Disclaimer: the characters, some settings and some sections of the plot used in my story belong to either the wonderful writers J.K. Rowling or Jane Austen and in now way to I aim to make any profit out of this story. I am merely borrowing their creations so as to amuse both my readers and myself. I can however say that the adapted plot belongs to me :)

Pride and Prejudice – Their Story

By: Masquerade Girl

Rating: PG-13 (currently but will possibly go up as the story progresses)

Summary: Sleepless drought mistakenly added to a time travel potion could be disastrous; though Hermione and Draco trapped in the past reliving a famous piece of muggle literature is disastrous. HGDM pairing Non-HBP-post compliant.

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Chapter 2

Hermione had now been in the world of Pride and Prejudice for two whole days.

'This is an awfully long dream' was a thought that was crossing her mind more and more as each hour passed by.

Her and Jane had returned from a walk to visit Lizzy's friend Charlotte, and were now occupied with trimming their hats with ribbons they had bought yesterday, before they would begin mending their dresses for the upcoming ball.

"I do hope Mr. Bingley will like it Lizzy." Said Mr. Bennet as he walked past her to pick a book off the shelf behind her and settled into his comfy armchair in the corner beside the fireplace.

"We are not in a way to know what Mr. Bingley likes, since we are not to visit." Replied Mrs. Bennet sourly before turning back to hear Lydia's account of what had gone on in Meryton while they had been shopping for ribbons and other trimmings.

Hermione knew it was up to her to keep the conversation going.

"But you forget, that we shall meet him at the assemblies, and that Mrs. Long has promised to introduce him." Hermione replied.

"I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing. She has two nieces of her own," countered Mrs. Bennet.

Mrs. Bennet then turned to Kitty and scolded her for coughing.

'I see how Parvati could be Kitty… but Luna as Mary, that is something I don't think I will ever be comfortable with…' Hermione mused before pricking herself with the needle one more and deciding she had better focus once more on her task at hand.

"A fortnight's acquaintance is certainly very little. One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture, somebody else will," Mr Bennet began, Hermione knew where this conversation would lead to and soon Mrs. Bennet was ecstatic upon the realisation that her husband had in fact gone and met Mr. Bingley.

"How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet! But I knew I would persuade you at last. I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance." Mrs. Bennet began replying

'Yuck!' thought Hermione 'I never want to have the thought of McGonagall ever saying Snape cared for me or any of these girls… However I must say those two do compliment each other rather well when they're not at each other's throats…'

As Mr. Bennet rose and left the room before he could be thanked any more, Hermione put her bonnet down for a moment and observed the family in front of her.

'I wish I really was a part of a family like this… I don't think I would really mind being stuck here for a little longer, sure beats being back at school, Harry and Ron never listening to me and not being close to anyone else besides them and Ginny has left me few options for people to confide in… plus I'm kind of looking forward to getting a good look at Darcy…' grinning Hermione shook herself out of her thoughts, and decided to join in with the discussion happening in front of her.

"Lydia, my love, though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next ball." Said Mrs. Bennet and so began the topic for the rest of the night, their new acquaintance Mr. Bingley and how to return Mr. Bennet's visit.

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Draco with a little investigating soon came to find that he did not mind being who everyone thought he was this Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley. The man was even richer than he was 'I didn't think that was even possible' and though he acted like an absolute bastard the women still went after him 'more than they did for Draco Malfoy the Slytherin-Sex-God' but one thing remained the same 'Pansy… still throwing herself at me… pug-faced wench…'

Wandering around the grounds of Netherfield gave Draco a sense of peace and calm he had not found in a long time, perhaps since his childhood. He was free completely from Voldermort and his pathetic followers, his parents and their expectations and the pity that everyone had given him once the war ended and his father had received the Kiss for being a follower of Voldermort's as well as beating his mother to death.

Upon thinking of his mother Draco's step faulted 'She did not deserve to die the way she did… I'm just glad she's finally free from him' quickly wiping any emotion from his face he changed the path of his stroll back towards the house.

'I think I've walked enough today. I wonder how much longer I'll be here? Don't think Granger will be appearing anytime soon… Wench left me here alone…' and with that Draco was back to his usual form, cold, disconnected and as always Granger-hating.

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Snape had analysed the vial that Dumbledore had found in Draco's pocket.

"Sleeping drought … hmm… I do not think this has even been combined with a memory-evoking potion." Snape muttered to himself before waving his want to alert Dumbledore that he had found something.

"What is it Severus" Dumbledore asked as he walked into the room.

"It seems they may have combined the memory-evoking potion with a sleeping drought, there is no reference that I've found yet saying this has ever been done before…" Snape replied as he pulled another book from a massive bookshelf in his study.

"Well now…" replied Dumbledore with a sad look in his eye "this will complicate things much more"

"Perhaps there is a way we can enter into their subconscious Severus?" asked Dumbledore after they had checked every volume in his personal library and sent word to Madame Prince to check in the restricted section for any other books on potions.

"Perhaps…" said Snape as he thought it over "it will be weeks before I would even consider being able to find a reversing potion. Maybe we should see what they know or remember. Anything will help me find the reversing potion…"

Dumbledore smiled sadly. He had hoped with the end of the war that the students would come together peacefully and work towards a better and brighter future. This accident however seemed to be a product of still very present hostilities between the Gryffindors and Slytherins.

Leaving Snape's office Dumbledore headed towards the Hospital Wing. Upon entering he came upon a peculiar sigh. Harry, Ron, Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle were all seated together between the two unconscious students talking quietly. Deciding not to disturb them, Dumbledore left with the twinkle returning to his eye.

'Perhaps I should thank Hermione and Draco. They have done what I had thought would take a lifetime… brought together the last opposing houses in Hogwarts.'

A/N: Ok I seem to be getting these first few chapters out pretty quickly… probably has something to do with my exams beginning in a week . procrastination at it's best! Again please review people! Makes me not feel so guilty for not studying hahaha…. :) right now I've been following the general idea of each chapter in Pride and Prejudice per chapter in this story so the first few chapter were only 2 pages long… have added to them but tried to not go too far with the story. Not sure if I'll continue to keep in track with the chapters of Pride and Prejudice, if I do there will be a little over 60 chapters in this story… Other option is I can start combining chapters so there won't be as many and they'll be longer… perhaps take longer to upload seeing as they'll be longer in length… :) let me know what you guys think! Will be a little wait for the next chapter, I haven't started it yet, may have it out in a few nights depending on my weekend… again please review it really makes my day :)

~Masquerade Girl