A/N: Hello there! I was just skimming through the previous chapters and I have just come to realize that Draco and Hermione's friendship had evolved awfully fast! Now I understand what you were all saying before and I apologize for not making it gradual…

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Anyway, here's chapter twelve!

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MY GUARDIAN ANGEL

By Rage

CHAPTER TWELVE: A TALK WITH DANA

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It's you.

Hermione woke up instantly, gasping for breath. She had seen the girl with her own eyes, and she was shocked. Very shocked, indeed.

It was she all along… No wonder Draco never figured it out.

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Explain the Giants' Rally for Independence in no more than four paragraphs. Hermione reread the question. She just couldn't concentrate at the time; the sixth years had been given a load of homework and projects and her dream had driven her crazy.

"I don't need this right now!" she cried, ruffling her hair. She was too busy with finishing all her schoolwork and forgetting her feelings for Draco. But now that a dream had told her such an important thing, she was very close to getting confined in St. Mungo's.

"Is fate against me?" she moaned, banging her head on the desk. "What have I done to deserve this?"

"To deserve what?"

Hermione looked up. It was Draco, looking handsome as ever. "D-Draco," she stuttered, turning crimson. "W-What are you doing here? Alone?"

Draco sat himself down and replied, "Dana has a Ravenclaw meeting this afternoon."

"Oh." Hermione drummed her fingers and tapped her foot. Draco watched her with interest for a while, when finally, he spoke up.

"I haven't been spending that much time with you, have I?" he asked quietly.

Damn right you haven't, Hermione thought angrily as she gritted her teeth. "I didn't notice," she instead said curtly, shuffling the papers in front of her.

"Well, I'd like to make it up to you."

"How?"

Draco smiled. "How's about we spend the rest of the afternoon down at the lake?"

"What about Dana?"

Draco waved his hand impatiently. "She can wait, I guess. I've neglected you for the past few days."

'Past few weeks' sounds more like it. Hermione immediately brushed the thought away and nodded. "Fine then." She replied, getting up. "Shall we?"

Draco nodded and smiled.

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Where's Draco? Dana wondered as she walked through the halls. She had just come from the Common Room where the weekly Ravenclaw meeting was usually held. Now that it was done, she had decided to spend her remaining time with the Slytherin boy. However, she couldn't find him. She had already checked everywhere, but still there was no sight of him.

"He might be in their Common Room," she suggested. She considered approaching someone from the same house, but as everyone knew, Slytherins were hostile and never entertained the questions of anyone.

She sighed heavily and looked out of the window. "Or—he might be with that Hermione."

And sure enough, he was. There they were on the castle grounds by the lake conversing quietly. They looked like they were enjoying themselves just by being together, and Dana, though at first she wanted to go to them, decided to leave them alone.

Personally, she thought, Draco and Hermione seemed perfect for each other. It was obvious that without the other, one would not be able to stand alone. They needed each other… and besides, Dana had to admit, they looked very cute. She was not at all jealous—she and Draco weren't a couple anyway…

Dana sighed. He picked the wrong girl, I guess, she thought, smiling. She fiddled with the necklace he gave her and took it off. "This shouldn't be with me," she said quietly, clasping it tightly in her hand. She looked at the angel and glanced at Hermione. "I'm not his angel… she is."

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"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Dana asked in a serious tone.

Hermione blinked and stared at Dana. Was she kidding? By the looks of it, she wasn't. So, she nodded. She stood up and followed her out of the Great Hall.

When they were finally alone, Dana faced her.

"Why'd you bring me out?" Hermione asked suspiciously, looking around the creepy hall. There were shadows everywhere, and the dancing of the flames made the place creepier.

"Don't worry," Dana said, smiling. "I didn't bring you out here to kill you, you know. I'm just here to talk about Draco."

Hermione blushed. "I—why?"

Dana bit her lip. "It's just that—I don't think I'm the right one for him."

Hermione gasped. "What, you're going to leave him?" she blurted out angrily. She had a feeling that that was what Dana was going to do, but she wasn't going to let that happen. "You can't do that!"

"Why? It's not like I'm the reason he's alive or anything—"

"You are the reason!" Hermione's eyes had started to water. "You're the reason why he's alive right now!"

Dana frowned. "What do you mean?"

"When his parents died, he felt like he didn't deserve to live," Hermione choked, tears streaming down her face. "He almost killed himself because of that…but a girl made him want to live… and that's you."

Dana gasped. Hermione wiped away her tears and faced her. "He believes that you're the girl he's been looking for. That's why you can't leave him."

"But how was he so sure that it was me?" Dana asked timidly. "It can't possibly be me—"

"I fully believe that it's not you." Hermione looked at her, her face flushed. "But he believes that it is you."

There was a moment of silence. Hermione bit her lip and turned away. Finally, Dana broke it and spoke up.

"You… love him, don't you?" she asked quietly. Hermione turned her head sharply and looked at Dana.

Dana smiled and took out the necklace. "It's not me as well, is it?" she said, closing her eyes.

"How can you be sure of that?" Hermione asked, looking down.

"Because… you know it's really you."

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A/N: I apologize for the ending. I have to admit and I can't deny it—I'm bad at endings! Yep! This happens also in school whenever we write an essay or a paragraph or likewise! It's hard for me to make an amazing ending…

However, I hope you all like it! So—REVIEW! Will appreciate it! Thanks!