The Power Of Four
A/n Here it is chapter 5. Well don't really have much to say, just read and review, the usual.
Disclaimer: (grumbles) I don't own Harry Potter nor do I own Draco Malfoy. (Smiles) But I do own a new set of Characters you don't recognize. Yep, that's right I finally own something just not Harry Potter(frowns). All Jk's characters not mine, so don't sue cause you ain't getting nothing.
Chapter 5: Quality Time
"Oi Blaise hurry up, we'll be late for Dinner." yelled Draco pounding on the bathroom door.
"Well I wouldn't have had to take a late shower if you hadn't taken two hours in here and just let me in earlier!"replied Blaise as he opened the door. The stream hitting Draco's pale face as it released from the room. "Just give me a second while I go get my bag."
"You got five seconds." yelled Draco to Blaise's retreating figure. Moments later Blaise ran down the stairs with his bag ready to go. "Took you long a enough." snorted Draco.
Blaise shrugged and began to head down the stairs, Draco following close behind. They exited the common room and headed down to the Great Hall. Draco took his place next to Blaise as they were walking. Draco smirking and sending flirtation nods to girls who passed by. Blaise noticing this only smirk. Unlike Draco he didn't feel like flirting with every girl who walked by. He was interested in one girl and one girl only, and he vowed that he would have her.
They reached the Great Hall and walked over to the Slytherin table. Girls at the table began to push each other out of the seat next to them to get Draco and Blaise to sit with them. Draco only smirked before taking his normal seat at the center of the table and Blaise sat down next to him and looked up and sent a smile Ginny's way.
"Honestly Ginny, Malfoy can have such a big head." said Hermione glaring over at Draco as he chatted with a slytherin at his table. "I don't understand what girls see in him? Do you?" Hermione paused a waiting Ginny's answer but it never came. Ginny was too busy staring over at Blaise who was staring right back with lustful eyes.
"Hello earth to Ginny." Hermione said waving a hand infront of Ginny's face. Ginny sighed and was snapped from her fantasies about Blaise and her attention was brought back to Hermione.
"Um..What...what were you saying?" asked Ginny "I'm sorry I wasn't really paying attention."
"Oh nothing I just asked you if you like Blaise and you admitted your devoted love for him is all."
"What!?" yelled Ginny jumping up from her seat causing everyone in the Great Hall to stare. "I did what ?" Hermione began to laugh uncontrollably, and fell out of her seat laughing.
"Relax Gin, I was only kidding." she said picking herself up off the floor. "Honestly you should have seen your face."
"Yes very funny Hermione, nearly give me a heart attack and your laughing about it." Ginny replied getting up. "Let just go see Dumbledore already."
Ginny walked off leaving Hermione there. Hermione stopped laughing and chased after her. When she finally caught up to Ginny, Ginny was just standing there with her arms folded.
"Where do you think your going?" she asked a confused Hermione.
"Um.. To Dumbledore's offices." Hermione said.
"No your not! Aren't' you forgetting something, or shall I say two some things?"
"What? Who?" questioned Hermione with a dumb look on her face. The look quickly disappeared when she realized who Ginny was referring to. " No there's no way in hell I'm going to go get them."
"Nope since I have already been publicly humiliated for today, its only right that it be your turn next." Ginny replied.
"No Gin, I'm sorry please don't make me do it!" begged Hermione like a child would their mother.
"Sorry sweetie but you have to!" said Ginny in a mother like tone.
"Fine, I just want you to know I hate you!" she pouted as she stumped back into the Great hall, heading over towards the Slytherin table.
"Malfoy!" Hermione called approaching the slytherin table. "Come we have to go see Dumbledore about the thing." Slytherins started whispering about what the 'thing' could be but most kept their thoughts to them selves or their friends. Hermione then looked around the table noticing that something was missing, and she began to frown when she realized what or more like who was missing.
"Malfoy, where's Zabini?" she asked with a frown. Draco smirk and rose from his seat. Pansy sneered at Hermione before latching her arms around Draco's mid section.
"Oh Drakey Poo, you can't leave me here and go off with the mudblood." said Pansy before sending an disgusted look toward Hermione which she quickly returned. "I mean she's a mudblood and Dumbledore can wait. Stay with me please!" Pansy begged holding on tighter.
"Malfoy, as much as I love being here." Hermione said her voice dripping with sarcasm. "We really are on a deadline and now we have to find Zabini."
"Pansy would you kindly take your arms from around me or do I have to make you?" Draco asked in a calm collected voice. "No need to be embarrassed two times a week, is there?"
"But Drakey Poo" started Pansy but was quickly cut off by Draco.
"No buts Pans, just let me go." said Draco looking down at Pansy with intense eyes. Pansy nodded before sliding her arms from around Draco and sat back down with a crushed look on her face. Draco looked to Hermione before nodding toward the door. "Lets go Granger."
"Don't have to tell me twice." Hermione said rushing towards the door and away from all the slytherin.
"Hey Granger wait up!" Draco called after Hermione ,who had already bolted out the door, as he ran off chasing Hermione.
Upon exiting the Great Hall Draco saw Hermione and Ginny conversing. Hermione nodded towards Draco and Ginny turned around. Ginny looked at Draco and frowned.
"So do you or don't you know where Zabini is?" asked Ginny.
Draco smirked and replied " Of coarse."
Hermione and Ginny gave each other sour looks. They both knew Draco wasn't just going to just come straight out and tell them where Blaise was. Draco smirk grew wider as he realized that Hermione and Ginny figure out part of his plan. Well not so much of a plan more like a scheme.
"So are you going to tell us or what?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah I could tell you but I'd have to get something in return." said Draco.
"Honestly Malfoy, your so greedy. As if you don't already own half of the world." Hermione said angrily. "Give me this, I want that, I'd need something in return. Why can't you ever do anything out of the kindness of your heart?"
Draco smirk fell when he realized Hermione was right. He rarely did anything if it did not benefit him directly. What could he say? He was selfish.
"Oh I know why, cause you don't have a heart." yelled Hermione. Draco eyes darken at this comment. Of coarse he was selfish but he did have a heart, whether she knew it or not. Draco looked up at Hermione and she jumped back in surprise. She had seen Draco mad but never like this.
"For you information Granger, I do have I heart. If I didn't I would have killed you by now." Draco sneered as Wind blew through the air roughly . "Your been a torn in my side for too long. With your perfect little attitude and miss 'I live in a happy world where every one is nice and give each other sugar quills' all the damn time. Well I have news for you Granger, your not perfect and we sure as hell don't live in a perfect world!" Finished Draco breathing deeply. His words had impacted both Hermione and Ginny. Both were speech less and didn't move a muscles.
Wind began to pick up in such a violent manner that it knocked both Ginny and Hermione off their feet and they went crashing into the wall. Draco had lost control and their was no way of stopping him. He began to rise into the air and a tornado began to form.
"Malfoy, stop!" yelled Hermione. "You'll hurt someone, and expose us all." but Draco could not hear her over the loud current of wind surrounding him.
Ginny tried to get up and was blow father down the hall and before she was smashed into another wall she was catch and now lay in the arms of Blaise. Blaise turned down at Ginny and smirked causing Ginny to blush.
"How do we keep ending up like this." he said. "Cause what ever it is...I like it."
"Zabini put me down, we have bigger problems than your lame pick up lines." laughed Ginny "Malfoy has lose total control of himself and we have to stop him before he hurts himself and Hermione."
Blaise looked over at the pair. "What up with those two? If its not Hermione trying to kill Draco it's Draco trying to kill Hermione."
Ginny gave Blaise puzzled look.
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
Ginny laughed "No, you called Hermione Hermione."
"Well that is her name isn't it? Whether you three realize it or not we have to get use to each other or we'll never get through this together. So I figure the least I could do is call you two by your names." He said
Ginny nodded "Come on lets go." Blaise and Ginny began to run to Hermione fighting back the winds as they held on to the walls. "Hermione are you okay?" Ginny yelled out. Hermione didn't answer. "Blaise what are we going to do?"
"We have to get Draco down?"
"How?"she asked.
"Our powers of coarse." he said with a smirk.
"But its no water around and I don't know if I am stronger enough to control the earth fully yet."
"Well let just hope I'm stronger enough to pull water from the air and you can move the ground just a little bit to keep us from flying back." he said " But first we have to get Hermione out the way." Ginny nodded and began to concentrate. The ground around them began to move and form over her and Blaise's feet.
"I think we should be able to walk in these, but if not then we won't have to worry about flying back." she said with a doubtful smile. She lift her feet and to her surprise it actually went up and start walking towards Hermione.
"Ginny!' yelled Blaise. "A little help here" he called seeing as he could not move his feet.
" Blaise just stay there I will get Hermione and then we'll handle Draco." she called back. As she walked closer the winds increase and it began to cut her and scars began appearing on her face. Ginny walked faster in fear of what might have happen to Hermione. As she approached she started to feel the temperature rise. 'No Hermione don't' Ginny thought. Through the storm she could he a light but as she grew near she realized it was Hermione.
'She's losing control too.' thought Ginny. "Hermione control yourself!" Ginny yelled to her. Hermione turned to Ginny and Ginny gasped. Hermione face was cut and bruised and had blood over it. Her eyes were black, and when she looked to Draco his eyes were black also well. They seemed as if they both were lost inside themselves and had let their elemental side take control.
Ginny had ran back to Blaise. "We have to go get Dumbledore, their both out of it and won't listen. Hurry before anyone comes out of the Great Hall."
Blaise nodded and Ginny release the earth from their feet as they took off toward the doors. They opened the Great Hall doors and the wind began to blow them farther open . Blaise and Ginny using all their might plus a little of Ginny's elemental powers were able to close them All eyes in the hall turned to them and whispers began to break out. Blaise turn and cast a spell to keep the doors from opening unless the spell was removed.
Ginny didn't waste any time she ran up to the staff table and to Dumbledore. Blaise quickly followed. Harry and Ron rose from their seat and ran to Ginny's side.
"Miss Weasley what has happen to you?" asked Dumbledore, the hall silent all wanting to hear what Ginny had to say.
"Professor its..." Ginny started but was cut off by a bang against the Great Hall doors. "Professor we have to stop them."
"Stop who Miss Weasley?" asked Dumbledore and another banged was heard. All heads turn to Ginny.
"They'll kill each other." Ginny said. "I tried to stop them, we both did but they won't listen." Ginny said as she fell to her knees. Blaise took this as a sign to take over.
"Headmaster we can't talk about it here, we must stop them and then explain it in a more private place." Blaise said calmly. Dumbledore nodded and rose from his chair.
"Everyone will stay in the Great Hall if you even attempt to follow or leave the halls you will have detention for the remainder of your years." He said in the most powerful voice he could muster, making sure everyone knew the consequences. "Professors watch them, do not leave the hall no matter what. Snape I will need you."
They nodded and Dumbledore and Snape whipped out their wands and started to walk towards the doors. Blaise pick up Ginny and Ginny thanked him. Ron sent Blaise a dirty look but he know he shouldn't say anything. Ginny and Blaise followed Dumbledore and Snape to the doors. Dumbledore casted open the doors and they exited, and shut them tightly behind them.
Dumbledore looked upon the sight in front of him and gasped. "I don't believe." he breathed. "Severus, you have to put Mister Malfoy to sleep, I'll handle Miss Granger." Snape nodded and then mummer the sleeping charm and Draco fill from the air and Snape ran over to catch him. "Mister Zabini I need you to catch Miss granger okay?" Blaise nodded and then Dumbledore with a flick of his wand had cast Hermione unconscious. Blaise quickly ran over and caught her.
"Both Miss Granger and Mister Malfoy are hurt badly." said Dumbledore. "We will need to get Madam Pomfrey and I'm sure Mister Potter and Mister Weasley will be concerned about you and Miss Granger." The rest of them nodded. "I don't think it will be best if anyone saw them. Severus you and Mister Zabini will take them to the hospital wing, Miss Weasley you can come with me."
Snape Blaise took off towards the hospital wing and Ginny and Dumbledore turned to enter the hall.
"Miss Weasley I trust you and Mister Zabini will tell me everything when we are in a more private place." Dumbledore said as he opened the doors. Ginny looked up at him and quickly looked away before nodding her head. They walked down the Great Hall along side one another and soon they were at the staff table. "Pomfrey, I need your assistant with two students, it is of great importance. One student is hurt more severely than the other but both seem to have been injured a great deal."
Madam Pomfrey rose from the table and rushed off towards the hospital wing. Dumbledore following her out almost as quickly as she left. Ginny feeling the stare on her began to head to the Griffindor table. Harry and Ron stood quickly and Ron embrace Ginny as she approached.
"Ginny, are you okay? What happened? Ron asked, his eyes filled with concern. Harry looked over to Ginny as well awaiting answers. Ron let go of Ginny and took a step back giving her room to breath.
"We have to go you guys, Hermione is in the hospital wing and is hurt badly." said Ginny. Ron eyes lite up with even more concern. "Come I'll explain when we get there."
The trio then made their way out of the Great Hall. As they walked down the corridor Ginny could feel Harry and Ron's eyes on the back of her head and she could sense the worry. She quicken her pace not really wanted to spend much more time alone with them. They would just worry about her and she wasn't the one they should be worried about. After all Hermione was the one laying in the Hospital wing wounded.
The trio opened up the door to the wing and Blaise meet them at the door. He flashed a reassuring smile to Ginny as he lead them over to Dumbledore. Dumbledore smiled at Harry and Ron but both just returned it with a frown. Ginny stayed beside Blaise well Harry and Ron stood near Dumbledore.
"So, where is she? Where is Hermione?" Harry asked. Dumbledore looked over to Ginny before nodding towards a curtain covered bed. "Can we see her?" Ginny also looked to Dumbledore for his answer, Dumbledore nodded. Ron was the first over to the bed and he slowly pulled back the curtain. He and Harry both gasped at the sight before them.
Hermione laid on the bed, blood did not cover her any more but her cuts were still as big as ever. She had burn marks all over her robe and her uniform was all most completely ruined. Her hair was all over the place and it was a slightly darker than before. When Ginny noticed her robes she figured they must have been burned while she was 'flamed up' so to speak.
"What happened to her?" asked Harry looking over to Dumbledore for answers tears trailing down his face. "Who did this to her?"
"Mister Potter, I assure you that Miss Granger will be okay but we can not release any information on what happened to her, for we are not quite sure our selves." Dumbledore said. "But we will do everything in our power to find out what happened."
"How could this happen?" asked Ron "How can a student be attacked inside of Hogwarts? We are supposed to be safe."
"I will ask you to calm down Mister Weasley or you will have to leave." said Dumbledore "Miss Granger needs her rest and what happen was under certain circumstances that I can not say but you all are safe here."
Ginny looked over at Blaise and mouthed the words 'where is Draco?'. Blaise pointed over at the bed across from Hermione and Ginny looked over there. "Headmaster can I go see Draco?" Ginny asked. A frown appeared on Ron's face.
"Malfoy? What do you want with Malfoy?" Ron yelled as his face growing red with anger. "Is he in here too?"
"Mister Weasley I have already asked you once to lower your voice, I think its best if you come back tomorrow when Miss Granger is rested." said Dumbledore. Ron opened his mouth to protest but Harry grabbed Ron's arm and began to drag him towards the door and out of the Wing.
"I think it best Professor if I go with Ron." admitted Harry. "Come on Ron lets go." Shutting the door behind them.
"Miss Weasley if you still want to go see Mister Malfoy you and Mister Zabini are welcome to do so, but I would advise you to keep it down. Him and Miss Granger need to get some rest." Dumbledore said walking to the door. He turned around and smiled at Ginny. "I do expect all of you to meet me in my office at noon tomorrow." Ginny nodded and Blaise agreed and Dumbledore exited the room.
"So..." started Blaise looking over at Ginny. "What a day. Both are friends are in the hospital wing and we have to sit here and baby sit them." Looking back down at Draco.
Draco had burns and several cuts all over him. The winds were to out of control for his body to take them at that speed, just yet. He had burns on his arms and several on his chest but his chest wounds were being healed by the potion he was given. Some of his scar would be there for a while though even though most were healed.
"I know, I just wish their was a way to get Hermione and Draco to at least act civil towards one another." replied Ginny. " Ever time their around each other, they at each others throats." Blaise put his hand under his chin thinking. He looked over to Hermione from draco and them back to Draco. A smirk appeared on his face and began to grow.
"I have it." whispered Blaise. "Tomorrow Hermione and Draco are going to spend a little quality time with one another. Whether they'll do it willingly or not."
A/n Well there it is. I'm sorry for the long update but I had it written I just couldn't posted it because something was up with the computer. Anyway Read and Review. please and Thanks! Oh, wait thanks or the reviews and I hope for some more. So don't forget to Review...naw you won't forget. Oh yeah Happy New Years!lol even thought its a little late.lol