Title: Plus que notre Passé Prologue

Summary : Draco, Harry and Hermione came together to stop Voldemort. The world viewed them as united heros. The world didn't know what they were talking about.

D/H though references to past H/H. Post-Hogwarts.

Author's Note: Where's Ron? Ron's absence will be explained, don't worry. And also…there won't be as many newspaper "clippings" in the following chapters. If you read you have to review…ok, maybe I can't actually enforce that, but it'd sure be nice!

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The Daily Prophet

February 5th 2004

The expected announcement of Harry Potter's death came to our desks yesterday evening at 8 p.m. Mr. Potter, who had suffered what would prove to be fatal injuries in last month's final confrontation with Voldemort stayed alive longer than anyone had ever imagined possible. Even with his rapidly failing health Mr. Potter made extraordinary contributions to the newly re-built ministry. In the words of Minister Diggory, "Harry set the groundwork of a new era in wizard government both during the war and in the month following. Harry has shaped the way the next generations will view the world. The magnitude of his contributions cannot be described in words."

……Fiancée Hermione Granger spoke at a press conference late last night; "Harry fought until the very end. Even facing certain death in the past month Harry worked with the Ministry to write the new legislature that we in the wizarding world will live by for generations. Both the magical and non-magical community feels the weight of his death."……

……The funeral will be tomorrow at a time and place that we at the Prophet respectfully will not disclose……

February 4th 2005

Hermione Granger studied her reflection with an ever-critical eye. She looked elegant but not sexy, demure but not uptight. Picking out an outfit for that one-year anniversary of the death of one's former fiancée could be so troublesome. The press, of course, would be waiting to either rip her apart or give her ungodly amounts of praise and Hermione hoped to avoid either scenario. The right appearance was a necessity.

Hair in a french twist, pearls, very soft make-up, conservative black dress and black pumps. Hermione nodded her head as if approving of her own choices. Quickly walking through the bathroom and bedroom, Hermione collected her bag and coat and checked herself one more time in the mirror hanging over the fireplace before heading out.

She was going to cry again; she could feel the burning in the back of her eye sockets build. Angrily shaking her head, Hermione forced the tears away. Tucking a few stray strands of her dark hair behind her ears, Hermione walked out the door.

The Daily Prophet

February 4th 2005

……This morning's memorial service for Harry Potter had an extraordinary attendance. Hundreds of both Muggles and Witches and Wizards had to be denied access to the service being held in honor of Mr. Potter's death a year ago……

…….Minister Diggory, Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Virginia Weasley, Severus Snape, Lavender Brown, Luna Lovegood and Parvati Patil were of course, all in attendance. However, surprise attendee got the attention of many of Harry's closest friends. Draco Malfoy, who played a vital role in the demise of Voldemort, had shocked many when he failed to attend Mr. Potter's funeral a year earlier…….

February 4th

Hermione walked into her apartment and threw her shoes through the window. After a silent moment of calm, three pots and pans slammed into the wall, breaking a mirror.

Hermione screamed at her distorted reflection in the mirror. Waving her hands wildly around for something else to destroy, Hermione's fingers clasped around a glass figurine sitting on one of her bookshelves. Without a thought, Hermione hurled it at the fireplace. When she saw the broken pieces of the glass elephant, she rushed over to the fireplace and started waving her wand frantically, collected all the pieces together in order to reform it.

Her hands were wet with the blood that was trailing from the tiny cuts she had received from attempting to grab some of the pieces with her bare hands. Hermione fell onto the floor, holding the pieces of the broken elephant in a towel that she cradled to her chest with tears spilling out over her cheeks.

"Dammit Draco"

Daily Prophet

February 5th 2005

……Gossip from the memorial service held on the 4th for wizard hero Harry Potter was inevitable, and I, Rita Skeeter, have the inside scoop on what really happened after the camera's were turned off. Following the service, Mr. Malfoy approached Hermione Granger, Harry Potter's former fiancée in what seems like an attempt to reconcile. As he moved towards her, Ms. Granger seemed to be overcome with a mix of emotion and met him halfway with a solid smack to his cheek. Who can blame her? The well-known friendship that developed between Mr. Potter, Ms. Granger and Mr. Malfoy in the later years of the war was vital in ending Voldemort's reign of terror. Yet immediately following the death of Voldemort, Mr. Malfoy disappeared. I'm certain my readers will join me in supporting Ms. Granger's sentiments……