Chapter One

Chapter One

(a/n: nope. They are not mine.)

22nd of September 1999
present time

Draco rolled off from the girl under him and lied beside her.

"What's wrong Draco?" the girl asked pulling the sheet up to cover her body. Draco turned to look at the girl. Her name is Pansy Parkinson and she was his best friend since birth. Pansy has long straight black hair and a pale face. Her eyes are the shade of blue and green. Her lips are not full or red. They were quite pinkish and tiny.

Draco sighed. Pansy was nothing like her. She didn't have curly hair. Her eyes were not brown and they didn't shine. When Draco didn't reply, Pansy knew exactly what he was thinking. Without a backward glance, Pansy gathered the sheet and exited the bedroom.

Draco laid with his hands behind his head. He needed to forget about her. He needed to gain control of himself. Unfortunately for him, his mind wouldn't let. His heart wouldn't let. The residents in his manor could not sleep that night as his screams shook the whole house.

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12 hours ago

Hermione Granger sat at her desk staring into space. She tried to remember what her client told her last night. The memory hit her and she scribbled down furiously on the paper in front of her.

A loud knock on the door broke her from her concentration. With a frustrated sigh she said, "Enter."

Harry Potter, her best friend for 12 years poked his head in. he smiled when he saw her. "Hermione, could you please stop doing your work for a little while? You deserve some rest." He said sitting across from her. He plopped his feet on the table knowing that the act annoyed his best friend to no end. As predicted, Hermione screamed at the top of her lungs.

"HARRY POTTER REMOVE YOUR FEET FROM MY TABLE THIS INSTANT!!"

Harry chuckled and put his feet down. "Relax Mione. You need to chill. You're so serious these days you know. What's going on with you?"

Hermione sighed. Harry has definitely changed since the final battle 6 years ago. Now that they're 23, Harry seems a lot calmer and his life is on the right track. He works as an Auror in the Ministry of Magic. He has a steady girlfriend named Nicky and they are getting married in a few weeks. When Harry first met Nicky, Hermione couldn't remember when her best friend has ever been ecstatic.

Thay dated a few times and the next thing Hermione knew, they were already engaged. Harry was really excited to start a family. The only time he has been happier was when he killed the Dark Lord back when he was 17. The War costed Harry a lot. Not only he lost Ginny, he lost his friends as well. Seamus and Dean were nowhere to be found, Neville died fighting and the Patil twins were abducted by the remaining Death Eaters.

Eventhough the Dark Lord was long gone, his followers were still alive and they are recruitting a new army with a new lord. Hermione knew this for a fact as she herself was involved with the new Lord. He has willingly showed her his new army.

Flashback
21st of September 1996

three years ago......

"Hermione don't go there!" Draco shouted when he saw Hermione swimming deeper into the ocean.

"Why Draco? Are you scared?" Hermione said in a mocking voice. She looked so pretty in her yellow and green striped bikinis. Hermione laughed when Draco didn't answer. She walked slowly towards Draco, the wind blowing her hair. Draco stared right into her eyes.

Finally, Hermione reached her destination. She raised a hand up and touched his bare chest. Draco shuddered under her touch. Then, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed his throat. Draco growled as she made her way to his ears. She nibbled it a little before saying,

"This is the best birthday present ever."

Draco grinned. He was glad she liked his present. Hermione and Draco were on a vacation at Draco's island. Hermione has always wanted an island of her own so Draco decided to give one to her. The island originally belonged to his grandfather but then he gave it to Draco before he died. Now, it was Draco's turn to give it to a person he loves.

Draco couldn't remember when he starts to fall for Hermione. They met a few months ago at Hermione's office. Since then, they have been contacting each other constantly. Not only because she was his lawyer, but also because he wants to get to know her.

After Draco won his case which involves a feud from his ex-best friend Mark Chooper, Draco invited Hermione for a dinner as a way to thank her. After that, things go at their own accord.

They kissed on their second date and made love on the fifth. Everything goes smoothly. At least that's what Hermione thinks.

Draco has another side of him that Hermione didn't know. He planned on telling her tonight on the island. But he still didn't know how her reaction would be.

When Hermione has finally eaten her 20th birthday cake, Draco led her into the living room of their small cottage. Hermione couldn't remember the last times she's been this happy. Her thoughts went to her best friends .They have no idea about her relationship with Draco. They have both agreed to keep it a secret. A secret nobody knows.

Draco sat on the couch and Hermione placed her feet in his lap de got out of demanding her daily massage. Draco chuckled and quickly granted her wish. And then things slowly get out of hand.

Hermione was having difficulties taking off Draco's shirt. Draco chuckled and with a flick of his hand, the shirt vanished as a result of wandless magic. Hermione broke away from his fantic kisses as he kissed her collarbone.

"I want the pleasure of taking them off manually." She mumbled. Draco grinned and kissed her shoulder.

"But using magic is faster don't you think?" he said. Hermione giggled.

"I guess so." She said. When their heated love-making session was done, Draco slowly carried Hermione up to their bedroom. She was not asleep and tangled herself with Draco as soon as he lies down. Draco chuckled softly. He wished that he didn't have to tell her whatever he's about to tell but then he thought it was unfair for her to love somebody she barely knew.

"Baby, you're asleep?" Hermione asked.

"No. Mione, I have to tell you something. Are you sleepy?" Draco asked. Hermione sat up quickly. She had on a worried expression.

"No I'm not. What is it, Drake?" she asked her voice soft. She stroked his awfully beautiful face and he leaned into her touch. He let out a frustrated sigh, knowing that what he's going to tell her can result into a very, very good thing or a bad thing.

"Will you promise not to be angry?" he asked. Hermione smiled sweetly and nodded.

"Will you take whatever I'm going to say calmly?" he asked again. Hermione laughed nervously.

"Drake, you're scaring me." She said.

Draco sat up and took her face in his hands.

"Whatever happens, just remember that I love you no matter what. Promise me you won't forget me. Promise me you won't throw whatever we had away. Promise me that even if you leave me, you will love me and it will not die." Draco said, staring into her eyes.

"Draco what's going on?" Hermione asked.

Draco stood up and with a flick of his hand, both of them were dressed.

"Drake-?" Hermione stopped mid-sentence because at that exact moment, Draco snapped his fingers and in a matter of seconds, twenty people in dark robes stood before them.

"Draco, who are these people? What are they doing here?" Hermione said standing up.

Draco turned around as the creatures before them bowed.

"Hermione, these are my Death Eaters."

Okay so the chapter was reposted. I did some editing and added a few things. Thank you to those of you who reviewed. However, it seems that my idea was a little bit misunderstood.

First of all, this is only the first chapter. There are a lot more to come and I intend on telling the story slowly. Cliffhanger and leaving questions unanswered are my style of writing. I prefer to post short chapters. Sorry if some of you prefer longer chapters but I'm not good at that.

Second, my grammars are very bad. I know that for a fact and I would like to thank the reviewers for correcting me. Ohh and I have no idea what BETA is. Can somebody explain it to me?

Lastly, to Re-o-ko and lovelymimi, thank you so much for reviewing and helping me. I really appreciate it and I can't tell you how much it means to me. To my lovely reviewers, thank you thank you thank you for reading and don't worry I'll update soon!

Lovelymimi; I am granting your request. It's part of my idea actually. Hehe Ohh and I'm really sorry you have to read the story three times. I promise I will describe the story more clearly :)

Re-o-ko; yep u guessed it right. The story was written in one go and I did post it straightaway. Haha. I'll put more effort into the story. Anyway, I really appreciate your help and advice.

Love;

Lea