Pureblood Pride
Pureblood Pride
Disclaimer I do not own H.P
Authors Note; Hey – welcome to my newest fanfic. Pureblood pride, it's a free spirited kind of story with characterised situations. A few clichés, but nothing too cliché otherwise it would be boring. I'm glad with the end of Broken Smile, thanks for the constructive criticism you gave me on the final chapter, I have taken it into account. I wasn't personally a fan of reading proof-reading my stories before uploading them but I will now –to avoid confusion with tense, spelling and scene change.
Anyway, please read this and enjoy is as much as I'm sure I will have writing it.
Summary; App; 18 Chapters. After a forced friendship to help prevent the inspectors thought the Hogwarts was discriminating to Muggleborn witches or wizards, Hermione and Draco like spending time together. But one this manages to stand in the way throughout; Draco's Pureblood Pride.
Chapter One.
Hogwarts looked beautiful, the rain had cleared and the sky was left perfectly blue, white fluffy clouds were dotted around and students had already claimed the places underneath the trees for shade from the summer hear, which unusually came early this year. The castle its' self was a sight for sore eyes, with updated stone work done in the Christmas break nothing could fault it. The gardener was out doing the surrounding flowers coming through near the path that winded around the grass leading to the door that allowed access to the corridors inside. The speaking portraits had been cleaned of duck, and they looked shiny and new. The students were instructed to wear their uniform at all times, and although the pyjamas provided weren't usually mandatory they were now, it was inspector week and Hogwarts had never been more ready.
"We've received several letters.." Harry heard McGonagall say as she walked passed with one of her colleagues.
But before Harry had chance to even wonder what she may have been talking about, he heard Hermione's laugh and he turned around to see his beautiful girlfriend who he hadn't seen in four weeks. He smiled as soon as he saw her, she had her usual pale skin, her eyes were amazing and she looked stunning in her uniform – even if it was a little bit for her small frame.
"Hermione!" Harry called and waved, Hermione looked up and turned away continuing her conversation with one of her friends. Harry felt a little stung by this – she wouldn't usually act like that, she was usually as happy to see him as he was to see her.
He decided to walk up to her and ask her what was going on, and then he felt someone touching his shoulder.
"Harry bloody Potter, alright mate?" Ron asked with a smile from ear to ear.
"Ronald bloody Weasley, I'm fine thanks, yourself?" Harry smiled back.
"Could be better, I could be in bed." Ron checked his watch and yawned.
"I've just got to-" Harry said pointing to Hermione, "Do you mind?"
"Mind?" Ron rolled his eyes, "I'm going to say hi as well mate." Ron put his arm round Harry's shoulder and they walked over to where Hermione was standing having something be whispered in her ear and giggling. She looked up to Harry and turned to say something to one of the Ravenclaw friends, Harry touched her shoulder.
"Am I invisible?" Harry asked.
"Ooo" Ron said
"Not now Ron." Hermione and Harry said together.
Ron smiled, he knew it was inappropriate he couldn't help it.
"Hi Hermione," Ron said, "Bye."
Hermione smiled and waved. Harry took Hermione's hand and took her out of other peoples ear reach.
"Well?" Harry asked
"Well what?" Hermione asked back.
"What's going on with us?"
"Apparently a lot more than there is." Hermione folded her arms.
"What are you talking about?" Harry continued to question.
"Did you honestly think I wouldn't hear about it?"
"About what?"
"The fact that we've slept together." She did quotation marks with her hands when saying 'Slept together,' she rolled her eyes and started to walk away, Harry grabbed her arm and brought her back.
"We've been going out for nearly a year now Hermione, people expect couples to do stuff, you haven't done anything wrong if you've done those things."
"But we haven't, so why say we have?"
"Because – if I'm not getting any, I at least deserve something and by saying I have I get some pride and respect."
"Yes, and I get, I hope you used a condom and, oh my good god are you pregnant?" Hermione was clearly upset.
"I'm sorry."
"Not good enough."
"What?"
"Sorry isn't good enough, I don't know who you told but it was enough for everyone to find out. Now my status has disappeared and I'm just the same as everyone else in this school. If you have been lying about those kinds of things, what else have you been lying about? How can I trust you anymore?"
Harry thought for a moment, "I've lied about nothing else, I promise you. Please give me one more chance."
Hermione smiled, "That was your last chance. I just gave you the perfect opportunity to tell me about the two other things that I heard about and you didn't tell me." She laughed.
"What two other things?"
"The fact that I give great head, how the fuck would you know? And the fact that you slept with Lavender when we had been going out for three months." Hermione laughed, but a tear also fell down her cheek.
"I'm sorry."
"No, you're sorry I found out." Hermione looked up at him, "It's over."
"No."
Hermione looked around and smiled, she walked over to Ron and gave him a kiss on the cheek and updated him about her Christmas. Harry was left watching his ex-girlfriend walking away into the world.
"Excuse me!" Hermione shouted.
Everyone stopped and faced in her direction, she was so short hardly anyone could see her so she stood up on a bench and cleared her throat.
"I'd just like to take this time to tell you that-"
Harry's heart was beating so fast, she was about to tell the whole school that he had been lying about everything he had claimed to have done, and ruin his chance of having another girlfriend when everyone found about him sleeping with the sex hungry whore Lavender.
"Get off that bench immediately!" Someone shouted from a door, Hermione swung her head round to see who it was. It was a teacher she had never seen before. She did what he said but continued to shout. Harry though he was off the hook when she stepped down but then she started again.
"I'd like to let you all know a couple of things." She called, everyone was paying her attention. "Harry Potter lied about us sleeping together, we actually did nothing together, we rarely kissed and that was because it felt like I was sticking my tongue into a washing machine. Also, on Harry's behalf sorry to all the girls he's slept with in the last nine months – there is a large possibility he's given them an S.T.I, thank you Lavender."
Harry's face was red, everyone was staring at him in shock and he felt about three centimetres tall at that moment. Hermione walked up to him and said, "I feel better now."
"Hermione please. You're the best thing to ever happen to me-"
"I know."
"One more chance, I'll never do anything to hurt you. I swear on my life."
"I wouldn't take that chance if you were the last man on earth."
"Well then consider this term hell because I'm getting you back for your little display over there."
"Bring it on – scratchy." Hermione walked away laughing to herself and she carried on nattering away with her friends.
Harry was left standing under a tree, he wanted to go find Ron but didn't want the embarrassment of a thousand stares as he wondered so he just sat down and looked up at the pathetically limited amount of clouds that were above him.
"Potter, what an idiot you truly are." Draco Malfoy said with one foot on his stomach and the other on the floor, and a smirk on his face.
"Just say what you came to say and fuck off Malfoy, I don't need your shit."
"And no one needs yours either, Potter. It appears to me that Granger got you bad. Strange – I now respect some Mudblood more than a Pureblood." He laughed with his two acquaintances.
"Really fucking funny Malfoy."
"Well Potter, looks like you should get used to rolling with the punches, Granger moves fast." Draco dropped a picture of Harry as a baby – naked with black marker at the bottom saying – 'Nothing's changed.'
Harry was fuming. Then he saw Hermione talking to an older boy who tried out for the Quidditch team but didn't get on, she was twirling her hair, then she looked at Harry and kissed the boy, keeping her eyes on Harry the whole time. Then she waved at them both and walked into Hogwarts.
"It's on." Harry said to himself.
"Talking to your self is the first sign of madness." Ron said, popping out from no where.
"And having a friend like you is probably the second." Harry smiled.
"No, actually the second is rocking yourself." Ron said walking in front of him ever so slowly.
"What you been doing this Christmas then?" Harry asked.
"Usual." Ron smiled giving the impression of him downing a bottle of beer, "You?"
"Nothing."
"And the award for the most exciting Christmas goes to, hold your applause – Harry Potter." Ron said with a straight face, it made Harry smile but he didn't want to. "In fairness mate, it is all your fault."
"What?"
"Hermione breaking up with you." Ron said.
"I usually appreciate your honesty, but right now Ron I could really do without it." Harry said looking a little cheesed off.
"Well Hermione is just hurt at the moment everything will be fine soon." Ron said as he picked up his bag. "Come on."
"Where to?"
"Well you don't get a train for a million hours to sit under a tree for three months do you?" Ron smiled and carried on walking.
"I'm getting Hermione back."
"Okay." Ron whistled a tune.
Harry smiled that he had such a happy friend, he was exactly what he needed at the moment and he could use him to his advantage at the moment too. Harry really wanted everything to be back to the way it was, but until Hermione gave up Harry was planning on giving as good as he got. Even though he now needed to convince a load of people he didn't have anything wrong downstairs. A plan was needed, and it wasn't going to be easy to fool the smartest girl in school.
"Good morning Mr Dumbledore." Hermione said with a smile on her face.
"Good morning Ms. Granger, how was your break?" Dumbledore said as they walked down to the Main Hall together.
"It was okay thanks, a bit hectic but I managed to cram in lots of reading so I'm well prepared. How was yours?"
"Well I won't say too much because the meeting will explain more, but I'll just say hectic too." Dumbledore chuckled. "I managed to catch up with Mr. Potter before Christmas, how are things?"
"Non-existent as of about ten minutes ago – but the rest of the year is going to be… eventful."
"I'm sorry to hear that Hermione, well I shall speak to you in the Main Hall. Nice to see you back so fresh faced and ready to learn."
"See you later." She smiled and waved him off; she then popped to the toilet and walked into the Main Hall herself to find a seat next to Ron as usual.
"Welcome back students, I trust your breaks were nice, but now we're back and learning is our main focus. Spells are being taught and learned well, and we're glad that most of our students are finding it easy to fit into the Witches and Wizardry world. But, now I must discuss a matter of great importance with you. I trust you've heard about the WAWRC-"
Dumbledore continued but Ron whispered –"What the bloody hell?"
"It's the Witches And Wizardry Relations Committee." Hermione whispered back.
"How do you know that?"
"Because I'm Muggleborn, and it's about equal rights between pureblood and muggleborn students here."
"So..?"
"Listen."
"We have an inspection sometime within now and the next break in three months time and even though we all know we have no issues to do with relations in Hogwarts it has been recommended that we make sure that nothing could jeopardise this school. At the end of this meeting I'd like to see," Dumbledore cleared his throat and read several names off a peace of paper, "Pansy Parkinson, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy."
Hermione looked over to Draco who was smiling at his friends, she was nervous but she refused to believe that Dumbledore would put them into a position where they'd feel uncomfortable.
The meeting continued but Hermione couldn't concentrate, when it was over she walked out and continued to Dumbledore's office alone.
"Draco, I do hope we have to do something exciting together – wouldn't it just be a treat." Pansy said in her whining voice.
"It would be an experience." He said back.
"Why don't you talk to me like you did over the break?" She asked him.
"Because we're not together anymore Parkinson – please get off my arm."
"You loved me two weeks ago." She folded her arms.
"Did I?" He smirked.
Pansy looked around and gave a shocked face then slapped him softly on the face, leaving a tiny little red mark.
"I didn't love you either."
"Okay." Draco looked away and saw Hermione staring at him, she was thinking how awful it would be to ever date Draco, and just so happened to be staring right into his eyes. "What?" He asked, she didn't hear him, "What?" He said louder.
She blinked, "Nothing."
Draco rolled his eyes and just stared back at her until she clocked on and looked away.
Harry was the last to arrive, he looked really moody. Then Dumbledore turned up.
"Mr. Potter and Ms. Parkinson, you may leave." Dumbledore smiled.
Hermione wasn't amused in the slightest.
"Hermione, Draco – please come on in."
"Why did you call their names for them to be dismissed?" Hermione asked.
"Because as far as the whole school know there is foursome of you four people – which should remain quiet, but in actual fact it's simply two people."
"I'm confused." Hermione said.
"You would be." Draco replied.
"Shut up." Hermione snapped.
"Right," Dumbledore interrupted their argument, "As you know we're being inspected and need to increase our student mixes. You two will be spending as much time as possible together, including a dorm as you two will be taking the roles of Schedule Heads – who organise things for the other houses."
"What about Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff?"
"Hermione, you will be arranging things for the girls, and Draco for the boys."
Draco rolled him eyes, "How long for?"
"Three months."
Hermione's jaw dropped and Draco smiled.
"Any questions?" Dumbledore asked.
"When do we start?" Draco said clicking his fingers.
"Now." Dumbledore smiled, Hermione was still in shock and took Draco clicking his fingers in her face for her to snap out of her daze.
"So you in trouble Harry?" Ron asked.
"No." Harry answered.
"Bloody hell Harry – face like a slapped ass you have." Ron smiled.
"Sorry."
"Jeez Louise. Smile – you aren't dead yet." Ron poked him in the side.
Harry moved away and sat on the edge of his stool.
"I need to get Hermione back for making me look like.."
"You have a really small-"
"An idiot – we don't need specifics, thanks." Ron smiled as Harry spoke.
"You're smiling?" Hermione asked.
"Don't expect to see it too much."
"I don't."
The tension could have been cut with a knife, each of them had things to say but were too stubborn to be the first to speak.
"These three months are going to be boring." Draco finally said as they got to their room.
"For you maybe." Hermione replied, "I'm already planning the female activities. Among other things to keep myself entertained."
"Whatever you do in your bedroom-"
"You're an idiot."
"Smooth move with Potter by the way."
"It isn't over yet." Hermione smiled.
AN;
There it is; Chapter one of Pureblood Pride.Hope you enjoy (:
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