Chapter One

Hermione was wearing her sports attire, tired from her morning jog and entered her mansion. She was greeted by one of her maids, Karen. Hermione was handed a towel and a bottle of water then she handed her iPod to Karen.

"Your step mother would like to see you in half an hour in the library, Miss Hermione." Karen told Hermione quietly.

"Okay. Thank you for telling me Karen." Hermione said and went on her way up to the third floor. She entered her room and headed right to her stereo and turned it on to her favorite song, and then she went to her walk-in closet and got her jean skirt and her red spaghetti strap top. She went in the bathroom that was beside the closet and turned on the hot water and took a shower for about fifteen minutes knowing she had to go to her step mother in awhile. She got out of the shower and put on the clothes that she laid out for herself. She looked at the clock and saw that she still had ten minutes to meet her step mom so she went down and made her way to the kitchen then asked Karen to make her breakfast and she made her way to the library.

She saw her step mother sitting on a chair, reading a book. "Hey Blanche, what's up?" Hermione said and sat down on the chair beside Blanche.

"Hey 'Mione. I just wanted to tell you that we're going to have the annual ball earlier than usual." Blanche said, looking up from her book to talk to Hermione."

Hermione looked at Blanche in question. "Why so?"

"Well everything might be moved to an earlier date, sweetie."

"You mean?"

"Yes."

"Why wasn't I told about this earlier?! Don't I have a right?" Hermione complained to Blanche.

"You do, Hermione. And don't worry about being told about this earlier. Your father just made the decision this morning during your routine."

"Where's father?"

"He's in a meeting right now, sweetheart. He's telling about it to the others. He actually wants to talk to you after." Blanche said.

"Well I want to talk to him now." Hermione said and stood up from her seat and went to the bookshelf that was by the wall. She pulled the black book in the middle of the shelf and went in the door that appeared in the wall. "Father, I need to talk to you." Hermione stated and stared at her father. Her father looked at her and faced his.. co-workers.

"I must talk to my daughter first. I'll meet you all in two hours here. Again." His co-workers nodded and stood and left the room to give the father and daughter privacy. "Sit, my dear."

Hermione sat on the table right in front of her father. "Father, this is unacceptable! Why does it all have to be rushed?! Why is it all so sudden? School hasn't even star-"

"Hush. I don't want all of this complaining and you know that, Hermione."

"Well I don't like things rushed. Especially things like this. Father, I should've learned this the minute you thought of it. I'm going to be a part of your side, father. You should've told me you were going to make things happen earlier. I should've hung out with my friends. To at least show them that I really do love them as my friends. Father, why?" Hermione asked.

Tom Riddle looked at his daughter who looked so confused and he felt guilty. He didn't like it when his daughter was like this. "Hermione, the order is getting stronger than ever. We both know that. Especially you. With or without Dumbledore, they will get stronger. We don't want that."

Hermione sighed. She knew it was true. "When's the annual ball?"

"Three days from now."

"When's our training going to end?"

"You'll have your last training tomorrow evening."

Hermione nodded. "And when do I get it?"

"Well let's see, today's a Thursday. You'll have your ceremony on Saturday."

Hermione nodded again and looked down at the floor. "The attack?"

Tom sighed and said, "A week after your NEWTs." Hermione nodded for the last time and got off the table. She was on her way to the door when her father called her again. "Hermione, leave now and go to your… Friends. Come back tomorrow at six in the morning. If you're not home by 6:01, I'm having a deatheater go and get you." Hermione smiled and ran back to her father and hugged him.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thaaaaank yoooooou! I love you, Daddy!" Hermione exclaimed while hugging her father.

"I love you too and you're welcome. But I'm serious, Hermione. If you are late by one minute, I will have someone get you." Tom said.

"Okay. I need to go. Love you!" Said Hermione, and she went out the door, into the library and ran to the stairs and into her room. She got her big bag and got her clothes and put them in the bag. She changed her skirt to a pair of pants. She went into her fireplace and got floo powder and flooed to the Weasley's.

"Okay, when 'Mione gets here next week, we don't tell her-"

"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed and cut Ron off. He got off the couch and he hugged Hermione.

Hermione smiled as she was hugged. "Harry! Let me breathe even just for a minute, will you?" Hermione said with a laugh. When Harry just let go of her, she was hugged and felt like something broke when she was by Ron.

"Ronald, I missed you like hell too. But I think my ribs got broken!" Hermione laughed again and Ron let go.

He grinned at her. "Sorry 'Mione!"

"Wait, why are you so early? You aren't supposed to be here 'til next week." Harry asked.

Hermione looked at him and gave him a smile. "Nothing, silly. I just miss you all. Besides, I have to leave early. I'm leaving at quarter to six in the morning tomorrow."

"But you just got here!" Ron said.

"I know, Ronald. I'm sorry. I have to go to stay at my cousin's house for the rest of the break. My ste – I mean my mother says I have to bond with her more."

"Oh. Okay. Then let's get you settled up at Ginny's room. Everyone's head out and Ginny's staying at Lavander's house for a week, so you can stay in Ginny's room." Ron said as he got Hermione's bag.

"Oh, okay. So what do we do after?"

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Hermione hung out with her friends the whole day. They ate chocolate frogs, talked about the start of their summer, and even went to Diagon Alley for awhile. She was already tired because of the things they did. She couldn't believe it was the last day she would be friends with them. She loved them all. They treated her right and she was happy with them. She wished she could have more time with them. She would miss them. Their seventh and last year at Hogwarts would be different. A lot different.

Hermione woke up at five in the morning to take a bath and to get ready to leave. She went to the boys room and it was already quarter to six. She had to hurry. She didn't want to upset her father and she knew he would really send someone to pick her up if she wasn't home by six. She kissed the heads of the two sleeping boys and tried not to wake them on her way to the door. So she was startled when both boys said, "Hermione, wait up."

"Hey. Go back to sleep. I'm sorry I woke you." Hermione smiled at them.

"No, we were really going to wake up early. We have some news." Ron said groggily and reached for an envelope that was on a night table beside his bed. "Hermione, congratulations." Ron said and handed the envelope to Hermione.

Hermione looked at Ron, confused. She got the envelope and looked at Harry and Ron's smiling faces. She saw that the envelope was big and it had something in it that made the envelope bulky. She smiled at the two boys. "Is this what I think it is?"

"Go ahead. Open it." Harry smiled.

She opened the Hogwarts envelope and smiled when the head girl badge fell right out and onto the floor. She picked it up, looked at it and read her Head Girl letter. "How'd you get this?"

"Well we had McGonagall send it to us. So we could surprise you when you got here. But since you had to leave early, we figured we'd give it to you right now." Ron said.

Hermione smiled at the two. She felt like crying. She would really miss them. She hugged them and gave each boy a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you both. I love you. But I really have to go. It's five minutes to six and my mother might get angry with me since I promised her I'd be home by six sharp. I love you two so much. Thank you."

"You're welcome, 'Mione. C'mon, let's go to the fireplace." Harry said and they walked to the living room.

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Hermione got to her room at exactly six o'clock. She saw someone on her bed simply looking at her. "Hello Draco." Hermione smiled.

"Why are you crying?" Draco asked and stood up to cup her face in his hands.

"Nothing. I just… I'll miss them, you know? Even though… Ugh. Whatever. Hey, I got head girl." Hermione changed the subject and smiled.

"No surprise there." Draco smiled and kissed her forehead. "I got head boy."

"No surprise there either. Congratulations." Hermione smiled and wiped her tears. "Ugh! I have to stop crying. Where's my father?"

"He's still asleep. He made me sleep here so I'll be here when you get back." Hermione sighed. She looked at the clock and climbed to bed. She looked at Draco who was just standing by the bed. She patted the spot next to her and Draco lay down on the spot and put his arm around Hermione. "Sleepy?"

"I slept at three am. I was so disturbed by the thought of everything." Hermione closed her eyes. "Promise me you'll still have me in your arms when I wake up?"

"I promise. Now sleep." Draco said and kissed her forehead again. "I love you." But Hermione didn't hear it already. She was already fast asleep.

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Hermione woke up and apparently Draco kept his promise, he was asleep too but he still had his arms around Hermione. Hermione looked at the clock on the wall and saw that is was nine-thirty in the morning. She kissed Draco's lips and again and again and again until Draco woke up. But when Draco woke up and Hermione gave him a kiss, Draco caught her lips and kissed her passionately. He took his tongue out and Hermione's tongue was more than happy to massage it. Then suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Hermione? Draco? Are you kids there?" Blanche asked from the other side of the door.

"Yes, Blanche." Both kids answered.

"There'll be a meeting in an hour. Both of you need to get ready."

"Okay."

Draco looked at Hermione and smiled. "You're naughty."

Hermione giggled. "Well, you were so cute. And your lips were just too inviting, darling."

Both of them laughed and started snogging again for ten minutes when Draco said, "I need to take a shower."

"I'll just change my clothes. I took a shower earlier at the Weasley's."

Draco sniffed Hermione's soft curls and her neck. "Are you sure? You kind of… You kind of smell… What do they call it? Ah. You smell kind of funky." Draco joked.

"Ugh! You are so irritating right now!" Hermione laughed. "Go and take a shower, Malfoy. You're the one who's stinking here."

"Oh, so it's Malfoy now, huh? You better wait for me, Riddle!"

"Oooh. I'm so scared!"

And just before Draco entered the bathroom, Hermione squeezed the bridge of her nose. "Whew! Make it fast!" And all Draco did was stuck out his tongue at her.

Hermione got off the bed and faced the mirror. She was already wearing jeans and a tank top. She felt like changing her top so she changed her top to a gray collar shirt and pulled her hair up into a loose bun. She applied a little lip gloss and a little eyeliner and decided that she already looked good. She knocked on the bathroom door and entered and sat on the toilet seat cover.

"Hey Draco?"

"Yes?" He answered from the shower.

"You love me right?"

"Of course I do."

"As in you're in love with me, right?"

Hermione heard the knobs of the shower turn and the water was no longer running. Draco poked his head out of the shower and looked at Hermione. "What's up with you, baby?"

"I don't know. It's just that, what are we, Draco? Are we together? Are we friends with benefits, what are we?"

"Well, first of all, we're people who are in love with each other and yes we are together. If you want to be."

Hermione's smiling face looked up at Draco and nodded. "I want to be with you, Draco. I love you."

"I love you too. Now can I finish my shower?"

Hermione stood up and her nose wrinkled, "For a guy, you take a long time taking a shower."

"Whatever. Get out." Draco and Hermione laughed. But before Hermione left the bathroom, she went to Draco and gave him a quick kiss, and Hermione left the bathroom.

After fifteen minutes, the couple made their way down to the first floor and went into the kitchen hand in hand. There they found their friends Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Theodore Nott and a lot more Slytherins.

"Pancakes!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Mai-mai!" Pansy answered.

Hermione let go of Draco's hand and hugged her best girl friend. "I missed you so much!" Hermione said.

"I missed you too, Mai-mai!" Pansy started calling Hermione 'Mai-mai' when they were only two years old. Pansy as a baby had a hard time saying 'Hermione' and settled for 'Mai-mai'. Pansy pulled Hermione out of the kitchen and into the hallway and whispered in her ear, "So. Are you finally dating?"

"Well, we haven't really gone on a date. But we've been together the whole summer because of training and we've gotten closer than ever. And well…"

"Well…?"

"We've fallen deeply in love with each other and now we're together!" Hermione said happily.

"AAAWW! I'm so happy for you! So, so happy!" Pansy hugged her. "And what about the whole thing with Potter and Weasley? Have you had your last day with them?"

Hermione frowned and nodded. "Yeah, we hung out yesterday. I actually just got back this morning. We had fun. Oh, and I got head girl."

"I knew you would. We all did. Blaise got prefect."

"Speaking of Blaise. How are you both?"

"We broke up two weeks ago. It just wasn't working. We were meant to be friends. We've still been hanging out though. Like before training and after training. We're still good."

"Aw. But you should've sent me an owl after your breakup. I could've been there. But I'm happy things haven't changed."

"Yeah…" Pansy said with a smile.

"Hey, if both of you are done chit chatting over there, you two have to join us here." Draco said.

"Coming!" The girls answered at the same time and laughed and made their way back to the kitchen.

"Hey 'Mione!" Blaise greeted her as soon as the girls entered the kitchen.

"Hey Blaise!" Hermione greeted as she sat down on the chair beside Draco.

"We were actually thinking of going out after the last training tonight. We're all going to have the last training together." Draco said.

"Sure!"

"Hey, I heard there's a new club for wizards that just opened yesterday. Maybe we could go there. It's called… Crap. I forgot the name!" Pansy said and thought hard of the name of the new club.

Hermione looked at her. "Ultra 51?"

"Yes! That's the name!"

"I know the owner. He's my friend. He invited me last week but I was too busy with training. He told me it's a good place."

"Oh? I heard the owner was a nineteen year old. How'd you meet him?" Pansy asked.

"Well, he used to live down the street. His name's Patrick Patel, he's a nice kid and his parents are friends with mine. I think he's going to be here tomorrow to get his mark too."

"Is... he… hot?" Millicent Bulstrode asked.

Hermione looked at Draco and grinned. Then answered Millicent's question, "Yes."

"Okay. So it's set then. We're going to Ultra 51 after training!" Millicent said excitedly. She always was excited as long as hot guys were involved.

The group ate their breakfast and caught up with each other. After awhile, Blanche came into the kitchen with Narcissa Malfoy.

"Hey kids. Having fun?" Narcissa asked.

"Yeah." The group answered together and laughed.

The two mothers smiled. "Well the meeting's just about to start. You better get to the room now."

"Thank you for telling us, mother." Draco said and every teenager in the kitchen headed for the room.

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Chapter one's over! Thanks for reading and make sure to leave a review, araaayt? Thank you! Oh, and if you guys are wondering about the story of Hermione being Tom Riddle's daughter, well you'll just have to wait for the upcoming chapters! =]