Ah, yet another chapter. Many people asked what was wrong with Hermione. You won't find out in this chapter sadly, :( But you will know soon enough.
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The remaining days of the week had passed slowly enough. Granger was still being a total bitch. Every time I simply spoke to her she yells at me! Who does that? She's been annoying me off more than usual. I mean, a lot, more than usual.
Not only had she been yelling at me but when she was in the dorm she was always moping around. During the past week I hadn't seen her smile once, not that I was looking at her a lot. Just the Golden Trio was hard to miss. At least that was what I told myself.
Enough about Granger.
It's currently Friday afternoon and I am bored. Granger is absent and I am alone. It is very rare that I'm alone. So I decided to take it for granted.
I walked up the dorm stairs towards our bedrooms. But instead of going to mine I walked towards Granger's.
I tested the door.
Locked.
She must have placed a spell or something on it since earlier this week. Alohomora wouldn't work. So I decided that she had placed a password on it.
"Hello?" I asked stupidly. Then, suddenly a portrait appeared on the wall.
It was of a young woman, in her early 30's. She had long curly brown hair and her eyes were a fierce blue. She wore a simple but elegant white dress. It hung perfectly on her collarbone and showed off her perfect figure. She was very beautiful.
"Ah, yes. Mr. Malfoy," said she.
"Er. Hello. How do you know my name?" I asked, wary of her.
"Hermione has told me all about you," she said simply.
"Right. Who are you?" I questioned her.
"Why I'm Hermione's mother of course!" I just stared at her, disbelief.
"What?" I asked her, totally confused.
"I'm her mother. Well," she said contemplating, "her biological mother at least."
"Her biological mother?" I said stupidly. Not much of this was registering in my head.
"Yes. She was taken from me just after she was born. But she found me," she said flattening her hair down.
"Then how come you're a portrait, in Hogwarts," I said in disbelief.
"I died. But Hermione found my grave and decided to make me into portrait. She cast a few spells and here I am. I can talk and everything! It's very surreal," she gushed.
"Hmm, I'll bet. What's your name?"
"Aphrodite. Aphrodite Willows."
Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty, also known as Venus. Seemed slightly fitting.
It was such an odd name. But I suppose Hermione is too.
"Nice to meet you," I said slowly, not meaning it at all. "Can you let me in?"
"Of course not!" she said startled.
"Why not?" I asked angrily.
"You've not got the password," she said sweetly. I rolled my eyes at her.
"Oh right. So you'd let me in if I had the password?" She nodded in reply. "Can you give me a hint?"
"Of course, you're Head Boy. She said it to you after the Feast in the Great Hall, first night back," Aphrodite said.
I stood there for a while, our, well it definitely wasn't a conversation, our argument.
"Is it in Latin?" I asked her.
"No," she said sounding bored.
I thought for a bit more.
"Is it, 'I'm not any other girl'?" I asked.
"No, keep trying," Aphrodite said smiling.
"Hmm," I said thoughtfully.
Then it clicked in. I knew it. The one word Granger had uttered after I call her all those horrible but true words.
"'Why?' " I said to her. And Aphrodite grinned.
"Yes! You got it." With that she swung open the door. I grinned at her and walked forward into Granger's room. I was shocked, to say the least, she had completely changed the colour scheme. Instead of being in Gryffindor colours it was now black. Everything! The walls, the ceiling, the furniture. The only other colour was her bed sheets, which were a vibrant red.
"What did she do?" I asked incredulously. I didn't even know we could change the colour!
"She changed the colour herself. She told me that the red and gold that once decorated this room seemed too happy. So she changed it," Hermione's mother said sadly from the other side of the door.
"Merlin!" I exclaimed. Then I remembered my duty. Search and find!
I started with her desk. Nothing was on it, and there was nothing in the draws except books and school notes.
"How boring," I said, walking to her dresser. I started sifting through that. Once again, being disappointed. It wasn't till I got to the bedside tables that I found something interesting. I got to the 2nd table and the 3rd draw before I found something. And boy did I find something!
In the drawer I saw an old leather bound book. I knew it wasn't a school book, and it didn't look like it was a reading book so I pulled it out, grinning. I was disappointed again however when I found that it was blank. Not one word, not a date, not even quill scribble. I sat on her bed and looked pointlessly at it for a moment.
"If you want to reveal her secrets, you will need to open your eyes! Although you may not want to know," Aphrodite added sadly. I looked up at her. Instantly knowing what she meant.
Not about the not wanting to know, that made no sense at all.
But the reveal her secrets I totally got! I pulled out my wand from my sleeve.
"Aparecium," I murmured at the book. Straight away writing began to appear on the cover.
'Diary of Hermione Granger.' The cover said and I grinned like a madman.
I had Granger's diary! All her secrets, all her wishes, her hopes, her crushes. It was all here in my hands!
"Thanks!" I said excitedly to Aphrodite. She smiled sadly at me. I was unsure why, but I didn't think about it. I was too excited at having Granger's diary.
I knew Granger would most likely be back soon I decided I couldn't wait till she was gone again to read it.
"Describo," I pointed at the diary, and beside it appeared a copy of the same book. "Accepto abiciodies." Which in Latin, literally meant, to copy, and to receive and update. So when ever Granger wrote in her real diary, the entry would appear in my copied version.
I grinned. Now I could read it whenever I wished. I carefully placed her diary back in the right drawer and picked up my copy. I looked around her darker room and saw nothing out of place so I left.
"Thank you Aphrodite," I said walking out. I couldn't wait to start reading! Which I something I never thought I hear myself say, or think.
I hide Granger's diary under my pillow in case she decided to check my room as well. Hmm, with that thought I decided to see out Dumbledore for a password.
An hour later he was in his room, which was now protected by a password.
My portrait was actually Salazar Slytherin, although no-one but he knew.
I had found his portrait in the Room of Requirement when I had lost my Dark Arts book that Father had given me. I had mentioned it lightly to Dumbledore, who acted as though it was natural.
"What is the password you wish to have?" Dumbledore had asked me in his office.
"Will I ever know?" I told him.
It seemed fitting. But I know that soon I will know. I'll know why Granger cuts, and I'll know why she's always moody. Thanks to my amazing magic skills and the help of Granger's mother.
Salazar was quite interesting. He had been ecstatic about being removed from his hiding place.
"Thank you Mr. Malfoy! You have no idea how long I've been in that horrible room! I thought that Dumbledore would never have approved," he said, as I was lounging on my bed.
"So Dumbledore knew who you were?" I asked him, shocked.
"Oh yes. He was the man who put my in that godforsaken room in the first place!" Slytherin said hotly.
"Dumbledore put you're portrait away? But you're a founder!" I told him incredulously.
"Oh yes. But that never stopped Dumbledore. I don't think he wanted me around. I bet he though that I would disrupt the students!" Salazar said angrily.
"Would you?" I asked curious.
"That's no reason to hide me!" Salazar said embarrassed.
I just laughed at him.
It was getting dark outside so I decided to go to the Great Hall for dinner. It was much more boring but I couldn't help smiling when my eyes flickered over to Granger. She had no idea that I had her diary, and how much blackmail and pain I could put her through. I was so evil!
I visited the Slytherin Common Room after desert with Pansy and Theo. Vincent and Greg were still at dinner, pigging out on all the sweets.
I was only there for about and hour before I said I wished to retire. This really meant that I wanted to read Granger's diary that hid beneath my pillow.
I was almost jumping up the stairs to my bedroom, which is a very un-Malfoy thing to do. Although that explain just how anxious I was to read it.
When I entered my bedroom however, I realised that I needed a shower. Granger's diary would just have to wait an hour. My shower was cut short when my patience died out. It was half as long as it usually was, but on the bright side I did get all my hair and skin products covered.
I walked slowly towards my bedroom as Granger was walking up the stairs.
"'Night," I said, to her. She looked up sharply. Her face showed sadness, then anger and then finally confusion. I just walked past her, a hidden smile on my lips. If only she knew. I closed my door softly behind and got dressed in my green silk pyjama's.
I climbed into bed and gladly took out Granger's diary.
I opened her diary and revealed the invisible ink again before reading.
The first entry was from the holidays. Boring!
I turned to Sunday, the first day back. Great, she had written in her dorm after we were first shown our dorm.
As soon as I started to read I felt sick. I really wish I had never found her stupid diary.
I read her diary, wishing I could just drop it.
But I couldn't, as much as I wanted to. I knew I had to read on, or my questions would remain unanswered and I'd come back to this later.
I should have listened to Aphrodite. Her words rang in my ears.
"If you want to reveal her secrets, you will need to open your eyes! Although you may not want to know."
I took a deep breath and continued reading.
Haha, Cliffy!
Aren't I evil? *Evil cackle here.*
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