Smudged Mascara // Hermione Granger

Snowball fights.

Voices Echo through the icy air as Hermione and Ron stare out, looking over the icy land at the shrieking shack. There was something about that shack, that made your stomach drop. Maybe it was the rumours spread around Hogsmeade or the worn-down appearance of the shack itself.

Just then, Three figures appear over the rise, phantoms in the mist. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle appear, causing a dirty look to appear on the duo's faces as they stare at the Slytherins in front of them. "Well, well. Look who's here. Are you two shopping for your dream home? Seems a bit grand for you, WeaselBee. Don't your family all sleep in one room?" Draco teases, causing Ron to squeeze his fists together in anger. Draco's Minions giggled as Ron stared, furiously at the Slytherins in front of him. 

"Shut your mouth, Malfoy," Ron demanded, causing the Slytherins to laugh even more. Ron's attempt to defend himself just fuelled the fire that was the Slytherins teasing even more, no matter what the duo said, they would always have something to say back to them. Draco just clucked his tongue before replying. "Now that's not very friendly. Boys, I think we're going to have to teach Weasel-Bee to respect his superiors."

Hermione lets out a harsh chuckle, clearly laughing at the boy's sentence. "Hope you don't mean yourself." The girl mumbled, causing Draco's eyes to shift, looking down at Hermione with utter disgust  "How dare you speak to me, you filthy, little mud-" Draco's sentence was quickly cut short as a voice cleared their throat behind him.

"Malfoy don't you fucking dare finish that sentence" An ice-cold voice calls out, causing everyone to turn to look. There stood behind the platinum-haired boy, her wand pointed at his head, was Hailey Elizabeth Munroe, Her normally lost eyes full of hatred as she stared at the boy in front of her. The disgusted glare turned into one of fear as he stared into the eyes of Hailey. 

"Or what? You gonna go cry to your parents? Oh wait" Draco slowly grins as he finishes his sentence "They're dead." The moment the word leaves his lips, a sharp shooting pain rushes up his nose which is then followed by a punch. Warm blood runs down his icy skin as anger forms inside the boy. "How fucking dare you Draco Malfoy." The pale girl says, her voice colder than ice as she goes to smack the boy once more. Crabbe and Goyle quickly grab the girl's arms, pinning them behind her back and forcing her onto her knees. 

Malfoy stands in front of the girl, his stare furious as he looks down at Hailey. He raised his fist, slamming it down on the blonde's nose, a sickening crack ringing out into the icy air as blood flowed down the pale girl's face. A sinister grin forms on the bleeding girl's face as she looks up at him. Spitting warm blood onto him causing a grimace to form on his face. "Is that all you got Malfoy? pathetic" She shouts, fighting against Crabbe and Goyle's iron grip as the the boy raises his fist once more. 

A hot burning sensation forms on the girl's face as a force slams into her jaw, blood dripping onto the snow beneath her as she snaps her head to look back at the boy. Both Hailey and Draco's blood dripped onto the snow, almost creating them as one as they treated each other like they weren't human. Instead, her rage-filled eyes capture the scared ones of Hermione Grangers. A sinister laugh leaves the girl's lips as her smile grows wider, her blood-stained teeth captured in a terrifying grin. The boy in front of her looks almost disturbed at the sight. "C'mon Malfoy! Make your Daddy proud that his own blood finally Made a Munroe bleed! Do it!" Hailey calls out, making the boy's eyes look almost.

Sorry.

A splatting sound rings through the air as Malfoy takes a snowball to the grill "Who did that!" Malfoy splutters, glancing about in confusion when two more snowballs hit him. Hermione and Ron glance around uneasily, also confused about who was throwing snowballs. "Well, don't just stand there!" Draco calls out, ducking down to avoid another snowball as he commands his minions. 

Crabbe and Goyle start for Ron and Hermione. With her last strength, Hailey sends a spell towards the two boys, causing their knees to go out. They fall headfirst into the snow, causing Ron and Hermione to let out giggles. Draco Malfoy begins to back away fearfully, eyeing the mist in front of him. "Wait a minute, there's something out here-" Draco announces, letting out a fearful scream as his ski mask is pulled over his eyes.

Everyone watches as Malfoy spins about before he is sent stumbling over the rise and out of sight. Instantly, Crabbe and Goyle join him. Ron and Hermione stand frozen in place, exchanging a nervous glance before trying to dash off. They both go flying, landing on their backs in the snow. As they sit out, they hear quiet laughter. Hermione's eyes narrow in suspicion before calling out into the air. "Harry? Harry?". The rustle of fabric rings out into the icy cold air, and then the invisibility cloak drops. 

Confirming Hermione's suspicion, Harry was stood there, grinning. "Bloody Hell That was not funny!" Ron says, smiling ear to ear. They all are. As the trio pelt each other with snowballs, they hear a groan, causing them to stop in their tracks, looking over at the source of the sound. Horror runs through Hermione Granger as she realises the state Hailey is in. Dried and fresh scarlet blood was stuck to her pale face, yellow bruising was starting to form on her jaw and a dead look on her face as she got up. 

Hermione reaches forward, trying to help the girl they all forgot about in their fearful excitement. The blood-covered girl simply brushes her off, Her demeanour cold as ice as she pushes the warmth away from her. "Don't ." Her ice-cold voice rang out, causing hot tears to form in Hermione's eyes. But she respected the girl's wishes, taking a step back and putting her hand to her side. 

The ghost of a sorry on her warm lips.

Authors Note

Hello my beautiful audience, so I'm sorry this chapter is so short!! I want to write something for Christmas but the next chapter would take place in around spring time so it wouldn't make sense, so! expect a Christmas-themed episode next, also poor Hailey took a beating but she doesn't seem happy at all with Hermione. Uh oh. Anyways! Have a nice day/Morning/Night and I hope you guys enjoyed this!! Make sure you interact!! Thank you for reading. -A 

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