A/N: Please, Please don't hate me. I love Draco as much as most but he has to pay for his actions. I almost felt bad for doing this... almost. Also, you will noticed that Harry and Ron are a smidgen meaner and more calculated then what you may normally read but I have them out for blood right now in Hermione's defense.
"Don't try it Malfoy. They wont hear you, they wont see you, and there is no way possible that you aren't going to get whats coming to you." Harry said in a voice that quite literally said 'you're a dead man'.
"Let me go Potter or I swear to you, you will regret it." Draco seethed
"Not a chance you stupid son of a bitch." Ron hissed, "You see, the way I see it. You took it upon yourself to not only harm a girl, you harmed a girl who had no chance of defending herself in her current situation."
"And said girl just happens to be our best friend." Harry added with a smirk. "Now, I believe you stripped her down naked."
Ron gave a flick of his wand, vanishing Draco's clothes
"And burned her with a cigarette. Is there anything else?" Harry asked
"Fuck you Potter" Draco growled. He knew he was fucked but refused to let on.
"Language, language language." Harry snorted, "Ron, tell our lovely pale contestant what he has won."
Ron smiled, a truly evil smile at that, "Do you remember who my brothers are Malfoy? You know the twins, the two that can do unimaginable things?"
Draco didn't answer but his worry increased by about 100 percent.
"Thought so" He laughed, "Well Malfoy, it seems I have learned a few things from them and one little thing in particular fits this punishment."
"You cant get away with anything." Draco hissed
"Oh but he can." Harry added, "You see, Ron here knows a fun little charm that his brothers created on one of their more... sadistic days and the best part is... no marks will be left behind."
Draco gulped, he would have no proof. He watched both boys carefully and flinched when he watched Ron's wand tip light up and glow the color of a cigarette.
"Burn for a burn Malfoy" Harry stated before repeating the charm and lighting his own wand.
"All this over a Mudblood" Draco laughed, Hiding his nervousness.
"Not just any mudblood Malfoy. You happen to pick one we both care about" Ron stated while lowering his wand to the center of Draco's chest, "One that we would protect with our lives."
"What you did was unacceptable Malfoy." Harry stated, "You deserve everything you get and rest assured, this...is only the beginning."
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Hermione woke up the next morning in a overly large bed. She was covered with a sheet and her body lay on a pillow. She turned her head to the right and spotted her little house, then to the left and spotted... Snape??
She sat up quickly and looked her body over, checking for the burns she knew she had received. To her amazement, her skin was back to its normal color with the exception on one spot on her stomach where Malfoy had left the cigarette a bit longer.
"You are healed." The voice of her Professor rang out, causing Hermione to put her shirt down.
"W- What happened?" she asked quietly, not sure what to think about the fact that she was in his bed, in what was more then likely his shirt, and did she mention she was in HIS bed.
Severus sat up and rubbed his eyes, "You were hurt last night and once I managed to pry you from Potters hands, I brought you back here and healed you."
Hermione paled slightly when she thought about Malfoy and what he had done to her. Severus noticed and sighed, "Professor Dumbledore is expelling Mr. Malfoy this morning – he will not bother you anymore."
She relaxed and fell back against the bed, relief rushing over her in waves but at the same time, she didn't want him expelled, she knew how important her school was and even though Malfoy was a prick, he did take his studies seriously. Her attention suddenly turned back to the Potions Master when Severus spoke again.
"I will give you a choice. You can either go to the hospital wing and get checked over by Poppy or I can do it here. One way of the other, someone needs to check for scars and to make sure everything healed."
Hermione groaned but she was serious about what she had said the night before, she wanted no one to know that didn't already.
"I'd rather you check sir." She replied nervously, "Poppy didn't do the healing and you did, you know what to look for."
Severus gave a nod and lowered his hand to her, he needed better light to examine her skin. Hermione crawled to his hand and sat in the middle of his palm, she really didn't think she could handle falling 6 ft at this point.
Severus took her into the kitchen and sat her down in the same spot she was last night.
"take of your shirt" he ordered, "And keep the knickers on, no damage was done in that area."
Hermione turned a lovely shade of red but did as she was ordered, holding the shirt close to her front until it was necessary to move it down.
Severus ran his finger over her back first, feeling for any imperfections where the burns were. Finding none, he then moved to the back of her legs, stopping at one spot for a minute longer then the others.
"You will have a small scar on the back of your left leg, but so far your back and remaining parts of your legs are fine. Now turn so I can check the rest."
Hermione turned another shade redder if possible, but turned none the less. She was oddly not entirely uncomfortable as he examined her and to her horror, she was actually kind of enjoying it – but she'd die before admitting that to anyone. He ran his finger from the tops of her feet to her knees with a feather light touch, feeling for any raised skin.
"The fronts of your legs are fine." he stated before blushing a bit himself, "now I need to check your...umm, upper extremities."
Hermione closed her eyes and slowly pulled the shirt away, just because she was enjoying the touch didn't mean she had to look at him while he did it. His finger went to the spot on her stomach that she had noticed earlier and he shook his head, muttering something that sound like ' prick '. He avoided her breast but moved above them to her actual chest, shoulders and arms.
"Two spots is all thats there." he said suddenly while turning away from her, "You may cover yourself so I can take you to you house to dress for the day."
Hermione didn't need to be told twice, she quickly put his shirt back on and crawled into his waiting hand.
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Headmasters office...
"Do you understand the seriousness of what you have done?" Dumbledore asked the groaning Draco Malfoy.
"I do sir" he replied with another groan.
"Your parents will be here soon. I'm afraid I will more then likely expel you for what you have done."
Draco's eyes shot open wide, "Please sir, anything but that. I cant be expelled."
The old man sighed, "I don't know it that is possible Mr. Malfoy. You caused another student pain and not for a good reason. What you did was malicious and very well almost cost Ms. Granger her life." he paused to look at the boy again, "I don't know if I can trust you not to repeat what happened."
Draco hung his head until a knock sounded on his door.
"Enter" the old man called.
Lucius and Narcissa walked in and instantly looked over to their son, they could tell by the look on his face that he messed something up.
"You requested a meeting with us." Lucius stated stiffly before sitting down in the chair next to Draco. Narcissa took the last one.
"I have Mr. Malfoy" Dumbledore replied as he stood from his chair, "Last night, Draco almost cost a student her life."
Lucius stiffened once more and glared at Draco.
"Who was the student?" Narcissa asked
"Hermione Granger." he replied softly, "She was lucky to have someone looking after her or she could have passed on."
"The girl could have fought back." Lucius stated like it was obvious.
"Actually Lucius, she couldn't. You see, Ms. Granger was effected by a potions mishap and is now only about four inches tall. Draco found her and burned her with a cigarette. Now normally, such injuries would be painful but not life threatening, however, due to her size and the amount of burns she received... well, it could have ended a lot differently then it did."
"So am I to assume he will be expelled from Hogwarts?" Lucius asked, actually ashamed that his son was enough of a coward to harm someone who couldn't fight back, Mudblood or not.
"I am afraid I have no choice. I cant risk him going after her again." Dumbledore stated sadly.
A sudden knock broke him of his conversation.
"Enter" he called tiredly
The door opened to a sour faced Potions Professors and a shy looking Hermione.
"Can I help you Ms. Granger?" he asked with a smile, noticing that she looked much more like herself then she had last night.
"I umm, I actually wanted to speak with you... about Draco." she said quietly, ignoring the three blonds watching her closely.
"No need to worry Ms. Granger. I am expelling young Mr. Malfoy as we speak."
"Sir, That is kind of what I wanted to talk to you about... I don't want him expelled."
Silence filled the room leaving the three blonds with open mouths, a Potions Professor with a roll of his eyes muttering something along the lines of ' Gryffindors ', and a confused Head master.
"Come again?" Dumbledore asked
Hermione cleared her throat, "I don't want Draco expelled. I know how important my education is and I know it's important to him... I don't want to be the reason he is denied an education."
"He harmed you Ms. Granger" Dumbledore stated in awe
"I know sir, and as long as he keeps away from me, I want him to finish his year."
Dumbledore walked behind his desk and slumped into his chair. He glanced over to Draco, "Ms. Granger seems to be willing to give you another chance... and while I think you should be expelled, I also think that if the person you harmed is willing to.. put it past her, I am obligated to give you said chance."
The three blonds sighed in relief
"But mark my words Mr. Malfoy" Dumbledore stated in a deadly calm, yet serious voice, "if I find that you have violated my trust, or harmed Ms. Granger again, I will not hesitate to throw you out of this school on your ear and nothing anyone says will stop me from doing so. I am taking a chance on you but this is your last chance... Am I clear on this?"
Draco swallowed thickly, "Yes sir, nothing like this will happen again."
He nodded, "Thank you Ms. Granger. You may go down to breakfast now."
Hermione beamed while Severus once again rolled his eyes and left the office.