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CHAPTER 6: Surprises on The First Day at Hogwarts

Hermione woke up at 6:30 am even though breakfast didn't start for another hour and classes didn't begin until 8:00 am. Of course, this wasn't unusual for Hermione, she always woke up early. Hermione hopped into the shower. She was surprised to see that it was still wet. Shrugging it off, she turned on the warm water and filled the room with her honey and cinnamon aroma. She put on her pink silk robe and walked out of the bathroom with a pink towel on her head.

After getting dressed for the day, it was 7:00 am. She looked at herself in her full length mirror. She had to admit that she looked good. She filled out her uniform better and it looked pleasantly fitted. Her skirt was slightly shorter than the other girls' too.

Today, Hermione decided to go for a simple look concerning her make-up. She wore black eye liner and mascara with dusky eye shadow. This did wonders for her brown eyes.

Hermione packed the rest of books and supplies into her bag and walked out of her bedchambers. As soon as she walked out, she smelled the strong scent of coffee. Her intentions were to walk right out and go straight down to the Great Hall, but the coffee was calling her name.

It was then where she realized that Draco must have been up before her. The shower was already used before her, and only he could have made coffee for no one else had the password to their quarters. I didn't know Malfoy could make coffee Hermione thought. She reached the end of the stairs and walked to the kitchen.

"Good Morning Dra-" Hermione started, but then stopped. No one was there. She scanned the living room as well, but Draco was no where in their tower. "Oh well" she said to herself.

Hermione decided to look for the coffee anyway. When she got to the coffee pot, nothing was in it. She started to get a little frustrated. She really wanted some of that coffee. It smelled so good!

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a note under a mug sitting on the counter. She walked over and picked up the note.

Granger,

I ended up waking up early this morning so I decided to make myself some coffee. There was a lot left over so I poured you a cup. I put a heating charm on it so it wouldn't get cold. Your Welcome.

D.M.

Wow thought Hermione Thanks Malfoy.

She took the cup of coffee gratefully and headed down to the Great Hall.

Draco sat at the Slytherin table reading the paper and sipping his coffee. Thank Merlin mum taught me how to make this thought Draco to himself while looking at his coffee.

He looked down at this plate, the food almost completely gone. He hadn't realized how hungry he was. He forgot how he hardly got to eat the night before because of Blaise's unexplainable laughter. Right on cue, Blaise walked in and sat next to Draco.

"G'morning" he said

"Morning" Draco replied. With the memory still fresh in his mind, Draco asked "So why the bloody hell were you laughing like lunatic last night?" very calmly. Similar to how one would ask "How's the weather?"

A smile approached Blaise's face.

"Don't you dare start laughing again!" Draco said a little panicked.

"Oh hold your knickers, I'm not going to!" laughed Blaise. "I was doing that last night because of how ironic it all was. You, Draco 'Slytherin Sex God' Malfoy, falling for Hermione 'Queen of all Mudbloods' Granger."

"What do you mean 'falling' for her? I did no such thing!"

"No, you didn't, but you would have if you didn't know it was her" countered Blaise.

Draco tried to say something to defend himself but failed miserably. "Just shut up" was all he could say. Right then, a certain Gryffindor walked into the Great Hall. Draco couldn't help but notice that she was holding the mug he had set out for her this morning. He felt the smirk on his face.

He saw her look at the Ravenclaw table. Following her gaze, his eyes laid on her boyfriend Skyler. "I forgot she had a boyfriend…" Draco said accidentally, not meaning to say it out loud. Unfortunately, Blaise heard this and commented a "I told you so" which resulted in Draco quickly hitting him in the side.

"Bloody hell!" cried Blaise in pain, "A simple 'shut the fuck up' would have silenced me you git" this time, bringing laughter to Draco.

Draco then brought his attention back to the Gryffindor and the Ravenclaw. There was something Draco didn't like about Skyler, and he didn't know what. It wasn't that Draco was jealous, he could even remember back in their earlier years at Hogwarts, Draco never liked him. There was always something shady that Draco saw in Skyler.

Deciding to ignore it, Draco followed Hermione with his eyes, watching her walk over to the Gryffindor table. She sat in between Ron and Harry. At the exact same time, both Ron and Harry gave her a kiss on the cheek making her giggle. Ginny waved to her shortly after with a happy "good morning!" Ginny didn't have a problem with this at all, Hermione was her best friend and she new better to know that there would never be anything going on between Hermione and any of the two boys.

Draco raised an eye brow. I know they're the 'Golden Trio' and what not, but I can't believe they would be so bloody close as to comfortably give each other kisses on the cheek. Draco couldn't help but feel slightly less happy than he did just moments before.

"That coffee smells good 'Mione, why don't you ever make coffee for us?" asked Harry.

She looked down at her mug and inwardly grinned. "Well, I didn't make this coffee, Malfoy made some this morning and he left some on the counter for me before he left. He even wrote me a note, look." She said handing them the note to read.

They all gazed down at the note slightly confused. All at once, with perfect synchronization, Ron, Harry, and Ginny looked up at the Slytherin table directly at Malfoy. They surprised themselves with the fact that they each knew exactly where he was sitting as well.

Feeling someone looking at him, Draco lifted his head from his food to meet the gazes of three Gryffindors. He raised his eye brow yet again and so did the Gryffindors. Hermione, who was confused as to why they were all behaving like this, coughed and got back her friends' attention.

Seeing as how they all looked away, Draco went back to his food. What the fuck was that? Was all he thought to himself.

"Now," Hermione started, "would any of you mind telling me why you were looking at Malfoy like he sprouted wings?"

"Well would you like to tell us why he ever so nicely made you coffee this morning?" countered Harry.

"You guys read the note, he made too much and decided to leave some for me, it wasn't like he purposely made me a cup, he just gave me what was left."

"'Mione! Don't tell us you actually believe that rubbish! He probably put some kind of poison in it and you'll be in the hospital wing by the end of the day!" said Ron.

"Ronald don't be silly, it's just coffee"

"I mean it 'Mione! Since when does MALFOY just start being nice to you? Even if he did make too much coffee, the Malfoy we know would rather just pour it down the drain than give you any" pointed out Ron.

"I have to admit 'Mione, this all does sound a little suspicious" added Ginny.

"Honestly! If you all must know, Malfoy and I had an agreement to be somewhat civil to one another. After all, we are Head Boy and Head Girl. Do you really think Malfoy would jeopardize his position, especially on the first day of class?" Hermione stated.

She looked at her friends individually. She could tell how stupid they felt. Harry, as always, was the first to call the truce.

"Ok Hermione, we'll cut him some slack now, since you guys have this semi agreement, but if we see him or hear of him doing anything to hurt you, we'll turn him back into a ferret and feed him to the giant squid in the lake."

Hermione smiled. "Thank you guys so much!" she said hugging all three of them.

Just then Dumbledore stood up and got everyone's attention. With a flick of his wand, each students' school schedule appeared in front of them.

"I would like to announce that we will be doing a little change in the school schedule this year. From now on, a mixture of all four houses will be in a class instead of just two. This would give you students a chance to mingle amongst your peers in not just your house, but all houses. Good luck and have a great first day of classes!" said Dumbledore with the twinkle in his eye.

"First class of the day, Potions…oh joy" said Ron.

Breakfast ended and it was time for class. The Great Hall emptied and the castle halls filled. Hermione, Ron, and Harry made it down into the dungeons just in time. Hermione saw Skyler and they found a table seating four. At the way back of the room, Draco saw Skyler sit down next to Hermione and take her hand in his. Draco gave a disgusted look and turned away to face Snape.

"Welcome to your first potion's class of the year," Snape paused to scan the room, "So don't mess up. You'll be making a potion that will allow you to hear the thoughts of a specific person. What makes this potion unique is that….yes Ms. Granger?"

Hermione's hand flew up into the sky to answer a question that was not even meant to be answered. "What's unique about the potion, professor, is that although you'll be able to hear the person's thoughts, you'll be hearing the thoughts from half an hour before the potion was taken. For example, if one were to take the potion at 8:30, they would be hearing the thoughts of what another person had at 8:00."

Snape had a very smug look on his face. "Very good Ms. Granger...twenty points…" everyone looked at Snape with surprise. Never had he ever awarded Gryffindor anything more than five house points, "FROM Gryffindor."

"WHAT?!" every Gryffindor in the room shouted.

"That was a great answer! Why would u subtract points?!" said an angered Ron.

"Because, Mr. Weasley, Ms. Granger spoke out of turn, and I don't recall even asking a question, therefore, Ms. Granger has just interrupted my class period" countered Snape.

The Gryffindors, along with the rest of the houses (besides the Slytherins of course) looked at Snape with disbelief, but decided not to say anything.

"Now back to the lesson, the DNA of that person will be added into the potion and you will be able to hear their thoughts for up to five minutes. As you can see, each of you has a small tube placed in front of you. Please put a little bit of your hair into your tubes."

Obediently, everyone took a small piece of hair, placed it into their tubes and closed them. With a flick of his wand, Snape made the tubes disappear for a few seconds, and then they re-appeared. Only this time, they had someone else's tube.

"The ingredients and instructions are on the board. Get started," said Snape finally and he swished his cloak and returned to his desk.

The time limit they had to make the potion was up and it was time to drink it. They all added the hair in the tube they were given and drank the potion.

Hermione recognized the voice in her head. She could tell without a doubt that it was Pansy Parkinson's hair she had put into her potion. Not only could she tell by the voice, but she could tell by the topic: Draco.

Hermione continued to listen to the thoughts fighting the urge to laugh. Draco is so hot…he's so sexy…look at the way he reads his paper and drinks his coffee. He looks so cute. I love how serious his eyes get. I love how he's such a man…Why the hell is he staring at the mudblood? So what if she looks different, she still isn't all that pretty. What, do they have some type of agreement or something? I wish I was Head girl…I would be sneaking into his bedroom every night, climbing into his covers and- then the thoughts stopped, and the time was up.

Meanwhile, Draco just drank his potion and he wasn't enjoying one bit of it. He couldn't recognize the voice of the guy, but what he was hearing was disturbing, and he wanted it to stop so badly.

Just a little while longer, and I know I'll be able to get her into my bed. Just a little while longer…It's just a matter of time now. The best thing about it is, she won't be able to see it coming, that naïve little bitch. She's gotten so hot over the summer…I can't wait…as soon as I get her more comfortable with me, I'll get her alone, and away from her two knuckle headed buffoons she calls "friends." I'll rape her if I have to, and then the next day, I'll tell everyone some stupid, yet believable story, and all of Hogwarts will know that I took the virginity of- and then the five minutes were up.

When the voices stopped, Draco was paler than he usually was. "Bloody hell" he said out loud, breathing hard. Draco was angered, everything that guy said reminded him of what his father did to his mother. Draco remembered how crazy he would get, hearing his mother getting raped over and over again.

"Draco, what's wrong?"

Draco looked over at Blaise. Draco knew he had to tell him, he had to tell someone, he was so mad, knowing that a guy was soon going to hurt some poor girl. He didn't care who it was, Draco knew what it was like to sit back, not being able to do anything, this was one thing Draco wouldn't sit around and allow happen. He told Blaise everything he had heard. Afterwards, Blaise too was fuming. Not many people knew this about Slytherins, but all of them shared the intolerance of women abuse. Each Slytherin either watched their mother being hit, tortured, raped, or even killed.

Blaise's mother in particular was chained down in a basement and had curses thrown at her from his father. Blaise could hear his mother's screaming, and all he could do was sit in his room and cry. Yes, cry. The torture continued to happen until the day when his father was killed, and he was glad.

Both Draco and Blaise tried to scan the room to find the guy. Unfortunately, the classroom was practically empty.

"We'll find out soon enough" said Blaise

Yeah…we will thought Draco.

The day went on and soon, it was dinner time. Everyone gathered into the Great Hall. Hermione and Skyler waited in the hall outside the Great Hall. Skyler had his arms around Hermione's waist and was nibbling on her ear making Hermione giggle.

Harry and Ron, seeing how she was busy, went into the Great Hall to wait for her.

Draco as well walked by looking like he was about to barf. Luckily, there was nothing in his stomach yet.

Skyler moved from her ear lobe to her cheek, to her jaw, and then to her lips. His kisses started out soft and sweet. Hermione wasn't use to kissing guys, so going slow was the best for her.

However, Skyler's kisses started to get more aggressive and hungry. Hermione started to feel uneasy but didn't say anything to him just yet. His arms then started to wander from her waist, lower to her butt. This was where Hermione had to draw the line.

"Skyler, stop" she said extremely nervous. "This is too much, we're moving too fast…I don't think I'm comfortable enough to move on to the next step."

Skyler looked into her eyes and smiled. "Don't worry Hermione, I understand. I'm not gonna force you to do something you don't want to do."

"Oh thank you Skyler" she said hugging him. "I knew you would understand. We should get going for dinner now, I'm starving!"

They held hands until they entered the Great Hall, and then went their separate ways. Hermione sat in between Ron and Harry and gave them both a kiss on the cheek hello.

"Hi Harry where's Ginny?"

"She said she wasn't feeling good, so I walked her back to the dormitories so she could rest" said Harry with concern in his voice.

"Yeah, I took her temperature, she was burning up. She had a fever of 103 degrees" said Ron

"Aw Ron! That was such a brotherly thing to do! That's so sweet!" Hermione said with a smile and a hug.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm the best" Ron said with his face turning red. Ron didn't like it when people found out how protective he was of his sister.

Draco, at the other side of the Great Hall was still trying to figure out who the voice could have been. He knew everyone in his house, and that voice didn't belong to any of them. Unfortunately, he didn't associate with many guys outside his house unless he was picking on them. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't match the voice to a face.

"Draco, why don't we just forget about it for now? Besides, the voice did say that it wouldn't make a move for a while," said Blaise.

"…Fine…I'll let it go for now, but as soon as I find out who it is, I won't hold back. I will kick his ass."

"By all means mate, go for it if you find out."

Hermione kissed all three of her best men goodnight and made her way up to the Head's tower. When she stopped in front of the portrait, she saw that Sullivan was sleeping on his side of the painting and Gallagar was pouncing at Sullivan. Gallagar was just about to jump up on Sullivan when Hermione coughed to get his attention.

Gallagar looked up. "Ah, young Gryffindor, hello. You're just in time for the show grrrr"

"Now, now, Gallagar, it wouldn't be right to attack an enemy in his sleep. That's such a Slytherin thing to do is it not?" pointed out Hermione.

Gallagar smiled at her. "Very wise you are my lady. I am honored to have you in my house. You are right, I shall wait until my…opponent awakes. Surely you can forgive my foolish behavior?"

"Oh of course Gallagar, I know I can't really blame you. After all, that is what happens when Lions and Serpents Meet right?" she said with a smile.

"How clever of you my lady" said Gallagar as he swung the portrait hole open.

She walked in and saw Draco sitting on the now green couch staring into space with a very serious look on his face. Thinking about what Pansy said about Draco, Hermione started to burst into uncontrollable laughs. Draco heard her and looked up confused.

"Oh please Granger, don't be like Blaise who can't stop laughing once he starts. It drives me crazy. Spare me the trouble of telling you to shut up."

Hermione walked her way over to the couch and plopped down next to Draco, turning her part of the sofa red. This act surprised Draco. She was just sitting there staring at him.

"Uh…yes?" he said.

"Hi" said Hermione.

"Hi…"

"Look, I just wanted to say I'm sorry" she said.

"Sorry for what, you didn't do anything to me…did you?!" Draco said looking at his hands, feet, and the rest of his body making sure nothing was mutated.

"No, no!" said Hermione beginning to laugh. "I wanted to apologize for giving you a hard time on the train. Ever since this morning when I found the cup of coffee, I realized how dedicated you were to making this Head's stuff work. So…thanks, and I promise I won't make your life miserable" she said with a smile.

Draco looked at her. He didn't know what to do, he didn't know what to say. Finally, he said something.

"…It's no problem Granger…and like I said, I promised I won't make your life a living hell" he said standing up as his side of the sofa turned to red as Hermione was the only one sitting in it by now. "It's getting late, we should both get to bed and…I'll make you another cup of coffee in the morning" he said.

"That would be great, thanks, but maybe I'll make you a cup of coffee this time." Hermione said.

"What Granger, my coffee wasn't good enough for you?" said Draco jokingly.

"Haha very funny Malfoy. I owe you for making me one this morning. Don't worry about it" she said.

"Ok Granger, but it won't be as good as mine" countered Draco with his famous smirk, crossing his arms.

"Oh sod off!" Hermione said jokingly, smiling at him. "Well, I'm off to bed, gotta wake up early if I'm gonna make that coffee you know?" and with that, they both started walking to their stair cases.

"See you tomorrow Granger."

"You too"

They both reached their individual stair cases at the same time when Hermione said something again, "Hey Malfoy?"

Draco stopped and looked at her, "Yeah?"

Hermione walked over to him and did something none of them thought they would ever do: she hugged him. Draco was so shocked, at first he didn't know how to react. Finally, he wrapped his arms around her back briefly, returning the hug.

Once he did, Hermione let go and said goodnight as she walked up the stairs.

"Whoa" Draco said quietly to himself once he heard her door shut. "This day just couldn't have any more surprises."

With that, he walked up his stair case, and went to bed, wondering what new surprises would happen tomorrow.

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