Okay, first off, 'Hello!' this is pretty much my first ever fan fiction... well non-Supernatural, fan fiction and, to top it all off it is a Dramione fan fiction. This is pretty much based around Draco and Hermione's final year at Hogwarts and from my own warped imagination, Dumbledore did not die by Snape's hand, nor is he even dead. I simply couldn't make a Harry Potter fan fiction and not have dear old Dumbledore involved. However, Sirius is still, sadly, deceased, much to my disappointment. I wanted to remain true to the Order of the Phoenix. Also.. wow, I have quite a lot to say, I'm setting this around present day. I know J. K. Rowling set it a lot further back but, I've always believed that the Harry Potter books occurred during the year 2000+ so please don't hate me. Um... I know this first chapter is quite long and to be honest, I didn't really know when to stop, but please read and review and let me know how I'm doing. Okay... other than that... I can think of nothing else to say... um... nope, my mind is blank even though I feel as though I still have many things to say.

Disclaimer: Sadly, due to unforseen events, I do not own Harry Potter. Though, I may create a character who does belong to me and haha not to J.K.Rowling... so... yeah, I don't own Harry Potter, nor do I own Draco Malfoy. Darn!

Silver and Gold, Green and Red

Chapter One

The start of term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry was slowly dwindling closer and though Hermione could not wait to get back to Hogwarts, she had to admit that her time at the Burrow was one that she would never want to forget.

Brushing a hand through her dark, caramel coloured hair, she turned her head when she suddenly heard two familiar voices that were thick with sleep and rather slurred. Some of what they were saying, Hermione could not make out, but both Harry and Ron seemed to be having no difficulty in understanding one another's slurred speech.

Glancing at her watch, Hermione found that it was almost ten o'clock and herself, Harry and the rest of the members of the Burrow were meant to be travelling to Diagon Alley at quarter past ten to buy school supplies. Hermione and Ginny had both been awoken by a frantic Mrs. Weasley at eight o'clock who had been stressing over them getting into Diagon Alley on time and so had run around each room to make sure every one who was going into London for the day was up and awake. Clearly, Mrs. Weasley had had to run into Ron's room which he was sharing with Harry, quite a lot of times before the two boys would get up.

It was Hermione's, Ron's and Harry's final year at Hogwarts and Hermione, though excited, was worried about how the last year would go. Some times, she wished she had been one of the students who had gone into Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff and was capable of studying without the constant threat of losing her life every year. But she had gone into Gryffindor and had become best friends with Harry, thus leading her to not have quite a normal life in which she could simply sit down and study without anything else stressing her out.

"Good morning Harry, Ron." Hermione beamed from where she sat on the settee. Harry managed to force a tired smile to his face but Ron merely grunted in acknowledgement before dropping down onto the settee beside Hermione and stifling a yawn with his hand. "I take it the two of you had a late night?" Hermione asked looking to Harry who sat down in a comfy, green armchair with a heavy sigh.

"Actually, we went to sleep at a rather decent time." Harry replied as once again Ron yawned.

"I.. can't stand... getting up... early!" Ron grumbled as Ginny bounded into the living room with a smile plastered to her face. "And seeing people as happy as she is doesn't make it any easier!" Ron said after smothering yet another yawn with the back of his hand.

"Are you ready to go?" Ginny demanded looking at Hermione with wide eyes before she grabbed the other girls hand and pulled her to her feet. "Mum's finally managed to calm down now that these two sleepy heads have finally gotten up and are dressed and Dad's hunting down the Floo powder." The red haired girl explained as she dragged Hermione from the living room and into the kitchen where Mr. Weasley was muttering curses under his breath whilst searching for the Floo powder.

Hermione glanced at the table to see a pot full of Floo powder simply sitting there and a small frown crept to her face, "Um.. Mr. Weasley, the Floo powder is on the table." She said picking up the flowerpot. Mr. Weasley whirled around and his eyes widened in delight as he spotted that Hermione was right.

"Oh thank goodness." He breathed a sigh of relief and took the Floo powder from Hermione before checking the time. "Oh my... where's Molly? we have to leave in five minutes." He gasped before suddenly thrusting the Floo powder back into Hermione's hands as he went off in search of his wife.

Glancing down at the flowerpot, Hermione sighed and shook her head before glancing at Ginny who was staring out of the window of the Burrow and into the back garden to watch the gnomes sneaking through the hedges. "I really hate them things." Ginny said as her eyes tightened maliciously and she watched the gnomes for a few more seconds before giving a shake of her head which sent her straight, red hair flying about.

"I'll go get Harry and Ron," She said glancing at Hermione before she bolted off to the living room to get the two boys. Hermione watched Ginny scamper off before she looked down at the Floo powder and arched a brow, she then set the pot down on the counter top before heading upstairs to the bedroom that she shared with Ginny to grab her cloak and her money pouch and check that she was decent for going out into the world beyond the Burrow.

Returning back downstairs, she found Ron and Harry in the kitchen with their cloaks over their muggle clothes and their money pouches tied to their belts. Both seemed a little less grumpy now that they were finally going to be heading into London, but Hermione could still sense the grumpiness in Ron and made sure to steer clear of him until they finally reached Diagon Alley once and for all.

Finally, Mr and Mrs. Weasley appeared, Mrs. Weasley looking rather flustered from her morning spent racing around the house. One would have thought that since Fred and George had left in the early hours of the morning to open up their shop in Diagon Alley, that Mrs. Weasley wouldn't be so run off her feet. But, it seemed that Mrs. Weasley still found ways to make herself begin to grow stressed on a hectic morning such as preparing everyone for going out to Diagon Alley.

Hermione handed the flowerpot of Floo powder to Mrs. Weasley who beamed at Hermione and then motioned for one of them to step forward. Harry and Ron exchanged a quick look, recalling one of the times that Harry had come out at the wrong fireplace and wound up in Knockturn Alley, that had been something to both laugh and grow fearful at, and it seemed that Harry still held a small dislike with travelling by Floo powder.

Ron took a handful of the Floo powder and then bent his back so he could walk into the fireplace without banging his head. "See you at the next grate!" Ron said to Harry and Hermione before he shouted "Diagon Alley!" Threw down his handful of Floo powder into the fireplace and vanished into emerald flames. Once the flames had died down, Harry was motioned forward and took his handful of Floo powder before making sure that he clearly stated that he wanted to go to Diagon Alley and then threw down his handful of Floo powder before he too vanished into the fireplace.

Taking a deep breath, Hermione then followed suit and took her handful of Floo powder before stepping into the fireplace, "Diagon Alley!" She shouted before tossing down her handful of Floo powder into the grate.

Feeling as though she was spinning incredibly fast, Hermione tucked her elbows in tightly to avoid hitting them on anything, whilst she kept her eyes shut tightly. Last time she had opened her eyes, the emerald green flames had begun to make her feel queasy with all the spinning. Then it was over and she hit the ground with a small cry of pain.

Opening her eyes, she peered around for a moment whilst trying to rid herself of the dizziness. Then two sets of hands plucked her up off the cold ground and began wiping her down from the soot and ash that she had managed to gain from spinning through different fireplaces. "You came out with quite a thud there 'Mione." Ron mused as he swiped away the soot from the back of her cloak and glanced at Harry who was busy brushing soot from Hermione's hair.

Hermione glared at Ron and gave a small shake of her head before removing her wand and pointing it at herself. She then muttered a spell and all the soot and ash that had been on her previously, disappeared leaving her as clean and tidy as she had been when they had left the Burrow. She then turned to Harry and performed the same spell on him before also pointing her wand at Ron and watching as the dirt suddenly vanished from the red haired boy who grinned his thanks.

Rolling her eyes, Hermione rushed forward to pick up Ginny who had fallen flat on her face from the fireplace. Harry, helped Hermione pull Ginny to her feet and the younger Weasley let out a small laugh before looking down at her clothes and moaning at the state she was in. Hermione smiled and pointed her wand at Ginny before muttering the spell that she had used on herself and Harry and Ron and within a second, Ginny was as spotless as the three others that stood before, "Thank you 'Mione!" Ginny beamed as she glanced around the building that they had entered from the fireplace.

It was then that Hermione finally registered that they had emerged from the fireplace into a building within Diagon Alley, and though to the Wizards and Witches it was completely normal, Hermione couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed at just dropping in through a fireplace. Glancing around, she found they they were in fact not in a shop, but in a pub and a small smile crept to Hermione's lips at the familiarity at where it was that she had emerged.

"The Leaky Cauldron?" Ron said in a surprised voice, "Huh, never come out of the fireplace in here before." He arched a brow before turning around to face his two parents who had finally emerged from the fireplace and were both covered in soot and ash, however, Mr. Weasley soon sorted both him and his wife out and within ten minutes of arriving, everyone from the Burrow was standing in Diagon Alley.

After the Weasley's and Harry had retrieved the money they needed from Gringotts, Mr. And Mrs. Weasley decided to split up from Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ginny and go in search of things they needed for the house at home. "Meet us in Florish and Blotts in an hour so we can buy books." Mrs. Weasley ordered before her and Mr. Weasley vanished into the crowds of Diagon Alley.

Hermione was quiet for a moment before looking at Ginny who was eyeing the shops intently, "I want to see Fred and George." Ginny suddenly whined and Harry instantly leapt to agree. Hermione merely smiled and gave a small nod of the head.

"When I see Fred and George, I am going to kill them." Ron told Harry as they made their way to the Weasley's joke shop. The night before, Fred and George had played a prank on Ron which had greatly embarrassed the youngest Weasley boy but had been a cause for laughter from everyone else, even Mrs. Weasley had chuckled away whilst in the kitchen and now Ron, who was still embarrassed by the event, vowed to take some form of vengeance on his two older brothers.

Weasley's Wizard Wheezes was packed and the group of two red heads, one raven haired and one caramel haired people had to weave in and out of many customers before they reached the main counter where Fred and George were stood advertising one of their latest products to a group of wide eyed teenagers who Hermione recognized as being third years in Hogwarts, soon to be fourth years when they all returned back to school.

"Oi!" Ron suddenly called to Fred and George who lifted their heads and frowned at their younger brother, "I want a word with you two." Ron growled and Fred rolled his eyes before looking at George.

"Honestly ickle ronikins, have you no manners?" Fred asked and George sighed and patted his twin on the arm in a sympathetic motion.

"What is that you want dear brother?" George asked with a smirk at Fred who lowered his gaze and eyed the floor as though greatly upset, "Can you not see? Your barbaric tone has greatly grieved my dear twin." He sighed and shook his head as though greatly disappointed and the younger students from Hogwarts grinned at the show whilst Ron's ears began to go as bright as his hair. How could they still manage to embarrass him? It was uncalled for!

"Oh, forget it!" Ron mumbled before turning and fleeing from the Weasley twins shop. Fred and George suddenly burst into laughter and clapped one another on the back whilst telling each other how amazingly talented they were. Ginny grinned and Hermione couldn't help but smile at the two twins who were now bowing to the Hogwarts students and thanking them for being such admirable fans.

After spending fifteen minutes browsing Weasley Wizard Wheezes, Hermione and Ginny shouted bye to Fred and George before going out to find Harry and Ron. Ron was angrily muttering names about his two older brothers and Harry was merely stood there and nodding his head whilst his expression showed that he was clearly thinking about other things.

Spending the last of their hour buying supplies for their lessons, the group eventually made it's way towards Florish and Blotts with their arms filled with supplies and equipment. Filing into the book shop, Hermione instantly made her presence known to Mr. And Mrs. Weasley before she wandered off examining the books with a look of glee on her face. She had been meaning to buy a new copy of Hogwart's a History for the past two years but had never gotten round to it. Her old copy had torn pages and stains on it, mainly from when she had been reading it and either Harry or Ron had knocked over a cup of Pumpkin juice onto it or when Crookshanks had suddenly taken a disliking to the book and attacked it.

Scouring the bookshelves, Hermione was lost in her own world and didn't realize that Ron and Harry had appeared and were watching her with a look of amusement on their faces. Clearly, Hermione's reactions when encountered by a book was one that would be a never ending source of amusement and jokes for the two boys, but to Hermione, a book shop was something that would never loose it's alluring appearance.

"Hermione! Hermione! Hello? Ron to Hermione!" Ron rolled his eyes and looked at Harry with an exasperated sigh and the raise of the brow that said, 'Do something with her!'. Harry shrugged his shoulders and Ron rolled his eyes before pushing Hermione and frowning at her.

Hermione jumped in surprise when some suddenly pushed her and her eyes glimmered angrily before she turned her eyes on to Harry and Ron who were looking at her with amused faces. "What was that for?" She demanded as she glared at them both and waited for an answer. The amused looks on Harry and Ron's face disappeared and Ron's ears once again went pink.

"Well, er... you weren't answering so we thought if we pushed you, that you might start paying attention." Ron explained and Hermione let out an exasperated sigh before shaking her head and walking away from Ron and Harry with her arms filed with new books.

"I'll meet you outside." She snapped as she headed to the counter to pay for the books she was purchasing. Putting them into another bag, Hermione spotted Mrs. Weasley stood gossiping with the Patil twins mother and both seemed to be talking so fast that even Hermione was surprised to see that their lips barely shut. Arching a brow, Hermione caught sight of Ginny who was stood with her arms folded and a bored expression on her face as she waited for her mother to finish gossiping with Mrs. Patil.

Walking out of Florish and Blotts, Hermione was so engrossed in her thoughts that she barely had time to even register that she was about to collide with someone. She went sprawling to the ground and dropped her bags whilst the person she had walked into stumbled back but managed to keep his footing.

A few onlookers stopped and gawked but when Hermione lifted her head from where she lay on the street, they quickly walked on. Pushing herself to her hands and knees, Hermione then moved back so she was resting on her knees and she examined the palms of her hands which she had managed to cut from breaking her fall. God, how could I be so stupid! She silently cursed herself as she glanced about for the person that she had managed to walk into, and when her eyes landed on a furious looking Draco Malfoy, Hermione's blood suddenly ran cold.

Okay, so here's the first chapter. I know it's dreadfully long but thank you for reading it if you did. Please review as well, give me negative reviews if you see something that you disliked or whether there is something wrong with my style of writing. Oh yes, I'm British so I guess to many people my choice of words and the spelling is gonna be a litte iffy. Anywho, hopefully, I should have chapter two up relatively quickly. Thank you for reading so far.