Chapter one: Tell the Truth
It was there last year in Hogwarts and everyone was looking forward to the half term party. As they where on there last year every week holiday the got to have a party. Everyone was looking forward to except one person. Hermione. Hermione had been studying and forgot about the party and had no one to go with. Ron was going with a girl from Quidditch and Harry was going with Luna Lovegood for reasons Hermione did not understand at all. And she had forgot to buy a dress, when Ron and Harry asked her who she was going with she said...
" I am not going to the party I'm far to busy" She said casually.
"If you say so." Ron said walking to stand next to Harry.
Hermione picked up her books and headed for the library. Harry and Ron merely looked at each other, shrugged and started to the common room to get ready. In the library Hermione had seated herself at a table at the back of the great library, she pulled out her parchment and quill, opened her books and for the first time in Hermione's life she had no idea what to do. She had wanted to go to the party, but she didn't want to go alone. And even if she did go, what would she wear? Her school robes? Unlikely, Unable to keep her mind on her schoolwork, she packed up her things and headed back to the warm common room. On her way there she heard a group of people on their way to the party, laughing and having much more fun than her. She picked up her speed until she was practically running. Got the fat lady and stopped, she realized that she had left her wand in the library, feeling like kicking herself her turned around and started dragging her feet back the way she came.
As she reached the lower parts of the school, she started to hear the music from the hall, Hermione felt tears pricking her eyes but she hastily got rid of them, she needed to convince herself she wasn't missing anything special, she needed to see that the fuss was about so slowly she started to walk towards the great hall, as the wide open doors came into view Hermione had the swallow the lump in her throat, she sat behind the banister so people wouldn't see her if they left the hall, Hermione felt miscible, she was alone while everyone else was in the hall having a great time, for once she'd wished she'd never gotten so caught up in her school work.
Hermione buried her face in her hands, wallowing in her own self pity, she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand in end, as she felt someone watching her, she then heard footsteps, Hermione raised her tear streaked face to see Draco Malfoy, in green dress robes, his hair slicked back, his eyes leering down on her, his trade mark smirk in place.
"So Couldn't find a willing troll to take you to the party? Or did Potter and Weasel finally find some higher class friends?"
"Sod off Malfoy, I'm not in the mood for your childish games." With this remark, Hermione got to her feet and stalked back towards the grand staircase to carry out her main reason for being there. Draco not feeling satisfied enough to leave her alone followed to finish what he'd started.
Hermione could hear him follow after her, she really wasn't in the mood but without her wand she really was defenseless She started to climb the staircase towards the library to get her wand and then she could teach the slimy Slytherin a lesson. She reached the second floor ignoring his presence, she entered the library and started towards the back. Malfoy was still on her tail, Hermione sighed, she then reached her wand, picked it up and turned to face Malfoy.
"Malfoy, get out of my face or you will be really sorry!" Hermione snarled. Malfoy merely smirked at her.
"What's wrong Mudblood, not upset are we?" Draco sneered her smirk parting into a grin.
"I said get out of my face!" Hermione said raising her voice, his grin only widened. He strolled over to her, Hermione was ready, and Hermione brandished her wand and gave him a smirk of her own.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Hermione yelled, Draco's wand flew from his hand and Hermione caught it, Hermione smiled. "Now, if you promise to leave me alone for tonight, I'll give your wand back intact."
That wiped the grin off Malfoy's face. "Chill out Granger, I was only looking for a bit of fun, the party's way boring for my liking, not enough fighting really." Draco sneered; Hermione looked up a smile on her face
"You had know one to go with" Hermione was well happy now.
" If you must know Granger, I did. I was going with one of the girls from potions class" Malfoy protested
"So how come she is down there and your up here" Hermione so sure of herself
" Because... anyway why are you not at the party" Malfoy sat of the old brown sofa next to him and Hermione sat on one of the chairs around the table.
" Well?" Malfoy asked now eager to know her answer
" I forgot about it ok, I forgot to buy a dress, forgot to ask someone, I forgot about the party, are you happy know Malfoy"
Malfoy looking a little taken aback calmly said. "You forgot you got all upset because you forgot about a party"
Hermione surprised how normal Malfoy was being and said. "What are you up to?"
" Nothing why should I be, your only a mudblood after all"
'That is it!' Hermione thought, so she got up so quickly that it startled Malfoy so he too got up.
"only a mudblood after all is it MALFOY only and MUDBLOOD" Hermione was upset and angry and she really didn't like the look on Malfoys face. She held out her wand leaving Malfoy's on the table. Malfoy swooped down and grabbed it and pointed at Hermione. Hermione had one chance to get this right and she had to do it fast. She waved her wand and shouted,
"STUNERGRIT!" But what Hermione hadn't expected was that Malfoy also waved his wand and shouted.
"SCREEMOFILE!" the two spells crashed together, throwing Hermione and Malfoy on the different plane. They where knocked onto the ghostly plane this was not good both Hermione and Malfoy had dropped there wands in the big explosion and where unconscious in the costly plane of the library.
Hermione was the first to wake up she look around where she had landed everything was Grey and there where no windows there where no books but there where empty book shelves. Then she saw Malfoy lying on the floor head up against an empty book shelf she got up and ran over to him, there was a deep cut with a big knife shaped splinter in it Hermione ripped two bits of her robes tied one above to cut and pulled out the spike she placed the wood behind her and when she looked back at Malfoys arm wasn't bleeding. Surely a cut that deep should be bleeding she wrapped the second part of her robe around it just in case. She then gently lifted Malfoys head away from the bookshelf and removed her cloak folded it and paced it under his head. After about an hour of Hermione looking around the library she heard Malfoy groan.
"Mudblood ... Granger are you there?" since when did Malfoy cry out, since when did Malfoy cry out at all. It was obvious he had woken up and been in shock of what happened Hermione decided not to bring it up.
" I'm over here."
Hermione was lent on a book self as Malfoy walked up to her
"Where are we Granger and what's this doing on my arm and where's are the lights. What have you done Granger"
"Me I've done nothing this was you all your sad spell go wrong, that did this my simple spell that would stun you for about...half-an-hour"
"Well it not may spell. The Glaciers spell is just meant to make you curl up in pain" Malfoy as really impressed by the spell he had picked
"So Granger you stop playing kidnap and tell where I am" Malfoy was going around his robes in all the pockets " and wars my wand what have you do with mudblood"
Hermione took a deep breath and said so calmly...
"Malfoy I don't know where we are but what I do know is this is the great library but where not in Hogwarts and the only way we can get back to Hogwarts is by working together, and I don't know where your wand is main is gone too"
Malfoy just looked at Hermione not shore whether to believe her or not. At that moment there was this high pitch noise that mad both Hermione and Malfoy jump and clap her hands over there ears the walls of the library grew taller ad wider the book shelves in to 4 rows of tables with a lager desk like able at the top when the high pitch noise stopped Hermione looked around Malfoy in a ball on the floor and there where now at the great hall but everything was still Gary. Hermione looked down at Malfoy quite worried he was still in a little ball muttering the words.
"No father I and sorry I will do better next time please father not again"
Hermione knelt be side him she then realized there was water in Malfoys's eyes he was nearly crying Hermione took Malfoy by the shoulders and lifted him up she had to know what was scaring or upsetting Malfoy this bad.
"Malfoy what is wrong... Draco are you ok what's the matter Draco"
"Stay away from me muddled this is ALL YOUR FULT"
"What is" Hermione said dropping her grip of Malfoy in shock
"This is " he said " he is punishing me because of you mudblood"
"Who is punishing you" Hermione need to know what was going on
"My father my father has sent us to the t..t..the ghostly plane"
"WHY HAS HE SENT US HERE WHAT IS WRNG WITH THE GOSTLY PLANE MOLFOY" Hermione was panicking the thought of half dead blood thirsty wolfs filled her mind
"My dad sent us here because want ever you think that is bad or scary or deadly will come out of the corns to get you"
Hermione shut up grab Malfoy by the arm and dragged him to his feet and pulled him along the room to the great fire place she claimed to the top this fire place was really big as it had to warm all of the hall up. Malfoy looked at her like she had gone mad.
"QUICK" she cried "why what for" Malfoy said, "what did you do"
"Had a really bad and really scary thought?" she said looking nerves "of what he said snakes" Malfoy being big-headed again
"NO" Hermione said pointing to the corner "half dead blood thirsty wolfs.
Malfoy looked around and scammed like a three year little girl. He tried to clam the fireplace but he couldn't he was too sweaty. Hermione knelt down grab his hand a pulled him up out of the reach of the wolfs he was clearly scared there walked back and for the fire place one f them jumped up and Hermione jumped and grabbed Malfoy's hand " thing of something nicer" Malfoy's called out then see realized she was holding Malfoy's hand, she felt a surge of hope that she was not along then the wolves seen so dissolved into the air and out of the corner all of the slithering house calling out...
"Draco and Hermione up the tree K, I, S, S, I, N, G"
Hermione throw off Malfoy's hand and jumped of the fireplace into the crowd
" This is your biggest fear ...people thinking that you go out with me ...I mean it GRANGER who wants to go out with GRANGER ...and like I would ever go out with you. You are so full of your self Malfoy ...I am so out of here"
Hermione made her way to the door of the great hall Malfoy jumped down and ran throw the crowd and just as Hermione opened the door Malfoy jumped and grab her legs and flung her to the floor and drag her out of the doors way. Just then this massive creature with black and red scales, five heads, three spiked tales, a big fat body, screeching voice and the worst breath you could ever smelt. Malfoy drag Hermione behind the door." wha" Malfoy clapped his hand around Hermonies mouth. The beast went back in the door and the doors closed behind it.
"THANKYOU" Hermione said as she throw her hands around Malfoy's neck before she had realized what she had done. But then quickly put her hands to her side slapped Malfoy's on the cheek softly turned on her heal and went to sit back on the fireplace.
Ten long minutes later and the crowd was still there and Malfoy to had made his way to the top of the fire place when Hermione asked...
"So way is this one of your biggest fears"
" I'm not telling you" Malfoy said seeming afforded.
"Why not, sometimes sharing fears helps you get over them" Hermione smiled hopping for a good reaction, Malfoy's side " ok " he said in a fed up tone "but only because I can't cope with the same words over and over again" he took a long deep breath and said...
" Because if people started to say thing like I like you or was even thing about you in a non hating way and my father found out then I would find myself here AGINE" "but why. Why would liking me bring you back here, not that this place isn't brilliant" Hermione slimly giggled at her self " because granger your a mudblood and I am a pure blood " Malfoy let his head hang there. Hermione looked up she had stopped giggling now and quite unemotional said...
"You and your father think that your better then me or people like me" Malfoy went to speck but Hermione stopped him. "You can tell your a Malfoy Draco I bet your father checks you girlfriend family as well to see if there are mudbloods as well doesn't he" Malfoy nodded "so. Why did you save me when that beast came throw the door when I opened it then" Hermione ask her voice getting slighting louder "because I don't want to be here by my self I would of saved bloody potter so didn't have to be alone"
In the heat of the moment they hide not realized that the crowd had gone. Once again there was a massive load noise when then walls grow smaller and shorter and the tables had gone and was now bedding and furniture Malfoy look around "now where are we " "this is my bed room at home" Hermione answer "this is your room but it so small"
"I know" Hermione realized the door was open "hi how come the door is open I thought we went aloud to leave a room" "where not lets it part of are fears" there was a womanly shrike from the down stairs" mum" Hermione cried running for down the stairs Malfoy's not far behind.
When they reach the kitchen they found Voldmort, Malfoy's dad and Hermione percents on the white tilde floor dead. Both Hermione and Malfoy Scammed at the sight of this " explain this " Malfoy cry to Hermione "Explain why my dad is killing your parents" " I don't know why but I know but, I am scared of Voldemort killing my percents the same way he killed Harry" Hermione in tears watch Voldmort vanish and ran over so her parents "so why is your dad still here" Hermione asked throw her pity full sobs and tears " because I don't want his death-eater job to have him kill someone parents I know" Tears pricking the backs of his eyes but he blinked them away as he watch the death-eater mask disrepair but his dad was still there with his wand out at him. All of a studded Malfoy went flying throw the kitchen and knock throw the diner table. Hermione stood up " Mr Malfoy" she protested
"Your a pathetic child that is not worthy so be my son or worthy to be a pure blood" and with that Malfoy and sent flying into the cabinet" Hermione ran over to Mr Malfoy and grab his wand she throw Mr Malfoy throw the sunflower yellow wall and into the next room. She looked over to Draco we were unconscious she ran over and got a wet cloth and placed it over his head. Mr Malfoy can in running at Hermione. Hermione panicked picked up a nearby pot and slammed it into his head and again on his head then once again throw him into the next ed room. Then went back over so Draco he was waking up "Draco" she stood up When Mr Malfoy stumbled back in the room with on of the knifes of the wall above the fire it the next room and was charging to Hermione. "why are you scared of your dad" she cried sling Mr Malfoy into the fridge " I am not saying" Draco said trying to stand up "WHAT... You have to Draco or we will be here all day and I don't know how long I can hold him off" Hermione trowing Mr Malfoy in to the class cabinet " I wont " Draco said walking towards his father "why" she said " because he needs to teach me a lesson" Hermione pulled Draco back beside her and throw Mr Malfoy Throw the wall again " what lesson" Hermione said standing in front of him " not to be nice to mudbloods" me said then throw the Mr Malfoy crawled "there is no mercy this time boy I am going so kill you for that MUDBLOOD has done" Mr Malfoy roared. Hermione dropped her wand.
Grab the front of Draco green robes with to hands and kissed him. Draco in shock held Hermione's arms not to shore what to do after all this was only his first kiss with a Griffindor,and Hermione's first true kiss as well.