A/N: Thanks for the poitive remarks and reviews... and even the mean ones.
And hopedreamer thanks for the spelling help lol
Chapter Six: Memory is Lost, At A Horrible Cost
"I have outsmarted the mudblood." He grinned.
"Malfoy Malfoy, Malfoy." She shook her head. "You forgot so easily that I am a perfect and I no more then others." While Draco thought she was talking gibberish, Hermione had something up her sleeve. There was a greater memory charm then that simple one. She flicked her wand and said somemore magical words. Hopeing it worked, Hermione waited. Draco shook his head clear and couldnt remember what he was doing in the compartment, nor could he remember who was standing in front of him.
"Who are you?" He asked Hermione scratching his head.
"Malfoy stop that!" She said scared.
"No I really cant remember!" He said persistantly. "Whoever you are, your quite pretty." He smiled moving closer. Hermione stepped back but heard that they had reached their destination... Hogwarts. She quickly ran out and met Harry and Ron outside.
"Its nice to see you back to yourselves." She smiled weakly. "You know theres something wrong with Malfoy...I used this strong memory charm on him... it seemes to have wiped out more then that event. He called me pretty."
"Well you are..." Harry was saying but relized what he was saying, "...a bit strong with your spells so it might have." He covered it up. The sorting ceremony went as it usually did. Hermione waved to Marlith and Matt at the Ravenclaw table and went up for bed. The next morning their first class was Care Of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins.
"Today we'll be studin unicorns." Hagrid told them as their expressions turned happy. "Ima goin' ta give yer all partners." He paused.. "Oh right then Ron and Parvati, Lavender and Dean, Seamus and Neville....Hermione and Harry.." Hermione grinned as did Harry, but Ron just frowned and joined Parvati. "Jus' start out strokin' their manes and Ill go around checkin' up on yer all." Hermione and Harry got a very pretty looking unicorn with flawless white hair and blue eyes. Hermione thought this the perfect time to tell Harry.
"Harry...well you know the thing is I love u....." Harry was blushing but Ron interupted their moment.
"What was that u were saying Hermione?" He asked suspicioulsy.
"..Unicorns." She finished, "I love unicorns."
"Oh." was the only word uttered from Harry's mouth. Ron had a look of relief on his face.
'Dam!' she thought angrily. 'Stupid Wealsey!' She was starting to sound like Draco in her head. Speaking of the devil, he came up to them.
"Hey Hermione." He smiled at her.
"Malfoy... you okay?" She asked weirded out.
"Just dandy." He replied still smiling.. it wasnt an evil smile, or even his famous signature smirk, it was a friendly smile.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron sneered as if he were Draco himself.
"Nothing at all, I was just wondering if you wanted to hang, there are two guys over there who look and act like Gorillas... who the hell are they?" He asked pointing at Crabbe and Goyle, who only waved back merrily... not knowing how stupid they looked. Draco just shrugged and smiled at Hermione once again.
"Malfoy quit looking at me like that!" Hermione felt outraged.
"What?!" Draco replied innocenlty.
"Do you not know how much we hate you, five years Malfoy... five years you have bothered and troubled us." Hermione nearly spat out these words.
"I have no idea what your getting at, or what your talking about and its D- R-A-C-O!" Draco responded looking quite hurt. 'Oh no! I think I should have left things as they were... ugh cant believe this stupid powerful memory charm!' Hermione looked up in the sky like she was asking god 'why, why me?'
"Hermione you okay?" Ron asked her with a smile even more creepy then Draco's she thought.
"Okay then Draco... I think we should see Proffesor Dumbledore or maybe Madam Pomfrey."
"Why?" He asked "Im feelings fine." 'Think Hermione think... I dont like this Malfoy, hes creeping me out'
"Im not feeling well can you go with me?" She put on her most fake smile and tried to bat her eyelashes.
"Ill go with you 'Mione!" Both Harry and Ron said in unison.
"Why would you want this creep to take you?" Harry asked disgusted. Hermione gave him a look said that 'Shut up and let me work!'
"Ill tell you later." She whispered so only Harry could hear her. Harry nodded reluctanlty and gestured for Ron to follow him as he walked away with the unicorn. Draco smiled widley 'Shes beautiful!' While Draco was dreaming up fantasies, Hermione was thinking of more panicky things 'I wish that slime ball would stop looking at me like that. I dont want to have to deal with both Malfoy and Ron.. their standing in the way!' She decided to go straight for Dumbledore, for one Madam Pomfrey would probally be furious with the use of magic on other students, and second she probally wouldnt know the spell since it wasnt one that was popular and many didnt know about it. Luckily, Hemrione caught Dumbledore right when he was leaving his office.
"Proffesor!" Hermione called after him.
"Yes Miss Granger arent you suppose to be in Care of Magical Creatures?" He asked her still with that twinkle in his eye.
"Yes Proffesor, but Ive done something terribly wrong." She looked so ashamed. She told him the story while Draco looked back and forth as they talked, he had no clue what was happening.
"I see... hmmm.. well we will have to bring his memory back, and magic cannot fully cure it." Dumbldore said at last.
"So we have to remind him of how nasty and cruel he is?" Hermione questioned.
"Oh Miss Granger please dont see it like that, Mr. Malfoy is a wodnerful student after all, he has good in him." Dumbledore always tended to see the good in everything and everyone.
"I know Proffesor... Ill make a mixed tape for him when he sleeps. With words like 'Granger' and 'Mudblood' and 'potty' and 'Weasel'... sound good?" She asked Dumbledore hopefully.
"We can try it miss Granger.. for now he'll have to see Poppy." Dumbledore smiled kindly. "Well you better get going to Potions, its your next class." Hermione nodded and walked down the hall dreding Potions class. She came to the door and saw people filling in.
"Herm!" She heard Harry calling over to her. She hurridly walked over to their usual seats... 'cept Ron sat in the middle forcing Harry and Hermione to sit on either side of him. She reluctantly sat down.. her eyes traveling to Harry, she smiled sweetly. Problems followed...
"You all will be pairing up with someone for this project.." Snape said in his usualy nasty, greasy drawl. "I will LET you all choose your partners... dont say I never did anything nice for you Gryffindors." He ended with a sneer. 'Oh joy, oh joy!' Hermione felt like clicking her heels and jumping for joy.
"Be my partner Herm?" She heard a certain red hair say. She slumped in her chair, feeling a whirl wind through her stomach. She turned to Harry, his mouth still open.. like he was half way through asking a question. He closed his mouth and looked down at his shoes.
"Sure Ron..." She trailed off. Harry joined Neville and they began their lesson. Every few...seconds, Hermione found herself getting highly annoyed by Ron.
"No Hermione let me poor that... I dont want your shirt getting caught on it... you mgiht break a nail..." At that last remark she nearly screamed at him.
"Ron! Im not going to break a nail tieing my shoe!"
Chapter Six: Memory is Lost, At A Horrible Cost
"I have outsmarted the mudblood." He grinned.
"Malfoy Malfoy, Malfoy." She shook her head. "You forgot so easily that I am a perfect and I no more then others." While Draco thought she was talking gibberish, Hermione had something up her sleeve. There was a greater memory charm then that simple one. She flicked her wand and said somemore magical words. Hopeing it worked, Hermione waited. Draco shook his head clear and couldnt remember what he was doing in the compartment, nor could he remember who was standing in front of him.
"Who are you?" He asked Hermione scratching his head.
"Malfoy stop that!" She said scared.
"No I really cant remember!" He said persistantly. "Whoever you are, your quite pretty." He smiled moving closer. Hermione stepped back but heard that they had reached their destination... Hogwarts. She quickly ran out and met Harry and Ron outside.
"Its nice to see you back to yourselves." She smiled weakly. "You know theres something wrong with Malfoy...I used this strong memory charm on him... it seemes to have wiped out more then that event. He called me pretty."
"Well you are..." Harry was saying but relized what he was saying, "...a bit strong with your spells so it might have." He covered it up. The sorting ceremony went as it usually did. Hermione waved to Marlith and Matt at the Ravenclaw table and went up for bed. The next morning their first class was Care Of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins.
"Today we'll be studin unicorns." Hagrid told them as their expressions turned happy. "Ima goin' ta give yer all partners." He paused.. "Oh right then Ron and Parvati, Lavender and Dean, Seamus and Neville....Hermione and Harry.." Hermione grinned as did Harry, but Ron just frowned and joined Parvati. "Jus' start out strokin' their manes and Ill go around checkin' up on yer all." Hermione and Harry got a very pretty looking unicorn with flawless white hair and blue eyes. Hermione thought this the perfect time to tell Harry.
"Harry...well you know the thing is I love u....." Harry was blushing but Ron interupted their moment.
"What was that u were saying Hermione?" He asked suspicioulsy.
"..Unicorns." She finished, "I love unicorns."
"Oh." was the only word uttered from Harry's mouth. Ron had a look of relief on his face.
'Dam!' she thought angrily. 'Stupid Wealsey!' She was starting to sound like Draco in her head. Speaking of the devil, he came up to them.
"Hey Hermione." He smiled at her.
"Malfoy... you okay?" She asked weirded out.
"Just dandy." He replied still smiling.. it wasnt an evil smile, or even his famous signature smirk, it was a friendly smile.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron sneered as if he were Draco himself.
"Nothing at all, I was just wondering if you wanted to hang, there are two guys over there who look and act like Gorillas... who the hell are they?" He asked pointing at Crabbe and Goyle, who only waved back merrily... not knowing how stupid they looked. Draco just shrugged and smiled at Hermione once again.
"Malfoy quit looking at me like that!" Hermione felt outraged.
"What?!" Draco replied innocenlty.
"Do you not know how much we hate you, five years Malfoy... five years you have bothered and troubled us." Hermione nearly spat out these words.
"I have no idea what your getting at, or what your talking about and its D- R-A-C-O!" Draco responded looking quite hurt. 'Oh no! I think I should have left things as they were... ugh cant believe this stupid powerful memory charm!' Hermione looked up in the sky like she was asking god 'why, why me?'
"Hermione you okay?" Ron asked her with a smile even more creepy then Draco's she thought.
"Okay then Draco... I think we should see Proffesor Dumbledore or maybe Madam Pomfrey."
"Why?" He asked "Im feelings fine." 'Think Hermione think... I dont like this Malfoy, hes creeping me out'
"Im not feeling well can you go with me?" She put on her most fake smile and tried to bat her eyelashes.
"Ill go with you 'Mione!" Both Harry and Ron said in unison.
"Why would you want this creep to take you?" Harry asked disgusted. Hermione gave him a look said that 'Shut up and let me work!'
"Ill tell you later." She whispered so only Harry could hear her. Harry nodded reluctanlty and gestured for Ron to follow him as he walked away with the unicorn. Draco smiled widley 'Shes beautiful!' While Draco was dreaming up fantasies, Hermione was thinking of more panicky things 'I wish that slime ball would stop looking at me like that. I dont want to have to deal with both Malfoy and Ron.. their standing in the way!' She decided to go straight for Dumbledore, for one Madam Pomfrey would probally be furious with the use of magic on other students, and second she probally wouldnt know the spell since it wasnt one that was popular and many didnt know about it. Luckily, Hemrione caught Dumbledore right when he was leaving his office.
"Proffesor!" Hermione called after him.
"Yes Miss Granger arent you suppose to be in Care of Magical Creatures?" He asked her still with that twinkle in his eye.
"Yes Proffesor, but Ive done something terribly wrong." She looked so ashamed. She told him the story while Draco looked back and forth as they talked, he had no clue what was happening.
"I see... hmmm.. well we will have to bring his memory back, and magic cannot fully cure it." Dumbldore said at last.
"So we have to remind him of how nasty and cruel he is?" Hermione questioned.
"Oh Miss Granger please dont see it like that, Mr. Malfoy is a wodnerful student after all, he has good in him." Dumbledore always tended to see the good in everything and everyone.
"I know Proffesor... Ill make a mixed tape for him when he sleeps. With words like 'Granger' and 'Mudblood' and 'potty' and 'Weasel'... sound good?" She asked Dumbledore hopefully.
"We can try it miss Granger.. for now he'll have to see Poppy." Dumbledore smiled kindly. "Well you better get going to Potions, its your next class." Hermione nodded and walked down the hall dreding Potions class. She came to the door and saw people filling in.
"Herm!" She heard Harry calling over to her. She hurridly walked over to their usual seats... 'cept Ron sat in the middle forcing Harry and Hermione to sit on either side of him. She reluctantly sat down.. her eyes traveling to Harry, she smiled sweetly. Problems followed...
"You all will be pairing up with someone for this project.." Snape said in his usualy nasty, greasy drawl. "I will LET you all choose your partners... dont say I never did anything nice for you Gryffindors." He ended with a sneer. 'Oh joy, oh joy!' Hermione felt like clicking her heels and jumping for joy.
"Be my partner Herm?" She heard a certain red hair say. She slumped in her chair, feeling a whirl wind through her stomach. She turned to Harry, his mouth still open.. like he was half way through asking a question. He closed his mouth and looked down at his shoes.
"Sure Ron..." She trailed off. Harry joined Neville and they began their lesson. Every few...seconds, Hermione found herself getting highly annoyed by Ron.
"No Hermione let me poor that... I dont want your shirt getting caught on it... you mgiht break a nail..." At that last remark she nearly screamed at him.
"Ron! Im not going to break a nail tieing my shoe!"
