Chapter 6
Meanwhile, back to the Gryffindor tower, there is too much controversy going on. Not only did their very own Hermione Granger get injured, but they just received the newest, but most interesting gossip that started this year, courtesy of Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown. Now, the Gryffindors are the only ones who knows, but, surely, an hour later, the whole school will.
"…So, you girls are telling us that our French Duchess and Slytherin's own Bulgarian dragon… are dating?" It was Ginny Weasley. Shocked with awe, she can't believe what she just heard. She had to admit it was the juiciest gossip she heard throughout the whole year and it's just the second day!
"Yes, dear, we saw them with our own two eyes; Knox was leading Isabelle into a deserted classroom right before breakfast. We were heading down to the Great Hall when we saw them. We were sure they didn't see us so we moved closer to the door, but when we got closer we never heard anything. I think they put a silencing charm around. That's why. Oohh. What could they be doing?" Lavender said and was putting a wide grin on her face.
Padma on the other hand was telling the other girls. The girls that she told has this look on their faces as if someone just been awarded best couple of the year.
"I can't believe it. Inter-house relationships aren't prohibited, but, Griffins to Serpents are totally way unbelievable!" One of the girls said.
After some minutes, the guys walked down from their dormitories down to the common room, to find girls, saying gossips to each other.
Dean Thomas found it strange and began to ask.
"So, ladies, what are the latest gossips for this year?" He asked standing next to Lavender.
"Actually, Lavender and Padma just spilled the juiciest gossip of the year and…" Ginny paused as she turned to look at Dean then to the other boys.
Some of the boys who didn't care paused for awhile but headed for the door until Parvati spoke.
"And it's all about Isabelle Van der Sen and Xavier Knox. But, I'm sure you boys wouldn't care. Anyways, who would care about gossips? Boys, just don't get the point." She said and the girls started to get going. Some were heading to their dormitories, some for their classes. But someone stopped them.
"Wait, you've got to tell us. Anyways, what are gossips for if they're not to be spread?" McLaggen said and Lavender and Parvati looked and grin at each other and started spreading the news wider.
Draco Malfoy was 3 minutes early for Charms class, when he overheard two Ravenclaw sixth years gossiping about some new couple.
"…Knox and Van der Sen does make a great couple, but how could they stand each other?" The girl said.
"Yeah." The other girl replied and both giggled.
Upon hearing this, Draco's anger has just gotten higher. He wanted to punch someone's face at the moment, but he remembered he was head boy and he shouldn't deceive it.
Seconds later, students were starting to enter the classroom and he, too, started to go inside.
During class, he couldn't help but look at Isabelle and ask himself, "Why does she have to choose that fckin' crap!? I mean I'm better than him?!" Without realizing it, classes were over. He saw Isabelle going out of the room so he hurried so that he could catch up to her.
As Isabelle walked out of the room, she felt eyes on her, but she didn't mind. What really caught her attention was someone's dragging her from the crowd of students and leading her into the tree near the lake.
"Thank you for pulling me out of that crowd." She said not realizing who she was addressing, until she looked up.
She was surprised to see Draco flushing red with slight anger and one of his eyebrows were shooting up.
"Will you explain why you brought me here?" She asked, and then she stared into his eyes and started reading them.
He looked back and started to talk.
"It's about those rumors." He said in a half-shouting voice.
She was taken back. She didn't know what he was talking about so she gave him a questioning look. Then she answered him.
"What rumors? I mean, it's just second day, there can't be too much rumors about me. I mean there's nothing to be said about."
He shot his head up and looked back at her and began to chuckle.
"Are you even sure no one's talking about you, Courtney? For the past one and a half hour, I heard rumors about you and that bloke, Knox!" He shouted at her.
She was shocked by this and her anger started to build up.
"There's no need to shout, Drake. And rumors? Do you even know what that means? And, God, Draco?! Why the hell do you care? Everything that's in the past is not present in this current time. So back off, and stay away from me!" She shouted back, now earning some students' attention to their argument.
She started to walk away but Draco held on her left wrist. She couldn't take the anger anymore than she could take; Her eyes turned the darkest shade of orange, she pulled out her wand and cast a spell.
"Everte Statum!" And Draco was knocked off his feet and blasted towards the tree bark. He was knocked half-conscious and found that he couldn't stand.
Isabelle shook her head and finally realized what just got over her; she let her other self took over her. The power of the nine-tailed fox.
She quickly rushed over to Draco and muttered her apologies.
"Oh God, I'm so sorry, Drake. I really am." She said and tears came running down her face.
She lifted Draco and put his left arm over her shoulder and brought him to the hospital wing.
"Give it to me, silly girl. She is a threat to my plans." A cold voice said.
"No! You can't! She's mine!" The girl sobbed even harder.
"No… No… NO!" Hermione shouted and shot up. She was panting and she was sweating all over. She had the same dream like last night. The same creepy dream.
Before she can lay down again, the hospital wing door burst open to reveal a half-conscious Malfoy being dragged by Isabelle.
Madame Pomphrey hurried into their aide and placed Malfoy to the empty hospital bed opposite Hermione.
Hermione was in shock for what she saw. Malfoy was half-conscious as if he was stunned to death or something. "What could've happen to him?" She thought to herself.
She looked from Malfoy to Isabelle. She was even more shocked to find her standing beside Draco's almost unconscious body. She was in the verge of tears. Now, that left Hermione wondering even more.
"What happen to him, Ms. Van der Sen?" Madame Pomphrey asked, examining Malfoy's body and nervous system if they are functioning well.
Isabelle couldn't answer her 'cause she was scared at the same time guilty, but she couldn't hold on longer.
"I-it's m-my fault, Ma-Madame P-Pomphrey. I t-tried to, but I c-can't!" She said and sobbed even harder.
Before Madame Pomphrey asks further, someone emerged from the hospital doors.
"Now, Madame, I would like to take Ms. Van der Sen to my office. Follow me." Dumbledore said and Isabelle followed instantly.
"I would like you to explain to me what happened to Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore said calmly.
Isabelle looked up at him. She found his serene and calm smile that told her that the truth will never hurt.
"Headmaster, I know attacking a fellow student is prohibited on the Hogwarts grounds, but, I couldn't control it. My dark side has taken over me. You can expel me headmaster. It is your job to make sure that all students will be safe. I deserve it." She explained and put her head down to her hands.
Dumbledore looked at her and told her, "You're so honest and remorseful. There's no need to be remorseful but the need to be honest is important. You will meet with Professor Snape every 10 pm to learn how to control that 'power' of yours. I'm sure Mr. Knox has the same complication with you, but as I can see, he can control."
She looked back at him and he gave her a smile. She looked like someone she cared about died. Dumbledore quickly noticed this.
"My child, as headmaster, I know a lot about the students that enter here. It doesn't matter if they were born dark and powerful, as long as we help them control it." He started pacing around his office and pulled out a book.
The book looked like it was used the past thousands of years. It was covered in black leather and enclosed with a chain.
Dumbledore lent it to her and she had this questioning look on her face.
"What is this, headmaster?" She asked and began examining the book.
He turned around and looked at her.
"That, my child, will help you about your other side. Try doing what the book says, and everything will be fine." He said. Then he went back to his seat and took out a piece of parchment and a quill. He began writing a message to a certain person. After finishing writing, Dumbledore sealed it and hand it over to Isabelle.
"If it wouldn't be a bother to you, I would like you to give that to the Head Boy and Girl after they are released from Madame Pomphrey's care. For now just keep it." Dumbledore smile and gave a tiny nod.
"I will, headmaster. If you may excuse me, I'm heading back to the towers." With that she gave him a slight nod and turned away in an instant.
Meanwhile, the commotion that happened earlier has just been spread throughout the Great Hall. Everyone, even those who are not involved in the current situation, is buzzing about it, not to mention our hero and his sidekick.
"At least now, someone made Malfoy shut his mouth." Ron said while munching his chicken feet laid out for him.
Ginny who just sat at the table, couldn't even bare to see his brother munching like he haven't eat for the past ten years.
"You're so disgusting, Ron! Did you guys heard the news? That Isabelle—" Before Ginny could finish, Harry filled for her.
"—beat the arse out of Malfoy." Harry said.
Ginny continued. "And that he was—" Again interrupted, by Ron this time.
"—brought to the hospital wing like a dead body being dragged by Isabelle." He finished.
"Yeah. So I guess you know about it." She said. Inside her mind it was racing. "What could've been Hermione's reaction?" And with that she started eating her food.
Back to the Hospital Wing, Hermione's was just given her medicine and she was lying in her bed, thinking what was going on. But, a thought bothered her mind.
She sat up, and get off her bed, and walked to the bed opposite hers.
There lay Draco Malfoy, sleeping soundly. He was peaceful and calm.
Hermione wanted to caress his smooth, blonde hair, but she knows she couldn't. So, she stared at him and examined his face. He was perfect.
Sooner, Hermione felt drowsy and returned to her own bed. She said to herself,
"I wish I would wake up in a fairytale no one can bother."
And with that she slept soundly. Not even her dreams dared to interrupt her moment.
While, underneath the castle grounds, someone's been trying keep his voice low, not to hear the roar of his other side.
"Why does it have to be now?"
Xavier Knox was in a deserted corridor, near the Slytherin Common Room, in the verge of pain and confusion.
But before this went on, someone stepped out of the door and the pain stopped. He was able to stand properly and catch his breath.
After so, he returned back and prepared for the next day.
A week has passed and it was one day before she was released from the Hospital Wing. She felt bad that Malfoy has to go before she does. "Too much for my fairytale" She thought. Then somebody came in.
"Hey 'Mione! Thought I'll visit. So, are you gonna miss this place after what seems, forever?" Isabelle asked and Hermione laughed softly.
"Well, not really. Anyways, I wanted to ask you so many things." Hermione told her and Isabelle was interested to talk. She gave her a small nod, signaling her to start.
Hermione noticed and she did start.
"I was wondering, back at the train, remember that? Well, I was gonna ask you, what was your relationship with Malfoy?" She asked, but she expects her to decline, but she didn't.
"Draco and I met two years ago, in Paris in a hotel. It was Christmas that time, so it was snowy. I was out to the hotel garden one afternoon, when I saw him lying on a bench, so I approached him. I asked him if he was okay in French, 'cause I thought he was. But, it surprised me to find out that he wasn't and that he knows to speak the language. Then I talked to him in English instead so it would be easier. Then he told me that everything in his life was such a total failure. That he can't live up to his dad's expectations and so on. Later that afternoon, he asked me to go with him and walk around the streets of Paris and I agreed. We went to the Eiffel Tower and we sat on the café. We talked. Told him about me, I was a pure-blooded witch from Beauxbatons and I have a 'weird' ancestry. Then the introduction went on, until he asked me if I could be his girlfriend. I was shocked that he would ask and he was kind enough, so I thought. And I answered him." She paused and Hermione said, "But, how come you're angry with him sometimes if you think he's kind?"
Isabelle sighed and told Hermione, "I thought I knew him, but I was wrong. One day, I overheard him talking to his dad. They were talking about a certain mission that has to do with dark arts. I thought I heard enough, so I left. After that day, I never went to see him, until, he went to me instead. He asked why I was ignoring him and I told him, we never fit in the same world. I told him everything I heard and I called the relationship off. I didn't want to hear his explanation 'cause it would hurt more to know. And that's how it is." She ended with regretful eyes.
There was silence for a while, but soon, Isabelle stood up and told Hermione, "I better get going. Class starts soon." She gave Hermione a kiss on both cheeks and told her "Good Luck" and left.
Hermione was deeply left in thought and told herself, "They've been together. I can't believe it." And she looked at the ceiling looking for a question to answer.
Chapter 6 is indeed done, after many edits. Hope you like it. :)