Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the ideas or characters that go with it…all I own is Marlaina, Larissa (lol), Carnigan and the Devon Family...even if they are odd…

A/N: I know, it's been awhile…what can I say…I was a bit (understatement of the year) obsessed with my fic WTF!? And kind of left this one for awhile…but here I am…end of vacation to update for you! I had to read the WHOLE thing again just to remember the story…not bad actually lol. Anyway, the beginning of this chapter is mostly an update so that's why it's so long. Not sure how you'll all like it considering it's been so long and I do apologize but I hope you like and without further ado the hell I live in!

Last time on The Hell I Live In!…

Hermione just continued to gape at them open mouthed until she shut her mouth and began to look at Ron closely.

"Now, I'm no expert but…" Hermione began to smile as she gave them both a knowing look.

Larissa realizing what she was getting at blushed.

"What?" Ron asked still confused.

"Spit it out." Harry said getting slightly annoyed.

"You're…you're a man." Hermione said with a grin.

Ron still not understanding gave her an odd look.

"Uh…yea…" He said cluelessly.

Harry then looked shocked and turned to Ron and smiled.

"Congratulations." Harry said.

Ron then opened his mouth and blushed as his ears turned a scarlet red.

Dumbledore cleared his throat.

"May we get started?" He asked politely.

Now on The Hell I Live In!…

The four sat down in front of Dumbledore's desk and nodded.

"Now, let's start from the beginning shall we?" Dumbledore asked with a humorous expression across his face.

The four nodded reluctantly. Larissa started off.

"Well Professor, you know how most of the pureblooded families are forced to marry whomever their parents pick. Well, my parents had chosen Blaise Zambini for me. This comes as no shock that neither of us cared for the other and well I had to get out of it somehow." Larissa began emotionally.

Dumbledore nodded.

"So, I came up with a plan. I had a slight crush on Ron but I couldn't just ask him to marry me so I decided to find a way to switch places with Hermione. She was the closest female to Ron obviously so I chose her. Carnigan at the time was bothering me to go to the ball with him so I had to find a date fast. It didn't really matter who I picked because my plan was to switch with Hermione before the ball. So I decided to find the quickest date possible…Draco." Larissa continued to explain.

Dumbledore just nodded every once in a while a smile creeping onto his face.

"I figured Draco would be the easiest to hook because every Slytherin knows he always goes with Pansy and hates every dance because of it. So I made him a deal that if he would help me get away from Carnigan he could be my date and get rid of Pansy. After that was taken care of I found Hermione and asked if she would switch places with me. Being the smartest witch of our time came in handy I suppose because she realized that I liked Ron." Larissa continued.

Hermione nodded.

"That's when I wasn't sure what to do. I thought of it as helping another student." Hermione explained.

"And I have a feeling you wanted to try being in a different house Miss Granger?" Dumbledore asked with a glint in his eyes.

Hermione blushed but nodded slightly.

"It was the perfect opportunity." She explained.

Both girls decided to leave out the fact of getting their homework done three weeks ahead of time and continued.

"Hermione came to me the next day and said she'd switch with me. We went shopping for dresses and planned out everything. We'd switch just before the ball began." Larissa added.

Ron and Harry were looking at them both with an odd expression. They were just figuring this out after all.

"So we used the potion Larissa had found. I didn't read about it and didn't have a clue what it was. I think I was just so excited about the ball." Hermione said ashamed.

"When we got to the ball I found Draco and Larissa went to find Ron. While I was talking to Draco I found out about his sister and he also brought to my attention about being betrothed. That's where the fight came in." Hermione added.

Dumbledore nodded in understanding.

"After that I wanted to get back at her. I didn't want to have to marry anyone and I thought the only way to do that was draw attention to myself. That's when Draco brought out the wine and his guitar." Hermione blushed at the memory.

"Then I started feeling guilty about the whole thing." Larissa said sadly.

"My plan wasn't working either the attention was positive and I was becoming popular." Hermione shrugged.

"So I told Ron that I wasn't the real Hermione and we went to find the spell. There was only one way to switch us back…" Larissa began.

"But you had the wrong spell." Dumbledore finished for her.

She nodded.

"Harry, Ron, Ginny and I then began to hook Hermione up with Draco. But like you said, we had the wrong potion so it didn't work." Larissa said.

"Then Draco came up with a plan that if he introduced me to his mother and we got married then Larissa and I could switch back and if we did then Draco would say he was too much in love with me and we'd stay married." Hermione explained.

"However, over the break Larissa and I switched places again." Hermione added.

"Mrs. Weasley had found the actual spell we had used and made the potion again so we switched back. We ran off to Vegas but no one would marry us. Ron and I had run off and found a way to change our appearances so we looked older and we went and got married. Er…then you showed up and brought us here." Larissa cut short with a blush.

"I see." Dumbledore said slowly while leaning back into his chair.

"Now, there might be a way for the arranged marriages to be called off…" Everyone looked at Dumbledore with some bit of hope in the back of their minds.

"However, you and Mr. Weasley are not married." Dumbledore began while looking at Larissa.

"WHAT?!" The couple yelled in unison while standing up.

"How do you figure?" Ron asked raising an eyebrow.

"You were married out of the country therefore your marriage does not carry into this country. Not to mention lying about your age to elope." Dumbledore explained.

Both Larissa and Ron sat back down looking put out.

"Now, I suggest you both go lie down, I'm sure you're tired after such a trying day." Dumbledore explained with a smile.

"I should have all of this sorted out when you awaken and I will call you to my office as soon as all the details are taken care of. Mr. Weasley I shall be calling your parents as well as Miss Devon's parents to inform them of this." Dumbledore explained.

"But, they can't know she's alive, there's no way around this marriage thing." Ron said angrily.

"I'm sorry Mr. Weasley but it has to be done. Go lie down and I'll take care of everything." The headmaster said with a glint in his eye.

The four got up and left the office.

"Damn it!" Ron said his anger getting the best of him.

Larissa nodded as they walked down the hallway. She had her head leaned up against Ron's shoulder as their arms were linked and they strolled down the corridor.

"Don't worry guys, one day you'll get married. Dumbledore will figure something out." Harry shrugged.

The couple nodded halfheartedly.

Draco watched as Hermione and Potter left.

"What did Dumbledore want to see them for?" He thought to himself.

Snape immediately snapped him back into the lesson and by the end of it he was more curious then ever to see Hermione. As he strolled out of the room Blaise caught up with him.

"What a boring class!" He said irritated.

Draco smirked.

"What do you expect? We already know all this crap." Draco drawled.

"So," Blaise began after a moment.

"What do you think Granger and Potter were called out for?" He asked curiously.

"I have no idea." Draco said as though he had no interest in the subject.

"Aww come on Draco, she's your girl aren't you at all curious?" Blaise asked stopping his friend in the hallway.

Draco smiled lightly.

"My girl?" He asked with a small laugh.

Blaise smirked.

"You're hopeless." Blaise said as they continued walking.

"MALFOY!" A voice yelled down the corridor.

"Why today? Don't people have anything better to do?" Draco was met with his answer as he turned and saw Carnigan storming at him from down the hallway.

"Apparently not." Draco said rolling his eyes.

Blaise took a step to the side as Carnigan stopped in front of Draco.

"What did you do to Larissa!? I know it was you, you coward!" Carnigan yelled angrily.

"You killed her!" Carnigan added yelling.

Draco furrowed his brow and sneered.

"Get over it Carnigan, she didn't love you. Get a grip." Draco sneered.

Carnigan's eyes narrowed as he grabbed Draco's shirt and lifted him up off the ground. Draco glared back at him unafraid.

"Excuse me Mr. Carnigan but how many times do I have to tell you not to harm Mr. Malfoy?" Draco smirked as he looked over at his sister calmly walking down the hallway with a frown on her face.

"And you, provoking him?" Marlaina asked.

Draco rolled his eyes.

"If standing in the middle of the corridor while someone accuses you of murder is provoking him then sure." Draco explained sarcastically.

"Carnigan, set him down." Marlaina said as though a headache were coming into play.

Carnigan did so.

"Now explain what this is all about…is that true?" Marlaina asked.

Carnigan growled.

"Yes alright, but I know he did it!" Carnigan said pointing at Draco.

"Go see Professor Dumbledore, he'll deal with your punishment." Marlaina said boredly.

Carnigan glared at Draco but continued down the corridor to Dumbledore's office. As he walked he only took about three steps before stopping dead in his tracks. Marlaina hearing that he had stopped turned to yell at him to get moving but stopped also at the sight in front of her. Draco stretched his head from around his sister to look at the sight before them. He smirked.

"La…Larissa?" Carnigan asked slowly in a shaky voice.

Larissa groaned as she let go of Ron.

"What are you…I thought you were…why are you…how?" Carnigan asked.

Draco walked forward with a smirk still.

"Carnigan get going." Marlaina said before Draco could utter a comment.

Draco glared at his sister at ruining his fun as Carnigan shook his head as though he had seen a ghost and walked on pale as a sheet.

Blaise walked forward with a frown.

"What are you doing?" He asked calmly.

"Dumbledore found us." Larissa answered sadly.

"Great!" Blaise said angrily.

"Dumbledore's taking care of it Zambini don't worry about it." Larissa said crossing her arms.

"Don't worry? Devon what the hell isn't there to worry about?! I finally get the girl of my dreams and then you have to come back!!" Blaise said clearly not happy about this arrangement.

"I said he's dealing with it." Larissa said so quietly it sounded almost dangerous.

Blaise just glared at her and stormed off down the hallway.

"So, that's why Dumbledore called you into his office?" Draco asked Hermione.

She nodded.

"How does he plan to fix this?" Draco asked.

"I don't know but he's calling our parents." Ron groaned.

"Don't worry, Dumbledore's a bright man, he'll figure something out." Marlaina said confidently.

The other's weren't completely convinced but nodded all the same.

"In the mean time what do you say to some food and you two can tell us all about your trip." Marlaina said with a grin.

The couple smiled half heartedly but nodded and everyone walked to the Great Hall.

"Shouldn't we go to the kitchens or something since no one knows Larissa's even alive." Ron pointed out nervously.

"No, they'll find out soon enough by the way news travels in this school." Marlaina replied in an eerie tone.

The group reached the doors and walked in. They still had a few minutes before supper so they sat down at the Gryffindor table.

"What have we missed?" Ron asked as soon as everyone was seated.

Before anyone could reply Hermione began to speak.

"You missed three potions essays due in about a months time, Hagrid actually assigned us some very interesting work for the NEWTS and then of course you'll have to ask Harry what that old quack gave you for an assignment but you can come to the library with me later to look up some books to help you get caught up, it should take only a few hours so we'll have plenty of time to…" Hermione reeled off.

"Hermione!" Ron yelled to stop her.

She looked at him and tilted her head in a curious way. Her hand was still in the air as she was tapping each finger for every assignment he had missed.

"I just meant, what did we miss as in news in general, not about homework." Ron explained in a lower voice.

"Oh." Hermione said sadly.

"Uh…but thanks anyway." Ron said with a crooked smile.

Hermione smiled and shook her head then nodded.

"Not much has happened. Mostly the news about was Larissa dying and Malfoy dating Hermione." Harry explained with a grin.

"What's that grin for?" Hermione asked curiously.

"It just seems funny that the news is away from me for once." Harry said with a grin.

Ron and Hermione narrowed their eyes at him but he continued to grin.

After small chatter while they ate and finally finishing their meals more people started to pile into the Great Hall. However no one spoke a word to Larissa or her friends. They stared at her throughout their meals and she was beginning to feel sick with their pale faces and odd looks.

"Are you done? I'd like to go." Larissa whispered to Ron as she continued to look around at the pale faces staring at her and whispering.

Ron looked around also and nodded.

"Ready guys?" He asked quickly.

They all nodded and got up to leave with every eye in the Great Hall watching their every move.

Larissa was the first one out of the room and shook her head eerily.

"My god, do they have nothing better to do? I thought I was going to die." Larissa said with a hand to her chest as though she had lost her breath.

"Don't worry about it. Just ignore them." Ron said quickly going to his girlfriend's side.

She smiled warmly and nodded.

"LARISSA!" A high pitched voice screamed with excitement.

Larissa immediately groaned and began to sulk as footsteps quickly ran down the corridor to her. In an instant Larissa was enveloped in a hug from her sister.

"Squeeze a little harder Draesela, you might actually kill her." Clara's voice said with little sympathy.

Larissa stood slouched as her sister fussed over her.

"Draesela, I'm fine, now what the hell do you…" Before Larissa could finish a voice interrupted her.

"Larissa, my dear." The group looked over and walking towards them down a hallway was Larissa's mother.

"You had us all worried to death." She said sweetly.

Larissa growled but said nothing. She looked down and saw her youngest sister looking at her with an expression that clearly stated "Why are you back?" in not a friendly manner.

Larissa glared down at the youngest as she spoke the question on her mind.

"Why is she back? Mother you lied you said she was dead, she's supposed to be dead, why isn't she dead mother? Why aren't you dead?" The young girl asked with mild interest.

Clara smirked.

"I am a bit curious myself Larissa." She said with a glare.

"Honestly girls can't we just enjoy this moment!" Their mother cried as she threw her arms in the air dramatically.

"I'd kill her if I could and save us all the hastle." Clara finished as she stormed off down the corridor.

Larissa sighed quite happy she was gone. Larissa turned to Ron with a fake smile as he turned to her with a very confused expression.

"Ron, I'd like you to meet my sister Draesela, trust me she's not as nice as she acts." Larissa explained as her sister suddenly had a dark look cross her features that quickly turned all sunny and bright again in a matter of seconds.

"And this, is my rotten little brat of a sister. Honesty isn't always the best trust me." Larissa said staring down at her sister who pulled her arm away from her mother and ran at Larissa.

Larissa wasn't at all surprised as she grabbed the little monster and held her arms behind her back in one swift movement.

"Stop it Vuela." Larissa's mother said while wiping away forced tears.

"And you, what is wrong with you leaving like that! I was stuck in your damn bedroom mourning when I didn't have to! Do you understand how much time I wasted on you?!" Her mother asked.

Larissa gritted her teeth before she spoke.

"No one asked you to fucking give a rats ass about me! Frankly I didn't expect you to do anything!" Larissa said in a biting tone.

"You ungrateful little…" Draesela said in a shocked tone.

"Oh shut up Draesela you only want the inheritance that comes to you so keep your mouth shut!" Larissa screamed.

Draesela grabbed Vuela and turned on her heel and left.

"You listen to me little girl…if your friends were not around and we were not in a school then I would kick your sorry ass until you learned to think of others." Larissa's mother threatened.

She then quickly stormed off down the hallway. Larissa sighed when she was out of sight.

"Larissa…" Ron began slowly.

"That's pretty good. Usually it takes me forever to get rid of them." Larissa said with a grin.

Ron stared at her sadly. He couldn't believe how horrible her family was treating her. Why, his mother would be hugging him and telling him how worried she was before scolding him and then loving him again. They just abused her to no end it seemed.

"RONALD WEASLEY!" Ron winced at his mother's call.

"On second thought…" He thought to himself as he watched his mother walk to him.

"Honestly, what in blue blazes were you thinking!? Running off like that, you could have been killed! Married! What will your father say! I thought I raised you better than all this! Luckily you're all right or I'd have died!" Molly said emotionally as she wiped her eyes.

"Sorry mum." Ron said as though he were a three year old who got lost in a store.

Molly looked up and noticed Larissa giving Ron a warm smile.

"Well, you must be Larissa correct?" She asked warmly.

Larissa nodded with her head slightly down.

"It's nice to see you again Mrs. Weasley.

"You too dear, and I'm happy to see you in your own body." She said kindly.

Larissa nodded.

"Ron don't pout it's very unbecoming." She sighed.

Ron nodded and Larissa laughed lightly.

"Well, I'm off to talk to Albus. Try to stay out of trouble." Mrs. Weasley said with a slight smile.

Ron nodded and she left.

"My god, I thought our father was bad but your family is absolutely horrible." Marlaina said shocked.

Draco nodded in agreement.

"Believe it or not, they're usually much worse." Larissa mumbled.

"What do we do now?" Ron asked sitting against a wall.

"I guess we wait for Dumbledore to tell us what's going on." Hermione replied.

After a few moments of silence it finally broke.

"Where's Ginny?"

I'll cut the sob story short…I was busy, we all know I didn't update and I'm sorry but I got everyone's reviews over however long I've not been updating and I loved them all! Thank you so much!! Sadly, I've been on vacation…a VERY busy vacation and I have a HUGE project due Monday so wish me luck but I won't be replying to your lovely reviews just yet! So sorry!! Next time I shall! Trying to end this fic as soon as possible I'd like to start something new as soon as I find time but for now I'm just working on finishing this and The Last Chance! If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them but I can't promise anything b/c I have a few ideas of my own! Thank you all for reading!! Ttyl! Happy Holidays!! Oh and don't worry! I'm hoping to fit in more Draco here pretty soon!! I feel he's kinda falling out of being the main character so I'm shoving him and Hermione back in! No need to worry! Thanks again! Ta ta!

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