Title: Silver Locket

Summary: Draco Malfoy gave a locket to Em, the girl he loves, before she is forced to leave her home. Now, in his seventh year at Hogwarts, he is finding clues that she may be there with him!

Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I don't own, so you can't sue!

Note: I know I haven't updated in a while so I tried to make this chapter extra long! I know Draco was kinda out of character last chapter. He should have yelled at her wondering what the hell she was doing kissing him. Or maybe deep inside, he knows it's her…

Chapter Three

Hermione walked to her Head Girl dormitory, somehow not at all happy that she had been named Head Girl. It wasn't the fact that she had to share a common room with Blaise Zabini. It was the truth that she couldn't hide from Draco forever. She was just in a gloomy mood. Every time she saw his gray eyes, she had to make a quick escape.

She said the password, firesoul, and entered her common room. Blaise was sitting on the couch, his raven hair falling sexily in his eyes as he read. He looked up as she entered and got up. Hermione watched him cautiously as he walked up to her, suspecting a new wave of insults. After all, he was a Slytherin who hung out with Draco.

"Hey Granger," he said civilly, to her surprise. "May I call you Hermione?" Too shocked to say anything, she simply nodded. "I wanted to know if you were doing anything this Saturday. I was just having a bit of trouble getting the hang of that new charm Professor Flitwick taught us."

Hermione listened in complete amazement as he talked to her like a human being. He was a Slytherin! Slytherins were all mean, nasty, conceited bastards! Well, it just went to show her that she shouldn't judge people before she got to know them. Soon, Hermione found herself responding to Blaise's questions and having a pleasant conversation with him. Before she realized it, she was laughing and having fun with the sexy raven haired wizard. Hermione looked into his sparkling blue eyes and smiled. At least something was right in her life.

Hermione walked into her room about an hour later with a grin on her face. She had made a friend from Slytherin. Do they give out awards for that? She honestly wondered.

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Draco furiously paced his room. (AN-Yes, he does have a room of his own because in my fantasy world, in seventh year all the students get to have their own rooms. They're just not as beautiful as the Heads' rooms.) Em… What did it stand for? … Emily?

Draco put his hand to his head, suddenly having a headache. The more he thought about his lost lover, the more his head hurt. He blamed the virus that had been going around and went to bed. Memories began to stir in his head.

He could see her. Her eyes, chocolate brown. Her hair, long and naturally black. Her smile, warm, friendly, and inviting him to just give in and kiss her. She was wearing a necklace. It was a silver heart with a dragon engraved on it. As he looked closer, he saw that it was a locket.

Memories were flashing through his head. He could see himself kissing her, then at the moment he was running to her in the pouring rain. He was handing her the locket, then he was insulting her, while trying to let her know he didn't mean it. Finally, he saw her dying.

She was running in the rain toward her house when a bolt of green light hit her. He heard himself scream out, but his father was pulling him back, refusing to let his son be tainted by that… thing.

It would be seven years before he realized that nothing could block the connection his son and the Mudblood witch had.

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Hermione was awake in her room, examining it to death. She learned that there was a secret passage behind the mirror in the common room, and that Blaise looks damn sexy when he gets out of the shower.

Hermione yawned, suddenly realizing how tired she was. Crookshanks meowed as he entered her room. Leaping onto the bed, he purred as he laid down next to her. Cuddling up to Crookshanks, Hermione examined her locket. It was a silver heart with a beautiful dragon engraved on it. Clutching it in her hand, she fell into an easy sleep.