A/N: have no fears, even though this tale is told while the protagonists are still in school the story will remain as close to canon as I can make it. A few changes will no doubt take place in my later chapters. c I will in future chapters explain how all this takes place, look to my profile for a more thorough explanation. and thank you to my darling reviwers. Remenber all the more you review the better an idea I will have on the overall dirction of this story.

Warrning: HBP Spoilers enclosed in this chapter Ye be Warned

Chapter Three:

Encounter in the Library

Draco's Perspective

What is she doing here? Of course she is here were else would she be. The question is what am I doing here? Well, I do need a little help. Just one small detail and I will win the debate. I can not believe I bet her to a debate. Still I cant have her think I am here for that.

"See much or are mudbloods blind too"

I love my quick witted replies and I love the look that washes across her face. The effects of my words finally hitting home she betrays her muggle born heritage by showing her anger and frustration openly on her readable face. A face I have not had to see up close in a number of years.

"Whatever are you doing here Malfoy"

"Tormenting first years"

"They're all in class. Malfoy, what are you really up to?"

"Death eater business" I cannot have her know the truth, can I. Furthermore I do not think she would dear question that one.

"Death eater business. which includes a set of socio- political texts. (Granger leans in to me and whispers) not a very good cover for a nostalgic plan of death eater fame. (She backs away) not that any of your plans to date have been remarkable." I can not believe she smiles at her own remark. A person can at least have the decency to smirk after biting off a retort. Then again muggleborns are not decent.

"I am a man of many talents"

"I am sure you think so"

"And you don't."

"No, not at all"

This girl really should not be talking considering she has scrolls, parchments and quills in her arms.

"Another afternoon in the library granger? Did weasly go off with lavender brown again?" I may have been held up in my own world last year but word does get around this school.

"Why do you insist on tormenting me?"

"So Ron is with lavender brown, and I 'torment' you only because of utter boredom. why else would I bother with you" I smirk afterwards and give her a look that screams why do I bother with you.

"Deep seeded hatred, sadistic nature, any of those and more were my guess."

"That's the problem with you granger you guessed. really you should stop meddling in things that are not in books."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Are we going to stand here all afternoon analyzing every action /thought we make and have made to date or are we going to utilize what precise free-time we have in preparing for our final argument?"

I do believe that is the longest I have spoken to her without interruption in the six years I have gon to school with her. I wonder what she has to say to that. Her facial expression gives away her loss of words. Her brain in its insignificance attempts to formulate a quick response. Oh...Too slow. I have to void out this silence before it jeopardizes her inactivity.

"Cat ran off with your tongue."

"What?"

"Just now an invisible cat came in here and swiped your tongue"

"You're beginning to sound like Luna Lovegood"

"Looney Luna?"

"Yeah her, she always has something peculiar to say"

"I am not like her at all"

"Whatever"

"You just do not want ot admit how insanely clever my remark is"

"Insanely clever...you stole that one just like everything else."

"See you are not willing to admit that I am cleverer than you."

"Do we really need to go back through the years and categorize every stupid thing you have done."

"None of which you ever figured out."

"How would you know?"

"legamancy"

"When did you get legamancy?"

"Always had it"

"Right... that explains everything"

"Doesn't it"

I say before I look in her eyes and see them rolling in their socket. I cannot believe she is humoring me and, and ,and worse, she is patronizing me!

Granger continues on in her mother to child manner explaining adnasium how much legamanicy has helped me steal this or that concluding her lengthy explanation with a "...Only you do not accomplish anything productive or good from your or any ones' minds."

I respond naturally with a "whatever serves my purposes can only be productive and beneficial."

I look around and notice a gaggle of people is observing the odd circumstance of granger and me together without one or more bodies deployed to the hospital wing. using my new found legmancy (i.e. wordless magic to cast a send thoughts into another head spell my darling aunt bellatrix showed me over the summer) I announced our little problem and she with a hundredth -I see she still retains her course muggle ways- storms off to her favorite section of The library. I lean against a bookcase with in both ear shot and visual of granger and contemplate my next strategy. I begain to contimplate how this whole debacle started.

Flashback

as I eat my lunch in the over crowded great hall I observe with a certain distancing as Crabbe and Goyle recount our cornering and conversation with the head girl to Blaise Zambibi. Blaise in his usual manner always acts above my two goons a trait I approve of whole hardly just as long as blaise does not think too highly of himself. after all I am worlds better then him. he surprisingly scoffs at the goons tail and turns to me in his usual conceited manner,

"why would you act so stupidly Draco?"

Shocked I respond with a quizzical " in what way is what I do stupid?"

"You know what I mean. besides Hermoinie is not your typical Mudblood. she deserves to be here and besides she is Head Girl which means she can take away house points mate. And I know you don't want to be the one to blame if our house does not win this year."

"Slytherine has not won the house cup in a number of years of I dought very much that anyone will care. besides no one likes me here anyway so what difference would it make?"

"People may not like you but the slytherines respect you and all the hufflepuffs fear you. the ravenclause leave you alone and.."

"Everyone leaves me alone except you blokes."

I had to interrupt him before he reminded me again as to the way the entire school feels about me. after all I don't care what they think its what the dark lord thinks that is crucial. With Prof. Sanpe gone I have to continue on where he left off. which means getting on the headmasters good side, somehow. At least Mcgonigal is a fair old witch.

"since when do you defend Granger Blaise?"

"since I got to know her in the slug club."

Thanks for reminding me of our horrible head of house. I did not say that out load cause I just can not go about insulting the head of house just because I am mad that snape isn't here and the fact that he actually told the truth. well I mean I always knew he almost never lied but come on ...

I look up and notice a very odd occurrence, well a couple actualy. the fact that when I looked up my eyes instantly focused on Granger, the second granger facing towards me and the third most surprising is that she is looking right at ME! I scan the room instantly in my least obviose manner and am shocked at what jsut occured. In my wold that is the most cliche thing to do and this is supposed to be real life here.

"Draco, Draco, Draco!"

Pancy can yell if she wants to and having iher yell in my ear is not how I want to come back to reality."

End Flashback

As I reminisce on my delightful conversation with the always attention filled Pansy I see a movement before my eyes. I readjust my focus and identify the movement as belonging to Granger. she pulled a hand held mirror from her book bag and looking around the library in the most suspicious manner before leaning into the glass and communicating with it. As granger talked more and more animatedly with the glass I became more and more curios. I natural know what devise she has. Enchanted mirrors are not as uncommon as one would think and two way mirrors as this one no dought is are very commonplace. yet here at Hogwarts they are a banned device. The head Girl possessing one much less using a banned device brings out my curios side and I am inclined to eavesdrop on her conversation. its not like I have not done so before or anything. As I make my Sly way over towards here the second biggest surprise of my day comes upon me. His Voice reverberating through my head long afterwards. because the person she communicates with is no other then Harry Potter.