Dear Diary... ~ Dramione

002

Dear Diary,

It's happening. I'm finally going mad. Crazy! I mean, I could pull a Dumbledore right now and say "Nitwit! Oddment! Blubber! Tweak!" Oh no, I just did it! There is something clearly wrong with me.

First of all, Malfoy was being nice to me! And now, I feel something... weird... when I'm around him. If anyone finds you, Diary? I will go even more ballistic!

***

It was now late September, the harsh autumn breeze blowing about outside. Hermione was alone, having nothing but her studies to keep her company. Luna and Ginny were always off doing their own thing – not studying for the N.E.W.T.s, that's for sure – and they had no time to do anything with Hermione.

Not that it mattered, anyway. She was busy herself. The tests were many months away, but Hermione spent her free time in the library taking notes on anything that might be in the exams. Books were piled high around her so she could grab as much information as possible.

The books surrounded her for another reason, though. Hermione was being stalked. She didn't know for sure, but she could feel something (or someone) staring at her as she poured over the books.

One exceptionally windy day, her first letter arrived. It was from Harry and Ron.

Dear Hermione,

How's it at Hogwarts? We've been doing pretty good over at the Ministry. They've taught us a lot of new spells I reckon'll be good to use when we actually get sent on missions. 

It's very time consuming, however. We just started training and three people have already left!

Hope you're doing well,

Ron and Harry

Well, that's disappointing. They should've told her more! Not just ask how her day has been! There are other things to worry about, though.

A new year, means a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. And this year it just had to be the worst teacher yet. Scratch that, the worst teacher other than Umbridge. Professor Daviela Cullrgan. He was part vampire, part ogre and he was ugly. Stupid, too, but he was the best match for the position, so here we are now.

D.A.D.A. was with the Slytherins. Cullrgan believed "Everyone should be one and no one should hold grudges," so each Gryffindor was paired with a Slytherin. Unfortunately for Neville, he was paired with Pansy Parkinson. She would always jabber on about something and Neville tried his best to pay attention to what was going on. 

Hermione, however, was partnered with Malfoy. Typical. Anyway, they were supposed to work together to construct something that would ward off giants so they don't attack you.

Hermione already knew they were supposed to use turnips so she said, "Shall I go grab the turnips? We can make a juice out of it."

"I probably wouldn't do that if I were you, Granger."

"What?"

"Sure, turnips scare giants... but it doesn't necessarily work all the time. We need to poison it." Malfoy scoffed, "What is this, potions class?"

Hermione nodded. Was Malfoy suddenly becoming... smart?

Lol this was terrible. Thanks for reading <3