Author's note: Don't you just love a good bit of suspense! As promised, here's the next chapter, hope you like it!

Chapter 5 part 5:

Draco returned in the evening, feeling extremely exhausted. After Hermione had left with the girl, he had scoured the entire length of the river for a clue relating to the last disappearances. All his efforts went in vain. He was not able to find so much as a scrap of fabric to trace back to the girl. However, he had found something far more valuable. He had sensed the intense magic of the Encantado, which proved that it was indeed its hiding place. Not overly dissatisfied, when he returned to the tent, he found Hermione dressed to the nines. She was wearing an extremely low-cut backless black dress that rested quite above her hips. The plunging neckline of the dress flaunted her ample cleavage and its short length showed of her perfectly tanned legs which were further accentuated by racy black heels. Her hair was tamed yet wildly splayed over her shoulder One look at her smoky eyes had him wondering whether Granger had been using a Disillusionment charm on herself all these years. She looked like Seduction personified, he thought as she nonchalantly past him.

"I thought I'd tell you, I think felt like someone was watching us that day jack took me to that cliff", she said as she adjusted her hair in front of the mirror.

"Don't flatter yourself, Granger", he smirked before he headed for the bathroom. "It was probably a girl staring at that guy", he said over his shoulder.

Even though he didn't want to accept it but even after swimming in the freezing cold for the past hour she still made him debate on a cold shower!

He took time to get ready, after all, if Granger went out looking like that, he needed to balance the scale. There was a big party at the beach that night and he needed to talk to Hermione about his findings before it started. However, when he arrived, the party was well underway. He moved through the crowd of people, ignoring all the suggestive looks the girls were sending his way and the unadulterated hate the guys were emanating. But no matter where he looked, he couldn't spot the bushy haired brunette.

Why did she have to go and tame her hair today of all days? With a start, he realised that Granger and her bushy hair had become synonymous in his mind and he felt that even though this sexified version of Granger was way more desirable, he still missed her wild mass of curls. He warily scanned the rest of the crowd. All this while, he was sure that Granger would have always stood out in a crowd for him. But now that she had changed so much, she was so unlike the Granger he knew. She was just one of the crowd now, and that was making it goddam hard to find her.

His eyes drifted to the stage and it was there that he saw her. As expected, she was with that Jack fellow, again. Something about him had always seemed off to Draco. Maybe it was the fact that he like to go on marathon runs at the crack of dawn or maybe it was because he was showing an impossible amount of interest in Granger of all people. But he didn't know why he always felt the need to be cautious around the guy, as if he was constantly being observed. Anyways, if the way those two were dancing Samba was anything to go by, he'd say that Granger's effort at appearing like a human being for a change had paid off.

He turned his back to them and was about to make his way to the bar when someone caught him by the wrist. It was the barwoman.

"Steve, I need to talk to you, it's urgent", she declared as she led him back to the resort.

Draco allowed her to lead him on. She stopped before the bar there and offered him a seat on a stool. It was then that Draco got a clear look at her clouded eyes. She was clearly under the Confundus charm.

"Who asked you to bring me here?" he asked as patiently as possible.

"Hermione did."

If she knew her as Hermione, there was definitely something up. He waited as the girl went around the table and returned with an envelope which she thrust into Draco's hands. He tore open the seal and began reading.

Malfoy,

I've Confounded the girl, please release her. I want you to meet me at the river where you took me earlier today. You'll find a cluster of rocks along the shore. I'll wait for you there. Remember, when I ask you your father's name, you're going to answer 'Lucius Malfoy'. Please arrive as fast as you can, I think I know who the Encantado is. Find a good hiding place and only come out when I call you. I have no time to answer questions, please just do as I say.

Granger

End note: I'll post the last chapter later today, so wait for it!

Any guesses on who the Encantado might be? I'd say keep guessing, its good exercise for the brain;)

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