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Seducing A Mudblood

By Andersand27

Chapter 03 - A Task

The storm couldn't be heard trough the big walls only two voices speaking to each other. The first voice sounded dark and low but with power. The other one was dark too but with a hint of mixed fear and respect.

"You know what you have to do. Do not disappoint me," the first voice said.

"I know and the last thing I want to do is to disappoint you, father," the second voice said.

"I'm glad to hear that, Draco. This is the first task that is handed to you by the Dark Lord," Lucius Malfoy said. They were talking in Lucius' office. Draco Malfoy had only been in his office in rare occasions. There was a table between them. His dad was sitting on his chair while he was standing up. The room was filled with the most important books taken from the big library down the hall.

"Yes father, I understand," Draco answered him. He hoped he could leave soon. He already knew all about this but didn't look forwards to it at all.

"And I know it's disgusting to even be near a mudblood but the Dark Lord commands it," Lucius continued.

Draco only nodded.

Lucius nodded too, knowing there was no more to be said. "Okay son. You can leave."

Draco nodded again and left the room. He sighed. The task would begin the next day right after he would go on the train to Hogwarts. No, he definitely didn't look forwards to it at all.

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Hermione Granger was ready to leave to go to Hogwarts School. She was just about to say goodbye to her parents.

"Look after yourself, 'Mione," her mom said and gave her a big hug.

"I will and you too, mom and dad," she answered. "I love you both."

"We love you too," he dad said and gave her a hug too. "Now go."

She smiled at them both and prayed that they would be okay. She took a big breath and nodded. "Bye dad, mom." And then she apparated to King's Cross Station.

From King's Cross Station she ran through the wall between nine and ten and saw the Hogwarts Express. She looked around to try and see if she could spot either Harry or Ron or maybe even Ginny. But she had no such luck so she just went inside the train and took the first unoccupied compartment.

She didn't wait long before her two best friends came in. she smiled at them both and stood up to hug them.

She looked from Harry to Ron, waiting for them to say something but when they didn't she said the first thing that came into her mind.

"I'm selected Head Girl," she told them proud and waited for one of them saying they were Head Boy.

"Congratulation 'Mione," they said, "never saw it coming," Ron continued, joking.

"What? You're not Head Boy?" she asked them both. They both shook their head no. "Who is then?"

Just when she asked, the compartment door opened to reveal a blond boy coming in smirking. He looked only at Hermione, didn't even acknowledge the two other boys beside her.

"Granger," the newcomer said. "We're supposed to meet up with professor McGonagall for Head instructions."

She just looked at him, wide-eyed and disbelieving. "You're kidding me, right? You're Head Boy?"

He just smirked, which gave her the answer she was dreading. "Five minutes, Granger," he said and left a shocked Hermione, Harry and Ron in the compartment.

"Draco Malfoy, Head Boy?" Ron said disbelieving. "Has the world gone mad?" Hermione looked at him. She didn't understand it either.

"I better get going," she said, dreading it. Harry smiled reassuring to her. She nodded in goodbye and she too, left the compartment.

How could Dumbledore chose Malfoy to be Head Boy? She asked herself. She dreaded to work with Malfoy. He was a Death Eaters son and he too would probably be one some day. Too soon she reached the Head compartment for her own liking.

"Miss Granger," Professor McGonagall greeted. "Please take a seat." She gestured to the seat next to Malfoy. Hermione looked revolted but took the seat next to him without a word.

"I will tell you the responsibilities that come to be a Head student." Professor McGonagall looked stern at the two of them. "You will set a good example of the other students and work with each other. You can deduct points from the students if they are misbehaving." At that said Hermione looked at Malfoy. Like he would ever deduct any points from Slytherin. "You, together with the Prefects, will patrol the corridors after curfew to check that no one is out. You will hold a meeting how to schedule who will patrol for each day. No one will patrol alone, so it will be two and two. The two of you will patrol together. Do you both understand?" They both nodded.

"Good. You will share a dorm, which I will show you after the feast. I have nothing else to say now. Meet up with the Prefects and get a system working for whom to patrol what day. Any questions?" She looked from each Head and wondered how Dumbledore could pair them up to be the Heads. When none of them said anything she nodded her head and said, "Very well then. I will see the both of you after the feast. Good day." And with that she left the compartment.

Hermione looked from the closed door where Professor McGonagall just disappeared from to Malfoy, her enemy, a Death Eaters son, a boy she now would share a dorm with. When he looked at her, he just looked disgusted. But it would make his task easier, he thought.

"I guess we should find the Prefects then," Hermione said, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Yeah, do that. I will be waiting here," Draco sneered.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him, but didn't say anything and went out of the door to find the Prefects. She found Ginny with Luna and Neville and told her that there would be a meeting. Ginny said her goodbyes and went with Hermione to find the rest.

"You will never believe this," Hermione said to start a conversation.

"What?" Ginny asked, ears open to what she would tell her.

Hermione waited some seconds before telling her. "Draco Malfoy is Head boy, can you believe this?"

"No way," Ginny said wide-eyed.

"Just wait, you will see it with your own eyes."

Ginny looked at her. She couldn't believe what her best girl friend had just told her. How could Dumbledore chose Draco to be Head boy together with Hermione? She thought. The man was really insane sometimes, but he must have a good reason. Probably trying to unit the houses…

But even though…

He was a Death Eaters son.

Evil.

And Hermione was a muggleborn.

In his eyes a mudblood.

But Hermione had been right. After they had found all the Prefects they had gone back to the Head compartment and Ginny saw Draco Malfoy waiting.

"I see you're all finally here," he snarled when he saw them entering the compartment.

"Yes, and thanks for your help," Hermione replied with disgust.

"You're very welcome," he smirked.

Hermione just glared at him in response and then tried to get the meeting started so she could get back to Harry and Ron. They scheduled it so the Heads had to patrol the corridors every Sunday and the prefects shared the rest. The sixth's year had more than the fifth. They were paired up with their own house and year. Basically one pair of the sixth's year had 2 days patrol every other week while the fifth's only had one every other week.

Hermione was happy with the arrangement and was happy to be finished with the meeting. She dismissed them all and without a word to Malfoy she left with the others and headed her way to her two best friends.

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Draco stayed in the compartment wondering how he could do his assigned task.

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