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Chapter 11 Discovering Her Secert

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Come on. Lets take a brake." Ron Weasley put down his potions book and looked over to his best friend. They had been studying for hours and he was going to crack if he didn't get a brake.

"Yeah I guess we can," Harry put aside his book also. "Lets sneak down to the kitchen and grab a couple of butterbeers."

" Why sneak? All you have to do is call Kreacher and he'll bring us up a couple."

"Yeah but we haven't snuck around the castle in a while." Harry said smiling.

Ron laughed. "What would Hermione say if she knew you were looking for trouble."

"That it was better then forcing the house elves to do all the work." Harry stood up and began walking to the portrait hole. " you coming?"

Yeah but lets use the map, no sense in getting in trouble. If we can avoid it."

Ron watched Harry nod in agreement before taking off up the stairs and retrieving the Marauder's Map. When Harry came back with the map in hand they headed to the kitchen in silence

Each were to lost in there own thoughts to say anything. The last four months had been the worst for each of them, especially him. He had, in the past been jealous of Harry's fame and attention. You can only be thought of as second best for so long before you can't take it anymore. So he adapted a new method to handle it, pushing it to the back of his mind not wanting to be a bad friend. It was not till he was kidnapped and tortured that he realized what Harry was really going through and how he must feel on a daily base.

Hermione was always the one to remind him to think about how Harry must feel. She was always patient with him and never judged him for getting a little green with envy every once in a while.

'If he hadn't been so greedy, maybe she would still be here' he found himself thinking often. He was walking with both Harry and Hermione three days before Halloween, when he saw a gallon lying on the steps leading to their Common room. He had bent down to pick it up thinking it was his lucky day when he felt the familiar tug on his navel of a porkey. When it dropped him off he was sure he was dead, for all around him where deatheater.

"That's not Potter." One of them screams.

"No, it not." a cold voce said from behind the crowd surrounding him. The masked figures slowly parted. Revealing a smug looking Lucius Malfoy. " But it is his best friend, this will be better than expected. Two for the price of one."

Ron shuddered at the thought of all the curses they had inflicted upon him. They were cruel and unmerciful. Keeping him under them until his body was burning and numb all at the same time.

"Ron!" He jerked his head up looking at Harry. "Come on Filnch is heading this way." He shook his head and following Harry down the winding passage that lead to the kitchen.

He got wrapped up in his own thoughts that he didn't see Harry Suddenly stop until he bumped into the back of him.

"Wotcher Harry." He walked to the side of his friend and stared at his face. Harry had gone paler than Malfoy and was staring down at the map. " Harry what is it " he took the Marauder's Map out of his hand and stare down at it. "I don't understand, what are you looking at-" His breath hitched in his throat and it became hard to breath with every second that passed. He stared at the name on the parchment not believing what he was seeing.

"You see it too than?" Harry asked quietly.

"Yeah." He replied breathlessly

"Come on, it says she on the second floor." He watched in shock as Harry took off for the stairs before running to catch him.

"I don't understand." Ron replied again, when he finally caught up to Harry.

"I don't either but you and I both know that the map is never wrong, she's got to be her."

"You think she's a ghost?" Ron asked

"I don't care I just want to see her." Finally Harry stopped to check the map again. " Shit!"

"What's wrong?" He said snatching the map from him. He looked and looked but it wasn't there anymore. "Where is she?' He yelled

Harry sighed. "I don't know."

"You don't think were seeing things." He looked down at the map and than at Harry. "You know, because we miss her and all."

"No, I know what I seen and Hermione's name was there, I seen it and so did you." Harry said getting angry.

"Harry I know you want that to be true but-"

"but what, Ron" He bellowed.

"Nothing."

They both stood there silent trying to collect their thoughts. "Sorry." Ron turned to Harry. He looked really defeated and Ron knew exactly how he felt. For the first time since Hermione's death they had some small hope. It was almost back to normal sneaking around the castle in search for some mystery. But as quickly as s came, It left.

"Lets go back to the common room and get Kreacher or Dobby to bring us that butterbeer." Ron suggested.

"Yeah, I'm tired."

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Hermione smiles as she walked into the Great Hall for dinner. She said goodbyes her brother and friends and walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down next to Ginny. She waited quietly as Ginny finished her conversation before she smiled at the younger girl.

"How was you test today Gin?"

"Okay, thanks for the notes." She replied dryly with such venom in her voice it made Hermione flinched as if she'd been slapped.

" Is every thing okay Ginny." Hermione asked worried

"Every thing is just peachy." She replied rudely turning away from Hermione and started conversing with her brother and Harry.

Hermione didn't understand what would make the girl she called best friend for the last four months suddenly act so distant and rude to her. It had been a few weeks since they had got back from holiday and Ginny had been acting strangely towards her. At first she thought nothing of her avoiding her, she figured Ginny was just trying to build her growing relationship with Ron and Harry. She had never been out right rude. Hermione didn't know what was going on. But she damn sure was planning on finding out.

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"Leave me the bloody hell alone Kacy!"

"Ginny, just tell me what's wrong with you and I'll help." Hermione pleaded as they walked down to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Just because I don't want to be your friend anymore doesn't mean some things wrong!" Ginny shouted.

"But why all of the sudden, I don't understand." Hermione asked as the tears threaten to roll from her eyes. Her friendship with Ginny was the Last trace of her old self she had left. She didn't want to lose it. " Just tell me what I did wrong." She choked

By now the students who were also on their way to lunch started watching the show. Hermione didn't want to seem weak in front of all those people so she force back her tears. 'Never let anyone see more of you than you want them to see. Always keep your emotions in check when people are watching' those were some of the things Draco had taught her and as she face her friend she tried to remember them. And while she did Ginny began to rage.

" You hex Ron, you hex my brother."

" He deserved it, he was lying about mine." She spat without hesitation.

"He was trying to save you from being hurt, you don't know Malfoy like I do, he's not a good person. Ron was just trying to help and you hexed him." Ginny shouted.

"Don't be so naïve Ginny, there's not just good and evil. You know nothing about Draco except what you hear other people saying. That's like me saying…that's like if I said…" She paused trying to calm herself to get her words out right. " That's like if I called Harry evil after I barely known him because he's connection with Voldemort." She bellowed with satisfaction as all the ease droppers and Ginny flinched at the Dark Lords name.

Ginny shook her head." That's not the same."

"It is"

"Kacy just because your brother is a deatheater doesn't give you the right to bring Harry into this." Ginny shouted.

The people in the crowd all began whispering franticly." Draco is not a deatheater and I'll hex anybody who says otherwise." She hissed dangerously as her anger boiled over.

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Harry and Ron were in the great Hall when they heard shouting outside. They and most of the other students went to see what was going on. Harry was surprised to see the new girl and Ginny arguing with each other. They had been close before break.

He was also surprised at what they were arguing about and when he heard Kacy use his name he just stared confusingly. It was after Kacy had threaten to curse anybody who accused Draco of being a deatheater that he seen the glint in the girls eyes. He had seen that look before. And the more he thought about it the more he realized he had seen those eyes before too.

"Hermione." He breathed in a small whisper. Her eyes were just like Hermione's. And the look in them was the same one she had given Lucius before she cursed him.

"That can't be.' He said thinking of the night a week ago when he and Ron had seen her name on the Marauder's Map. Before he could fully piece together all of this Ginny made her biggest mistake.

" Your brother's a deatheater, get over it." She spat just like Ron had on the train.

He watched in horror as Kacy's hand swung back and then collided with Ginny's cheek. Ginny grabbed her face in surprise. Her eyes flared angrily as her wand suddenly became trained on Kacy

"How dare you." She shrieked. Ginny raised her wand and cased a Bat-Bogey Hex. To Harry's surprised Kacy didn't even try to duck she just put a shield so fast the spell bounced off and flow straight back at Ginny. Who, if she was a second slower would have been hit with her on curse. But before she could fully balance herself Kacy's wand flicked so fast Harry almost didn't catch it. Ginny unfortunately didn't see it either because she flew down on the corridor ground.

When she was helped up, everyone gasped looking at her face. Harry froze completely staring at the curse he had seen only once before. He turned to Kacy starring at her trying to piece together everything he had seen and heard. Ginny face was covered in big red boils that spelled out the word 'PRAT'.

It was Hermione's spelled that she made up in fourth year. Nobody knew the incantation but her. So how could Kacy Malfoy know it, of all people? Then and there Harry made a mental note to watch Kacy as much as possible, she knew something about his best friend and he was determined to find out what.

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"Come on Kacy." A gentle voice said as its owner pulled on her hand. She looked up at Blaise who had his hand snaked around her waist. She allowed him to drag her off to the dungeon where he, Pansy and Draco stared at her.

"What the bloody hell was that about." Draco asked finally breaking the silence

"She deserved it." Hermione growled.

"Kacy I know you love e and all but you really have to stop fighting over me with people." He smirked. "I'm a taken man."

Hermione laughed. Only Draco could say something so conceded at a time like this. She picked up the pillow behind her and throws it at him. She leaned back satisfied when it collided with his head.