The Beauty Of a Bloodstaind Rose

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Hermione Granger stepped through the brick wall into Diagon Alley. She looked around to see if she could find either of her two closest friends.

"Hermione?" a voice asked from behind her. She turned to see a tall fed headed girl smiling at her.

"Ginny?" Hermione asked slightly shocked. Ginny squealed and without warning latched onto Hermione with a hug very like Mrs. Weasley's. When Ginny finlly let go Hermione said, "You look great!"

"You do too!" the other girl squeled in return. Hermione smiled as her friend looked her over. In the past few years her hair had calmed down so that it wasn't frizzy just wavy and she had grown well into the sixteen year old girl she now was. "So how was your trip to Rome? I see you got some sun." Hermione suddenly launched into the story of her summer vacation, speaking very animatedly.

After about twenty minutes she finished and they both began to work their way toward Flourish & Blotts to get all of their books. They both walked through the shop looking for the books that they needed, chatting about how weird this next school year would be.

"I know!" Ginny said. "It so totally sucks that this is going to be your last yer. But it's also cool that you got picked as Hed Girl! Who's Head Boy?"

"I haven't got a clue. The letter that I recieved didn't say." Hermione had of course wondered who the Head Boy was over the past few weeks, ever since she had gotten the letter. "Of all the people it could be though I can only pray that it isn't Malfoy."

"What was that about me Granger?" a drawling voice from behind the two girls asked. They both whirrled around.

"Well if it isn't the Devil-worshiping prick..." Hermione said to Ginny who snicked quietly behind her hand. Draco scowled at the remark.

"Well I assume that you are Head Girl this year?" Draco asked.

"What's it to you?" Ginny questioned him with a look of impatience on her face.

"Well I don't really think that that is any of your business but I just wanted to be sure seeing as I am Head Boy and all."

"You have got to be kidding me!" Hermione gasped at the news. Draco shook his head still wearing his scowl except now it had a little bit of ammusement mixed in. Hermione shook her head at him. "Why in the heck would Dumbledore have chosen you of all people?"

"Well mabey because he didn't want little Miss Mudblood running the school with someone who would let her do anything that she wanted."

"Sod off Malfoy!" Hermione shouted at him not paying any attention to all of the people that were now staring at her.

"What are you goingto do Granger? Go whing to Dumbledore?" Draco chuckled. Before he knew what was happening Hermione had stepped right in front of him and punched him as hard as she could. He fell to the ground holding the side of his face where she punched him. He looked up at her livid face.

She stared at him a few more moments before she spit on him and then turned and left the store with Ginny at her heels.