The One for Me?

"Um, what? Whose the devil?" Hermione replied, eyes open wide.







"Daphne Greengrass. Slytherin. She sounded SO full of herself at the meeting." Sighing Harry went to go sit in the comfy chair, Ginny trailing behind him.







"I mean, I know Neville\'s nice, and he matured so much within the past year. I\'m just sort of shocked I guess. I didn\'t think we\'d be matched up. I was so positive it was going to be me and Harry that I didn\'t stop to think that it \'could\' be someone else." Ginny plopped on the ground. She looked distraught but not completely upset. At least not as upset as Harry looks.







"Now finally. Tell us Hermione. Who are you going to........marry?" Ron asked, dreading.







Hermione sighed. She really didn\'t want to say anything. Of course Ron is going to explode, Ginny too, and possibly Harry. Although by looking at him, he looks like there\'s too much running through his mind right now. So taking a deep breath.







"Draco Malfoy."







"WHAT!" Two voices screamed in unison.







"Your joking right?"







Harry had said that last bit. Hermione winced. "Well, um, yes. Draco Malfoy. Obviously I\'m not pleased about it either!" She yelled out. It\'s not like this was her fault.







"I cant bloody believe this. I\'m going to kick his arse then he can go running back to his mummy." Ron said, with a red face, hands already balled into fists. He starting walking to the portrait hole.







"Oh NO you wont!" he stopped dead in his tracks, turning slowly. "Listen, this isn\'t his fault, and it isn\'t mine! Now we have already decided to get together and try to get out of this. There has to be some way."







"And IF there isn\'t? What then Hermione? Are you going to marry him? Cause I damn well wont stand by and watch." Ron\'s temper was flaring. It honestly looked like smoke was coming out of his ears.







"Ronald, IF and only IF we can\'t find a way to get out of this, well then, of course I would have to marry him." Looking at his face she could see this was not the right answer. "What would you have me do? Break my wand? Get stripped of my magic? I\'ve worked too hard to get where I am. I don\'t fit in anywhere else!!"







Ron didn\'t answer. He just stormed up the stairs to the boys dormitory, slamming the door behind him. Huffing, Hermione sat back on the couch. \'Well this is a great day.\' She thought cynically.







Ginny stood up, "I\'m going to go talk to him. Don\'t worry Hermione, he\'ll come around. It\'s just been a bad day. We got an owl a little while ago telling us George is now engaged to Pansy Parkinson. Imagine that right?" And with that she took off up the stairs, following her brother.







Looking up, Hermione found Harry staring back into the fire. Instead of addressing him, she copied his actions drifting into her own thoughts. Before she could even begin to analyze anything, Harry spoke.







"I still cant believe this." He paused. "Pansy and George are both Purebloods. Same as Ginny and Neville. I had come to the conclusion they were pairing Purebloods with all the other mixes in order to stop the rising population of squibs."







"I don\'t think so Harry. This IS about re-population, but I don\'t think the Ministry cares whose Pureblood and whose not. This is all about finding the right one for you. Who you would be most compatible with." Hermione too had thought of that. Obviously the Ministry didn\'t care if there were more squibs or not. " Now why don\'t you so nicely tell me about this devil eh?"







Harry laughed, "I guess she\'s not horrible. She\'s a little shorter than me. Long black hair, she even has the same green eyes as me. Scary really. She was just really snobby. How would the Ministry put me with someone like that? Not to sound conceited but I don\'t believe I\'m one bit snobby."







"I don\'t think you are either Harry. Maybe one of the reasons for these matches is to bring out something in someone else. Maybe your supposed to help her in some way? It is possible."







"Yeah maybe." Said Harry, and once again they both drifted off into their own worlds.









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"Draco.........Helllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooo earth to Draco Malfoy!" Blaise was trying to wake up Draco in the nicest way possible.







"Hmmm, what the bloody hell do you want? What time is it?" Draco groggily asked. It was dark out wasn\'t it? Yes, yes it was.







"It\'s six, your about to miss dinner if you keep sleeping. I figured I\'d do the nice thing and wake you up."







Suspiciously Draco looked at Blaise. "I know what this is about. You just want to know who I got matched up with. I know your wicked ways my old friend. Now move so I can stand up."







Blaise stood, then starting moving about the room, in almost cat-like movements. "Well of course I want to know who you\'ve been matched up with, but once again I\'ll be nice and tell you who I have been forced with. Looney Lovegood. A bloody lunatic. Can you imagine? I mean, she is attractive AND a Pureblood. I think the Ministry is forgetting the fact that she\'s nuts." He sighed deeply, staring out the window.







Draco moved to stand behind him. "You got it easy mate. One name. Hermione Granger."







Blaise turned his head so sharply Draco was afraid he might get whiplash! "You\'ve got to be joking?! No way? Seriously? What?"







Draco chuckled. "Yep mate. The devil herself."







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Dinner was uneventful. Ron still wasn\'t speaking to Hermione, but at least he did sit with them. She was worried for him. Who knew who he would end up with. Another Slytherin? That seemed to be the general consensus. Except for Ginny and Neville of course. She pondered that for a moment. Did Ginny and Neville seem like soulmates? She had been so in love with Harry it just didn\'t seem possible. Of course, she wouldn\'t deny Neville had grown into his magic with age. From the tiny trembling boy into the snake slashing man. It was a monstrous change and a good one at that. Then she rested her eyes on Harry. Poor Harry. He had finally defeated Voldemort, now there\'s another evil lurking. Only this time it\'s the Ministry. Why did Kingsley allow this? She needs to know. Then she could be one step closer in finding a way for the world to be rid of it.







Scanning the Great Hall she found the blond headed boy with ease. He was in deep conversation with Blaise Zabini. Hermione had heard of how Luna had ended up with him. Once again she was struck with curiosity about how the Ministry made these horrible matches. Sighing and trying to fill her stomach, she guessed she\'d just have to wait until Tuesday until she found out, hopefully anyway. Until then, her stomach was a flurry of worry for Ron.







Tomorrow. He\'s going to find out who tomorrow.

































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Sorry to everyone who wants Ginny with Harry or somebody else. Trust me when I say there is a reason she is with Neville. He need someone who can bring out the man in him. While Blaise and Ginny would have passion, I believe that\'s all they\'d have in a relationship. And I\'m just evil for wanting to put Harry with someone from Slytherin :)