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            "How are you this morning Draco?" Hermione asked.

            "You'd like to know huh Mudblood?" Malfoy replied,

            "What happened to you Draco, you were so nice!" Hermione explained.

            "Voldemort has that effect on people! STUPEFY!" Draco screamed.

            A beam of red light was aimed out of Draco's wand at Hermione's forehead.

            "NO! Draco, you can break this curse!" Hermione explained, "Repercutio!"

            The red beam reflected and hit the walls of the room. It created a big blast and the inside of Hermione's head began to hurt.

            "You just hit the wall of your head, this floor, is your brain. Do you dare attack me anymore?"

            Hermione laughed, "I'm not the smartest witch at Hogwarts for nothing! Tenebrae Circumvelo!" Hermione yelled and a beam of black light covered Draco and he disappeared in the darkness.

            "I'm sorry Draco Malfoy!"

            "Don't be! Impedimenta," Draco said as Hermione was knocked off her feet.

"'Mione, wake up, you're going to miss breakfast! Oh damn it, Expergiscor!" Ginny said as she placed a waking spell on her chestnut haired friend.

            "I'm up Ginny! What do you want?" Hermione asked.

            "Breakfast is in 10 minutes, and Dumbledore is making an important announcement. We can't miss it."

           "Oh, I know what it is! Minerva… McGonagall is dead; Dumbledore is the new Head Master. But more importantly, I have a date." Hermione explained.

            When Hermione said date, everything else in Ginny's mind disappeared; she was only interested in finding out who it was.

            "Who is it 'Mione?"

            "You always were nosey, I'll tell you on out way to the Great Hall, how much longer?"

            "5 Minutes, I'd tell you to take a shower but it sounds like Draco's been in there at least an hour. He is sooooooo cute! He could get any girl in this school!"

            "Well, he chose me!" Hermione explained hoping Ginny would not get it.

            "AND YOU ACCEPTED RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME YOU ACCEPTED!"

            "I did say yes, although he has seemed very distant to everyone these last couple days, but I suspect it's since Voldemort (Ginny shuddered) is almost ready for Draco to complete the prophesy."

            "Maybe, but… YOU GOT A DATE WITH DRACO MALFOY! How I envy you right now!"

            "We better go, we have… 2 MINUTES! Snape will Avada Kedavra us for being late!"

            Hermione walked into the bathroom to see a now fully dressed Draco Malfoy; she grabbed his hand, grabbed Ginny on her way out, and ran through the corridors until they got to the Great Hall doors.

            "Snape is going to kill us!"

            They opened the door and Snape was standing right at the door when they opened them.

            "Well, thank you for joining us Miss Grainger, Miss Weasley, and Mr. Malfoy. We thought you were skipping out on today's announcement but that just wouldn't be like Miss Grainger."

            The trio walked to the tables and sat beside Ron and Lavender.

            "I'm surprised Snape didn't curse you in front of the entire school, remember when he did that to me last year, Stupefy right in front of the entire school, and Potter. I was called monkey for the rest of the month. Bloody Embarrassing!"

            "Now if you four would stop talking, Dumbledore has an announcement for the entire school."

            "Now as you all know, Professor Minerva McGonagall has been the Headmistress of Hogwarts for almost 45 years, she also was a Death Eater." At this, everyone gasped, "Yes she was Voldemort's 2nd favorite Death Eater, and she was also worn down in battle by Hermione Grainger and Draco Malfoy, and then Cornelius Fudge cast an Unforgivable curse on her, the killing curse. Avada Kedavra!"

            Everyone was worried except the Slytherin who looked happy for McGonagall. Then someone in Hufflepuff yelled, "What house was she in at school Professor?"

            "Slytherin…"

            By now the Slytherin were laughing and leaving for their classes, either that or the loo.

            "Hermione? Are you O.K.?"

            "Minerva, she tried to kill us?"

            "Pas l'inquiétude Hermione," Draco said as he pulled Hermione's arm this time, "We're going to be late for D.A.D.A.!"

            "Welcome to your first Defense against the Dark Arts lesson, I am your new teacher, Professor Severus Snape. Now we will be learning about the three unforgivable curses, can anyone tell me the first one. It allows control over a person. The Ministry had a lot of trouble with this one a while back. How about you Miss Weasley."*

            "Umm… I think it was the Imperius curse. My dad told me about it."

            "Well, I have a snake here that would be perfect to try this curse on. Imperio!"

            Snape pointed the wad at the snake and was controlling his movement. Snape was making the snake bite his tail, jump in the air, and even slither off the table.

            "How easy it is to be manipulated by a simple spell. Only free will can break this spell. Nothing else. I advise to try to avoid it."

            "Professor, isn't the next one, the Cruciatus curse?" Neville explained.

            "Yes Longbottom, the next curse is the curse of Pain, there is nothing worse, except maybe the next curse. Crucio!"

            The snake was twitching in pain, and could not scream. However, Draco could see in the eyes of the snake that it was in deep pain, almost death.

            "DON'T WORRY I'LL SAVE YOU SNAKE!" Draco said in parseltongue, "EXPELLIARMUS!"

            Snape's wand flew across the classroom, "50 points from Gryffindor for that disgraceful, but very powerful, spell."

            "I say 50 points to Gryffindor for that very powerful Expelliarmus. I say that you all have a spare for the rest of the day. But do one foot of parchment on the 3 Unforgivable curses for Wednesday." Dumbledore explained.

            "What is the purpose of the Cruciatus curse Hermione?" Draco asked.

            "Pain, it is the most painful curse without killing someone," Hermione replied.

            "Sorry we couldn't go out tonight 'Mione!"

            "It's not your fault, it's Snape's. He should not have done that curse for so long. I was about to burst too!"

            Hermione and Draco were quiet for the next couple of hours, Hermione was hoping that Draco would say something and vice-versa. Of course, the only sounds made were the quills made on the parchment. Hermione knew that Draco would not say anything left so she decided to go to sleep.

            "Good Night Draco!"

            "Good Night 'Mione!"

            Hermione went to bed, but Draco fell asleep in front of the fire, with Hermione Grainger on his mind.

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* = Remember things have changed, this includes Ginny being in her seventh year the same time as 'Mione.