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Chapter 4 Their Missions Hermione's point of viewOn the way to Dumbledores office Hermione saw Dumbledore walking through the corridor walking towards her.
" There you are Miss Granger. I was worried that you might have trouble getting away from Harry and Ron so I came to find you." Dumbledore said.
" Oh, no I didn't have much." Hermione said. " But what did you need to speak with me with me about. Am I in trouble."
Dumbledore laughed at that. " Hermione Granger, top student in her grade in trouble, not likely." Hermione blushed.
" Please follow me to office so we can discuss this more privately." Dumbledore said.
Hermione entered Dumbledore's office. " Please have a seat." Dumbledore instructed. Hermione sat dowm nervously. "Would you like a lemon drop." He asked. " No thank you." She said.
" Are you sure there really quit good." He said. " I'm sure." She said. Dumbledore cleared his throat.
" Well Miss Granger as you know Voldemort is getting stronger," he paused then " and the Order feels that the best chance we got is to find out as much information as we can about him." Hermione nodded wondering what this had to do with her. Then Dumbledore continued.
" We are making some progress and when you and your friends caught those Death Eaters a lot of the Order was excited because they thought we could get information out of them. However I knew better. I knew they would escape and they did. A lot of the Order was disappointed. However, Professor Snape reminded us all that we actually have a student that attends this school whose father is a Death Eater. Not just any Death Eater. One who Professor Snape assures is very close to Voldemort." At this Hermione's thought of one person. She took a deep breath and said, " It's Malfoy isn't?" Dumbledore nodded.
" Yes and of coarse Mr. Malfoy would still have contact with his father and If I'm not mistaken hear a lot about Voldemort himself." He said.
" Yes your probably right." Hermione agreed. " But what does this have to with me?" Dumbledore smiled.
" You are the top student in this school and on countless times have proven that you can handle yourself against danger." He said. " So after careful consideration the Order has chosen you."
" Chosen me for what." She asked a little nervous.
" To get information out of Draco Malfoy about Voldemort." He said. Hermione went pale.
" How on earth am I gonna do that. I can't just go up to him and ask him 'hey Malfoy whats the latest gossip on Volldemort.' I don't now if you noticed, but Malfoy and I don't exactly get along." Hermione said. She looked at Dumbledore and to her surprise he was smiling at her.
" Well I thought you being at the top of your class and all you could come up with a better idea then to just go up and ask him about Voldemort." Dumbledore said.
" Well of coarse I'm not going to just go up to him and ask him, but what am I suppose to do, be his friend?" She asked.
" Aw, now there's an idea." He said. Hermione's jaw dropped.
" But, but I can't be friends with Malfoy I hate him and even if I did he wouldn't want to be friends with me." Hermione said.
" Well to be honest with you Miss Granger, there is a reason we choose a girl for this job." He said.
The color drained from Hermione's face. He couldn't mean what she thought he meant.
" You, you don't mean I am suppose to make him like fall in love with me or something." She weakly.
" Actually that is the idea. That way he will tell you anything you want to know." He said smiling at the look on Hermione's face. Horrified Hermione said, " But we hate each other. He could never fall in love with me and the thought of acting like I like him would make me sick at my stomach. Just being with him makes me sick to my stomach and I don't know if you know this, but I'm not that good with boys. Perhaps you should assign another girl to do this."
" The order does not see any other girl fit for this job. Now I know it will be difficult, but if anyone can do this you can." He said. Hermione blushed at the confidence Dumbledore had in her. However, she just couldn't do this, but when she looked up into Dumbledore's pleading eyes she just knew she couldn't let him down. So she took a deep breath and said, " Well I have no idea how I'm going to pull this off, but I'll try." Dumbledore smiled.
" I'm glad to hear that Miss Granger. Well you will have one month to get information out of Mr. Malfoy. After that you will report back to the Order on what you have found out." Hermione nodded. " Also I must remind that this is the Order Of Phoenix business so it must be kept private." Hermione nodded. " I know I wont even tell Harry or Ron." Dumbledore smiled then said, " Well I guess you had better get off to bed."
As Hermione walked back top her dormitory she felt sick at the thought of making Malfoy fall in love with her. How the bloody hell was she going to pull this off and in a month at that. As she reached the portrait with the fat lady she miserably thought to herself If I had all the time in the world I still couldn't pull this off. As she got into her bed she scolded herself for being so nice and wished she would have just told Dumbledore no. She lay in bed thinking about tomorrow, dreading it and after along time drifted off to sleep.
The next morning Hermione joined her friends Harry and Ron at breakfast. They were already going over their schedules.
" Here Hermione I got yours." Ron said as he handed her schedule to her. " What took you so long to get down here?"
" Oh I over slept" Hermione said as she looked over her schedule. " Damn, we got Care of Magical Creatures with the Slytherins today and oh no we got Potions with them tomorrow. I can't believe we got classes with the Slytherins two days in a row." Harry and Ron starred at her with open mouths. Hermione knew they must be shocked that she cussed because she hardly ever does accept if she was really upset, but well she was upset because this meant that she would have to see Draco today and tomorrow. She wasn't prepared for this. She needed more time to plan out exactly how she was going to make someone who hated her and that she hated fall in love with her.
" Yeah that sucks" Harry said looking at Hermione a little worried. Ron however said,
" But how could you have slept in? I thought you went to bed before Harry and I. You were up all night writing to Krum weren't you?" Hermione just rolled her eyes and got up and started to go to her first class. She didn't care if Harry and Ron followed her or not, she had too much on her mind. Plus she was extremely mad at Ron.
As Hermione reached Hagrids hut for her Care of Magical Creatures class. She saw the Slytherins walk up and leading them was Draco Malfoy, saying something that must have been amusing since everyone was laughing. Especially the girls. Actually the girls were over doing it a little. They all were giggling mush louder than necessary. Especially Pansy who practically squealed with laughter. It seems they were trying to show who could laugh the loudest at one of his jokes. All those girls trying to show off to get his attention. As if he needs for that head of his to get any bigger. Hermione thought. Although Hermione did have to admit, Draco was extremely good looking. He was 6 1 and extremly well build. He also didn't wear his hair slicked back the way he used too. He now let his hair hang loose. All my god. What am I thinking? Malfoy hot? Hermioen thought in horror. Then to make herself feel better she told herself that it was probably a good thing to be attracted to someone that she was going to try and make fall in love with her.
By the end of the lesson Hermione had still not made any attempts to make Malfoy fall for her so when the bell rang she gathered her courage and walked up to him. " Hey Malfoy" She said shyly. He turned and starred at her and Hermione noticed that he looked a little shocked. " What do you want mudblood?" He said coldly. Anger filled her. This was going to be harder than she thought. However she had to try. So she opened her mouth to speak but then suddenly realized that she had no idea what to say. Parvati and Lavender would be so much better at this than her.
" Uh good lesson today huh." She
said. Oh that was stupid. She thought to herself. I'm sure talking
about how good a lesson is, is the way to a guys heart. Draco simply just
starred at her and then he sneered and said.
" Your stranger than I thought Granger," and with that he walked away laughing
leaving Hermione feeling very stupid.
That night Draco got out of his bed and went down to the common room and checked to make sure that everyone had went too bed. When he was sure that they had, he walked over to the fireplace, floo powder in hand. He paused a little before throwing it in the fire. He was terrified to see what awful mission Voldemort was going to assign him on. However, he was even more scared not to go. So he took a deep breath, throw the floo powder, and said " The Malfoy Mansion" Whirls of colors flashed around him and in a moment he landed at the Malfoy Mansion. His father walked right over to greet him.
" Aw good you're here." Mr. Malfoy said. " Come with me. Our Lord wishes to speak to you." Draco followed his father into the living room. Fear washed over him. He didn't want to see that face, those eyes, those snake like hands, and hear that high pitched voice. As Draco entered the room he saw Voldemort standing there next to fire.
" Please come closer." Said Voldemort in his high pitched voice. Draco shuddered, but obeyed. " I have a mission for you"
" Yes my Lord" Draco managed to squeak.
" Tell me Draco. Do you know a girl named Hermione Granger?" the cold voice asked.
" Yes my lord she's in my year." Draco said wondering why the Dark Lord would want to know if he knew Granger.
" Your father tells me that Miss Granger is best friends with Harry Potter." He said.
" Yes my lord her and Ron Weasley are." Draco said.
"So would you say that Miss Granger would probably know a lot about Harry?" He asked.
" I'm sure she does. There both in Gryffindor and Gryffindors always tell each other all about their personal lives you know." Draco said still not clear on what the Dark Lord wanted from him.
" So do think that you could get information about Harry from Miss Granger?" He asked
" Well my Lord, you see Granger and I don't exactly get along because you see I don't associate with mudbloods," Draco said and at that last comment Voldemort sneered.
" Of course you don't" He said. Then Draco said, " So you see with us being enemies and all I doubt she would tell me anything."
" So you mean to say that a handsome young man such as yourself couldn't make a girl like Granger tell you what you need to know." He said.
" Well with other girls I'm sure I could, but with Granger, she would have to fall in love me to tell me anything about Potter." Draco said.
" Well then I suggest you make her fall in love with you." He said like it was an easy thing to do. Draco went pale. He was only being sarcastic about making Granger fall for him. Anyway Granger hated him. How could he make her fall in love with him. Even though it sounded impossible he didn't dare tell Voldemort that. So he simply replied, " I will do my best my Lord." Voldemort smiled a nasty smile.
That night Draco couldn't sleep. This was worse than he had expected. Making Granger fall in love with him. There was a better chance of Snape falling for Potter. Then Draco thought to himself, what are you worried about? You are a hot, rich pureblood and any girl would be crazy not to want to be with you. He rolled over on his side and closed his eyes, but sleep wouldn't come because in the back of his mind he knew that Granger was different than other girls. He also knew that it was going to take more than his looks and his money to get her.
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