1Barely a month had gone by and she had needed two more body guards. For some reason, they all had mysteriously died. The migraines were now a daily thing for Hermione.
Within three months, she decided to take Fudge up on his offer. She was beginning to think that it wasn't just a muggle thing anymore, but a magic one. A muggle problem was one thing, but a magical one was a different story all together. She was trying to get away from everything magical, to lose the memories of everything that happened in the magical world, and now it was coming back to her. She didn't get rid of everything magical, she had kept her wand and owl.
She decided that it was time to send an owl to Fudge.
She quickly wrote the letter, then headed to her owl, to send the letter.
It was midnight and Hermione was sleeping peacefully. She wasn't the only person in the room though. A very tall, elegant dressed man stood next to the bed, watching her sleep. He gently touched her face. She sighed deeply and turned over to her side.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The man looked over at the door, then stepped into the shadows of the room, and disappeared. She awoke to the second set of pounding on her door. She sat up groggily and got out of bed. She threw her robe on and opened the door, a little cranky because she was woken up.
"What?!" She said.
Jenna took a step back.
"Miss, there is a man here to see you." Jenna said.
"At this time of night, are they insane or something. Who is it? Did you get their name?" She asked Jenna.
"It is Cornelius Fudge." Jenna said.
"I know who it is. What the hell does he want at midnight?!" Hermione asked.
"He wouldn't tell me, he said that he would only talk to you miss." Jenna said.
"Fine. Bring him to my study, again, and I will be right down." Hermione said.
Jenna nodded, and quickly made her way back to Fudge.
Hermione was fuming, why the hell did Fudge have to wake her up in the middle of the night to talk to her, what the hell was he thinking, she needed to get some sleep.
She went into her bathroom, and splashed water on her face to wake herself up. She left her bedroom and made her way to her study. She was going to give him a piece of her mind, waking her up at midnight, he must be on crack, or some other type of drug.
She entered her study, and Fudge was already sitting, waiting for her, sipping some tea. Jenna must have gotten him some while he was waiting for her to show up.
"Fudge! What the hell do you think that you are doing?! Do you realize what time it is? If you didn't know, it is the middle of the night! Couldn't whatever you need to talk to me about, wait until morning?" She asked.
"Hermione, calm down. Please, when I got your owl, I rounded up the best of the wizarding body guards and came right over. I had to use muggle transportation, for different reasons, but still, I have your protection, I thought that you should have protection right away." He told her.
"But it is midnight! You couldn't get a hotel or something, then come over when I was fully awake? You had to do it right now?" She asked.
"I figured the sooner, the better." He said.
"You are crazy!" She told him.
There was silence. Then she huffed.
"Fine, there is no use for you to leave, then come back in a few hours, so where is my protection? I am assuming that they are here with you, so where is it?" She asked.
"They will be here in a minute or so." Fudge said.
"Well, they had better get here soon, or I will lose it, I swear!" She said.
"Don't worry, they will be here. Now, I am glad that you came to your senses about using magical help." Fudge told her.
She looked at him darkly, choosing not to answer him.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Hermione said.
"Miss there are two men here, saying that you are expecting them." Jenna said.
Hermione looked at Fudge.
"Two? Why are there two?" She asked.
"Extra protection, they are the best." Fudge told her.
"Whatever, just send them in Jenna." Hermione told her.
Jenna nodded and turned to get the extra protection. A minute later Jenna returned with the two men. Hermione's mouth dropped open, and was surprised.
"You have got to be kidding me! Them! I have got to be dreaming!" She yelled.
Jenna took this as a sign to leave.
"Hermione, they are the best. They will give you the protection that you need from whoever is stalking you." Fudge said.
"But why did that have to be Malfoy and Zabini? I can not believe that you woke me up to tell me that I was getting protection from them! This definitely could have waited until I had woken up and had some coffee." She said, putting her palm to her forehead. She was getting a migraine once again.
"Jenna!" Hermione called.
"Yes miss, what can I get for you?" Jenna said opening the door.
"I need the Tylenol and some water. I am starting to get another migraine." Hermione said.
The room was silent while Jenna was gone. Hermione looked darkly from Fudge to Malfoy to Zabini. This was just her luck, to get the two people that she disliked the most in the wizarding world, the two that had made her life miserable at Hogwarts. She knew that they weren't evil, they had switched sides before the war had begun, and had helped her, Harry and Ron defeat Lord Voldemort, but that didn't mean that she liked them. Not in the least, they were Slytherins, and she was a Gryffindor. They didn't get along, they were rival houses, which meant rivals at everything, from the quidditch cup to grades, and the Gryffindors beat the Slytherins in both of those categories, along with other things too.
Jenna had come back with a glass of water and two Tylenol tablets.
"Thank you Jenna. You may retire to your chambers now, I will let them out." Hermione told Jenna.
Jenna nodded and left.
She quickly took the Tylenol and drank the water, then rubbed her temples.
"Hermione, Draco and Blaise should be staying with you, at all times, to protect you." Fudge told her.
She looked at him.
"No." She said.
"Hermione, I implore you, please, let them stay with you. You need this protection, we don't know who we are dealing with. For all we know, it is one of the few followers that are still left, and wants revenge on you. This is why you need the extra protection, you must have them around you at all times." Fudge told her.
She huffed, there was no way she was getting rid of Fudge until she agreed that they would be able to stay with her.
"Fine, now, I need you to leave, I want to get more sleep before work tomorrow. I don't need dark circle under my eyes while I'm at work." She said.
Fudge smiled.
"I am so glad that you understand. I will leave you now, so you can get some more rest." He said.
She gave a little nod, then told Malfoy and Zabini to stay put, and she walked Fudge out to the door. When he was gone, she headed back to the study, and sat back down at her desk.
"Okay, I want to get some things straight. I will not be taking orders from either of you. You will be taking orders from me. All you need to do is keep your mouths shut and your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to your surroundings, so that no one gets too close to me. Is that understood?" She asked them.
They nodded, not saying a word.
"Too bad if it wasn't, I am calling the shots her, and if you don't like it, you can leave. Now, I am going back to bed. If anyone wakes me up before ten, I will kill them." She said, getting up to leave.
"Where are we going to sleep?" Malfoy asked.
She turned and looked at them.
"Well there are two couches in the living room." She said with a small smile.
"I am not sleeping on no couch Granger." Zabini said.
"This is my house, Zabini, and you will not disrespect me in it, or any where else for that matter, and if I tell you that you are sleeping on the couch, you will be grateful for it. At least I am not making you sleep outside." She told them.
They looked at each other, then back at her. She wouldn't really make them sleep on the couch, or worse yet, outside, would she? That would be too cruel.
She smiled again.
"Jonathon!" She yelled out the door to one of her butlers, after a minute or so.
"Yes miss?" He asked her.
"Jenna went to bed, I would like for you to take these two up to the spare bedrooms. I don't want you carrying their things though, they will be carrying their own stuff, all I want you to do is take them up to the rooms." She told him.
He nodded to her, then took Malfoy and Zabini up to their rooms.
She didn't want to deal with the two Slytherins, but she had to. They were her body guards, they were going to protect her. Well they were supposed to, that is if she didn't kill them first.
She quickly, and quietly made it to her room. She found Jonathon waiting for her at her door.
"Is there anything else that I can do for you miss?" He asked her.
"Yes, tell Jenna that I will be having my breakfast on the balcony once again tomorrow. Tell her to bring it up for me at ten in the morning. Let her know that if I am not up at that time, to wake me up. I shouldn't sleep longer than that." She told him.
"Yes miss." He said, then left.
She got in bed and fell, almost instantly, to sleep.
