A/N sorry it took soo long... my internet has been soo messed up lately... plus i wanted this to be longer, and i had a little bit of writers block! Also here is a shout out to one of my friends Courtney.. who bless her heart reviewed 'One little Game' lol well that is all for now.. enjoy!
The Next three days they spent in the castle before the rest of the students arrived were spent being shown secret passage ways, patrol routes, and going over the dates for the dances they would be having over the term. Each of the two head students were tolerating each other, and all was well. Now the rest of the students would come.
"Mom? Mom!" Draco began to hear a harsh pounding on the door. What was going on?
"Draco? Draco!" He heard the words shouted through the door. Then sat bolt upright in his bed hair clinging to his face, and beads of cold sweat dripping down his back.
'Oh its just Granger' he thought getting up and changing into his robes and placing on his Head badge. Last he quickly slicked back his hair.
"Malfoy! We have to be there early to help with the students! Responsibilities!" she yelled through the door.
'Is that all she ever thinks of?' She had been ranting to him about the honor and the responsibilities of this since he got there, it was getting annoying.
"Hurry Up we have to leave now!"
"Don't go getting you panties in a twist Granger. I'm ready!" He stormed out of the door and past her out of the portrait hole. She followed and they met up in the Carriage that led them to the platform where the train would be arriving.
They both stood on the platform and watched as the pinprick of light from the train slowly became bigger.
"Draco, lets be civil this year. We have to set an example, and this is our last year... lets just not screw it up by being mean." she said looking down and shuffling her feet.
He looked up at her "sure why not, but only under one condition.'' He saw her head nod then continued with a sneer. "You tell me what got shoved up your but this summer." She looked up at him, that same empty yet icy glare that he received on the train was yet again magnified. "Fine don't agree to it. But it is good this way, its the first year you've ever had any halfway decent comebacks." He sneered when she went back to looking at her feet.
After their few short words the train had come to a complete stop and they were at the center two doors while the prefects took the other exits and began shouting orders to first years about where to go.
Draco kept watching her, and suddenly there was a smile, the same one she had given to Hagrid. And then he saw the cause, it was "the-boy-who-wouldn't-die" and Weasel.
"HARRY! RON!" she was filled with fake excitement but continued to wave them towards her.
"Mione?" The two boys shouted looking her up and down. She had changed, but instead of making it weird by staring they both just gave her a little group bear hug.
Draco watched her, and her eyes, trying to see if it was still there, the dullness, trying to see if the normal sparkle was back, but he couldn't see, her eyes were closed, and what was this? It looked like she was in pain. What could the two prats have done to make her hurt just from them hugging her, and why did they seem oblivious to this? Draco just continued pointing students in the right direction while the three did this little 'OMG I haven't seen you in forever' ritual that most friends did.
"Wait! O No, I forgot about my responsibilities, you guys, I'll have to meet up with you in the Great Hall. See you then.---Hey Stop Running!--- Bye!" She said showing how her attention had turned from the boys to the now out of hand group of first years.
A few minutes later it seemed that all of the students were out of the train. "C'mon Malfoy we have to check the train for any stragglers." She tilted her head towards the door of the train and headed in, Draco on her heels.
"All seems good at this end." Draco yelled. Hermione nodded and headed towards him and out the door to their carriage.
The ride seemed unnervingly quite. "Why don't you like your friends hugging you." It was the first thing that came to his mind so he just said it, but almost immediately wished he could take it back.
Her eyes were ice cold and filled with daggers, and yet there was a softness that Draco had never seen, it was almost confused, like a young child trying to grasp the meaning of your words. "What makes you say that? My friends are okay." She wanted to stare right through him and make him disappear. What had he noticed?
" You acted like you hadn't talked to them all summer. And then the look on your face when they hugged you, that was priceless. I mean yes it was ugly like always... It looked like it hurt you. So tell me what awful things have the golden boys done?" He was happy to see the softness from her eyes gone. Now the glassy eyes of a warrior looked at him.
" You inconsiderate Prick! What right do you have to call anyone ugly... Have you looked in the Mirror... Girls don't like you for your looks, they like you for your name, and the power it brings, Or are you too thick to know this?" She looked at his face. "Figures you wouldn't know it. And another thing, where do you get off looking at me and studying my every move? Are you coming down with a thing for a Mudblood? yea... that's right you heard me say it." she began to get frustrated and yell. "MUDBLOOD MUDBLOOD MUDBLOOD." The look on his face was priceless. "I don't care how many times I say it, and I don't care if anyone else says it! Some things are worse then words! So Why Don't you take all of your little half wit comments and shove them up your ass for the rest of the Year!" Whoa. What did she just say, this wasn't like her, and the look on his face showed just how shocked he was, and it almost seemed like he was disgusted.
"Wait, sorry. I didn't mean to start yelling... go ahead, say what you want. I don't care." She apologized and buried her head into her hands.
This was all too easy for Draco. He barely said a word and she was doing the hard work for him, no need to bring her down, she was already in a three foot hole.
"C'mon we're here" Draco said as if nothing had happened, opening the door and waiting for her to get out.
She stepped silently out of the carriage ignoring the strange politeness he was showing. Walking steadily towards the Great Hall and anticipating the time she would get to have with her friends she turned in response to a voice, a very calm and comforting voice.
"Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, before my speech tonight, I would like you two to go over everything you will be doing, give out the rules and restrictions to all of this years dances, and also when they will take place. You will need to be at the staff table after the sorting, and, oh yes, please inform the students with a little knowledge about yourselves for those new and old who may not yet know your name." Dumbledore turned past them and entered the Great Hall leaving them to discuss their speech.
Hermione looked at Draco, "What are we to say?" She looked surprised and scared.
He gave a light inward chuckle, " I don't care what you say, I'll describe myself, then leave the talking to you." He left her there, speechless, still in shock, then headed into the Great Hall where his fellow Slytherins awaited.
Professor Mcgonagall looked up from her roll of parchment, "And last but certainly not least," she motioned for the embarrassed, lone blonde girl to move towards her and the sorting hat, "Shadow Spyders." The hat was placed upon her head and contemplated a few moments before shouting, "Slytherin!" Soon cheers were heard from the table of green, silver, and black.
Draco and Hermione both stood as if on queue and headed towards the staff table just as Dumbledore began to rise and also silence the mass of children. " And now a few words for your new Head boy and girl, Draco Malfoy," the Slytherin table once again burst into cheer before quickly silencing at the sound of the next name, "and Hermione Granger." The Gryffindor table whooped and cheered showing their support, even Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff joined in.
The rest of the night was a blur to everyone, except for the part when they were told to go to their dormitories and get a good nights rest for tomorrows classes.
Draco and Hermione did as they were told by the headmaster, and checked all the corridors before finally heading in.
Hermione walked in after Draco. "Ten forty already? Well I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow we get our schedules, and I can not be tired for my classes. I suggest you get some sleep to Draco." She nodded towards him as she said the password to her Lion guard. "G'night!" she said as she walked into her room leaving Draco in the common room alone.
It wasn't long before he realized that he should go to bed, but he still couldn't get Hermione's behavior out of his head. The way she had winced with pain when she was hugged and yet kept meaningless conversation at the table with her friends was mind boggling, and then the fact that she hadn't once passed him and evil glare, or came back with some stupid comment. She was being civil, like he was just some passerby, and it was not normal. It was strange, and Draco didn't like strange, he liked to know when and what was going on before it happened, and this made it all… different… he couldn't read her like he used to, and he didn't like it.
A/n Hope you liked it, the next chapter will be up shortly! And please for my sanity Rfeview... i have like 550 hits now! lol well Bye
-Shadow