Disclaimer: If you don't know who Harry Potter belongs to, then you are obviously more stupid than Crabbe or Goyle. Here's a hint: it's not me. sob!

A/n: wow, reviews! I was shocked and quite pleased. Here they are (so far):

Zuvalupa: I really like your "Draco's first encounter". I'd like to read the rest of it sometime soon...and if you're not zuvalupa, then go read said story and write very nice reviews!

Wingless87: I really like that pen name, it's very pretty. Author of a story that reminds me of an idea I had, therefore it must be brilliant! ha, there's me, being cocky so go read her Masquerade story!

Lone Wolf55: thanks, I'm sooo glad that you liked it. Actually, I've been having problems uploading, but thanks!! Hope you come up with some Harry Potter stories soon (I've never seen Yu-Gi-Oh!- I don't have cable.)

"Ouch! Hey, watch where you're going!" said Draco Malfoy, reaching for his wand.

"You watch it, Mal- Hermione!" gasped Harry. Next to Draco on the floor where she'd fallen was Hermione Granger, looking slightly scared.

"Where're you two headed?" asked Ron suspiciously.

"Headmaster's," said Hermione briskly.

"Us, too," Harry said, standing. He reached for Ron and pulled him up.

Draco pulled Hermione to her feet graciously.

"You're going?" Ron asked, puzzled.

"All four of us are," said Draco. He and Hermione shared a dark look as the four headed down the staircase.

"What do you two know?" implored Ron tensely.

"That we're sent for by McGonagall!" Hermione shouted.

"And Snape," added Draco softly.

"And Snape," Hermione amended, clearly depressed by this sudden turn of events.

They walked up in front of the door to Dumbledore's office. No one knew the password.

"Er-"started Harry, but the door had already begun to open. With a sense of dread, the four students entered the passage and watched the door close, feeling as though they were doomed.

Upon entering the office, they froze. Apparently they weren't the only ones invited. Molly and Arthur Weasley, as well as Fred, George and Ginny, were seated; as was Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mum, and Pansy Parkinson, Draco's ex-girlfriend. She was looking particularly smug, while everyone else was confused. Ginny, however, looked grim.

McGonagall and Snape sat beside the Headmaster's desk, and McGonagall, equally bewildered, drew up four chairs with her wand.

Draco sat beside his mother, Hermione beside him, Harry beside her and Ron at the end.

"Ms. Parkinson and Ms. Weasley approached me this afternoon to request this, ah, hearing," said Snape silkily.

"An unlikely pair," commented McGonagall gravely. Snape nodded and said, "Upon hearing the news we decided to go straight to the Headmaster."

"Well, Pansy?" asked Dumbledore, an amused smile on his face. "Tell us your news."

Pansy stood before everyone as though a lawyer, a triumphant smirk on her pug-like face. Harry noticed she held a folder of papers in her arms. Ginny had a similar folder.

She addressed the assembled party. "Ladies and gentlemen," she began carefully, "the news you're about to hear may disturb or distress you. As a matter of fact, if it doesn't, I'll be shocked." She paused to admire the effect her words had, then plowed on: "I have evidence to support this, as does my accomplice, Ginny." She tapped the folder. Everyone looked at Ginny, who looked away.

"Oh, no," Hermione breathed. Draco looked like he was going to be sick.

"Now, here's a summary," Pansy declared, a malicious glint in her eyes: "For he past ten weeks, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy have carried on a relationship in secret."

The reaction to this statement was as varied as they come; Fred shouted, "What?!"; George swore loudly, Arthur began mumbling, "What? Hermione wouldn't- she'd never-"incoherently. Molly declared, "I always knew that girl was trouble!", Ron started to hiccough with surprise, and Narcissa began shrieking about "a disgrace to the name of Malfoy!" Harry felt all numb and weird, and looked at Ginny. Her head was bowed in shame.

But what Harry found most interesting was the way the accused were acting: Draco Malfoy's mouth had dropped open, and he stared straight at Pansy in horror. He looked frozen, as if he couldn't move if he tried. Hermione, on the other hand, couldn't hold still she kept squirming around, and she pressed her lips shut and looked away from everybody. She turned towards Draco, her knees pointing at his. She didn't dare speak to him or even anyone, not even to protest her innocence.

Finally, all that remained was a stunned silence ringing throughout the room. Harry said, cautiously, "Is this true?"

No one answered.

And I'm making you wait for the next chapter! Haha! Actually, I know exactly what it is, but I'm just too lazy to type it out.