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Chapter 21

"What?" Hermione asked as she walked towards him. Draco inwardly sighed in relief.

"I thought you…nevermind. What were you doing?" he asked.

"Just walking around with Onii-sama," Hermione said. "I woke up before you and Onii-sama came by. I didn't want to wake you, so we came outside," Hermione explained.

"Oh…uh…Mione?" Draco asked.

"What?"

"Please don't EVER do that again."

"What's the big deal?"

"I thought you guys went back…ya know…to your home," Draco said.

"You don't have to worry about that," Hermione said.

"I don't?" Draco asked.

"Of course not! I would tell you before I left," Hermione said with a reassuring grin. Draco sweat dropped. That wasn't what he thought she meant. And that really wasn't what he hoped she was going to say.

"What?" Hermione asked.

"Oh nothing," Draco said. Hermione looked at him confusedly. She didn't believe him, but she decided to not dwell on it.

"Whatever," Hermione said as she rolled her eyes. She turned around and walked towards Aldon. Draco lazily followed her.

'Keep it together girl! So what if he was worried that we were leaving! To him, I'm nothing but a pet! Of course he would be worried if his pet left! Besides, HE is waiting for you!' Hermione yelled at herself. Her plan for the next few days was simple. Keep Draco out. She would have to be cold and uncaring. It would be hard, but it was the only thing she could do.

'Jeez, you idiot! Go ahead! Get your hopes up only to get them smashed! She gonna leave and there's nothing you can do about it!' Draco yelled at himself. He knew she was going to leave and he knew he couldn't really stop her. He had to accept the fact that his familiar was going to leave and never come back. No he had to accept the fact that Hermione was going to leave and never come back. But it was just too hard. The thought of her leaving mad him angry and made him feel lonely and betrayed.

"Imouto," Aldon said.

"H-hai?" Hermione asked slightly startled by being brought out of her thoughts so suddenly.

"We should leave tomorrow," Aldon said.

"Hai," Hermione said. A hint of sadness crept into her voice and it didn't pass Aldon.

Draco followed his vampire familiar and her brother. He suddenly realized Aldon didn't have cat ears or a tail like Hermione, and curiosity got the better of him.

"Hey, Aldon-sama," Draco said.

"What do you want, human trash?" Aldon said. Draco's eye twitch. No. He would not be baited by HIM.

"Why don't you have cat ears like Hermione?" Draco asked with a touch a hatred slipping into his voice. Aldon didn't miss it and neither did Hermione.

"He does," Hermione said.

"What?" Draco asked. Were they just trying to confuse him? Because it was working.

"Onii-sama does have cat ears. He just prefers to keep them hidden by using magic," Hermione said.

"What does he look like with cat ears?" Draco asked with a small smirk. He could just imagine it. The big, bad, scary Aldon with cat ears and a bow on his tail. Draco had to force himself not to laugh.

"He's super cute!" Hermione said with a giggle. It was true. Aldon with cat ears equals pure cuteness, which is exactly why he preferred to keep his ears and tail hidden.

"I would so love to see that," Draco said with a chuckle. Oh that would be a sight.

"No," Aldon said simply.

"Aw come on Onii-sama! You look so cute!" Hermione said.

"Yeah "Onii-sama"! Show us your true form!" Draco couldn't help but tease.

"No," Aldon said again. Like hell he would show that human scum his true form! Besides if that idiot (obviously meaning Draco) saw Aldon's true form, he would pee himself. 'Now that's a thought,' Aldon thought with a smirk. See how much Hermione liked Draco after he peed himself.

"Did you hear? They wanna charge the prince for stealing the Staff," some random student said.

"What? That's stupid! The thief was obviously a girl!" the other random student said.

"I heard that they think he used magic to turn himself into a girl to get away with it," the first student said. Draco froze at the first mention of the prince, but he was moving faster than ever after he heard that. He had to clear the prince's name.

"Mione," Draco said.

"I know," Hermione said as she turned around to face him. "What do we do first?" she asked.

"Find Prince Henry," Draco said.

Hermione nodded and said, "I can do that. I'll bring him to your room," Hermione said.

"'Your' room?" Draco questioned. Hermione ignored him and disappeared.

Draco decided to forget it for now. First he had to clear Henry's name. Then he could figure out what was wrong with Hermione. She could deny it all she wanted, but he knew something was up. Ever since she got out of the infirmary she'd been acting weird. She avoided him, barely talked to him unless he started a fight. But even then she would stop the fight a few minutes in. She was pushing him away and he didn't know why. He thought maybe it had something to do with her returning to her home soon. But was that it? Was that all? Or was there something else wrong with her?

Draco talked around to find out what was going on. Obviously it wasn't Prince Henry. He knew it wasn't. Prince Henry was kind and caring. He couldn't steal anything. And Draco swore not to tell, but Henry was never very good at magic. He knew the basics, but he just wasn't a wizard. He was more of a sword fighter. And why would Henry steal something like the Staff of Destruction? None of it made sense.

When Draco finished, he walked towards his room to wait for Hermione and Henry. Only, they were already there. When Draco opened the door he saw Henry holding Hermione with their faces mere inches apart. They were staring into each other's eyes. Hermione was blushing.

"What's going on here?" Draco asked. Henry and Hermione both jumped. Henry let go of Hermione and they took a few steps away from each other. Henry was laughing nervously and Hermione was looking at the wall while her face turned bright red.

End of chap 21! Hope ya like it! I know it's short, but I'm fighting with the dreaded writer's block! DX And I'm losing! This short chap took DAYS to write! T-T So please R&R! Luv ya! =^^=