This part was co- written by sophiafreak7797
Lunch the next day
The next day at breakfast.
"so then I had relized I had taken Luna Lovegood`s wand by mistake." Hermione tells Harry and Ron. she was telling them some story about how she was scaried cause her wand wasn't working.
"why are you with him!" Ron yells now standing up. not fully relizing that he had just screamed it.
"What are you talking about?"Hermione asks, looking embrassed. Ron sits now embrassed for himself.
"I think what ron ment to say was," harry says. " me and ron where going up to the astronamy tower last night to look for ron`s watch and once we got up there we saw you and draco hugging we wanted to know if something was going on between you two."
"well I don't really think that's any of your business. But if you must know hes an old friend." Hermione tells Ron and harry.
"we have been friends with you since our first year." Ron says. "how can he be an old friend of yours if we didn't know you were friends."
"we were friends before Hogwarts ronald. We lived in the same town and he lived nextdoor to me. we were good friends." Hermione smiles remembering old times, when she was little and her and draco would play in her backyard. They play all sorts of games both muggle games and wizarding ones.
"you expect us to belive that." Ron says. "you parents are muggle and everybody knows malfoy lived in Monder Valley,cause he never shuts up about it and how amazing it is there. anyways Monder Valley is the most hateful town of muggles."
"well my parents didn't know that when they bought the house , You know why am I explaining myself to you! Were friends shouldn't you belive me?"
"Hermione we just don't want you to get hurt. " Harry says. As Hermione sat their with her best friends, she tried to organize her thoughts. What if Draco is only trying to befriend me again to lure me into the dark lords grasp and try and kill be just because I'm friends with Harry...Is draco really the kind of person to do that to me, we were best friends for a rather long time. Hermione thought to herself. No Draco would never ask anybody for help whether it was a plan on killing me or not he's to full of himself to ever do that. Even for the dark lord. Harry, Ron and Hermione finished eating and headed off for class. Hermione had potions with Slughorn and the boys had free period.
"Hermione have you ever thought that maybe Malfoy's only doing this to hurt us?" Ron asked
"What do you mean?"hermione asks.
"Well he knows you're our best friend and it hurts us to see you…..well you know…feeling horrible so-"
"maybe you should worry less about me and more about yourself."
"And what exactly do I have to worry about?"
"Lets see…..maybe Quidditch try outs."
"Oh man I almost forgot about that. I`m afraid I'm gonna fall off my broom and crack my bloody head open!"
"It's not that bad Ron" Harry cut in. "I mean how many times have I fallen off a broom?" Harry looked at Ron.
"I don't know maybe twenty times." Ron replied "no, More than twenty. More like one hundred times."
"Exactly, and i`m perfectly fine."
"Well I'd love to stay and chat but I am not going to be late for potions." Hermione cut in.
"Bye" they both repliy as Hermione walks walks down the hall and finally came to her classroom. She looked around at her classmates to see who she would be working with, she saw lavender brown, Pansy Parkinson, and Draco. Great! I`m in a class fulled with idiots! Hermione thought to walked in and stood with the other students who were waiting for class to begin. She avoided direct eye contact with Draco. Finally class starts. About nine minutes into class Ron and Harry walk in. I thought they had free period hermione thinks to herself.
"Ah Harry my boy I was beginning to worry. Bought someone with us I see." Slughorn says with a smile. Harry looked at Ron.
"Ron Weasley Sir." Ron says to slughorn. Lavender looked at ron with stars in her eyes. Didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out she had a thing for him. "But I'm dead awful at potions sir, a menus actually so I'm probably just gonna…." Ron tries to step backward and out of the classroom but Harry stopped him.
"Nonsense, we'll sort you out. Any friend of Harry's is a of friend of mine, get your books out." Slughorn tells the boys.
"Sorry sir but I actually haven't gotten my book yet." Harry tells slughorn. "And nor has Ron."
"Not to worry get what you want from the covered." Ron and Harry walk over to the covered and open it. They stood there for a few minutes then from what it looked from where everybody else was standing they were trying to push each other out of the way. Looked more like Harry was trying to shove himself into the covered. But Professor Slughorn didn't notice he just continued his lesson.
"Now As I was saying I prepared some concoctions this morning. Any Ideas what these might be?" Hermione's hand shot up like a bullet. "Yes Miss….."
"Granger, sir." As soon as she said her name Draco looks up at her. "That one there is Bara serum," Hermione starts. "it's a truth telling serum" she was very serious about all her classes but it was different, she felt rather odd. She couldn't tell whether she was just having an off day or if it was something else, she continued "and that one is very tricky to make," she says pointing to the next bottle. " it's the most powerful love potion in the world. It's rumored to smell differently to each person according to what attacks them. For example I smell freshly mowed grass and parchment and spearmint tooth paste." Hermione says in a daze.
"Now almor datea doesn't create actual love, that would be impossible." Professor slughoen states. "But it does cause powerful infatuation or obsession." He seemed to have grabbed the attention of the girls sanding before him they leaned closer and smelt the potion and were thrown into a Daze just as Hermione was. "For that reason it is probably the most dangerous potion in this room" Slughorn put the top on the love posion and the girls backed away to where they had been standing.
"Sir" one of the girls spoke up. "You haven't told us what's in that one." She said pointing her pointer finger in the direction of a small vile.
"Oh yes, What you see before you ladies and gentlemen," Slughorn said as he unwound the holder it was hanging from. "Is a curious little potion know as Felix felisus , which is more commonly referred to as….."
"liquid lucky" Hermione cut in.
"Yes Miss. Granger. Liquid Luck. This is particularly tricky to make, disastrous is your should get it wrong. One sp and you will find that all your indevers will succeed…." Draco looked at Professor Slughorn with interest. "At least until the effects wear off….. So this is what I offer you each today. One tiny vile of liquid luck to in the hour that remains manages to brew an expectable draft of Living Death, Recipes for which can be found on page 10 of your books." Everyone began to flip open their books "Should one doubt however, only one student manage to brew a potion of sufficient quality can claim this prize. Never the less, Good luck to you all." Slughorn states. Hermione raced over to a station and began brewing her potion. Draco watched her as he walked to his station. He opens his book and begins to work. After about 10 minutes went by Draco looked up at Hermione. Harry was telling Hermione to do the opposite of what the potion book had instructed. What in the world is she doing? Draco thought to himself. Yet Harry had managed to win the liquid luck.
Chapter 6: Plan
Hermione was walking up to the Gryffindor Common room to ask ginny about something. "oww" She said as she tripped up the stairs. she stood up. She finally reached the portrait of the fat lady.
"Hey Granger."
Hermione heard from behind her. She turns around to see Draco sprinting up the stairs. "Yes?"
"How are you?" draco asks.
"umm….…. I'm fine."
This is so werid….. hermione thought to herslef.
"that's good." Draco says smiling.
"Well….i need to ask ginny about our herbology home work. So-"
"wait, I need to talk to you."
"….Alright then, c'mon in." Hermione faces toward the portrait of the fat lady.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Draco asks hermione.
"…maybe your right. Ummm how about we talk up in the Astronomy Tower."
"alright. I`ll meet you there. "
"ok."
...
At the Astronomy Tower. "so what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Hermione asks.
"I think I thought of a way out of this mess. But i`m gana need your help."draco replies.
"ok, whats your idea?"
"well the person they want me to kill is Dumbledore," Hermione gasps. "but I was thinking if dumbledore went some where like to hide and no one knew where he was, there would be no way I could kill him. I wouldn't get killed either cause its not my fault nobody knows where he is."
"that's brilliant draco!" Hermione hugs him.
"so you`ll help me out?"
"of course."
Chapter 7: Slughorn's party
Draco and Hermione had plained to tell professor Dumbledore execally what was happening, they figured it was the only way to get him to hide. But it was strange he was out for conferences for months. Draco and Hermione started to become friends again, it was werid it started with they where just nice to each other, For example draco stopped bullying Hermione and her friends. Because it wasn't right to bully her and her friends when Hermione was helping him with this big problem he was having. Then they started to talk to each other in class a little. Then they started talking in the halls. Then they started to hang out after classes. Then during spring break her and draco hung out a lot. She really liked hanging out with draco again and she could see that draco liked hanging out with her. She decided it was best to just ignore the stares and comments people made. It wasn't as bad as that girl had told her. they got used to it after a while all the stares they kind of felt like movie stars. Rumors always being spread about them, constant stares. well thats what Hermione told herslef. But regardless of what people where saying about them and the constant attention they caused she was very happy to have her old friend back. Winter rolled around. Slughorn's Christmas party had finally come and Hermione had invited Draco to go with her. Ron and Lavender were on a none stop snogging train. And Harry had found himself attending with Luna. Hermione walked into the party with her date. Of course everyone stared.
"ugh! I hate when people stare at us. I mean is really that werid for us to be friends?" Hermione says.
"there all just stupid. What does it matter gryfindore or sylthryn where all just people." Draco replies.
"very true." Hermione says smiling at him. It was like he was that same little draco she knew when she was young again. she didn't know what it was about her but she seemed to bring out his good side, his kind side, his true side. Draco didn't act like a jerk to anyone anymore, execcpet to people who deserved it. He was more shy then outgoing now. I guess he felt if he was a jerk he`d be popular and people would like him, which works if you wana make the wroung friends. but if you wana make the right friends you have to be your slef.
"hey look theres harry and luna. Lets go say hello." Hermione says to draco. Draco and Hermione walk over to luna and Harry.
"hi harry!" Hermione says.
"hello Hermione." Harry answers. Then he looks at draco.
"I`m guessing Mal- Draco is your date." Harry says.
"yes he is." Hermione awkwardly smiles. There was a silence for a few mintues.
"well I think you two make a lovely couple." Luna states.
Hermione and draco laugh. "were not dating luna. Were just friends."
"oh my mistake." Luna responds. Draco and Hermione danced together all night. They both had so mutch fun! Then a slow song came on Hermione insisted on sitting out for this song, but draco insisted on dancing with her for this song. They danced so gracefully, she knew everyone was watching them but in that moment she truly didn't care. She layed her head on his shoulder. Then he kissed her head. She looked up at him and kissed his lips slowly. Harry watched not beliving his eyes. He was worried that Hermione was only setting herslef up to be hurt. Draco and Harry see each other in the boys bathroom.
"malfoy,I saw you and Hermione on the dance floor. You may have her fooled but me and ron know you haven't changed. If your plaining on just playing with her emotions, me and ron will hurt you, i swear. We don't wana see our friend get hurt by a jerk like you."
"your willing to fight me for hurting Hermione?"
"of course Hermione`s my friend."
"your alright potter." draco smiles.
Chapter 8: Unbelievable
Hermione walks out of her wizard world history class and sees Dumbledore in the classroom across the hall talking to mcgunagul. Hermione runs into the class room.
"professore Dumbledore! I need to speak with you right away." Hermione says to Dumbledore. She then proceeds to tell him everything that was going on with draco and voldmort. He agrees to go into hiding but he told Hermione with exams being that week and the next he`d have to wait at least two weeks to leave.
4 days later Draco had told hermione privately at the astronomy tower. She waited until everybody went to there rooms then left the Gryffindor Common Room and went to the astronomy tower. Hermione waits in the astronomy for draco. It was silent Draco had not yet come. Soon she heard foot steps. She looked at the door and there was draco, only something was wrong. she looked at him. He looked as if he'd been crying.
"Draco are you ok?" He didn't answer. "Draco is something wroung?" She asked again. He shook his head.
"He wants me to do it soon."
"how soon? Dumbledore isn't leaveing til the 26."
"I don't know. that's what i`m worried about." Hermione takes a deep breathe and starts to cry a bit.
"what if we cant save him? No we have to….we have to find a way to what ever it takes."
"shut up! Where not gana save him just relize that and get over it!"
"draco?"
"I mean he isn't even such a great person anyways. He does nothing, he just sits in his office. He deserves to die he let himself go he isn't the great wizard he once was."
"why are you talking like this?"
"because its true you stupid mudblood!" draco yells. Hermione was silent. Then a tear rolled down her cheek.
"I should have listened to ron and harry." She says then she ran back into the school crying. He cared about her to much to let her get hurt or worse killed just so he wouldn't have to kill someone. Draco walked back to the Slytherin Common room, Everybody was asleep. He walked in and sat down in a chair in front of the fire place. Why does everything I do always result in someone getting hurt? He asked himself.
"Draco?" said a voice from behind him. He turned to see pansy Parkinson "Dray…..what are you doing up this late?"
"Pansy what did I tell you about calling me that!" She looked at him with a sad look in her eyes. It was silent for about a minute.
"I'm sorry I've just had a really bad day today. And I just had to do something I really didn't want to do."
"Well would talking about it help?"
"I don't know….maybe."
"I'm all ears." She sat down on the couch and patted the seat next to her. He hesitantly stood up and sat next to her.
"Go ahead."
"Well, I've been talking to an old friend recently and she was helping me with a really big problem, but it got to the point where she got more involved. So I had to be a cold hearted dick and I made her cry. I only acted like that to save her from being hurt. I care about her cause she was my best friend. And I just don't know what to do."
"Well It seems to me that you could have done it differently. You could have explained that you didn't want her to get hurt so she has to stop helping you."
"Why didn't I think of that. DAMMIT I am so stupid." He buried his face in his hands.
"Draco, if you really care about her just tell her. Apologize and explain yourself to her. If she truly is your friend she'll forgive you." He looked up at Pansy.
"Why is it that you always know exactly what to say to someone in these kind of situation?"
"It's a gift" She said with attitude. Then smirked. "Thanks Pansy"
"No problem. So who is this girl?"
"you wouldn't know her." He lied. "Is that Hermione Granger girl? I herd you kissed her at slughorn party." he looks at her.
"no, that was just a rumor." He lied again. he knew pansy liked him and he knew how girls got.
"fine, well it's late, goodnight draco." She stood up and left.
...
"Hermione please stop crying." Harry begged. Harry was holding Hermione in his arms trying to get her to stop crying.
"What happened?"
"You and Ron were right, I shouldn't have gotten involved with Malfoy." All of a sudden the door swung open and in ran Lavender and Ron. The whole room fell silent.
"Well I should be getting to bed. Night Ronnie." Lavender said as she blew ron a kiss and then ran off to her dormitory.
"Hermione what's wrong?" Ron said as he sat down next to Hermione and Harry. Harry lets go of Hermione.
"Hermione we'll be right back. i just need to talk to ron real quick." Harry pulled Ron out of Hermione's sight.
"Something happened between her and Malfoy," harry tells ron. "She ran in here crying about 10 minutes ago and hasn't stopped. She said that we were right about him and she shouldn't have gotten involved with him."
"I'll kill that git." Ron replied.
Chapter 9: Aftermath
Everybody stood outside. Laying before them was the lifeless body of Albus Dumbledore. Hermione was almost in tears and Draco was nowhere in sight. Harry was kneeling before Dumbldore`s body, crying. Slowly everyone lifted their wands high in the air.
"This is it. Hes gone." Hermione thought to herself as she let a tear escape her eye. Later that evening the three best friends sat up in one of the many towers at Hogwarts holding what was suppose to be a horcrux.
"Did Draco really do it?" Hermione asked.
"No he was lowering his, wand. In the end it was snape It was always snape. And I did nothing" he said sulmley. He handed Hermione the locket. "It's fake…..open it" Hermione opened the locket to find a carefully folded note. She took it out and began to read it.
"To the dark lord, I know I will be dead long before you read this, but I want you to know it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux, and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death, in the hope when you meet your match you will be mortal once more R.A.B"
"R.A.B? whos?" ron questions.
"I Don't know." Hermione answers.
"who ever they are they have the real horcrux. It means it was all a waste…..all of it" harry states. There was silence.
"Ron's ok with it you know, You and Ginny" Hermione whisper. "If I were you when he's around I'd keep the snogging to a minimum."
"I'm not coming back Hermione. I've got to finish whatever Dumbledore started. And I don't know where that'll lead me, but I'll let you and Ron know where I am when I can." Harry tells them.
"I've always admired your courage Harry, But sometimes you can be really thick." Hermione tells him. " You don't really think you'll be able to find all those Horcrux's by yourself do you?" Hermione looked at Harry. "You need us Harry." They just stared off out at the lake for a while.
"I never realized how beautiful this place really is" ron states. They continued to look out at the woods and lake. When they heard a bird calling. The three of them looked out into the distance to see Professor Dumbledore's phoenix flying freely by. They watched it fly until it was out of sight
"Is what Snape did to Dumbledore what Malfoy asked you to help him with?"
"Yes. He didn't want to do it and he thougth maybe I could come up with some way to get out of it. He ended up thinking of a plain which he still needed my help for, but it back fired on us. Then for some reason he just started yelling at me, he called me a mudblood. Where no longer friends."
"Good, you shouldn't have trusted him to begin with." Ron says. "Trust me Ron next time I'll listen to you guys."Hermione answers.
…
Draco was a long ways away from Hogwarts at Malfoy manor with him parents and Aunt Bellatrix.
"Don't worry Draco the job is done. No need to worry about it anymore." Nacrissa says to Draco.
"What are you talkin' about Cissy he didn't do what he was told. You should be lucky that he's not going to be killed!" Bellatrix yelled.
"Bellatrix stop yelling at me in my own home!" Nacrissa shouted back.
"Mom I honestly don't care about that right now."Draco tells her.
"Draco what's wrong?"
"Can we talk in the other room please."
"Sure sweetie." They two walking into the next room. Draco explained everything.
"Well does she know what you were suppose to do?"
"yes. I told her, but I had to be a cold heart git to get her to stop wanting to help mr so she'd be safe."
"Well I think you did the right thing just not in the right way."
"Yeah I know, but she won't talk to me now."
"Well maybe you should go and talk to her. Go to her, try and get her to hear you out."
"She probably already told Potter and Weasley what happened and if there anywhere in sight, and they see me trying to talk to her they'll hex me into the next century."
"Sweetie, you'll never know until you try." With that his mother left him standing there alone.
Chapter 10: Talking
it was summer now, Hermione was sitting outside on frount yard of her house. Draco walks over to the fimilar house. Hermione sees him coming and starts to run toward her house.
"Hermione! Wait! I just want to talk to you!"
"about what? How you're an conseeded jerk! How you broke my heart! How you called me a well….you remember. "
"Hermione what I said that day about Dumbledore and what i called you I didn't mean any of it. You said you would do whatever it took to save him, I couldn't live with myself if I let you risk your life to save Dumbledore. I had to do what I did cause you where so upset with me that you forgot about him."
"i`m a big girl I can take care of myself. he died cause we did nothing, and you made me do nothing. You should be ashamed of yourslef."
"ok, maybe it wasn't the best choice…"
"but at least I had a reason and I only had your best intrest at heart."
Hermione rolls her eyes. "I guess so."
"i`m sorry. Please don't make me loose you again." Hermione is silent for a few mintues then she replies.
"ok."
"ok what?"
"I forgive you." Draco hugs her.
"thank you." He whispers.
I NEED YOU THE FANS TO HELP ME CHOOSE WHAT THE SEQUAL WILL BE ABOUT: (a) hermione secertly go out behind ron`s back and cheats on him by going out with doing other things. (b) ron and hermione are always fighting and when hermione needs someone to talk to draco is always there for her. they start to fall in love and hermione leaves ron for , draco. (c) ron and hermione stay together, draco has his wife. and scorpious and rose fall love. (d) some thing as c only istead of rose and scorpious falling in love they become friends and go on some adventure at hogwarts. (e) give your personal story idea. comment your chose PLEASE!