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A/n- New computer, faster updates, sorry about the wait. I am not going to ramble, read on!
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Hogwarts 1979
"Finally, woods!" Draco exclaimed as they came to a dense forest. They had been walking for practically three days and every place had been muggle inhabited, so they couldn't apparate.
"Scream it, why don't you?" Hermione said, appearing behind him. "We don't even know where we're going, do we?"
"To Hogwarts," Draco said and took in his surroundings, making sure no one was around.
"Oh come on, the security there must be tight, we'll never get inside," she said obviously and Draco smirked at her.
"The name Malfoy holds a pretty big respect Hermione," he said, trailing his finger down her cheek so she shivered. He smiled inwardly; he loved giving women that feeling. She pushed his hand away rudely.
"Don't touch me," she said angrily. Draco smirked at her.
"You know you liked it, don't deny it Granger," he said, confident of his charm.
"You're so full of yourself Malfoy," she spat his last name out and turned away, observing the area herself.
"You used to find that hot," he said off hand and moved closer to her, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her closer to him. She snarled and fought out of his grasp, turning away again, this time on purpose, and looked at nothing in particular.
"I have never found anything about you hot!" she said to him, turning around and glaring him down. He didn't falter at all.
"Don't deny what's happening between us Granger, we're stuck in another decade together, the only people we know is each other, what do you expect is going to happen?" he shot at her. She couldn't deny what was going on between them, or what should be going on between them.
"Absolutely nothing, keep your hands and your lips to yourself!" she snapped and walked deeper into the woods, Draco running to keep up. "Here's good, apparate to Hogsmeade. One, two, three." Draco spun around and disapparated to Hogsmeade, where Hermione popped up right beside him.
"Now what genius?" she asked, looking at the strong gates surrounding the giant castle, which Draco now had a sudden yearning to enter. He wanted to eat the good, elf-made food, and relax by the fire. He let out a sigh.
"Come my darling and I will show you," he said and Hermione mumbled under her breath, but Draco simply smirked and walked away, towards the gates. There was already a teacher there, eyeing them curiously. Draco muttered a few words under his breath and a note materialized into his hand from nowhere.
"Who goes there?" the voice said, and Draco noticed that it was Mad Eye Moody, not a teacher, but an auror guarding the school.
"Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, we were sent this letter from," Draco glanced at the letter pretending to check it, "Albus Dumbledore, regarding," he checked the letter again, "security at Durmstrang School." He handed the letter to the man, who read it over several times, and poked at it with his wand as well.
"Very well, follow me," he said and began walking up the sloping lawns to the school, drawing his cloak around him tight. Draco noticed he had already acquired the wooden leg, but was missing the creepy eye. Thank god.
When they reached the doors, he led them through them and up the marble staircases, following the path the two students knew was to the Headmaster's office. "Wait here, he will return from dinner shortly," he said and clunked away. Draco smirked, knowing his plan had worked.
"Very smart Draco, very smart," Hermione congratulated, "but it isn't great that they know our real names. Besides, don't you think they will look for records of us at Durmstrang? Your plan isn't foolproof exactly."
"It won't matter; we are going to tell Dumbledore everything anyways. He's a smart man; he'll understand all of this."
"Right." They sat in silence for several minutes, shooting looks at each other, and Draco was sure she had smiled at him, although only briefly.
"Inside, inside," Dumbledore chimed as he walked up right behind them and unlocked his office door with a password, which Draco didn't catch. They walked up the winding staircase and reached a door, which Dumbledore led them through and gestured for them to sit down in chairs across from his own.
"What brings you here? I don't have any record of students being sent on messenger missions, especially in a time of war within the magical community," Dumbledore said, clearly but calmly, lowering his spectacles so they rested on his nose.
"We're from the future," Hermione stated, staring intently into the old man's eyes. Wow, direct, Draco thought.
"I see. What year, exactly?" he asked quickly. He didn't have any expression at all, he still seemed calm and collected.
"1997. We are going through a-" Draco started but Dumbledore silenced him with a hard look. Draco faltered.
"Tell me nothing. We do not want to alter the future. Now, do you attend Hogwarts in the my future, your past?" he said, putting his fingertips together. His blue eyes were sparkling; he seemed very interested in them.
"Yes. I am Hermione Granger and this is Draco Malfoy. We are both Head Boy and Girl, so we're in seventh year, and I've been in Gryffindor my whole life, but he was in Slytherin and then transferred to Gryffindor in seventh year," Hermione explained to him, and he nodded his head, slowly.
"Why did you transfer to Gryffindor, all Malfoys have been Slytherins, if I know my history correct," he asked, looking over Draco to a portrait on the wall behind him.
"If I told you, it could affect the future," Draco said and leaned back on two legs of the chair. "I didn't by choice, anyways."
"Very well, lodgings will be made available in Gryffindor Tower for you both. Now, tell me, why are you here?" he asked, finally reaching the point in the conversation where Draco felt they should have been at 10 minutes ago.
Draco handed the paper the death eater had dropped to Dumbledore and he scanned it quickly, nodding and muttering to himself. "I wish I knew what object they were speaking of,' he said, finally, handing the paper back to Draco.
"Well something for the Dark Lord's dirty work, no doubt," Draco commented and Hermione punched him.
"Something you would know a lot about," she hissed at him and snarled at him.
"Children don't fight and say no more. I cannot hear about what you speak of. Now, what I am guessing is that you need to do some research on this? The library is available; you need not attend classes, if you do not wish. I'll be informing the teachers of our guests. And-" he explained, but stopped as there was a knock at his door.
"Enter," he said, distracted from his lecture. Draco relaxed but tensed as soon as Hermione gasped right next to him, her eyes as wide as a tree frog's. Draco whipped around saw a couple enter; a young woman with auburn colored hard and brilliant green eyes was holding hands with a tall man with messy brown hair, wearing glasses, his wand in his other hand. Those eyes; the messy hair; they reminded Draco a lot of…yes! These were Harry's parents and this was the reason for Hermione's reaction.
"Ah, James and Lily. Meet our guests that are staying with us for some protection, Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger. Kids, this is Lily Potter and James Potter, they are aurors for the Ministry of Magic."
Draco nodded slowly but Hermione was frozen in the spot, and Draco found her foot and tapped it lightly. She jerked out of her trance-like state and got up slowly, walked over and shook both of their hands. Draco did the same and dismissed themselves from the room after telling Dumbledore they would come by again tomorrow.
Draco put his hands in his pockets and dragged himself through the hallways, Hermione walking numb behind him. "The Potters. We just met the Potters," she said shakily after a while and Draco nodded, not knowing what to say.
"Looking pretty good for a dead guy, ain't he?" he joked but Hermione turned around and slapped him. He froze in the spot, wanting very much to hit her back, but he didn't rise to it.
"It isn't funny Draco," she spat at him and he slowly nodded.
"I deserved that," he said simply and continued walking towards Gryffindor tower, Hermione slowly walking behind him. His cheek burned with embarrassment and pain. When they reached it, they slumped to the ground, not knowing the password to the tower.
"Wobblethingum," a girl said to the portrait, which swung open, and she almost made it all the way in before stopping, noticing the two students on the floor, looking at her curiously.
"I've never seen you two around before," she simply said, looking at them oddly.
"We're new, and we're in Gryffindor," Hermione said, and the girl cocked her head to the side and then laughed.
"My name is Anastasia," she said, offering her hand and Hermione shook it and then Draco. "But everyone calls me Stasia, so you better call me that too. What you guys go by?" She said all of this very fast.
"Umm…I'm Draco and this is Hermione," he said, dropping the girl's hand finally and stood there awkwardly.
"Well, Draco, you're quite cute," she said and winked, but turned to Hermione, "if you don't mind me saying so."
"Oh, we aren't dating," Hermione corrected quickly and Draco scoffed. The girl winked at him again and entered the common room, Hermione and Draco in tow.
"Hey everyone shut up!" Anastasia yelled to the whole of the common room, and they immediately stopped talking, looking intently at her. Most of the boys had dreamy expressions on their faces, and the girls paid rapt attention to her. It was obvious that Stasia was popular, with both the guys and girls.
"We got some new kids, um this is Draco and this is Hermione and they're both in…" she faltered, looking at Hermione for help. Hermione mouthed the words 'seventh year' to her and she turned back to her audience. "They're both in 7th year, so treat 'em nicely!" she yelled and they all nodded and started their conversations back again.
"Bloody hell, they're like your servants," Draco commented and Stasia smirked a smirk to match Draco's. He raised his eyebrows and smirked back. Hermione rolled her eyes and stepped away. She walked to the far side of the room, after that Draco lost track of her. He had just reached Stasia's chest, and his eyes locked themselves to it.
"I'm up here Draco," she said off handed and Draco looked up, not at all embarrassed. His eyes connected with Stasia's, which were dark green and misty. He stepped a little closer and ran his finger down the side of her cheek, like he had down earlier with Hermione. He leaned in, ready to kiss her, but she pushed him away.
"Now, you have to earn that," she said, stepping away, turning her back on Draco and strutting away, turning around and smirking at him before disappearing up the girls' staircase. Hermione had disappeared so Draco decided to walk around and talk to some kids. He noticed a group of boys around his age and he strutted over.
"Hey," he said casually and they glanced at him, nodded and looked away. They were looking at a map, which was actually a quidditch field, and there were arrows criss-crossing everywhere. They were making new plays. "You guys play quidditch?" he asked eagerly, happy to see something he could relate to.
"Yeah, tryouts are in a week," the nearest kid said, finally facing Draco. "Trying to make a move on Stasia?" he asked Draco.
Draco shrugged his shoulders. "She's hot," he simply answered.
"Yeah, she is. Been there, done that man. And it was worth it," he said smirking at Draco. "My name is Kevin by the way."
"Draco," he said, shaking the boys outstretched arm. "You guys have a seeker?" he asked. It wouldn't hurt to settle in a little bit, right? He had no idea how long they would be here.
"That's me," a small boy said, holding out his hand for Draco to shake as well. He took it. "Name's Zack."
"Up for some competition this year?" Draco asked, now sure he would try out. Hermione was probably already at the library, checking out every book she hasn't read.
"Sure mate, but you gotta be good to beat me. What model broom you got?" he asked. Draco faltered. He didn't know what brooms were out and which weren't in 1979.
"My old one got crushed. I'm having a new one sent over in a few days. It should be here by tryouts," Draco covered.
"I have a shooting star, but I really want a Comet 180. Obviously you know about the Comet 180 right?" he said excitedly. Draco snickered in his head; Shooting stars and Comet 180's were considered good. They were out of fashion when he started riding a broom when he was five.
"Yeah, well that's the one I want, but I don't know if I'll get it. My father said it was a surprise."
"Cool. Hey guys I'm turning in early," Zack said and headed towards the boys' dorms. Most of the boys followed him, muttering something about a Transfiguration test tomorrow, and Draco walked behind them and was almost to the staircase before Hermione grabbed him arm.
"Draco, what are you doing?" she asked him, whirling him around to face her.
"Going upstairs to get some sleep," he said cautiously.
"I mean with those guys," she said, pointing the crowd of people he had been following, who had just disappeared up the stairs.
"Making friends, trying out for the quidditch team, I don't know, settling in?" he explained, wondering what she was so afraid of.
"You're trying out for the quidditch team?" she exclaimed, receiving a dirty look from some girl studying.
"Yeah, so what? Hermione, we don't know how long we'll be here. For me, quidditch is the only thing I have from the past."
"You have me," she said. Draco was confused; he knew she didn't like him, but if she didn't, why would she want him around? Draco figured that by making new friends Hermione could get away from him and him her.
"So what, you're one friend, big deal."
"I don't want to be your friend Draco," she said, shaking her head.
"But I thought you said-"
"Yeah I know, I can't be with you. I liked what we had though. I liked pretending I was with you even though I wasn't, you know?" she said. Draco couldn't believe his ears.
"What did we have?" he asked, confused.
"Like, the friends with benefits sort of thing. We know we can't be together but, we're in a totally different decade. No one would ever know…" she said and smiled at him.
"I don't know if I want to be with you Hermione. You…I just…give me time to think ok?" he asked her and she nodded.
"I saw you and Stasia. Go ahead I don't care."
"That's going to be a fling but it might be fun, sorry to hurt you Hermione," he said and she shrugged.
"Your friend Zack is hot," she said and winked at him.
"Still friends?" he asked, hoping she wouldn't mind that he wanted to be just friends. He needed her more than anyone else in this world.
"Of course," she said and reached up, kissing him lightly on the lips and then hugging him. He left her embrace and headed up the stairs, more confused than when they had entered this decade, more confused than with his entire life as a death eater. His feelings for Hermione were too complicated. He wanted to just crash, but the kids in his dorm were loud, he could hear them and he wasn't even halfway up the stairs. This was why he loved being Head Boy.
"You guys can be heard downstairs," he stated as he walked through the door, walking over to the far left where he liked to sleep.
"Dude, that's my bed!" a skinny kid with dreadlocks yelled and tried to push Draco out of the way, but he held him back with a hand. He pulled out his wand and blasted the kid back.
"Not anymore freak," he said and dragged the kid's trunk out of the way and replaced it with his. "I like this spot," he said and plopped on the bed. The other kids laughed as the kid dragged his trunk to the other bed and sat down grumpily.
"Stupid new kids just taking my stuff," he muttered and Draco laughed.
"I have a name, its Draco," he replied to the kid and he snickered into his hand.
"At least I have a normal name. It's Kyle, by the way."
"Not caring," Draco said as he kicked off his shoes, then his socks. He stripped off his shirt and jeans and jumped into his bed, before placing a silencing charm around his bed so he couldn't hear outside noise.
He casually fell asleep, knowing that this year may just be better than his own.
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A/n- Totally took forever but I had some computer problems(cough laptop crashed cough) but, I'm back now! Yay for me! Please review and I just may update faster! Yay!
Reviews…
Zarroc- Hope you liked the chapter, review again soon.
Lok0x0hp- There's really not a reason why they were close, it might tie in later though. I'm not sure. Hope you like )
Soccerpixie3000- hehe I LOVE cliffhangers. Hope you liked the chapter, thanks for everything 3.
TomIsAGreatActor- I'm happy you like it! By the way, yes, Tom is a great actor!
BlackOwl892006- The Boy Who Traveled Through Time. Almost as good as Mugglenet's "the beast who sat", lol. Anyways, hope you liked the chapter and once again you made me laugh. Thanks for your review.
Purplebubble- Thanks, and I actually toyed around with the idea of sending Draco and Hermione back into 5th year I think it was, but I didn't want to think of the repercussions for that, so I came up with this instead. Hope you like!
And! Coming to a fan fiction near you will be…Winning Her Heart, a story I'm going to start up and will probably be out in like a few weeks. I'm taking some time to finish up Enemies Clash but as I do that and update this I'll be working on an intro chapter for that. It'll be Hermione/Draco fanfic, so I'll keep ya'll updated on that. (No, I'm not southern, btw.)
