After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 31 Book 1

After a War

So the two boys recognized her after about an hour of just sitting there staring at each other. It was ridiculous but she was not going to just up and leave. She was walking through the halls, towards the outdoors. She needed air after being stuck in that stuffy Gryffindor common room. Why did the portrait just let her in? It smiled at her and welcomed her back. Back? She'd been there before? he shook her head and stepped out onto the grass. The snow melted very quickly, spring was certainly around the corner. If she didn't know what day it was, she would say it was spring. Green grass, clear blue skies, the leaves were growing back in the beautiful green, the lake was a beautiful clear blue color, not a cloud in sight. It was like the world was painted her house colors. She ran her fingers through her hair and let the soft breeze strike her face. It was still cold, just not cold enough to need a jacket, gloves, or scarf. She looked at the woods and the urge to run hit her. She put it aside and walked to the Quidditch field. It was really pretty during the winter seasons. She stared around for a minute and noticed a slight hoot. It sounded far away but it felt close. She walked around and looked at the field. She found a small owl on the ground in her gaze. She ran over to the owl and threw her bag to her side. She scanned the owl with her eyes, looking for something broken or worse. She didn't want to touch it in case it was a wild bird, growing up until the age of eleven as a muggle, she learned not to touch wild birds. They wouldn't return home if she did. They would be shamed with the human scent. She didn't want that for the poor bird. It flew away suddenly and she smiled as she watched it fly off, glad it was ok. Another bird flew into view. She could barley see it but it seemed to be staring right at her. It flew out of view again. She stood up to see if she could get a good view of it. It was far beyond viewing already. She sighed and looked at the Quidditch field again before picking up her bag and starting to walk towards the forest. It wasn't too far, she could make it there and still be back at the castle before dark. She looked at the castle again before going into the woods fully and putting the castle out of view. Hagrid wasn't at his hut, she was guessing he was doing things in the woods. She just hoped she didn't run into him. She hung her bag on a branch and turned into a fox. If she did run into Hagrid, he wouldn't recognize her, unless word got around that a fox ran through the school and Hagrid made a wild guess that four Slytherins randomly decided to become Animagus'. She looked around, she was so short as a fox, it made the trees look like monsters, very, very tall monsters. She shook the thought from her head and started to roam through the woods. It was a beautiful sight, the sun shown through the canopy of new green leaves above and made the roots of the trees glow, even with the dirt, bugs and other wild animals, the forest was amazing. She sped her walk up into a trot. Going at a even pace she ran into a river. She had never drank just random water from a random river, not that she could remember at least. She slowed to a walk and sipped from the flowing water. It was flowing pretty rapidly, it should be a calm, flowing at an even pace. It looked like stormy seas. She walked along the river to see if there was either a source or it calmed at some point. She opened her mouth to gasp but, again, all the happened was a high pitched bark. There was a waterfall. It wasn't too tall, easy to climb as a fox probably. She climbed up to the top and looked at the decent view. There was a growl behind her. She turned to see a wolf, not a Animagus, a real wolf. It must have wanted a snack and a undersized for should be a easy catch for it. She backed up a few steps. Her foot was on the edge of the wall of the waterfall. She growled and barked back but the tiny bark of a fox was nothing compared to the massive vicious bark of the wolf. Her foot slipped but she regained her balance momentarily. The wolf pawed closer slowly. Hermione looked for a way out, she couldn't run from the wolf, it was bigger, and faster. She didn't have her wand, it was in her bag. If she went human, the wolf would still attack her. She looked around but found nothing. The wolfs breath was filling her nose with how close it was. It was a horrible smell but she wasn't focused on that at the moment. Something large and white knocked the wolf out of her view. She got away from the edge quickly and turned to see a wolf, and a Lynx fighting the wolf. She turned into a human and grabbed a large, and quite heavy log. She wacked the wolf in the head with it while it was turned towards Maya and Malfoy. They turned into humans. Maya came out without a scratch, but Malfoy had a huge cut down his arm. From his shoulder down to his index finger.

"Malfoy, your arm." Hermione said as she grabbed his hand gently and looked at it. "I don't have my wand, I cant do anything."

"I'm fine." Malfoy said. His voice didn't even sound right, he was horrible at hiding pain.

"I'll go get your bag." Maya said. She turned back into a wolf and bolted back into the woods. Hermione looked around.

"Your not fine Malfoy," She paused and dragged him to the water. "I'm going to put water on it, its going to burn, and hurt, very much. Its okay if you need to yell or something." Hermione said as she cupped some water into her hands and let it drip on his wound a bit.

"Granger I already said I'm-" He yelled as the water hit his arm. She winced but continued. She stared at his arm, she didn't want to see him in pain but if his arm didn't get clean, he could get a infection with the possibility of death. She cupped more water in her hands and poured it on his arm slowly. He shouted again. She closed her eyes and continued to pour water until it was clean.

"Ok, I'm done with the water part. Now, I'm going to use my sleeves to make a bandage. It has to be tied tightly so it'll hurt again." Hermione said. She ripped her sleeves off. She tore a small piece off her skirt and tied it to his shoulder to cut off blood flow, then she wrapped her sleeves around his arm tightly. He winced a few times but didn't shout again.

"Granger. About that infernal book." Malfoy said after she finished with the bandage.

"No, we're not talking about that now, I need to focus on your arm." Hermione said. She tied another knot to keep the bandage held together. He winced again.

"I'm fine, that book wasn't-"

"Malfoy! Your not fine so sit still and be quiet while I try and do as much as I can before Maya gets back!" Hermione yelled. He was silent. "Stop being to bloody stubborn!" She added.