A/N: Sorry if I begin to confuse you with the POVs, I've always had trouble sticking to just one view point throughout my school year writings.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, though I wish I did!

Draco looked at Hermione expectantly, "Well, is there anything you'd like to know about, right off the bat?" he asked.

Hermione looked back at him, "Is there a library here?"

"Ah, I can tell you're a book nerd, much like myself. Yes, there's a library with magical books in it, here at Hogwarts. There's easily 10,000 books in the library."

Hermione's jaw dropped, to which he smirked. "Judging by your expression, I'll make the library our last stop so that McGonagall doesn't do anything to me when she next returns and finds we've only been to one place."

Hermione nodded her head, He had a point there...

Draco pointed to the pair of double doors, "Ready to take a tour around the school?"

Hermione looked upward once they were in the staircases and gulped, pleading that she wouldn't be a klutz and trip on a staircase that would mean immediate death if she fell…

"Right, so I've been warned to stay away from the west wing on the third floor; other than that, we're free to roam the castle."

"By now I should've woken up… Why am I sleeping so long?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, um, nothing! I just have this habit of speaking my thoughts in a whispered tone…"

"Do you write? Sometimes your words seem like you'd be a writer."

"Actually, I do a little writing, but it's not really good. I prefer fantasy stories, but… fantasy was fiction a week ago, now I'm not so sure… Are there unicorns and leprechauns and fairies?"

"Yes, yes, and yes. I'm big on fantasy, too, and every creature written in those books is real."

"Even the dragons and Cyclops's?"

"I've never heard of a real cyclops... but dragons are definitely real. I have a pet one at home. Evening, Mr. Filch." Draco looked wearily at a man in a sort of pirate suit that was holding the red-eyed cat that Professor Tabby had been speaking to in the entrance hall.

Hermione repeated the gesture to the strange man and Draco pulled her by her forearm into an empty hallway after he was a couple steps behind them.

"Beware of him. That man is meaner then the witch from The Wizard of Oz."

She smiled at his reference, "Do witches and wizards really melt when touched by water?"

"Oh yes, we can't bathe. Adult wizards and witches must perform spells to get rid of the dirt." He winked at her and continued, "That's the main reason we don't have a swim team."

They went back to the stairs and kept ascending.

"So there are sports teams at Hogwarts?"

"Only one: Quidditch. Ah, first stop- the owlery." He said as they reached an opening to the roof where a gazebo with owls in it was huddled all by itself. "The standard way to send word to magical beings outside of Hogwarts is by Owl Post. All you do is write the letter, call down an owl, and strap the letter to it's ankle. Like so:" He showed Hermione the proper way and then had her try. No owls were intrigued to come down, so he decided to have Hermione have another go tomorrow morning.

He then showed Hermione nearly all of the halls and pointed out general areas to where the school's house common rooms were.

"And last, but obviously not least, the library." He pointed his hand toward a room that said
"LIBRARY" on top of the double-doors. He held the door open for her and she walked in, mouth agape at the room's interior.

"No. Way." was all that she could say. There were bookshelves 20 shelfs high and over 30 of them were placed around the room. There were tables set in left side, and the circulation desk was on the right.

Her chest was heaving in and out with excitement- her other school's library only had about 150 books in it, and she'd finished them by the end of her first month at the school. Now she'd be able to learn about magic and actually have choices in books to read!

"When are these available for check-out?" She exclaimed.

A woman came over and said, "You'll have to wait until the start-of-term feast has ended. I'm Madam Pince, the librarian."

Hermione shook her hand, noting to the lady that she'd be in there every day.

It had been two hours since they'd begun the trip, so Malfoy got behind her and pushed her out of the library, though doing it in a kind way. "Well, at least I'll know where to find you if I need you…" Malfoy said after they'd gone down a flight of stairs.

Hermione nodded her head in agreement.

A/N: Tell me what you think! I'm really loving this ship and hope that I'm doing it justice. I'll be staying mostly true to the books once the school years begin. I know what I'll be writing for the next few chapters, but eventually I'll be needing your help! Stay tuned for the next few chapters.

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