Mudblood

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I don't own anything J.K. Rowling already does.

Rating: PG-13 for language, mature themes, and mild references to sex. (haha its going to take me a long time to get there!)

A/N: Hello once again! I figured since I totally f up my first chapter and only two people got to read it, that I work work as hard as I could to update chapter 3. You all don't know how sorry I am about that, I was devastated when I found out what I'd done and wish I could change it, but hopefully you all will keep reading, I swear I'll get better at this some day!

Kisses and cookies

Firefly

Hermione, Harry, and Ron sat at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall enjoying the Welcome Back feast. Hermione had already told Harry on the train about her rotten luck of getting stuck with Malfoy for prefect duties; in return he had given her his deepest look of sympathy.

Ron was shoveling food in his mouth like he hadn't been fed in years, while still trying to plan out a way to kill Malfoy without anyone noticing. As the feast ended Dumbledore got up to say his parting words.

"Well," He started, his voice ringing out over all conversation, making every student look up at him in respect, "Welcome back everyone, I hope that all your stomachs are full and happy," At this Ron moaned in agreement. "First years, the house prefects will lead you to your common room, please follow them. As for everyone else enjoy the year!" And with that the plates were cleared and everyone had gotten up.

"Ron come on," Hermione pressed as Ron, who had been leaning against the table with his eyes closed in contentment and a hand resting on his stomach, opened his eyes looking extremely sleepy, "we have prefect duties, don't you remember anything?!"

"Oh yeah," said Ron wincing as he got up, "We have to attend to the midgets!"

After guiding the first years to the common room, Hermione and Ron walked over to Harry who was sitting in one of the large red arm chairs staring into the fire.

"Hey mate!" Ron greeted him, "Up for a game of chess?" Harry accepted and the two of them started playing, completely ignoring Hermione. That was fine with her, she was used to it.

"Never get between boys and a game of chess." She yawned as she went upstairs to take a nap before her duties started.
Draco Malfoy couldn't believe his rotten luck.

"I am stuck spending an hour a night with Mudblood Granger, with no one else around!" He muttered as he paced back and forth in his private chambers. Yes, having a powerful and power hungry father did have its advantages; he had ordered that Draco get his own private chambers for his studies. Not that Draco actually studied, last year he had barley scraped by in potions, and had made his father so angry that he ignored Draco for two months.

Draco yawned, which made him realize that it was already 9 p.m, and in two bloody hours he would have to go meet Granger. Deciding that it was best he not fall asleep on the job he took a nap, setting his alarm to wake him in an hour and forty-five minutes.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!!!!!!

"Shit!" Hermione yelled as she jumped out of bed. It was five minutes until 11 and she had to go meet Malfoy. Quickly running a brush through her hair (A/N: yes the one she had been singing into in chapter one) she ran out of her private chambers and out of the common room.

If Hermione hadn't been such a good student, she would have never gotten her own room; instead the teachers decided that such a dedicated student should have a room all to her self for her studies. Hermione loved it, she had a huge four poster bed that was made of dark oak, along with it came a matching dresser and desk. There was even her own private bathroom, which she was thankful for because fighting over the shower with Lavender had never been fun. Her favorite part of the room was the window seat that over looked the lake (A/N: I know how "original" but I couldn't help it!) she loved to paint by that window, or read, or sometimes just day dream. The room, had of course, been decorated in Gryffindor colors, but she never really liked red and gold, so she changed it to a midnight blue and silver.

As Hermione rounded a corner sharply she ran straight into Malfoy, for the second time that day, just this time after running it hurt even more.

"What the hell is he?" She wondered as she got off the floor, "iron man?! He has a stomach of steel!"

"That's the second time today Mudblood," Draco said as she got off the floor

All Hermione managed to do was glare.

"I'm starting to think you like running into me."

"Sod off Malfoy." Was her come back. The rest of the night was spent in silence.
The next morning everyone received their schedules in the Great Hall at breakfast time. Ron at once started complaining.

"Look we have double potions with the Slytherins!" He said shaking his schedules, how come potions class is always with Slytherins?! I mean why can't we be with Hufflepuff or something!

"Ron shut up already," Harry said, "We have to go to Care of Magical Creatures first anyway."

And with that Harry and Hermione walked out to Hagrid's hut with Ron behind them muttering under his breath.

Hagrid's lesson hadn't been that bad for once; he had decided to start the year off with something small. He had even chosen a more domestic animal, the puffskin. During the lesson most of the girls cooed over the little creatures while the boys played catch with them. When the lesson ended Hagrid gave them the assignment of writing a four inch essay on the puffskin and also making a list of the creatures that they wanted to study during the year. As the students rushed off to their next classes, Hagrid pulled Hermione, Harry, and Ron aside inviting them to tea later that afternoon, the glady accepted.
As Draco walked out of charms, he cursed under his breath, why did Professor Flitwick have to give them so much homework on the first day, and then why did he have to be stuck with Gryffindor in potions, it was like this every year. He would have liked potions if it wasn't for the Gryffindors, they always made him look bad, especially Granger. He sat down in his usual seat once he was in the potions room; the rest of the class filled in as Professor Snape swept past a row of desks.

"Today," He said in his low greasy voice,

"Similar to his hair." Draco thought running a hand through his own, he himself had decided to stop gelling his when he heard some Ravenclaws talking about how he was a mini blonde Snape.

Professor Snape continued, "I will be assigning you a partner for a project you shall receive."

Crabe and Goyle looked hopefully at Draco. "Mr. Potter you will be paired with Mr. Weasley, I hope that your to brains mushed together will get you somewhere." Snape said coolly, the Slytherins snickered.

Draco waited for his name to be called, sitting back in his chair with his feet propped up, Snape took no notice of it.

"Mr. Malfoy," he heard, "you will be paired with Ms."

"If its going to be a miss at least let it be Parkinson." Draco thought as he looked at Snape

"Granger."Hermione's face fell. For the second time she was stuck with the person she hated most, in potions no less!

"Sir," she heard Malfoy say, "there must be a mistake, I can't be stuck with Granger." He said her name like it dirtied his mouth.

"I have made no mistake, now I want the rest of you to pair up with your partners as I explain this project," was Snape's reply.

Hermione reluctantly get out of her seat next to Harry and walked over to Malfoy sitting on his left.

"Each group will be assigned a potion in which they will make in class. Out of class I want you to meet with your partner and do research on the potion. I want a report on where it came from, who invented it, its causes and effects, the ingredients and how they affect the potion, the proper way to make it and to take it and anything else you think can get you a decent grade. To find out how it works on humans each of you will take your potion as the other records its effect." Snape explained; several students groaned in protest. "Now come up here to receive your potion when I call your name, the books in the back should have the ingredients and how to make it, and you may use them, however only in class."

When Hermione's and Malfoy's names were called, Hermione went up to the front of the class she received and read the parchment as she walked back to the desk, groaning.

"Well, Granger are you going to tell me what potion we have been assigned?" Malfoy asked her, "Or are you going to do this project on your own?"

"I wouldn't be surprised if I did anyway Malfoy." She replied sharply.

Malfoy grabbed the parchment from her reading it.

"What?!" He cried.
A/N: Muah hahaha cough ha! I left it at a cliff hanger, well kind of. Anyways there's chapter three! Chapter four should be coming really soon. I have a bunch of ideas written down on paper, I even have a scene I really want to put in but I have to work my way up to it first! Anyways PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!