A/N: Ok, Im sorry I really havent been updating. I got banned from the computer for two weeks. First week for being irresponsible. Second for having an attitude. Come on?!? Don't all 13 year olds have attitudes?!?

Anyway, Draco'll be introduced in this Chapter. Have fun!

Chapter 5

The newest addition to the Snape Family looked at her naked self in the full-length mirror, the song Beautiful by Christina Aguilera playing softly on her new sound system. Each time the word ' beautiful ' escaped the singers lips, Hermione heard it as 'ugly'. She hated the song, yet she still seemed to want to play it. To remind herself of how ugly she was compared to everyone.

The cuts had turned to scars, the bruises had faded and the scars still, well, remained scars. The Period potion had helped fade the bruises and most cuts, Hermione's system didn't react like a normal body would react to potions. For example, the Period potion was, in this case, a very mild healing potion with a lot of side effects. It made her cuts and bruises fade, yes, but it also made her vomit after every meal. Her body was a very complex matter, the unhealthy diet of alchohal had done this to her.

Hermione's alchohal intake had decreased but she still couldn't live without it. She needed at least a bottle of beer everyday and her allowance of 30 galleons a day allowed her to do so. She would either sneak into the cellar located at the used-to-be dungeons or ask one of the house-elves to get her some from the market when they went.

Once, she went to market with Nikki and Lleu, Nikki for a companion, Lleu for protection from...nothing. Artos and Medraut had insisted on at least one brother bringing them and they chose Lleu, the most easy going. She had bought a few new dresses for Leigha saying they were presents for 'cousins'.

At the rate Hermione was eating had it wasn't a surprise that she had grown fleshier, not skin and bone any more and Leigha was stronger. Hermione brought her out to the lake every night and she could see Leigha was thankful for that.

How she was going to tell her family about Leigha-she still didn't know. Mrs. Granger had always told her to let things fall into place and this was the first time she was going to listen.

Hermione put on the usual outfit and ran down stairs only after kissing sleeping Leigha on her forehead. That day was going to be the first day of her Amazon training. Her father had warned her that it was going to be tough, the first day would be when all the second year and above recruits would train all the new ones. She was also warned that the new recruits would get bullied so much that they wouldn't be physically or mentally able to attend the next few trainings or so. In this case, Hermione was at much loss, the other recruits, she heard, were trained by their parents since young.

Down the stone stairs, down more stairs and another flight at the other end, she finally reached the arrival hall only to meet whole bunch of people in gym shorts or pants, and all types of tops ranging from tank tops to long sleeved blouses. They were all chattering away when Hermione entered. It took a while for her to adjust to the noise, for crying out loud, it was only 7.30 in the morning and people were making so much noise. Hermione's stomache growled, she knew it was going to be a long time before breakfast for training was supposed to start in 15 minutes and end about 3 hours later. A late breakfast was scheduled for all of them, followed by an hour of mental training, which was suppositely very energy draining therefore lunch was after that and then another 4 hours of training and then tea, that's when it will all end.

Hermione stood still on the grey stoned stair, her stomache still growling, demanding something fill it. She decided then to sneak into the kitchens and grab a bite to eat before starting which was in about 11 minutes. As she almost reached the hallway leading to the kitchens, a whistle blew, startling no one but Hermione, she jumped slightly.

" All new recruits over here!" she heard a male shout. " Amazonians over here! Gothikas over there!" she then heard a lady shout. Hermione was just going to make a run for it when-" Mia! Where do you think you're going!?" she heard Nikki cry at the top of her lungs from the other end of the hall. Hermione was most definately busted. Everyone was looking at her now as she made her way to the Amazion line.

Boys and girls aged 14 were standing in two straight lines, all the elders were examining the new recruits, one by one. Hermione was the last of the Amazonians in line. This whole process was nerve-wrecking for her and the sweaty palms certainly didn't help the growling of her stomache. It was almost coming to an end when the Slytherin prince decided to stop by. She eyed him suspiciously, she knew he was here, that he would come, it was what he was going to do that she didn't know.

She saw him lean forward to her ear, " Hello, Mudblood," he whispered slyly into her ear. She would have expected this and she did but her reaction wasn't expected, not even Hermione expected it. " Why you!" she screamed in rage, swinging her arm over to slap him right across the cheek but before her hand could come into contact with his face he caught her hand and tutted. " Tut tut tut, learn to respect your elders," he said while Hermione seethed. Where were the overprotective brothers when you needed them?

All the girls ooed and ahhed over what Draco had said to Hermione. Hermione, on the other hand, had adrenaline pumping through every vein in her covered body, anger had caused most of it.

" The training of the new recruits shall begin now," she heard her father say, he was looking at her. She looked back. " Do your best," he mouthed to her. She nodded, jogging off the the Quidditch pitch, where the others had cartwheeled over to.