b Serendipity - Retribution /b

By: Samantha Louise Chadwick (yopgi-chunsa)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the story line and any new characters or stuff you don't recognize.

Summary: Hermione's in her 7th year. Draco seems to have taken a liking towards her. Draco's secret twin sister has come to Hogwarts, is Ron falling for her? Voldermorts on the revenge list, and what have two gods got to do with it?

Setting: Hogwarts, 7th year.

A/N : MY CHAPPTERS ARE OFFICIALLY GETTING LONGER! YAY! I have 5 reviews! ^_^ so happy! Thanx everyone for reviewing! (even tho it was only 3 ppl..) I hope you like dis chap, I'm trying to keep Draco in character. I got a really good idea for another fanfic! Lol, I dunno if I should write both at the same time, or do this one first then the other =( so annoying! Anyways read and review please. (also just realized I named chap 3 chap 2! Doh! Hoku - perfect day "On this perfect day, nothing's standing in my way, on this perfect day, where nothing can go wrong."

*~*~*~*~= ^_- =~*~*~*~* chap.4 Perfect Day?

Hermione awoke that next morning energized and cheerful. She had forgotten all about her little 'outburst' the night before, and was a little surprised to wake up on a couch with Daria on a nearby one, and in a strange room. It took her a few moments to realize she was in the Head boy and girl common room, and at that realization she smiled brightly.

She tiptoed up the stairs and up to the door of what obviously must be the Head Girls room. On the door was a picture of what looked like a veela with wings and a halo, who serenely asked Hermione what the password was going to be before letting her enter. Hermione thought for a few seconds.. "Umm.Perfect Day" she said remembering a muggle song that she just loved. It seemed appropriate after all, today did feel like a "perfect day". So far. The door swung open and Hermione walked in and observed her surroundings.

Her new bedroom was large and spacious. She took it all in: several large bookcases filled with muggle and wizarding classics, a large double sized 4 poster bed, with gold and red blankets and sheets, a large vanity, with full length mirror beside it and make up and accessories pilled on top. ('Make up. that's so not me' thought Hermione.) A enormous desk and chair, fully equipped with text books, quills, ink and parchment. A large wardrobe. And a soft comfortable looking red and gold sofa. The walls were also decorated in Gryffindor colours ('no surprise there, its all Gryffindor themed! Bleh!' thought Hermione.)

Hermione smirked, a very rare thing for her to do. "Looks like I will have to transfigure in some more stuff, and change the colour theme a bit" she laughed. She was honestly getting a bit sick of all the red and gold. 'Now, its first day of school, I may as well go in with a BANG! I want to look different, not so geeky and bookwormy. Zoë was going to help me. before she died that is. I'll do it for her, and for me'. She walked over to the wardrobe and started flicking through some of her clothes. "Hmm, no.no.no.no way! Argh looks like I will have to transfigure something."

She grabbed a white shirt, and a pair of old jeans and laid them on the bed. After saying a complicated charm, the clothes slowly started to transfigure. The old pear of baggy jeans became darker denim, tighter looking, and flaring at the bottom of the leg. The white shirt transfigured into a long sleeved white top, with a low neck line, and a slit from her belly button going down. Satisfied with her work Hermione quickly changed into them, her school cloak on top(but opened to reveal her muggle clothes), adding black high-heeled boots for that extra touch. She added some lip-gloss, and a touch of blush, brushed her hair so it lay down perfectly, and quickly put on a necklace.

She grinned at her reflection as she modeled in front of her mirror. Perfect. Remembering Daria she hurried down the stairs to the common room, only to see a note on the couch.

'Hermione, I went back to my slytherin dorm to get ready for classes, I'll see you in potions!

Daria.'

Hermione pocketed the note, and then recalling Draco, went up the stairs and knocked on his door to see if he was there. On Draco's door was a dragon. "He's not in here" the Dragon said fiercely. Hermione shook her head then exited the Head Boy and Girl common room, hurrying down the corridor to the great hall, and breakfast.

She arrived at the entrance of the hall and took a deep breath, putting on her most charming smile, she entered and walked towards the Gryffindor table, to where Harry and Ron had saved her a seat. As she walked she noticed many people glancing at her and whispering, and a few guys just outright staring. This lifted her spirits more, and Hermione even said a gracious "hello" to a few as she passed. So far this year her confidence was soaring.

She sat down next to Ginny and Harry, and immediately reached for some toast. She observed Ginny silently as she munched away. Ginny had definitely changed a bit over the holidays too. She no longer fawned over Harry, and was quiet popular with the people in her year, surprisingly even with the slytherin guys as well. She was now medium height, with shoulder length red hair, which had auburn highlights. Hermione was glad Ginny was one of her closest friends. She didn't know if she could survive this year without her.

"Hi Hermione!" said Ginny, after turning around and noticing Hermione was sat next to her. Hermione grinned at her and said "good morning". They started talking about the summer holidays, but Hermione's thoughts started to drift. She briefly listened to Harry and Ron's conversation over quidditch, but found it way to boring. She found her gaze drifting around the great hall, to land on a pair of silvery blue eyes. Draco. He was staring intently at her, but as soon as her gaze fell upon him he turned to Daria and asked her something.

Hermione was positive he had been looking at her for a second, but why would he? She dismissed the notion as quickly as it came, and decided she may as well get ready for class. She stood up and said "see ya later" to Harry, Ron and Ginny, and walked lazily out of the hall and down to the library. She had an hour before class started. Her first class of the day was muggle studies, and she thought she better take along a muggle book so that she had something constructive to do when she finished first.

She walked in, and wandered up and down the many bookshelves, looking every now and then at a book, and then replacing it, having already read it. Finally she came upon a muggle book she had not read yet. 'Lorinda Leigh'. She sat down at a table in the middle of the library and started to read.

After ten minutes of reading a shadow fell over her, she looked up to only to see the same pair of silvery blue eyes that had been staring at her over breakfast that morning. Only now, it seemed more like they were glaring. "What?" she said uninterestedly. "What the heck were you doing trying to get into my room this morning!?" he yelled at her, causing several students to turn there heads curiously, and Madam Pince to glower at them.

"What!?" said Hermione shocked. 'Me? Try to get in his room!?'. "My door's guardian informed me you were trying to break the door down" he replied irately. Hermione laughed, and Draco looked at her angrily. 'She's laughing? She's supposed to be intimidated, not laughing. crying even?!' "I think your rooms guardian might have a tendency to exaggerate quiet a bit. I simply knocked on your door to see if you were in there, and you were not, so I left." Hermione said with slight amusement. Seeing that Madam Pince was making her way over to them, Draco simply glared at her, before storming off. Hermione smirked happily. So far her day had not been ruined, just slightly ruffled and she was secretly glad that she had shown up Draco.

"Bloody know-it-all!" Draco swore under his breath. He didn't know why he had accused Hermione of trying to get into his room. True, his guardian had mentioned she had knocked. He just felt this urge to talk to her, and unfortunately, that was the first thing that came out of his mouth. " Why the hell did I go and do that!?!' he said out loud to the empty corridor. " I must be losing it" he concluded, "wanting to talk to a know it all like her?! Pitiful."

First class of the day went by quite nicely for Hermione. Few students took Muggle Study's, and Hermione was the only actual muggle born who had opted to do so. Surprisingly enough Draco Malfoy was one of the other students who took the subject, claiming that his father insisted he did.

Hermione could feel Draco glaring at her from the back of the classroom the whole lesson. She glanced over her shoulder a few times, and even stuck her tongue out at him once, infuriating him to no end. He was trying to intimidate her, that much she knew, but she had decided she would not get all worried over it like she would have in previous years, and she quite enjoyed herself that lesson. Whilst Hermione had Muggle Studies, Harry and Ron had Divination. Why they bothered with it Hermione had no idea. 'A bloody waste of time if you ask me' she thought.

Next lesson of the day was double potions with slytherin. Gryffindor always got potions with slytherin, but Hermione was glad of this for once, Daria did potions too! The girls had promised they would partner up with each other if they could.

Hermione walked into the empty potions class early, and sat down in her seat, making sure to save a seat for Ron and Harry as well. Soon the classroom started to fill up and Harry and Ron entered and sat down next to Hermione. "How was muggle studies?" asked Ron. "It was pretty easy, and how was divination for you?" replied Hermione with a knowing smile. Most likely Harry had had his death predicted yet again. "Apparently..." started Harry with a rueful grin, "I'm going to die tomorrow from wild beasts." Ron rolled his eyes and Hermione giggled. "I should hope not!" she exclaimed, just as Snape entered the classroom, glaring at the Hogwarts trio, and smirking at the slytherins.

Everyone quieted down and turned to face the front. No one wanted to suffer from Snapes wrath on the first day of classes. "Today.." he said, throwing an evil smirk towards the Gryffindors. " We will be brewing and testing an aura potion. You will get into pairs, then once the potion is made, drink some. The aura potion allows some one who was drunk the aura vision potion to see and decode your auras. I shall be the one doing so." Hermione perked up at the mention or aura. She had read a lot about them, and apparently your aura could tell you a whole heap of stuff about a person, their past, their future, their traits. The list was endless. " And now for the best bit. The slytherins will be choosing their partners. You partner has to be a gryffindor of the opposite sex." At that everyone's face paled and Snape seemed to be taking great joy in that fact. "Choose your partners, now." He barked impatiently.

Hermione glanced around the room and saw several slytherin boys looking towards her, and a few inching forward. 'SHIT!' she mentally swore. 'Please not Crabbe or Goyle, I would die if I have to be partnered with those thick oafs!' She looked up to see Draco standing in front of her, and facing the other boys. "Grangers mine, get lost." He said to them threateningly. One of them smirked, "Grangers yours? She your girlfriend or something?" he spat. Draco glared at the one who dared appose him. "I want good marks Van, as I suspect the rest of you do." And with that done he sat down in a spare seat near Hermione, and the rest of the guys went to find a Gryffindor Girl. Hermione stared at him in surprise, and then remembering his words "I want to get good marks" she scowled. 'Is that all people see in me? Only good for getting good marks?'

Ron had paled at Snapes words, with his luck he would be stuck with Pansy Parkinson, or worse, Millicent Bulstrode. A sweet voice interrupted his thoughts, "Care to be my partner Ron?". Ron looked up into friendly silvery blue eyes. "YES!" shouted Ron happily, and a bit too loudly to Daria. Daria grinned at him and sat down next to him. 'Thank god!' thought Ron, 'not only did I get a pretty slytherin, but a nice normal and friendly one too!'

Harry was left sitting at a desk all alone. A few slytherin girls were still considering there options, and the thought of being partnered with one of them scared him. Slytherin girls were, after all, known to be nasty and mean. Harry looked up to see a pair of chocolate brown eyes looking down at him. Pansy Parkinson. Pansy smiled at him sadly, "Guess where partners then" she said quietly before slipping into the seat next to him. Harry thought he had hallucinated for a second. Did Pansy just say something nice? And actually smile at him!?

Harry looked at her out of the corner of his eyes. Over the last 2 years she had become quite pretty, long flowing black hair, small and slender. She reminded him of the ugly duckling who had become a swan. The more he thought about it, he realized that not only had she become prettier, but her personality had also changed over the last 2 years. She had not said anything mean to anyone, unprovoked, since 5th year. And since then she had never said anything mean to Harry. She had also grown more distant, and drifted from her gang of slytherin girls, becoming more of a loner. Whenever she was insulted, which seemed to happen quiet frequently, all she would do was stare at them with a blank face, showing no emotion. Harry felt sorry for her. Something must have happened to cause this much of a change in her.

*~*~*~*~*~**~*~ (to be continued)

Next chapter : the rest of the lesson.

A/N: sorry ppl but I just can't write this all in one chap or it will take me like another week or 2 before I post it! :P Thanx to everyone who reviewed. This chap is longer then the last one by about 700 words ^_^

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