New Changes Chapter Three

Ferrets and Lions begin to play
all that was has washed away
old rivalries are now
new beginnings
to new friendships

Dark is rising powerfull
in the wizarding world
war is drawing near

The stunt pulled in the great hall made for a detention for the Dragon and Punker. Their little fun had them scrubing dungeons for weeks. By the end of it even their great grandchildren would have painfull knees from the endless hours of manual labor. "It was worth it Punker," Draco said as the walked out of their final detention three weeks later.
"Was it? Was it really? I dont regret the incident dont get me wrong there Drag, but the amount of punishment we received for being stupid enough to get caught surely was not worth this.Tell me again how Kiwi got away with her part in this?"
"The evidence they found was in no way affiliated with her. Although true. We shouldnt have got caught. But if you hadnt left that book lying around open to the spell we used, in your room with my name on the inside cover we would have been off scott free."
"I may be a Scott but I'm not free," she giggled.
"Yeah yeah no pun intended. Wheres Kiwi been lately. Havent seen hide nor hair of her since before we did this."
"Oh yeah. She got a new lover and that occupies a lot of her time."
His heart dropped. They had barely been broken up a month and Hannah had already moved on. That was a relationship Draco probably would have been best to stay away from. They faught a lot during their dating process because she was jealous of his close friendship with Mya that had been developing since fourth year. After four months of dating, last July settled it that Hannah and Draco would be better off as friends. Though she still held a special place in his heart. He just had to learn that, that place was not what it once was. She odviously moved on, it was time for him to.
"You okay Dragon you kinda spaced out there," Mya said waving her hand in front of his face. He had forgot she was there. But like always since they became friends she was.
"Yeah sorry. She got a new lover? Who?"
"Promise not to over react when I tell you?"
He nodded. Judging by how percautious she was being he probably would over react. But he had to know. He was still protective of Hannah. It just was no longer the Jealous-Boyfriend protective, it was the Best-Friend-Big- Brother protective.
"Blaise Zabini."
Draco's mouth hit the floor. Blaise Zabini? Blaise Zabini? Not only did she stay within the house of her last boyfriend but she chose to stay within her own gender! How could she go from dating the notorious Draco Malfoy to dating the hotest girl in Slytherin? Draco turned a girl gay! How would he live with himself. This just meant he was a woman repeller. A girl he really cared about dumping him for another girl was not exactly self esteem building. "I...I... I turned a girl gay!"
Mya watched him slide down the wall into a sitting position hugging his knees. "Look Dray, its not you, you didnt drive her to it. To be fair, she had a girlfriend before she dated you."
"So I wasted my time with a girl who didnt even have romantic feelings for me," he said harshly.
"She did care about you Dray. Or else why would she have acted the way she did. Constantly getting jealous? That and you were more than her boyfriend you were her friend. She cares about you now about as much as she did then. But as you both discovered those feelings are just platonic."
"For her they may have been. For me they werent. But what does it matter what I feel or think. My ex girlfriend is a lezbien,"as he shouted this he stomped out a back door and out onto the grounds and began walking to the forest.
Mya followed close behind him. Stupid because it was cold out and she was just wearing on of her signature tight tank tops that formed to her body. "Dragon come on man why are you getting so upset. You admitted when you two broke up that you just felt better being her friend."
"Yeah Hermione because I wanted her still in my life. You should go in, you'll freeze to death. Besides you dont need to be seen conversing with me more than usual, bad enough we got caught together in the village people thing. People will start to catch on we are friends."
"So. I am your friend, if people find out who cares. You need me right now and I'm not going to leave you alone when you are in a state like this."
Her face was determined, and he knew when she got like this there was no stopping her. She was a good friend and he was lucky he had her as one when she could have easily spat in his face when he came to her for help that one day. "Fine. Come here," she took a few steps closer and he took off his level 27 Madde hoody and gave it to her. Leaving him in just his Dashboard Confessional t-shirt.
Gratefully she took it and let its warmth wrap around her. She gave him a hug and held him, comforting him the best she could, just being there for him. He rested his head on her shoulder taking into account everything that just came about.
Hermione was one of the only two people to ever see this side of Draco. The side where emotions do exist, where emotions are not just another memory of a terrifying past. The only other person to have ever seen this side of him probably never would again. That person Draco let in, and that person hurt him. On more than one occasion, this here was the last time he let that person cause him pain.

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Hermione and Hannah sat out in the courtyard, sewing. Sewing some headbands and wrist bands and experementing new things they could make to deck themselves out with. "So do you think we can get Dragon to wear any of this stuff?"
"We got him using PM I'm sure we could force him to go punk."
"Yeah that was funny. He thought he was going crazy at first with the voices. But Punker, you still havent told me how you found out about PM in the first place."
"Quite simple my dear Kiwi. It was one of those nights when you were busy, Dragon was busy, and Harry and Ron were busy. I was up in my room laying on my bed listening to Fate at Fourteen, and I was sorting through my thoughts over what had gone on this past summer and some how it seemed like I was transported to this hall. This hall of files, well not quite files, but very organised information. And so I explored it only to discover I was in my own thoughts, to discover that I was walkin around inside my brain."
"No you werent."
"Ok no I wasnt but thats what it felt like because I was basically doing that, exploring my mind. And anyways I found this one part where I could here things, people's thoughts. And I was like 'Ok going crazy' and then someone was like 'No you're not' and I was like 'Ahh' and this chicks voice was like 'You've just come across open PM' and I was like what the hell is that and she was like 'Well some kids at my school were playing about with potions and made one where they could talk with eachother through thoughts and that gave them the idea to make an entire system that does that. And so they made the system out of a part of the brain everyone has, but never uses unless they stumble upon it like they did and it can be a very useful communication device."
"So everyone has it?"
"Yeah. Basically the kids just played around with a part of the brain that people dont come across often and made a communication device out of it.And because of the spell they used with it, its linked with the same part of the brain in everyones brain, and all you have to do is stumble across it, into open PM, which are thoughts that can be heard by everyone who has discovered PM and then once you get used to it you can use it to make private chambers of thoughts that you dont want people hearing or private conversations that you want only for two people or as many people as you allow in it. Kiwi you really should just explore your PM its so much easier to understand once you figure out how to work it on your own."
"Neat. So how is the Dragon havent spoke to him in a while. He doesnt even acknowledge me in the halls any more. Beginning to get a little worried."
"Oh well Kiwi, about that..."
"You told him didnt you?" Hannah whined.
"He asked so I had to. I cant keep anything from my friends you know that."
"So I take it he didnt take it well."
"He was crushed Kiwi. He cared a lot about you and the break up hit him hard, and then as if that wasnt enough you come out of the closet and he feels like a woman repeller."
"He is definately not a woman repeller. Besides a good looking boy like him should be able to find a new girlfriend easily."
"Hannah your missing the point. Do I have to draw it on your forehead with permanent ink?"
"What that he's just whinning because I broke up with him and got a girlfriend? Big deal."
Hermione looked at Hannah as though she were a stranger. This wasnt the Hannah she befriended and certainly not the one Draco grew to care so deeply for. "Hannah whats up with you? You are not yourself."
Hannah in tern glared at her. Yet another reason why Hannah wasnt acting herself, she never glared for fear of causing early wrinkles. "And just how do you know what myself is Hermione? Maybe I am, maybe I've had you fooled all along," she snapped, throwing down her sewing and walking away.
Hermione would have walked after her, but Ron came up to her, "Come on we have quiditch practice."
"But I never made it to try outs, I had detention."
"Yeah but we saw you and Hannah Abbot goofing off on brooms with Malfoy, you're pretty good, so Harry decided you would be on the team, however if you dont want to be just tell Harry and he'll whine till you agree."
Chuckling Hermione nodded, "Alright. I wanted to play this year anyway."

AN: Well there you have chap three. I'll try to update this more, I seem to have more time on my hands since I lost my social life due to bad report card.