LLL- Hope everyone likes it so far

Hermione- Yeah

Draco- You better. Muhahaha *twirling hands evilly*

Hermione- She doesn't own Harry Potter, but her plot is starting to scare me.

*Hermione's POV*

I walk through the snow to Hagrid's place. I decided not to tell Dumbledore. Snape was right. He's a busy man. I'll just figure out what's up with Draco myself. I'll just put two and two together. We saw him coming out of the forbidden forest and he disappeared twice, but how could he have done something so unlikely. And then when we were in the tower, it wasn't any logical that he'd disappear so quickly without a trace of sound. Even apparating has a crack. The way he's been acting could possibly be hormones, but wizard hormones are probably different from a human boy that I already know about.

That's it. I guess I will be making a trip to the library after all. I have to be at detention in three hours. I walk up to Hagrid's Hut and pen the door. Harry and Ron are inside and my entry causes them to jump.

"Hermione, where have you been all day," Ron shouts, throwing his hands up, "I tried waking you up this morning, but you weren't there."

"I'm sorry this project has had me so busy and right now I need to get back to the library. So here," I say, taking out Bezoar and throwing it to them. "Talk to you guys tomorrow." I run out as quick as I can before they can ask any more questions.

*With Harry and Ron*

"She's hiding something," Harry says. "Hermione never needs that much time to work on any project."

"You're right. Do you think there's a reason she won't tell us."

"She probably doesn't want us to get into any more trouble."

"But her having all the fun is no fair."

"We're going to find out what she's up to, aren't we?"

"Yep."

*Hermione's POV*

I jog to the library. It's not too obvious since there aren't many students around and besides, I'm in a rush.

"Hello dear," says Madam Pince. "Is there something I can help you find?"

"Yes, books on the wizard body, hormones. Something of that nature." She sends me a curious look but leaves. When she is back, she has four books in hand.

"Maybe these will interest you." The one on top says 'Learn Magical Phycology in 24 Hours'. I thank her for the books and sit at the nearest table. I search the book intensely, but all I find are things that I already know. Boys hit a certain age and changes begin in their body, common sense. That's any boy. Who wrote this book? I move to the next. 'Andrew Loomis, Wizardly development.'

Ok, changing body. Organ morphing. Higher abilities. Increased magic? "The wizard body naturally increases it's magical ability, but some enhancements are more noticeable than others. It's obvious to notice these changes, sometimes an increase in power and behavior is a result. An attitude of maybe a darker pattern isn't obvious enough before it's possibly too late. So has anyone ever wondered that maybe it's not just hormones. Observe the behavior of the wizardly "bad boy" they result in fear from other witches and wizards. Is it natural fear or is the fear generating purposely. Hard to understand. Experience this and it will make more sense."

Purposely?

I think back to what Draco said.

I can now do things that trained wizards can only dream of doing.

I have no more reason to be afraid of you.

You have more fear than pain.

The things he said were as if he were sensing my fear, or feeding off of it. But who does that? What does that? Is that even possible? Well in the magical universe, anything is possible so all possibilities need to be properly considered.

So what do I go off of now? Little boys who can sense fear? Maybe I should start with fear itself.

I go back to Madam Trince with the books. "Thank you. Do you have anything specifying with fear or creatures dealing with fear. On wizards perhaps?" She cocks an eyebrow at me. I guess going from hormones to fear is a bit drastic, but she goes to find me more books. When she returns, she only has two books. "Thank you, but the 'Wizardly Development' book, do you know if that book is fact based."

"The author of that book, Andrew Loomis, put most of his discoveries in there, but they were never proven true. He has his rights so he put the book out on what his beliefs were."

"Basically, it's opinionated."

"Yes, but I'm pretty sure you're aware that most opinions hold their fair share of truth."

"Yes, of course." With that, I look at the two books she gave me and take another glance around the ginormous library. "Is this really all you have?"

"No dear, but most books dealing with fear are not something Dumbledore just wants to have lying freely on shelves for all to see. There are very dark minds, even in this school." I nod and go to the table. I don't bother looking at the cover of the first book and flip it open. To the obvious, the first thing I see is a Bogart. The creatures that change according to people's fears. Then the boogie man follows it and it is explained how humans gave into the fact that is was real, even though it was inspired from Bogart. The Barbas is a fear feeding creature, but very distinct and obvious. Nothing helps me. As the end of the book comes, I start seeing evil wizards. Old news. They generate fear from others.

Just as I'm about to close the book, a picture of him pops up. I told myself I wouldn't be afraid to say his name. Voldemort. His picture moves mockingly and there are few words. "He who must not be named can generate fear from others effortlessly. He knows he is feared and that keeps him going and his power at a maximum." I stare at the picture and suddenly, his picture looks like it's coming out of the page. ... It IS coming out of the page. I slam the book shut and throw it at a shelf across the library. That was weird, someone must have infused a curse into that book. I look at the next book and it has nothing to do with fear. Only on how to make an amazing wizardly Christmas dinner. She must have grabbed the wrong book.

I look up, but Madam Pince is nowhere to be found. Where could she have gone? I look around some more and I notice that the library is empty. Dark. Silent. Cold. A shiver is sent down my spine as I feel the uneasiness of being alone in this castle.

Two hands slam on the table on both sides of me and a cool breath floats around my neck. "Wow Hermione, I didn't think cooking was your thing. Leave it to the elves is what I go with. Do you... Agree?" The evil whisper of Draco is what I can easily assume. He places his hands on mines and I ball them into fist. "Don't be that way." He forcefully knits his fingers through mines.

"Hormones huh?" I say confidently, not a crack in my voice.

"You can't fool me. You're fear is completely obvious."

"You can see my fear but you're oblivious to what you are doing."

"I'm fully aware of what am doing and what I intend to do."

"With me?"

"For me."

"Sounds big. Are you considering on letting me in on the secret?"

"I was, but I'm not in the mood of Potter knowing what I have planned."

"I won't tell."

"You don't have to. That shelf over there is what I'm worried about." The recedes slowly, brushing my cheek with his lips before full descending the library. I walk to the shelf he pointed to and sitting behind it peeking through books is Ron and Harry.

"Where did she go?" Ron whispers.

"What! You lost her?"

"I wouldn't have if you hadn't pushed me out of the way to peek." I clear my throat and the two look at me.

"What exactly are you two doing? Are you really spying on me."

"We're sorry Hermione, but you know how we feel when you leave us out of things."

"Yes and there is a reason I left you out. So stay out if you will."

"You're dating Malfoy aren't you?" Ron blurts.

"NO! I would never and I can't believe you'd think I would."

"But Hermione..."

"DON'T. I have somewhere to be." On that note, I storm out of the library.

'How could they do something like this to me.? I'm trying to help them. The last thing they need is more problems on their hands.' The Grand Clock rings in the distance.

*Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.*

'Eight o' clock... eight o'clock? Oh my gosh. I do have somewhere to be. Snape!

I run down to the dungeon and enter the room. Snape sits at his desk as patient as ever.

"I'm so sorry, I got side track. I didn't know..."

"Save it Hermione," he mumbles, "just get to inventory. Count the cauldrons first. I have a feeling some are missing." I look over to the hundreds of cauldrons. 'How can he tell if anything is missing?' I don't argue with his authority and start counting.

*11 o'clock*

"Hermione, I have to take this to Professor McGonagall," he says, holding a small vile. "Continue working." He leaves. I have a tendency to hate being alone. I look at the door leading to Snape's home. The closet. The shiny thing I saw. What might it have been. I go inside of the door and make my way to the closet. Sure enough I can see it before he comes back. It's still there when I open the door. I pull it down and see it's a mask. It looks familiar but I can't put my finger on it.

I hold it farther away to get a better look. The image of a deatheater flashes between my eyes and then mask. I drop it instantly. It's a deatheater's mask. What is Snape doing with a deatheater's mask? Is he a deatheater? It's crossed my mind a few times but I never thought it to be true.

I throw the mask back into the closet and run out, continuing inventory like nothing bad happened to begin with.

*11:30*

Snape returns and sits calmly at his desk. I know I'm sweating, I just hope he doesn't notice.

Deatheater.

The book I read had Voldemort in it. He is connected with Deatheaters obviously, but I can't see Draco as a deatheater. But I assume I have no room to be denying any possibilities at this moment. My next research must be becoming a deatheater and the past deatheaters. I glance up at Snape, only to find him staring at me.

LLL- I'm really sorry there wasn't much SeverusxHermione action in this chapter, but I promise it's coming. And by the way, this is set up in a time period where people don't know Snape was a deatheater, along with Lucius and it's around the setting of order of the phoenix.

Hermione- Keep going. Keep going

Snape- Review and her grammer and spelling has never been the best.

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