Draco returns to Hogwarts to discover Hermione Granger doesn't seem to be the "Mudblood" anymore. Another Slytherin seems to find love within the Gryffindor House, and it's almost too much for Ron to bear. Rated M just in case.

"Father, I can't return to that place!" Draco Malfoy said, astonished that it was his father, not his mother who insisted he finish his last year at Hogwarts.

"You can and you will," Lucius Malfoy said, looking surprisingly calm.

"Father, you must be joking. What about all the things you said about that school? And the teachers?" Draco argued. He did not want to return to the school and see her.

"Those things were said merely out of spite, Draco. And because I had to give the impression of hating the school and the staff while the Dark Lord was still in power. I harbor no ill feelings towards the school or the staff, and I hold Dumbledore in the highest regard, and I wish he rest in peace," Lucius rambled. "Draco, you will be going to the school, and I expect you make amends with everyone, including the pretty Muggleborn girl...I believe her name is Granger. What was her first name again?"

"I belive it was..oh, dear I've forgotten how to pronounce it. Pansy's mother always used to talk about how Pansy was jealous of her straight, white teeth and her eyes, and the way she held Harry Potter's attention," Narcissa said. "Pansy always fancied Harry, you know, dear Draco."

"The Muggleborn's name is Hermione," Draco began. "And you mean to tell me that while I was dating Pansy, she pined for Potter? How dare she!"

"She wasn't pining, my dear son," Narcissa replied. "There's a difference between pining for someone and being in love with them. Pansy was in love with Harry."

"Such an odd choice for Pansy though, don't you think? Her parents may have put the Blood Status of others behind, but I would imagine that they would want their daughter to marry a Pureblood still," Lucius says. "Also, I forget, isn't Harry Potter a Halfblood?"

Draco can't keep quiet anymore. "Yes! Harry Potter is a Halfblood, just like Severus, and cousin Nymphadora. I've looked past Blood Status for years now Father! If only you could see that I no longer care about the Blood Status of my friends, and of the girl I love! I don't wish to marry a Pureblood, I'm in love with the very same Muggleborn that my ex-girlfriend is jealous of! I acted as if I hated Potter because I was jealous that he had Hermione's attention!" He paused for a breath. "I want to go back to Hogwarts, but I don't want anyone to know about my feelings. If you can put them aside and invite the Weasleys for tea, I can put aside my fears and jealousies and talk to her."

"Draco, you can't possibly mean that," Narcissa said, amazed. "You always showed more distain for Muggleborns then your father did."

"It was all an act Mother. I'm in love with her. I have been since our third year when she punched me for saying someone off-colour about Ron Weasley," Draco explained. "She stole my heart then and there."

"It's settled then, you are returning to Hogwarts?" Lucuis wondered.

"Yes, father. I am. I sent an owl to Professor McGonagall three days ago. I asked her to meet us at the Three Broomsticks," Draco said. "I wish to change Houses. I no longer see myself as a Slytherin. She requested we meet her this afternoon, at three."

"Draco, as much as I hate to see the tradition of Malfoys graduating as Slytherins break, I'm glad you've finally decided to think for yourself," Lucius says. "You'll be the first of the Malfoys to be in another house, and only the third Black decendant to be in another house."

"Who were the first two Mother?" Draco asks.

"Your cousin Nymphadora and my cousin Sirius."

After a few moments of silence, Lucius spoke up. "We better get going, we don't want to keep Minerva waiting. Let's take the Floo."

Author's Note: This is my first multiple-chapter fanfic, so please bear with me. I will update a few times a week, and hopefully it turns out pretty good. :)

-Brit