Hermione woke to the bright sunlight that peeked it's way through the cracks of the curtains. She got up off her bed and made her way towards the large window. She moved the curtains aside and gasped at the view. The rising sun was kissing the horizon goodbye as it made it's way up into the sky. The lake was shimmering bright yellow and she could see the train station on the other side. The gates of Hogwarts were locked and the dewy grass glistened under the rising sun. She left the curtains open and walked to her closet. She pulled out new robes and walked down to the bathroom. She took a quick shower, got changed and brushed her teeth.

She walked over to the table and removed her Potions, Ancient Runes, Transfiguration and Charms book from her bag and placed it on the wooden table. She grabbed her defense against the dark arts and Divination book and placed it in her bag. Grabbing all the necessary things she needed for the day. She walked out of the common room and into the great hall. She walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat between Ron and Seamus. They were talking about qudditch, as usual.

"Harry mate when are the Qudditch tryouts?" asked Dean.

"Maybe in two weeks," replied Harry before taking a bite from his english muffin.

""Oi Hermione where were you last night? You were suppose to come to the Gryffindor tower after Patrolling the Halls," said Ron.

"Oh I forgot about that. I was just so tired after walking around the school," replied Hermione.

"How was the git? Did he give you any trouble?" Ron glared his eyes as he asked.

"Actually no he didn't. He was quite decent," replied Hermione as she placed two pancakes on her plate.

"Malfoy decent? That has to be the funniest thing I've heard. Something must be wrong with him," exclaimed Ron as he burst into laughter. Everyone around them joined in. Hermione let out a small smile.

"Well I'm not going to question his change because this year will go by much smoother if we're at least civil with each other," replied Hermione. Everyone was still laughing at the thought of Malfoy actually being nice for once. After everyone was done with breakfast they all made their way to their Defense against the Dark arts class which was a mix of students from all four houses. Harry, Hermione and Ron took a seat in the third row. Students talked about the new DADA teacher and wondered who it would be. Some even placed bets on how long he would stay. After a few minutes the door swung open and revealed their new DADA professor. He was tall with flaming red hair. His right cheek had a scar from a nasty burn. He had green eyes and thin lips. Hermione, Ron and Harry recognized him instantly.

"CHARLIE?" they exclaimed. Charlie walked down the rows of students and winked at the golden trio. He made his way in front of his desk and turned to face the class.

"Good morning students. My name is Charlie Weasley and I will be your new DADA teacher for the year. I have been working in Romania breeding Dragons. It's not the easiest job and one must be quite fast if one was to work with Dragons. This year we will learn about very dangerous creatures and how we can protect ourselves from them. If we are able to finish everything we need to get done during class then I see no reason for homework," he paused. Students smiled up at him.

"Ok well if you can all turn to chapter one we will be learning about Dragons, my specialty," he smiled at the class.

"There are over 500 different kinds of Dragons all around the world. They range in size, color, and look. The cane Toad Dragon who grow only to be five feet long like to live in swamps and look like over grown toads. Pyroscaled Dragons grow up to 10 feet long prefer living in extremely hot environments. Many of them live in volcanoes and only come out at night to catch some food. You will know a Pyroscaled Dragon when you see one because of their red and orange glow. Their scales are extremely hard and extremely hot. If you don't want burnt hands for life I suggest to all of you not to touch one. My favorite one would have to be the Antipodean Opaleye dragon. You can only find these Dragons in the secluded hill tops of New Zealand and Australia. The Opaleye dragon for short is the most beautiful because their scales are a beautiful pearly white. When light is reflected off them they create several different rainbows in the sky. Unlike most Dragons The Opaleyes are one of the nicest types of Dragons out there. But if you do decide to approach one approach with caution because they are still Dragons and you never know what goes on inside a Dragons head," explained Charlie. The class sat there quite. Many of them were sitting on the edge of their seat wanting to hear more. Even the Slytherins were enjoying the class. Some of the girls in the class and dreamy looks in their eyes as they stared on at Charlie. When class ended They had finished talking about 50 different kinds of Dragons and Charlie still had time to take some questions.

"Ron your brother is the coolest. Best DADA class ever!" exclaimed a group of Hufflepuffs.

"How come you never told us your brother was that Hot?" asked Lavender Brown who was followed by a group of girls. They all nodded in agreement. Ron gave them a sick look.

Ron, Hermione and Harry waited outside the classroom for Charlie.

"How come you never told me that you were coming to teach here!" attacked Ron as Charlie walked out of his classroom.

"I only found out yesterday morning. I was going to tell you but I thought it would have been more fun to surprise you," winked Charlie.

"Well we were sure surprised," said Harry as he grinned up at Charlie.

"I have to go and grab something and you three have classes to go to. Come by my office after dinner and we can talk," said Charlie as he walked away. Harry, Ron and Hermione made their way towards the North Tower on the seventh floor for their Divination class. Divination had also been a mixed class. Ron and Harry grabbed a seat at a small round table in front of a murky looking crystal ball while Hermione sat with Neville.

Professor Trelawney appeared out of nowhere and stood in the middle of the class. "Hello class it's nice to see you all again and none of you have died yet," she said in her creepy absent minded voice. Everyone exchanged looks of horror.

"Ah yes this year I believe will be a very good year. I will be assigning you all into a sitting arrangement. You will be sitting with someone who will help open your mind to the future and help you see beyond the signs," she said as she swayed back and forth moving her hands around in front of her as if she was moving them around a crystal ball. She took a seat down at her desk and adjusted her glasses that magnified her eyes ten times larger than how they would normally look.

She moved her hand around a crystal ball and squinted. "Ah yes I see it. Miss Parvati Patil I see you sitting at the far table on the right corner with Mr Weasley," she said. Ron and Parvati exchanged looks of confusion but moved to the table that had once been occupied by Dean and Seamus.

"Hmm Mr Kevin Whitby I see you sitting at the far back with Mr Malcolm Baddock," Kevin Whit by a Ravenclaw and Malcolm Baddock a Slytherin glared at one another and grudgingly made their way to the back. This went on for another 15 minutes. Pansy had been paired with Lavender, Goyle was paired with Ernie Macmillan, Blaise was paired with Harry and to Hermiones dislike she was paired with Malfoy. They sat at the far left hand corner of the room far away from Ron and Harry.

"Now since that is all done with please turn to chapter one. We will be learning how to read flower petals," instructed Professor Trelawney. Everyone exchanged glances.

"Stupid class. This is so pointless I shouldn't have listened to Harry and Ron," murmured Hermione to herself.

"I would have thought you were smarter than that Granger. Even Goyle over there is smart enough to know that you should never listen to what Potter and Weasley tell you," grinned Malfoy.

"Shut it ferret," whispered Hermione as she glared at him. "Look shes coming just make something up," replied Hermione as she picked up a flower.

"Malfoy in your future I see you...married to Parkinson. You have three kids and they are all hiding their faces. They must be too hideous looking. Poor children, I pity them for inheriting their parents awful features," grinned Hermione as she looked up at the pleased face of Professor Trelawney.

Malfoy retaliated, "Granger I see you married to Weasley over there. You have 10 kids. You live in a crammed one room house and everything is messed up. Your children are running wild all over the place and one just slammed into a wall. I'm sorry Granger but your kids inherited your husbands intelligence, or lack of," said a very satisfied Malfoy as he saw Hermione glaring at him even more and Professor Trelawney looking even more happy.

"I knew pairing you all up would help open your minds," she said and bounced off to the next group.

Both Hermione and Malfoy sat there just glaring at each other until the end of class. Once class ended they packed up their things. Hermione was about to walk away when she heard Malfoy speak.

"Granger, for your information I'm not going out with Pansy,"

Hermione was taken back from what she had just heard but quickly recovered. "And for your information Malfoy, Ron and I are just friends." and with that she turned and walked towards Ron and Harry who were waiting for her outside the class.

"What was that all about?" wondered Harry.

"Oh nothing," replied Hermione.

Ron and Harry made their way to the great hall while Hermione walked up the stairs towards the head quarters. She climbed through the portrait hole and made her way to the long table. She removed her DADA and Divination books from her bag and stuffed her History of magic book into her bag. She climbed the stairs to her bedroom. She walked over to her closet and looked for her parchments. While she was rummaging through her stuff a small white bag caught her eyes. It had her name written in gold and the contents inside the bag was glowing a bright yellow color. She picked the bag up and untied the top. She emptied out the contents of the bag into her hands. A silver necklace fell out. At the end of the necklace was a shiny silver star. It was shining yellow. She twirled the necklace in front of her face as she examined it. 'Hmmm that has never happened before,' she thought looking at it puzzled.

After examining the necklace for a few minutes she tucked it back into the bag and placed it on her nightstand. She found the parchments and placed them inside her bag. As she slung her bag over her shoulders and glanced at the white bag on her nightstand before walking out of her room. She walked down the halls and made her way to the great hall. She spotted Ginny who was sitting talking to Neville.

"Hey Gin! Hey Neville"

"Hi Hermione how's your new living quarters?" asked Ginny as she looked up.

"It's great. It's so much nicer and much more quieter than the Gryffindor common room. Come visit me after classes," replied Hermione as she sat down. The three of them talked about Charlie being the new DADA professor and their new classes. After half an hour of talking they went their separate ways towards their classes. Hermione who had History of Magic made her way down towards the first floor and took a left. She opened the door and found a seat next to Lavender.

History of Magic was quite boring. They discussed the history of Madame Shwanae who had been a very famous witch. She invented the cure for inflation of body parts. After a long boring lecture on her history and how she came up with the cure class was finally over. As many of the students rushed to their next class Hermione made her way towards the common room. Since she had Astronomy at midnight she was given a free block.

As she walked through the portrait hole she plopped herself onto the couch. She was about to grab some shut eye but she heard the portrait open.

"What are you doing here Granger?"

"For your information I have free block. What are YOU doing here?" she wondered as she sat up.

"That Granger is none of your business," he replied and ran up the stairs into his room. Hermione glared at his back.

Hermione walked over to the library and examined the books. After looking through dozens of books she finally pulled one out and walked back over to the couch. The book wasn't very long but looked very old. It was a very deep midnight blue color. The cover was very plain except for very fancy golden writing that read: 'When stars shine red.' Under it was a name. 'Alvita Turpin.'

The book was about a man named Nick. He wasn't the richest man but his family had enough money to buy dinner and send him off to school. Even though Nick didn't live a very luxurious life he was very happy with it. He only ever wanted one thing in life but was not able to have it. He wanted a very young and beautiful girl named Carissa. He loved Carissa with all his heart but knew he would never be able to have her because of the different life they lived. Carissa and her family had been a very rich and very well known family. To make things worse Carissa was engaged to a young man named Asario. He was a very cruel man and only wanted Carissa because of her beauty and family status. Carissa had only loved one man and that was Nick. Both Carissa and Nick would sneak off and meet under a tall and old willow tree. It's branches swooped down acting like a curtain which concealed them from anyone around. When Asario found out about this he was furious and murdered Nick. Carissa promised that she would love Nick and only Nick for the rest of her life.

As Hermione finished the book a few tears streaked down her cheek.

'My that was depressing,' she thought. She suddenly heard a knock coming from outside the common room. She walked over to the portrait and swung it open.Standing on the other side was Ginny looking very happy.

"Classes are over already?" asked Hermione as she let Ginny in.

"Yes and was it boring"

The girls chatted for a bit and Hermione gave her a tour around her new living quarter. She then showed Ginny to her bedroom and the little Weasley girl gasped in amazement.

"Hermione your room is beautiful. I'm so jealous!" Hermione smiled at her. Both girls sat on Hermiones bed and talked about everything.

"So Hermione how's living with Malfoy?" wondered the little red head.

"It's actually been fine. He hasn't caused any trouble yet," replied Hermione as she flipped onto her stomach.

"I know your going to hate me but you're so luck you get to share the common room with Malfoy," cried out Ginny.

"GINNY! what are you saying! It's Malfoy we're talking about your brother will kill you!" exclaimed Hermione as she looked surprised.

"Oh c'mon Hermione you have to admit for a git he is pretty hot."

"Ginny I can't believe you!"

"Ok whatever but I know you're in denial," winked Ginny. "Anyways I should go I have potions homework to finish."

Ginny hopped off Hermiones bed and towards the door. She turned around just before she was about to walk out.

"Hermione don't tell Ron I said anything. Oh and Harry too!" she said looking a bit nervous.

"Don't worry your secret is safe with me." With that the little Weasley walked out of her room shutting the door behind her.

Hermione sighed and looked out the window. She could see the bright yellow sun as it shined it's bright rays onto the green grass. She shut her eyes for a second but when she tried opening them again she wasn't able to. Sleep had crept up behind her and taken her over.

Half an hour later Hermione opened her eyes and blinked continuously at the brightness of the room. She groaned as she got up off the bed. She grabbed her town, a pair of jeans and a yellow tank and made her way down to the bathroom. As she opened the door of the bathroom she raised her hands and rubbed the sleep away from her eyes and didn't notice that the bathroom had been occupied.

"GRANGER!"

When the voice had reached Hermiones ears she stood frozen for a second or two and quickly removed her hands away from her eyes. Infront of her stood a very angry Malfoy. He stood in front of his sink only wearing dark red boxers. His hair was dripping tiny drops of water on his well toned stomach and his grey towel was wrapped around his neck. Most girls would have stood there with their mouths to the floor examining his god like figure but Hermione was examining something else. Across his chest was a very deep and dark scar. It started from his right chest and made it's way done just above the stomach. If one was to look even closer they would be able to see smaller and not so noticeable cuts all around his chest. On the bottom left of his stomach was a purple and green bruise that looked like it was just 4 days old.

"Granger if you wouldn't mind please stop starring."

Hermione ignored his comment and for a second ripped her gaze away from the deep scar that had embed itself on his chest and met his stare.

"What happened to you?"

Malfoy looked at her confused for a second and looked down at his own body. He suddenly realized what she had been staring at. As he looked back up he looked frighteningly furious.

"Listen Granger forget what you just saw and don't you dare tell anyone!" he said in a tone that frightened Hermione. Sure she has seen Draco mad before but not like this. When she didn't respond after a couple seconds Draco stepped forward and grabbed her wrist.

"Did you hear me you stupid girl! Don't tell anyone,"

"Ouch Malfoy let go you're hurting me!" exclaimed Hermione as she once again ignored what he just said.

"Not until you promise me!" he said and squeezed her wrist tighter.

"Alright I promise! No one will know what I just saw! Let go Malfoy it's hurting!" She screamed as she tried to remove her wrist from his grasps.

It all happened so fast that Hermione didn't know what was happening. A second ago Malfoy was looking like he was ready to murder Hermione but with a blink of an eye he let go of her wrist and looked scared. He was staring at Hermiones wrist which were red and were shaped exactly like Malfoys. He then looked down at his hands and back at Hermione. This time Hermione was massaging her wrist. She looked up and their eyes met. He could see fear in her eyes. Not the same fear that he saw when he used to call her mudblood. It was a different kind of fear. He suddenly realized it.

'She's scared of me,' he thought

He took a step closer to her and she took a step back as she flinched. Never had anyone flinched because of him.

"Granger, I-I'm sorry." With that said he grabbed his towel that had fallen off his neck and walked right past her and up the stairs into his room not even daring to look back. When Hermione heard his door slam shut she walked into the bathroom and locked the door. She stood in front of the mirror and looked at her reflection. She was shaking. Not because she was afraid of Malfoys anger but because she was scared of the look he had when he realized what he had just done. He still looked angry but he looked more angry at himself than he was towards her. She also saw a hint of fear in his eyes when he looked down at her wrist. Then she remembered what she had saw. His body was covered in scars and bruises. 'Where did he get those?' she thought to herself. His voice came flooding back. 'He sounded very scared. He was afraid that I might go around telling everyone.' She lifted her arm and examined it. When Malfoy had grabbed it she felt jolts of electricity travel down her arm and around her body. She looked closely at the red mark that would for sure be turning into a light bruise. Hermione looked back up at her reflection.

'What are you hiding Malfoy?' she thought as she looked back at her wrist. 'Whatever it is I'm going to find out.'