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"I need to find out what he knows, Hermione!"

"I know, but the last time you went in there didn't end well, Harry!" Hermione was growing increasingly more annoyed at her friend. He just didn't seem to understand that sneaking into the Slytherin common room wouldn't get him the answers he needed.

"She's right, mate. The bloke is always surrounded by the other Slytherins, you're idea is crazy!" Ron was starting to worry about Harry's obsession with finding Ed. They didn't even know that much about him, for goodness sake!

"I know that Ron. But he knows something!" Harry exclaimed, jogging down the changing staircase with his two friends following on his heels. He didn't care what they thought of his plan to confront Malfoy. All he cared about was the fact that Malfoy, of all people, knew where Ed was. And how he was doing. And why he hadn't come back.

"But what about the D.A?" Hermione finally asked, desperate to get him to listen. And it worked. Harry stopped in his tracks, his mind confused on where Malfoy figured into the D.A.

Turning he looked at her in confusion, noticing that Ron was looking at her now too. "What do you mean, Hermione?" He asked slowly, not understanding.

"I…I sent out a new date for a meeting, and it's later today. The others will be confused if you don't show. Let…let me take care of …Malfoy. I'll ask him all of your questions." Hermione made up, not knowing what else to say. Thankfully she had the coin and her wand on her, so it wouldn't be too difficult to send out the time to people.

Unfortunately she would have to keep up the end of the deal, finding and confronting the one boy that made her forget all the knowledge she loved, and all the books she had yet to read. She just knew it wouldn't go well…

Harry hesitated, before deciding to agree. "…Fine. But make sure you ask him-"

"I know, Harry. I'll even ask how he knows, right?" Hermione interrupted, walking past the two boys and leaving them shocked on the stairs. She hardly ever left after winning an argument.

"Well, let's go, Harry. She said it's soon, right? Shouldn't you think of what we'll be learning?" Ron teased, throwing his arm around Harry's shoulders in a teasing manner.

Harry smiled weakly and allowed Ron to move him towards the D.A.'s meeting room, his mind refusing to detour, for the moment, from the encounter with Draco Malfoy.

#$#

Ed sighed before slowly regaining consciousness, feeling a tad annoyed that he seemed to become oblivious a little too often for his tastes. However, unlike the other times he did remember quite a bit of his life in this new dimension. He remembered StealFeather, a centaur named Starginter, the six faires, two of which were not with them, a few people and dragons in Romania, and the current Minister of magic, Cornelius Fudge.

"He's awake!" "Yes, Ruby, we can see that." "Shut it, Amy. Eddy, are you okay? What do you remember?"

"You tried to feed me to an overly large rabbit hybrid named Thumper." Ed muttered before pushing himself up to a sitting position with a loud groan as his back cracked a few times.

Ruby blushed before muttering under her breath. "Of course, that's the first thing he remembers."

"Actually, I also remember finding StealFeather, befriending a prince centaur-"

"He's actually not a prince anymore." Saphy interrupted, prompting Ed to look her way. She, along with the other three fairies, were in a circle with a branch of blue berries in the middle. Each of them were nibbling on a berry, and Saphy self-consciously wiped her mouth when Ed refocused on her. "Well, you met him more than a century ago, Eddy. You made him a special sword from a rock you found, and hid it until he grew up. His father died and he became the leader a long time ago."

"The fae is correct, Edward. I reunited with you just a few months ago after you had given him that sword." StealFeather added, nodding to acknowledge Saphy's words. "Do you remember meeting my hatchlings, Firewing and Ironclaw? And the encounter you had with two humans in that forbidden forest?"

Ed closed his eyes before shaking his head. "No. I guess only a few memories came back."

Ruby grinned before wiping her mouth. "Well, that's alright. You remember the important ones, that's all that matters, Eddy." Amy grimaced before smacking her on the back of the head. "OW! What was that for!?"

"Eddy needs to remember everything. Otherwise how will we find the box? Or fight that evil 'lord'? Remember, that's the main part of why we are here, Ruby." Amy tsk'd, not liking the fact she had to keep everyone in line at all times. Sure, Pearl was in charge, but Pearl didn't speak, unless with the violin or wind. So, it was up to Amy…like usual.

Ruby frowned before nodding, ignoring the scrutinizing gaze Ed fixed on them. He hadn't remembered anything about a box or lord, except from what that boy, Draco, had mentioned. Seeing an opportunity Ed seized it. "Who is the 'dark lord'?" Ed asked.

The fairies all looked up at him, and he could feel StealFeather tense behind him. "Why? Do you remember something?"

"No…just the name." Ed lied, not wanting them to withhold the information he was curious to obtain.

"Well….we might as well tell him, if he remembered that much?" Saphy said calmly, ignoring the sharp looks Amy and Ruby sent her. She relaxed as Pearl nodded her agreement. Sighing, the other two fairies followed suit and nodded as well.

"Right, well it all started with a boy named Tom Riddle."

#$#

"Come in." The Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, looked up from the papers he had been signing as a knock sounded at the door to his new office. He had left the old one after Edward Elric's visit, not trusting the once comfortable room anymore.

"Minister?" He looked curiously at one of the wizard guards from Azkaban, noticing his winded condition and haggard looking beard.

"Yes, mister…" he led, having no idea who stood before him.

"Oh! Me apologies, Minister! The name's Carnwall, Jason Carnwall. I'm a night watchman at Azkaban." He said, removing his black cap and ringing it in his hands.

Fudge blinked before leaning back in his chair. "Yes….Yes well, what brings you so far from you're work, and interrupting mine?" He asked, tapping his quill on his desk.

"Er, well Minister, ye know hows we had that blonde fellow, the one ye demanded we keep in prison no matter wha'." The man started, his face going pale and his hat becoming more wrinkled as time went by.

"Yes?" fudge started, eyeing the man as he started to conclude what he was going to say. "You did as I asked, didn't you?"

"Well, Minister…there was tha' break in, an' the break ou'. Lots of chaos, and confusion…"

Fudge rolled his eyes before standing and slamming his hands on the desk. "Out with it, man!"

"He left with those Death Eaters!" The man squeaked out, terrified of losing his job. He knew he shouldn't have been the one to come here. He just knew it!

Fudge froze before slowly sinking back into his chair. Moments passed in silence as he rested his head in his hands.

"…" Jason eyed Fudge for a few moments before venturing forward warily. "…Minister?"

Fudge looked up, his eyes terrified. "Leave."

"Sir?"

"GO!" Fudge roared, standing again. Whirling the man fled the room, the door closing magically and protecting him from the large book that was hurled at him.

Panting heavily Fudge sank back down onto his seat, cradling his head in his hands, talking to himself frantically. "He was unconscious when they brought him in. Surly when he woke for that short time he was too delirious to know who I was, or recognize my voice. Yes, yes that's right. He won't come back. He won't. He might have even lost his memory while he was at sea, or even his life from those accursed Death Eaters. He won't try to make me pay for locking him up. He doesn't even have a wand anymore. It will be fine…."

The only sound in the room was the frantic mumbling he made.

#$#

Draco shifted his shoulders restlessly as he chose another book on fairies. "Draco, this is lasting longer than usual. You don't think-"

"No." Draco interrupted. "I know that hasn't happened."

Blaise and Theo exchanged a looked before going back to their shelves, looking for information on the whereabouts of the forests fairies inhabited. After careful thought they figured the garden Draco had heard mentioned was in the forest the fairies lived in. If they figured out where that was they could prevent the dark lord from finding it. It was the best thing they could do; next to finding Potter's secret 'training room' that Umbridge was convinced he had.

"Madam Pince, I was wondering if you could direct me to where the books on magical creatures are?"

Draco stiffened and before Blaise and Theo could intercept him he was off. His mind was focused on one thing and one thing only.

"Sure Miss Granger they are-"

"I can take her there, Madam Pince." Draco interrupted the librarian, stopping beside a surprised Hermione Granger.

Hermione blinked at the Slytherin before hesitantly nodding at the librarians questioning look. Shrugging, the doings of students none of her concern as long as they kept quiet, the librarian moved back to her desk and her delightful muggle romance book written by her all time favorite, Heath Rainier. *Don't own*

Hermione followed Draco through the bookcases, trying to figure out what he was up to. "D…Malfoy, why are you acting so…strange?" Draco didn't even spare her a glance as they rejoined Blaise and Theo. Both of them were eyeing their friend warily before looking to her.

Hermione warily edge around the boys, not knowing what to expect. "Zabini, Nott…" Hermione greeted.

The two boys looked to each other before shrugging. "Hello, Hermione Granger. Fancy finding you here." Blaise grinned, showing her, for the first time, a dimple on his right cheek. Blinking Hermione nodded back before she registered what he said. "Well, not really very surprising, if you think about it. I do spend a lot of my time in here."

The two looked at her before grinning at her cheek. "Very true, eh Draco?" Theo acknowledged; setting a book he had grabbed on the table.

Draco didn't comment but stayed beside Hermione, and was it her imagination or was he breathing rather…fast?

"Is he-" She started but before she could finish Blaise interrupted her. "Granger….may we call you Hermione?" He asked, smiling the dimple smile again.

"Um…why?" Hermione asked, a little uncomfortable with the attention. Sure Harry and Ron paid attention to her, but they were like brothers. These three….were 'foreign' boys she had no knowledge of, other than what she had learned through past experiences. "You three don't even like me." The silence that followed those words was profound. "Right?"

"Well, you see…it's not really you." Blaise admitted, also setting down a book. "Regardless, here you go Hermione." He said, smiling at her befuddled look as he shoved the book to her. Automatically she reached out to stop it from falling off the table. Reading the cover her eyes widened before she looked up at them in confusion. "Why are you looking up fairies?"

Draco pulled out a chair and sat down, his own two books in front of him, prompting Blaise and Theo to sit as well. The only chair left was between Theo and Draco, and Hermione wasn't sure it would be wise to sit between two Slytherins.

"We wont bite. Promise." Theo tried to assure her. "You want to learn about fairies too, right? We can help each other. Isn't that what Gryffindors are known for?" Blaise added swiping one of Draco's books and taking out a quill and blank roll of parchment for notes.

Hermione nibbled on her lip, ignorant of the fact that Draco kept on darting glances at her. "Well…I suppose a little help would be a lovely change from normal."

Draco blinked before nodding. "Weasley and Potter don't help you research for your little…adventures?" He asked, speaking the first words since he had intervened between her and Madam pince.

Hermione resisted the urge to blush before shaking her head. "They do help. They found that chamber by themselves."

"That's not what we heard." Theo commented, and Hermione looked between them before shrugging. "They have to focus on the hard stuff. All I do is read and find ways to make their ideas go better. Ron helps more than I do. And none of it would have been possible without Harry." The need to be loyal to her friends was strong, but the need to learn won out.

Forcing herself to relax she opened the book Theo had given her, ignoring Blaise and Theo's chuckles at the obvious end she had made to the conversation. Opening their own books the Slytherins copied her own actions, dividing their attention between the books and their friends' tense posture.

Draco didn't know why, but he didn't have the 'all consuming urge' his mother had spoken about. All he felt was…overwhelming peace, or something close to peace. His shoulders weren't tense, and his mind was clear. Further introspection told him that his blood wasn't heating, or moving any faster. In fact, he hadn't been this relaxed since when his father was away on business and it was just him and his mother at the tender age of six.

Breathing deeply again, forcing himself to not breath too quickly and become light headed again he enjoyed the scent in the air. It wasn't musky or perfumed, rather natural and clean. He didn't have a name for the scent, but he knew it came from Hermione, and he liked it. He also liked how she was modest, despite the fact that they all knew more often than not her two friends survived because of her.

He didn't fully understand his instinct for her to be near, but he wouldn't question it…for now. There was no harm in studying over the same subject…was there?

#$#

Hours later Hermione still couldn't believe that she, 'mudblood' that she was, had just sat at a table with the three most vocal haters of mudbloods, researching on fairies and sharing what they found. Looking at the rolled up parchment in her hand she smiled softly as she remembered when Draco had insisted he duplicate it for her. Even though she had insisted she would remember, he had been more insistent that he duplicate it for her.

Stepping through the door to the common room she was immediately surrounded by the D.A. members of Gryffindor. "Where were you?"

"I…uh…I had a detention. With Umbridge." She felt badly about lying, but she knew that if she told the truth they would judge her. Regardless of the fact that she was their friend, she knew how her generation thought.

"Well that makes sense. She's such a…a…bitch!" "Ginny!" Hermione exclaimed, staring at her normally peaceful friend. The outburst was obviously a result of her childhood with the twins.

"Well she is." Ginny said, turning and leaving with the others, talking excitedly of what Harry had said.

'What had Harry said?' Hermione wondered, walking to the fireplace where her two friends sat. Looking up they smiled in welcome. "Did you find him?"

Hermione sat down after blinking in confusion. "Oh, Malfoy? No. I decided that learning more about fairies would be more helpful." Harry frowned. "And before you get upset, he did mention the fairies a lot. That most likely means that Ed is with the fairies, where ever they are. And they are likely to be at their home. We find the home…"

"We find Ed! Brilliant Hermione!" Harry finished, grinning happily at his smart friend. Hermione smiled, even though she felt bad for kind of stealing the Slytherins' idea…but really, after inviting her to study with them, how could they think she wouldn't share it with her friends?

"So, where do they live? In trees?" Ron asked, looking at Hermione curiously.

"Special trees. From what the books had said, the trees have to be a certain height, and have berries around them. It also hinted at other things, but didn't say." Hermione admitted, not taking the scroll out of her bag just yet.

"Then how will we find them?"

"I don't know yet, let me do some more research." Hermione answered, before asking a question of her own. "How did the D.A. go today?"

"It went great! I'm going to teach the Patronus tomorrow."

"Oh! Really? That's wonderful Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, wondering what hers' would look like. Maybe a cat? Or possibly a fox?

{AN: Well? What do you guys think? Please review, I love them again! I read a few and smiled happily that everyone was happy I'm continuing it! :) ALSO, do to certain happenings I know that there were a lot of notifications concerning my story. I accidentally deleted a chapter, and then reposted it along with all of the other ones after it. And then I posted one twice and didn't post one so I had to fix it again. And then I noticed it wasn't centered right…..*sighs* it should all be fine now.

Also, concerning my tooth… I will be going to a dentist like many of you mentioned. I just home it isn't too bad. But I realize it might be. I do have a sweet tooth xP anyways expect another chapter in a few days! Ta Ta for now!}