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Chapter 21. Jealousy.

Hermione woke up one Wednesday
feeling really sick, she got up and ran to the bathroom to throw up, felling
the nausea still after she had nothing left in her stomach, it was the third
day in a row that she had morning sickness. The girl had been waiting for it,
this time she had been counting her days carefully since her last period,
Hermione already had the feeling that this time the pregnancy was unavoidable,
but she wanted to be sure, it could only be a trick of
her mind again. There was a special potion that would help her to clear her
doubts but she didn�t have all the ingredients, the girl supposed that she
would have to raid professor Snape�s storage cabinet
again, she didn�t really want to but had to be sure of her state, so she could
take the necessary precautions; maybe Harry would be willing to help her.

She didn�t want to tell Draco
her suspicions yet, their relationship had surprisingly strengthened over the
last days, but she still was a bit unsure of its durability, it was a lack of
self esteem on her part but she couldn�t help it.

Her personal life apart,
Hermione was glad that the animosity between Slytherins and Gryffindors was
slowly disappearing. Draco seemed to be over his jealousy to Harry, in the two
weeks that had passed by since Slytherin won the Quidditch
cup the two boys had softened to each other considerably, they talked civilly
more times than not and the interchange of glares had lessened, they still
yelled and taunted each other when they had a disagreement, but those verbal
fights were perceptibly less aggressive than before, and she had stopped to
expect seeing hexes flying whenever they start their rants. The rest of
Slytherin had sensed the change too and they were slowly opening themselves,
following Malfoy�s lead into making acquaintances and possibly allies with the
Gryffindors.

Ron was another matter entirely,
he was one of the, thankfully few, people that still was fixated in House
rivalry and considered the Slytherins as unwanted nuisances, Hermione had tried
to make an effort to be more understanding towards him for their friendship�s
sake, but she soon realized that the best she could do was to ignore his
derogative comments and complains about the situation. She wasn�t comfortable
around Ron any more, the red-head was now pestering her about how her current
personal situation demanded a family that supported her and helped with her
mother�s condition, Ginny had started to comment on it too, both Weasleys seemed to think that now she would be willing and
inclined to marriage.

Hermione shook her head sadly
thinking about Ron, why couldn�t he still be a good friend? It didn�t seem
fair, but she would have to be even more distant from now on, she only hopped
that Harry wouldn�t be driven away also.

She took a shower and changed on
her school uniform, after a while she went downstairs to the common room to
join her friends for breakfast, Harry was waiting on one of the armrests of a
couch and Ron was nowhere to be seen.

�Hi Harry. Where�s Ron?�

�He says that we can go ahead,
he had lost one shoe and is making a mess of his room looking for it.�

�Just the
thing to be expected of Ron.� She said
exasperatedly, Harry looked amused.

�Come on Herm, we can walk
slowly to give him chance to catch up with us.�

They left the common room, not
aware of a pair of eyes following them.

Parvati was sitting in one of
the armchairs of the common room, pretending to hear to Brown�s chatter. She
was not happy, last night she and Lavender had been in the sixth year�s
dormitories, listening to a bit of good music when Ginny Weasley had entered
with an annoyed look on her face, of course all the girls had immediately asked
what had happened to her, the answer hadn�t been to anyone�s liking and Parvati
was still fuming about it. How that old cot of a Headmaster dared? It was a
social movement that wasn�t going to be out-looked by the purebloods and the
man knew it! She had to do something about it. Ginny had been pretty annoyed
and had asked for support as she wasn�t supposed to do anything about the
situation, in fact the Weasley girl had swore she wouldn�t say a thing about
it, but she had been so frustrated that she had needed to share it with her
friends.

The girls had suggested to talk
with the Headmaster and make him change his decision, but Parvati was sure that
it won�t work, and as things were going she was sure that Granger was happy to
comply with the old cot�s wishes, she would do everything that would mean an
advantage to her dear Potter and having the purebloods reconsidering their political
movements would surely be an advantage.

She glared in annoyance when
Potter and Granger left the common room, she had to find a way to force the
Headmaster to reconsider his orders, or to make it impossible for Granger to
follow them, and she had to tell the others about this development. The arrival
of Weasley to the common room distracted her out of her thoughts, a look of
consideration on her face, perhaps it was time to have a bit of trouble, Ron
could be of use after all.

Harry and Hermione walked slowly
to the Great Hall, each one lost in their own thoughts, Hermione was already
plotting how to enter Snape�s private storage and
Harry was worried over his training and the last news from the Order, they
suspected that Voldemort had another big attack in
mind and that it was going to be soon.

They entered the Great Hall and
encountered with Malfoy, Zabini and Goyle who were on their way out,
Gryffindors and Slytherins nodded to each others in civil acknowledgement and
each party continued their own ways. The Gryffindors hadn�t taken more than two
steps towards their table when the doors of the Great Hall opened noisily and
Ron�s angry voice was heard, startling everyone in the vicinity.

�You! You self-centred son of a bitch!! You better stay away from her!!�

Harry and Hermione spun on their
feet in time to see an almost feral Ron cast a hex to a very surprised Malfoy.

�Ron! No!� Hermione�s very
distressed yell came followed by Harry running towards their friend.

It were only his acute reflexes
that allowed Malfoy to dodge the hex in time, he was instantly on his feet,
wand out, casting an ugly jinx to Ron, the red-head had already cast another
spell a fraction of a second before Malfoy and the two lights of magic
collided, sending sparks everywhere. Harry cast �Expelliarmus�
to Blaise and Goyle who were already aiming at Ron and then to Malfoy,
preferring very much to have the Slytherin wandless
than his friend, Ron took the opportunity to cast one more jinx that barely
missed its target before Harry put himself in front of his temporally mad
friend.

�Ron! What in hell are you
doing?!�

�Get out of my way Harry!! I�m
going to teach that scum a lesson!�

�What are you talking about
Ron?! What happened?!�

�No one other than me is dancing
with MY girl!! That�s what!!�

Harry was stunned by that answer
and looked at his friend in confusion; Ron shoved him to the side and prepared
to attack again when his wand flew away to a very angry professor McGonagall.

�Mr. Weasley! What in the world
are you trying to do?!�

Ron ignored her, seeing his wand
gone he opted for launch himself at Malfoy, who received him with a blow to the
stomach, which unfortunately didn�t prevent the two of them from going crashing
to the floor. Goyle and Harry attempted to grab Ron and pry him off Malfoy,
they barely succeeded and had to use their combined force to contain the
outraged red-head, who was yelling obscenities at Malfoy, some of which Harry
had never listened before. Zabini helped Draco to his feet and the Slytherin
retrieved his wand, Harry was sure that a curse was on its way out of the
blonde�s mouth when Snape�s furious voice thundered
over them.

�What�s the meaning of this?!�

�That poor excuse of a slimy
blond thinks he can go out with my girlfriend! Well he has another thing
coming!!�

�Mr. Weasley shut up already!
This is unbelievable!�

Harry could clearly see that
McGonagall was as murderous looking as Snape and that Hermione was as white as
a paper, he felt greatly relieved to see that Seamus and Neville had run to the
girl�s side.

�Fifty points
of Gryffindor Mr. Weasley! And you have to come
with me to set your detention!� Said McGonagall in her most
annoyed tone.

Harry was about to let go of his
friend when he felt the boy�s body tensing again and automatically strengthen
his hold before Ron began struggling again, he felt Goyle at Ron�s other side
doing the same thing.

�Why? I�m protecting what is
mine!!�

�Mr. Weasley
that�s enough!�

Harry felt relieved to hear
Dumbledore�s voice, surely Ron will calm down now, but to his utter surprise
and dismay the Headmaster�s presence seemed to infuriate the red-head even
more.

�Don�t you dare tell me that�s
enough!!�

�Ron! Please stop this!� Harry
pleaded; he could not imagine what had gotten into his friend�s mind.

�Please? Please?! Harry, do you
know what this manipulative bastard had done?! He had ordered Hermione to go to
the ball with Malfoy!!�

In the sudden shocked silence
that had followed after the insult Ron just sputtered to the Headmaster, his
last words reverberated in the entire Great Hall. Harry was speechless, Goyle
was stunned and Ron freed from both of them to charge again at Malfoy, who was
waiting him this time with his wand ready and cast a hex at him. Ron was thrown
backwards and landed on his arse, suddenly his neck started to grow in a
curious way.

�You are a stupid moron Weasley.
And I have no idea what nonsense you�re talking about!�

Malfoy was fuming. How had the
stupid git dared!? Hermione was in troubles now, the
Dark Lord�s supporters won�t let this slip, and he knew that nothing he could
say now would remedy the situation. Ron�s neck now gave the impression of a big
balloon, the red head opened his mouth to let out a loud �Croak� and the lump disappeared, only to start growing again.
Dumbledore recovered from the shock and started giving orders.

�A hundred points from
Gryffindor Mr. Weasley and you�re out of the extracurricular activities. Mr. Longbottom, please escort him to the Hospital Wing and then
to my office. Minerva, Severus, come with me. Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Potter and Miss
Granger, I want you in my office in fifteen minutes. Every one else finish your
breakfast.�

Neville had to ask Goyle�s help to drag a still struggling and now croaking
Ron out of the Great Hall, while gossip exploded over all the tables and Harry
felt sick, he sighed and turned around to see if Hermione was alright, only to
find her pale face in front of him, looking murderous, he retreated a step and
she hissed lowly at him.

�You told him! And you promised
you wouldn�t!�

��Mione
I didn�t! I swear I didn�t!�

Which was blatantly true, he had
sworn both to Hermione and himself that he won�t even mention the ball to Ron
in order to prevent this very thing from happening, he only had talked about it
to Ginny last night, but she had promised not to tell anything to Ron.

�Then how could he find out?
This is it Harry! I�m not trusting any of you ever
again!�

Harry wondered how had she
managed to yell in such a low voice and stared unhappily at her retreating
back; the snarled voice of Malfoy behind him increased his unhappiness.

�And here I was, thinking that
Gryffindors could actually have some brain cells in their heads.�

�Shut up Malfoy! This doesn�t
concern you!� Harry was doing his best to keep his voice low as Malfoy was
doing; fortunately everybody was busy with the gossip in their own tables.

�No? Do you realize Potter how
many hexes I�ll have to dodge from here until the end of term?! If I�d known
you were going to be as stupid as to share that information I would never had
brought it to light in the first place! I suppose Granger did have a reason to
not tell you!�

�Why did you do it then? You
wanted to annoy me Malfoy! Don�t tell me you just assumed I�ll keep my mouth
shut about the dare if I never was to know that the Headmaster was behind your
supposed �date� with Hermione, and you were just having fun with me!�

�Well I just assumed that you
were smart Potter and would know that some people would get pretty dangerous
towards me and Granger, should they even suspect that something like we dancing
together could in fact happen! Don�t worry; rest assured that I won�t make the
same mistake again!�

Malfoy got out of the Great Hall
and Harry pursued him.

�Malfoy wait! What do you mean exactly
with implying that Hermione could be in danger too?� Honestly he had only took
in consideration the possibility of Ron and Malfoy hexing each others to next
year, and probably doing some major damage to the hard acquired House�s Unity,
but the idea of Hermione being in any kind of danger had never crossed his
mind. Malfoy looked at him coldly.

�You�re not that idiot Potter,
do you?�

A blank look on Harry�s part was
answer enough; Malfoy cursed the Gryffindor�s
foolishness inwardly.

�Tell me Potter, surely you�re
not that blind and do know that some ah� �muggle
hate� supporters are still around.�

Harry nodded cautiously.

�Well, what do you think they�ll
do if they discovered that a pureblooded wizard, who
happens to be the son of a wealthy, powerful family which alliances are general
knowledge by now, would �lower� himself to date a hated mudblood?
Surely you have enough social skills to imagine what that ball is intended to
be Potter. Me and Granger dancing in said ball, at any time, would mean more than
peace making between the Houses. Now, could you imagine anyone that wouldn�t
want it to happen?�

Harry�s eyes hardened with
dawning comprehension, fear and anger appeared an instant later, he shouldn�t
have left Hermione walk out of the Great Hall alone.

�Holly shit!�

He stormed to Gryffindor tower,
followed by the annoyed glare of Malfoy.

�Imagination is a great tool.�

Malfoy walked towards the
dungeons, unlike Potter he had been sure to send Zabini to watch Hermione�s
back, it would do the girl no good if she was seen in his company now, but he
trusted Zabini and knew that for the time being Hermione would arrive to
Gryffindor tower safe.

Harry and Hermione walked to the
Headmaster�s office in a tense silence, the girl was still furious and didn�t want
to hear Harry�s explanations and apologies. To think that she had been taking
in consideration the idea of telling Harry about her relationship with Malfoy!
Well that was out of the question now! Harry had well proved that he was
unworthy of her trust. She will never tell him anything again!

They found Malfoy already
waiting at the gargoyle with professor McGonagall, who opened the entrance for
them, the three teenagers climbed up the revolving stairs and entered to the
office, the Headmaster received them gravely and offered tea and lemon drops,
they sat unhappily in the armchairs and refused the offerings, there was an
awkward silence before Dumbledore spoke.

�First of all, Harry. Are you
aware of the situation here?�

At Harry�s subdued nod, the Headmaster
continued.

�Well I must ask if anyone of
you could tell me the details that lead to the spectacle in the Great Hall. Mr.
Malfoy, Miss Granger, I must admit that, while it was not expressly forbidden
to talk about the arrangements for the ball, I was expecting that you would
keep it to yourselves until the last minute, perhaps tell about it only to your
close friends as it seems to be the case. So, what happened?�

Malfoy took in a deep breath and
answered.

�I made a deal with Potter on
the Quidditch game, if I win then I would ask Granger
to the ball, and he lost.�

�And then,� Hermione continued
�Harry got worried and I told him that Malfoy and I would have to dance
together anyway. He promised not to tell.�

The Headmaster raised his
eyebrows at them.

�That still doesn�t explain why
Mr. Weasley was informed of the situation or his rather lamented display at
breakfast.�

Harry blushed and answered in a
low voice.

�Mmm. I suppose it�s my fault
Headmaster. Yesterday night I talked with Ginny, and I told her.�

Hermione turned to him
furiously.

�You told Ginny?! How could you
Harry?! Didn�t you think that she�ll tell her brother?�

�She promised not to! And I told
her because I was still a bit annoyed with the entire thing, and she was
insisting on making especial charms for you and Ron to dance the first piece of
the night alone in the gardens! It was out of my mouth before I knew it!�

�She was making what?�

Hermione was even more furious
now, Draco pitied Potter slightly, the Gryffindor boy
tried his best to not look at Granger.

�She was pretty upset, but she
promised me that she won�t tell Ron, and I asked her what had happened a moment
ago and she told me that it wasn�t her the one who
told him, although she accepted that she had shared it with her friends.�

�Oh, so she didn�t mind to start
gossiping about me?�

�I�m sorry; I shouldn�t have
confided in her, I thought that, well that she was trustworthy.�

�It�s not a fault to think that
about your dearest friends Harry, but it seems that we are dealing with a serious
case of jealousy here, if I would have been aware that you were in a
relationship Hermione I wouldn�t have forced the arrangement on you.�

Hermione quickly turned red;
Harry and Draco had the sudden urge to apparate
somewhere very far away from Dumbledore�s office.

�I don�t have anything to do
with that� that�!�

Malfoy couldn�t stop himself.

�Poor excuse of a wizard?� That
earned him a glare from Potter, but Hermione took his recommendation whole
heartily.

�Yes!! That poor excuse of a
wizard!! I don�t have any relationship with him, nor would I ever want one!!�

�Calm yourself my girl, take it
easy.�

�But it�s so frustrating
Headmaster! I have tried everything! From subtle tips up to tell him straight
away that I don�t want him as anything other than a friend, I have punched him
too and he doesn�t listen! He had the guts to shout to the entire school that
we are a couple, and he had no right to do it because it�s not going to
happen!�

Harry tentatively reached to
Hermione�s arm, trying to comfort her, the girl didn�t deny him.

�Calm down Herm, please.�

�Take it easy my girl, we will
figure out how to fix this unexpected situation, but I think that you have to
talk things clearly with Mr. Weasley, perhaps if Harry helps you to talk with
him.� Harry sighed and turned to the Headmaster.

�We had already tried professor,
the only time he stopped his advances was when he got the crazy idea that
Hermione and I were dating, and then he felt betrayed and stopped talking to
us.�

�I didn�t want to lose his
friendship Headmaster.� Said Hermione, more relaxed now. �But if that is what
it takes to make him leave me alone, I�m going to do it.�

Dumbledore leaned in his chair
with a thoughtful expression; he wouldn�t have thought it from one of the Weasleys but what he had seen at the Great Hall spoke
volumes about Ron�s poor management of emotions, the boy was in the way to be
an overly jealous and abusive partner, he would have to talk about it with
Molly and Arthur. In the meanwhile he�d rather prefer to get the boy away from
Hermione, he had proven to be pretty dangerous when jealous and the girl could
get hurt, besides, he could not afford for the Weasley boy to interfere anymore
with the recently developed relationship between Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger,
he had already put them in danger and it would be detrimental for Dumbledore�s
plans.

�Maybe it would be healthy that
you hold your ground my girl, stay away from him for a while, give your
friendship a rest and give him time to cool and think things over.�

�I�ll do it Headmaster.�

�Isn�t that a little harsh
Headmaster?� asked Harry, feeling that he should put some faith in Ron. �I
mean, Ron can be pretty aggressive but he was trying to protect Hermione.
Malfoy, well he has been our rival for six years, Ron�s afraid that he�s going
to hurt Hermione.�

The girl was about to snap at
Harry, but Draco spoke first.

�Hurt her? And why should I
bother Potter? He�s doing all the job himself!�

Harry glared at the blond but
couldn�t find an appropriate honest answer to that, and he hated to recognize
that the Slytherin was right. Dumbledore sighed and looked directly at Harry.

�Mr. Potter, I�m aware that you
have the same doubts as Mr. Weasley towards Mr. Malfoy right?�

�Yes sir, to be honest I would
feel better if there was a little more distance between him and Hermione.�

�Harry!� shouted Hermione,
looking hurt by her friend�s statement. Harry turned to her in mild surprise at
her distressed tone, but the Headmaster continued.

�It�s ok Miss Granger, after all
there is a long rivalry here and too much prejudices on both parts, but my
point is Mr. Potter, how did you react upon hearing the news?�

�Well, it wasn�t so different
from what Ron must have felt. I was pretty upset and annoyed and I wanted to
strangle Malfoy, I did shout some foul names at him, even if he wasn�t present
at the moment, I couldn�t believe that you were ordering Hermione to do this
and I asked her why she was letting it to happen. I didn�t approve of it and
I�m still not agreeing with it!�

�So, you are unhappy with this decision.�

�Yes, I am.�

�Ah, but you mentioned something
important Mr. Potter, you asked your friend for her reasons to do it.�

�Well, yes, she�s doing pretty
much already for the House Unity, I don�t think it is necessary for her to do
more.�

�Yes, but the fact is that you
asked her opinion and respected her choice. I at least didn�t hear any
complains about it from you yesterday when we met; nor have I seen you trying
to hex Mr. Malfoy at every opportunity. Do you see my point Mr. Potter?�

Harry sighed unhappily and
nodded, he had to accept that seeing Ron so out of control had been
frightening, he didn�t want to know what would happen should the red-head
discover that Hermione was dating someone. Malfoy took the chance to enter the
discussion.

�Well, yes. Weasley is an idiot
and all that, but I want to know what we are supposed to do now. We can�t
accept that what Weasley said is true.�

Harry looked expectantly at the
Headmaster while Hermione looked confused at Malfoy�s statement.

�Why not?� she asked, Draco
looked at her mocking despair.

�Granger, I already explained it
to Potter, don�t make me repeat it.�

Hermione looked at him
frustrated and annoyed, he could see that at the moment she wasn�t in the state
to think things clearly, so he lifted his left arm and signaled
his wrist.

�Remember this? Prospects to Death Eaters at Hogwarts?�

Harry was surprised that Malfoy
was being so open in Dumbledore�s presence, and even more that he was the only
one that found Malfoy�s attitude strange; he was going to get an explanation
out of the Headmaster as soon as this mess was cleared. Hermione on her part
looked at Malfoy thoughtfully for some seconds and then her face grew alarmed,
Harry was prepared to tell her not to worry, but what got out of her lips when
she faced the Headmaster was not what Harry had expected, neither do Malfoy.

�Oh Gods! It�s true professor, Malfoy is now in
great danger! We must do something!�

�What?!�

�Merlin!!�

Both boys gave simultaneous shouts of distress, Dumbledore was very amused by
this, Malfoy even threw his hands to the air and slumped on his armchair.

�I give up! It�s now official;
Gryffindors have no sense of self-preservation!�

�Hermione don�t worry about him!
It�s you the one who is in danger!�

Harry was in a state of
disbelief. How could Hermione think about Malfoy first? The prat
didn�t have anything to worry about as far as Harry was concerned! The girl
blushed in embarrassment and apologized.

�I�m sorry�

�No need to be, my girl.� said
the Headmaster happily. �You don�t have to be sorry for worrying about the
safety of your friends.�

Malfoy narrowed his eyes at the
Headmaster and Harry stared wide eyed at the man, wondering when had the world
gone crazy without him noticing, he finally sighed in defeat and slumped on his
seat.

�I�m going to close my mouth and
say nothing.�

�Thanks Circe!�

�Shut up Malfoy!�

Professor Dumbledore finally got
to explain them what they were going to do to try and minimize the damage, it
required to tell a half lie and that Harry took the place of Hermione and Draco
in the opening of the ball with whoever he wanted to invite, preferably a
Slytherin, Malfoy suggested Bulstrode and was very
amused watching the several shades of red that colored
the Gryffindor�s face.

�Bulstrode? But I wanted�
well��

�You already had one person in
mind Mr. Potter?� asked the Headmaster interested.

�No! No, well� I was wondering��

Hermione lifted her eyebrows in
question at her friend, Malfoy was smirking delighted.

�Of course Potter, I think
Nochland is pretty safe too, she shouldn�t give you much trouble.�

Harry turned and gaped to the
blond, he would die of embarrassment soon.

�How do you know�?� he started
to say and then shut his mouth, understanding that he had just given himself
away, Malfoy�s smirk turned into a devious smile.

�Oh, please Potter! Not
everybody are as na�ve as you! All the Slytherin girls had been teasing
Artemisa endless since your last attempt at the DA group.�

Harry was sure that he was going
to be a case of spontaneous combustion, it was true that he had been paying
more attention to the Slytherins lately and that Artemisa Nochland had caught
his eye, she was a sixth year; white skin, black, straight, long hair, always
in a ponytail; with a dreamy expression on her dark eyes, she had freckles and
was an inch or two shorter that Hermione, pretty smart and good with protection
spells, she talked very politely to him and had offered her help to tutor the
second years in the cast of a patronus. Harry liked
her and he had been meaning to approach her, but he hadn�t had time to try it
decently. Hermione smiled, she too had been aware of the feeble and rather poor
attempts at friendship of Harry, it was one of the reasons she found Malfoy�s
jealousy so funny, everybody could see that Harry was too shy sometimes, that
it was hard for him to talk with someone he liked.

Finally they agreed in that
Dumbledore would make an official announcement at dinner, declaring that Harry
was going to be the one to open the dance and that no one was being asked to
pair with a specific person. Malfoy gave a rather exaggerated sigh of relief;
Hermione however didn�t seem so pleased.

�That means that Malfoy and I
aren�t going to dance together?�

Harry turned to look at her
curiously, she sounded disappointed.

�Well Miss Granger, it means
that officially you two can go and dance with whoever you want. Of course, the
fact that Mr. Potter and his partner are going to dance the first piece of the
night doesn�t mean that they had to do it alone.�

Hermione thought about the
implications of that statement and smiled briefly, the Headmaster was
satisfied.

�Well, then I think that you can
go Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy you can go too. Tachy!�

A house elf popped into
existence and bowed.

�Tachy,
tell Mr. Longbottom that Mr. Weasley can come in
now.�

�Yes, Headmaster sir!�

�Mr. Potter, I would like you to
stay while I talk with Mr. Weasley, I may need your help.�

�Yes sir.�

Malfoy and Granger exited the
office at the same time that Ron entered, Malfoy glared at the red-head and Hermione
got past him without even looking, the last she heard were Ron�s protests about
her walking away in Malfoy�s company and Harry�s assurances that Neville will
be accompanying her to lessons, before starting the descent on the revolving
stairs.

Hermione and Neville were
walking along the halls towards Gryffindor tower to retrieve their school
supplies, everybody else were already at the classrooms. Neville was silent but
his nervousness told Hermione that he wanted to say something; she sighed and turned
to see him.

�What is it Neville?�

�Um� well, I-I was wondering
Hermione� Do you really have to dance with Malfoy?�

�No Neville, I don�t have to.
Professor Dumbledore would clear that misunderstanding at dinner.�

�Oh, I see. And�
the other thing?�

�What other thing?�

�You know, that Ron and you
finally are��

�No Neville! There�s nothing
between Ron and me, he was talking nonsense!�

�Oh�

Neville sounded a little
disappointed and the girl was about to snap at him, when a door to their left
was suddenly thrown open and Hermione felt like she was being sucked into the
room, both she and Neville soon found themselves on the floor of an unused
classroom, hearing the door being closed and locked. The Gryffindors
straightened and found three wands aiming at them.

�Well, well, well, seems like we
have two for one. A mudblood and a blood traitor, we
are lucky.�

Hermione frowned at the three
students in front of her, two were using masks and between them was that Hufflepuff girl Shatkins,
Hermione almost made a face of disgust.

�You�re not going to say you�re
lucky soon.� She said to the girl and both she and Longbottom
got out their wands.

Hexes and spells flew
everywhere, Neville got hit by a binding spell, one of the masked boys got
stunned and the other one with jelly legs before Hermione got hit by a
silencing spell and disarmed, Shatkins lost no time
in binding the Gryffindor girl and shoving her roughly to a corner of the
classroom. Hermione felt a hard slap on her face and pain in her head when Febe yanked her hair to see her straight in the eyes.

�Stupid,
filthy mudblood! You
thought you could have a piece of him? Well you can�t!�

The girl threw Hermione against
the wall and let her fall to the floor, Hermione could see Febe�s
shoes close to her and Neville helpless near the door, the student that had
been hit by the jelly legs jinx had cast the counter spell and was trying to
stand up. Hermione was fighting panic, Shatkins
hateful voice was definitely not helping.

�You want to dance mudblood? We�ll see how good you do it with crippled legs!�

Hermione felt pain radiating
from her right leg, it started as if she had split her ankle and then seemed
like someone was hammering her bones, she opened her mouth and gave a scream
that wasn�t heard thanks to the silencing spell. She didn�t notice the door
being slammed open and the shouts and confusion that followed, while the
classroom once again was filled with the light of several spells in an instant.

Hermione was trying very hard to
regain her breath, and lasted several seconds to realize that she was being
held by strong arms and that someone was anxiously shouting to her, she blinked
a couple of times, the pain on her leg had lessened considerably but she still
wanted to cry for it to stop, she heard her name and a hand forced her face to
look at the person who was holding her, she blinked again and slowly Malfoy�s
features came into focus.

�Dr� Drac-o��

She mildly realized that she
could talk, Malfoy wasted no more time in pleasantries, he
lifted her on his arms and started walking to the door. Hermione felt her head
spinning for a moment and barely heard Malfoy telling Goyle to go fetch
professor McGonagall, whose classroom was nearer, before the boy took a run
down the hall, carrying her to the Hospital Wing.
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