February 26th 1995
Draco had been searching the entire castle for Hermione all morning. He was worried Pansy may have attacked her. Draco sighed as he pushed all the negative thoughts from his mind and headed to the Black Lake for the second task. Draco stood atop the second level with Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy. He was grateful they weren't shunning him. He actually still despised Pansy though. It was her fault his father found out about the Yule Ball.
Twenty minutes passed and Harry resurfaced from the water with Ron. His finished second to last. Draco looked toward the lower deck where Viktor was sitting, sulking in the fact he failed to complete the task. Suddenly he heard Harry yelling at Viktor.
"Didn't you get Hermione?" Harry asked.
"No, was unable to finish." Krum said disappointed.
"What?! You mean she's still down there?!"
Draco overheard the argument and sprinted down the stairs to the lower deck.
"Krum! You mean to tell me you weren't able to retrieve my girlfriend?!" Draco shouted. Viktor just looked down, admiting defeat. Without thinking Draco began stripping down to just his slacks. Before anyone could stop him, Draco dove into the water and began searching for Hermione. He applied the bubblehead charm so he wouldn't lose air and began swimming through dense amounts of lake weed until he finally came across an unconscious Hermione. He swam to her quickly and fumbled with his wand to cut the rope around her ankle. Suddenly Draco was struck by a sharp trident in the side. He looked down to discover he was bleeding profusely. He looked around his surroundings frantically. He saw a merperson and shot a jinx it's way. He quickly cut the rope and began swimming to the surface, with Hermione in his possession. Once they resurfaced they both began spitting out water. Hermione looked to her left to qsee Draco trying to catch his breath. Once out of the water Draco laid on the wooden deck, blood leaving his wound. Snape quickly bounded down the stairs to Draco's side. He healed his wound and helped him to his feet. Everyone was staring at Draco's chest, at the scarred word his father had cursed him with. Everything got extremely quiet. Someone began to clap and then everyone began to chant Draco's name.
Hermione walked around the grounds with Draco for awhile before heading back to the castle.
"Draco?"
"Huh?" Draco replied.
"You're a bloody idiot!" Hermione whacked him in the arm. "Why would you do that?"
"How am I an idiot?! I saved you. I saved you because i love you."
"I love you too Dracp but.."
"But what?! I saved your bloody life Hermione!" Draco exclaimed as he stopped walking.
"Let me finish!" She whacked him in the arn again. "But, you could have died!"
"Then I would have died honorably." Draco replied.
Hermione smiled slightly and kissed him hard on the mouth. "Come on, you must be freezing. You don't need to get a cold and get me sick." Draco smiled and draped his arm around Hermion's shoulders and walked to the castle with her.
A/N Hey guys. Sorry for such a short chapter. I haven't had much luck against writers block lately. I may skipped the third task in the net chapter due to other ideas. Leave feedback?