So here is chapter six. This one is a bit longer. I hope it won't bore you :-)

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The weekend finally came and Hermione was still in her bed, pondering what to do. She could spend her day with Ginny, watch her train for her next Quidditch match or she could spend her day in the library, finishing the homework for the following week.

She got up from bed, still wondering what to do when a knock on the door interrupted her from her way to the wardrobe. She went to open the door and was surprised to see Malfoy standing on the other side. He wore an amused expression on his face and Hermione realized that she was still wearing her fluffy pajamas.

"What?" she questioned irritated by the look on his face. He was clearly holding a laugh.

"Um… "He started and then cleared his throat as to dissipate his amusement. "Professor McGonagall asked to see us."

"Oh, "her expression changed at that. "Just give me a second" she said and started to close the door when she saw that his expression changed to amusement once again. She narrowed her eyes at him and asked in a calm voice. "What is it that you find so amusing?"

He noted the calmness in her voice and took it as a warning. He took a step back when she stepped out of her room and started walking towards him. She looked like a lioness chasing her prey in a fluffy pajama with bunnies draped all over them. He chuckled as that image formed in his head and it didn't go unnoticed by her. At that, Hermione took a hold of the pillow from the chair next to her and threw it towards him. He stopped the pillow with zero effort and started laughing as the image in his head grew stronger, but doing so, he missed the book that she threw at him and hit him in the face. He lost his balance from the impact and landed on the floor with a loud bang.

Hermione was startled by the noise and only then she realized what she had done. She hit Malfoy with a book and he was now on the floor, sobbing with the book covering his face. She kneeled next to him and took the book away from his face. She then saw him. He was making an effort to breath as he was sobbing from the laugh.

At that, Hermione dropped back the book irritated and once again it landed on his face. She then returned to her room to get ready for the meeting with her Head of the House and left him on the floor, laughing.

After she took a shower, she put on her muggle clothes for it was weekend and the school uniform wasn't required and then she exited the room. Malfoy, who was waiting for her on the couch, rose on his feet when he saw her emerge from the room. Hermione saw him standing there with a bruise on his forehead. She flinched at the sight.

"Sorry for that" she said as she pointed to the bruise.

He drew his hand to his forehead and then added with a small smile on his face "It's ok, I had it coming, I guess…"

"I think that professor McGonagall is waiting for us…" she said.

"Yes." He replied as he remembered "We should get going."

They walked in silence on the Hogwarts corridors and it was Hermione who finally broke the silence. "They were a present from my mother…" she informed with a slight blush on her face.

"Wha… Oh…" he muttered as he realized what she was talking about and he made efforts to keep that image away and to suppress the chuckle that was building up. He touched the bruise on his forehead and the pain came back as a reminder to what would happen if he didn't behave.

Hermione noticed the torn expression on his face and she realized that he was fighting to hold back his amusement. She sighed dramatically. "You can laugh if you want to… I know I look very childish in those…"

He let out a chuckle and then replied "Sorry…" He wanted to tell her that she didn't look like a child at all, he wanted to describe his image of her, but he refrained himself from doing so.

"I can take care of that bruise for you, if you would like" she informed and wondered why he didn't do it himself by now. Sure he knew how to cure a simple bruise or if not, conceal it.

He thought for a second before answering "Thanks, but I will take care of it…"

"As you wish…" she said thoughtful as they got to the professor's office door.

Malfoy knocked on the door and they were responded with a "Come in!" He opened the door for Hermione and he waited for her to get in before he did the same and closed the door behind him.

McGonagall sat at the desk, sipping from her cup of tea, when they walked in and she wasn't alone. In the left side of the room, at the window, stood professor Snape and he turned to face them when he heard the door close.

"Oh, my…" McGonagall started when she saw the bruise on Draco's face. "What happened to you, Mr. Malfoy?" she inquired concerned and then rose from her desk and went to examine his contusion.

Hermione blushed when Malfoy turned to look at her with an amused expression on his face. "It's nothing, professor, a book fell from the shelf and found its way to my head." He explained and turned to look at her. She looked convinced, but his Head of the House wasn't. He watched both him and Hermione with his permanent scowl on his face. Of course he realized he was lying, but he didn't say anything.

"You should be more careful, dear boy" McGonagall told him concerned.

"I will," he said as he turned his head to look at Hermione once more "Thank you for your concern, professor."

McGonagall returned to sit at her desk and encouraged them to sit down on the chairs in front of her desk. They did just that and then the professor started "I'm sure you wonder why I called you here today." At that, they both nodded and she continued" Well, I should have informed you more quickly, but I was told that some of the prefects will take care of this. As you know, every weekend the students are allowed to visit Hogsmeade, but only with the allowance of their parents." They nodded again. "I was told that today, a couple of prefects will come with us, but their Quidditch practice wouldn't allow it and that is why I asked for you two. I think it is only normal for the Head Girl and Boy to watch over the little ones, along with the joining teachers, of course."

"Of course we will help, professor," Hermione assured her quickly. "It is our duty, after all."

"I'm happy to hear that, Miss Granger" the woman said with a smile. "Mr. Malfoy? Are you on the same page?" she inquired.

"Of course, professor." He assured her. The old Draco would certainly not enjoy looking after the little horrors, but he wanted to show everybody that he was changed and he could be trusted.

"Well then, that's settled. We will meet in about ten minutes outside the castle. You can go get ready. I and professor Snape here will join you on the trip. "

Hermione's eyes darted to the Potions Master and they locked eyes. She wondered how did her Head of the House convince him to go on the trip. He sure didn't like looking out after all those dunderheads. His frown deepened and she finally looked away from him, sitting up from the chair.

On their way back to the dorm, Hermione met Ginny who was also making her way back to her dorm.

"Hermione! I'm glad to find you. Can I have a word with you?" she said as she glanced at Malfoy who was waiting for Hermione.

"Sure." She said and then turned to Malfoy: "I'll meet you outside the castle".

"As you wish" he replied and walked away.

"What's going on, Ginny? I thought you will be practicing all day" Hermione started as she saw the Slytherin walk away.

"I was going to, but then I got a note from Harry. He said he will be in Hogsmeade today and ha wants to meet us." She said animated.

"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed "Is he coming alone?" she inquired. She really didn't want to face Ron.

"I don't know…" the redhead replied with a sad look on her face. "Hermione, I'm sorry about my brother…"

Hermione interrupted her "Don't worry, Ginny, it's not your fault. And maybe it's better this way.". "It really is better this way." she thought. "Oh. I almost forgot. I must watch over the students on the trip, but I hope that we will be able to meet there…"

"I hope we will. Harry said that he will be staying at the Three Broomsticks Inn. Meet us there?"

"Sure. I must be going. See you outside." Hermione replied and she started walking to her dorm. When she got there, she put another sweater on and then exited the room. Once again, Malfoy was waiting for her.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, let's go. We will be late…" she replied and they made their way to the front of the Castle where everybody was waiting.

"Ah, there they are" McGonagall informed as she laid eyes on them. "Hermione, you and Mr. Malfoy will have to watch over the first years and we will take over the rest."

"Of course, professor" she assured her.

"Now, students, as you were informed, you have the entire afternoon to walk around and visit, but please behave and don't put us in the position to escort you back. I don't think professor Snape would enjoy that." She said as she glanced to Snape.

"No, I would not." He said, emphasizing the last word and looking over the students with a scowl.

Hermione rolled her eyes at his successful attempt to scare them and his eyes stopped exactly on her.

"Now let's go, children, and please stay close. Don't get too far away." McGonagall started and with that, the group started moving.

Draco went to join professor McGonagall in the front of the group as Hermione stayed back, watching as the last of the students came from the Great Door and ran to his fellow students. Hermione stayed there a couple of seconds to see if there were any other students behind schedule, but she turned on her heels and walked away when nobody came and almost crashed into Snape as she took off. She didn't see him as he also stayed back to see if there were any delayers.

"Professor! I didn't see you standing there." She excused herself.

"I'm sure you have not." He said incredulous and he started walking.

She walked away as well and she got to him. He didn't turn his head to look at her and they walked together in silence. Hermione expected him to snarl at her and tell her to go away, but he did nothing of that. Instead, he just asked, without looking at her: "I see that you managed to… damage my godson."

Hermione widened her eyes at that. Surely Malfoy hadn't told him… "I did nothing of a kind." She lied.

"Keep your lies for your Head of the House, Miss Granger. Draco is a poor liar. And you are an even awful one." He replied, this time he turned his head to look in her eyes with a smirk on his face.

Hermione blushed slightly as he held his gaze. "It wasn't my intention to hurt him" she assured him.

He only snorted doubtful at that.

"It wasn't!" she said as she got in front of him, stopping him from his path and crossed her arms at her chest. She watched him with a stern look on her face.

"Are you planning to harm me as well, Miss Granger?" he asked with a sneer and he also crossed his arms at his chest, waiting.

She watched him and she found herself intimidated by his demeanor. She lowered her arms, blushing slightly and she let him pass.

He snorted and walked past her, muttering something about "not having the nerves…", but Hermione let that go without a fight and started following him.

Everyone scattered in the village as they got there and Hermione went over to where Draco was standing.

"I have something to do… can you please watch over the students for about ten minutes?" she asked with a smile on her face. She had to see Harry.

He pondered for a second before answering "Sure… take your time." He hoped that she didn't though. He really didn't like babysitting.

"Thanks. See you later." She said and then walked away from him and headed to the Three Broomsticks Inn.

When she got to the Inn, she didn't have time to look around as Harry spotted her first "Hermione!" he exclaimed and then ran over to her and gave her a tight hug. "Oh, I missed you so much!" he said.

"I missed you too, Harry." She managed to say from his unyielding hug and she made an effort to breathe.

Harry noticed that and led go of her with an embarrassed look on his face "Sorry for that…"

Hermione let out a chuckle "It's ok…" and they headed to the table where Ginny was standing. Hermione was thankful that Ron hadn't come along too.

"So, Harry, how's your training going?" Hermione asked him as they were seated at the table.

He sighed before responding "It's great, but I hate to be so far away from the people I love… I missed you two so much."

"But you're here now" Ginny started and she hugged him tightly.

"Hermione, have you heard from Ron?" Harry asked concerned.

"No, and I am a bit worried. I haven't heard from him in a while… I hope he is ok." She said thoughtful.

"I don't think you should worry about him, Mione. I love him, but what he did was wrong. And I talked to him and he is doing just fine, so you should stop worrying about him."

"Harry is right, Hermione. You shouldn't worry about my idiotic brother." Ginny replied as well, fire burning in her eyes.

"You are probably right, but we've all been trough so much together… I can't help it."

"I know." Harry simply replied.

They sat there and talked, but when Hermione glanced to the watch and saw that fifteen minutes have passed, she rose to her feet. "I'm sorry, but I have to go. It is my duty to look after the younger students and it doesn't seem fair to let Malfoy do my job too."

"I understand, Mione" Harry said.

"I hope to see you soon, Harry" she replied as she gave him a hug.

"I hope so too."

"Sorry to keep you waiting" Hermione told Draco as she took her place on the bench next to him.

"It's ok. My presence wasn't required anywhere anyway. How is he?" he questioned.

"Harry?" she asked and he only nodded. "He is fine, he's on break from the Auror training and he's come to pay us a visit."

"Did he come alone?"

"Yes…" she answered.

When the afternoon was finally over and it was time to head back to the castle, everybody gathered around for professor McGonagall to go through the list of students. When the examination was over, all the students being presents, they finally headed back to Hogwarts. When they got there it was an early evening so the most of them went directly to the Great Hall for dinner. Hermione did the same for she was starving.

When she returned to her room, Hermione put her cozy pajamas on and started doing her homework for the following week. She started making her Charms project, but halfway into it she realized that she needed more information so she scanned her bookshelves to find something useful. She found something, but it still wasn't enough. Hermione exhaled frustrated and she pondered what to do. She could finish the Charms project tomorrow or… She shot a quick glance at the table where Harry's Cloak and Map were standing. Or she could go to the library now.

It was ten thirty in the evening and Hermione was pacing back and forth in her room, unsure of what to do. She remembered Snape's muttered words about "Not having the nerves" and she was finally certain of what to do. She opened the Map and scanned for any night walkers. On the far end of the castle she could see Filch's and Mrs. Norris's footsteps. They were too far away and on another floor. In his office, Headmaster Dumbledore was pacing back and forth as always. She scanned the map for somebody else when something else caught her eye. On the fifth floor, in an unknown room to her, the footsteps of Draco Malfoy could be seen. He wasn't moving. He was just… standing there. He watched for a couple of minutes, starting to get a little worried by his unmoving footprints, when he finally turned and left. About five minutes later, the door outside could be heard and she saw that he had returned and headed to his room. She inspected the Map a little more for signs of the Potions Master and she saw him in his office, at his desk.

She exhaled relieved, she put the cloak on and then slowly exited the room, not making any sound as she did so. In about five minutes she found herself in the library, surrounded by books. She went to the Charms section and found what she needed. She wanted to stay and explore some more, but she decided against it so she exited the library and headed back to her rooms. On her way back, she opened her map under the cloak and she checked it for any signs of threat.

She noticed that Snape wasn't in his office anymore and he was on the same floor as she, he was heading towards her corridor. Hermione turned on her heels to find another way back when she saw on the Map, not too far away, three pair of footsteps. She recognized the names of three Gryffindor first years and she started panicking. If Snape caught them, the house would lose a large amount of points and they would probably scratch cauldrons until Merlin knows when. She acted on the spot and jogged quickly to them. They looked frightened when Hermione lowered the Cloak and only her head could be seen so she took it off.

"What are you doing here at this time? Are you not aware of the curfew?" She asked unyielding. She was angry at their foolishness.

"W…We were j…just…" one of them started terrified, but just then a pair of footsteps could be heard in the far end of the corridor and Hermione sopped the boy by pressing her index finger on her lips.

"Shhhh. Take this and go back to your tower immediately. Do. Not. Make. Any. Sound. I will come tomorrow to retrieve it. Understood?" she told them as she covered them in her Cloak, leaving herself exposed to the chilly air of the castle. She hid her Map underneath her blouse and reached for where the boys sat, with the book still in her hand. There was nothing. She exhaled in relief and she made a promise that she would castigate them herself for their imprudence.

Hermione took a step forward. Her heart was racing so fast that she could hear only it's beating. She stopped to listen for any signs of footsteps, but nothing could be heard. Suddenly, she heard someone clearing his throat behind her, making her jolt and she turned to face him. She saw Snape on the Map earlier so she wasn't surprised to see him standing there, but he still startled her.

"We meet again, Miss Granger. And after curfew still. Care to explain why is it that I find you here at this late hour, dressed in… that?" he started with a smirk on his face.

Hermione blushed when she realized that she was wearing her fluffy pajamas that her mother gave her and she remembered the incident with Malfoy from that morning. She grinned at the thought proudly. Maybe he did deserve it. Nobody messed with her cozy night-clothes. She was distracted from her thoughts when he once more cleared his throat loudly.

"I am sorry, Sir. I wanted to finish a project and I didn't have sufficient information so…"

"So you thought you should break a few rules to finish a paper that could very well wait until tomorrow." He interrupted.

"Well, I thought…" she started but she was once again interrupted.

"You obviously did not think" he cut shortly. "And care to enlighten me about your… choice of clothes? Last time I checked, the school uniform wasn't draped in…stuffed animals."

She narrowed her eyes in frustration. He was making fun of her fluffy night-clothes. "My… choice of clothes is the reason your godson is now *damaged*."

He took a step forward at that and inquired in his low baritone voice: "Are you threatening me, Miss Granger?" He seemed amused.

"No, Sir, I was merely stating a fact." She responded bluntly, looking directly into his eyes.

"I see… ", he said thoughtful and then continued "And what will you choose? Deducted points or detention?"

She sighed "I think you already know my answer, professor."

"Detention it is, then. Monday at seven sharp, Miss Granger." He informed as he stormed off.

"Yes, Sir" she sighed once more and she headed back. She had enough adventures for one day.