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Draco's POV

I awoke early and got dressed silently and had an elf bring my trunk down. It was 10:45 when we finally got into the car. 'What an odd muggle contraption.' I thought as we sped to the Station.
"Good bye son.I want you back for Easter Break you'll have your marking ceremony then and don't change your mind you are his heir and if you don't come there will be consequences," he said smiling as I left.
"Good bye," I said coldly as an elf brought me my trolley and followed me into the barrier.
"Good bye sir," he said nervously be for running back to the other side. I sighed as I pulled my trunk onto the train and looked for a quiet compartment. I went to the end of the train and to my usual compartment only to find a crying girl.
"My.my what do we have here," I asked quietly as I put my trunk on the rack above the seats. The girl looked up with a surprised look on her face. She was quite beautiful even if her face was tear stained at the moment.
"I'm not in the mood Malfoy.please go away," she said quietly. Then it clicked this wasn't any girl this was Granger.
"Actually I think I'm quiet comfortable here," I replied as I leaned back into the seat across from her. She rolled her eyes and turned to face the window. She had changed quiet a lot over the summer. She had nice curves, her once bushy hair was now soft curls and a very nice tan. I looked closely at her neck to see many bruises that oddly enough looked like hands. 'How in the hell did those get there?' I thought studying her more closely to see a poorly covered up hand print across her face. Knowing only to well how it felt I had a sudden pang of sympathy for her.but only for a minute. She suddenly bent down and dug threw her bag to find her head phones and pulled them on which loosen the handkerchief around her wrist to show a flash of red. My seeker reflexes got the better of me as my hand quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled away the handkerchief to show a big gash.

Hermione's POV

I was fighting very hard not to slip into unconsciousness when a sandy haired gray-eyed boy entered my compartment.
"My.my what do we have here," he asked quietly as he noticed my tears and put his trunk away. And then it clicked no one could ever have those kind of eyes but one person.Malfoy.
"I'm not in the mood Malfoy.please go away," I said quietly trying not to cry anymore but the pain was unbearable. My face stung from the hard slap he had given me along with my wrist which was loosing blood quickly, and I had a strong case of nausea, which told my body to go unconscious. I had been fighting it for a while and Malfoy staring at me non-stop was not helping. I dug threw my bag and pulled out my headphones and CD player. Suddenly out of no where a hand gripped my wrist and pulled back the handkerchief. I gasped in pain as he pulled it back and starred into his gray eyes as mine filled with tears.
"Who the hell has been doing this to you?" he asked touching my neck. I winced as he hit a bruise. What was I supposed to do.lie? I could say I fell down the stairs but that wouldn't explain the blood. I was cornered but I wasn't going to give up.
"It's none of your damn business," I said quietly as I tried to pull away but his grip was firm.
"Who did this to you?" he asked ignoring my answer. I turned away from him and kept on trying to pull my wrist away. The nausea was getting worse and Malfoy was not helping.
"Please." I weakly begged as I tried to pull my wrist away.
"WHO did this to you?" he asked stubbornly.
"I.I fell down the stairs and my wrist caught on.the railing in my haste to get here. I was late this morning," I said quietly avoiding his piercing gaze.
"I should go.we're almost there and I need to change," I said quietly as he let my wrist go. I quickly grabbed my bag and walked out of the compartment and into the nearest bathroom. I collapsed on the floor as tears streamed down my face. I few minutes later I slowly pulled myself up and changed into my usual pleated skirt, white shirt, tie, knee socks, and black Gryffindor robes. The pain was slowly ebbing away as I walked out into the hallway and waited for the train to arrive. Why the hell did I feel as if I had to explain myself to Malfoy? I thought suddenly. My thought was quickly ignored as the train stopped. Excitement took over as I remembered my favorite place.the lake. I could go there again and visit my tree, climb up in its branches and watch the squid. The lake always claimed me, my trees branches were always held me it reminded me of my mom's arms. I smiled as we got off the train and into the carriages.

Draco's POV

"Please." she begged as she tried to pull her wrist away.
"WHO did this to you?" I asked stubbornly.
"I.I fell down the stairs and my wrist caught on.the railing in my haste. I was late this morning," she said quietly avoiding my gaze.
"I should go.we're almost there and I need to change," she said quietly. I slowly let her wrist go as a thought suddenly popped in my head. Why did I care so much? I watched as she quickly left the compartment. I sighed and pulled out my school uniform and threw it on. I glanced out the window as the train stopped to see the small wizard town of Hogsmade. Here goes another year. I thought as I stepped off the train and joined my friend Blaise Zambini. He was my only friend that actually had more intelligence than a Teletubby. Rather odd muggle children's show I might add. The purple one scares the shit out of me. We both stepped into a carriage and talked about of course our favorite subject, Quidditch. The carriage finally came to a stop on the cobblestones in front of the castle. I quickly got out and oddly enough my gaze landed on Granger. She came out of her carriage with a pained expression but quickly covered it up with a smile as she bumped into the youngest Weasley, Ginny. I turned my gaze from the two chatting girls to follow the sea of students into the Great Hall for the Sorting ceremony to begin. As soon as I entered the great hall Pansy clung to my arm like a leech.
"I missed you Drakie how was your summer?" She asked as we sat down. I sighed as I tried to shrug her hands off my arm that was loosing its circulation. My attempts were useless; I was stuck there.
"Just fine," I said stiffly as I turned my attention to the headmaster giving his usual 'welcome back' speech. It seemed I had listened just in time.
"This year's head boy will be Draco Malfoy" he paused as I stood up many Ravenclaws and of course Slytherins clapped.
"And the Head girl will be Hermione Granger," he said beaming as she stood up. Everyone except the grumbling Slytherins were clapping. Sharing a tower with Granger.this could be very interesting. I thought as he waved for the food to appear. There were the usual gasps from the 1st years and the cries of joy from many hungry students as the smells of food filled the Great Hall.
"Drakie.what do you say me and you meet in the common room after dinner to.catch up," Pansy said trying to sound seductive but failing. Everyone knew that each house had a few sluts that would sell themselves to those who would pay. Why even the golden Gryffindors had their own.
"No Pansy, leave me alone," I said not bothering to hide my annoyance.
"Oh but Draco baby I've missed you so." she said trying again.
"My god Pansy can't you take a hint," spat Blaise who was sitting next to me. She sighed and then turned back to her food. She didn't say a word for the rest of the meal, which was joy to my ears.
"Mr. Malfoy come with me please it's time to show you you're new common room," said Professor Snape. Hermione was quietly waiting beside him. I quickly got up grateful for an excuse to leave Pansy and followed the two out of the great hall. He led us up two staircases and to a painting with a giddy looking girl in a medieval dress and blonde curly hair.
"This is the entrance to your tower, your password is Chocolate Frog.
Oh and Dumbledore told me to inform you that you two will be
organizing the Halloween Ball. He wants the plans in two weeks, " he
said and turned. "My god can we have a new portrait?" she said while
looking at the portrait with disgust as she twirled a lock of blonde
hair around her finger and giggled.
"Chocolate Frog," I muttered. I gasped as I looked at the room. It was better than my own common room. It had a high ceiling that looked like the night sky. There were two richly carved grand staircases both ending right in front of each other. And a big bookshelf with two window seats on either side. There was already a roaring fire and two black couches, one with green and silver pillows and the other with red and gold pillows. There was a big glass table next to the bookshelf and a bathroom right in the middle of the ending staircases. "Malfoy come and look at this bathroom," said Granger in awe. I walked into see a waterfall with to different pools, one was where the water fall magically started and there was a staircase cut into the rock leading up to that and another where the water fell. The waterfall was about 20 feet high making it look very grand. On one side of the pool there were sinks and toilets and on the other there was showers. Right next to the pool there was a rack of green and red towels. "Wow," I breathed taking in my surroundings. "Hey Malfoy." asked Granger quietly. "What?" I asked turning to her. "I don't think I could put up with your insults this year so do you think we could just call it a truce seeing as we'll have to work together anyway?" she asked with a pleading look. "Well.I guess that would make since," I said holding out my hand. "Thanks Malfoy. You only have to be civil," she said with a grin as she walked out of the bathroom. I quickly walked out and ran up my staircase to my bedroom to see a circular room with a big balcony right across from Granger's. I had a four poster bed that was twice as big as my old one and made up in green and silver bedding. There was a big desk and a bookshelf right next to it. On the other side of my bed was a portrait of Slaizar Slytherin that probably led to the Slytherin common room. I sighed and stripped down to my black boxers and slid into my warm bed. 'This year's going to be interesting,' I thought remembering the bathroom incident just moments before.

Hermione's POV

'This year will be a lot easier with out a million insults,' I thought with a smile. I sighed as I fell back onto my bed and thought about the common room. The bathroom was a religious experience all by itself the whole place was amazing. My room was my favorite. There was a four poster bed with red and gold bedding, a spacious desk and bookshelf and a portrait leading to the Gryffindor common room. The balcony was my favorite though it was unfortunately right across from Malfoy's but it had a red hammock chair and a telescope. I smiled as I looked down at the lake knowing that I'd be there tomorrow but nausea was taking over again and it was time to sleep. With a wave of my wand I wore my yellow monkey pj shorts and tank top and slid into my covers. I slowly slipped into a dream. I staring into a room.my room and there was my dad slowly walking to my bed laying there sleeping was a five years old me sleeping. He was hiding something behind his back.it was a pillow. I walked closer puzzled as a grin went across his face. "Daddy?" I asked turning to look at him. He quickly put the pillow over my face and pushed down. I (being my 5-year-old self) squirmed and screamed but my attempts were useless. My squirms suddenly stopped as my body laid still. He smiled and pulled the pillow away and walked out of my room. Then it swirled into another memory. Memory after horrible memory flashed before me. I woke up screaming. Every single bruise on my body was throbbing. Malfoy ran in looking very surprised with his wand in hand. "What the hell happened?" he asked looking around my room. I sat trembling in my bed. "Oh.well.erm.I.had a bad dream.more of a memory but yeah um.. yeah sorry to wake you," I said quietly as tears streamed down my face. He nodded and walked slowly towards my bed and sat next to me. He hesitantly wiped away my tears. I sobbed and fell against his chest. The touch was electrifying probably for both of us but he didn't seem affected. He pulled me into his lap and held me close. 'Why the hell am I even touching Malfoy?! This is way more than being civil!' said a small voice in the back of my head. For once I just I ignored it. "Shh.it's ok," he whispered rocking me back and forth. The sobs had ended and now only silent tears were streaming like a never-ending waterfall, one for every bruise and memory. "So what's this all about?" he asked wiping away some more tears. I bit my lip and thought, 'Should I tell him? It would be mean not to he's sitting in here comforting you after being enemies with you for 6 years.' "Well.erm.I had some.dreams about my childhood with my dad.and err yeah," I replied as my last tear dropped down my face. "Ah," he said as he stared at my neck. "I know how you feel," he said quietly. I smiled. "Well I think I should be getting to bed," he said as I got off of his lap. "Thanks. it really helped," I said quietly. He flashed me a smile and then quietly shut the door. I feel asleep remembering his touch and smile. I awoke with a sunbeam shinning across my face. I grinned and stretched as I slowly got out of my warm covers. I glanced at the clock that read 6am and grabbed my bathrobe and walked down to the bathroom. As got to the bottom of the steps I noticed Malfoy sitting on his window seat. The sun beamed down upon his hair making him glow. 'Wow he's kind of. WAIT no this is MALFOY the guy that's insulted me of years. "Nice pjs Granger," said Malfoy with a smirk as he looked up from his book. "Do you have a problem with monkeys?" I asked defensively stopping at the end of the staircase with my hands on my hips. "No.they're quiet cute," he said with a smirk as he turned back to his book. I smiled and walked into the bathroom wondering why I was in such a good mood. I shrugged it off and walked up to the top pool. I slid into the pool with a sigh of satisfaction as the warm water lapped against my body. Oddly enough I couldn't seem to forget his touch last night. I stayed in the pool for a half an hour and then changed into blue short shorts and a white tank top that had a rubber ducky on it that said 'got bubbles?' It was my favorite shirt. I pulled on blue flip-flops and put my hair up in a low bun and walked out of the bathroom with a smile. I sighed as I sat down in my window seat and grabbed my favorite book, Hogwarts a History. I had only read it 15 times but each time I learned something new and it fascinated me. I glanced at the clock above the fireplace that read 7:00. I grinned maybe I should go wake up Harry and Ron. I hadn't seen them all summer for one reason or another I hadn't seen them much at the welcoming feast. I slowly pulled myself away from my window seat and the sunshine and walked to my room. I walked into the Gryffindor common room and smiled seeing only one or two people. Gryffindors are never morning people. I quietly crept into the boy's dorm and slipped into Harry and Ron's room. I quietly picked up a pillow and hit Harry over the head as hard as I could. He groaned and turned blinking as he saw me in his room. "'Mione.what the hell are you doing up at 7 on a Saturday in the boy's dorm?" he asked sitting up and rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes. "I came to wake you up because I haven't talked to you at all the whole summer," I replied with a grin as I sat at the end of his bed. "But 'Mione.it's 7," Harry whined. "You know I could have woken you up A LOT earlier," I said smiling at him. "Well if you're going to wake me up it's only fair to wake up Ron to," he said stretching. I nodded with an evil grin and quietly walked over to Ron's bed. I leaped onto his bed and started jumping. His eye's popped open and smiled as he saw me. He yawned and then pulled me down and whispered, "You're going to wake up every other boy in here and seeing as there's only one of you and five of us you'd be in trouble." "Point taken, come on let's go! We have some catching up to do," I replied as I got up from his bed. "If you both aren't dressed and out of this room in 5 minutes I'm going to hex you into next week," I whispered as I left their dorm. I quietly walked into the common room and sat in my favorite chair right in front of the window and smiled as the sun rays beamed down making the lake sparkle. I turned from the window just as Harry and Ron walked down the stairs. I smiled and then got up to join them. "So how was your summer?" I asked as we all sat down in the empty Great Hall. "Good, Harry and I visited Snuffles this summer at his new house and then we to the burrow," Ron replied loading his plate with everything near him.
"How was yours?" asked Harry smiling as Cho walked in.
"It.it was.different," I replied deciding whether or not I should tell them. 'Maybe not.' I thought remembering how defensive Ron was and how bad Harry's temper been.
"Different how so?" asked Harry giving me a puzzled look.
"Oh look Ron here comes your girlfriend," I said smiling as Lavender walked in. Ron perked up and grinned as he saw her. Lavender ran up and gave him a big hug and a soft kiss and then sat down across from him as he did his famous Weasley blush.
"I missed you so much Ron! I really wish I had a chance to come and see you but I had to go the America with my family," she said sadly.
"How was America?" I asked pouring myself some coffee.
"Oh it was great they have the hottest guys- weather there," she said quickly. I coughed trying to hold my laughter in. Harry choked on his orange juice but I shot him a warning glance.
"Do you guys want to go swimming today?" I asked trying to cover up for Lavender. Thankfully Ron hadn't caught on.
"Sorry 'Mione I need to practice Quidditch and I'm sure Ron and Lavender want to.to catch up," he said with a grin as they blushed.
"Oh ok well I'm going to go and read see you at lunch," I replied as I got up from the table. 'Just because they aren't going to go swimming isn't going to stop me,' I thought as I walked into my room and put on my navy blue bikini, a white T-shirt, and blue short shorts and walked out of my common room and onto the lake. I took off my T-shirt and shorts and lay down on my towel with my book and smiled as the sun warmed my back.

Draco's POV

I smiled as I pulled off my shirt and dove into the cool lake. I loved the lake it was my favorite place besides the Quidditch field. I looked around the lake and noticed Granger in a.. bikini. 'WOW, so she does have a figure.' I thought with a smirk. 'Very nice.' I thought but then mentally slapped myself this was GRANGER the know-it-all-bitch that I despised for almost 7 years. 'Then why did I do that last night?' I quickly pushed it out of my mind. 'I'm going to forget last night' I thought firmly. She suddenly stood up and stretched and then dove in the lake. I quickly turned and swam in the other direction. I surfaced only to hear Pansy's yells.
"DRAKIE WAIT FOR ME! I WANT TO SWIM WITH YOU!" she bellowed from across the lake. 'Shit,' I thought as she entered the lake. It was either swimming towards Pansy or Granger. I chose Granger and quickly swam her way. I had to talk to her about the Ball anyway. I turned around and saw Pansy slowly making her way over her with loud pants and splashes.
"Hey, Granger," I said quickly as she surfaced from her flip. She turned quickly to see it was me.
"Hi," she said swimming up to me.
"I was wondering when you wanted to plan the Ball thing?" I asked quickly as I glanced over my shoulder to see Pansy closer.
"Got yourself a little stalker don't you?" she said with a laugh.
"I can't seem to get rid of her!" I exclaimed with annoyance. She grinned.
"Meet me in the library in an hour," she said smiling before she turned and dove down just as Pansy came up.
"Hi Drakie," she said with a grin.
"My god Pansy leave me alone," I said diving under. I swam as fast as I could and oddly enough to my discomfort almost ran into Granger. She gave me a puzzled look.
"Sorry," I mumbled looking back quickly to see Pansy was swimming towards me. I groaned and tried to dive again but someone grabbed my ankle. I spun around thinking it was Pansy but instead it was Granger.
"Just play along," she whispered as she dove down and then came back up but only this time she had black hair and green eyes. My eyes widened.
"Drakie who the hell is this?" she asked glaring at Granger.
"I'm his.his girlfriend and I've heard that you've been stalking him. Well back of bitch he's mine," she said with a grin. My eyes flashed in shock by I managed to hide it and went along with it.
"I tried to tell you Pansy but I knew you'd never listen," I said with a sigh as Pansy's eyes filled with tears. She quickly swam in the other direction sobbing.
"Girlfriend?" I exclaimed in shock as I turned towards her.
"Hey! At least it worked," she replied looking at the slowly moving figure in the middle of the lake.
"Thanks Granger I owe you one. How did you manage to change?" I asked looked at her black hair. She grinned and held up her wand.
"Very clever Granger," I replied with a smirk.
"It's the only useful thing I ever learned from Lavender and Parvity all of the years I lived with them," she said with a smile.
"Well I guess I'll see you in an hour then," she said and then splashed me with her feet as she dove under. I quickly grabbed her ankle and pulled her up. She grinned as she surfaced. I splashed her in the face. Her grin suddenly vanished as she backed away a little bit and then guided a whole wave with her wand towards me. I tried to go under but found that I was frozen to the top. The wave gained much height in such a short amount of time and bore down upon me. She laughed and then swam away.

Hermione's POV

I ran up the steps to my room and threw on my pleated skirt white shirt, tie, and put my hair down. I ran out of the common room and into the library leaving me with 30 minutes of reading time before Malfoy came. It dawned on me that I still had black hair and green eyes. I muttered some words under my breath, which turned my hair, back to its normal brown self and my eyes back to their amber color just as Malfoy came into the library.

He sat down and then suddenly said, "Masquerade."
"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked giving him a questioning look.
"A masked ball Granger," he replied in a know it all tone.
"That's a good idea." I said pulling out my notebook and wrote it down.
"Ok.so what decorations do you want?" I asked looking into his gray eyes.
For the rest of the afternoon and evening we planned the whole ball. Unfortunately we had missed dinner; it was 10 o'clock.
"Oh my god I'm so hungry," Malfoy exclaimed as we exited the library.
"Well.I do know where the kitchens are." I said biting my lip. He looked at me with a pleading look. I rolled my eyes and pulled his arm in the opposite direction. We finally stopped 2 floors and 3 corridors later at the portrait of a bowl of fruit. I turned to him and bit my lip. 'This was a Gryffindor secret.I can't just show him!' I thought studying him. He stood there gazing at me, his gray eyes were very deep and easy to get lost in. I sighed and turned to the portrait and tickled the pear and walked in. He quickly followed and let out a quiet gasp as house elves surrounded us.
"Hermione!" said a very small elf pushing through the crowding elves to reach me.
"Dobby hasn't seen you in such a long time!" he exclaimed but then cowered as he noticed Malfoy.
"Mis-Mister Malfoy," he stuttered hiding behind my legs. He studied the scared elf for a moment and was about to say something when I cut him off.
"Dobby we kind of missed dinner." I said as all of the elves jumped up bringing plate after plate of food as we sat down. I laughed as I noticed Malfoy's eyes brighten. He quickly pilled food on his plate. We ate in silence for a while when we finally finished.
"Oh my god I ate way to much," I groaned as I pushed my plate away.
"I don't think I ever have eaten that much," he said leaning back in his chair. I groaned and as my gaze landed on the clock.
"Shit," I said quietly as I jumped up.
"What?" he asked giving me a puzzled look.
"It's 12 o'clock which is way past curfew even for the head boy and girl. Filch is going to kill us," I said panicking.
"Come on," he said putting his head out of the door. I crept behind him and poked my head out the door too. He pulled my arm and quietly walked down the corridor. We got down one staircase when we suddenly found ourselves in front of the main door that was blocked by Ms. Norris. He suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled my out the door and starting running.
"Are you mad we're going to get caught! You know how fast Mrs. Norris is!" I exclaimed as he kept on dragging me on ward. I looked behind me to see Filch running after us. Out of no where he stopped and said,
"Accio broom." There was silence as Filch got closer and closer and Malfoy just sat there. Suddenly there came a whizzing noise as Malfoy caught his broom and mounted holding out his hand.
"Are you mad! That's.a broom! There's NO way I'm getting on that!" I said crossing my arms stubbornly. He shrugged and kicked off. Panic shot threw my whole body as I suddenly realized Filch was not more that 50 yards away and my only chance of getting away had just flown off. I started to run.
"I see you.you little bugger my.my we are in trouble," I heard Filch say as he spotted me. I kept on running. Suddenly an arm wrapped around my waist and swooped into the sky. I screamed by it was stopped short as a hand went over my mouth. I looked behind me as I was pulled on the broom to see a grinning Malfoy. I glared and clung to the broom.
"Calm down Granger I'm not going to let you fall," he said chuckling. I looked behind me and glared.
"I hate flying," I said quietly as I gripped to the broom harder.
"Granger I need to steer you have to sit up," he said with a hint of amusement in his voice. I suddenly looked around to see that we weren't moving. I blushed and then sat up.
"Thanks," he said leaning over me gripping the broom. It was an odd feeling but his touch was addicting. His arms were wrapped over mine as he leaned over me. He flew threw the clear night sky quickly towards the castle. He stopped and floated over my balcony and helped me down.
"Thanks," I said smiling as I walked to my door.
"Good night Hermione," he said quietly. It sounded sweet coming from his lips. I grinned and turned.
"Good night Draco," I replied and then walked into my room for a nice sleep.