Title: Hermione's Helping Hand
Row Of The Professors
Sunday morning came and all the Professors, minus Draco, were invited to a meeting. The subject of the meeting was Draco Malfoy.
" How dare he cause our students to be unable to work," roared Professor Longbottom. " I had Harry and Ron sleeping in my class and they almost got killed by one of the plants."
" I agree with Neville," said Professor Brown. " I can't work with students that can't stay awake!"
Minerva listened to each of them, knowing that they were all upset about what Draco had done. However, there was nothing that she could do about it. The board had sent him and the only way that she could get rid of him was if he attacked a student. She told them as much, but Remus was the one that got silence.
" I understand how you feel," he told them. " But there is nothing that I can do to stop him."
More uproar at those words made Remus and Minerva wonder if anything would go right with them.
On Monday the Gryffindors again had Defense Against the Dark Arts. Malfoy moved them to the Crucianus Curse, which Harry and Ron did very well on. Still they got a zero because he had told them that they would get a zero for the entire month. Still none of them got detention and that was all that mattered to the class. Hermione did very well in Ancient Runes, and then joined her husband for lunch.
" You seem to be in a better mood," Severus said.
" I feel better!" Hermione stated. " No more morning sickness!"
" Glad to hear that!"
Hermione joined Harry and Ron in the Great Hall for dinner after her Advance Arithmancy lesson still in high spirits. As she sat down, she told them that none of her Professors gave her homework.
" That's good to hear," Ron said. " However, I'm not going to say the same about the rest of them."
Hermione ate to prevent from having to answer that.
The next Charms lesson went better then the first. Hermione actually mastered the Bubblehead charm before the rest of the class earning ten points from the Professor. As the class was about to leave one of the Gryffindors ran up to the Professor.
" Sir, the Slytherins are up by five hundred points," he reported. " Professor Malfoy is giving points for stupid things just because he can do it."
Professor Flintchly cursed, and then told the class to leave.
Harry and Ron, along with Hermione didn't have lessons until that afternoon, which was Advance Herbology. As they headed down the stairs, Minerva walked up to them.
" Severus is trying to get Malfoy very mad," he told them. " And so he figured that since he can't give you the points, unlike when you were in your sixth year, he asked me to do it for him. Hermione I give you three hundred points for using spells without speaking and three hundred points each to all the Gryffindors in Defense Against the Dark Arts who attempted to do non-verbal spells."
The Gryffindors watched as the counter went haywire, showing them more then five thousand points ahead of anyone. Those in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff cheered at the points. However as Minerva left, they were sure that those points wouldn't remain for long. After lunch, the Gryffindors went to the Greenhouses for their Herbology lesson. As they approached they heard shouting coming from inside Greenhouse seven.
" You have no right to be a teacher here," said the voice of Malfoy.
" And neither do you, Malfoy," said the voice of Neville.
" Why don't you leave before you blow something up," Malfoy shouted.
" And why don't you learn to leave me alone," Neville snarled.
Suddenly there was a huge bang, and Malfoy left. Harry and Ron looked in and saw that Neville was on the ground, knocked out cold.