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"Ah, Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger, good to see you. I trust you slept well?" Dumbledore greeted as Hermione and Draco walked into his office at eleven o'clock.

They smiled at each other and answered, "Yes, sir."

"Good, now if you will please wait just a second while I get Harry." Dumbledore then reached behind him and grabbed a piece of parchment and wrote a note. Then he whistled and Fawkes flew over. Fawkes then took the note in his mouth and flew out the window.

Draco and Hermione sat down in the chair in front of his desk and waited. Ten minutes later Harry walked in followed by Snape. Hermione looked confused and so did Draco for a minute, but then it dawned on him why he was here.

"Good, now that we are all here we can begin. Hermione are you absolutely sure that you want to do this?"

Hermione looked at Draco then at Harry, then back at the headmaster, "Yes."

"Good, so now we need to talk strategy.."

Two weeks later Draco was pacing around his dorm waiting for Severus and Hermione to get back. He was so nervous for Hermione.

A door opened and Draco turned around. There she was. She looked great and terrible at the same time.

"What happened?"

Hermione looked him in the eye and grabbed his arm. She led him over to the couch and sat him down. She laid down, putting her head in his lap, causing him to laugh and shake his head, and started her story.

Earlier that night

"Ok, Hermione, you will have to be strong. They will know if you are scared. They can smell fear."

"Ok."

"Just walk up to him. Look him strait in the eye. He doesn't know that you are coming, he will be surprised. Don't look at anyone else. No one. Just look strait ahead."

"I understand."

"Maybe we should change the color of your hair, maybe lighten your complexion a bit..."

"No. He likes me the way I am. That much I know."

"Whatever you think."

"I do think. Let's go and get this over with."

Severus nodded and grabbed her hand. He gave it a reassuring squeeze and she smiled at him. He then grabbed the trinket out of his pocket and unwrapped it. Hermione felt a familiar tug at her navel and before she knew it she was standing in front of two huge beautiful wooden doors. She was so busy looking at that she was startled when they opened on their own.

Severus urged her on and she walked inside, holding her head high. When she walked in she saw hundreds of people in black robes. The hoods were down and she could see many people that she knew. She took Snape's advice and looked up and her eyes connected with Damien's.

She saw his eyes widen with surprise. She arched one of her eyebrows and smirked. She could feel every person's eyes on her but she didn't look any way but the way she was headed. She slowly walked towards him and with every step he started to smile bigger and bigger.

She finally made it to where she was standing right in front of him. She started to bow; but before she could he grabbed her hand and stood her up. He guided her to the chair to his left, it was smaller then his but bigger then the chair on his right, which she noticed was occupied by Lucius Malfoy.

'I guess he really is his right hand man.'

Damien never let go of her hand. He looked towards Lucius and nodded and Lucius waved his wand and said something that Hermione could not hear. All of the sudden a huge table appeared. It had enough chairs for everyone in the room. It wasn't solid. It was a circle but the middle was cut out so entertainment could still go on. But it seemed to Hermione it was for people talking to the entire group. Then food appeared on the table and everyone started to eat.

Damien still did not let go of her hand. She had to eat her salad with one hand. It was not a difficult task but she was starting to feel uncomfortable, though she never let on. He kept stealing glances at her while he was eating.

After thirty minutes the main course was cleared away and dessert was put on the table. Everyone started to eat but all eyes looked at Damien. He looked at his followers and started to talk.

"Welcome. I am glad that you were all able to make. Now for our first order of business. This is Hermione. She is to be treated just like me, with the utmost respect. No one is to talk down to her, be rude or touch her. Now second order of business, we need to discuss the attack on Hogwarts."

"My lord, we have that all planned out. The only problem is getting our children out."

"Don't worry about that, you won't have to. Now Severus, what is the status on the school?"

"There is not much more going on sir. There is no talk of new plans to defend them selves or attack us. Potter has once again started up his little defense club, but that is no threat to us."

"Good. Does anyone have anything else to say or add?"

"No my lord," came from everyone in the room.

"Fine then, you are all dismissed. Crabbe, Goyle, Zabini, Malfoy, I need to talk to you."

Then he stood up and so did everyone else. He still had Hermione's hand and he led her to a large room off the main ball room they were just in. It was a living area/bedroom it seemed. There were couches and a fire and a mini bar and books and books. There was also a bed and a wardrobe. The room was beautiful and Hermione loved it. He took her to one of the couches and sat her down.

"Please wait here. I have some business to attend to."

With out waiting for her reply he left and she just had to watch after him.

End

Hermione stopped telling the story and sat in silence for a few minutes. Draco just looked at her.

"And?"

"And what?"

"What happened then?"

"Well, he didn't come back and Severus came and got me, telling me that he asked that he brought me home. So here I am. I have to go back when the death eaters get summoned again. He said we still need to talk."

"I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do?"

Hermione sat there thinking about it for a moment and then stood up. Her back was turned to Draco and she started to walk towards his room. She suddenly turned around and flashed him a suggestive smile.

"Oh, I can think of a thing or two."

Draco just laughed and stood up. Hermione walked into his room and laid down on his bed. When he got to the door he leaned up against the door frame and smiled at her. She crooked her finger, telling him to come on and his smile got bigger and he walked into the room, closing the door with his foot as he went.

How did you like it? Don't worry, Hermione won't get raped. Remember, Damien cares about her too much to hurt her. No, Hermione is not going to fall in love with him, she loves Draco too much. And thank you to all of my faithful reviewers. Since you all read my story, if you have a story you think I should read of yours, just tell me. I would be happy to. ; ) Oh has anyone seen the movie, "Friday Night Lights" ?

I went and saw it last weekend and I just have to say. The person who plays the quarterback is soooooooo hot! It was funny me and my best friend were sitting there drooling over him with her boyfriend and my other best friend sitting right there. His face got so red. It was great!

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