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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*~+~* (*~+~* is kindly taken from another story)
Hermione collapsed onto the couch in the Prefect Common Room. She was dead tired and her argument with Harry and her duel with Draco had completely worn her out.
Sighing, she stood up and was about to head off to her dorm when she heard a timid, " 'Mione?"
Hermione spun around and sent Harry a glare of pure hatred.
"Don't! You have no right to call me 'Mione! You stay away from me you filthy bastard! I don't want to touch you. Perhaps I should call you The- boy-who-lied instead of the-boy-who-lived. You disgust me!" Hermione hissed, her whisper more deadly than her shouting.
"I can explain!" Harry said desperately.
Hermione took her wand out and aimed. "I don't want to hear your explanations and I don't want to be your friend. You're a filthy liar, no more, no less. Worse than the fluffy CRAP on a worms belly. I hate you Harry Potter, and don't you forget it!"
Hermione spun around and walked up the stairs to her dorm.
When she reached the top, she turned around and sent a curse flying towards Harry. Surprised, he flew backwards and hit the wall.
"And let that be a lesson for being a bastard and a player!" Hermione said, before walking into her dorm imperiously.
*~+~*
Draco strained his ears as he listened to the conversation between Hermione and Harry. From what he could gather, it sounded like Potter had cheated on Hermione.
Grimacing, he sat down on his bed as he heard a loud banging sound. He hoped it was Potty who was sent flying. He deserved it, the bastard.
Sighing, he heard Hermione slam her door shut and lock it magically with several curses. Smirking to himself, Draco went out of his room and prepared to humiliate Potter even further.
He went around to all the prefect dorms and got the kids to come with him. The group headed down the stairs and Draco stood in front of Harry triumphantly.
"Oh look! Potty got blasted by his girlfriend. How amusing! What happened Potty? Did she find you cheating on her? Tactless Potter, tactless." Draco said mockingly.
Harry looked up and was shocked to find the whole tower facing him, minus Hermione.
"What do you want, MALFOY? Brought along your little 'friends' to humiliate me? Or is there a purpose to your little group coming to see me?" Harry spat.
"Oh no Potter. I came down to show them what happens when you lie. I think I'll take a leaf out of 'Mione's book and call you the-boy-who-lied. It's rather fitting isn't it?" Draco sneered.
"Who gave you the right to call her 'Mione? She's hated you since first year. Now all of a sudden you two are on a first name basis!" Harry snarled as he got to his feet.
"Temper Potter, temper! It'll get you nowhere if you get mad!" Draco sneered.
"Why don't you tell Hermione that?" Harry retorted. "She's the one with the attitude problem. She's the one who needs anger management lessons."
"You are a bastard Potter!" Ernie Macmillan said, pushing to the front. "Hermione's a great girl and you went off with Lavender instead! Stringing on one girl while screwing the other! We all covered for you because we thought it was a passing thing. Obviously it wasn't!"
Harry's eyes widened. He thought that he had concealed his relationship with Lavender really well.
"Don't think that no one noticed. Even Hermione heard you screwing Lavender in your old dorm. She thought it was Lavender's boyfriend." Hannah Abott had now stepped forward.
"Once a bastard always a bastard!" Pansy snarled. "He can't help being one. After all, what do you expect? After five years of glory in the limelight. Being famous because of some stupid curse backfired! He thinks he can do whatever he wants without getting caught or busted. Well, think again Potter because we don't forgive you."
Draco looked at Pansy in surprise. He didn't think that Pansy would accept Hermione's evil background so willingly, but shrugging he watched the display of sneering faces gang up on the boy-who-lived.
"But what's his excuse? His hormones? Was he feeling horny? Or maybe he just felt like Hermione wasn't good enough?" Nina scowled (Ravenclaw prefect).
"Ah but Nina, he doesn't have an excuse! I heard that he tried to screw Hermione when she was at the Malfoy's. They had thrown a party and she was drunk and Harry tried to take advantage of her!" Sean sneered (other Ravenclaw prefect).
"Alright! I get the bloody point! Now if you are all done I think I will go to bed!" Harry roared. (A/N: These are the 5th year prefects half of the dorm. The 6th years get another half.)
"We certainly aren't done with you Potter!" Draco smirked. "I believe the prefects are going to give you a piece of their mind."
Ernie and the others advanced forward and prepared to give Harry the-boy- who-lied Potter the beating of his life.
*~+~*
"THAT PRAT! HOW DARE HE EVEN THINK OF IT? I'LL SHOW HIM! HE'LL WISH THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN BORN! I'LL SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT A BASTARD HE IS AND I'M GOING TO START WITH HOGWARTS!" Hermione whispered fervently to herself.
"Nice plan there 'Mione." Draco said as he closed the door behind him.
"What did you do that for? I purposely made it really difficult to get through so I could have some time to think!" Hermione hissed dangerously.
"Shhh. . . relax. The other prefects are currently beating the idiot. Your revenge can wait for later." Draco soothed.
"That's where you're wrong Draco. I want to get my revenge now. I'm going to start with Hogwarts. They'll find out very soon just about how POTTY is a disgusting playboy!" Hermione purred happily. "And after that, the whole wizarding world will know!"
"Sounds like an excellent plan 'Mione. Now why don't you relax and start your revenge tomorrow? After all, the mudblood lover can wait. We shouldn't waste breath on him!"
*~+~*
Harry staggered to the hospital wing. He was heavily bruised, and he had pretty bad wounds just about everywhere. (A/N: In case you haven't noticed, I HATE HARRY! [Slytherin's_Dark_angel: Yo! He's a f ing bastard! U go grl!])
He collapsed onto a spare bed in the infirmary and fell a sleep. As he slept, he dreamt. . .
*~Dream~*
Harry looked around. It was dark, completely dark. Not a glimmer of light, and suddenly fear enveloped him. Where was he? Surely this couldn't be something about the connection with Voldemort?
"Hello?" Harry called out. The word echoed in the darkness and the muffled echoes didn't seem to pierce the heavy darkness very well.
"BASTARD!" someone shrieked.
Blows fell about his body. Harry couldn't understand. What had he done wrong?
"PLAYER!"
More blows fell. Suddenly a sharp searing pain shot across his left arm. His arm felt as if it was on fire. Intense pain that suffocated his mind. The fire, unquenchable, spread through his body.
Harry felt his heart burn with all the hatred and heat of hell and earth combined. Slowly the fire spread; through his chest, into his other arm, down his belly and enveloping his legs.
And as suddenly as the fire came, it went. Still, Harry couldn't see. Groping blindly in the darkness, he grabbed what felt like a cloak.
The immediate response was a loud scream and a hex.
"IMBECILE! I'LL TEACH YOU TO BE A PLAYER!" Harry flew backwards, hit by an invisible curse.
He hit a wall, and blacked out. Questions swam around his head as he lost consciousness. What did I do? How do I deserve this pain? Why me? Why me. . .
*~End of Dream~*
Harry bolted upright, to find himself in blankets and all his bruises and cuts healed.
Sighing, he felt the details of his dream slip through his fingers, leaving only the intense pain that had seemed so real.
Taking a quick sneak peak around, he left the hospital wing quietly and headed off to his dorm.
*~+~*
For the next week, Hermione completely ignored Harry. It was as if he didn't exist. If she had to work with someone, it would be one of her Gryffindor friends (Harry's NOT her friend anymore and neither is Lavender) or her friends in Slytherin.
Harry found this infuriating. Hermione acted like she was above him and that she was superior to him. Her helping Ron as much as possible with his homework while ignoring Harry just fueled his anger.
What Harry found most annoying was if she even saw him coming to join the group and sit and talk to them, she would stand up and leave, telling everyone happily that 'she had so much homework to do and that she would see them later.'
But the worst thing was what happened on the weekend after their 'break- up.'
*~+~*
Hermione smiled evilly as she discussed her plans with Draco.
"First I'm going to send him a howler. That is going to have all the prefects yelling at him, including myself. Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to but anyway, and then I'm going to start dating someone else!" Hermione said happily.
Draco cocked an eyebrow questioningly. "You're going to start dating? Since when did you start dating anyway? You never really went on a date with Ron or Harry, neither with me."
"Well, it's simple really. I dated Viktor Krum for about a month last year. So I have been on a date before." Hermione said pointedly.
"And who have you chosen to be your lucky boyfriend?" Draco teased gently.
Hermione looked at Draco indignantly. "If you don't know me well enough by now to know that, I am not going to tell you! But since you do, I'll make you guess."
Draco smirked. "Let's see, one of your idiot friends in Gryffindor?"
"No. You really are an idiot aren't you? It's YOU for god's sake." Hermione said exasperatedly.
"I knew that. I just wanted to see your reaction." Draco said triumphantly.
"Whatever! Could you round up the prefects for me? I have a howler to make!"
*~+~*
Hermione smiled satisfactorily. That should do it. Every single prefect had said something or rather about Harry's idiocy, or him being a player, or a bastard etc.
Hermione quickly attached her howler to an owl and rubbed her hands wickedly. It was about 2 minutes before breakfast and if she ran, she could probably make it to the Great Hall before Harry received his howler.
Chuckling quietly, Hermione raced down to the Great Hall and waited for Harry's arrival.
She waited for about 2 or 3 minutes when Harry walked in and sat down with Ron and (Hermione scowled) Lavender. Almost as soon as he sat down, the post arrived.
Hermione scanned the flock of birds to see if she had received anything, when she spotted her owl.
Athis dropped a note next to her plate and swooped down to land on her shoulder.
Smiling, she watched everyone stare at her as the magnificent owl sat on her shoulder contentedly. Hermione quickly glanced at the envelope and recognized the writing.
Murmuring a few soft words to Athis, she watched as her owl flew off to the owlery and Hermione turned back to her letter. It read:
Hey Hermione,
I know you sent me that letter about my secret. Who else could it be?
I'm warning you. If you even dare reveal my secret, you'll wish you'd
never been born. I'm the star of Gryffindor and they will hate you if
you tarnish my reputation. You're playing a dangerous game Hermione.
One wrong step and you'll have the whole of Gryffindor at your heels.
Lavender
Hermione smirked and threw the letter in the air before shooting at it lazily. The threat burst into flames and the ashes disintegrated into nothing.
Suddenly a piercing shriek pierced the atmosphere and everyone silenced as yelling filled the Great Hall.
"HARRY POTTER! I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT A BASTARD YOU ARE! IT'S FUCKING ASHAMING TO GRYFFINDOR HOUSE! AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE CHIVALROUS AND HAVE SOME SORT OF HONOUR?" Hermione smirked as Hannah Abott's voice, magnified ten times, shrieked insult after insult at Harry.
Chancing a glance at Hannah, she acknowledged, with pleasure, that the girl was nodding viciously to her own voice.
"AND LAVENDER!" Ernie Macmillan was now shouting along with his own voice. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY WENT ALONG WITH POTTER WHEN YOU KNEW HE WAS DATING HERMIONE! IT'S DISGUSTING!"
Lavender shrunk in her seat and Harry moved backwards ever so slightly.
Hermione's snide comments ran through her head as she heard prefect after prefect yell and insult Harry time after time.
Finally, she heard the grand finale cue.
"I WONDER WHAT HERMIONE THINKS OF YOU NOW!" Nina's voice rang violently and the Hall was completely silent for a full minute. However the howler didn't burst into flames.
"I HATE YOU HARRY POTTER! WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D GO WITH ME TO HOGSMEADE, YOU SAID YOU WOULD MEET ME AT THE ENTRANCE HALL 11 O'CLOCK SHARP. I WAS BORED SO I WENT LOOKING FOR YOU AND I HEARD YOU AND LAVENDER KISSING AND MOANING IN YOUR BLOODY DORM! LAVENDER SAYS TO STOP SO AT LEAST SHE HAD SOME SENSE BUT NOOOOOO YOU SAY DON'T WORRY NO ONE WILL FIND US! BLOODY HELL HARRY! I COULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW IF I WASN'T GOING TO GET THROWN INTO AZKABAN. I WENT TO HOSMEADE ANYWAY AND WHERE DO I FIND YOU? IN THE THREE BROOMSTICKS WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. YOU LEFT HOGWARTS WITHOUT ME WHEN YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WOULD GO WITH ME! YOU'RE A LIAR! NOTHING MORE!" Harry looked shocked. He had forgotten about that incident and didn't think Hermione would bring it up.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GET AWAY WITH CHEATING ON ME! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE CALLED THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED. YOU SHOULD BE RENAMED TO THE-BOY-WHO-LIED. YOU'RE A BASTARD! A BLOODY FUCKING BASTARD! DON'T THINK THAT I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO BRING YOU DOWN. I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN FROM YOUR WALLS OF GLORY AND I'M GOING TO RIP YOU INTO SHREDS. YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE A GONNER!" Hermione's voice cut off and the howler burst into flames.
Smiling viciously, Hermione stalked off and met up with Draco at the double doors. Stopping and turning around she said sweetly, "I hope you enjoyed the morning performance!"
With that, she spun on her heel and walked out with Draco by her side.
*~+~*
When Hermione had left, the whole hall started buzzing with excitement. A display of temper that harsh had never ever been recorded in Hogwarts history and in about ten minutes, Hermione had made and cracked the record.
The whole day, people found Hermione with Draco, talking, laughing or kissing. Harry fumed as he walked into what he thought was an empty classroom only to find Hermione laughing and talking to Draco happily.
Harry trembled in anger. How dare she do something like this? HOW DARE SHE!?
Steeling his thoughts, he went off to find his friends. They would be on his side. Especially Ron. He would hate it if Hermione dated Malfoy.
*~+~*
Ten minutes later, Harry found his friends talking animatedly to each other. Lavender looked up and smiled at Harry.
"Hi Harry. What's up your ass today? You seem a little pissed." Lavender said coolly.
Harry fell into step beside Ron and hardened his face.
"It's about Hermione."
Immediately everyone stopped. They all filed into an empty classroom and Harry started to talk.
"Ron, I don't want you to explode in my face about this so calm down and steel yourself for it. Hermione Granger insulted me worse than anyone did in that howler. And the only way she could possibly do that would be to date someone else. But what's worse is that it's Malfoy." Harry said quickly.
Harry quickly closed his eyes and blocked his ears but the explosion he had expected, never happened. Looking up, he looked at his friends, puzzled.
"Well? Aren't you shocked? Amazed? Annoyed? Angry?" Harry asked impatiently.
Ron sighed heavily. "She already told us that she was planning on dating Malfoy. She soothed everyone and told us that he was really nice to her, even if he hated all her friends. She said that even though he hated all of us, he didn't mind that we were her friends because he. . ." Ron choked loudly. "Because he. . . he. . . lo. . . lov. . . loves her."
Harry dropped his jaw in amazement.
"This is going to stop. She will stop seeing Malfoy and I will make sure of it. If she doesn't, I'll make her." Harry said viciously.
Standing up, he waved goodbye to his friends and headed down the hallway to where he last saw Hermione.
*~+~*
Hermione broke off the kiss, smiling slightly.
"It's great that no one is shocked about us dating." Hermione purred as she lay down on the grass.
"I don't think that IT will like this." Draco said half-serious, half- mockingly.
"I don't give a damn if Harry fucking cares or not." Hermione said carelessly.
"Oh don't you?" came an icy voice from behind them.
"No Potty. I don't give a shit if you object or not coz I'm going to tear you to shreds if you make a wrong move." Hermione said sweetly as she plucked a daisy from the ground.
"You're going to regret dating Malfoy. He'll turn you into a death-eater in a matter of weeks." Harry snarled.
Hermione smiled sweetly and quickly bound Harry and silenced him.
"Now, now Harry. Don't be alarmed. I'm just going to educate you. But we can't do that here so we'll go into the forest." Hermione smirked.
Harry's eyes widened in shock.
"That's right Potty. Now don't try and get help coz you're not going to get any." Draco sneered.
With that, the three headed into the forest, melting away into the darkness of the forest.
*~+~*
Harry stumbled as he got pushed into a small clearing. Hermione quickly sealed the clearing so he couldn't escape, before taking his wand and taking off the bounds and the silencing charm.
"Now Harry. I'm going to tell you exactly what I'm planning on doing. And then I'm going to obliviate your memory. Now, first I'm going to do some adjustments on your wand that you will find most difficult indeed." Hermione grinned cruelly.
"And what would those be?" Harry asked testily.
"Oh, just a few. Draco's going to curse it so it doesn't work if either of us are in cursing range. Then he's going to dip the wand in some salt water, which will make it less effective. That's all with your wand. The best bit is what happens to your rep. I am going to go meet Rita Skeeter. Then I am going to make a deal with her so she's going to write me an article. In return I won't spill her secret and I'll let her write as many horrible stories about you and she'll get her job back."
Harry's eyes widened in fear.
"Yo. . . you. . . wo. . . woul. . . wouldn't. . . d. . .da. . . dare!" Harry stuttered.
"Oh wouldn't I?" Hermione smirked.
"There's one thing you never learnt about Hermione. She's smart, quick, and has the reflexes of a feline on the prowl." Draco's remark caused Harry to frown in confusion.
"What's that supposed to mean Malfoy?" Harry spat.
Hermione shot Harry a glare.
"Don't speak to my boyfriend like that. He's going to be a future colleague!"
Harry was still confused. Hermione smirked again. She could tell he was confused.
"I'll put it simply for simple minds. Next holidays I am going to become a fully-fledged death-eater. You know what? I'm going to bring Ron along too. I'm going to obliterate your memory soon. You'll totally forget about our argument. Don't worry Harry. I'll still be your friend. You just won't know how true a friend I'll be."
Harry tried to run but he hit the invisible barriers and fell to the ground.
"Obliviate!" Hermione whispered, almost lovingly.
Her aim was true and Harry blinked in confusion as his memory slipped through his fingers.
"I sent you a howler this morning because I was angry. I've forgiven you and you've accepted my apology. You found me with Draco on the grounds and you accepted the fact that I was dating Draco and only Draco. You are no longer angry at me and you totally trust me again. When the Daily Prophet comes on Monday to you, you will tell your friends that you subscribed to the Daily Prophet. You will not think that I gave Rita the information on the scandal of you cheating on me. Now, when you left the castle, and had finished talking to me and Draco, you decided to go for a walk in the forest and you fell a sleep. You just woke up."
Satisfied that there weren't any loopholes, Hermione and Draco faded away into the darkness. Disabling the barriers before they left.
*~+~*
Harry stumbled into Gryffindor Tower. Walking slowly towards Ron. His mind was black about the previous 2 hours, but it didn't bother him.
Ron looked up and spotted Harry stumbling towards him like he was drunk or something.
"Well, what happened?" Ron asked impatiently.
"I've forgiven her. She's forgiven me. I've accepted that she's dating Draco. I totally trust her again. After I talked to her I went for a walk in the forest and fell a sleep. I woke up just a few minutes ago." Harry said robotically.
"Hey Harry, is there something wrong? You're acting a bit, like, robotic." Lavender said anxiously.
"What? Oh no! I'm fine! Really I am!" Harry said cheerfully.
"Alright then. If anything IS wrong go to Madam Pomphrey, ok?" Neville said nervously.
"Yeah, yeah! I know. Geeze guys! If I'm sick I'll go to the hospital wing! You guys worry too much! Way too much!" Harry said with a grin.
*~+~*
"So did you do it?"
"Do what?"
"Curse the wand, what else?"
"Of course I did. I wouldn't forget something you'd tell me to do."
"Tomorrow I'm going to Hogsmeade to meet up with Rita."
"Don't be too long."
"You can come with me."
"Nah. I've got some 'business' to take care of. My father has some news for me at my manor. He asked me to go tomorrow."
"Alright. Tell me the 'news' when I come back, ok?"
"Of course."
"Good night Draco."
"Night 'Mione."
*~+~*
The next day, Hermione went out to Hogsmeade. She had a VERY important meeting to attend to with a VERY important someone.
Grinning cruelly she imagined how shocked Harry would be when he got what was coming to him. Losing the grin and putting on a neutral mask, she stepped into The Three Broomsticks and walked over to her 'accomplice.'
Grabbing a butterbeer, she sat down and smiled at the reporter.
"Hi Rita. I have business offer to make. And I am sure you will be all too glad to take it."
Rita looked up suspiciously. "What sort of business offer?"
Hermione smiled wickedly. "One you would like. I've got some scoop on Harry Potter."
Rita mimicked Hermione's smile. "Bring it on!" Suddenly she frowned. "Wait. If I do this article, I could put into the Daily Prophet, and get my job back. But you said last year that I couldn't write any more nasty stories."
"Therein lies the beauty. I'll let you get your job back, and I'll let you write nasty stories about anyone except for the people on this list. In return, you'll write me this article but won't put any references of me talking to you in it. I won't spill your secret and you won't spill mine." Hermione said.
Rita grinned. "That's fine with me. Let's see, who's on this list?"
People You Don't Report On
*The Avery's
*The Malfoy's
*The Weasley's
*The Parkinson's
*The Zabini's
"Hmmm. . . you're not on this list Hermione." Rita observed.
"I most certainly am! I'm an Avery now!" Hermione said proudly. "Proud of it too!"
"Well, onto business. Tell me all about this scoop you have on Harry."
"Gladly."
*~+~*
Draco stepped into the emerald green fire.
"Malfoy Manor."
In whoosh of colour, he spun around and disappeared.
*~A little while later~*
"Well father, I have some news of my own. Hermione plans on bringing another to the death-eaters. She plans on bringing Ronald Weasley." Draco said, his voice dripping in contempt.
"A Weasley eh? If he is reliable, and good enough, we will consider it. He needs to have a wicked streak otherwise he cannot join. Make sure that Miss. Avery knows what she's doing."
"Yes Father. Now I understand that you have some news for me?"
"Ah yes. Draco as you know you're being marked next holidays."
Draco nodded.
"And you also know that you will immediately enter The Dark Lord's inner circle, because of your parental status."
Draco blinked.
"However, what you don't know is that the Dark Lord has made you and Miss. Avery his right-hand man or woman in Miss. Avery's case."
Draco smirked. An excellent start to his future career!
"The Dark Lord can smell a very strong potential in both of you and knows that you catch on quickly. Don't disappoint him."
Draco bowed low. "I most certainly won't father."
"That is all. Now go before you are missed at Hogwarts."
Draco left the old manor quickly. Hermione was going to love the news!
*~+~*
Hermione whistled.
"So you're saying he like thinks we're really powerful?"
Draco nodded.
"COOL!"
"Just wait until next holidays. We're getting marked then." Draco said coolly as he tried to calm Hermione down.
"What did he say about me trying to get Ron over?" Hermione asked. She wanted to take away Harry's closest friends. It was part of her plan for vengeance.
"He said that if he was loyal and quick enough, he can join." Draco said.
"Great!" Hermione squealed. Draco grimaced. Why was Hermione so set on getting Ron? Surely she didn't still have feelings for him?
"Draco? Draco!"
"Hmmm?"
"Is there something wrong baby?" Hermione asked concernedly.
"Nothing's wrong. Just thinking." Draco replied.
"Well if there's anything wrong you just tell me, k?" Hermione said as she snuggled into Draco's chest.
Draco nodded.
Within a few minutes, Hermione was fast a sleep.
Draco looked down at Hermione and was amazed to find her a sleep. Sighing, he picked Hermione up and carried her up the stairs to her bedroom.
He set her down onto the bed, brushing back a strand of hair, before leaving the room, locking the door magically behind him.
*~+~*
Harry walked into the Great Hall, looking for his friends. He had slept in a few minutes, again, and consequently missed his friends on the way down.
Sighing, he spotted Ron further down the Gryffindor Table. Walking over, he sat down next to Ron and Lavender, opposite Hermione, Neville and Seamus.
Ron was shoveling food into his mouth, and hadn't seen Harry yet.
"Hi Harry!" Hermione said, a friendly twinkle in her eye.
Ron looked up and saw Harry sitting down next to him.
"Ay Awwy!" Ron said through a mouthful of egg.
"Hey." Harry said as he began to eat.
"Posts here! Oh look! I've got a package! Oh cool Hermione! Thanks!" Hermione had given Ron a book on Quidditch, and a miniature broom and a figurine of his favourite Chudley Cannon player to go with it. She had bought him the gift in Hogsmeade.
Harry was playing with the broom, so he didn't notice the Daily Prophet drop in front of him, rolled up.
"Harry, what's that?" Hermione asked mischievously.
"What? Oh that's the Daily Prophet. I subscribed to it."
"Aren't you going to read it?" Hermione asked, secretly smiling inside.
"What? Oh alright." Harry said, as he opened the newspaper.
"OH MY GOD! HOW IN THE FUCKING WORLD DID THEY GET HOLD OF THIS?" Harry roared.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"What!" Ron asked as he turned to face Harry.
"What?" everyone asked as Harry threw down the paper.
Ron gasped, Lavender shrieked and fainted, Neville clapped his hand to his mouth, Hermione's eyes widened questioningly, and Draco called across the hall.
"Hey Potter! Great article! I love it! Rita Skeeter hasn't lost her touch!" Draco said mockingly.
Seamus and Parvati peeped over Hermione's shoulder and read the headline.
*THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED or is it THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED-TO-LIE?*
Harry whipped his head around and saw himself facing Draco.
"Like the article Potter?" Draco sneered.
"What's it got to do with you, Malfoy?" Harry spat.
"Harry! That's rude!" Hermione scolded.
"Stay out of this Hermione! Well? What's it got to do with you Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"It's simple Potty. Since Hermione IS my girlfriend it CONCERNS me that you cheated on her." Draco smirked.
"That's it! I've had enough of you! I'm going to get rid of your pathetically huge ego! What's more, I'm going to do it now!" Harry roared, whipping his wand out.
"Hmmm. . . sounds amusing but I don't have the time!" Draco said casually. "Besides, it would just humiliate you even further."
"You're just scared!" Harry snarled.
"Well, since you insist Potty, how about tonight, trophy room, let's see, seven? Everyone would've finished dinner by then."
"You're on. I hope you are prepared to be humiliated." Harry said, contempt edging his voice.
"NO!" Hermione cried as she ran between the two boys. "I won't allow it! I'll stop the duel with my life if I have to, but by Merlin I will stop it!"
"Stay out of it Hermione!" Draco growled.
"You're meddling in affairs that aren't yours to meddle in!" Harry whispered.
"Fine! I hope that you both blow each other to pieces!" Hermione said fiercely. "See if I even give a damn!"
Hermione then walked off, anger radiating from her body.
"You better listen to her Harry. She's going to seriously stand between you both if she has too. You know Hermione." Ron said seriously.
"Ron, you're my best friend and I trust your judgment on a lot of things, but I chose to duel Malfoy and I am going to go through with it."
"So be it!" Ron said exasperatedly.
"Bring it on Potter."
*~+~*
A/N: Minor cliffy. Not much. HAHAHAHAHAH! HARRY'S GOING DOWN! DOWN POTTY! DIE POTTER DIE! BURN IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL! SCREAM IN PAIN! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GRYFFINDOR SUX! SLYTHERIN RULZ! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DIE POTTER DIE!
Alright, I've got a hold of myself now. In case you haven't noticed, I reckon Slytherin's the best house (no duh!) and I hate Gryffindor coz I hate Harry coz he's too much of a bloody goody-goody. Which is why I've made Hermione EVIL!
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*~+~* (*~+~* is kindly taken from another story)
Hermione collapsed onto the couch in the Prefect Common Room. She was dead tired and her argument with Harry and her duel with Draco had completely worn her out.
Sighing, she stood up and was about to head off to her dorm when she heard a timid, " 'Mione?"
Hermione spun around and sent Harry a glare of pure hatred.
"Don't! You have no right to call me 'Mione! You stay away from me you filthy bastard! I don't want to touch you. Perhaps I should call you The- boy-who-lied instead of the-boy-who-lived. You disgust me!" Hermione hissed, her whisper more deadly than her shouting.
"I can explain!" Harry said desperately.
Hermione took her wand out and aimed. "I don't want to hear your explanations and I don't want to be your friend. You're a filthy liar, no more, no less. Worse than the fluffy CRAP on a worms belly. I hate you Harry Potter, and don't you forget it!"
Hermione spun around and walked up the stairs to her dorm.
When she reached the top, she turned around and sent a curse flying towards Harry. Surprised, he flew backwards and hit the wall.
"And let that be a lesson for being a bastard and a player!" Hermione said, before walking into her dorm imperiously.
*~+~*
Draco strained his ears as he listened to the conversation between Hermione and Harry. From what he could gather, it sounded like Potter had cheated on Hermione.
Grimacing, he sat down on his bed as he heard a loud banging sound. He hoped it was Potty who was sent flying. He deserved it, the bastard.
Sighing, he heard Hermione slam her door shut and lock it magically with several curses. Smirking to himself, Draco went out of his room and prepared to humiliate Potter even further.
He went around to all the prefect dorms and got the kids to come with him. The group headed down the stairs and Draco stood in front of Harry triumphantly.
"Oh look! Potty got blasted by his girlfriend. How amusing! What happened Potty? Did she find you cheating on her? Tactless Potter, tactless." Draco said mockingly.
Harry looked up and was shocked to find the whole tower facing him, minus Hermione.
"What do you want, MALFOY? Brought along your little 'friends' to humiliate me? Or is there a purpose to your little group coming to see me?" Harry spat.
"Oh no Potter. I came down to show them what happens when you lie. I think I'll take a leaf out of 'Mione's book and call you the-boy-who-lied. It's rather fitting isn't it?" Draco sneered.
"Who gave you the right to call her 'Mione? She's hated you since first year. Now all of a sudden you two are on a first name basis!" Harry snarled as he got to his feet.
"Temper Potter, temper! It'll get you nowhere if you get mad!" Draco sneered.
"Why don't you tell Hermione that?" Harry retorted. "She's the one with the attitude problem. She's the one who needs anger management lessons."
"You are a bastard Potter!" Ernie Macmillan said, pushing to the front. "Hermione's a great girl and you went off with Lavender instead! Stringing on one girl while screwing the other! We all covered for you because we thought it was a passing thing. Obviously it wasn't!"
Harry's eyes widened. He thought that he had concealed his relationship with Lavender really well.
"Don't think that no one noticed. Even Hermione heard you screwing Lavender in your old dorm. She thought it was Lavender's boyfriend." Hannah Abott had now stepped forward.
"Once a bastard always a bastard!" Pansy snarled. "He can't help being one. After all, what do you expect? After five years of glory in the limelight. Being famous because of some stupid curse backfired! He thinks he can do whatever he wants without getting caught or busted. Well, think again Potter because we don't forgive you."
Draco looked at Pansy in surprise. He didn't think that Pansy would accept Hermione's evil background so willingly, but shrugging he watched the display of sneering faces gang up on the boy-who-lived.
"But what's his excuse? His hormones? Was he feeling horny? Or maybe he just felt like Hermione wasn't good enough?" Nina scowled (Ravenclaw prefect).
"Ah but Nina, he doesn't have an excuse! I heard that he tried to screw Hermione when she was at the Malfoy's. They had thrown a party and she was drunk and Harry tried to take advantage of her!" Sean sneered (other Ravenclaw prefect).
"Alright! I get the bloody point! Now if you are all done I think I will go to bed!" Harry roared. (A/N: These are the 5th year prefects half of the dorm. The 6th years get another half.)
"We certainly aren't done with you Potter!" Draco smirked. "I believe the prefects are going to give you a piece of their mind."
Ernie and the others advanced forward and prepared to give Harry the-boy- who-lied Potter the beating of his life.
*~+~*
"THAT PRAT! HOW DARE HE EVEN THINK OF IT? I'LL SHOW HIM! HE'LL WISH THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN BORN! I'LL SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT A BASTARD HE IS AND I'M GOING TO START WITH HOGWARTS!" Hermione whispered fervently to herself.
"Nice plan there 'Mione." Draco said as he closed the door behind him.
"What did you do that for? I purposely made it really difficult to get through so I could have some time to think!" Hermione hissed dangerously.
"Shhh. . . relax. The other prefects are currently beating the idiot. Your revenge can wait for later." Draco soothed.
"That's where you're wrong Draco. I want to get my revenge now. I'm going to start with Hogwarts. They'll find out very soon just about how POTTY is a disgusting playboy!" Hermione purred happily. "And after that, the whole wizarding world will know!"
"Sounds like an excellent plan 'Mione. Now why don't you relax and start your revenge tomorrow? After all, the mudblood lover can wait. We shouldn't waste breath on him!"
*~+~*
Harry staggered to the hospital wing. He was heavily bruised, and he had pretty bad wounds just about everywhere. (A/N: In case you haven't noticed, I HATE HARRY! [Slytherin's_Dark_angel: Yo! He's a f ing bastard! U go grl!])
He collapsed onto a spare bed in the infirmary and fell a sleep. As he slept, he dreamt. . .
*~Dream~*
Harry looked around. It was dark, completely dark. Not a glimmer of light, and suddenly fear enveloped him. Where was he? Surely this couldn't be something about the connection with Voldemort?
"Hello?" Harry called out. The word echoed in the darkness and the muffled echoes didn't seem to pierce the heavy darkness very well.
"BASTARD!" someone shrieked.
Blows fell about his body. Harry couldn't understand. What had he done wrong?
"PLAYER!"
More blows fell. Suddenly a sharp searing pain shot across his left arm. His arm felt as if it was on fire. Intense pain that suffocated his mind. The fire, unquenchable, spread through his body.
Harry felt his heart burn with all the hatred and heat of hell and earth combined. Slowly the fire spread; through his chest, into his other arm, down his belly and enveloping his legs.
And as suddenly as the fire came, it went. Still, Harry couldn't see. Groping blindly in the darkness, he grabbed what felt like a cloak.
The immediate response was a loud scream and a hex.
"IMBECILE! I'LL TEACH YOU TO BE A PLAYER!" Harry flew backwards, hit by an invisible curse.
He hit a wall, and blacked out. Questions swam around his head as he lost consciousness. What did I do? How do I deserve this pain? Why me? Why me. . .
*~End of Dream~*
Harry bolted upright, to find himself in blankets and all his bruises and cuts healed.
Sighing, he felt the details of his dream slip through his fingers, leaving only the intense pain that had seemed so real.
Taking a quick sneak peak around, he left the hospital wing quietly and headed off to his dorm.
*~+~*
For the next week, Hermione completely ignored Harry. It was as if he didn't exist. If she had to work with someone, it would be one of her Gryffindor friends (Harry's NOT her friend anymore and neither is Lavender) or her friends in Slytherin.
Harry found this infuriating. Hermione acted like she was above him and that she was superior to him. Her helping Ron as much as possible with his homework while ignoring Harry just fueled his anger.
What Harry found most annoying was if she even saw him coming to join the group and sit and talk to them, she would stand up and leave, telling everyone happily that 'she had so much homework to do and that she would see them later.'
But the worst thing was what happened on the weekend after their 'break- up.'
*~+~*
Hermione smiled evilly as she discussed her plans with Draco.
"First I'm going to send him a howler. That is going to have all the prefects yelling at him, including myself. Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to but anyway, and then I'm going to start dating someone else!" Hermione said happily.
Draco cocked an eyebrow questioningly. "You're going to start dating? Since when did you start dating anyway? You never really went on a date with Ron or Harry, neither with me."
"Well, it's simple really. I dated Viktor Krum for about a month last year. So I have been on a date before." Hermione said pointedly.
"And who have you chosen to be your lucky boyfriend?" Draco teased gently.
Hermione looked at Draco indignantly. "If you don't know me well enough by now to know that, I am not going to tell you! But since you do, I'll make you guess."
Draco smirked. "Let's see, one of your idiot friends in Gryffindor?"
"No. You really are an idiot aren't you? It's YOU for god's sake." Hermione said exasperatedly.
"I knew that. I just wanted to see your reaction." Draco said triumphantly.
"Whatever! Could you round up the prefects for me? I have a howler to make!"
*~+~*
Hermione smiled satisfactorily. That should do it. Every single prefect had said something or rather about Harry's idiocy, or him being a player, or a bastard etc.
Hermione quickly attached her howler to an owl and rubbed her hands wickedly. It was about 2 minutes before breakfast and if she ran, she could probably make it to the Great Hall before Harry received his howler.
Chuckling quietly, Hermione raced down to the Great Hall and waited for Harry's arrival.
She waited for about 2 or 3 minutes when Harry walked in and sat down with Ron and (Hermione scowled) Lavender. Almost as soon as he sat down, the post arrived.
Hermione scanned the flock of birds to see if she had received anything, when she spotted her owl.
Athis dropped a note next to her plate and swooped down to land on her shoulder.
Smiling, she watched everyone stare at her as the magnificent owl sat on her shoulder contentedly. Hermione quickly glanced at the envelope and recognized the writing.
Murmuring a few soft words to Athis, she watched as her owl flew off to the owlery and Hermione turned back to her letter. It read:
Hey Hermione,
I know you sent me that letter about my secret. Who else could it be?
I'm warning you. If you even dare reveal my secret, you'll wish you'd
never been born. I'm the star of Gryffindor and they will hate you if
you tarnish my reputation. You're playing a dangerous game Hermione.
One wrong step and you'll have the whole of Gryffindor at your heels.
Lavender
Hermione smirked and threw the letter in the air before shooting at it lazily. The threat burst into flames and the ashes disintegrated into nothing.
Suddenly a piercing shriek pierced the atmosphere and everyone silenced as yelling filled the Great Hall.
"HARRY POTTER! I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT A BASTARD YOU ARE! IT'S FUCKING ASHAMING TO GRYFFINDOR HOUSE! AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE CHIVALROUS AND HAVE SOME SORT OF HONOUR?" Hermione smirked as Hannah Abott's voice, magnified ten times, shrieked insult after insult at Harry.
Chancing a glance at Hannah, she acknowledged, with pleasure, that the girl was nodding viciously to her own voice.
"AND LAVENDER!" Ernie Macmillan was now shouting along with his own voice. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY WENT ALONG WITH POTTER WHEN YOU KNEW HE WAS DATING HERMIONE! IT'S DISGUSTING!"
Lavender shrunk in her seat and Harry moved backwards ever so slightly.
Hermione's snide comments ran through her head as she heard prefect after prefect yell and insult Harry time after time.
Finally, she heard the grand finale cue.
"I WONDER WHAT HERMIONE THINKS OF YOU NOW!" Nina's voice rang violently and the Hall was completely silent for a full minute. However the howler didn't burst into flames.
"I HATE YOU HARRY POTTER! WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D GO WITH ME TO HOGSMEADE, YOU SAID YOU WOULD MEET ME AT THE ENTRANCE HALL 11 O'CLOCK SHARP. I WAS BORED SO I WENT LOOKING FOR YOU AND I HEARD YOU AND LAVENDER KISSING AND MOANING IN YOUR BLOODY DORM! LAVENDER SAYS TO STOP SO AT LEAST SHE HAD SOME SENSE BUT NOOOOOO YOU SAY DON'T WORRY NO ONE WILL FIND US! BLOODY HELL HARRY! I COULD KILL YOU RIGHT NOW IF I WASN'T GOING TO GET THROWN INTO AZKABAN. I WENT TO HOSMEADE ANYWAY AND WHERE DO I FIND YOU? IN THE THREE BROOMSTICKS WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. YOU LEFT HOGWARTS WITHOUT ME WHEN YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WOULD GO WITH ME! YOU'RE A LIAR! NOTHING MORE!" Harry looked shocked. He had forgotten about that incident and didn't think Hermione would bring it up.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GET AWAY WITH CHEATING ON ME! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE CALLED THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED. YOU SHOULD BE RENAMED TO THE-BOY-WHO-LIED. YOU'RE A BASTARD! A BLOODY FUCKING BASTARD! DON'T THINK THAT I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO BRING YOU DOWN. I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN FROM YOUR WALLS OF GLORY AND I'M GOING TO RIP YOU INTO SHREDS. YOU HEAR ME? YOU'RE A GONNER!" Hermione's voice cut off and the howler burst into flames.
Smiling viciously, Hermione stalked off and met up with Draco at the double doors. Stopping and turning around she said sweetly, "I hope you enjoyed the morning performance!"
With that, she spun on her heel and walked out with Draco by her side.
*~+~*
When Hermione had left, the whole hall started buzzing with excitement. A display of temper that harsh had never ever been recorded in Hogwarts history and in about ten minutes, Hermione had made and cracked the record.
The whole day, people found Hermione with Draco, talking, laughing or kissing. Harry fumed as he walked into what he thought was an empty classroom only to find Hermione laughing and talking to Draco happily.
Harry trembled in anger. How dare she do something like this? HOW DARE SHE!?
Steeling his thoughts, he went off to find his friends. They would be on his side. Especially Ron. He would hate it if Hermione dated Malfoy.
*~+~*
Ten minutes later, Harry found his friends talking animatedly to each other. Lavender looked up and smiled at Harry.
"Hi Harry. What's up your ass today? You seem a little pissed." Lavender said coolly.
Harry fell into step beside Ron and hardened his face.
"It's about Hermione."
Immediately everyone stopped. They all filed into an empty classroom and Harry started to talk.
"Ron, I don't want you to explode in my face about this so calm down and steel yourself for it. Hermione Granger insulted me worse than anyone did in that howler. And the only way she could possibly do that would be to date someone else. But what's worse is that it's Malfoy." Harry said quickly.
Harry quickly closed his eyes and blocked his ears but the explosion he had expected, never happened. Looking up, he looked at his friends, puzzled.
"Well? Aren't you shocked? Amazed? Annoyed? Angry?" Harry asked impatiently.
Ron sighed heavily. "She already told us that she was planning on dating Malfoy. She soothed everyone and told us that he was really nice to her, even if he hated all her friends. She said that even though he hated all of us, he didn't mind that we were her friends because he. . ." Ron choked loudly. "Because he. . . he. . . lo. . . lov. . . loves her."
Harry dropped his jaw in amazement.
"This is going to stop. She will stop seeing Malfoy and I will make sure of it. If she doesn't, I'll make her." Harry said viciously.
Standing up, he waved goodbye to his friends and headed down the hallway to where he last saw Hermione.
*~+~*
Hermione broke off the kiss, smiling slightly.
"It's great that no one is shocked about us dating." Hermione purred as she lay down on the grass.
"I don't think that IT will like this." Draco said half-serious, half- mockingly.
"I don't give a damn if Harry fucking cares or not." Hermione said carelessly.
"Oh don't you?" came an icy voice from behind them.
"No Potty. I don't give a shit if you object or not coz I'm going to tear you to shreds if you make a wrong move." Hermione said sweetly as she plucked a daisy from the ground.
"You're going to regret dating Malfoy. He'll turn you into a death-eater in a matter of weeks." Harry snarled.
Hermione smiled sweetly and quickly bound Harry and silenced him.
"Now, now Harry. Don't be alarmed. I'm just going to educate you. But we can't do that here so we'll go into the forest." Hermione smirked.
Harry's eyes widened in shock.
"That's right Potty. Now don't try and get help coz you're not going to get any." Draco sneered.
With that, the three headed into the forest, melting away into the darkness of the forest.
*~+~*
Harry stumbled as he got pushed into a small clearing. Hermione quickly sealed the clearing so he couldn't escape, before taking his wand and taking off the bounds and the silencing charm.
"Now Harry. I'm going to tell you exactly what I'm planning on doing. And then I'm going to obliviate your memory. Now, first I'm going to do some adjustments on your wand that you will find most difficult indeed." Hermione grinned cruelly.
"And what would those be?" Harry asked testily.
"Oh, just a few. Draco's going to curse it so it doesn't work if either of us are in cursing range. Then he's going to dip the wand in some salt water, which will make it less effective. That's all with your wand. The best bit is what happens to your rep. I am going to go meet Rita Skeeter. Then I am going to make a deal with her so she's going to write me an article. In return I won't spill her secret and I'll let her write as many horrible stories about you and she'll get her job back."
Harry's eyes widened in fear.
"Yo. . . you. . . wo. . . woul. . . wouldn't. . . d. . .da. . . dare!" Harry stuttered.
"Oh wouldn't I?" Hermione smirked.
"There's one thing you never learnt about Hermione. She's smart, quick, and has the reflexes of a feline on the prowl." Draco's remark caused Harry to frown in confusion.
"What's that supposed to mean Malfoy?" Harry spat.
Hermione shot Harry a glare.
"Don't speak to my boyfriend like that. He's going to be a future colleague!"
Harry was still confused. Hermione smirked again. She could tell he was confused.
"I'll put it simply for simple minds. Next holidays I am going to become a fully-fledged death-eater. You know what? I'm going to bring Ron along too. I'm going to obliterate your memory soon. You'll totally forget about our argument. Don't worry Harry. I'll still be your friend. You just won't know how true a friend I'll be."
Harry tried to run but he hit the invisible barriers and fell to the ground.
"Obliviate!" Hermione whispered, almost lovingly.
Her aim was true and Harry blinked in confusion as his memory slipped through his fingers.
"I sent you a howler this morning because I was angry. I've forgiven you and you've accepted my apology. You found me with Draco on the grounds and you accepted the fact that I was dating Draco and only Draco. You are no longer angry at me and you totally trust me again. When the Daily Prophet comes on Monday to you, you will tell your friends that you subscribed to the Daily Prophet. You will not think that I gave Rita the information on the scandal of you cheating on me. Now, when you left the castle, and had finished talking to me and Draco, you decided to go for a walk in the forest and you fell a sleep. You just woke up."
Satisfied that there weren't any loopholes, Hermione and Draco faded away into the darkness. Disabling the barriers before they left.
*~+~*
Harry stumbled into Gryffindor Tower. Walking slowly towards Ron. His mind was black about the previous 2 hours, but it didn't bother him.
Ron looked up and spotted Harry stumbling towards him like he was drunk or something.
"Well, what happened?" Ron asked impatiently.
"I've forgiven her. She's forgiven me. I've accepted that she's dating Draco. I totally trust her again. After I talked to her I went for a walk in the forest and fell a sleep. I woke up just a few minutes ago." Harry said robotically.
"Hey Harry, is there something wrong? You're acting a bit, like, robotic." Lavender said anxiously.
"What? Oh no! I'm fine! Really I am!" Harry said cheerfully.
"Alright then. If anything IS wrong go to Madam Pomphrey, ok?" Neville said nervously.
"Yeah, yeah! I know. Geeze guys! If I'm sick I'll go to the hospital wing! You guys worry too much! Way too much!" Harry said with a grin.
*~+~*
"So did you do it?"
"Do what?"
"Curse the wand, what else?"
"Of course I did. I wouldn't forget something you'd tell me to do."
"Tomorrow I'm going to Hogsmeade to meet up with Rita."
"Don't be too long."
"You can come with me."
"Nah. I've got some 'business' to take care of. My father has some news for me at my manor. He asked me to go tomorrow."
"Alright. Tell me the 'news' when I come back, ok?"
"Of course."
"Good night Draco."
"Night 'Mione."
*~+~*
The next day, Hermione went out to Hogsmeade. She had a VERY important meeting to attend to with a VERY important someone.
Grinning cruelly she imagined how shocked Harry would be when he got what was coming to him. Losing the grin and putting on a neutral mask, she stepped into The Three Broomsticks and walked over to her 'accomplice.'
Grabbing a butterbeer, she sat down and smiled at the reporter.
"Hi Rita. I have business offer to make. And I am sure you will be all too glad to take it."
Rita looked up suspiciously. "What sort of business offer?"
Hermione smiled wickedly. "One you would like. I've got some scoop on Harry Potter."
Rita mimicked Hermione's smile. "Bring it on!" Suddenly she frowned. "Wait. If I do this article, I could put into the Daily Prophet, and get my job back. But you said last year that I couldn't write any more nasty stories."
"Therein lies the beauty. I'll let you get your job back, and I'll let you write nasty stories about anyone except for the people on this list. In return, you'll write me this article but won't put any references of me talking to you in it. I won't spill your secret and you won't spill mine." Hermione said.
Rita grinned. "That's fine with me. Let's see, who's on this list?"
People You Don't Report On
*The Avery's
*The Malfoy's
*The Weasley's
*The Parkinson's
*The Zabini's
"Hmmm. . . you're not on this list Hermione." Rita observed.
"I most certainly am! I'm an Avery now!" Hermione said proudly. "Proud of it too!"
"Well, onto business. Tell me all about this scoop you have on Harry."
"Gladly."
*~+~*
Draco stepped into the emerald green fire.
"Malfoy Manor."
In whoosh of colour, he spun around and disappeared.
*~A little while later~*
"Well father, I have some news of my own. Hermione plans on bringing another to the death-eaters. She plans on bringing Ronald Weasley." Draco said, his voice dripping in contempt.
"A Weasley eh? If he is reliable, and good enough, we will consider it. He needs to have a wicked streak otherwise he cannot join. Make sure that Miss. Avery knows what she's doing."
"Yes Father. Now I understand that you have some news for me?"
"Ah yes. Draco as you know you're being marked next holidays."
Draco nodded.
"And you also know that you will immediately enter The Dark Lord's inner circle, because of your parental status."
Draco blinked.
"However, what you don't know is that the Dark Lord has made you and Miss. Avery his right-hand man or woman in Miss. Avery's case."
Draco smirked. An excellent start to his future career!
"The Dark Lord can smell a very strong potential in both of you and knows that you catch on quickly. Don't disappoint him."
Draco bowed low. "I most certainly won't father."
"That is all. Now go before you are missed at Hogwarts."
Draco left the old manor quickly. Hermione was going to love the news!
*~+~*
Hermione whistled.
"So you're saying he like thinks we're really powerful?"
Draco nodded.
"COOL!"
"Just wait until next holidays. We're getting marked then." Draco said coolly as he tried to calm Hermione down.
"What did he say about me trying to get Ron over?" Hermione asked. She wanted to take away Harry's closest friends. It was part of her plan for vengeance.
"He said that if he was loyal and quick enough, he can join." Draco said.
"Great!" Hermione squealed. Draco grimaced. Why was Hermione so set on getting Ron? Surely she didn't still have feelings for him?
"Draco? Draco!"
"Hmmm?"
"Is there something wrong baby?" Hermione asked concernedly.
"Nothing's wrong. Just thinking." Draco replied.
"Well if there's anything wrong you just tell me, k?" Hermione said as she snuggled into Draco's chest.
Draco nodded.
Within a few minutes, Hermione was fast a sleep.
Draco looked down at Hermione and was amazed to find her a sleep. Sighing, he picked Hermione up and carried her up the stairs to her bedroom.
He set her down onto the bed, brushing back a strand of hair, before leaving the room, locking the door magically behind him.
*~+~*
Harry walked into the Great Hall, looking for his friends. He had slept in a few minutes, again, and consequently missed his friends on the way down.
Sighing, he spotted Ron further down the Gryffindor Table. Walking over, he sat down next to Ron and Lavender, opposite Hermione, Neville and Seamus.
Ron was shoveling food into his mouth, and hadn't seen Harry yet.
"Hi Harry!" Hermione said, a friendly twinkle in her eye.
Ron looked up and saw Harry sitting down next to him.
"Ay Awwy!" Ron said through a mouthful of egg.
"Hey." Harry said as he began to eat.
"Posts here! Oh look! I've got a package! Oh cool Hermione! Thanks!" Hermione had given Ron a book on Quidditch, and a miniature broom and a figurine of his favourite Chudley Cannon player to go with it. She had bought him the gift in Hogsmeade.
Harry was playing with the broom, so he didn't notice the Daily Prophet drop in front of him, rolled up.
"Harry, what's that?" Hermione asked mischievously.
"What? Oh that's the Daily Prophet. I subscribed to it."
"Aren't you going to read it?" Hermione asked, secretly smiling inside.
"What? Oh alright." Harry said, as he opened the newspaper.
"OH MY GOD! HOW IN THE FUCKING WORLD DID THEY GET HOLD OF THIS?" Harry roared.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"What!" Ron asked as he turned to face Harry.
"What?" everyone asked as Harry threw down the paper.
Ron gasped, Lavender shrieked and fainted, Neville clapped his hand to his mouth, Hermione's eyes widened questioningly, and Draco called across the hall.
"Hey Potter! Great article! I love it! Rita Skeeter hasn't lost her touch!" Draco said mockingly.
Seamus and Parvati peeped over Hermione's shoulder and read the headline.
*THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED or is it THE-BOY-WHO-LIVED-TO-LIE?*
Harry whipped his head around and saw himself facing Draco.
"Like the article Potter?" Draco sneered.
"What's it got to do with you, Malfoy?" Harry spat.
"Harry! That's rude!" Hermione scolded.
"Stay out of this Hermione! Well? What's it got to do with you Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"It's simple Potty. Since Hermione IS my girlfriend it CONCERNS me that you cheated on her." Draco smirked.
"That's it! I've had enough of you! I'm going to get rid of your pathetically huge ego! What's more, I'm going to do it now!" Harry roared, whipping his wand out.
"Hmmm. . . sounds amusing but I don't have the time!" Draco said casually. "Besides, it would just humiliate you even further."
"You're just scared!" Harry snarled.
"Well, since you insist Potty, how about tonight, trophy room, let's see, seven? Everyone would've finished dinner by then."
"You're on. I hope you are prepared to be humiliated." Harry said, contempt edging his voice.
"NO!" Hermione cried as she ran between the two boys. "I won't allow it! I'll stop the duel with my life if I have to, but by Merlin I will stop it!"
"Stay out of it Hermione!" Draco growled.
"You're meddling in affairs that aren't yours to meddle in!" Harry whispered.
"Fine! I hope that you both blow each other to pieces!" Hermione said fiercely. "See if I even give a damn!"
Hermione then walked off, anger radiating from her body.
"You better listen to her Harry. She's going to seriously stand between you both if she has too. You know Hermione." Ron said seriously.
"Ron, you're my best friend and I trust your judgment on a lot of things, but I chose to duel Malfoy and I am going to go through with it."
"So be it!" Ron said exasperatedly.
"Bring it on Potter."
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A/N: Minor cliffy. Not much. HAHAHAHAHAH! HARRY'S GOING DOWN! DOWN POTTY! DIE POTTER DIE! BURN IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL! SCREAM IN PAIN! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GRYFFINDOR SUX! SLYTHERIN RULZ! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DIE POTTER DIE!
Alright, I've got a hold of myself now. In case you haven't noticed, I reckon Slytherin's the best house (no duh!) and I hate Gryffindor coz I hate Harry coz he's too much of a bloody goody-goody. Which is why I've made Hermione EVIL!
Well, I'll have the next chappy done REAL soon, so yeah! Have fun and review please!
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Slytherin's_Dark_Angel: Yeah... kick his sorry ass! Potter's goin' down! Go the Malfoys!!!
Screw Potter!!!!! Mwhahahahahaa!
A/N: Ok, Becka, get a hold of yourself now!!!!! Geeze! :P Next chappy. . . is going to be. . . read it for yourself! I'm not telling yoU!
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