A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update, I've had a bad case of writers block with this story. I'm really sorry if some of you are getting emails saying that I've updated stuff, I promise nothing has changed in the chapters, I was just fixing up some spelling and grammar mistakes. Anyway, here's the next chapter.

Magic or Muggle?

Draco didn't have time to register the fact that only he had heard the last line Ryan had whispered, before a fist all of a sudden collided with his face.

"You bastard!" Ryan shouted at him, whilst throwing punches. Then all of a sudden he stopped and asked, "Why? Why did you hurt her?" Before he could say anything Hermione stepped forward and stood between the two.

"He hurt me to protect me." She said.

"How on Earth is hurting you going to protect you!" Ryan shouted at her, before turning to Draco and throwing his fists at him. By this time Draco had a bleeding lip and forehead, whilst his nose appeared to be broken. Hermione was trying frantically to calm her brother down, she was having no success. Finally she had had enough of it so she shouted the words,

"Memoria Firmamentum!"

All of a sudden the group of ten were swallowed by darkness.

When the darkness finally ended, the group found themselves in what appeared to be the the room of requirement. The group of ten looked around for a moment before Ron asked Hermione in a whisper,

"Hermione why are we hear? What spell did you use? Can you cast wandless magic?"

"Ronald Weasley!" Hermione snapped, "Stop asking questions and just watch!"

Ron didn't have time to ask anymore questions before he saw another Draco (a little younger than the current one) enter the room and walk straight through him. Everyone except Draco and Hermione looked up in shock. Before anyone could say another word another younger Hermione entered the room soon followed by Proffeser Dumbledoor. After a moment silence Dumbledoor spoke to the younger Draco,

"Be brave my boy!" He said. "It's okay!"

"No it's not okay!" Draco almost shouted, "In a few minutes you're going to be dead!"

"Draco, you know you had no other choice. I was going to die anyway." Dumbledoor said. Before Draco could protest any more Hermione stepped forward and placed her hand on Draco's shoulder.

"Draco you know this was going to happen sooner or later. Dumbledoor's already dying and you have to do this to save your perants." She said.

"I'm not doing it for my perants Hermione! They are despicable, cruel and evil!" The younger Draco protested.

"If you're not doing it for them Draco do it for your friends, do it for Ryan, do it for Meg... Do it for me!" The younger Hermione said.

"But Hermione doing this is just going to put you in more danger!" The younger Draco protesed.

"Draco you and I both know that by putting this off your just giving Voldemort more time to grow stronger, so he can do more harm. If you don't do this now you know that he will come to you and torture you. You know that whilst he tortures you he will find out about me, he'll kill you for befriending Muggles and myself...a mudblood!" Hermione said whilst keeping eye contact with Draco. Before she could say anything more Draco had wrapped his arms around her and was holding her in a strong embrace.

"Don't say that Hermione, there is no mud in you blood!" Draco said. After a few moments silence Draco spoke.

"Be safe Hermione!" He whispered.

"Be safe Draco!" Hermione whispered.

"Hermione I..." Before he could say anything more a knock could be heard from a cupboard the group hadn't noticed until now. Dumbledoor quickly pulled Hermione away from Draco and gave Draco a quick hug before both of them left. Draco now stood in the room alone, he lifted his wand to his arm. Slowly he pulled up his sleave and tapped the dark mark with his wand. As the snake on his arm began to wriggle a single tear fell from his eye and onto his arm. After a moment silence another knock sounded from the cupboard and with that Draco whipped away his tear and walked over to the cupboard. Before anything more could happen the group was again swallowed by darkness.

After a few more moments in darkness the group of ten found themselves once again in the girls dorm. As soon as Ryan recovered from the shock he walked over to Draco and pulled him into a bear hug.

"Thank you for protecting her!" He whispered.

"Your welcome is all that Draco said. After another moment of awkward silence Meg decided to speak up.

"Well who wants to come down to the hall and cheer up a bit?" She asked.