“Where am I?” Hermione wondered aloud. There was barely enough light to make out anything in the darkness, but Hermione knew somehow she’d ended up lost in a forest. It was unnerving how quiet the forest was and she wrapped her arms around herself for warmth.

“I guess this way is as good as any other…” Hermione mumbled to herself as she picked a random direction and started walking. After a long 20 minutes of wandering Hermione was able to make out a faint blue light in the distance. She picked up her pace, eager to get out of the quietness of the forest. She broke through the forest into the clearing surrounded by an eerie blue aura. She wasn’t sure whether she should be upset or not.

It was the clearing Draco had led her too. It looked strangely the same and still held the same feelings of calmness and security it once had. She gazed around looking for the trail that would lead her back to Hogsmeade and to a place that she was familiar with but was disheartened to see the trail no longer existed. That’s what she noticed an odd glinting coming from the pond.

She walked over and peered into the pond, the water still as clear as ever. At the bottom of the pond lay a heart shaped necklace. Hermiones first thought was that it was the necklace Harry had given her, but something about it was off. Instead of the blood red stone in the center it was an emerald green. A Slytherin green.

“Hermione?” Hermione gasped and spun around.

“Is it really you?” Hermione felt her knees go weak as she came face to face with the only person who could make her forget her feelings for Harry.

“Draco?” She whispered. Draco walked over to Hermione, the same look of confusion and awe that was on Hermiones face. Than he did something Hermione didn’t expect. He pulled her into a hug. Hermione stiffened at first and relaxed as she remembered how good this felt once. She inhaled the smell of him and was surprised he smelled the same as she has always remember. The smell made her eyes water with tears as she remembered that she had once fully trusted him. As the thought hit her she abruptly pushed Draco away with all her might. She felt a small stab of pain as she saw the hurt look on Dracos face. He looked so hurt.

“’Mione…I’ve been waiting for you. It’s been so long.” Hermione had to tear her eyes from his. She wouldn’t be fooled by his tricks again, no matter how sincere he seemed.

“Draco…I…” Hermione trailed off, not even sure what to say. Her sadness at what she had lost overrode her anger at his betrayal.

“Hermione you have to know, I never planned for what happened. I was going to save you. You have to believe me” Draco pleaded. Hermione shook her head.

“No Draco, I don’t. I don’t have to believe anything.” Against her will, Hermione could feel her rage slowing creeping out.

“You lied to me, you used me, you used the people I love and you tried to kill me!” Hermione ended nearly shouting.

“I don’t have to believe anything you say when everything you’ve said before was lies! The worst part is that I was falling in love with you and you broke my heart and thought nothing of it!” Draco had been silent through her rant until this point.

“Falling in love with me? You dumped me for Potter!” Hermione dropped her eyes when she heard the paint in his voice and looked anywhere but at his face.

“You know it wouldn’t have worked…” She said quietly.

“It wasn’t that I didn’t care. Bloody hell Draco I kissed you while I was dating Harry! Twice! Doesn’t that show that you had SOME hold over me?” Hermione didn’t want to admit this much but couldn’t stop her rant now.

“I love Harry, more than anything, but I’m IN love with you!” She sucked in her breath when she realized that maybe she had admitted too much. She wanted to kick herself for showing this much of her weakness. Now he had even more to hold over her head.

“Well it’s about time you admitted it out loud.” Draco smirked as he stepped forward and pulled Hermione into a kiss. Hermione naturally wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer. For once in her life Hermione thought about nothing but the present. There was no voice telling her she wasn’t good enough and no voice telling her hold back. For once, she held back nothing. After what seemed like forever they finally parted lips. Hermione smiled and shook her head a little, her world still spinning.

“I think you kiss too well, you made my head spin.” Hermione said smiling at him. Draco smirked.

“I would think that’d be one of your favorite things about me.” Hermione smiled and with her arms still wrapped on Dracos neck pull him closer until he had wrapped his arms around her holding her tight. Hermione sighed and relaxed finally feeling fully comfortable except for the spinning in her head which seemed to be intensifying.

“Draco…Something’s not right…” Hermione heard her voice and was surprised to hear that it sounded barely more than a whisper. Draco pulled back looking down into Hermiones face. He seemed to be peaceful and not worried at all. Hermione looked around and realized that it wasn’t just her head spinning; the whole forest was spinning with her. She felt her knees go weak and grabbed at Draco but only felt air as she fell to the ground.

Yay for Chapter 3! Believe it or not since I stopped writing this story I haven't written a single thing, so I apologize if my writing is a little bit rusty. As usual if there's spelling or grammar errors lemme know!