Disclaimer: All these character belong to J.K.Rowling, except for the one of the name of Elphalba, which belongs to Gregory Maguire.

QUOTE: "So what am I not supposed to have an opinion

Should I be quiet just because I'm a woman

Call me a bitch cos I speak what's on my mind

Guess it's easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled" Christina Aguilera - Can't hold us down (Nothing to do with story).
**Hey guys! Im back from my brief personal spell to myself, and Im so glad Im back and writing! I just thought I'd let you know that, even though that this fic is not even close to done yet! When I do finish it, I plan to write a sequel to it! So you lot will never be rid of my stories hahahahahahahah! Ahem! **

**Well this next chapter, we will see how the first day of Trainning is. Some conflict between Hermione and Draco. And two special guests arrive at Durmstrang, but who?

CHAPTER 33-TRAINNING DAY AND TWO SPECIAL GUESTS

HERMIONE'S POV

I seemed the first one to get up the next day, as I looked around my room from my comfy, beautiful and metallic aqua bed. I absolutely loved and adored Durmstrang and this room and everything about this place, but I also somehow missed the privacy and greatness of my room back home

I begin to think back to yesterday's encounter with Victor, and why did I feel soooo moved when I saw him, and why did I feel a hundred of feelings rushing back to me when he came up to me? And why did Draco seem so mad? So I didn't tell him about about Victor and I? Was there a need for me to tell him everything? It wasn't like he was my boyfriend? Right when that thought came to me I backed it away, I did indeed like and care for Draco soooo much, but unfortunately with the difficult circumstances of everything that has been happening, us being together did not seem likely at the moment.

But still my thoughts ran back to Victor. It was soo nice to see his handsome dark atheletic looks. Never went with the crowd, always kept to him, despite those idiots that hung out with him. I always remember back to fourth year when he kept coming to the Library just to see me, I was sooo flattered since no boy had ever showed interest in me until that very day.

I tried to push all these boy thoughts out of my head and decided to get dressed. Ever since we came here, the Hogwarts and Durmstrang students had no need to wear their robes anymore, because the Headmasters decided that 1). It was too hot, and 2). The students will feel more likely to interact with one another instead of competing. So we have been allowed to wear what we desire, as long as it was approapiate.

When I was reaching for clothes in my trunk and my washroom necesities, my threee roomates remained asleep. It was 5:30, and we did not have class until 8. Before heading out to the washroom down the hall I grabbed a pair of black capris, that had big cuffs at the buttom slightly above my ankle. A black studded belt that went around my waist twice, and a black frilly blouse with white polka dots. I pink hankerchif around my neck, as well as pink runners. I finally opened the door and looked out to see each creature and person on the paintings of each door snoozing away. I went all away down the hall to the door to the right where they had directed that the girls' washroom would be.

I had finally finished taking a shower, putting my hair up into a messy ponytail, put some light makeup on and came out the door.

Finally some students were up. Marcus Flint, who I had heard, was an early bird like myself was up already, and some other students from Hufflepuff aswell.

As I walked down the hallways, Flint just gave me an acknowledging smile, and as I passed I said,

"Morning." not expecting anything back.

"You're an early bird aswell?" He answered as he stopped to talk to me.

He surprised me for seeming so nice when he wasn't around his Slytherin idiot friends.

"Ya im am." I laughed and smiled. "Just making my way to the Great Hall for some breakfast."

"Well why don't you wait a second, I had a shower last night, so Im just gonna brush my teeth and change, Ill go with you, everyone else I know wakes up super late." He explained.

I thought for a second back to the last time I trusted a Slytherin, which was Crabbe. But then I thought again about it, and since we were going to the Great Hall I knew nothing could happen.

"Sure, I'll wait here" as I pointed to a comfy little two seater couch between the two washroom doors.

"Sounds good." He answered walking into the boy's washroom after a Ravenclaw boy.

I waited there for maybe 5 minutes, which wasn't long. And it's not that I looked foolish or anything waiting there for him. But it did feel strange, afterall, he is someone I never talked to before, I never knew that he would be this nice. But now that I think of it, I never really talked to him before, the only times that Ive sen him ruthless was when he was playing Quidditch, and who didn't play like that during Quidditch?

"Ready?" I heard a voice from behind me. I looked toward where Flint was, his hair was now neatly combed back.

I nodded and got up. The two of us began walking out the hallway of rooms, and down the invi-staircase, and down to the main hall passing the receptionist desk. Maddam Elphalba was not there yet, maybe she still had not awaken.

Oddly, the two of us had much in common, music, clothing, movies, everything, it was eerie really. It was really nice to talk to someone besides Harry and Ron sometimes.

We had finally reached the great hall, which was utterly empty, there were maybe 2 Ravenclaws, 3 Hufflepuffs, and 1 Durmstrang student there as well. We sat neerest the Fireplace, which was glowing with Blue Fire, which cooled us off from the heat spell.

"So I heard you are one of the Dueling Trainers?" Flint asked me as I poked at my Omelette on my plate.

"Where did you hear that?" I asked him smiling.

"Malfoy actually." He answered.

"Oh" I looked to my plate and then smiled at him again. "Yeah I guess I am, it's me, Harry, Ron, and Dra.Malfoy, that are?"

"I heard, they asked me to be one too, but I refused." He explained looking somberly at his glass of pumpkin juice.

"Why is that?" I curiously asked.

"I don't know Granger, maybe it was because I felt I did not really want to get involved in that."

"Well maybe you should try it out, I mean it might be fun!" I smiled, telling myself that maybe it would be fun.

"Well maybe it will, Ill see" He smiled and I smiled back, and we consistently made small talk and ate.

Who would of thought that talking to Marcus Flint would be this good, he didn't seem as he felt he HAD to talk to me, and it really was nice to talk to someone else for a change.

DRACO'S POV

I woke up this morning a bit late, Goyle was still in his bead aswell, but Flint was no where to be seen, as I knew he was an early riser. I was sort of angry to myslef for not waking up earlier and trying to catch Hermione.

Now I was seated in a dorm like classroom. It was a gigantic round room, with a huge sphere like dorm at the top. There were chairs in the classroom, but there were all placed in a circle. There were three circles of chairs one after another. I sat in the second circle of chairs, so that I wouldn't be at the back or at the front.

The class began to fill up Potter and Weasley came in and sat in the front row of chairs a few seats away from me. Then the younger girl Weasley came along with her two other friends and sat behind them. Goyle was at my side and Pansy to my other side, the class began to be filling up, and then the oddest thing, Hermione came in the door talking happily to, Flint?

I looked at them awkardly as they both sat in the row in front of me, they were both talking madly and no one seemed to care. I guess ever since we came here, all the Hogwart houses have been trying to get along. So no one thought much of it, but still, everytime I saw Hermione she was always talking to a different guy, how would I know if their was place in her heart for me?

Finally Flint turned around and said,

"Yo Malfoy" he smiled and looked at Hermione jokinly "Look what I found on my way to the washroom this morning."

She then turned around and smiled at me, but I did not smile back, her face dropped and her eyes look questionly at me, I just looked away and began talking to Goyle.

The whole class was chatting it up when Professor Elloyha came walking in wearing, oddly, she was wearing white, which she never did.

HERMIONE'S POV

How beautiful once again did Elloyha look. Her hair was sweeped up into a giant bun on her head, she wore as always, a hankerchief covering her neck, this time it was red and beaded. She wore a white fitted tanktop, and a long white bohemian skirt, with red sandals. One thing that surprised me, instead of looking cool and direct and steady as a rock, she looked uneasy, and gasping, as she had just came running from somewhere. Everyone looked at her with questioned eyes.

"It's alright children, I just came back from Muggle England that's all." She said rushing to the window and putting her hand on the windowsill and began talking again, with almost a hurt in her voice.

"I went there with someone else to come and bring back a Muggle for one of you, but I could not. I think I failed. I was too late. The Dementors were there when we got there, and the Muggle was taken and so was my good friend. I don't know if they will come back, ever." She said softly now looking angered.

"I have to do something, I need to meditate, yes that's what I will do. Sorry children, you will have a supply trainning teacher today." She began to refocus on the class. "May I present you, Maddam Elphalba?"

Oh no it was that secretary, was she also a teacher? I just didn't have a good feeling about her, why did Elloyha give her as a trainner.

"See you soon children." Elloyha said once again putting her hand to her heart and then dissapearing into thin air.

"Hmmmph!" replied Elphalba as she walked in slowly in her black outfit and hat. "Who would of thought a silly girl like her could be one of the most poweful socerecess in the world?"

This made me fume. How could she say such things of Elloyha, she was such a great person, and witch, and had a lot going for her, despite her wicked past.

"Now, children. I do not see why they would want to train such insolent children as the ones from Hogwarts aswell as the ones from Durmstrang. Your just children, how could any of you actually possess any power at all to help destroy Voldemort, especially when his very blood runs through your very school." She explained, sneering at all of us. I knew who she spoke of, and so did Harry, and so did Ron, and so did Draco, since I had told him. But everyone else looked questionly at her.

"That's right.." she smiled. "Do you lot not know that Lord Voldemort, the very man we all wish to destroy, has a daughter, a daughter who has been living in your school for years." She smiled more wickedly then before.

All the students began to look upon each other, and I had just hopped that she kept Elloyha's secret, that was something that was no business to the other students or anyone.

"Oh didn't you know? Your precious "Professor Evee" is no professor. Her real name is is Elloyha, Elloyha Voldemort!!!"

All the students gasped, no one could believe it.

"That's right that treacherous snake of a teacher is nothing more then the same blood that is destroying all your families!!" she said again. And everyone seemed to be getting mad, except for Ron, Harry, Draco and I. Harry looked the angriest.

All my classmates looked disturbed and as if they had lost all trust for Professor Elloyha.

"Hahahahhahah" cackled Elphalba.

"NOOOO!!!!!" Harry stood up and shouted. Everyone looked at him, as so did the teacher.

"I won't just sit here and watch you say such thing of Professor Elloyha, she is a fantastic Professor, and a brilliant person, no matter what blood she carries!!!" he shouted again.

I got up also and smiled at Harry. "And neither will I!!" I shouted at her.

She looked very surprised.

"Nor I!!" stood Ron.

"Nor I!" Draco shouted aswell, which surprised a lot of people.

And then little by little everyone in the class had stood up in defence of Professor Elloyha.

But all Maddam Elphalba did was smile happily.

"Very well students, you have past your first task!!!" she said happily not looking as mean as she did before.

What was going on here? We all looked at each other questionly.

"Sorry students, this was all your Professor's idea, she needs to know now more then ever who she can trust, even you lot of students. It's indeed important for all of you to know who she is and where she came from, and if you can trust her, and it seems to me, you all indeed can trust her, and that was the first part of your trainning. She however has left the school to go meditate, and see if she can help her dear friend and the muggle they were trying to save." She smiled again.

I couldn't believe it! That was all a test, to see if we could trust Elloyha? Only she would come up with such troublesome ways to discover someone's trust, she really was far from ordinary.

"Well off with you all, that was your first trainning for today. Trust. Tommorow we will start the real stuff, once your Professor has returned. Now off with you all, you are able to do as you wish.

LATER ON AT THE TENNIS COURT

I was sitting by a tree in the shade to get away from the constant heat from outside watching Ron, Pavarti, Pansy and Goyle play tennis. It was Ron and Pansy against Goyle and Pavarti. Ginny was running around with her wand with Lavendor playing catch, while Flint and Harry sat somewhere else talking about Quidditch. It was funny to see the four of them play tennis, espeically amusing to see Ron and Pansy flirt shamelessly. Which was okey with me aslong as Ron didn't bother me anymore for dates and all that junk. I smiled as they played.

"Hey" Draco said sitting down beside me.

I turned to him happily, I had missed so much being with him. "Hey" I said putting my hand on his leg, but he jerked my hand away.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"Listen Hermione, everytime I see you, your with a different guy, today with Flint, yesterday with Krum, and back at school with Ron, what's the deal?' he asked me angrily, but not raising his voice so anyone would notice.

"Nothing is up, I thought you trusted me?" I asked him.

"I do, but it's kinda hard when I see you messing around with other guys!" he repeated.

This hurt me badly, was this what he thought of me? Some skanky girl, who would go for the next guys who shows some interest in me.

"Not that it's any of your business Draco, but Ron and I had been great friends every since we were young, and Victor and I broke up during the summer and he was my first boyfriend, so pardon me for having some remaining feelings for him! And Flint, I just started talking to him today, and we happen to have a lot in common!" I yelled at him.

"And what about me?" he asked. He surprised me with this one. "I don't even know if you like me anymore. You say you still have remaining feelings for Krum, so maybe you should decide what you want first." And with that lost comment he got up and walked away towards the castle.

How could he think I didn't care about him? But maybe he was right. I had been ignoring him lately, but maybe because I was scared, scared to show my true feelings, or maybe Im scared that I still have feelings for Krum, I didn't know what to do I was soo lost and confused. And all I could keep thinking was of my family, of my mom, and of my dad, I missed them sooo sooo much.

IN THE COMMON ROOM

I sat on the couch with my legs crossed on top thinking absentmindly of Draco and of Krum, I didn't know what to do about my feelings.

Ginny, Lavendor, Pavarti and Pansy talked and talked and talked about nothing as always, and what was worse, now, Pansy had joined the group, so there were more female endless blabbering.

Draco was sitting quietly on a couch on the other side of the room reading the paper, while Flint, Harry, Ron, Seamus and Neville all played cards.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightening flashed in the room, sending us all to the floor out of fear, but when all the light rushed away, there was Professor Elloyha standing happily looking at me actually.

"Come on, come on!!!" she rushed to me and talked to all of us at the same time. Her eyes were watery and a fainted red.

"What is it?" I asked as I along with everyone else was rushed away from the Common Room.

"Remember that muggle and my friend I was telling you about, they escaped!!! I have a surprise for all of you!!!" she said joyfully, as we walked to the entrance.

"Alright" she said and took Harry and I to the front of the crowd, clapped her hands and said. "Ok you two stay right there!!"

She snapped her fingers and the two enourmous doors began to open. All we could see was two dark silloutes, one much taller then the other and the other helt luggage, but who could they be?