Sorry it has been so long! You know how vacation is though… but here is the next chapter… please enjoy and review!

Recap

When she woke I didn't plan on bringing her down to him… I wouldn't let her live like that. Not under someone else's command… not like me.

I placed her on my bed and took out my big suitcase and began packing. I didn't know where I was going to take her but I wasn't going to let her stay here and die for something and someone she didn't believe in. I was going to save her sanity, her life, her freedom… and maybe, just maybe, I was going to save me too.

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Draco

As soon as I was finished packing I placed my wand tip to the edge of my suitcase and muttered a small spell. Soon enough my suitcase was so tiny that I could pick it up and place it in my pocket.

I smiled gently as I looked over at Hermione… the marriage was off, well, the "arranged" part was now. I could only pray that she would still want to marry me. What was I thinking? I cant think of such things now, I had to get her and I out of there.

I then picked her up bridal-style in my arms and apparated out of there focusing on Dumbledore. I didn't know where he was but I knew that he could help. Soon I found myself in a very overly large room. I placed Hermione down on the bed and looked around.

I heard a creek, which sounded like the opening of a door so I turned quickly and saw Dumbledore looking at me. I gave him a small smile but he didn't return the smile.

"Mr. Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Dumbledore asked sounding confused.

"Professor," I sighed and then looked over at Hermione. I was about to turn my family in, to turn myself in, to betray everyone and everything I had ever known. "Can we talk sir?"

"Of course," He slightly chuckled, "Come and sit, have some pumpkin juice."

So I sat down on a lounge chair across from Dumbledore who was sitting on a couch. I felt like I was in therapy at that certain moment but brushed off the annoyance I felt then.

"So, Draco… may I call you Draco?" Dumbledore asked with a slight twinkle in his eyes.

"Yes, you can sir."

"Draco," Dumbledore began again, "would you care to explain?"

So I began, telling Dumbledore everything. How he had been betrayed by my family, how we now were all Death Eaters including Hermione because of my idiotic family. How I really cared for her and loved her. How I just wanted her to be safe and for her and I to be together with out the worries of our families, just to be plainly… happy.

Dumbledore looked up at me with that same twinkle in his eyes. Soon a broad smile came upon his face as he began to respond.

"Draco," He began as he looked over at Hermione, "You and Hermione will have to deal with your families but not on the wrong side. You could most definitely be on our side. Next school year, if your serious about this, will become what you need to become and in the end will stand by Mr. Potter and the rest of the Auras and fight against them. Only then, my dear boy, will you be happy with Hermione. When this war is finished and done with."

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Hermione

I woke up feeling very over exhausted. I didn't know what to think at that point, and I hated remembering what happened to me today… or was it yesterday?

I sat up in a huge bed and looked around. It didn't look like my bedroom from the Malfoys'; in fact it had a much more home like look to it.

I got up out of the bed and searched for any sign of life, which at the moment seemed the right thing to do.

Then I heard the creek of a door and soon enough saw the two people I never thought would stand together… Draco Malfoy and my best friend Harry Potter.

I stood there feeling aghast at the moment, but then they smiled and I knew everything was ok.

"What's going on?" I asked then feeling very confused and frustrated.

"You've been out for a week Hermione, and we have much to talk about." Draco told me with a small smile.

I knew I wasn't in the Malfoy Mansion anymore. I was also utterly confused, what was going on?

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Ok, I'm sorry about it being so short and so blah, but this is just a connection chapter to something bigger and better. It's like an and in a story… for example… Tom Felton plays the role of Draco Malfoy and is so hot looking while he does it! You see? You need the and to get from one part to the other. Well, what a messed up theory huh, but I promise the next chapter will blow you all away…

Yours Truly,

Nikkie (BlueEyedFairy)