Draco looked in books for hours till the words started to blur together.He came up empty handed everytime.

"I need Hermione here. She's better at researching than I am." Draco said to himself as he closed the book he was reading frustrated.

"You'll never be able to save her."

Draco looked up to see Buffy standing there.

"Your not Buffy. She would never say that."

"Your right I'm not Buffy." Buffy then morphed into a girl Draco never met before.

"But then again are we really who we say we are?I'm dead because Buffy underestimated the first." She then morphed again into another girl. "She couldn't win before and she wont win now. You wont win, you can't. You'll die and so will your girlfriend slayer.I'm closer than you think, Just wait and see."Then in a flash it was gone.

Draco finally took a breath and looked down at the book in his hand to see his hands shaking. He finally snapped out of his trance and rubbed his eyes.

"If the First thinks it's gonna win it's got another thing coming."Draco then picked up another book and started on his search again.


Hermione woke the next morning to the smell of bacon and eggs. She got dressed and headed downstairs.

"Morning."She said reaching the kitchen.

"Morning dear. Breakfast is on the table, and you got a letter." Mrs.Weasley said handing it to her.Hermione took the letter and sat down at her plate openning it.

"Dear Mione,

How is your vacation so far. I miss you already. I need to ask you something.If I were looking for a book on demon possession where would I find it, What would I look under?I'll explain everything in detail when I see you. Write me back quick, and I hope I'll see you soon.

Love ya! Draco"

Hermione smiled at the letter then looked at Mrs.Weasley "Mom, Can Draco come to christmas dinner?"

"Sure dear. Infact we invited all the new guests also so he can come with them."

"Thanks. I'm gonna go write him, and let him know."Hermione said getting up, she gave Mrs.Weasley a kiss on the cheek then ran upstairs to write to Draco.


Days passed and Draco was still getting visits from the First, but he wasn't telling anyone.He was packing to go to Hermione's when he looked down at the book he was taking with him to Hermione's

Demon Possession and how to know the symptoms

He put it in his bag along with the notes he made then headed for the great hall to meet the others so they could all take the portkey to the Burrow.Mrs.Weasley decided Draco could stay till the end of vacation so he was more upbeat then before. He entered the grat hall to see Buffy,Willow, Dawn,Giles,Xander,Andrew,and Kennedy standing there.

"Where's Faith and the others?"He asked sitting his bag on the table beside him.

"Faith willl be down in a minute, and Angel,Spike, and the rest are staying here."Giles said.

Draco nodded an understanding, and when Dumbledore appeared with their portkey he grabbed his bags and then the key with everyone else and was swished away with everyone else.

"Draco!" Hermione squealed hugging him when they appeared.

"Hey Babe."He said kissing her. "I missed you."

"Me too."

"Hi everyone."Ginny said coming into the room.

"Hi. Nice house." Dawn said "Is Harry here?"

Hermione laughed "Upstairs in his and Ron's room.It's the second one on the left, third floor."

Dawn nodded then headed upstairs.Hermione then looked at Draco.

"Come on I'll take you to your room. Your sharing with Bill, and Charlie."

Draco nodded and grabbed his bag then followed her and Ginny upstairs. Tey dropped his bag off and then He and Hermione made a detour to her room for some alone time.

"What if Ginny comes in?"Draco said kissing her neck then removing her shirt.

"She wont. We had a long talk, and shes keeping everyone busy."

Draco removed her jeans and undergarments then his clothes.He positioned himself ontop of her, and when he entered her it was like the first time. Just as sweet, and pleasing. The both reached their climax and Draco collapsed ontop of her in sweat.

"Everytime we do that it's like nothing else I've ever felt."Draco said trying to catch his breath.

"I love you so much."Hermione said pulling him down for a kiss.

They got dressed then headed downstairs to join everyone else before anyone suspected anything.

Later that night after Dinner and openning gifts Draco grabbed Hermione,Harry, and Ron and took them up to his room so he could show them what he found out.He handed the book to Hermione who just looked at him oddly.

"I think Connor is being controlled by the first. I found out that if someones possessed by a demon that they do things and say things that they would only think of but never do. If he is being controlled by the First then I think he may hurt Hermione."

"Me? Why me?"

"Because he has a thing for you. For some reason your important to the First. We need to find out why.See this is where I'm lost. I don't know if the First is acting on Connor's feelings or it's own."

"But the first can't feel."Harry said.

"No it can't but it does know who the important factors are. Look at how it took out Buffy's Army of potentials before.Now theres only a handful from that battle and new ones in training."

"Like me, and Ginny."

"Exactly.Maybe though your more powerful than Buffy because your a witch also.Maybe the First can sense this and it wants to get rid of you."Draco said.

"Yeah but Ginny's a witch too."Ron said

"Yeah but who's smarter, older, and stronger?"Harry asked.

Hermione looked at her hands." So what do I do?I'm not ready for a slayer's battle yet."

"I don't think you have to battle. We just have to look out for you, and you need to watch your back until we get things straight."Draco said grabbing her hand and holding it tightly for security."I wont let anything happen to you. We wont let anything happen to you."

Hermione nodded.


After break, and when everyone was settled back in the castle things went on as usual.Ginny,Hermione and the others trainning from morning till night, and then doing schoolwork in between.A few weeks after returning nothing was really happening,infact it looked as if the first was laying low again. One night Hermione was heading to the library to work on her potions essay when she got the feeling she was being watched.She looked around but didn't see anything so continued to the library.She entered and saw that noone was there, not even Madame Pinch. She didn't really think anything of it so she sat down at a table and pulled out her books.

She was there for a couple hours when she finally finished her essay and looked at her watch.She started packing up her things when she started getting sick to her stomach.She'd been feeling like that for a few days but never really had time to pay attention to it.The feeling went away after a few minutes so she grabbed her bag and went to head for the door but she was grabbed from behind and pushed onto the table.She saw who was crawling on top of her but didn't get the chance to fight back before he thwacked her head on the table a couple times causing her to lose consiousness.The last thing she heard was a voice.

"The end is near."