A/N: Thank you all for your reviews and fav/alert adds, you all are amazing. Again, thanks to Jessierose85 for the idea, and to Moonrose91, my beta for the story, you two are the best. Anyway, here is a very long overdue chapter, please read and review!

Chapter 18: Confessions

Hermione waited until Saturday just like Severus had suggested and when Gryffindor won against the Ravenclaw team, it was almost too good to be true, she knew that when the boys won, they were in a good mood. She pulled them aside from the group and led the three to the lake.

"Hermione, what's up?"

Hermione took a deep breath, "We are friends right?"

"Yeah," all three answered.

"Friends don't keep secrets right?"

"Um… Yeah," now the three were really confused, "Hermione what's going on?" Ginny asked.

"Well, I have thought of you three as family since first year; I think it's been a hard month."

"Why?"

"I have been keeping something to myself for a while."

"What?"

"Harry, Ron, do you remember when I freaked out about that article on the train?"

"The one about Karkaroff?"

"Yeah, well that wasn't about him at all."

"Who was it about?" Ron asked.

"Malfoy."

"Draco?"

"No Lucius was outed as a spy against You-Know-Who and is now a target. I didn't know why it hit me so hard but it did, so I lied about it, I didn't know how you would react if I came right out. SO I went to Snape after the welcome feast and wanted to talk to him about it, but he was already talking to the whole Malfoy family."

"Wow, so what did you do?" Ginny asked.

"I don't really remember, I had a memory of me as a little girl and I guess I said 'Mia Bear' and passed out. Since then, they have believed that I was their lost child."

"That's crazy Hermione; you could have told us that!" Ron said laughing.

Hermione looked at him sternly and continued, "It turns out its true."

"WHAT?!" Ron asked, "Oh I get it, it's a joke, good one Hermione."

"Ronald I am serious, god daughter to Blaise's father, Daughter to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy! I am Draco's twin sister,"

"SO you have been lying to us."

"I'm sorry Ron," Hermione now had tears in her eyes.

"No I won't listen to this; you cannot be related to that ferret. Unless you tell me that you are joking, I don't want anything to do with you!" Ron was really angry now.

"RON!" Ginny cried.

"NO GIN, SHE LIED TO US!" Ron stormed off to the castle.

Hermione looked at Harry, "Harry, Gin please, understand that I didn't want it to get this far, I just wanted answers first, please believe me."

Ginny laid a hand upon her friends shoulder and walked away.

"Harry?"

"Hermione, you just need to give us time, we just found out that you are related to our enemy, we just need time."

"Please don't hate me."

"I don't, please just give me time." He too walked away. Hermione collapsed upon the grass and cried like she was dying, they hated her and she knew it, the bridge had finally been burned.

Hermione was heartbroken but as soon as her tears subsided she walked back to the castle and didn't talk to anyone, she entered the Gryffindor Tower and simply planned on grabbing her books and heading to her room, however, fate had other plans. She entered the room to Ron rallying everyone up:

"She has lied to us and is in line with the Slytherines, she cannot be trusted," Ron said.

The Gryffindors were quiet, but she knew that he was talking about her because someone made note and attempted to get Ron to shut up. "No Let her hear, I don't trust her, she shouldn't be allowed to be around us, she could be in alignment with you know who, she could be plotting against us all."

"Ron maybe you should get the facts before you assume such a horrible thing." Hermione said calmly.

"Oh and how do we know that you don't bare the mark?"

Hermione lifted her sleeves and showed her bare arms. "You could be using a charm to cover it."

"Finite incatartem." Nothing. "See Ron? I am not in league with him."

"Well I say you can't be trusted."

"Fine." She walked up to her room grabbed her bags and dashed to the library, determined not to cry in front of Ron. She ran into the library and found a table open in the corner where she wouldn't be disturbed. She didn't know how long she sat there just staring at her book but the tears soon freely fell upon the page, she cried until there wasn't anything left, but she continued to stare at the page.

"Hermione?" a voice broke her thoughts.

"Oh hi Blaise," Hermione quickly wiped her face and looked at him.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I… I'm alright."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Hermione shook her head feeling the tears threaten their presence again. "Well if you ever want to talk, you know where to find me." He turned to leave.

"Blaise wait." He turned around and looked at her. "I told them."

"So… How did they take it?"

"Obviously not well." Blaise sat and she told her side of the story and what Ron had said. "I just don't know what to do, this is too much, I knew it would happen and yet I did it anyway."

"I'm going to hex him."

"No you won't, so far he is the only one who has verbally turned against me, the others are in shock, and I don't need you all going after them and then I lose them all."

"Ok, I'll wait."

"Thank you."

"Do you feel better?" Blaise asked after a moment.

"A bit," she smiled.

"Look, I know that you don't trust us too well in Slytherin but I think that it is fair to say that we will be there for you, every step of the way."

"Thanks Blaise," he pulled her into a hug and then he escorted her to the Great Hall, where they gained a lot of attention, "I think it would be best if I sat with the Gryffindores."

"Alright, but if they give you any trouble you just say the word and we are on them."

Hermione chuckled, "Ok I'll keep that in mind." And they parted ways.

It had been a week since Hermione had told the boys and Ginny about her true heritage, and not one of them had talked to her yet. She wasn't panicked as much as she was hurt, they were her friends, they were supposed to be supportive, but she didn't feel supported, it killed her. She had spent numerous nights studying and oblivious to the world around her, she didn't even notice that she was being watched…

A/N: Duhn Duhn Duhn…. CLIFFY HAHAHA Please read and review!