The Telepath: A Hermione Granger x Male Reader Story

30) The Spider's Domain

In the days after Y/N had attacked Malfoy, he was either shown respect by his peers or they had become more fearful of him than ever. No matter which side people took, they almost all avoided him. However, one person who did approach Y/N was Ernie Macmillan, the Hufflepuff who had previously accused him of being the Heir of Slytherin.

Ernie approached Y/N alongside Hannah Abbott during their Herbology class which was much more subdued with Justin and now Hermione missing.

"Uh, Y/N... I just wanted to apologise for suspecting that you might ever be the Heir. After seeing how you reacted to Malfoy, I know you would never attack Hermione Granger. So... friends?" said Ernie holding out a hand for Y/N to shake.

Y/N glared at Ernie who took his hand back quickly after looking at Y/N's glowing eyes.

"Uhh, sorry... I'll just get on with class." said Ernie turning away.

Y/N let out a long sigh.

"Wait," he said. "I'm sorry, I'm just not in the mood to socialise."

Ernie turned back to face Y/N and saw him with his hand held out to shake.

"To... not enemies." said Y/N.

Ernie shook his hand eagerly and smiled at him gratefully.

"I just wanted to say that I never thought you were the Heir." said Hannah.

"I know, thank you." replied Y/N.

Hannah and Ernie then turned away and went back to their workstations. Y/N then got nudged by Harry.

"Look!" said Harry, gesturing to a number of spiders which were scurrying across the earth.

"Come on then!" said Y/N hurriedly. "Let's go!"

"We can't go now." said Ron.

"I'm sure we can slip out past Professor Sprout." replied Y/N.

"She's right by the door, we can go later." said Ron. "Where are they going anyway?"

"That's towards the Forbidden Forest." said Harry. "Let's just finish class then go afterwards."

Instead of continuing with his work, Y/N approached Professor Sprout and tried to trick her into letting him out. He was quickly sent back to his desk sulking.

"Don't worry, we'll go later." assured Ron.

At the end of the lesson, Professor Sprout escorted the class to their Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. Y/N, Harry and Ron lagged behind the others to form a plan for the evening.

"What time is your detention with McGonagall?" asked Ron.

"They're before six so we don't break the curfew, it shouldnt affect anything."

"All right." said Ron

"We'll have to use the Invisibility Cloak again." said Harry. "We can take Fang with us. He's used to going into the Forest with Hagrid, he might be some help."

"Right," said Ron, who was twirling his wand nervously in his fingers. "Er - aren't there - aren't there supposed to be werewolves in the Forest?" he said as they approached the DADA classroom.

"There weren't any when we went in before." said Y/N. "There's good things though: centaurs, unicorns, porlocks..." he trailed off before they sat down at their desks.

Lockhart bounded into the room and the class stared at him. Nearly everyone in Hogwarts was looking grimmer than usual but Lockhart seemed overjoyed.

"Come now," he cried, beaming at everyone around him. "Why the long faces?"