"Well, I really dont" Harry repeats

"Then why were you so reluctant to come over here then?" Cho says as she looks up at Harry, Harry recognises the hurt in her eyes, aswell as the fact the whole hall had went silent. Harry started going through in his head who knew, and may be able to give him support

Ron, Hermione, Draco, Ginny, Fred, Goerge, Percy, Lavander, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Lee

Harry looked around for these people and called for help with his eyes, which was hard because his eyes couldn't speak.

"I wasn't" He mumbled quietly

"You quite obviously were"

Hermione got up from her seat and began to make her way silently across to Harry. Once she had arrived Harry was so relieved to have backup.

"Calm down Cho, its okay" Hermione said, as Cho was visably upset.

"Don't tell me to calm down" Cho says "I am calm"

"Right, Cho" Hermione says, being soft calm and sweet all at the same time "I'll send Harry to talk to you tomorrow so he can properly explain himself, meanwhile you swap seats with Luna so its not too awkward over here"

Luna gets out of her seat and makes her way toward Harry as Hermione leads Cho away from him.

Luna takes her seat beside Harry and she initiates conversation as the rest of the hall does the same, before long voices are booming so they can be heard.

"You do know everyone knows, Right?"

"Knows what?" Harry says

"About your feelings for Cho" Luna responds

Harry remains silent for an extended period of time.

"Its nothing to be ashamed of you know, alot of guys fall for Cho"

"Thats the problem, alot of guys fall for Cho, I have no chance" Harry holds his head in his hands "I mean, what am I compared to people like, Cedric Diggory""Your the boy who lived" Luna says "Cedric Diggory certainly is not"

"Being the boy who lived gave me nothing but a scar" Harry said, irritated "It doesnt make me special, I didnt do anything"

"Harry, You saved many people, maybe even Cho herself, Dont you think that gives you something more than Cedric does"

"But have you seen him, he's like 10 better looking than me, 10 smarter than me, and as much as I hate to say it, 10 better at quidditch"

"Don't say that Harry, Plus, He's a hufflepuff, Your a Gryffindor"

"I heard Hufflepuffs are really good finders"

"No Harry, No they're not" Luna says

People begin whispering to eachother. The whispers fill the hall, Luna whispers it to Harry after Lavander told her

"Lucius Malfoy payed the Ministry to make the school put Draco into Slytherin"

"Why would he do that?" Harry says

"To carry on the good name, I guess" Luna replies

Later that nightDraco sits on his bed with his parchment and Quill ready to write

Dear FatherRecently there has been a rumour around school that you payed off the Ministry to make Hogwarts put me into Slytherin, I thought you should probably know about this and I was wondering if it was actually trueSincerelyDracoHe rolls up the parchment and seals it with a wax stamp. He slips on a pair of shoes that match his night robes as he leaves for the owlery. He makes it up there and sends Winguard off no problem. He hastily, but quietly makes his way back to his room and goes to sleep.

Harry is woken up the next morning by Hermione. Insisting he must see Cho this morning. She pushes him into the shower room telling him to be no more than 20 minutes. As he is in the shower he hears yells from the boys in the room as they realise their is a girl in the room.

"Don't be so shocked" Says a feminine voice he presumes is Hermione

"What is that thing in your hand"

"Its an iron Ron"

"-and why are you using that through here"

"Im ironing a suit for Harry, to go and see Cho"

"It like, 6 o'clock in the morning Hermione, you nutter" Seamus says

"She wont be up yet" Dean says

"I can assure you she will be" Hermione says politely

Minutes after this Harry comes out of the bathroom in his bathrobes. Hermione hands him apppp suit "Go get changed" she says as she points at the bathroom door.Harry goes back into the bathroom and changes into the suit. When he comes out Hermione is armed with a comb and hairspray. She brushes his hair into a quiff and sprays it. The quiff must be at least 4 inches tall.

"Now go" Hermione says

"Hermione" Harry says

"Now" Hermione says

"Please" Harry says

"Off you go" She says shoving a bouquet into his hands.

"Can I take Ron with me at least!" Harry practically yells

"Im no part if this" Ron mumbles

"No, Go...Now" Hermione yells

"but..."

"Now!!" Hermione screams

Harry walks out, defeated. Butterflies start to climb from his stomach to his throat, making him want to puke. He makes it to the library where he pulls out a book that makes a pathway. Luna stands at the end of the corridor.

"Don't blow this Harry" She says, opening the door to let him through. He found his way to Chos' door. He knocks on it lightly to prevent a disturbance.

"Hold on" Cho responds "I'll be there in a minute"

Cho gets to the door.

"Oh, Hi Harry" she says sweetly "I wasn't really expecting you, I'd have been faster if I had been"

"Its alright" Harry says "You didn't take long at all"

Harry glances down at the flowers in his hands

"Oh yeah" He mumbles nervously "These are for you" He extends the beautiful roses towards her.

"Aww, Thank you Harry" She says "I love Roses, They're my favourite flower"

Harry smiles nervously and runs his fingers through his hair to make sure it is still standing upright.

"Im sorry about yesterday, I really a-"

"Its okay, Lavander explained everything to me" She says sweetly and steps out the way so he could see Lavander, who currently sits infront of a mirror, applying what looks like mascara. Harrys' eyes widen and he shoots daggers at Lavander, who just smiles back in return.

"Anyway, I ought to be going, I'm a bit behind schedule"

"Sorry about that"

"Don't worry" Cho says "It was worth it"

She begins to shut the door, As it almost fully closes. A flood of courage rises within Harry and he calls out to Cho once more.

"Oh, uhh Cho" He says "One more thing"

"Yeah" She says, not even coming to the door again to answer him. Which made things much easier for Harry.

"I was wondering if you'd be interested in coming to a restraunt tonight" Harry realised he'd forgotten a big peice of information "With me" He finished.

"You mean, Like a date?" Cho says

"Uh, yeah, exactly like that actually" Harry replies nervously. Cho giggles at his nervousness.

"Yeah, of course I will"

Harry walks away and as he does he hears excited screams from the girls. Once he arrived back at his dorm, he looked at Hermione.

"You're a miracle worker" Harry said

"Did it work?" Ron said

"Of course it did" Hermione says

"and" Harry continued "I even landed a date with her"

"Really?!" Ron says

"Yeah!" Harry says enthusiastically.

"Make sure you look good Harry" Hermione says "I better be off"

"To do what?" Ron replied

"To buy Harry contact lenses for his date" Hermione says as she rushed out of the room.

At breakfast the owls flew in. Dracos' hovered above the table and handed the letter to Draco. As soon as the letter was delivered the owl was off, not even asking for money. Draco unravels the letter

Dear DracoI can insure you that those rumours are infact untrue. I believe you should inform people of this immediately.Best WishesLuciusWell, thats that then. Today he sits beside both Luna Lovegood and Lavander Brown. Dumbledore begins an announcement

"Hello students. Today I would like to take this chance to inform you that your classes will be changing, quite dramatically infact, You will be placed in classes depending on how good you are in that specific class. Draco couldn't help but look over at Hermione, as she is loved by every teacher and incredibly smart she was sure to be in the top class, of course, he was much smarter but not liked as much as Hermione. Dumbledore flicks his wand and they are all holding a scroll, Their timetable. Draco unravels his to see that he is in the top class, for everything. Even muggle studies and Transfiguration which are Gryffindor dominated subjects. Draco gets up and heads to his first class. Transfiguration with Professor Mcgonnagal. He arrives at the classroom and takes a seat at the front. Seen as it was on of the subjects he was not good at he thought he better learn fast to catchup and surpass the rest of the class like he had done in Potions and Defence against the Dark arts.

"Morning Mcgonnagal" Draco says "Surprised you can bare to have me in your class, I was an absolute pain last year."

"Well, None of your friends are in this class so I thought you would be fine" Mcgonnagal says "-and you have set seats, so i'd advise getting up before someone tries to sit on you"

"Oh, where am I sitting then" Draco says

"Back left" Mcgonnagal says "Next to Hermione Granger"

"Granger" He says, not sounding to happy

"You seemed to be fine talking to her the other day"

"Only because she was the only person nearby that I knew, Excluding Loony Lovegood"

"Oh Malfoy" Mcgonnagal says "Don't be so vile"

"Just telling the truth"

"You almost made a decent friend" Mcgonnagal mumbles

"Excuse me" Draco says, clearly offended

People begin to flood into the classroom and take there seats as they are told. When Hermione enters she takes her place beside Draco. A couple more latecomers enter as Mcgonnagal starts to speak

"Today you will be being tested on what you already know to make sure your in the right class"

Draco curses under his breath. They are called up to the front in alphabetical order of their last names.

"Hermione Granger"

They are to transfigure a rat into the most complex thing they can. Hermione manages to transfigure hers into a small monkey. Which is so far, the best the class. A few names later.

"Draco Malfoy"

Draco gets up and moves to the front, feeling the peircing stares of the class. He faces the class and looks down at the rat. He grips his wand and holds it out firmly. As he says the incantation he spots a snake, sitting outside. Draco finds it easy to recognise, Nagini. Unknowingly he says the incantation in parseltongue. The spell is blue and when it hits the rat sends off a blinding blue light and a gust of wind. Draco covers his eyes. Hearing gasps seconds later. He opens his eyes to see himself. It was like looking in the mirror. He waves his left hand and the transfigured rat does the same. except the sleeve falls on the other to reveal a dark mark. He glares at it. He looks up to see scars on his face. His stone cold eyes glaring back at him. The world around him dissapears and another one forms around him. A cave, he is stuck in a cave. a bottomless cave and he is trapped on a ledge. He looks up to see the golden trio staring back at him.

"Help" he yells "Please, Help me!"

He reaches out, and his sleeve slips downwards, revealing a dark mark.

"I always knew you were a coward" Hermione says, looking at the dark mark

"And thats why your going to die" Ron says

"Here" Harry says

"All on your own" Hermione says, her voice cold

"Please" Draco says, tears streaming down his face.

"The world is better without you" Hermione says, as she gets up and walks away, so do Harry and Ron. Draco does the only thing he can think of, climb, but there is no foothold so he falls, into a bottomless pit. Draco wakes up on the floor of the transfiguration class. Teachers and students alike have gathered here in panic. They believed Draco just had a stroke. The transfigured rat towered above Draco. Draco panicked and took out his wand and started throwing spells at it, but the other version of him does the same. Draco disarms the other with a "expelliarmus" but to Dracos' surprise he fetches another wand from his back pocket. Draco continues to throw spells at the other, quite visibly shaken. As Lucius and Narcissa apparate to the school. Which is very impressive with the 'no apparating inside hogwarts' thing. The other Dracos' wand turns into a cane and his hair gets longer, turning into his father. The rat swings the cane at Draco but he refuses to fight back instead he just protects his head from the cane. The rat soon disarms and corners Draco. Leaving it any longer would result in Dracos death.

"Expelliarmus" Narcissa shouts, disarming the rat.

Mad-eye moody, the new defence against the dark arts teacher, staggers in. Looking at his situation he casts a simple "Avada Kadavra" on the rat, leaving Draco huddled in the corner and leaving everyone else completely shocked and confused. Within seconds Narcissa rushes over to comfort Draco. Lucius coming over as soon as he remembered how to move. The golden trio hear insults from the slytherin crowd which all three though was disposable.

"Its okay" Narcissa says "Your safe Draco"

"Now, lets get you to the hospital wing" Lucius says, wrapping his arm around his son. Narcissa and Lucius help him toward Madam Pomfrey who seemed to have abandoned the hospital wing to join the audience here. She then leads all 3 of them to the hospital wing. Draco falls asleep still accompanied by his parents in the hospital wing. The next morning Draco wakes up in the hospital wing. His parents have fallen asleep in the visitors booth and three people surround him. The golden trio.

"What are you three doing here" He says

"I didnt want to be here" Ron says, Quite obviously annoyed

"Me and Harry wanted to see if you were okay. Seen as Harry knows what its like to have a stroke/seizure"

"I didnt have a stroke" Draco says "Didn't you see it"

"See what?" Hermione says with confusion in her voice.

"The cave" He says "The bottomless cave"

"No" Hermione says "I just saw you collapse and start to have muscle spasms, and you started yelling"

"What was I yelling?" Draco says

"Most of it was gibberish but we heard you scream 'help' a couple of times and that didn't stop until you woke up."

"Oh" Draco says calmly

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