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A/N: I know that i have not updated this since the eleventh of December and for that I truly am sorry. The only excuse I have is that life took and unexpected turn on me and hasn't been back to normal until now. Since I am currently on three softball teams, I don't really have a lot of free time so I don't know how often I will be able to update. Once again, I am sorry for the delay in this story and my others, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Chapter Twelve: Pranks and Friendships

The next morning around six thirty, Hermione began to stir. At first she didn't realize where she was or what she was sleeping on, but as she started to wake up a bit more she remembered what had happened the night before. Slowly she opened her eyes, and was shocked to find that her head was not on the couch cushion in the common room as she had expected, but instead her head was resting on her newly found twin's stomach. As she sat up, she accidentally woke Blaise and together they saw a sight that they had never expected to see. Draco Malfoy and Ronald Weasley were laying side by side and Ron's hands were thrown across Draco's chest.

Moving quietly, Hermione ran to her room to grab her camera. This was too good an opportunity to pass up. Quickly making her way back to the common room, she motioned for her brother not to make a sound as she began snapping pictures. She was by no means as good as Colin Creevey when it came to taking pictures, but Hermione was sure that these pictures would do just fine.

"So should we just leave them there to wake up on their own or should we wake them up ourselves?" Blaise asked with a mischievous smile.

"Oh, I think we should wake them up, but first I believe that we should touch them up a bit, if you know what I mean." Hermione answered with a smile almost identical to the one that Blaise was wearing.

With that, both Zabini's pulled out their wands and got to work. It took them half an hour, but by the time they were done both were proud of what they had accomplished. Draco's hair had been changed to flash hot pink to bright orange and then hot pink every few minutes. They had then put a twelve hour sticking charm to Draco's robes and then charmed them to say 'House Unity - Gryffindors and Slytherins Friends For Life. For Ron, they had charmed his hair to flash green, black and silver, and changed his robes to Slytherin colors, which also held the same message that Draco's robes held.

Quickly and quietly, the twins made their way towards the portrait before charming a bucket of ice cold water to fall over the two sleeping students. As the portrait door was beginning to close, Hermione and Blaise heard two loud screams and began running, not wanting to face their friends so soon.

When they reached the Great Hall, Blaise and Hermione parted, promising one another that they would meet up with each other after breakfast before classes started. As Hermione made her way over to the Gryffindor table and scanned over the students that were currently eating their breakfast. As she sat down beside Ginny, who must have woken up sometime before her and Blaise and come down to breakfast, she sighed in relief. Although she knew that she couldn't avoid Harry forever, Hermione knew she wasn't ready to deal with him yet. She loved Harry, yes, but she was beginning to love her new found family as well. Sure, she didn't know much about them yet, but from what she had seen so far, her family seemed to be nice, loving, good people. Already she had found comfort in Blaise, and although she never thought it was possible, even Draco Malfoy was beginning to grow on her. Slytherins, she though, weren't as bad as she has originally thought.

Suddenly Hermione was pulled from her thoughts by several gasps and laughter from her fellow students. As she followed their gaze, she saw that both Ron and Draco were standing in entrance hall door to the Great Hall. As she looked at their faces, she realized that Ron was glaring ad her and Draco at Blaise. Then suddenly to everyone's surprise, Draco whispered something into Ron's ear and began laughing. At first Ron looked angry and then he too whispered something to Draco and began laughing as well.

As both of the two boys made their way over to their respective tables, the Great Hall heard snatches of the two boys' conversation.

"Hot pink hair? That's got to be the funniest thing ever. Remind me to thank Hermione for doing that?

"You think my hair is bad? You should look at your own. I love my house colors, but I would never change my hair to be silver, green, and black. That just looks ridiculous! Must have been Blaise's idea."

"We'll get them back you know. No one makes a fool of a Malfoy and gets away with it!"

The rest of breakfast went along pretty smoothly. After the initial shock of a Gryffindor and a Slytherin, let alone a Weasley and a Malfoy, joking around, the Great Hall went back to normal, however, many people where still talking about Ron and Draco, as well as the rumor that Hermione Granger and Blaise Zabini had been behind it, Somehow, the students of Hogwarts didn't think it was possible that these two students were capable of pranking their friends.

"Ron, I'm suppose to meet Blaise before class starts, but I have to go to the bathroom. Can you tell Blaise where I am at if I am a little late? Please don't say anything to anyone about what you learned last night. I want to talk to Professor Dumbledore before anyone learns the truth. Thanks Ron." Hermione asked as she got up to leave. After she made out of the Great Hall and up the stairs, a hand reached out and pulled Hermione into an unused classroom. Carefully, in one swift movement, her attacker removed her wand from her pocket and placed it in his own.

"I think we need to talk Hermione Granger, or shall I say Rayanna Kaydence Zabini?"

A/N Once again, I am sorry for taking so long to update. I am aware that this chapter is short, but I figured that it was better to put up a short chapter then take another week or two trying to make this longer. Please review and let me know what you thought of this chapter.

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P.S. I have recently put up a oneshot about Ron being offered a deal by Voldemort and his decision whether or not he completes the tasked that he was offered.

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