Draco Potter?

Chapter 2: The Day After part 1

"Hermione!"

Hermione didn't answer.

"Hermione!"

"What?", Hermione groaned and slowly opened her eyes. Sunlight was already filling the Common Room and Ron was staring at her. She must have fallen asleep on the couch.

"Today is the first day of school, you know", Ron grinned.

"What? Did classes start already? Am I late? What do we have first?", Hermione said panicky and quickly stood up.

"Calm down", Ron said, "Classes start in an hour and a half".

"Oh", Hermione said and sat back down. "I'm so tired", she yawned, "Where's Harry?"

"Downstairs", Ron sighed, "Eating breakfast. Or just playing with his food and being broody".

"He'll never get over Sirius's death, will he?"

"Probably not. I mean, Sirius was his dad's best friend, his godfather, the closest thing he had to family".

"You have a point. Since when do you have a point?"

"Since Harry's gotten so broody, somebody's got to fill in for him. Anyway, what happened last night?"

"What?", Hermione started, remembering the Malfoy incident. How could he know?

"Well, last night you said that you were going to get your hat but...", Ron said, looking around, no sign of it anywhere, "And we heard you yelling something. I've never heard anyone yell that hard. It actually made the ground shake. It was kind of, well, scary. Maybe you didn't notice, but then everyone ran up to their dorms like a bunch of chickens. Except Harry. He just sulked and walked up to our dorm a few minutes later".

"Really?" Hermione did think it was kind of weird that the Common Room was empty when she got there, but didn't think much about it. "You didn't happen to be one of those chickens, did you?"

"Don't change the subject!", Ron said quickly, "What were you yelling about?"

"Oh, it was nothing", Hermione lied. She didn't want to tell him about her powers or what she did to Malfoy. Not before she actually processed it. "Peeves just scared me half to death". She couldn't stand lying to Ron, but she couldn't tell him the truth either. "I'll just go and.. er.. get dressed, yeah.. get dressed..."

"Er... you are dressed", Ron said.

"What? Oh!", Hermione said nervously, "Well, I'll just go and... brush my teeth... or something. See you at breakfast". She quickly walked up to the Girls Dorms.

"Well, at least she didn't act weird", Ron sighed and went downstairs.

That was horrible, Hermione thought when she reached the dorms, I'm a terrible liar. Well, he probably didn't notice, she thought desperately, he's stupider than he look. Hermione leaned against a wall and hit her head on it. I suck, she thought. She hit her head again.

She noticed that her Dorm was empty. They probably went to breakfast immediately. Could she really scare people that easily? Hermione sighed and thought about the first time she accidentally used her powers.

She didn't even knew she had them. She still didn't know exactly how they worked or what she was capable of. Hermione thought about Michael. He was one of her classmates in her old Muggle school. He was one of the guys she hated the most back then. Actually, she still does. He knew her exact weak spots. Hermione's memories of him were still painful, but she felt guilty about the last time they met.

She was just sitting in the park, getting a head start on her schoolwork, and suddenly he appeared out of nowhere. Michael grabbed the book she was reading and looked at the title. "The Standard Book of Spells!" he cackled and started shouting all kind of things at her she did not want to relive. Finally losing her temper Hermione stood up and he flew through the air, but she hadn't even touched him. Hermione ran towards him, hitting him again and again and again...

She wondered if he was still in coma. After losing her temper several times after that with other old classmates, she began to understand her powers. Everytime if she became really mad, she either performed wandless magic or became really strong. Or both.

Hermione still didn't know why. She had never known she had something like this before. The closest came when she first realized that she was a witch, but that happened with everybody.

It really annoyed her that she couldn't control them. She had always been the best at everything. Even at flying, but she didn't want to take the only thing Harry was good at, so she pretended that she couldn't do it. And she also hated it.

Oh yeah, I was going to brush my teeth, Hermione thought and took out her wand. She muttered something. She tried not to giggle, the Teeth Brushing Charm always tickled. She almost couldn't believe that there was a time when she brushed her teeth with a toothbrush. Of course she had to when she was at home, but when she was at Hogwarts, everything she does in the Muggle world seemed so far away.

She didn't learn this charm at school, but learned it from a book, Everyday Stuff the Magical Way. There really was a charm for everything, brushing your teeth, combing your hair, showering, even getting dressed, but Hermione preferred getting dressed the normal way. Sometimes she used the Hair Combing Charm or one of the others, but when she was at Hogwarts she always uses the Teeth Brushing Charm. Her parents were both dentists so...

Hermione was going to pack her schoolbag, when she realized that she didn't have the schedule yet. She sighed again. She had no choice; she really had to go to breakfast. But even if she didn't have to, she couldn't avoid him forever.

Hermione slowly walked back to the Common Room. Harry and Ron probably went to the Entrance Hall already. Hermione walked through the portrait opening and walked downstairs. She prayed that Malfoy already had breakfast.

When Hermione reached the Entrance Hall, she immediately saw Malfoy sitting at the end of the Slytherin table. Damn, she thought, praying never helps. This time, Pansy was sitting next to him, whispering in his ear. Can't she get a life?

Hermione wondered how he could stand that pug. If he really wanted a pureblood, he could at least choose a good-looking one. Now that Malfoy didn't have gel in his hair, Hermione noticed something. His hair stuck up in the back, just like Harry's. And it looked darker. Weird, she thought.

She walked to the Gryffindor table. For some reason the Gryffindor table seemed quieter than usual. She walked over to Harry and Ron. Ginny was also sitting like them. As Hermione sat down, she realized why the table seemed quieter. Fred and George were gone.

"Good morning", she said to Ginny. She had the same dreamy look on her face as Luna, staring at a familiar Slytherin guy. "Ginny!"

"Huh?", Ginny said dreamily, "Oh, good morning".

"What's with you?", Hermione asked.

"I'm good, thanks", Ginny said in the same way.

Hermione realized that Ginny wasn't really listening. "Did you hear about Snape? He's going to become the ugliest Minister of Magic ever", Hermione said.

"Really?", Ginny said.

"And he invented something so everyone's hair is as greasy as his".

"How nice". It was obvious that Ginny wasn't listening. Ron snorted. Harry was just staring at his plate and being broody.

"And I heard now he's on the Ireland Quidditch team and the best Seeker they ever had".

"Good", Ginny said.

"Has your mother already announced her engagement with Snape?", Hermione went on.

"Yeah...", Ginny said in that same voice. "What!", she said, finally realizing what Hermione had said.

Ron and Hermione laughed. Ginny understood what happened and started laughing too. Professor McGonagall walked towards them, carrying something. They stopped laughing.

"We're not laughing too loud, are we Professor?", Hermione asked.

"No, Mrs. Granger. I just was just going to give you your schedules and Mr. Potter his Firebolt back", McGonagall said smiling and gave Harry his Firebolt.

"Really?", Harry asked and actually smiled, for the first time since Sirius died.

"Really, Mr. Potter", McGonagall said, still smiling, "You're also back on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team now that Professor Umbridge is gone. And because Angelina Johnson has left the school, you're also the new Captain. Good luck", she was still smiling as she walked to the staff table.

Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione were all speechless. "Well, er... congratulations, Harry!", Ron said, breaking the silence.

"I knew you had it in you!", Hermione said and also smiled. It was good to see him happy again.

"Yeah, well done, Harry!", Ginny said.

"Thanks", Harry said. He was still smiling and looked at his schedule. His smile faded.

Ron looked at his own schedule. "No way", he said.

"What?", Ginny grabbed his schedule and Hermione looked at her own. Her jaw dropped. Double Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, lunch, double Transfiguration, DADA and History of Magic. All with the Slytherins.

"This is pure evil", Ron said, "The whole day with the Slytherins. Why!"

Great, Hermione thought, exactly what I need, a whole day with Malfoy. At least this can't get any worse.

At the Slytherin table, Draco was looking at his schedule. Oh no, the whole day with the Gryffindorks, he thought, the whole day with Granger. How could they do this to me? What if Granger beats me up in front of my gang? No, she wouldn't in front of Snape, would she? What if she tells everyone about last night? She wouldn't. What am I freaking out about? This is Granger. Teachers pet. She would never.

Then he heard something weird. A horrible sound. A sort of... buzzing. It just kept going, non- stop. He wondered what it was. It was... He couldn't even describe that horrible noise. The sound was close to his ear. It was driving him insane. He looked around, to find where it was coming from. Oh, it is just that horrible pug, Draco thought. He had just seen that it was Pansy whispering in his ear.

"Will you shut up, Pansy!", he snapped at her. Pansy stopped, looking slightly hurt. She was quiet for maybe a second, and started gossiping merrily with one of her braindead friends.

Disclaimer: You know I don't own anything right? I only made up Rebecca, Draco's adoption, Hermione's powers, Michael, the whole (brilliant) plot... well, everything that you haven't read in the books.

Authors Note: Don't you just love this story? I just love DM/HG, HG/RW and HP/LL. Maybe there will be some Harry/Luna in this fic. Maybe... Anyways, please review and check out my diary.