To Love A Stranger
Elle Legov
Spoilers- None, except for one poss. GoF.
Rating, PG13- R on certain parts. May have some not so nice themes.
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"You are going with Mr. Malfoy Miss Granger. He has purchased you and will keep you as long as he wants." Professor McGonagall told me as she led me from my room.
"It is illegal to purchase a human." I told her as she held my arm tighter.
"Not in the wizarding world." She told me as we walked past the Gryffendor common room.
I am utterly dumbfounded. "HARRY, RON, ANYONE. THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL ME TO MALFOY!" I scream at the top of my lungs.
"No one is here Hermione. Most of the younger have already left for the train to go home for the summer holiday. And Ronald and Harry left last evening after graduation as did the rest of the seventh years save for Mr. Malfoy and yourself." The Professor tells me as we exit the Gryffendor dorms. Malfoy is waiting outside the doorway. My trunk is next to his.
"I see that everything is in order Professor." He says. "Although I can tell that Miss Granger is a little… well shall we say apprehensive about leaving with me."
"APRENSIVE! I AM NOT GOING ANY WHERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU FERRET BOY!" I scream at the both of them.
"Hermione we can hear perfectly fine." Malfoy says as he grabs my arm. "Now if we do not leave immediately, we will be late for dinner with my mother." We Apparate away from the school. I look around and see that we are in a huge foyer near a large staircase.
"Mother, we have arrived." Malfoy calls out as he leads me towards a pair of French doors.
"Master Malfoy." A tallish butler comes out of the doors. "You mother was not feeling well, so she decided to go and sleep for a bit. She said to tell you and Miss Granger to dine without her." The tall man takes the trunks that were set by us. "I will deposit these in your rooms."
Malfoy thanks the butler and holds the door open for me as we enter the dining room. He actually has manners for being such a vulgar person. He also pulls out my chair for me. As soon as we are both seated, the table fills with food. I haven't eaten since the banquet last evening after the graduation ceremony. Even though I am starving, I pick at my food. Just being in this hellhole makes me sick to my stomach. At least Lucius isn't alive anymore. I don't even want to think about what he would want to do to me.
"Why do you want me here Malfoy." I ask him.
"First, Call me Draco. Second. Because I find you to be very entertaining." He said as he continued eating. "Please eat. You are making me feel like I am starving you. I don't like to starve who I love." The bastard said he loved me.
"YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BUY ME DRACO MALFOY BUT YOU CANNOT BUY MY LOVE." I slam my chair back and run out of the dining room. I start running up the staircase. All of a sudden Draco Apperates right in front of me.
"I'm not trying to buy your love Hermione." He tells me as he blocks my path.
I snarl at him. "That's a load of bullshit Malfoy and you know it." I try to push him out my way. "If you even appreciated me a little bit you wouldn't have BOUGHT me."
"I do appriciate you. That's why I bought you." He tells me as he finally moves. "Your room is in the second hallway on the left. The third door in." He points me to a hall. I walk in that direction.
"Good night Hermione. Sweet Dreams." Malfoy says as I storm past him.
"Go to hell." I say to him. I find the room he directed me to. It is huge. The room is decorated in deep reds and black. Shit. Whoever decorated this sure was trying to impress me. And they succeeded. It is my dream room. There is a huge four poster bed with red and black sheets. There is a huge bathroom with a bathtub similar to the one in the prefect's bathroom. I need a bath. Then I can go to sleep and try to figure out a way to contact Professor Dumbledore and see if he can get me out of this horrid situation.
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Draco's PoV
"Well how did she take it Draco?" Professor Dumbledore asked me as he talked to me through the fireplace.
"Well, I did exactally what you told me to do. She didn't like being purchased. And she seems to be thinking that I want to do some unhonorable things with her. I hate it when people jump to conclusions." I laughed remembering her resonse at dinner.
The professor laughs. "I suspect that Hermione will not hate you after a while, but Draco, I don't think you should tell her the real reason why she is staying with you. I believe she would become more than a little frightened at that awful idea." I remember the conversation I had with the professor three months ago. He interrupts my train of thought.
"I know that you and Hermione have not gotten along in the past, and still may not harbor the greatest of feelings for each other."
"That's not entiorly correct Professor. I have respected Hermione and even admired her for the past two years since my father's death. After I no longer was forced to practice my father's views, I came to respect many more of my fellow students." I can't believe I am pouring out my heart. The Professor is smiling.
"I knew that placing Hermione with you would be a good choice. You were the two most promising students at Hogwarts in your year. I must be going now, Poppy and I are working on some sort of safety barrier that can be put around hospital tents in case this would escelate into an actual war. Watch your back Draco, Even though your house has been protected, I fear that anything could happen. Watch Miss Granger's as well." With those words he disappeared from the fireplace. I trudged up to my room, passing Hermione's. I stuck my head in. She was asleep, her face still had traces of tears running down it. She must honestly feel not only abandoned, but I must be scaring the shit out of her. I brush a strand of hair away from her face and exit the room.
Elle Legov
Spoilers- None, except for one poss. GoF.
Rating, PG13- R on certain parts. May have some not so nice themes.
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"You are going with Mr. Malfoy Miss Granger. He has purchased you and will keep you as long as he wants." Professor McGonagall told me as she led me from my room.
"It is illegal to purchase a human." I told her as she held my arm tighter.
"Not in the wizarding world." She told me as we walked past the Gryffendor common room.
I am utterly dumbfounded. "HARRY, RON, ANYONE. THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL ME TO MALFOY!" I scream at the top of my lungs.
"No one is here Hermione. Most of the younger have already left for the train to go home for the summer holiday. And Ronald and Harry left last evening after graduation as did the rest of the seventh years save for Mr. Malfoy and yourself." The Professor tells me as we exit the Gryffendor dorms. Malfoy is waiting outside the doorway. My trunk is next to his.
"I see that everything is in order Professor." He says. "Although I can tell that Miss Granger is a little… well shall we say apprehensive about leaving with me."
"APRENSIVE! I AM NOT GOING ANY WHERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU FERRET BOY!" I scream at the both of them.
"Hermione we can hear perfectly fine." Malfoy says as he grabs my arm. "Now if we do not leave immediately, we will be late for dinner with my mother." We Apparate away from the school. I look around and see that we are in a huge foyer near a large staircase.
"Mother, we have arrived." Malfoy calls out as he leads me towards a pair of French doors.
"Master Malfoy." A tallish butler comes out of the doors. "You mother was not feeling well, so she decided to go and sleep for a bit. She said to tell you and Miss Granger to dine without her." The tall man takes the trunks that were set by us. "I will deposit these in your rooms."
Malfoy thanks the butler and holds the door open for me as we enter the dining room. He actually has manners for being such a vulgar person. He also pulls out my chair for me. As soon as we are both seated, the table fills with food. I haven't eaten since the banquet last evening after the graduation ceremony. Even though I am starving, I pick at my food. Just being in this hellhole makes me sick to my stomach. At least Lucius isn't alive anymore. I don't even want to think about what he would want to do to me.
"Why do you want me here Malfoy." I ask him.
"First, Call me Draco. Second. Because I find you to be very entertaining." He said as he continued eating. "Please eat. You are making me feel like I am starving you. I don't like to starve who I love." The bastard said he loved me.
"YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BUY ME DRACO MALFOY BUT YOU CANNOT BUY MY LOVE." I slam my chair back and run out of the dining room. I start running up the staircase. All of a sudden Draco Apperates right in front of me.
"I'm not trying to buy your love Hermione." He tells me as he blocks my path.
I snarl at him. "That's a load of bullshit Malfoy and you know it." I try to push him out my way. "If you even appreciated me a little bit you wouldn't have BOUGHT me."
"I do appriciate you. That's why I bought you." He tells me as he finally moves. "Your room is in the second hallway on the left. The third door in." He points me to a hall. I walk in that direction.
"Good night Hermione. Sweet Dreams." Malfoy says as I storm past him.
"Go to hell." I say to him. I find the room he directed me to. It is huge. The room is decorated in deep reds and black. Shit. Whoever decorated this sure was trying to impress me. And they succeeded. It is my dream room. There is a huge four poster bed with red and black sheets. There is a huge bathroom with a bathtub similar to the one in the prefect's bathroom. I need a bath. Then I can go to sleep and try to figure out a way to contact Professor Dumbledore and see if he can get me out of this horrid situation.
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Draco's PoV
"Well how did she take it Draco?" Professor Dumbledore asked me as he talked to me through the fireplace.
"Well, I did exactally what you told me to do. She didn't like being purchased. And she seems to be thinking that I want to do some unhonorable things with her. I hate it when people jump to conclusions." I laughed remembering her resonse at dinner.
The professor laughs. "I suspect that Hermione will not hate you after a while, but Draco, I don't think you should tell her the real reason why she is staying with you. I believe she would become more than a little frightened at that awful idea." I remember the conversation I had with the professor three months ago. He interrupts my train of thought.
"I know that you and Hermione have not gotten along in the past, and still may not harbor the greatest of feelings for each other."
"That's not entiorly correct Professor. I have respected Hermione and even admired her for the past two years since my father's death. After I no longer was forced to practice my father's views, I came to respect many more of my fellow students." I can't believe I am pouring out my heart. The Professor is smiling.
"I knew that placing Hermione with you would be a good choice. You were the two most promising students at Hogwarts in your year. I must be going now, Poppy and I are working on some sort of safety barrier that can be put around hospital tents in case this would escelate into an actual war. Watch your back Draco, Even though your house has been protected, I fear that anything could happen. Watch Miss Granger's as well." With those words he disappeared from the fireplace. I trudged up to my room, passing Hermione's. I stuck my head in. She was asleep, her face still had traces of tears running down it. She must honestly feel not only abandoned, but I must be scaring the shit out of her. I brush a strand of hair away from her face and exit the room.