AN: It's coming closer to the end. Review some ideas, but I already have the ending somewhere in my mind.


Hermione's heart sank. Everything went dark. She opened her eyes. The room was blurry. She blinked and saw that she was in a bed, at the Hospital Wing. Draco and Professor McGonagall were discussing something a few beds away. She turned her head. She was the only person in a bed.

Draco noticed her moving and said, "Excuse me, Professor." He bolted over to her bed. "Are you okay?" He asked. "What happened?" "You fainted." He replied. Minerva walked over to Hermione's bed. "Dear, do you recall our meeting in my office?" She asked.

Hermione now remembered Professor McGonagall saying that Draco's father had killed her parents. She burst into tears. Draco sat on the bed next to her and hugged her. His shoulder becoming covered in tears. "Hermione…I'm sorry. It's all my…" He couldn't finish. Minerva had spoken over him. "Draco! I have already told you that it is not your fault." She said.

Hermione looked up at him. "Don't think that. It will never be your fault." She said. "I hat him. I hate him Hermione. He's going to pay for this, I promise." He hugged her again. "Don't promise things you can't keep." Hermione whispered.

"Granger, you can leave when you feel up to it. Already taken care of with Madam Pomfrey. And if you ever need me, I'll be in my office." Minerva said. She turned and walked out of the Wing.

"Hermione. My father is on the run from the Ministry." Draco informed her. "He hasn't gotten sent to Azkaban?" Hermione stood up in outrage. "No, not yet." Draco said. They walked out of the Wing and down to the Great Hall for what would now be dinner.

"Hey mud-blood. Heard the only sane person in the Malfoy family took care of a certain muggle problem." Pansy laughed as she passed Hermione and Draco. Hermione began to cry. Draco pulled his wand out and pointed it at her. "Shut it." He said. He felt a wand touch the back of his head.

"Wand down." Came Zabini's annoying voice. "Draco, Draco, Draco. I wouldn't be mean to Pansy. After all, she is the one helping me inform your father about our muggle problem. You should be thanking her." He said. Hermione pulled out her wand and pointed it at Zabini. Pansy had pulled out her own wand, pointing it at Hermione.

"You both are pathetic! Talking to my father behind my back." Draco exclaimed. "We want the mud-blood out of the picture, Draco." Zabini replied. "He'll never go back to you two." Hermione said. "Don't be so sure mud-blood." Pansy said.

"Stop calling her a mud-blood!" Draco yelled. "See, last year we would have obeyed out leader, but we don't take orders from mud-blood loving lions." Zabini replied. "What are you telling my father?" Draco asked. "Only stuff about how you've been put under the Imperious Curse by the mud-blood Granger." Pansy answered. "You bitch!" Draco yelled. Pansy looked at him with a look of disappointment and hurt.

Pansy pointed her wand at Draco. Hermione pointed her wand at Pansy. Zabini continued to point at Draco. "Draco let's just leave." Hermione suggested. "No" Draco said. "They're going to pay for what they've done." Pansy laughed at this.

"You've got to wands pointed at your head." She replied. "So do you." Hermione said. Pansy glared at her. "Shut it mud-blood." "You bitch! Don't call her that! Aren't you listening? I'll never go back to you, ever!" Draco yelled. Zabini lightly pushed his wand further into the back of Draco's head. Warning him.

"Students!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed. Coming from a corridor. "What is the meaning of this?" She demanded. "Pansy and Zabini are the ones who told Draco's father about me and Draco!" Hermione exclaimed.

"You two, my office, now!" She pointed to Blaise and Pansy. They followed behind Minerva. Draco and Hermione hugged. When Hermione saw Pansy stick her middle finger up at her, she kissed Draco. Pansy turned in furry.

Hermione and Draco walked into the Great Hall moments later. It was empty, except for a hooded person sitting in the Headmistresses seat. The room was cold. Draco and Hermione looked up at the person. The hooded figure waved their wand and the doors locked and shut themselves. "Draco." Hermione whispered.

"Who are you?" Draco asked. The figure pulled its hood back. Draco held Hermione's hand. The person behind the hood was Lucius Malfoy.