Summary:

No one ever knew what Hermione did during the summer when she wasn't spending time with Harry or Ron, and that's how she liked it. Once the Hogwarts expressed pulled into the station and she had said her goodbyes everything would change, and this summer was no exception.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but a laptop and a lot of candy

Chapter 1:

The Limo Ride

Her father was on a business trip with a few colleagues as usual and her mother had passed away when she was young so she was left to fend for herself as she stepped onto platform 9 ¾. Over the past several years Aurora Malvagità had grown accustomed to her father's work trips. He was always gone. He even missed her last birthday because he was in Italy on a "business trip", but there was an upside to him being away all the time.

"Ahh Aurora you look beautiful as always." whispered the imposing man. He seemed to have appeared from thin air, but then again, that was what he was known for.

"Thank you Lucius" the young girl said with a small smirk, "but you must remember I am not Aurora Malvagità here." The tall blonde quickly nodded his head in apologies and went to fetch his son and the trunks; they must leave soon if they were to be home in time for the meeting.

"Hey! Hermione wait up!!" screamed Ron as he and Harry quickly smashed the small girl in a sandwich like hug.

"We didn't want to leave without saying goodbye!" wheezed Harry out of breath from trying to catch up to the now very wrinkled Hermione. She looked the boys over as she straightened her plaid skirt. Harry had grown to look more like his father than ever; tall, dark with glowing eyes and perpetually broken glasses, then there was Ron who was at least 6'6" now, with more hair than he knew what to do with and possession issues to rival Gollum. How ever was she going to say goodbye to these boys?

"Well, Goodbye!" and with that she was lost in the crowd of witches and wizards excited to be home for the summer. The boys were shocked at the sudden goodbye but were quickly distracted as a second year rammed his trunk into the back of Ron's leg.

Aurora quickly slid into the limo that was waiting for her and smiled as she saw what awaited her. Sitting directly across from her seat was Draco, oh how she had missed him. She climbed forward to greet him but suddenly Lucius pulled her back into her seat and held his wand to her face.

"Now Aurora hold still, you know what happened last time when you squirmed." he said as he made a sweeping motion with his wand whispering incoherently under his breath. The limo began to pull away as the transformation started. Aurora cursed loudly as Lucius' spell began to take hold, no matter how many times he had done this it still made her feel like she was going to hurl. Dark red mist poured from the tip of Lucius' wand and surrounded the twitching girl, absorbing into every pore and coating her entire body. It was working. The bushy brown hair began to grow long and sleek, darkening to a deep red as her limbs began to extend and grow strong. Baby fat melted away as the slim body formed new curves and muscle. Finally the pale eyes began to glow as they faded first to a dull brown then pitch black, ending in dazzling bluish silver.

"Finally! I hate looking at you and seeing that bint Granger!" hissed Draco as the last of the glamour was removed. He looked now where Hermione had been sitting only moments ago to see the true Hermione Granger, or should he say Aurora Malvagità. His childhood friend was back and this time she wouldn't be leaving, no matter what his father may think.

"If you EVER do that without warning me again I won't wait to tell my father, I will kill you myself! Do you understand me Lucius?" she was furious. No one touches her unless she says they can, especially one of her father's servants. He may be Draco's father but that does not give him the right to touch her, only one person has that right and it certainly was not him.

Lucius nodded quickly and apologized profusely the rest of the ride home. When they finally reached Malfoy manor Lucius quickly escorted Aurora to her room to prepare for the meeting being careful not to touch her but rather to usher her into the slightly over decorated room. Upon entering Aurora found a small red letter waiting for her in the middle of her bed. It was a note from her father. He had cut his work trip short to schedule this impromptu meeting and had said she and Draco were to attend with no complaints as it had to do with them.

She was furious. "What the hell is this? He can cancel a trip to America for a meeting but can't be here for his only daughter's birthday?!" she screamed to her mirror.

"You know there are other people living her too love." Aurora nearly jumped out of her skin as the owner of the voice stepped into her room.

"Who said you could come into my room? Hmmm??" she said, sarcasm dripping from her every word.

"Well, actually since this is MY room, I did." the intruder answered, a small smirk playing on his hard features.

No one knew when it had started but ever since they were young Draco and Aurora had been exceedingly close. Being neighbors the two had grown up together, playing and learning together while their fathers worked, during this time they learned more about each other than anyone could begin to believe, especially after Angela died. Angela, Aurora's mother had passed when she was only four leaving her father to care for her on his own.

Thankfully Lucius and Narcissa gladly stepped in to help raise the young witch alongside their son. Because of this Aurora was incredibly close with both Cissa and Lucius and she had grown up thinking of them as her second parents, but Draco had never been her brother.

"Your room is it? Well I remember many a night when I stayed here with you in this very bed. I think, therefore, it's just as much my room as it is yours, you little twit." she said as she sat on the large bed staring at her annoyed counterpart in the doorway.

"Our room? You think this is our room? Really now…" Draco said as he slowly stepped towards the bed his smirk growing slowly with every step. When he was finally standing directly in front of Aurora he began to unbutton his shirt "well if this is indeed our room then you wont mind if I go take a shower then, will you?" he said as he threw his shirt in her face and walked into the bathroom chuckling to himself.

Aurora smiled to herself as she pulled the large shirt off her face, she had given him this shirt last Christmas and he knew it. For several years they had kept this little secret going, but as they were finally of age both had secretly decided it was time someone knew.

However, neither of them knew exactly how their secret would be let out and no one was prepared for what would happen after it was.