Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

harry and draco go back to hogwarts for their eight year. a lot has changed since the war. draco decided to be nice to people. and harry decided not to judge people on their worst mistakes. with these two ingredienst, what could go wrong. ps. bellatrix is still alive in this story (for now*insert evil laugh*) *don't own any of these characters*