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Disclaimer: Read Chapter 1
A/N: Okay, so no reviews yet but I don't care at the moment. I'm just happy I got it on the website without being attacked by my friggen computer. Anyway, it's 1 in the morning and I'm wired on caffiene so I expect some reviews from you people because I could be listening to music, bashing my head up and down and dreaming about being on stage with thousands and thousands of people screaming my name but instead I'm writing. Lol. Talk about major differences between dreams and reality. Anyway...yet another Chapter of "To Be Or Not To Be?"
(By the way, the title is from a line from one of William Shakespeare's plays. Just wanted to say that before the FBI breaks into my house and arrests me of copying or something stupid like that...damned government. J/K I love the government...yeah right...nobody loves the government. even the people in the government hate the government. but anyway....im ramballing...)
--Queen Of Llamas--
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Hermione and Draco walked to Dumbledore's office silently. However, once they entered the office, it all changed.
"You stupid mudblood! I can't believe you! Now I'm going to lose MY head boy privileges because of YOU!" shouted Malfoy. Hermione stood up.
"Excuse me?! You are the one who is always picking on me! You would explode once in a while if you were me!" Hermione shouted back.
"Oh yes! It's all my fault!" he shouted with sarcasm. Just then the door opened and 4 people walked in. Madam Pomfrey was one of them. She was the school nurse. She walked over to Draco and with a few dabs of potion and some spells, he was looking better already (not that he looked too great o begin with, thought Hermione).
"Sit." Professor McGonagall ordered. They both sat down in two chairs across from Dumbledore who was now seated behind his desk.
"The childish act you two performed in front of most of the school is intolerable and disappointing. Never before have a Head Boy and Head Girl disappointed me so much." said Dumbledore, taking his glasses off and setting them on the table. He rubbed his eyes and put his hands together.
"Normally I would take away your badges and appoint somebody else. However," Hermione's heart skipped a beat, "I find both of you fit the part best than everyone else. So, Professor Snape, Professor Snape, and myself have decided to teach you a more valuable lesson." said Dumbledore.
Hermione glanced over at Malfoy who seemed quite bored with everything Dumbledore was saying. He was such a jerk sometimes, she thought.
"Both of you will be living in a private tower. There will be separate bedrooms of course, but you will share a common room, a bathroom and forced to sit at a separate table to eat your meals. You will not be allowed into your house common rooms except on weekends." said Dumbledore. Hermione's jaw dropped, as did Malfoy's.
"How long is this for?" asked Malfoy. Dumbledore placed his eyeglasses back on the bridge of his crooked nose.
"All year, Mr. Malfoy." said Dumbledore. Hermione groaned.
"You should be happy we are not chaining you together Miss Granger." said McGonagall. Hermione nodded.
"Now, Professor Snape will show you to the tower and tell you the password. Dinner will be waiting in there." said Dumbledore. Malfoy and Hermione nodded. They got up and followed Snape out of the office. Once the door was closed Professor McGonagall turned to Dumbledore.
"I still don't think this was a wise idea Albus." she said, her lips thin.
"Trust me Minerva. This will work." said Dumbledore with a reassuring smile.
~~~
Apparently their tower was almost high up as the North Tower. It was on the South side of the castle, an area Hermione had rarely been to. Instead of a portrait, there was a trapped door that was bolted shut.
"Here. Make up a password and repeat it 5 times. Then, very other time you come up here you will only have to say it once." said Snape and h walked away. Hermione sighed.
"Oh shut up Granger." snapped Malfoy. Hermione rolled her eyes, too irritated to care.
"You know what Malfoy? Bite me." she said. Malfoy ignored her.
"How about 'Grytherin'? For the password." said Malfoy. Hermione looked at him, surprised he actually had a good idea.
"Good with me." said Hermione with a shrug as if she could do better but she knew Malfoy's idea was probably better than what she could think of.
"Grytherin, Grytherin, Grytherin, Grytherin, Grytherin." they repeated 5 times in unison. The bolt to the door slid out of the whole in the wall so the door could be pushed open. Malfoy went ahead and pushed open the door. He climbed up, followed by Hermione. She closed the door behind her and it bolted shut once again.
The room was quite plain. There were two couches and a fire place. On one side of the room there was one bedroom and on the other side was the other room. In between them was one bathroom. Hermione plopped down on the couch and took some food of the table.
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Hermione spent the night decorating her bedroom and the common room. She just put up a few banners near "her" couch the simply said "Go Gryffindor" or "Gryffindor Lions". Malfoy hadn't even put up one trace of green on his area. He left it plane.
What Hermione wondered was what was the piece of parchment Malfoy kept taking out of his pocket and reading. When Hermione had sat down by the fire he sat on his couch and took out the parchment and read it over and over again. Sometimes he clenched his fists or ran a hand threw his hair. It was like he was nervous, a really bizarre trait for Malfoy to be showing.
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The next morning Hermione woke up at 6 and headed for the shower. Malfoy was already ahead of her though. He was leaving his room and already halfway towards the bathroom when Hermione was just getting out of bed. She looked over at Malfoy and they made eye contact. Hermione began to walk faster but Malfoy followed her lead. He reached their before she did.
"Malfoy! You took a shower last night!" Hermione shouted through the door after Malfoy had been in the bathroom for a half hour. Lessons started at 8 and Hermione still needed to take a shower, brush her teeth, eat breakfast, and get dressed (not in that order, of course).
"Sorry, can't hear you. I've got water in my ears!" Malfoy shouted back, very amused. Hermione quietly opened the door (thank god the shower curtain was closed) and flushed the toilet. She quickly left the room and plopped down on the couch. She heard Malfoy scream. Next thing she knew he ran out in nothing else that a towel. Hermione began to laugh hysterically.
"You!" spat Malfoy. Hermione smiled smugly.
"Me." she said simply and made a dash for the bathroom. She got in and locked the door.
"Ha! Tricked you Malfoy!" shouted Hermione. Malfoy smirked to himself.
"The jokes on you Granger." he said to himself, retreating to his room to get on his robes.
~~~
About 10 minutes later Hermione was banging on Malfoy's bedroom door, in her towel.
"Malfoy! Get out here now!" she screamed. Malfoy opened his door and tried hard not to laugh.
"Something wrong Granger?" asked Malfoy. Something certainly was wrong. Hermione's honey colored hair was now pink and purple. She glared at Malfoy.
"What the bloody hell did you do with my conditioner?" she tried hard not to shout.
"It's just some dye. Washes out in 5 days. Brown really wasn't your color." said Malfoy. Hermione gripped the bottle tighter in her hand.
"Well, blond doesn't work for you." she said, and she dumped the rest of the conditioner in Malfoy's hair.
"You better start running Granger." Malfoy said as the purple dye made itself noticeable in Malfoy's hair. Hermione dropped the bottle and ran back into the bathroom.
~~~
Another 10 minutes later...
Hermione had finished her shower and was now getting dressed. She had already put her make-up on when she realized something in the mirror.
Her normally glossy, clear lip gloss was now turquoise blue!
This was a cause for revenge.
~~~
Malfoy was about to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast when he had realized her forgot to gel his hair back. It really wouldn't make much of a difference since his hair was already pink and purple.
He squeezed the clear gel into his hand and rub his two hands together, putting most of the gel on his fingertips. He ran his fingers through his hair and looked into the mirror to look at his hair when he realized his hair now had blue streaks.
"Granger." he muttered.
~~~
By the end of the morning they both had pink and purple hair (Malfoy's hair included blue "highlights"), Hermione had turquoise lip gloss, Malfoy's teeth ere red, and both of them were wearing robes of the opposite house. After Hermione saw Malfoy in Gryffindor robes, she began to laugh hysterically on the couch.
"You know, it's a nice look for you." said Hermione. Malfoy was laughing at Hermione's new shade of lip gloss.
"Blue? Very daring." he laughed. It seemed like they laughed for hours. Hermione finally stopped laughing and brushed her long hair out of her face.
"Hey Malfoy?" Hermione spoke up. Malfoy stopped laughing.
"What Granger?"
"What time is it?" she asked. Malfoy pushed the sleeve of his robe up and looked at his watch.
"8:23." he said. Hermione just nodded. After processing what Malfoy said, they both looked at each other.
"Potions!" they exclaimed.
Hermione grabbed her books from her room and ran out, Malfoy right on her heals. They reached the dungeons with in 10 minutes.
"Malfoy, Granger, you're late." Snape snarled, not looking up from his desk. However, the Slytherin's and Gryffindor's were laughing hysterically. But when it dawned on them that the other was wearing. They stared at the two students, shocked and appalled.
Snape looked up to see what was the cause of the sudden silence. His eyes grew wide as he saw the appearance of the Head Boy and Girl.
"Will one of you explain to me what you were thinking when you got dressed this morning?" asked Snape. Malfoy and Hermione just shrugged.
"I will not tolerate that kind of appearance in my classroom. Both of you, go change and wash that stuff out of your hair." snarled Snape.
"Um, Professor, we can't. All our robes are like these. And the hair is permanent for the next 5 days." said Malfoy. Snape glared.
"Then both of you, out of my classroom. And don't come back until you are dressed appropriately." said Snape. Hermione and Malfoy turned around and walked outside the classroom. Hermione swore loudly.
"I figured you would be glad that you don't have to see Snape for another week." shrugged Malfoy. Hermione scowled.
"A week without lessons? Do you know how far behind we will be?" she shouted. Malfoy raised his hands in surrender.
"Calm down. I'll get one of the Slytherins to give me their notes. We can go over them tonight." said Malfoy. They walked back up to the tower and sat around in the common room.
Malfoy was reading the same piece of parchment he was reading last night. Hermione put her book away and went up to him.
"What is that?" she asked him.
"Mind your own business Granger." said Malfoy. He wasn't rude, just quiet.
"You know, you would feel better if you talk about it." said Hermione with a shrug. And with that said, she went into her room and closed the door behind her.
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Malfoy sat there, pondering what Hermione had said. She really wasn't so bad. It was the whole "pureblood and mudblood" image that kept him from being nice to her. If he was nice to a mudblood, he would lose all respect, not to mention he would probably be beat by Lucius.
A shiver ran up his back. His mother was at home at this very moment, having to bare Lucius' hell he casts on the manor all on her own.
~~~
Hermione sat on her bed as and owl came up to the window. She recognized it as Helena, her owl she got last year.
Hermione opened the window and let the owl in. She fluttered around the room for a second and then perched herself on Hermione's shoulder. She took the letter off of Helena's leg and she flew away quickly. Hermione ripped open the letter and read it quietly to herself.
[i]Miss Granger,
It is my regret to inform you that your father, Tim Granger, and mother, Rosemary Granger, were killed in a muggle attack last night at their home. The attacker, we suspect, was Lucius Malfoy, however we are still searching. We will keep you updated.
-Ministry Of Magic [/i]
Hot tears ran down Hermione's cheeks. She would kill him. She would kill him for killing them. She couldn't believe it. Why them? what the bloody hell had they done that was so wrong? If anyone should be going after her family, they should be going after her. Hermione went out into the common room and sobbed into one of her pillows on her couch.
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Malfoy's thoughts were interrupted when Hermione came storming out of her room and began crying into a pillow. He went up to her and she obviously saw him.
"Stay away from me!" she screamed. Malfoy stepped back.
"What's wrong?" asked Malfoy. Hermione took something out of her pocket and threw it Malfoy. Since it was a crumpled piece of parchment, didn't exactly hurt. Malfoy caught it and just looked at Hermione.
"Go ahead, read it! See what kind of a person your all-mighty father is!" Hermione yelled, sitting up, her eyes red and puffy, tears flowing down her face.
Malfoy read it quietly to himself, his mouth wide opened. "I'm sorry."
"Don't get near me! You're probably just like him!" Hermione shouted as Malfoy attempted to sit next to her.
"Your wrong. I'm nothing like him." Malfoy said. Hermione laughed hollowly.
"Yeah right. That's what you want me to think. That's why you parade around making fun of everyone who doesn't have pureblood! That's why you always act like your god because your father is so powerful!" shouted Hermione, standing up.
"You don't understand." Malfoy started.
"Correct! I don't understand why you think it's so amazing that your father is a killer! I don't understand what the hell my parents did to deserve death! I don't understand why you're even going to be a death eater!" Hermione shouted, running back into her room, leaving Malfoy in the common room at a loss for words.
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Read and review please!
Disclaimer: Read Chapter 1
A/N: Okay, so no reviews yet but I don't care at the moment. I'm just happy I got it on the website without being attacked by my friggen computer. Anyway, it's 1 in the morning and I'm wired on caffiene so I expect some reviews from you people because I could be listening to music, bashing my head up and down and dreaming about being on stage with thousands and thousands of people screaming my name but instead I'm writing. Lol. Talk about major differences between dreams and reality. Anyway...yet another Chapter of "To Be Or Not To Be?"
(By the way, the title is from a line from one of William Shakespeare's plays. Just wanted to say that before the FBI breaks into my house and arrests me of copying or something stupid like that...damned government. J/K I love the government...yeah right...nobody loves the government. even the people in the government hate the government. but anyway....im ramballing...)
--Queen Of Llamas--
~~~
Hermione and Draco walked to Dumbledore's office silently. However, once they entered the office, it all changed.
"You stupid mudblood! I can't believe you! Now I'm going to lose MY head boy privileges because of YOU!" shouted Malfoy. Hermione stood up.
"Excuse me?! You are the one who is always picking on me! You would explode once in a while if you were me!" Hermione shouted back.
"Oh yes! It's all my fault!" he shouted with sarcasm. Just then the door opened and 4 people walked in. Madam Pomfrey was one of them. She was the school nurse. She walked over to Draco and with a few dabs of potion and some spells, he was looking better already (not that he looked too great o begin with, thought Hermione).
"Sit." Professor McGonagall ordered. They both sat down in two chairs across from Dumbledore who was now seated behind his desk.
"The childish act you two performed in front of most of the school is intolerable and disappointing. Never before have a Head Boy and Head Girl disappointed me so much." said Dumbledore, taking his glasses off and setting them on the table. He rubbed his eyes and put his hands together.
"Normally I would take away your badges and appoint somebody else. However," Hermione's heart skipped a beat, "I find both of you fit the part best than everyone else. So, Professor Snape, Professor Snape, and myself have decided to teach you a more valuable lesson." said Dumbledore.
Hermione glanced over at Malfoy who seemed quite bored with everything Dumbledore was saying. He was such a jerk sometimes, she thought.
"Both of you will be living in a private tower. There will be separate bedrooms of course, but you will share a common room, a bathroom and forced to sit at a separate table to eat your meals. You will not be allowed into your house common rooms except on weekends." said Dumbledore. Hermione's jaw dropped, as did Malfoy's.
"How long is this for?" asked Malfoy. Dumbledore placed his eyeglasses back on the bridge of his crooked nose.
"All year, Mr. Malfoy." said Dumbledore. Hermione groaned.
"You should be happy we are not chaining you together Miss Granger." said McGonagall. Hermione nodded.
"Now, Professor Snape will show you to the tower and tell you the password. Dinner will be waiting in there." said Dumbledore. Malfoy and Hermione nodded. They got up and followed Snape out of the office. Once the door was closed Professor McGonagall turned to Dumbledore.
"I still don't think this was a wise idea Albus." she said, her lips thin.
"Trust me Minerva. This will work." said Dumbledore with a reassuring smile.
~~~
Apparently their tower was almost high up as the North Tower. It was on the South side of the castle, an area Hermione had rarely been to. Instead of a portrait, there was a trapped door that was bolted shut.
"Here. Make up a password and repeat it 5 times. Then, very other time you come up here you will only have to say it once." said Snape and h walked away. Hermione sighed.
"Oh shut up Granger." snapped Malfoy. Hermione rolled her eyes, too irritated to care.
"You know what Malfoy? Bite me." she said. Malfoy ignored her.
"How about 'Grytherin'? For the password." said Malfoy. Hermione looked at him, surprised he actually had a good idea.
"Good with me." said Hermione with a shrug as if she could do better but she knew Malfoy's idea was probably better than what she could think of.
"Grytherin, Grytherin, Grytherin, Grytherin, Grytherin." they repeated 5 times in unison. The bolt to the door slid out of the whole in the wall so the door could be pushed open. Malfoy went ahead and pushed open the door. He climbed up, followed by Hermione. She closed the door behind her and it bolted shut once again.
The room was quite plain. There were two couches and a fire place. On one side of the room there was one bedroom and on the other side was the other room. In between them was one bathroom. Hermione plopped down on the couch and took some food of the table.
~~~
Hermione spent the night decorating her bedroom and the common room. She just put up a few banners near "her" couch the simply said "Go Gryffindor" or "Gryffindor Lions". Malfoy hadn't even put up one trace of green on his area. He left it plane.
What Hermione wondered was what was the piece of parchment Malfoy kept taking out of his pocket and reading. When Hermione had sat down by the fire he sat on his couch and took out the parchment and read it over and over again. Sometimes he clenched his fists or ran a hand threw his hair. It was like he was nervous, a really bizarre trait for Malfoy to be showing.
~~~
The next morning Hermione woke up at 6 and headed for the shower. Malfoy was already ahead of her though. He was leaving his room and already halfway towards the bathroom when Hermione was just getting out of bed. She looked over at Malfoy and they made eye contact. Hermione began to walk faster but Malfoy followed her lead. He reached their before she did.
"Malfoy! You took a shower last night!" Hermione shouted through the door after Malfoy had been in the bathroom for a half hour. Lessons started at 8 and Hermione still needed to take a shower, brush her teeth, eat breakfast, and get dressed (not in that order, of course).
"Sorry, can't hear you. I've got water in my ears!" Malfoy shouted back, very amused. Hermione quietly opened the door (thank god the shower curtain was closed) and flushed the toilet. She quickly left the room and plopped down on the couch. She heard Malfoy scream. Next thing she knew he ran out in nothing else that a towel. Hermione began to laugh hysterically.
"You!" spat Malfoy. Hermione smiled smugly.
"Me." she said simply and made a dash for the bathroom. She got in and locked the door.
"Ha! Tricked you Malfoy!" shouted Hermione. Malfoy smirked to himself.
"The jokes on you Granger." he said to himself, retreating to his room to get on his robes.
~~~
About 10 minutes later Hermione was banging on Malfoy's bedroom door, in her towel.
"Malfoy! Get out here now!" she screamed. Malfoy opened his door and tried hard not to laugh.
"Something wrong Granger?" asked Malfoy. Something certainly was wrong. Hermione's honey colored hair was now pink and purple. She glared at Malfoy.
"What the bloody hell did you do with my conditioner?" she tried hard not to shout.
"It's just some dye. Washes out in 5 days. Brown really wasn't your color." said Malfoy. Hermione gripped the bottle tighter in her hand.
"Well, blond doesn't work for you." she said, and she dumped the rest of the conditioner in Malfoy's hair.
"You better start running Granger." Malfoy said as the purple dye made itself noticeable in Malfoy's hair. Hermione dropped the bottle and ran back into the bathroom.
~~~
Another 10 minutes later...
Hermione had finished her shower and was now getting dressed. She had already put her make-up on when she realized something in the mirror.
Her normally glossy, clear lip gloss was now turquoise blue!
This was a cause for revenge.
~~~
Malfoy was about to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast when he had realized her forgot to gel his hair back. It really wouldn't make much of a difference since his hair was already pink and purple.
He squeezed the clear gel into his hand and rub his two hands together, putting most of the gel on his fingertips. He ran his fingers through his hair and looked into the mirror to look at his hair when he realized his hair now had blue streaks.
"Granger." he muttered.
~~~
By the end of the morning they both had pink and purple hair (Malfoy's hair included blue "highlights"), Hermione had turquoise lip gloss, Malfoy's teeth ere red, and both of them were wearing robes of the opposite house. After Hermione saw Malfoy in Gryffindor robes, she began to laugh hysterically on the couch.
"You know, it's a nice look for you." said Hermione. Malfoy was laughing at Hermione's new shade of lip gloss.
"Blue? Very daring." he laughed. It seemed like they laughed for hours. Hermione finally stopped laughing and brushed her long hair out of her face.
"Hey Malfoy?" Hermione spoke up. Malfoy stopped laughing.
"What Granger?"
"What time is it?" she asked. Malfoy pushed the sleeve of his robe up and looked at his watch.
"8:23." he said. Hermione just nodded. After processing what Malfoy said, they both looked at each other.
"Potions!" they exclaimed.
Hermione grabbed her books from her room and ran out, Malfoy right on her heals. They reached the dungeons with in 10 minutes.
"Malfoy, Granger, you're late." Snape snarled, not looking up from his desk. However, the Slytherin's and Gryffindor's were laughing hysterically. But when it dawned on them that the other was wearing. They stared at the two students, shocked and appalled.
Snape looked up to see what was the cause of the sudden silence. His eyes grew wide as he saw the appearance of the Head Boy and Girl.
"Will one of you explain to me what you were thinking when you got dressed this morning?" asked Snape. Malfoy and Hermione just shrugged.
"I will not tolerate that kind of appearance in my classroom. Both of you, go change and wash that stuff out of your hair." snarled Snape.
"Um, Professor, we can't. All our robes are like these. And the hair is permanent for the next 5 days." said Malfoy. Snape glared.
"Then both of you, out of my classroom. And don't come back until you are dressed appropriately." said Snape. Hermione and Malfoy turned around and walked outside the classroom. Hermione swore loudly.
"I figured you would be glad that you don't have to see Snape for another week." shrugged Malfoy. Hermione scowled.
"A week without lessons? Do you know how far behind we will be?" she shouted. Malfoy raised his hands in surrender.
"Calm down. I'll get one of the Slytherins to give me their notes. We can go over them tonight." said Malfoy. They walked back up to the tower and sat around in the common room.
Malfoy was reading the same piece of parchment he was reading last night. Hermione put her book away and went up to him.
"What is that?" she asked him.
"Mind your own business Granger." said Malfoy. He wasn't rude, just quiet.
"You know, you would feel better if you talk about it." said Hermione with a shrug. And with that said, she went into her room and closed the door behind her.
~~~
Malfoy sat there, pondering what Hermione had said. She really wasn't so bad. It was the whole "pureblood and mudblood" image that kept him from being nice to her. If he was nice to a mudblood, he would lose all respect, not to mention he would probably be beat by Lucius.
A shiver ran up his back. His mother was at home at this very moment, having to bare Lucius' hell he casts on the manor all on her own.
~~~
Hermione sat on her bed as and owl came up to the window. She recognized it as Helena, her owl she got last year.
Hermione opened the window and let the owl in. She fluttered around the room for a second and then perched herself on Hermione's shoulder. She took the letter off of Helena's leg and she flew away quickly. Hermione ripped open the letter and read it quietly to herself.
[i]Miss Granger,
It is my regret to inform you that your father, Tim Granger, and mother, Rosemary Granger, were killed in a muggle attack last night at their home. The attacker, we suspect, was Lucius Malfoy, however we are still searching. We will keep you updated.
-Ministry Of Magic [/i]
Hot tears ran down Hermione's cheeks. She would kill him. She would kill him for killing them. She couldn't believe it. Why them? what the bloody hell had they done that was so wrong? If anyone should be going after her family, they should be going after her. Hermione went out into the common room and sobbed into one of her pillows on her couch.
~~~
Malfoy's thoughts were interrupted when Hermione came storming out of her room and began crying into a pillow. He went up to her and she obviously saw him.
"Stay away from me!" she screamed. Malfoy stepped back.
"What's wrong?" asked Malfoy. Hermione took something out of her pocket and threw it Malfoy. Since it was a crumpled piece of parchment, didn't exactly hurt. Malfoy caught it and just looked at Hermione.
"Go ahead, read it! See what kind of a person your all-mighty father is!" Hermione yelled, sitting up, her eyes red and puffy, tears flowing down her face.
Malfoy read it quietly to himself, his mouth wide opened. "I'm sorry."
"Don't get near me! You're probably just like him!" Hermione shouted as Malfoy attempted to sit next to her.
"Your wrong. I'm nothing like him." Malfoy said. Hermione laughed hollowly.
"Yeah right. That's what you want me to think. That's why you parade around making fun of everyone who doesn't have pureblood! That's why you always act like your god because your father is so powerful!" shouted Hermione, standing up.
"You don't understand." Malfoy started.
"Correct! I don't understand why you think it's so amazing that your father is a killer! I don't understand what the hell my parents did to deserve death! I don't understand why you're even going to be a death eater!" Hermione shouted, running back into her room, leaving Malfoy in the common room at a loss for words.
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