Title: To Realize Before it's Too Dark – Hermione's Account (1/?)
Author Name: Lisa Turpin
Author email: RebeccaSL8@Hotmail.Com
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: All characters and the setting of Hogwarts School belong to J K Rowling!
Author's Note: This is a joint-story, I write 'Hermione's Account' of events and G*Ness writes 'Draco's Account' of events. So, please go and read G*Ness story for both views of the story. The story is supposed to be read and written by two different authors, although, this story could be read on its own. I have re-written this story with a different username; my previous story was RebeccaSL8, so, if you think you have read this story before, it is from my old username, RebeccaSL8. Understand?
Dedicated: To G*Ness, for several reasons, one, because she is my beta reader and she has helped me improve my writing a lot, two, she is my other account of our joint-story story writer, three, she is wonderful friend and whole lot of other reasons but I would be up all night, if I was writing out all the reasons! Hope you all enjoy!
HERMIONE'S ACCOUNT
CHAPTER ONE: 'Dirrty' Desire
Truthfully
Even if you don't believe
You will always hear the truth
Come from me
(Baby) I'll never lie
And you're the reason why
I will always tell the truth
Cause the truth resides in me
I changed a lot over the summer - in appearance, not knowledge. I still wonder if the person in the mirror really is me? I looked like the same girl for over sixteen years, now I am seventeen about to start my seventh year at Hogwarts; I am a completely, utterly changed young woman, no longer a girl - plain, brown little girl. Suddenly, I am a fashion guru, a make-up artist and a young woman with a killer body and gorgeous hair. One summer over in Paris with my 'crazy' cousin, Chanel and I am no longer Hermione 'plain' Granger, I am Hermione 'Hip' Granger. There are three very noticeable changes:
1) My face shape - previously, it was a very odd shape because I was so skinny, if it was slightly rounder it'd have be a heart-shape - now, a classic heart shape. One thing that I am very happy about is that I now have very soft, smooth, creamy, milky skin due to Chanel dragging me to do facials every week.
2) My figure - before, just skin and bone, basically - now, all filled out and a perfect hourglass figure. Hours at the Gym everyday, again, dragged down by Chanel.
3) My hair - it was just plain, brown, bushy hair before but now it is a cross between dark blonde and the lightest light brown with blonde, white blonde and reddish copper highlights and it is now perfectly straight, thanks to the hairdresser but it does tend to go slightly wavy from time to time, nothing muggle straighten irons, can't fix!
I made quite an entrance at Hogwarts; everyone thought I was a transfer student, even Harry and Ron! Fancy not even recognizing your own best friend! Surprisingly enough, Draco Malfoy aka Mudblood hater didn't even recognize me; he even tried to flirt with me! He will never live that down, flirting with a Mudblood!
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Happily enough, I was made head-girl and as head-girl I was allowed my own quarters (with two bedrooms – one for the head-boy, the other for the head-girl – one shared bathroom, one shared study and our own common room and two doors that entered our house common rooms – there was a password to enter the head-quarters through a portrait hole) shared with the head-boy. Unhappily enough, head-boy was Malfoy! I had to work with Malfoy for a whole year! We were allowed to make our quaters as homely as we liked. I added a few things from home including a television with muggle channels with Sky Digital! Ron loved the television and was always begging me to allow him in the study to watch it. So, after I was fed up of him begging me on the first day when lessons hadn't even started yet (this was still the morning - the minute Ron saw my television), I got Ron a muggle television with Sky Digital - reluctantly…
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'What's her name, that singer, Christina Aleopatra?' Ron asked me, after the first day back at Hogwarts.
'You mean, Christina Aguliera because Cleopatra was not a singer, she was the queen of Egypt?'
'The sexy one who sang the song 'Dirrty?'
'I see you have seen her very raunchy video then?'
'That sexy one in the miniskirt that shows her thong?' Harry added in.
'HARRY!' I exclaimed.
'What Hermione? What do you expect? I am a sixteen year old guy!'
'Are you sure you aren't still a little boy?' I teased.
Ron snickered and Harry threw a pillow at him.
*
If that was what Ron and Harry watched on that muggle television - God knows, what they do in their spare time at Hogwarts!
*
I, once, read in my Chinese horoscope; I was born in the year of the snake that a snake was:
"Attractive and romantic. He is extremely self-critical; strive to excel in all he does. He is equipped with exceptional judgment and is conscientious."
Now, I come to think of it, it sounds extremely like me; I am very self-critical, I work my head off to do well and I am conscientious.
*
Anyway - I will start from what happened after I arrived back at Hogwarts to start my seventh final year on my first day - the fun (and work) was just about to begin!
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When Ron, Harry and I were sitting down eating at the welcome feast, Ron was eating like he had been starved for days, I looked around the room and my eyes stopped at the center of the Slytherin table; that center seat was taken by Draco Malfoy, he was eating very daintily, nothing like how Ron was eating! I smiled because I thought it was funny, who would have guessed the Slytherin king had such good table manners! Malfoy glanced up at me while I was still smiling but shockingly enough, he didn't shout a nasty remark or sneer or glare instead he surprised me, by smiling at me then winking.
'Hermione?' Came Ron's voice, 'What are you looking at?'
I quickly turned away from Malfoy and carried on my conversation with Harry and Ron. It wasn't until I was walking to my first lesson (potions - with the Slytherins, again) that I realized why Malfoy had smiled at me. Malfoy didn't recognize me; he did not know I was Hermione 'Mudblood' Granger! Well, I was going to give him the shock of his life when he finds out in Potions! How would he react knowing he had just flirted with a Mudblood? I smiled.
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'…This year, we are going work on more complex potions, much more complex than what we've worked on so far, you may decide what you want to go with the partner I have assigned you with…' Snape said, looking around his class.
All the Gryffindor's signed.
'…Mr. Potter and Miss Parkinson.'
Harry got up and carried his things over to where Pansy was seated and plopped down on the empty seat next to her.
'…Mr. Weasely and Mr. Goyle.'
Ron sighed.
'Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger, our two prefects!'
Oh, great! I have to share a study with Malfoy and work together on head duties and I have to work with him in lessons? I grabbed my bag and stomped over to Malfoy, I wasn't exactly pleased! I glared at Malfoy until I saw the expression on his face, a mixture of surprise and puzzlement with a bit curiosity.
'Granger?' He said curiously.
'Yes, Malfoy?' I said sighing. I really did not want to start an argument all ready. So, his next question caught me off hook.
'What happened to you?' He asked incredulously.
'What is that suppose to mean?' I snapped at him.
'You've changed!'
'In, what way?'
'You use to be an insufferable know-it-all, now you - your - all…'
'Yes?' I said smiling. Draco Malfoy lost for words!
'…I am so please that Miss Granger is getting along with Mr. Malfoy, five points from Gryffindor!'
I glared at Malfoy and said shrilly, 'we better get on with this, you know!' I buried myself in my potions book looking for some ideas,
'We can do an advance pepperup potion.'
'No!'
'An anti-poisonpotion?'
'No!'
Argh! I was going mad. Stupid Malfoy! Stupid Snape! Stupid potions!
'We are never going to get anything done!' I hissed.
'Fine, you close your eyes and point at a potion on in the book with your wand.' Malfoy suggested.
'Mr. Gentleman, is letting me, a Mudblood, choose?' I said sarcastically.
'Shut up and do it!' He said angrily.
I closed my eyes and poked my wand somewhere on the page; I opened my eyes to see what I had picked up and my mouth dropped open.
'Shut that mouth, Granger!'
'True-Desire?' I squeaked.
'You chose it!'
I stood up and walked over to Snape's desk to get the ingredients to start our potion and for Snape to record down what we were doing. What choice, did we have? We really needed to get started, everyone else had all ready chosen a while ago.
'Truw-Desire potion?' Snape said, raising an eyebrow.
Malfoy stepped up behind me and nodded.
'This is very similar to a love potion, but this explores what your heart's feelings are for the first person, you see. It will wear off once it knows that all your feelings are negative and can form no relationship, whatsoever, but even the slightest hint of friendship will be powerful, it will change any form of romance into deep affections for that person and possibly love.' Snape explained, his right eye glinting.
'That is simple, I plainly hate Grabger!' Malfoy sneered.
'Even, if you think you hate that person, maybe deep, deep inside, you don't.' Snape said.
'I could never have feelings for him.' I muttered, but deep inside I thought 'was I really that repulsive still to Malfoy, after my great change? He seemed to appreciate it at first - until he knew it was me' I sighed.
*
I walked back to the Gryffindor common room, tired after the first day. I didn't find out Malfoy was head-boy until after a little incident in potions. Before I entered the portrait door, I heard faint music coming through it. The door swung open as I said the password and I stepped in. I was greeted with quite a sight!
The television was turned on high volume and a song was blasting out of it and on the screen was a young female dancing and singing in a thong and miniskirt.
"Oh, I'm
overdue
Give me some room
I'm coming through
Paid my dues
In the mood
Me and the girls gonna shake the room
DJ's spinning (show your hands)
Let's get dirrty (that's my jam)
I need that, uh, to get me off
Sweat until my clothes come off
It's explosive, speakers are pumping (oh)
Still jumping, six in the morning
Table dancing, glasses are mashing (oh)
No question, time for some action
Temperature's up (can you feel it)
About to erupt
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise
Wanna get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat dripping over my body
Dance and getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival"
'DIRRTY' Ron screamed, extremely out of tune! Harry wiggled his hips and was singing along to the words.
'You better turn the volume down, before Professor McGonagall comes in and sees you looking at indecent things!' I shouted over the music.
Harry stopped and turned and stared at me for having to catch him in this moment. Ron turned and was bright as a tomato to the tips of his ears; he looked like his head was on fire.
I giggled at this image.
Harry rushed to turn the volume down.
I laughed; it was great to be back at school!