His mom, Snape and himself were finally coming out of hiding. It seemed like forever that they had been hiding. What a relief to finally be free. And the war was over. The Dark Lord was gone, so him and his mom would be safe.
They walked out and turned a corner and came face to face with about 20 Death Eaters.
"How did you guys escape?" he asked them
"The same way we always do," replied his Aunt
His Aunt raised her wand and cried, "Crucio."
"Noooo," cried his mother, "Bellatrix, What did he do wrong?"
"Oh I don't know," she said and started to twirl her wand around her fingers
"Please don't kill him," his mother cried
"Fine, I don't see the need really to kill him as long as he comes back and helps us," she said
"Bellatrix, he's only a boy," cried his mother
"A boy who has taken the oath and has become one of us. You should know 'Cissa," Bellatrix said lazily
"Bella, please," she pleaded
"No he will pay for running away," she said and then she pointed her wand at him and again cried, "Crucio."
He withered in pain on the ground.
"Stop, Bella, please stop," his mother cried
"Don't think I will," she replied
"Bella we both know what you are capable of with that curse, now please stop," his mother cried
"Fine," she pulled her wand away and then pointed it at Snape, "Ah my dear Severus, good to finally see you back, but why did you run in the first place. Was it because you were scared of what the Dark Lord would do to you after he found out that you killed Dumbledore and didn't let his orders be heard. You were scared of what he would do to you weren't you."
"But you were there when we made the unbreakable vow," said Snape
"Of course I was there," she said lazily, "I had to be there, first once the Dark Lord heard of the plan he ordered me to go with Narcissa. Orders, orders. That's all it is, but now, I don't have to follow the orders, I'll make them so you better listen closely now, you should not have run and then once the Dark Lord is dead come out of hiding. You will pay for that, Crucio."
Snape fell to the ground and screamed in pain. Bellatrix pulled the wand off of him and he panted, "Please, stop, I'm sorry."
"An apology, how sweet, but its to late. You stopped the Dark Lord from getting the Philosopher's Stone-."
"If I had of known I would have helped him, I thought it was Quirrel who wanted the stone."
"That is a load of BS and you know it. You were never on our side, Avada Kedavra."
A flash of green light shot out of her wand and Snape crumpled into a heap on the ground.
Bellatrix turned and said, "Be there, or this could be you."
He nodded and then watched as the Death Eaters all disapparated.
"Wake up, Malfoy, wake up," said Hermione
"What, what's wrong?" he said sleepily
"You were screaming in your sleep," replied Hermione
"Was I now?"
"Yes you were, I'm going back to bed," she said and then she turned and walked towards the door
"Hermione."
"What?"
"Thanks."
"Fine," she said and then she was gone
"Shit," he muttered to himself. He rolled over and looked at the clock on the wall. It said 2:42
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The next morning Malfoy walked down the stairs and saw Hermione sitting on the couch with her back to the stairs. She was in her PJ's.
Malfoy walked up behind her and sat down on the couch beside her, "Thanks for last night," he said
"No problem," she replied coldly
"Fine go ahead, yell at me, I deserve it," he said
"Why would I be yelling at you?" she asked him
"For missing the meeting last night," he said
"I wasn't going to say anything, but now that you mentioned it I will."
"Oh no, here it comes."
"What?"
"Your going to scream your head out aren't you?"
"No," she said cheerfully. She stood up and walked to the stairway that goes to the bathroom. She stopped and turned around and said, "But you better be there next time," and she walked down the stairs
"Wow," muttered Malfoy, "I'm alive. I didn't think I would be after what I did."
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Classes started and everything went on as usual until about 3 weeks before Halloween.
The school had decided to have a Halloween Ball after the Halloween Feast. And the people in charge of organizing it were none other than your own Head Boy and Girl.
McGonagoll called Draco and Hermione to her office.
"Do you know what's going on?" asked Malfoy
"No, I thought you knew," replied Hermione
"Sorry," he replied
"Well I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
"I guess we will."
Since the morning after the Prefects Meeting Hermione and Malfoy were becoming more civilized around each other. I wouldn't say they were friends, but they didn't hex each other every time they had a chance.
The walked into McGonagoll's office and sat down.
"Well you are probably wondering why I brought you two here," she said
Both the Head's nodded
"Well I won't leave you wondering any longer. Hogwarts is going to have a ball after the Halloween Feast, and it's up to you two to plan it. You can do it by yourselves or you can form a committee, it doesn't matter as long as it gets done. You have 3 weeks. I'll leave you to your planning," she then stood up and left them sitting in the 2 chairs around the desk.
"Well I guess we better get started," said Hermione
"I guess so. So are we going to do it by ourselves?"
"Do you want to?"
"I think it would be easier that way so we don't get any of the midgets in here arguing over everything," said Malfoy
"Their not midgets," cried Hermione
"Fine, so by are selves it is?"
"Sounds good," replied Hermione, "So I think the first thing should be will it be a costumed ball, a formal ball, or a masked ball?"
"I don't know, I like the idea of a costume," replied Malfoy
"I think it should be masked and then we can decide on formal or costume later, maybe we can even put a poll up in the common rooms," said Hermione
"Fine, I'll agree to a masked ball, so costume or formal?"
"Oh I really want formal, it is so much more fun to get all dressed up pretty."
"Maybe for you it is," Malfoy muttered
"Oh, sorry, well how about costumes with masks?"
"Fine, you can have your formal ball," said Malfoy
Hermione squealed and threw her arms around Malfoy, but when she realized what she was doing, she pulled them back quickly and sat down, "Sorry."
"It's okay," he replied
Hermione was blushing and then Malfoy said, "So…"
The spent the next hour and a half working out some details for the ball.
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A/N Well hope you liked it. Please please review. It will take less than 30 seconds and it will make me so happy. Sorry about the long wait. One week away turned to two. Sorry but if your review it will show that you aren't mad.