After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 34 Book 1

After a War

They were really deep into the forest now. Almost to the river. She was leading the way. She hummed the same tune that she had hummed in the kitchens. Nobody complained about the humming. She was glad of it because humming was the only thing to take her mind from that book, the one that told her she was Obliviated. The one that said she loved Malfoy. She hummed louder to move the thoughts from her head. Her arm was grabbed.

"What!?" Hermione yelled as she turned to face Malfoy.

"Your standing on the edge of the river, I don't know if you want to get wet or not." Malfoy said. She looked behind her. She hadn't even noticed that they had reached the river. She was already standing in it.

"Umm, I wasn't paying attention." Hermione said. She scrambled out of his grasp and walked towards Maya and Pansy. Maya whispered something to Pansy and both laughed. Hermione growled at them. They only laughed harder. Solomon had his eyes on the other side of the water.

"Pansy, do you mind scouting ahead and telling us what you see on the other side of the river?" Solomon asked. Pansy smiled and turned into a falcon. She flew across the river and stared at the forest below with scanning eyes. Hermione slapped Maya's shoulder.

"What!? Its funny." Maya said. She looked at Malfoy. He was standing next to Solomon with arms crossed as they watched their friend fly over the woods.

"Its not funny! Its impossible to stay away from him. He's everywhere." Hermione complained.

"And why do you think he's always around you?" Maya teased.

"Because we're both Wanderers." Hermione said in a 'duh' voice.

"Maybe he likes you back." Maya said. Hermione shook her head.

"He cant-"

"He's the one that sent Pansy to make sure you were safe. None of the rest of us even knew he did it until he said we all agreed to send her. He sent her himself." Maya interrupted Hermione.

"But he told me-"

"He called you by your first name." Maya interrupted again.

"That cant be-"

"He likes you Hermione." Maya interrupted one last time before walking over to where Solomon and Malfoy were standing. Hermione didn't want to move but she did. She walked over to the water, bent over, and splashed Solomon, Maya, and Malfoy. Maya gasped and the two boys looked at their soaked clothes. May was the first one to get in the water and splash Hermione back. Hermione went deeper into the water to get more water to splash. Maya and Hermione squealed at the same time as they were soaked with two huge waves of water the boys shot at them. Hermione threw her bag to shore so it wouldn't get wet and went deeper into the water. It was now at her waist. She splashed Maya and Solomon since he was next to her. He tackled her and they fell into the water. Hermione started laughing until she was also tackled. She was in deeper water so the tackle was more effective that Maya's tackle. She was now swimming in the water, unable to reach the floor. She gasped for air when she hit the surface.

"Malfoy!" She yelled when she could see it was him that tackled her into the water. Solomon and Malfoy laughed at the two girls.

"What?" Malfoy asked.

"Your a bloody infernal jerk." Hermione snapped, it only caused him to laugh more.

"Mhmm, and you didn't want to get wet?" Malfoy asked.

"Well, I was going to get wet." Hermione said.

"There, I just sped up the process." Malfoy said. Hermione couldn't help but laugh. Her clothes were absolutely soaked. And so were everyone else's. Other than Solomon and Malfoy's shirts, they had taken those off.

"What? Sped up the process? More like flooded my nose with unclean water." Hermione mumbled.

"Its not burning right?" Malfoy asked. She shook her head.

"No, its not, I'm fine." Hermione said. She looked at the waterfall. She swan until the could reach the ground and walked over to the waterfall. The water beat on her head as it fell. She walked through to the other side of the waterfall. Was there always a cave behind the waterfall? It seemed like it. Maybe there was some scientific reason for it. She walked into the cave. The reflection from the water lit the room. Hermione walked back out to the others. More specifically, she walked to Maya and Solomon. Malfoy was under the water. Hermione didn't know exactly why but he was, under the water.

"There's a cave behind the waterfall. Can we please spend the night in it? I really am getting bored of the dorms." Hermione begged.

"Really? Hermione, the great and smart Hermione... wants to spend the night in a cave?" Solomon asked. Hermione nodded. Pansy turned into a human next to her.

"Did you find anything?" Hermione asked Pansy.

"There's too many tree's in the way, I don't know what you wanted me to find anyway." Pansy said.

"Do the tree's get taller, or shorter, or do they remain the same height? Are they thicker or do they thin out?" Solomon asked. Hermione furrowed her brows, as did Maya and Pansy.

"They got taller and they thickened." Pansy said. Solomon nodded. Pansy looked around. "Three questions. One, why is Solomon shirtless? Two, why are you wet? Three, where's Draco?" Pansy asked. Hermione looked back at the water. He still hadn't come up yet. She barley even heard what Maya answered Pansy. Hermione jumped in the water and dived down. She looked around and held her breath. She couldn't see him anywhere. She surfaced.

"I cant find Malfoy!" Hermione yelled. She gained the attention of the three on the shore.

"You sure he didn't just go into the woods?" Solomon asked.

"I'm sure!" Hermione yelled. She was dragged underwater. She reached for her wand and realized she left it in her bag and that was on the shore. She looked down at what grabbed her. Well, who grabbed her. She grabbed his arm and swam up to the surface, the very second he could open his mouth without getting water in it, he started laughing. "Draco!" Hermione yelled. "I thought you were gone!" She dunked him under the water. He resurfaced quickly. "Don't ever scare me like that again!" Hermione yelled. She dunked him under the water again. Hermione swam to shore and grabbed her bag. She walked to the cave and sat on a rock.

"Hermione!" Maya yelled from the other side of the waterfall. Hermione ignored it and grabbed dry clothes from her bag. Then she heard a wand blast, and another.