Terrence corner sat with the rest of the first year Gryffindors at breakfast. He seemed like a quiet boy but he often glared at Harry, Ron and Hermione. He also kept a close eye on Malfoy, who he considered as his arch enemy.

Everyone at Hogwarts knew about his hate for Malfoy but nobody knew why. His fellow first years tried to talk to him but he denied knowing Malfoy from before Hogwarts.

"That git is staring at you again." Ron said trying not to let Terrence see Ron talk about him.

"Maybe you should go talk to him." Hermione suggested throwing Terrence a quick glance.

Harry looked up from his homework and straight at Terrence who did not drop his gaze.

"What?" Harry asked loudly in Terrence's direction.

"Nothing." Terrence said looking away and Harry went back to his homework.

Ron and Hermione stared at Harry, surprised at his casual attitude.

"That's it?" Hermione asked.

"I have got to finish this for Flitwick by this afternoon. I don't have time to deal with this." Harry said, not looking up from his homework.

"Harry you are under a lot of pressure lately. Losing your place in the Quidditch team was a big blow but it's not the only thing to do here." Hermione said.

"Yea, I think we need to keep an eye on that Terrence kid. Something creepy about the way he stares at us all the time." Ron added.

"He stares at Harry, Not us." Hermione corrected him. But Ron ignored her.

"If he is in any way associated with Malfoy then he is definitely bad news." He continued.

"I agree with you on that." Hermione said before taking a bite out of his toast.

Ron froze, even Harry looked up from his Charms homework to stare at Hermione.

"You agree with Ron?" Harry asked grinning.

"You remember what happened that night between Malfoy and Terrence." Hermione said, looking at their surprised faces. They shook their heads.

"Malfoy told Terrence to stay away from him. Which means he was scared of Terrence." Hermione said as-a-matter-of-factly. "Do you know who Malfoy is afraid of, apart from his father and Voldermort."

Harry shook his head but Ron said grinning "Mad-Eye?"

Hermione rolled her eyes.

"If you are referring to the ferret incident," she said "Then that wasn't the real Mad-Eye. Besides, Mad-Eye is dead, how would he have anything to do with Terrence or Malfoy?"

Ron shrugged.

"That's between Malfoy and Terrence, why would he keep staring at me?" Harry asked.

Before Hermione could reply, the owl post had arrived and a snowy white owl landed in front of Ron.

Harry and Hermione stared at it in surprise but Ron's ears went red. He quickly took the letter from the owl and sent it off.

"Who sent that?" Harry asked watching the bird fly away, thinking of Hedwig.

"Nobody." Ron said, tucking the letter into his robes. He regretted it immediately on seeing the deadly look on Hermione's face.

"Has you secret admirer been writing to you since they sent the box of newspaper clippings." Hermione asked frowning.

"No." Ron said, but his red ears have him away.

"You are lying." Hermione gasped.

"I've never had a fan before, Hermione." Ron said looking upset with himself

"How long have you been writing to her?" Hermione asked through gritted teeth.

"Just once." He confessed. "I just wanted to know who she was."

"You are enjoying this aren't you?" She said, eyes filling up with tears. "I guess you don't really need a girlfriend then."

"No- Hermione, wait." Ron said, but Hermione had already gotten up and stomped out of the great hall furiously.

"I just wanted to know who she was." Ron said to Harry miserably.

"Why dint you tell me?" Harry asked quietly "I could have helped figure out if she is dangerous or just a fan."

Ron did not reply, he just looked miserably at his feet.

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Hermione stormed down the corridor making her way straight to the library. She was so angry with Ron and hurt because he hid this from her, after all she was his girlfriend.

But not anymore. She was done trying to keep him happy if he so clearly wanted something more.

"Hermione!" Someone called after her just before she entered the library.

Hermione felt her stomach do something funny just as she realised who that was.

Draco Malfoy.

"What?" She said coldly, trying to blink away the tears before it poured out.

"I just- Are you ok?" Malfoy asked looking very concerned. They had not spoken since the time she saw Pansy kissing Malfoy in the library.

Hermione was thinking the same thing. Her face turned cold and she turned away. "Nothing to concern yourself with."

She walked away leaving Malfoy standing in the same spot looking upset. He watched as he walked into the library and disappeared into rows of books.

"Draco..." sang Pansy as she came from a corridor nearby. She planted a kiss on Malfoy's lips. But Malfoy pushed her away immediately.

"You seem to be coming to the library often this year." Pansy noticed.

"I want to spend this year actually studying." Malfoy lied, the truth is he knew Hermione came to the library often and he just wanted  to see her.

"Let's study together then." She replied smiling. She then took his hand and pulled him into the library. Then she stopped.

"Ugh, that mudbood is here again." She sighed.

Draco reacted on instinct. He pulled his hand out of her grip and grabbed both her shoulders and growled "Enough! Don't use that filthy word again."

People began to stare. Pansy's eyes filled with tears before she ran out of the library.

Feeling guilty Malfoy looked around at the people watching him and noticed a girl with thick brown hair. Hermione came towards him holding a fat book against her chest and said. "Walk with me."

Heart skipping a beat as he obeyed and they went down a passage away from all the other students.

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Terrence was nervous all throughout breakfast. He knew he was caught. Harry, Ron and Hermione knows he was staring.

They were probably trying to find out what he was up to. He needed to be careful.

Everyone always talks about the chosen one who defeated Voldemort within the Hogwarts grounds. He couldn't believe he was sitting so close to the boy who lived.

Unfortunately so was Draco Malfoy. Terrence despised the Malfoy name. It was because of wizards like them that Voldemort gained power and killed muggles and stopped muggle-borns from going to Hogwarts.

It was because of wizards like them that he couldn't come to Hogwarts when he was eleven years old like everyone else.

Terrence sat at the end of the Gryffindor table avoiding conversation with his fellow classmates. They all wanted to find out more about him ever since they witnessed his fight with Malfoy. He did not like being kept under a microscope like that.

Then Hermione got up and stormed out of the great hall shortly followed by Malfoy. This was strange business indeed, however he did not follow them. He was distracted by Harry and Ron.They had come over to him.

"Can we talk privately?" Harry asked.

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