After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 32 Book 1

After a War

Maya returned with her bag and her wand after a few minutes of Hermione silently doing everything she could to keep Malfoy from bleeding out. Once she had her wand, she used it to clean the wound properly and give him stitches. He absolutely hated that. He complained until she actually started doing it, then he just clenched his jaw and tried not to yell again.

"Just tell me if it hurts too much." Hermione said as she continued. His jaw was clenched so tight, she was starting to worry if his teeth would chip. He loosened his jaw up a bit, trying to look like it didn't hurt. He wasn't doing too good of a job but she ignored it and continued. Maya was getting Solomon and Pansy now. Hermione almost asked her to get Harry and Ron too but she decided against it. They may recognize her but she didn't know them.

"Stop." Malfoy said. She looked at him and stopped, she was over half way through.

"I'm almost done, it will only take a few more minutes but we can stop if you need a break." Hermione said. He nodded and stood up. She cleaned her bloody hands in the water and stood up. She stood at the edge and stared down at the bottom of the waterfall. She leaned forward slightly, she almost fell forward but she was caught.

"Hasn't your mother ever told you not to lean over the edge of a cliff? Even if it is only like ten feet." Malfoy said. He had her arm in his good hand. She stood up straight and took a few steps away from the cliff.

"Umm, no because we never traveled much, thank you." She said. He rolled his eyes.

"You shouldn't need your mother to tell you, it should be simple for someone as smart as you to figure out: Don't lean over the edge of a cliff so you don't fall." He said, annoyed and very sarcastic.

"I know, I'm just curious." Hermione said, trying to defend herself put failing miserably.

"Stop being curious then, Maya and Solomon will think I pushed you off if you fell." Malfoy said. She rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"Lets just finish patching your arm up." Hermione said. He sighed but nodded and sat back down on a rock by the water. She dipped her hands in the water to clean them from any germs she may have found while on her small break. She started stitching the arm again. He clenched his fist and his jaw tightened again. Hermione rushed but she wanted to be careful. He wanted it over, she could tell just by looking at him. Who wouldn't want it over? "You shouldn't have jumped at that wolf in the first place." Hermione said as she continued to stitch his arm gently.

"And I was supposed to watch it push you off the cliff?" Malfoy asked. She pulled that last stitch through and tied it tightly.

"No, could have thrown a rock at it, or just gotten its attention, you probably wouldn't have gotten this." Hermione motioned for his arm and looked over the stitched to make sure none of them would snap or anything.

"Your kidding? We send Pansy to follow you and to get us if she saw you going anywhere dangerous alone and when she comes to get us, we see you with a wolf and when me and Maya save you, you just tell us we should have done something else?" Malfoy asked, he stood up.

"You sent Pansy to spy on me?" Hermione yelled. She stood up, why was she so much shorter than him? It was annoying.

"We didn't want you being carless! We wanted you to be safe! Clearly you needed it!" He yelled. Hermione looked at the almost still water. The top part of the cliff, the water was calm, almost still. She looked back at him.

"I can take care of myself!" Hermione yelled. He rolled his eyes and motioned to the dead wolf with his stitched arm. Hermione looked at the wolf then back at him.

"No, you cant, that's why we sent Pansy." Malfoy said.

"That's why Maya and Solomon sent Pansy." Hermione said. She turned around and stared at the water.

"I agreed that we should send Pansy." Malfoy said.

"Yeah right." Hermione said.

"Granger I-"

"We're back!" Pansy said as she turned into a human. Maya and Solomon emerged from the woods. Maya was a wolf but Solomon walked. Was he really that scared of being hunted? Hermione put the thought aside as she hugged Maya and Pansy.

"I got his arm patched up." Hermione told Maya. They all looked at Malfoy's arm.

"Will the teachers notice it?" Maya asked.

"Only if they look at his arm close up. If he wears long sleeve, it should work." Solomon said. He was standing a few feet back. "I can Barley see it from where I'm at."

"Good." Maya said.

"So when are we just going to tell everyone about the Foragers?" Malfoy asked.

"Why did we ever decide on Foragers?" Hermione asked. It seemed ridiculous.

"Its lame, I don't know what we were thinking." Pansy said. Hermione turned to Malfoy and smirked.

"So you want to tell everyone that your a big, grumpy, fluffy, Kitty?" Hermione asked. He looked at her angrily and rolled his eyes.

"No." He mumbled after a minute.

"Well, to answer your question Draco." Maya started, she looked at Hermione, she wasn't happy.

"We cant tell anyone, ever." Hermione finished for Maya. Maya nodded sadly.

"Solomon could be hunted, and so could we." Maya added.

"Your kidding." Malfoy said.

"No, I'm not." Maya said. She looked at Solomon and smiled. "I'm going to protect my adopted brother." She added softly.

"Fine, but, we still need to come up with a new name. Foragers is too odd." Malfoy said.

"We can come up with a new name at the castle. I'm tired." Pansy said. The two boys were silent the entire way back to the castle but the three girls chatted, giggled, and mumbled the entire way back.