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PRANK AND PUNISHMENT
Chapter 4: Breakfast of DOOM
Hermione Granger was not in a happy mood. Quite the opposite, actually. She was having one of the worst hair days in her life; she was tired, late for breakfast and the all the morning's classes had been canceled because of a quidditch game. Quidditch! How could such a vulgar sport be more important than her education!
To make things worse, she knew Harry and Ron were up to something, and they refused to tell her anything. It's not like she would tell a teacher or something! She could be fun too!
Apparently, her friends thought otherwise.
Sigh.
Suddenly she felt a strange craving for chocolate. When she was young, her mum used to buy her a chocolate bar every time she was sad and depressed. It always helped. Yes, chocolate was just what she needed right now.
She entered the Great Hall where all the students were eating breakfast while talking about the upcoming quidditch game. The first game of the year was always exciting, new players were introduced and old ones showed off their improved skills. Of course, Hermione couldn't care less.
She looked around and saw Malfoy at his usual seat at the Slytherin table. She still had mixed feelings about him, and she wondered if yesterday in the library had been a joke. She looked away before he caught her staring at him.
She sat down between Ron and Neville and started nibbling on a piece of toast. That was when she saw it. There, on Ron's plate, was a piece of chocolate! She had to get it. It would make her feel so much better!
"Ron…" She said in the sweetest tone she could muster.
Ron immediately turned away from the conversation he had with Harry about (surprise, surprise) quidditch.
"Yes 'Mione?" he asked smiling, swinging his arm around her at the same time.
A few months ago Hermione's heart would have fluttered at the gesture. But that was before the incident.
The incident. It had happened at one of the many "victory parties" the golden trio had been invited to. She had needed a little fresh air and left the house to explore the garden. Suddenly she had heard weird noises and she had quietly followed the noise to find out where it came from.
She hid behind a three and then looked at the source of the noise. Hermione had been terrified at what she saw. Ron snogging Lavender Brown!Tears had started to form in her eyes but then Ron had pulled away from Lavender, politely explaining he was with Hermione now, and that he would not be with anyone else. Lavender had looked defeated but nodded and walked away.
It didn't sound so bad did it? Well, the fact that made Hermione feel so betrayed was that Ron hadn't told her about it. She had even tried to confront him about it, giving him hints, but he acted like he didn't know what she was talking about. Ron was not a bad guy, but the fact that he didn't trust her enough to tell her made her feel very unsure about their whole relationship.
She shook her head to clear her thoughts. No time to focus on her feelings now, she needed that chocolate!
She looked at Ron and smiled sweetly.
"I was just wondering… where did you get that chocolate from?"
Ron looked down on his plate and he looked genuinely surprised at the sweetie on his plate.
"I have no idea… look, Harry has one too! Maybe some quidditch fans gave them to us!" He was just about to eat it when he noticed Hermione batting her eyelashes at him.
"But of course 'Mione… You should have it. I'm sure I'll get a lot more when we win the game!" He grinned at her and offered her the chocolate. She beamed at him.
"Thank you!" She said and gave him a small kiss on the cheek, before eating the chocolate.
Ron looked at the Slytherin table to see if the ferret had noticed. Yes, Malfoy was glaring at him from across the hall.
Ron couldn't help but smile when he saw the Truth Toffee in Malfoy's hand. He and Harry had asked the house-elves in the kitchen to give it to him at breakfast.
It was a relatively easy plan. Make Malfoy eat the candy in the great hall, and then have a little talk with him in front of every student in Hogwarts. And you could just guess what their little talk would be about… Malfoy would never recover from the humiliation when Hermione rejected him. Sweet, sweet revenge.
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A few minutes earlier…
Draco Malfoy sat at the Slytherin table. Even if he wouldn't admit it to anyone, he was quite nervous for the quidditch game today. Slytherin versus Gryffindor, and stupid st. Potter had a habit of always catching the snitch right in front of his nose, and make him look like a fool.
But this year would be different. He had a new broom, imported from France, and he had practiced all summer. He was practically unbeatable. No reason to be nervous. If only his stomach would believe him…
Draco looked down at his plate to scoop up another piece of bacon when he noticed a candy lying there. Probably from one of his many fan girls. He smirked to himself and picked it up, before looking at the Gryffindor table. Hermione was getting all cozy with the Weasel, and Draco frowned. The idiot didn't deserve her. She was far too good for him.
Still glaring Draco put the toffee in his mouth.
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Ron nudged Harry when he saw that Malfoy ate the candy. Time for the fun to begin.
They simultaneously rose from the table, dragging Hermione with them. She was just staring in the air and didn't look quite well, nut the boys were too excited to notice. They both dragged her to the Slytherin table, before all sitting down next to Draco. The entire Great Hall fell silent. Gryffindors! At the Slytherin table!
Ron grinned. Good. The more attention the better.
"Malfoy, old pal!" Ron began. Draco sneered at him.
"I'm not your pal weasel. Get away from here before someone loses their appetite…" Draco looked at Ron and then at his food "Too late." The Slytherin table burst out in laughter.
"But my dear ferret friend…" Ron continued, ignoring his insult. "We just wanted to talk for a while" Harry nodded at his friend's side. Hermione was oddly quiet.
Draco looked suspicious.
"About what?"
Ron and harry smirked at each other.
"About Hermione."
Theodore Nott and Blaise Zabini froze in their seats. Crabbe and Goyle just continued eating.
"You see, she wants to know what you thin about her, right 'Mione?" Hermione just nodded, with her gaze somewhere far away. She looked a lot like Luna Lovegood.
Then Blaise noticed something, together with a big amount of the students nearby.
"Draco!" he whispered. "Your hair…"
But his efforts were in vain.
Draco didn't listen to him but answered Ron's question.
"I hate her. She is a filthy mudblood and I wish her nothing good!" Or that was what he intended to say. Instead he said, with an abnormally loud voice:
"I think she is the most beautiful witch in school. She's smart and funny and she's liked by everyone. And…
The silence in the hall was so absolute you could hear a quill fall.
"… I love her!"
I really have to stop with these cliffhangers…
So just to clarify things, the chocolate Hermione ate was one of those spiked with love potion… Blaise had planned giving them to Harry and Ron :) BUT I MADE HIM FAIL! MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
Now, REVIEW 'cause I don't think Draco likes being stuck like that for so long…
Draco: YES! REVIEW!
See, Draco Malfoy told you to review. Now you have to!
- Love you more than red vines, MagiS