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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
6
Views:
5,110
Reviews:
13
Recommended:
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Currently Reading:
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I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
The Truth Comes Out
~Hi... And I am so sorry for taking SOOO long to update. I moved and everything so now I have time to write because I\'m on break from school until Jan. 3rd, 2005. So I should be able to get at least a chapter up on this story and my other story... maybe more than just one chapter, I don\'t know yet. Well.. here\'s chapter 6... enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don\'t own Harry Potter.. but I wish I did.
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Chapter 6: The Truth Comes Out
\"Her own...\" Draco paused as everyone looked from Draco, then to Ginny, eager to know. Draco continued, \"... flesh and blood... Percy Weasley.\"
Everyone gasped when Malfoy said who raped Ginny. Ginny was in shock that he actually went through with it and told everyone.
\"I can\'t believe you!\" yelled Ginny as she got up out of her seat. \"I hate you!\" Then she ran out of the Great Hall, tears in her eyes.
Malfoy stood there with a smirk on his face as Ron, Harry and Hermione ran out after Ginny.
As Harry, Ron and Hermione ran out, they heard footsteps running up the stairs. They followed them until they got to the library. They walked in, listening to the sobs of Ginny. They looked up and down each and every isle until the found Ginny.
\"Ginny, don\'t worry about it. The same thing will happen to him in the near future in some way or another,\" said Hermione.
Ginny looked up at Hermione and said, in between sobs, \"How... would you... know? I don\'t think he would care.\"
\"Have you ever heard the saying, um... well, nevermind the saying right now... I can\'t remember it-\"
\"Surprisingly,\" Ron said, interrupting Hermione.
\"The same thing will happen to him. It\'ll come back and bite him in the arse. He\'ll wish he never did it. What comes around, goes around. That\'s it, that\'s the saying,\" finished Hermione.
\"Will mum and dad know about this?\" asked Ginny, changing the subject.
\"Professor Dumbledore probably owled them about it,\" said Ron.
\"Come on Ginny. We\'ll take you to Professor Dumbledore. He\'ll probably want to see you,\" said Harry, feeling bad for Ginny.
** **
\"Do you want to come home earlier for Christmas, dear?\" asked Mrs. Weasley. They had just come out of Professor Dumbledore\'s office after speaking about what happened.
\"No mum. Everyone\'s going to think I\'m scared to face them,\" said Ginny.
\"Okay dear. But feel free to owl us if you want to come home early. Professor Dumbledore said it was alright.\"
\"Okay mum. I will.\"
** **
A week goes by and Ginny survived. No one talked to her at all except for Harry, Hermione and Ron. Neville said hi once and rushed off to his dorm room. Hermione hasn\'t talked to Ginny much since she was too busy reading in the library, claiming she needed to research something very important. Ginny understood; she knew why Hermione was in the library so much. Harry and Ron tried to comfort Ginny as much as possible because Hermione was away so much.
\"Tomorrow we\'re going home for Christmas, so hopefully everything will calm down when we get back,\" said Ron, sitting next to his sister.
\"I know. It\'s really hard, you know? Well, no you don\'t but that\'s besides the point. None of my friends even look at me, except for you guys and Hermione. Everytime I walk into class, I feel that all eyes are on me and I can\'t stand it. Everyone looks at me like I\'m some whore, and I\'m not. It\'s not my fault and I feel that everyone thinks it is my fault. I tell myself that every morning ever since it happened; that it\'s not my fault. It\'s not and I\'m not going to let everyone put me down,\" finished Ginny, a tear streaming down her cheek.
\"And you should keep it that way. Keep telling yourself that and then you won\'t care what people think anymore. I know what it\'s like... kind of. I had to live with it ever since I started here at Hogwarts. I just don\'t care what anyone thinks about me anymore. Well, sometimes it hits a nerve and I go crazy, but not very often,\" said Harry, trying to console Ginny a little bit.
Hermione walks in, coming from the library, a smile on her face. Seems like she found something that she\'s very satisfied about. She sits down on the other side of Ginny, still smiling and her eyes twinkling. \"I need to talk to you later in the dorm room,\" she said to Ginny, leaning over. Ginny nodded.
\"So, Hermione, where have you been lately? Ever since this whole thing happened you seemed to have disappeared to the library... everyday. Trying to keep away from Ginny or something?\" asked Ron, curious to know about Hermione\'s recent and frequent trips to the library.
\"Don\'t worry about why I\'ve been to the library so often. I have my reasons. And no, I\'m not keeping myself from being around Ginny. And how dare you think that. I\'m doing this to help Ginny, if you must know. She\'s knows very well why I\'m doing what I\'m doing in the library,\" said Hermione as a matter of factly.
\"Then, why don\'t you tell Harry and me? Is it girly stuff? I\'m sure Harry and I can take it.\"
\"You\'ll find out soon enough. I\'m not telling you now because I know what\'s going to happen if I did tell you. I\'m smarter than that to mess up my plans and research.\"
\"Oh so you think we can\'t take it? Is that what it is?\"
\"Yes, that is exactly what it is.\"
\"Okay! Stop arguing. Geez, you\'d think that they\'re brother and sister what with all the arguing they do,\" said Harry. \"Just calm down, please. And stop arguing.\"
\"Sorry Harry. I just want you guys to understand that I can\'t tell you why I\'ve been in the library so much. You\'ll find out sooner than you think.\"
Hermione got up and went up to her dorm room. Ginny got up and said goodnight to Harry and Ron and followed Hermione into her dorm room.
Harry looked at Ron. \"Do you think Hermione\'s not telling us because she knows we won\'t want her to do it if she did tell us?\"
\"Possibly. I just hope she knows what she\'s doing... whatever she\'s doing.\"
** **
The ride on the Hogwarts Express was uneventful. Hermione was scribbling away in a notebook, always looking up at Ron and Harry making sure they\'re not trying to look at what she\'s writing. Ginny was looking out the window, thinking. Harry and Ron kept glancing at Hermione, hoping to see what she\'s writing. They kept looking at each other and at Ginny. Just when things couldn\'t be any more tense already, Malfoy, Crabb and Goyle walk in.
\"Well well well. Looky here. Herpes girl and possible infected ones. How is your day today?\" asked Malfoy sarcastically.
\"Go away Malfoy. We don\'t need your shit right now, okay?\" said Harry, getting pissed off.
Hermione looked up at Malfoy. She didn\'t have the slightest hint of being annoyed in her actions and her eyes. She just simply looked up at him and Malfoy looked down at her. She raised her eyebrow slightly and looked him up and down. All the guys were looking at her strangely; Ginny was trying to keep herself from laughing.
Just as quickly as Hermione flirted with Malfoy, she went back down to writing in her book, like she didn\'t even stop writing. Like nothing happened. Like she didn\'t do anything. Malfoy was so freaked out that he turned around and walked away.
\"Now why couldn\'t you do all the times before when he came in and pissed us off?\" asked Ron.
Hermione just shrugged and continued writing. She looked up really fast to see Ginny smiling at her. Hermione knew Ginny enjoyed that.
Harry and Ron just looked at each other, shocked.
** **
After they all said their goodbyes, Hermione departed from her friends. As she was walking to Platform 9 3/4, she caught a glimpse of Malfoy, looking at her. She stopped walking and looked at him. She smiled, winked and walked on until she disappeared behind the wall.
Malfoy couldn\'t believe it. He couldn\'t believe that out of all the girls in school, Granger was hitting on him. He knew she hated him but why all of a sudden would she be hitting on him? Malfoy was just so confused that he didn\'t feel like figuring this mystery out. He walked off and followed his father.
Hermione didn\'t know but Ginny was watching her wink at Malfoy. Ginny smiled slightly. I hope she doesn\'t get carried away with this... thought Ginny.
** **
Malfoy lay there, thinking about what happened earlier. He\'s been thinking for hours and couldn\'t come up with a valid answer. He didn\'t even know why she would do this. He got up and walked to the window. He looked out but he knew he wasn\'t going to get an answer.
\"Why do I even care?\" mumbled Malfoy, under his breath. \"She\'s just a stupid mudblood. No one should care about her. And I shouldn\'t be worrying about why she winked at me.\"
Malfoy walked back to his bed and tried to sleep, but a certain someone was haunting them.
** **
A few days went by and Christmas finally came. Hermione stayed the night. Hermione and Ginny stayed up all night talking about things. After dinner everyone opened their gifts. After everyone\'s gifts were opened, everyone had dessert. Hermione told everyone that she needed to leave.
\"Why so soon?\" asked Harry.
\"I\'m not feeling very well. Plus, I have a lot of things to do.\"
\"You can\'t say that you still have homework to do, I bet you\'ve already did that,\" said Ron sarcastically.
\"I finished everything for school. I have personal things to attend to.\" Hermione turned to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and said, \"Thank you for everything. Have a Happy Christmas.\"
\"Thank you Hermione, dear. Tell your family we said Happy Christmas. You enjoy yourself,\" said Mrs. Weasley.
\"I will. Bye everyone.\" Hermione walked to the fireplace and flooed home.
\"Mum? Dad?\"
\"In here sweetie,\" called out Mrs. Granger.
\"Hi. Sorry, but I flooed home. There was no other way,\" said Hermione. She knew that she wasn\'t allowed to floo home from anywhere unless it was an emergency.
\"It\'s alright dear. Have a seat, your father and I need to talk to you.\"
** **
At the Malfoy mansion, Malfoy was pacing his room. He was still thinking about that day at Kings Cross. Just as he went to sit down, there was a tap at his window. He looked at his window and saw an owl standing there on the ledge. He opened the window and the owl flew in and landed on Malfoy\'s bed, her leg sticking out. Malfoy took the letter from the owl\'s leg and opened the letter. He couldn\'t believe it. Now he really knew.
Malfoy looked at the owl and opened his owl\'s cage and let the owl go in and get something to eat or drink. He sat down, took out a quill and parchment and thought about what to write. Before he knew it, he fell asleep.
A couple of hours later, Malfoy woke up and realized that he had fallen alseep before he got a chance to write anything. For the next few days, Malfoy kept the owl in the cage. After the fourth day, he decided to let the owl go because he couldn\'t come up with anything to write.
\"I have nothing to write, just leave,\" mumbled Malfoy to the owl.
** **
The day before the break ended, Hermione was going crazy packing things for school. Not only that but Hermione sent out a letter with her owl, Zoey, and she was getting a little worried. She should have been back by now! Where could she possibly be? I sent her out 4 days ago! I hope she\'s okay... thought Hermione.
Just then, Zoey flies in. The person she sent a letter to didn\'t write back or anything.
\"Oh, thank god you\'re okay, Zoey,\" said Hermione, petting her owl. Zoey let out a little hoot and went into her cage to eat. \"I bet you haven\'t eaten since I let you send my letter.\"
Other than being worried that she may forget a few things, Hermione was happy. She thought that she was in trouble with her parents, or her parents were getting a divorce or someone in her family died. They made it seem like it was a bad thing to tell me. Yeah, it took mum a while to tell dad and me but I\'m happy. And it makes my plans even better... Hermione thought. She decided to go downstairs to check if dinner\'s ready.
After dinner, Hermione went upstairs into her room. She looked around to make sure that she had everything she needed for school. She then set her alarm an hour and a half earlier so she can try to do something with her hair. She got into her bed and went to sleep.
The alarm went off early in the morning and Hermione woke up and shut the alarm off so she doesn\'t wake her parents up. She got out of bed and went about her normal routine. After she was done, she got dressed and went back into the bathroom to do her hair.
About an hour later she walked out of the bathroom and into her room. She looked into the mirror and liked what she saw.
\"Now that\'s what I like. When I get back to Hogwarts I have to find a spell to use to keep my hair straight for a while or just a spell to straighten my hair everyday. I don\'t care, as long as my hair is straight. But maybe I can curl my hair to get ringlets...\"
\"Hermione are you up?\" asked her mother through the door, interrupting Hermione\'s mumble to herself.
\"Yes mum, I\'ve been up for almost 2 hours.\"
\"Really? Doing what?\"
\"My hair.\"
\"You were doing your hair? You put time into doing your hair? That is so nice sweetie!\" said Hermione\'s mother.
\"Uh... yeah. It is.\"
\"You should have told me that you wanted to do your hair. I would have helped you and it wouldn\'t have taken so long.\"
\"Maybe next time mum.\"
\"Okay well, come down for breakfast before we leave to Kings Cross.\"
\"Okay mum, I will,\" said Hermione, putting on socks and shoes. As Hermione was putting some of her stuff together, she heard a knock at her door.
\"You need any help with your stuff?\" asked her father.
Hermione walked to the door and opened it. \"You think?\" Hermione smiled. Her father picked up Hermione\'s trunk and Hermione followed her father downstairs. Her father brought the trunk outside to the car. Hermione sat down at the kitchen table and started to eat her breakfast that was waiting for her.
After Hermione finished, her and her parents went to the car and drove to Kings Cross.
\"So, hunny, I like the hair,\" said Mr. Granger.
\"Thank you dad. I thought I\'d do something different with it. I couldn\'t stand the frizzyness and bushyness of it.\"
\"Do you think you\'ll be able to find a spell to do instead of having to do it normally?\"
\"I hope so.\"
Hermione arrived at Kings Cross 15 minutes before the train sets off so Hermione decided to talk with her parents for a little bit before going through the wall of 9 3/4. As Hermione was talking to her parents, she saw a certain blond walk by, looking at her. She smiled a little bit because she knows that he doesn\'t that it\'s her. Then she noticed that he stopped to look at her. He hesitated a bit and continued on his way.
Hermione looked at the clock and realized that she had a little more than 5 minutes left to catch the train. She said her goodbyes to her parents and hugged them both and was on her way through 9 3/4 with her school trunk. She walked through and made her way through the large crowd of students and made her way onto the train. She eventually got into the cabin where her, Ginny, Ron and Harry share and noticed that they weren\'t in there yet.
\"They\'ll probably get here a minute before the train leaves,\" mumbled Hermione to herself.
A few minutes later, Ginny, Ron and Harry walked in.
\"Oh, I\'m sorry. We didn\'t realized anybody was in here,\" said Harry.
\"What are you talking about? We always sit in this cabin, Harry,\" said Hermione as she turned to look at Harry.
\"Hermione?\" asked Ron, shocked at Hermione\'s transformation.
\"The one and only.\"
Everyone was seated and the train was on it\'s way to Hogwarts. Harry and Ron were whispering to each other and Hermione and Ginny were whispering to each other. As they were enjoying their conversations, Malfoy walked in with his goons Crabbe and Goyle.
\"Well well well. What did the Weasley\'s get for Christmas? More hand me downs?\" asked Malfoy, snickering.
\"Malfoy, just go away, okay? No one cares what you have to say,\" said Hermione.
\"Who are you?\"
\"Who do you think?\"
\"Granger? Trying to reinvent yourself?\"
\"Think whatever you want to think. I hear you got a lovely letter a few days after Christmas. What did it say?\" smiled Hermione. Ginny just looked at Hermione, smiling.
Malfoy just looked at Hermione, shocked. How did she know about the letter? thought Malfoy. \"What letter are you talking about?\"
\"The letter that said \'I like you and deep down inside you like me too\'.\"
\"I have no such letter. And even if I did, how would you know about it?\"
\"Because I sent it.\"
\"You\'re bluffing.\"
\"Am I?\"
\"Yes, you are.\"
\"I know I am.\" Hermione smiled. I\'m enjoying this so much... thought Hermione.
\"You know what?\"
\"What?\"
\"I\'m leaving.\" And with that, Malfoy and his goons walked out.
Harry got up and closed the door to their cabin. \"What letter were you talking about?\"
\"The letter that I sent.\"
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Oooooooooh. Nice huh? It\'s not that big of a cliffhanger as I wanted it to be but it\'s okay. I had this chapter written up but I don\'t know where it is so I just made it up. I know for a fact that the one that was written up had a major cliffhanger so ya\'ll are lucky I couldn\'t find it. Lol. Well, I hope you like it because it took me practically this whole week to write it. I had writers block and everything. Well, I hope you guys liked it and I hope this chapter was longer than the other chapters because some of you were saying the chapters were too short so....... R/R!! I\'m writing the 4th chapter of my other story, which I don\'t like all that much but yeah. I\'m thinking about re-writing that story only. But if I don\'t, the middle to end of the story will definitely be exciting and great and enjoyable. So R/R guys!!
Disclaimer: I don\'t own Harry Potter.. but I wish I did.
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Chapter 6: The Truth Comes Out
\"Her own...\" Draco paused as everyone looked from Draco, then to Ginny, eager to know. Draco continued, \"... flesh and blood... Percy Weasley.\"
Everyone gasped when Malfoy said who raped Ginny. Ginny was in shock that he actually went through with it and told everyone.
\"I can\'t believe you!\" yelled Ginny as she got up out of her seat. \"I hate you!\" Then she ran out of the Great Hall, tears in her eyes.
Malfoy stood there with a smirk on his face as Ron, Harry and Hermione ran out after Ginny.
As Harry, Ron and Hermione ran out, they heard footsteps running up the stairs. They followed them until they got to the library. They walked in, listening to the sobs of Ginny. They looked up and down each and every isle until the found Ginny.
\"Ginny, don\'t worry about it. The same thing will happen to him in the near future in some way or another,\" said Hermione.
Ginny looked up at Hermione and said, in between sobs, \"How... would you... know? I don\'t think he would care.\"
\"Have you ever heard the saying, um... well, nevermind the saying right now... I can\'t remember it-\"
\"Surprisingly,\" Ron said, interrupting Hermione.
\"The same thing will happen to him. It\'ll come back and bite him in the arse. He\'ll wish he never did it. What comes around, goes around. That\'s it, that\'s the saying,\" finished Hermione.
\"Will mum and dad know about this?\" asked Ginny, changing the subject.
\"Professor Dumbledore probably owled them about it,\" said Ron.
\"Come on Ginny. We\'ll take you to Professor Dumbledore. He\'ll probably want to see you,\" said Harry, feeling bad for Ginny.
** **
\"Do you want to come home earlier for Christmas, dear?\" asked Mrs. Weasley. They had just come out of Professor Dumbledore\'s office after speaking about what happened.
\"No mum. Everyone\'s going to think I\'m scared to face them,\" said Ginny.
\"Okay dear. But feel free to owl us if you want to come home early. Professor Dumbledore said it was alright.\"
\"Okay mum. I will.\"
** **
A week goes by and Ginny survived. No one talked to her at all except for Harry, Hermione and Ron. Neville said hi once and rushed off to his dorm room. Hermione hasn\'t talked to Ginny much since she was too busy reading in the library, claiming she needed to research something very important. Ginny understood; she knew why Hermione was in the library so much. Harry and Ron tried to comfort Ginny as much as possible because Hermione was away so much.
\"Tomorrow we\'re going home for Christmas, so hopefully everything will calm down when we get back,\" said Ron, sitting next to his sister.
\"I know. It\'s really hard, you know? Well, no you don\'t but that\'s besides the point. None of my friends even look at me, except for you guys and Hermione. Everytime I walk into class, I feel that all eyes are on me and I can\'t stand it. Everyone looks at me like I\'m some whore, and I\'m not. It\'s not my fault and I feel that everyone thinks it is my fault. I tell myself that every morning ever since it happened; that it\'s not my fault. It\'s not and I\'m not going to let everyone put me down,\" finished Ginny, a tear streaming down her cheek.
\"And you should keep it that way. Keep telling yourself that and then you won\'t care what people think anymore. I know what it\'s like... kind of. I had to live with it ever since I started here at Hogwarts. I just don\'t care what anyone thinks about me anymore. Well, sometimes it hits a nerve and I go crazy, but not very often,\" said Harry, trying to console Ginny a little bit.
Hermione walks in, coming from the library, a smile on her face. Seems like she found something that she\'s very satisfied about. She sits down on the other side of Ginny, still smiling and her eyes twinkling. \"I need to talk to you later in the dorm room,\" she said to Ginny, leaning over. Ginny nodded.
\"So, Hermione, where have you been lately? Ever since this whole thing happened you seemed to have disappeared to the library... everyday. Trying to keep away from Ginny or something?\" asked Ron, curious to know about Hermione\'s recent and frequent trips to the library.
\"Don\'t worry about why I\'ve been to the library so often. I have my reasons. And no, I\'m not keeping myself from being around Ginny. And how dare you think that. I\'m doing this to help Ginny, if you must know. She\'s knows very well why I\'m doing what I\'m doing in the library,\" said Hermione as a matter of factly.
\"Then, why don\'t you tell Harry and me? Is it girly stuff? I\'m sure Harry and I can take it.\"
\"You\'ll find out soon enough. I\'m not telling you now because I know what\'s going to happen if I did tell you. I\'m smarter than that to mess up my plans and research.\"
\"Oh so you think we can\'t take it? Is that what it is?\"
\"Yes, that is exactly what it is.\"
\"Okay! Stop arguing. Geez, you\'d think that they\'re brother and sister what with all the arguing they do,\" said Harry. \"Just calm down, please. And stop arguing.\"
\"Sorry Harry. I just want you guys to understand that I can\'t tell you why I\'ve been in the library so much. You\'ll find out sooner than you think.\"
Hermione got up and went up to her dorm room. Ginny got up and said goodnight to Harry and Ron and followed Hermione into her dorm room.
Harry looked at Ron. \"Do you think Hermione\'s not telling us because she knows we won\'t want her to do it if she did tell us?\"
\"Possibly. I just hope she knows what she\'s doing... whatever she\'s doing.\"
** **
The ride on the Hogwarts Express was uneventful. Hermione was scribbling away in a notebook, always looking up at Ron and Harry making sure they\'re not trying to look at what she\'s writing. Ginny was looking out the window, thinking. Harry and Ron kept glancing at Hermione, hoping to see what she\'s writing. They kept looking at each other and at Ginny. Just when things couldn\'t be any more tense already, Malfoy, Crabb and Goyle walk in.
\"Well well well. Looky here. Herpes girl and possible infected ones. How is your day today?\" asked Malfoy sarcastically.
\"Go away Malfoy. We don\'t need your shit right now, okay?\" said Harry, getting pissed off.
Hermione looked up at Malfoy. She didn\'t have the slightest hint of being annoyed in her actions and her eyes. She just simply looked up at him and Malfoy looked down at her. She raised her eyebrow slightly and looked him up and down. All the guys were looking at her strangely; Ginny was trying to keep herself from laughing.
Just as quickly as Hermione flirted with Malfoy, she went back down to writing in her book, like she didn\'t even stop writing. Like nothing happened. Like she didn\'t do anything. Malfoy was so freaked out that he turned around and walked away.
\"Now why couldn\'t you do all the times before when he came in and pissed us off?\" asked Ron.
Hermione just shrugged and continued writing. She looked up really fast to see Ginny smiling at her. Hermione knew Ginny enjoyed that.
Harry and Ron just looked at each other, shocked.
** **
After they all said their goodbyes, Hermione departed from her friends. As she was walking to Platform 9 3/4, she caught a glimpse of Malfoy, looking at her. She stopped walking and looked at him. She smiled, winked and walked on until she disappeared behind the wall.
Malfoy couldn\'t believe it. He couldn\'t believe that out of all the girls in school, Granger was hitting on him. He knew she hated him but why all of a sudden would she be hitting on him? Malfoy was just so confused that he didn\'t feel like figuring this mystery out. He walked off and followed his father.
Hermione didn\'t know but Ginny was watching her wink at Malfoy. Ginny smiled slightly. I hope she doesn\'t get carried away with this... thought Ginny.
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Malfoy lay there, thinking about what happened earlier. He\'s been thinking for hours and couldn\'t come up with a valid answer. He didn\'t even know why she would do this. He got up and walked to the window. He looked out but he knew he wasn\'t going to get an answer.
\"Why do I even care?\" mumbled Malfoy, under his breath. \"She\'s just a stupid mudblood. No one should care about her. And I shouldn\'t be worrying about why she winked at me.\"
Malfoy walked back to his bed and tried to sleep, but a certain someone was haunting them.
** **
A few days went by and Christmas finally came. Hermione stayed the night. Hermione and Ginny stayed up all night talking about things. After dinner everyone opened their gifts. After everyone\'s gifts were opened, everyone had dessert. Hermione told everyone that she needed to leave.
\"Why so soon?\" asked Harry.
\"I\'m not feeling very well. Plus, I have a lot of things to do.\"
\"You can\'t say that you still have homework to do, I bet you\'ve already did that,\" said Ron sarcastically.
\"I finished everything for school. I have personal things to attend to.\" Hermione turned to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and said, \"Thank you for everything. Have a Happy Christmas.\"
\"Thank you Hermione, dear. Tell your family we said Happy Christmas. You enjoy yourself,\" said Mrs. Weasley.
\"I will. Bye everyone.\" Hermione walked to the fireplace and flooed home.
\"Mum? Dad?\"
\"In here sweetie,\" called out Mrs. Granger.
\"Hi. Sorry, but I flooed home. There was no other way,\" said Hermione. She knew that she wasn\'t allowed to floo home from anywhere unless it was an emergency.
\"It\'s alright dear. Have a seat, your father and I need to talk to you.\"
** **
At the Malfoy mansion, Malfoy was pacing his room. He was still thinking about that day at Kings Cross. Just as he went to sit down, there was a tap at his window. He looked at his window and saw an owl standing there on the ledge. He opened the window and the owl flew in and landed on Malfoy\'s bed, her leg sticking out. Malfoy took the letter from the owl\'s leg and opened the letter. He couldn\'t believe it. Now he really knew.
Malfoy looked at the owl and opened his owl\'s cage and let the owl go in and get something to eat or drink. He sat down, took out a quill and parchment and thought about what to write. Before he knew it, he fell asleep.
A couple of hours later, Malfoy woke up and realized that he had fallen alseep before he got a chance to write anything. For the next few days, Malfoy kept the owl in the cage. After the fourth day, he decided to let the owl go because he couldn\'t come up with anything to write.
\"I have nothing to write, just leave,\" mumbled Malfoy to the owl.
** **
The day before the break ended, Hermione was going crazy packing things for school. Not only that but Hermione sent out a letter with her owl, Zoey, and she was getting a little worried. She should have been back by now! Where could she possibly be? I sent her out 4 days ago! I hope she\'s okay... thought Hermione.
Just then, Zoey flies in. The person she sent a letter to didn\'t write back or anything.
\"Oh, thank god you\'re okay, Zoey,\" said Hermione, petting her owl. Zoey let out a little hoot and went into her cage to eat. \"I bet you haven\'t eaten since I let you send my letter.\"
Other than being worried that she may forget a few things, Hermione was happy. She thought that she was in trouble with her parents, or her parents were getting a divorce or someone in her family died. They made it seem like it was a bad thing to tell me. Yeah, it took mum a while to tell dad and me but I\'m happy. And it makes my plans even better... Hermione thought. She decided to go downstairs to check if dinner\'s ready.
After dinner, Hermione went upstairs into her room. She looked around to make sure that she had everything she needed for school. She then set her alarm an hour and a half earlier so she can try to do something with her hair. She got into her bed and went to sleep.
The alarm went off early in the morning and Hermione woke up and shut the alarm off so she doesn\'t wake her parents up. She got out of bed and went about her normal routine. After she was done, she got dressed and went back into the bathroom to do her hair.
About an hour later she walked out of the bathroom and into her room. She looked into the mirror and liked what she saw.
\"Now that\'s what I like. When I get back to Hogwarts I have to find a spell to use to keep my hair straight for a while or just a spell to straighten my hair everyday. I don\'t care, as long as my hair is straight. But maybe I can curl my hair to get ringlets...\"
\"Hermione are you up?\" asked her mother through the door, interrupting Hermione\'s mumble to herself.
\"Yes mum, I\'ve been up for almost 2 hours.\"
\"Really? Doing what?\"
\"My hair.\"
\"You were doing your hair? You put time into doing your hair? That is so nice sweetie!\" said Hermione\'s mother.
\"Uh... yeah. It is.\"
\"You should have told me that you wanted to do your hair. I would have helped you and it wouldn\'t have taken so long.\"
\"Maybe next time mum.\"
\"Okay well, come down for breakfast before we leave to Kings Cross.\"
\"Okay mum, I will,\" said Hermione, putting on socks and shoes. As Hermione was putting some of her stuff together, she heard a knock at her door.
\"You need any help with your stuff?\" asked her father.
Hermione walked to the door and opened it. \"You think?\" Hermione smiled. Her father picked up Hermione\'s trunk and Hermione followed her father downstairs. Her father brought the trunk outside to the car. Hermione sat down at the kitchen table and started to eat her breakfast that was waiting for her.
After Hermione finished, her and her parents went to the car and drove to Kings Cross.
\"So, hunny, I like the hair,\" said Mr. Granger.
\"Thank you dad. I thought I\'d do something different with it. I couldn\'t stand the frizzyness and bushyness of it.\"
\"Do you think you\'ll be able to find a spell to do instead of having to do it normally?\"
\"I hope so.\"
Hermione arrived at Kings Cross 15 minutes before the train sets off so Hermione decided to talk with her parents for a little bit before going through the wall of 9 3/4. As Hermione was talking to her parents, she saw a certain blond walk by, looking at her. She smiled a little bit because she knows that he doesn\'t that it\'s her. Then she noticed that he stopped to look at her. He hesitated a bit and continued on his way.
Hermione looked at the clock and realized that she had a little more than 5 minutes left to catch the train. She said her goodbyes to her parents and hugged them both and was on her way through 9 3/4 with her school trunk. She walked through and made her way through the large crowd of students and made her way onto the train. She eventually got into the cabin where her, Ginny, Ron and Harry share and noticed that they weren\'t in there yet.
\"They\'ll probably get here a minute before the train leaves,\" mumbled Hermione to herself.
A few minutes later, Ginny, Ron and Harry walked in.
\"Oh, I\'m sorry. We didn\'t realized anybody was in here,\" said Harry.
\"What are you talking about? We always sit in this cabin, Harry,\" said Hermione as she turned to look at Harry.
\"Hermione?\" asked Ron, shocked at Hermione\'s transformation.
\"The one and only.\"
Everyone was seated and the train was on it\'s way to Hogwarts. Harry and Ron were whispering to each other and Hermione and Ginny were whispering to each other. As they were enjoying their conversations, Malfoy walked in with his goons Crabbe and Goyle.
\"Well well well. What did the Weasley\'s get for Christmas? More hand me downs?\" asked Malfoy, snickering.
\"Malfoy, just go away, okay? No one cares what you have to say,\" said Hermione.
\"Who are you?\"
\"Who do you think?\"
\"Granger? Trying to reinvent yourself?\"
\"Think whatever you want to think. I hear you got a lovely letter a few days after Christmas. What did it say?\" smiled Hermione. Ginny just looked at Hermione, smiling.
Malfoy just looked at Hermione, shocked. How did she know about the letter? thought Malfoy. \"What letter are you talking about?\"
\"The letter that said \'I like you and deep down inside you like me too\'.\"
\"I have no such letter. And even if I did, how would you know about it?\"
\"Because I sent it.\"
\"You\'re bluffing.\"
\"Am I?\"
\"Yes, you are.\"
\"I know I am.\" Hermione smiled. I\'m enjoying this so much... thought Hermione.
\"You know what?\"
\"What?\"
\"I\'m leaving.\" And with that, Malfoy and his goons walked out.
Harry got up and closed the door to their cabin. \"What letter were you talking about?\"
\"The letter that I sent.\"
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Oooooooooh. Nice huh? It\'s not that big of a cliffhanger as I wanted it to be but it\'s okay. I had this chapter written up but I don\'t know where it is so I just made it up. I know for a fact that the one that was written up had a major cliffhanger so ya\'ll are lucky I couldn\'t find it. Lol. Well, I hope you like it because it took me practically this whole week to write it. I had writers block and everything. Well, I hope you guys liked it and I hope this chapter was longer than the other chapters because some of you were saying the chapters were too short so....... R/R!! I\'m writing the 4th chapter of my other story, which I don\'t like all that much but yeah. I\'m thinking about re-writing that story only. But if I don\'t, the middle to end of the story will definitely be exciting and great and enjoyable. So R/R guys!!