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A/N: Thank you ~Sweetwater~, Kalypso, Harry_Snape, Dracos_Girl, Slytherin Girl, and Julie. Julie and Slytherin Girl something happens later in the story that changes everything don't worry. One of them is happening in this chapter. (Sorry if you thought it was that. And if I ruined anything.) Julie and Slytherin Girl just keep reading and you'll see. Thanks Jamie for the nice e-mail.

Hermione looked at Draco and said, 'it was no problem. It's the only way to stop Ron from punching the crap out of someone.'

Later Derek and Katie walked in. Seeing Draco and Hermione kissing they decided to go up stairs to get their privacy. So the went up to Katie's room. When Padma and John came up to the Common Room Draco had fallen asleep on his couch and Hermione was going to her room.

The next couple of days passed with nothing big happing. Neville burnt his cauldron and got detention from Snape. (The usual) The school was at breakfast and they heard the usual sound of the wings above them. When the owls found the person, they were delivering the packages to and delivered them they left. Hermione, Draco and all the other people that got the Daily Prophet looked at the front page and was disturbed by what they saw. It was a picture of Lucius lying dead in the middle of a beautiful garden. The paper said:

Lucius Malfoy Killed by the Dark Lord Lucius was seen being murdered in the middle of his garden. there was a witness the saw what happened and they said they would tell us as long as he stayed anonymous. 'I saw the Dark Lord and Lucius talking together. Then Lucius must have said something that angered You-Know-Who because the next thing I saw was a bright green light. Then He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named took Narcissa by the wrist and they Disapparated. That was all that I was for then I sent an owl to the Ministry of Magic.' The green light of course was the curse Avada Kedavra it is the worse curse known to the wizarding world. The Avada Kedavra curse kills the person instantly with no pain. The last thing they see is a flash of green light. This means that You-Know-Who is getting stronger. The whereabouts of the Dark Lord is unknown, but it is said that he was seen in a town outside London. If you see him please contact Cornelius Fudge in the Ministry of Magic.

When everyone was finished reading the article they all looked at Draco to see what his reaction was. At first he was very surprised that this had happened. Then he put on a look of grief. He really didn't feel that way he was happy that Lucius had gone. He missed his mother though because she was the only one who understood him. Everyone felt sorry for him because they knew that it was hard to lose a family member.

The classes went on as normal. Gryffindor and Slytherin had double potions together. 'Everyone's favorite class,' Hermione said sarcastically.

The first hour of class was spent on making a Death Stopper Potion called Gotlend. They were working with their partners much to Hermione's and Draco's pleasure. Snape said, 'By the end of this hour you should be finished with the Gotlend potion. At the end of class I will be giving you a death potion so you can see if you r potion works. If it doesn't work I have a vile of Gotlend right here. If you fail I take five points away if you succeed I will give your house a point per person. (He looked at Neville who was about to wet his pants.)

While Hermione and Draco were working on the potion she asked him, 'are you going to be ok Draco?'

'Yes, I will be fine. I'm happy that he's dead. (Hermione looked at him to see if he was serious.) I mean that because he always mistreated and beat me. He wanted me to be a Death Eater and I didn't want to be one even if my real dad is the Dark Lord. I mean yah somewhere I miss him, but not a lot,' Draco told her.

When the hour was done Snape said, 'Ok stop. The Gotlend potion needs forty- five minutes to cool down. So when fifteen minutes to the bell rings be prepared to take the potion.'

For the rest of the class everyone dept on looking at Draco. All the Gryffindors, Slytherins, and Snape kept thinking what was going to happen. Draco was thinking what was going to happen to him since by now his mother would have told something to the Dark Lord.

Fifteen minutes to the bell rang Snape told everyone to come up when they were called to get the potion. Of course he called Neville first. Neville was very worried that his potion wouldn't work. His Slytherin partner was Jeremy Etmen who was the third smartest person (next to Hermione and Draco). Everyone passed much to Snape's disappointment so they were allowed to leave.

They went up to lunch were Dumbledore had all the prefects and the Head Boy and Girl to come to the room next to the Great hall. There he told them that the trip was cancelled because he couldn't be everwhere to protect them.

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