Title: Blue Blood
Author: Jane Delight
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise does not belong to me.
Summary: Short one-shot. Hermione attempts to educate Draco.
A/N: Just a little something that popped into my mind one day.
Blue Blood
"Auw! Have you lost your mind, Granger?"
Angry eyes flashed up at him.
"No, but you obviously have!"
Blue ink was dripping onto the table from her quill.
"You stabbed me! Tried to… to… dismember me!"
She snorted.
"As if! Surely you think me not that stupid that I could think I could sever your finger with a quill?"
He glared at her.
"You completely overreacted!"
"You tried to steal my essay!"
"Did not!"
A drop of blood squeezed itself out of his finger and landed in the pool of ink. Readily it mixed itself with the blue ink before disappearing.
She let out a little laugh.
"Blue blood. How fitting."
"What?"
"Oh please, surely you must've heard that Muggle phrase before?"
He crossed his arms.
"I don't much care to know any Muggle saying."
She rolled her eyes.
"The expression blue blood was invented was the Spanish and is used to describe those of nobility."
"So it's the opposite of mudblood?"
Now it was her turn to glare.
"You could say it like that."
"What do you mean I? You have to realise the truth behind my words, Granger."
"I say you because you belong to an old race of idiots who believe they are better that everyone else."
"Only because it's the truth!"
She let out a cynical laugh.
"If you say so Malfoy, if you say so."
"I've had enough of this. Just give me the essay and then we can both go to the feast."
She stood up.
"I don't think so, Malfoy."
She grabbed the essay, along with the remaining rolls of parchment and the various books scattered around the table and headed towards the door. Then, before leaving, she turned around once more to say: "If you're so much better than me then surely you shouldn't need to read my essay to find the answer to Professor Snape's question."