Draco and Hermione are married. How will Harry, Ron, and Ginny take the
news? After so many years of separation?
Harry Potter was watching for the snitch, when all of the sudden a bludger came flying past his head. He spun out of the way as Ron Weasley speed past him, with the Quaffle and the Weasley twins hot on his tail after the bludger.
"You alright there Harry??" he asked as he pasted.
"Yup, just fi." he started to say when his eyes landed on the Golden Snitch inches from the other Seekers left ear. He took off just as Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy arrived. The portkey they used was slightly off. They walked to their seats and Hermione gasped as Harry and the other Seeker collided.
"Shit" Draco said as he left his seat and a time out was called. Draco somehow got past security and on to the field. He ran right up to Harry as the rest of Harry's team ran up, with Oliver Wood in the lead.
"Harry you ok??" Wood asked his voice full of concern. The last time Wood and Harry had played Quidditch was back at Hogwarts. Once Harry graduated, Oliver Wood, the three Weasley brothers, Angelina, Katie and Harry had made a new Quidditch team, The Horntails. Right now they were playing an American team, the Eagles.
"Yeah, I think so." Harry said sitting up, then laying back down, "no maybe not. I have a splitting headache. I can't sit up."
"Shit, ok, well we won't forfeit, we can't. Who is in backup right now??" Oliver asked looking at the Weasley brothers.
"Oliver, we never signed a backup Seeker. You should know that." Fred said.
"Damn it, I guess we have to for.." Oliver started to say as he looked over and saw the former Slytherin King, Draco Malfoy running toward them.
"Wait, I can take over. I played Seeker for Slytherin." Draco said as he was gasping for breath.
"Fine with me, what about you Harry?" Wood asked.
"It's ok."
"Ok, we need 10 minuets please." Wood said to the Referee.
"10 minuet break to The Horntails" the Referee shouted as the Horntails filed off the field.
"So Malfoy, how long have you gone with out playing?" Wood asked.
"About 2 months. But I can handle this."
"Ok, let's go"
"Draco, take my broom, its better then the teams." Harry said.
Draco looked at the broom and smiled, it was a Newbus. The fastest broom on the market. "Thanks Harry" he said as he rushed out of the room with the rest of the team.
The game started again, and within 10 minuets Draco had the Snitch. The Horntails had won 300 to 160. They were ecstatic. It was their first victory since they had become a team. Harry was talking to Draco when all of the sudden Harry's eyes land upon a slim, brown hair girl. He looked at her face, and right away knew it was his best friend, Hermione Granger. She smiled when she saw the tall black hair boy she had been a friend with at school. He had, finally in their final year, defeated Lord Voldemort. But once she, Ron and Harry left Hogwarts, they went their own way, no one contacting the other after 5 years.
"Hermione, it's great to see you again." Harry said as he carefully pulled her in to a hug, seeing that she was with child.
"It's great to see you also. How have you been Harry?" she asked when she heard a shout from behind them. She turned as saw Fred, George, Ron and Ginny running toward her. She smiled at the four redheads. Her gaze dropped to Ginny's belly, which was large, like hers. Probably meaning that she was finally married and with child.
"Oh my God, Hermione, I can't believe you are here!" Ron said when he reached her. He too pulled her into a hug.
"Well I heard that The Horntails were playing here in America, so I came to see if I could see you, Fred, George and Harry play."
At that point an elderly witch came up to her and quickly whispered to her and Draco. Hermione turned to the team.
"I'm sorry, I must leave. There is an emergency. I will owl you soon. Maybe we can get together some day." She hugged Harry and Ron as Ron said "how bout tomorrow evening? At my house."
"I will owl you and let you know. Bye." She said as she and Draco left.
"I wonder what that was about, and why Malfoy left with her?" Harry asked as they all turned to the locker rooms to change.
At the Malfoy Manor:
"Mother!" Draco yelled as he arrived via Floo Powder, with Hermione right behind him. The two of them made their way up to the Malfoy's bedroom. Draco saw his mother lying on the bed with two medi-witches beside her. She looked thin and pale. Not the strong witch either remembered when they left the Manor two years before. Draco ran in and stopped beside his mother when Hermione heard someone clear his throat behind her. She turned and saw Lucius Malfoy standing behind her.
"Mr. Malfoy." She said nodding her head.
"Hermione, please come with me." He said, with the look of fear in his eyes.
They walked to Mr. Malfoy's study. The door sealed behind them and he turned to her.
"I don't know how to tell you, but Narcissa won't make it. She has what Muggles call in-ful-enza. What ever that means. The Medi-witches told me that because it is a Muggle sickness, any witch, but not wizard, exposed to it. They said that there is no cure for it in the Wizarding world. Is there a cure in the Muggle world?"
"There is one for Muggles, but I don't know if it would work for Wizards and Witches. Since I am Muggle-born, I have had the shot, and I won't be affected. You said that it only affects Witches, I am going to check to see if this baby is a boy or girl. I am going to my parents for a week. I can get checked, don't worry, this world will not be exposed. This will also allow me to get the medicine. We can then ship it to Hogwarts and see if Snape can figure out if he can make a potion to cure it and protect everyone." She said.
Mr. Malfoy nodded. "I will get a portkey ready for you tomorrow. You can leave here tomorrow evening."
"Okay. I'm going up to see how everything is. I will tell Draco."
"That's fine. I will start arranging for a portkey. I would like Draco to go with you."
Hermione walked out of the study and up to the master bedroom where Draco was sitting with his mother. He had tears in his eyes. He looked up as she stepped in.
"Draco love, we need to talk. Lets go out to the hall so your mother can sleep."
They stepped out to the hall and she told him. He was sad, yes, but he pulled himself together and whispered to her that he would love to go to Muggle America with her. She went into the room with Draco and sat down to write a letter to Ron.
*Ron, Hey it's Mione. I was wondering if you were busy tonight. If not, you, Harry, Fred, George and I should get together for dinner. Each person should bring a date, be it a wife or a girlfriend. I am bringing my baby's father. Owl back ASAP.
With love Hermione*
She folded it and sent it with the Tawny owl that belonged to the Malfoy family.
At Ron's house:
"Hey Lav, we got an owl from Hermione. She wants to go to dinner tonight. Wanna go?" Ron asked his wife as the Tawny owl swooped in and landed on his shoulder. He fed it some bread and the owl hooted, but stayed, awaiting the answer.
"Sure. I would love to see Mione again. Who is going to be there?"
"Lets see, it says Harry, Fred and George are invited with dates of course. She says she going to bring her baby's father."
"Ok, let her know we will be there."
Ron grabbed a quill and a piece of parchment and wrote
*Lavender and I will see you at 6. How about we go to a Muggle restaurant here? Its called Iceberg. It had great food, no it's not cold.
Ron*
He handed the letter to the owl and sent him off At Harry's house
"Hey Harry, we have a letter from Hermione. She wants you, Ron, Fred, George and her along with dates to go to dinner tonight." Ginny yelled up to her husband.
"Owl her back and tell her ok. I was just talking with Ron. He told her we would go to Iceberg at 6. Ron also told Fred, George, Katie and Angie." He yelled back.
*Mione,
Harry and I would love to join you. 6 at Iceberg.
Lots of love
Ginny Potter*
She handed the owl the letter and the owl soared off, back to the Malfoy Manor. At the Manor:
"Mione, I don't think I can go. I really don't want Harry and Ron to kill me. It's going to be nine former Gryffindors and one former Slytherin."
"Draco, we are going to dinner with them, whether you like it or not, and if you're not good, you can sleep on the couch." Hermione said as she finished getting ready. They were going by Floo Powder to Rick's bar and pub (the American version of the Leaky Caldron) and catching a taxi to Iceberg. Draco sighed and finished getting ready as they stepped to the fireplace and shouted "Rick's bar and pub!"
Meanwhile at Iceberg, everyone was waiting for Hermione and her husband.
"I don't know, but for some reason I have a feeling that Mione and Malfoy are together." Harry said.
"Why would you think that? They hate each other." Ron said just as Hermione walked up.
"Hi everyone." She said while smiling.
"Hermione, where is your husband?" Harry asked, looking around.
"He's coming, he just had something to take care of first. There he is!" she said not a minute later, smiling at the Slytherin King walking to the table.
The rest of the table just looked up and gasped as he neared.
"Fred, George, Ron, Harry, Ginny, um, Katie, and Angie. Pleased to see you all." Draco said, smiling.
"Mione, you and him are together?!" Ron spat.
"Yes Ron, we are, at least that is what I am told." Hermione said, frowning slightly.
"Yes, Mione, we are together." Draco said.
"Well, um, congratulations Mione and Draco." Fred said, smiling and turning beat red.
"Thank you Fred, or should we start calling you Mr. Beet?" Hermione said, smiling.
"No, I would prefer Mr. Weasley if you don't mind." He said in a playful huff. "Err..no, I don't think so. Mr. Weasley is your father. Just like Mrs. Weasley is your mother, and so on and so forth. Come on lets eat, I'm starving."
After a while of small talk, Harry looked at Hermione and asked, "Hey, Mione, how did you and Sir Slytherin get together?"
Hermione looked at him and smiled, "Well, it happened about a year after we left Hogwarts..."
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"I will take this dress, please." Hermione told the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper smiled and took the dress, wrapping it up and placing it in a box. The dress itself was a deep crimson, with a swoop neck and a low cut back. It reached the floor, and on Hermione, it hung on all the correct places, showing off her beauty, but hiding her flaws. She paid and then took the box and went into the Leaky Cauldron to head into Diagon Alley. She had to pick up a new wand and some quills. She got to Diagon Alley, got her wand and quills and was about ready to leave when a strong pair of hands grabbed her. She looked and saw it was Crabbe and Goyel. No telling what they wanted. "Leave her alone and beat it." Came a misty voice. "Aw Malfoy, she's a Mudblood, come on, we need to finish her." Whined Crabbe. "I said leave her alone and beat it. Don't make me kill you two, you both know that I am smarter then both of you, combined. Now BEAT IT!" Malfoy hissed. Both Crabbe and Goyle let her go and then left in a huff. "Thanks Malfoy." Hermione said. "Your welcome." He said as he started to walk away. "Wait! Why did you help me?" "It's a long story. How about you come to the Malfoy Manor tonight at say, 7:00, and I will explain it." "Will that be okay? I thought your father hatted Muggle-born witches and wizards." "That was true. I will explain it tonight," he said as he left. "Oh and come by Floo." Hermione looked at him confused as another figure appeared at her side. "Who was that Mione?" he asked. "That was someone from school, James. Lets go, I want to get this stuff home now." Draco watched the pair and wondered if he was her boyfriend or husband. He hoped not.
Harry Potter was watching for the snitch, when all of the sudden a bludger came flying past his head. He spun out of the way as Ron Weasley speed past him, with the Quaffle and the Weasley twins hot on his tail after the bludger.
"You alright there Harry??" he asked as he pasted.
"Yup, just fi." he started to say when his eyes landed on the Golden Snitch inches from the other Seekers left ear. He took off just as Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy arrived. The portkey they used was slightly off. They walked to their seats and Hermione gasped as Harry and the other Seeker collided.
"Shit" Draco said as he left his seat and a time out was called. Draco somehow got past security and on to the field. He ran right up to Harry as the rest of Harry's team ran up, with Oliver Wood in the lead.
"Harry you ok??" Wood asked his voice full of concern. The last time Wood and Harry had played Quidditch was back at Hogwarts. Once Harry graduated, Oliver Wood, the three Weasley brothers, Angelina, Katie and Harry had made a new Quidditch team, The Horntails. Right now they were playing an American team, the Eagles.
"Yeah, I think so." Harry said sitting up, then laying back down, "no maybe not. I have a splitting headache. I can't sit up."
"Shit, ok, well we won't forfeit, we can't. Who is in backup right now??" Oliver asked looking at the Weasley brothers.
"Oliver, we never signed a backup Seeker. You should know that." Fred said.
"Damn it, I guess we have to for.." Oliver started to say as he looked over and saw the former Slytherin King, Draco Malfoy running toward them.
"Wait, I can take over. I played Seeker for Slytherin." Draco said as he was gasping for breath.
"Fine with me, what about you Harry?" Wood asked.
"It's ok."
"Ok, we need 10 minuets please." Wood said to the Referee.
"10 minuet break to The Horntails" the Referee shouted as the Horntails filed off the field.
"So Malfoy, how long have you gone with out playing?" Wood asked.
"About 2 months. But I can handle this."
"Ok, let's go"
"Draco, take my broom, its better then the teams." Harry said.
Draco looked at the broom and smiled, it was a Newbus. The fastest broom on the market. "Thanks Harry" he said as he rushed out of the room with the rest of the team.
The game started again, and within 10 minuets Draco had the Snitch. The Horntails had won 300 to 160. They were ecstatic. It was their first victory since they had become a team. Harry was talking to Draco when all of the sudden Harry's eyes land upon a slim, brown hair girl. He looked at her face, and right away knew it was his best friend, Hermione Granger. She smiled when she saw the tall black hair boy she had been a friend with at school. He had, finally in their final year, defeated Lord Voldemort. But once she, Ron and Harry left Hogwarts, they went their own way, no one contacting the other after 5 years.
"Hermione, it's great to see you again." Harry said as he carefully pulled her in to a hug, seeing that she was with child.
"It's great to see you also. How have you been Harry?" she asked when she heard a shout from behind them. She turned as saw Fred, George, Ron and Ginny running toward her. She smiled at the four redheads. Her gaze dropped to Ginny's belly, which was large, like hers. Probably meaning that she was finally married and with child.
"Oh my God, Hermione, I can't believe you are here!" Ron said when he reached her. He too pulled her into a hug.
"Well I heard that The Horntails were playing here in America, so I came to see if I could see you, Fred, George and Harry play."
At that point an elderly witch came up to her and quickly whispered to her and Draco. Hermione turned to the team.
"I'm sorry, I must leave. There is an emergency. I will owl you soon. Maybe we can get together some day." She hugged Harry and Ron as Ron said "how bout tomorrow evening? At my house."
"I will owl you and let you know. Bye." She said as she and Draco left.
"I wonder what that was about, and why Malfoy left with her?" Harry asked as they all turned to the locker rooms to change.
At the Malfoy Manor:
"Mother!" Draco yelled as he arrived via Floo Powder, with Hermione right behind him. The two of them made their way up to the Malfoy's bedroom. Draco saw his mother lying on the bed with two medi-witches beside her. She looked thin and pale. Not the strong witch either remembered when they left the Manor two years before. Draco ran in and stopped beside his mother when Hermione heard someone clear his throat behind her. She turned and saw Lucius Malfoy standing behind her.
"Mr. Malfoy." She said nodding her head.
"Hermione, please come with me." He said, with the look of fear in his eyes.
They walked to Mr. Malfoy's study. The door sealed behind them and he turned to her.
"I don't know how to tell you, but Narcissa won't make it. She has what Muggles call in-ful-enza. What ever that means. The Medi-witches told me that because it is a Muggle sickness, any witch, but not wizard, exposed to it. They said that there is no cure for it in the Wizarding world. Is there a cure in the Muggle world?"
"There is one for Muggles, but I don't know if it would work for Wizards and Witches. Since I am Muggle-born, I have had the shot, and I won't be affected. You said that it only affects Witches, I am going to check to see if this baby is a boy or girl. I am going to my parents for a week. I can get checked, don't worry, this world will not be exposed. This will also allow me to get the medicine. We can then ship it to Hogwarts and see if Snape can figure out if he can make a potion to cure it and protect everyone." She said.
Mr. Malfoy nodded. "I will get a portkey ready for you tomorrow. You can leave here tomorrow evening."
"Okay. I'm going up to see how everything is. I will tell Draco."
"That's fine. I will start arranging for a portkey. I would like Draco to go with you."
Hermione walked out of the study and up to the master bedroom where Draco was sitting with his mother. He had tears in his eyes. He looked up as she stepped in.
"Draco love, we need to talk. Lets go out to the hall so your mother can sleep."
They stepped out to the hall and she told him. He was sad, yes, but he pulled himself together and whispered to her that he would love to go to Muggle America with her. She went into the room with Draco and sat down to write a letter to Ron.
*Ron, Hey it's Mione. I was wondering if you were busy tonight. If not, you, Harry, Fred, George and I should get together for dinner. Each person should bring a date, be it a wife or a girlfriend. I am bringing my baby's father. Owl back ASAP.
With love Hermione*
She folded it and sent it with the Tawny owl that belonged to the Malfoy family.
At Ron's house:
"Hey Lav, we got an owl from Hermione. She wants to go to dinner tonight. Wanna go?" Ron asked his wife as the Tawny owl swooped in and landed on his shoulder. He fed it some bread and the owl hooted, but stayed, awaiting the answer.
"Sure. I would love to see Mione again. Who is going to be there?"
"Lets see, it says Harry, Fred and George are invited with dates of course. She says she going to bring her baby's father."
"Ok, let her know we will be there."
Ron grabbed a quill and a piece of parchment and wrote
*Lavender and I will see you at 6. How about we go to a Muggle restaurant here? Its called Iceberg. It had great food, no it's not cold.
Ron*
He handed the letter to the owl and sent him off At Harry's house
"Hey Harry, we have a letter from Hermione. She wants you, Ron, Fred, George and her along with dates to go to dinner tonight." Ginny yelled up to her husband.
"Owl her back and tell her ok. I was just talking with Ron. He told her we would go to Iceberg at 6. Ron also told Fred, George, Katie and Angie." He yelled back.
*Mione,
Harry and I would love to join you. 6 at Iceberg.
Lots of love
Ginny Potter*
She handed the owl the letter and the owl soared off, back to the Malfoy Manor. At the Manor:
"Mione, I don't think I can go. I really don't want Harry and Ron to kill me. It's going to be nine former Gryffindors and one former Slytherin."
"Draco, we are going to dinner with them, whether you like it or not, and if you're not good, you can sleep on the couch." Hermione said as she finished getting ready. They were going by Floo Powder to Rick's bar and pub (the American version of the Leaky Caldron) and catching a taxi to Iceberg. Draco sighed and finished getting ready as they stepped to the fireplace and shouted "Rick's bar and pub!"
Meanwhile at Iceberg, everyone was waiting for Hermione and her husband.
"I don't know, but for some reason I have a feeling that Mione and Malfoy are together." Harry said.
"Why would you think that? They hate each other." Ron said just as Hermione walked up.
"Hi everyone." She said while smiling.
"Hermione, where is your husband?" Harry asked, looking around.
"He's coming, he just had something to take care of first. There he is!" she said not a minute later, smiling at the Slytherin King walking to the table.
The rest of the table just looked up and gasped as he neared.
"Fred, George, Ron, Harry, Ginny, um, Katie, and Angie. Pleased to see you all." Draco said, smiling.
"Mione, you and him are together?!" Ron spat.
"Yes Ron, we are, at least that is what I am told." Hermione said, frowning slightly.
"Yes, Mione, we are together." Draco said.
"Well, um, congratulations Mione and Draco." Fred said, smiling and turning beat red.
"Thank you Fred, or should we start calling you Mr. Beet?" Hermione said, smiling.
"No, I would prefer Mr. Weasley if you don't mind." He said in a playful huff. "Err..no, I don't think so. Mr. Weasley is your father. Just like Mrs. Weasley is your mother, and so on and so forth. Come on lets eat, I'm starving."
After a while of small talk, Harry looked at Hermione and asked, "Hey, Mione, how did you and Sir Slytherin get together?"
Hermione looked at him and smiled, "Well, it happened about a year after we left Hogwarts..."
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"I will take this dress, please." Hermione told the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper smiled and took the dress, wrapping it up and placing it in a box. The dress itself was a deep crimson, with a swoop neck and a low cut back. It reached the floor, and on Hermione, it hung on all the correct places, showing off her beauty, but hiding her flaws. She paid and then took the box and went into the Leaky Cauldron to head into Diagon Alley. She had to pick up a new wand and some quills. She got to Diagon Alley, got her wand and quills and was about ready to leave when a strong pair of hands grabbed her. She looked and saw it was Crabbe and Goyel. No telling what they wanted. "Leave her alone and beat it." Came a misty voice. "Aw Malfoy, she's a Mudblood, come on, we need to finish her." Whined Crabbe. "I said leave her alone and beat it. Don't make me kill you two, you both know that I am smarter then both of you, combined. Now BEAT IT!" Malfoy hissed. Both Crabbe and Goyle let her go and then left in a huff. "Thanks Malfoy." Hermione said. "Your welcome." He said as he started to walk away. "Wait! Why did you help me?" "It's a long story. How about you come to the Malfoy Manor tonight at say, 7:00, and I will explain it." "Will that be okay? I thought your father hatted Muggle-born witches and wizards." "That was true. I will explain it tonight," he said as he left. "Oh and come by Floo." Hermione looked at him confused as another figure appeared at her side. "Who was that Mione?" he asked. "That was someone from school, James. Lets go, I want to get this stuff home now." Draco watched the pair and wondered if he was her boyfriend or husband. He hoped not.