Hunted: Resurgence

Sorry for the long wait everyone. I've been busy lately but hopefully I can write other chapters so I can get the chapters up quicker. I'm going to try to have the next chapter up in a week. Also if you like this story you should go over and read my other Harry Potter story Night has a Thousand Eyes. That one is a fantasy/romance story about Draco and Hermione. It's where they get sucked into a world unlike their own and they need to get along, earn each other's trust and fight to get out or they might just get stuck forever. You should check it out if it's your kind of story. Well back to this one I hope you enjoy the next chapter.

Chapter 3 Everything Changes

Hermione walked with Draco Malfoy as they walked to a white building that she didn't recognize. He turned around to her giving her a secretive look that said something to her that she wasn't sure about. She knew that he knew something about the place. She thought she knew of every place in wizarding Britain but there could be things about the wizarding world that she doesn't know about yet.

But she has been gone for five years now that things have easily changed in the time. They could have gotten rid of something, added something and even changed things up in areas she already knew about. She's even a different person now she can't deny that.

She looked down at herself as she was back to wearing nylon pants a leather vest that hugged her torso, leather boots that went up below her knee but then there was paper thing gloves on her hands. It was the outfit she wore when she first entered into the Badlands realm. She managed to tuck it away in a bag among other stuff before she left the place and jumped back into the wizarding realm. The realm that she grew up in, the normal realm as other people would call it.

They walked on the pavement until they got to a rock walkway that lead up to the doors. She stepped on it as Malfoy encouraged her to come with him. She was hesitant. She knew Malfoy since she was twelve years old while he was eleven. He's always been wealthy flaunting it about everywhere he went, he's a pompous ass, and he's a narcissist, rude, put everyone beneath him by treating everyone who had less noble blood with notoriety. As she knows a cheetah doesn't changes it's spots or a zebra with it stripes. He's always going to be shark in the ocean going after his prey and she's the prey, even if she has changed since then. She's going to try to be the predator now, not him.

They got up to the doors of the white building as she saw it has formed into an ancient building with gold pillars in front of six of them. Then there was a gold door behind it just ten feet away. The walls were white but sparkling in the bright sunlight.

"What is this place?" wondered Hermione in awe but kept her mouth closed as much as she could

"It's called the Fountain. It's not actually in wizarding Britain we're in North America, Minnesota to be exact. They placed this building here in an abandoned field on the southwest side of the state. So if muggles come over here and get anywhere near the protection bubble that surrounds it their minds get obliviated and go to the nearest town. Well that's what I read anyway." said Malfoy as he shrugged and looked at her horrid face at what happens to the muggles "But to be honest it might not even be true. Come on you have to see the inside of this place. I've been here a few times with my mother."

Hermione didn't realize that she stopped walking as she was leaning against one of the gold pillars. She got up setting her hand against the cold stone of the gold. She looked at the face of Draco Malfoy who was holding a blank expression. So she didn't know what he was possibly thinking. So she was going to have to trust him as she was going in blind. He blinked and shot his eyes at the door. She sighed as she walked forward to him.

She noticed the Malfoy gave her a small smile as they got to the set gold doors that pulled open. She stepped in to find a place she never thought would exist in the entire world. She felt like she was transported but not back to the Badlands but to somewhere more beautiful and intrinsic. It was of magic upon magic upon magic. People seemed to be using their magic freely all around the place from toddlers to kids, to teens, to young adults, adults and the elderly. It was of everyone imaginable from all walks of life around the globe. How could she have not have heard of it? How could she have not been here? She would have been here quickly if she knew the place existed.

"How long has this place been here?" wondered Hermione

"Since the seventeen hundreds, follow me." said Malfoy to her as he went over to a golden bucket

Right inside the bucket was something that somewhat resembled a wand but at one end was a wrist holder and the other was of an in no other words a gem. He grabbed one out that was green for him and another one out that was silver and gave it to her. She held onto it as she didn't know what to do with it.

"Um what is it?" asked Hermione unsure of what it could be

"It's called an Imagine Wand." told Malfoy to her "What you do is you can imagine something in your head and then flicks, swishes, jabs and anything you can create anything here freely. You don't even have to use your mind if you want. Just do whatever feels right. In America they wanted a place where people from all around the world could use their magic freely without having to get exposed to the muggles. So they created this place, The Fountain. Do you think you can handle it?"

"I don't know." Hermione murmured to herself as she hasn't really used much of her witch's magic lately

"You'll be fine. I can show you but don't copy me Granger. I want to be the smart one here." Malfoy smirked

"You wish Malfoy. We both know I'm more intelligent and my intelligence has doubled since the last time we met." Hermione retorted to him

"Please now watch a master at work." said Malfoy as he took out the imagine wand as Hermione just rolled her eyes

He gave her a cheeky grin, a grin she knew all too well. Then he gave the imagine wand a flick as he created some green in the sky. He then swished the wand again and made the grass even greener and fresh. Then he trailed it behind him as he created rocks all around.

Hermione just shook her head as she got rid of the green in the sky with her imagine wand. She then put her wand in a circle and created a field of flowers on the side where there was every flower imaginable from the muggle world. She then did the same thing and created another field of flowers.

"Really flowers? You can do better than that Granger." said Malfoy coming over as he created a golden fountain

Hermione pointed the imagine wand to the sky and made a purple sky with streaks of red and gold. She then put up a shower of sparks to create the effect of fireworks erupting all around. People had stopped as they saw the shower of sparks in the sky. She then gave a flick and started to create other fireworks with different effects and colors. It reminded her of the festivals she used to go to as a kid with her parents and the fireworks show at night at the festivals.

"Okay not bad." said Malfoy cheekily

Hermione then twirled the wand as she created a phoenix in the sky in the shower of fireworks then it exploded together engulfing it in a flame of fireworks. She then made it reborn and reform right there then exploded it again before it reformed once more and then started flying all around well almost like it was flying with the fireworks still going.

"Okay hats off to you. You've got the creativity point's down." said Malfoy

"Did you say something Malfoy?" wondered Hermione as she took the imagine wand down and looked at him as the fireworks were still going as people were enthralled by the magic she created

"I've never seen magic quite like that." replied Malfoy

"I've picked up some new tricks when I was gone. As well as some new magic that other people wouldn't believe." explained Hermione

"Care to elaborate?" wondered Malfoy

"Not really. Maybe I will . . . at some point." muttered Hermione

"Yeah ever since you came back you've created this massive effect. Ever since you've came back . . . everything . . . changes." Malfoy was saying in a low voice that only she was able to vaguely hear

"What do you mean, everything changes?" Hermione responded as she looked at his silver grey eyes

"Well no one knows what happened to you. People always expected the best from you and all of a sudden you go missing. But then you finally come back after five years. You're about to shake up this magic world because you went away into what they are all calling the unknown." explained Malfoy to her as she just stood there staring at him "Anything could have happened and now there are people out there that fear you. They think that you will know magic that no one else will. Magic that could make an effect."

"Oh." muttered Hermione not knowing what to say

"But I don't know what to believe. But I do want to know one thing if I can get a straight answer, that is." said Malfoy looking into her eyes

"What is it?" responded Hermione worried about what it might be

"What is the sign of the black king cobra on your neck?" asked Malfoy

"I . . . I . . ." Hermione stuttered right at him choking on the words she couldn't form "I can't."

"It's understandable but why?" replied Malfoy

"I don't want anyone to know because if they knew they could get hurt. It's for your better judgment and good. It could be deadly." told Hermione

"But why?" wondered Malfoy

"Please Malfoy. You can't tell anyone about what you saw on my neck. No one is supposed to know. Please." Hermione urged from him

"Okay I won't say anything." said Malfoy as he put his hands up in surrender but he was still curious about the symbol all the same

Hermione looked at him and saw that although he was still somewhat of a conceited jerk, he's changed. He's changed like she has in the past five years. She missed her last year of Hogwarts so it's been four years since the school year ended for him. He must have a job somewhere. That job he has must have changed him into the person he is now. Especially since he was vain in their seventh year and patrolled with his money always following him.

But one thing she didn't know in her first five years when they were rivals was that she actually liked him. That she had a crush on him. It materialized in their sixth year. But she never followed through on the feelings that she harbored for Malfoy. After all she is a muggleborn witch and he's a full blood wizard. He was born on full blood supremacy. At that time and most likely still now he would never go for a muggleborn. It was actually his face and hoping to see him again that pulled her through and put everything she endured at the Badlands.

She realized that she was staring at him admiration and blushed a light ting of pink on her cheeks. She then put her arms in front of her crossing them. She then looked to the side to see her sky was starting to affect by her emotions. It was no longer that deep purple color but now a medium pink color with tinges of three shades of light pink but then there were streaks of lilac and some shading of some orange. The orange made sense for the fire that was going on inside of her at the moment.

"How did you do that?" wondered Malfoy

"Like I've said I've learned some tricks since I was gone." told Hermione

She left him standing there as she decided to keep the sky like that. She saw that people were filtering out of the Fountain. She made some flowers appear some fire flowers. They are red with dashes of orange that met down to the stems and yellow going around like rays to a sun. She then put her foot to the edge of a lake. She gripped on the imagine wand. It just flickered by her waist as she stepped forward. As she stepped forward the beginnings of a bridge appeared. She walked forward then went at a run to go to the other end of the lake which was of eight kilometers. She stopped at the other edge. She walked to back to create railings on the both sides then flicked at it to keep it in place.

She then walked to the middle of the bridge as she looked out at the sky that she created. It was beautiful and serene. She could stay there all night if she could. But she was just going to stay there in that moment in time. She was going to try to take it all in. Her body leaned in as her arms lied themselves on the soft wood and her elbows were pointed out.

This is what it looked like whenever she tried to go to a happy place. It was one of two. The second one was always a place like a library where there were books all around engulfing her.

She knew that Malfoy was right that everything was changing. Ever since her reappearance a couple days ago things weren't going to be the same. There are going to be people who are afraid of her. They are going to be afraid of what she can do. They don't know what she endured for those five years. She's a changed person and they all know that. But that's another reason that could scare them.

She knows that the Weasley's, Harry, Ron, Neville, Luna and the professors all think that. They thought that they knew her when she was in school. She was always the bookworm, know it all, a teacher's pet and what some people thought week but strong willed at the same time. She had her own silver tongue and used it when she needed it. She still has that inside of her but she's added on to that and is no longer weak like she used to be. Now she's strong and a fighter even though she's been more of a pacifist.

So what is going on with her lately? It's like no one trusts her. But there can be something inside and to show everyone that she's still the same Hermione. She needs to show them that things can still be the same. But what can she do to show them?

A shadow came over and went behind her. It was Draco Malfoy who came over. He seemed to be worried but it was impossible. He's never worried about anything except his own neck. His hand went down gently to her shoulder as she felt it. It felt soft and warm yet so comforting for some odd reason. His silver-grey eyes were piercing down at her.

"You okay?" wondered Malfoy

"Yeah I think so. But whoever is afraid me needs to shove it and I'm going to prove everyone wrong." exclaimed Hermione as she looked out at the handmade sky

Hey everyone what could that king cobra sign mean? What could be so deadly? I will go into it later on in the story. I also wanted to say that the place The Fountain is something that I created. I thought it could be different. But I will be going back to it more in future chapters.