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Hello everyone :), I am back... I know I am posting this on a Tuesday, but I figured everyone deserved something a little earlier with their kind words you have been saying about my family.

My dad is now back home and is healing up nicely, he was due back to work sometime this week but decided that he needed a little more time to heal. My step-mother is recovering from her surgery, she is starting home therapy until her arm is strong enough to withstand the movement.

I have been working on the next chapter for the last couple of days and I am hoping to have it up by Friday, but I can't promise anything. If it isn't up on Friday then we will return to our previous schedule and go back to posting every Friday.

Thank you again for understanding, I love each and everyone of you... Enjoy :)

-Rachel

Chapter Nine

"Two classes."

"Yes, sir." Scorpius clarified.

"You have been here for less than three days, and have attended two classes and you have already managed to show everyone you are a Malfoy." Snape scowled.

"I know sir. Father is a bit suspicious, mother explained it away with a muggle theory."

"That is all well and good, Mr. Malfoy. But, you know as well as I how dramatic your father can be. I do not think he will let this go as easily as Miss. Granger."

Scorpius sighed. "I know, sir. I couldn't just refuse professor McGonagall, now could I?"

"I suppose not." Snape agreed while sitting back down behind his desk. "And what of Miss. Malfoy? I hope she wasn't as dense."

"She is currently wandering around with brown hair. She likes to do things like this every once in a while." Scorpius shrugged.

"At the rate you two are going, you won't last the week." Snape leaned over his desk to make his next point more serious. "Try to refrain, from now on, with engaging in tasks such as these. Next time trade partners. You are dismissed."

"Thank you, sir." Snape just waved his hand in dismissal.

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When Scorpius entered the Great Hall he noticed his father's younger version glaring at him. Scorpius just shrugged it off and made his way over to Harry and Ron. "Afternoon." He greeted.

"Hmmm." Ron grumbled in between mouthfuls of ham.

Harry shook his head in disgust and greeted the new arrival. "Where did you go after class?" he asked.

Scorpius shrugged and took a bite of his lunch. When he finished chewing he said, "Washroom. I tried to fix my hair, but it had already started to darken, so I left it." He lied.

Harry nodded. "Good!" Ron bit out. "It was creepy how you looked like the Malfoy git."

"Just a coincidence I guess." Scorpius said, trying to shrug the conversation off.

"It's amazing how the spell faded so quickly." Harry pointed out.

Scorpius shrugged again. "Malfoy did it incorrectly. It probably wasn't strong enough either." The conversation was starting to become uncomfortable for Scorpius. Maybe Snape was right! Cassi and I won't last the week. He thought.

Scorpius stood up to leave. "Where are you going?" Harry asked.

"I have some books to grab before our next lesson. I will see you there."

Ron and Harry just nodded and agreed.

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When Scorpius was making his way past the first floor corridor he was violently knocked into the adjoining wall. "OUCH!"

"Oh, Merlin! I'm sorry Scorp." The voice said as they reached out to help a fallen Scorpius up off of the ground.

Scorpius looked up to see who had attacked him. "Cassi! What the hell?" he asked while rubbing a fast forming bump on his head.

"I was mostly trying to scare you. I just pushed a little too hard. I'm sorry."

Scorpius sighed. "It's fine. My head hurts, but I will be alright. Were you headed to lunch?"

"Yeah, I have been trying to avoid dad and uncle Blaise though. They have been giving me odd looks."

"Is it maybe because you decided to keep your hair brown from this morning's class? You kind of resemble mum, and it is probably freaking them out a little." Scorpius asked, pointing to his sisters unnaturally brown locks.

Cassi's eyes narrowed. "You know I have always wanted to change my hair. Father won't let me use muggle dye, so I figured I would rebel because he isn't here."

"Uncle Severus is already cross with us because of McGonagall's class. Please don't make it worse. Go and see him before you eat."

Cassi scoffed. "What is it with you Gryffindor's and rules? The only one who doesn't seem to have the 'stick to the rules' trait is James."

Scorpius gave the best imitation of his mother's disapproving look to his sister. "Cassi!" he warned.

"Fine! Just stop making that face, it's weird." Cassi said as she squished her brother's features to make the look he was giving her go away.

"Will you sthop that?" Scorpius asked with a squished face, swatting his sister's hands away. Cassi laughed.

"Best be off big brother. See you in the library when classes end."

"Yeah, see you." Scorpius called to his retreating sister. "I swear she and Heather could be twins at times!" he mumbled to himself as he continued on his way to Gryffindor tower.

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Classes had just let out for the day when Pansy and Daphne approached a now back to normal Cassi.

"Were headed to the common room, are you coming?"

Cassi picked her bag up off of the floor and turned to talk to her two new friends, and her future aunts. "No, you guys to a head. I have to meet Scorpius in the library. We're going to study."

"Alright then. I guess we will see you at dinner later." Daphne answered back.

Cassi waved goodbye and made her way from the third floor to the first.

When she made it to the library, Cassi set her books down at one of the secluded tables in the back by the restricted section. Knowing her brother would be a few minutes, she decided to venture into the restricted section looking for a solution to find their way home.

She roamed through the isles looking at the titles of each book. Most of them were advanced spell and potion books too dangerous for the younger population of Hogwarts. And others weren't even written in English. One book that Cassi was able to find, was 'The Theory of Time Travel.'

"Interesting." She muttered. Grabbing the book off of the shelf she made her way back to her secluded table where she found her brother pouring over his Herbology textbook.

"Venomous Tentacula getting you down?" Cassi giggled as she read over Scorpius' shoulder.

Scorpius glared at Cassi as she sat down. "No, professor Sprout started the unit today. Obviously she does things differently than professor Longbottom, because we had just finished this unit and now I have to do it again. Anyway, what do you have there?" he asked, gesturing to the tomb in her hands.

"Oh, this?" Cassi asked as she held up the book. "It's a book on time travel theory. I just found it, so I'm not sure if it is about time turners or what."

"It's probably useless. Besides, professor Snape has been all through the library this past weekend. You said so yourself."

Cassi sighed and looked defeated. "I know it was mostly wishful thinking." Scorpius nodded and looked back down to his textbook. "Hey, Scorpius?" Cassi asked after a few minutes of shared silence. "What do you think is going on back at home?"

"I don't know Cassi. Probably nothing, because here the future doesn't exist yet."

"But if the past exists in our time and is accessible, why can't the same thing be said about the future here?"

Scorpius sighed in defeat. "I honestly don't know Cassi."

"I guess you're right. I'm going to go sign this out, then head to the great hall for supper."

"Alright, I guess I will see you later."

"Bye." Cassi said as she got up from the table and proceeded to walk away from her brother, who had resumed his studying.

After checking out her book, Cassi made her way down the first floor corridor towards the great hall. As she got closer she could hear the hustle and bustle of the many students inside.

Cassi took a few seconds to compose herself before she entered the hall. After taking a few deep breaths she entered the hall and made her way to the Slytherin table where she found Blaise, Theo, Crabbe, and Goyle.

"Where is everyone?" Cassi asked as she took a seat and started to fill her plate with roast beef.

"Dorms." Blaise answered.

"Care to elaborate why?"

"Draco is hiding out because he made a fool of himself. And the girls are in their rooms because Draco made a fool of himself."

Cassi nodded. "Sounds reasonable. What did Draco do?"

Blaise snorted and put down his fork. "It's better to ask what he didn't do. He freaked out when he saw Granger in our common room. He also tried to tell Pansy who she shouldn't be friends with."

"Total prat if you ask me. Although I do agree with not having Granger in our common room." Theo pipped up.

"Has anyone tried talking to him?" Cassi asked.

"No, it's best for him to mope. He will get over it eventually."

"Blaise!" Cassi exclaimed in shock. "He is your best friend. You should try talking to him."

"Trust me, it won't help."

"Fine," Cassi said while standing up. "If you won't, I will." She walked out of the great hall without eating dinner.

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Draco sat on his bed twirling his wand around when he heard a knock at his door. "Go away." He yelled. The person at the door just knocked louder. "I said, go away."

"No!" Cassi's determined voice came through the closed wood. "Open it, or I will." She threatened.

"Then open it!"

"Fine! You always have to make everything difficult." Draco rolled his eyes and continued twirling his wand between his fingers. "Reducto!" he heard Cassi yell before the door blew into splinters.

"What in the name of Merlin did you do that for?!" Draco asked while shaking splinters out of his hair.

"I was trying to get in."

"Did you try the handle first? Because it wasn't locked." He bellowed in anger. His entire dorm room was covered in saw dust and splinters. "I am not cleaning this up."

Cassi laughed. "Oh well, blowing it up was more fun. A house elf will do it later."

"What are you doing here?" Draco asked while shaking his bed clean of what was left of the door.

"Blaise told me what happened."

Draco gave Cassi a sideways glance as he resumed his previous position on his bed. "Blaise has a big mouth."

"You should apologize." Cassi said, joining Draco on the other end of his bed.

Draco raised his eyebrows in disbelief. "Excuse me? Malfoy's do not apologize."

Cassi rolled her eyes. "Malfoy's don't do a lot of things it seems."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly what I said. You do realize you aren't all that high and mighty, right?"

"I'm a Malfoy, my family belongs to the sacred twenty-eight. That makes me wizarding royalty."

Cassi snorted. "No, that makes you apart of the pure-blood club, not royalty. You are a person, a mortal, just like every other student at this school. Pure-blood and muggle-born, alike. So, Pansy and Hermione deserve an apology."

"I am not apologizing." Draco said in a very determined way.

Cassi shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Your pride and your ego are bigger than your head."

Something dangerous in Draco's eyes flashed when Cassi insulted him, it reminded him of the lashing that Granger could give. "Watch what you say!" he warned.

Cassi raised her eyebrow in interest. She had only seen the look she just saw in her father's eyes when he and her mother were butting heads. "Or what? What are you honestly going to do to me?" Cassi challenged.

Draco narrowed his eyes. "There are many things that I could do! Just because we hang out and you are close to my friends does not make you safe."

Cassi laughed dryly. "I am not scared if that is what you are trying to achieve. You aren't used to people not doing what you ask, are you?" Draco said nothing in that respect. "You remind me of my father." Cassi cut in with a small laugh.

"Excuse me?" Draco asked a little surprised.

"I said, you remind me of my father."

Draco looked at Cassi in confusion, his anger fading as soon as she mentioned her family. "Why do you say that?"

Cassi smiled faintly. "I don't know, I just felt like you needed to know."

"And why did I need to know that I remind you of some muggle."

"My father is hot headed, selfish, proud, arrogant, and very egotistical." Draco gave her a look saying that she had better get to the point and stop insulting him before he decided to hex her instead. "He is also considerate at times, very understanding, loving, and protective.

"Draco, you have a lot of potential to be all of those things, just like he did. When my father was in school he was the person every guy wanted to be, he was popular. Some even called him a prince, or a God. He was also very rich and handsome. My mother tells me that he used to say he could get any girl that he wanted without even trying.

"Eventually that turned him bitter, he would always think that whatever girl was throwing themselves at him that day just wanted him for his money. He began to lose himself in a way, he turned nasty to some people, and he became a right bully."

"You are not helping yourself here, I am close to stunning you, and hanging you upside down in a tree without your wand. So I strongly suggest getting to your point."

Cassi rolled her eyes. "He was all of those terrible things until he started hanging out with my mother more. She was companionate, loving, and very patient. She started to get my father to understand that there is more to life than money and looks, it took him a while but he eventually understood what she meant. His stone exterior and interior started to fall away, and he became the person he is today. I am very close to my father, he is my favourite person in the entire planet, and he always used to tell us growing up that 'your pride is a good enough price to pay in a friendship'."

"What does that even mean?" Draco asked in disgust.

"It means that no one will think less of you if you apologize."

"What does that have to do with me reminding you of your muggle father?"

Cassi crossed her legs and shrugged. "It doesn't really have anything to do with it to be honest. I just wanted you to know that Pansy and Hermione would appreciate you more if you apologized for your earlier outburst."

"Why do I care about being appreciated?"

Cassi sighed in frustration and stood up to leave. "You are infuriating! I am going to go find something to eat because I missed dinner to come and talk to you. Just think about the apology alright?" she turned and walked through the door less archway.

"I would tell you to close the door before you left but you blew it up!" Draco yelled to a retreating Cassi. "Me, infuriating? I don't think so." He mumbled to himself.

Draco leaned back on his head board twirling his wand once again. He was thinking about what Cassi had said to him. Her father felt just as trapped as he did, the only difference was that her father didn't have Lucius as a parent.

Draco threw his pillow across the room in frustration. "I hate being a Malfoy!" he yelled.

"I didn't know you felt that way." Said a voice from the door.

Draco looked up in shock to see who was now standing at his door frame. "What are you doing here, Granger?" he growled.

Hermione shrugged. "I saw Cassi coming from the boys dorms. She said that she was talking to you, so I figured I would come up here and apologize for today."

"What do you have to apologize for?" he asked, leaning forward onto his knees.

"This morning in Transfiguration, and also down in your common room. I shouldn't have been there, but Pansy and Daphne insisted. I mean, you were a little harsh about it, but I would have probably done the same to you if you were in Gryffindor Tower. So I am sorry."

Draco sighed in defeat. "No Granger, I'm sorry. I was angry at Blaise and I took it out on you and Pansy."

Hermione looked shocked. "You're what?" she asked.

Draco's eyes narrowed. "I said I was sorry. I am not saying it again."

Hermione smiled. "I won't make you. Thank you, Draco. Umm… I mean, Malfoy. Thank you, Malfoy." Hermione blushed at her slip up.

"Mhmm, I won't be making a habit of it, so don't expect much."

Hermione giggled. "I normally don't. What happened to your dorm?" she finally asked, looking around at the splinters. "Is that a door handle?" she asked, pointing over to Goyle's bed.

"Yes, it is. Cassi exploded the door."

Hermione looked shocked. "She did what?"

"When she came down she blew it up instead of turning the handle."

Hermione shook her head. "I'm leaving, this is too much for me. I missed supper, so I am heading up to the kitchen. Would you like to come with me?"

Draco raised his eyebrows in shock. "You know where the kitchen is?"

Hermione nodded. "I pretty much know where everything is in the castle."

"How?" Draco asked while getting off of his bed and heading towards a waiting Hermione.

Hermione smiled a knowing smile. "I'm not telling. Now, let's go. I am starving!" Draco followed Hermione out of the Slytherin common room and into the dungeons hallway.

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"Did you see what I just saw?" and amazed Blaise asked a shocked Pansy.

"Do you mean Hermione and Draco talking and laughing together? Because I saw it, but I don't really believe it. Do you think they saw us?" she asked.

"I don't think they really saw anything to be honest." Daphne said from the other side of the couch the three were sitting on.

"It was odd to say the least." Theo pipped up.

"Hopefully they will finally be completely civil to each other." Pansy thought. Everyone nodded in agreeance.

Maybe this really will change things. Blaise thought to himself as he resumed the game of wizard's chess he was playing against Theo.

Well, there it is, another chapter down. I was really proud of this chapter, I hope I portrayed Draco properly. Please Review, I love reading what you guys have to say, whether it is positive or negative, I want to read it... :) Until next time...

-Rachel