From A to Z, From Z to A

By True Distortion

HBP Spoilers - Draco and Hermione are being hunted by Voldemort. Ron and Harry chose them to be the ones to go into hiding. Where and how long? For a year, in Malfoy Manor, of course.

Sorry about everything that's wrong with it. Hopefully this will clear up anything. Except for the time thing, sorry that I wasn't aware of that. I miss a lot of things.

Chapter Two

No Money and Two Visitors

"So, you sit here and play this while I go take a shower," Hermione plugged the PS2 into the portable TV and passed through the door.

After half an hour of trying to figure out how to play, Draco finally placed one of the harder games inside and began to play.

"You know, I think I'm starting to like this BS2 thing," Draco called to her as he played Extreme Racers.

"It's PS2, you dolt. If you break it, then you better buy me a new one. No TWO new ones," she called back as she wrapped her bathrobe around her.

"Why two?" he asked, not taking his eyes off the TV screen.

She peeked her head around the corner of the washroom and into the bedroom.

"Because you can afford it."

"Actually," he turned to her, "I can't."

Her mouth twisted in a weird sort of way, as if she was thinking.

"Your father gave it all to Voldemort, didn't he?"

Draco nodded.

"Yeah, well, too bad for me, Theresa Thornpetal just happened to leave her fortune with her best friend who passed it down through his family," she leaned against the door frame.

"In other words, You Know Who has your money, too?" he asked.

"So, we're here with no money, sitting around or hiding, while the Dork Lord is swimming around in our money," she pondered this for a moment. "In some twisted backwards universe, that is ours, it's true."

The doorbell rang three long times and then two short times.

"Get that, I have to blow dry my hair," Hermione shut the door to her washroom.

Draco, recognizing this as the 'secret doorbell ring', shut off the PS2 and made his way down the stairs. He swung open the door and, in a rush, Harry and Ron pinned him against the wall.

"You're treating her alright?"

"She's not dead?"

"You're not dead."

"Yet."

He wrenched himself from their grasps and straightened out his shirt.

"She's fine. She's just finished taking a shower. If I had anything to say about this none of you would've set foot in—"

"But you don't get anything to say about it," Ron reminded him.

Draco grimaced. Living with the 'mudblood' for a year or being stuck in Azkaban were his only choices. Both sounded like bundles of fun.

They all heard a loud squeal and Hermione came running down the stairs in a robe that had a large silver 'M' embroidered on the back of it. She flew straight into Harry's arms.

"Oh, it's been hell here!" she sighed.

"Hell, huh?" Both boys glared at Draco who shrugged.

"Oh, grow up, all of you!" she laughed. "Did you bring him?"

Harry nodded and reached into his pocket, pulling out a small, pinky-sized dog. He pointed his wand at it and muttered, "Accresco."

The dog grew to its normal size which was not enormously bigger than the average hand span.

"Aw, come here, Meeko," Hermione cooed.

She laughed as the dog jumped straight up into her arms and began licking her face.

"What, in God's name, is that THING?" Draco said slowly backing away.

"It's a Yorkshire Terrier," she smiled. "And you'd do well to be as affectionate as you can to it."

"I'm not being affectionate to a smelly ball of fur."

Harry and Ron gave Draco a look of warning.

"Alright, well, we're off," Ron smiled to Hermione.

"So soon?" Hermione sighed.

Meeko jumped out of her arms and pranced over to Draco, who picked him up carefully.

Meeko immediately began licking his face and wagging his tail.

"He likes you!" Hermione squealed.

"I suppose he's not that bad," Draco chuckled.

"A sight I never thought I'd see," Harry shuddered.

"Let's go, mate," Ron opened the door, "before we're all scarred for life."

Hermione laughed, "I said grow up, remember?"

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I'm not going to change everything to Naomi instead of Hermione because it would confuse me and it might confuse those people who tend to skip the first chapters. Yes, there are people like that.

33 TD.