Chapter 1: And so it begins…

"Pansy?" Hermione whispered "Where the hell are you?"

Hermione and Pansy had become friends after so many nights of Prefect duties. Therefore, the absence of her loud-mouthed counterpart was starting to make Hermione rather nervous. The halls around the Slytherin dungeons were as silent as a crypt and the intense darkness only made the ambiance more ominous.

"Pans, this isn't funny!" Though still whispering you could just make out the tremor in her voice.

"Who's trying to be funny?" A strangely familiar voice answered.

"Who's there?" Hermione let her voice ring through the corridor, sounding a lot braver than she felt.

Through the darkness a pair of black-gloved hands reached out towards Hermione. One covered her mouth and the other grabbed her left arm, yanking her into a dark classroom. Freaked out she bit down on the hand covering her mouth, which quickly retreated, and began to shout and punch randomly.

"RAPE! MURDER!" She shouted all the while flailing her hands wildly.

In a moment of brilliance she remembered her wand and began to use it to stab who ever it was that grabbed her. Then a muffled spell came from somewhere in the room and there was light.

"What the bloody hell is going on?" Hermione yelled as she looked around, only to see Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy sprawled across the floor.

"I challenge you to a duel!" Draco shouted, jumping to his feet wand in hand already pointing it at Hermione.

"Mmph…" Hermione turned her head and saw Pansy in a corner with duct tape covering her mouth and binding her arms and legs.

"Have you both lost your minds?" Hermione questioned outraged at the scene before her. "You pull me into a dark classroom at night during my Prefect duties in order to duel? What in the bloody name of Merlin were you thinking?"

"Shut up Granger and duel me already! I don't let anyone embarrass me and get away with it!"

"Were 16! I can't believe this! It was a little prank, get over it!"

"NEVER! You, Pothead and Weasel humiliated me in front of the entire school and now you will pay!"

"Do you know what happens to nice girls in dark dungeons?" Blaise smirked changing tactics to scare her. Hermione rolled her eyes though inwardly shaking.

"No Zabini but what does that have to do with anything?" She asked with attitude. Being around Pansy had definitely rubbed off on her.

"Bad things Granger," Draco responded going along with Blaise's game "Bad for you anyway." He gave her body a long once-over, snapping any calm composure she had.

"Stop looking at me like that Malfoy." She took a step back as he swiftly moved forward.

"Blaise take Pansy back to the Commons will you mate? Granger and I have some business to take care of."

"What type of business?" Hermione asked as Blaise swung Pansy over his shoulder.

"I dunno Granger what kind of business is normally discussed in a dark room at night?" Blaise responded, smirking as he left the room.

Turning her attention back to Draco she realized he was no longer there.

"BOO!" Came his voice from behind her. She jumped as he snickered while wrapping his arms around her slim waist. "Did I scare you? There's no need to be afraid of me Granger."

"No I am NOT scared of you! Now let me go right now Malfoy or else I will hex you into next year." She said louder than necessary as to reassure herself.

"What will you hex me with, a wand?"

"Of course with a wand what else would--" She suddenly stopped talking and turned to face him. Still in his arms both forced themselves to ignore how close they were to each other. "Malfoy…where is my wand?"

"Bye-bye!" He ran out of the door, her wand in his hand. "Next time don't let your guard down!" He laughed

"Shit!" Hermione mumbled. "This is going to be one hell of a story."

She was sprinting after him but was forced to give up when all of a sudden he disappeared. She returned to the Gryffindor common room in defeat. The only people still up were Fred, George and Lee.