"Harry!   Ron!   Quick, I need to tell you something," Hermione whisper-shouted across the common room.

When she got back from her library meeting with Draco and they heard the conversation, she knew the only two people she could tell were her best friends.

"Okay?  Aren't you still supposed to be mad at us?" Ron questioned suspiciously.

"Oh, get over yourselves. You know I love you both so shut up and listen."

The boys exchanged glances before giving Hermione their full attention.

Hermione recounted what her and Draco learned in the library, then told the boys about the conversation between Cattermole and the MoM worker.

"The man said something about how she needed to stop encouraging blood equality and make a point of how pure bloods are better than everyone else.  She asked him why and he slapped her."

"He what?! Hermione, we have to tell someone," Harry said passionately.

She waved it off saying, "That's not all.  He went on to say something about holding up their end of the deal with someone.  The man wouldn't say who, but only referred to the person as 'him'.  As in..." Hermione left that sentence open-ended.

"No.  It can't be.  Do you mean..." Ron said, quietly astonished.

"Voldemort."

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Draco couldn't stop thinking about the time he spent with Hermione. He felt the sparks when their hands brushed against each other, and was willing to bet she did too.

However, the biggest thing he couldn't stop thinking of was the conversation they overheard. How is it possible for Voldemort to be back? He watched Harry kill him. The trio destroyed all the Horcruxes. Yet Draco was sure that the man and Cattermole were talking about Voldemort.

And what could that do with bloodlines? Even if Voldemort was back, what on earth would he be doing with the ministry? They were enemies during the war. Although, so were Draco and the Trio...

The Trio!  Harry!

Draco grabbed his cloak and dashed out of the dorm, running as quietly as he could to the Gryffindor Common Room.

Once he got there, however, he had no idea how to get inside.  Luckily, Harry, Ron and Hermione walked out and straight into Draco.

"Ow!" Draco exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, I- Draco?  What are you doing here?" Hermione asked.

"I came to talk to you.  I just realized... the program.  The conversation.  Our theory.  I know why they're doing it all!"

"What? Let's go back to the library. Explain it there."

Harry and Ron looked at each other before glaring at the pair, jogging to catch up.