A/N- I own nothing. Just the plot, and James&Brittany Lynn Mulligan.The rest belongs to the genius JK.Rowling!
Hermione and Draco said their goodbyes to their parents and got on the train. Finding the last empty compartment, they put their things down and took a seat. They talked for a while about their vacations. Hermione told him all about America and Draco told her how he spent some time with his mother. The door to the compartment opened and in walked Ron. He looked a bit surprised to see them together, but quickly got over it, remembering that they were now a couple.
"Hey Hermione! Malfoy…"
"Hey Ron! What's up?" Hermione exclaimed excitedly!
"Weasley." Draco greeted him, then stared out the window.
"I just wanted to come and say hey. Harry and Ginny are waiting for me in our compartment, so I'll see you in the Great Hall. Bye Mione."
"Okay! And its HER-mione, not Mione. Don't ever call me that again. You know how much I hate it!"
"Alright, sorry. Bye." After Ron left the compartment, Draco moved closer to Hermione. He put his arm around her and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"So, Mione. Have you talked to Potter?"
"No, I haven't.. Draki."
"Oh, please. Don't call me that. You know I cant stand it. And why do you allow me to call you Mione, but Weasley cant?"
"Because, errrr…I just do!" After saying that, a blush crept onto Hermione's creamy complexion. She tried to hide her face, but failed miserably. Draco saw this and let out a laugh. He just sat there and laughed at her, while she sat there with a blush and a frown on her face.
"What are you laughing at?" She asked pouting.
"Oh, Its nothing." Hermione let out a loud sigh, pulled a book out of her trunk and began to read it.
"Hey, Mione. Wake up!" Draco said, shaking her gently. "You need to get changed. We should be arriving shortly"
"Thanks." Hermione replied, whilst rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She didn't remember falling asleep. As she pulled her robes out of her trunk, she noticed Draco sitting there, staring at her.
"What? Do I have something on my face or something?" She asked while flattening her hair. That was probably why he was staring at her.
"Oh, I was just thinking of how pretty you look when you are sleeping, but how beautiful you look when you are awake." At this, Hermione's cheek's went from their normal, creamy self, to a bright red. Draco got up from his seat and walked over to her.. He wrapped his arms around her and took in her scent. Roses and Vanilla. Oh how he loved that smell. After a few minutes of standing there, breathing in her scent, Draco kissed her on the cheek and let her go and get changed.
"Oh, Look what we have here." A deep voice said from the shadows. Hermione gripped Draco's hand tighter as they continued walking. The unknown person let out a laugh.
"Who said that? Who's there?" Hermione asked. The voice sounded familiar but couldn't put her finger on it.
"I see the Mudblood finally got a man. But I wouldn't call Malfoy a man, he too much a of a wimp to be a considered a man."
Draco was turning red from anger. Who was this person to say he was wimp. He didn't even know who was saying it. "Tell me something, Mudblood. Were you sick of that bush on your head? Or where you just embarrassed by it and got rid of it? And it looks like you aren't a bookwork anymore! You actually look like a girl. Did you honestly think that if you changed, I would come runny back to you?" Hermione now knew who that voice belonged to/ but she never heard that kind of malice in his voice. He came out from behind a statue, his eyes cold and his face void of expression, just scowl. Hermione felt her eyes begin to burn. Her face was burning up and she felt a lump form in the back of her throat. She felt like crying, right then and the. But she wasn't going to show him that what he said had effected her and hurt her, much like a bee sting.
' Why does it hurt me so much?' She thought. ' I am not even a Mudblood!'
"You insults do nothing to me, Potter." Hermione spat at him, with so much anger and malice in her voice. She was surprised at this as were Draco and Harry. Harry was taken aback, but kept his composure.
"Look, the Mudblood grew a backbone! It only took about 5 years. You filthy Mudblood." If looks could kill, Harry could have killed at least 5 times.
"For your information, Scarhead. I am not Mudblood." She said, scowling at him.
"You've just in denial, Granger. Things aren't going to be perfect for you anymore. Just you wait and see. This year is going to be hell for you.."
Draco looked as if he could have killed Potter right then. How dare that idiot make fun of his Hermione?
"Potter, if you know whats good for you, you would shut your bloody mouth, NOW, while you are ahead. Or I will be forced to take action."
"You're so pathetic, Ferret boy. You wouldn't dare touch me."
"Im warning you, Potter. Don't test me. No one gets away with talking shit about someone that means so much to me."
"Oh, get off it Malfoy, you are all talk and no action. Id like to see you hit me."
"Fine, 20 points from Gryffindor, want to see what I'll do next? Come on. Try me, pothead."
"Junior Death Eater. Take points from my house. See what I care. Granger, here, will just earn them all back, being the know-it-all she is."
"20 more points. Want to keep going?"
"You daddy must be so proud of you. Having another Death Eater in the family must be great, am I right? And your mum must be bloody proud of you too."
"You little shit head! Detention! And next time you insult me, or my girlfriend, a detention wont be all you will be getting. Now get out of my site, you pathetic excuse of a wizard."
Taking last look at the two of them, Harry skulked off to the Great Hall. With a smirk plastered on his face. It seemed that Harry got Draco's old expressions and coldness, and Draco got Harry's.
"Mione, you okay?" Draco asked, with a concerned look in his eyes. Looking into Hermione's eyes, he could see hurt, betrayal and something else, but he couldn't quite tell what it was.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. I just don't know why that hurt so much. I mean, I am not a Mudblood. Maybe it was because Potter was my best friend and I've never heard him call me that. Ever. But Im okay now. Honestly." "Alright. Don't worry about him anymore. You have Ron and myself. And I know that neither of us will never, ever hurt you or let you down!" giving her hand a gentle squeeze, reassuring her that what he said was true.
"Did you just call him Ron?" Hermione asked in disbelieve.
"Well, yes. I did. I've realized hat he is your best friend. And I know it took him a lot of dignity to not start something with me when you told him about us, and well. I.. Well, I respect him for that."
Hermione felt tears freely falling from her big, brown eyes. She was so lucky to have an amazing and understanding best friend like Ron and such a caring, loving boyfriend like Draco. He was the perfect boyfriend. How lucky can a girl get?
"Mione? Why are you crying? Did I say something wrong? I thought you would be happy after what I told. Now I've messed everything up!"
"No, not at all. It's just that, well, that is the sweetest thing you have ever done for me, well one of them. That took a lot of dignity to say that and it just means soo much to me! Thank you so much for doing this, Draco!" Hermione threw her arms around him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. The empty halls were now filled with laughter, talking and happiness. Draco and Hermione held hands and proudly walked into the Great Hall with the biggest of grins on their faces. It was already packed when they got in there, due to the fact that the two of them spent quite some time in the hall. Gasps were heard though out the Great Hall when they entered. Most of the noise was from either the Gryffindors or the Slytherins. Hermione was getting most of the attention from the male population of Hogwarts for her new look. But also because of who was standing next to her, holding her hand.
"Is that Hermione?" "Whats he doing with her?" "Man, Hermione looks hott!" "Is that the Mudblood?" "Look at Granger, she is looking pretty hott. Too bad she is a Mudblood!" "Wow, look how hott Hermione got!" "Traitor!"
These comments could be heard throughout the house tables. After giving Hermione a quick kiss on the cheek, Draco went to the Slytherin table, while Hermione went to Gryffindor. Hermione sat between Ron and Seamus, and Draco sat next to the slut, or better known as Pansy.
"Draco, what are you doing with that, that Mudblood?" Pansy asked with pure loathsome and, what was that? Jealousy in her voice.
"What do you think, Pansy?" He retorted, saying her name with all the hatred he could muster up.
"Are you two like, I don't know? Together or something?"
A smirk made its way onto Draco's face. He knew how mad Pansy must, or will be when she finds out that they are, in fact, together or something as she so plainly put it.
"Well, Parkinson, that's for you to find out." After that, he averted his attention to Dumbledore, who was now getting everyone's attention.
"Welcome back everyone. I do hope that your vacations were pleasant. And I do hope that everyone's holiday was delightful. I don't want to keep you all from eating, I know that I have missed Hogwarts food just as much as you all have. Now, just one announcement: I would like to see the Head boy and girl, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Mulligan after the feast. Now tuck in!" And with the clap of his hands, the plates filled with food on the tables. The students and even the professors were a bit confused about a Ms. Mulligan. Shrugging it off, everyone put their attention towards the wonderful feast in front of them. After eating enough, Hermione and Draco made their way up to the head table, where Dumbledore sat.
"Good evening Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Mulligan." Dumbledore greeted them, with his bright blue eyes, sparkling. Hermione was a little confused as to why he was calling her by her real last name. No one knew of it other then herself, Draco, Ron, and Draco's Mum. She didn't know if other people knew, and didn't know if she should use her real last name. Her parents didn't say anything about that to her before she left. Maybe she should owl them and ask. Dumbledore must have realized that Hermione was confused because he smiled knowingly at her.
"Is there something wrong. Hermione dear? You look a bit shocked!"
"Oh well, its just, no one else really knows about me being a Mulligan other then myself, Draco, Ron, and Draco's Mum and obviously my parents. So I was just shocked to hear you call me that. That's all." Hermione replied, all in one breath. Dumbledore looked at her and smile, his eyes twinkling.
"Well, Ms. Mulligan, I know just about everything about you. Well, that is your family history. Im glad to see you are taking it well. And I am more then happy to see yourself and Mr. Malfoy have put your differences aside and are getting along handsomely."
"Wait, you knew?" Hermione asked.
'How did he know! No one is supposed to know, that's what Mother and Father told me!"
"Of course. Your parents are the ones who told me. Not to worry though. I know that they want you to use your given last name for now on. So not to worry, dear. Now, onto more important matters, you two have to patrol tonight."
"Alright, thank you Sir. Is that all?" Draco asked politely. He was a Malfoy, and they weren't polite to just anyone. But he did respect his elders, more importantly, his Headmaster, with the politeness that he deserved.
"Actually, no Mr. Malfoy. The heads and I were speaking and we have decided to have a ball in February."
"That's great, headmaster. But what does that have to go with us?" Hermione was confused why he was exactly telling them this.
"Well, Im glad you asked. The 3 of us, the heads and myself, thought that we should allow 2 prefects to have the honor of planning the ball/ We picked the 2 most trustworthy prefects, which are you, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Mulligan. You two have proved yourselves to me and the other professors on more than enough occasions. You will be informed when the meeting with the heads with be shortly Congratulations! Now I don't want to keep you two anything. Good evening and don't forget about patrolling. You start at 9."
Hey guys! Wow, I feel like a terrible author. I haven't updated in like 3 months.March was just so busy. I turned 16! Yay. Now I can get my permitt and drive my car. Sweet. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and great spring break. I think this chapter is one of my longest ones. I made it really long because I feel sooooo bad for not updating.There's a lot moredrama in this chapter,I think. Harry issuper mean.. and super jealous!I really hope you like this chapter! PLEASEEEEE read and review! I really wasn't kidding about not updating. But I think that 3 months is enough. I expect lots of reviews!
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