Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters J.K. Rowling does, I wish I owned Draco though, isn't he gorgeous?? I do own, the plot and some of the new characters that I will add later on in the story.
Summary: Hermione and Draco both have been through a lot over the past summer. Now they are returning to their last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hermione has a secret and if she doesn't tell any body it's getting to eat away at her. Draco's been through hell with his father. They both need each other but don't realize it, will they welcome each other's embrace, or will they be enemies to the death?
Chapter One: Returning to Hogwarts For One Last Year
A girl with straight slick black hair stared outside with chocolate brown eyes outlined in black eye liner. Silent tears were running down her cheeks and feel onto her lap. She took her black polished fingers and wiped the tears away fiercely. 'I refuse to cry, it shows a sign weakness.' she thought to herself. She wore a short pleaded black and red mini-skirt with fishnet leggings and wore laced up combat boots. She wore a red fishnet with a black shirt over it that had a picture of a pixie on it. No one would recognize her once she got to platform 9 ¾ . Speaking of which, she looked down at her Nightmare Before Christmas (if you haven't seen that movie I recommend that you do because it is like one of the best claymations ever) watch and gasped at the time. 'If I don't leave now, then I'm going to be late.' She shrunk her trunk, grabbed her bag, and headed to King's Cross station.
She made it just in time to get on the Hogwarts' Express and head to the Head Boy and the Head Girl cabin. She enlarged her trunk and put it under her seat. She pulled out her walkman and blasted her Korn CD that was in there. She was looking out the window when another person walked into the compartment. He set his things down across from her and gave her the once over. He saw that she had three piercing in each ear plus a stud in the upper part of her right ear. He saw that she had a lip ring on her bottom lip in the right corner. He then saw something glisten off her nose and saw a tiny diamond stud piercing in her nose. He then saw that her black pixie shirt and red fishnet were short and showed off her belly. He saw that she had a pixie belly ring. He saw that her legs were crossed and her fishnet leggings showed off some of her skin on her thighs and he liked what he saw. He noticed her foot taping unconsciously to the beat of the music she was listening to. He noted that her fingers were cut short and painted black. She had black hair that he could tell was dyed over the summer and that she wore black eyeliner and black lipstick.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw a boy walk in and take a seat across from her. She noted that he had blonde hair that fell into his silvery eyes. She saw that he had his bottom lip pierced. He had on a Slipknot hoodie with black, red trimmed baggy pants. She noted that he also had his fingernails painted black. He had his walkman pulled out and was listening to it while checking her out. 'Well he's in for a big surprise when he finds out who I really am.' Hermione Granger thought to herself. He wore black combat boots that you could barely see because his pants were so big.
'This could be a very interesting train ride.' They both thought at the same time. Hermione turned down her CD player, but not fully off and he did the same. They were low enough to hear each other speak, but loud enough to still hear the music. Draco spoke first, "I'm Draco Malfoy, I don't think I've ever seen you around here before. Whar's your name?" She thought about it and decided to use the nickname her 'parents' used to call her when she was younger.
"I'm Mya. It's nice to meet you Draco." They sat and talked the rest of the train ride. When they got to Hogwarts, they climbed into the Head Boy and Girl carriage and sat in silence. 'I wonder what Ron and Harry will say once they figure out who I really am?' she asked herself. They reached the main entrance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and all the students, except the first years who were crossing over the lake with Hagrid, went to the Great Hall to wait for them so they could get through the Sorting ceremony. Hermione sat by herself because no one knew who she was. She could hear people whispering about her. 'Who is that girl?' 'I've never seen her around here.' 'Look at the way she's dressed, I bet she's evil.' and so on. Dumbledore gave his beginning of the year speech after all of the first years were Sorted and the food was placed in front of them. She watched Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley, her two best friends since their first year, pile their plates high full of food.
"Hey Harry gulp were do you gulp think Hermione is?" Ron said threw mouths full of food.
"I don't know Ron, I didn't see her on the train and I don't see her at the table. I hope nothing bad happened to her over the summer. I didn't even receive a birthday letter from her. Did you get anything from her?" Harry asked with a bit of worry in his voice. Ron's mouth was so full that he had to shake his head no. They thought this was weird and didn't talk much after that. They just shoved food into their mouths until their stomachs couldn't handle any more. Soon after that Dumbledore stood up. The whole room fell quiet waiting for their Headmaster to speak.
"Welcome to another year of Hogwarts. Now I would like to introduce to you your Head Boy and Head Girl of this year. If the two students would please come forward when I call your name. Now your Head Boy for this year is Draco Malfoy." He paused as the whole Slytherin table went up into an uproar. When everything quieted down and Draco was up by the teacher's table, Dumbledore continued, "And for your Head Girl for this year would be Hermione Granger." Everyone looked around the room for her, but no one saw her. No one saw her on the train and didn't see her come in to the Great Hall. The girl that everyone was talking about stood up and headed towards the teachers table. The whole room gasped in shock. That could really be Hermione Granger, could it? When she reached the table, Draco's jaw dropped. "Hermione Granger? I thought you said that your name was Mya?" She turned her cold eyes to him and smirked a scary smirk.
"It is, or at least that's my nickname the Granger's used to call me when I was younger."
"If you two would follow Professor McGonagall after the feast." The two nodded there heads and headed back towards their seats. Harry and Ron moved to sit next to their long time friend. "Gees Mya, you changed a lot over the summer. We didn't even recognize you today." stated Ron in awe. Harry was shaking his head in agreement.
"That's what you get I guess. This sucks I have to share a room with that fucking Malfoy all year long. This is going to be the worst year ever."
"It's going to be okay Hermione. If he does anything then just…hex the hell out of him. We know you can do it." Harry said matter-of-factly.
"I agree. We know you're smart enough and powerful enough to do it."
"Thanks guys. I knew I could count on you guys." Soon they were all released to go to their houses. Hermione and Draco stayed behind and waited for Professor McGonagall. As they sat quietly on opposite ends of the Hall, they both noticed the Professor talked to a shadowy person. Neither could really hear what the other was saying, but Hermione got the strangest feeling about the cloaked person. Like she knew her from some where and knew her well.
"Minerva, is all well for the year?" asked a cloaked figure with blood red eyes, the only thing you could see of her.
"They should be Nichele. But why are you interested in the Head Boy and Girl of this year?"
"All will be revealed in due time Minerva, all in due time. I'm sorry I must keep this short but you have two prying eyes and I really must get back to my mansion, for there has been some troubling stirring that I must attend to." Before Professor McGonagall could say anything else, the cloaked figured was gone in the blink of an eye. She let out a deep sigh and turned to Hermione and Draco.
"I don't want to here any questions and you are not to breathe a word about this to any one. Do I make my self clear?" She waited to continue until the two students nodded their head in agreement. "Good, now if you please follow me, I'll show you to your dorm." No one said a word as the walked to the Head Boy and Girl's dorm. They finally stopped in front of a portrait of what looked like a good witch and bad wizard. They seemed to be arguing about something, but stopped when the noticed they had company. "Well here you two are your dorm. Good night and you guys should be lucky there is no school tomorrow, it's a Saturday."
"Thank you professor." said Hermione.
"Good night professor." Draco said politely. The two watched as the professor walked away and then turned towards the portrait. The witch asked for the password and Draco said, "Good Equals Bad." The witch and wizard looked at each other and then at Draco and then shrugged. The portrait swung open and let them in. When they got into the Common Room they shared, both of their mouths dropped. In the middle of the room was a big crest of a lion and a serpent, in front of the fire place was a black sofa with red pillows thrown across it and a red blanket hanging from the back of it. There were two comfy looking chairs on either side of it. There were portraits of wizards and witches hanging all throughout the room. There was a smaller fire going and lit up the room to make it look even cozier. Off to the side was a small hallway that leads to the kitchen. The kitchen consisted of cabinets, a small fridge, a sink, and a bar to sit and eat at. Then off to the opposite side was a stair way that leads to their rooms. On each door said 'Head Girl' or 'Head Boy'.
Hermione entered her room and gasped in shock. In the center was queen size, four post bed. On it was a black silk comforter with a big lion on it. The silk sheets underneath were red as well as the pillows. In one corner there was a desk so she could sit and study in the other corner was her closet. On one side of her bed was a small nightstand so she could put a book she was reading on it and her alarm clock and a few other small things. A few feet away from the night stand stood a tall bookcase filled with books which just made her face brighten even more. And on the other side of the bed was a dresser for the rest of her clothes. She walked over to her closet and saw that all of her clothes had been put away. She walked in and a dim light immediately came on. 'I could get use to this.' she thought to herself. She found her silk black pajama bottoms and grabbed those off the hanger. She then walked out, closed the door, and went over to her dresser. She pulled open the top drawer and saw that her underwear and socks had been put into that one, the second held her shorts and t-shirts. From that one she grabbed a black tank top that read 'What are you looking at?' in red writing and went to the bathroom to change. The bathroom, again, made her mouth drop. In the middle was a small pool, a little bigger then the one in the Prefects bathroom, with ten spigots. There were two sinks, one labeled 'his' and the other 'hers'. She went to hers and turned on the warm water. She washed her face and changed into her pajamas. She saw there was another door and assumed that lead to Draco's room.
Draco watched Hermione enter her room. When she closed the door, he went to his. His room looked like Hermione's except of Red, Gold, and Black, his was Green, Silver, and Black. He noticed on his black silk comforter was a tall Green and Silver serpent. He walked over to his closet and noticed that all of his clothes were put away. He shut the door and walked over to his dresser; he pulled open the top open drawer and grabbed a pair of green and silver silk boxer and, like Hermione, went to the bathroom. He wasn't as impressed as Hermione, but was still impressed. He washed his face, brushed his teeth, and changed into his pajamas. He then went into his room and grabbed a book. 'Might as well get some reading time in before I go to bed. Hopefully that Mudblood won't be down there.' He went out into the Common Room and who should be sitting on the couch curled up reading a book but Ms. Mudblood Granger. He walked down the stairs quietly and sat in the chair farthest away from her. Try as he might he couldn't concentrate on the book all he could concentrate on was how good Hermione was looking. He saw that she had filled out in all the right places and that she had curves. She wasn't sluttish looking like Pansy Parkinson. There was a question etching at the back of his mind and he had to find out why. So after a few more moments of silence, Hermione, not Draco, broke it by asking, "Will you go ahead and ask already, I know you've been dying to since you first found out who I truly was."
Draco was taken aback at first but then calmly replied, "Why the new look trying to fight in, mudblood?" He figured that would make her go off on some tangent, but instead she put down her book, and turned to face him.
"I decided to dress like this because I felt like it. I think I should ask them same of you." She lifted of her eyebrow to reveal that she also had that pierced.
"My answer is the same as yours. Now my next question, what's with all the piercings?"
"It's my damn body and I will do with it what I want." (A/N: I know this is OOC for her, but it's important to the plot so please bear with me. She's still the know-it-all, but she just has a whole different personality and you later you'll find out why). Again Draco was taken aback, did Hermione Granger just cuss?
"Look Granger…" That's what made her go off.
"I'm not some fucking Granger! I hate them!" More calmly she said, "If you want to know who I truly am then why don't you just do some research. Maybe if you're a good little boy I'll tell you someday the real truth behind this witch." With that she got up, walked to her and slammed the door. Draco sat there in shock. No one had even dared talk to him like that. Yet, this girl does and isn't even afraid to do it. She doesn't care who he was or how powerful his father was. There was something very familiar about her that was for sure. He just couldn't quite figure it out. This was going to bother him until he did. 'Maybe I should take her advice and do some research on it. But where to begin, she didn't tell me who she really was?' He picked up his book and threw it across the room. He knew this was going to be one interesting year.
Well there's the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it! Now don't forget to press that pretty violet button at the left hand corner of your screen. That's right that's the box, now leave me a review! And I'll update later!!!
