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Chapter 5 – The Meeting and another surprise
Hermione walked to Dumbledore's office as she had finished dinner before Malfoy and didn't want to wait around for him. Knowing the other slytherins would think it was a little odd.
And probably start bad mouthing her too. That Parkinson whore had been glaring at her since she and Draco went to their common room yesterday.
"Fizzing whizbees" she said to the gargoyle outside Dumbledore office.
"Hermione wait up" Draco shouted as he ran up the corridor. Hermione waited for him and they went up together.
"Good evening" Professor Dumbledore said as they entered his office. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape were both there too.
"Good evening professor" they both said
"Well we have a few matters to discuss this evening" He told them "first of all as heads you have the ability to give points and take them away, assign detentions and visit Hogsmeade on the odd occasion without it being a special day. You will schedule Hogsmeade dates for the other students, quidditch matches, and also decide if you want to have any balls or not, any questions?"
"Do we have to schedule the patrols as well?" Hermione asked.
"Oh yes, sorry I had forgotten" he smiled at her
"Right if there isn't anything else to ask then I have something important to tell you Hermione"
"Ok" she said and looked confused
"well at the beginning of the summer Mr Malfoy came to me and asked if there was anything he could do to fight against voldemort, as now his father is out of the way he is free to be able to." He told her
"Right" she said trying to get her head around it. "So you never wanted to be a death eater?"
"No I never did!" he said and she could tell he was being honest. "My father did some evil and wicked things to me, my mother and other people well now he is rotting away in Azkaban I fully intend to put the monster that he was working for into the ground"
"So anyway Mr Malfoy is going to be joining the order of the phoenix" Dumbledore said "and I was hoping you could talk to Mr Potter and Mr Weasley and help them to understand the situation, as they are quite often quick to assume things"
"Certainly sir" Hermione said
"Then in that case you two may go" he told them
"That went better than I expected" Dumbledore said to Snape and McGonagall
"Ms Granger has always been very mature for her age" McGonagall said proudly
"I agree, but don't tell her that" Snape said
They chuckled at him
"And ruin your reputation with the students Severus? Never" Dumbledore laughed
Hermione and Draco made their way to the common room quietly neither daring to speak to each other in the hallways
When they entered they both sat on opposite sofas.
"I always thought you wanted to follow in your fathers footsteps" Hermione said meekly "I am sorry"
"and I am sorry I always called you nasty names and picked on you" Draco told her sincerely "I know its not much compared to what I have put you all through for the past five years but that's that best I can do right now. I will try to make it up to you all"
"Thank you Draco" she said "want to do some work on that potion?"
"Yeah sure" he said and went to get his notes
Half an hour later they were engrossed in their school work when there was a knock on the door.
"Hmm wonder who that is?" Draco said getting up to open the door.
It was Harry and Ron,
"Is she in Malfoy?" Ron spat at him
Draco just held the door open for the pair of them
"Erm thanks" Harry muttered and walked in
"Hi guys" Hermione said "you fancy the guided tour?
"Just going to take a break for a bit Draco" she smiled at him
"Ok" he said
She took them upstairs to show them her new room
"Draco???" Ron asked "since when did we call Malfoy Draco?"
"Since Dumbledore said remember" she said "besides I have something to tell you"
She launched into what Dumbledore said in his office and the boys were both shocked and didn't really know what to say
As they went downstairs Harry walked up to Draco and said
"It's your father's fault that Sirius died. And you have been the bane of all our lives here at Hogwarts. But if you prove to all of us that you have changed then I would like for us to be friends. If you don't then when I kill voldemort I will take you down with him"
"Ok Harry" Draco said and held his hand out to him.
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