A New Type of Love

Chapter 1

Hermione Granger is on her way to her common room after her day of classes is over when she hears crying. She walks down a side corridor a bit and sees Draco Malfoy sitting there crying. Although he has been rude to them all of their time at Hogwarts, he's still had a hard life trying to please his father and be the son his father would be proud of.

She moves a bit closer. "Draco are you all right?"

Said guy turns to look at her. "I'm fine Granger just leave me alone. It's nothing a filthy mud- muggle born like yourself should be concerned with. Just go back to your common room."

Hermione sits down next to Draco. "Draco you may not like me and my friends but I'm trying to help you. Please tell me what is wrong."

Draco looks at her with his bloodshot eyes. "You promise you aren't here to make fun of me because I'm crying and get the whole school to make fun of me?" Hermione nods. "All right I guess I'll tell you. My father is condemned to Azkaban and I don't know what to do without him. He had my whole life planned out for me and now that he's gone, I don't think I want to follow in his footsteps like he wanted me to. He works for you know who and I don't want to work for him. He killed Harry's parents and I'm sorry to say that my parents were followers of him the night they died."

Hermione rubs his back. "Draco it's a good thing that you are becoming your own person and not a spitting image of your father. I know that you will want to keep this a secret so I won't tell Harry and-"

"Granger wait there's more. I don't want to be a Slytherin anymore. It doesn't seem right seeing as I don't want to be evil anymore. Is there any way that my house could be changed?"

Hermione thinks for a second and then remembers that Dumbledore let Harry put the hat on a second time because he thought he didn't belong in Gryffindor. "Draco the sorting hat is kept in Dumbledore's office. Perhaps if we ask him he will let you try it on again."

Draco looks at Hermione with a smile. "Thank you... Hermione. I am really glad you are being helpful. Oh before I forget I'm sorry about calling you a mudblood in third year."

Hermione smiles at Draco. "Don't worry about it, all is forgiven. Now let's get to Dumbledore's office."

The two of them make their way towards Dumbledore's office to see he is already outside. Hermione, a little out of breath looks up to Altus Dumbledore. "Professor I was wondering if Draco could try on the sorting hat again. He has changed his view of the world and would like to try it on again and see if he could get into a new house."

Dumbledore with his crescent moon glasses and his blue eyes holding tons of age and wisdom looks down at the two fifth years. "We'll I don't see why not. If he has changed as you say he would be welcome in any of the other three houses. Come with me."

He says the password and allows the two students to go into his office. Once they are all in the office, Dumbledore goes and grabs the hat from it's place on the shelf and brings it over to Draco who is sitting on the chair in front of his desk. "Now Draco I am warning you now the hat has never been wrong before, so don't expect some miracle to happen."

Dumbledore puts the hat on Draco's head. The hat starts to mumble. "Oh yes Draco Malfoy I remember you. I didn't even have the chance to be on your head and my mind was already made up. It was your mind screaming at me to be put in Slytherin that made up my mind. But perhaps I was wrong, you seem to have changed in these couple of years that you've been at school. Now let's see, you have courage to want to leave the house you've been in for a brand new one. You are very smart too, but the kindness that hides underneath that façade you put up for your father outweighs both your courage and your brains. Your new house is... Hufflepuff."

Draco takes the hat off and looks to Dumbledore. "Thank you professor. I appreciate it."

Dumbledore smiles. "Draco Hermione and I will show you where the common room is. I will need to explain to the Hufflepuffs what is going on and why you are being put in a new house. Hermione will be there because you need a friend there to help you feel comfortable in your new house. First I will need to get a house elf to get your things for you and put them in your new common room. Dobby."

Dobby, Draco's family's old house elf, pops into the room. He smiles towards Dumbledore and Hermione, then cowers behind Hermione's leg when he sees Draco. "Dumbledore sir has Dobby been bad? Are you sending me back to live with them?" He points towards Draco.

Dumbledore holds onto Dobby's shoulder. "Dobby of course not. Draco here has turned sides and is joining a new house. I need you to go fetch his old things from his room and take them to the Hufflepuff common room. If you do that I will give you, let's say two pairs of socks."

Dobby nods and pops out of the room. Dumbledore smiles and motions for Draco and Hermione to follow him. "Sir why did you summon Dobby of all house elves? He was my family's and I'm afraid to say that my father did some very horrible things to him. I never really did anything, but because of my father Dobby was scared of me too."

Draco looks down as if he is about to cry. Hermione puts an arm around him to comfort him. "Draco it's not your fault he is scared. It's your father's. Now let's get you to your new common room."

Hey everyone welcome to my new story. I hope you like the story far, and hopefully it won't go to shit later on. Anyways hope you enjoy and I'll try to put up to next one for you soon.

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