Well Sharleen I promise Harry will be more friendly this chapter sorry he was cold. Oh and lots more of Draco for that BIG Draco fan who reviewed me.

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Harry wondered out of the main hall desperately looking for his friends and Diyan and Sharlene so he could apologise. As he scanned the masses of pupils filing out of the halls he heard the familiar laughter of his two best friends he spun around only to be face to face with Draco "Where is your personal fan club? Not signing any autographs this year what a surprise and I see your friends have finally got sick of you playing superstar and left you all by yourself. It seems to me to be a pattern everyone leaves you in the end"

"We haven't gone anywhere, Malfoy. But I ask myself where are all your friends I distinctly remember you having a lacking of people with more than two brain cells, who want to be your friend Draco. I wonder why?" Hermione said with a sarcastic tone. Harry felt that familiar feeling of belonging return as his two friends stood behind him glaring at Malfoy. Suddenly a shadow loomed over all of them, which made their stomachs jump right into their throats. As the looked up they we meet by a long thin haggard face with small eyes and a long nose and beard from which you could see a thin twisted smile appear from within.

Hermione shivered as the tall man kept them all with his stare in the once noise and now silent corridor. Finally the comforting thudding of Hagrid's steps down the corridor broke his stare and he swept down the corridor in the opposite direction.

They all stood silent and still until Hermione shivered and Draco mumbled something about going to the common room and he slopped off. Hermione felt eerily like someone had just looked into her very soul. "Who the hell was he?" Ron said once again breaking the silence. Hermione and Harry smiled and then laughed. That's one thing you can rely on about Ron is that you can always trust him to sum up an intense experience so perfectly. "Haven't a clue, but I know who will, Hagrid he'll tell us." Hermione looked at him and said "Ron go with Harry I'm going to the common room to find Ginny I haven't saw her yet, Okay?" They both looked at her suspiciously but left her saying they'd see her later. Once she was out of their sight she climbed a few of the stairs and sat down.

As Ron and Harry raced down the corridor they talked excitably about whom or what was the mysterious person in the corridor and whether he'd turn into this year's new adventure. Their plans were abruptly stopped when they heard the not so welcoming voice of Proffessor Snape talking to what looked like a first year both Harry and Ron had to take a second look as they couldn't believe their eyes. Suddenly the first year turned around and looked at the statue they were hiding behind as if she knew they were there, "Uncle Severus are pupil suppose to be out of the common rooms now?" "As I'm the head of your house and you're uncle I really don't think anyone will mind you being out, Hannah" The girl turned and smiled at them and continued to talk with Snape. Harry looked at Ron "Uncle? That means that there are two Snapes in the castle as if the year isn't confusing enough already!" "Harry, she saw us I just know she did. I think we better get out of here because she's gonna tell him. There something not right about that girl" Harry sighed "Come on then we'll speak to Hagrid tomorrow. Oh and Ron I'm sorry about the thing in the carriage Diyan and Sharlene seem really nice. I'll say sorry to them tomorrow aswell,Okay?" Ron smiled and they headed off towards the common room.

She was still shaking after that man had looked at her, but she wondered why Harry and the others hadn't been so affected. Suddenly a familiar voice from behind broke her chain of thought. "So I bet you've all predictably raced off to see, who the mystery man is and whether its yet another chance to save the school from evil, He's the new dark arts teacher and he poses no threat to the school you and your friends will be so terribly disappointed" he laughed. Draco jumped in front of her and has he looked into her eyes his expression changed from a look of utter satisfaction to concern. Hermione had gone a deathly white and was shivering more violently than ever. "Hermione are you alright?" Hermione tried to answer him but she felt so cold she couldn't speak. Draco helped her off the floor and lead her to Madam Pomfrey's office but being so close to Draco seemed to warm her up and she began to stop shivering "I'm okay I just felt a little strange that's all I'll be okay", he still looked worried and helped her to a bench saying "Are you sure you had me really worried. I wouldn't want everyone thinking it was on of my pranks that had gone wrong." She smiled and managed a small laugh, "I think I should get back to the common room it's getting late." She said "You're not getting away with worrying me so badly that easily, Granger now I'll take you back to the common room and you can tell me what exactly brought all that on." She let him escort her back to the classroom telling him about what happened after the new dark arts teacher had looked at them in the hall. Once they got back to the common room she turned to him and said "Don't worry you won't get any credit for your heroic rescue of me in the hall I won't tell a soul." They smiled at each other and with that she went through the portrait into the rowdy Gryffindor common room