Something had changed, Draco knew. It was the way he saw Hermione differently. As if under her cool exterior he saw someone else. It was still her – Griffindor, brave and nosy, loyal and yet authoritative. But he saw her as the friend who stood by her friend at the cost of personal relationships. She was the girl who changed Potter’s appearance when captured instead of fleeing for her safety. She was the girl who didn’t want to heap her problems on others.