Hermione stood by the window she last stood at with Malfoy. She was lost in thought,as usual she hugged a big book against her chest.

Malfoy stood nearby watching her. She was so beautiful. He knew from the time he saw her that she was beautiful but something in him kept screaming mudblood! mudblood!

He hated his father for teaching him that word. He hated his family for the beliefs they followed. He hated Voldermort for existing.

"Hi." Hermione said, she caught him spying on her.

"Hi." Malfoy said nervously, snapping out of his train of thought.

Hermione took his hand and pulled him towards the window. They were standing in the same place and same position they were the last time. It was like fate was giving him another chance to make it right. This time he had to kiss her.

He looked deep into her eyes and he knew, she was waiting for his moment too!

The thoughts in his head was now chanting the word 'mudblood' but Malfoy ignored it. They were meant to be together and nothing will come between them again.

They drew closer and closer until Malfoy could count every eyelash. Malfoy leaned in a little more.....

Suddenly Malfoy crashed onto the floor face first. He sat up looking confused. He found himself crumpled on the floor by the bed in his dormitory. "That was a dream?" He wondered.

Malfoy looked around the dormitory, trying to pull himself together. It was empty. Nobody wanted to spend more time than they had to with a Malfoy anymore.

Malfoy straightened up and sat back on the bed. It felt so real that his heart was still beating hard against his ribs. It was hard to shake off that feeling.

Maybe it was time to tell Hermione what he felt.

*******

It was breakfast at the great hall and the whole school was buzzing in excitement for the Halloween party Slughorn was throwing.

Students were rushing around with packages they received from Slughorn and opened it excitedly at the table.

"The costumes are here!" Ron said as Harry helped Neville unwrap his.

"I wonder how he choose costumes for us." Hermione said.

"I know all my students well enough, Miss Granger." came a voice from behind and they all jumped.

"I wondered when you would be collecting yours." Slughorn said with a smile handing Harry his package and then one to Ron and Hermione.

"I hope to see you all this evening. Happy Halloween!" He said and bounced away lilt there were springs under his feet.

"He is a real nutter." Ron muttered as he began to rip the package open.

"What is this?" Ron gasped in horror pulling out bright orange robes from the package.

"Aren't these Chudly Cannon uniforms?" Harry asked, pulling it closed for examination.

"He can't expect me to wear these!" Ron moaned holding it up.

"Well at least it matches you hair." Harry laughed.

"This is not funny!" Ron said, his face turning as red as his hair.

"What did you get Hermione?" Harry asked as he began to unwrap his.

"A bookmark?" Hermione said lifting up the costume. "Merlin's beard! Has Slughorn completely lost his mind?"

It was Ron's turn to erupt in laughter.

"You have to admit. It suits you at least." Ron said wiping his eyes from laughing so much.

"Shut up." Hermione told Ron. "What did you get Harry?"

Harry did not answer. He was staring at the mask he pulled out from the package. Ron and Hermione went around to see what Harry was looking at.

The mask was pale and had no hair. The place where the nose would be was flat and only had two slits. The mask came with black robes and a rubber snake.

"This is a sick joke!" Ron said in disgust.

"I can't believe Slughorn would do this!" Hermione gasped.

"I think it's prefect for you." came a voice from behind them.

"No one asked you Parkinson." Hermione said. Pansy sneered and walked away.

Harry threw the mask back and wrapped up the package again.

"I'm not wearing this." Harry said firmly.

"Of course." Hermione said sympathetically.

"See you guys at the feast." Harry said getting up and walking away. Ron and Hermione looked at each other in dismay.

"Does this mean we don't have to wear ours too?" Ron asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.

*******

It was 7 o'clock and the school was full of color and horrifying things.

The Gryffindor common room was filled with banshees, Gouls, famous wizards and even inanimate objects.

Harry was the only one to sit in the corner, not dressed for Halloween.

"It's so hard to sit in this." Hermione grumbled as she tried to sit next to Harry, wearing the bookmark costume.

Soon Ron joined them with his head down, avoiding eye contact. He quickly came to Harry and sat next to him.

"Hate this stupid thing." He said pinching his orange uniform.

"Oh forget it!" Hermione said in frustration, still unable to sit. She waved her wand and the arms of the chair vanished, now she was able to sit comfortably.

"Atleast Neville got something perfect for himself." Hermione pointed out, watching Neville in a plant costume, telling anyone who would listen about its properties.

"Ready to go down?" Ginny said as she came down from the girls dormitory. She was also wearing quidditch robes but unlike Ron, she looked fantastic.

"So who are you dressed as?" Harry asked as they made their way down to the great hall.

"Glynnis Griffiths, the Seeker who played for the Holyhead Harpies. She caught the Snitch after a seven-day match against the Heidelberg Harriers in 1953." Ginny said flicking her hair back proudly.

Harry grinned but stopped the moment he saw the people standing in front of ten entrance hall.

Ron yelped and Hermione gasped. Harry froze, his heart hammering hard against his chest.

Twelve masked people stood there wearing black cloaks just like the death eaters used to.

The moment they saw Harry they erupted in laughter and dispersed into different directions.

"Let's get out of here." Ginny said, pushing Harry, Ron and Hermione into the great hall.

While the feast was splendid as usual, they did not touch the food. They just sat in silence until it was broken by Ginny.

"I'm sure Slughorn did not hand out a dozen death eater costumes to students so soon after the war." She said looking at Harry nervously. He looked angry.

"He gave me a Voldemort costume, Ginny." Harry told her. She fell silent.

"What was the point though?" Ron asked. "Dressing students as Voldemort and his death eaters."

"It's Halloween, perhaps it's just to scare everyone." Hermione said. They looked around and did not find any of the death eaters sitting there.

Harry spotted Malfoy sitting at the Slytherin table with Blaise, both were sitting without their costumes.

By the end of the feast, Slughorn stood up and said. "Halloween wouldn't really be complete without a game of trick or treat!"

He then waved his hands and a parliament of owls flew in and landed in front of each students.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny looked at each other in bewilderment. Tied to the leg of the owl was two small boxes. One black and be other white. Trick or treat written on each.

"Remember you can only open one box. Once you open the chosen box, the other will vanish." Slughorn continued.

Soon the Great hall was filled with short screams and lots of laughter.

Harry opened the black box which exploded some black powder, blinding him for a moment.To his relief, that was all. The box only contained a note which said Trick!

Following suit, Ron, Hermione and Ginny opened their boxes.

Hermione got the same trick as Harry. She too disappeared into a puff of smoke for a few seconds.

"Why is mine empty?" Ron asked, shaking his box furiously.

"I got a chocolate frog." Ginny said holding it up to show everyone before pocketing it.

"Needless to say, you are the only one to get a treat." Harry said smiling at her.

They finally got over the shock of seeing the death eaters and were on their way back to the common room when they found themselves surrounded by the death eaters again.

The death eaters were chanting something in a different language as they walked in circles around them.

Suddenly Harry heard Ron call out Hermione's name but before he could turn around to see what happened, everything went dark.

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