Hi again. I didn't tell you guys bye last chapter. I was overly worried about the story name, but anyways, here's chapter 2.
I feel the void swallow me up, opening to let me in and closing to keep me from escaping. I'm lost in the dark swirling purples, greys, and blacks twining around me. I look around as far into the nothingness as I can in every direction. It stretches on forever, literally. I close my eyes and let the void take me away. Soon I am lost in a new set of swirling colours behind my eyelids. My body erupts in pain as if I'm burning. My eyes flash open as the pain of the void reluctant to let me go drops me painfully on the ground. I don't move for a while as I suffer from the after affects of the void grasping me in a burning grip. For a little while I just writhe under the pain but soon I become strong enough to stand again. As soon as I move out of the way, two more people come tumbling out of the air landing on the ground hard.
"Ow," Harry says quietly rubbing his arm. He gets up and walks to me.
"Hermione, do you know what just happened?"
I nod silently watching the third figure rising. An awfully familiar platinum blonde boy with ice for a heart and that same ice reflected in his eyes. No doubt the same cold ice lines his soul.
"Malfoy," I say coldly.
"I'm done being a Malfoy Hermione," he says quietly looking straight at me.
"Why did you call me by my first name just now?" I ask.
"Because, I'm done being a reflection of my father. I'm not him, I refuse to be him any longer."
"Great, then. I guess you can restart here," I say. I haven't decided to trust him yet, but I have to get along with him if we're both stuck in the same world together.
"So 'Mione, care to explain exactly what happened?" Harry asks.
"You know how I told you I was working on inter-world travel?" I ask him. He nods at me mutely. "Well I got it to work. You guys walked in while I was casting the spell. We were all cast in together through my spell, so we've all got a mind link."
"Well that's not awkward," Draco says.
"Oh shut up Malfoy," Harry snaps.
"Of course the link hasn't been activated yet. Since I was the spell caster I and I alone have the ability to link our minds. Fortunately for all of us, not only do I not know how, but I don't want our minds linked to one another' s in any case."
"The know- it- all not knowing something? I never thought I'd see the day," Draco says. I glare at him.
"You just couldn't resist could you?" I ask coldly. He just smirks. He may be done being a Malfoy but that doesn't change the fact that he's our worst enemy next to Voldemort.
"Do you happen to know where we are?" Harry asks.
"Middle Earth," I reply. We are standing outside of the House of Elrond."
"Well, should we go meet these people then?" Draco asks.
I shake my head no. "We need to change. I just so happen to be prepared for something like this," I say tossing each of them clothes. "You'll have to wear those until we find something better. Now both of you turn around." I turn from them and dress myself in a long gown and shoes.
"Are you guys done yet?" I ask.
"Yeah," they both say at the same time.
"Great," I say. "Lets go."
Both boys turn to look at me.
"Are we going, or are you just going to gawk at me?" I ask. I begin to walk up the hill knowing that Harry will follow but not as sure about Draco. I don't pause when I see Harry at my shoulder. Even though he's short for a boy his strides are still much longer than mine. Moments after Draco appears on my other side.
"There's a river we have to cross to go in," I say continuing the walk. When this levels out at the top, we'll turn...um...West."
"Are you sure you know where you're going Hermione?" Draco asks.
"No, that's why I brought a book with a map of Middle Earth. I'm awful with maps though."
"Let me see it," Draco says holding out his hand. I open my beaded bag and fish around a little before finding the book.
"Here," I say. "Careful, its my favourite book." He smirks at me.
"The map cuts off," he says. "Apparently it contains a part of the Shire or something."
"And it just cuts off?" I ask. He nods. "Great, so we don't know where we're going and the map won't help us." I groan in distress.
"I guess we'll just have to guess at where we're going then," Harry says. "Hermione, you seem to know more about this than the rest of us so you'll lead."
"Okay," I say. "I'm in no way prepared for this, but I'm willing to try."
"Brilliant," Harry says. "Now which way are we going?"
"Until this . levels out, up," I say. Harry nods and we begin our journey.
Thanks for reading this you guys! R&R.