AN: Thankyou to everyone that reviewed!!  Thankyou CatEye360, your review was very well phrased. ;) I found you through another fanfic I was reading one day. It was a Draco/Hermione. So I figured you might like to read mine. Thanks and please read on. Oh and Review!!! :P

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PS: This chapter is much longer than my past ones. But there are things I HAVE to explain.

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CHAPTER 11-

Hermione loved it when Draco disappeared. It was wonderful to know 'now', how he did it.

 She was the smartest girl in her year, last year. Yet it still used to puzzle her. The way he just happened to be around every corner when her Harry and Ron were walking along the Hogwarts corridors. The way he jumped out and scared them every time they turned into a new corridor.

She had only found out last year. While they were sharing a very *ahem* moment, Draco revealed his secret to her.

She was shocked at first, but then it all made sense.

He knew how to apparate.

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~'~'~'~'~Flashback~'~'~'~

Hermione was sitting on Draco's lap, listening intently to everything he said. They had been up in the Astronomy Tower for an hour now. Sharing their thoughts and views on everything. It was amazing, how similar they both were.

They were the two smartest in their year, and they had just, an hour ago been told that they would be next years Head Boy and Girl.

Hermione was ecstatic! She knew very well that she would be head Girl, but it still took her by huge surprise when she walked into Dumbledore's office to find Draco standing against a tall oak bookcase smiling. He was smiling! No, not an evil smile, but a happy-content smile. Straight away Hermione had known it was good news.

"Hermione, look there's something I have to tell you." Draco started speaking.

"Yes Draco?" Hermione returned her attention on the now fidgeting young man infront of her.

"It's ok, I'll understand," She added, sensing the tone of his voice".

"Hermione. Ok..Well, I haven't been entirely honest with you these past couple of months..." Draco was saying.

Hermione tried to think positive. Horrible thoughts were already running through her head.

Draco kissing Pansy in the dungeons.

But she dismissed the thought as nervousness.

"Go on Draco, I'm sure It'll be fine". She told him reassuringly.

He nodded and continued.

"You see when I was 13. Lucius decided it was time. Time for me to prove myself worthy. To the Dark Lord."

- "No Draco, you didn't! NO!" Hermione screamed with all her might.

" 'Mione listen! He beat me until I was unconscious, and then took me to a dark forest. Somewhere out of town. I wasn't sure what was happening until I got there."

Hermione got up and started to back out of the room.

Draco stood and caught her before she could get away.

"Listen Hermione this is very important for you to hear." He said to her, holding her in his arms.

Hermione saw the warmness in Draco's eyes and went back to the windowsill and sat down next to him.

"I fought him. Voldemort, I fought until I couldn't stand anymore. There was no WAY I was getting the Dark Mark.

You see, I had been fearing the night ever since Lucius mentioned, it would be happening.

I knew there was no way I could win. So I decided to do something about it.

Each night before bed. I would go into my room and practise apparation. I had found a book on it in one of father's many bookcases of dark magic.

I practised each and every single night. I knew this was the only way I could save myself from Voldemort. I just simply wasn't strong enough for a killing curse. But I thought I could at least learn to apparate.

But my hope had let me down...all those nights I tried to learn how to do it. I just couldn't...."

Hermione took Draco's hand, and closed it in hers. She was feeling his pain.

"Go on Draco...I'm ready to hear it". She whispered and looked into his silver eyes.

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A/N: OMG!! That was long!! It's not over yet though.

I'm gonna continue their 'Flashback Conversation' in the next chappie!

Yeah, sorry there are soooo many Flashbacks. But I just had to explain how Draco knows how to apparate.

It'll come in handy to know as the story progresses.

*Hint Hint* 'Ahem'.

Well, REVIEW!!!!!!!

Thankyou!

*Kate*