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Karana Belle: Yup, you got all the parents right! Yes, Harry should have went to Ginny, but then Draco's plan would not have worked out.

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chammoro: Apart from Hermione, Ivy's my favorite character too.

Smrt Cids: I'll try to drop hints on who each of their parents are, but I'm not sure which ones you don't know. So, next time, can you tell me whose parents you're not sure of?

NeLLy22: That was Draco's plan. I hope I didn't disappoint you in what the revenge turned out to be.

lark277: The wait is now over, at least for now. Here's the eighth chapter of Matchmaking.

D/Hr lover: I apologize for making Harry OOC, but it was necessary for Draco's plan to work.

DMTABF: Well, the way I have it planned out, the Harry Potter cast will start to figure it out after the next few chapters.

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Emaleneangel: Yes, I think it is better that I hint at things, rather then telling straight out. Besides, it makes people concentrate more on the story because of them.

Fairy lights: You'll find out what the potion does in this chapter.

Chapter 8

A pale silver haired boy was sitting at the Slytherin table. The food on his plate remained untouched and was now starting to get cold.

Pansy walked over to him and whispered seductively in his ear. "Hey Draco. How about you and me, at the empty classroom on the second floor after breakfast?"

Receiving no reaction from her question, she stared at Draco quizzically. "What's wrong? Come on tell Aunty Pansy."

"Sod off...Oh, it's you Parkinson. It's none of your business," Said Draco, calming down.

Pansy huffed and walked over to Millicent, saying. "See if I ever help you again."

Draco shook his head. 'She'll be back, unfortunately. Where is Ivy? I need to talk to her about this problem.' He saw Hermione walk into the Great Hall. She was immediately, bombarded with questions. 'Why don't I feel happy about this?'

He looked up to watch Hermione again, but saw Ivy heading towards him instead. If Draco wasn't mistaken, he saw a bit of anger in Ivy's eye, but the emotion was gone as soon as he thought he glimpsed it. "Draco, I need to talk to you."

Draco nodded and followed Ivy outside the Great Hall. She grabbed his hand and dragged him to the empty classroom that Pansy mentioned earlier.

Ivy closed the door and turned to face him. Draco smirked. "You know I don't feel the same way about you."

Ivy scowled. "Draco, I am in no mood to joke around right now. Were you responsible for what happened in Potions yesterday?"

"Yeah, but why do you care.? I thought you would be happy at what happened," Said Draco, his eyes narrowed.

Ivy hesitated. "I uh, saw you the day before yesterday talking to Potter. Are you that stupid? Granger is not going to stand around doing nothing. She's going to find out and get revenge."

"Well, sorry. I didn't know I had to get permission, mother. Why don't you go and join, the I love mudbloods club, " Spat Draco.

Ivy swallowed her rising temper. 'Remember the plan. You have to stay on father's good side.' She looked up, her eyes softening. "Draco, you're like family to me. I don't want anything bad to happen to you."

Draco sighed. "I know that you don't really take Granger's side. I'm actually pretty mad at myself right now. I'm aware that I should be jumping up and down for joy, that I got my revenge, but-"

"But?" Ivy said, her mood starting to brighten.

"But, I don't know. I feel kind of guilty about the whole thing and...I don't really want to talk about this right now. I'll see you later," Said Draco.

He left leaving a very amused Ivy, standing in the empty classroom. 'This may work out after all' she thought.

Hermione left the Great Hall gasping. 'It wasn't that big of a deal. It could have happened to anyone.' She ran to her first class hoping that her fellow Gryffindors won't follow.

Once she reached the Charms classroom. She chose a seat in the front row and searched her bag for her ink. Then she remembered that she had left it in Snape's classroom yesterday. She kicked herself mentally, she would rather waltz into a room full of deatheaters then go and ask Snape back for something she forgot.

Hermione slowly trudged to the Charms teacher. "Professor, I am really sorry, but I think I left my ink pot yesterday. Due to the 'incident'."

"Of course Miss Granger."

Hermione rushed to her room and looked through her desk for some ink. 'Maybe I left it in the common room.' She thought and went to the Heads' worktable. She was about to give up when she saw a spare inkpot sitting on the lamp table, next to 101 ways to get revenge.

She picked up her ink and was about to leave, when she realized there was another book nearly hidden under 101 ways to get revenge. She carefully grabbed the tattering book and read the title: Moste Potente Potions.

Hermione frowned. 'Why would this book be here. This belongs in the restricted section of the library.' Slowly, she opened up the book and a piece of paper fell out. She started to read what was said on the parchment, when she heard the portrait door open. Hermione quickly stuffed the parchment and the inkpot into her pocket.

"What are you doing here?" Said Draco.

"I had to, uh get a pot of ink," Said Hermione.

Gray eyes locked with a chocolate brown ones. Hermione fought to keep a blush down. "I got to go. I have to get back to Charms."

Professor Flitwick nodded to her as she sat in her seat. The Professor was showing the class how to do the bubblehead charm. In a matter of minutes, Hermione mastered it and was now sitting at her desk bored. She suddenly remembered the parchment she found and took it out. It read:

Desidero Potion

Ingredients:

3 finely crushed lacewings

1 leaf of poison ivy

1 bicorn horn 5 beetle eyes

1 chopped aconite

1 powder of unicorn horn

10 diced rose petals

After getting all the ingredients. Slowly stir bowling water, while you add the lacewings and poison ivy. Stir for exactly three minutes and add the bicorn horn. Then add the beetle eyes, one by one. Do not add them together all at once. Once you stir the potion for another five minutes, sprinkle it with the chopped aconite. Now leave the potion in a dark room for half an hour.

In a different cauldron boil the diced rose petals until the magical essence comes out of the petals into the water. Carefully pour the now enhanced water into the container with the unicorn horn powder. Stir the powder until it dissolves and pour the liquid into the first cauldron. Immediately, start to blend the two liquids, for 4 minutes. After that is complete, put the liquid into vials for later use.

Effects/side effects
This potion is designed to make the drinker, do the thing they desire most. Be warned that the thing the drinker does may be drastic or dangerous. So, use with caution.

Hermione closed her eyes after reading the piece of parchment, burning with hatred. How dare Draco use the potion, just to get a laugh. Then the realization hit her, her deepest desire was to kiss Draco.

She crumpled up the parchment angry and partially embarrassed. 'Great, now Malfoy knows that my deepest desire was to kiss him. Maybe he made the potion incorrectly, yes that has to be it. There is no way that I, Hermione Granger would want to kiss Malfoy. Or maybe this didn't belong to Malfoy. No that can't be right, it's in his handwriting. Ok then, Malfoy made the potion wrong and that's that.

Even with this new resolve, Hermione was still not convinced. The rest of the day was a blur for her. Her mind was too preoccupied with what the note said. At dinner she was picking at her food.

Ron looked at Hermione concerned. "What's wrong Mione? If it's what happened yesterday, don't worry about it."

The others nodded in agreement. Hermione smiled at them. "Thanks, but there's nothing wrong. I'm fine."

An owl that flew past her jogged Hermione's memory. She leapt out of her seat. "Guys I have to go. I remembered that I have to tutor someone. See you later."

Before the others could reply, Hermione ran off. She raced to the library and stopped at the door. She caught her breath and opened the door. She scanned the room and scolded herself. She couldn't believe, that she forgot to ask Professor McGonagall what the girl looked like.

A girl walked up to the older frantic girl. "Are you Hermione Granger? I'm Susan Elddir, nice to meet you."

"Yes, I'm Hermione. Nice to meet you too," Replied a shocked Hermione.

As the tutoring session went on Hermione noticed that Susan was very clever. She only needed to be guided along at times. She didn't understand why Susan would need a tutor. Also the work she was doing was for third year students.

"Hermione?" Asked Susan, snapping Hermione out of her daydream.

"Hmm? What is it?"

"I was wondering if you mind hanging out with me, at the next Hogsmeade trip."

"Sorry Susan, but the trip to Hogsmeade is for third year students and up."

The raven-haired girl's face brightened. "I am a third year student. I skipped two grades because I already know all the things for first and second year."

"All? Then why do you need a tutor."

"Professor McGonagall thinks that I should go back with my own age group, but I convinced her that I can catch up."

Hermione nodded in understanding. "Ok, you can hang out with me and the others."

"Thanks Hermione. You're the nicest person I know," Said Susan.

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