1Wrong Turn!

Hermione woke the next morning feeling much better than the day before although she was still very angry at Draco. Throwing herself out of bed and towards her new clothes. As she chose her new clothes her heart softened slightly when she thought about him buying all these new things. Taking her make-up and clothes she exited the room and went to the bathroom, passing Draco who was sleeping on the couch.

Setting her clothes on the toilet seat and her make-up on the sink she started the water. Once it was just hot enough she jumped in and let the water hit her back. The water felt great and Hermione was happy to have finally showered after almost a week gone without a shower. She quickly washed her hair and body while singing the whole time.

i Here's the thing we started off friends
It was cool but it was all pretend
Yeah yeah
Since you've been gone

You dedicated you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah
Since you've been gone

And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

But since you've been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get
What I want
Since you've been gone

How can I put it? you put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah yeah
Since you've been gone
How come I never hear you say
I just wanna be with youI guess you never felt that way

But since you've been goneI can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get
I get what I want
Since you've been gone

You had your chance you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth I just can't take it
Again and again and again and again

Since you've been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get
I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin on
Yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get (I get)
You should know (you should know)
That I get
I get what I want
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone /i

Jumping out of the shower still humming she dried herself off. Taking a brush she had bought she pulled it through her knotty hair. After what seemed like forever Hermione had tamed her hair and it was now cascading down her back in little ringlets. She was now dry so she pulled on her new clothes and began to put on her make-up. When she was done she stood back and looked at herself. She had some faded low-rise jeans and a red t-shirt. Her hair was pulled back into a half ponytail with a small clear clip. Her make-up was natural with a light eye shadow, pink lip-gloss and a thin line of black eyeliner.

"I look good." she told herself.

Her stomach growled loudly. Hermione grabbed it remembering she hadn't eaten since the Elliot's Nest yesterday. She decided to make herself something quick to eat before she retreated to Draco's room.
The kitchen was deserted and Draco was no longer on the couch. She strode over to the refrigerator and swung it open. Inside she grabbed a pitcher of water and took it to the stove. She got out a pot and a small package of chicken flavored Ramen noodles. Pouring some water into the pot she began boiling the water.

While the water boiled she checked a calendar that hung on the wall by Draco's door to his room. Much to her surprise she found that there was only a month left until they went back to Hogwarts. Hearing the water boiling she hurried back to the stove and pulverized the noodles so that they weren't so long and dumped them in.

Sitting down she began to think about going back to Hogwarts. She would be an outcast if word got around about why the guys and Ginny hated her so much. Hermione's eyes welled up in tears.

How could they be terrible to her? It wasn't her fault. She blinked back the tears and sniffed. Maybe they would forgive her with time. Maybe when she got back to school they would take her in their arms and hug her until she could breath no more apologizing over and over and over. Hermione hoped, no wished that they would.

Sighing she turned off the stove as the water boiled. Adding the flavoring into the noodles and water she poured the soup into the bowl. Sitting down she blew on it to cool it down.

Something popped behind her as she sat down. Turning in her chair she saw Blaise apparate into the kitchen.

"Hey Hermione." He walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed the milk out of it.

Opening it up he took a long swig.

"Haven't you ever heard of a cup." Hermione snapped.

He shook his head sitting down across the table from her. His clothes were dirty and black.

"Where have you been." Hermione scrunched up her nose.

"Work." He took another long swig of the milk. "So what did you do to Draco, he's real upset about something".

Hermione paused before answering. "Nothing."

"Mhmm." He nodded his head.

Hermione pursed her lips and took another sip of soup. Flinching at the scalding hot soup.

"Well best be going see you Hermione." Blaise apparated off.
"Oh great now Draco's upset." Hermione thought.

Draco's bedroom door opened and in the door was standing in the door. His hair was slightly disheveled and he was wearing black baggy pants and a navy blue t-shirt.

He walked over and sat across from Hermione who concentrated on her food. She could feel his eyes burning into her head as he stared long and hard at her.

"What!" Hermione lashed out at him.

He shrugged and continued staring. Finishing her soup Hermione got up and put it in the sink before walking out to the living room. She sat down on the couch thinking of excuses to leave the apartment.

An idea suddenly hit her in the head. Getting up she practically ran into the kitchen and into Draco's room, where he now was, to yell...

"I'm going out." she turned on her heel and slamming the door behind her she hurried back to the fire and took some floo powder from a small flowerpot.

"Wait where are you going." Draco had followed her back into the living room.

"I told you out." She was about to go into the fire.

"Yeah but be more specific." He never got an answer as she had already left, screaming Cobbler's Pub.

"Bitch." Draco muttered walking back to his room.

Hermione arrived at the Cobbler's Pub quickly and exited as fast as her legs would take her. Once out side she headed towards a building next to the Elliot's Nest. On the door was a bronze plague that read:

Walters Employment Agency
founded since 1983
by Herbert Walters

Hermione walked in the tall gray building to see a fairly empty lobby. There was a woman who looked about 55 on the opposite side of the room. A young woman stood next to her and they were chatting away in what sounded like Japanese. A young man about 20 was sitting alone on the left of the room. She headed to a seat on the right and picked up a seventeen magazine. After reading for only a couple minutes she felt someone sit down next to her. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the young man sitting next to her on the couch. She tried ignoring him but all he did was stare at her. Finally he spoke up.
"Hey, you got a name." He smiled at her.

"Yeah but that doesn't mean I'll give it to you." She smirked putting her magazine in her lap.

"The name's Kane." He put his hand out in front of her.

"Pleasure." Hermione's smirk was replaced by a frown.

He out his hand back down.

"Kane Masterson." An old woman called from a window that was across from the door Hermione had entered through.

"Here babe call me later." He handed her a piece of paper before turning on his heel and exited the room through a wooden door.

Hermione decided to go up to the window to see if there was any papers to be signed.

"Yes can I help you." The old woman asked.

"Uh yes I would like to apply to be put on the list of people waiting for a job." She replied nervously.

The woman nodded. "Name?"

"Hermione Granger."

"Okay go sit down, when I call your name come see me." She went back to her paperwork as Hermione went back to her seat.

Sitting down Hermione thought about Kane Masterson.

"He was such an egotistical freak, kinda reminded me of Draco when he was younger." Hermione chuckled lightly to herself thinking about Draco when he was only a year or two younger.

His ego had practically exploded. According to Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil he had, had thirty girlfriends or more. Hermione didn't exactly like the two girls as they were very girly, nosy, and total gossips. You couldn't tell them anything without the whole school knowing. Sighing Hermione twisted in her seat a bit becoming impatient.

"Hermione Granger." The woman called her name and Hermione jumped up and almost ran over to the window.

"Yes." She said eagerly.
"Through that door down the hall first door on your left." She pointed to the door Kane Masterson had disappeared through without looking up from her work.

Hermione nodded and hurried through the door and was in hallway with lots of doors lining the walls. Going through the first door on her left she found herself now in a pale blue room with pure white carpet. There was a mahogany wood desk with a big black leather chair behind it. In the chair was a middle aged woman who reminded Hermione a bit of Professor McGonagall with the stern look she had plastered on her face.

"Sit." She snapped finally looking up at Hermione.

Hermione sat down on a deep green chair while butterflies danced in her stomach. Gulping she took a deep breath watching the woman.

"Your Hermione Granger, right."

"Correct." Hermione nodded to the woman.

"How old are you Ms.Granger?"

"Sixteen."

"And is there anything you would like to do in particular."

"Secretary work would be nice but I'll take most anything."

"Hmm, please fill out this form." The woman handed her a form on a clipboard which turned out to be three pages long.

Writing quickly Hermione finished in 10 minutes. She turned in the papers to the woman who grabbed them rudely.

"Yes it is all in order you may leave now." The woman waved her hand towards the door.

Hermione left at top speed hoping the telephone number was correct. She had looked at it only once when she saw that the boys had a phone in the apartment. She left the building flashing the two woman in the lobby a smile. Outside it was very hot with the sun beating down on her back as she walked back to the Cobbler's Pub. Inside she ignored the stares she was getting and stepped into th fire.

She tried to get the words out right but choked slightly on. "Apartment 109 Malsburry Apartments."

She felt herself twirling around and then faster than she remembered she fell face first into the stone hearth. Rubbing her she looked up and realized she definitely wasn't at the apartment.
The room she was in had black walls and green carpet. There was a large window on the opposite side of the room that had green curtains with a silver Slytherin crest upon it. Hermione gasped as she saw that on the floor was a sliver Dark Mark. Scrambling to her feet she looked around some more. In front of the window was a big desk with a green chair behind it.

Out side the door she heard footsteps and she ran over to the wardrobe that was pushed against the wall. Inside she left the door open just enough that she could see what was happening inside the room.

The door opened and six men all dressed in black masks and robes entered the room.

Hermione gasped. "Death Eaters."she thought.

All the men were laughing loudly. The one that entered first took off his mask slowly as Hermione watched intently her eyes growing wider as she saw more and more red hair. When the mask was fully off she thought she would faint as the face of Percy Weasley was revealed.

A/N: See I told you I was going to post some more! I plan on posting chapters 6-8 after this!It should keep you busy for a while!

Until next time,

The Queen of Darkness Mya