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AN - Well hello there and welcome to the third installment of my fabulous amazing piece of Fanfic. Well maybe! Lol. I think it's fab but I may just be biased. Anyway . . . sorry it's bin a while I did actually have it written I just needed to type it up and fitting that in along with Revision, rehearsals, Trampoleining, Dancing, school, tennis, parties and other fun stuff I may have neglected it a little. But it is finally here. Well done to me! I also now know that Hermione's middle name is Jane so I changed that and I know Ron's middle name but I shall keep that a surprise for all those who don't know and use it in my Fic. So the middle names are now correct. Well with all that said I think I should get on with my story.

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"You do realize we've been looking for hours and found nothing"

"No kidding Sherlock. Detective work takes time and effort"

"I am making an effort Miss Drew. Need I remind you whose idea this was?"

"I know, I know I'm sorry. We just need to keep looking this was a good idea I know it and I know we'll find something. I can feel it"

"All I can feel is how numb my arse is getting sitting on this cold bloody floor" Harry muttered.

He continued to look through the papers in his lap. He and Hermione were seated in the school filing room. If there was anything suspicious about anyone in the school this was the place to find it. There was however a lot of people in the school and looking was taking a long time. Something they were short on.

"I still think we should have skipped straight to Malfoy and his cronies files. If we had I bet we would be finished by now. But noooooooooo we had to do it year by year. We'll be here years doing it your way!"

"FINE" Hermione yelled the frustration she had been keeping locked inside finally escaping. "GO AHEAD AND LOOK IN MALFOYS FILE AND WHO EVER ELSE YOU FEEL THE NEED TO BUT I'M TELLING YOU HARRY MALFOY HATES YOU NOT RON!"

"Malfoy just hates. End of story" Harry replied a little alarmed at Hermione's sudden outburst.

"Yes but it's different with Ron. I don't know why but when he makes fun of him it seems half hearted."

"Ok if you say so. But the way I see it is Malfoy is a Slytherin and Ron is a Gryffindor. That's all I need to know."

Harry stood and walking on stiff legs made his way back to the sixth year filing cabernet. Weeks earlier they had come up with the idea of searching through the school filing system and they were still no closer to finding who would want to hurt and possibly kill his best friend and only family. As Harry took Malfoy's file from the Slytherin section he secretly hoped it would be him but deep down he knew things were never that simple.

"Ok lets see what we have here" he muttered as he rejoined Hermione in the middle of the room.

The school filing room was bigger than the great hall filled with floor to ceiling filing cabernets. They'd had to get permission from the secretary who kept everything within the room in order. After Hermione had explained they were doing research on past students of Hogwarts for History of Magic for extra credit she had reluctantly agreed.

"Lets see he graduated from Hogwarts Junior academy for young Witches and Wizards"

"That's Ron's old school" Hermione replied absent-mindedly.

"Thank you for sharing something I already knew" Harry replied slightly irritated that she could sit and talk about Ron for hours yet claim she didn't like him in 'that' way.

"Your welcome" she said to engrossed in the file she was looking over to give an interesting response.

"He passed with distinction," He added unable to hide his surprise

"He's intelligent he just doesn't often show it" Hermione commented.

"True facts. Listen to this he was a member of the school Quidditch team, council and Chess club"

"That's amazing" Hermione said sounding anything but amazed. "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because if you let me finish you'd know that Draco wasn't only a member of the Chess club he helped set it up and run it with his best friend"

"So . . . "

"Hermione his best friend was Ron!"

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"Checkmate" Ron laughed triumphantly.

"Best of three?"

"Why so I can beat you for a second time? Do you really wish to humiliate yourself further?"

"It's all words Weasley. All words"

"Prove it"

"I will"

Ron grinned as he reset the chessboard for the start of another game. It had been a while since he had played this particular opponent but every time he did he had fun. The thing he loved about playing Chess with Malfoy was the challenge. Malfoy was just as good a chess player as he was so you were never sure just which way the game was going to go.

"Howz life where you are?"

"Well it could be worse I suppose but better would be appreciated"

Ron laughed.

"How about you?"

"Well I now know the meaning of three's a crowd"

"No" Draco replied moving one of his pieces and gaining one of Ron's.

"Yeah I was shocked to I didn't think they liked each other like that but they seem to want to spend an awful lot of time together. Alone time if you know what I mean"

Draco laughed.

"So I just thought . . . you know"

Draco nodded. "Yeah I feel the same when I'm with Crabbe and Goyle"

Ron laughed but Draco's look told him he wasn't joking.

"Your serious. Crabbe and Goyle?"

Draco nodded. Ron didn't quite know what to say.

"God I hate hanging round with them the conversation is clearly one sided and when they do open their mouths it's either to grunt or to shovel food inside it."

"Why do you hang out with them if you don't like them then?"

"Oh you know. People expect it really don't they? They'd only get suspicious and start asking questions if I stopped so it's easier just to keep them around and give them orders. That bit at least provides some sort of entertainment I mean the fools obey everything I say"

Ron nodded that much was true.

"And anyway it could be worse I could have Pansy as permanent company"

Ron shuddered "Nobody deserves that"

Draco laughed "tell me about it"

"I still think you should talk to Dumbledore I mean wouldn't you be happier where you belong?"

"Well here I would but at home. Let's just say it wouldn't be pleasant. It's probably better to keep things the way they are."

"I guess" Ron reluctantly agreed. They'd had this conversation before.

"And anyway we haven't got that long left."

"Yeah I know"

"And then we'll be leaving and going on to the Institute"

"Yeah. I'm gonna miss it here but I can't wait till we start training. What will your dad think of you becoming an Auror?"

"Who cares. I'll be gone by then anyway"

"True. Checkmate."

"Fine. Fine you win. This time but I shall have my revenge. Muhahahahaha."

Both friends laughed as if they hadn't a care in the world. When really they were drowning in a sea of them.

"You do know Harry wants to be an Auror too don't you?"

"Draco nodded "And I'm glad"

Ron looked at him questioningly.

"Well I obviously can't start being nice to him here but when we leave I'd like to atleast apologise for being the prat my father wanted me to be. I actually wanted to be friends with him from the moment I met him. He seemed really cool"

"He is"

"Yeah but when I found out who he was I obviously couldn't. So I'd like to be possibly when we leave and I can get back to being me."

"It wont be easy" Ron commented replacing the lid on his chess set box now that he had tided it all away.

"Yeah" Draco said making his way back to the castle Ron at his side "But I like a challenge"

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"Believe me now" Hermione whispered to Harry from her position on the ground.

"Yes. Yes ok you were right Malfoy does like Ron they were friends blah, blah, blah" he replied standing and brushing leaves from his hair.

"Thankyou I shall refrain from saying I told you so and just make do with the fact that you know I was right"

"And the fact that you managed to fit it nicely in to that sentence without even trying"

Hermione laughed and followed Harry as they made their way back to the castle.

"You know what I think we should do"

"No not until you tell me"

"Well I think we're going about this all wrong I mean why don't we just stick by Ron wands at the ready and help him that way."

"Secret Service action you mean"

"Exactly"

"I like it"

Hermione smiled "I mean we know some great spells we can kick serious ass"

"We've done it before"

"Indeed we have"

"And we could do it again"

"Here, here"

They reached the castle and made their way up to Gryffindor tower. Pausing at the portrait hole they turned to each other.

"Not a word about the whole Malfoy situation. Ok?" Hermione nodded "I mean if he wants to tell us he knows where we are"

"Agreed"

They entered the common room and went to find Ron; the secret service operation was now in action.

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