Draco Pov
When Draco got the message, he leaped up from the couch and grabbed his bag. Hermione was finally out of detention and the questioning from Umbridge and had contacted him to meet up with her in the Room of Requirement. She was going to show him and some of the other Slytherins how to produce a Patronus even though the actual DA had been busted. "Hermione is ready for us," Draco said, addressing his five Slytherin friends.
"Did she tell you where she's waiting?" Pansy asked.
"She just said she'll be waiting outside the Room of Requirement. Are you guys ready to go?" They all nodded in agreement and followed Draco out of the common room.
When Hermione had told Draco that any of his friends could tag along to learn; word had spread. Blaise had offered to come mainly because he hadn't quite let go of his little crush on Hermione but everyone else was coming because they actually wanted to learn. As they climbed the stairs, Theodore Nott, the other new student in addition to Blaise, elbowed his way to the front with Draco. "So you said this girl who is going to teach us is your girlfriend and a Gryffindor? And she's friends with Potter? You must really like her."
Draco was about to respond when he ran into a boy sporting a head full of red hair. He was disappointed to see it wasn't Fred or George but the Weasel. "Weasley," Draco growled in greeting.
"Malfoy. What are you and your pack of Slytherin goons up to?"
"None of your business," Theo responded for Draco.
"Slytherins are always up to no good. I think I should report you six to McGonagall for being out so late."
"Oh, and what are you doing out so late?" Pansy chimed in.
"I think you might be forgetting that I'm a prefect. Anyway, I'm looking for Hermione." Weasley replied snidely. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to find her. Oh, and don't worry, I'll let you off the hook this one time, but only because I have more important things to attend to." He pushed through the group but before he could disappear around the corner, Draco grabbed the sleeve of his robe.
"Excuse me, Weasley, but I think you might be forgetting that I'm also a prefect. So, no, you aren't letting me off the hook because you have better priorities, you're letting me off because you don't have another choice."
"How dare you talk to me like that?" Weasley sneered and stepped forward "menacingly". Draco knew it was stupid that he was looking for a fight right now when Hermione was waiting for them, but he matched Weasley's step forward.
"Whoa," Blaise exclaimed before stepping between them and gently pushing them apart. "Come on, Draco. Don't forget about why we're actually here." Draco sneered at Weasley one more time before turning on his heel and walking away.
With Weasley behind them, the group continued up 'til they reached the 7th floor. Draco took the left corridor just as Hermione had instructed and smiled at the sight of his girlfriend waiting nervously in front of a portrait. He quickly walked up to her without glancing behind to see if the group was following and tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped slightly before turning around to see it was just him. She pulled his head down to give him a chaste kiss before saying, "Hello, Draco. Where's the rest of ..." she trailed off when she caught sight of Blaise, Theo, Pansy, Goyle, and Crabbe. "Well, that's certainly a bigger group than I was expecting, but everyone is welcome. Step back for a moment." When the group complied, she started pacing. She had crossed the threshold three times when the portrait swung open.
"Wow," Draco muttered under his breath thinking about how that was a much easier way to get in instead of blasting a hole in the wall like the Inquisitorial Squad had done. Hermione motioned for the Slytherins to follow her and stepped into the room. It looked like a training room, with a dummy with a target on a wheel positioned in front of a burning fireplace. When the Inquisitorial Squad had busted the DA, Draco hadn't caught a good glimpse of the inside of the room but saw it perfectly now.
Hermione walked up to stand next to the dummy and as Crabbe stepped in, the portrait swung closed behind him. "I assume you all are here because you want to learn how to produce a Patronus, or Draco forced you, but either way I can't promise I'll teach this correctly. After all, I just learned this myself. I'm going to try to do this promptly because we don't want to be caught. Any questions?" Hermione said before taking out her wand. When no one spoke, she started the "lesson".
"Okay, so I guess the first thing you should do is get your wand out and I'll give you a little background information on the Patronus spell. It is most commonly used to protect yourself from dementors, but can also be used to send messages. A corporeal Patronus is the strongest, and this is when the Patronus takes the shape of an animal. For example, mine is an otter. Expecto Patronum!" A glowing blue otter shot out of her wand and leaped around the room. It vanished when she started talking again. "Basically what you need to do to produce one is just think of a very strong memory. It doesn't necessarily have to be a happy one, but it does have to have meaning. For example, the memory I used was when Draco first asked me to be his girlfriend. Feel free to give it a try and make sure to focus. Also, don't expect it to work on your first attempt. " The Slytherins spread out all over the room and started attempting the spell.
Instead of trying the spell, Draco walked over to Hermione. "Well, well, well. You thought of me for your memory?" Draco teased.
Hermione blushed and hit his arm lightly. "Shove off. You should try the spell." She walked off to check on the other Slytherins and shot him an encouraging smile.
Draco laughed and took out his wand. He focused his mind on the first time he rode a broom because that should be meaningful, right? "Expecto Patronum!" he yelled and -- nothing happened. He tried again to no avail.
After his next five attempts, he was starting to give up when he heard Hermione clapping. There it was, a corporeal Patronus running out of Pansy's wand taking the form of a Russian blue cat. Draco groaned in frustration and turned back to his own spell. Maybe it was time to try a different memory. He thought about that moment during his third year, in the Hospital Wing when he kissed Hermione for the first time and focused on the magic he could feel. "Expecto Patronum!" There it was. At first, it was just a wisp of blue light, but it turned into the sleek figure of an otter. Hermione gasped as she walked over to him.
"Great job, Draco!" she exclaimed. "An otter; wow! You know what that means?"
The Patronus disappeared as he lost focus and turned to his girlfriend. "What does it mean?"
"Well, I've been doing a lot of reading about Patronuses, and apparently if you love someone, your Patronus will take the form of theirs. I guess this shows just how much you love me," Hermione said, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Oh, stop acting like you didn't already know." Draco punctuated his statement by leaning down to kiss her again. She moved her lips against his and placed her hands to his chest. Their kiss was interrupted by gagging sounds coming from Blaise in the corner. "Just because you are jealous, doesn't mean you have to interrupt us," Draco called over to his friend.
"Your PDA is distracting me from my Patronus," Blaise called back before turning away to continue practicing the spell. Draco rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Hermione who had let go.
"You realize I have to go help everyone else, right?" Hermione asked. Draco nodded in understanding and gave her one more peck on the lips before she went over to where Theo was practicing. Pansy walked over to Draco, replacing Hermione who had just left.
"Congrats on producing one. Although, you do realize this means I'm better than you because I produced one first?"
"Or it just means you're better at thinking up memories. What was yours anyway?" Draco asked nonchalantly.
Pansy blushed. "Well, I don't want to reveal too much, but it was that day at the Second Task when I met George for the first time. And yes, I am going to brag about how I produced one first." Pansy smirked.
Before Draco could respond, they heard another exclamation. This time it was Theo who had a Patronus slithering around his head. It was a king cobra. "Take that, Blaise!" he exclaimed. "I'm a Slytherin and I got a snake and I produced one before you."
"Good job, Theo," Hermione said, obviously amused. Suddenly, another Patronus sprang out of Goyle's wand. The capuchin monkey cantered for a while before disappearing. Honestly, Draco was surprised Goyle produced one before Blaise, much less at all.
Soon after Blaise produced his in the form of a stallion, Crabbe did his as well in the form of a field mouse. Draco couldn't help but laugh at Crabbe's Patronus until Hermione shot him a look.
She congratulated them all as they walked out the door and once they were all gone, Draco walked over to her. "Thanks for teaching us."
"It was no big deal. I am really proud of you. I'll talk to you soon but all this questioning from Umbridge had really tired me out," Hermione said as Draco enfolded her in his arms.
"Don't worry, I understand. I forgot to mention, but Weasley was out looking for you so you should probably get back soon." Draco felt Hermione sigh into his chest and held her tighter.
She pulled away and headed for the door. "I'll see you later, Draco."
"Wait, one more thing," he said to keep her in place.
"What is it --" Hermione was cut off when Draco placed his lips on hers. She immediately responded and he weaved his fingers into her hair.
"Let's finish what Blaise interrupted," Draco growled against her lips and backed her up against the wall. Her hands clutched the front of his shirt and she let out a soft moan. Taking his chance, he slipped his tongue into her mouth. He pressed his body against hers as she slipped her hands under his shirt to feel his hard stomach. He grabbed her hands and held them above her head, keeping them immobilized. She moved her hips against his in retribution and he groaned at the pleasure. He could feel himself getting hard and ground back into her leg.
Draco started kissing down her neck and Hermione's breathing turned heavy her chest heaving. "Draco, oh my God," she gasped. With a sharp tug, she pulled her arms away from him and put them around his neck, using the leverage to jump up and wrap her legs around his waist. He moved his lips back onto hers and softly bit her bottom lip, causing her to gasp, leaving more room for his tongue. Finally, she pulled away and loosened her legs, letting herself slip down the wall.
"Draco, I really have to go," she said, obviously turned on. "But I enjoyed the kiss." She winked and stepped out of the room. Draco leaned against the wall and ran a hand through his untamed hair before letting out an unsteady breath.
"She's going to be the death of me," he muttered before leaving to head back to the Slytherin dorms.
Hope you guys liked it. I actually created a whole bunch of different accounts on Pottermore and took the Patronus test as if I was each character, so hopefully, the animals fit them well. I got tagged so here are my answers.
-Ms. Scarlet
I got tagged by Yeontanswifeu
1) I'm straight
2) Girl
3) Yeah, I'm happy
4) Bring Me To Life -- Evanescence
5) My natural is brown with a few blond parts and right now my tips are dyed red
6) Taurus is my rising sign and Aries is my sun
7) *clears throat* my grandmother on her cheek
8) Purple or red
9) Sushi
10) 51% on my phone and 81% on the laptop
11) Tom Felton, Adam Driver, Rege-Jean Page (Any Bridgerton fans here?)
12) I'm going to sat tomatoes even though that's technically a fruit
13) Brown
14) 9 & 1/2 (My feet are huge, especially since I'm only 5'3)
15) Pharmacist (I know, super boring)
16) EmmaWNumber1Fan
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