'What do you mean "you too"?!!' Blaise said accusingly as he glared at Draco. The fair-haired boy squirmed uncomfortably under his scrutinising gaze and bit his lip trying to figure out a way to take back what he had just said.

'Erm… I thought I was the only one out in the corridors this early.' He managed to croak. Blaise eyed him suspiciously and then once again, the wild look took over his eyes.

'You have to help me!' He cried as he grabbed a hold of Draco's shoulders and began to shake him, as if to make him listen more. 'I woke up today in a Gryffindors bed, and I don't know how I got there!' He let go of Draco and stood there shaking; Draco smirked and started laughing.

'I'd get used to it if I was you.' And with that, he spun on his heel and continued on his way back to his dorm. Now, keep in mind here he was strolling along wearing an open robe and boxers (both black of course; lol) with bare feet. He didn't see the puddle of water outside Myrtle's bathroom, and ended up head over heels on the floor. Mrs Norris padded around the corner and hissed viciously at him.

'And what do we have here…?' Filch demanded as he appeared a moment later, almost skidding over on the highly polished floor (which was not covered in water). He spotted Draco and his eyes narrowed dangerously. 'What are we doing out in the corridors wearing our nightclothes eh?'

Draco eyed him with horror; of all the people to bump into! 'Er- wha? Where am I?!! Last thing I knew I was in my bed fast asleep! Arrgghh!!' He scrambled to his feet and took off.

'GET BACK HERE MALFOY!!' Filch roared as he chased after the boy.

'STOP CHASING ME!!' They headed down towards the dungeons and at the sound of the hissed password, the portrait of an evil looking wizard swung open to let in Draco, and then swung shut to lock out Filch.

'I'LL GET YOU BOY!! I KNOW YOUR NAME!!' The man yelled. Draco leant against the wall inside and breathed a sigh of relief. What a start to the day!

-

Hermione eyed Lavender with what could be interpreted as despair. It is similar to a feeling experienced when you have no way whatsoever to get out of whatever you've gotten yourself into. She gulped nervously and then assumed a blank expression.

'What?'

'Did I just see what I thought I saw?' The girl breathed in horror. Hermione blinked once… no wait… twice.

'What?'

'Was Draco just in your bed?' Lavender stared at her with wide eyes and Hermione followed her gaze to her perfectly made bed. She blinked a couple more times.

'Er- what?'

'Oh I must have imagined it then.' The other girl breathed with a sigh of relief. 'Did you cut your hair when the rest of us were asleep?' She waited expectantly and Hermione considered this. They had been asleep when it had been cut… but then again, so had she.

'Uh… yeah.'

'Oh, well, it looks really nice. I like the way it curls slightly.'

'Erm... thankyou.' Hermione gave her a look which combined a mixture of confusion, surprise, and nervousness, and then swiftly turned it into something that resembled normality.

'I'm off for a shower then.' Lavender said brightly; blissfully oblivious. Once she was gone, Hermione dashed to a mirror and studied her new haircut again. It was extremely short really… but she had small features so it suited her. A thought struck her… it wasn't bushy anymore!! IT WASN'T BUSHY AT ALL!! SHE HAD PERFECTLY TAMABLE NORMAL PRETTY HAIR!!! She got so drunk on excitement that she was almost late to breakfast.

She took a seat between Harry and Ron and they both spat out their drink in surprise, and in unison (luck had it that they had just taken a heavy swig of pumpkin juice).

'What in bloody blazing hell have you done to your hair??!!' Ron demanded with a look of utmost horror on his face. Hermione was a bit put out; it wasn't that different was it??

'Nothing.' She said quite truthfully. Her best friends of course, did not believe her.

'Why the hell did you cut off your hair??!!' Harry demanded in a pitifully whiney voice of someone who had just found out their friend was entirely unrecognisable without her trademark characteristic. It was almost as if he wouldn't be able to tell her apart from the millions of other females in the world, now that she had lost her hair.

'Well,' she began, 'it's no longer bushy.' They both stared at her with identical expressions of annoyance; how could she find it funny to state the overly obvious when their world was being ripped apart??!! Hermione had a feeling they were both about to overreact.

'HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT CONSULTING US FIRST??!!' Harry exploded with such venomence that the entire great hall ceased eating to watch him. This of course sparked off Ron.

'I thought we meant something to you Hermione!' Ron (who had issues with something entirely different) cried.

'Shut up the pair of you! I can do whatever I want! I don't have to ask permission or anything else from either of you! Go drown your sorrows in a keg full of butterbeer for all I care!!!' She glared at them and flounced off out the hall, without eating a single thing. Draco gathered some toast in his robe pockets and slipped out to follow her, in such a fashion, that he wasn't noticed.

-

'Hello.' Draco said cheerfully as he sidled up beside her on her way to the Gryffindor common room. Hermione managed to flash him a brief, rather wobbly smile, and then resumed her straight-faced expression. He offered her the toast.

'What is this?' She asked in confusion.

'Toast; I noticed you didn't get anything to eat.'

'What, so you decided to give me unbuttered toast as a way to make me feel better?' She snapped. His face fell.

'Sorry… I thought you'd want it.'

'Oh thankyou!!' She said suddenly before throwing her arms around him. He staggered backwards in surprise and dropped the toast before relaxing and wrapping his arms around her as well.

'Are you okay?' He murmured. He was quite shocked when she burst into tears.

'They are so stupid!' She wailed as she let go of him to wipe her tears away. 'They think it's their duty to look after me, but I'm not a little girl!'

'Hey I'm sorry; maybe I shouldn't have done that to your hair…'

'No! I like it; everyone likes it! It's just them.' She fell silent and pushed his arms away. 'We better go to class… we have Care of Magical Creatures.' She smiled sweetly as he groaned and grabbed a hold of his hand. 'C'mon, you can pat the Gnorkan this time.'

-

''Allo everyone.' Hagrid beamed as the class assembled outside of his hut. 'Today we ain't gonna look at the Gnorkan… e's been taken away due to er… an unforeseen incident… anyway, we 'ave 'ere an Hcakgrin. Stand back everyone… don't want any er… incidents.' Hagrid told everyone rather sheepishly.

'I knew that thing was dangerous.' Draco muttered; Hermione, who was beside him, laughed softly. Hagrid unlocked a rather sturdy trunk and immediately, a peculiar creature burst out to stare at the assembled class with bright reptilian eyes.

'Now who can tell me, what this 'ere thing is?' Hagrid called out. Hermione's hand was in the air before he even finished the sentence, and he nodded for her to continue.

'Hcakgrin are really rare; they're mostly found in Yugoslavia and are a mixture of reptile, bird, lizard and cat.' She paused to take a breath. 'They are very enthusiastic and take interest in one thing at a time… they're relatively harmless if you don't count the fact they try to maim anything that's the colour green, and that if someone touches the object they have an interest in, they attack them…'

'Well done 'ermione; ten points fer Gryffindor.' He scratched his head and gave Draco an interested look. 'Yer want ter pat em?'

Draco gaped at this madly insane nutter. 'What?' He croaked weakly. The Professor let out a booming laugh and slapped his thigh with glee.

'Only pulling yer leg!' He whistled to the Hcakgrin who bounded over to him, and promptly sank its sharp little teeth into his oversized hand. 'Argh yer dangerous little bugger! Gerroff!!' He flung the creature back into the trunk and after kicking the lid down, hastily bandaged his bleeding hand.

'AAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!' The creature cried indignantly as he booted it with his foot on the way past.

'I'll get one of the other Professors ter take over the class so look after yer own for the moment.' And with that he was gone, wandering up to the castle and muttering curses about Hcakgrins under his breath.

-

'Well that was a wonderful lesson wasn't it?' Draco said conversationally as he wandered back up to the castle with Hermione afterwards. Everyone was giving them strange looks; what was a Slytherin doing with a Gryffindor, and vice versa??!! Hermione drew her breath in sharply.

'Let's go to the library at lunchtime okay? We have different classes until then…' She glanced at her watch and then gave him a peck on the cheek before rushing off. She made it ten steps when she realised what she'd done. Hermione turned around slowly and stared at Draco with utter shock written over her face. His own was coloured beetroot red and he had his hand on the spot where she had just kissed him.

'Er-' She floundered as she tried to decide what to say and became aware that the entire class's eyes were on her.

'When did you two start going out?' Blaise demanded. He stalked up to the two of them and looked at Hermione with annoyance. 'You said you weren't!' Draco was opening and closing his mouth like a fish and Hermione turned to see her two best friends glaring at her.

'Uh… we… er… um…'

Draco finally regained control of himself and he smirked. 'Since the first day of the term.' He wandered over to her and slung an arm around her shoulders. 'Take a picture; it lasts longer.'

A/N: Hehe they're 'going out' now. Oh and when one of you said "make Blaise like that", I did. I thought it was a good suggestion; before I hadn't really considered it all that much. Lol, you do all realise I'm making this up as I go along? I am open to all suggestions :P. Thankyou so much for all of they reviews! I am really thrilled with them all. Thankyou for wishing me Merry Christmas, and now I will wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! WOOHOO!! NEW YEAR!! Man, are others as excited as I am?? Think about it; new year, new class, new stuff to learn (haha), new beginning, possible new acquaintances… I was trying to tell one of my friends all of this and they were just: 'So? So what?' Lol, it's a fun thing

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A/N: Wait a moment. It's HARRY POTTER. What on earth have I done with the evil guys??!! Okay, next chapter I'll try to introduce them :P. Oh as to length, think of Delta Goodrem.