Chapter 1: Bombshells and a Wedding
"Whoa! Wait, what did you say?"
"You heard what I said, Miss Granger." Professor Dumbledore said bluntly.
You have got to be kidding me, Hermione thought as she sat in Dumbledore's office. He had asked her to arrive two week early, she assumed it about her duties as Head Girl, but, oh boy was she wrong. She was not prepared to hear what Dumbledore had just told her.
"And why do I have to do this?"
"There needs to be unity between pure-bloods and muggleborns, or tragic events may occur."
"This is just great," she muttered under her breath. "But why does it have to be me and not someone else?"
"Because, Miss Granger it is the way it has to be." Dumbledore paused for a moment. "What is your answer?"
Hermione started to pace across the room. I came here expecting to get details about being Head Girl, and now I am finding out that I have to get MARRIED! Could this day get any worse? After a few minutes she came up with an answer hoping that she wouldn't regret it. "Alright I agree. Now who is it that I have to marry?" she said with a sigh, I hope I don't regret this.
Just as she said this there was a knock on the door.
"Excellent." Dumbledore walk to the other side of the office and opened the door. "Please come in."
"Thank you, Professor."
Upon hearing the voice Hermione whirled around to see Draco Malfoy walking to toward her with his typical Slytherin smirk plastered to his face.
"Well, Granger I knew that you wanted me."
"In your dreams, Malfoy."
"Aren't we feisty my dear?"
Hermione resisted the urge to gag.
"Well," Dumbledore said, "Now to the details, and since the two of you are Head Boy and Girl it'll be a bit easier."
Draco's Head Boy let the nightmare begin.
Great, I have to marry the mud blood.
"The two will be married in three days. If you would like I can contact your parents and tell them or I can leave that up to you."
Draco and Hermione answered in unison, "We'll tell them."
"Alright, I will direct you to your rooms."
Draco and Hermione followed Dumbledore out of the office and through a set of corridors until they reached a portrait of a knight and a maiden. Dumbledore gave the portrait the password and showed them inside.
The common room was cozy with a decent sized couch and two comfortable looking armchairs. A beautiful desk sat in front of a large window. On the other end of the common room was a staircase that leads to their dormitory. The color of the room was tastefully done in neutrals, which made the room a little more relaxing.
"Well I will see the two of you later," Dumbledore said breaking the silence, and with that he left Draco and Hermione alone.
They said nothing to each other as they walked about the common. Hermione walked upstairs to do some more exploring. At the top of the stairs to find two doors, she opened one and found it was their bathroom. Walking over to the other door she opened it and gasped. The room was huge the walls were painted in a soft but romantic blue. One the far wall stood a queen size bed with a golden comforter. Walking in farther she found that there was an arm chair in one corner and a decorative rug on the floor. Overall the room had a very romantic feel.
This is going to be very interesting, she thought. Should I call Malfoy up here? She thought about it for a moment. Nah, I'll let him find out for himself.
"Well, Granger. I guess we are going to have to learn to deal with each other."
Hermione turned quickly to see Malfoy leaning on the doorframe. "And you are telling me this because?"
"I am telling you, because after this stupid wedding we're stuck with each other."
"Well, that's comforting to know," she said sarcastically.
Hermione walk around the room to a door that she assumed was the closet. Opening the door she found a gigantic walk-in, where she found her clothes as well as Draco's hanging neatly on racks.
Impressive.
Walking back out into the room she found Malfoy staring at her for who knows what reason. Just ignoring it she walked over to the chair and sat down. What an interesting day this was turning out to be.
It is going to be a very long day, and the fact that I have to freaking marry that ferret-faced prat just makes it oh so much better.
After dinner Hermione decided that she was going to get ready for bed, when she entered the bedroom she found Draco sitting on the edge of the bed. Walking into the closet she changed into a pair of plaid sleep pants and a tank top. Walking back out into the room she saw that he had not moved, and just ignored him as she walked toward the bed.
Draco watched Hermione walk toward the bed. He gave her a fairly confused look, "What did you think you're doing?" he asked somewhat irritated.
"I am going to bed."
"Well, I am not going this bed with you, you filthy mudblood."
"That's fine by me, so that means that you can go sleep on the couch."
"A Malfoy never sleeps on the couch, Granger."
Hermione walked up to the bed and grabbed one of the pillows then walked back to the closet and remerged with a blanket. Walking up to Draco she shoved the pillow and blanket at him and then went to crawl into the bed. Draco started to swear under his breath as he walked down to the common room. Who did she think she was making him sleep on the couch? He stripped down to his boxers and covered himself with the blanket and fell asleep in front of the dying fire.
On the morning of her dreaded wedding Hermione woke with sunlight peeking through the window. She quickly climbed and walked down to the common room. To her relief Draco was still asleep, and decided to wake him up just yet. Going back up stairs she decided to freshen up.
A half hour later she emerged from the bathroom in a robe, towel drying her hair. I should wake Malfoy up, or he is most likely going to a pain in butt the entire day.
She walked back to the common room to find that Draco was still fast asleep. By the couch she found a note on the end table, picking up the piece of paper she read.
Dear Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy,
Please come to my office at 11:15 this morning so we can go over the details of the ceremony.
Professor Dumbledore
P. S. You will find clothes for the ceremony in your closet.
After reading the note Hermione looked at the time, it was 11:00. 11:00! Now I really have to wake the prat up. She walked to the front of the couch. "Malfoy."
No answer.
"Malfoy," she said a little louder.
Still no answer.
"Malfoy!" she practically yelled.
Suddenly Draco sat upright and fell off the couch caused Hermione to laugh uncontrollably.
"Granger! What the hell was that for?"
"You needed to get up and this was the only way to wake you," she said through her fit of laughter.
"Why did you wake me up?"
"Because we need to be in Dumbledore's office in fifteen minutes."
"Great," he said sarcastically.
"Well, you better start getting ready," Hermione said as she walked away.
Draco groggily got up from the floor and gathered his clothes and wrapped the blanket around his shoulders to ward off the slight chill in the room and started for the bathroom.
Hermione opened the closet to find the garment that Dumbledore had mentioned. It was a simple white dress, taking it down she noticed that there was a note pinned to it.
Miss Granger,
I hope this will fit you.
Professor McGonagall
Great, so Professor McGonagall knows about this, too.
Hermione quickly changed into the dress. It came to the top of her knees and fit her perfectly, the v-neck was sexy yet tasteful and an off white lace ribbon ran under the bust. After zipping the dress and tying the ribbon she looked in the mirror. She gasped at her reflection. She looked elegant even though her hair was still damp and tangled. The fabric clung to her curves nicely and made her feel beautiful. Before leaving the closet she magically dried and tamed her hair, and put on a bit of make-up. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a pair of shoes that she assumed went with the dress, she put them on and headed back into the room.
"Geez, Granger. That took you long enough."
Hermione raised an eyebrow at Draco, who was leaning against the bed, a towel wrapped around his waist and his hair tousled and damp.
"Well, aren't we impatient."
Draco leaned against the bed waiting for Granger to vacate the closet so he could get ready.
Suddenly the closet door opened and out walked out Granger in a white dress that made her look stunning. Her uncontrollable mane of curls was tamed into smooth ringlets.
She looks amazing. He mentally slapped himself as he rushed passed her into the closet.
Shortly after coming down to the common room, Draco came down the stairs in a white button down shirt and gray trousers. He was not wearing a tie instead he had the top button on the shirt undone.
He cleans up nice, but he's still a prick.
"Ready?"
Hermione sighed, "Let's get this over with."
With that they headed through the portrait and walked towards Dumbledore's office. The entire way walk to the office they were silent, and the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Several times both of them debated whether or not to forget the whole thing and turn back, but just decided to follow through with this anyway. Once they reach Dumbledore's office Draco knocked and a few moments later the door opened.
"Ah, Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy. Please come in."
Draco and Hermione entered the office and walked over to the desk.
Dumbledore walked behind his desk and pulled out two velvet boxes and set them on the desk. He noticed that the both of them looked extremely uncomfortable and that there was a good amount of tension between them.
This is going to be a very interesting year.
"Are you ready?"
There was a moment of hesitation then, "Yes," they answered in unison.
They glanced at each other briefly then they quickly looked away. Draco looked as though he had lost most of the color in his face, and Hermione as though she had gained the color that he had lost.
"Do you Draco Alexander Malfoy take Hermione Jane Granger to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do," Draco replied without any emotion.
"And do you Hermione Jane Granger take Draco Alexander Malfoy to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do."
"Please take the rings and place them on each other's finger."
Hermione gasped as Draco placed the ring on her finger, it was beautiful. It had a diamond in the center and emeralds on either side. The ring looked delicate and elegant.
"Mr. Malfoy you may kiss the bride."
Draco and Hermione froze. Draco then quickly kissed Hermione on the lips and backed away.
"Alright, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy. The other students will be arriving in about a week and a half. So I will leave the two alone and I will see you when everyone else has arrived."
With that they left Dumbledore's office and worked their way back to their common room. The only thing on their mind was how they were going to tell their parents and how they would break the news to the rest of the school.