The Education Of Hermione Granger Chapter Four:Going Public, a harry potter fanfic

Chapter Four:Going Public

Across The Hall in Arithmacy class

Hermione took her seat preparing for the class. This was her favorite class after all. she loved numbers and found she was very good at ut. It made her happy. For a moment she looked at the board and sighed happily as she placed the tip of her quil a moment tapping it on her chin in deep thought. She knew that people were glaring at her and looking at her. She ignored them and then just tried to relax.

She then heard a voice behind and turned to look at Blaise Zabini. She saw his brown eyes look at her curiously a moment then he actually turned his lips up into a grin. She was surprised as she knew that the quiet Slytherin Prince as he was monikered, He never really spoke but he did to her in that moment.

"So you and my best friend huh? Hmmm "

Hermione was about to retort and say yes when Professor Vector enter the class room, She was a tall woman with waist length raven hair that was pulled into a plat along her back. She wore fuchsia robes as she turned to the board and using her wand,wrote the assignment for her pupils.

Hermione just smiled as she started on the calculated series of numbers that the teacher had written. Professor Vector never spoke, At least Hermione had never heard her utter a word. The room was as quiet as always with only the sounds of a quill scratching on parchment and an occasional cough or two from a student. Hermione loved this class and excelled in it. She knew that sometimes Ron and Harry made fun of her for choosing this class after she had left Trelawney's class, But in Hermione's opinion Sybil Trelawney was a old fraud..

Feeling eyes on her,Hermione looked up at Professor Vector who seemed to be watching her and saw her motion her to her desk. Hermione rose unsure why the teacher had called her and she then was handed a piece of paper with the most complex set of numbers she had ever seen. Hermione squealed with happiness then went red as she covered her mouth and saw the Professor give her a smile.

Hermione set to working on the scroll as she did she momentarily from time to time think about Draco, Who she knew was in Transfiguration. She then was writing out the number sequence in correlation with letters and reading the alphabetic correspondents in her copy of Numerology and Grammatica . She then looked up when she seemed to feel someone looking at her. She looked out of the corner of her eye through the open door of the classroom and into Transfiguration. She then smiled to herself as a pair of storm gray eyes glanced her way then he went back to looking at the room in front of him but not before he gave her a wink and a smile.

Draco was concentrating on silencing a Raven. "Silencio" He replied flicking his wrist and the bird was silent. He smiled proudly as he then began to take notes. He then reversed the spell and the Raven cackled loudly. The Raven stopped as Draco calmed it down and then he smirked as no one else had gotten their birds quieted.

"Very well done Mr Malfoy .Ten points to Slytherin" She told him as she then looked around the classroom. "Can anyone tell me what Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration is ?" She asked. Again Draco raised his hand.

" Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration is a law of wizarding physics which states what powers magic has to create or destroy matter. The Principal Exceptions to Gamp's Law include food and love. Food may be multiplied once a real food object is actually in hand, but cannot be created from nothing. Love cannot be created; it can only be imitated through a Love Potion Or Imperious Curse..

Life does not seem to be an exception, as birds can be created using the spell Avis, and flowers with Orchideous. Basically Food and drink cannot, Except Aquamenti, That seems to allow the user to shoot a spray of water. Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration State that food and drink may be transfigured to multiply or increase the amount but that they may not be conjured out of thin air. Therefore A wand in a desert would be utterly useless if there wasn't a source of food nearby, But Aquamenti would at least allow the person a drink "

McGonagall nodded as she then went to ask Pansy Parkinson a question. Draco made no mind as he was taking notes and he failed to hear the sound of the bell until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to look at her. He saw her smile as he got up and he grabbed his bag. He took her hand and kissed it. Minerva McGonagall smiled as she was surprised to see her two best students holding hands. She just watched their body language a moment as she just was silent, It seemed to her they were lost in each other's eyes and she hoped that Hermione wasn't going to get her heart broken by the young Slytherin.

She however was more surprised to see the look in his eyes as he looked at Hermione. There was love there and she reminisced a moment back to when she was young and had found love for the first time with Henry McGonagall, Her deceased husband. Her beloved had also looked at her that way. She had lost him in the first war with Voldermort and it had been difficult but as she watched the two of them, She knew if they needed it she would help them. It gave her hope that young Draco would not turn out like his Father. She knew Hermione was a strong woman who had her beliefs, Who she was or where she came from was the exactly opposite of everything Draco had been raised to believe, And yet he still seemed to love her.

She then watched them for a moment just look at each other and she smiled. She cleared her throat when Draco leaned in to kiss Hermione.

" That I am not allowed to witness, However what you do outside of my classroom or when my back is turned"

She said as she turned to look at the chalk board. Draco just chuckled as he leaned in and kissed Hermione. "Come on let me walk you to class" He said to her. Hermione laughed. " You already did" She then went to the same desk he had occupied and started taking out papers. He chuckled.

" Alright love, I have a free period now so i'll be in the Library. Then well since it's the last class for the evening how about we go and have a nice walk by the lake after dinner?"

He asked her. She nodded as she then smiled and he kissed her farewell. Hermione just smiled big as Professor McGonagall just went writing on the board. She smiled herself. " He is a good young man inside" She told her as she then went to setting the rights the Ravens .

Hermione nodded. " Yes he is, thank you Professor" She told her as she then went to help the Professor. She then saw Minerva give her a small smile. Minerva then turned back to the board and she then asked. "So nice to see the Heads getting along. It's been an age since the last Heads were a Slytherin and a Gryffindor" She told Hermione.

Hermione nodded as she then looked at the older woman and smiled. She then went to arrange her things carefully as she read the assignment as it was being written on the board with Minerva's wand..

Harry and Ron entered the room and took their usual seat at the table with Hermione. Class started and all went silent as the professor was lecturing a bit. Hermione was listening and taking notes as she thought about Draco. Minerva watched her a moment before asking her the same question she had previously asked the Slytherin. Hermione smiled proudly as she described the law to McGonagall.

Mcgonagall smiled,It was word from word from the text. "Very well twenty points to Gryffindor" She then smiled as everyone went to making their Ravens silenced. Hermione knew this charm already backwards and forwards as she then went to catching up on her Arithmancy homework, It had been a rare moment but Professor Vector had given her a homework assignment, She knew she wanted to find out what it said, the numbers made a code . She looked at the scroll and she then began to decipher the top part of the parchment

She heard a sound of a Raven loudly in her ear and she screamed as it nipped her ear, Drawing blood. She got up and ran for the Hospital wing. The bird flew after her as it did it swooped and grabbed her hair yanking then it flew off out the window before anyone could assist her.

The bird landed on it's owners shoulder, He stroked the feathers and gave her a treat as she turned back into a sable Eagle owl and he took the precious hairs and placed them in a vial and he smiled. He sent the bird back to the Owlrey. Phase one was complete, His master would be pleased with the success of the plan and how it was coming along.

He also had a small blood sample he had taken from the hair and he thought this was excellent. He knew it would be a few weeks before he could put his full plan into action but he had time to study his prey as he did, And study her he would be, As intently as he possibly could.

A horrible plan was coming to fruition as he smirked and then turned and his robes swished as he made his way towards the dungeons.