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Chapter 10

The final week of term flew by quickly. Draco and Hermione's relationship was the main topic of discussion. Like Hermione predicted, their relationship was featured on the front cover of the Daily Prophet.

Rita Skeeter, after her fall from grace, had managed to climb her way to a respectable position. Still a gossip columnist, but respectable enough to move back to the Daily Prophet as opposed to the Quibbler. She had an "exclusive interview" with Lucius Malfoy.

Hermione sat at the Gryfindor table, her hands crunching the Daily Prophet as she read all of the supposedly sordid details of her relationship with Draco. Rita brought back the speculation of Hermione's 'relationship' with Harry and Victor Krum, during 4th year.

Rita ended the article with "When we reached out, Hermione Granger refused to send a letter back and Draco Malfoy told us to "**** off and die." We are graciously considering it, NOT a threat from the former Death Eater, but as words of passion. If either of the love birds ever want to give us an interview, we would love to talk to them about their relationship."

Hermione balled up the Daily Prophet into a wrinkly mess, threw it on the table, and pointed her wand at it, "Incendio" she shrieked.

Her mild outburst caught the attention of everyone in the great hall. They were already warily watching her, waiting to see her reaction to the article. They had their answer.

Hermione stood up and glared at her school mates. "Rita Skeeter is an unregistered Animangas. I am reporting her to the Ministry. She went too far during the Triwizard Tournament when she harassed the participants. I thought she learned her lesson when I kept her in a jar for a year, apparently she didn't. Go about your day."

Hermione huffed and marched to the owl tower. She had had enough of Rita Skeeter's bullshit. It was petty, and it was sour grapes, but Rita Skeeter had to be punished.

She pulled scrap paper from her bag, scribbled down a letter, and attached it to a barn owl. She watched the owl fly off to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. She felt a hand land on her shoulder.

"Did you really keep Rita Skeeter in a jar for a year?" Draco asked.

Hermione snorted, "Yes, I put sticks in it, and leaves for her to eat. When I finally let her out, she was PISSED, but there was nothing she could do about it. We had a deal, she would keep mine, Harry's, Victor's, and Cedric's names out of her filthy column, and I would keep her little secret. She broke her promise. So it's time to face the consequences."

Draco chuckled, "Are you sure that the sorting hat put you in the right house? Because that is very Slytherin of you."

"The Sorting Hat almost put me in Ravenclaw. It mentioned Slytherin when it saw my ambition, but decided that Gryffindor was the best fit."

"Yeah, it just touched my head and said Slytherin. It wasn't even fully on. It heard the name Malfoy, shouted Slytherin. Come on, let's get out of the cold. I can't wait to see the paper tomorrow. Rita Skeeter's dirty little secret should at least make the third page.

Draco was wrong, it made the front page. A picture of Rita Skeeter being arrested was front and center. Her glasses askew, her hair a mess. She was screaming, though the words were silent because it was only a picture. The "Dramoine" relationship, as the wizarding world had so lovingly named it, was pushed back to page 7.

Hermione smiled to herself as her classmates talked about her outburst, and pestered Hermione about how she found out that Rita was an Animagus. She told the story, probably 20 times, before it stuck and people shared it with each other She preferred this being the gossip as opposed to her sex life.

The semester finally ended, she took her tests, got O's on all of them. Ginny, Neville, and Luna all took off on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione stood on the platform and waved at them as the train took off, taking them away for the winter holidays. They had half-seriously offered to stay with her for the holiday, but Hermione could tell that they missed their families, Ginny especially.

Draco greeted her back at the Hogwarts gate, and they went on a walk to the lake. It was starting to freeze over, the shore frozen solid, and the middle of the lake still water.

They thought about skating, but didn't want to fall in the water. So they contented themselves to staying on the shore.

That was, until Hermione picked up a ball of snow and lobbed it at Draco's back.

He stopped in his tracks, and made a face. He was still facing away from her, but he bent down, scooped up some snow, and turned around.

"Miss Granger, let me remind you, I play sports, you read books. I will give you one chance to back down, otherwise you will unleash the dragon's fury." He said, his voice eerily calm, but his eyes laughing.

Hermione giggled and mimicked him in a posh voice, "You will unleash the dragon! That is the silliest thing I've heard all week-"

Draco hit her in the chest with snow. Some of it made it into her coat

Hermione shrieked, and the war was on. Flitwick came out of the castle and started to chide them about snowball fights. Until, a straw snowball hit him on top of his head, getting snow everywhere.

Flitwick took a deep breath and glared at Draco, "I'm not going to give you detention, but I highly suggest you stop before you get in trouble. Come inside, the elves are making hot chocolate and cookies."

Hermione smiled, "That sounds wonderful actually." She grabbed Draco's hand and half pulled him inside of the building, following Flitwick to the Great Hall.

There were only a handful of students left, a Slytherin who had lost her parents in battle, a few Hufflepuffs, a single Ravenclaw, and two Gryffindors. This was the usual amount of people who stayed during the holidays. Hermione sat down at the table by the Gryffindors. Draco sat next to her, across from the Slytherin.

"Are you excited for the holiday?" Hermione asked the Gryffindors with a smile.

They nodded, the younger one stared at Hermione in awe.

Hermione tilted her head, "Is everything okay?"

The little Gryffindor nodded, "Yeah, I'm just surprised that you're talking to us. You always seem distant."

Hermione laughed, "No, that's just my personality. You can always approach me and ask me questions if you want!"

The little Gryffindor forced a smile. A goblet appeared in front of Hermione filled with steaming hot chocolate, with whipped cream on top. She beamed and took a sip.

Draco watched her, a small smile playing on his lips.

The few guests watched them with wide eyes. It was something that they hadn't expected, but stranger things had happened in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts.

Again, just filler! I'm going to work for a few hours (yaaa, retail :/), but I'll post Christmas after work, maybe before. IDK. But please review, follow, and favorite! I've only gotten 2 reviews, but 34 followers! Y'all have to have some kind of constructive criticism. I know that I'm probably making grammatical errors, spelling errors, and using preposition phrases (my mom would have an aneurysm), but I'm more concerned about my plot and if it's easy to follow! Thank's for tuning in! I think we're over halfway through this, we'll see!