Disclaimer on 1st page.

Harry, Ginny, Draco, and I got a "horseless" carriage to ourselves. Ginny just snuggled into Harry's embrace while I did the same to Draco. We were told as we were getting off the train to go to the headmasters office as soon as we got to Hogwarts. It was a silent trip for us, Ginny and I just glancing up at each other while the boys looked out the windows. We were some of the first students to reach the castle, so there wasn't really a crowd to push through to get to the headmasters office. Professor Snape was waiting for us at the statue since we didn't know this years password. As we walked the stairs to the headmasters office we heard a man yelling at a woman who was crying. We walked in and the head master, Professor Mcgonagall, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were sitting there.

"Hermione what happened to your mouth?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Ron hit me really hard, but I'll be fine. Don't worry." I said with a slight smile.

"Ron did that? Oh I am so sorry Hermione, he is just taking this hunter business too seriously... We all did in the beginning." She replied with a fake smile.

The head master gesture for us to sit and we were told we had to stay in the west tower. Even though Draco and I were head boy and girl, we had to stay with Ginny and Harry. It was to keep Ginny and I safer. Then we where dismissed to the feast. As the Malfoys and Weasleys made a truce for the time being for Ginny and me.

I sat next to Dean Thomas and Ginny and ate dinner. Dean kept talking to me about how beautiful I was and things like that. He went to far when he told me he loved me and kissed my cheek. I hit him so hard my hand hurt, then I ran to our dorm. I ran to my room and just cried.

"Hermione, what happened? Why did Dean kiss you?" Ginny asked.

"He likes me and wants me to be his girlfriend. So I slapped him. Draco will be mad at me for it though. I know he won't understand. I don't understand why Dean would say that anyway. He has never shown interest in me before." I cry.

"I'm not mad at you, my love, I'm mad at him for touching what is mine." Draco said walking to his room. "But, I guess you like him more than me since you let him kiss you. I guess you aren't my mate after all." He stated sarcastically.

I ran after him and collapsed at his feet. He looked down on me and my tear streaked face. He looked angry and hungry.

"Draco if I'm not your mate then feed from me and kill me. I don't love him and never, ever will! I honestly have no idea why he said those things or kissed me. Dean never had any interest in me before today." I cryed.

Draco picked me up and set me on his bed. He bent my neck and kissed it. I heard him mutter one word "MATE" and he bit softly into my skin. I grabbed the back of his neck and kept his mouth to my neck. When it was time to stop he put my head on the pillows and covered me with the covers of his bed. He climbed in next to me and we fell asleep in each others arms.