Hey! I know I've been putting this on hold for a long time. I've been working on Fictionpress more and have put off fanfic for awhile but I'm writing this chapter now because I don't want to end up being a non-updater because I hate those types of people. Anyways, you people have waited long enough for the story so I should be rambling too much so on with the story again!


The Aftermath

The rays of the sun started to shine through the windows of the Room of Requirement. Draco was the first one to feel the heat of the sun on his face. He drowsily opened his eyes and looks around. The surroundings were not familiar but it all came rushing back to him as he shook his head and rubbed his eyes to get the sleepiness out of him. He stood up quickly but that was a mistake. He fell back on the chair because his neck, his back, and his legs hurt from sleeping on a chair. He got up again, this time much slower, and walked towards the doors, groaning at every few steps.

Hermione stirred at the noise of someone falling back on a chair. She rubbed her eyes to see clearer but all she saw was green and she suddenly realized that she had fallen asleep on Harry and she blushed. She turned her head and saw Malfoy slowly and with difficulty walking to the door. She kept her eyes on him unable to tear them away. Malfoy looked more confused than cruel to her at that moment and she never wanted to forget that look. He seemed like the opposite of when he taunted Harry, Ron, and her. Malfoy walked out the door and shut it silently. It was really odd that Malfoy did not try to walk them up to taunt them. He's probably drunk, she thought to herself. With that thought, all of Malfoy's oddities left her and hid in a dark corner of her mind never to me thought of again. Or so she thought.

Hermione slowly got off of Harry with the least amount of movement possible in order not to wake him up. As she put her feet down on the floor, she stepped on Ron thus waking him up.

"Bloody hell! Hermione, did you have to wake me up like that?" Ron whined. She smiled sheepishly at him and apologized. Despite her efforts not to wake Harry, he groaned in protestation when Ron yelled and woke him up. It was Ron's turn to apologize for waking Harry.

Slowly, one by one, the exchange students woke up.

"What time is it?" asked Reiko sleepily.

"Not sure but it's time to wake up. We have classes today," Ryden told her.

"Ugh… did you have to remind us?" demanded Daisuke. "And here I was thinking I could go back to bed to sleep. You just had to ruin my lovely illusion didn't you?"

"Oh quit complaining, Daisuke," Reiko said.

"Sorry, Dai," Ryden apologized.

"Come on, let's get back to the dorm to change," suggested Sakayo. "I slept in this and it's all dirty now."

"Yeah, me too," agreed Akina.

"Girls," Kenta muttered. Akina smacked him across the head. "Hey! What was that for?" Akina just ignored him and continued out the room.

The group trooped out of the room together and headed towards the Head's common room.


It'll take some (more like a lot) of time to finish this story. It is still "on hold". I posted this chapter because it's been sitting in my computer for months now.

Lady Reiko