Chapter 6 (Slipperious Obscurity!)
Hermione joined Harry and Ron for breakfast the next day. She was peculiarly cheerful. Not only that but her appearance was different today. She had put on straightening charms on her hair. She seemed pale and her lips were of dark crimson. You would have thought that she was a vampire or something. She practically skipped over to her seat at the table.
Harry patted a seat for Hermione to sit next to him. "Hey… You look different! What's up?"
"Yeah. Care to share what's on your mind?" Ron grinned.
Hermione smiled and stared at the two of them. "We have our first Defence Against the Dark Arts today! I am so excited!" She said as he looked at the high table. Her eyes fell on the new teacher. 'Very excited…' She thought.
"I know what you mean. I hope he's as good as Professor Lupin!" Harry said as he passed the piece of toast to Ron.
"Let's hope he is…"
"Aargh! I'm gonna be late! Stupid alarm clock! It didn't even wake me up! What kind of a goofball will invent an alarm clock that doesn't even alarm!"
Draco was running as fast as he could. He didn't even have time to eat breakfast. He woke up that morning to find the Slytherin common room deserted. No one even bothered to wake him up. Not even his two so-called friends, Crabbe and Goyle.
'They were probably hungry and can't wait to go down and eat early! Why do I even bother relying on them?' He sighed.
"Oh! Before I forget, I have something to show you guys!"
The three had just finished their breakfast and were now being led by Hermione out of the great hall. They stopped just at the foot of the grand staircase.
"Why are we here? We better get a move on. Or we might earn ourselves detention for getting late," Ron asked, folding his arms across his chest.
He and Harry had question marks written all over their faces.
"Just wait and you'll see. You'll love this I promise." She hissed. All the while grinning naughtily.
Just then they saw Malfoy thundering down the staircase. He was so absorbed with being on time in class that he didn't even notice the three gryffindors who were watching his every move. 'Must be fast…' panting 'Must be fast…'
"Umm… Is this it? We're here to watch Malfoy parade down the staircase?" Harry said with anxiety.
"Of course not! What kind of a person do you think I am?" Hermione replied.
"Hmmm… Let me answer that… An individual who has both beauty and brains?" Ron said sheepishly while looking down at the floor.
Hermione just looked at him as if he were crazy or something. "Watch and learn…" She murmured.
She looked from left to right. There was no one there except her, Harry, Ron, and Draco. She pulled out her wand, pointed it at Draco and muttered something under her breath.
"Slipperious Obscurity!"
Suddenly, a transparent spurt of light spurted from her wand and hit Draco's shoes.
"What the!" Draco was taken aback by surprise.
It happened so fast. At first, he felt that something was wrong with the stairs. It was very slippery. The next thing he knew, he had lost his footing and came tumbling down the stairs so fast that you would have been able to count the number of seconds that it took. He wasn't rolling down the stairs mind you. He fell on his butt plummeting down the same way.
He heard laughing and saw Hermione practically rolling on the floor clutching her stomach out of glee.
Ron and Harry just stood there. They didn't know how to react at first. Then, the truth suddenly sank down their brains. Ron was the first to react then followed by Harry. All three were hiccupping with laughter. "Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
"You think that was funny, do you! You, filthy little mudblood and your bunch of cronies! Bet you had something to do with that, didn't you mudblood!"
Draco was angry. You could practically see the smoke coming out of his ears. He was very red in the face, both from anger and embarrassment. He quickly stood up and dusted himself off.
"Ummm… Hello? Isn't it obvious? Why would we be laughing our heads off if we didn't think it was funny? Duh!" She replied while trying to keep a straight face.
"Yo Malfoy! Maybe you should fall down the stairs more often! That way, you'll be able to make our day!" Ron snickered. He and Harry were still laughing.
Draco was about to say something nasty but then the bell rang which signaled the start of their classes.
He barely had time to say, "I'll get you for this mudblood!" He spat.
"Ohhh…. I'm so scared!" Hermione said mockingly. "Till next time then! Taa Taa!" She blew him a kiss.
