Hello everyone! This is my first HP fanfic. This fanfic is based on the WIKITT challenge, though I've don't know where to find the precise rules of the challenge I figure my story my rules, so I'm not looking to win anything if the challenge is even still on…anyway I'm not sure if this will end up being a Hr/SS, R/Hr, H/Hr, Hr/OC or whatever, so I'll surprise myself but she still will be arranged to marry Snape, this is actually how I'd see Hermione reacting to the marriage law as so stories have her jumping in to the marriage willingly with fear but saying 'it's for the best' but I'm showing her stubborn side and such…you'll see…anyway I'm also showing Hermione as slightly more 'fun' when she gets home on holidays, kind of like normal teenager and she puts on an act sort of with Hogwarts people, but don't worry, same Hermione just tweaked a bit.

WARNING: This may contain some themes not for children but if you want to read by all means go ahead, but please if your young don't. But its not all dark really, some of its funny, especially one of the first and possibly second chapters! I repeat NOT DARK. Anyway it'll be good! Also this is one of those Hermione/Snape things, I thought some stories portrayed her all wrong…she may or may not fall in love with him. Depends, but he's kinda her teacher but love come in strange ways. Oh well.

ATTENTION: HBP has not happened! Just easier for me to plot, but I will include something's that they have in the books (non verbal spells, etc.), mostly I'm avoiding the death's and certain fights that happened. This story is AU.

Disclaimer: This is J.K Rowling's world and her toys, she only lets us borrow them for fun without profit, catch my drift? Also any thing that sounds like it came from another story probably did cause I've read a lot, if you find I took something from your story I'm sorry and you can email me or just ask politely and I'll give credit to your story, cause most likely if I'm using it I loved it! And any songs I have belong to the artists no matter what my characters say. Anyway on to the story!

Crash and Burn

Chapter 1 Wake Up

There's people talking
They talk about me
They know my name
They think they know everything
But they don't know anything
About me
Give me a dance floor
Give me a dj
Play me a record
Forget what they say
Cause I need to go
Need to getaway tonight
I put my makeup on a Saturday night
I try and make it happen
Try to make it all right
I know I make mistakes

I'm living life day to day
It's never really easy but it's ok
Wake Up Wake Up
On a Saturday night
Could be New York
Maybe Hollywood and Vine
London, Paris maybe Tokyo
There's something going on anywhere I go
Tonight
Tonight
Yeah, tonight.

-Wake Up, Hilary Duff

Hermione Granger sat alone in her room. The summer sun was shinning lightly through the blinds on her window. She took in the room that she had missed so much. It was a light yellow with a little bright and happiness in it. She was sitting on her white comforter with its disarray of coloured pillows. Her white furniture was positioned nicely around her room with little trinkets and a stuffed animal or two on them. Her brilliant stereo and television were dusty from lack of use, how she had missed simple muggle technologies. Truth be told she hadn't lived here her whole life; she had lived in England, but do to some family troubles and job opportunities her mother and father had moved over seas to Canada, taking her with them, just before she got the visit that had changed her life. When she found out she was a witch. That had been a glorious day when a woman, whom she now knew as Professor McGonagall, had told her and her parents that Hermione was a witch. It wasn't an accepted fact immediately, Hermione's dad had tried to throw her now Professor out of the house, but she showed him a few tricks and books and he was sold. Hermione had secretly always feared waking up to it all being a dream, but it wasn't. It was sweet reality.

Her eyes scanned over some photos around her room, they were not like the ones she had at Hogwarts. These photos were of her muggle life, her muggle or secret friends. She didn't like to mix her muggle life and her witch life, she was two different people. When she thought she was just a muggle she had done alright in school, but never really cared, she got 80's and a few 90's for marks and they were level 4 above average, which was good enough for her. As a muggle, Hermione was a social butterfly, and her hair was always straight she just washed her hair and used a simple straightening iron. She didn't style her hair that much as a witch. When she had left for Hogwarts she knew she'd have to prove herself so she changed a bit, did more studying, to her it was like studying a fairytale and was fun so she had that advantage. She loved summers, given some were cut short by visits to the burrow to visit the Weasly's and Harry. This summer though, she planned to relax in the muggle world, no magic, no books, no wand! She had done her homework while Harry and Ron had played exploding snape on the train.

She knew that since this was her 7th year at Hogwarts that this might be the very last time she would spend with her friends and her parents for a long time. The war was fast approaching and Hermione would likely go to battle with Harry and Ron. Dumbledore, Harry, Ron, and the rest of the Weasley's had wanted her to stay at the burrow but she decided she couldn't do that. She wanted and needed to see her old life, it may be the very last time she could catch a glimpse of it before the war. Dumbledore said that they might need to collect her early if there was a threat but she flat out refused to let anything ruin this summer. She had marched out of his office and packed for the train home and wouldn't talk with the teachers about staying. Nope she had made up her mind; this was the summer of Hermione.

Hermione walked over to her stereo and turned it on. She knew she would have to catch up on pop culture this summer; she listened to the song 'Pon De Replay' whom the radio announcer had said was by Rihanna. Not bad, pretty nice tune. I think I'm going to have a great summer she decided and started dancing in her room.

A couple weeks later nearing the beginning of August.

Silence!

Crucio!

The death eater yelled out in pain as the curse hit him. The Dark Lord smiled listening to the screams.

"Maybe you will think first before you do something without my permission McNair! Now go back to the circle!"

"Yes my Lord."

Snape sat silently watching the scene. He was slightly more nervous at this meeting then he usually was at others. The Dark Lord told them he had a special plan for them to carry out and he had a reward for whoever could do it, they were all eager to take this challenge and reap the benefits.

"Now my followers, you have all been wanting to hear what the plan is that I have been concocting, have you not? Well my minions (A/N: What does Voldemort call the death eaters? Are they his Death Eaters? Oh well) as you all know the ministry is concerned about the declining numbers of wizarding babies being born and that a marriage law is being passed. No doubt you all have, as your sons and daughters will be affected."

Voldemort did nothing about the light groaning in the room after the mention of the law. Snape knew that the pure-blood families were absolutely outraged as much as if not more then the muggleborns, but basically everyone thought this law ridiculous.

"Yes, Yes I know. I have done a little research as most of you have probably done so. The law prohibits pure-blood marriages and also forces female mudbloods to marry pureblood families that propose to them. No doubt you all will want to get your hands on some legal rape victims. As such, I have also realised we can use this law to trap our little Potter friend."

"How my Lord?" asked some stupid soul.

"Crucio," said Voldemort as he pointed his wand at the death eater, "Do not speak unless you are spoken to! Now everyone listen to my plan. You all know how Potter has his little friends to help him out. Well it just so happens his little walking guidebook is a female mudblood, and her 18th birthday will be on this coming September 19th. That is the required age for petitioning for marriage. Now one of you will petition for her hand and get it. Whoever gets her can have their fun, you all can imagine, then we will kidnap her when she is to weak to protect herself, Potter will come to save the day, will give him a choice of life, his or hers, after he does his 'heroic thing' and dies, we can all have our fun with her and then dispose of her and leave her in front of Hogwarts with Harry's body as a reminder of what is soon to come."

Snape stood frozen during the whole speech, holy shit. This was not good; he needed to get to Dumbledore, to tell him. Not only would the death eaters all go after her, there would be a competition and some would try and take her earlier. No this was bad. Crap! God Damn it all!

"Now go! And remember our plan! We will prevail!"

Dumbledore frowned and peered at a panting Severus over his half moon spectacles. He had just been told of the meeting that had just taken place. The embers from the fire in his study flickered in the darkness only lit by the moon shining hauntingly through the window, almost predicting the fast approaching danger. He looked at Severus intently; he was sitting down and panting do to his urgent run towards the headmaster's office. He stared into his eyes, he saw pain and anger but there was a hint of fear. Dumbledore was afraid too, very much afraid.

"Don't you see headmaster? She needs to be taken back to Hogwarts! Not even if we took her to the burrow could she be safe! I've seen what they do to muggleborns and muggles in their games; it's not a fate I would bestow upon anyone, not even that chit."

Dumbledore strayed his gaze from Severus for a second and glimpsed at Minerva. Her face was stone and shocked. She looked fearful as she spoke.

"I agree headmaster, Miss Granger must be taken back to Hogwarts. She isn't safe!" Minerva agreed.

"Yes but she will not leave willingly I'm afraid. She is a smart you women and she knew, some how that this would be the last summer she could have with her muggle friends and parents before the war. No she won't leave without a fight." he pointed out, saddened by the young girl's fate.

"You surely aren't suggesting that she could over power me? Let alone you and Minerva?"

"It is not a matter of power, she needs this. She needs peace; heaven knows she deserves it," he pointed out starting to get cross with Snape's lack of sympathy, "Harry needs her to help him just as much as he needs me. She and Ron are the closest thing to a family the he has. She needs time to get peace before she can help Harry find his to fight. We can protect her though, we will set shifts, I think we will rotate between four Aurors during the day and Severus you will attend the night shift." Dumbledore stated.

"Why just me for the night shift?"

"Because night is a dangerous time and you have an uncanny ability to lurk in the shadows unnoticed, also you know these death eaters and can take care of them if necessary."

"I don't suppose I have a choice in the matter." said Snape grumpily whilst Professor McGonagall gave him an evil glare for not wanting to help watch Hermione anyway.

"Then it's settled, if there is a greater danger that in unavoidable then we will take her to Hogwarts or Grimmauld Place. She needs to spend time with her family and friends."

Snape left in a huff and McGonagall left quietly after sitting a little longer trying to catch her bearings.

Dumbledore looked at the haunting glow of the moon and prayed everything would be alright.

Tonks stayed positioned outside Hermione's house. It was starting to get dark. She was hiding in the bushes and nothing unusual had happened yet.

POP!

Tonks drew her wand and snuck out of the bushes and there stood Snape.

"Hello Tonks"

"Hello Severus"

"Anything?"

"Not really. But I'll tell you one thing Severus she spends a lot of time listening to this big metal thing called a stario that plays music and talks a lot on the fellytone to people. She doesn't even have bushy hair for the most part! She really is doing the 'muggle' thing!"

"Yes I'd expect, anyway you can take your leave I'll man the station tonight."

"Alright, good night Severus." she replied then apparated away.

Snape took in the house; the windows were too high up to see into so he muttered a spell and levitated to the window. Snape looked in and saw the family eating dinner together talking and laughing. He saw her two parents at each end of the table and Hermione on the side in the middle. She was wearing normal muggle clothes not like the ratty ones the kids always bring to school for Hogsmeade visits. Hermione looked up at the feel of being watched. Snape quickly cast and invisibility charm on himself. She stared at the window for a second then shook her head and turned to talk with her mom which resulted in the whole table laughing.

The night wore on and Hermione's parents went to bed and Hermione herself went as well. It was 12:00 a.m. and all was seemingly quiet and Severus was lazily lying about in the bushes waiting for morning when he heard at small ring and a light flicker on, quickly levitating he went to her bedroom window where the light was emerging and peeked through the holes to the window that the blind had left. She was on her little phone and picking out clothes from her closet and drawers. He turned his head as she got dressed and then looked back as he heard the light flick off. He went to the front of the house and looked through the window and saw she was heading downstairs he looked through the downstairs window and saw she was headed right for him, she jumped up on the railing edge around her side of the window, opened it and walked out and closed it.

BEEP! BEEP!

Snape turned as he saw her rushing towards a van and as the door opened he saw a couple of girls already in the car, he heard some say 'hey Hermione' as she jumped in and they drove away. Snape stood shocked. This wasn't the practical, know-it-all chit Hermione he knew from class, this girl was…she was…who was she? He recast his invisibility charm for safety and apparated to the back of the van.

Severus didn't even try to listen to the fast talking girls Hermione was with. When suddenly the car stopped and all the girls hopped out. He apparated outside and saw that they were at some sort of muggle club or concert.

"Hermione! I'm so, so, so glad your back!"

"Yeah Hermione! Can you believe we are at the My Chemical Romance concert?"

"And System of a Down is opening for them!"

"God those guys are so hot!"

Snape listened more intently to the girls as Hermione laughed.

"I know guys it so great to be back, but I can't believe it's already been a month!" Hermione stated.

"Hey no worries just go with the music!" said one of her friends who was wearing almost all black with a band on the front of her shirt.

"Yeah plus you won't be able to party like this at your stupid prep boarding school!"

"Yeah, I pity you, at least you have us!"

He saw Hermione blush slightly.

"Yeah, I'm just so happy that I get summer and sometimes Christmas to spend some time with all of you."

"Aw…I think I'm going to cry!" exclaimed one of her friends then laughed. This one was blonde with a couple purple streaks in her hair; she was wearing a purple tank top with lots of beads dangling around her neck and in extremely tight jeans.

"Let's go! I'm sure the guys are already in there!" Hermione exclaimed. She was wearing a red top with an angled neck cut and no sleeve for her left arm, she was in black jeans with jewels and silver studs placed strategically around it.

"Five bucks says they are already in the mosh pit!" exclaimed another brunette.

"Well let's join them!" exclaimed the blonde with purple streaks.

They all headed into the building and Snape nearly lost them, he took off his invisibility charm do to the fact that he couldn't help bumping into people. His whole image of Miss Granger had changed. She still seemed not to wild but she looked like she was actually having fun. He could feel the base shaking the floor as music blasted into his ears. Then he saw what the girls were talking about, the mosh pit. He saw Hermione disappear and decided that he should be paid for this. He figured she would read or sleep all night, but no, she turned out to be a little party animal.

He finally found her the crowd, her friends were slightly more wild then she, but he noticed something different they were joined by a group of guys. Some of her friends were drinking muggle alcohol. He saw her drinking some one guy handed her, he had half a mind to drag her away to Hogwarts for fear of her drink being drugged by overly horny guys, or an overzealous death eater. He watched her carefully as she drank and nothing seemly happened, also she declined the next drink he offered, so maybe she was just having a bit of fun. He watched as she partied, and wondered maybe if this was just one celebration and not totally usual for her. He watched cautiously as she was lifted up onto the stage with another one of her friends they turned their backs to the stage and grabbed each others hand. Surely not he thought. Then they jumped and they crowd surfed. The evening ended around 2:30 in the morning he followed Hermione home and waited for morning.

The next two weeks continued by and not only did Hermione go out nearly every night she went to different places, sometimes her parents knew, sometimes they didn't. He had been to 3 house parties, the movies 2 times, another concert, and a dance. Other Aurors told him of the numerous shopping trips to the mall and a couple pool parties they had been to following her. She didn't appear to have a boyfriend; actually only one of her friends had one. She certainly was the most modest in her group, he'd seen her kiss a couple guys but it was only on the cheek.

That night was August 26th and he had heard that she had gone to Diagon Ally with her parents that day, the only time he had heard of her recognising that she was a witch. He also discovered she didn't carry her wand; he would talk with her about that when she arrived at school.

That night he found himself at another dance of some sort, with a karaoke section and from time to time some select people would be chosen and they would sing or play with their band. He was pretty sure this was some how arranged before hand, and only talented people would get up there. It surprised him when Hermione got up with a bunch of her guy friends on the stage.

"Hey everyone! I'm Hermione and you all know my friends 'the Bones'! Yes well they gave me a chance to sing this song tonight and it's a pretty good dance tune! It's called Wake Up and it's for everyone who wants to leave the life they have and forget everyone watching them and just have fun and be themselves!"

The music started and she began to sing.

There's people talking
They talk about me
They know my name
They think they know everything
But they don't know anything
About me

She was pretty good he mused. But he wondered about the hidden meaning behind this song.

Give me a dance floor
Give me a dj
Play me a record
Forget what they say
Cause I need to go
Need to getaway tonight

I put my makeup on a saturday night
I try and make it happen
Try to make it all right
I know I make mistakes
I'm living life day to day
It's never really easy but it's ok

Wake Up Wake Up
On a saturday night
Could be New York
Maybe Hollywood and Vine
London, Paris maybe Tokyo
There's something going on anywhere I go
Tonight
Tonight
Yeah, tonight

She really wants to get away

The cities restless
It's all around me
People in motion
Sick of all the same routines
And they need to go
They need to get away
Tonight

I put my makeup on a saturday night
I try and make it happen
Try to make it all right
I know I make mistakes
I'm living life day to day
It's never really easy but it's ok

Wake Up Wake Up
On a saturday night
Could be New York
Maybe Hollywood and Vine
London, Paris maybe Tokyo
There's something going on anywhere I go
Tonight
Tonight
Yeah, tonight

People all around you
Everywhere that you go
People all around you
They don't really know you
Everybody watching like it's some kind of show
Everybody's watching
They don't really know you now
(They don't really know you)
(They don't really know you)
And forever


Wake Up Wake Up
(Wake Up Wake Up)
Wake Up Wake Up
(Wake Up Wake Up)

Wake Up Wake Up
On a saturday night
Could be New York
Maybe Hollywood and Vine
London, Paris maybe Tokyo
There's something going on anywhere I go

Wake Up Wake Up
On a saturday night
Could be New York
Maybe Hollywood and Vine
London, Paris maybe Tokyo
There's something going on anywhere
I go
Tonight
Tonight
Yeah, tonight

The crowd stopped dancing and cheered as she left the stage and into the arms of her friends. That when he saw it, the familiar blonde hair. But it wasn't its usual long, it was shorter. That could only mean one thing.

Draco Malfoy.