-Against All Reasons-

Author's Chat Section: Hi everybody! This is my first Hermione and Draco fanfic so I hope you'll enjoy it. Now I'm updating this story after abandoning it for almost year. Now don't I update quick? Anyways this story takes place in their seventh year at Hogwarts. So a lot of things probably won't make much sense because some things I made up. But thanks for going along. And I also wanna thanks my ever so kind reviewers. I love you guys! I also wrote a Leblanc and Nooj fic, so if you're a Leblanc and Nooj fan like I am. Then Please check that story out and tell me what you think. Now I would like to know what you think of this story so please do me a great favor and review.

Disclaimer: Everybody in the Harry Potter Series belongs to J.K Rowling, and not me…. Although I wish I owned Draco Malfoy though, well anyways moving on.

Chapter 1- Accidents Happen

It was yet another dark, fall night at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as Hermione stared at the beautifully white-lit glowed full moon near Hogwarts Lake. She suddenly realized that it was three hours past curfew, but she remained right where she was, blissfully staring at the moon. She rarely comes here, only passes by when Harry, Ron and her goes to visit Hagrid, but tonight something was bothering her, something that she didn't quite understand herself. So with that she decided to come to the lake to see if maybe that would help her a bit, and at least try to find out what it was that was it that was bothering her lately. But as the time went by nothing was happening all. All she could think of were her exams and nothing else.

Maybe that's what's been bothering me lately? Yeah maybe I've been too stressed about it, I really need to take a break once in while. That's what Harry and Ron are always suggesting. "You're always with those bloody books by your hand, you really need to take a break Hermione." They'd always say last year.

She sighed.

Those two don't understand how important school is for me. Like they'd know. They don't even worry about their schoolwork. Those two…

She sighed once more.

But this year will be different though, this year I won't worry about exams that much and try to have fun bit more, yeah, that'll probably help me. It's wroth a try, I guess…

Hermione shook those thoughts out of her head, and began focusing on the lake's clear water, searching for the moonlight's reflection. She then noticed that it wasn't there, so she looked up at the sky once more only to see that the moon was now behind the dark midnight

"Oh well, guess I'll heading back to the dormitory then."

She turned around looking at the moon behind the clouds one last time before heading to the dormitory when all of a sudden she heard a voice coming near her. Thinking that it was probably one of the professors, she quickly ran across the edge of the lake almost falling into the lake, heading toward the castle's main entrance. When she arrived there she suddenly recognized the slightly deep voice, which belonged to no other than Draco Malfoy. But there were two other people beside him. Hermione immediately realized who they were. It was Crabbe and Goyle.

"You clumsy oafs you serve nothing good for me, bothering that's what you're both good at." Malfoy snapped at them.

"We're ssss-sorry Master Malfoy." Goyle answered.

"Yeah, we won't bother you again we promise." Crabby said in response.

Malfoy just gave them a disgusted look, and then lower his head a bit. "Just go away."

"WHAT?" They both shouted in confusion.

"You heard me. GO AWAY!" Malfoy suddenly yelled while glaring at them. Crabby and Goyle hesitated to leave but they both left anyways. Once they left the field, Malfoy turned around to see if they left his sight completely, and they did. After that he walked up to the edge of the lake looking at the clear water and stood there quiet for a moment, not moving at all.

"Damn them… Damn them all!" He yelled. Afterwards he look at a letter out of his right pocket sent to him by his father, he opened it and began to read it.

Draco,

We are all expecting you to join us, once you've finished Hogwarts that is.

Surely we all know that you graduate soon enough so don't fail us son, you wouldn't want that. Now would you? Send us back a letter. We'll be waiting…

Lucius

He growled and ripped the letter in pieces and the threw the pure white bits of paper in the lake, which gently floated on top of the water moving endlessly alongside the gentle movements of the water. He turned around once more, but this time he headed towards the main entrance to find his way back to the Sytherin common room, forgetting all about the letter his father had send him, and what had just happened.

"Oh no." Hermione squealed as she saw Malfoy heading right towards her. She didn't move a muscle as she could his footsteps coming closer to her; she just stayed there with her back against the wall without moving.

I should tell Professor McGonagall about how Malfoy was sneaking out the school grounds, but wait Processor McGonagall will find out that I too was out there past curfew, how could I be so stupid I should've thought about that too, sometimes I could be so careless.

"I'dbetter go before Malfoy…." Hermione was immediately cut off.

"Before what I what, Granger?" Malfoy was right next to her leaning against the middle-aged wall of the main entrance.

"Malfoy I was just… I saw… I'm going to…." She couldn't say anything else when she saw him coming closer to her raising his fist. Hermione got frightened and started walking backwards a few steps so she could escape him, but once Hermione started walking, she didn't see the tiny phoenix statue right in front of the stairs, so Hermione tripped on it, but as she tripped she grabbed Malfoy by the arms quickly pulled on his robes making both her and Malfoy fall together on the main stairway.

"Let go of me you filthy mudblood!" He snapped at Hermione.

She didn't realize that he was on top of her just inches away from her face. But she still didn't let go of Malfoy, only grabbing him tighter toward her, as she began experiencing enormous pain from her right foot.

"Are you deaf let go of me!"

Hermione finally let go of Malfoy while still lying on the stairway with her foot injured and gave him a surprised look for what had just happened. She wanted to attack him for almost punching her, but she couldn't move or get up, it was just too painful.

"You filthy mudblood how dare you touch me!" He snapped. He raised his fist again and began to move forward toward her, before he heard Professor McGonagall's voice from up the stairway.

"Mister Malfoy what have you done to Miss. Ganger? Get away from her!" She yelled walking down the stairs as she looked at Hermione.

Malfoy hadn't noticed that Hermione's right foot was injured, so he dropped his fist and saw Professor McGonagall picking up Hermione from the stairway

"Mister Malfoy I want you to come with me." She said looking angrily to him.

"Professor McGonagall I didn't do anything to…"

"I don't want to hear it Draco, just come with me!" She snapped as she grabbed Hermione from the ground.

Malfoy angrily followed Professor McGonagall who was carrying Hermione in her arms all the way up the stairs to get to the Hospital Wing.

Once they arrived there they found Madame Pomfrey fixing the bed near the right side of the door, she shrieked when she saw what had happened to Hermione's foot.

"Oh my, what happened to her?" She asked to Professor McGonagall still looking at Hermione's foot horrified.

"Miss. Granger fell on the stairway because of Mr. Malfoy. Isn't that right, Mr. Malfoy?" Malfoy just glared at Professor McGonagall while she turned away, and didn't say a word to her.

"Well, place her here Professor." She patted the already made hospital bed.

Professor McGonagall did as she was asked to, by gently placing Hermione onto the bed. She groaned in pain as her injured foot touched the front metal rail of the bed.

Madame Pomfrey slowly walked towards the top counter all the way at the other side of the room and took out a small rounded bowl and a spoon from the counter. With the drawer in front of her she opened it and took out an oddly shaped bottle and started pouring the white liquid contents of the bottle into the bowl. Once she completely filled the bowl she opens the small drawer next to her and searches around the messy drawer filled with small four-leaf clovers of many different shades of green and many tiny bags that had the name Clancy's Magical Powder For Healing The Body and Soul written all over themand then she took what appeared to be her wand from the drawer.

"Okay let's see, what was it again…. Oh…. Leptiria." She grabbed the wand with her left hand and shouted "Leptiria."

With that, the white liquid inside the bowl started bubbling and then suddenly calm down. She opened the same drawer as before, and dropped her wand in there, picking up the bowl and headed to where Hermione was laying silently.

"Okay dear, try to swallow this." She asked to Hermione who still didn't make a sound. Madame Pomfrey picked up the spoon from inside the bowl grabbed a small amount of the slightly warm white liquid and placed some inside Hermione's mouth and then she swallowed it. Instantly the wound on Hermione's foot was disappearing in a mater of seconds. Malfoy watched in amazement.

"Now all she needs is rest, and she'll be better by tomorrow morning."

"Well thank you Madame Pomfrey, now Mister Malfoy we'll discuss this tomorrow when Miss Granger is better, now go on back to your common room."

Malfoy left the room without saying a word to Professor McGonagall heading back to the Sytherin Common Room, which was nearby.

That stupid mudblood will tell to everyone it was entirely my fault for her stupid foot injury.

Malfoy didn't care about what happened to Hermione, he could care less even if she died, but he wondered what kind of punishment they would give him.

Probably detention or something, they wouldn't expel me. Would they? It really wasn't that serious. Or was it?

His thoughts were cut off as the portrait of his common room asked for the password. He so was caught up with what had happened that he didn't realize where his feet had taken him.

"Rattlesnake bites." He said to the portrait and with that said, the portrait swung wide open. He walked down the steps and arrived of right side of the common room and arrived at the boys dormitory where he had found his bed in the four-poster room along with Crabbe, Goyle and Ryan Simmer a 6th year, he walked up toward his bed very slowly and quietly trying hard not to wake them up, and once he arrived to his large green and silver bed, he gently closed the silver curtain around him and just sat on his bed.

Maybe I should change. These clothes are really uncomfortable.

He yawned covering his hand over his mouth.

Maybe tomorrow I'm too tried for that.

With that he laid his head on the bed, placing it on two pillows in the center of bed before closing his eyes.

"Stupid mudblood." Was the last thing he managed to say before drifting off towards a deep sleep until the next morning.

Author's Notes: Don't they seem so cute together? Okay then until next chapter. Oh yeah don't forget to review. ;)