Chapter 9: Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I own the Truth Book and Cameron, everything else is J.K.

Chapter 4: Pathways of Truth

After a witch has found out who her soul mate is, as said before, she has two options. Most witches accept their soul mate and live happy lives in the way of Gaia. Those that don't accept it have multiple reasons for it, the most common is that they are enemies and can not put their differences aside.

If this is the case of enemies, there is a way to get around it. Normally it will be up to the wizard to prove that he has no ill wishes for the witch and wants to make everything right. However, there have been some cases where it is up to her to change their ways for he wants to save face in front of his friends.

Wait, now it was sounding as if Draco Malfoy was her soul mate.

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O.O

Draco Malfoy could not be her soul mate, he was too, too, EWW!

OK, sure, he was cute with his platinum blond hair and steel grey eyes, but he was a stuck up brat.

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But, maybe he did leave the book for her, maybe he was trying to tell her something.

Hermione shook her head clear of these evil thoughts, she would not add Draco Malfoy to her list of possible people who gave her this book. Although it was a short list, she didn't think she could handle it if Draco WAS her soul mate. But, then again, the book had said that if a witch chose to decline her soul mate they would both be unhappy forever. Well, it looked like she would be adding him to her list of possibilities, but way at the bottom of the list.

These paths have led multiple relationships down the path of happiness or turmoil, but none so much as the original six wizards and witches. The three pairings of these soul mates were led into a series of turmoil as the witches fought over who was really there soul mate.

The first pairing was Morgan La Fey and Salazar Slytherin. He was upfront about being her soul mate and she accepted it without question. These two would have gone on to be the most powerful Wizarding mates in existence if not for Rowena Ravenclaw.

Rowena Ravenclaw and Merlin. Merlin tried to use his brains to gain Rowena's affection but she believed that her destiny lay with Salazar. It nearly caused the end of Wizarding when she tried to get Salazar to be with her instead. Morgan put a hex upon her that caused her to only talk in riddles, further making her life more difficult. Merlin took pity upon his beloved and sought a counter-curse until he later died.

Lastly Godric Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff. These two were a match made in heaven and strove to make the Wizarding world a better place. When the fall out began between Rowena and Salazar though Godric was caught up in the middle for the simple fact that he believed it was wrong of Rowena to act the way she did. Although he favored Salazar, it was later discovered that before Godric found his soul mate he had relations with Morgan the day before Salazar told her of his affections. Godric knew she was Salazar's soul mate and took o heed of it, causing the downfall of Slytherin and Gryffindor.

She never would have guessed the real reason behind the houses rivalry, not even Hogwarts: A History went into detail about their fall out.

As she was reading more of this book, Draco was slowly moving higher and higher on her list. Before she knew it, he was sitting in between Cameron and George Weasley. He was the only one that knew of her thirst for this kind of knowledge, which is what placed him in second.

Hermione glanced at her watch and noted she had spent four hours in the Library reading the book which cross referencing everything. It wasn't until she had asked Madam Pince about the original six that she had found the book on soul mates. Sure enough the first chapter was dedicated just to the Salazar/Rowena/Godric/Morgan incident.

Gathering her things, she headed down to a late dinner and was greeted by everyone when she sat down. She turned to each and give her special greetings before collecting a small side on her plate. She pulled her book out and started to read the rest of Chapter four while eating. A burst of laughter caused her to loose her concentration and she looked up to find the source of the noise.

Directly across the hall sat Draco and his gang, everyone snickering at something he had said, but he was staring straight at her. Something crossed his eyes, but it was too quick for her to notice what it was. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Professor Snape swoop down from the High Table onto the group and whispered something into the young Malfoy's ear. He gave her another look and apparently Snape had seen both for he whispered again into his ear. Standing back up, he turned to resume his seat and continue to eat.

She glanced back down at her book, thoughts whirling around in her head. The one at the forefront was if Draco had just placed first in her list or not. A pair of eyes swam before her vision and she recalled the fiery look George had given Cameron when she had been hugging her. This caused her even more confusion and she made a new vow to herself, a vow to finish the book before her date with Cameron in two days time.

(A/N: Tee Hee, You already know who wins in the end, but what you don't know is how they get there or if she accepts him. :D I had to throw Draco into this mix for the simple fact of I'm used to writing their pairings, so I didn't want him to feel left out in this one. Hopefully I'll post a new chapter soon. Please R&R)