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Hermione woke the next morning feeling refreshed. Her night had been an easy one, with few dreams. She dressed in muggle clothing - black sweats with a red t-shirt that read 'Angel' in black script – and headed down towards the Great Hall before being stopped by Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe and Goyle.

"You better stay away from Draco, mudblood, he's mine!" Pansy shouted, and Crabbe and Goyle merely grunted.

"And he'll stay all yours, Pansy, for I want nothing to do with him." Hermione replied, and Pansy looked taken aback at her answer.

"Yeah, well... make sure it stays that way!" She answered and sauntered off towards the Head's Tower.

She heard, a few steps behind her, Malfoy's loud voice bounding off the stone walls.

"Pansy, get off me! You sicken me, you little slut! I don't like you, I never will, so get off you freak! Crabbe, Goyle, come!" He swept past her, giving her a quick glance before heading towards the Great Hall.

When Hermione reached the Great Hall, she saw the boys and Ginny waving to her and pointing to a seat. She walked over and plopped down on the chair, sighing.

"I've just been attacked by Pansy. She was yelling at me that 'Malfoy is hers, and I'd better not take him away from her!'. Then Malfoy came up at yelled at her that she's a slut and he never liked her." She let out a small laugh.

"Well, she is! I think she's slept with most of the male population here." Ginny whispered, looking around to see who heard.

"She hasn't slept with me, I'll tell you. She's gross, with that pug face of hers." Harry replied, and everyone broke into fits of laughter.

"Yeah, wouldn't touch her for a load of Galleons, that's for sure!" Ron answered, and everyone laughed again.

They ate a huge breakfast before Hermione said her goodbyes to the clan before heading to the Heads meeting with McGonagall. She walked in, shocking the professor with her outfit. She grinned sheepishly before sitting down and apologizing.

"Sorry, Professor, I just didn't feel like wearing my robes." Malfoy let out a snigger of laughter as McGonagall regained her senses.

"Yes, well, quite alright. It's just strange to see you in muggle clothing at Hogwarts. Now, you two will patrol the corridors at night, making sure no one is out late. You will also work on the next dance we're having, which will be this Halloween. You are to pick decorations, who may come, and food. Please, try to keep it classy." She looked to Malfoy, whose face had lit up in excitement.

"And no excluding people. If you don't want someone to come, too bad. If their year is invited, they are too. Now, off you go. Next week, I'd like to see the initial plan for the dance. Good day."

The two Heads got up and walked to their dormitory, speaking very little to each other.

"Malfoy, can we work on the theme today? That way we can get decorations and such soon." She was not scared of him; rather, she didn't want to fight with him. He looked at her and smirked.

"Yes, I think we should. I say costume ball, what do you think?"

Her eyes widened in surprise. "I was just going to say that! That's a great idea. Do you mind if I go tell McGonagall?"

"Sure, go ahead. Crabbe and Goyle were wanting to see the Tower, though, do you mind if they come?"

"Do you mind if Harry, Ron and Ginny come?"

"I suppose not, if my friends are coming."

"Right, then it's agreed. Just keep Pansy out, she's disgusting." She tried to stifle her laugher, but to no avail; she laughed aloud and barely contained herself.

"Shut up, Granger, she's in love with me! I just want her to go away."

"Yeah well, try getting another girlfriend or something. Good you hate her though; I couldn't stand her being in here. Oooh, try getting her in here to see if it really keeps out people who we don't like!" Hermione looked nearly evil when she said this.

"Yeah, sure. Go tell McGonagall, that way we don't have everyone here at once. It might start a fight, and can't have McGonagall yelling at us on the second day."

Hermione left, smiling. Just as she reached the door, her heart stopped. 'He's being nice. He hasn't called me a mudblood. What's up with that?' She shook her head and walked into McGonagall's office, told her the news, then left. After heading to the Gryffindor common room to tell Harry, Ron and Ginny that they could visit her tonight, she headed to her own common room to see Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy standing outside the common room.

"I'll say the password." Hermione stated, the walked to the door. "Fortuna Major." The door opened, revealing the large common room.

Malfoy and Hermione stepped through, followed by Crabbe and Goyle. Pansy walked to the doorway but got blown back when she tried to step through. The two Heads stood in the doorway and grinned maliciously.

"We don't like you, Pansy, that's why you can't get through." Hermione said.

"So buzz off, before we call Snape to tell him you've been trying to break in!" Malfoy finished, and the Heads backed away as the door closed.

"Crabbe, Goyle, listen up. Because we're Heads and McGonagall doesn't want us fighting publicly, you are not allowed to call Granger a mudblood. If you do, I'll take fifty points off you both, for it? This is for my reputation." He added, making sure they knew it wasn't because Hermione was standing right there.

"Are they still allowed to fight Harry and Ron and Ginny?" Hermione added cautiously.

"Yeah, otherwise we'd have no fun here. If you don't mind, I'm going to show them around."

"Stay out of my room; it's for your own protection." She smiled at him before sitting down on the couch. The three boys went into Malfoy's room and moments later you could hear the cries of Crabbe, who, she guessed, had tried to open the door. She ran into her room and opened the connecting door, grinning at the injured Crabbe.

"Told you. It's a little jinx that makes my door bite anyone but me that tries to open the door." She smirked at Malfoy, who was stunned to see that Hermione could smirk.

"What about me? I live here too." Malfoy asked.

"Yeah, and have you pull pranks on me at night? I doubt it." Hermione closed the door and left her room, heading out to the Gryffindor common room to see her friends.

Hermione was sitting in Transfiguration, taking notes steadily as Professor McGonagall talked when a large brown owl landed upon the Professor's desk. Her eyes ran quickly across the parchment, before she cleared her throat.

"Miss Granger, Mister Potter, Mister Weasley, you are all required in the Headmaster's chambers. Please take your schoolbooks and drop them off at your dormitories before heading there." She rolled up the parchment and placed it on the desk, and the large owl took off out the window it came through.

The trio dropped their bags off at their dormitories before heading up to Dumbledore's office. They took the large staircase and walked into the room, where Dumbledore was seated in his chair behind his desk.

"I have some news for you three. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything."