A/N: Thanks for all of your reviews they were awesome! I hope you like this chapter. (I have a picture of Hermione's engagement ring up on my profile…) I changed up a few things, they get the memory quicker and all that good stuff, saves the lucky potion for later ;P Oh and both of her parents cant be hypocrites : ) Voldy already has that characteristic… he isn't even pure blood…what makes them call him leader… lol and he was married to Amethyst…. Lol (but that's in my story.)

Chapter twenty seven: Memories.

Hermione sat on the large fuzzy purple couch in the room of requirements. She was watching Draco work on the vanishing Cabinet. He had his copy of 'Vanishing Cabinets For Dummies' in front of him.

"Wouldn't think it would be that difficult would you?" She asked as he threw his wand onto the ground in frustration.

"WHAT THE HELL IS A GLUBENHOUSEN!" He shouted after a few moments. Hermione began rolling in laughter. "What is so damn funny!" He yelled at her.

"You… When you threw you wand down you changed the language to gibberish, gnomish or something." she was still rolling with laughter when he turned bright red and picked up his wand and pointed it at the book.

"Oh, that's better." He said looking at the now English words. "So you never told me what happened after I left your house back at Christmas." He said and her laughing stopped and she turned bright red.

"Well lets just say I got 'the talk'." She said quietly, even though it had been over a moth she still turned pink at the thought. "It was the most embarrassing thing I have ever had to sit through…"

"I know what you mean…" He said remembering the time his parents had tried to talk to him about that stuff. He smirked when he remembered that he had walked out of his room and hid in the attic until his parents gave up. "but my parent only got one sentence into it before I left the room."

"Lucky you, my mom locked the door and wouldn't let me leave." she said not looking him in the eye.

"Hey, at least you know you wont have to have listen to it again." He said as he stepped into the cabinet and shut the door.

"Yeah, I guess your… Hey are you sure that's safe?" She asked when she looked up and realized he was in the cabinet.

"Absolutely not!" He said from in side…

"Then why are you in there?"

"The directions say step into the cabinet and shut the door than check for cracks or breaks in the surface." he said and Hermione just rolled her eyes.

"Well it's your life… she said walking up to it and opening the door.

"Hey what's that for," He asked when he saw her standing in front of him.

"I just though I should tell that I have to leave now, I am needed in Dumbledore's office." She said smiling.

"And how would you know that?" He asked stepping out and putting his arms around her.

"Well I was told in advance, so I really have to go." she said standing up on her toes so that she could kiss him. "I love you, Draco." She said stepping out of his arms

"I love you to, Hermia." He said as she left the room.

She made it to Dumbledore's office five minuets later than she was supposed to be and Harry and Ginny were already there waiting on her.

"I'm so sorry I'm late." She panted, she had ran the entire way, "I lost track of the time."

"That is alright Miss Riddle." She wasn't shocked that he knew her name.

"Now I asked the two of you to come today, seeing as this memory is important." he said. "All of the memories I have shown Harry have delt with your father. This one though is somewhat more important and I need your help getting the unhampered version of it."

"Tampered? Tampered by who Professor?" Ginny asked full of wonder as to who would tamper with a memory.

"Yes tampered, and by the person whos memory it is. I am aware that he is ashamed of the decision he made… I will just let you see for yourselves." He said walking over to his pensive. "Just touch the liquid when you are ready." He told them and they did just that.

Hermione felt like she was falling of of mount Evrest, not that she knew what that felt like. It was a very unsettling feeling and then it ended with a thus and she was laying on the dungeon floors.

"Ouch," she tried to say but her words made no sound. It was then that she say him, her father sitting at a table with a bunch of other students. Ginny and Harry quickly walked to stand next to her. Hermione noticed his ring, it looked familiar.

"Sir, is it true that Professor Merrythought is retireing?" Tom Riddle asked looking completely innocent.

"Tom, Tom, if I knew I couldn't tell you," Slughorn said licking his sugarcoated fingers and winked , "I must say though, I'd like to know where you get your information, boy, more knowledgeable than half the staff, you are.

Their father smiled and they saw why every one liked him. He had the apearance of being perfect and intelligent and he had that look to him that made no one suspicious of him in any way. All of the other boys in the room laughed and cash him admiring looks.

"That is very uncanny ability of yours to know things you shouldn't and you careful and flattery of the people who matter - Thank you for the pineapple, by the way, you're quite right it is my favorite.

The whole room began to fog up and any thing said or done was lost in coluds of dishonesty. They all knew what Dumbledore had meant by tampered.

"Good gracious, is that the time?" Slughorn said. "You'd better get going or we'll all be in trouble." He said ushering them out of the room "Lestrange, I want your essay tomorrow, or it is dentention for you. Same goes for you Avery." They watched him turn around and then he saw Tom.

"Look sharp Tom, You don't want to be caught out of bed out of hours, and you a prefect." The man said chucling.

"Sir, I wanted to ask you something."

"Ask away, the, M'boy, ask away…"

"Sir, I was wondering if you knew anything about… about Horcruxes?" And the fog swarmed in again causing everything that was said or done to be shielded from them. Just as they were losing hope Slughorn's voice boomed through the silencing fog

"I don't know anything about Horcruxes and I wouldn't tell you if I did! Now get out of here at once and don't let me hear you mentioning them again!" and suddenly they were flying through spance again but this time they were going up. Thiis experience was a lot better than the first, this one didn't make them feel like they were going to die.

"That's all?" They all asked in confusion. The memory had left them with more questions than answers, kind of like that show Lost; which we still don't understand what really happened!

"Yes, that is all, and as you can tell he was highly ashamed of what he told Tom. If he wasn't he wouldn't have messed with it." Dumbledore said and then dismissed them.

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"A Bezoar, Really Harry!" Hermione shrieked at him as they left potions the next morning. She had really been anticipating seeing the book fail him for once and then he had to be daring and get a bezoar. It made her so angry that she had spilled her potion all over her table.

"Hermione it isn't a big deal!" Harry exclaimed.

"YES IT IS HARRY!" She nearly shouted, "It is cheating!" she said through her teeth.

"Well, I actually have learned som stuff for cheating." He said defiantly.

"Oh have you know? What have you learned? Sectemsempra?" She asked angrily.

"Yes, and Levicorpus." He said, and after the words had left his mouth he felt stupid. "Hermione, I have just picked up on things I didn't know before. The Half Bloods Prince was a very smart person." He said, "I have learned more from him than I ever learned from Snape."

"I wouldn't be surprised if it was Snape." She sai before walking away from Harry and not looking back.

It wasn't until she was half way to the Great hall when she remembered that it was her turn to try and get the information out of Slughorn. Harry Had tried the night before and Ginny was to try tomarrow.

She turned around and headed back towards the Potions class room; ignoring harry completely as she passed him. Sh knocked on the door.

"Come in." Slughorn said from inside of the room and she walked in. He was sitting at his desk grading papers. "Ah, Mis Holloway, what can I help you with?" He asked looking up at her.

"I was just wondering if you could answer a question about something I read about in the library."

"Of course, ask away." He said.

"Well, I know that it is rather rare and not talked about often, but could you by any chance tell me what a Horcrux is?" She asked as innocently and curiously as she could. She saw his expression drop from happy to worried.

"Miss Holloway, you arent the first student to ask me that this week and the other person was your best friend?" He said sternly. "Why do you want to know?"

"Well you see, we belive that my father may have a few…" She didn't have to say any more.

"When you said your father was Tom, you meant Tom Riddle." He said seeing the connection and he put his head in his hands.

"Professor, we only want to stop him. He has lied, schemed, killed and tortured people. We need to know what you know, that way we can kill him and not have to suffer." She said quietly.

"Miss Holloway, I will give you the memory but only if you promise not to think badly of me." He said taking a vial out of his desk and extracting the memory.

"I promise." She said as she took the vial from him. She smiled one last time at him and let the room to go find Harry and Ginny.

Once she did Harry informed them that Dumbledore was away and that they would have to wait a few days until they could give it to him. It was going to be an interesting wait.

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The snow began to melt slowly as January turned into February. The grounds turned into a cold, wet and dreary mud pit. Purplish-gray clouds hung low over the caslte leaving an almost constant rainfall. Somehow, among all the chaos of the month February was still Hermione's favorite month. Something about it had always made her love it, maybe it was because valentines day was in February or maybe because occasionally there was an extra day. Though not that year.

It was soon after that the most of the sixth years had their first aparaion class. It was the most exciting news arounf for them, all the fifth years had to look forward to was O.W.L.S.

When they arrived the next Saturday they were greeted by a small Ministry Wizrard who said his name was 'Wilkie Twycross'

"As you know, it is usually impossible to Apparate or Disapparate within in the grounds or Wall's of Hogwarts. The Headmaster has lifted the enchatement solely within this room. "You will not be able to Apparate to anywhere out of Hogwarts so I asvise you not to try. Just as Justin Armstrong about what happened to him when he tried." The man and every one else in the Great hall laughed.

"You think I'm kidding… I'm not. That was a very messy situation… Took us two years to find all of him."

"Now, The most important thing to remember while appararing is the three D's; Destination, dilibeation, detemination." Hermione listened to the rest of his little speech and then it was time for them to practice it. Everyone in the hall failed though several peple including Hermione spun in place. Dean Thomas was laughing at Ernie because the boy had done kind of a pirouetting leap into his hoop. The boy was thrilled until he realized everyone was laughing at him.

Nothing exciting happened until the forth try. Susan Bones of Hufflepuff was standing in her hoop on one leg with the other leg five feet behind her. The man explained that to be splinching. After that nothing happened that was more exciting than her almost apperating.

The days began to go by faster and before anyone knew it March was apon them. Hermione hadn't really seen much of Draco, though they would occasionally meet up in the Room of requirements to work on the cabinet. He was making a lot of progess on it. He had successfully managed to teleport half an apple. The other half fifnt go any where… Spliched in a way you could say (A/N: I was a poet and I didn't even know it… sorry for interrupting…)

"What? Ron's in the Hospital wing! What happened?" Hermione asked as Ginny came to the common room to inform her.

"He accidentally ate some chocolate cauldrons that had love potion in them, abd Harry took him to Slughorn for help and someone had given Slughor poisend Wine and

Ron Drank it." Ginny explained to Hermione. "It was meant to be a gift for Dumbledore."

"Poor Ron, you family has had so much greif during this war." Hermione said as she got off of the couch.

"They arent really my family though are they?" She said "But I get your point."

"Ginny they will always be your family, no matter who your biological family is." Hermione said to Ginny. "They were the people who raised and took care of you and nothing changes that."

"That's true and they will always be the parents I love the most… not that I don't love our mother and all but you get my point."

"Oh and guess what else." Ginny added sounding irritated. "McLaggan came up to the hospital wing and bugged Harry until he let McLaggan play in the game… We are so gonna lose…" She threw her hands up in misery, McLaggsn would be the death of them all.

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Hermione stood by Seamus and Dean at the Quidditch Game and they listend to the commentary. Hermione smiled when she realized who was talking, Luna. This was going to be interesting. It did prove to be interesting. She spent five whole minuetes trying to remember a Hufflepuff players name, she said everything but his name; Cadwallader.

As for the game… They were losing. McLaggan was ruining their chances. He wasn't even guarding the gole posts because he was trying to do Harry's job. Just as the Gryffindors thought it couldn't get worse, Harry was yelling at Mclaggan and got hit in the head with a bludger, and he went Down, down, down. Everyone was screaming when he hit the earth. Hermione ran down to the field where she stood next to Ginny as they carried him to the hospital wing.

"Ginny, calm down, he'll be fine." Hermione said hugging her sister.

"What makes you so sure?" Ginny demanded angrily as they walked into the castle.

"He is the boy who just wont die, he had been in so many accidents since he first arrived in this school. If he were meant to die, he would have died in the chember with the stone, The spider would have eaten him or the Basilisk would have killed him."

"That was terrifying," Ginny said thoughtfully, "I though I was going to lose the only boy I have ever loved. I just woke up and he was clutching his…" She froze "Hold on, Why did Tom Riddle try to kill me?" She asked and Hermione froze as well.

"I doubt he would really have killed you, maybe he could only feed off of you because you are his daughter." Hermione suggested.

"Humph, maybe." She said and they continued up to the hospital.

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"Harry!" Taylor Rosalie's voice called from behind them and they all turned to face her. It had been a week since Harry had gotten out of the Hospital. "I have a note from Dumbledore for you." She said handing him a scroll.

"Thanks Taylor." He told her and he expected the girl to leave but she turnes to Hermione.

"Thanks for inviting me and Cherokee, we are both excited to come." She said and Hermione knew exactly what the girl meant.

"Oh, it's not problem." Hermione smiled at her, "When did you find out?"

"Last night, it didn't really surprise us, I mean we didn't know but it isn't to difficult to believe if you have an open mind." Taylor said and then she saw how Ron was glaring at her so she decided to leave. She really hated Ron, with a firey passion and that is saying a lot because she is a persob to really hate others.

"What did you invite that Slytherin to?" Ron asked Hermione angrily.

"That is absolutely none of your business, Ronald." She said indifferently "I can invite whom ever I want to what ever I want and lets just say you arent invited." She said she was angry now that he had the nerve to demand that she tell him whyu she invited a slytherin.

"But I am your friend, why arent I invited." He asked clearly hurt.

"Yes Ronald, you are my friend and that is why I am not inviting you." She said and he looked even more confused. "Also I could only invite six people… well eight if you count mum and Cissa." She said on a side thought and her eyes grew wide in horror when she realized what she had said.

"Who Is Cissa?" He asked and she relaxed.

"My cousin." She said.

"Oh, and I bet you invited that D. fellow as well." Ron said harshly.

"Yes, he couldn't not be invited I mean if D." She said when Harry looked up from his paper.

"Hermione, you and Ginny are supposed to come with me to the meeting." He said cutting off the conversation that had been started.

"I would hope so." Hermione said suddenly excited to find out what the memory was all about. "I will go get Ginny, what time are we supposed to be there?" She asked before turning to leave.

"It just says whenever we have the memory… So I would say now." He said and she practically ran to the common room.

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They dove head first into the pensive when they reached out and touched the liquid. They weren't going into the memory of Slughorn but a different one that Dumbledore had wanted them to see first.

They landed with their noses burried in dust covered plush carpet. Hermione stood up and yas trying to spit out none existant dust.

When she stood up and looked around the room she saw what looked like a giant garage sell. There were mountains of junk that no one could possibly want. "How lovely." She said but the words never came out. She watched as a house elf named Hokey walked into the room with her father, the man that her mother had fell in love with. He was wearing a plain black suite and his hair was longer than it had been in the last memory.

The man stood in front of a woman who was in so many words… well…hmm… bigger than average, give or take. Her cloths were just so pink that they screamed Umbridge not mention they were to small for her.

"Miss Smith," he had brought her flowerers and she squeeled in delight.

"You shouldn't have, you spoil me so much." the woman was being very flirtatious. "What is your excuse for visiting this time?" She asked.

"Mr. Burke would like to make a new offer on the Goblin made Armor, five hundred galleons, he feels that that is more than enough." Tom Riddle said with a dazleing smile.

"You mmake feel as if you are here only for my Trinkets." She said.

"I am, I am just a poor assistant who is trying to sace up fpr a ring to give to my girlfriend." He said and something in the womans expression changed.

"O there is something I want to show you." The woman said and what ever that look had been disappeared. She sent Hokey the house elf to fetch a box fo her, a box that contained who knows what…

She opened the box and took out what was inside, the woman has pulled out a cup and Hermione tried to gasp but she couldn't. She saw her fathers eyes gleam red when he realized what it was. The woman put it back into its box once she explaind how she had gotten it.

"In another box that she pulled out was a locket with the slytherin crest on it. This time she saw possesiveness flash through his expression.

"I couldn't turn this one down." she said, "had to pay an arm and a leg for it. Burke bought it off a pregnant woman who looked as if she had stolen it and didn't know its true value. All three of the Riddle's watching that woman say that got angry. Hermione nor Ginny had to be told that the pregnant woman was Merope.

Before they knew it the memory was over and they were back in Dumbledores office.

"Do you know wh othe pregnant woman was?" He asked the girls when he saw their expressions.

"Grandma Merope." They both said.

"She was actually a better woman then the one in that memory." Hermione said, She had researched her ancestery when she had found out she was a riddle. She had found a article on Merope Gaunt, she was just poor, but everyone thought her to be a nice person.

"Exactly, Tom thought the same thing, though he despised his mother for dieing."

"Shall we watch the next memory, or should we wait?" He asked looking at all three students.

"Can we come back in the morning and watch it?" Ginny asked.

"Of couse, that is what we she do seeing as it is a Saturday." He said and then all three students left.

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"Drake?" She asked as she walked into the room of requirements. She had been looking for him for a while.

"Yeah I'm here." he said ans she walked aound a corner in the direction of the cabinet.

"Do you ever sleep anymore?" she hated seeing how tired he looked.

"Sometimes, not layely though." He said as he opened the door and sat an apple inside of it. She watched as he whispered some words and then re opened the door. The apple was gone, to his excitement. "I did it I got it to teleport." He practically screamed as he shut the door and whisperd the words again. The apple came back as well.

"I Did it mione!" He said running up to her and hugging her.

"But does it worl on live things..?" she asked.

"That is a test for another day." He said and then kissed her and she kissed him back.

"Hey, she said pulling away form him. You should better get you butt down stairs and get some sleep." she told him, he thought she sounded like his mother. "I don't want you to die exaustion.

"Fine, he said and kissed her one last time on the cheek. "I love you."

"I love you too."

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A/N: So what did you think :D Review review review. I know I put up two chapters in one day but I got super board and wrote this chapter and decided to post it eairly… Now click the botton and write, write, write…. You know you want to, you really want to, you just want to review so badly…. ~Taylor (slytherin at heart.)