When Hermione opened her eyes after landing she saw a big cottage. It was built of dark wood and there was a sparkling lake behind it. She was actually surprised; she expected to come to some dark place hidden in a forest.

"Suitable?" Lucius asked.

Hermione looked at him, "Yes, it will do,"

"Shall we head in then?" Narcissa asked.

"Of course," Hermione said walking forwards. She walked up to the door and turned the gold handle, opening the door. She flicked her wand and lights popped on. She slowly glanced around at the place.

The living room was decorated in black leather couches and a plush green carpet. A portrait of Draco hung above the fireplace along with a family picture of Draco, Lucius and Narcissa. The curtains were the same shade of green as the carpet.

"Did you ever actually bring anyone here Draco?" Hermione asked.

"Of course, Blaise has been here many times… along with Crabbe and Goyal."

"How do the protection charms around the place work uncle Lucius?"

"Escorted by a Malfoy or by invitation only. Plus only those who know about it can see it."

"Like the secret keeping charm,"

"Exactly, but this charm requires no secret keeper," Hermione nodded her head, "Draco why don't you show Hermione around?"

"Yes father," Draco said. Hermione followed behind Draco as he led her to a flight of stairs that twisted upwards in a circle.

"Fancy place for a teenager… ever throw any big parties here Draco?" Hermione asked.

"Once… it got a little out of hand and someone nearly drowned in the lake. Too much firewhiskey,"

Hermione chuckled, "And who was this individual?"

"Derek," Draco said as he reached the landing at the top of the stairs and led Hermione down a dark hallway, dimly lit by flickering candles. "he was trying to be tough by taking three shots at once… then go swimming."

"Some reason I'm not surprised," Hermione muttered.

"Tell me," Draco said opening a door to reveal a room decorated in dark blue, "What happened between the two of you earlier?"

"Don't press my patience Draco," Hermione hissed, "What happened concerns only Derek and I,"

"This is your room," Draco said dropping the subject, "Your things are here already."

Hermione flicked her wand and made her things separate and go either on a bookshelf or in the closet. The papers of plans landed on the desk in a neat pile.

"You may go Draco; contact me, however, if we hear from any of the Zabini's about the forest."

"Yes Mistress," Draco muttered and walked out.

Hermione watched him out until the door shut behind him. She lay back on her bed sighing deeply. Things had just got a lot more complicated. She couldn't show in front of others but the Order had messed everything up. Sure they under estimated her not to figure it all out but what if she hadn't? What would've happened if they had attacked when they first found out about all of it? She doubted she'd get Azkaban again; they'd kill her on the spot. She sighed again. There was also the Derek problem.

It wasn't top priority to deal with him though. She had a little while before that had to be dealt with. She had to figure out what she was going to do about the attacks. They really couldn't wait that much longer. She had planned for it to be done within about three weeks but with this new development it would have to be done sooner. She sighed in frustration again, there wasn't nearly enough time. She couldn't train all of her Death Eaters for this. Most of them didn't have a clue how to duel!

She sat up and stared at the papers lying on the desk. She and Draco had been planning for a little while. Her gaze moved towards the bookshelf. All the dark curses she had, the other side didn't know about. She had an advantage. Then, of course, she had the Minister under her power. Well, under Narcissa's control but it counted as hers. She could still use him to get into Hogwarts and the Ministry. She will pull this off within a week.

Determination flared up within Hermione and she grabbed some parchment and a quill and wrote out new ideas, new plans, ways to get this to work. She had to get it to work.

She wrote everything she had down, then she went out in search of Narcissa.

"Aunt Cissy, I need you," Hermione said finding her in the kitchen.

"Alright Hermione… do you have any clue how to work this thing?" She asked pointing to a stove, "There are now House Elves here and I can't summon any, they don't know where the place is. I've never cooked a day in my life either."

"We can worry about that later; right now I need you to write to Shacklebolt… we need him to connect the Death Eater employees to floo in their office and apparition permission as well. Also a way to subdue McGonagall so we can enter the school with no complications."

"Who are the Death Eaters who work at the Ministry again?"

"Chairleng is one I know of…"

"Which department?" Narcissa asked writing on parchment already.

"Law enforcement I believe,"

"Is he helping then? With the hunt on you and all?"

"As far as I know he has nothing to do with that," Hermione said as she starting listing the others who worked at the Ministry, "And be sure no one else reads this, makes sure he burns it afterwards so it doesn't get into the wrong hands. If Potter found this… we'd be in big shit." Narcissa nodded and sent the letter off.

"You seem in a better mood then before," Narcissa noted.

"Yes, I've been able to turn this situation around. Any news from the Zabini's yet?"

"No, but Draco and Lucius are out in the yard at the moment making sure the protections are still in place."

"Do the Ministry know of this place?"

"No, this placed was kept very secret. Lucius used his influence at the Ministry when he worked there to keep it private. Anyone who knew of it, was killed, all evidence destroyed."

"Very well,"

"There's nothing to worry about Hermione," Narcissa said.

"Oh I'm not worried," Hermione said, "In fact, this works as an advantage to us."

Narcissa looked puzzled but Hermione didn't offer up any explanation as she went to complete her new plans.

A/N: Well as promised I got another chapter up! I have a lot of free time this weekend and next week as well (I have Thursday and Friday off school) so I'm hoping… maybe… hopefully… to get another 2 chapters up. I have no idea how many chapters there will be in this story but I suspect that there will only be another 5-10 chapters… anyways hope you enjoyed and please review!