Elemental Love

Any character or place you recognize belongs to J K Rowling


Hermione really didn't mind dancing with Draco. He handed her a mask. It was a masked ball as well. At midnight you had to kiss whoever you were dancing with. Draco was going to make sure that was him although other boys were eyeing her. When the time came to announce the winners of the contest everyone gathered eagerly around the platform Hermione and Draco particularly eager. Dumbledore got up on the platform with an envelope.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Ghosts and gouls, witches and wizards, the time has come to announce the winners of the costume contest who will be given the prize of a trip to Hogsmeade on one day of their own choice." He opened the envelope and chuckled. "The winner of the single costume is Neville Longbottom as the Bloody Baron." Neville blushed and took the certificate Dumbledore offered him. "And the winners of couples costumes are Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy as Christine and Eric of The Phantom Of The Opera." The two grabbed the certificate just as there were two scandalized

"What!" s from the crowd. Hermione and Draco hurried out of the room and into the same classroom that Draco had pulled her into to explain.

"You do know that I really care about you right?" Draco said. Against her own better judgement Hermione nodded and suddenly she found herself kissing him. His lips felt like heaven on hers they were soft and smooth. She had to hand it to him, he knew what he was doing. He stroked the top of her mouth with his tongue and she let out a soft moan. Suddenly Draco was pulled off her and Hermione found herself hoisted into the air by strong arms and she was being carried out of the room. She looked around to find that Ron was holding Draco back and Harry was carrying her away.

"Harry let me go!"

"No!"

"Harry I can take care of myself. He cares about me."

"How can you know?"

"He took care of me when I had the Loralya sleep last month."

"The what?" Hermione realized her mistake.

"Nothing. He keeps my secrets and he is the one who has been sending me the gifts and flowers. He is really nice if only you could get over this petty rivalry and get to know him now let me go!"

"You are not to see him again!"

"You aren't my father! You have no authority to tell me what to do!" Hermione applied her power and pulled the air around Harry's feet so that he tripped and lost his hold on her. She ran back to the classroom to find Ron beating Draco up. Draco sat there and took it. Hermione lost her temper completely and things began flying around the room at random. She concentrated and used the air to jerk Ron up off of Draco and sent him flying out of the room and down the corridor to join Harry. Then she went to examine Draco. He was out cold. She picked him up with amazing strength and carried him up to their common room ignoring the odd looks she got as she walked through the corridors with an unconcious movie character over her shoulder.

Back in the heads' rooms Hermione took Draco into his room and lay him on his bed. She pulled up his shirt and examined the bruises there. He had two broken ribs and a broken nose. Ron sure knew how to beat someone up. She held her hands over the broken bones and concentrated. After a few minutes they were healed. They would ache for a couple of days but they wouldn't be as painful to him. Hermione called Slizor and bade him watch over Draco. She grabbed her notebook and pen and went down to the Gryffindor commonroom. She wanted to write and she needed to have a seriouse talk with her friends about boundaries.

Harry and Ron were sitting in a corner of the commonroom sulking. Hermione set her notebook in her lap and, when they stayed silent, she did the talking.

"Look guys. I value your opinion but I can't help who I like. Against my better judgement I became friends with two rulebreaking boys because I couldn't help but trust and like you." For a moment Harry and Ron smirked. "I need to be able to make my own choices and-" Hermione suddenly stopped and clutched her head. Everyone in the common room turned to look at her. "Mom! Dad!" Suddenly Hermione dissappeared.