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CHAPTER 10: the pitch
"I think I rather like to give Hermione a tour around Hogwarts." Riddle answered politely .
"Great a tour around Hogwarts! Why not? I would love to have a tour around Hogwarts! You don't mind that I tag along, Riddle?" Draco teased, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Or maybe rather a good game of quidditch?" Draco pushed it a little further.
Riddle's eyes narrowed and his grey eyes became stormy and clouded. Did Draco push it to far?
"What about you shove your broom up in your arse and get the hell out of here?" Tom's reply came. Hermione feared for Draco and checked Tom's hands, one hand was clenched around his wand and the knuckles were turned white. If Draco pushed it a little further he would transform in one fire of fury!
Hermione decided to intervene: "Why don't you three play a game of quidditch and I'll cheer for all of you and after that we will all go together around Hogwarts. Doesn't that sound like a good idea?"
"Splendid, 'Mione! Seems like a great plan!" Draco smiled "Don't you think so Tom?"
"Yes, a marvelous idea." Tom grumbled. "Accio broom!"
Tom's broom came flying towards him and he gripped it tightly in his hands, ready to beat Draco.
"Let's go then" Abraxas said "The first one to catch the snitch is the winner."
Hermione made her way towards the stands and the boys pushed themselves of in the air. Hermione was scared. She was scared that this game would end up in the extension of the duel of two days ago. That they would let their testosterone spike again.
She sat down on the chair on the first row of the quidditch stand and began nervously fidgeting with her slytherin scarf. Damn, she hadn't been this nervous since her NEWT's. She saw Abraxas unleash the snitch that began to flutter in the air and then flew away at the speed of light.
Abraxas pushed himself in the air and began to swirl around Draco. Tom joined Abraxas after a while and they both began to swirl around Draco. As if they were wild animals circling a helpless deer.
They were more concentrating on Draco then the snitch. Draco looked for the first time a little bit frightened. The boys could attack them from both sides he wouldn't be able to get away. Maybe he even felt sorry that he even started the game, even pushed Tom so far.
So his eyes were franticly looking for the snitch hoping that the little thing would save him from the mad boys.
Suddenly Tom signaled to attack and Abraxas made a quick movement. He banged his shoulder against Draco's who flew towards Tom who swung the end of his broom into his face painfully hard.
Draco's head swung away, Hermione stifled a scream. But it was in vain. Draco was tumbling towards the ground in a speed that would be fatal if he hit the ground. She hoped he was doing one of his movements because otherwise she would have to pick him up in pieces. But it didn't seem like it as his robes were whirling around him and had him in a death grip.
She couldn't take it anymore and screamed: "Draco!" Her icy scream ran over the grounds. "Draco!"
But nothing happened he still fell down at the speed of light. Her eyes were tracing Draco and she didn't see the blur of green before it reached him. The green blur pulled at Draco's broom to try and stop his deadly fall. It seemed to work but they were still falling dangerously fast towards the ground. The green blur seemed to be able to detangle Draco from his broom and pulled him onto his. Draco was now dangling onto the broom of the green blur who was now pulling at his broom. But it seemed in vain. As they were still falling now almost reaching the ground. Her eyes were transfixed to them as they fell onto the ground. They were rolling over the ground till they fell still and kept on laying still.
Hermione ran down the stairs of the stand onto the pitch towards the two figures that were still laying still on the ground. She recognized Draco by his hair and ran towards him first. "Draco! Draco! Wake up please!" She slapped across his face trying in vain to wake him up. He kept on staying unconscious, blood streaming down his face in little streams."Damn it, wake up!"
Out of the corner of her eyes she saw movement from the other figure that lay onto the ground. She ran now towards him and to her surprise it was Tom Riddle who lay on the ground being held up by Abraxas.
"Are you mad? Insane! He is unconscious!" she yelled into his face.
"Well, I tried to safe him after you screamed." Tom said his voice crackling.
"After you, damn it, swung your broom in his face! If he as so much broke one bone in his body you will be feeling sorry that you were ever born. Because I will make your life a living hell!" Hermione seethed and ran back towards Draco an levitated him towards the infirmary.
She heard Abraxas saying behind her back "What the hell happened? You know as well as I that he was faking it."
"You never know." The reply of Tom came.
~LD~
The next morning Hermione ran up the flight of stairs that ran towards the infirmary, her brown hair bouncing on her back and a worried expression on her face. She was scared of what she would find in the infirmary. Making it to the front door of the infirmary, she knocked on it and madam Appelkins opened the door.
"Miss Grey, you must be here to visit mister Grey. How nice of you. He is still sleeping but he will be alright. He already has a visitor, so please be quiet." Madam Appelkins said.
"Another visitor" Hermione thought standing still in the doorway "who would be visiting Malfoy besides me?"
"Do come in, child." Madam Appelkins ushered.
Hermione came in and was met by a Tom Riddle walking briskly passed her. Hermione was stunned and stood still midway to watch after Tom. "What is he doing here?" Hermione thought.
"Why would he visit Draco? He doesn't even like him! Maybe he... Oh no!" Hermione thought running towards Draco's bed and quickly casting some check-up charms.
"Maybe he has done something to Draco!" Hermione thought. But all her check-up charms came back empty which meant that Tom hadn't hurt Draco at all.
"Strange but why then visiting Draco? No, it could not be out of remorse. Or could it? Was he becoming better. But I haven't done a thing! I have to teach him how to love and feel. So he shouldn't be doing any of these things! The bracelet! Maybe Yang knows a bit more. Yang, can you help me?" Hermione thought.
"Yes, mistress. Your humble servant is here to answer all you questions." The words were written in the bracelet in melted gold.
"Why is Tom being so good?" Hermione asked.
"Well, mistress, it seems Tom has a certain pull towards your magic he doesn't quite seem to understand."
"What do you mean by 'has a certain pull towards my magic'?" Hermione asked.
"He can feel your magic in the air. It is a very strong magic and he is fascinated by it. He wants to examine it, feel it, test it and try to control it. Don't think he was protecting you when he caught that sanguine curse. He was merely protecting the magic and trying not to unleash it when its mistress was under attack. He doesn't care for the person Hermione. He cares for the strong magic that is inside of you!"
Hermione was stunned. She didn't know what to say to that. All the things he had done for her were not an act of love or companionship but merely one to preserve her magic! She had to do something about that and right now!
She stormed out of the infirmary after checking up on the still sleeping Draco towards the dungeons where she would hope to find Tom Riddle.
She ran as fast as her legs could carry her and ended up in front of the portrait of Bella, the vampire. Trying to catch her breath, while resting her hands on her knees and bending over she said the password. Still standing still in the hallway she heard voices in the dorm.
"Yes, my lord. I will do everything in my power to get her join us." The voice stated.
"Good, now stand up my death eater. Go through the boy, he will feel connected to you as you look so much like him. If it takes him to join us for her to join us then so be it." Another voice said drained with authority. "If you fail me there will be consequences and you won't like them. I will give you two weeks to let her join us and if you fail I will have to do it and you wouldn't want that, would you?"
"No, my Lord." The first voice replied.
"Now go!"
She heard footsteps walking towards the portrait and quickly backed away behind the portrait so she wouldn't be seen by the person quickly walking towards her.
The footsteps passed her and walked away from her while she held her breath. She could see the back of the person and saw striking blond silver hair that could only belong to Abraxas Malfoy.
"You can step from behind the portrait now, Hermione."
Hermione gasped and stepped from behind the portrait and entered the dorm.
"How did you know I was standing there?" Hermione asked.
"Well, I heard the portrait open and you are the only other student that is walking this castle." Tom's simple reply came.
"You heard every word we said. I know as you were standing there for a rather long time. So no use in lying to me." Tom stated.
"Do you know who we were talking about?" Tom asked.
"I guess about Draco and me." Hermione replied. "As we are as you stated the only students in Hogwarts at the time being."
"You are correct. I want you to join me!" Tom briskly said.
"Join you?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, join me and my death eaters." Tom replied.
"What do you do with your group?" Hermione asked curiously of what his reply could be. Not something like we like to rule the world and kill some muggles.
"We are a group of students that want to expand our magic and learn things that are not thought at Hogwarts." Toms simple answer came.
"So what do you think? Will you join us?" Tom asked Hermione.
A/N: Will Hermione join them? What did you think of what yang said?