After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 36 Book 1

After a War

She woke up on her bed. She snuggled up with her pillow. It was oddly cold but she didn't care honestly. As long as it served as a pillow, it worked. She smiled.

"Good morning Maya, Pansy." Hermione greeted with a soft, and half asleep voice. The girls dorm was oddly quiet, and smelled a bit like the woods but she still needed to shower after running around in the woods for so long.

"I'm not Maya or Pansy, but umm, good morning." Her pillow told her. Hmm, she always thought her pillows voice would be more rude. Wait, her pillow wasn't supposed to talk. She opened her eyes. So, she was holding his shirt, which she thought was a pillowcase, and her head was on his chest. Nope. She was still asleep. Just in case, she sat up quickly.

"Malfoy!?" Hermione asked.

"You know you talk in your sleep? And sleepwalk? And you apparently like unicorns more than I thought." Malfoy teased. Hermione turned red. She talked in her sleep?

"Umm, no, I didn't know that I talk in my sleep, or that I sleepwalk. What was I saying?" Hermione asked, more than worried about things she may have shared.

"Mostly stuff about unicorns, your parents, Maya, Pansy and the other Slytherin girls. A few random things about some Gryffindors. Something about classes." He paused. "Something about Solomon and me." He finished. She stood up, he followed.

"We need to go find Maya, Pansy, and Solomon." Hermione changed the subject. She started walking.

"You cant just get up and go. We need to find food, water, things we need." Malfoy said.

"We can go one day with out food and water." Hermione said. She continued to walk.

"How do you know we'll only be here for one day? We could be trapped out here for-"

"We'll find a way back. I cant live the rest of my life in the woods, with you." Hermione snapped. She looked around at the tree's, then at the sky. The sun was still coming up so the stars were barley visible. She could spot the north star. She pointed the way. "Hogwarts should be that way." Hermione said as she started walking in the direction she pointed to.

"Hermione I cant just let you-"

"Stop calling me that!" Hermione yelled. She turned to him.

"What!?"

"Stop calling me Hermione!" She yelled.

"But that's your name!" He yelled.

"Its Granger to you! Or Mudblood." Hermione yelled.

"I thought you hated being called Mudblood!" He yelled.

"Its better that Hermione!" She yelled.

"Really?" Malfoy asked.

"No, not really, I'm sorry, I just really want to go back home. My wand wont work now and I left my bag in the cave at the waterfall. I cant do a thing to help us but point us in the right direction." Hermione said. She ran her fingers through her hair and leaned against a tree.

"You can point us in the right direction after we find food and water." Malfoy said. Hermione nodded.

After searching for hours, they found a bush of Berries by the river. They were very far downstream. They had decided to take animal form while they ate because animal's stomachs were smaller and would fill faster. She sat by the water and stared at the other side, just hoping that she might see her friends.

"We should start moving." Malfoy said. She looked up at him.

"What if we never get home, or what if we never find-"

"We'll find them." Malfoy interrupted. Hermione looked back at the water.

"Can we just stay here a few more minutes? If we're going to find them anywhere, it'll be by water." Hermione asked. He nodded and sat next to her.

"We can stay for a bit, but we don't want to stay in plain sight for too long, the death eaters will be looking for us, if we're what they're after anyways." Malfoy said.

"Do you still have your mark?" Hermione asked quietly.

"I cant get rid of it." Malfoy said. He showed her his arm.

"I haven't even tried to get rid of mine, I like my snake, I get along with her well." Hermione said. She put her arm with the dark mark next to his. The snakes intertwined. "What are they doing?" Hermione asked.

"My parents' snakes used to do that." Malfoy said. She looked at him and pulled her snake away for his.

"I didn't know that." Hermione mumbled. She looked at the silver of his eyes for a moment longer, then turned her gaze towards the water. She held her breath for a while, not daring to release it into the air.

"Granger?" Malfoy asked. She finally released the air she was holding and looked at him.

"Mhmm?" Hermione asked.

"I like you." He mumbled.

"Umm, I-I Like you t-too." Hermione stuttered. She couldn't help it at the moment. She hugged her bent knees.

"Look!" He pointed tot he other side of the water. "Maya! Solomon! Pansy!" He yelled as he stood up. Hermione looked where he was yelling. Their friends were getting water. Hermione got to the shallowest part of the water she could find and ran across to the other side of the lake. She wrapped her arms around Maya and Pansy.

"We cant let that happen again." Hermione whispered to them. "I had to be alone with Malfoy for over twelve hours."

"How did that go?" Maya asked.

"Horrible, he told me he liked me." Hermione said. "And, I told him I liked him back." She added softly. Maya and Pansy lit up like a Christmas tree.

"Finally-" Maya started.

"No, don't even. How's Solomon?" Hermione asked.

"He's in pain but he's able to walk fine. The cut on his leg was magical so it wont heal easily. It will be hard to keep this from the teachers." Pansy said.

"If we make it back to the teachers." Hermione said.