Chapter 2
A/N: First I want to say thanks so much for all the good reviews!! I love getting good reviews, which is why I'm updating so fast. I am working on the third chapter now, so if you all like the second one, I'll keep going. Special thanks to:
DarkWolf90- I'm glad you like the plot.
milenium03- Thank you so much. I really tried to think of something different 'cause you're right-so many stories are all the same. I'll continue!
Lila- It seems we are alike. I love Hermione and Draco together. I love Draco period, but if I can't be with him, must be Hermione LOL. I guess you'll see what happens :)
Daintress- I'll look at your fics as soon as possible. Thanks for reviewing!! I know the first chapter was more of a prologue, but the second is a little more informative.
smetterling- I'm glad you're interested. Here's the second chapter!
Erica- Thanks, I'll update as often as possible!!
Ok, here's the next chapter!
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Gryffindor Students- 6th Years
Parvati Patil*****Milicent Bulstrode
Seamus Finnigan***Pansy Parkinson
Lavender Brown*******Blaise Zabini
Ronald Weasley****Vincent Crabbe
Harry Potter******Gregory Goyle
Hermione Granger***Draco Malfoy
Neville Longbottom***Hannah Abbott
Ron scanned the list. "Crabbe!" he said disgustedly. "Great, I'm stuck with an oaf that hasn't a clue of which way is left or right!"
"Mine's no better," Harry glumly pointed out. "Goyle may be taller, but he's even more brainless than Crabbe."
They scanned the list for Hermione's name. She, however, had already spotted it, and her mouth hung open in horror.
"M...Malfoy? Is Dumbledore crazy?! He knows we can't even be in one room together without hexing each other. Does he want me dead?" she yelled. Ron and Harry looked at her sympathetically.
"I'm guessing your pairing wasn't random, so I doubt they'll make change," Harry said. "But if he makes you too miserable, you tell us," he said. Hermione smiled weakly. This was going to be horrible. Just horrible.
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The next day, the breakfast table was full of conversations.
"I can't believe I'm stuck with Milicent Bulstrode!" Parvati was saying. "She'll kill me!"
"Well, at least it's not Blaise Zabini. He is so mean!" Lavender cried.
"Stop whining!" Ron said loudly. "Hermione's stuck with Malfoy, and that's worse than Milicent and Blaise." Lavender and Parvati looked down. Indeed, Malfoy was one hundred times worse.
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The first lesson they had was Double Potions with the Slytherins. Taking their usual seats, the three of them glanced around to see Crabbe, Goyle, and Malfoy sitting in their usual seats. Malfoy seemed to be scowling more than usual; he must have seen who his partner was.
"The Headmaster wishes for us to seat you with your partner whenever possible," Snape said. He didn't look enthralled with the idea, but then again, Harry, Ron, and Hermione would be tortured a bit more. "Ok, starting in the front: Zabini, Brown; Bulstrode, Patil; Goyle, Potter; Malfoy, Granger; Crabbe, Weasley." All the Gryffindors groaned as they moved to their assigned seats.
"Twenty points from Gryffindor for your attitudes!" Snape snapped, jumping at the chance to be cruel to them. Harry and Ron sat silently; Crabbe and Goyle were too thick to even pick a fight. Hermione sat stiffly, wishing she were back at home. This year was getting worse and worse.
I cannot believe I am stuck with a mudblood all year, Malfoy thought. He had already made up his mind to ignore her whenever possible. They began making their potion. Might as well try to be nice, Hermione thought.
"Can you please hand me the newt tails?" she asked Malfoy, sounding as nice as she could.
"Get them yourself," he answered coldly. She got angry quickly.
"Look, I hate this as much as you do. Probably more. But there's nothing we can do about it. Can you at least be civilized?" she said, her teeth clenched. He smirked.
"Get them yourself, please," he said. Hermione fumed. She stood up and reached over him, grabbing the newt tails.
"Great, now I have to wash my robes and take a shower. You touched me," he said. She glared at him coldly. The words hurt, but she couldn't show him weakness. I don't care what he says anyway, she told herself.
The rest of that lesson was silent. Right before the end, she decided she had to speak to him about their hour "bonding" time for the day.
"Where are we spending our hour today?" she asked, not hiding her tone. He let out an impatient breath and rolled his eyes.
"After dinner, go to the library. I suppose if we sit at the same table, it will count as our time for today," he said, sneering.
"Don't tell me what to do," she said firmly.
"I'll tell you what I like," he retorted. "Why? Because I hate you. Because you're insignificant. And because I'll curse you," he answered himself. Luckily, the bell rang, so she stormed off before her temper got the better of her.
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Unfortunately, all of the lessons they had that day were doubled with Slytherin, which meant Hermione had to sit with Malfoy all day. Harry and Ron were bored to death being that sitting with Crabbe or Goyle was like sitting alone. Hermione wasn't bored, she was infuriated. Each civilized word she said to Malfoy earned three nasty remarks back. It was only the first day and she was already fed up with it. They hadn't even had one daily hour session yet!
She, Harry, and Ron headed down to dinner together. Ron had already spent his hour with Crabbe after lunch. They had sat in the room used for study hall. According to Ron, Crabbe stared blankly at the wall while Ron buried his nose in his Potions homework, so you know it must have been boring.
Harry had managed to set it up so that he and Goyle were in the library for their hour at exactly the same time Hermione and Malfoy were there, "just in case Malfoy gave her trouble".
Way too soon, dinner was over, and Harry and Hermione were heading to the library for an hour of Hell.
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A/N: Well, that was it. I know there's still not alot of action in it, but I gotta set it up right. And you can't rush things too much :) R/R!!
A/N: First I want to say thanks so much for all the good reviews!! I love getting good reviews, which is why I'm updating so fast. I am working on the third chapter now, so if you all like the second one, I'll keep going. Special thanks to:
DarkWolf90- I'm glad you like the plot.
milenium03- Thank you so much. I really tried to think of something different 'cause you're right-so many stories are all the same. I'll continue!
Lila- It seems we are alike. I love Hermione and Draco together. I love Draco period, but if I can't be with him, must be Hermione LOL. I guess you'll see what happens :)
Daintress- I'll look at your fics as soon as possible. Thanks for reviewing!! I know the first chapter was more of a prologue, but the second is a little more informative.
smetterling- I'm glad you're interested. Here's the second chapter!
Erica- Thanks, I'll update as often as possible!!
Ok, here's the next chapter!
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Gryffindor Students- 6th Years
Parvati Patil*****Milicent Bulstrode
Seamus Finnigan***Pansy Parkinson
Lavender Brown*******Blaise Zabini
Ronald Weasley****Vincent Crabbe
Harry Potter******Gregory Goyle
Hermione Granger***Draco Malfoy
Neville Longbottom***Hannah Abbott
Ron scanned the list. "Crabbe!" he said disgustedly. "Great, I'm stuck with an oaf that hasn't a clue of which way is left or right!"
"Mine's no better," Harry glumly pointed out. "Goyle may be taller, but he's even more brainless than Crabbe."
They scanned the list for Hermione's name. She, however, had already spotted it, and her mouth hung open in horror.
"M...Malfoy? Is Dumbledore crazy?! He knows we can't even be in one room together without hexing each other. Does he want me dead?" she yelled. Ron and Harry looked at her sympathetically.
"I'm guessing your pairing wasn't random, so I doubt they'll make change," Harry said. "But if he makes you too miserable, you tell us," he said. Hermione smiled weakly. This was going to be horrible. Just horrible.
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The next day, the breakfast table was full of conversations.
"I can't believe I'm stuck with Milicent Bulstrode!" Parvati was saying. "She'll kill me!"
"Well, at least it's not Blaise Zabini. He is so mean!" Lavender cried.
"Stop whining!" Ron said loudly. "Hermione's stuck with Malfoy, and that's worse than Milicent and Blaise." Lavender and Parvati looked down. Indeed, Malfoy was one hundred times worse.
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The first lesson they had was Double Potions with the Slytherins. Taking their usual seats, the three of them glanced around to see Crabbe, Goyle, and Malfoy sitting in their usual seats. Malfoy seemed to be scowling more than usual; he must have seen who his partner was.
"The Headmaster wishes for us to seat you with your partner whenever possible," Snape said. He didn't look enthralled with the idea, but then again, Harry, Ron, and Hermione would be tortured a bit more. "Ok, starting in the front: Zabini, Brown; Bulstrode, Patil; Goyle, Potter; Malfoy, Granger; Crabbe, Weasley." All the Gryffindors groaned as they moved to their assigned seats.
"Twenty points from Gryffindor for your attitudes!" Snape snapped, jumping at the chance to be cruel to them. Harry and Ron sat silently; Crabbe and Goyle were too thick to even pick a fight. Hermione sat stiffly, wishing she were back at home. This year was getting worse and worse.
I cannot believe I am stuck with a mudblood all year, Malfoy thought. He had already made up his mind to ignore her whenever possible. They began making their potion. Might as well try to be nice, Hermione thought.
"Can you please hand me the newt tails?" she asked Malfoy, sounding as nice as she could.
"Get them yourself," he answered coldly. She got angry quickly.
"Look, I hate this as much as you do. Probably more. But there's nothing we can do about it. Can you at least be civilized?" she said, her teeth clenched. He smirked.
"Get them yourself, please," he said. Hermione fumed. She stood up and reached over him, grabbing the newt tails.
"Great, now I have to wash my robes and take a shower. You touched me," he said. She glared at him coldly. The words hurt, but she couldn't show him weakness. I don't care what he says anyway, she told herself.
The rest of that lesson was silent. Right before the end, she decided she had to speak to him about their hour "bonding" time for the day.
"Where are we spending our hour today?" she asked, not hiding her tone. He let out an impatient breath and rolled his eyes.
"After dinner, go to the library. I suppose if we sit at the same table, it will count as our time for today," he said, sneering.
"Don't tell me what to do," she said firmly.
"I'll tell you what I like," he retorted. "Why? Because I hate you. Because you're insignificant. And because I'll curse you," he answered himself. Luckily, the bell rang, so she stormed off before her temper got the better of her.
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Unfortunately, all of the lessons they had that day were doubled with Slytherin, which meant Hermione had to sit with Malfoy all day. Harry and Ron were bored to death being that sitting with Crabbe or Goyle was like sitting alone. Hermione wasn't bored, she was infuriated. Each civilized word she said to Malfoy earned three nasty remarks back. It was only the first day and she was already fed up with it. They hadn't even had one daily hour session yet!
She, Harry, and Ron headed down to dinner together. Ron had already spent his hour with Crabbe after lunch. They had sat in the room used for study hall. According to Ron, Crabbe stared blankly at the wall while Ron buried his nose in his Potions homework, so you know it must have been boring.
Harry had managed to set it up so that he and Goyle were in the library for their hour at exactly the same time Hermione and Malfoy were there, "just in case Malfoy gave her trouble".
Way too soon, dinner was over, and Harry and Hermione were heading to the library for an hour of Hell.
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A/N: Well, that was it. I know there's still not alot of action in it, but I gotta set it up right. And you can't rush things too much :) R/R!!
