Twisted- HARRY POTTER

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'Draco?' No answer. Hermione Called him again, more frantic this time. 'Draco?'

Draco came running down the stairs towards her, looking alert and panicked.

'Mione...' He put both of his hands on her shoulders. 'Hes back.'
'No..No..No' she whispered. 'How.. It's impossible!'
"Harry thought he killed him. He thought Mione"
Hermione was positively shaking by now.
"Mione count back from
100'cmon" Draco said calmingly as he steered her toward the bed. He rubbed her back gently as she let all her worries as fears escape her and she lay her head on his shoulder.

It was hours since hermione's 'episode' and Draco wanted to treat her. With Dinner. Except he couldn't.
Flashback

Hermione's POV
I entered the Hogwarts express alone this time.
Ready to finish my final year at Hogwarts, and complete my Newts. Harry and Ron didn't come with me of course. They've already got jobs at the Ministry, and they have Auror training. I decided to come back, because I need this place as much as I need a job next year. I found an empty compartment, so I settled in there. I dragged my small bags into in and put it in the corner of the compartment, so if anyone wanted to join me, they could. Ginny said she'd come later, she had been made quidditch captain, so she had to attend the prefect meeting that was held on the train. ( where the passwords are given out)
Another reason I came back to Hogwarts was because of the piece of parchment I held in my hands.

Dear Miss Hermione Granger,
As you know, the war interrupted last year at Hogwarts. You were also not there, as you were assisting Mr Harry Potter with the task Dumbledore entrusted to you three. I wanted to invite you to come back this year, and complete your seventh year. As you are one of my favourite students, i dearly apologise in advance for a situation at Hogwarts. I hope you get through it. The main reason I want you back at Hogwarts is because You are now Head Girl. If you do decide to come back, please come and find me in my office shortly before the feast. Professor Flitwick will handle the sorting. I have been named Headmistress , so go to 'Dumbledore's' office.
Dearest Hermione, i hope to see you back at Hogwarts soon.
Sincerely, Minerva McGonagall Headmistress of Hogwarts.

Inside the letter, was my new shiny Head Girl
badge.
I had clipped it on and admired it several times in the mirror already.
I was lost in my thoughts when the compartment door slid open.

Draco's POV
Everywhere else was full. I took a sharp breath as i grasped the handle of the door and slid it open to find Hermione staring out the window lost in her thoughts. When she heard the door open, she jerked back and started at it, her eyes resting their gaze on me.
"Hermione?"
"Yes?"
"Can I please sit here? everywhere else is full."
She looked as though she was contemplating it and it took me by great surprise when she said..
"yes, of course."
I hauled my trunk and bags into the compartment, and sat down. I noticed that Hermione had pulled out Romeo And Juliet.
"Is that Romeo and Juliet!?" I said. Poor Hermione looked taken aback by this comment and her eyes widened.
"yes. it's one of my favourites"
"But it's a tragic love story! they both die at the end. how in the world can you like that."
"Hold on." she said "you've read this before?"
"Of course I have" i replied as she looked at me questionably. "My parents have a library that's huge! it has literally all the books you could think of, including Muggle Books. Because i was neglected half my adolescence life, I found comfort in books" i clarified for her
"Oh wow.. Draco wow" she replied.
She called me Draco.
"Hermione?"
"Yes?" she looked up from her book, concerned.
"I'm so sorry... I could have stopped that. " i said, gesturing to her arm "I was right there, and I didn't do anything."
"Draco. Thankyou." she gestured to the scar that read mudblood on her arm. "You couldn't have stopped this. No one could have. What matters is you tried. You didn't give us up to your father. And that's all i could ask"
I cast a long saddened look at her face, and she placed her hand on my leg and said...
"Draco Malfoy. You have changed for the better. And you did all that you could. From now on, I will be your friend, because you helped me. Your making an effort. And that's bloody a lot to change about someone. I know how hard it is, trust me. I know and I wouldn't be sitting here today saying this if it were all a lie. I wouldn't waste my breath. But Draco Malfoy. You have changed. And if you want to be my friend, we shall do that."
My insides were truly jumping around in exciting circles when she said that. I studied her face and she looked legit, so I smiled at her. "Thank you.. Hermione."
When she pulled her arm back, her sleeve slide up her arm a bit, which uncovered bruises and cuts all over her arm.
"Hermione..?"
She quickly adjusted her sleeve.
"Where are these from Hermione?"
"If you must know, from Ron"
"What do you mean from Ron!" i exclaimed
"I don't know, when I do something wrong he'll hit me... I'm used to it anyways. It's nothing, don't even worry about it."
But of course I did. I had just became friends with Hermione but she trusted me. and unveiled the horrors that lay being the
golden Girl.

We sat in silence the whole train ride, both of us reading. Hermione slipped out to change into her robes (I changed into mine before)
I felt like i had to do something about her bruised arm. Ronald F*cking Weasley and her were together, for f*ck's sake, so he needed to buck up his ideas and treat Hermione properly.

The train finally stopped, after waiting for so long. Hermione had started talking to me again, but that hadn't stopped me thinking about how hard I was going to punch that f*cking idiot when I saw him. We gathered our things and waited for everyone to move out of the compartment so we could have one of the last thestrals. Because of the war, nearly everyone could see the thestrals. It's as uncommon if you couldn't.
The last Thestral galloped toward us, and we loaded our bags onto it using a spell, and sat down. Hogwarts Again. Last year. Then We Say Goodbye.
end of flashback