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I wanted to try writing a Dramione fic for a change of pace so do bear with me here! This will be AU in terms of it won't follow the events of DH but apart from that I hope the plot isn't too far fetched. Dumbledore is dead and Voldemort is gaining power.
So basically it's the start of seventh year and Hermione is Head Girl and Draco is Head Boy. A huge mistake has occurred with the sorting hat and Hermione is shocked when she finds out that being put into Gryffindor was all a mistake…
Reviews would be GREATLY appreciated so I know if I should keep going or not. GREATLY!
Dear Hermione,
Have you left for the train yet? I hope this gets to you before you get to Hogwarts. Ron and I think we might know where a Horcrux is but remember don't leave the castle until we know for sure (otherwise one of the Slytherins is sure to get suspicious and rat us out). Oh by the way Ron says well done for getting Head Girl this year, he wants to know who Head Boy is too. We'll meet up in the common room tonight at exactly 15 minutes past midnight, okay?
Sincerely,
Your friends Harry and Ron
"Helpful" Hermione growled through her teeth and tucked the letter into her robes as she continued her way down the path to Hogwarts. Usually she didn't mind the long walk to school, but that was because she had company. This year Harry and Ron had gone out venturing for the remaining Horcrux's and Hermione had decided (after weeks of debating) that staying and finishing her schooling had to come first. They could always contact each other when they needed to and daily letters had been the one thing they all agreed on.
"Hello Hermione" Luna snapped her out of her thoughts. Luna's hair had gotten even longer than Hermione thought possible and she looked even more ditzy than usual
"Luna" she replied "how long have you been walking there?"
"About ten minutes, you looked like you were sleepwalking" Luna stated, swinging her arms by her sides in the most carefree manor
"Oh did I? Sorry" she replied tucking a lock of curls behind her ear when someone roughly bumped into her shoulder "hey!" she yelled at the offending person but fell silent when she saw who it was. Draco Malfoy
"Walking alone Granger?" he smirked at her and she glared back with equal fervor "what's the matter? Weasley dump you?" he quipped then continued laughing away with the rest of the Slytherins. Hermione glared at him but continued walking with Luna. She caught herself thinking about Malfoy every now and then, she couldn't really believe that he had become a death eater. He was a spoiled little brat or course, but she didn't think he was truly evil. Hermione was so caught up in thinking about her thoughts that she didn't notice Ginny run up and stand beside her
"Did you get Ron's letter?" she asked and Hermione nearly tripped over a rock
"What? Oh, yes" she replied, slightly annoyed that she was still thinking about Draco Malfoy, he was obviously feeling good enough the make jokes at her so it couldn't be all that dire
"You should reply soon you know, he's been sending me owls all the time just to see if you've been talking about him, honestly he's such a girl" Ginny rolled her eyes and the three girls giggled. Hermione had also been thinking of Ron a lot too, but she'd noticed something different than last year. Last year she had liked him so much she could hardly bear it but now… she felt a bit different. Over the Summer she came to the conclusion that if he wasn't going to acknowledge what was obviously between them then she wasn't going to waste her energy pining after him
"Where are Harry and Ron?" Luna asked suddenly, looking around her like she was just noticing that it was only she, Hermione and Ginny
"They'll send you a letter" Hermione and Ginny chorused together. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad year after all Hermione thought blissfully to herself as the grand castle finally came into view.
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The students all ascended the stairs, waving their greetings to the paintings on the walls. Hermione gave a warm smile as Nearly Headless Nick floated her way and tipped his head off to her – his way of saying hello. She went to walk over to the Gryffindor table when a bony finger tapped her on the shoulder. She flipped her head around to see Professor McGonagall looking her sternly in the eyes
"You will not be sitting with them this year Miss Granger," she reminded Hermione as both their eyes sifted towards the seat at the far end of the teachers' table. It was empty and the seat was two times the size of her, but it was a nice change regardless. She walked gracefully as the chair pulled out for her and she smile – she could get used to this. She looked up and gasped, were there always this many students? From where she sat it looked like an army had gathered in the Great Hall, it looked smaller when she was sitting with them. Her eyes scanned her houses table and she noticed Ginny waving at her excitedly and Luna was talking to Neville in a hushed whisper. She waved back weakly and let her eyes wander the other tables when she noticed something different about the Slytherin table. There was no Malfoy to be found. Suddenly a thought occurred to her
"Oh no. Merlin please no" she muttered as she leant over her own table to see who was seated at the very end of it. She hoped it was someone from Ravenclaw or even Hufflepuff. At the other end of the table was Draco, looking distantly into his goblet with a foul sneer painted on his lips. Hermione sighed in defeat and sank back into her own chair, silently cursing whoever had picked him as Head Boy. She barely listened to the opening speeches and she hardly touched her meals. There was no positive side to having to work with Malfoy for a whole year and she'd been searching her brain for a good reason for almost half an hour. The sorting hat was placed down on a stool about five meters from where she sat. Almost as soon as she'd noticed it, the hat turned around and gave her a calculating look. She couldn't help herself; she stuck her tongue out angrily at the hat. And it turned away, but not without raising it's brow or the part of the hat that looked like a brow.
"Students may now go to their dormitories" McGonagall spoke croakily over the roar of chatter "prefects, help the first years should they need it" she added as the students filed out like herded sheep.
"Mr. Malfoy, Miss Granger" McGonagall motioned for them to come to her and they both did as they were told – rather reluctantly
"No one told me I was going to be stuck with you" Malfoy complained in a whisper that only Hermione could hear
"Its not like I asked for this either" she snapped back "I'd rather be stuck with Crabbe than have to spend the whole year with you" she threw her nose in the air and he scoffed
"Now as you both should know, you will be sharing a dorm, away from the other houses, but you will have separate rooms" she added looking back and forth wondering if they could really pull this off "it will be among your responsibility's to organize events like this years Halloween ball and Graduation dance which you will both attend together as Head boy and girl" she gave them a look that just dared them to complain about it, but was pleasantly surprised when neither one said anything
"Fine" Hermione said through gritted teeth, she was dying to go write to Harry and tell him all about this dreadful pairing
"Can we go then?" Malfoy asked, being as polite as he could in front of the new headmistress, giving another glare towards Hermione as she stared bitterly at the floating candles above them
"Very well" McGonagall nodded as got ready to show them to their dorms when Snape spoke from behind them in his usual nasal tone
"Perhaps Miss Granger should wait" he said quickly, holding the hat between his fingers which gave an interested glance at Hermione "in fact this may interest you too, Minerva" he added glumly as everyone – including Draco – looked at the hat expecting news
"Courage and strong will" the hat drawled out "those are the traits that I was in your mind on your first day" it recounted and Hermione tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, a nervous habit.
"That's why you put me in Gryffindor" Hermione finished for the hat and it looked at her carefully again
"Cunning, clever and daring" the hat was getting louder "those are the traits that I see now… peculiar… hmmm" Snape smiled and for some reason that frightened Hermione more than having to spend a year with Malfoy
"Is this going somewhere?" Malfoy asked, arms crossed as he slouched over slightly from wait for the hat for so long
"Looks like I put you in the wrong house" it almost sounded like the hat was getting its kicks out of this, the way it chuckled when it spoke now
"The wrong house? That's ridiculous of course I belong in Gryffindor" Hermione's heart sped up, suddenly fearful that she was going to have to move houses
"Perhaps" Snape clucked his tongue to get everybody's attention "Granger should try the hat on for a moment to see what house she is to move to" he shrugged, he knew that she was going to be moved to Ravenclaw, she was too smart not to
"Very well then" McGonagall snatched the hat from him and plopped it atop Hermione's head and it sunk well below her forehead so she could barely see anything. She felt the hat move around as it searched through every corner of her mind, it was rather unsettling
"Yes… yes… hmmm" its voice deepened as it droned on
"Get on with it!" Malfoy yelled at the hat in annoyance
"Yes, you were misplaced weren't you now" it wasn't a question but Hermione could help but answer
"Misplaced?" she shrieked back clenching her fists beside her robes as sweat beaded on her palms
"Gryffindor wouldn't be suitable for a mind like yours… oh no" the hat hummed "rather, it seems…" it paused as everyone waited, even Malfoy seemed interested now
"SLYTHERIN!" the hat boomed victoriously
"WHAT?" Hermione cried in terror
"What?" Snape growled, taking the hat off and clenching it tight in his sallow hands
"What?" McGonagall seemed utterly baffled that her best student was supposed to be in Slytherin when she'd done so well in Gryffindor
"What?" Malfoy looked directly at Hermione now, his eyes were dead serious and the colour had almost completely drained from his face "anywhere but
"There" Hermione finished for him
Reviews! Keep? Delete? It's all up to you now folks! Next chapter will introduce the main plot to the story but unless I get the go ahead from you guys there wont be a chapter two! Peace!