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A/N: I would like to thank my 2 and only reviewers! This chapter, as promised, is longer than the first. It also has more Draco/Hermione interaction. Hope you like it!
Chapter 2: promising reflections
Once the train reached Hogwarts Hermione hopped off and boarded the "horseless" carriages with her two best friends, Harry and Ron.
Hermione suddenly realized that she would not be spending that much time with Harry or Ron this year. The only time she would really see them was in class, but during class there was no time to talk, or at least according to Hermione there wasn't. After class she would have homework and all of her other time would be spent completing tasks assigned to her and Malfoy.
Malfoy, there he was again, always entering her thoughts! She just couldn't get that picture of him on the train out of her mind, had he really been smiling at her?
During the sorting ceremony Hermione clapped when Gryiffindors were added but otherwise didn't pay much attention (tisk……tisk). She really didn't care about the rules Dumbledore was now reciting because they had been the same since her first year. Instead, Hermione was thinking of a certain blond haired Slytherin.
Draco stole quick glances at Hermione throughout the ceremony. She looked different, not just in her appearance, which he had to say looked amazing, but she looked somewhat dazed; not herself. He wondered what she was thinking about.
Hermione kept getting the feeling that someone was watching her, (that eerie feeling that in the wizarding world you have to watch out for because you never know who is after you).
The sorting ended and the golden plates before everyone magically filled with steaming food. Everyone dug in, everyone except Hermione that is. Hermione wasn't really that hungry so she decided just to head up to her common room and read a book before settling in for the night.
"Where ya going?" asked Ron between swallowing huge mouthfuls of food
"Up to my common room" replied Hermione "I'm kind of tired"
"Okay" said Harry, "See you later!"
Across the Great Hall Draco watched Hermone leave. As he watched her go he realized that they would be sharing a common room together. He, of course, had known that Hermione was Head Girl, there was no use denying that, but it had never really registered in his brain that they would be spending so much time together. Draco was having a hard time deciding whether this was good or bad.
"Wait, what am I saying" Draco thought, "Of course it is going to suck staying in a common room with a filthy mudblood like Granger"
When Hermione finally reached where the head common room was supposed to be she found a large mirror that served as the entrance. Hermone found this odd because there weren't many mirrors in Hogwarts, mostly paintings.
The mirror was about as tall as Hermione and about as wide as her arm span. The frame of the mirror had a swirled design and was colored metallic silver. Written on the bottom were the words: seiti ralimi synam dniflli wuoy dnase cnereffi druoy takool.
"What in the world……..I wonder what language that it in?" Hermione thought.
"Oh shoot!" Hermione said out loud, "I forgot to ask what the password was! Maybe there is some way I can move the mirror".
Knowing perfectly well how stupid this idea was, Hermione stepped up to the mirror.
"Now, if I could only………..ahhhh!!" Hermione screamed.
In the refection of the mirror she saw a rather astonished looking Malfoy. Hermione wheeled around expecting to see Malfoy snickering at how badly he had just scarred her. When she turned around, however, all she saw was an empty corridor.
"Wow, you're really losing it Hermione" she said to herself.
Slowly, Hermione risked a glance back at the mirror, which was a bad idea because Malfoy was still staring back at her. This time, upon closer observation, Hermone realized that it was only Malfoy in the reflection; she wasn't there.
Hermione touched her face and then looked down at her hands and then at the rest of her body, fearing what she might see. When she looked down, she was still her normal self. A wave of relief swept over Hermione as she realized that she had not somehow turned into Malfoy. So why was it Malfoy's reflection she saw when she looked into the mirror?
Hermione's head was buzzing with questions so she sat down and leaned up against the cool stone wall.
A couple minutes later Hermione heard a set of footsteps coming up the stairs off to her right. Hermione watched as Malfoy rounded the corner and then slowed his pace when he saw Hermione sitting there. His face bore the trademark, Malfoy smirk and it was aimed at Hermione. Hermione stood up to face Malfoy.
"Well, well, well, Granger, let me guess you forgot the password so you had to wait for me to help you" Malfoy sneered.
"Yes as a matter of fact" stated Hermione. "Now if you don't mind I would like the password since I don't fancy being stuck in a hallway with you all night".
"Fine", Draco stepped up to the mirror. "Ex-what the…."
Hermione watched as Draco looked at his reflection with the same look of utter shock as she had moments before.
"What do you see when you look in it?" Hermione asked
"I see……..you" Draco answered, a little reluctantly. "Why can't I see myself, and what do you see?"
"I don't know why we can't see our own reflections, and when I look in to it I see you" Hermione stated flatly.
"Wh-wh-I don't get it" Draco stuttered.
"Me neither, it's to much to think about right now, so could you please say the password because I am tired and just want to read a book and then go to bed" Hermione said with a rather annoyed voice.
"Right, Expugno tui varietas" Draco said, and the mirror swung aside.
Hermione had too much on her mind to even acknowledge the odd password.
"After you, you filthy Mudblood" Draco sneered, gesturing for Hermione to proceed before him.
Right after Draco made this remark he wished, for some reason, that he could take it back. Hermione turned around and gave him the most sinister glare she could muster before storming into the common room. Aside from the glare, in Hermione's eyes Draco saw, for the first time, how much his words hurt her.
At that moment, he didn't know why, but Draco vowed never to call Hermione Mudblood again. Even though he was a Malfoy this was a promise he intended to keep.
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter; I will try to post again soon! For those of you who may be wondering what the words under the mirror say……..you will have to keep reading to find out. As for the password….maybe if I get a sufficient amount of reviews I will tell you, so PLEASE REVIEW!!!!