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Chapter 5: The DADA Professor
The first DADA class of the year was now finished so was their first Transfiguration class of the year. Ron and Harry had just gotten out of their Divination class and Hermione out of her Arithmancy class.
They met up in the Great Hall for lunch.
"You'd think after fifth year, homework wouldn't seem so bad…but I was wrong." Ron mumbled as he dropped his bag.
"Well N.E.W.T's are this year, what did you expect?" Hermione said taking her seat.
Harry grinned as he sat down.
"At least we didn't get any homework in DADA class yet." Ron said as he began helping himself to some Shepherds Pie.
"I wonder why our new DADA teacher won't show their face." Harry said grabbing some pot roast.
Hermione looked over at Harry, "There's something about the Professor that I find very familiar."
"Funny you say that Hermione cause I do too." Harry said looking down at his food with no care to eat it.
Suddenly they heard a bunch of laughing from the entrance and they saw Draco walking with Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise and two other Slytherin guys.
"I still can't believe the ego of Malfoy, it's big enough to congest the entire school." Ron said glaring at Draco as he watched him sit down at the Slytherin table.
Hermione rolled her eyes, "For some reason him saying that in DADA seemed almost natural."
Harry looked over at Hermione after glaring at Draco, "Well at least I know I don't have to worry about you sharing a bed with Malfoy with that wall and all."
Ron's ears turned slightly pink, "If he tries anything Hermione you let us know, we'll take care of it," he began, then his face slowly turned into a slightly sad and disappointed looking expression, "besides thanks to Malfoy I doubt I'll ever be able to drink a glass of milk ever again." Ron mumbled.
Harry and Hermione smirked, "Don't worry Ron, I'm a Gryffindor, an untouchable for any Slytherin male." She said with a smile.
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Eventually, night came and everyone was in the Great Hall for dinner. Once everyone was seated Dumbledore tapped his goblet to silence everyone.
Harry then noticed the cloaked DADA Professor taking a seat at the head table with the other teachers right next to Professor Snape.
"Most of you I'm sure have seen our new DADA Professor in your classes, they only arrived early this morning so there was no time for an introduction, so now I'd like to introduce to all of you the new DADA Professor," he began as the DADA teacher rose and with their hand slipped off their hood, "Ms. Nymphadora Tonks."
Harry, Hermione and Ron's eyes went wide, "Tonks!? She's going to be our new DADA teacher?" Ron said in amazement.
"Seems she's changed her look a bit." Hermione said as she noticed that Tonks now had long wavy brown hair with green eyes, instead of her usual short pink colored spike hair and blue eyes.
"Now that introductions are over, please…eat." Dumbledore said as suddenly all the food appeared on the tables.
"I wonder why Tonks acted like she didn't know who we are in class today." Hermione said, remembering the adventures her, Harry and Ron had with Tonks back in fifth year.
"Yea, that was a bit weird, not to mention the fact that her look has totally changed." Ron said looking over at Tonks.
"Hey, if I remember right, isn't she Malfoy's first cousin?" Harry said as he remembered the day when Sirius had shown them the Black family tree.
"Yea, she is…I wonder what Malfoy has to say about his cousin being his teacher." Hermione said as she glanced over at Draco who wasn't looking too happy.
"Nothing good apparently." Harry said looking at Draco.
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After Hermione and Draco did their after curfew rounds, they headed back to their room.
They both took turns going into the bathroom and showering, without so much as a word to each other. Hermione however did want to ask at some point what Draco thought about Tonks being the new DADA teacher. Once he was out of the bathroom, with a black tank top and boxers as his new pajama she decided to ask.
"How does it feel to have a relative for a teacher?" She asked pretending like she was reading her Arithmancy book.
Draco didn't turn to face her as he continued putting his school robe back in the closet, "What do you mean?"
Hermione's brows contracted together in confusion, "Nymphadora Tonks is your cousin isn't she?"
Draco closed the closet door and turned to face Hermione, "So?"
Hermione rolled her eyes, "Fine, I don't care. Don't tell me, I don't want to know anymore."
Draco glanced at her with a curious face, "Then why did you ask Granger?"
Hermione shrugged, she then took her wand out and mumbled the spell for the invisible wall.
Draco rolled his eyes, "Not that bloody wall again."
Hermione looked up at him standing by his side of the bed arms crossed over his chest, "After what you said today in DADA, this wall has just become my new best friend."
Draco scoffed, "Oh please…how much of a child are you?"
Hermione glared at him, "I'm no child."
Draco sneered, "Yea you are, but I could change that if I wanted," he began as he slowly crept onto his side of the bed, "but your not worthy of such a thing."
Hermione was furious, "The only thing I'd become after sleeping with you would be a slutty whore!"
Draco rested his head on his pillow with his hands under his head and looked over at Hermione, "If you're really fearful of becoming a slutty whore after sleeping with someone, then stay clear of Zabini…not that I care what happens to you if you don't."
Hermione had had enough that she hardly listened to the last thing Draco said, "Go to hell Malfoy!"
Draco smirked, "Already here Granger."
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The next day Hermione and Draco were exhausted, another night of crashing into the invisible wall and not finding comforting sleep.
As they both headed out of their room Draco looked at Hermione and said, "Last night was the last night that wall is up there."
Hermione looked at him with a smile, "Like I care what you say? Your word may be the final one in the Slytheirn common room but not in our room."
Hermione then walked on without him, Draco narrowed his eyes at her, "Damn girl."
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After classes were over that day, Harry, Ron and Hermione, decided to go visit Tonks in the DADA room.
Hermione knocked lightly and they heard from inside, "Come in."
The three of them walked in to find Tonks sitting at her desk with a quill in hand.
"Hello Tonks, I mean Professor Tonks." Ron said with a smile.
Tonks smiled, "Hey you three. Surprised to see it was me were you?" She said getting up and giving the three of them hugs.
"Yea, you could say that." Harry said with a smile.
"I see you have a new look Tonks, ugh, I mean Professor." Hermione said.
Tonks laughed, "Just call me Tonks after class hours, it's easier I think," she began as she sat back down at her desk, "As for that old look of mine, it isn't Professor like, besides I was still young then…this look is more for my age now. Though I might change my eye and hair color every once in a while maybe blonde hair with blue eyes."
Hermione then thought of how much more Tonks would look like Draco's cousin that way.
"You know with that look, you'd definitely look related to Malfoy." Ron said to caution, as if he had read Hermione's mind.
Tonks laughed, "The only people who know I'm related to him at Hogwarts, are McGonagall, Snape, Dumbledore, Hagrid, you three, Ginny and Draco himself."
"Hey Tonks, I thought you were an Auror now, what happened?" Harry asked.
Tonks' smile faded suddenly as she stared at Harry, "I'm still an Auror, I'm simply here as a favor."
"For Dumbledore I imagine?" Harry asked.
Tonks nodded, "Of course."
"Right, well, we should be going…dinner is soon." Hermione suddenly said.
"We'll see you later Tonks." Ron said as he and Hermione headed towards the door.
"Yea see you later." Harry turned and followed his friends.
"Alright, bye." Tonks said.
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Just then the three of them walked into Draco, Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the headmaster's pets." Draco said with a sneer.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the milkman." Ron said crossing his arms over his chest.
Draco scoffed, "At least I'm not a carrot top."
That comment earned laughter from the other Slytherin guys.
Ron and his temper once again got the best of him as he whipped his wand out and pointed it at Draco, Draco saw his action and whipped out his wand at almost the same time. In doing so the other Slytherins took out their wands, as did Hermione and Harry.
"Were you planning on doing something with that stick of yours Weasely?" Draco asked looking right at Ron with cold silver eyes.
"What's going on out here?" Tonks said from inside the DADA room, which was about ten feet away. She came out to see everyone ready to duel.
"Is there a problem here?" Came a second voice, everyone looked to see Snape walking smoothly over towards them. Snape saw everyone pointing wands and didn't know who was responsible, he then glanced over at Tonks, "Do you know who started this Professor?"
Tonks looked at Snape then back at the seven students, "No sir. I came out two seconds before you got here."
"I see…and what's this…our Head Boy and Girl? I dare say what is this school coming too." He said in a monotone voice.
Hermione and Draco glared at each other.
"Ten points taken from each of you and twenty taken from our head girl," he began as Hermione, Ron and Harry glared up at Snape, Draco smirked, "Just to even the points. As well as a late night detention next Monday, since Quidditch tryouts begin tomorrow I think it only fair that you serve it afterward. Now go."
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That night Draco and Hermione were furious with each other.
"Detention! Last time I had to serve a detention was back in first year…and come to think of it…it was because of you then too!" Hermione shouted.
Draco narrowed his eyes at her, "Well I had to serve detention too remember? Going into the Dark Forest."
Hermione glared at him, "Served you right. Too bad a centaur didn't come and carry you away like they did to Umbridge."
Draco raised a brow at her, "What was that about Umbridge?"
"Nothing." Hermione said forgetting that Draco didn't know about when she and Harry lured Umbridge into the Dark Forest and had her taken by centaurs back in fifth year,
"To think as Head Girl I managed to get detention! I could kill you for this Malfoy!"
"Its not my fault! Weasely was the one who took out his wand first." Draco said sitting on one of the chairs by the fire.
Hermione was silent, for it really was Ron's fault in a way, "But you are still responsible, for if you hadn't called him a carrot top he never would've taken his wand out!"
Draco laughed, "It was almost worth it."
Hermione took a pillow from the bed and hit him on the head, "Hey!" Draco turned to look at her but she had run into the bathroom.
Draco stood up and plopped himself on the bed, "Damn I can't say anything without getting something thrown at my head, pushed, dumped with water, kneed, smacked…that girl is abusive. But she'll get hers from me on that I swear."
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A/N: So, Tonks is the new DADA Professor, imagine that. So why if she's an Auror is she filling in as a teacher? What's the real reason? Our Head Boy and Girl have detention, along with Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise, Harry and Ron. What will Snape have them do? And at this rate, does it look like Draco and Hermione will ever begin to like each other? And if they do, what the hell could make that happen? I know! LoL, but its going to take about one or two more chapters lol, but don't worry I figure a couple like Draco and Hermione can only come together through something really deep together. What you ask? Well keep reading and eventually you'll know lol! Read and Review all! Bye! Oh yea and what do you think of my story so far?