-" This is the REVAMPED CHAPTER 4! I am glad that you all are liking it! There hasn't been much change yet, but there probably will be later. So here goes!-"

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It was Friday and not a moment too soon. This week had been the longest week that Hermione had remembered at Hogwarts. She was glad that tomorrow was a Hogsmeade weekend, but with that came Draco's initiation and this worried her.

Hermione and Draco were in Transfiguration and she noticed that his mood had changed since the night before, but not in a good way. She kept glancing at him during the lesson and she noticed that he looked nervous. He wasn't paying attention to their Professor and every time she made the slightest move, he jumped. He looked like he hadn't slept at all last night. His eye's were bloodshot and he had big bags underneath them. When Professor McGonagall gave them time to do their work, Hermione turned to him.

"Are you okay?"

"What? Oh... yeah."

"Are you lying?"

"Yup," he said with a blank stare.

"Are you going tomorrow night?" she asked, staring intently at him.

He opened his mouth as if to say something but he just got up and left the classroom.

I'll take that as a 'yes.'

Professor McGonagall looked up from her desk. "Mr. Malfoy?" she called after him, but he just kept walking.

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Draco walked out of the classroom and down the hallway. He thought this would be much easier if she didn't care, but the fact that she kept giving him concerned looks and the 'Are you okay?'s made him want to scream. He was nervous. Actually, he was scared and he didn't want to go.

"I don't know if I can do this," he said out loud.

The bell rang and the hall filled with people. Hannah came out of the classroom on his right.

"Draco, you know that there's a Prefect meeting today, right?"

"Yeah," he said. He and Hermione were supposed to have the list of scary amusements for the Haunted House and they didn't. They would have to work on that today. He made a mental note to go to her during lunch.

"Are you okay, Draco? You look sick," Hannah said.

"I'm fine," he said coldly, leaving for his next class.

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Hermione and Draco were making their way to the library to look for more attractions. They had come in during lunch, as the meeting was after classes ended. They sat down and started to discuss things.

"How about Red Caps?" ask Hermione.

"Sure," he said this, once again, with a blank stare. His mind wasn't with her.

"Draco, don't go!" she almost shouted.

"What?" he said, turning to her.

"Don't go. I won't let you."

"I don't have a choice."

"Yes, you do. Please, Draco?"

"Hermione, just drop it," he said, looking out the window again. She noticed that he had just called her Hermione and she was a little taken aback.

"I - I - can't let you." she said almost in a whisper.

"Why do you care?" he asked, leaning towards her and staring her in the eyes.

"I don't know. I don't want you to throw your life away. I like to think that we're becoming frie-," she stopped in the middle of her sentence. She was confused by herself and her thoughts. Could I ever really see him as a friend?

"Hermione, just let it go. You can't change my mind," he said. For some odd reason he didn't want to tell her about being a spy. He was searching for a reason but he couldn't find one. He thought maybe he wanted to protect her but why?

"I don't understand. You hate Voldemort and you don't want to join him, but you are!"

"You know he'll kill me if I don't. Now what else can we put in the Haunted House?" he said, trying to change the subject.

Hermione felt helpless. She let the topic go, but not willingly.

They started to brainstorm and by the end of lunch they had a pretty good list of things to put in the haunted house and were ready for the meeting.

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Hermione and the others were in their common room waiting for Draco. He was a half an hour late and Hermione was starting to get worried. Just when Hermione was ready to run to Dumbledore, Draco came through the portrait hole.

"Finally, we've been waiting for you," exclaimed Katie.

"Oh, sorry," he said, sitting next to Hermione.

"Okay, so, lets talk about the haunted house. How are the preparations coming along concerning the entertainment?" Katie said to Hannah.

"Well," said Hannah, "we have decided to get a DJ who will play muggle music along with very minimal wizard music. I decided that if I had to listen to The Weird Sisters for one more dance, I would scream. So, he is a wizard, so we don't have to worry about any memory charms or questions."

"Good and how about the decorations and everything?"

"We were going to talk to Dumbledore about real bats and other creatures but we haven't seen him yet. We were also going to get some things at Hogsmeade this weekend."

"Okay, that sounds good. Dumbledore told us that we have to announce the dance. So, I was thinking of announcing it tonight at dinner so that Owen and I can get a start on the list of who is going with who."

"I think that's a good idea," said Terry.

"How about you two?" she said, looking at Hermione and Draco.

"Well, we have our list put together. We just have to get an okay from Dumbledore and then we have to talk to the teachers because we will need them to watch over certain attractions. We also need to talk to Professor Hagrid so that when Dumbledore okay's the list he can acquire some of the creatures."

"Okay, well since we all know what we need to do then we can end this meeting. So, is everyone agreed that we will tell the students at dinner?"

"Yes," the other five said in unison.

"Good, so then we will let Hermione and Draco talk about the attractions. Owen and I can tell them about the list that we will need and then Terry and Hannah can talk about the maze and the entertainments. That's it then."

They all went their own separate ways and Hermione went to get started on her homework. She decided that she would let Draco try and relax. She didn't think that she should pester him anymore. If anything it's pushing him away.

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Dinner was approaching and Hermione went to the Gryffindor common room to get Harry and Ron.

"So, how was your day, Hermione? We didn't see you at lunch," said Harry, as they exited through the portrait hole.

"Oh, my day was fine and I went with Dra- Malfoy to the library during lunch."

"Did you just call him 'Draco', Hermione?" asked Ron shocked.

"No and we were working on something that is going to be announced at dinner, " she said quickly trying to cover it up.

"And what's that?" asked Harry.

"You'll have to wait and find out, but it's exciting."

"Tell me!" Ron said.

"You are so impatient!" she said, smirking at him.

"We're your best friends, tell us!"

"No!"

"Now!"

"You are really immature!" she said, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, but that makes you friends with an immature person and that's worse than just being immature!" Ron said.

Hermione looked at Harry confused. He just shock is head and rolled his eyes.

When they got to the Great Hall, they all sat down and ate their normal meal. Ron kept asking Hermione what was so exciting, but she wouldn't tell him. After dinner, Dumbledore stood up and addressed the Hall.

"Good evening. I have a special announcement for you all. As you all know, this year, our goal is to create interhouse relationships. In order to do so we need more times where you all can interact. So, we have decided to hold a Halloween Ball," he said and the whole Hall filled with excited whispers. "Now, if your Prefects would come up here and tell you all about it."

Harry and Ron started to talk excitedly as well.

"See, I told you you would like it," said Hermione, as she got up. The six of the prefects went to Head table.

"Well, as Dumbledore told you, we will be having a Halloween Ball this year," repeated Katie.

"It will not be like an ordinary dance. It will be in the middle of a Haunted House. For those of you who don't know what this is, it is a house filled with scary events and obstacles that you will have to get through in order to get to the dance. The house will be a maze and then in the middle of the maze will be a dance hall. This will be located out on the grounds," explained Hannah.

"These events will be watched by the teachers as some of them are slightly dangerous, but no one will get hurt if you follow precautions and just have fun. Malfoy and I have put together a list of things that you will all have to overcome, but we decided not to tell you what they are so that you can get a good scare," said Hermione.

"We have also decided that we should not allow everyone in at the same time as it will get crowded and that could cause problems. So we have decided to let you in, in groups of four. Katie and I will be collecting a list of who is going with who so that we can let you in together. As we get this list we will give you tickets that have a specific time on them. At that time you will be allowed into the maze. It will be first come first serve. We also strongly encourage dates to be from different houses," said Owen.

"That is all of the information that we have for you right now. So remember to come to me or Owen when you have your group of four and try to pick people from different houses as this is an interhouse dance," said Katie.

"Thank you Prefects. Now you all may go back to your house common rooms," said Dumbledore. The Hall roared with laughter and excited talking as the students made their way out.

Hermione turned around to talk to Dumbledore. "Professor, we have our list but we need you to approve of it before we officially put these obstacles in the house," she said, handing the list to Dumbledore.

"Thank you, Miss Granger."

"Yes sir," she said and then she made her way with the rest back to the common room.

When they got there Hermione talked with Hannah and Katie, and Draco actually went to play a game of Wizard's Chess with Terry. This was the first time Draco had actually interacted with the group without having to do so. It seemed to distract him of what was to come tomorrow and he seemed to be having fun. Hermione kept looking at him and she was glad that they were getting along and that he was happy. Wait, why do I care? I don't get it!

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Hermione woke the next morning excited to go to Hogsmeade. She decided that she needed a butter beer. When she got downstairs, Draco had already left for breakfast. She made her way to the Gryffindor common room to meet Harry and Ron and they went down and ate breakfast.

"I need to get some chocolate frogs," said Ron, as they made their way to the village.

"I need to get some more broom polish," said Harry.

"I need to get some more exciting friends," said Hermione.

"Fine, we don't need you," exclaimed Ron, giving her the cold shoulder.

"You do if you want to graduate," she replied, smirking at him.

"That's true," Harry said to Ron, very seriously.

They decided to walk around a little before going to the Three Broomsticks. They were making their way towards Honeydukes when Hermione spotted a store that she had never seen before. She told the boys to go on and that she would meet them later. It was a book store called 'Malanno Libro Campeggio'. She didn't know it was a book store by the name but as she looked through the dark window she saw that the walls were covered in books.

She walked in the door and looked around the empty room. She was the only one there and it smelled of mold and it was very dusty. She walked around the shelves, just looking. She was amazed when she came across a book called "Animagi Transformers: Who They Are and How They Affected Us." She thought that this was too perfect and opened the book. It was filled with famous Animagi and what they did to make themselves famous. She turned to book over and realized that it was too perfect. It cost 500 galleons. It looked so old and tattered that she thought she might be able to get a discount. She walked over to the counter and rang the bell that was sitting there.

An old man with gray hair and a walking stick, came out of a door in the back.

"What do you want?" He had a deep, crackled voice, like he was always yelling and it had gone permanently hoarse.

"I was wondering how much this book cost?" Hermione said, a little frightened.

"What does it say?" the old man spat.

"500 Galleons, but I don't have that much," she said.

He limped over to the counter and looked at the book. "How much do you have?" He said leaning close to her face.

"Thirty," she said, stepping back.

"Fine just take it and get out of my face," he said.

She handed him the money and ran from the store. When she got outside she looked at the book. Why would he have given it up for such a difference in cost? She forgot about it and went to Honeydukes knowing that the boys would still be there.

On the way she say Draco standing outside of Honeydukes alone. She slowly walked over to him.

"Draco, look what I found," she said, handing him the book.

"Cool," he said looking at it and handing it back.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly.

"YES, damn it, just leave me alone, Granger," he yelled. She was hurt by this. She knew that he was stressed but she just wanted to help.

"Draco, talk to me."

"I can't! You care, remember?" He said walking away.

She ran after him and grabbed his arm.

"I'm trying to herl. You don't have to go! Dumbledore will protect you!"

"You don't understand," he said, pulling his arm out of her grasp and walking into a dark alley. Hermione watched him until he disappeared from sight. She made her way towards the boys with Draco's words still on her mind.

When she arrived at Honeydukes Harry and Ron were walking out of it . They both had a huge bag filled with wizard candy.

"Can we go to The Three Broomsticks now?" Hermione asked irritated.

"Yeah, are you okay?" asked Ron concerned.

"Yeah, let's just go," she said, turning towards the pub.

"Okay," said Harry and Ron together.

Hermione needed something to get Draco off her mind but she had a feeling that, that wasn't possible.

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Draco made his way down the alley. He wanted to tell her. Oh, how he wanted to tell her so badly, but it was hard to talk to people who cared because then there were attachments. He didn't need attachments. He didn't want to end up hurting her. But why should that matter? He didn't like her, they weren't really friends, so why did he care so much? Why would telling her that he was a spy hurt her? Then he realized that she wouldn't let him do it.

He let it all slip from his mind as he exited the alley. He needed to concentrate and pay attention. He needed to be careful and not be distracted. When he got to the end of the alley, his father was standing there waiting for him. Draco looked him in the eyes. He saw the same cold look he always did.

"Are you ready?" his father asked in a cold, deep voice.

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Thanks to all of my reviewers and all those who are still reading through the revamping! I hope that this story gets a lot better than it was!

Thanks to:

Angel in Disguise: When I reread this story she was calling him Draco in the first chapter and I was like 'no way!' I can't tell you how many Draco's I changed to Malfoy's and I know that they become friends a little quick but oh well. I didn't want to rewrite the story, I just wanted to fix it.

Thanks to Sunflower18, ali-lou, cheeze, volcomhottie05!