It's been awhile since i updated (cough, cough, twenty-five days) bit im more into Seeing What Should Not Be Seen, Again, even if this story is more popular! i love reviews and i love reviewers...DONT U WANT MY LOVE? haha, im weird. ENJOY...
Malfoy was more frustrated with Hermione than he had been with anyone in the span of his entire life. She refused to speak with him, adamantly refused. She forced him to eat some of her meal and drink her drink before she would even touch it and, in fear of incurring her wrath, few Death Eaters dared to even approach her.
"Take your time with this one, Draco." The Dark Lord told him time and time again, but after the pensieve incident it seemed less and less likely that she would ever forgive him. With good reason, his subconscious admitted, but Malfoy was a stubborn man who refused to believe that he could possibly be in the wrong.
When he entered her bedroom the next evening he was relieved to find her unconscious, he wasn't sure how much more he could take of her throwing random objects in her direction.
She looked so peaceful, with her eyes closed he could not see the rage buried beneath them, and her face was relaxed and not grimacing. She is beautiful...in his eyes. Hermione Granger was never a great beauty, she was attractive, but something about her was exceedingly plain. However, she had a keen intellect and was one of the most accomplished witches of this age, and all of those traits seemed to be priority in comparison to such simple and fading traits such as exquisite hair and astonishing features.
He left her tray by her bed, but knew that she would not touch it. She is a smart girl, and this made him proud. She rarely looked him in the eye anymore unless she was chucking something in his direction and did not speak to him unless she was screaming. Each insult and plea played in his mind repeatedly, though she fought her tears successfully.
The Dark Lord was exceedingly interested in her and her talents aside from the prophecy foretelling either the birth of a savior or murderer. He preferred the latter.
"As long as Harry Potter still lives, I can never fully survive." Voldemort said coldly, knowing that he would either kill Harry or be killed by the boy.
Malfoy thought of all of this as he watched Hermione sleep, her breathing regular, the blankets pulled up to her chin protectively as she mumbled in her sleep. " 'Arry..." She slurred, a small smile surfacing on her lips. Before he could attempt to control himself, he struck her hard across the face.
Hermione's eyes snapped open and flashed dangerously as she spat out blood, still reeling from the force of his strike. She felt her eyes blur with tears but wiped them away automatically, staring daggers at Malfoy.
"Not enough that you've kidnapped me, locked me inside Dumbledore's old quarters and have given me no outside information, you have resorted to hitting me as I sleep?" She snarled, sitting upright and pushing the covers off of her body.
"I told you that I would not tolerate that name coming from your lips." He sneered, his gray eyes alight with fury as he spoke.
"What are you talking about? Have you gone positively insane?" She asked angrily, wiping the blood from her face.
"In your sleep you said his name." He refused to say it, just as most of the wizarding population refused to speak Voldemort's name.
"And you thought hitting me would be the solution?" As she spoke he realized the idiocy in his reasoning. She has not disobeyed him, she could not control her subconscious fully...
"If you were going to do anything, you should have awoken me, you prat." She snapped, straightening her dressing gown compulsively. Malfoy unsheathed his wand and murmured a spell, her abrasions instantly healing.
"Thank you," She mumbled, eying him with a look of complete and total revulsion. "I would like to go back to sleep...and I'm not hungry."
Malfoy grunted at the claim. "You won't escape by starving yourself, and I'm not going to poison you."
She narrowed her eyes slightly before nodding curtly and, for the first time, willingly eating before Malfoy even tested the food.
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