DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HP, PSHH I BARELY OWN MY LIFE
CHAPTER SIX: REGRETS, JEALOUSY AND HAPPINESS
Hermione was beginning to regret showing Tom her memories, he might have just gotten more curious. She scowled and slammed her book shut, she should have just shown him something normal, not something from a flipping war! She scolded herself not feeling too happy anymore. She got up and walked out of the library. She needed somewhere to vent and clear her head, she headed to the room of requirement.
Abraxas glared at the girl who was walking down the hallway, she looked angry. He was watching her because Tom told him to keep an eye on her, he had no idea why. What in the world was so interesting about a mudblood? He despised her, her very presence felt like an insult to him. He felt like strangling her, no one would miss her, after all, she had no family or friends.
Hermione spotted Abraxas glaring at her from a dark corner and she raised an eyebrow at him, he scowled and walked away. What was that all about? Hermione thought as she continued on her way, she shrugged it off.
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Hermione looked at her timetable and scowled, next class was House Witch Duties, "Sexist bastards." She muttered under her breath. She was dreading this lesson ever since she found out it was compulsory, this would be the first class of that subject because the teacher had not been feeling well and the school couldn't find a substitute.
Rose kept sending Hermione glares from across the hall and Hermione found it more than annoying, she wished she could just hex the girl and get it over with.
She walked into the classroom, sat down at a table and stared out a window. She wished that whoever the teacher of this class was would at least be nice, because if she wasn't, Hermione would actually hate a class for the very first time in her life. Hermione had arrived early and so not everybody was here yet, including the teacher, Hermione took out her quill, notebook and textbook and continued staring out the window. She sighed, another boring day in 1943, not being able to be myself and no friends, I almost miss the war, almost, she thought to herself.
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Rose Macmillan was having a bad day, first she blew up her potion in potions which made Tom stare at her annoyed and made the new mudblood girl snicker at her; then Abraxas ignored her completely at lunch while she was trying to talk to him and kept staring at the mudblood and the worst part was when her friends were talking about the mudblood because she apparently beat Abraxas in a duel. It was all unfair! "It's all her fault I'm having a bad day." She muttered to herself and glared at the girl who was staring out of the window, "But I'll show her, just you wait mudblood, just you wait." And it was then that Rose decided that she would teach the girl a lesson, damned mudbloods need to be kept in their place, She thought to herself with a smirk. With that she turned around to face the teacher who had just come into the class.
The moment Hermione set eyes on the teacher, she disliked her. She was thin, had ebony black hair that was pulled into a tight bun, a pretty but strict, mean face and she was wearing a crisp white shirt, a black skirt and black robes. A female version of Snape, Hermione thought to herself.
"Hello class, welcome back to House witch Duties. As you all know, my name is Ms Crichton and I will be your teacher for the rest of the year. This week we'll be focusing on cleaning charms. I will not tolerate any shenanigans in my class any attitude will lead to detention, understood?"
A murmur of yes' went around the class. "Good, so let's begin."
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"Soulless bitch." Hermione hissed as she walked out of the classroom. She got three detentions, just for talking back a little and suggesting other charms! She had also asked her to stay behind so she could talk to her about her attitude! God, she hated that woman.
Rose was watching Hermione from a corner, the time to act was now. She'd already explained the plan to Emma while waiting for Hermione to walk out of class. She watched Hermione walk out of the class and walk down the hall, she stepped out of her corner "Stupefy!" She yelled and it hit Hermione square in the back and she fell to the ground. "Wingardium leviosa." She waved her wand and Hermione began to levitate.
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"Rennervate," Emma said pointing her wand at Hermione. Hermione shot up and scowled at the pair.
"Wipe that scowl off your face mudblood or else." Said Rose.
"Or else what?" Hermione groaned rubbing her arms.
"Or else you'll get worse than we've planned for you mudblood." Emma snarled at her.
Hermione stood up, dusted herself up and looked around, they were in the forbidden forest.
"Confodere!" Rose screamed.
Hermione had no time to deflect it and so she threw herself to the side. The tree behind her had a huge hole put through it. She reached for her wand but it wasn't in her holster, sneaky bitches must have taken it, she thought and sneered. Fighting it is.
"Incendio." Emma shouted from behind her, Hermione dodged that too, this would be harder that she thought. Rose walked up to her from behind and grabbed her by the hair, yanking her head backwards so she could stare into her face. "You see this is what we do to mudbloods who think they can just barge in here and do whatever they want." She said putting her wand on her throat. In a desperate attack Hermione flung her arms forward into Rose's face causing Rose to stumble backwards and let go of Hermione's hair, Hermione fell to the ground and groaned, God she hated this. She got up and walked over to Rose who was clutching her bleeding nose, punched her hard in the face and kicked her in the leg, she fell to the ground and blacked out. Hermione had forgotten that Emma was behind her and had no time to dodge the kick that she delivered to her back. Hermione groaned and fell to the ground and Emma kicked her in the face, breaking her nose. "You. Dumb. Stupid. MUDBLOOD!" shouted Emma and with each word she kicked Hermione, mudblood being the hardest kick. Hermione felt one of her ribs break. Hermione caught Emma's foot just as she was about to kick her again and dragged her to the ground, then she got up with a groan and stared at Emma who was still on the ground eyes closed, she looked unconscious, probably hit her head too hard.
Hermione walked over to Rose's unconscious body and knelt down beside her then got her wand from her robe pocket, she'd have to obliviate them, it'd be the best thing to do. Hermione first removing the memories of everything that happened, from when Rose told Emma about the plan, to the part where she knocked her out and did the same to Emma. She then levitated them both to the hospital ward and left them to the care of the nurse, she'd take care of her own injuries.
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Hermione walked into the common room scowling. No one was there, good. She sat in an armchair by the fire and began working on her injuries when she was done she just lay back in the armchair and closed her eyes, she sighed. Reminds me of simpler times, she thought to herself. She heard someone come into the common room and sit on the chair opposite her. She didn't have to open her eyes to know who it was, she'd memorized everyone's footstep patterns by now, a useful trick she'd learnt in the war, and there was only one person who walked like that. "Hello, Riddle." She said without opening her eyes.
"Hello Bellouve, I see you're back to calling me, Riddle."
"You never said I couldn't." Still not opening her eyes.
"You look a mess, where were you at dinner?"
She opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him. "I daresay that's none of your business but let's just say I had a bit of an adventure."
He raised an eyebrow at her and she just smiled mysteriously back at him then faced the fire and closed her eyes again.
"How was dinner?"
"Fine nothing special."
She nodded and the settled into a comfortable silence. Until Hermione felt Tom pushing at her barriers. She'd had enough she opened her eyes and turned to look at him, he stared in innocently back at her.
"You're an odd one Tom, you really are." She said cocking her head to the side and staring at him.
"And what do you mean by that Bellouve?"
"Oh, nothing. I'm going to bed, goodnight Tom." And with that, she got up and walked to the girl's dormitories.
Tom stared after the girl confused. He hated being confused.
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Hermione walked into Ms Crichton's office. She was about to have detention, she wondered what the old bat had planned for her.
She was surprised to see Tom there.
"Hello, Bellouve." He said with a smirk.
"You've got to be kidding me." She groaned.
"No miss Bellouve I am not. Mr Riddle will be taking care of your detention today since I will be busy attending other matters. I suggest you be grateful to him since he's doing this voluntarily." Said. Hermione groaned inwardly, all the more reason to be upset. Tom gave her a smile and she glared.
"Let's go Bellouve." Said Tom and he walked out of the office. She followed reluctantly.
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They walked out of the castle doors and Hermione turned to stare at him. "What've you got planned for me, Riddle?" She asked with a sigh.
He stared at her for a while before he answered. "We will be looking wolfsbane in the forbidden forest. Professor Slughorn needs it."
She stared at him and snarled. "Perfect."
They duo walked through the forbidden forest in silence. "How much further?" Hermione whined.
"Not too far so I suggest you stop whining, it's annoying." Tom hissed at her. There was a sound of hooves and Tom turned his wand towards the sound, illuminating the place. Thestrals, he hated the creatures, he turned to Hermione and smiled she'd probably be scared out of her mind when she saw them if she saw them. To his surprise, Hermione saw the creatures and smiled.
"Thestrals." She whispered and ran over to them, stroking its bony head, she didn't like them when she was younger but seeing them now filled her with both happiness and sadness remembering how many times they had helped her during the war. She turned around to face Tom she had a mischievous smile on her face.
"What are you thinking?" He asked with a scowl.
"Let's go for a fly." She said with excitement in her voice.
"What?"
"You heard me, let's go for a fly!" She was bouncing up and down like a little girl.
"You're mad, have you ever even ridden those things? Do you know whether they're dangerous or not? Besides we haven't even gotten the wolfsbane yet."
"Yes I have and they're not dangerous at all and as for the wolfsbane," she looked around frantically, "there it is! So grab it and let's go!" She was still jumping.
Tom stared at her bewildered, he walked over to the wolfsbane and cut it and then walked up to her. "Fine."
She clapped her hands and climbed onto one of the thestrals, she was so giddy Tom couldn't help but smile. He got onto one of the thestral's and Hermione turned to look at him, "Let's go!" She kicked the thestral in the side and it spread its leathery wings and flew off and he did the same. Hermione loved the feeling of the wind in her hair and face, she loved how free she felt. She let out a loud whoop, and spread her arms, she felt happier than she had ever been in months. She didn't know how long she spent flying above Hogwarts grounds but she didn't want it to end.
"We should be getting back to land now Bellouve!" Tom shouted from behind her.
She turned around and shouted "OK!" Then she let go of the thestral and went falling through the air, Tom raced after planning to catch her. When Hermione was fifty feet from hitting the ground she pulled out her wand and shouted "Molliare." Then spun onto her back loving the feeling of falling through the air and then she fell onto the ground with a soft thud, thanks the the cushioning charm, she didn't get hurt. She sighed blissfully and then Tom landed harshly beside her glaring down at her, "Don't ever do that again." He snarled and got off the thestral, it walked back into the forest. Hermione turned her head and stared at him. "Oh and why not? It's not like I was going to die or anything."
"I thought you were trying to kill yourself."
"I thought you thought more rationally than that Tom. I don't have a reason to kill myself except maybe to get you in trouble." Hermione lied about not having any reasons to kill herself, she had more than enough.
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A/N: And there it is. It's the longest chapter I've done in a long time so leave a review of you want more like this. :)