An Open Book

Dis: No I own nothing. And I'm very disenheartened by that.

A/N: Hello I'm glad you're still reading. Or are you? I may just be talking to myself... Anywho! Here's the next chapter. I suppose this story is mostly about the Prank War and the growing relationships between the characters. Yeah. It'll be good though. I promise!

Celestreal- Thank you SO much for the review and the Favorite Stories add! I'll definatley check your's out. I'm sure it'll be great!
SugarN'SpiceRin- I'm so glad you like it! Here's an update for you. Hope it was quick enough! Ah! You ship Koga/Ayame! I love you now! (cough Not like that)


Chapter Two- Let's get these teen hearts beating Faster, faster

Hermione stood near a portrait of a fairy. (Oh I'm original..) She was waiting for Draco so they could decided on a password. Once again he was taking forever. "I'm getting so sick of him being late." She muttered. "And I'm getting sick of having to see you." Draco replied from behind her. Hermione spun around to face him and frowned. "And I'm just ecstatic about it." She said crossing her arms.

He smirked. "You know you want me." He said. "What! I most certainly do not." She said a bit too loudly. Draco smiled knowingly. "We need a password." Hermione said quickly. "Mudblood?" He suggested smirking. She narrowed her eyes. "Slytherin Git?" She asked as sweetly as possible. "How about know it all?" He suggested. "That's not insulting you know." Hermione told him. "Yes it is." Her replied crossing his arms. "Is not." Hermione replied. "Is too dammit." Draco exclaimed. "Fag." Hermione muttered. She had no problem with men liking men but she knew Draco would take it as a deep insult. As usual she was correct.

"I am straight dammit! I am fucking straight!" He exclaimed his eyes livid. "Oh please, you're so deep in the closet you're in Narnia." (Rae says this all the time) Draco rolled his eyes. "Oh I'm someplace in a book that's insulting." He muttered. "Why were you reading muggle books?" Hermione asked genuinely curious. "We need a password still." Draco said avoiding the subject.

"You're not answering the question." Hermione said crossing her arms. "It was a stupid question." Draco replied. "Was not." Hermione exclaimed. "Was too." Draco said. "Was not." Hermione repeated. "Can we hurry up I need to meet Blaize." Draco said testily. (I changed the spelling of Blaize's name. Don't bitch about it. I still love how he became everyone's second favorite Slytherin and his name was only mentioned once.)

"Heroic?" Hermione suggested letting her question slide for now. "How bout 'Love and Happiness.'" He muttered sarcastically. Hermione grinned, evilly at that. "Love and Hapiness it is!" She exclaimed brightly. "I wasn't serious." Draco snapped. "I was." Hermione replied. The portrait swung open revealing the black and gold common room. "Wow." Hermione muttered softly.

"I'm going." Draco said turning around and heading to meet Blaize. "Me too." She said. She had promised to meet Ron and the others and give them her new password.


Hermione sat sideways across a chair in the Gryffindor Common Room. She was so exhausted. Harry and Ron had gone to bed hours ago and she and Ginny had stayed up talking. Ginny had gone up to bed ten minutes ago. Now Hermione was debating about walking back to her room. With a sigh she swung up out of the chair. "Fine. I'll just walk back in the dark. All by myself. With nothing but a piece of wood for protection." She said as she pulled out her wand.

She may have been in Hogwarts but there were still dangers. Especially with the Prank War. Her thoughts were drifting to a plan Harry and Ron had been thinking up when she heard voices. She paused gripping her wand tightly. "So you're going to do it?" Asked a voice. "I said yes Blaize." Snapped a voice. That was Malfoy. Hermione coughed and took another step.

Draco turned to face her looking slightly nervous looking. He took a deep breath and smirked. "Spying on me now Granger? What a dirty thing to do." He remarked folding his arms. Hermione covered a yawn. "Bite me." She replied. She was exhausted she didn't have the energy to be polite. "I don't bite. I nibble." He replied smirking. Hemrione wrinkled her nose. "That's something I didn't want to know." She muttered. "Yes you did." Draco replied. Blaize smirked. "Did- I'm not arguing with you. I'm going to bed." She threw up her arms and headed to her new room.

She fell into the dark red depths of her bed immediately enveloped in sleep.

She awoke with a sense of foreboding. Womans intuition as her mother called it. She stumbled out of bed and grabbed her wand of the nightstand. A glance around the room proved that everything seemed alright. She walked into her private bathroom and gasped. She grabbed her wand and started muttering spells. Any she could think of. Nothing! She grabbed a washcloth and ran the hot water. She scrubbed at her skin vigorously yet to no avail.

Clad only in her nightgown she burst into Draco's room. "You!" She exlcaimed brandishing her wand. Draco looked up sleepily. His eyes opened slightly. "Granger." He said. "You did this you bastard!" She exclaimed. Her skin! It was green and silver! And she couldn't get rid of it! He smirked. "Now that's a good look for you." He remarked. Even when he was half asleep he still managed to look good. Hermione's eyes went wide. 'Did I just think that?' She asked mentally.

"How do I get rid of it?" She asked through gritted teeth. "I haven't the faintest idea." Draco remarked looking towards his window. She crossed the room quickly. "Tell me." She hissed holding her wand to his chest. He smirked up at her. "Are you going to kill me Granger?" He asked smoothly. "No. I'll do much worse." She said in a deadly quiet voice. "I don't know how to undo the spell." He said honestly. He hadn't looked up the counter hex. Frankly he didn't care.

She shouted in frustration and rushed back into her room. What was she going to do? She paced for five long minutes before rushing to the hospital wing. Not many people were awake yet. "Madame Pomfrey?" She asked quietly. "Madame Pomfrey!" She said louder this time. The kindly nurse appeared from around a corner still in her nightdress. "Miss Granger?" She asked sounding surprised. Hermione nodded. She knew if she tried to talk she'd either shout or cry. Neither option was appealing.

"Oh dear! Well you're my first prank of the year." She told the girl. "Did you try removing the color already?" She asked. Hermione nodded. She didn't want to be painted Slytherin colors! "Hmm" Poppy thought for a moment before opening a cupboard. She pulled out a vial and handed it to the girl. "Here, go take a shower, scrub with this. It should get rid of it." Hermione took the potion. "Thank you." She said quietly.

"Don't worry dear. This isn't bad at all. When I think of the pranks I've seen over the years, well anyways. There have been much worse." Hermione smiled slightly. She hurried to the dorm and turned on her shower. Within minutes her skin was back to normal. Pink from the vigorus scrubbing, but otherwise she was back to normal. She dressed and rushed to breakfast.

She slipped into a seat between Ron and Ginny. "What's wrong Mione?" Ginny asked through a bite of toast. "I need a prank." She said. Ron, Harry, Ginny and everyone else within hearing distance stared at her. "Say again?" Ron asked sure he had misheard. "I need a prank for Malfoy." She repeated slowly. "Why?" Seamus asked in disbelief. Hermione glanced at him. "He pranked me this morning. He's not getting away with it." She said to her friends.

"What did he do?" Harry asked curiously. "That's not important. What is important is revenge." She told them. "I sent an owl to Fred and George last night. I should get a reply soon." Ron told her helpfully. Their shop was doing wonderful. They had been so busy they had barely seen the pair all summer. "I sent one to Sirius." Harry told her. Hermione nodded.

Then the mail arrived. "Here's Sirius's letter!" Harry exclaimed quietly. He ran his hand through Hedwig's feathers before opening the envelope. "Fred and George are probably too busy to have written the letter yet." Ron said. Ginny was looking through the rest of Harry's mail. There was a copy of the Quibbler, The Daily Prophet, and "Look! Remus sent you a letter to Harry." Ginny said.

Harry opened the letter. "It's for all of us." He said. "Read it." Ron prompted.

"Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione,

As you know the 7th year marks the prank war. You four need to keep out of it. The things people come up with can be quite nasty. I remember oen involving your father Harry. Lily had gotten mad at him and during the middle of potions she turned his clothes invisible." Harry laughed. "Hermione you especially ha dbetter stay out of it. If you loose your Head badge I will be sure you never work in the magical field. Just stay out of trouble.

Always, Remus"

"Well this sure won't be a boring year." Ron said. Sirius's letter was full of great ideas for pranks. "Oh I'm supposed to go patrol the halls. Will you three keep thinking?" She asked. Ginny, Harry and Ron nodded. "Meet me in my room after dinner." She said. She smiled and headed out to the hall. She would have her revenge. And it would be sweet.

Classes came and went. Dinner passed and Hermione sat cross legged on her bed. Ron was the first to make it to her room. "Hey." He said sitting next to her. "Hi." She replied. He slid his arm around her waist. She leaned against his shoulder and let her eyes close. "So what did he do?" Ron asked. It had been nagging him all day. If Malfoy did something improper he would kill him.

"It was stupid really. It just got to me because it was early and I hadn't slept well." Hermione told him her honey eyes glancing up at him. "Tell me. Please?" he asked running his fingers through her hair. "He cast a spell on me while I was asleep. I woke up with my skin green and silver and it wouldn't come off." She said letting her eyes close again.

"Ah. How did you end up getting it off?" He asked. "I had to get a potion from Madame Pomfrey." She explained. Ron kissed the top of her head. "We'll get him. Ginny said she had thought of an idea." As if they had been listening Ginny and Harry burst in her door just then. "Speak of the devil and he shall come." Hermione muttered sitting up. Ron kept his arm around her waist.

"Oh sure it's fine for you." Ginny muttered glaring at Ron. "Sorry, we were in the owlrey." Harry explained. Hermione looked at them curiously. "Alright you said you called him gay last night right?" Ginny asked perching herself on the end of Hermione's bed. She nodded slowly. "Yeah." "Well Fred and George are sending me some things. We're going to play of the 'gay' comment." Ginny smirked evilly.

She and Harry explained their idea. Hermione beamed. "You're a genius Ginny!" She exlcaimed breathlessly. "Of course I am!" Ginny laughed. Hemrione stifled a yawn. Ron looked at her and smiled. "Let's go guys." He said standing up. "No! I'm fine. Really." Hermione said standing up as well. Ginny and Harry had already disappeared through the door. Ron pressed his lips against hers gently. Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer.

His arms twined around her waist as the kiss deepend. Ron pulled back grinning. He kissed her forehead lightly. "Night." He said and disappeared through the door. Hermione collapsed back onto the bed. And soon she was asleep.

She stood in an dark room. "Hello!" She exclaimed. She could tell someone was there. She could feel them. Hear their breath. She reached her arms out in front of her. "Who's there?" She demanded. "Hermione." Whispered a cold voice. "Malfoy?" She asked. her voice echoed back. "Draco." He corrected. She felt arms around her waist, breath hot against her neck. Why wasn't she pulling away? She couldn't move. She was frozen. "Hermione." A voice echoed. "Hermione." It repeated. "Hermione!"

Her honey eyes flew open as she sat straight up. Her room was still dark. She was safe. She was alone. "Hermione are you up!" She turned on the light besides her bed. "Fred!" She excliamed quietly. "And his brother chopped liver." George said brightly. Hermione looked at them. "What are you doing here! How did you get in here!" She demanded her face flushed with surprise. "Ginny." George said simply. "And we're here to help you get revenge." Fred added happily. "Now?" Hermione asked in disbelief. "Now." The twins said smirking evilly as they pulled out bags from their shop.


This chapter was longer. I think. Is it good? Bad? I dunno I liked it. I bet you're all dying to know what they're going to do to him. Or do you care at all? Either way. You should review! hehe. It'll make me post quick. And that's always cool. I promise the next chapter will be longer. And Draco will get pranked. Let the fun begin!