Hermione smiled at the two boys, who had been her friends for the past 6 years. Harry was the first one to blurt out.

"Where were you at dinner?"

"I passed out and then…oh wow a lot happened today."

"Tell us."

"Ok, oh but first, who's head girl?"

"You."

Harry looked at her like she was stupid. They were sitting in almost total darkness, but it suited Hermione much better. She could see them just fine but they couldn't see her very well.

"Ok, so today when I got to school I passed out and when I woke up I was with Malfoy and he took me to see Dumbledore and we talked a really long time and then me and Draco went to…"

"Draco? Since when is he Draco?"

Ron had interrupted her so instead of answering him she just continued to talk. He looked annoyed but Harry held up his hand to stop him.

"Anyways, Malfoy and I went to the library and researched it some. He found out I'm part of this family and then I came here and on the way I talked to Dumbledore."

Hermione stopped to breath. She had left out a lot of stuff, including the fact Malfoy had kissed her. Harry was looking at her suspiciously.

"What family?"

"Goldwin."

She heard both boys intake a breath. She looked back and forth confused. I mean she had never heard of them, how could Ron and Harry have? Ron was the first to speak.

"Hermione, that family is…is evil. They like sacrifice people and stuff. They believe in weird stuff like and worship Satan. You can't be one of them."

"Yeah. I mean Hermione on top of that there's the whole Malfoy thing."

"What?"

Hermione's head shot up. How did everyone know what Malfoy had read except her? This wasn't fair. The two boys in front of her exchanged a look. Harry took her hand.

"Um…the Goldwin family always marries into the Malfoy family."

"THEY WHAT?!"

Hermione jumped up and backed away from them. She backed up until she felt the door handle behind her. She pulled it open, and ran down the hall. She could hear them calling down the hall after her, so she kept running and running until she was lost. She crawled into a small space behind a statue that stood within the wall, and she fell asleep.

When Hermione woke up, she groaned. She was cramped up from sleeping in such a small space, and the sunshine was blaring. Not to mention, she was part of a dark family, and as such was destined to marry Draco Malfoy. No, today would not be a good day. She got up and looked around. It appeared to still be early so she decided maybe she should look for the head's dorm, and see whom the head boy was. Hopefully someone from Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, but she doubt she would be that lucky. She crawled out of the small space, and tried to figure out where she was. She wandered the halls for an hour before getting somewhere she recognized at all. She sighed, and decided maybe it was time to go to breakfast. She entered the Great Hall and found three sets of eyes on her immediately. First were Harry and Ron. They looked relieved she was there and not off hanging herself. The third pair of eyes belonged to Draco Malfoy and she wasn't quite sure what the look on his face meant. It was a combination between angry and happiness.

"Hermione!"

Ron waved his hand to get her attention. She turned her head back towards the Gryffindor table, and smiled. She slid in next Ron across from Harry. She blushed thinking of last night.

"Sorry about freaking out last night, it just wasn't what I was expecting."

Harry smiled at her, and patted her hand.

"Anyone would have done the same thing."

Hermione smiled at him, and the conversation drifted off to other things. Hermione, for the first time since she had returned to Hogwarts, felt content.

When the schedules were pasted out she groaned, the first class they had was double potions with Slytherin. She gathered up her stuff, and followed the boys out of the Great Hall. By the time they reached the potions room, they were almost late. When they rounded the corner, they found their entire class crowded around the door. Hermione rushed towards them, but Malfoy grabbed her and pulled her away from everyone. Harry and Ron didn't even notice. They were too concerned with why the door was locked. Malfoy pulled her around the corner, into a dark corridor, and put his hands on either side of Hermione so she was pinned there.

"We need to talk."