AN: All right. *grumble* Here is the other half to your last chapter……. But, before that, here is the reviewer reply for chapter 3's reviews!

FieryPhoenix- Thanks for the review, you make me happy! :) I am really trying for unpredictability, as my plans are going to be twisting from here on out. (As you will read in my closing author's note, I am making new plans for the fic.)

Belle (I don't know what to call ye anymore! :P)- Is my thing rare? Eee! Heh, I appreciate your input and review!

dracosgurl_chrissy - You are totally right, and now I see that D/Hrm is all about being OOC and fast. With your ever intelligible words, I hope you read this chapter and keep that in mind!

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Ennahar- Ahh…. I liked your review. Read soon? :P

Culf- LMAO! I never thought of it that way… I think there should be a Harry Potter-Star Wars parody! I mean, Darth Vader as Voldie and the Light Side and the Dark Side…. *laughs* May the force be with you, Culf!

Meg- Thanks for writing the review, I thought that Hermione's excuse was a good one. Keep reading!

Pandora… Vampiress!- Heh, thanks for reading! FF.net is a bunch of meanies! Hehe, thanks for reviewing, what would I do without my regular reviewers? *hug*

Quello Bello- Minor cliffie resolved, eh? :P Thanks for reading/reviewing!

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God's Child 27- Thanks, I like to think it is better than Starlight Butterfly and Dark Dagger. *shudders* I like to think my ff writing has become more perspective and whatnot. Thanks for reviewing!

Mousas- Hope you've caught up on your sleep! Thanks for staying up to read that chapter, and thanks for taking time to review!

RibbitTheFrog- Of course I remember you! Lol, thanks for staying with my stories! :)

Coraz- Thanks for reviewing, thanks for liking! :)

And now for your chapter!

Sound Of Silence- Chapter 5: Again!

Hermione jumped as she heard the door push open. Turning, she greeted Draco good morning. "Hello," she said quietly, not wishing to wreck her good mood. "Did you sleep well?"

"No thanks to your filth," he snarled in response.

Hermione's temper flared, but she kept calm by gripping the quill with an iron fist. "Draco Malfoy, you disgust me," she said in an infuriated whisper. "I do not know how you expect to keep up this husband and wife charade with your mouth!"

"It's simple, they'll believe me because I have money and we determine the fate of this little school," he sneered, walking over to the bed, while fixing the frill on his shirt.

Hermione threw down the pen and stormed toward the door leading out of the room. "You are despicable!" she shouted, reaching to haphazardly swing open the door.

That was when a metal arm swung around her waist and another held the door shut. "Unhand me, you pureblooded filth!" she screamed, her voice cracking from the shrill holler she used.

"You will not throw a scene and ruin our chances here," Draco whispered stonily, pulling her back into the middle of the room. "Do you honestly think the wife of a prestigious man of wealth would run around in nothing but a night dress?"

Hermione opened her mouth to protest, and got out the first syllable of the word "hideous," before Draco's hand clamped down over her mouth, his arm still securely bruising her ribcage.

"No, she would not," he bit back. "You know very well what your place is in this society, to be seen, used, and never heard," he growled, slowly making his way toward the right of the room with her still in his lock-hold.

Hermione was having trouble breathing with his hand so hardly pressed over her lips, and getting the oxygen to her lungs was painful indeed. Strangling out a moan of some sort, she tried to make a swift kick aimed toward Draco's knee, but she missed and kicked air.

"So it seems I need to put a stop your endless incessant obstinate streak. Now." Draco's hand left her mouth, and Hermione gasped for air. Just before she was accustomed to the oxygen in her lungs, and just before she was about to screech at the top of her lungs at how incredibly stupid he was, his grip on her waist abruptly let go as he threw her down.

Her eyes widened in shock, and she was ready to let out a yelp. Shutting her eyes quickly to brace herself for the cold stone flooring, she was, to say the least, surprised when she hit soft feather mattress. "Malfoy, you are an exceedingly stupid, insufferably prat!" she fumed.

But that was before he held her arms down, and planted his lips on hers.

Hermione's first instinct was to bite, or to fight and struggle under his weight. But, instead, she closed her eyes, and gave in.

~*~

The door creaked open and Headmistress O'Hara immediately ran back out, shutting the door saying, "Oh, my, I am so sorry…"

Running up the stairs of the castle, she looked around with worry. "Professor? Professor? Oh, there you are Heathcliffe! I am so glad I found you. I think this is being taken too far!" the flustered headmistress shouted, looking about to cry.

"Oh, dear, Miss," a man of about seventy looked grave, "take a deep breath. It'll be okay, really."

"How am I going to keep Tessetta alive, when the finances are simply floundering in their own personal lives?!" she wailed, hugging the professor and blowing her nose in his robes.

"Euh…" he cringed as she sniffled into the black cloth. "Don't worry, it'll be kept alive, Miss. It'll be kept just fine."

Headmistress O'Hara smiled up at Heathcliffe. "You're right. I am sorry, Heath, it's rather petty of me… I am so sorry!"

"No problem, Miss, no problem at all," he replied, smiling as he wiped off his robes.

~*~

What seemed like hours later, Draco's tongue exited Hermione's mouth, and he looked into her eyes as she took heaving breaths.

"Do you understand what I mean, dearie?" he asked condescendingly.

"I think I do," Hermione replied, her eyes breaking his contact as she looked toward the door. "I have to go now. I must look up some books in the library."

Draco slid off from on top of her, and turned away. Hermione cast her eyes downward and summoned her chamber maids.

"The Mistress is ready for her clothing?" Brianna, the blonde pudgy one, asked with a bemused look.

"I think we had better hurry, it is almost midday," Michelle said with a mischievous look to Brianna. The short witch looked up to Hermione and winked. Hermione's mouth dropped and she let out an outraged gasp. "No use denying, Miss, I just think we'd best get you ready for lunch… tha's all."

Hermione looked across the room at Draco, who was smirking. He looked over at the congregation of maids, and shook his head, smirk still plastered onto his face, and then he left the room to the girls.

Hermione rolled her eyes and lifted her arms up for them. "Ah, I guess you didn't have a go, then," she heard Brianna mumble as the chamber maids pulled down undergarments over her head.

"And how would you know whether I had a go or not?" Hermione stubbornly asked.

"Well look at yer chest, Missy and….!" Michelle said, pointing to various places.

"I'd rather you not go observing my body, thanks," Hermione snidely interrupted.

"Right," Brianna said, smiling in a suggestive way. "Then are you suggesting you did have a go?"

Hermione's cheeks colored as she helped the chamber maids pull down the undershirt. She chose not to reply. The brought out the corset, and she simply winced.

"That's what we thought," Michelle said happily tightening the strings. "Remember, Miss, a chamber maid knows best!"

Hermione simply inhaled sharply as they laced it up once more. "We brought you this rather nice blue and green sea dress today," Brianna said lightly, pulling it out and holding it in front of Hermione. Inspecting it, they nodded.

"Oh, yes, you were right, Bri," Michelle said in approval. "With the dark green hat it will make her curls look darker than dark!"

"I thought so," Brianna replied. They then got a feverish look of identical concentration on their faces as the began to put on the dress. What seemed like at least forty minutes later, they were pulling the black ribbon down under Hermione's chin.

"Oh, Miss, ye look like a princess!" Michelle said in awe. Hermione looked into the mirror, taking note of the dark, almost black green and dark, almost black blue. The dress looked pre-Victorian, and had black ribbons tied in bows coming down the front of the bodice. She also noticed that this dress held on its own, and it was very flowing, therefore there was no hoop skirt to it.

"Beautiful," Hermione sighed.

"Ehm, Mistress Malfoy? I think ye'd best be off now, lunch starts in a couple minutes after all!" Brianna interrupted Hermione's reverie.

Hermione's eyes shot open and she quickly slipped on her shoes and ran as best she could to the Great Hall.

~*~

Appearing in the hall, Hermione carefully sat herself down next to her so-called "husband." The truth was, she felt really lost and confused on the subject of Draco Malfoy. Whether to love him, or whether to hate him, plagued her mind at the moment.

She sat down and directed her eyes toward Headmistress O'Hara, who came in from a back door this afternoon. The witch tossed her red hair over her shoulder and cleared her throat, tapping a glass with a golden fork. "Excuse me, excuse me? Thankye, I'd like to announce that night-classes are canceled tomorrow evening, in honor of Witch Gertrude's honorary birthday party."

There was a polite clapping among the students, of whom some made jeers and whistling. Another professor, a witch with gray hair, stood and called silence once more. "Witch Gertrude was a very honored witch who went through many hard times to overcome the evil overlord Matise-Malenheimer. Please take this celebration in joy, but also keep in mind that with all of the parties and festivities, Gertrude inevitably died in the Final Battle."

There was a general murmur around the school.

"Thank ya, Professor Hardling, and good lunch to y'all!" Headmistress O'Hara said, and a clap of her hands announced the food's appearance on the tables.

Hermione was very quiet, and she sat and ate her meal as polite and proper as she could. The words, harsh as they were, rang in her head: to be seen, used, and never heard. Keeping the tears in her eyes, Hermione excused herself after eating and went to the library to do some more research.

"Mistress Malfoy, don't ye be forgetting about our finance meeting in an hour," Headmistress O'Hara called after her. "It's in my head office!"

~*~

Draco didn't understand it at all. The impulse to kiss her was overpowering, but was it really a wise choice. In that hour or so, (here he disagreed it could have really been so long as to miss breakfast and go straight to lunch), everything had changed. He kissed her, yes, but she responded.

Puzzled, Draco watched Hermione slowly exit the hall, her beautiful dress flowing sexily behind her. Draco admitted only to himself that women back in this day knew how to dress. Sighing into his soup, he finished it off and started on the main course: chicken.

He ate his meal in quiet, barely taking up the conversation the Headmistress was ensuing. "Are you sure you wouldn't want to come with us after the meeting to learn how to fly on a vacuum device? It's rather handy, you sit on the broomstick, press the button and fly backward!"

"Is that so? Interesting."

"Then you'll try it?"

"It's interesting."

"Is that a yes?"

"I don't think I quite understand it."

"Well, the broomstick… well, you go on it, and press the red button and it vacuums the air in the tale and out the stick and propels you backward."

"Huh."

"It's really fun, Mister Malfoy."

"I'd only imagine."

"Really, will you try it with me and the professor of extracurricular activities?"

"I dunno."

"Oh, come on!"

"I'm not certain I like the idea of rushing backwards…."

"Oh, please, Mister Malfoy! It's really quite a thrill!"

"Maybe."

"Oh, my! I have to be off. Meeting in thirty minutes. My office. See you there, Mister Malfoy," Headmistress O'Hara smiled as she left. Draco nodded dully and shoveled a last bit of pie into his mouth.

~*~

Hermione was in the library, tactfully ignoring a group of students hovered over a book. I think I've got it all down… It's not alphabetical by author, but it's alphabetical by title and subject. Rows 1a-20a are for historical things, 20b-40b are for futuristic predictions, and published prophecies, 41a-60a are for school subject related books, and rows 60b-80b are for leisure reads. There is no restricted section, as those books are not kept at the school… Right. I've got it all, now all I need is to find what I'm looking for…

"Excuse me, Miss," a student said, with an eager look on his face.

"Yes?" Hermione said, looking confused. Why should a student disturb her if the librarian was sitting at the front desk, awaiting to answer questions?

"Could you tell me," he paused to snicker, "could you tell me the meaning of—"

Hermione, shocked and indignant, spun around and left the student standing there, truly puzzled. "What'd she say, Randal?" another little girl asked.

"She got all upset and ran away! All I wanted to know was what Vernuckal Juice was…" the boy, Randal, said. He looked around. "Can no one give good information anymore?!"

~*~

Hermione came upon the book she needed: Prophecies for the Future: 1985-1995. It seemed much too easy, it was all (all that was possible and published) right there, in front of her.

She sat at a mahogany desk, opening the golden bound book. Instantly a white light enveloped her and the pages began to flip rapidly, blown by an imaginary ice-cold wind.

She was engulfed. She was in another world. Again.

~*~

AN: Am I evil? Do you totally hate me for that cliffie? Aw, don't be upset. Review instead and yell at me! :P I love you reviewers, really! *hugs* Thanks for sticking with me with the whole hiatus thing. And now, I leave you breathless and awaiting more. :P Because I'm so nice, and because I'm feeling generous and not awaiting more of your reviews, I'll post this sooner rather than later. And while waiting for the next chapter, do go read my one-shot My Poison and review, please. I'd appreciate it much!

Review replies for last half-a-chapter:

Mousas- we should all start a rebellion against ff.net! MWHAHAHA! … No really. :P It'd be fuuun. Lol, start by making a whole bunch of AN's as chapters. And then… NC-17 stories marked as rated R—oh wait, sorry, that's already been done… Hehe, thanks for reviewing!

Dizzydragon- Hehehe, never heard "fwunderfwul" before. Lol, you're unique! :) 'Tis a good thing. Thanks for reading and for reviewing to let me know you're reading!

Carmen- is this very soon for you? :P I know it is. It's been, what, a day or so? I'm amazing, I know. Hold your applause, really! Lol, j/k. Really, thanks for reviewing, you make me happy!

Purple Spotted Hedwig- Heh, I guess for the readers ff.net isn't all that horrible. :P Next they'll be deleting people's accounts with no stories under them… *rolls eyes* Right. No ff.net bashing from me anymore… Thanks for the review!

Dracosgurl_chrissy- I was on hiatus, y'know busy bee little me! Thanks for not completely and totally abandoning me…. :) Spending time together, the possibilities, oh yes! *insert evil laugh here* ;) This chapter was quite a jump, no? *wiggles eyebrows* More to come.

SycoCallie- Awww, thanks for reading and loving it to pieces! :D Yayyy! *happy* *dances* Actually, you have no clue HOW this story is going to end, so keep your little mind chugging and stop asking silly, petty questions. It will all be revealed. In time. Mwhaha- Mwhahahahaa- MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Thanks for reading this chapter. Input on that HUGE jump in relationship greatly appreciated! Oh, and I do want to let you know, that this story is close to being finished. Hah, I know, I know. Unexpected, yes, but it'll be rather surprising too. *devil smiley needed* Oh, wouldn't it be awful if they were stuck in that time forebber? :P You know I wouldn't do that…. Or do you?

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