Hello! Well it is longer this time, as promised, and hopefully better than the last chapter.
Disclaimer: I sadly do not own the Harry Potter series...though I really wish I could. :(
It was awfully late at night. My feet flew under me as if I was running from something, someone, anything. I ran through flights of steps, rounded many corners, and just when the thought of turning back crossed my mind…there appeared the Slytherin common room. Quickly, I slipped on the cloak. "How the bloody hell do I get in?" I whispered under my breath.
Giggling could be heard in the hall. I moved close to the wall so as not to be discovered.
Two Slytherin girls in their uniforms walked to the front of the portrait and whispered the secret words. The portrait opened and the girls walked in. I swiftly and secretly made my way in behind them.
The Slytherin common room DEFINITELY did not look like a normal, civilized, common room. Witches and wizards twirled in a daze on the dance floor, as the latest music came from the walls. Strobe lights and beams of color cast mysterious shadows onto the faces of the students. Drinks and concoctions, that probably were not legal, were being offered and passed around. There was always bubbly, merry laughter and every once in a while a loud outburst. I watched the two Slytherin girls walk out onto the premises, with each step loosening their blouse buttons and rolling up their skirts. This most DEFINITELY was a Slytherin party.
My gaze swept the room…no Malfoy.
Behind me I heard the mumbling of words and the creak of the portrait. I rapidly moved from my spot. I walked, not minding being hit in the shoulder or brushed in the arm. These people were insanely drunk and completely unaware of their surroundings…after all, they wouldn't know what hit them.
Unexpectedly, a hand pressed against my back leading me up a flight of stairs to the left of the floor. "Just keep walking," the cold voice said. I couldn't help but smile as we passed ornately carved doorways and pictures of Slytherin wizards from long ago.
Finally, when we were alone in one of the rooms, I pulled off the invisibility cloak making myself visible.
"I believe I have just won your challenge." I folded the cloak under my arms and stood facing him, feeling self-satisfied
"Seems like you did….and you also managed to steal Potter's cloak. Well done." I looked to the floor.
"Oh, you asked him for it then?" Malfoy's mockery was very blatant under his words.
"No, I stole it. What are you mad?" I hoped it covered my slip, but I had an image to keep; an image that didn't involve me asking nicely. "What happens now that I have gone the limit you set?" I asked as I tucked the cloak under one of the bunks.
He eyed me in a way that made me feel uncomfortable, but also, in a sick and remorseful way, comfortable…or dare I say it, weightless.
"Would you like to go downstairs and enjoy the party? I guess you can call it part two of the challenge." There it was, the evil half-grin; the one that Slytherin girls found so appealing. That evil-half grin was also the reason why I was now being escorted onto the dance floor by Draco Malfoy, getting absolutely horrible stares from the Slytherin girls, and shocked stares from the Slytherin boys.
"Don't worry about them" he whispered lightly into my ear.
"I'm not. I just-" I don't want to get into any trouble.
"You're not going to get in any trouble" he said impatiently as if reading my thoughts. He placed his hands on my hips and we began to dance. His cold touch sent a shiver through me.
"Relax, Hermione." My eyes shot up in a state of shock.
"You-you called me by my first name…why?" An awkward smile appeared on my face, stretching from ear to ear as the strobe lights cast illuminations on his face.
"Well it is your name isn't it?"
"Yes…I suppose it is."
We danced for what seemed like an eternity, but in reality, I highly doubt there was ever an hour more real. With every song came a new burst of happiness, of fun. Slytherin girls flocked to him asking for a dance but he turned them all down. He simply smiled at me and continued to dance; the smile never fading.
"I'd like to thank you for the challenge." I said after a good song had finished and a slow paced one came on. "It was fun, but I think I need to go." He began to talk as if to protest but I walked upstairs to fetch the invisibility cloak from the room. He, of course, followed.
"Why do you have to go so soon?" He objected, while coming through the doorway.
"I don't belong in a Slytherin common room, and I've already passed your challenge." I turned to face him. "Don't worry, tomorrow holds much more plans."
He looked down to the wooden floor, a crease forming between his brows. Then, with a sudden spark, he looked up into my eyes. Gray bore into brown with such intensity, melting would be an understatement.
"The challenge is not over."
He closed the gap between us, and with one swift, clean, graceful stride, he held my face in his hands and kissed me. I dropped the cloak, letting it fall to my feet. I put my hands around his neck, as he did the same. After a few minutes, sadly, he let me go.
"Hermione…."
"Yes Draco?"
The door slams open.
"Hermione!? You-you-you are snogging Malfoy!?" Ron stuttered while bursting through the door, holding his wand at the ready. Harry came in shortly after. He didn't say anything but mouthed the words, "oh, shit," before yielding his wand from his robe pocket in an infuriated manner.
"I think it'd be best if we leave now, Hermione." Through his spectacles, Harry's eyes were burning and the way he held his wand showed that he was content with blasting Malfoy to oblivion. The same goes with Ron, although Ron was still in a state of shock that I was in the arms of a certain Slytherin.
Malfoy picked up the cloak for me and stood there for a moment. WIth the evil-half grin, he whispered, "Tomorrow holds much more plans," and kissed me on the cheek.
With that, Ron made a gagging sound as Harry grabbed my arm and led me out of the party. Not many people noticed, but I could care less. The one thing that stood out in my mind was that evil-half grin...
...which wasn't looking so evil anymore.
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