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Chapter 3 Humiliation and Hells Redemption

"Click... click... click click...HOOT!"

Draco Malfoy awoke to this sound. It was still to early to be getting up and dressed for class yet. His newly rubbed eyes went towards his window. A gray owl was hitting it's beak on the window pane and it hooted at him.

Draco got up and walked lazily tot he window and pushed it open. The owl soar d in and circled the room a few times, making Draco's head spin, before settling down and resting on the top if his own owl's cage. His owl, Luco clattered into the side by the stupid common mail owl dirtying IT'S cage.

Draco took the letter attached to the dirty owls leg and gave it a treat. The bird immediately flew out the window after this, seeing as how Draco's owl almost tipped over it's cage from being in such a frenzy. Draco ripped open the envelope and read the very short letter.

Draco,

Be in you common room at midnight tonight, expect me in the fire.

S.S.

"What the hell could he possibly want?" Draco asked out loud to no one in particular.

Snape was on the run from the ministry. It would be stupid for him to use the floo network.

"The farther he stays away from me, the better." Draco wanted nothing more to do with his favorite professor. Yes, Snape had saved him from having to kill Dumbledore, and he was great full, but all the same, it couldn't be good what he wanted to to Draco about. It had to be about Voldemort.

There would be no getting back to sleep for him, it just wouldn't happen , to many things going through his head. He went to the door that opened to his and Hermione's adjoined bath.

The bath room was made like the prefects bath. The tub had all kinds of faucets, but it wasn't as big nor as deep as the prefects bath. If they wanted to swim and have a big bath they had to use the prefects.

The showers in the bathroom were just as good as the tub. The water that came from the shower head always changed temperatures to match the person using it so the water was always perfect. It also changed according to the seasons and a person could also change the temperatures at will. The floor was padded so that your feet wouldn't hurt or slide around.

Draco took off his green silk night shirt and boxers and stepped into the shower.

Hermione awoke because she heard rushing water. She rolled over and concluded that the noise was someone in the shower. She looked up at the clock and it read six o-clock.

'Way to early to be up.' she thought maybe Malfoy had taken a shower before bed that night and left the water running.

She got up and walked over the the bathroom door. She opened it and her mouth dropped open. There, through the clear glass shower doors, was Draco. He had his back to her thank God, but she still had full view of his ass.

His body was tanned slightly, though still pale but you could see where his short would start and end. His back was splayed with water droplets.

Hermione finally started backing up to the door, fumbling slightly with the knob, her eyes still on his nice, thigh ass. She was trying to remain as quiet as possible so she could get out of there without his noticing her. No such luck.

"Nice view huh Granger? It's really to bad I'm not facing the other way isn't it? Now if you would be kind enough to close you mouth and get out of here, I really would like finish showering Draco said still facing his back to her.

"I-I um, I heard the water... to early to be up- oh, forget it! EWWW!" Hermione closed her eyes fast and opened the door, for he had started to face her in the shower.

"Ha,ha I've got blackmail now. I've succeeded in finding her weakness." Draco said quietly to himself. He had noticed her come in through the corner of his eye. He'd cocked his head to the side slightly so he could see her reaction. It had been as priceless as the look he'd given her the other night, and far more funny a situation. Why not take the chance to mess with her?

Draco snickered. He got out of the shower and got dressed slowly. Hermione wanted to bang on the door and demand him to move his butt, she needed a shower too, but she worried he'd say something smart about what had just happened to her.

Malfoy finally finished and he opened the door. He smirked as he looked at her standing in front of him blushing.

"Don't worry Granger, I don't bite." Draco said stepping aside. Hermione just blushed and walked in the washroom, being careful that she didn't touch him as she squeezed by.

By the time Hermione was out of the shower she only had time to put on deodorant and brush her teeth. She grabbed her bag and walked out the portrait hole, her hair beginning to bush out even more the normal.

Hermione had Defense Against the Dark Arts with the Slytherins first thing. She had to miss breakfast and as she walked quickly down the halls to DADA, her stomach was growling. Then it struck her.

'Oh no... by the time get there Malfoy will have told everyone what happened this morning and I'll be a laughing stalk...'

She reached the class just as the bell rang, but found everyone standing looking glum. She walked in and everyone turned to look at her. They gawked at her.

'Just as I feared, now hear comes the laughing and taunting.'

She walked over to Harry and Ron with her head down.

"Whats up with your hair today Hermione, it's looking worse then normal." Ron said. Once again he was inconsiderate.

"What? Oh, I-I didn't have time to dry or brush it... slept in..." Hermione let out her held breath and thanked Merlin Malfoy hadn't said anything, at least not to the Gryffindors, but she was sure it would come.

"Welcome Miss Granger, please join us in standing. Now when I read your name off please go sit where I instruct you to. This is your N.E.W.T. Level year and I don't want you all chatting away to your friends and failing you exams. Now, Mr. Potter will be with Miss Parkinson. Over by the window if you please you two. Now, now, no huffs, I'm not trying to be mean."said Lupin. Harry grumbled something about 'crazy prick' and glared as Pansy sat down next to him.

'I should have left Hogwarts.' he thought.

"Next we'll have Mr. Finnegan and Mr. Goyle, over behind Potter and Parkinson. Good, good, next we'll have Mr. Zabini and Miss Weasley behind them."

Hermione swerved round. What was Ginny doing in their class/ She wasn't in their year. Hermione then remembered Giny telling her on the train that she was so much more advanced then her peers in DADA that she always out hexed or out stunned the other person first so it was always boring for her. Dumbledore had decided it'd be better for her to be advanced in that subject. Hermione untenced herself, her breathing returning to normal. She was hopping she wouldn't have anything go wrong with any of her friends until at least a little more into the year. She really didn't want to have to deal with punishments or unpleasentries.

"Behind them is Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger. Then Mr. Weasley and Mr. Fint."

'No' Hermione thought. 'Not the ferret' she slumped into her chair next to Malfoy, trying not to avoid the inevitable. Draco was whispering to Blaise.

'Oh no... he's telling Blaise what happened this morning. Now by lunch the whole school will know.'

Again she braced herself for the worst, and again, it never came.

Lupin said they were going to work on things they had learned in their last year as a basis to what would come this year. They started out with the patronis. Naturally, Harry's was perfect from the get go and Hermione's came right up behind him. She sent her otter flying at Draco who jumped out of the way as the beautiful otter swam along at him as if in invisible water. He made a face at her and she gave him a triumphant and superior glare.

'Enjoy that look for as long as you can, it wont come again.' Draco thought to himself. He hated feeling inferior to her and promised himself not to let her do it again.

After a bit Lupin brought out a boggart and told everyone to imagine it as their worst fear and send their patronis on it. Harry went first as an example and he could accomplish this without losing hardly any energy, unlike when he first had done it. Off course Lupin told the students that if they remembered from their third year that facing a dementor would be much worse then the boggart.

Neville had fainted his first time, but quickly regained his strength and could once again take down the boggart.

Draco was able to take on the boggart as well as Hermione. His patronis took on a mighty and tall dragon. It was huge and beautiful, Hermione was awed by it.

The rest of the day took on the same sort of shape. The teachers put the students in assigned seats and in almost every class Hermione had with Slytherin she sat with Draco.

The last class of the day was potions with Gryffindor and Slytherin. Dumbledore had strolled into the class like he was gliding and Draco shuddered, despite how happy and enthused Dumbledore looked, it still creeped Draco out to see him sometimes.

Once again Dumbledore mixed the students up and once again Hermione and Draco were stuck together. Draco wondered if all the Head Boy's and Girls were put together in their classes, or whether the professors just preferred to annoy them and wanted entertainment from their fights, for there were sure to be many of them. He hadn't yet found a reason to call Hermione a mudblood yet that day, he made a mental note to do so. She needed to be re-told her place obviously.

Dumbledore went over their past potions with them for about half hour, making sure they had still memorized different potions an ingredients. After that they started work on a healing potion for small cuts and scrapes. All successful potions would be handed into Madam Pomfrey for her collection. Hermione and Draco only had an hour to make the potion and it was fairly uncomplicated.

"Ok Malfoy, I'm not doing all the work so you better face it and do something and not expect to just sit around." Hermione said to Draco.

"I had every intention of helping you Granger now just shut up and go get the ingredients and I'll get the cauldron." Draco snapped at her and got up to fetch the cauldron.

'prick.' thought Hermione. At least now he knew she wouldn't put up with him slacking, although she probably didn't have to say it in the first place.

The class went horribly. Everyone, including Hermione and Draco were fighting with each other. Dumbledore just sat at the front of the class watching them, slightly smiling. It was like he enjoyed watching them yell, scratch, hit and bite each other. Potions were getting spilt all over the floor and Milicent Bullstrode was completely covered from head to toe in healing potion when a fight between Pansy and Lavender broke out over how many times to stir their cauldron clockwise. Milicent wasn't seriously injured, in fact all her zits went away. It unfortunately enough for her did not make her any more pretty. Draco had called Hermione a mudblood more then once and Dumbledore still kept in his seat, never talking, moving or looked in anyway interested in erasing the disaster. Hermione retaliated with 'ferret' and 'toad ghost' many times, as well with as many different unmentionables.

The bell rang to signal end of classes, but Dumbledore kindly asked Hermione and Draco to stay behind and clean up everyone else's messes. They never spoke to one another the whole time they cleaned up and walked back to their dormitories in opposite directions, Draco taking the longer way around.

'Why, of all the things they could have done to me, whipped me, beat me, put the crutatious curse on me, why did it have to be spending every waking moment of every day with that insufferable know-it-all mudblood! Of all the bloody things, her. Shes like a plague that try's to rot away my brain by knowing everything and being stuck up and bitchy. Of all the bloody hell things...'

Draco walked through the portrait hole and slammed into something soft. He gripped it tightly so he wouldn't fall over, but did so anyway. The soft thing landed on top of him. Things that sounded like books landing on the marble floor landed right beside him. The sound muffled their 'oofs' and he looked up to see what had had the never to fall on him. His eyes widened. 'Granger.' He pushed her off him.

"What the bloody hells gotten into you? First the shower and now your trying to get my attention by landing on me. Get this through your mudblooded head, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!" Draco yelled at Hermione, his face screwed up in disgust, not bothering to help her up and dusting himself off.

"You wish useless ferret, you ran into me and I was heading to the library so don't try to say that I was coming onto you. As it is I've learned my lesson never to be in the same room as you. I suppose by now the whole school knows what happened this morning. Just leave me alone Malfoy and I'll do the same for you." Hermione rolled over and gathered her books and began to get up to her feet.

"Are you totally off your rocker? Why would I spread around that a mudblood laid her eyes on my what was taint less and angelic body which is now spoiled because of it. That wouldn't make you the only laughing stalk in the school. Well besides Longbottom." Draco said, almost innocently in a matter-o-factly way.

"Ah! Forget it Malfoy, just leave me be." and she stalked out of the portrait hole.

"Gladly." said Draco.

After dinner and Hermione was asleep Draco walked down to the common room and lit a fire. He sat down on the couch and waited for Snape to come.

At eleven o-clock Draco had gotten tired and had dosed off. At exactly midnight Draco heard his name being called from within his dream. It was a familiar voice and then realized that the voice wasn't in his head, but coming from a fiery green head in the fireplace. Draco was startled and sat bolt upright.

"Draco." Snape said, making sure that he was awake.

"S-Snape, whats the meaning of all this?" Draco asked, trying to regain his composure.

"Just like your father you are, always trying to show more authority then you have." Severus snapped.

"Don't you ever dare compare me to my father, I am nothing like him and never will be." Draco said. He was disgusted that he was always referred to as little Lucius, just because he was a prat didn't mean he was as mean as his father.

"You will become your father if you wish to survive Draco. Listen, you know how much I care for you, I've known you since you were a baby, and you were always my favorite pupil. Listen to what I say and you will survive when Hogwarts is taken. You must do as I say Draco or your days are numbered and numbered very few." said Snape, his face was pleading with Draco to trust him and take him seriously.

"I'm dead no matter what happens, if I become a Death Eater, I'll kill myself, if I stay here I'm dead, my days have been numbered from the moment I was conceived. I don't want to torture people, I know what tortures like, from my father and now from having to be so bloody close to Granger, all the bloody time." Complained Draco.

"Your being stupid Draco, who says you'll have to torture anyone? You need to regain the Dark Lords trust first before you get to be in the inner circle to be able to do that sort of thing. No, what I have for you is another kind of torture. No, your going to seduce Granger. Shes the only one who's really close to Potter, other then the Weasly girl but shes to hard to seduce, shes got back ups to talk her out of you and shes to tough herself, she'd blow you up if she ever found out. No, Granger is perfect. Shes easy trusting and has as much information on the Order as any of them. This is how you will redeem yourself with the Dark Lord, get close and collect information for him. Don't look at me that way Draco, its not like you have to fall in love with her and it's not for forever. Just do it so you can survive. Also when the time comes that the castle is going to be stormed, you can keep her out of the way,a nd without their brain, the other two are toast." Snape finished and looked at the very demented and screwed up face of Draco.

"Theres no way I'm touching and kissing a mudblood. My father wont stand for this." Draco defied.

"Your father has no say and will sit back and allow it, he has no power over the Dark Lord and will keep his head if he too wishes to survive. However, the news most likely will not reach him anyway, both your mother and father are in Azkaban and more then likely wont hear about it until after the break out. Draco, listen to me, do as I say, don't be foolish and waste away your life. Redeem yourself and you will live, it doesn't matter what kind of life you lead, just live."

"I-I it's not fair... shes so annoying, I cant even go through a whole class without fighting with her, how am I going o get close to her? Shes never going to go for it. Shes not stupid."

"Draco, just do it. I'll send you an owl in a couple months to update with you. Move slowly, progress each day, but not to quickly, she wont believe it if your to fast. Remember Draco, your not your father, but you have to live." and with that he was gone.

Draco stared into the fireplace for a little longer. His mind was bewildered. He couldn't even contemplate how he was going to accomplish what he was asked, he would be a dead ferret by the end of the year, he just knew it. There was no way he could get close to Granger, it just wasn't in his nature.

Draco dragged his feet a;long the floor and up the stairs to his room. He changed into his soft silk boxers and lay awake for most of the night. When he did sleep he had nightmares of Hermione being a great big lion engulfing his head in her mouth.

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