A Change of Peace
Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own anything.
"I need a bath."
Blaise said, running a hand through his dark curls as he and Hermione
walked through the woods in search of a new place to stay. They
decided to change it up every so often so that they wouldn't get
caught.
"What about 'scourgify'?"
Hermione asked him. He sighed.
"I want a real bath with actual
water." He told her.
"Well maybe there's a river or
something around here." She suggested with a sigh. He
grinned.
"Well let's go find it." He said with a sudden new
enthusiasm.
"Remember to be careful." Hermione added as they
set off to find something that he could bathe in.
A few
minutes later they finally did find something. Blaise jogged to the
edge of the water.
"Hurry up." Hermione grunted from the
shelter of the trees.
"Turn around." He told her.
"Why?"
She asked, leaning against a tree.
"Because I'm going to take
off my clothes." He said smirking with a hint of playfulness in his
voice. She rolled her eyes at him before turning around. Blaise
quickly undid his dress clothes and removed his tie. Standing in only
his boxers he turned towards her.
"You can look now." He said
smirking. She turned around before quickly covering her eyes.
"Ugh,
Blaise stop it. Either get dressed or get in the water." She
groaned. She heard him laugh and when she looked back at him
he was in the water, his boxers abandoned on the shore.
Hermione
sat down on the ground and watched Blaise splash around in the water
and she couldn't help but laugh.
"Blaise hurry up before
someone hears you or sees you." She yelled down to him. He stuck
his tongue out at her before dipping down into the water and
resurfacing. Suddenly there was a loud yell.
Hermione jumped up
and saw two men standing further down the shore staring at Blaise.
She took a few steps out of the woods so that she could hear what
they were yelling.
"Hey Nigger! What d'you thinks ya doin'?"
One of them asked in a strange accent. Blaise's smile slipped from
his face as he looked from the men to Hermione.
"Well?" The
other one asked.
"I-" Hermione realized that Blaise didn't
know what to say so she hurriedly ran out.
"He's with me."
She told the men. They walked closer to her.
"What'd you
say?" They asked staring at her. She realized she was still in her
school uniform. She cleared her throat and spoke clearly.
"My
name is Hermione Granger and this is my servant Blaise Zabini." She
told the men. "I apologize for my attire, we're lost and I lost
my luggage." She said. They nodded.
"Well tell ya boy to get
dressed, we'll take ya into town." The younger of the two men
told her. She smiled and nodded before running to where Blaise
was.
"What's going on?" He asked her in a whisper as she
handed him his boxers.
"You have to pretend to by my slave."
She whispered back before muttering the switching spell on his
clothes for less nice looking ones.
"What!?!" He asked in an
agitated whisper. Hermione's eyes pleaded with him.
"I know
that you believe that I should be the one as a slave, but we're in
America. If you don't do this they might kill you, or worse." She
told him handing him his new clothes.
"What could be worse than
this?" He muttered.
"You don't want to know." She replied
as he pulled on his clothes.
"Also, don't talk too much. They
don't like it when Black people talk too much." She said. "Do
you speak French?" She added out of the corner of her mouth as they
turned to walk back.
"Yes, why?" He asked.
"Just follow
my lead. And keep your wand hidden." She said as they reached the
men and plastered on a bright smile.
"You two ready to go?"
An older man asked. Hermione nodded and followed the two men for
awhile to a small town full of cute little cottages and churches.
