DISCLAIMER: I DON NOT OWN HP

CHAPTER FIVES: PLANS

Hermione threw her back her wand and walked away before she had the chance to say anything. Slytherins, she thought, shaking her head, what a vicious bunch.

Only to bump into the most vicious of them all, Hermione fell onto her butt and Tom glared down at her.

'You should really watch where you're going Bellouve.' he sneered.

'S-sorry I'll be more careful next time.' she said ducking behind her hair shielding her face from view. Tom just sent her a dirty look and walked away, Hermione shrugged and continued on her way to the room of requirement.

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What an odd girl, Tom thought as he walked towards the Slytherin common room, dull and snarky, not a good combination. He wondered who she was, a complete mystery to everyone that's what she was, barely uttered a word to anyone unless someone tried to pick on her although she never seemed really bothered about any of it. She spent most of the time in the library and always had a weird look in her eye whenever he spoke to her. She was hiding something and for some reason, Tom wanted to know what it was, he shrugged, it was probably nothing too big or important but maybe he'd take a little peek into her mind the next time he saw her just to know.

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Hermione sneered as she kicked the dummy repeatedly, sweat was running down her forehead, some of her hair was sticking to her face and her body was aching but still she kept punching and kicking, she was letting her anger out on the dummy, she'd been doing so for hours actually but still her anger was still trapped inside her, it felt to her that the more she hit the dummy she angrier she got.

Hermione stopped hitting the dummy and sat down, she was panting and felt exhausted, she could hit no more. The thoughts of losing the war were what fueled her with hatred, the pain and the anger had come rushing back to her like a flood and now that she had got rid of the anger, all was left was the pain.

Tears started pouring out of her eyes and soon she was sobbing, Hermione cried harder than she ever had before, she screamed and cried, clutching her knees rocking back and forth.

Hermione had no more tears to shed and so she sat the hiccuping still rocking back and forth, she felt better than she ever had since landing in the past.

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Hermione sat in the great hall slowly eating her toast when she felt eyes on her, she looked up to find Tom staring at her, she felt him pushing at her mental barriers, she strengthened her shields as he began to push harder at her barriers, he narrowed his eyes at her and she stared blankly at him her face not showing any of the annoyance that was now beginning to boil inside of her. She broke the eye contact and continued to eat her toast trying to ignore Tom who was still trying to break into her mind.

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So the girl knew occlumency, maybe what she was hiding was a bit important after all. He'd wait till she let her guard down and then he'd try to break into her mind again.

Hermione sighed she'd need new plans, she didn't know how but he knew she was hiding something he'd probably begin to watch her more closely now, she'd have to tread carefully.

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Hermione stood in the DADA classroom practically bored to death, they were having practicals and her opponent was too foolish to notice that with each spell he sent at her, the less he had a chance at winning, not that he ever had a chance in the first place. She sighed and decided to end the duel with a quick expelliarmus. Her opponent glared at her and she smirked back at him. She then turned around to look for another opponent, there were no girls; in this period of time women were looked upon as weak and feeble-minded and therefore they were given the chance to go study their books in the library or stay for the practicals, Hermione was the only one who stayed.

Hermione's eyes scanned the room and the only people available were Tom, Malfoy and Nott. Tom was out of the question, he'd probably try to test her abilities and knowing herself , Hermione knew that she would probably give in and fight back. Nott didn't look too challenging at the moment, he was still sore from the stinging hex Malfoy had sent at him. Malfoy on the other hand had a triumphant smirk on his face that Hermione wanted to hex right off. She smiled and walked over to him, she stood behind him and cleared her throat, turned around and scowled. "What do you want Bellouve?" He sneered.

"What do you think Malfoy?"

He laughed, a cold harsh laugh. "Let me guess, you want to duel me?"

"Pretty much. I couldn't see what else I could possibly want from you."

"Sure. It would be fun to see you cry Bellouve."

Hermione smirked and shrugged to loosen her shoulders, she walked over to the other side of the room and turned to face Malfoy. They both bowed and the duel began. "Stupefy!" Malfoy shouted. Hermione blocked it, "Incarcerous!" Hermione shouted. It missed Malfoy by an inch and he smirked, Hermione smirked right back that had been a distraction, she sent a nonverbal stupefy at him and he fell stiff to the ground, she smiled and walked over to him she bent down and pried his wand from his stiff hands and whispered "I win." Before standing back up again and pointing her wand at him, "Rennervate."

Malfoy got up and scowled at her while dusting himself off. "Give me back my wand Bellouve." He barked at her.

"Aw, why so sour? Aren't you going to congratulate me?"

He walked over to her threateningly, "Not a chance in the world mudblood. Now give me back my wand."

She smiled and threw him back his wand, he caught it it one swift movement and then he stalked off. Sending glares both her and Nott who was trying to stifle a laugh. Hermione smiled. There was a cough from behind her and she froze, "Would you like to duel me Bellouve?" The smooth cold voice of Tom Riddle said ruining her mood. She turned around, folded her arms and glared at him, "And why would I do that Riddle?" She replied.

"Maybe because I just saw you duel with Malfoy and from what can tell, you seem to hold a strong dislike for him. I thought if you were willing to duel him, perhaps you'd be willing to duel me."

"Good point Tom, but my answer is no."

For a quick second there Hermione could have sworn his eyes had flashed red. "Too bad, it would have been quite interesting." He flashed her a smile, but it wasn't his usual charming one, no this one was cold and threatening, it sent a chill down Hermione's spine.

"Yes, I'm sure it would've been."

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"Your heart's too big for your body, that's why it won't fit inside, you pour it out, where everyone can see." Hermione sang quietly while doing her potions homework in the common room, no one was around and she found it quite peaceful . She was singing a muggle song that she used to love. "Those crybaby tears come out of the dark." She hummed the tune.

Tom stared at the girl in the common room, she hadn't noticed that he'd been watching her for a while now. It seemed odd, just staring for no reason. But he just couldn't crack the mystery. The rational part of his mind told him that she was just another average oblivious girl and the irrational part of his mind told him that she was more than that, there was something she was hiding and he needed to know what it was. He sighed and turned to walk out of the common room, he was having a meeting with his followers in thirty minutes but something stopped him. He didn't know why he didn't leave, instead he walked into the common room and sat in the armchair in front of the fire. "Hello Bellouve." He said to her. She looked up startled, "Oh, hi Riddle."

He used this moment to break into her mind, but he did it carefully so she wouldn't notice.

Hermione let Tom into her mind pushing forward her fake memories.

Tom shuffled through Hermione's memories.

Hermione was sitting with a raven-haired boy and a red-headed boy. They were in the woods around a fire, they were arguing, all of a sudden Hermione silenced them both and took out the fire, there was a crunch from somewhere and she cast a spell in that direction. A howl came from that direction and a man in a mask and dark robes stumbled out from behind a tree with his wand pointed at them-

"Tom," Hermione said breaking him out of her thoughts. He shook his head.

"Since when do you call me Tom, Bellouve?"

She blushed a little "Since whenever I want to. Anyway as I was saying, have you finished with the potions homework?"

"Of course I have. Why, do you need help?"

She scoffed and burst out laughing. He became confused and annoyed.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Sorry." She gasped "I'm just- sorry. It's fine."

He nodded his head frowning she, was seriously strange. "I've got to get going." He said, still frowning.

"Ok then." She said still smiling.

He walked out of the common room thinking about what he'd seen in her memories. He wanted to know more.

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A/N: Yeah, I know that Crybaby wasn't even close to out during that time but I just felt like it. Anyway, this is sorta just a filler. Next update will hopefully be tomorrow since I've already begun working on the next chapter.