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Chapter 4

Bruce sighed as he surveyed the amount of paperwork he had to do. Ad to the fact that he was incredibly tired from patrols last night. His thoughts wandered from patrols to his Goddaughter. He wondered if she was enjoying her new school. He felt slightly more at ease knowing she was wearing the necklace. He had made it for when she came to Gotham mainly, as she could become a target to those who would kidnap her for ransom. He had placed a tracker in the pendent. That way he could track her. Then, when he had gone to Diagon Alley with Jean and Hermione, he had taken a device to record energy levels. It was just in case. It was lucky he had, as he had to alter the tracker slightly so it would continue to work. The energy reader itself had almost been fried.

This way, if something happened, he could find her.

Hermione screamed as she saw the Troll. She had run into the bathroom earlier after some hurtful remarks sent her way by Ronald Weasley. She knew some fighting moves, but she wasn't strong enough to take on a fully grown troll. She was going to die, and she couldn't do anything about it. Oh sweet Merlin!

Hermione dodged out of the way to attempt to not get hit by the massive club and get bludgeoned to death. The door burst open, and Harry and Draco ran in. Harry jumped on its back, and stuck his wand up its nose.

The Troll let out a cry of outrage and tried to swing Harry off its back and hit him with the club.

"What do I do?" Draco yelled, desperate.

Hermione moved her arm in the movement they had been taught today. "Swish and flick." She instructed.

"Wingardrium Leviosa!" Draco said. The club was pulled out of its owner's hand, and dropped on the Trolls head. Both Harry and the Troll fell to the floor, the Troll unconscious and Harry relatively unscathed. Thankfully.

Suddenly, the door burst open again, and the teachers ran in, lead by McGonagall.

"Good heavens!" McGonagall said. "Why are you not in your dormitories?"

"It's my fault Professor McGonagall."

"Miss Granger?" She asked.

"I went looking for the troll. I've read about them, and thought I could handle it. If Harry and Draco hadn't come looking for me, I would probably be dead."

"Well, I expected better of you, Miss Granger. Five points from Griffindor. As for you two," She looked at Harry and Draco, "Ten points to Griffindor, each. For sheer dumb luck."

When the three were dismissed they walked past the teachers, and Hermione had to repress a shiver at Snape's glare. It's all an act. It's all to fool Dumbledore, and Voldemort. He had kept the three of them behind after the first potions lesson, and explained that he had an act up to protect Harry from Voldemort because of a Prophecy. He was doing it on the request of Harry's mother, an old childhood friend.

"Merlin, first a dragon, then a three headed dog, and then a Troll. What the hell is going to turn up in this school next?" Draco asked on the way back to the Gryffindor Common room. He still couldn't get over that he was in Gryffindor. He had had howlers for a week after that, demanding that he go get himself resorted. He had ignored every single one of them.

"A Giant spider perhaps?" Hermione suggested. Her voice shook slightly, and Harry slung his arm round her in a confident manor.

"I think we've had enough excitement for this year." He said. Harry drew Hermione into his side for a hug.

"Caput draconus." Draco said to the portrait of the Fat Lady. The portrait swung open, and the trio walked in. at the stairs to the girl dorms, Hermione stopped, turned, hugged Draco, gave him a light kiss on the cheek, and then did the same with Harry. Harry's kiss on the cheek, Draco observed, had lasted longer than his. And it sent Harry into a dazed state. Feelings were definitely developing there. And if he had to play matchmaker, he would. Those two were perfect for each other. His best mate and his second best friend. Well, at least he wouldn't have to worry about them turning on each other. When they heard the girls dorm door close, Draco turned to Harry with a grin on his face.

"You like her, don't you?" Draco asked.

"Wh- what do you mean?" Harry stammered.

"Course you do. And she likes you too!"

"Oh come off it. Hermione doesn't like me! I mean, how could she? She's smart, and beautiful, and I'm just Harry! I might like her, but she doesn't like me. Only as a friend."

"You saved her life!"

"You did too!"

"You got there first. You're also more interested in doing that bit extra in work. Like she is."

"I suppose…"

"Oh, just ask her out!"

"Where would we go?"

"Oh, I don't know, ask the twins how to get to the kitchens, and then get a picnic and go down to the lake together or something."

Little did the two boys know that the girl in question was listening in on their every word, feeling her heart soar. Harry liked her. Hermione went to bed content that night, and dreamt happy dreams, of her and Harry, going out together.

Hermione launched herself at Harry. "Of course I'll go out with you!" She said.

"That's great!" Harry laughed. He had finally mustered all his Gryffindor courage to ask her out, after a month of waiting, and she had said yes! He was on a high! This was shaping out to be the best year of his life. Not only was he learning about his parents (Thank you Professor Snape), and magic, but the girl he had thought of since that day in Diagon Alley, almost constantly, had said yes to going out with him!

They were in an empty class room, and he lowered his head, just slightly, and brushed her lips with his own. Neither noticed the soft blue glow that encompassed them, but one person did.

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