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Hermione Granger was walking down the hallway with Harry Potter to go and meet Draco Malfoy. They were going to go see Mr. Fudge to report the rape, a crime committed by none other than Ronald Weasley.
"Draco!" Hermione yelled in his direction. He turned his head to face her and Harry, and then began to walk towards them. "Granger, Potter" He said their names to acknowledge their presence.
Potter glanced at Draco and then at Hermione and sent a knowing look towards Draco, who scowled. Hermione totally missed the display.
Draco had been thinking about Granger an awful lot ever since the chat Potter and he'd had a couple nights ago. He still wasn't sure what exactly he felt for Granger. Was it love? He didn't think so but then again he didn't know what it was either.
"Let's hurry up and get this over with." Said Harry. And they continued on their way to the Headmaster's office. When they reached the Gargoyle, they all silently wished that when they reached the door, it would be Dumbledore sitting at his desk eating lemon drops instead of Cornelius Fudge the bumbling idiot of a minister, and secret Death Eater.
It was Hermione who said the password "Power" and it was odd, saying something that wasn't some sort of sweet. The Gargoyle moved out of the way and they all walked up the stairs and opened up the door to Fudge's office.
"Hello students!" he greeted them in a cheerful fashion. "Mr. Potter, how wonderful it is to see you again, and Mr. Malfoy, what a magnificent surprise this is, and Ms. Granger, I do believe that you are the reason behind this visit?" he asked
They all nodded. "Yes, Granger here has been the victim of a rape crime," said Draco, unconsciously putting an arm around her shoulders. Fudge looked pretty surprised at this.
"A rape?" he questioned doubtfully "I don't think that could happen in this school without my knowing, and believe me I did not know" said Fudge.
Hermione looked so shocked at his statements it looked like she would just die from shock. **He isn't going to believe me** she thought to herself, disbelieving. Harry's expression was unreadable, but Draco looked pissed. "What? How can you say that?" he asked, in rage. "This girl was raped 4 days ago, by a fellow student!" he yelled the last part.
"And who was this student you claim to have committed this crime?" Fudge asked with a bored look on his face, yet at the same time he looked like he was giving Hermione a once over, trying to figure something out.
There was silence for a few moments. Then, "Well?" Fudge pushed them to continue. "Ronald Weasley" said Hermione, staring at the ground. Fudge's eye's widened and he looked vulnerable for a moment, but then covered it up, as well as Fudge could anyway, which wasn't very well at all.
"Preposterous" he said "Ron Weasley is an excellent student and I do not believe he would do such a thing" he continued, staring at them, as if daring them to make any objections. Hermione did make an objection though. "He did it, I swear! I was walking to the library when he grabbed me from behind and pulled me into a classroom" shrieked Hermione, desperately trying to get him to believe her.
"Well, Ms. Granger, if this is true, someone surely would have heard your screams, and I have no record of anyone reporting any such event" Fudge said, looking at them all.
"I can't believe it!" shouted Harry "Your just going to let him get away with this!"
"That's enough!" said Fudge "I think its time you three left" he finished, and pointed towards the exit. Draco was just sputtering words, he couldn't believe this was happening. Ron was going to get away with everything. Something was definitely up.
When they were back in the hallways, they began to talk to one another again. "Something, odd is going on," said Hermione. Draco and Harry nodded their heads in agreement. "Ron isn't an excellent student," said Harry "I mean sure, he isn't an awful one, but he hasn't done anything particularly special to have this thing dismissed like that" he finished. "And his family isn't rich either" said Draco. "What does that have to do with anything?" asked Harry, who was slightly miffed that Draco went out of his way to insult Ron's family. "No, Malfoy is right Harry," said Hermione "It means that he obviously didn't pay the Minister off to keep himself out of trouble" Draco continued.
Harry nodded his head in understanding "There has to be some reason why the minister blatantly refused to accept that Granger got raped, and why he felt Weasley would never do it," said Draco.
"I mean even I, can see a motive going for him to do something like that," Draco said. Granger and Potter looked at him in confusion, and asked him to go on. "Well, he hasn't got much money, and he's the youngest boy of a family of seven, must always feel overshadowed by them" he continued, then "And then being Potter's sidekick, cause that's what people see him as, Potter's best friend. And then Granger here, he obviously still has feelings for her, and then seeing me kissing her, me, his enemy for the past 5 years, must have pushed him over the edge." He finished
They both, meaning Potter and Granger, widened their eyes in realization. Who knew that could be Ron? "Now don't get me wrong, I don't think that justifies what he did, I'm just saying there must be reason behind it" said Draco.
"That may be, but right now, I think the Ron we knew and loved is gone. Have you noticed how he's changed in the past weeks?" Hermione asked them. Draco's face remained blank, while Harry nodded. "He's been acting really distant and cold, insulting you more than ever, even calling you mudblood behind your back," said Harry to Hermione.
"Well, whatever it is, I'm going to find out," said Hermione, and neither one of them doubted her. They continued walking down the hallway when Harry left saying that he had Quidditch practice to go to.
Hermione and Draco continued walking down the hall in silence. Draco broke it by speaking "So, Granger-" he started but Hermione cut him off "Draco, why do you call people by their last names?" She asked. He thought about it for a moment before replying with "I'm not sure Granger, I just do, why?" he asked
"No reason really, I just wanted to know, I think we should call each other by our first names" she said casually. "Actually, I already call you by your first name, well sometimes anyway, what I'm trying to say is, why don't you call me by mine?" it was a request to be called Hermione.
"Alright Hermione" he tried out the name, and it felt odd in his mouth but he liked the way it rolled off his tongue. "I like the way it sounds when you say my name" she smiled at him.
"Alright ~Hermione~ I was meaning to talk to you about something." Draco said "You do know that by associating yourself with me, you're putting yourself in danger?" he finished.
She stared at him "And you do realize that by associating yourself with ~me~ your putting ~yourself~ in danger?" she countered. He didn't have an answer for that.
"Are we friends?" she asked him "Because I'm not sure what I would call you, I mean I wouldn't have even really gotten to know you if I hadn't kissed you that one day to make Ron jealous"
"I'm glad you did" Draco said "I consider you my friend, I know I'll never be as close as Potter to you, because I'm an egotistical bastard. I know it. You know it. I'm a monster Hermione, but you treat me like.." He trailed off "You treat me like so much more than that, and I'm grateful. If you haven't noticed, I don't have that many friends" he finished, staring at her with a smile
"I never would have guessed that Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Prince, had a nice side" Hermione commented. "And don't you go telling people either, I have a reputation to keep" he puffed out his chest in pride, and she couldn't help but let a few giggles escape.
"Am I really that bad?" he asked her, earnestly. "If you had asked me 2 months ago I would have said yes, but now, I'd just say you were being Draco" Hermione said with a smile.
"I enjoy these conversations we have Hermione, they brighten my dark days up" Draco said, uncomfortably. He wasn't used to sharing his feelings with other people.
She just smiled at him, but then she let out a scream as she felt someone grab her from behind. It took Draco a moment to realize she wasn't standing there, and he looked behind him to see her waving her arms about like a mad person. She was being held in the grasp of none other than..
A/N: sorry! I just had to give you guys a cliffie. I rarely do those, and I decided it was time that I do one. I sure hate reading them but they're fun to write. ( Anyway, review! I'll try to get up another chapter sometime soon, but please, review, tell me if you like it!
Thank you to all my reviewers
**Stars mean thought**
Now, on with the story
Hermione Granger was walking down the hallway with Harry Potter to go and meet Draco Malfoy. They were going to go see Mr. Fudge to report the rape, a crime committed by none other than Ronald Weasley.
"Draco!" Hermione yelled in his direction. He turned his head to face her and Harry, and then began to walk towards them. "Granger, Potter" He said their names to acknowledge their presence.
Potter glanced at Draco and then at Hermione and sent a knowing look towards Draco, who scowled. Hermione totally missed the display.
Draco had been thinking about Granger an awful lot ever since the chat Potter and he'd had a couple nights ago. He still wasn't sure what exactly he felt for Granger. Was it love? He didn't think so but then again he didn't know what it was either.
"Let's hurry up and get this over with." Said Harry. And they continued on their way to the Headmaster's office. When they reached the Gargoyle, they all silently wished that when they reached the door, it would be Dumbledore sitting at his desk eating lemon drops instead of Cornelius Fudge the bumbling idiot of a minister, and secret Death Eater.
It was Hermione who said the password "Power" and it was odd, saying something that wasn't some sort of sweet. The Gargoyle moved out of the way and they all walked up the stairs and opened up the door to Fudge's office.
"Hello students!" he greeted them in a cheerful fashion. "Mr. Potter, how wonderful it is to see you again, and Mr. Malfoy, what a magnificent surprise this is, and Ms. Granger, I do believe that you are the reason behind this visit?" he asked
They all nodded. "Yes, Granger here has been the victim of a rape crime," said Draco, unconsciously putting an arm around her shoulders. Fudge looked pretty surprised at this.
"A rape?" he questioned doubtfully "I don't think that could happen in this school without my knowing, and believe me I did not know" said Fudge.
Hermione looked so shocked at his statements it looked like she would just die from shock. **He isn't going to believe me** she thought to herself, disbelieving. Harry's expression was unreadable, but Draco looked pissed. "What? How can you say that?" he asked, in rage. "This girl was raped 4 days ago, by a fellow student!" he yelled the last part.
"And who was this student you claim to have committed this crime?" Fudge asked with a bored look on his face, yet at the same time he looked like he was giving Hermione a once over, trying to figure something out.
There was silence for a few moments. Then, "Well?" Fudge pushed them to continue. "Ronald Weasley" said Hermione, staring at the ground. Fudge's eye's widened and he looked vulnerable for a moment, but then covered it up, as well as Fudge could anyway, which wasn't very well at all.
"Preposterous" he said "Ron Weasley is an excellent student and I do not believe he would do such a thing" he continued, staring at them, as if daring them to make any objections. Hermione did make an objection though. "He did it, I swear! I was walking to the library when he grabbed me from behind and pulled me into a classroom" shrieked Hermione, desperately trying to get him to believe her.
"Well, Ms. Granger, if this is true, someone surely would have heard your screams, and I have no record of anyone reporting any such event" Fudge said, looking at them all.
"I can't believe it!" shouted Harry "Your just going to let him get away with this!"
"That's enough!" said Fudge "I think its time you three left" he finished, and pointed towards the exit. Draco was just sputtering words, he couldn't believe this was happening. Ron was going to get away with everything. Something was definitely up.
When they were back in the hallways, they began to talk to one another again. "Something, odd is going on," said Hermione. Draco and Harry nodded their heads in agreement. "Ron isn't an excellent student," said Harry "I mean sure, he isn't an awful one, but he hasn't done anything particularly special to have this thing dismissed like that" he finished. "And his family isn't rich either" said Draco. "What does that have to do with anything?" asked Harry, who was slightly miffed that Draco went out of his way to insult Ron's family. "No, Malfoy is right Harry," said Hermione "It means that he obviously didn't pay the Minister off to keep himself out of trouble" Draco continued.
Harry nodded his head in understanding "There has to be some reason why the minister blatantly refused to accept that Granger got raped, and why he felt Weasley would never do it," said Draco.
"I mean even I, can see a motive going for him to do something like that," Draco said. Granger and Potter looked at him in confusion, and asked him to go on. "Well, he hasn't got much money, and he's the youngest boy of a family of seven, must always feel overshadowed by them" he continued, then "And then being Potter's sidekick, cause that's what people see him as, Potter's best friend. And then Granger here, he obviously still has feelings for her, and then seeing me kissing her, me, his enemy for the past 5 years, must have pushed him over the edge." He finished
They both, meaning Potter and Granger, widened their eyes in realization. Who knew that could be Ron? "Now don't get me wrong, I don't think that justifies what he did, I'm just saying there must be reason behind it" said Draco.
"That may be, but right now, I think the Ron we knew and loved is gone. Have you noticed how he's changed in the past weeks?" Hermione asked them. Draco's face remained blank, while Harry nodded. "He's been acting really distant and cold, insulting you more than ever, even calling you mudblood behind your back," said Harry to Hermione.
"Well, whatever it is, I'm going to find out," said Hermione, and neither one of them doubted her. They continued walking down the hallway when Harry left saying that he had Quidditch practice to go to.
Hermione and Draco continued walking down the hall in silence. Draco broke it by speaking "So, Granger-" he started but Hermione cut him off "Draco, why do you call people by their last names?" She asked. He thought about it for a moment before replying with "I'm not sure Granger, I just do, why?" he asked
"No reason really, I just wanted to know, I think we should call each other by our first names" she said casually. "Actually, I already call you by your first name, well sometimes anyway, what I'm trying to say is, why don't you call me by mine?" it was a request to be called Hermione.
"Alright Hermione" he tried out the name, and it felt odd in his mouth but he liked the way it rolled off his tongue. "I like the way it sounds when you say my name" she smiled at him.
"Alright ~Hermione~ I was meaning to talk to you about something." Draco said "You do know that by associating yourself with me, you're putting yourself in danger?" he finished.
She stared at him "And you do realize that by associating yourself with ~me~ your putting ~yourself~ in danger?" she countered. He didn't have an answer for that.
"Are we friends?" she asked him "Because I'm not sure what I would call you, I mean I wouldn't have even really gotten to know you if I hadn't kissed you that one day to make Ron jealous"
"I'm glad you did" Draco said "I consider you my friend, I know I'll never be as close as Potter to you, because I'm an egotistical bastard. I know it. You know it. I'm a monster Hermione, but you treat me like.." He trailed off "You treat me like so much more than that, and I'm grateful. If you haven't noticed, I don't have that many friends" he finished, staring at her with a smile
"I never would have guessed that Draco Malfoy, Slytherin Prince, had a nice side" Hermione commented. "And don't you go telling people either, I have a reputation to keep" he puffed out his chest in pride, and she couldn't help but let a few giggles escape.
"Am I really that bad?" he asked her, earnestly. "If you had asked me 2 months ago I would have said yes, but now, I'd just say you were being Draco" Hermione said with a smile.
"I enjoy these conversations we have Hermione, they brighten my dark days up" Draco said, uncomfortably. He wasn't used to sharing his feelings with other people.
She just smiled at him, but then she let out a scream as she felt someone grab her from behind. It took Draco a moment to realize she wasn't standing there, and he looked behind him to see her waving her arms about like a mad person. She was being held in the grasp of none other than..
A/N: sorry! I just had to give you guys a cliffie. I rarely do those, and I decided it was time that I do one. I sure hate reading them but they're fun to write. ( Anyway, review! I'll try to get up another chapter sometime soon, but please, review, tell me if you like it!
