How about this," I said to Weasley, "You left me out, so I'll leave you out. So when the Quintapeds come, they can eat you and we can run away. How does that sound?"
A light, cool hand touched my wand. I looked into Hermione's beautiful chocolate-brown eyes. Wait, I thought I got over her. Guess not
"Please let him go," she whispered
Her voice was so soft. Something in her voice touched something inside of me and I sighed. I muttered the counter-curse and Weasley dropped into the dirt like a sack of potatoes
"Now we're even," I said to him
I lowered my wand and looked again into Hermione's eyes. I felt myself drawn to them, drawn to her, but I sighed and headed back into my tent for some quiet thinking
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There we go, Draco's gotten even with Ron and he's kissed Hermione! What's going to happen next? Find out in the next chapter