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A/N: This sotry isn't your typical Draco meets Hermione when they were younger and share a necklace and they forget about eachother and find out they were friends when they were young kinda thing. Oh no, It has more twist and turns in it than you think. I hope you enjoy. Chapter 1 isn't that exciting but I already have chapter 2 and 3. I'm working my way through chapter 4. This is probably the only time you'll hear from me unless i have some announcements to make. I will usually post the next chapters after a week or so or if I see that many of you are reading it I will post it sooner. Once September comes rolling on by I will however take longer to update because it's my grad year and I'm going to be concentrating on school. But I promise you all that I won't forget about this story and update as much as I can. So with that said Please Read and Review and be totally honest.
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It had been a very cold and windy September 1st. As usual students dressed in black robes and ties that distinguished the house they belonged to made their way through the crowd and into the bright red train that would bring them to their destination. As most students spent their last minutes with their families exchanging good byes and listening to last minute lectures one boy sat in the train looking at them all with disgust and a hint of jealousy.
"Stupid fools! it's not like they're not going to see their precious children again," the boy spat as he ran his hands through his platinum blonde hair. His deep grey eyes glared at everyone who wore a smile. He got up off his seat and closed the curtains which blocked his view of the many faces of platform 9¾. He sat back down and closed his eyes trying to block out any sound that could be heard. He became so good at blocking any sound that he did not hear the compartment door being pushed open.
One small figure walked through the open doors and took a seat beside him. Another figure who was larger and more built than the first walked into the compartment and took a seat in front of the blonde haired boy. Two more figures, both two times larger than the last walked into the compartment at the same time. Their size however would not allow the two of them to walk in at the same time. Both of them started arguing which one would enter first. When the one on the right would not allow the one on the left to go through first and vice versa they started a very loud and very rude argument which caused the many students who had settled into their own compartments to peek their heads out and see what had happened.
"Crabbe, Goyle," spoke the blonde haired boy with his eyes still shut.
"Yes Draco, " asked the two larger boys.
"Would you shut the bloody hell up," Draco answered with his eyes still shut.
"Sorry," replied the two and took their seats on opposite sides of the compartment.
"Had an awful summer I assume," said the boy sitting in front of Draco. He was tall, around 6'2" with jet black hair and ocean blue eyes. His well built body made him look all the more handsome. He was of course Blaise Zabini one of Hogwarts most handsome students. Draco and Blaise had been friends since they we're still in diapers. Blaise had been one of the very very few people Draco confided in.
"Yes, you can assume that," replied Draco. He stood at a height of 6'0" making him 2 inches shorter than Blaise. His cream colored body was also well built which also made him one of the most handsome men at Hogwarts. His deep grey eyes and his smirk would make any girl stop and stare.
"Lucious was back for the summer wasn't he," said the small figure beside Draco. Pansy Parkinson was very small compared to the four boys in the compartment. She stood at a height of about 5'8". She had dark black hair that came just under her shoulders. Her piercing black eyes and her pointed nose gave her a sort of dark look. She had lost her baby fat from 5th year and now she looked like a very attractive young lady. If she was not so evil she would have had many Hogwart boys falling to her feet. Like Blaise, Pansy was another person who Draco could talk to. Students had always thought that Draco and Pansy were dating but they were never true. They had been friends since they were seven and had grown up together. Their relationship was more of a brother sister kind than anything else. However they never corrected anyones assumptions. 'Let them think what they want. We don't need to prove anything to them,' Draco had told Pansy.
"Yes, unfortunately," replied Draco opening his eyes. He looked over to Crabbe and Goyle his friends since first year. Both had forgotten about their little argument and were playing with their new quiditch board game. Crabbe sent his beater towards Goyles seeker but missed by an inch. Goyle sneered at Crabbe. Both boys looked almost identical. Crabbe however was an inch taller than Goyle and a bit heavier too. While Crabbe had dark brown hair Goyle had light brown hair. They both shared common hazel eyes. If they were asked a simple question like 'what color is the sky' they would probably both answer 'green.' They weren't the brightest crayons in the box but they had been one of Dracos closest and very loyal friends to him.
"So Draco did you get the Mark yet?" questioned Crabbe as if it was a simple question. Pansy, Blaise and Draco glared at him while Goyle sat there lost.
"Bloody hell you stupid git don't you know that your not suppose to go around talking about the dark mark as if it were normal conversation. What if Potter and his followers heard you?" said Blaise in a tone that could kill.
"Oh, I forgot. Sorry," squeaked Crabbe as he slid further down his seat in embarrassment.
"For your information Crabbe I have not received it yet. However Father tells me that we're all probably going to receive it on Halloween night" answered Draco.
"What!" shrieked Pansy. "You mean we have to get it too!"
"Well I'm guessing your parents would not allow their children to not get it," replied Draco.
"I don't want to get it! I don't want to be one of his followers. You've all seen what he's done to our parents! I will not go through that just to please him," cried Pansy in a hushed whisper.
"It's either that or die," said Blaise who looked like he was about to be sick. "How are we going to get it if we're in school. Someone is bound to notice our absence," Blaise said turning to Draco.
"I have no idea but Father said that he would owl me the details," said Draco who had not revealed any emotion on his face.
"W-Who else i-is going to g-get it," stuttered Goyle with wide eyes.
"I don't know Father only told me that we are getting it on Halloween," snarled Draco as he shifted in his seat.
All five students sat there in silence.
"Have you seen Potter, Weasley and Granger?" asked Blaise who broke the unwanted silence.
"No," replied Draco.
"I have," whispered Crabbe not knowing whether to speak or not. When no one told him to shut up he went on, "The Granger girl looks different."
"How so?" asked Pansy sounding bored.
"She has longer hair and it's not as bushy as last year. She's grown a few inches. She looks kinda pretty," said Crabbe who had a sort of goofy look on his face.
"Granger! Pretty? HA your taste is lower than I thought," squealed Pansy as she burst out in a fit of laughter. Blaise joined in and Crabbe and Goyle who looked lost in all the laughter joined in. Draco let out a small smirk.
For the remainder of the ride Draco and Blaise talked about Quidditch while Pansy flipped through the new witch weekly magazine. As for Crabbe and Goyle they resumed their game of Quidditch.
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"Ron pass me another Chocolate Frog," said a tall boy. He was 6'0" and had dark brown hair and piercing green eyes. His forehead was scared with a lightning bolt.
"Sure thing Harry," said Ron as he threw Harry a box of chocolate covered frogs. Ron who stood at a height of 6'1" had the famous Weasley red hair. He had sky blue eyes and had a well built body. Quidditch had done the body good for both Ron and Harry.
Both boys had grown to very handsome and very attractive young men. They were also named by many of Hogwart girls two of the most handsome men in Hogwarts.
"Hermione want anything?" asked Ron who sat beside a tall young lady. She was 5'9" and had chestnut brown hair that passed a few inches from her shoulder. The once unruly hair was now very tame. It was now very straight with a little wave here and there. Her chestnut eyes matched perfectly with her hair. She had a slender figure which would make any boy stop and stare. Even with a beautiful body she had a large brain and even larger heart. She was top of the her class in every subject except Divination. On the left side of her school robes sat a very shiny golden pin that had the letters HG engraved into it.
"No I'm fine," said Hermione looking over her book.
"Geez Hermione how many times have you read that book?" asked Ron as he stuffed 5 different Bertie Bott Beans in his mouth.
Hermione gave him a disgusted look before answering, "I've read it five times already. I'm guessing you haven't finished your summer reading yet?"
"I only have five more to go," Said Ron as his ears turned a light red.
"You mean you've only read 3 of the books?" asked Hermione in awe.
"Well they can't expect us to read some stupid books during summer," shrieked Ron.
"I finished it in the first 2 weeks! I bet Harry's finished them too," replied Hermione as she closed her book.
Harry who had been quiet choked on his chocolate frog. He had hoped that his two friends would not drag him into their brawl but unfortunately for him they did.
"Well you see I was playing quidditch with Ron most of the summer so i only read four of the books," he stammered not daring to look into Hermiones' eyes.
Hermione gave both boys disappointed looks. "How do you expect to pass this year if you can't read the books assigned?" she said.
"Don't worry we'll finish it before class starts. ANYWAYS do you know who head boy is?" asked Ron hoping to change the subject.
"No I don't. McGonagall didn't mention it in the letter. I do hope it's someone I like," replied Hermione.
"Hey guys! We're almost there," said a little red head as she peeked her head through their compartment. She was 5'7" and had the same flaming red hair as Ron did only longer. Her eyes were a forest green color. Her pointed nose and shy smile gave her a cuteness that could not be denied.
"Thanks Ginny," replied Hermione. Ginny took a seat next to Harry who turned a very light pink. Ginny looked up at him and gave a small smile.
A few minutes later the train came to an abrupt stop. As students pushed and shoved trying to get out of the trian Harry, Ron and Hermione heard a very familiar voice.
"All first 'ears over 'ere," yelled a tall man within the crowd.
"Hey Hagrid!" the three yelled waving happily at Hagrid.
"Hey you three," he exclaimed raising his hand up and giving them a very happy wave which almost knocked over a first year. Many of the first years who had gathered around him gave him petrified looks.
"C'mon you guys lets go grabe a carriage," said Hermione as she dragged both boys with her.
"You guys over here!" exclaimed a group of voices. All three looked in the direction of the voices and saw Dean Thomas, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Seamus Finnigan and Ginny. Hermione, Harry and Ron climbed in and the group of the started chatting about their summer.
Apparently Dean's uncle had taken him to Bulgaria. Lavender attended some beauty classes. She learned how to apply makeup and do peoples hair. Parvati and her sister Padma attended 3 weddings. The first was their cousin from France. The second was their uncle from Russia and the third wedding was their brothers in Egypt. Seamus had spent his summer compaing with his father. Neville's grandmother had sent him to Quidditch camp.
"It was quite fun! I learned a lot and hopefully I can be on the team this year," cried Neville in excitement.
Luna had taken a job at her fathers magazine. "I got to write an article about Whimblewoo's" she said in her dreamy voice. "I have a copy if you would like to read it," she said as she pulled out a copy of the Quibbler. Everyone gave her weird stares but took it to be nice.
When they had all arrived they got off and made their way towards the Great Hall. They all took a seat at the Gryffindor table except for Luna who sat at the Ravenclaw table. After a few minutes of chatting the sorting began. Gryffindor received 12 new first years while Ravenclaw received 10. Hufflepuff and Slytherin received 11. After the sorting Dumbledore got up off his seat and started his speech. He talked about the usual things like the school rules and what grounds are off limits.
"And before we begin our well awaited feast I would like to introduce your new Head Boy and Head Girl for the year, Miss Hermione Granger and Mr Draco Malfoy," he said with the familiar twinkle in his eyes.
As he finished talking loud gasps could be heard, mostly from the Gryfindors and Slytherins. Everyone around them started talking about the new heads. Everyone around Hermione gave her sympathetic looks. Hermione sighed and looked over to Harry and Ron.
"Don't worry if that git does anything to you we'll take care of him," snarled Ron as he glared over at Malfoy.
"Thanks Ron I think I can handle myself," replied Hermione forcing a smile. She looked over at the Slytherin table and saw everyone sneering at her. Many of the Gryfindors saw this and sneered back. For a second Hermione caught Malfoys eyes. He was glaring at her and she glared back.
"I do hope you all show your new heads with respect as they will be planning events throughout the year and they have the ability to hand out punishments they think fit," said Dumbledore over the noise. Once the great hall fell into silence once again he continued, "now I know everyone is hungry and can't wait to dig into a delicious meal so with that said...Enjoy." With a flick of his wand the plates in front of each student were filled with everything imaginable.
After the feast everyone got up and headed to their dormitory. Many of the Prefects stayed behind to show their new first years the way to their new home.
"We'll see you later Hermione," yelled Harry from the sea of people.
Hermione nodded and made her way towards her new living quarters. She walked up the stairs towards the 6th floor and walked down the long hall. She then took a left and stopped at a portrait of a little girl with blonde hair and green eyes. She was wearing a pink dress with light purple lace around the bottom. In the portrait she was running around a beautiful garden with all sorts of flowers. As she peeked in the bushes two more heads popped out. One was another little girl with brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a red dress with white trims around it. The other little head was a boy. He had bright blonde hair and grey eyes. He wore a forest green button up shirt and black dress pants. He smiled at the two little girls and started chasing them in the garden.
Hermione was smiling up at the three little kids that she didn't notice the footsteps that were drawing closer and closer. Finally when she felt the presence of another person she looked up and saw that Malfoy was only a few feet away from her. He looked up at the portrait for a few seconds and then looked away.
"So Granger thought of the password yet?" he sneered.
"What?" asked Hermione looking at him confused.
"And I thought you were the smartest Witch in this school," he mocked.
"I am!" Hermione yelled
Ignoring her Malfoy went on, "We're suppose to think of a password together before we can get into our common room. So you better think of one fast because I'm tired and would like some sleep. By the looks of it you really should hurry you can use all the beauty sleep you can get," he said as he gave his famous Malfoy smirk.
Hermione who was furious glared daggers at him. "Listen here you bloody git, I have to live with you for a year and just to make things clear I am not going to be bossed around by you and I will not stand for your stupid comments got me," she said in a voice that would make anyone shiver.
"Whatever," replied Malfoy sounding bored.
"How about midnight rose?" asked Hermione with a sigh.
"What?" this time it was Malfoy sounding confused.
"And I thought you were the second best Wizard at this school," mocked Hermione as she slapped him in the face with the smirk he had just given her a few minutes ago.
Draco sneered at her and turned to the portrait of the three little kids. "Midnight rose," he said and walked into the new dormitory leaving Hermione glaring at him. After a few seconds she walked into the common room. The room had been ten times more beautiful than the one the Gryfindors had. On the right was a large red rug that had a green leather couch on it. The leather couch was facing the fireplace that blazed and sent a nice warmth through the room. On the right side of the fireplace was a large green and silver banner with a snake in the middle that represented the Slytherin house. On the left of the fireplace was a red and gold banner with a roaring lion in the middle which represented the Gryfindor house. Further on from the fireplace, rug and couch was a small library with a long wooden table in the middle. Two wooden chairs sat on opposite sides of the long table. Above the library was a balcony. Hermione looked to the left of the room and saw stairs that led up to the balcony and on the right of the balcony led a hallway which Hermione thought would lead to the bedrooms. In the left corner of the room was a door that led to the bathroom.
Hermione opened the bathroom door and smiled at it's beauty. There was a nice black shiny counter with two sinks. One sink was gold and the other was silver. On the wall where the counter stood was a long mirror. On the left of the bathroom was a long shower with sliding doors. Further into the bathroom behind the shower walls was a black toilet. The bathroom smelled like fresh lavender.
Hermione walked out of the bathroom and made her way up the stairs. When she reached the top she made her way over the balcony railings and looked down onto her common room . The balcony was right above the fireplace and the sofa. Hermione enjoyed the view from up there. She walked down the short but dimly lit hall. At the end of the hall was two doors on opposite sides. Both doors were identical except the one on the left had a silver snake wrapped around the words headboy while the door on the right had a golden lion sitting on the words Headgirl.
She opened her door that would lead her to her new room. She gasped at the size and look of the room. Her room was twice the size of her room back home. In the middle lay a queen size bed with a dark red silk blanket with gold trims around it. Resting on the headboard lay 6 different shaped and sized pillows. three were cylinder shaped with gold fabric. The other three pillows were rectangle shaped with red fabric. On top of the bed was a beautiful red canopy with golden trims that matched her bed. At the foot of the bed was her large trunk. On the opposite wall from where she was standing was a large window that reached the ground to the ceiling. The drapes around it were exactly like her bed. Hermione looked to her right and saw a large closet and beside that was a long vanity mirror. Hermione closed the door and walked over to her bed. She sat down and looked around the room.
'I'm going to have to get used to all this red' she thought.
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Draco Malfoy walked over to his closet to see that all his stuff had been unpacked. While Granger had been busy downstairs gawking at every little detail Draco took a peek into her room and saw that their rooms were exactly alike except the colors. Instead of the red his was replaced with green and instead of the gold his was silver. Draco stiffled a yawn. The long journey had been exhausting. He got ready for bed. he removed his school robes and placed it neatly over his trunk. He then removed his shirt that revealed his nice toned but pale body. he folded up his shirt and placed it beside his school robes. He then removed his black pants leaving him in midnight blue boxers. As he folded his pants a small black sack fell out of it's pocket. Draco picked the sack up and sat on his bed. He untied the strings of the sack and dumped the content on his bed. A shiny silver star fell out. The star had a silver chain that would allow the owner to wear it like a necklace. Draco examined the necklace and ran the cold silver through his hands. The star was shining a bright yellow color. Draco looked at it puzzled.
'Thats weird. That hasn't happened in tweleve years. Not since I gave the other half to...,' he stopped his thoughts. He couldn't say it. It hurt to much. He knew that it had been twelve years since it happened but he still couldn't get over the pain. He cursed out loud and placed the star back into the sack and placed the sack on the night stand. He continued to fold his pants and placed his on top of his shirt. He crawled into bed and feel asleep almost instantly dreaming of the necklace and all the memory it held.
