Crimson Marble

Innocence Lost and Gained

We own nothing but the plot
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Chapter 5 - And We Meet Again
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And she\'s so confident
That she\'s what everybody wants
But nobody wants
Her to know that

So fall back on all of your premonitions
And just learn to listen
To those that have more wisdom than you
And just stop

The way that girl can turn a head
Well she is such a threat
But don\'t ever forget
She knows it

And she\'s got it all
All figured out
And she won\'t let you doubt
She knows it

\'The one I\'m waiting for\' relent k

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Hermione and Draco both lay in their separate beds that night. Tossing and turning kept them from any real sleep. Their eyes began to move again, as the dream consumed them both.

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They couldn\'t hear anything but a thick static noise. Hermione\'s mouth filled with the taste of cold metal. Only beautiful, cold, white marble was in their view. It looked like it was from those expensive restaurants where there was someone who handed you soup and perfume. Just like the last dream.

Suddenly out of nowhere a small pool of red liquid fell and landed on the marble with a splash. They couldn\'t tell where it came from.

Two human arms came into view, both slashed at the same part. One pale, the other tan. Out of the slash blood dripped, down onto the white marble.
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Hermione was on her way to breakfast, of course like many times lately, she was late. She couldn\'t understand why she had been late just about everywhere she had been going. Either she was attacked by Pansy, annoyed by Draco, or her own stupidity caused it.
This time it was her own stupidity. After the very bizarre dream she had the night before she had woken up late, which usually wasn\'t a problem because she had a habit of setting her clocks early so she was never late.

Obviously it hadn\'t quite worked yet. She then had spent most of the morning contemplating the dream wondering if it was something has was going to happen or if she had left her radio on and the lyrics mixed with her psyche. It\'s happened before.
She was in a hurry so she wouldn\'t be late for breakfast that she ran into someone, someone she really didn\'t want to face.

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\"Fuck!\" Draco swore as he sprinted down the halls. He was late, AGAIN! \"What the hell is wrong with me?\" He asked himself as he turned the corners of the halls sharply praying that he got to breakfast before anyone really noticed he was late. He slowed down knowing he was almost there. Just before rounding the corner he heard a voice he hadn\'t heard since summer.

\"Well, if it isn\'t a Ms. Hermione Granger.\" Draco\'s head slowly turned the corner to watch the scene before him.

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\"Mr. Malfoy.\" Hermione said with a bit of fear evident in her voice.

\"I had hoped to the Gods that they would throw out all the mudblood trash. Sadly, it has yet to happen.\" His lip curled. Moving his arm he drew attention to the cane at his side. She knew that in there he was hiding a very powerful wand.

Hermione was just starting to stand up for herself and she didn\'t want someone like
Mr. Malfoy to break her confidence. She didn\'t care if he was bigger than her... powerful then her... one hell of a better wizard than her... She shook her head, starting to change her mind about the backbone she had grown. Maybe if she just stayed really still he wouldn\'t be able to see her.

She spoke up. \"I feel your pain. I had been hoping that they would execute you and I would get to watch. Sadly it has yet to happen.\"

Lucius just looked down at her, like he was waiting for her to do a trick or something.

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\'She really has to learn when to keep her mouth shut.\' Draco thought to himself. Again he was in for another rescue. He stepped out from the shadows to into the view of Hermione and his father.

As her walked up to his father he stuck his hand out to shake. Draco turned to Hermoine. \"Granger, I would advise you to leave.\" Hermione huffed and puffed before walking past him to breakfast. She passed him and Draco purred into her ear. Luckily it was out of ear shot from Lucius.

\"So, what? You\'re being kind to the mudblood?\" Mr. Malfoy asked as Hermione left.

\"Hell no. Just being civil. You would be surprised how strong these students are getting; I fear a curse coming on.\" Draco said leaning against a wall.

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Hermoine wasn\'t going to mention Lusics to Harry and Ron. She didn\'t want to open that can of worms at breakfast. When she entered she spotted Ron and Harry eating and, from the look of it, talking about Quidditch. The trio started to talk about the upcoming game, and Hermoine kept seeing Ron staring at her in the corner of her eye.

He was offically wigging her out. He used to be this red head with weird looks always on his face but now he\'s turning into someone who getting creepier and creepier.

\"I know we will win the house cup.\" Harry talked Hermine zoned and Ron continued to stare at her.

\"The Slytherin\'s are going down!\" Harry continued with a smile. As he talked Hermione turned her head to the entrance of the hall where she saw Draco coming in. What she saw shocked her. She knew Lucis was brutal, but surly not to his own family. Draco had a huge black eye. Hermoine suddenly felt bad for Draco\'s mother who lived with the brutal man.

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AN - It\'s Tonya, My turn!! I know the chapter is short and I am sorry. :-(. Both Lia and I seem to be in s short chapter funk hopefully it\'s still good despite the length. The main reason why are chaps are short is because it\'s filled with thing s that are worth reading and its not fillers. A lot of stories are half filers which make you skip a head a s you read (I\'ve done it) and it makes you want to read it less. So I try not to put fillers in my stories and Lia either.
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