Chapter 10: A Rude Awakening
A/N: I'm Really sorry! I haven't updated like forever!!! Thank you guys so much for all of your nice reviews! You guys rock! Thanks to: Jinni Wolves, phoebe666, neat-lil-lucky-angel666, MirroredBeauty, Taintless, cockroach waltz, Cute-Kitty, diehard Draco Hermione, some12, Felton's Gurl, Red and Gold, SickGirl42, LiBlackDragon, Serena, The hope conspiracy, ilukaiba, Sperry-Dee, rwheezy-mm, Stella By Starlight, dracohermione-luver, Princess-Frances15, k-kat13, mirage05, Polish Princess, Lisha, Foxfiregirl, Debatingqueen, burgundyred, Gina, IsisFireDancer, Beeb, slammin-sorceress, Sylvan Tears, Wolfeh, princesspasadena, Crimson Dusk, LythTaeraneth, mysticrystal, blackrose1988 and CrazieAnimeGrl.
And a few replies:
Burgundyred: First off, thanks so much for the wonderful, really long, feedback-filled review! I love those ^-^! I'm really glad u like it so far! Not much humor in this chapter, so far, but a small Draco/Hermione bit! No more straying off to the "SSHG" plot. Thanks again for the review! Enjoy ^____^
Taintless: ^____^ Thanks! I soooo love you! My very own interview! You should also interview yourself! You're the bestest, best, best, best, best, best, best dark author ever! I love Sevvie as the matchmaker too! I was thinking about what to do with him, then a lightbulb flickered in my head! I know it's completely OOC, but oh well, what the heck! Well, lotsa luv. YOUR biggest fan Brit ^-^
Well, in honour of the PA day at school, enjoy!!! Also for all you wonderful reviewers! My FF buds~ ^_____________________^ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Snape occasionally checked on Draco and Hermione, three times a day to be exact, but he was fairly discreet about it. Usually once, he'd drop off some potions needed for the students in the filled hospital wing, though he never made enough. This ensured him a reason to be in the hospital wing. Other times, he just visited when he knew Madame Pomfrey was on break.
***
Dumbledore enjoyed watching Snape's behavior and sudden urge to be a matchmaker with amusement. He found it very funny and odd that Severus, who was usually an uptight, cold, cruel, Mudblood hater, was now being a matchmaker to a very unusual couple to have at Hogwarts; a Griffindor muggleborn and a Slytherin pureblood.
***
Many of the students had awakened, but their cuts couldn't seem to heal, as well as their burns.
Madame Pomfrey was getting very pissed off at the fact that she couldn't seem to heal any of the students' wounds. "WHAT MADNESS IS THIS!" Pomfrey yelled to herself, "I know, I'll try more spells and get more potions!"
***
Hermione woke up in a warm place, eyes still closed. Being lazy, she decided not to get up yet and snuggled closer to the source of the warmth. What she didn't realize was that it was a person and Draco at that. Finally registering that the source of the warmth was bare skin, Hermione opened her eyes and let out a scream.
***
Draco awoke to find something snuggling up to him. Probably some hot girl. but he was a virgin! Opening his eyes, he found himself holding Hermione, who was looking at him in horror. He let out a yell.
Then, both backed away from each other into opposite walls. Then both gasped because their cuts started hurting worse. "What's wrong with you Mudblood?" Draco sneered, hiding his true emotions as usual.
"Did you feel an increase in pain?" Hermione asked.
"No." Draco lied, "it's not like we're psychic siblings with the exact same feelings or something."
"Then why did you gasp?" Hermione asked, curious.
Draco thought, studying his surroundings, Hermione and himself. Hermione was in a T-shirt and underwear and he was in boxers. They were also in a room they'd never been in and all alone. Draco shrugged and stated, "Well, look at what you're wearing, then look at what I'm wearing, then tell me if you know where we are." as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Hermione quickly studied her attire and blushed pink. Then she looked at Draco and her face reddened. Then she studied the room and frowned. "I don't recognize it, do you? Are we locked in or something?"
"I'll check." Draco shrugged.
Snape who'd been listening in on Draco and Hermione's conversation (it was two am) quickly charmed the door to be locked and unable to open unless by a teacher. Smirking he continued listening in on Draco and Hermione.
"Damn it." He heard Draco say; "it's locked! Great, I'm stuck in here wandless, with a stupid Mudblood."
Snape cast a charm on the door that allowed him to see what was happening between Draco and Hermione, but let him remain unseen. They were on opposite ends of the room. Draco was looking normal and Hermione was clutching one of her deeper cuts. "Hmmm.maybe I should make the spell less tame. I'll make the pain a killing painful when their on opposite ends of the room, a torturous pain when their closer, on opposite ends of the bed and very painful when they're both sitting on the bed, and just painful if they're at least holding hands and a medium pain when they're very close together, touching." He murmured to himself, "Yes.that's what I'll do."
He worsened the spell and put a spell on the room to only allow him to hear what was going on (A/N: I doubt that such a spell exists, but like many other made-up spells I have, this is purely to help the story along.) and watched the spell take effect.
The pain that Draco and Hermione had been feeling suddenly seemed to increase to an excruciating pain that made both wish they were dead. Hermione let out a shrill piercing scream, much like that of a banshee. Even Draco found himself yelling his brains out.
Snape smirked. Soon they'd realize they HAD to be close together.
Draco managed to crawl over to the bed. The pain faded a bit, but it was still torturous. He groaned, then called the screaming Hermione over. "The pain seems to lessen when you're on the bed." He stated as though every word was costing him a great effort.
Hermione too, crawled over to the bed and sat down on an opposite end from Draco. It was still very painful but it was a lot better. Suddenly, a thought struck her. "Malfoy, move as far away from as possible then sit back on the bed." Hermione ordered weakly.
"Why?" Draco asked, sneering, "You do it!"
"Fine. I think that the pain we feel is mutual and that the closer we are, the less pain we experience." Hermione explained, still very weakly.
"Fine, I'll move." Draco replied, though looking sour.
Hermione's theory seemed right. The farther Draco got, the more they both experienced pain. Draco sat back down on the bed. "But what if it's the bed?" He asked with an air of superiority.
"Get up, off the bed and back to that wall then." Hermione suggested, "We'll test your theory. I'll get closer to you, about the distance of the space on the bed."
"Fine." Draco spat.
He walked to the wall. Hermione walked towards him and the pain lessened. Soon they were about half a foot apart and the pain was lessening more. Experimentally, she touched Draco's hand lightly. To Draco's surprise and Hermione's confirmation, the pain wasn't at all bad any more, just painful, but bearable to the point where neither was groaning or screaming.
"Well, there you have it." Hermione stated with an air of superiority, "the pain we experience depends on our closeness."
"Great! I have to spend my time with a mudblood until the cuts heal." Draco groaned.
Snape was watching on with a look of satisfaction and superiority, much like Hermione's expression. What he didn't realize though was that he was also being watched.by two others. "How long do you plan to keep them under that spell, wounds unhealable Severus?" A voice behind him asked.
Snape whirled around quickly to face the amused face of Dumbledore. "How long have you been here?" Snape demanded.
"The entire time my dear friend." Dumbledore replied merrily.
An expression of dawning comprehension appeared on Snape's face. "You've known since I started this haven't you?"
"You are quite good at voice imitations." Dumbledore complimented in a quiet voice, "afterall, you saved HER before with that talent." Dumbledore winked at this, telling Snape silently that they weren't alone.
"Are you going to interfere as you always do Albus?" Snape asked equally as quietly.
"No, I think those two together is an excellent idea. Griffindor and Slytherin have been enemies for ages. We should create a bridge." Dumbledore smiled, "I'm going to sleep now, you should too. Goodnight Severus." Dumbledore lowered his voice further, "and I'm very concerned for Draco, Argus has been stalking him, he's the one outside trying to stay hidden behind a statue right now."
Snape let out a snicker. "Serves him right. After trying to act gay with everyone as a joke on us."
"No, no Severus, you have it all wrong. It's Hermione who's the instigator of this. As a punishment to Draco, he owes her a favour which she made-up, a list of little stunts." Dumbledore replied, "Well, Goodnight!"
With that, Dumbledore left a very stunned, fuming Snape.
***
Draco had an over-dramatic pathetically teary expression on his face. "Why me God? Why did you have to bond me to Granger?" He moaned.
"Oh shut it, Malfoy. Just hug, or lean against me and go to sleep." Hermione snapped in an irritated voice.
"You, unlike me enjoy being in the arms of someone who's of a way higher bloodline. I on the other hand refuse to be demoted." Draco stated haughtily.
"You've already demoted yourself. I mean, snogging Snape?" Hermione replied dryly.
"Well-" Draco spluttered, "you did too!"
"Yes, but did it unwillingly." Hermione replied, "And I only did that. You on the other hand, you hugged, wrote letters, clung, begged, shall I say more?"
"Oh shut up." Draco spat coldly.
Hermione smirked, "I bet you love it."
"As much as you enjoyed snogging Snape." Draco replied.
Either way, he'd win. if Hermione said she didn't enjoy snogging Snape, then he wouldn't need to say he enjoyed the gay stunt. But if she said she'd enjoyed it, then he'd have a great bit of Hogwarts gossip. Hermione groaned inwardly, then replied, "So you hated it?"
"No, really?" Draco retorted sarcastically.
"Whatever." Hermione stated dryly, taking Draco's hand and dragging him to the bed, "I'm tired and need to sleep, so goodnight."
With that, she threw an arm around Draco drew closer to him and fell asleep, leaving a very tense Draco.
A/N: Hi! I'm really sorry I haven't updated for a LONG time! I have a feeling you want to soRta kill mE. Please refrain from doing so ^-^;;;. I'Ve had a block for awhIlE.Well.HoPe you enjoyed this chap. it's the first cute er.moment with Draco and Hermione! LovE to continue this pointless bAbble, but, got thingS to do.chaptErs to write! Didja get the unconcious message? Read between the lines, R&R! ^-^ Ja~
A/N: I'm Really sorry! I haven't updated like forever!!! Thank you guys so much for all of your nice reviews! You guys rock! Thanks to: Jinni Wolves, phoebe666, neat-lil-lucky-angel666, MirroredBeauty, Taintless, cockroach waltz, Cute-Kitty, diehard Draco Hermione, some12, Felton's Gurl, Red and Gold, SickGirl42, LiBlackDragon, Serena, The hope conspiracy, ilukaiba, Sperry-Dee, rwheezy-mm, Stella By Starlight, dracohermione-luver, Princess-Frances15, k-kat13, mirage05, Polish Princess, Lisha, Foxfiregirl, Debatingqueen, burgundyred, Gina, IsisFireDancer, Beeb, slammin-sorceress, Sylvan Tears, Wolfeh, princesspasadena, Crimson Dusk, LythTaeraneth, mysticrystal, blackrose1988 and CrazieAnimeGrl.
And a few replies:
Burgundyred: First off, thanks so much for the wonderful, really long, feedback-filled review! I love those ^-^! I'm really glad u like it so far! Not much humor in this chapter, so far, but a small Draco/Hermione bit! No more straying off to the "SSHG" plot. Thanks again for the review! Enjoy ^____^
Taintless: ^____^ Thanks! I soooo love you! My very own interview! You should also interview yourself! You're the bestest, best, best, best, best, best, best dark author ever! I love Sevvie as the matchmaker too! I was thinking about what to do with him, then a lightbulb flickered in my head! I know it's completely OOC, but oh well, what the heck! Well, lotsa luv. YOUR biggest fan Brit ^-^
Well, in honour of the PA day at school, enjoy!!! Also for all you wonderful reviewers! My FF buds~ ^_____________________^ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Snape occasionally checked on Draco and Hermione, three times a day to be exact, but he was fairly discreet about it. Usually once, he'd drop off some potions needed for the students in the filled hospital wing, though he never made enough. This ensured him a reason to be in the hospital wing. Other times, he just visited when he knew Madame Pomfrey was on break.
***
Dumbledore enjoyed watching Snape's behavior and sudden urge to be a matchmaker with amusement. He found it very funny and odd that Severus, who was usually an uptight, cold, cruel, Mudblood hater, was now being a matchmaker to a very unusual couple to have at Hogwarts; a Griffindor muggleborn and a Slytherin pureblood.
***
Many of the students had awakened, but their cuts couldn't seem to heal, as well as their burns.
Madame Pomfrey was getting very pissed off at the fact that she couldn't seem to heal any of the students' wounds. "WHAT MADNESS IS THIS!" Pomfrey yelled to herself, "I know, I'll try more spells and get more potions!"
***
Hermione woke up in a warm place, eyes still closed. Being lazy, she decided not to get up yet and snuggled closer to the source of the warmth. What she didn't realize was that it was a person and Draco at that. Finally registering that the source of the warmth was bare skin, Hermione opened her eyes and let out a scream.
***
Draco awoke to find something snuggling up to him. Probably some hot girl. but he was a virgin! Opening his eyes, he found himself holding Hermione, who was looking at him in horror. He let out a yell.
Then, both backed away from each other into opposite walls. Then both gasped because their cuts started hurting worse. "What's wrong with you Mudblood?" Draco sneered, hiding his true emotions as usual.
"Did you feel an increase in pain?" Hermione asked.
"No." Draco lied, "it's not like we're psychic siblings with the exact same feelings or something."
"Then why did you gasp?" Hermione asked, curious.
Draco thought, studying his surroundings, Hermione and himself. Hermione was in a T-shirt and underwear and he was in boxers. They were also in a room they'd never been in and all alone. Draco shrugged and stated, "Well, look at what you're wearing, then look at what I'm wearing, then tell me if you know where we are." as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Hermione quickly studied her attire and blushed pink. Then she looked at Draco and her face reddened. Then she studied the room and frowned. "I don't recognize it, do you? Are we locked in or something?"
"I'll check." Draco shrugged.
Snape who'd been listening in on Draco and Hermione's conversation (it was two am) quickly charmed the door to be locked and unable to open unless by a teacher. Smirking he continued listening in on Draco and Hermione.
"Damn it." He heard Draco say; "it's locked! Great, I'm stuck in here wandless, with a stupid Mudblood."
Snape cast a charm on the door that allowed him to see what was happening between Draco and Hermione, but let him remain unseen. They were on opposite ends of the room. Draco was looking normal and Hermione was clutching one of her deeper cuts. "Hmmm.maybe I should make the spell less tame. I'll make the pain a killing painful when their on opposite ends of the room, a torturous pain when their closer, on opposite ends of the bed and very painful when they're both sitting on the bed, and just painful if they're at least holding hands and a medium pain when they're very close together, touching." He murmured to himself, "Yes.that's what I'll do."
He worsened the spell and put a spell on the room to only allow him to hear what was going on (A/N: I doubt that such a spell exists, but like many other made-up spells I have, this is purely to help the story along.) and watched the spell take effect.
The pain that Draco and Hermione had been feeling suddenly seemed to increase to an excruciating pain that made both wish they were dead. Hermione let out a shrill piercing scream, much like that of a banshee. Even Draco found himself yelling his brains out.
Snape smirked. Soon they'd realize they HAD to be close together.
Draco managed to crawl over to the bed. The pain faded a bit, but it was still torturous. He groaned, then called the screaming Hermione over. "The pain seems to lessen when you're on the bed." He stated as though every word was costing him a great effort.
Hermione too, crawled over to the bed and sat down on an opposite end from Draco. It was still very painful but it was a lot better. Suddenly, a thought struck her. "Malfoy, move as far away from as possible then sit back on the bed." Hermione ordered weakly.
"Why?" Draco asked, sneering, "You do it!"
"Fine. I think that the pain we feel is mutual and that the closer we are, the less pain we experience." Hermione explained, still very weakly.
"Fine, I'll move." Draco replied, though looking sour.
Hermione's theory seemed right. The farther Draco got, the more they both experienced pain. Draco sat back down on the bed. "But what if it's the bed?" He asked with an air of superiority.
"Get up, off the bed and back to that wall then." Hermione suggested, "We'll test your theory. I'll get closer to you, about the distance of the space on the bed."
"Fine." Draco spat.
He walked to the wall. Hermione walked towards him and the pain lessened. Soon they were about half a foot apart and the pain was lessening more. Experimentally, she touched Draco's hand lightly. To Draco's surprise and Hermione's confirmation, the pain wasn't at all bad any more, just painful, but bearable to the point where neither was groaning or screaming.
"Well, there you have it." Hermione stated with an air of superiority, "the pain we experience depends on our closeness."
"Great! I have to spend my time with a mudblood until the cuts heal." Draco groaned.
Snape was watching on with a look of satisfaction and superiority, much like Hermione's expression. What he didn't realize though was that he was also being watched.by two others. "How long do you plan to keep them under that spell, wounds unhealable Severus?" A voice behind him asked.
Snape whirled around quickly to face the amused face of Dumbledore. "How long have you been here?" Snape demanded.
"The entire time my dear friend." Dumbledore replied merrily.
An expression of dawning comprehension appeared on Snape's face. "You've known since I started this haven't you?"
"You are quite good at voice imitations." Dumbledore complimented in a quiet voice, "afterall, you saved HER before with that talent." Dumbledore winked at this, telling Snape silently that they weren't alone.
"Are you going to interfere as you always do Albus?" Snape asked equally as quietly.
"No, I think those two together is an excellent idea. Griffindor and Slytherin have been enemies for ages. We should create a bridge." Dumbledore smiled, "I'm going to sleep now, you should too. Goodnight Severus." Dumbledore lowered his voice further, "and I'm very concerned for Draco, Argus has been stalking him, he's the one outside trying to stay hidden behind a statue right now."
Snape let out a snicker. "Serves him right. After trying to act gay with everyone as a joke on us."
"No, no Severus, you have it all wrong. It's Hermione who's the instigator of this. As a punishment to Draco, he owes her a favour which she made-up, a list of little stunts." Dumbledore replied, "Well, Goodnight!"
With that, Dumbledore left a very stunned, fuming Snape.
***
Draco had an over-dramatic pathetically teary expression on his face. "Why me God? Why did you have to bond me to Granger?" He moaned.
"Oh shut it, Malfoy. Just hug, or lean against me and go to sleep." Hermione snapped in an irritated voice.
"You, unlike me enjoy being in the arms of someone who's of a way higher bloodline. I on the other hand refuse to be demoted." Draco stated haughtily.
"You've already demoted yourself. I mean, snogging Snape?" Hermione replied dryly.
"Well-" Draco spluttered, "you did too!"
"Yes, but did it unwillingly." Hermione replied, "And I only did that. You on the other hand, you hugged, wrote letters, clung, begged, shall I say more?"
"Oh shut up." Draco spat coldly.
Hermione smirked, "I bet you love it."
"As much as you enjoyed snogging Snape." Draco replied.
Either way, he'd win. if Hermione said she didn't enjoy snogging Snape, then he wouldn't need to say he enjoyed the gay stunt. But if she said she'd enjoyed it, then he'd have a great bit of Hogwarts gossip. Hermione groaned inwardly, then replied, "So you hated it?"
"No, really?" Draco retorted sarcastically.
"Whatever." Hermione stated dryly, taking Draco's hand and dragging him to the bed, "I'm tired and need to sleep, so goodnight."
With that, she threw an arm around Draco drew closer to him and fell asleep, leaving a very tense Draco.
A/N: Hi! I'm really sorry I haven't updated for a LONG time! I have a feeling you want to soRta kill mE. Please refrain from doing so ^-^;;;. I'Ve had a block for awhIlE.Well.HoPe you enjoyed this chap. it's the first cute er.moment with Draco and Hermione! LovE to continue this pointless bAbble, but, got thingS to do.chaptErs to write! Didja get the unconcious message? Read between the lines, R&R! ^-^ Ja~