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Snake Coiled Dagger

Rated: R

Summary: OOtP spoilers. Hermione begins her 7th year with a secret and as Head Girl. Too bad she has to spend the year with the spawn of Satan.

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Chapter One: Satan's Help

I got my Hogwarts letter today. Oh my God, I was so exited, I ripped open the letter and do you know what fell out? A Head Girl's badge!! In the letter it said that the Head Boy and Girl would be sharing a common room with their own private bedrooms and a shared bathroom.

Professor McGonagall wrote me a special letter of congratulations and said she knew that ever since she saw my first year exam results that I would be destined for Head Girl. She also hoped that I was still coping with my loss.

Oh yeah, Prof. McGonagall made passages that go from my room to the library and the Gryffindor common room and passages that go from the Head common room to the kitchens.

I've been looking forward to this year ever since I started at Hogwarts. NEWT exams are this year and I'm studying Advanced Transfiguration, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Charms, History of Magic, Muggle Studies, Normal Transfiguration and Potions. I am looking forward to Advanced Transfiguration the most because we get to learn how to be an Animagus and how to transfigure other humans!! It sounds really cool.

Dumbledore put a spell on the Heads' rooms and the Heads' badges so that when Harry or Ron uses the Marauders' Map, they can't see them. Whoever wears the Head badges will not appear on the Map. Pretty cool since now Ron can't pester me into doing his homework. I'm probably sharing the common room with the Spawn of Satan ie. Malfoy but I don't care.. I'm Head Girl and that's all that matters right now.

One more thing, Dad came home drunk again last night. He's gone out again. I'll explain everything tomorrow. I need to get to Diagon Alley before he gets back. Later.

- Mione

Hermione Granger closed her beloved diary, fingers hovering over the pewter snake coiled around a silver sword lodged on the cover. As her chocolate brown eyes surveyed her bedroom, they landed on her shiny new Head Girl's badge. Her face lit up and she pushed a lock of her long brown hair behind her ear. Her hair was no longer bushy, but sleek and straight. She drew it up into a ponytail, threw on some jeans, a singlet top and a jacket before pinning her Head Girl's badge to her top. She left a note for her Dad and set off for Diagon Alley.

When she reached the Leaky Cauldron , she went out back and walked through the entrance. Hermione walked down Diagon Alley with a contented grin plastered on her face. Excited, she walked with a purpose to Flourish & Blotts. Inside the store, she crashed into a tall blonde boy. He helped her up off the floor and when ice cold grey eyes met warm chocolate brown, he broke contact with her instantly causing her to collapse on to the ground.

"Mudblood," he spat and walked our of the bookstore.

As he left, Hermione couldn't help but notice the Head Boy's badge on his cloak. Malfoy? she thought incredulously, and even though she had been expecting it, it came as a shock.

In the brief moment that she saw him, she realised he had physically changed. His hair was no longer slicked back, but short and spiked. He was well built, lean and muscular. If he wasn't a Malfoy or a Slytherin, she would think he was hot. As soon as she thought that, she inwardly slapped herself, and realised he was still a Malfoy and she had to share a common room with him.

She gathered up the books she would need, along with some light reading, paid and headed to the other shops to get the rest of her supplies. Her last stop was to Eeylops Owl Emporium as Crookshanks had been accidentally run over by her father during one of his drunken rampages. She chose a beautiful dark Eagle owl that was on sale. She named him Rapture and sent him to live at Hogwarts. After all, she thought, I wouldn't want to lose another pet.

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When she got home, she deposited her stuff in to her room and went to the kitchen. To her surprise, her father was home, and looked he looked almost mad with drunken rage. He grabbed her arm, pulled her towards him and punched her in the gut. However, she was ready for it and even though the pain was enough to send her through the floor, she refused to let herself fall. This only seemed to make her angrier and he grabbed a knife and made a deep cut in her stomach. Hermione screamed and collapsed. Aware of the large amount of blood she was losing, she ran to her room, pressed a t-shirt to the cut and secured it with a belt. She was glad that she was going to school in 2 days. Crap, she thought, tomorrow is Harry's birthday.. I forgot to get him a present.. oops.. With a look of pain and worry she drifted off to sleep.

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A/N: Review please!! This is my first fanfic.. If I get 5 reviews or more, the next chapter will be up soon :)

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