A/N: DO NOT OWN ANYTHING IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HARRY POTTER AND REALLY WISHED I DID BUT I DON'T.

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Hermione stepped out into the cold morning air. She was dressed in a tight- fitting jumper, and had a pair of warm pants on.

Grumbling slightly, Hermione sat down on the grass and waited for Draco to come.

As Hermione sat there, she watched the sun rise in all its glory. The first hint of sun peering over the trees, before the sky turned from ink black to a pinkish-purple.

Sighing, Hermione took in the breath-taking scene before her, wondering what Draco was doing, taking so long.

She was about to leave when she felt a hand on her shoulder. In less than a second, Hermione had twisted out of grasp and had her wand pointing in the direction of the hand.

There, standing in front of her was Draco, a little shocked.

"Is there something you should be afraid of here?" Draco asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, just reflex. You get those sorts of reflexes when you battle people and creatures who are trying to kill you." Hermione grimaced as she remembered what it was like in first year when Devil's Snare tried to kill her.

Draco nodded.

"Well what are we waiting for? Come with me. We've got work to do." Draco said.

Hermione nodded and followed Draco into the basement of the Manor, and the Malfoy's best-kept secrets.

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Harry woke up, sweating.

He had just had a dream. It had been so vivid. What happened again?

*~Dream~*

Voldemort sat in his chair by the fire as Lucius stepped in.

"Well?" he hissed.

"She is doing well. My son is training her at this very moment."

"Excellent! Watch her and make sure that she doesn't try anything
tricky." Voldemort whispered menacingly.

"Yes my Lord." Lucius bowed out.

"Excellent. Young Avery is coming along well. Now she just needs some
encouragement."

A cruel smile lit up Voldemort's face.

*~End of Dream~*

"Strange," thought Harry. "If it wasn't for the fact that Hermione hates Voldemort and his work, I could swear that he was talking about her!"

Harry laughed hollowly. That was, by far, the dumbest thing he had ever thought of.

Or so he thought.

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Hermione swallowed each book's information quickly, and as she read, Draco eyed her, watching her every move. Hermione didn't notice and kept reading.

By the time she had breakfast, Hermione had already finished several books on dark spells etc. Draco was amazed that she had finished so many books so quickly.

Smirking slightly, he reminded himself that this was Hermione Grang- Avery and she memorized every single tiny detail in every single book in every single year, so why was he surprised?

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Lucius apparated to the living room.

It was still early, and he might be able to have breakfast before it was cleaned up.

Heading over to the dining room, he found breakfast still laid out.

Sitting down. Lucius began to eat. (A/N: Come on! I mean he is human isn't he? He does eat!) Spotting Hermione and Draco down the other end, Lucius quickly finished eating.

He stood up and walked towards the two teenagers purposefully.

Draco's head snapped up.

"Yes father?" he asked coldly.

"I was wondering whether Miss. Avery here is learning everything that we discussed before." Lucius stiffened. That was a mistake. He shouldn't have said that.

"Yes father, Hermione is learning very quickly." Draco said icily. Even though he was eager to become a fully-fledged death eater, he hated his father.

"Good, good." Lucius smirked before sweeping off, his robes billowing around him.

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Lucius leaned back. The Dark Lord had just owled him with instructions to throw a party.

Lucius hated parties, however it was the Dark Lord's wish, so he followed his leader's instructions.

My loyal death eater,
It is time to set the next part of the plan into action. I want you to
throw a party. (A/N: Even Voldemort was human once. Everyone likes
parties!) Invite all the wizarding families. This is an experiment of
mine to test Miss. Avery's powers. She should've finished her theory by
the end of the week. The party is to be on the 24th December. It is to
be a 'Christmas Party.' Miss. Avery will then have subjects to test her
skills on.
-The Dark Lord

Sighing, Lucius began to write the invitations.

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Hermione woke up, feeling bright and bubbly.

During the past few days, Hermione had read about a quarter of the books, and she really wanted to test out the new spells she had learnt.

Sighing, Hermione knew that was out of the question. Slipping out of bed, she took a quick shower before changing into fresh clothes.

It was Wednesday, and Hermione had some sort of instinctive feeling that something important was going to be told to her that day.

Shaking her head, she smacked her head with her hand. She must be going crazy. Nothing special could happen today!

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Lucius summoned Draco to his study. He had to tell him of the plans for the following Wednesday.

Draco stepped into the study, confused as to why his father had summoned him so early in the morning.

"Is there something wrong father?" Draco asked, a confused expression written all over his face.

"No Draco. I just wanted to tell you that there is to be a party next week on Wednesday. All wizarding families are coming. The Dark Lord's wish. Apparently Hermione should finish her theory by the end of the week. She'll need test subjects."

Draco smirked.

"Of course father." Bowing, Draco left an evil smirk plastered across his face.

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"GINNY!" Harry roared.

He had stepped into her room to ask her something and had found a letter on her table.

It had said:

Dear Colin,
Can't wait to see you next term! Sorry I couldn't spend more time with
you. Harry is really demanding and it is so annoying! Can't wait to see
you! Maybe we'll get some time alone. Don't tell anyone about us. I
can't let Harry find out! Well, I've got to go. As I said, can't wait
to see you!
-Ginny

Harry trembled in anger. How dare she play him for a fool?

Ginny stopped in the doorway. She gasped as she saw her letter to Colin gripped in his hand.

"Yes, Harry?" Ginny said calmly, trying to feign ignorance.

"What is the meaning of THIS?" Harry snarled as he shoved the letter in front of Ginny.

She paled as she recognized it.

"Look Harry-" Ginny began.

"No Ginny. Just tell me how long this has been going on for." Harry asked, glaring at her viciously.

"About 3 weeks." Ginny said sheepishly. "But I can explain!"

Ginny moved forwards, and gently put a hand on Harry's shoulder.

"Don't touch me, slut!" Harry snarled, flinging her hand away.

"HARRY!" Ginny said, angry at Harry's impudence. "THAT'S RUDE!"

Harry spun around, pure hatred reflected in his eyes. Ginny flinched under his gaze as he began shouting.

"I'm rude? Don't even start me, Virginia Weasley! You want to talk rude? How about you cheating on me? Do you call that rude? Practice what you preach baby, coz otherwise you're gonna get nowhere in life. We're finished Ginny. Don't you even dare talk to me until you've decided where your loyalties lie." Harry hissed.

He stormed out, giving Ginny one last contemptuous death glare.

Ginny sobbed quietly. How could she have been so silly? Harry was a dream guy. He was good at Quidditch, famous, good-looking, everything you could want. Why did she go cheat on him?

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Harry stormed into Ron's room, nearly hitting his head on the slanting roof. Swearing softly, Harry kicked his truck angrily.

Ron poked his head around the door and came in.

"Hey Harry! Anything wrong? I heard you yelling just a few moments ago. Something about deciding where your loyalties lie. Hey is there anything wrong with you and Ginny? She's crying and you're up here trying to tear my room apart!" Ron asked, as he sat down on his bed.

"No, nothing's wrong Ron. If you want to know, Ginny cheated on me. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing that would really concern you." Harry said sarcastically.

"SHE DIDN'T!?" Ron shrieked.

"Oh yes she did!" Harry said.

"SHE CHEATED ON YOU? WITH WHO? I'M GOING TO TEACH GINNY A THING OR TWO ABOUT CHEATING ON YOUR BOYFRIEND, OR IN OUR CASE GIRLFRIEND." Ron whispered vehemently.

"Colin Creevy. She's seeing that jerk Colin." Harry answered.

Ron nearly hit the roof (which wouldn't be too hard).

"I'm going down there and telling that girl a thing or two about morals. She obviously needs an update!" Ron said as he stormed out the room and down the stairs.

Harry sighed as he listened to Ron's yelling.

"GINNY! THAT IS SO DESPICABLE! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED! CHEATING ON HARRY LIKE THAT! AND WHEN HE HAS BEEN SO NICE TO YOU AS WELL!" Ron roared.

Harry sighed again and fingered the Christmas present he had gotten Ginny. Might as well give it to Hermione.

Opening the gift box, Harry took out the bracelet. It had a series of knots on it, and had one charm dangling off it (hanging between the knots). He had been planning on giving Ginny another charm every month they stayed together, but he supposed that was impossible now.

Harry placed the bracelet carefully back onto the Silver silk inside the box. He could hear Ginny's wailing and maniacal sobs through the closed door.

He began to feel sorry for Ginny, when he stabbed himself mentally. She deserved this. She deserved this pain. Harry was feeling extremely grateful that everyone else was out. It would be hard to explain the yelling to all the other Weasley's.

Ron stormed back into the room, looking furious.

"I told her that what she did was awful and she glared at me and told me to rack off. She told me that it was her decision. HONESTLY!" Ron raged.

Harry's eyes glazed over. "I suppose I need another girlfriend. . . hmmmm Hermione isn't seeing anyone. Perhaps I'll ask her. . ." Harry said thoughtfully.

Ron raised his eyebrows. "So she's not mad at you?"

"Nope!"

"Ah well, I suppose I shouldn't have invited her to the ball with me when I was already seeing Cho." Ron said, shrugging.

"Think before you act Ron. Think. . ."

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Hermione sighed as she finished her book. It was a book entitled 'Curses and Spells Reserved for Your Enemies.'

There were so many interesting curses and hexes that Hermione had read about. She had, so far, memorized every single spell and hex she had read about, and was eager for more.

But what Hermione wanted the most was someone to test it on. She was dying for test subjects, but it was impossible.

Looking up, Hermione saw the clock read lunchtime (It's a bit like the Weasley's family clock, but has one hand that points to what you can do at that moment. E.g. Breakfast time, lunch time, dinner time, Time to sleep etc.). Standing up, Hermione headed over to the dining room.

Despite being at the manor for only 3 days, Hermione knew her way around pretty well.

Hermione quickly raced over to Draco to talk to him about the spells she had read about.

Draco grinned. Hermione was so much fun to talk to. She had these strange quirks, and it was extremely funny. Hermione was also a fountain of small bits of information.

Draco smirked as Hermione blabbed on about the spells of pain.

"Hold onto your horses there Hermione!" Draco said, holding up a hand to stop the flow of words.

"What?" Hermione asked, impatient to tell Draco about a new spell she was thinking of developing.

"There's a party next week on Wednesday. We'll have test subjects for the spells you've learnt, then." Draco said calmly.

Hermione's eyes lit up. "COOL! Great." Hermione grabbed a roll and started to eat.

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A/N: How about Harry and Gin breaking uP? :P lol I have special plans for them! Well just for Harry, and you've already got a hint of it. Ginny will just dangle for a bit coz I haven't got anything planned for her. Anyway, check out the new chapter I'm uploading. It's got doom, gloom and ka-boom!

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