Synopsis: On the train.
Disclaimer: This does not belong to me. And, let me just say now, incase the comments come pouring in: There is another "Draco and Hermione Go To a Conference" fic out there called "We'll Always Have Paris," I came up with the idea for NiaP before reading this fic, but I have, nevertheless, written to the author telling her that I was writing something vaguely similar, and she's cool about it. Also, her fic is, seriously, WAY better than this, I mean, it's totally awesome. You should go read it, it's by Melissa D.
A/N: At the end... I dunno why I bother putting this first A/N in anyway. Oh THE chapter to end all chapters (well, not really, the chap to end all chaps will be the last one, but you know what I mean) should be up in, like 3 or 4 chaps, depending on how long I want to make the trip to Italy.
A few hours later, the train slid into the station. Hermione stood up and stretched. She gathered her belongings, and walked out on to the platform. Draco walked up next to her silently, and stood there. Guy, Sophie, Marine, and Eleanor soon joined them.
"How are we getting to wherever we're going?" Marine asked.
"Zee Eetalian Meenistry eez sending some bewitched cars for us," Guy said.
Hermione looked around, and she spotted a wizard with a large sign bearing the names "Hogwarts," "Flanders," and "Beauxbatons."
"Ooh, over there," she said to her peers.
The six delegates piled into a car, which zipped along the roads of Venice, to the center of the city. When it finally came to a halt, the students stepped out in front of a large and very ornate hotel. Hermione could barely read the sign by the dim light of the lamp.
"Welcome to the Plaza!" announced the concierge.
Hermione greeted him as they all filed in. They gathered their keys at the front desk, and made their way up to their rooms. Hermione was very dismayed to discover that there was a door linking her room to Draco's, and locked it promptly. Upon checking the clock, she discovered that it was 1 am. She decided to just get dressed and go to sleep.
The next morning, Hermione awoke to a sound she hadn't heard in a while: a telephone ring.
"Hello?"
"Hermione?"
"Yes, who's this?"
"Hi, it's Marine, from Flanders."
"Oh, good morning Marine."
"Listen, Eleanor and I were going to get breakfast at ten, would you like to come?"
"Sure, I'd love to, should I meet you down there?"
"That'd be great! If you want to ask Draco to come, you can. We understand if you don't."
"How did you know about that?"
"The French delegation came to see us after they saw you, and they mentioned it."
"Oh. Well, I'll see you in a little bit, Marine. Thanks for calling me!"
"Bye, Hermione."
"Bye!"
Hermione got dressed in a pair of khakis and a dark green sweater after her shower. She caught the elevator, and went to the dining room. Eleanor waved to her, and Hermione walked to the table where five girls were sitting. Hermione took a seat next to Marine, and greeted her new Belgian friends. She turned to the other three girls and smiled at them.
"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger, I'm from Hogwarts."
A tall brunette spoke first, "Hi, I'm Daisy O'Hara, I'm from SSM, the Salem School of Magic, in America."
The dark skinned girl next to her joined in, "I'm Gwendolyn Chanfort, I'm from Morocco, L'ecole des Sorciers du Moroc is my school."
The third girl had deep olive skin and shiny dark brown hair, she gave Hermione a pleasant, if not artificial, smile, "I'm Maria Venzetti, I'm from Curino, Italy. I attend the Insituto di Magia here in Venice. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Hermione smiled again at the girls, and began to eat.
Maria spoke up a few minutes later, "Who it that, ahh... biondo? Blond! Who is that blond boy over there?"
Hermione stifled a growl; she didn't even need to look to see who she was speaking of. "Draco Malfoy, he's with me."
Maria looked slightly disappointed, "Oh. Is he your boyfriend?"
Hermione looked at Maria warily, and Eleanor and Marine exchanged looks, "No, he certainly is not."
Maria smirked and raised her eyebrows, "Good." She pushed her chair out, and strutted over to the table where the boys were sitting.
Hermione glared at the sashaying girl, but turned back to eating.
Draco looked up from his eggs when he heard a very feminine voice from behind him.
"Benvenuto! Welcome to Italy, gentlemen."
He turned and saw a very Mediterranean girl in a very clingy outfit smiling at the table. Surprisingly, she turned to him.
"You are Draco? Hi, I'm Maria Venzetti."
He extended his hand to her, "Pleased to meet you."
She batted her eyelashes at him and delicately shook his hand.
`There's something very familiar about this girl. She reminds me of some one... PANSY! That's it. Wow, they could be twins! Well, aside from looks, I suppose. Ugh.'
"If you should need any help finding your way around Venezia, you can ask me for assistance any time."
"Thanks Maria. I'll be sure to take you up on your offer."
She turned and sauntered back to the unappreciative glares of the other girls at her table.
When they'd finished shoveling food into their mouths, the boys took turns introducing themselves.
A stocky redhead that reminded Draco vaguely of a Weasley began the round of introductions, "Hey, I'm Kevin Hughes, America."
"I'm Jerome Grenier, from Morocco, nice to meet you all."
"Draco Malfoy, I'm from England."
"I'm Kurt, I go to Durmstrang, I live in Berlin."
"Hello, my name is Alex, I attend Durmstrang, but I'm from Kiev."
"Franco Alaimo, I'm from Palermo."
An elderly wizard stepped to the podium in the front of the room, and performed the Sonorus Charm on himself.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I am Ottavio Principio, Head Minister of Magic here in Italy. Today at noon, the Ministry will be hosting a luncheon for you all, then you'll have a tour of the canal system, dinner, and then be treated to our first presentation, to be given by our friends from Flanders Academy! Have a good day!"
Hermione and Draco spent the duration of the morning with their new friends. The girls soon discovered that they had a common room-type area, and they sat around gossiping. A few other girls joined their group along the way.
"So, Hermione, what's Hogwarts like? It's so famous!" asked Li Xian, a girl from Taiwan.
"It's great. I love it there, we have four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. I'm in Gryffindor, Draco's in Slytherin."
"Isn't Slytherin the house that You-Know-Who was in?" asked Eleanor.
"Yeah. Not ALL Slytherins are bad... just most of them. But, my two best friends, Harry and Ron are in Gryffindor with me."
"You don't mean Harry POTTER, do you?" exclaimed Caroline, an Australian girl (:^P)
Hermione laughed a bit, "Yes, I do mean Harry Potter."
"Does he have a girlfriend?" Marine giggled.
"He does, my friend Ron's younger sister. Actually, Caroline, Ron is seeing an Australian transfer student."
"What's her name?"
"Maya Jackman."
"Oh! I was never too close with her, but she always seemed very nice." Caroline said.
Her partner, Katy nodded, "She was in my Astronomy class. I liked her a lot. She was in my Divination class, but she'd always get really weird, so they let her drop it."
"Isn't she a Mudblood?" came a voice from behind them.
Hermione turned swiftly to see Maria standing in the doorway. Hermione inhaled slowly. "Yes, her parents are Muggles. She's an excellent and talented witch."
All of the girls looked very uncomfortable as the tension grew between Maria and Hermione.
"Well, I don't see what could be so special about a Mudblood. She's almost as famous as Harry Potter, just because of her parents. But, really, Mudbloods rarely excel in Wizarding arts."
"Really?" Hermione asked slightly facetiously.
"Well," Maria said haughtily, "at my school, there are no Mudbloods in the top ten of our form. I'd assume it was the same everywhere else."
"For your information, a Muggle-Born is the top student in MY form at Hogwarts," Hermione replied icily.
"What's his name?"
Hermione smirked at Maria, "Hermione Granger."
The other girls let out stifled gasps, and looked between each other, wondering if Hermione was going to hex Maria into next year or not. Maria's smirk didn't waver for a moment.
"Well, Draco's a Pureblood, isn't he?"
"Yes, his inbreeding goes back over a thousand years, I believe," Hermione retorted.
Maria glared at her, spun on her heel and left. The other girls dissolved into fits of laughter.
"Zat was great `Ermione!" Sophie said.
"You guys don't mind that I'm a Mudblood, do you?"
"Why would we?" asked Daisy.
"Yeah, anyone who puts Maria in her place is fine!" chimed in Eleanor.
"OK, `Ermione, you `ave to tell us. What eez zere between you and Draco?" Sophie asked slyly.
"Nothing!" Hermione said quickly. She looked around and saw the girls giving her skeptical looks. "We were enemies, then we were friends, now we're enemies! It's as simple as that."
"THAT is what you call simple?" Daisy asked. "You two have a history. He'll break down and confess his love soon enough."
Hermione snorted, "Right. I'm sure he'll busy himself with Maria soon enough. Plus, even Mister Darcy is more romantic than Draco. It'll never happen, you can be sure of that."
The boys had also found a common room, and were gathered discussing Quidditch and the like. A student from Canada, Aaron, approached Draco.
"So, Malfoy, what's with you and that girl you're with? I saw you two eyeing daggers at each other. She an ex-girlfriend?"
Draco bristled, "No, Hermione and I were never together."
Guy laughed, "I don't see why not! She eez vairy beautiful. How long `ave you known her?"
"Six and a half years," he told the Frenchman.
"And in seex and a half years, you `ave nevair courted her? That eez more restraint than I could show, monsieur!"
Kevin joined in their conversation, "Seriously, Draco, she likes you, I can tell."
"You can? Uh, I- no she doesn't."
"Oh, so why isn't she talking to you?"
"It's complicated."
"You did something, and it hurt her feelings. Now she's gonna try to act like she doesn't give a shit about you because she likes you!" Kevin said knowledgeably. "I have a twin sister, she tells me these things."
Draco shrugged, "I doubt it. It's getting late, lets go down."
The delegates made their way down to the banquet hall, where lots of important-looking people were milling around. Hermione was startled to see Draco walking over to her.
"Look, I know you're not talking to me, but I think it would be best if we put on a unified front for the Ministry officials. Agreed?"
She nodded, and they set off to meet and greet. `An afternoon chock-full of fun awaits me!' Hermione thought to herself, glancing at Draco.
"Hello, sir, I'm Hermione Granger..."
A/N: Weeeeelllllllp, here we are again. I went to get a Pepsi and I thought of a plot twist that I might use, hmm, we'll see. I'm listening to "Happy Now?" by No Doubt, it's really good... I seem to be on a ND binge lately. That, and KOILEE "Ah jus cayn gichoo outta mah hea..." Good lord! (la la la la la la la la) Gee, I do wonder why she's not big in the States, those lyrics are truly powerful, heehee.
SORRY!! Going off on tangents... like story, like author, I spose! Sorry, I'm wacky, it's been an interesting day and a half, eh Schquinnay? I've been really emotional. Like, could the Aussie judge have been any more anti-US during men's skating last night?? That hot guy Tim something was SO much better than the Russian dude with the ugly blue flowy shirt, and the Ozzie judge gave the Russian guy WAY higher marks when the guy fell flat on his ass!! I got SOOO pissed off, but I was really happy to watch figure skating, I love it for some sick reason. Wow, I need to shut up, on to thanks:
~Peaceful Storm, Johnny Apple Chunks, pore lil tall girl, sweet cherry, Margaret, azalai, Christine, fanfi(_luver, Draco's angel, little trumpeter, Bobyn, Veronica, Beauty Full, SilverStarlightAngel, kat, Chrissy akiri pie-chan, Elaine, ~*fluffybun*~, G*Ness, porkypop, moon, Halfling, Avalon, VanillaLily, Hermione, Darkangel009988, Jessie, michee, Gryphon, Kristina, ally-sama, Natasha, Octavia Pearl, kitty, mimi, Draco's sweetie, Icy Stormz, Jenna Malfoy, kikimachi, Rachel Hunt, Ruth Owl, Nedesico, bluebubblegrl, citywitch110, Crescent Malfoy, mystical cancer, naira, Christine, firefaerie96, animemelonhead, Alanna Roseguard
RebeccaSL8- Hmm... about Tom Felton, I thought he was good, but he was a bit too cherubic (angelic)-looking for my taste, his face should have been pointier. My fave character from the movie (which I've seen 5 times to date) is DEFINITELY Rupert Grint, could he be ANY cuter?? And he was PERFECT, when I think Ron, that is JUST how I imagined him, I thought Daniel Radcliffe left something to be desired, though. And don't get me started about the no green eyes thing...
LilyAyl- You'll have to wait and see what Maya giggled at! ~devilish grin~ and Riley just updated PtQ at witchfics, like, a week ago or sooner. I think she has 29-31 up now or something like that.
~Roxy~- Well, I hardly think I can write this forever! It should be done... Jeez, I don't know, probably my Mid-March?
Aaren- It's always my greatest jpy to see the "I'm not usually a D/Hr fan, but" line in a review! Thanks! They will, worry not!
Seeker4reality- LOL, here are your 5 million reviews again! Which I love, worry not! That happened to me about the whole plot thing. I was gonna write a Snape/Rosmerta fic, but some one else posted one, so I changed it. I guess I should post the new one before someone else writes it! Dania is who?
Margale- Aw, thanks, that's super nice of you to say! I don't think I can write when I rule the world, though, so... :^P But, we'll see how long I go one for, I have 3 fics that need to be finished as of right now, so I'll do all of those!
Amaiko- I LOVE "Turn My Head" and it is on my long list of potential chapter-title-songs, as a matter of fact! Ooh, it's soooo good!
ELIZABETH L. DIGBY- I AM SORRY I FORGOT YOU LAST TIME! EEP!
Shaz Kay Gee Bee- Ooh, I feel cool for converting people! But when I go back and read the books I just think "God, what an asshole!!"
Beljustin- Ooh, hold on, let me go check for the part where I said this was super-original and completely unpredictable ::voice filled with heavy sarcasm::
Ryoko- I meant that I don't like it, which is true... but, as long as you guys like it, I'm happy.
Slavy- Maya said that she wouldn't tell anyone that Draco liked Gryffindor colors better, he likes them more than Slytherin, I assume she likes them anyway.
Starbrite- I can't figure out how to get bold and italic to transfer, I save this as a word document, not html... So, sorry for the inconvenience, I know it's hard to read.
Noelle- I was going to put more French dialogue in, but I'm too lazy to do the keystrokes for all of the accents and such, lol.
Allee kat- wow, you totally shot up on my cool list by quoting Mr. Darcy!! I am SO obsessed w/ P&P. And Colin, too, of course!
Hannah Reitman- You sure? I'm counting on you to be my brutally honest one now, ok? I'm trying, I swear!! I think they kiss will be in about 3 more chapters. And if you don't like fluff, you won't like this kiss, but I think it's REALLY cute and it makes up for about 35 chapters of hostility!
Fleur- lol, I'm so flattered that you talk about me in school! But you should be paying attention in Français!
RHIANNON GREENLEAF- SORRY AGAIN ABOUT FORGETTING YOU!! D'OH!
p.e.n.n.y- hmmmm... I will look into the mary-sueism for you... I don't think she'll get any more perfect, though, lol.
Teethshaver- They should be getting friendly in a few chapters. And thanks for saying that about my reviewers, I hope everyone appreciates it that I thank everyone, I know I get a bit like "well why do I bother reviewing?" if authors don't even thank their reviewers in general, so thanks for saying so!!
Disclaimer: This does not belong to me. And, let me just say now, incase the comments come pouring in: There is another "Draco and Hermione Go To a Conference" fic out there called "We'll Always Have Paris," I came up with the idea for NiaP before reading this fic, but I have, nevertheless, written to the author telling her that I was writing something vaguely similar, and she's cool about it. Also, her fic is, seriously, WAY better than this, I mean, it's totally awesome. You should go read it, it's by Melissa D.
A/N: At the end... I dunno why I bother putting this first A/N in anyway. Oh THE chapter to end all chapters (well, not really, the chap to end all chaps will be the last one, but you know what I mean) should be up in, like 3 or 4 chaps, depending on how long I want to make the trip to Italy.
A few hours later, the train slid into the station. Hermione stood up and stretched. She gathered her belongings, and walked out on to the platform. Draco walked up next to her silently, and stood there. Guy, Sophie, Marine, and Eleanor soon joined them.
"How are we getting to wherever we're going?" Marine asked.
"Zee Eetalian Meenistry eez sending some bewitched cars for us," Guy said.
Hermione looked around, and she spotted a wizard with a large sign bearing the names "Hogwarts," "Flanders," and "Beauxbatons."
"Ooh, over there," she said to her peers.
The six delegates piled into a car, which zipped along the roads of Venice, to the center of the city. When it finally came to a halt, the students stepped out in front of a large and very ornate hotel. Hermione could barely read the sign by the dim light of the lamp.
"Welcome to the Plaza!" announced the concierge.
Hermione greeted him as they all filed in. They gathered their keys at the front desk, and made their way up to their rooms. Hermione was very dismayed to discover that there was a door linking her room to Draco's, and locked it promptly. Upon checking the clock, she discovered that it was 1 am. She decided to just get dressed and go to sleep.
The next morning, Hermione awoke to a sound she hadn't heard in a while: a telephone ring.
"Hello?"
"Hermione?"
"Yes, who's this?"
"Hi, it's Marine, from Flanders."
"Oh, good morning Marine."
"Listen, Eleanor and I were going to get breakfast at ten, would you like to come?"
"Sure, I'd love to, should I meet you down there?"
"That'd be great! If you want to ask Draco to come, you can. We understand if you don't."
"How did you know about that?"
"The French delegation came to see us after they saw you, and they mentioned it."
"Oh. Well, I'll see you in a little bit, Marine. Thanks for calling me!"
"Bye, Hermione."
"Bye!"
Hermione got dressed in a pair of khakis and a dark green sweater after her shower. She caught the elevator, and went to the dining room. Eleanor waved to her, and Hermione walked to the table where five girls were sitting. Hermione took a seat next to Marine, and greeted her new Belgian friends. She turned to the other three girls and smiled at them.
"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger, I'm from Hogwarts."
A tall brunette spoke first, "Hi, I'm Daisy O'Hara, I'm from SSM, the Salem School of Magic, in America."
The dark skinned girl next to her joined in, "I'm Gwendolyn Chanfort, I'm from Morocco, L'ecole des Sorciers du Moroc is my school."
The third girl had deep olive skin and shiny dark brown hair, she gave Hermione a pleasant, if not artificial, smile, "I'm Maria Venzetti, I'm from Curino, Italy. I attend the Insituto di Magia here in Venice. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Hermione smiled again at the girls, and began to eat.
Maria spoke up a few minutes later, "Who it that, ahh... biondo? Blond! Who is that blond boy over there?"
Hermione stifled a growl; she didn't even need to look to see who she was speaking of. "Draco Malfoy, he's with me."
Maria looked slightly disappointed, "Oh. Is he your boyfriend?"
Hermione looked at Maria warily, and Eleanor and Marine exchanged looks, "No, he certainly is not."
Maria smirked and raised her eyebrows, "Good." She pushed her chair out, and strutted over to the table where the boys were sitting.
Hermione glared at the sashaying girl, but turned back to eating.
Draco looked up from his eggs when he heard a very feminine voice from behind him.
"Benvenuto! Welcome to Italy, gentlemen."
He turned and saw a very Mediterranean girl in a very clingy outfit smiling at the table. Surprisingly, she turned to him.
"You are Draco? Hi, I'm Maria Venzetti."
He extended his hand to her, "Pleased to meet you."
She batted her eyelashes at him and delicately shook his hand.
`There's something very familiar about this girl. She reminds me of some one... PANSY! That's it. Wow, they could be twins! Well, aside from looks, I suppose. Ugh.'
"If you should need any help finding your way around Venezia, you can ask me for assistance any time."
"Thanks Maria. I'll be sure to take you up on your offer."
She turned and sauntered back to the unappreciative glares of the other girls at her table.
When they'd finished shoveling food into their mouths, the boys took turns introducing themselves.
A stocky redhead that reminded Draco vaguely of a Weasley began the round of introductions, "Hey, I'm Kevin Hughes, America."
"I'm Jerome Grenier, from Morocco, nice to meet you all."
"Draco Malfoy, I'm from England."
"I'm Kurt, I go to Durmstrang, I live in Berlin."
"Hello, my name is Alex, I attend Durmstrang, but I'm from Kiev."
"Franco Alaimo, I'm from Palermo."
An elderly wizard stepped to the podium in the front of the room, and performed the Sonorus Charm on himself.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I am Ottavio Principio, Head Minister of Magic here in Italy. Today at noon, the Ministry will be hosting a luncheon for you all, then you'll have a tour of the canal system, dinner, and then be treated to our first presentation, to be given by our friends from Flanders Academy! Have a good day!"
Hermione and Draco spent the duration of the morning with their new friends. The girls soon discovered that they had a common room-type area, and they sat around gossiping. A few other girls joined their group along the way.
"So, Hermione, what's Hogwarts like? It's so famous!" asked Li Xian, a girl from Taiwan.
"It's great. I love it there, we have four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. I'm in Gryffindor, Draco's in Slytherin."
"Isn't Slytherin the house that You-Know-Who was in?" asked Eleanor.
"Yeah. Not ALL Slytherins are bad... just most of them. But, my two best friends, Harry and Ron are in Gryffindor with me."
"You don't mean Harry POTTER, do you?" exclaimed Caroline, an Australian girl (:^P)
Hermione laughed a bit, "Yes, I do mean Harry Potter."
"Does he have a girlfriend?" Marine giggled.
"He does, my friend Ron's younger sister. Actually, Caroline, Ron is seeing an Australian transfer student."
"What's her name?"
"Maya Jackman."
"Oh! I was never too close with her, but she always seemed very nice." Caroline said.
Her partner, Katy nodded, "She was in my Astronomy class. I liked her a lot. She was in my Divination class, but she'd always get really weird, so they let her drop it."
"Isn't she a Mudblood?" came a voice from behind them.
Hermione turned swiftly to see Maria standing in the doorway. Hermione inhaled slowly. "Yes, her parents are Muggles. She's an excellent and talented witch."
All of the girls looked very uncomfortable as the tension grew between Maria and Hermione.
"Well, I don't see what could be so special about a Mudblood. She's almost as famous as Harry Potter, just because of her parents. But, really, Mudbloods rarely excel in Wizarding arts."
"Really?" Hermione asked slightly facetiously.
"Well," Maria said haughtily, "at my school, there are no Mudbloods in the top ten of our form. I'd assume it was the same everywhere else."
"For your information, a Muggle-Born is the top student in MY form at Hogwarts," Hermione replied icily.
"What's his name?"
Hermione smirked at Maria, "Hermione Granger."
The other girls let out stifled gasps, and looked between each other, wondering if Hermione was going to hex Maria into next year or not. Maria's smirk didn't waver for a moment.
"Well, Draco's a Pureblood, isn't he?"
"Yes, his inbreeding goes back over a thousand years, I believe," Hermione retorted.
Maria glared at her, spun on her heel and left. The other girls dissolved into fits of laughter.
"Zat was great `Ermione!" Sophie said.
"You guys don't mind that I'm a Mudblood, do you?"
"Why would we?" asked Daisy.
"Yeah, anyone who puts Maria in her place is fine!" chimed in Eleanor.
"OK, `Ermione, you `ave to tell us. What eez zere between you and Draco?" Sophie asked slyly.
"Nothing!" Hermione said quickly. She looked around and saw the girls giving her skeptical looks. "We were enemies, then we were friends, now we're enemies! It's as simple as that."
"THAT is what you call simple?" Daisy asked. "You two have a history. He'll break down and confess his love soon enough."
Hermione snorted, "Right. I'm sure he'll busy himself with Maria soon enough. Plus, even Mister Darcy is more romantic than Draco. It'll never happen, you can be sure of that."
The boys had also found a common room, and were gathered discussing Quidditch and the like. A student from Canada, Aaron, approached Draco.
"So, Malfoy, what's with you and that girl you're with? I saw you two eyeing daggers at each other. She an ex-girlfriend?"
Draco bristled, "No, Hermione and I were never together."
Guy laughed, "I don't see why not! She eez vairy beautiful. How long `ave you known her?"
"Six and a half years," he told the Frenchman.
"And in seex and a half years, you `ave nevair courted her? That eez more restraint than I could show, monsieur!"
Kevin joined in their conversation, "Seriously, Draco, she likes you, I can tell."
"You can? Uh, I- no she doesn't."
"Oh, so why isn't she talking to you?"
"It's complicated."
"You did something, and it hurt her feelings. Now she's gonna try to act like she doesn't give a shit about you because she likes you!" Kevin said knowledgeably. "I have a twin sister, she tells me these things."
Draco shrugged, "I doubt it. It's getting late, lets go down."
The delegates made their way down to the banquet hall, where lots of important-looking people were milling around. Hermione was startled to see Draco walking over to her.
"Look, I know you're not talking to me, but I think it would be best if we put on a unified front for the Ministry officials. Agreed?"
She nodded, and they set off to meet and greet. `An afternoon chock-full of fun awaits me!' Hermione thought to herself, glancing at Draco.
"Hello, sir, I'm Hermione Granger..."
A/N: Weeeeelllllllp, here we are again. I went to get a Pepsi and I thought of a plot twist that I might use, hmm, we'll see. I'm listening to "Happy Now?" by No Doubt, it's really good... I seem to be on a ND binge lately. That, and KOILEE "Ah jus cayn gichoo outta mah hea..." Good lord! (la la la la la la la la) Gee, I do wonder why she's not big in the States, those lyrics are truly powerful, heehee.
SORRY!! Going off on tangents... like story, like author, I spose! Sorry, I'm wacky, it's been an interesting day and a half, eh Schquinnay? I've been really emotional. Like, could the Aussie judge have been any more anti-US during men's skating last night?? That hot guy Tim something was SO much better than the Russian dude with the ugly blue flowy shirt, and the Ozzie judge gave the Russian guy WAY higher marks when the guy fell flat on his ass!! I got SOOO pissed off, but I was really happy to watch figure skating, I love it for some sick reason. Wow, I need to shut up, on to thanks:
~Peaceful Storm, Johnny Apple Chunks, pore lil tall girl, sweet cherry, Margaret, azalai, Christine, fanfi(_luver, Draco's angel, little trumpeter, Bobyn, Veronica, Beauty Full, SilverStarlightAngel, kat, Chrissy akiri pie-chan, Elaine, ~*fluffybun*~, G*Ness, porkypop, moon, Halfling, Avalon, VanillaLily, Hermione, Darkangel009988, Jessie, michee, Gryphon, Kristina, ally-sama, Natasha, Octavia Pearl, kitty, mimi, Draco's sweetie, Icy Stormz, Jenna Malfoy, kikimachi, Rachel Hunt, Ruth Owl, Nedesico, bluebubblegrl, citywitch110, Crescent Malfoy, mystical cancer, naira, Christine, firefaerie96, animemelonhead, Alanna Roseguard
RebeccaSL8- Hmm... about Tom Felton, I thought he was good, but he was a bit too cherubic (angelic)-looking for my taste, his face should have been pointier. My fave character from the movie (which I've seen 5 times to date) is DEFINITELY Rupert Grint, could he be ANY cuter?? And he was PERFECT, when I think Ron, that is JUST how I imagined him, I thought Daniel Radcliffe left something to be desired, though. And don't get me started about the no green eyes thing...
LilyAyl- You'll have to wait and see what Maya giggled at! ~devilish grin~ and Riley just updated PtQ at witchfics, like, a week ago or sooner. I think she has 29-31 up now or something like that.
~Roxy~- Well, I hardly think I can write this forever! It should be done... Jeez, I don't know, probably my Mid-March?
Aaren- It's always my greatest jpy to see the "I'm not usually a D/Hr fan, but" line in a review! Thanks! They will, worry not!
Seeker4reality- LOL, here are your 5 million reviews again! Which I love, worry not! That happened to me about the whole plot thing. I was gonna write a Snape/Rosmerta fic, but some one else posted one, so I changed it. I guess I should post the new one before someone else writes it! Dania is who?
Margale- Aw, thanks, that's super nice of you to say! I don't think I can write when I rule the world, though, so... :^P But, we'll see how long I go one for, I have 3 fics that need to be finished as of right now, so I'll do all of those!
Amaiko- I LOVE "Turn My Head" and it is on my long list of potential chapter-title-songs, as a matter of fact! Ooh, it's soooo good!
ELIZABETH L. DIGBY- I AM SORRY I FORGOT YOU LAST TIME! EEP!
Shaz Kay Gee Bee- Ooh, I feel cool for converting people! But when I go back and read the books I just think "God, what an asshole!!"
Beljustin- Ooh, hold on, let me go check for the part where I said this was super-original and completely unpredictable ::voice filled with heavy sarcasm::
Ryoko- I meant that I don't like it, which is true... but, as long as you guys like it, I'm happy.
Slavy- Maya said that she wouldn't tell anyone that Draco liked Gryffindor colors better, he likes them more than Slytherin, I assume she likes them anyway.
Starbrite- I can't figure out how to get bold and italic to transfer, I save this as a word document, not html... So, sorry for the inconvenience, I know it's hard to read.
Noelle- I was going to put more French dialogue in, but I'm too lazy to do the keystrokes for all of the accents and such, lol.
Allee kat- wow, you totally shot up on my cool list by quoting Mr. Darcy!! I am SO obsessed w/ P&P. And Colin, too, of course!
Hannah Reitman- You sure? I'm counting on you to be my brutally honest one now, ok? I'm trying, I swear!! I think they kiss will be in about 3 more chapters. And if you don't like fluff, you won't like this kiss, but I think it's REALLY cute and it makes up for about 35 chapters of hostility!
Fleur- lol, I'm so flattered that you talk about me in school! But you should be paying attention in Français!
RHIANNON GREENLEAF- SORRY AGAIN ABOUT FORGETTING YOU!! D'OH!
p.e.n.n.y- hmmmm... I will look into the mary-sueism for you... I don't think she'll get any more perfect, though, lol.
Teethshaver- They should be getting friendly in a few chapters. And thanks for saying that about my reviewers, I hope everyone appreciates it that I thank everyone, I know I get a bit like "well why do I bother reviewing?" if authors don't even thank their reviewers in general, so thanks for saying so!!
