Ok, first a thank you to all of my reviewers. I actually put this story up once before but no one reviewed so I took it down and almost didn't put it back up. I'm really happy because I think 4 reviews is the most I ever got for anything I wrote. I'll try to update as much as possible but I'm also trying to help a friend over her writers block so she can do the next chapter for our 2 join fics. Thank you again!

LockedInYourHeart: I'm glad you liked this, Draco/Hermione is my favorite pairing too.

Fictiongurl: thanks, I'm going to try.

Erica G.: I'm going to attempt to keep up with my updates but I have a web comic and some original works I'm trying to keep up too. I'll update as much as I can though.

Luineraugwen the Dark Elf: Here's the next chapter just like you asked.

Also, you can check my live journal as soon as I get it up. I put all information on my updates there. Thanks, heres the chapter.

Disclaimer: Remember, I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS USED HERE. Well, besides the new Defense Against the Dark Art's teacher.

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Chapter 1

Draco awoke when the carriage ground to a sudden halt, throwing him and Hermione forward in a pile on the carriage floor.

"Uh, get off me Mudblood!" exclaimed Draco as he tried to push Hermione off himself.

"I will if you'll get off my legs Ferret Boy!" yelled Hermione in return.

"I can't get off your legs until you get off my feet!"

"I can't get off your feet until you get off my arms!"

"I can't get off your arms until you get off my chest!"

"I can't get off your chest until you get off my hands!"

This arguing goes one for about another five minutes until they start repeating themselves.

Ron, who had started cracking up at the situation, was nearly rolling around on the seat with laughter. Harry was trying hard not to laugh but in the end couldn't contain it. They really were quite a sight. Hermione and Draco both glared at Ron and Harry. Harry swore that if looks could kill both of them would be dead, buried, and half-decomposed.

"Will you two shut up!" Draco and Hermione shouted.

Harry and Ron fell silent immediately and Harry helped get them untangled.

"I wonder why we stopped," muttered Harry as he looked out the window of the carriage. Seconds later, he recoiled as if he had been burned and landed on the floor of the carriage between Draco and Hermione.

"What's wrong Harry?" asked Ron as he glanced out the window.

"A-a-a dementor!" stuttered Harry, his body shaking badly.

"Really?" exclaimed Ron his eyes wide as he turned back to Harry "Harry, are you sure you saw a dementor?"

Draco couldn't help himself now and he started laughing.

"Shut up ferret face!" shouted Ron. He glared menacingly at Draco but it only made him laugh harder.

"He doesn't believe Harry saw a dementor," whispered Hermione, who had pulled herself off the ground and was stepping out of the carriage. Everyone stared at her, including Draco who had managed to stop laughing. The dementor thing was only funny as long as no one was actually in its way, assuming there was one. Not that he carried about Granger or anything.

"How do you know that Hermione?" asked Ron, his face white. If there was a dementor out there he certainly didn't want her going out alone.

Hermione was silent. She stepped calmly from the carriage with a grace that none of them realized she possessed. Draco had only seen children from the highest of noble families like his own walk like that, though Hermione seemed to do this automatically. She sniffed the air for a second and growled slightly in her throat, something none of them had ever heard her do before.

"Stay inside," she ordered before shutting the carriage door.
Draco, Harry, and Ron all gathered at the window and watched Hermione's fleeting form: two from worry, one from curiosity.

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Here's the next chapter like you asked. I know its really short but I thought this was a good place to leave off. I'm not sure if I want to switch to Hermione's POV next or if I should stick with Draco. If you have a preference then please tell me, I'm right on the edge currently and could go either way. Thanks.

Naoku.