A Place to Hide

Chapter 1

A New Home

"Hermione" Professor Dumbledore said warmly as she entered his office

"Evening Professor" she said as she entered

"Sit" he said "We need to talk" and she did so, confused as to why she was there.

"It is has been becoming increasingly unsafe for Muggle-borns this past summer"

"Yes sir" she said. She already knew this so why was he bringing it up she wondered.

"We need to find somewhere safe for you to stay this summer,"

"Yes sir" she said

"The Malfoy's have agreed to take you in"

"WHAT!" she exclaimed

"They are fed up with Voldemort, they are fighting with us now" Dumbledore said calmly.

"Yes sir" Hermione said in a sunken voice.

"Good" he said cheerily as always "You will floo to Malfoy Manor, Narcissa will be waiting for you"

"Yes Professor"

"Goodbye Hermione"

"Bye Professor" she said and took a handful of Floo powder, tossed it into the fireplace and stepped in. She came out into a large elegant room. She saw Narcissa was waiting for her. She was smiling at Hermione warmly, and Hermione couldn't help but smile back.

"Welcome Hermione" Narcissa said "Follow me and we'll get you settled in, we've got clothes for you" she said leading Hermione down a hallway, up a flight of stairs, and down another long hall, until Narcissa stopped and opened a door for Hermione.

"This is your room" she said and they went in. It was a large room. The walls were painted a deep elegant purple, and the floor was wooden. Along the one wall was a large bed with gold bed sheets on it, along another wall was a large bookshelf and next to that a nice reading chair, and along the third wall were two doors.

"The one on the left leads to the bathroom, and the one on the right leads to the closet" Narcissa told her "I'm going to let you get settled, if you need anything just let me know" and she walked towards the door "I'll be back in a little bit, there's some more stuff that needs to get done today, but that can wait till you get settled in" and Narcissa left.

Hermione collapsed on the bed and fell asleep. After awhile there was a knock on the door. Hermione sat up.

"Yea" she said groggily and Draco came in. He was carrying a glass of what looked like water.

"Hey Hermione" he said when he came in "Mum wants me to have you take this potion"

"Why?" she asked suspiciously

"I guess it will disguise you, I'm not really sure" he said

"Fine" she said and took the cup and drank it. Immediately her whole body ached. She felt like she was being squeezed and tugged, her eyes burned and she felt like her hair was being tugged. Draco caught her as she collapsed, and sat her on the bed.

It was around midnight when she woke up. She stood up, and stumbled to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror and nearly screamed. Her hair was now short straight black and framed he face, which was now slightly rounder, her eyes were a deep blue, and her skin was tan. Also she was about two inches shorter and skinny.

Suddenly the door opened behind her and Draco came in. He wrapped his arms around her waist. His arms were muscular and she felt warm and safe in them.

"Do you like how you look?" he asked

"Yes" she said with a smile.

"Good" he said and pulled out his wand and pointed it at her "Signum" he said and a shiver ran down her back "Now the potion won't wear off" and he gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"You should probably get back to sleep" he said "Goodnight"

"Goodnight" she said as he left, she went into the closet and put on a white tank top and a pink pair of pajama pants, and went back to sleep.

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