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A/N... I want to say thank you for all your great reviews. Normally I put my author's notes at the end, but I was afraid I'd forget to address some things. I'm sorry I never put a rape warning up so I fixed my error and added it to the summary. No, Lucius will not be her father as this is a Draco/Hermione romance and that would be incest. Also, no this is not based on Nicholas Sparks "Message in a Bottle". In fact, I've never read that.

Draco hasn't really begun to think of who this girl is yet. He's too wrapped up in the idea of having someone to talk to and he really doesn't care who it is at this point.

This is going to be a long story so just sit back and relax. They won't even get to go to the school until chapter 6 I believe.

Okay so now... on with chapter 4.

Chapter 4

Tap, Tap, Tap...

Tap, Tap, Tap...

Draco Malfoy woke up to the sound of tapping on his window. It was his owl with a letter from her. He ran to the window as fast as he could (which wasn't very fast considering his limp that his father had given him) and opened it up.

He allowed the owl in and took the letter from him.

When he was done, he took out a piece of parchment and wrote:

My new friend,

Yes, I am a wizard. Are you a witch? By the way, my owls name is Damion. He is very gorgeous, I agree. He's been with the family for quite some time. When we first got him, my mum used to enter him in those owl beauty contests you always hear about in the wizarding community. He always won so eventually, the judges asked us to stop entering and so we did.

So are you a pureblood witch if you are a witch at all? Why do you hate your father so much? I mean, if you don't really know him that well, then how can you know if you hate him?

Your stepdad knew your true father? How? With everything I know about you now, I'd say you could write a great book. It'd definitely be a best seller. I love books. Not many know my true love for knowledge. All people know about me is that I'm a pureblooded bully. But I really do love books. And I love school. My favorite class is Potions but I really would love to study muggles. My father won't let me, though I think they're fascinating. I can't tell people. It would ruin my pureblood muggle hating image. (That's probably a good thing but father wouldn't agree and I don't need to piss him off anymore that I already do.) It is early in the morning now and father just left to go to work. Thank the Gods. I hate him so much, it is unbelievable. Can't he just DIE!

I feel for some reason as though I can talk to you. I want to tell you everything about me. You seem like a trustworthy person.

I must go now, but I look forward to your next letter. Please write back as soon as possible. Damion will wait for whenever you are ready.

Waiting in anticipation,

Beaten Dragon

Her eyes were swollen shut. She could barely open them. he had been very angry at her that evening. A tapping could be hear from the window and she reached under her pillow, pulling out her wand. Students were allowed to use magic after sixth year and she was going into seventh. She directed the wand at the window and said a spell to open it. The black owl flew in once more. She was so weak that she didn't even move to retrieve the letter.

"Please, just put the letter down on my desk. When I am feeling better, I shall read it. You can stay here for now. I set some food out for you on the desk over there. I figured you'd be tired from the flight back and forth."

He hooted his response and began eating as she fell into a deep sleep, too tired for anything else.

A/N.. please don't kill me for the shortness. The next chapter is coming out soon, I just wanted to get this out to you before you start yelling at me for how long it takes to update (which I have been informed is a short waiting period.) REVIEW PLEASE! (constructive criticism is more than welcome)