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The night is alluring, the moon is shining brightly, soft wind brushes to her skin as she inhaled the strong scents of pine trees surrounding her. She is alone, feeling peaceful as this is her only way to brush all the worries that keeps her up at night. The return of the Dark Lord that they fear of reigning again, upcoming exams that needs deep studying, and of course the safety of her beloved best friend Harry Potter as he is named as the “Chosen One”.
Her peacefulness was interrupted when a raging powerful voice called for her, “HERMIONEEE, WHERE ARE YOU?!” Ron called out like a war cry
“I’m here Ronald!” Hermione responded “and please don’t ever shout out that loud especially at night, some creatures may come for you, and merlin you almost bled my ears” she said jokingly
“Well, dinners about to go in about five minutes and for the record harry asked me to call for you, you couldn’t stand a friend looking out for a friend?” Ron retorted back “and why are you here alone especially at night?” “Peace, that I could not get when I’m with you two, and you really are excited about dinner huh Ron?” she said with a smirk “Really woman, you are unbelievable” he said as they head back inside.
They were happily chatting on the Gryffindors table very chaotic but for some people it is explicitly quiet…
Ron sat beside Hermione while she is sitting beside Harry, she noticed that something is bothering her best friend, he didn’t even touch his food, he just stared blankly. Ron on the other hand seems unbothered as he is, as long as there is food no one and I mean NO ONE can bother him, he seemed pretty occupied which made Hermione roll her eyes, as she turned back to Harry still sitting blankly clearly bothered. “Harry, would you just keep staring at your food or are you going to eat it, because it seems like…something is bothering you” she said, when she noticed the Potter boy not listening to her, she slapped him on his nape to go back to reality, which worked. “Blimey Hermione!” he shouted quietly “why’d you do that?” “To snap you back to reality, what else?” she retorted “something is bothering you harry and I know it, if you want to talk about it, let’s talk” she said reassuringly as she also patted him slightly to his shoulder. “Let’s talk but…not here” he whispered and Hermione nodded in response, as to Ron, well they will just tell him later.
After dinner, everyone went back to their common rooms, washed up and went to bed, but not for this trio…
“I just can’t help but think of the safety of the wizarding world, I mean it is my responsibility to protect all of you from Voldemort the Dark Lord, I mean I am indeed the “Chosen One”, I already saw Cedric die in front of me, I couldn’t imagine that happening to one…of you” he said sadly
“But I thought we got over this thing Harry, we already talked about this remember? what happened with Cedric don’t blame that to yourself and it has already been a year, Remember That we are always here for you, we already know what are we up to since the day we befriended you, we are always ready for what’s happening Harry, and I thought you already know that since we already did this talk before, am I right Ronald?” Hermione said while comforting harry and looking at Ron
“Yeah man, Harry we and I mean WE are always here for you, no matter what will happen, ‘Mione is right, well she is always right-“Ron was cut off because someone smacked him
“Pardon?” she said after smacking him, Ron gulped and continued what he was saying “I mean to say, Hermione is right we already know what we are up to since the moment we lay each other’s trust. And you already said you are fine, what makes you open up this conversation again?” he said.
“Well, this past few days I have been receiving some… um… death… threats… and no, it is not about me but it is threatening the people I care and love, I am tracking down this person who is sending this threats, but a gut feeling is making me believe it is from one of Voldemort’s followers”
“I am trying to figure out about this thing myself, because I don’t want you to be involved again in this kind of mess, you already have been together with me all throughout but I don’t want you be hurt… I’m sorry I kept this to both of you...” both Gryffindors gaped their mouth hearing these things coming from Harry’s mouth, Death threats, for a week, never telling us, for our safety? “Harry, as we said we are all in this together, you should let us know or at least warn us” “No one is going to get hurt alright, no one…” Hermione said as she pulled harry in a hug in which later on Ron joined. A very warm hug comforted Harry as it keeps reminding him that he is not alone in this battle…
Morning came, the sun rays beaming against the corridors making it reflect the beauty of the Hogwarts much more. For Harry today is a brighter day since his worries are slowly un-bothering him because of his two best friends Hermione and Ron, and as usual he will spend the rest of his day together with them.
On the other side, there stood a platinum blonde haired guy full of pride and confidence, he is the one and only Draco Malfoy, and secretly he has been eyeing a certain girl he fancies and as per usual that girl is always with the red hair guy and glasses guy, they are inseparable. She is a model of grace, modesty, fierce persona, brains and beauty. That girl is Hermione Granger, yes THAT GIRL, he knows that he shouldn’t feel this way towards her, but he couldn’t stop himself because every day that love he felt keeps on growing inside him, he felt this way since first year the moment he laid his eyes on her but when he knew she is a muggle born, he knew that his father would strongly disagree and might even prohibit him from loving her, so he kept this secret to himself, well that was until Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson discovered it…
Slytherin Common Room
Blaise chuckled silently while pouring the veritaserum on Draco’s drink, Pansy is supporting Blaise since they felt that their friend fancies someone, “Blaise, faster he might see you” she said “Me? Well technically it’s we, and don’t worry I am already finished” he retorted
“let’s see what that blondie is hiding, come on Pans” he said hurriedly urging Pansy to come with him.
“Hey Draco, want to drink? It’s a ‘special juice’ that both pansy and I made we want you to taste it” he said while placing the ‘special juice’ in front of the blonde,
“Special juice really Zabini? How do I know this is not poison you’re trying to give to me?” he said staring coldly on the man and woman sitting across him
“Well, Draco we are friends, why would we poison you? Do you think were mad enough to do that to our own friend and please Theo already tasted that and he approved, so it’s your turn to critique it” she said confidently “and you perhaps expect your beloved boyfriend is telling the truth Parkinson? He just said that to not hurt your feelings” he slightly chuckled “but still curiosity is taking over me, I wonder how your special juice tasted like” he took the cup from the table and looked over at his friends who are grinning widely and when he chugged down the juice, it just tasted like an apple and pineapple juice mixed together
“And how is this ‘special’? there is nothing ‘special’ about this thing, its just apple and pineapple I tasted nothing special about this” he looked at the empty cup and over at his friends who are now starting to grin much more widely, “Oh, just wait and see why we called it ‘special’ Mr. Lover Boy” Blaise said darkly. The blonde is quite confused about what his friend said, when he was supposed to talk back to him, he suddenly felt a strange feeling swarming in his body and it does not feel good. “W-what did you put in there? Blaise, Pansy answer me!” he commanded “Oh, don’t worry my friend it is just veritaserum and I’m glad it’s working Blaise” the woman said “Oh yes, veritaserum I slightly slipped it unto your drink Draco, couldn’t hurt to know the truth, eh?” Blaise replied “Boy, you are both going to regret this! You will not hear a sing- “
“Do you fancy anyone great Malfoy?” The dark boy asked, Draco hesitantly said “Y-yes” damn you Draco, why’d you said that
“Oh, I wonder who it is” she teasingly said “Who is the unlucky person Malfoy?” shoot, I can’t lie I’m gonna be discovered, shut your mouth up Malfoy don’t talk, yes shut up!
Draco puffed his face to avoid saying the name of the woman he fancies but still it took over
“Granger! Hermione Granger…” damn it, good now they know, good job Draco! Good JOB!
“The muggle? Bushy haired girl? The miss ‘know-it-all? Granger? GRANGER?!” the woman exclaimed gaping her mouth wide open not believing a single word coming out of the blonde guy’s mouth “Really? Out of all the girls here at Hogwarts you chose her? Wow coming from a Malfoy himself, but couldn’t judge you though she is indeed a beauty” Blaise said
“Impressive, when did you acquired the feelings for her?” he asked
“First year, the moment I laid my eyes on her and from that day on the love that I felt became more deeper, I swore to myself that I and only I will know about this, but since you TWO did this, please keep your mouths shut, or I’ll shut you up for eternity, understood? UNDERSTOOD?!” Draco said exclaiming but enough for only the three of them to hear
“Y-yes Sir!” both friends said “but really, woah didn’t expect you to acquire a liking to Granger at all you seem not very friendly to her, you really are a master of lying, and I commend you for that” Blaise said tapping Draco’s back “Yeah, well I’m not disappointed or anything at all just shocked, damn did not expect that huh” Pansy said while chuckling
“Well good night Mr. Lover boy or Secret Granger admirer” Blaise whispered to him and chuckling while heading to their rooms “Good Night”.
Present Day
And that is how Draco’s love for Hermione is discovered by both of his friends, he really found it infuriating at first but somehow, he is glad that he has someone to talk to about these things.
“Draco, lover man eyeing her again? Really you are creeping me out” he acted shivering “Shut up Zabini, I am not eyeing over her, and please stay out of my business” “Fine, fine whatever you say, I believe” He shot up his hands while saying it “Come on, breakfast is on 3, you wouldn’t wanna miss out breakfast, you got to have energy while looking at her” he winked at Draco “Shut up Zabini”. He said while heading to the Great Hall.
Not knowing what comes next...