Author's Note : sorry for the long wait! hope you guys like this!

me and megan have two new fics ((in her account---which is hermionemalfoy18)) called "Finding The Way Home" and "Girl Power!" --- if you want a good laugh, then read both of them! Girl Power! is made just for fun ((sorry if you think its too cliche)) and Finding The Way Home is probably my favorite fic ((besides this one)) that ive written with MeGz!

ive had SOOO much fun writing this chapter! its my favorite chapter so far!

EDIT (June 7, 2005) : Hey! I won't be updating ANY of my fics from June-July and/or August. Our household is going to be EXTREMELY busy because we're having a family reunion on my dad's side (imagine four computer crazy/obsessed people, including me, making it five, SHARING one computer... ONE COMPUTER!). So please don't hurt me! This A/N also goes to The Girl and the Ferret, Finding The Way Home, and Girl Power!

Draco woke up in the morning, smelling bacon and eggs in the air.

Hmmm… bacon, good… I hope that she doesn't burn it though.

Draco ran towards the kitchen, his nose guiding the way. When he reached the kitchen, his throat became dry. Hermione was wearing denim jeans and a ¾ long sleeve, body-hugging green blouse. He has never seen her in green, and boy, does she look hot. But to top it all off, she had straight hair, which made Draco wonder if it really was Hermione.

She looked good… in my colors. She should be a Slytherin… But she should get rid of some minor adjustments. Like the fact that she's Pothead's and Weasels' friend, she's a goody-goody, she's a Gryffindor, and that she's a Mudblood… okay, okay, she has to change some major adjustments.

Hermione turned around and saw Draco looking up at her. She smiled at him. He was so cute, standing on its hind legs sniffing the air.

"Hey, Draco," Hermione greeted him. "I see that you smelled the bacon, didn't you? Well, too bad that you can't have any, because ferrets can only eat specific meat and fruits. I know, because I looked it up in the internet last night before I went to sleep." Hermione turned around again to continue cooking her bacon.

What! I don't get any bacon! That is sooo not fair! And what am I supposed to eat? Rabbits?

"So, before you woke up, I went to Mrs. Malfoy's Pets…"

This isn't good then…

"And I got you a rabbit! The internet said that 'Wild ferrets feed on rabbits, rodents, amphibians, fish, insects, ground nesting birds, and poultry.'"

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a-gosh-darn minute! First of all, no way in my life, am I going to eat a rabbit! That is just disgusting! And second, I'm not wild! I'm a perfectly trained human!

…

Just in a ferret's body of course.

"Here you go, Draco! I hope that you enjoy your food!" Hermione put the rabbit on the floor. The rabbit looked at Draco curiously. Draco looked at the rabbit stupidly. Then, Draco had the sudden urge to creep up onto it, tackle it, and eat it. Draco kept on reassuring himself that it was not food, and that it was merely a… gift from Hermione.

Oh, damn it. Granger gave me a rabbit to eat. No way, in hell am I going to eat it. It's so gross, filthy, and ugly-looking!

Hey! Who you calling ugly!

Draco gasped. You can understand me?

D-uh! Why do you think I'm talking to you?

Uhm… lets talk somewhere else. Granger's looking at us.

Ok…

Anyway, how can you understand me?

Because I'm not a rabbit.

Draco gasped again. You're not!

Nope, and from the looks of it, you're not a ferret either.

Yeah! Who are you?

Me? My name's Jack Assizhugh. What's yours?

My name's Draco Malfoy.

Really? I heard about you! I heard that you are missing, but all along, you're a ferret!

Don't push it.

How did you end up as a ferret?

Long story. You?

Me, I was hexing this one Muggle named Albert, then his girlfriend, Debbie, dropped her mirror and the hex bounced back at me. No one noticed me turn into… well, this, because I was sneaking up on him because he hurt my sister, Mai.

Muggles…

Tell me about it.

Oh, no! Granger's coming! Leave now, so that she'll think that I ate you!

Thanks. Hey, you know what? For a Malfoy, you don't seem like a bad guy to me. With that, Jack left through the backyard.

'For a Malfoy, you don't seem like a bad guy to me.' What in the hell does that mean? I haven't gotten soft on Granger… have I?

As if right on cue, Hermione walked up to him, bent down, and smiled at Draco. "Draco, we're going shopping, okay? I just need to buy something for our Hogwarts reunion." Hermione's smile turned into a sad smile. Draco wanted to know what was bothering her.

Oh, great, Draco. You are going soft on her… And why wasn't I invited?

…

Oh, yeah. This invitation was sent to human Draco Malfoy, not ferret Draco Malfoy.

"I'm just going to hide you in my bag, because it'll look sort of suspicious if people see me carrying a ferret around… especially Muggles." Hermione stood up and left to take a shower.

Muggles? We're going shopping in a Muggle place? Oh, please kill me now.

That night, when Hermione was shopping, Draco, who was looking out from a whole from Hermione's bag, was fascinated throughout the whole trip. Draco has never been to a city before, and Draco has never seen such colorful lights. There were moving lights, flashing lights, bright lights, broken lights, even lights that made sounds---Draco was truly captivated by those lights. And if he were human, he would have just spent the whole night looking at the lights. He felt like a bug being lured into the light, except smarter: by not touching the light.

Pretty lights… lovely lights… want to go to lights…

Also, Draco has never seen so many people in one place in his life before! It was as if all of the students at Hogwarts multiplied, got plastic surgery, and all went here!

And I thought that Muggles were ugly-looking. Hey, toots! I might be cute and cuddly, but I'm one hot bad ferretImeanboy.

What amazed Draco more was all of the shops that seemed to go endless down the road. There were restaurants, clothing stores, book shops, and many other stores everywhere. Draco has never seen more stores all in one place. But out of all the stores, all the people, and all the lights, Draco looked weirdly at this one spot where there were trees, grass, and old people carrying sticks and white balls. They seemed to be putting the ball on the floor, hitting them with the stick, and cursing every time that the ball missed the hole. Draco was very confused.

What in the hell are they doing? Are they crazy or something?

Then they passed by a sign that says "Tiger Woods: the Best Golf Player in History."

It's sad… having to go by "Tiger" his whole life. And how can this game, so-called 'golf,' be entertaining? And this Tiger Woods person is the best golf player in the history by hitting a ball with a stick? Muggles, they have the most confusing and weirdest games ever.

Hermione went into a store called "Lauren and Megan's" and bought a glittery red strap-less dress that dragged onto the floor, but with a triangular opening in the middle, to show off her feet and knees. Hermione also bought a red flower to compliment her dress. Draco did not see her dress up (he cursed to himself about this), but he figured that she would've looked really pretty in her dress.

…

Not that he would ever admit to the world that she was pretty.

Hermione walked happily out of "Lauren and Megan's" and began walking down towards the dark alleyway as a shortcut to go to her favorite restaurant, Mio Proprio. Hermione just loved that place. Mio Proprio meant "My Own," and it was a cute, romantic Italian restaurant with an outdoor theme. Hermione could practically live in this place: the food is excellent, the people are extremely polite, and the atmosphere was just superb. But the only problem was that there were couples everywhere. Watching them made Hermione feel…well, left out. Hermione has never really had a boyfriend, and she just thought of Viktor as a guy who really liked her and took her out on dates. But today, thankfully, there weren't a lot of kissing lovey dovey couples that day.

Aaah, our first date! What's next, Granger? Draco thought slyly.

Hermione happily walked out of Mio Proprio. She decided to walk around just to enjoy the city. While Hermione was walking, someone snatched her purse.

Hey, Granger! Don't run so fast! I'm in here, you know! It's all bumpy! Oof! Argh! Ow, damn wallet.

From a distance, he heard Hermione yell, "Oh, no! My purse! Draco!"

Draco gulped. Draco peaked out from the bag and saw a man with a black mask covering his head.

Oh, no! I'm being kidnapped! Someone help meee! I'm too young and beautiful to be a hostage!

Draco heard Hermione's cries of help. The man ran into a long dark alley. Suddenly, he stopped. The man turned around, and saw that Hermione was no where to be found. The man opened the bag and saw a terrified (although Draco is not admitting of being a coward---he blames his lack of height) white ferret, shivering inside the bag.

"No wonder this damn bag was so heavy! There's a rodent in here!" The man exclaimed. He had an unusual high squeaky voice for a man.

He must've had a sex change or something…

The man then gripped Draco's tail…

Hey! Watch the fur!

…and threw him into one of the trash cans.

Oh, great. First, I turn into a ferret, then a rapper, and now what? I'm a garbage man…erm…ferret! This has been such a wonderful experience. Draco thought sarcastically, scrunching up his nose in disgust of the smell of trash.

Then all of a sudden, Hermione came out of nowhere and pounced on the masked man. Hermione kicked, cursed, and punched the man with all of her might. Draco winced.

Damn… I only got one slap in third year, and that bloody hurt. But this guy… he's receiving kicks and punches from Hermione! And I bet that he's in hell right now… cool.

Draco heard some laughing behind him. Behind Draco was an extremely ugly looking girl with a lot of exposed skin, laughing at the man.

"Ha ha ha, Albert. Is my ickle boyfriend being beaten up by a girl?" The girl laughed at him.

Albert…Albert…Hey! That's the guy who beat up Jack! And that must be Debbie! I feel sorry for the guy; having to have…that as a girlfriend)

Hermione looked up at the girl in surprise, that someone was actually watching them. Albert took this chance to punch Hermione hard in the stomach. Hermione groaned in pain. Albert and Debbie both laughed at the helpless girl. Draco widened his eyes and felt an urge to defend Hermione.

He should not harm Hermione Granger! Oh, great. I sound like Dobby, the house elf now.

Draco pounced on Albert and bit his ear. Albert let out a cry of pain, and groaned. Albert looked around, to see what bit his ear. Draco was getting dizzy, because he was clinging onto his jacket. Draco jumped on top of his head, and dug his claws onto Albert's forehead. Albert screamed in pain; small trickles of blood were flowing down his forehead and onto his nose and chin. Albert, who was as scared as hell, fled away with his "supportive" girlfriend laughing at his back, dropping the bag.

Hermione, who recovered, went towards her bag, picked up Draco, and fled away quickly; so that Debbie wouldn't beat her up as well.

When Hermione and Draco were sitting on a bench, Hermione cooed soft, comforting words onto Draco's fur.

"You were so brave… I was so worried…You're my hero…" Hermione mumbled to Draco. Draco was in pure heaven; he should be the next Harry Potter or something. Draco Malfoy: the-Boy-Who-Made-Someone-Bleed.

…

On second thought, never mind.

Author's Note : sorry for the wait! im INCREDIBLY busy! with schoolwork ((tons)) a writers block for Taking Risks, and just no time to sit down and write!

for the restaurant, someone sent me an e mail and did "Mio Proprio" which meant "My Own," and i just thought that was the best name! it doesnt really sound like a restaurant name, but it fits perfectly for what i have in store ; )

in the upcoming chapter : this will be a short chapter... it has officially been a month since draco has disappeared... what will happen? ((if you know what it is, then dont spoil it for the other readers in your review)) draco isnt the only one thats loved ---and no, draco doesnt turn back into a human just yet ; )
ive decided that this fic will be probably the minimum eight chapters...

just to let you know, hermione and draco were shopping in muggle new york.. LOL ive never been to new york, so im sorry for not explaining it correctly and stuff... and Lauren and Megan's isnt a real shop there : ) --- its just that i wanted mine and MeGz name to be on there in the fic --- so i created that name

palindrom - im sorry if were not putting it..uhm... "european style"... we just thought that it should be in america and stuff... so im sorry, again