To Hermione’s dismay, Draco Malfoy was a persistent figure in her dreams and thoughts, refusing to leave her mind. Her attempts to push him away by recalling the slurs he had called her during her first three years at Hogwarts didn’t work. Every time she forced herself to think about him sneering the word "mudblood’ at her, the memory was replaced by one of him kissing her after the second task or handing her the small pot of salve to treat the marks of the blood quill.