a/n Thank you for the reviews! Ok, someone wanted to know what Hermione's second chance was, well you won't find out in this chapter, but you will find out. You will find out some things, but others will have to wait for other chapters. If you have any questions, just send them in and I'll answer them, eventually. Enjoy!
Draco paced in the entrance hall waiting for Hermione to get back. He prayed that she would soon walk through the door with a wide smile on her face and let him take her into his arms. He wanted to tell her that he loved her. Who would have thought that he could have been in love with her?
Out of the corner of his eye he saw Michael talking casually to Professor McGonagall. What the heck? He thought making his way over. Why was the Dark Lord's don still here? When Draco got to Michael he smiled warmly at Professor McGonagall.
"Do you mind if I take Michael for a few seconds Professor? There is something that I need to talk to him about," Draco tried his best to be polite to the injured teacher. She was waiting for Hagrid to bring her to the Hospital Wing; she had hurt her leg and couldn't get there herself.
"No Draco, that would be fine," she said smiling at him. Draco back tracked; did Professor McGonagall just smile at him? Not only did she seem to have hurt her leg, but also she seemed to have hit her head, hard. Draco just nodded to her and took Michael by the arm and led him into a near by empty classroom.
"What are you still doing here?" Draco looked at him with narrowed eyes.
"What? Did you expect me to leave when my father did? Now why would I do that? When he died, he left me to finish what he couldn't," Michael laughed evilly.
"I'll tell Professor Dumbledore," Draco said threateningly.
"No you won't, because if you do your Mudblood will die," Draco went pale and stared at the boy in pure hatred. "Bye, now Mudblood-lover, and remember to keep you mouth shut." Laughing Michael left the empty classroom leaving Draco standing there in the dark.
Before: "Yeah and I saw Ron a few seconds ago, all three of us made it. Personally I think Draco would have killed me if you had died." Hermione looked up at him confused.
"Why would Malfoy care if I die?"
Harry Potter looked down at Hermione surprised, was she joking or something? No, she wasn't he saw it in her eyes.
"Hermione," Harry said looking at her anxiously. "Do you remember anything?"
Hermione looked at him confused. "Yes Harry, I remember fighting Bellatrix. Then I jumped off the cliff and landed in your arms." Harry shook his head.
"No, do you remember what has happened lets say in the last few weeks?" Harry looked at her expectantly.
"Sort of, but some things are missing, or rather blocked." Hermione tried to remember, but whenever a picture started to form in her head, it was whisked away. Soon all she could remember on certain memories was a solid wall of mist.
"Why did you jump?" Harry asked placing Hermione on the ground, she stood up and stumbled before grasping his shoulder.
"Well this voice in my head was telling me to jump, and then I remembered someone telling me about a choice I had to make. I figured this was my choice, so I made the sacrifice. I just don't know what I sacrificed." She frowned at the ground deep in thought.
Ron came running over and enveloped them in a tight hug. Harry looked at his best friends smiling.
"Hey how are you guys doing?" Ron asked, but Hermione didn't answer.
Harry leaned over and whispered into Ron's ear. He explained how Hermione jumped off the cliff as a choice and now didn't remember Malfoy. Ron smiled brightly at the last bit of news. It was obvious to both boys that Hermione's sacrifice had been Malfoy. They just didn't know if there was a way for her to fix it. Ron actually preferred not to fix it at all.
"Come on, let's get you back to the castle," Harry smiled at them and held out the port key. In a flash they were back by the border of the Forbidden Forest. They stepped out onto Hogwarts grass smiling.
Harry had wanted to try and talk to Malfoy to explain things, before he saw Hermione, but that obviously wasn't going to happen. As soon as Hermione stepped into the entrance hall Malfoy scoped her up into a hug.
"Thank god you're alright," he said looking at her happily.
Hermione looked at Malfoy in confusion. What the heck was going on? Why was he happy she was all right? And why was he hugging her? She stumbled back from him and Harry went hurriedly forward and stopped her from falling.
"What the heck is wrong with you Malfoy?" Hermione asked before turning around and running up to Gryffindor tower.
Draco looked confusedly at the place Hermione had disappeared. What was going on? Did he do something wrong? And why did she call him Malfoy?
"Draco, there is something we need to explain to you. As you know Hermione made the last choice, by taking that choice she made a sacrifice. Her sacrifice was forgetting about you, and giving you up. She didn't choose it, it just happened." Draco focused on Harry as his mind processed the words. Then with out another word he turned on his heel and left.
Draco was going to go get answers, and the one person who would have those answers would be Dumbledore. He would know what to do to help Hermione get her memory back. Draco met Professor Dumbledore just ass he was nearing the office.
"Professor, I need to talk to you," Draco said running up to talk to Dumbledore.
"Well come in then," he motioned to the spiraling stair case and Draco hopped on. He would find a way to help Hermione remember him.
Hermione didn't know why she ran, all she knew was that she was confused and needed to get out of there. She rounded the corner and down towards Gryffindor tower. She didn't notice a dark shape loom out in front of her, because at that particular moment Hermione was looking behind her to make sure she wasn't being followed. With a soft thump she ran into someone in front of her.
"Sorry," she murmured rubbing her head where it had hit the ground.
"No problem," it was a male voice. He held out his hand and Hermione took. Smiling she looked up into the face of…
a/n Ok, I can't help it. I just LOVE cliff hangers. This was a pretty short chapter, but the next will be longer. Review and tell me what you think, or who you think Hermione bumped into.