a/n Where I left off, Draco was about to kiss Hermione…

"What are you doing?" She asked even more confused. Draco smiled slightly and lowered his lips about to kiss her.

A sudden crack made him pull back suddenly and he looked up to see Michael standing in the middle of the clearing grinning at them. Draco felt his heart lurch and realized that it wasn't just his imagination that Michael had looked over at him.

"I thought I saw you Draco, what come to give the Mudblood back her memory? Well I can't have that now can I?" Michael's grin widened.

"Why did you take her?" Draco demanded his gaze fell onto Michael who flinched a little.

"I couldn't have her running around on me could I Draco? How about I give you a deal, you join me and forget the girl. We will be just like our fathers, only stronger and fiercer." He looked expectantly at Draco.

"Why, should I join you? I am a Malfoy and bow down to no one. You think I would be you obedient little dog? Your father obviously didn't think that you were worthy enough to control his powers." Michael looked threateningly at Draco.

"How do you know that?" His voice was a low hiss.

"If you had taken the powers out of the Power orb the orb would have disappeared. It seems to me that the orb is still there."

"You won't tell the others, will you?" Michael asked sounding feeble.

"Of course not, for a price." Draco smirked at Michael and Michael narrowed his eyes.

"What would that be?"

"When you take over, I get half," Michael grinned evilly again.

"How about I make us partners and you get half of what I take over too." Grinning two boys shook hands on the deal.

Meanwhile Hermione was looking on with wide eyes. Malfoy had just become the partner of the new Dark Lord! He had been about to kiss her… And what was it with getting her memories back? She had been about to run into the woods when Michael disaperated and Draco turned back around.

"Sorry about that," he said looking at her softly. "But I had to say something to get him away."

"I honestly don't understand you Malfoy," Hermione said looking at him with obvious confusion.

"Then we're even because I don't understand you either," she rolled her eyes at him and turned to leave. "Where are you going?" He asked catching her arm.

"Back to Hogwarts," she said pulling her arm out of his grasp.

"But you can't," he said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Why not? Are you going to stop me?" Hermione said willing to fight.

"No, it is just I was wondering if you would rather take a Port Key then walk." He grinned and Hermione blushed.

"Fine," she said touching the bottle cap in his outstretched hand. "We need to tell Dumbledore about the fire," she said right before they were whisked off.

When they arrived Harry ran out to meet them, he grabbed Hermione into a wide hug. Then he shook hands with Malfoy, much to Hermione's surprise.

"I'll go tell Dumbledore that the woods are on fire," he said and ran back up to the castle, but not before sharing a meaningful glance with Malfoy.

"What was that about?" Hermione asked once Harry was out of ear shot.

Draco looked at Hermione nervously and smiled an actual smile. "This," he said and pulled her into a kiss.

A soft glow wrapped its arms around the two as Hermione instinctively kissed back. For some reason it felt like she had kissed him before. As the kiss grew longer the light became so intense that it clouded the view of the two. Finally it died down and Draco let go of Hermione and looked at her expectantly.

"Well?" He asked her, but was not prepared for the answer.

BAM!

Her fist met with his jaw and he fell to the ground. He looked up just in time to see Hermione stalk off. Draco's heart sank, did the kiss not work? It seemed like it was back to the drawing boards for him.

Dutifully he got up gently touching his bruised jaw. Suddenly Harry was next to him, helping him back to the castle.

"Well you tried," he said helping him onto a bed in the Hospital wing.

"Next time I need to try harder," he said anger glinting in his eyes.

"Don't worry about it, just take your time," Harry said looking at the distressed boy in front of him.

Ron came into the Hospital wing with anger glinting in his eyes. He looked at Harry, then at Draco.

"What the hell did you do to Hermione?" He yelled at him.

"What I didn't do anything," Draco looked at him confused.

"She ran into the common room crying, she wouldn't talk to me, or Ginny. The only thing we hear of her was Malfoy," Draco looked at Harry perplexed.

"I think I should go talk to her," he said and left with Ron while Draco made sure his jaw wasn't broke.

Man that girl can hit, he thought as he lay back on the bed day dreaming about Hermione.

a/n Did the kiss work? Yes or no? Tell me what you think, and thank you everyone for the reviews. I know this chapter was short, but the next one is going to be longer… I hope.