DARK 🐍Hermione Granger🐍

Chapter 12

I let out a sigh as I headed down the school hallway. I heard hushed whispers from the various students that I passed. "I heard that his dad was a psychopath that killed millions of people." A girl said. "Yeah, and so have the rest of his family." Another added. "Ignore them." A feminine voice sounded. I turned around to find Hermione. "Hermione!" I stated. "They're just a bunch of bloody idiots." Hermione explained. "Eh. No worry. Watch." I stated before turning to face the whispering students. "Boo." Nogi voiced conjuring multiple versions of himself and rushing at them all before disappearing into thin air as they screamed in terror.

I faced Hermione with a wide smile and noticed her laughing joyously watching a platinum blonde Slytherin cower on the floor. "You not like him or something?" I asked her. "Not very fond, no." She answered covering her mouth with her hand. I smirked at her reaction. "Well, aren't you an adorable little bugger? You and me already have so much in common." I voiced. "Oh do we now?" She asked. "Oh, of course. Yeah. For one, we both like seeing people we hate being tormented and terrified. And another...you, like me, laugh at other people's hilarious predicaments." I explained walking backwards down the corridor as she followed me.

"Is that so? You think you have me figured out?" She asked. "Well...am I wrong?" I asked. "You're not 100% correct. But you are 97% correct." She explained. "97? How am I 97 but not 100?" I asked. "Because you said I like watching people I hate be tormented. I don't like it. I just don't mind it. Clearly different." She answered. "Ah. Yes. Clearly. I see where I've made my error. So...you just didn't mind having a laugh while watching these poor souls have the bloody hell scared outta them, eh?" I asked. "Precisely." She answered with a smile. "Oh! Okay, I see now. I get it now. I get it." I said turning around and continued walking beside her. "What? What did you get?" She asked.

"You're a pretty devil in the body of an angel. You have a nasty side and I love that. Most girls that I've met are too afraid to reveal their true selves to me. You just..." I started. "Honest?" She finished. I stopped walking. "Yeah. No one has ever been honest with me." I told her. "Well...perhaps it's time someone changed that." Hermione sounded taking a step towards me. "I believe someone already has." I said quietly looking into her eyes.

"Do you realize you're on fire, mate?" Ron announced from behind me. I closed my eyes and lowered my head before snapping my eyes open. "Did you just say what I think you—" I began before looking at my feet to find then on fire. "I gotchu, mate." Nogi voiced before the fire disappeared and transformed into the shape of a flaming butterfly, fluttering through the air into the sky.

"Bloody hell! That was amazing!" Ron exclaimed. "How did you do that?" Hermione asked. "A magician never reveals his secrets." I told her with a smirk getting a chuckle from her. "Okay, Henrik." She said. "Henri." I voiced. "What?" She questioned. "My friends call me "Henri."" I explained which warranted a warm smile from Hermione. "Henri...I like it." She complimented. "Thank you. Pretty basic name if I'm being honest. Just...you know...with a "K" at the end of it." I said before Hermione laughed. Ron laughed as well feeling a little out of place before Penny arrived. "Oh good. A fourth wheel." Ron said a bit loudly. "Did I say that out loud?" Ron questioned. "Possibly." I answered. "Bullocks." Ron spat before looking at Penelope. Penelope looked the ginger up and down. "Is he alright? He doesn't look like he's breathing." Penelope voiced.

"Oh he's fine." Right, Ron?" Hermione stated. I looked at the Weasley expecting an answer. "R-Ron?" Hermione sounded waving her hand in front of his face. "Huh. I do believe he's in shock." I stated. "Shock? Why?" Penelope asked. "Have you seen yourself, sweetheart? You're an absolute banger of lady. You're a knockout." I voiced. "Thank you." Penny said. "Don't mention it. Come on, help me with him. I think he's frozen solid. I think we need to thaw him out. Put him in a Taun Taun." I quipped. "You're brilliant plan is to stuff him into a fictional alien creature from a space opera?" Her minor asked. "Of course not...well not anymore that is. Because you made me remember that Taun Tauns don't exist." I answered before putting Ron's frozen form under my arm and carrying him like a surfboard as Penny snickered. "You gonna go take Ron for a ride?" Penny quipped. "You're a naughty little woman, ain't ya?" I countered. "How could I possibly do that? He's got no buoyancy for me to do so." I said before smirking and walking off to the Gryffindor quarters with Hermione and Penelope.