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Chapter 11

Draco awoke early the next morning still on the couch from last night. He glanced to his left and saw Hermione was still asleep and the bag of sweets was still on the couch in-between then. He couldn't help but smile at the sight of Hermione sleeping. She looked so sweet. He looked at the clock on the mantel and saw it was six a.m. He knew it was early but he had so much on his mind he decided to go see his Godfather. He rose from the couch and stretched out his sore, stiff back. Before he left the common room, he saw a scrap piece of parchment and decided to scribble a quick note for Hermione. Once he was done, he quickly left and went along his way.

Draco knocked on the door continuously, for almost 10 minutes, until the door slowly opened to reveal a sleepy and irritated Snape. "What, Draco?" he asked in annoyed voice.

Draco pushed passed Snape into his room without saying a word.

"Make yourself at home", Snape said sarcastically. He pulled his robe tighter around him as he turned to face the boy who woke him.

The said boy dropped down into a chair and starred at Snape, trying to figure out how to say what was going on in his mind.

Snape copied Draco and took the chair opposite of him, "What's so important that you had to wake me up so early for?"

"Something interesting happened yesterday, with Hermione."

XxX 30 minutes later XxX

"Sounds like you had a great time yesterday", Snape said once Draco finished his story. He leaned back in his chair and folded his hands in his lap.

"I did. I actually got to know her. It's something I never thought I would do."

Snape his smile, "That's good. But, did you do it because you wanted to or because you were asked to?"

"Because I wanted to", Draco replied without having to think about it, "I've been trying to get to her before Dumbledore even laid this task on us."

"Good."

Draco shifted his seat, "But the more I spend her, the more confused I get."

Snape raised an eyebrow, "What are you confused about?"

"Do I really have to tell you?"

XxX Back at the Head's Dorm XxX

Hermione finally woke up and let out a yawn as she sat up on the couch. For a moment she was a little disoriented and was shocked to awake on the couch. She looked at the couch and saw the bag of Honeydukes. She smiled to herself and remembered last night and the rest of the day. She then remembered that Draco had fallen asleep on the couch as well. She looked around the common room like he was lurking somewhere but soon realized he wasn't anywhere. She then saw a piece of parchment on the coffee table in front of her. She picked it up and read:

Hermione,

Had to go see Snape.

I'll see you at breakfast.

Dra

Hermione checked the time and saw it was a quarter after seven. She quickly jumped up from the couch and ran to her room. She jumped in the shower and took one of the quickest showers ever, threw on clean clothes, and spell dried her hair as she walked out of the common room. She wasn't sure when Draco had left and how it would take him but she didn't want him to be waiting for her in the Great Hall. She literally stopped herself in the corridor and thought about what had just gone through her mind.

She shrugged it off and carried on her way. She soon entered the Great Hall and but didn't see the blonde in sight. Hermione fixed herself a plate and sat away from the other students again. But she wasn't alone for long.

"Did you get my note?" Draco asked as he sat opposite of Hermione with a plate of food.

"I did. Why are you always with Snape?"

Draco picked up his fork and stuck it in a sausage link, "He's like the father I never had, and he's my Godfather actually. I tell him everything." He brought the sausage to his mouth and bit a piece off.

"Oh ok." Hermione picked up toast and picked off the crust before eating it.

Draco laughed, "Don't like the crust?"

"Nope. My parents always tried to get me to eat when I was younger but they eventually gave up", she replied.

"So, did you have fun yesterday?" Draco daringly asked, hoping for a good response.

Hermione took a quick sip of her milk, "I did…" but Hermione was interrupted by the morning post. A few owls flew in, dropping letters down to their owners.

Both of them received mail, each a letter from McGonagall and one from different people. They both tore open and read the letter from McGonagall first.

Draco was the first to speak, "We're starting our Animagus training tonight. This should be interesting."

"I can't wait! This is going to be so much fun." She picked up her other letter and was happy to see Ginny's handwriting.

Hey Mione,

I hope you are ok. I hate you being there by yourself.

The twins came home along with Charlie so it's been

Crazy around here but we all miss you. Please send

A reply soon!

Ginny

Draco read his while Hermione was busy with her's. Draco dreaded opening his letter as he realized the handwriting to be his aunt Bellatrix's. He read it anyway.

"Who's you other letter from?" Draco asked putting his down on the table.

"Ginny, telling me how everyone misses me. What about yours?"

"My aunt Bellatrix. Basically telling me the same thing as the last letter I received. My mum is missing me pretty bad along with Lucius."

"Why didn't you go home for break? I'm sure she needs you right now."

"I know, but I can't go there. Not with Bellatrix being there and her still crying for her husband. I can't deal with it. I know it's wrong to say but it's true."

Hermione knew it was a touchy subject and decided not to comment on it. Draco decided to change the subject and lively things up, "Are you about Christmas tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Are you going to do anything today?"

"I'm just going to go to the library to look some stuff up about Animagus. I meant to do it a while ago but got distracted. I'll see you later tonight though."

"Can I join you in the library?"

Hermione looked at Draco stunned. None of her friends ever volunteered and asked to accompany her to the library, "Uhm, sure if you want to."

When they were finished with breakfast, Draco and Hermione left together to go to the library. Upon entering the library, Hermione began her search for books on the subject and found a couple. She found her favorite table and placed the books on it. Draco searched around the books shelves for anything to read. He didn't see the need to study up on Animagus at the moment and settled for a Quidditch book. He joined Hermione at her table and began reading.

The pair remained in the library until it was lunch time. They went to the Great Hall and ate. But afterwards, Draco didn't want to go back to the library with Hermione.

"You don't want to come back with me?" she asked a little disappointed.

"I remember I have something I need to do. But I will see you tonight for the lesson", he replied with a smile before departing.

Hermione watched him leave the Hall until he disappeared from sight. She left shortly after and returned to the library. But this time she didn't do much reading as her mind drifted away to a certain blonde.

XxX Later that night XxX

Around seven that night, Draco walked down to the Transfiguration room. He pushed opened the door and saw Hermione already there. None of the regular tables and chairs was present, just one table with two chairs. Hermione was seated in the right one so Draco walked to the left one and sat down. He looked over at Hermione and greeted her.

Professor McGonagall entered the room from her private room in the back of the class. "Good evening, Ms. Granger and Mr. Malfoy."

"Good evening, Professor", they both replied.

"As you both understand, this will not be easy. Turning yourself into an Animagus is a difficult feat not everyone can accomplish but giving your circumstances I believe you both will achieve it. This will take several private lessons though I'm unsure how many so we'll meet here every Tuesday evening until you master it. I'm sure you already guessed you will not be registered once you become one and no one will be told of this. No one at all. I also expect you will work on this outside of lessons to help speedup the process. We are on a time schedule even though it's not best to rush this kind of thing. Now, with that being said let's get started. Tonight I want start off with giving you this book to read."

The book appeared on the desk, one for each of them. Draco rolled his but didn't comment. Hermione immediately grabbed the book and cracked it open. "This will give you the basic guidelines of how to become an Animagus. Since I was born one I decided to give you this book to help with in the beginning. I want you to have this all read by next lesson so we can't start practicing", McGonagall clapped her hands together in front of her, "that is all I have for tonight. Do you have any questions about this or what's going on in general?"

Both simultaneously shook their heads 'no'.

"Alright, I will see you next Tuesday at seven. Have that book finished. Good night."

Hermione and Draco pushed their chairs back and stood up. Draco was the first to reach the door but he stepped to the side to allow Hermione to go first. Hermione was surprised but didn't question him.

When they entered their common room Draco was the first to speak, "Well, that was kind of a waste of time."

"No, it wasn't," Hermione said defensively.

"Hermione, all she did was talk to us for maybe five minutes then gave us a book and said 'read it'. She could have just sent it to us with the letter", he replied simply without any harshness.

Hermione knew Draco had a point and was right but she wasn't going to admit that to him. But Draco knew by her silence he was right and won.

"What Animagus do you think you will be?"

"I'm not. In some of the reading I found today it said it's all based on your personality and stuff like that. Well, I'm going to go up to my room and read. I'll see you tomorrow. Night", Hermione walked past Draco and up to her room. She stole a glance at him before she closed her door.

Draco got her glance and smiled to himself. Once her door was closed, he walked up to his. He couldn't believe how much things were changing between them but he liked it.

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A/N: Ok so not too much going on yet but things are really going to heat up next chapter. So review if you want it!

Also, I'm not sure what Hermione's Animagus should be so if you have any suggestions let me know in your review or you can send a private message. I would appreciate it. Oh and one more note, I have revised chapters 5 thru 7 now. The last 2 will be finished by the next chapter update. Last thing, I have a poll on my profile I would like for you to take. I have a few stories in the works and I want to start posting a new one once I get further in this story. So I want you all to vote on which of the 3 stories should appear next. There are summaries at the bottom of my profile for each one. Thanks :]