#purquatory

part two

pairing: hermione granger/draco malfoy

au: slytherin hermione + slytherin harry

words: 2694

The train ride to Hogwarts takes precisely five hours, forty three minutes and eleven seconds. Hermione and Harry had, of course, used those five hours, forty three minutes and eleven seconds to their utmost advantage. They went over book after book, plotting, planning, practicing. Know thy enemy, or, rather, know the world that you plan to conquer.

At four hours, fifty five minutes and twenty three seconds, an older girl comes ‘round to tell them to change into their robes. Hermione steps out to the restroom, and Harry draws the curtains in the compartment. When Hermione returns, they both pick at their solid black robes.

“They change color apparently?” Hermione mutters, fabric pinched between her fingers. “Something about the color of your house?”