OK Thank You to all of You that reviewed I appreciate it a lot!! I revised
and edited Chapters 23-26 so if you really didn't get it I highly advise
you going back to check them out! Sorry about it!! Anyways the next chapter
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Peace Easy WaterGoddess
Chapter 27 Christmas Time
Hermione walked down the steps beside Maggie. They were both wearing red robes and had put holly in their hair. Everyone's spirits were high, everyone that was still at Hogwarts that is.
The school had been cleared of all students going home for the Holidays two days ago. Tomorrow was Christmas Eve.
Hermione and Maggie were headed to the library to complete an extra credit project for Maggie's fumbling grade in History of Magic. Maggie seemed to have grown very accustomed to Hogwarts and its students. She stopped to talk with a group of Ravenclaws that had stayed at school over Christmas. She had even called 'Merry Christmas' to the Bloody Baron as he floated through a wall and into the hallway where she and Hermione had been.
Her American accent was fading slowly, but you could still since the foreignness about her. She still wore her American muggle clothes on Saturdays and listened to her bewitched cd player that was filled with American music. Only Harry still teased her about her American traits, everyone else had grown accustomed and didn't seem to notice anymore.
Hermione and Maggie continued down the hall and up the stairs.
"So have you figured out what you're going to do this report on?" Hermione asked as they climbed the last of the stairs.
"Well," Maggie said thoughtfully as she slowed her pace slightly. "I'm leaning towards the Salem Witch Trials, but I'm wondering if the Giant Wars wouldn't be better.
"Hmmm.." Hermione said. She was thinking of how to answer the question when she nearly bumped into someone. Hermione looked up and was astonished to see none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Hermione," Draco said nodding in her direction then turning to Maggie. "McDonnel." Maggie nodded towards him and then acted as if she was searching her backpack for something important.
"Dra- Malfoy," Hermione said curiously. "Don't you usually go home for the Holidays?"
Draco gave a stiff nod then watched Maggie as she continued her shuffle for the item in her backpack.
"My father wouldn't be happy if I had shown up." Draco answered turning back to Hermione. "Seeing as I told him I wanted my own life and refused to become a servant to the Dark Lord."
Maggie looked up and gasped. "Oh.." she said softly than realizing what she had done quickly began searching again.
Hermione's face lit up in spite of herself. "Oh my gosh, Draco that's wonderful!" Hermione hadn't noticed that she had used his first name. "But, well, what are you going to do during the summer? I mean, you are going to finish your schooling at Hogwarts aren't you?"
Draco sadly nodded. "Yes, I am. I'm staying in a room at the Leaky Cauldron until next September. Professor Dumbledore suggested I ask the Ministry for an Auror, but I refused."
Hermione smiled slightly. "Well, I'm happy for you. I can't believe you told your father that."
Draco smiled a little, too. "Well, Happy Christmas." Draco looked at Hermione for a minute after he had said these words and then turned and walked down the hallway.
As soon as he was gone Maggie tugged Hermione's elbow. "We had better go, or we won't have enough time to check out books. The library closes in half an hour."
Hermione's mood lifted quite a bit after her encounter with Draco. She happily followed Maggie into the library.
Draco had decided he was going to tell Hermione on Christmas Eve. He could send an owl to her that evening and hopefully convince her to join him in the room they had met in before. The room that was covered in bookshelves, the room where they had been caught, the room where they had fallen in love.
Draco didn't go to breakfast that morning, he was to caught up in what he was going to say to Hermione to eat. He sat alone in the Slytherin common room acting out what he was going to say in his mind. He kept adding more then starting all over, each idea worst than the last. Draco had gotten so desperate he was considering riding his broom over to Gryfindoor Tower and begging Hermione to forgive him. He was considering going through his closet to find his broom, when a squeaky voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Drakkie! I have a surprise for you!"
Peace Easy WaterGoddess
Chapter 27 Christmas Time
Hermione walked down the steps beside Maggie. They were both wearing red robes and had put holly in their hair. Everyone's spirits were high, everyone that was still at Hogwarts that is.
The school had been cleared of all students going home for the Holidays two days ago. Tomorrow was Christmas Eve.
Hermione and Maggie were headed to the library to complete an extra credit project for Maggie's fumbling grade in History of Magic. Maggie seemed to have grown very accustomed to Hogwarts and its students. She stopped to talk with a group of Ravenclaws that had stayed at school over Christmas. She had even called 'Merry Christmas' to the Bloody Baron as he floated through a wall and into the hallway where she and Hermione had been.
Her American accent was fading slowly, but you could still since the foreignness about her. She still wore her American muggle clothes on Saturdays and listened to her bewitched cd player that was filled with American music. Only Harry still teased her about her American traits, everyone else had grown accustomed and didn't seem to notice anymore.
Hermione and Maggie continued down the hall and up the stairs.
"So have you figured out what you're going to do this report on?" Hermione asked as they climbed the last of the stairs.
"Well," Maggie said thoughtfully as she slowed her pace slightly. "I'm leaning towards the Salem Witch Trials, but I'm wondering if the Giant Wars wouldn't be better.
"Hmmm.." Hermione said. She was thinking of how to answer the question when she nearly bumped into someone. Hermione looked up and was astonished to see none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Hermione," Draco said nodding in her direction then turning to Maggie. "McDonnel." Maggie nodded towards him and then acted as if she was searching her backpack for something important.
"Dra- Malfoy," Hermione said curiously. "Don't you usually go home for the Holidays?"
Draco gave a stiff nod then watched Maggie as she continued her shuffle for the item in her backpack.
"My father wouldn't be happy if I had shown up." Draco answered turning back to Hermione. "Seeing as I told him I wanted my own life and refused to become a servant to the Dark Lord."
Maggie looked up and gasped. "Oh.." she said softly than realizing what she had done quickly began searching again.
Hermione's face lit up in spite of herself. "Oh my gosh, Draco that's wonderful!" Hermione hadn't noticed that she had used his first name. "But, well, what are you going to do during the summer? I mean, you are going to finish your schooling at Hogwarts aren't you?"
Draco sadly nodded. "Yes, I am. I'm staying in a room at the Leaky Cauldron until next September. Professor Dumbledore suggested I ask the Ministry for an Auror, but I refused."
Hermione smiled slightly. "Well, I'm happy for you. I can't believe you told your father that."
Draco smiled a little, too. "Well, Happy Christmas." Draco looked at Hermione for a minute after he had said these words and then turned and walked down the hallway.
As soon as he was gone Maggie tugged Hermione's elbow. "We had better go, or we won't have enough time to check out books. The library closes in half an hour."
Hermione's mood lifted quite a bit after her encounter with Draco. She happily followed Maggie into the library.
Draco had decided he was going to tell Hermione on Christmas Eve. He could send an owl to her that evening and hopefully convince her to join him in the room they had met in before. The room that was covered in bookshelves, the room where they had been caught, the room where they had fallen in love.
Draco didn't go to breakfast that morning, he was to caught up in what he was going to say to Hermione to eat. He sat alone in the Slytherin common room acting out what he was going to say in his mind. He kept adding more then starting all over, each idea worst than the last. Draco had gotten so desperate he was considering riding his broom over to Gryfindoor Tower and begging Hermione to forgive him. He was considering going through his closet to find his broom, when a squeaky voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Drakkie! I have a surprise for you!"
