Phillyactress: Hey! Well, something awful is going to happen next chapter (I'm pretty sure, unless I decide to add more to it, but I'm sticking with next chapter) I'm glad that your brother is singing the whole time, that little musician, lol. Tell him he's wonderful for doing that lol. P.s. to you—Herbert IS coming I promise promise promise, but just not this chapter…but he'll make a grand entrance. As one of my most faithful readers, how would you feel if I wrote a Snape story?

its a spoon: Ah, it's hard to write that much sometimes! Lol, I tried here, but couldn't do it because of how late it was, but I hope next chapter will be better. How could anybody abandon a name like that!

Ashley: Aw, I'm glad you thought he was funny. He reminded me of one of my guy friends from my home town in that chapter. Sometime you need a little comic relief, and he just seemed like the right person to do it :)

Smurphy: Nope, no one is dead….yet. hehehe I'm evil, but…I work hard at it lol. Sometimes Draco just seems like the guy to do it all ya know? Lol, and I couldn't kill off Ron…he's my favorite. (cries at the thought…and silently curses JK if she does kill him off)
RainDateChick: I'm glad you think so too! Like I told Ashley, sometimes you just need that. I was thinking about rewriting the chapter to have Ron say (not those exact words obviously, otherwise we'd be in trouble with Hermione cheating on him lol) some stuff, but I thought Draco fit the part better this time. I hope you review again!

A/N: Hey guys! I finally moved into my new house, and it's wonderful! We should be getting internet next month, but I will walk to the campus and update for you, not to worry. I think I'll have more time now that I'm unpacked, although, I am working on my own short stories…but nothing is more important than this at the moment!

Disclaimer: I am not J.K.Rowling and everything you recognize is NOT mine. Herbert is Philly's, god bless her!

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Patiently Ron and Draco waited until Hermione's potion was done. Both boys were dead tired, but neither would fall asleep on the other. It had seemed, with the situation that they had come to an agreement. For now, they were going to be civil, which was going to take a lot on Ron's part.

As they waited Hermione was behind the books.
'I wonder how much longer this will take' she thought. Over the course of the past few minutes, Hermione had begun to feel much better. She felt stronger in fact, which meant that she could walk herself, fight—if needed, and everything else on her own. Hermione hadn't really appreciated before what she could do on her own, walking normally seemed like just another thing to do, but now she knew how much effort it took.

'Ok…I feel better, by far, but my appearance still hasn't changed. I wonder if we got the wrong ingredients to the potion.'

Just when she had about given up, Hermione felt her head start to throb. As she put her hand on her forehead to stop the pain, she glanced down at her shoulders. Her long blonde "Janeia" hair was shrinking, and in its place, short bushy brown hair had begun to form.

When the pain stopped Hermione sat there for a second, glancing around and wondering if it was safe to come out and go to Draco and Ron. Buttoning her shirt back up, she shoved what they used back into a corner, but when she threw Draco's pouch, something fell out. She crawled over and picked it up. It was a bluish green book, "The Story of Mippin."

"The book of mudbloods" she whispered to no one in particular. Putting the book into her pocket, she got up in search of her two boys.

"Ron, Draco, where are you?" she asked in a slightly small voice. She walked around the corner and saw them leaning against some books in a corner by the door.

Ron saw her first and quickly got up to go to her, looking at her he grinned the biggest grin imaginable.

"What?" Hermione asked, "Do I look normal finally?" Ron laughed and hugged her, "You finally look like the Hermione I knew," he said.

Draco had slowly gotten up during this time and sauntered over towards the two. "Your bushy hair is back." He grinned and spoke again, "I think it suits you better anyway."

Ron laughed and agreed. It had finally seemed that everything was going to be okay.

"Wait a minute," Ron said, "we've got to get out of here before we start partying." Draco looked at him, "Who is partying? We're just laughing at our good fortune. Aren't you glad you made me take you now Hermione?"

"I'm serious Draco," Ron said, "We need to get out of here. I don't want those death eaters coming after us again; I think if we just walk carefully to the door, we should be all right. Right?"

Draco and Hermione looked at each other skeptically, and Ron fumed. "What now?" he asked glaring at the two, "What's wrong with that!"

Draco looked at Ron and sneered a bit, "You can't just 'walk carefully' out the door of my house, especially when there are death eaters just waltzing about. Think for a second Weasley, do you really think it could be that easy?
Ron puffed his chest, "Well, MALFOY, I seem to recall that we DID in fact 'walk carefully' in a full circle in your house earlier. The door is just past the two stair cases, OR," he continued, "we can go the way we came, by going all the way around."

"Ron," Hermione said before Draco commented back at him, "Listen Ron, I think we should listen to Draco. He…he knows his house better than we ever will and I think it's safer to follow him. And well….."

Hermione stopped, she knew all too well Ron's temper and wasn't about to set it off, although she would have really liked to tell him that Draco probably knew what he was doing more than he.

Ron, however, must have been testier lately because he just looked at Hermione and walked away.

"Ron wait, please!" Hermione ran after him, "What's wrong?"

"You don't think I'm capable of taking care of you that's what!" he whispered loudly enough for Hermione and Draco to hear, "I know what's going on, your starting to like Draco. Well you know what? I don't except that, he may be from this house, but the death eaters are not around!"

"Weasley, get a hold of yourself man!" Cried Draco, "there is nothing going on between Hermione and myself, I've told you that already. Plus, how do you know the death eaters aren't around?"
Calming down a bit, and a bit embarrassed at his outburst, Ron looked away slightly before answering, "I don't know really Draco. I just have a feeling. I have a feeling that right now they are all downstairs in your father's lair."

Hermione looked unsure and shifted the weight on her feet. "Listen Ron, I just don't think that we should go on a feeling all right?"

"Hermione I just know that they are down there," Ron said exasperatedly, "they're down there doing the 'death-eater shuffle' or something, all we would have to do is get out quietly and run for the road."

Hermione looked at Draco, 'I'm really happy that Ron is taking charge…but I think he's just doing this to be the "better man" against Draco.'

"Ron…" and that was all that she said.

Ron just stood there silently for a second, "You really don't think I know what I'm doing do you? Fine, fine okay, we'll listen to Draco, since he 'knows the house and all.'" Ron said sarcastically, "Lead the way O Mighty Draco." He took one more look at the blonde haired boy before turning away and leaning on the wall.

Hermione turned to Draco, "What is your plan of action then?" Draco looked around and thought. Finally, he looked at Ron, "Weasley, you're right."

"What?" Ron and Hermione said together.

Draco rolled his eyes and refrained from making fun of them, "I said you're right Weasley, the death eaters are down in my father's lair. BUT," he said cutting off Ron who was opening his mouth for reply, "but, we can't go out the front door. That's their plan don't you see?" he said looking at Hermione.

"Yeah…" she said, her brain thinking quickly, "Yeah, it's a trap!"

"Exactly," said Draco.

"So…they are waiting in the lair for us. We…we walk over to the door quietly and as soon as we reach it there they are. But how do they know we're there…and why would they risk letting us leave…" Hermione paced back and forth, Ron and Draco watching her. "Somebody is outside." She said finally.

"What?" Draco and Ron asked together.

Smiling at them, she continued, her eyes full of excitement, "there is somebody outside. Somebody powerful, it's somebody who can help us. If the death eaters let us get RIGHT to the door before they got us…the people outside would hear the commotion and try to come in…making it easy for the death eaters to capture them too."

Ron's eyes finally widened, "So if we go another way, then…the people outside can sneak in and help us."

Hermione smiled, "that's right!"

"Ok then," said Draco, "it looks like we're heading towards my father's lair…there is another door outside." He said to the two confused looks.

Opening the door to the library, the three looked carefully and saw that the coast was clear. Knowing that there was somebody outside to help, but to leave them was the hardest for all three of them. Silently they walked down the stairs until they reached the basement, damp from the humidity. They could hear wizards talking down the hall and Ron looked at Hermione.

"Take my hand," he told her.

Gulping, she agreed and held on to his tight grip. Pulling on her sleeve was Draco, and signaling with his head to follow him.

They walked towards the noise as far as a black door on the left. Nodding, Draco quietly opened the door and walked into the room, where there was another hallway. It was dark and cold, Hermione shivered and Ron held her around the shoulders.

"Ok," Draco whispered ever so softly, "after this next door there will be a little room with a vault door on the other side, that's what we want. Hermione, you have to figure out the code so it can open."

Ron squeezed her hand, giving her reassurance and Hermione nodded in agreement. After opening the other door, they all sighed with relief as they saw the vault. They were only a little bit from their freedom. Hermione breathed deep and walked to the metal vault door. She reached for it before she heard a door slam behind her.

"Well, well, what do we have here?"

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A/N: We're so close to 100 you guys! lol