Chapter Two: Mixed Emotions

"Wake up sleeping beauty." Harry said shaking Ron vigorously to wake him.

"Hmm. What?" he said opening his eyes to the bright sunlight streaming in. Harry pulled off his covers to make him get up. The air was cool but very cold to someone who is just getting out of bed. Ron tried reaching for the blankets but Harry pulled them back more. Ron groaned and sat up and glared at Harry.

"Do you want to miss breakfast?" Harry asked knowing that if Ron didn't eat something when he woke up that he would be in a bad mood the rest of the day.

"Well do you?" Harry asked again pulling Ron's arm to make him get up.

"Don't make me go and get Hermione. I know you don't like it when she tries to get you up." He knew that the last time she had to get him up he had to be her servant to get her to talk to him because she refused to talk to him cause he gave her such a bad time. At hearing this Ron got up so quickly he knocked Harry down.

"Don't you dare do that!" Ron yelled rummaging in his trunk for some cloths and a clean pair of robes.

"Come on Ron." Harry said getting very annoyed that Ron was taking so long. Ron finally got dressed and they walked down together to the breakfast. Ron looked all mad that he couldn't sleep any later than he had slept.

"I forgot that we had to get up early. I hate getting up early. I'm just not a morning person." Ron mumbled rubbing his eyes as they entered the dinning hall.

"Well at least you have Hermione to help wake you up." Harry said trying to make him perk up a bit and get so grouchy.

"She's to perky in the morning." Ron said grumpily

"Really you think so. I never thought you'd say that 'bout her." Harry said mockingly. Ron just rolled his eyes. As they reached the table breakfast was almost over.

"Hey Ron nice of you to loin us." Hermione said sarcastically as he sat down and took some toast and started to devour it like a crazed predator.

"Careful Ron you'll give your self an stomach ache. Take it easy there its not your last meal." Harry said plopping down next to him.

"You have like another 20 minutest to have breakfast and run back up to the common room to get your books." Hermione said in a matter-oh-factly tone watching him eat.

"I know that I just want to have enough time to do other stuff. Like sleep." Ron said devouring some bacon from and almost empty plate.

"You missed the owl post you got a letter from your mom and dad and a copy of the muggle news paper for muggle studies." Hermione said placing it next to his plate so he could pick it up and look at it when he finished. After about 15 minutes Harry said

"We should start to go and get our stuff or we'll all be late for transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. Well except for Ginny she has History of Magic." Harry tugged at Ron's robe sleeves as he and Hermione got up.

"In a minute this bacon is really good." Ron said eating some more.

"No Ron we have to go." Harry said as Hermione pulled his chair away from the table and Harry pulled him up. After many tries to get him up they finally did and they all waked back up to the common room to gather their things.

"Pish-Posh." Ginny said and the fat lady ported swung forward to let them in. Harry ran up to his room to get his books, but Ron and Hermione's were down by the fire place where they left them from yesterday.

"Hermione what do say. Me, you in the prefect bathroom for a midnight bath tonight." Ron whispered as they picked up their books.

"Hmm," Hermione said mulling over this issue "Of cores but we're goanna have to use Harry's invisibility cloak thought." She said raising an eyebrow.

"Alright then tonight me you in the prefect bathroom. I can't wait." Ron said confirming their plan. Hermione just smiled.

"I don't think I got my kiss this morning." Ron said placing his books back down and putting his hands on her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"You're right I didn't how about I give it to you know." Hermione whispered, as they got closer together until the gap between them was filled and they kissed. Hermione's arms went around his neck but they had to pull away because they heard Harry and Ginny coming down from their dorms.

"Well let's go or we'll be late." Harry said as Hermione and Ron picked up their books again and jogged to the ported and swung it opened.

"What's with them?" Ginny asked linking her arm in Harry's.

"I dunno. They're acting very secretive." Harry said kissing her head.

"Ron go on to class without me I have to hit the lue." Hermione said walking away from him in to a bathroom that was close by. Harry ran to catch up because Ginny had to go to class there.

"What's up with you and Hermione?" Harry asked as he caught up with him.

"Oh nothing just discussing plans for tonight that's all." Ron said with a slight smile on his face.

"Spill it must have something to do with using my invisibility cloak then u have to tell me what's going on." Harry said rather sternly. The rest of the way to class Ron told Harry their plans that they had and that they did need his invisibility cloak.

"Uh I'm goanna be late!" Hermione exclaimed as she raced out of the bathroom and knocking over a girl in her haste.

"Oh my god. I am so sorry I didn't mean to do that. Here let me help you." Hermione said picking up the girls books.

"Oh its ok. Um do you think you can help me find Professor McGonagall's room? It's my first class and I'm new here." She said taking her books from Hermione.

"Oh I'm going to that class now. Um if you don't mind me asking who are you?" Hermione asked starting to walk down with her.

"My names Antoinette. I think I know you some how are you Hermione Granger?" Antoinette asked brushing her blonde hair out of her eyes.

"Why yes I am how did you know?" Hermione asked very puzzled that someone who had never seen her before could say that she was Hermione Granger.

"Oh I transferred from Drumsrang and I knew Viktor Krum. We were ah. Good friends in school." She said as they continued to walk toward Professor McGonagall's classroom.

"But you don't seem to have an accent like they all did." Hermione said also puzzled that she didn't have an English accent or really any type of accent really at all.

"Oh well I was born in America and went to a Witchcraft and Wizardry school there but then my parents transferred jobs and moved to England." She said as they entered the room right on time and found seats next to Ron and Harry.

"Now class to day we are going to try something different." Announced Professor McGonagall to the class.

"Now we are going to try transfiguring our self's in to animals instead of transfiguring objects." She said looking around the room once more.

"We are going to try to transfigure our self's in to animals so as if you are trying to hide from someone you have a way to do so." She continued looking around the class seeing excited looks upon the student's faces. She walked over to her desk and picked up her wand.

"Now what you do is you point your wand at your chest and say Hincanthlemin flamar then say the animal you want to change into. Watch." She pointed her wand to her chest said Hincanthlemin flamar then her animal and in a few seconds changed into it. Many of the students looked very amazed at what they saw but others looked as if they had seen it far to many times.

"Now every one take out your wands and practice. The word to say to change back is Hangerdangdo. After several minutes you will each come down and try it in front of the class." Professor McGonagal said then sat down and started to grade the summer assignments.

"Hincanthlemin flamar tree frog." Said Antoinette and she turned quickly into a frog on her desk Harry watched thinking of an animal to change into when it came to him to turn into a stag like his father.

"Hincanthlemin flamar stag." Harry said and to his surprise the spell didn't backfire on him. He stood there when the transformation was complete and saw his class in a new way the way an animal would the way a stranger would and felt a little scared. But he soon came back down to earth when he saw that every one else was starting to change back into them selves.

"Hangerdangdo." Harry said and he slowly changed back into himself and sat down next to Antoinette since his seat was taken by Hermione.

"Now I want to get some of your feedback of how you felt when you were changing into an animal and when you were an animal." Professor McGonagall said standing and walking back to the front of the room. Instantly Antoinette raised her hand to tell her what she was feeling.

"Antoinette." Professor McGonagall said

"When I was changing into an animal it felt very natural, but then when I was fully changed I felt strange like I didn't know where I was when I did and I felt scared because I was so small and well its hard to describe." Antoinette said.

"Ahh. I see would you like to come up demo straight what animal you did?" Professor McGonagall asked crossing her arms.

"All right." Said Antoinette getting up walking to the front of the class. She pointed her wand to her chest and said:

"Hincanthlemin flamar tree frog." And again she turned into a frog. She then said to her self

"Hangerdangdo." And turned back to her self and sat down.

"Very good Antoinette for a beginner in this." Said professor McGonagall, then continued on with her lesson.

At lunch Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny sat together but Ron and Ginny would not speak to one another since they were still mad at what each other did.

"So Hermione tell me about Antoinette. What is she like? Since you both walked in together talking." Harry said with great interest. At this question Ron also looked up from his chicken that he was eating to here what she was about to say.

"Well she transferred here from Drumstrang, but she lived in the U.S. and was born there. She went to a Witchcraft and Wizardry school there until her parents moved here and like I said went to Drumstrang then here." Hermione said looking at them with slight disgust at their interest, which they normally don't show towards other women since they were happy with their own girlfriends.

"Hey what 'bout me. Don't you remember me your girlfriend?" Ginny said putting her hand on his knee.

"Don't worry Ginny I still love you. Its just that there hasn't been someone knew here in a long time that isn't a first year." Harry said taking her hand in his and kissing her to make her feel better.

"Ok I forgive you." She said rubbing his knee and kissing him back.

"What 'bout me Ron?" Hermione said a little whiningly

"I still love you to it's the same rezone as Harry's." Ron said taking her hand and kissing it. Then kissing her lips. Hermione smiled and kissed him back.. As they finished lunch and started to walk out to the dorms Ginny grabbed Ron's arm and pulled him back.

"Ron I want to talk to you." She said pulling him aside.

"You can go up without me." Ron said to the others as he followed Ginny to someplace privet.

"Look I'm sorry about what I did I just thought I was helping you." She said very apologetically.

"Fine I forgive you but this means that I'm not goanna get you a Christmas present." Ron said.

"Fine." said Ginny smiling.

"So can I get a hug?" Ron said stretching out his arms and Ginny went into them hugging him back.

"Of course you can." She said and hugged him back.

"I hate homework. Especially homework from divination." Ron said grumpily putting his head in his hands and sighed.

"Oh cheer up at least we can do it like we always do. Make it up." Harry said nudging him with his elbow.

"Oh yea. I'm goanna say that I am goanna die and Thursday due to having your moon in my sun so that will cause a heard of rhinos to trample me." Ron said with sarcasm.

"Hey is something wrong?" Hermione asked moving next to him. She rubbed his knee and moved closer to him to hear his answer.

"I'm just tired. That's all. Not enough sleep," Ron said glaring at Harry who woke him up that morning so obviously he would be mad at him, for Ron is the person that likes to sleep in the morning so that he would be active at night. And Ron is not a morning person as Harry and Hermione had to find out the hard way over the summer.

"But don't worry love, I will be more active tonight." Ron continued giving her a sly smile that she new oh to well. She smiled back, pulling her books over so she could sit next to him and not have to reach across the table every time she needed another book for her other subject's homework.

"You're a night owl aren't you? You are always staying up to late for your own good." Hermione said starting in on her homework again, not looking up.

"Well that's just who I am." Ron said smiling attempting to finish his divination homework again. After a few minutes he leaned back looking discussed with what he had done.

"I hate divination. She's a total quack! She always thinks Harry is goanna die! It drives me crazy!" Ron said still very annoyed with his homework.

"Well then skip this and start on a different homework." Harry said in a way that Ron should know that its common sense to know that he could skip a homework and then come back to it later.

"I have to go I told Antoinette that I'd meet her now. Bye," Hermione said getting up and walking towards the protrude hole. "I'll see you guys later." She said climbing through the hole to the hallway.

"Hi Antoinette." Hermione said as she ran up to meet her at the big entrance doors.

"Hi Hermione." Antoinette said walking towards her as Hermione slowed to a walk.

"Common I want you to meet Hagrid." Hermione said opening the doors and walking out into the nice cool autumn air.

"Who's Hagrid?" Antoinette said running after her as Hermione ran across the open yard towards the forbidden forest.

"Hagrid's the game keeper here at Hogwarts and also one of my very good friends. Just don't eat his cooking its not the best that anyone had." Hermione said stopping so Antoinette could catch up to her. The sun was setting beautifully behind the lake and they could see the giant squid's tentacles swooshing slowly back and forth on top of the water making small ripples.

"Wow its beautiful," Antoinette said as she stopped next to her "And you get to see this every night? Wow." She said looking at the sky in aw. She had never seen something as beautiful as this.

"I love it at this time of the day. Ron and I used to come down here to see the sunset then say hi to Hagrid," Hermione said turning away as the sunset ended and it started to get darker. "Common let me introduce you to Hagrid." Hermione said pulling slightly on Antoinette's arm as she walked away. Antoinette turned away and walked after Hermione.

"So what happened?" Antoinette said walking beside her.

"What do you mean 'what happened?'" Hermione said looking her straight in the eye.

"Well you said you and Ron used to come down here why don't you two do that anymore." Antoinette said explaining her question.

"Oh I don't know why any more we just found other things to do. Ah here we are." Hermione said as they reached Hagrid's door. Hermione knocked then stood back as Hagrid opened the door.

"Hello Hermione! Very nice to see you how was your summer? Who's your friend?" Hagrid said as they walked in. Fang can running at Hermione knocking her down and drowning her in kisses.

"Yes, yes I love you too fang." Hermione said as Hagrid pulled him off her.

"This is Antoinette. She just moved here this year." Hermione said in her informative voice Antoinette rolled her eyes at Hermione's tone and stepped forward to introduce herself.

"Hi Hagrid as you know I'm Antoinette. I used to live in the U.S.A. until my dad got a job transfer, I went to a witchcraft and wizardry school there but when we transferred I went to Drumstrang but then my dad transferred again so now I'm here. My life story." Antoinette said rather sarcastically. Hermione giggled a bit she knew Hagrid would like her and her sense of humor.

"Well it's very nice to meat you Antoinette. Sit down and I'll make some tea." Hagrid said starting to bustle around getting the teapot and other stuff. Antoinette and Hermione sat down at the table and started talking.

"I have a Wicca group tomorrow night. and I think you'd enjoy it want to came?" Antoinette said raising her eyebrow.

"Well what do you do in the Wicca group? What types of magics? Because I don't want to get into the dark arts there to advanced for me and believe me I've done them." Hermione said with a hint of wanting to go to the group.

"So, there's a dark side to smart rule abiding Hermione Granger." Antoinette said leaning forward slightly with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, I don't have a dark side its just that last year there was this weird thing that was going around the school at night killing off all it could find and I found a spell to kill it but it had to do with the dark arts. So Harry, Ron, and I preformed the spell and almost got ourselves killed in the process." Hermione said explaining what she meant about the dark arts.

"Oh, that's interesting. Well in the group we don't do things that we can't handle." Antoinette said reassuring her that it was all right to come and not get the wrong impression about it.

"Well here's the tea." Hagrid said setting down three teacups and sat down next to Hermione.

"So tell me Hermione where's Ron normally he's with you when you come and visit and so is Harry. What happened?" Hagrid asked a bit confused why the other two of her friends didn't show up. "Well Harry and Ron are at a Quiddich practice they were going to leave a few minutes after I left, and I thought that maybe you could meat my new friend and get to know her." Hermione explained smiling at him for it had been awhile since she had last seen Hagrid.

"So Hagrid how did your summer go?" Hermione said after a few minutes of silence.

"Well it was same-old, same-old. You?" Hagrid asked trying to get a conversation going. It had been so long since they last saw each other that they got a little uncomterbul with each other.

"Well it was productive," Hermione said "Ron was teaching me how to play some Quiddich." She continued looking at his clock.

"Oh! I didn't realize the time! I'm sorry Hagrid but we're goanna have to cut this visit short." Hermione said standing up Antoinette also getting up and walking to the door.

"Bye!" They both called running towards the castle. As they entered the castle Antoinette commented.

"Hagrid seems like a very nice fellow." Hermione smiled.

"I knew you would." Hermione said.

"Why Hello Hermione. Lovely seeing you here." Draco said cutting her off from Antoinette. Hermione looked annoyed and tried to push by.

"Its ok Hermione we have to go our separate ways anyway. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye." Antoinette said walking up the stairs. Hermione glared at him very annoyed now.

"We have to talk." He said pulling her aside. She let him pull her.

"Don't make me curse you." Hermione threatened glaring at him with a killer look. He smiled at her.

"What do you want from my life." Hermione said sarcastically letting him talk.

"Well I heard your so called friend Antoinette talking to her other friends and just listen to me she's evil she's just using you to awaken a monster that will kill anyone that gets in her way to power." Draco warned her. Hermione gave him a look that meant she didn't believe him.

"Right, why would I believe you any way?" Hermione said starting to walk away, but Draco pulled her back.

"Let go!" She said pulling away hard.

"You have to believe me!" He said making her stop.

"And why should I believe you?" Hermione said crossing her arms.

"Because I love you and I don't want you to get hurt." Draco said with sad eyes. Hermione smiled.

"But, you know that I don't love you so stay out of my life!" Hermione said walking away. Draco grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him, but she pulled back trying to get away.

"Can't you give us a chance?" Draco asked looking into her beautiful brown eyes.

"Because I have a boy friend and I really do love Ron I can't just stop loving him to be with you, and anyway I don't exactly want to be with you because you happened to torment me in past years." Hermione said

"But that's just how it is didn't you ever realize that's how guys act around the girl they like?" Draco said trying to make her realize what he means.

"What do-" Hermione started but was cut off by Draco suddenly kissing her on the lips! At that same moment Ron came walking down the hall from Quidditch practice and saw them! He couldn't bear to watch them so he just turned and walked down the hall to the dorms. Draco put his hand on her face but Hermione pulled away and smacked him hard on the cheek.

"How dare you! You know we could never be together!" Hermione yelled then ran away to the dorms. Tears started to stream down her face. Because never in her life had anyone ever done that to her she was so upset that she could barley say the password to get in.

Draco just stood where he was and didn't move. He put his hand on his cheek. It hurt so much. Worse then the last time she smacked him. He stood there for the longest time before turning and walked to his dorm.

As Hermione entered the common room to see Ron sitting by the fire looking very HURT and annoyed.

"So, Miss Granger how's life with you and Malfoy?" Ron asked not turning around just staring at the fire.

"What do you mean Ron?" Hermione said walking towards him.

"Oh you know what I mean Mrs. Malfoy." Ron sneered turning to face her, anger rising within him.

"Excuses me?!?!" Hermione said starting to get annoyed.

"Oh don't act like you don't know! I saw you two in the hall. Kissing!!!!" Ron yelled standing now with his hands in fists.

"What! You don't know anything about that Ronald!! I didn't kiss him! He kissed me!" Hermione yelled back. At that moment Harry came down to see what the noise was.

"Right keep telling your self that! If you didn't love me then why even bothering! You just need someone to screw over before getting to someone better!!" Ron yelled so loud that Harry had to cover his ears. Slowly he backed towards the stairs so not to draw attention to himself.

"Ronald Walter Weasley, What the fuck do you mean?!?! I never loved that, that git! That thing!" She yelled back putting her hands on her hips.

"Never in my life as anyone ever thought so lowly of me!! How dare you!" Hermione yelled turning and storming up to her dorm.

"Harry stay." Ron said through gritted teeth walking back to the fire his face so red that it matched his hair. Harry walked slowly to the fireplace a bit scared about getting near Ron. He was so mad he was like a dragon in a very bad mood.