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Chapter 12: Goodbye and Hello

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"Draco Malfoy. I thought you were taught better!" The mans voice yelled.

Draco jumped off the bed and stood up in front of the man. No trace of fear was shown on his face. Anger was the only emotion on his face.

"Well, I suppose you thought wrong then didn't you?" Draco asked.

"What will your mother say?"

"MY MOTHER WANTS ME TO BE HAPPY!" Draco yelled.

"Thats what you think." The man hissed,and glared at Hermione.

"Watch your back, Mudblood. Dark places can be scary"

Hermione looked at him as if he were crazy. Draco pulled out his wand and pointed it at the man. "Do not threaten her."

The man laughed. "What will you do about it?" he asked, and was gone.

"Draco?" Hermione asked in a small voice. "Who was that?"

Draco turned towards her. "Unfortunetly, my uncle"

Hermione looked at him questioningly as he walked back over to her bed to sit beside her.

"Lestrange" he told her.

"Oh." she said and laid her head on his shoulder.

They just sat there in silence fora few moments.

"Come on," Draco said, getting up. "Lets go to breakfast"

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"Hermione, whats going on between you and Draco?" Nicolette asked her cousin later that day.

"Noth-" Hermione started.

"Don't say nothing. Cause that is so not true"

"Thats absurd, Nicolette. We are friends. That's it!"

"Hermione.."

Hermione gave up. "OK. You win. I like him...Alot."

"How much is alot?"

"Nicolette" Hermione groaned in frustration.

"Hey. Don't get mad at me!"

"What are you girls talking about?" Harry came up behind them.

Hermione jumped in surprise.

She sighed relief. "You scared me, Harry"

"Sorry."

"We were talking about whats going to happen when school starts" Nicolette answered.

"Oh...what is gonna happen?" he asked.

"We don't know yet. We have a meeting with Dumbledore this afternoon and -- " Nicolette stoped short when Harry disappeared.

"This can't be good" Hermione said, then started running for Dumbledore's office, Nicolette on her heels.

Breathless, Hermione said the password to the headmasters office and ran up the staircase. Hermione knocked on the door and without waiting for an answer ran in.

Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk. "Miss Granger's. Too what do I owe this visit?"

Hermione tried to catch her breath. "Harry...disapperate...2 minutes ago..."

"Miss Granger, you are not making any sense."

Hermione took a deep breath. "Nicolette and I were talking to Harry and he suddenly disappeared. Is there anyway we can fine out where he has gone too?"

"Yes. Luckily, I put a tracking spell on him." Dumbledore reached into his desk and pulled out a peice of parchment. "Oh dear, he is at The Burrow."

"Wait..." Hermione started, "You said he apperated where he is needed, wouldn't that mean..." she let her sentance drift in shock.

"I'm not sure. All we can do is wait. I suggest you go back to where you were until he comes back."

Hermione and Nicolette nodded and headed for the door.

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"Harry!" A voice shouted in surprise.

Harry whipped around and saw Ginny.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Come on. Where is everyone. I'll explain when we have everyone together."

They went into the kitchen and Harry explained what was going onto everyone. Before he could get the last word out. He was gone.

"Mum? Harry said he only apperated to where he was needed. Why was he needed here?" Ron asked.

"I don't know, Ron"

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"Harry!" Nicolette yelled.

Harry turned around.

"Harry? Is everyone OK. We know you were at The Burrow --" Hermione rushed on.

"WAIT!" Harry yelled to stop his blabbering friend.

Hermione hushed.

"Everyone's fine. I don't know why I was there. The first person I saw was Ginny. She seemed fine. So did everyone else. I explained it all to them, but I couldn't finish. I apperated backon the last word."

"Oh."

"Whats going on?" Draco asked coming up behind them.

"Harry just apperated again. To Ron's house."

"Whats wrong there?" he asked Harry.

"That's what we don't know."

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"Hermione? Do you think everyones alright?" Nicolette asked when they were alone again, later that night.

"I don't know, Nicolette."

"Are you worried?"

"Of course I am worried. Ron's my best friend, Nicolette. And Ginny and I get along great. Bill and Charlie are pretty cool, and even though Percy is stuck up, he's still not stupid. And Fred and George are hilarious, even if I don't admit it sometimes." Hermione was getting annoyed with her cousin.

"Hermione, calm down.I didn't mean to be smart."

Hermione sighed. "Sorry, Nicolette, its just that things have been so confusing lately."

"You're telling me."

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The next couple of weeks went by with Harry only apperating a few times. One very sunny day Dumbledore came into the Head common room where he found the four teenagers. He was carrying a very laurge mug that was steaming.

"Mr. Potter. The potion is ready for you to drink."

Harry got up and walked over to Dumbledore. He took the mug and said "What does it taste like."

Dumbledore smiled. "Drink it and find out."

Harry gulped down the potion, waited a moment and got an amused look on his face. "Marshmellows?"

"Well yes, that is one of the ingredients." Dumbledore told them, took the mug and bid them a good afternoon.

"Marshmellows?" Draco asked with a questioning voice. "Is that some kind of muggle food?"

Hermione and Nicolette burst out laughing.

"What?" he asked them.

Hermione and Nicolette just shook their heads. "Come on you guys, lets go outside." Nicolette suggested.

Hermione and Nicolette stood up, linked arms and skipped out of the common room. Harry and Draco exchanged glances and followed suite.

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"Hermione!" Nicolette shouted, catching up with her cousin. "It's finally been decided. I am not staying here. We are going to be relocated."

"Where?" Hermione asked.

"London. That way we are close enough to your mum and dad, and far enough away from Whitford."

"Cool. So I can come see you on Holidays, hey?"

"Yeah, definetly. ButI have to go now. We are leaving in 10 minutes, there shouldn't be muggles around when everyone else arrives."

Nicolette and Hermione ran to find Nicolette's parent. Hermione said good-bye to her aunt and Uncle and said she'd hope to see them soon. She hugged all three of them, and stood with Draco and Harry as she watched them fly away.

"Come on, Lets go down to the train station and meet everyone." Harry suggested.

So, the trio headed for the train station. Dracoremembered that he may want to hold back a little bit. So 5 minutes before the train station he took a different route around.

"Harry! Hermione!" a voice shouted as the train began to unload. The two whipped around to see Ron and Ginny waving at them. The walked over to their friends and exchanged hugs. They all got into a carraige with Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood and a 4th year girl that they didn't know very well.

"So, how was everyone's summer?" Hermione asked when the carraige began to move.

Everyone immediately broke out in chatter. Ginny leaned over to Hermione and said, "we need to talk later."

Hermione gave her friend a questioning look and nodded.

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-Well...Thats all for today. Maybe more when I feel like I am awake. So hope you liked it. PLEASE REVEIW! Byes!-

-Darcicy-