"No, no, no, no."
"Mrs. Malfoy. In case you do not realize it, tomorrow is Friday and you and your husband must make a decision on what happens tonight. Dumbledore wants you going into this with trust and has put me in charge of making you two trust each other." An irritated Professor Snape yelled
"TRUST... is one thing. I trust Draco, he didn't let me smash into the ground when we did the first exercise, he didn't make me eat anything gross with the second exercise, and he did make sure I was safe during the little exercise in the forbidden forest... However, there is no way in Morgana's crotchless knickers am I, Hermione Gr—Malfoy, am getting on a flying cleaning instrument with anyone!!"
"I wont let you fall Hermione." Draco finally interrupted. He had been listening to his wife and godfather argue for close to twenty minutes about this and was getting annoyed.
"NO... I will not get on a bloody broom with anyone!!"
Draco glanced over to his god father and mouthed the words 'Distract her'. Severus gave a barely noticeable nod and started arguing with her again.
"What exactly do you have against brooms?" he asked, watching Draco mount his broom from the corner of his eye.
"It's not natural!! a butt should not be able to stay on a scrawny little stick."
Draco moved silently into position, inch by inch until he was only a foot behind her.
"Would it make you feel better if I flew next to you two?"
"Y- You fly? On a broom?" She asked with a raised eyebrow
"No Mrs. Malfoy, I simply spread my batty little wings, of course I fly on a broom."
Draco took this as his opportunity and gave his god father a nod, signaling him to get out of the way. Severus did a side step at the exact same time as Draco went forward, sliding the handle between her legs and wrapping his arms around her.
"DRACO MALFOY... YOU PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!!"
"No, I don't think so love." He said with a smirk and kicked off, holding a screaming, death threatening Hermione firmly to his chest.
Severus was laughing as hard as his lungs were able, he was almost positive he heard her scream something out castration. When he finally got himself under control, he flipped his leg over his broom and kicked off to get closer to the pair.
Hermione stopped yelling when they hit about 75 feet. Not that she wasn't still pissed, but simply because she was concentrating on holding onto the broom for dear life.
"See this isn't so bad." Draco said testing the waters.
"Really, just wait till we are on solid ground, you better hope you can run faster then me." she replied
"Tsk, tsk wifey poo. I think we need to do a little test."
"NO, no test... I'll let you live I swear just put me down."
Draco didn't respond and speed up, making Hermione scream again.
"DRACO... STOPPPPPPP." She yelled with her eyes closed.
"Having fun Mrs. Malfoy?" The voice of her professor asked.
Hermione turned her face quickly to the side the voice came from, "I will kill you both if I am not put down on the ground and NOW."
"Threatening a professor Mrs. Malfoy? I would never have expected such from you."
"It's not a threat... it's a promise." she replied in a deathly voice.
Severus just laughed, "Draco my boy, I am going back to my rooms. Fly for a bit longer until she relaxes a bit." and with that he took off in the direction of the castle, unaware of the small group that had formed watching them.
Draco leaned forward a small amount and whispered in her ear, "The sooner you trust me the sooner I can let you down."
Hermione let out a sigh, "Fine, lets just get this over with but so help me if you drop me I will kill you myself."
Draco let out a chuckle and started flying around. He would go slow, do small dives, speed up, then completely stop. It took about twenty minutes before she finally started to relax and Draco decided it was good enough. He started getting closer to the ground when he suddenly stopped and leaned forward to whisper again.
"Uh, Hermione. We have been learning to trust each other right?"
"Yes" she replied
"Good, because I need you to trust me now and hold on."
"Why?" she asked, suddenly a little concerned
"Because it appears we have been spotted by the Slytherin Quidditch team and I am pretty sure they aren't here to invite us to tea. Now, listen to me closely, I will have to try to get us out of their reach but I need you to hold on tightly and go with the flow, no jerky movements or anything of the sort."
Hermione nodded and looked around. Sure enough they were slowly surrounded by about 8 slytherins.
"Alright. Do what you need to do." she said calmly.
Draco didn't respond but tried to fly towards the castle. He really didn't want to make a scene if they were going to leave them alone. He quickly realized that they had no intentions of leaving them alone and he cursed.
"You know, if it were one or two, this wouldn't be a big deal but considering there are at least 8 and only two of us--" he trailed off not finishing his sentence.
Hermione noticed two of the slytherins were getting closer, "Umm, Draco... fly now."
Draco gave a nod, tightened his grip on her and took off at a high rate of speed. The rest of the slytherins joined in and were chasing the pair, screaming this about mudbloods and traitors. Draco took her under the stands, around the posts and eventually had no choice but to go off towards the forbidden forest. He tried everything to get away from them but it was obvious that the slytherins had formed some sort of a plan.
"We need to go into the forest and stay out of sight. With there being so many of them, all it would take in a nicely placed hex before we are delivered into the hands of my father or worse."
A bright red light flashed right by her head. "Okay just go down before they get us" she yelled, sending Draco in for a dive.
Draco moved as swiftly as he could, trying his damnedest to avoid trees and branches that seemed to pop up out of no where. Hermione kept her eyes closed the entire time. She knew some of the trees out here were much like the whomping willow. She could feel Draco lean to the left, the a quickly to the right. He would dive then raise back up.
"We have to go down or we are going to be killed by one of these dysfunctional trees" He shouted
Hermione gripped the broom tighter, "Do it!" she yelled back
Draco leaned forward and started to descend. They had avoided the slytherins and demonic trees but when they were less then 10 feet from the ground, a root suddenly flew up and hit the broom...hard, sending Hermione and Draco flying off the broom and to the forest floor.
The root wrapped itself around the center of the broom and snapped it in half, leaving the pair completely stranded in the forbidden forest.
Draco glanced over towards Hermione, who was watching the broom being broken to bits. He did a quick assessment and knew she was fine, shaken up a bit, but fine injury wise.
"Well" Hermione said standing up, "That was interesting."
Draco raised an eyebrow, "Interesting? You found that... interesting?"
"yeah" she said with a shrug, " I think it would have actually been fun if we weren't being chased."
"WE ARE LOST IN THE BLOODY FOREST AND YOU THINK IT WAS FUN??" he yelled , not believing his ears.
Hermione waved her hand dismissively, " have I forgotten to mention that I've not exactly had the calmest childhood since coming to Hogwarts? A few years ago I would have been terrified to be here but now its just old news."
"Alright little miss adventure, tell me how the hell we are getting out of here when my broom has been turned into tree food."
"we walk" she said as if it were the most normal thing in the world. She then placed her wand in her hand and said 'point me'. "We go in that direction, walk until nightfall or we reach the castle."
Draco sighed and shook his head, "Unbelievable. The girl who is afraid of flying on a damned broom is perfectly comfortable walking through the forbidden forest."
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Three hours later, nightfall.
"How deep did you take us?" she asked, plopping down on a large rock.
"How the hell should I know? I was busy trying to outrun a few things."
Hermione sighed, "Well there's no point in trying to get out of here tonight considering it's already dark."
"We cant rest here, lets just send a Patronus and be done with it."
"No Patronus. Listen, we have enough enemies right now and I would prefer we not make the situation worse. Lets just rest for the night and make our way quietly back to the castle in the morning."
Draco crossed his arm, "Fine, lets just get things set up for the night so we aren't attacked in our sleep."
Hermione gave a smile, "lets get started"