ATTENTION!!!! ANYONE WHO READ CHAPTER 3 ON OR AFTER THE 3RD OF OCTOBER PLEASE READ IT AGAIN! (half the chapter didn't get uploaded so I uploaded the chapter again on the 3rd of Oct)

A/N:

Meanwhile! Thanks to:

All those who reviewed! -__- should I do private responses? To do or not to do? That is the question. Eh what the hell, *does it*

Thanks to the following bootiful pplz:

lilkrnbaby19 : thanks! Yep yep umbridge is back

Sexi Lexi, aka Xela: ahahahahahahahaha *feels proud*

Lama: thankyo

Izzi: typos *sighs* glad u like it. And yes I HATE PANSY! She's a big fat piece of lard. Izzi, I would like to say that you are such a great friend

Born2die: Draco's went to the ball with Pansy and he is with her because (1) Family expectations, he is expected to go to the balls with her because of their fathers, and if he doesn't, the whole of Slytherin will know and he will be in deep shit (2) he doesn't like her as a lover, that doesn't mean he doesn't like her as a friend (3) Pansy is with Draco, Draco isn't with Pansy (4) you are getting me very confused and I spent the whole day trying to figure out the answer to this question… I'm not sure if I answered you yet :S

Sweet Princess: I love d/hg romances! Thanks!

Let the story begin!

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Chapter 5

Harry's Secret revealed

Draco walked back to the prefect's quarters cheerfully. Umbridge worked for Lord Voldemort. He grinned evilly. O it is going to be a wonderful year. Then Hermione budged into his mind again. She's sleeping in her room, or maybe she's snogging with Weasel or Potty, or maybe with both, he thought. He dismissed her as quickly as she came in. He caught a movement at the corner of his eye… there… someone just went through the door into the cold outside… Draco shrugged. Probably Mrs Norris. Then he heard a thud. Probably Mrs Norris climbing onto the tree and falling off. He continued walking silently back to the Prefects' Dormitories.

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'Harry!'

'Ron!'

'Where's Hermione?' asked Ron in a concerned tone.

'What? I thought you said she went back to her room to sleep!'

'I didn't say that!' Ron started to panic.

'I hope she's at breakfast,' replied Harry worriedly.

'Yeh…'

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Draco munched quietly on his apple pie. Pansy had her hand around his waist and her fingers were stroking him in a sick way. A complete revulsion overfilled Draco and he felt like slapping her silly. All eyes were on him. The whole of Slytherin was giving him weird and disgusted looks.

'What?' Draco sniggered.

Silence.

Draco scowled at them all.

Still silence.

'You danced with the Muddy Gryffy last night.'

Someone broke the silence… sounded like a first year, who probably heard what happened last night from a second year, who probably heard from a third year, who probably heard from a fourth year who was present at the ball.

'So? Can't I dance with an arch enemy to haunt her? If you saw clearly, ladies and gentlement,' he jammed his cold silver eyes into everyone elses, 'the "Muddy Gryffy" was struggling to be released. Why? Because I forced her to dance with me. Why? Because I know that she can't stand the fact that she danced with her enemy. I am a Slytherin and a Malfoy. Or have you forgotten?' he looked at them with the coldest expression he could muster. At that precise moment, he looked exactly like Lucius.

Draco took a little glance at Hermione. She wasn't there. He felt a pair of eyes on him and he took his eyes off the laughing Gryffindor table. Probably still asleep, too haunted by the thought that she danced with him, he thought. Once that thought came into his head, he felt sorry for Hermione. He shouldn't have done that. It was too much for her. And not to mention, him too. He was still trying to figure out what that sensational feeling was when he held Hermione. A voice in his mind screamed at him

She's a mudblood!

Maybe that feeling was disgust?

Another voice screamed.

He has felt disgust before and that wasn't it!

He snapped back into reality because of a weird clutching feeling. He felt like he was suffocating. Slowly and cautiously he looked down at his waist. Revulsion was evident in his face as he saw what Pansy was doing; she was putting her arms around his waist tightly.

She purred, 'My Drakie baby. You look troubled. Let my sweet hug solve all your problems and heal your soul.' Draco tried not laugh as Pansy hugged him and squeezed all the breath out of him. He kept up a strong appearance outside, but deep inside he was shaking with laughter. But finally he couldn't hold it; he exploded with laughter, 'THAT-' he yelled at Pansy between fits of laugher, 'WAS- THE- BIGGEST- BULLSHIT- I HAVE- EVER- HEARD- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!'

Pansy seemed put out but after a while she smiled back and said, 'that's my Drakie bunny wunny poos! You're laughing now! You seemed so distressed just then!' Draco gave Pansy a weird look and put on his cold expression again. His thoughts wondered to his father and Pansy's father, Mr Parkinson. They expected Draco and Pansy to get married when they are older. They signed a contract without Draco's permission, but they had Pansy's. He had to be 'nice' to her because of family expectations and all that crap. However, what his father forgot to tell him, was what he meant when he said Draco had to be 'nice' to Pansy. To Draco, his version of being nice to Pansy meant (1) Going with her to balls and dances and try to act romantic for a minute or two (2) Doesn't say you hate her, just hint it to her if you really can't stand her. He continued eating quietly. In truth, Draco thought, Pansy wasn't that bad as a friend, not a lover. She was always there to support him and laugh at his jokes, and put up with him when he was angry; even though he hardly showed his emotions in front of his fellow Slytherins, or anyone else. (A/N: DON'T YOU READERS GET ANY IDEAS THAT I LIKE PANSY! I HATE HER GUTS! I'm making her look good for a purpose! Besides, I wanna make this story different to others ^__^). Draco began to get really confused. How did he feel about Pansy? He didn't hate her because she was a Slytherin and she was always there for him. But he didn't like her either because she wasn't his taste and she wouldn't stop smothering him, even though they weren't going out with each other. They were just betrothed! You're supposed to have some fun before you get married to another woman! Then a question shoved into his thoughts. Where's Hermione? I have to remind her that she danced with me last night to haunt her.

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Harry guffawed loudly.

'I swear he looked like a lump of shit! Brown robe with brown embroidery? How more shitty can you look?!?' bellowed Ron aloud.

'Suits Crabbe though. Piece of shit wearing a garment of shit,' joined in Seamus.

'The Princess of Shit!' shouted Lavender in amusement.

The whole of Gryffindor doubled up in laughter.

Harry felt a pair of silver eyes scanning the Gryffindor table. He looked at Malfoy and saw him look away.

'Goyle's another story, he looked like dust,' continued Ron's criticisms.

'It was so tempting to go up to him and dust him away with a feather duster,' said Parvati longingly, 'Hogwarts will be rid of the Princess of Dust.'

Everyone sighed longingly.

Their thoughts were disturbed by the loud laughter from Draco. He said something between his laughter, but the Gryffindors didn't get a word he said. They ignored him and muttered about how big a bastard he was.

'So Harry! Who did you go to the ball with?' asked Ron cheerfully.

'Errr… someone…' Ron raised an eyebrow in question.

'Are you not my best friend anymore?' Ron asked while his bottom lip trembled.

Harry seemed uncomfortable and finally spurted out, 'I went with Ginny!'

Ron laughed aloud and said happily, 'good joke, Harry! C'mon! I know you didn't go with her because I didn't see you two dancing.'

Harry squirmed in his chair uneasily. 'Ginny and I… errr… we danced when you and Hermione were too busy dancing with each other… we stopped dancing… when you…. errr…. When you walked to the side of the dance floor to rest… I… I… didn't want you to kill me… for asking your sister to the ball… sorry Ron…' muttered Harry.

Ron looked at Harry with a puzzled expression. He turned to Ginny and asked, 'Really?'

Ginny looked at Harry and nodded.

Ron opened his mouth with an absent-minded expression plastered on his face, 'wowww,' he said, 'you managed to dance without me noticing….'

He looked at Harry with admiration. He smiled and patted Harry's shoulder, 'you're my hero.'

Harry and Ginny stared at Ron.

Harry stuttered, 'm-me, G-G-Ginny, gone to t-t-t-the b-b-ball to-to-together,' he pointed at Ron, 'you, supposed to shout, scream, at me,' he pointed at himself.

Ron stared at Harry dazedly and he opened his eyes wide open in shock as he realised something, 'YOU WHAT?!''

Harry flinched violently from his best friend's shout. He repeated, 'Ginn-'

Ron interrupted, 'YES I KNOW WHAT YOU TWO DID! BUT YOU DID WHAT WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?!'

Harry looked at Ron confusedly and replied, 'What?'

Ron breathed and managed to speak softly, 'What I meant was, you left Ginny behind alone, without my permission when we went out to look for Hermione! You left my sister alone when you were the one who asked her to the ball! You could've at least brought her along! She's Hermione's friend as well!'

Harry looked ashamed and mumbled an apology to Ginny and Ron. 'Ginny wanted to follow, but I didn't allow her because… because… I thought she would rather stay at the ball than with us running around to find Hermione.'

Ron rolled his eyes and said, 'Harry, you've known Ginny for six years, and you don't even know how her brain works?!'

Harry started to sweat. He said, 'I panicked when I saw Hermione ran out of the hall and I swear I saw her dancing with Draco before she left! Then when we accused Malfoy of doing something, which he probably did, he chased after Hermione and I… I thought he was going to harm her and I didn't want Ginny to be with us in case she got hurt by Malfoy when we are trying to defend Hermione! I… I… I just wanted to protect Ginny…' Harry blushed.

Ginny smiled at Harry shyly and gave him a hug. Ron looked uneasy and mouthed to Harry, 'We will talk later.'

Harry gulped. Then his mind wandered off to Malfoy. Why did he force Hermione to dance with him? Why did he chase after Hermione? If he wanted to hurt Hermione, why didn't Malfoy try to hurt Ron and himself so Hermione will have two less defenders? Dozens of questions came into Harry's head as he thought more about what happened. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

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Draco went deep in thought. A little voice in his mind asked him,

Why did you chase after Granger?

Do you like her?

A louder voice in his mind retorted,

Of course he doesn't! She's a mudblood and she is Granger!

The first voice asked suspiciously,

Then why did you chase after her?

The louder voice replied mischievously,

So he will be there to rub salt in her wound and pride. So he will be there to taunt Hermione about the fact that she danced with her arch enemy. So he would be there to laugh at her and destroy her when the wound is fresh. It is war, after all.

The first voice:

Ahhhh I see.

Draco nodded to himself and smirked. He promised himself that the first thing he will do when he saw Granger was to laugh at her. He felt evil and powerful. He mentally chuckled with delight.

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A/N: How was that? Did you think that I would write about Hermione this Chapter? *Points and laughs* HAHA! Next chapter will be all about Hermione. You want it? Then please drag your mouse down there… yes there… the little button at the left hand bottom corner… now I want you to gently click your left mouse click… or you can do it forcefully if you want… yes yes…. Now start typing! *giggles evilly* TYPE MY LITTLE MONKEYS! *looks at self weirdly* ok I am slowly turning insane. Back to the point, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!! I won't continue writing unless I have enough reviews! *sits on chair and crosses arm stubbornly* yes that's it… *watches you as you review* thankyou! Come again!

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P.P.S I DIDN'T WRITE THAT MUCH THIS CHAPTER BECAUSE I HAVE TO STUDY FOR MY EXAM! BESIDES! I SPEND THE WHOLE OF THE TWO DAYS BEFORE WRITING CHAPTER FOUR! ALSO! CHAPTER 4 WAS 7 PAGES LONG! AND I WAS USING TAHOMA SIZE 10! WHICH IS EXTREMELY SMALLY WRITING! Therefore a little rest should be given to my fingers *fingers wiggle happily* it's happy because it got some rest