Hi there! I'd like to thank my WONDERFUL reviewers! This is chapter two! Yay! Okay, HaliJadeSnape, this is for you!

SUMMARY OF PREQUEL STORY: Hermione has been left alone and abandoned by her friends after her parents are murdered and she is accused of being a death eater. As the story progresses, she finds a home with Draco Malfoy, her previous enemy. But then Draco goes to a death eater meeting, and it changes everything. Hermione discovers a plot to end her life, courtesy of her former best friend, Harry Potter. Snape is killed, Draco is injured, and Hermione is found fighting to escape whatever plot Harry and the death eaters have devised. Then, Hermione discovers the truth about Draco. She finds out that he is the one who killed her parents, and framed her. In an act of rage and revenge, she attempts to kill him. However, the plan is foiled by a teacher. Draco then decides to take Hermione on a journey to find Harry Potter, to make up for the pain he caused her. Draco and Hermione kiss, and Hermione, afraid that she won't ever be happy with him, darts into a building of danger by herself. There she meets Harry, who fools her into thinking that he's trustworthy. Harry attempts to kill Hermione by dropping her out of a window. The window is a mysterious window, which turned up several times in the prequel, and will continue to make appearances in the story. That is where that story ends, and this one begins.

REMEMBER what happened in the last chapter: Draco catches Hermione as she falls. He takes her to a large building, which is where we begin...

Disclaimer: Do any of you actually READ the disclaimer?

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I woke up in the middle of the night. I'm exhausted after all that happened yesterday. I look up into the silver eyes of the one I love. Only, they aren't silver anymore. They are a bright, emerald green. He no longer has blond hair, but black. He smiles. But it's not Draco's smile. Draco's smile is kind, carefree. This smile is cold and hateful.

And then I realize. This isn't Draco. I'm staring into the eyes of Harry Potter.

"Good morning Hermione." Harry says icily, his smile growing wider.

"Harry! What are you doing here?" I shriek. I'm sitting up now. He grabs onto my shoulders roughly, and begins to shake me.

"I've come to say goodbye." He says, shaking me harder. My name is being called in the distance. I blink, open my eyes, and Harry is gone. Instead, Draco is standing above me, shaking me lightly, and calling my name worriedly.

"Draco...?" I question wearily. I refuse to close my eyes for fear that he may disappear.

"It's okay Hermione. It's only me." He says.

I take a deep breath. It's only him. It was just a dream. I'm okay. I sink into his arms, and slowly drift back to sleep.

I open my eyes when Draco moves. It must be late morning, considering the bright sunlight that is pouring warmly through the window.

"'Morning Hermione." Draco says cheerfully.

"Good morning!" I say, taking on his bright attitude. "Draco, darling." I say laughing.

"Yes, Hermione dearest?" He starts to laugh too. We aren't 'darling, dearest.' people.

I suddenly go serious. "Where on earth ARE we?"

Draco looks surprised. "The Malfoy Manor, of course!" He says as though it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"Would you mind showing me around?" I ask briskly.

"Fine, fine. Let's go!" He leads me around the place, telling me random facts like he has 14 bathrooms, 43 bedrooms and so on. It is the most impressive house I have every seen. It's humongous. My voice echoes off the walls. It's well furnished, with hardwood floor, and large roaring fires in each room. It's like a rich person's cabin...

Finally, he takes me downstairs. "These are the dungeons. It's dark, and kind of frightening, so I recommend you don't go down there." He says firmly.

I'm about to comment with BANG! The door slams behind us. Draco and I tumble down the remainder of the stairs. I feel a shooting pain in my leg and I hear a large crack! As my leg breaks. I cry out in pain.

"Hermione!" Draco yells.

"I'm okay. It's easily repairable." I say, although I'm in a considerable amount of pain.

Suddenly, the ceiling begins to glow a dim purple. Blue smoke fills the room, fill my lungs. I'm coughing. I hear Draco coughing too. But suddenly, his coughing subsides. "Draco?" I choke out.

A voice that is horribly familiar fill the room. "He's okay. For now. This is the price you pay for living. I told you I wanted to say goodbye once and for all. But he had to save you. And the fact is that it is your turn. So, say goodbye Hermione. Say goodbye to Draco. Once and for all."

The smoke vanishes suddenly. And with a small pop, the purple light flickers off. "Draco!" I call out. But there's no answer.

I'm left alone in the silent room. The painfully silent room.

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Never underestimate the evil authoress, Liz! Did you think that I would put some mushy gushy romantic crap in this chapter? Did you think that I would save Hermione from more traumatizing events, at least for a while? WELL, YOU WERE WRONG! I'm jumping right into the main plot. I'm not gonna bother with useless information. So, here you go. R&R if you want me to update.