The Real Me

Description: A playful romp in the snow changes Draco's perspective on things. A Choice. THE choice that will change his and their lives forever. A Draco/Hermione story.

Rating: PG-13 Rating is for language and descriptive kissing scenes. (Probably no S-E-X but I will not describe it but either end the chapter there change to another person.

Author's Note: Hey I decided not to be evil and write one more chapter before I go off to the cottage. But I never said I would continue about Draco's summer experience. =D

I thought about not posting this because I got NO new reviews... although I only posted the last one a little over 2 hours or so ago.\

So enjoy and review review review!!

Oops.... I forgot the disclaimer in the last chapter... Oh well here it is now:

Disclaimer: I don't own squat!

Chapter 3: Flash Forward

***It is now 3 months into the school year, it is the middle of November***

Hermione smiled as she looked around her room. Aah, she sighed, No Parvati or Lavender making noise. I am sooo glad that I was made prefect, meaning that I got to share my own personal room with no one!!

She grinned as she pulled her favourite school robe around her shoulders. She scritched Crookshanks under the chin and headed down to the common room.

As she walked down the final spirl in her descent on the Griffindor common room she was blasted with whoops of glee from her housemates.

"No classes today!!" Shrieked a gleeful Fred as he pulled her into the throng of chattering Griffindors.

"What?!" She cried in confusion, "Why have classes been canceled??"

"Sheesh Mione," a red-headed 4th year said rolling her eyes, "Don't you look outside at all in the morning?" Ginny pulled her to the window out pointed outside. Hermione's eyes were met with the picturesque view of the Hogwarts grounds in all it's snowy glory.

"The school got so much snow last night that all the teachers had to call of classes so that they could help clear all the passagways outside!" said Ron.

"Yeah, I heard that it snowed so hard that snow started falling from the bewitched sky in the Great Hall!!" Harry said with a playful grin on his face.

"Mister Harry Potter is right!" Squeaked the tiny voice of Dobby the house elf. A hoard of House Eleves were streaming into the Common room carryings trays full of breakfast and silverware. "Mister Harry Potter sir, there was too much snow in the Great Hall for the students to be able to get in."

The students grinned and thanked the eleves as they finished their breakfasts and headed out the door.

George grinned and asked Alicia, Katie, Fred, Ron, Ginny, Harry, and Hermione to follow him and to bring their winter cloaks.

The girls grinned, already suspecting that a snow ball fight was soon to come. They said that they would meet them on the grounds in mere moments after they had retrieved their things.

With that the girls dashed upstairs.

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The Slytherin common room was in a similar state. But Draco had no intrest in it.

He thanked the house elf that had been serving him and kindly declined the offer of seconds. He slipped upsatirs to his room (having also been made prefect he got his own room too.) toget his winter cloak and scarf.

He decided to go for a walk in this beautiful winter wonderland.

He thought about many things as he walked through the corridors leading outside.

The main thing on his mind was his summer... he was still the same Draco despite everything but what happened at the end of the 4th year changed his perspective slightly. Why should innocent's die because some evil man said they should.

Sure his father wanted him to become a Death Eater... but he wasn't sure that that was what he wanted anymore.

Why......that was the word rolling around in his head as he stepped outside into the snowy paradise. It was still snowing softly. Everything was perfect.

The sound of giggling girls made him turn around. His eyes were met with four girls with Gryffindor scarfs walking down the steps. He watched which way they were headed and he saw that it was directly towards 4 similairily clad males.

By the looks of it, it was Hermione, Ginny, Alicia, Katie, George, Harry, Ron, and Fred. He smiled slightly when he saw that the boys were trying to hide the pile of pre made snowballs behind their backs.

As the girls drew closer the cheeky grins on the boys faces became apparent. Before the females had a chance to grab some snow they had been pelted in their chests with snowballs.

Their shreiks of rage brought a grin to his face. He sat down and watched as the battle raged on.

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Hermione shreiked with rage and amusment as Fred through a snowball at her. "I'll get you Weasley," she cried as she through a snow ball at his retreating back.

She went to chase him with another snowball when a twin head of read hair through a snowball at her head. He cackled as he ran of to plot more mischeif with the boys.

The girls also regrouped and formulated a plan. "Alright ladies, we wanna send them home crying to their mommies! Or in this case, Mrs. Weasley." She said remembering that Harry's mother was dead.

"Yeah!" Screeched Ginny. She blushed, realizing how loudly she had yelled. "Sorry."

Alicia and Katie both screamed at the same time, "Let's kill 'em!!"

"Now hold up.." Her voice trailed off as she glanced up at the school and saw Draco Malfoy gazing at their group with a wistful look in his eyes.

Has he really changed that much? She though to herself. To want to play with a bunch of Gryffindors?

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Draco's mind was elsewhere as he stared at Hermione's group of girls.

He was thinking about why the Death Eaters would follow someone so bent on killing and torturing that he would torture them and their families just to get what they wanted.

"Hey Malfoy we need your help!" He looked up surprised to see.....

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Author's Note: Don't cha just love cliffhanger endings???

Well I'l be back (let's see...it's Saturday night...) Sometime on Wednesday the 14th.

*Cackles evily* This is what you get for not reviewing!! Oh... I may be kind and get up early tomorrow and write another chapter... If I get at least 5 more reviews!! Nighty Night!!