6A/N: I don't own Harry Potter any more than I own Jacknifed, witch, in the immortal words of Starkid, is "totally awesome!" That honour belongs to ElfMaidenOfLight. You should definitely check out her stories, not least because it'll be extremely difficult to understand what's happening without doing so. Thanks goes from the bottom of my heart to EmmyEliz, who was my first follower, you're the best! and to Lubnah10, who was my second follower, first favoriter(Is that a word?) and gave me my first review! Here is your cookie (:.':) Lots of choco chips! Now, where were we? Oh yes, they just used the interdimensional Portkey. So, on with the story!
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Luna's POV
Luna Something-that-is-for-you-to-wonder-about stumbled, but felt quite proud of herself. In the books, Harry very nearly threw up when he first used a Portkey. Then she noticed that Draco(SQUEEEE! I knew it! My rejection letter really was from Hogwarts, witch means they considered accepting her! SO HAPPY! she thought) hadn't even seemed dizzy and scowled. Then she looked around and brightened. "No way", she breathed.
They were standing in a deserted classroom, and the Dramione Draco was lounging on a desk, his legs slung over to one side while his elbows propped him up, staring at the door. Her heart beat faster. She recognised this! This was chapter 1 of Jackknifed, witch meant... She swung around and pulled Draco behind a desk, taking no notice of his protests. "We've got to keep quiet and out of sight, do you hear?"she hissed. Surprisingly, he didn't argue as much as expected, and she leaned around the desk bottom to watch the door. Sure enough, it opened-pushed by none other than Hermione Granger, frizzy hair, overloaded book bag and all.
"If any of the Professors find you in here, alone, without a teacher you'll get detention! As a Pefect-" Luna squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated on not screaming with happiness. She knew exactly what Hermione was thinking, that oh no, it's not a couple of snogging first-years at all! It's Draco Bloody Malfoy! If she didn't absolutely love the ending, she'd sympathise with her, but she wanted desperately to see it playing out right before her eyes. With a start, she realised she'd missed seeing the look on Hermione's face when Draco insulted her and threatened to hex her. Oohhhh...here it was...the legendary scene that gave the fic its title. She watched with bated breath as Hermione tried to grab the dancing jackknife that was carving "DIE MUDBLOOD" into the wood, and instead was cut.
"Stupid mudblood! I would appreciate if you didn't get your mudblood germs all over my-" Dramione Draco's words were suddenly cut off as the knife sliced open his palm as well. The knife, after being disenchanted by Hermione, that would eventually bring them together, had their blood mingling on the edge of the blade. Then came the odd part of the chapter, thought Luna, where he tastes their blood.
"What Malfoy? Surprised that my blood doesn't taste like dirt? Like mud? Surprised they taste the same, yours and mine?" Luna thought to herself at Hermione's words, But they don't. Yours tastes like mahogany, his like ice water. Of course, that only happens in the next chapter, but still... Oh well. The author dithered for a moment, trying to decide what scene to transport them to next, then selected their next destination.
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Draco's POV
As the now-familiar light faded, Draco found himself in the Hogwarts library. Suddenly he heard a squeak. He looked to his left at Luna, who was staring at a table, more importantly the girl sitting at the table. She dragged him behind a shelf and shut her eyes, breathing heavily with a rather large grin on her face. He waited for her to calm down with Malfoy Mask # 4 plastered across his features:patient annoyance. Once she got hold of herself, she explained to him in a whisper that they'd been pulled inside a fanfiction, and this was the scene where, after being interrupted by Hermione twice in a deserted classroom, Lewis (she didn't call him that, she instead said Dramione You)decided to fail at confronting her. "In fact..."she said quietly, careful not to let Her-Granger hear. She peeked around the shelf to watch the entrance. Lewis entered the library with a bang and strode over to Granger's table. Draco frowned. A Malfoy wasn't supposed to act like that. (A/N: Read Jackknifed to understand what's happening.) He watched the exchange between Granger and Lewis with one disapproving eyebrow raised.
"What is is Malfoy?"
"Huh?" Draco silently groaned. What happened to your Pureblood upbringing? he scolded in his mind. You're supposed to say "Pardon?"! Yes, she's a mudblood Gryffindor, but you have to uphold the Malfoy name! He resigned himself to watching him make a fool of himself.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Draco buried his head in his hands. Lewis was an idiot. Granger was still talking. "Well, you didn't come here to bully me, seeing as you're just sitting there. You aren't here to pester Harry and Ron, seeing as they're not here. So, I ask again, Malfoy. What do you want?"(A/N: I totally wanted to make him say, "I WANT HERMIONE GRANGER! and a rocket ship. BUt, *sigh* I have to save that for when they meet Lauren Lopez.) Surprisingly, at the end of their "conversation", Lewis followed Granger out to the Owlery. The author resigned herself to another half-hour looking through chapters to determine witch one to show them next. But first, Luna had some thoughts to share.
Back to Luna's POV
She was beyond excited as the light around her faded. As she looked around, she ticked off the details on her mental check-list of their surroundings. Madam Pince? Check. Windows up high? Check. Huge, precarious mound of books around bushy brown hair? Check (SQUEEEE!). Rows of books going on forever? Check. WOOOHOOOOOO! she mentally screamed. I'm in the Hogwarts library! She would have loved to stay there forever, but she had a job to do- namely, show DRACO MALFOY(Extreme Potterheadedness, activate!) all the ships. Granted, it didn't sound like much, but she was just happy to have anything to do with the meaning of her life, her language, lifestyle, and fandom, the Harry Potter series. From the drawn lines of Draco's face and overall worriedness, she guessed that he was in sixth year. Oh no... Dumbledore! She nearly cried but strengthened her resolve to not change a thing. The author decided that the rest of Luna's long-winded thoughts were too much of a pain to type out and decided to simply bring them to the Owlery of chapter 12: A Toast.
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"I didn't think you'd meet me here." Luna nearly hit the ground, witch would have been worse than usual because she and Draco were sitting atop a beam above the other Draco and Hermione's herself up, she narrowly avoided a splinter and thought for a moment. She then realised exactly where, or perhaps when, they were. Draco and Hermione had just come back from Hogsmeade after Blaise, Ron, Harry and Theodore Zabini, Weasley, Potter and Nott, respectively, ridiculed him for calling Hermione a muggleborn instead of Mudblood. She tuned back into the conversation happening below her.
"Thank you."Luna quickly looked over at Draco to see how he'd react to himself being so kind today. "For being so kind today." As expected, Draco looked gobsmacked. She looked down again just in time to catch the tail end of Other Draco's next words.
"You're...welcome." She looked at Draco again, and just in time-he looked like he was about to explode. She clamped her hand over his mouth, deciding to ignore for a moment the fact that she had her hand over Draco Malfoy's mouth, focusing instead on the pivotal plot moment happening , that one. The one witch she'd missed the first line of.
"I brought them."
"What for?"
"Gesture of good faith." To distract herself from the fact that she was in the room with two Draco Malfoys and Hermione Granger, she began mentally singing A Very Potter Musical. (A/N:I wrote this from memory, so if a word or two is wrong, don't hate.) Underneath these stairs I hear the sneers and feel glares of my cousin, my uncle and my aunt. Can't believe how cruel they are, and it stings my lightning scar to know they'll never, ever give me what I want. I know I don't deserve these, awful rules made by the Dursleys here on, Privet Drive. Can't take these stupid Muggles, but despite all of my struggles, I'm still alive. I'm sick of summer and this waiting around, Man it's September so I'm skippin' this town. As she inwardly belted out the first chorus, she was vaguely aware of the pivotal moment in the Dramione relationship happening below.
The other Draco had given Hermione a bottle of Butterbeer, and had exchanged some banter as he opened them. "A toast, then," said Hermione."To a newly hewn friendship." OD(other Draco) lifted his bottle to hers and hesitated. "Do you know what you're doing, Draco?" asked Hermione softly. He was silent for a long minute and then said yes. They clinked, and as the white light blanketed their surroundings, Luna finally saw fit to remove her hand from Draco's mouth.
A/N: So, this is part 1 of this chapter of 2. The reason I split it is because I wanted to get this out to you guys quickly. I promised it to you yesterday, but I went canoeing and watched fireworks and all sorts of stuff happened. So, I hope you liked it. Also, this is VERY IMPORTANT. Should I make Luna and Draco a couple? Yes or no, because although it would be great, I can't see me and Draco as a pair. At the moment, he's sort-of tolerant of my "Muggle" status, but still doesn't like me. So, before they become friends or anything, I needed to know what to do. Also, if there's anything you don't understand, let me know and I'll either write the answer in the beginning of next chapter if that's ok, or PM you. Please review! Remember, depression is BAD and Dementor attacks are depressing without chocolate and an author without reviews equates to a Dementor attackee. Is that a word? I don't think so... Whatever. Potterhead OUT, and remember to review! BYEEEEEE!:) Oh PS, I won't update until I get at least 3 reviews saying to make or not make them a couple.