Just A Dream Or Fate?

"Well.." Draco began; little drops of sweat were running down his clear, smooth skin.

Hermione looked up at him, "I haven't got all day you know."

Draco scowled, "Forget it!" he shouted and rushed off.

Hermione sat there bewildered for a moment, then turned back to her book.

Draco walked down the hallway, he was furious with himself.

What an idiot! Draco thought, scowling at everyone who looked at him.

"Draco! Draco!" A girls voice said, behind him.

Draco's heart leapt, was it Hermione?

Draco turned around to see Pansy Parkinson.

"What do you want?" Draco spat.

"Draco dearest, what on earths the matter?" Pansy asked, looking concerned.

"You!" Draco shouted, "That's what the matter is!"

Pansy looked startled, "You don't mean that," she said, ever so pale, "Your just having a bad day, come with me, I can make it all better.."

"No!" Draco shouted and stormed off.

Pansy bit her lip and watched him go.

: -

Hermione, Ron and Harry set off to Care of Magical Creatures.

"I wonder what Hagrid's got planned for today," Ron said.

"Hopefully not Blast ended skrewts," Harry said.

"Or flobberworms," Hermione said, dully.

As they approached Hagrid's hut, they noticed the Slytherins were already there.

"'Ello Harry! 'Ermione and Ron!" Hagrid said, a huge grin over his face.

"Oh no, he hasn't has he? Not again.." Harry muttered, looking over at the crates near Hagrid.

As everyone came closer to the crates they saw weird looking creatures, pink fluffy looking balls with bright violet eyes.

They had 4 legs and they looked very much like poodles, apart from there ears were pointy like fox's ears.

"Aww!" several girls said.

"Their called ninkypods," Hagrid said happily.

Even Pansy Parkinson couldn't contain her affection for the cute little creatures.

"Now, I'm going to put yeh in partners and yeh gunna put them on a leash, fer a lil walk," Hagrid said.

Hagrid went around them all, partnering them.

"Ron yer with Harry, 'Ermione yer with Draco," Hagrid said.

"What?" Hermione asked, looking at Hagrid in disbelief.

Draco just smirked, this is how he came to like Hermione, he had been partnered with her in Potions once and he had taken a liking to her.

Even though he didn't like to admit it.

And from then on he had found himself thinking and dreaming about her constantly.

"Now go on, get walking!" Hagrid roared, happily.

Hagrid pulled Hermione to the side, whilst Draco attempted to put a leash on a ninkypod.

"I'm sorry 'Ermione," Hagrid said, "Its just yeh and Draco are the brightest in the class."

"Draco? Bright!" Hermione exclaimed, "Compared to what? A flobberworm!"

"Now, see 'ere, that boys half decent, just got some nasty blood in 'im, I recon its 'is dad, makin' 'im go on the dark side," Hagrid said, looking serious.

Hermione bit her lip and looked over at Draco who had now successfully got the ninkypod on a leash.

"I suppose," Hermione said, going over to Draco.

Draco smiled slightly at Hermione.

Hermione ignored this and looked at the ninkypod, "Cute little thing, isn't it?" she asked, attempting to make conversation.

"I suppose," Draco said, looking at the ninkypod blankly.

"Looks kind of like a poodle," Hermione said, smiling.

"A what?" Draco asked, looking confused.

"A poodle, a muggle dog," Hermione said.

"Oh, well I wouldn't know much about muggles, considering my whole family's pureblood," Draco

said.

"How many times do you have to remind me," Hermione said, rolling her eyes.

"Err, until it gets stuck in your head?" Draco asked.

"It was a rhetorical question, dimwit," Hermione said.

"I knew that," Draco grinned, flashing his white teeth.

Hermione raised an eyebrow, "Cocky little bugger, aren't you?"

"I suppose," Draco said, smirking.

Hermione smiled lightly and grabbed a handful of soil from the side of Hagrid's cabin.

"Hey Draco!" Hermione shouted.

"What-" Draco began, but Hermione threw the soil at him and it splattered in his hair.

Hermione giggled at the look of disgust on Draco's face.

"Your dead Granger!" Draco smirked and ran after her.

When the lesson finished, Hermione watched Draco join up with Crabbe and Goyle.

I suppose he's not as rotten as I thought she smiled.

"What are you smiling at?" Ron asked, as he and Harry joined her.

"Nothing," Hermione said, quickly looking away from Draco.

"Stupid pinkynod bit me," Ron moaned.

"Its Ninkypod, and I doubt it hurt, they're too sweet and innocent to do such a thing," Hermione said.

"Sweet and innocent my eye!" Ron said.

"Your eye?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's a phrase..." Ron said, going slightly red, " One which I'll never use again."

They made their way to back inside, not before saying goodbye to Hagrid, of course.

"What lesson do we have next?" Harry asked.

"Transfiguration with the Slytherins," Hermione said.

"Great, just what I need, a lesson with the Slytherins," Ron moaned.

"The Slytherins aren't that bad," Hermione said, scowling at Ron.

Ron stopped in his tracks and looked at Hermione as if she had gone mad.

"Hermione?" Ron asked, "Did you suddenly go deaf? I said the S-L-Y-T-H-E-R-I-N-S!"

"I heard very well Ron!" Hermione snapped, "Trust you to be so immature!"

And with that stormed off ahead of them.

Ron looked dumbfounded, "Can you believe her? I think its hormones."

Harry sighed and walked the rest of the way in silence.

They all entered the Transfiguration classroom and noticed Professor McGonagall sat at her desk, she immediately stood up as everyone was seated.

"Now class, the time has came where we will be-" she began, but was interrupted.

"Turn ourselves into Animals?" Neville Longbottom asked, hopefully.

"Dissect a Banshee?" Lavender asked.

"Don't be silly!" Seamus shouted, "We're going to ride a dragon!"

"That's enough!" Professor McGonagall shouted, "We're definitely not going to turn ourselves into animals, you have to be a registered Animagus to do such a thing! And we will certainly not be dissecting Banshee's! Where are your brains?"

The class went quiet and Seamus muttered something, which sounded like "I left it at home" under his breath.

Professor McGonagall, however, chose to ignore this and cleared her throat, "As I was saying, the time has come where we will be turning foxes into scarves," she smiled, "Now, I will team you up into threes, you may not be with your friends, but maybe that way you will use your brains more."

Hermione glanced at Draco, her heart pounding painfully against her chest.

"I can't be in love with him, I just can't its impossible," Hermione muttered.

"What was that Miss Granger?" Professor McGonagall asked.

Hermione looked up and noticed Professor McGonagall was stood straight in front of her.

"Err, nothing Professor," Hermione said, blushing slightly.

"As I was saying, you will be working with Mrs Parkinson and Mr Malfoy," Professor McGonagall said.

Hermione's heart dropped.

Pansy Parkinson? Ugh, god no! Peeve's has more brains than her.

Pansy and Draco joined Hermione at a table.

Pansy, Hermione noticed, kept staring at Draco dreamily.

Hermione rolled her eyes and sighed loudly.

"Oh," Pansy said, coldly, "We're working with you, Mudblood."

"Pansy shut up!" Draco said, scowling at her.

Pansy looked bewildered, but kept her mouth shut.

Hermione's heart was beating so hard; it felt as though it was going to explode.