Title: Dare You To Move
Author: Mjade
Summary: My third Draco/Mione fic. Hermione Granger is feeling left out by the people she once called friends. . .but her dreams are all about to come true.
Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter but the idea of this story, the two Slytherins: Mason Deimos and Don Gears, and the Gryffindor: Lucinda Lucent, are mine.
Rating: PG-13/Romance
Author's Note: The setting is during Hermione's final year, a few weeks before Hogwarts school's Christmas Holiday. Hope you like this story and please r/r!
Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things . . .
The Bible: 1 Corinthians
A seventeen-year-old youth peered at the corner, waiting impatiently. He ran a hand through his silvery-blonde hair and turned to another young man, taller and more masculine than him.
"Hold the bloody thing still, will you," He whispered irritably.
"That's easy for you to say, Draco," The taller one glared at him, trying to hold on to the struggling bludger. This young man had an enormous amount of strength and stood six feet and four inches and Draco Malfoy would never pick a physical fight with him.
They were hidden behind the portrait of the now sleeping enchantress, Llorewellyn. Draco's silver eyes surveyed the area again, but the corridor was dead empty. "Where the hell is Gears? Chickened-out?" Draco smirked.
"No, I'm here," said a smooth voice, behind them. The other two turned around and saw their third member. He was of similar height as his fellow blonde-haired Slytherin but, unlike Draco, he had very tanned skin. "Draco, Mason," He nodded at them.
"Did Potter get the note, Don?" Draco asked him.
"Yeah. It's past midnight, he should be here by now," Don Gears said.
Draco heard a soft sound of shoes meeting the ground, but the footsteps were much too light for it to be Potter. But who else could it be? "He's coming. All right, remember what you have to do? Aim the bludger to his head, Mason, then-you've got the club? Okay, swing it when I give you the signal, Gears."
Don nodded.
Draco continued, "Then we make a run for it. Without a doubt the bludger is going to make a lot of noise."
Mason Deimos looked at Draco, "Hold on, Malfoy. What do we get aside from Potter's cracked skull?"
"Isn't it obvious or have you already forgotten?" Draco said even more irritably. "The Quidditch match is tomorrow. The bludger should knock the 'Golden Boy' out for a few days. Tomorrow will be too late to find a replacement seeker and the Gryffindor team will have to forfeit. That way, we win the match without breaking any sweat." The words were barely out of his mouth when the footsteps stopped abruptly. It was as if that person knew they were hiding there.
Draco peered once again from the corner but the corridor was still deserted. What the-? Could he be using his invisibility cloak?
"Look, there he is," Mason said so suddenly that Draco jumped. Though, sure enough, he heard a heavier trail of footsteps and saw Potter walking towards the portrait. Draco wondered if he just imagined the previous trail of footsteps. After all it was nearing midnight.
"All right, Mason get it ready," Draco said. Draco was about to give the signal when Potter stopped. Draco scowled, What now?
"Oi, what are you doing there?" The black-haired boy said to the darkness. Draco, Mason, and Don jumped. 'Does he know we're here?' Draco thought. 'No, he's not even looking this way.'
True, he was staring forward while his profile was exposed entirely to the three Slytherins. But what Draco did not expect was that someone stepped out from the opposite side behind the portrait.
"Harry Potter," An enchanting voice said. "I-I was lost. I forgot where the Gryffindor tower was."
Harry realized she was a seventh year and remembered her. She was the Italian-transfer student, Lucinda Lucent. She had silky light brown hair, with a few golden strands, that reached her waist, her eyes were gold, and she was very beautiful. She had been sorted into Gryffindor only two weeks ago and it was unlikely that she didn't remember where the tower was. " Oh. I would accompany you back, but I'm waiting for somebody," Harry said.
"Waiting? For who?" Lucinda asked him, as she stepped out from the darkness.
"To tell the truth, I haven't the idea," Harry replied. "I just got a note, but there was no name on it."
Lucinda's eyes shifted to where Draco was but he fell immediately out of sight. "I see."
"Do you think she knows we're here?" Don wondered.
"I doubt it," Draco replied. "Besides even if she does, she has no clue who we are."
"What are we going to do about the bludger?" Mason asked.
"We'll go through with it," Draco said. "Okay, Potter just needs one more step-"
Before he could say another word Draco ducked, Mason lost his hold on the escaping bludger and it zoomed away from the Slytherins and headed towards the ceiling. "Damn it, Deimos," Draco said.
The bludger hit a painting and the woman in the portrait woke up and gave out an ear-piercing scream.
"Now would be a really good time to leave, Draco," Don said.
"Thanks for stating the obvious," Draco said, as the three ran to the Slytherin tower, Mason swearing under his breath.
Lucinda and Harry's eyes were now on alert searching the corridor.
"What was that?" Lucinda said, alarmed by the scream.
"Maybe Peeves is playing a joke-" Harry said but stopped. Something dark-colored that seemed to have lost control was zooming across the corridor.
"What in the name of-" But then he realized it was a bludger and it headed straight for the Italian in front of him. Harry's emerald eyes widened.
"LUCINDA, STEP OUT OF THE WAY!" He yelled.
Lucinda gasped and she froze. She screamed just as Harry pushed her to the side and the bludger went straight for him and collided with the side of his head. Harry collasped onto the marble floor.
Lucinda ran to his fallen form. "Harry Potter! Harry-"
That was all Harry could remember until all went black.
A/N: I hope that was more interesting than confusing for the first chapter. D/Hr action will start in later chapters but every fic has to start somewhere. Anyway you can expect the second chapter out in a couple of days. Don't forget to review and tell me what you think!
Mjade