Cormac's POV
When I was done talking to my friends, I went to go look for Hermione. I headed over to the punch bowl, but she wasn't there. Then I looked all around the room, and she wasn't anywhere. So, I decided to go on a little adventure to find Granger.
I left the room, and then I went into a long hallway that leads the way to the Gryffindor common room. It was long, and narrow. A perfect place to hide or something like that. When I was walking into another hallway, I heard some odd noises. It kind of sounded like snogging noises, so I didn't really seem interested. But I just had to sneak a peek. When I looked at it, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was that Weasley kid and Hermione, snogging!
I got so aggravated; I let out a big gasp and said, "WEASLEY!" Then they pulled apart and Hermione turned around and said, "It's not what it looks like!" Weasley then said, "Um…yeah it is what it looks like." to me in an obvious tone. "Alright I had it," I said to the Weasley kid, "you can steal my spot on the quidditch team, but never, go off and snog my date!" I pulled out my wand and yelled, "EXPELLIARMUS!"
After that, it was a fight to the finish. Weasley then dogged my spell and said, "Okay. It's on Cormac. STUPEDFY!" I dogged that spell and kept shouting, "PROTEGO!" and I almost hit Weasley, but he dogged that. "IMMOBULUS!" Weasley shouted at me, and the beam went right past my face. It was totally matrix. "EXPELLIARMUS!" I yelled at Weasley, and I disarmed him. "Very well then Weasley; time to finish you off, Petrificus Total-""STOP!" Hermione yelled and ran in front of Weasley and shielded him. But I was too late, and finished the spell, "-us!" I said and hit Hermione.
She froze up, and fell to the ground, in a plank-like position. "HERMIONE!" Weasley and I shouted in unison. We immediately ran over to her and knelt down beside her. "Bloody hell Cormac what did you do?" Weasley then said. "I don't know okay? I didn't know she would go there to protect you! I mean you're stupid enough because you are a ginger…" I slipped out of my mouth. After that, it went completely downhill.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME CORMAC?" Weasley shouted at me and ran toward me. Luckily, Seamus and Neville were walking by and held Weasley back. "Bloody hell Ron what are you doing?" Seamus said to him as he was struggling to go after me. "He called me a stupid ginger and petrified my girlfriend!" "Who, Lavender?" Neville then said to him. When they both looked at the body, and yelled, "HERMIONE?" Then they both ducked down beside her and Neville shouted, "SOMEONE GO GET THE NURSE!" And after that, a huge crowd was coming toward us.
"What's the meaning of this?" Professor Slughorn said as he was coming forth to the scene. "Oh…." he then said when he saw Hermione. "Yes, yes. Someone go get the nurse!" he said and knelt down beside her body. "Petrified. Hm…..Cormac how did this happen?" he got up and said to me. "Oh, well Weasley and I were at duel and then Hermione ran in front of him and I used Petrificus Totalus at her by accident…" Some people gasped afterwards and Slughorn then asked, "And why is that so?" This part was going to be embarrassing and I then continued, "Well, I was looking for Hermione, so I walked along the halls. And when I found her…she was snogging Weasley. So that got me angry….because she was my date and all…..and started to blast spells and him." At the ends of that sentence, there were some gasps and a little bit of laughter involved.
Professor Slughorn then said, "Okay, then. 10 points from Gryffindor because of 's actions. Now c'mon folks, we got pumpkin pasties!" And then led the crowd toward the party room. "Great…..10 points from Gryffindor because of me, I petrified my date, and what else is going to happen? Then Madam Pomfrey, Professor McGonagall, and some other professors came with a lifting stretcher. "Oh dear….." Madam Pomfrey then said aloud. "Okay boys, take her away." Professor McGonagall said to the other professors and they picked up Hermione, put her on the stretcher, and carried her away.
Professor McGonagall stayed and said to me, "Since you have harmed a student, you will be serving detention with me tomorrow night, Mr. McLaggen." And she walked away. As soon as she was gone, I yelled "Crap!" and kicked a stone in anger. "Well you deserved it Cormac." Weasley then said as he was getting up from the floor. "Don't sass me Weasley." And I walked away, off to the common room to grieve.