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Chapter 5

I didn't know how to react, I had to do something otherwise it would let him know of my feelings; I then quickly ducked under his arm then spun around to face him.

"Whatever Malfoy." I replied teasingly as I made my way towards my room.

I think he said something as I walked away but I didn't pay any attention, I walked into my room, shutting the door behind me I ran my hand along the large wooden desk that sat neatly in its place. It was such a beautiful room that I almost felt like I didn't belong in it, I then realised I was feeling tired once again and I made my way over to the large bed that sat in the middle of the room, I collapsed onto it as the softness of the sheets and pillows touched my skin, it felt just like my bed at home, I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

"Gee Granger; you're not one to sleep in." I heard a snicker from my doorway.

I sat up in the bed and rubbed my eyes tiredly, I was so tired I just wanted to go back to sleep, I looked up and saw Draco smirking at me in the doorway.

"Just because we live in the same unit Draco, doesn't mean you can come in without knocking." I growled at him as I took a big stretch.

"If you want to be late then that's fine I won't wake you up again." Draco laughed as he left the doorway.

I watched him leave … wait did he say I was late? I scrambled up as I grabbed the clock off the bedside table. It was nine thirty? Oh crap I was late. I began to undress as quickly as I could, throw on a dress then my robe over the top; I quickly brushed my hair then ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I still felt so tired.

"You right there Granger?" Malfoy growled from the bathroom doorway as I looked behind me.

"Fine." I snapped as I rushed passed him and outta the dorm.

The corridors were full of Hogwarts students chatting to each other and moving to their moving classes, I made my way through them and towards potions. I banged into a few of the younger students as I did I apologised and continued walking.

"Hey Hermione!" I heard Harry's voice yelled as I turned around to find him.

"Hey." I replied with a smile once I saw him.

"Ready for potions?" Harry said hardly excited about the subject.

"Professor Slughorn is a huge fan of yours Harry." I replied as I smiled at him.

"Yeah well I'm not the biggest fan of potions." Harry stated as he took a hold of her hand and pulled me through the crowd and into the potions room.

The day continued pretty fast, potions was exciting and herbology had it's moments, I saw Draco once through out the day and that horrid girl was all over him, I think he saw my disgust before Ron pulled me away to our next class. I knew Harry and Ron had quidditch practice this afternoon and I had to watch, which gave me a good chance to read my new book. The last three classes finished quickly and I found myself making my way down to the quidditch grounds.

The grass was a lovely green and the sky was clear blue, the wind blew a little as birds flew across the sky, Harry and Ron were already down getting ready; Harry was the caption after all.

"Hey mud blood." A voice yelled from behind me as I sighed and turned around, it was Pansy.

"What do you want?" I snapped as I stared at her.

"I'm warning you to stay away from my Draco." Her Draco?

"Eh get over yourself Pansy he's all yours." I replied rolling my eyes and turning around to walk away from her.

"I hope when that grim seekers comes back no one will be around to save you."

"I don't need saving." I snapped back turning around to face her.

"Pansy!" A voice yelled from behind her, it was Draco.

"Yes honey?" She cooed back as I saw him roll his eyes.

"Get, now." He hissed as she glared at me.

"But I…"

"Now." Draco replied in a stern voice as she growled at me before she turned around and walked off following Draco.

I rolled my eyes then continued on my way down to the quidditch field, when I had reached it I climbed up into the stands and wave at Ron who was waving at me, I saw Luna sitting on the seats reading a huge book about magical myths.

"Hi Luna…" I said as I sat down next to her.

"Oh hello." Luna replied in her spaced out voice.

"Watching the practise?" I asked as I looked at her.

"No." She answered.

I decided to leave it at that, Luna was odd enough and I felt tired, so tired more then normal actually. I looked around to see quite a few people watching the quidditch practise and quite a few other people walking around the field, it was then I realised that Gryffindor was sharing the field with Hufflepuff in a mini game, how did I not know about this today? More and more people filled up the seats as I looked over and saw the Slytherin quidditch team watching, Draco being apart of that team. I watched him talk to the rest of the team as they looked to be talking about the game; all of a sudden I felt a nudge and looked up to see Ginny.

"Liking the sites are we?" She teased as I felt myself blush slightly.

"Shut up and sit down." I hissed, just after I had said that I yawned.

"Tired are we?" Ginny grinned at the obvious question.

"It's odd how tired I feel all of a sudden." I replied which was true because all of a sudden I felt like I had no energy.

"Maybe you're working too hard already?" Ginny asked.

I nodded slightly as I looked around, it seemed like all of the school was out now wanting to watch to mini game, within seconds the snitch was loose and the game had begun I felt light headed as I looked around I moaned in pain as I grabbed my head, Ginny put her hand on my shoulder and she was asking if I was okay.

"What's that?!" A small boy yelled at over the chit chatting and the cheering.

I looked to were the boy was pointing; it was off in the distance like a tiny black dot. Slowly other students began to stop talking and looking up at the black dot.

"Look there is another one!" Someone else yelled as another black dot appeared.

"Another!"

"Look there's another one."

"They are getting closer…"

Everyone was now staring at the black dots in the air, there was about ten now and no one spoke as they seemed to move closer and closer.

"They look like…"

"Dementors." I gasped as they came closer.

The ground shook violently as cracks began to appear in the middle of the field, my heart began to pound as people around me began to scream and try to get out of the fields, I felt people push passed me but I couldn't take my eyes off the ground.

"Hermione!" I heard Ginny scream as she pulled my arm.

"Get out of here." I said as I looked up at her.

She gave me a puzzled look back as I pulled my arm free from her grasp.

"Ginny go!" I yelled as I got to my feet.

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Ginny stared at Hermione for a second before she gave a slight nod, the Dementors where now in the fields as the kids began to evacuate. The Dementors were attacking anyone they could, in doing so lots of random students had passed out and dropped to the floor. Hermione stood still as she watched the ground in front of her open, goose bumps became visible all over her arms and legs as she saw the grim seeker emerge.

"Hermione!" Harry called out as he flew around of his broom trying to knock back as many Dementors as he could.

Hermione couldn't move she watched as the large beast climb out of the hole, drool drip down from its mouth as its eyes scanned for Hermione. She saw it find her, saw it lick its lips as it took a step towards her as its tail whipped from left to right.

"What are you doing, Granger!" Draco hissed scaring Hermione into looking at him.

"I can't move." She replied sharply.

"If you don't move it will kill you!" Draco yelled as he grabbed onto her arm and began pulling her.

"Maybe my minds playing tricks on me…" Hermione couldn't take her eyes of the grim seeker who was now screaming as the Dementors continued randomly attacking.

"Now isn't the time Granger!" Draco yelled as he tried to keep pulling her.

"HERMIONE!" The grim seeker screamed as Draco felt Hermione freeze.

The grim seeker moved almost sloppily as it used its four thick black legs to crawl towards her, Hermione just stared as it charged at her, it was like her legs couldn't carry her anywhere but where she was, Draco grabbed her shoulders and turned her to face him.

"You need to move." He said staring into her eyes.

Hermione nodded as he grabbed onto her hand and started running, the grim seeker screamed as it ran after them, crashing into where they had just been standing, breaking the wooden seats in the area shaking the area around it. Hermione struggled to stay on her feet as Draco dragged her behind him. More and more Dementors began flooding the field as screams filled the air; Draco practically threw Hermione over the wooden barrier that held up all the seats in the quidditch field as they were now on the open grass, people had made it into the castle but many hadn't yet.

Hermione hit the ground and two seconds later Draco was next to her.

"Come on Granger!" Draco hissed as he tried to pull her up.

"I can't!" Hermione yelled as she tried to get up.

"My god Granger you got the whole damsel in distress thing down don't you!" Draco growled as he roughly picked her up in his arms.

"Draco I'm being serious I can't move anything." Hermione had a shaky sound to her voice as she looked at him.

"Hermione, Draco move!" Harry yelled as he flew passed them on his broom.

Draco began to run towards the castle walls, dark Dementors flew effortlessly across the sky burning the ground with their darkness as they did. Hermione shivered as Dementors flew over the top of them, Harry was doing his best to repeal them as Ron kept an eye out for the grim seeker which seemed to have vanished. They reached the giant stone walls of the castle as Draco huffed and puffed leaning against the wall with Hermione still in his arms.

"Get into your dorms quickly!" Professor McGonagall's voice called down the hallways of the castle.

The professors ran out onto the quidditch field in a group, wands at the ready. Draco slid down the wall as Hermione seemed to now be sitting in his lap; Harry was out helping the teachers repeal the Dementors and Ron was helping the younger kids get to their dorms.

"You're going to get me killed." Draco puffed out as he put his head against the wall.

"I'm sorry." Hermione replied half sarcastically but also half serious.

"What were you thinking anyway Granger, standing there like an idiot?" Draco hissed as his breathing calmed down.

"I don't even know." Hermione replied as she looked at him.

"It was stupid!" He growled as he looked back at her.

Hermione and Draco sat in silence as they looked at each other, Hermione turned away as she looked down the long open hall they had made it into, big stone arches made their stand leading out onto the quidditch field; she couldn't help but to feel guilty for everyone who got hurt just because this thing was after her.

"You alright…?" Draco said in a low voice as he looked straight passed her.

"Yes… Thank you… for saving me again." Hermione replied as she looked down at her fingers.

Hermione blushed as she looked away from him, she couldn't believe how much she had fallen for this boy, he was a jerk to her for years and his father was a death eater this just wasn't right, without either realising Hermione was still sitting on his lap with Draco's arms still holding onto her tightly.

"Hermione are you alright?" Harry called out as he ran over to her.

"She's you're problem now." Draco growled at Harry as he pushed Hermione off him and got up to his feet.

Harry frowned as he helped Hermione up, she knew Draco had been gentle with her and she watched as he walked off into the distance.

"Did you get hurt?" Harry questioned as he steadied her on her feet.

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"No I'm okay." I replied as my head pounded and my legs felt weak.

"I hate to admit it Mione' but your lucky Draco was there." Harry spat out the words and wrinkled his nose as he said Draco's name.

"I feel so tired…" My head pounded as I held onto Harry for support.

"Let's get you to Madam Pom…."

I opened my eyes as I looked around in confusion I saw Harry and Ron sitting next to me and Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall standing at the end of my bed, I'm guessing I'm in the Hospital wing.

"Causing quite a fuss aren't we Miss Granger." Professor Dumbledore peered over his glasses to look at me.

"Sir Do you know why it…"

"Chose you?" Dumbledore interrupted as I simply nodded.

"No I do not Miss Granger nor do we know much about this beast, but it is a worrying concern you see this wont stop until either you or it is dead. Tell me Miss Granger, do you know how to kill one?" Was he serious?

"No Sir."

"Ah then we both have some research to do." Dumbledore smiled at me as he turned to walk away.

"Was anyone hurt Sir?" I asked quickly as he continued to walk.

"No Miss Granger, but I do believe that no one will be heading for Azkaban anytime soon."

I looked over at Harry and Ron who were both smiling at me, I smiled back as I rested my head back onto the pillow, my head had stopped hurting and I wasn't tired anymore.

"How you feeling?" Harry asked as he stood up and walked over to me.

"Fine I guess." I replied with a small shrug.

"Only fine?" He pushed me over gently before plopping onto the bed with me.

"I don't want to get you guys hurt in all this." I said looking up at Harry, lovely Harry he was my first real friend.

"You don't need to worry about that Hermione."

"Yeah and just think of it like pay back for all the times Harry put us in danger." Ron joked as we all had a little giggle over it.

"Oh Hermione you're awake!" I heard Ginny's voice squeal from the doorway of the hospital wing.

"I'm fine Ginny." I replied as she ran over to me, crushing me in a hug as soon as she reached me.

"I felt horrible as soon as I had left you." She said quietly before letting go of me.

"I didn't want you getting killed Ginny." I replied giving her a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

"Didn't stop Draco from risking his life to save you, or so I hear anyway." Ginny gave me a small smirk.

"How did you know about that?" I growled.

"It's the buzz going around." Harry said as Ginny was grinning and nodding like an idiot.

"Great that's just what I need." I sighed as I looked up at the ceiling, why did he risk his life to save me though…?

"Miss Granger you're good to leave whenever you're ready too dear." Madam Pomfrey called out to me from her desk.

I nodded as I slowly got up out of the bed, Harry and Ginny helped me get onto my feet, giving me concerned looks the whole time.

"Are you sure you are alright?" Ron peeped as I smiled at him

"I'm fine, plus my bed is much more comfortable."

"Need help getting back?" Ginny asked in a concerned tone, still holding me steady.

"No I'll be alright you guys go." I replied as they all just stared at me.

"Really guys I'll be fine, I'm not going to die."

"If you're sure." Ron said slowly as Ginny and Harry sent him a death glare.

"Guys its fine! Go eat dinner before you miss out!" I insisted nudging them slowly.

"Alright but we will be checking in on you before lights out." Harry said sternly as I nodded simply.

After a few more attempts to see if they could walk me up to my room I got them to leave for the main hall, I slowly made it out of the Hospital Wing and made my way to my room. A few paintings asked if I was alright as I walked down the main corridor, I thanked them and assured them I wasn't even hurt. I walked down to the end of the corridor and took a left, regretting it as soon as I did.

"Filthy mud blood." Pansy spat as she stood with her hands folded across her chest, she had two Slytherin girls with her, Marina Strings and Lucy Brown.

"Ah Pansy." I sighed; I guess she heard the rumour.

"Didn't I warn you to stay away from Draco?" Pansy voice dripped with venom as she moved closer to me.

"Look I don't know what you heard but I didn't go near Draco." I replied which was true, he came to me.

"Not that he'd ever look your way or anything mud blood, but its getting really pathetic."

"Yeah you useless mud blood!" Marina added as they all glared at me.

"Okay that's nice…" I stated simply as I slowly went to walk around them, no such luck.

Pansy lunged forward and put her rough un-ladylike hands around my neck, slamming me against the cold stone wall, I saw Marina and Lucy smile evilly at me as Pansy put force on my neck.

"I didn't do anything to you're 'man'" I growled in a low voice as I tried to pull her hands off my neck.

"Maybe we should just feed her to the grim seeker." Lucy laughed as a smirk crossed Pansy's face.

"It's not like it would matter, she's just a mud blood after all." Marina added as I shot her a death glare.

Pansy was strong for a girl as she lifted me off my feet by my throat, she was holding way too tight for it to be just a threat now, I put my hands on top of hers to try and get leverage until I felt like I couldn't take the tiniest breath anymore. I heard Pansy laugh just before she let me go causing me to fall on my butt.

"I'm warning you." Pansy whispered into my ear before turning around and walking off with her two followers.

I put my hands up to my neck as I regain my breathing; if this had been a magic match that bitch wouldn't have stood a chance. After sitting against the wall for a minute or two I got up and finished the journey to my room.

"Liothrin." I spoke clearly as the portrait flew its self open.

I strolled clumsily into the stunning room as the large portrait shut behind me, I was feeling happier being back in this room until I walked enough in to see Crabbe and Goyel sitting on the lounge smirking up at me. Wonderful.

"Aren't you going to say hello, Granger?" Crabbe spoke as I rolled my eyes.

"Hello." I gritted through my teeth.

"Be a little bit more charming, Granger." I heard Draco's voice called out from the next room.

"I've had just about enough of you're little friend for today, Malfoy." I spat out as I stopped off into my room, slamming the door behind me.

I made my way over to the mirror as I examined my neck, just as I feared; it had started to bruise, that girl is lucky I didn't have my wand out otherwise she might not still be here. I sighed loudly as I slammed my head down onto the incredibly hard desk.

"You right?" Draco muttered from my doorway as I turned to look at him.

"Peachy." I said sarcastically before turning away.

"Oh and by the way, keep you're girlfriend on a shorter leash." I added angrily as I turned back around to glare at him.

"She isn't my girlfriend!" Draco spat back in disgust.

"Well she seems to think you --"

"What happened to your neck?" Draco frowned as he interrupted me.

"Nothing." I replied as I covered my neck with my left hand.

"Granger." Draco said with a dangerous hint in his voice.

"She's just very fond of you." I replied rolling my eyes at him.

"She did this?" He said bluntly.

"Why do you care anyway?" I hissed back, getting annoyed with this interrogation.

"Why do you think I care?"

"Because it's obvious!"

"Bit full of yourself there Granger."

"Oh then why save me not once, but twice?"

"I don't even know!"

I looked at Draco as he looked back at me, what was going on between us? He's suppose to hate me yet he didn't seem too… not even I seemed to hate him.

"You're impossible Granger." Draco sighed as he turned to leave.

"Draco…" I found myself calling out to him.

"What?" He snapped as he turned back around to me.

Now I really didn't know what I was doing, I stood up and walked towards him as he stayed where he was. He looked confused as I probably did as well, I reached him as I looked up at him; he really had become a handsome man rather then that little weasel looking boy the first year we met. I stood up on my tippy toes and very quickly kissed his soft supple lips before pulling back just as quickly… then I slammed the door in his face. Idiot.

"God, Granger!" Draco yelled from the other side of the door.

I threw myself onto the bed once I heard Draco walk away from my door, god I was an idiot! I had just lost all of my dignity at that moment and I sunk even deeper into my pillows. What if he went around telling everybody I kissed me? No wait that would make him look bad for kissing a mud blood, I mean me! I wracked my brain for a few minutes more before deciding to go to sleep.

The loud beeping sound of my alarm scared me awake as I turned over and whacked the 'off' button, part of me was hoping what happened last night was just a dream, but my brain told me to stop being and idiot and that it happened. I got up and tried to get out of the dorm as fast as possible; I grabbed my clothes and bolted for the bathroom, made it.

I turned the marbled taps as water shot out of the shower head, stem rising into the air, I undressed as I slipped into the shower and let the water droplets fall down onto my skin, I couldn't help but to think of what will happen when I see Draco next; kissing him was one of the most stupid things I have ever done… but I liked doing it as well. I turned off the water as I grabbed my cream coloured towel to dry myself off with; I got dressed, did my morning make-up routine and put my hair up into a pony tail.

I exited the bathroom and made my way towards the exit, feeling proud of myself for getting out scot-free.

"Hermione." Dam.

I slowly turned around to see Draco sitting on the lounge waiting for me, what was I going to do now?

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