A/N: Hope that you enjoyed the last chapter! This is the last chapter before they are leaving, and I'm thrilled that they soon are going to the Institute. I and my wonderful beta, Freakyella, have some wonderful ideas about what is going to happen there during their four months. So since I'm going away tomorrow again, I will not update in mayby 4-5 days. Just so you know!

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14th November

Draco woke up early that morning. Still feeling horrible for calling Hermione a mudblod. He didn't really know why he felt so upset. It wasn't like him to regret things that he'd done. He saw that the others in his dormitory still were asleep, so he quietly dressed and walked out to the common room. As expected the common room was empty. He walked through it and headed towards the Great Hall for some breakfast. He could really use some bacon, scrambled eggs and sausage right now. Food always made him feel better, so why shouldn't help this time? When he walked in, the room was empty except on one person, his Headmaster. "God morning Mr. Malfoy" Dumbledore greeted him as he walked to the Slytherin table.

"God morning Professor" he said, hoping that this would be the only phrases they would tell each other. But as always when it came to his Headmaster, he was wrong.

"Why don't you come and sit over here, I have never liked eating breakfast alone" Dumbledore said truly. It was not like Draco could decline this offer, so he walked with heavy steps up to the teachers table.

"You want me to sit at the teachers' table, professor?" he asked. He had never seen a student sit at the teachers table before.

"Yes, if you don't want to sit at the floor of course." His headmaster said with a glimpse in his eyes. He took the seat next on Dumbledore's right side, which were McGonagall's seat.

"So Mr. Malfoy" Dumbledore began. "What brings you up to breakfast so early" he asked with true interest in his voice. It was a bit weird that Dumbledore always seemed so interested in what he had to say.

"Well, I had some trouble sleeping and then I woke up early so I decided to go and eat." And what about you Professor, why do you eat breakfast this early?" he asked, just to be polite. He didn't really give a shit.

"I need to prepare a couple of things before we travel tomorrow you see. " Dumbledore explained.

"Oh I see" Draco said and with that phrase killed the conversation. Then someone just entered the Great Hall. Oh, fuck, it was Granger. She looked up at them and froze. Then a smirk started to grow on her lips.

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When she entered the Great Hall she saw a very funny site. Malfoy and Dumbledore eating breakfast together! Malfoy looked very uncomfortable and she couldn't help that a smirk started to grow on her lips. The smirk did though disappear as fast as it had grown when professor Dumbledore asked her to join them. She slowly walked through the Great Hall and up to the teachers table where she sat down on Dumbledore's left side.

"What are you going to eat Miss Granger?" Dumbledore started the conversation.

"I'll think I have orange juice and some scramble eggs and bacon. As soon as she had said it, it stood in front of her. She had to admit that she was impressed.

"Oh that looks just delicious" Dumbledore said. "Or what do you think Mr. Malfoy?"

"Yeah, it looks really good" Malfoy said without even looking at her plate. She looked closer at him, he stared down at his plate and looked kind of sorry. Maybe he regretted what he had said yesterday. Before she could sink deeper in her thoughts Dumbledore asked

"Are you looking forward to go to Aradia Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger?" She knew that he could feel the tension in the room as good as her.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to it. I did not do it in the beginning thought. But now when I have let it sink in and really thought about it, I think it's going to be very interesting. "she said quickly before Malfoy could answer. She then started a conversation with Dumbledore about how wonderful her room was. A conversation Malfoy didn't really could participate in.

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Later that day, Hermione sat in the same classroom as she had exactly two weeks ago. Of the twenty students that were going Hermione knew the most of them, at least by name. Dean, Seamus, Lavender and Parvati were the ones from Gryffindor. From Hufflepuff there were Hannah Abbot, Susan Bones, the git Zacharias Smith, Ernie Macmillan and some girl she had never seen before. From Ravenclaw were Parvati's twin sister Padma, Anthony Goldstein and two other boys. And from Slytherin were Blaise, Malfoy, a girl called Tracey Davies and Malcolm Baddock and a girl she recognized but didn't remember her name. She had some friends, but none that could compare with Harry, Ron and Ginny. Blaise and her Gryffindor friends were the only one that she really could say she knew. This was probably going to be four long months…

Professor Dumbledore had called them into one last meeting before the departure tomorrow. Today he was going to tell us how we were going to travel Sweden. I looked at Dean, or looked up at him would describe the situation better since he was almost 6 feet tall, who sat next to me and started talking about the trip. We hadn't talked very long before professor Dumbledore started talking.

"God Afternoon" He greeted us. "I think that you are all excited about the exchange program and a bit nervous too. Manny of you have asked us teachers how we are going to get to The Aradia Institute. And with good reasons, it is a long way, and we did not want the transportation to be boring. So, we are going to travel to Sweden with the Flightbus." At those words, many of the wizardborn students looked really excited. Hermione had no idea what the Flightbus could be. Or it was quite obvious that it was a flying bus, but she had never heard of it before. It would definitely be an interesting sight!

"To you who don't know what the Flightbus is" Dumbledore continued "it is a flying bus, similar to the Knightbus, except that it flies instead of driving." Oh, maybe it wasn't so interesting anymore, if the Flightbus were anything like the Knightbus, she would definitely not enjoy the ride. She raised her hand.

"Yes, Miss Granger"

"How long is the flight going to take, professor?" she asked.

"Well, since the Institute is located in the north of Sweden, the driver, Mr. Makepeace, thinks that the journey will take about 12 hours." Dumbledore explained kindly. "We will" Yes, I'll be traveling with you. "We will be leaving exactly at 8 pm and arrive approximately at 8 am. So we are going to sleep in the bus. I think that was all I had to say. Now off you go" Dumbledore ended the meeting.

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Traveling with the Flightbus could definitely be remarkable. He had always wanted to try, but Malfoys' did not travel with public transports. He looked at Blaise who looked positively surprised.

"Exiting" was all he had to say about this. And Draco silently agreed with his best friend. He saw how Granger walked up to Blaise, gave him a impolite glance before asking if they should go to their quarters. Even though he knew Granger was angry at him and it would not make her any less angry with him, he couldn't help saying: "Oh what a lovely idea Granger. Thanks for inviting me" He smirked when he saw her annoyed facial expression.

"What's wrong with you two?" Blaise asked with a touch of irritation "I thought you were friends"

"Pfft" It came from Granger. "I thought we were, but little Malfoy showed me that we weren't." When she had spoken those words, she quickly left the classroom and walked without Blaise to their section.