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Hermione woke up the next mornig and just sat in bed for a while, trying to let everything that happened sink in. She could hardly believe that Draco Malfoy, of all people, wanted to be her friend.
What is happening to me. I can't be falling for a Malfoy. No way! Gods, my life is SO confusing.
She got up and decided that the best thing for her to do was to take a shower. She got out, straightened her hair, something she had practiced over the summer. She did this with no magic whatsoever. She used a hair straightener. Once she was finished, she went down to the living room.
"WHOA! What happened to you?" Her best friend, Ginny, had been sitting on the couch already. Hermione had left the key hidden in a spot only Ginny knew about.
"I straightened my hair. Is that a problem?"
Draco layed in bed for aproxamatly 10 minutes before opening his eyes. He looked over to the window seal only to find an owl sitting outside the window. He could only recocnize this as being his mothers owl, Grace. He walked over and let the owl in. The paper it was carrying looked as if it had little dots of water on it. He opened it slowly and started to read the first line:
Dear Draco,
I am sorry to tell you this. But your mother and father have both just been killed by You-Know-Who. Unfortunatly, your father pissed him off. Be careful Draco. He could be after you too. This may be the time for you to try to be friends with Harry Potter. You-Know-Who made you both orphans. I am sending a letter to Dumbledore. I want you to stay at Hogwarts for christmas. I don't know what we will do about summer. But we will let Dumbledore decide. You are welcome to stay with me though.
Your favorite Auntie,
Aunt Britannica
P.S. Your parents left EVERYTHING to you. Including this owl, the mansion, and your newborn baby sister. I am sending her to you. Dumbledore has givin his permission for you to keep her there with you.
Draco was in shock. First he starts to fall for Hermione. Now his parents are dead. Leaving him to be a parent himself. It just wasn't right. One thing was for sure. No way was he going to fall for a mudblood. But his parents. How could they be gone. They can't be gone. He felt something warm go down his cheek. And another. He sat on his bed, not realizing he was crying. He couldn't fail his father. Not now, not ever. He would raise his baby sister. But would NEVER fall for a mudblood. But how could his dad do this to him. How could he leave him. This couldn't be happening. How could he NOT fail his father when his father failed him? He picked up a picture of him and his parents and threw it across the room. It crashed up against the door and shattered into a dozen peices.
"Whoa, what happened? I don't mean your hair this time." Ginny looked at hermione with a confused look on her face.
"Something must have fell in Draco's room. He should be fine. But I might want to go check on him though. Just in case." Hermione walked up to Dracos room and knocked on the door. The door cracked open and Hermione heard someone crying. She opened the door a little and saw a dozen broken shards of glass and a picture laying about 5 feet from the door."Draco, are you o.k?"
"Oh come on, I thought you were the smart one. Does it look like I am o.k? Go away you mudblood! I don't want to talk to you!"
"Well, fine. If that is how you feel. I don't stay where I am not wanted." Tears started to well up in Hermiones eyes. " I can't beleive that I thought you changed."
"What was that mudblood? I didn't catch that."
"I said, I CANT BELEIVE I THOUGHT YOU CHANGED! Once an ass hole, always an ass hole. You know what. Forget it. I fall to easily."
"You got that right."
"Oh, and what is that supposed to mean?"
"I read you journal. Let me see here. 'Dear Journal. That was some tough work last night. Those guys were really hard on me. I am so sore from it today. But they did get me alot of cash.' Does that sum it up for you. You are a slut. I can't beleive that I though YOU changed in a good way."
"You thought I was a slut. That was a summer job at the ministry. Dumbledore set it up for me. I was sore from running back and forth with messages. So yeah, call me a slut again and I will curse you to your death. Or better yet, your parents."
"Too late on that one Granger. Voldemort beat you."
"What are you talking about Malfoy?"
"Here. Read this." Hermione took and read the letter. When she was done. She handed it over. "How do you knowit really happened. You could be being blackmailed."
"Into what though. My Aunt wouldn't lie."
"I am just saying."
"Well, I don't care what you have to say. I don't care what any mudblood has to say about the matter."
Hermiones face just turned a bright red. She turned on her heel and walked out. Draco could have sworn he saw a flame of fire appear then vanish as soon as it appeared.
"AAAAAAgggg"
"HERMIONI"
"Hermione? What is going on out there?"
"Someone get help! She is doing it again!"
Draco ran out of the room and found Hermione laying on the floor. He picked her up and held her in his arms so he could run. He ran around and around till he found his way out of the maze of hallways at Hogwarts. He finally found Snapes dungeon. He knocked on the door untill an annoyed Snape opened the door. He looked from Draco to Hermione.
"What happened?"
"I don't know sir. We had a big arguement and next thing I know, she ran out of my room and I heard Ginny scream her name. I don't know what happened. I just know that it HAS to do something that has to do with yesterday. But still, hurry and help her. I can't lose her too.
"Mr. Malfoy?"
"um... nevermind. I will tell you later. OH NO!" he added when Snape gave him a weird look,"I do not like her. She is a mudblood for one. She's a mudblood know-it-all. Yeah, um, a mudblood. I could never...my father..." Draco just looked down at Hermione with worry. He couldn't understand it. Why was he so worried about what happened to her. She ment nothing. NOTHING! to him.
Snape gave Draco a hard glance before he finally decided he knew exactly what was going on, and it could wait till later. He finally broke the silence, "Draco, did you notice anything peculiar abuot Ms. Granger here before she walked out of your room?"
Draco remembered the flames, but that must have been his imagination. Snape would think he was phyco if he told him he has been seeing flames. "No sir. I had just told her about my parents, and we got into a fight, she got mad and went storming out the door.
"Are you sure?"
Right then Hermione woke up. "What...where...how...DRACO MALFOY! I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED! YOU GET AWAY FROM ME!" She tried to stand up, but wobbled and fell back onto the floor.
"Here, let me help you"
" NO, I don't need help from you. EVER!" With that she finally got up and ran out of the dungeons.
"That must have been some arguement you two had Draco. But now, what is this you were telling me about your parents. I heard you have a new baby sister. How is that going along. I have a meeting with your father at the fireplace later on tonight. He said it was urgent."
"Um. Professor, you might want to read this." And with that he handed him the letter from his Aunt.
Snape handed him back the letter and sat there silently for quite a few seconds. It looked as if tears were welling up in his eyes. But Draco couldn't tell. "Draco, I think it best of you to go and apologize to Hermione for whatever you said. She may be your only hope of getting you close to Harry Potter. It looks as if everything has changed now. I just can't beleive he did this. I will get revenge. Nobody kills my friends and gets away with it."
"But sir. I thought that you and my father didn't get along very well most of the time."
"No Draco, thats just what you thought. Now get out of here. You have alot of work to do. I will talk to Dumbledore about adding a nursery into your dorm. I am sure he will have to change you and Ms. Grangers schedules around so there will always be someone with you sister."
"O.K. I can understand MY schedule being changed, but why Hermione's?"
"Lord knows you will need a womans help raising a baby."
"Oh, I don't think she would give up classes to raise a child, let alone one that is not her own."
"Well now Draco, I have no doubt in my mind that she will help you. You just don't know Ms. Granger like I do."
"And how would you know Hermione more that I would?"
"That Draco, she will have to tell you."
