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A/N: I just wanted to thank you all for your reviews, they really mean a lot to me, and I love to see how you felt about the chapters! I want to say here that I went and saw the "Swingle Singers" the other day, and they are awesome, if any of you have heard of them. :-)

Disclaimer: I am not J.K.Rowling, and anything in here that you recognize is NOT mine. On with the story!

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Draco and Hermione walked through the hallways as careful as they could, they didn't want to run into Filch that late at night, who knows what would happen? Well, they were pretty sure what would, which is why they were being careful.

Once they got to the Slytherin entrance, Draco said the password and they were in. "Ok," said Draco, "Father has gotten me my own room that nobody knows about, so you can take that one and-"

"Draco," Hermione stopped him, "wouldn't you think that would seem…odd to everybody else that I'm new and I've got my own room? That would bring up a lot of suspicion that we don't need right now."

Draco seemed to think that over and finally he nodded his head. "Your right, we should probably put you in the girls side, you need to be my grade so we can talk during class about what we need to do…so I'm sorry Hermione but-"

"No," said Hermione, "you can't make me, I…I won't go in there!"

"Oh c'mon Hermione, Pansy isn't that bad…she'll especially like you since you're my cousin, so she won't make life hell for you!"

"That's what I'm afraid of" said Hermione before she headed upstairs to what she thought would be the worst night of her life.

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Hermione woke up the next morning, which she was very proud of, considering what she had to go through last night. Pansy was undoubtedly gleeful that Draco's cousin was sleeping in her room, and kept Hermione up all night talking about Draco and asking her whether or not he would ever come to his senses and take her back. Honestly saying that didn't know-but would talk to him about it of course- Hermione finally persuaded Pansy to get to bed, right as soon as dawn came.

Getting dressed, she looked at herself in disgust as she put on her robe with the Slytherin symbol… 'Gross' she thought. After fixing her hair, she almost made it out the Common Room door when Pansy locked arms with her, offering to guide her to the Great Hall. Pansy was going on and on about the Yule Ball when Draco came up at the right moment.

"Pansy, could I borrow my cousin for a minute? I need to talk to her." Draco said casually, grabbing Hermione's arm and pulling her towards him.

"But Draco, Janeia and I were having a nice talk…could you do this later?" said Pansy, putting on her best puppy dog face.

"No Pansy! Now just go away, god…" he muttered as he led Hermione away from Pansy.

"Thank you so much Draco," said Hermione, "I never thought I would have gotten away, she kept me up all night talking about you and…" she was cut off.

"Listen Hermione, we need to talk. It's about your potion, I did some research last night while you were being educated about me, and I'll tell you" he stopped and lowered his voice, "it's not good."

They got to the Great Hall entrance, and Hermione took a big breath and closed her eyes.

"It'll be ok you know, I'm on your side." Draco said.

Hermione opened her eyes and smiled at him, "thanks" she said.

Draco grabbed Hermione's hand and opened the double door, and walked inside. Not very many people looked, but Ron did, Hermione noticed. She had to fight off the urge to run over to him and embrace him, alongside a very passionate kiss. She missed him so much, and there was nothing she could do now without drawing attention to herself.

Hermione and Draco walked over to the Slytherin table, and breakfast, as Hermione noted, was not that bad. She talked most of the time to Pansy, Draco coming in every once in a great while and saving Hermione, seeing as Pansy would ask very personal questions about him.

The day went mighty well, and was almost over when they had Potions. Hermione sat down next to Draco and Snape walked in at almost the same time.

"Today," Snape started off in his usual greasy tone, "we are going to pair up today in two's. Gryffindors and Slytherins, see Headmaster Dumbledore wants to "intermingle" the students. So, Potter and….Malfoy…"

Snape smirked a little at this, and continued on with the pairing until only 4 people were left. "Let's see…" he drawled on, "you there." He pointed at Hermione. "What's your name?"

Hermione stuttered "Jan...Janeia Malfoy, professor."

"You, go with Weasley, look for red hair…you can't miss him. Thomas and Goyle get at it."

Hermione was packing up her stuff very quickly and started getting up when Draco whispered in her ear, "Meet me in the library after class."

Walking over to Ron, Hermione's heart did flips with each step, almost in rhythm.
'How am I going to handle this?' she thought as she sat down next to him.

Ron looked straight at her for only a second, before looking down at his book saying "Well, let's get at it then."

'He didn't even recognize me,' Hermione thought, 'I know I don't look the same…but, it still hurts.'

"Ok" Hermione said softly her voice breaking a little.

Ron looked started and started looking around the class to see if anybody had noticed. "Hey," he said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset, I just figured that since…well you know…you're HIS cousin…that, well, you know." Ron looked very embarrassed after he said this, and he was wringing his hands a little.

Hermione smiled at him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I understand completely. He's really not that bad once you get to know him though. Anyway, I'm different than he is, hopefully you'll get a chance to find out." Hermione said as she grinned at him.

Ron widened his eyes a little and coughed, shaking her hand off his shoulder.

"That would be nice…we could take a walk after supper tonight if you wanted to, I need to take my mind of things anyway."

"That would be lovely," Hermione said.

"Well then, we should probably get back to work, since we've decided to get along. Class is almost over and Snape will kill…us…." Ron stopped and looked around amazed, "Our potion!" he exclaimed, "it's done…did you do that?" he asked Hermione.

Hermione blushed a little before putting that aside "Yeah, Draco used to make potions with me during the summer when we were little" she lied. "I guess I've just gotten good at it."

"Bloody hell, you remind me of…"Ron stopped. "Erm…class is done, we better go." And with that, he packed up his stuff and left the classroom.

Hermione leaned back in her chair and sighed, 'We're taking a walk' she thought, 'maybe I CAN get to be around him during this…. "Stage" of mine…'

"Janeia!" Draco exclaimed, "are you coming or not?"

"Yeah Draco…just a second, let me get my stuff…" Hermione picked up her parchment and headed towards the door with a grin bigger than the sun itself on her face.

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"All right Draco, we're here, now…what did you have to talk to me about?" Hermione asked as she plopped down on a hard chair, in an abandoned corner of the library.

"I've already TOLD you Hermione, I researched your potion." Draco said impatiently as he too sat down in a chair opposite Hermione.

"Well, get to it then, what about it?"

Draco sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh-oh" said Hermione, "every time you rub your neck, you're nervous about something."

"Well, this would be something to be nervous about" Draco said.

'What does he mean?' Hermione wondered.

Draco continued on. "Hermione, did you ever look into Lydius Markanas more than just what to do?" Hermione shook her head. Draco sighed, "Hermione, if you would have looked further into it, Lydius Markanas is deadly if certain things are added to it."

Hermione gasped, "No, but I didn't add anything else than what it needed!"

"Hermione," Draco started, "did you ever accidentally drop anything of yours into the potion? Did you ever…bump your potion roughly?"

Hermione thought about that, she racked her brain over and over until suddenly…

"Yes!" She exclaimed. "I was stirring the potion one day and Ginny came to my room…she had startled me and I turned quickly…one of my hairs must have fallen into the potion!" She put her head in the arms and groaned. "What am I going to do!"

Draco got up and patted her back before kneeling beside the table. "Hermione, do you know what you did?" Hermione shook her head.

"The potion is made to switch personalities, that's what's it's brewed for. When your hair got added, you told the potion that you wanted to change YOU, not just how you are…WHAT you are. The potion usually wears off, but since you changed "orders"-so to speak, when it would wear off…you would wear off with it. Your D.N.A is already changed…so it doesn't know what to go back to." Draco sighed, "This is NOT good."

Hermione brought her head back up from the table and looked at Draco, her eyes filling with tears.

"We've got to fix this!" She cried, "I'm not going to let it kill me…we'll figure something out Draco, I'm sure of it."

"I know a potion Hermione, I…I used to make them when I was younger so I know a few that aren't in books…you know dark potions…what's so funny?" he asked Hermione.

Hermione stopped giggling for a moment to answer, "I just told Ron that you used to do that when you were younger, and I just thought it was funny." She laughed again, "Oh!" she exclaimed, "I need to go meet Ron now! I'll see you later ok?"

"Hermione!" yelled Draco, "This is a VERY important matter, and we don't have time for you to run off with Ron!"

"Draco, what do you suggest we do right now?" Asked Hermione, which followed by a very long silence.

"Exactly, so I'm going to hang out with Ron, you can think about the ingredients you need for whatever potion you decide to make, when I come back in one hour, we'll look together for more information ok? Ok." Hermione said.

She got her stuff together, which ended up being a book she decided to read later, and started to walk out when Draco grabbed her arm.

"Listen," he said, "I didn't mean to snap earlier, I'm just concerned about you ok? I want to make sure that you get all right, I'll look now for more information, and you go do whatever it is you're planning with Weasel….Weasley."

Hermione smiled and hugged Draco tightly. "Thank you so much Draco, I promise, I'll only be gone one hour."

"All right…goodbye."

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Hermione walked out of the castle and waited by some rose bushes, which really smelled quite lovely. She hadn't been waiting long before she saw a head of red hair walk her way.

"Hey Janeia, sorry I walked out of potions earlier." Ron said.

"Oh," said Hermione, "It's no big deal, what happened anyway?"

'God this is hard,' Hermione thought, 'I miss him so much….' She looked at Ron strongly, and put aside her emotions so that he could explain.

"Oh, you know….it's just that…" Ron stuttered, "…that you reminded me of someone that I haven't seen in a very long time, that's all."

Hermione cocked her right eyebrow and started walking with Ron. They walked in silence for more than twenty minutes before Ron started talking again.

"Her name is Hermione, you know." Ron stated, as if she should have known. "That's who you reminded me of, she's my girlfriend, only she's been missing for quite some time…I guess; I guess I just got emotional." He said as he looked down at his hands.

Hermione smiled a little, not enough to show how excited she was, but a tiny little smirk; letting him know that she cared about what was going on.

"What's she like?" Hermione asked and stopped by a bench so that they could sit down and talk.

Ron sat down and fiddled with the closest rose bud as he talked. "Well, she's absolutely beautiful for one thing. We were friends since first year and both kind of liked each other. We've just started going out since break, but everyday that she's not here, it kills a little piece of me, I never knew how much loving someone could hurt." Ron said with a little smirk.

"Then," he continued, "she went to the hospital wing, for no reason, at least that I know. The next thing I know is that she's gone vanished, and I have no clue where to look for her. You have no clue how much I want to find her, take her in my arms and never let go. That's why I got weird today during potions, because you reminded me so much of her." Ron lowered his head at that moment, and sighed deeply. "You know, you're not so bad for a Malfoy" he turned to her and smiled.

Hermione smiled back and put a hand on his shoulder, like before in potions. "Ron, listen I…" She was just about to tell Ron that it was her, when she got interrupted.

"Janeia!" came Draco's voice. Hermione closed her eyes, sighed and impatiently answered.

"What Draco, can't you see I'm busy." Hermione spat.

"Listen, this is important, plus you told me you'd be back in one hour, and it's almost time. PLEASE, come on!" Draco pleaded.

Hermione sighed once more and turned to Ron. "Look, I have to go, he's getting impatient, but…I hope we can talk again sometime soon?"

Ron glared at Draco before turning back to Hermione and smiling, "yeah," he said, "That would be nice."

Draco then grabbed Hermione's arm and ran out of Ron's way to the entrance of the castle. When they finally stopped, Hermione yanked her sleeve back from Draco's grip and huffed.

"Draco, I was just about to tell Ron it was me, now what is so important!" She said loudly.

"Hermione, that potion you made…I did some research, and when you add extra stuff the second part changes."

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione.

"I mean, that Markanas changes to Manrak. It comes from mancipo mancepo which means "to turn over." Hermione I looked more on it, and….and…." Draco stuttered.

"Yes Draco, what is it…what does it mean!" Hermione said shrilly.

"Hermione…you've got about one week before the potion wears out. You've got one week," said Draco, "until you die."

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A/N: Hey, I hope you all liked that chapter; it was so much fun to write. Once again I'd like to thank all the reviewers!