Disclaimer: J.K Rowling owns "Harry Potter"
(This story is set while Voldemort's power is growing and obviously, I changed some things.)
You Kill Me (Chapter 6)
Hermione suddenly remembered something and dropped her belongings in the corridor. "Malfoy! I mean Draco! I mean…….oh whatever! Just come!"
Draco came up from behind and stood close to her. Then, he raised his voice, making sure it was loud and shouted, "YEAH GRANGER! I'M COMING!"
Hermione spun around, shrieking back, "DID I FORGET TO TELL YOU I'M NOT DEAF?!"
"BLOODY HELL GRANGER!" Draco shouted, smiling, enjoying himself immensely.
Hermione looked heavenward, her lips curled upward slightly. He was so persistent. "I'll shout later, right now, we have to focus on the dead bodies that are still out in your garden."
Draco rolled his eyes, "They disappeared. Didn't you see?"
"What d'you mean?"
"I don't know, I looked back and they were gone," he shrugged. Then, because he could still see Hermione's confusion, he stretched each word, talking slowly, like someone does when trying to get a kid to understand. "They're-not-there-any-more."
Hermione tossed her head, "I understand!" she scoffed. "But how?"
Draco shrugged again, "I don't know. Point is, they're not there so don't worry, no one will think we committed a murder." He put a reassuring hand on her slender shoulder and squeezed it. "C'mon Let's get a move on."
Hermione started to pick up her things but she found it weird that three dead bodies vanished so quickly. Unless they weren't dead from the start, maybe they were pretending all along……….
She pushed her thoughts away, annoyed at herself for being such a pessimist. It was so tiring to worry every minute of your life.
"Granger, for once in your life, stop thinking." He said it in a normal tone, staring at Hermione intently, but apparently, Hermione was in her own world. "OI! GRANGER!"
Hermione jumped, then she realised what happened, "I CAN HEAR YOU!"
"Good, it got your attention, otherwise I thought I'd have to resort to stripping naked." He smiled sweetly at her well aware of the effect he was giving off.
She started to blush so she turned her head away, wishing she didn't get so embarrassed easily. Why couldn't she be more like Pansy who went giving her guy friends full on kisses? Oh God no, that's being a slut.
Draco snapped his fingers in front of Hermione's face then motioned for her to follow him. He walked quickly; Hermione was finding it hard to keep up with his long, manly strides. She hurried, with her hands piled and realised they were going out of the house through the back.
The corridors she passed were covered in portraits full of intimidating looking people. All Malfoys. All purebloods. The way they were looking at her was obvious that they liked her as much as they liked rotten meat. They looked very similar to Draco what with the distinctive eyes and hair colour. But they weren't blessed with looks, unlike the guy that stood before her.
As her mind went to him, her eyes instinctively traveled towards him, she took him in, slowly and carefully. What did she ever see in Ron?
Suddenly, Hermione saw the clothes fly from her arms. Her arms went into the air and her mouth took the shape of an 'O'. Shit, she missed a step. "DRACO, MOVE!"
He looked back confused, then threw his clothes down and flung his arms out to catch Hermione. "SHIT, GRANGER!"
No use, she was coming down with such force that she made Draco fall over too. Luckily, they were near the ground anyway, so there wasn't much chance of them getting hurt. Although they did. "What the hell? Don't you see where you're going?" Draco lifted his head from under Hermione's body, looked at her once and laughed maniacally.
Hermione was sprawled on top of Draco, but one of his trousers had landed on her head. Her face was buried in the crotch area and every time she moved her head, which she did a lot to get the trousers off, the legs flapped in the air comically. "Get this thing off me!"
"They're called trousers." Draco drawled.
"Don't give me an English lesson!"
Draco stretched his long arm and plucked the trousers off her head. Hermione raised herself on her elbows then came crashing down laughing. Whoops, she hit Draco's stomach.
"My God Granger! My Stomach!" His face looked so funny Hermione went into more peals of laughter.
"You have to see your face!" She shakily grabbed her wand, tears falling down her cheeks, from the floor and conjured a mirror. She turned it so Draco could see himself.
He stared at himself, then threw his head back and laughed. None of them were in any hurry to move from the floor.
They stayed there for a long time, enjoying every moment, unaware of how their lives were going to take a quick, sharp U-turn.
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He walked around the room, stroking his chin, deep in thought. He looked up at the faces that were turned towards him. "Give them three weeks." He paused and looked at each and every bewildered face. "Three weeks." He repeated, "The reason is that after that attack, they will think that they'll be attacked again. We can't let them believe this. I'm sure that they've gone or are going into hiding. Let them think it was a one-off."
A man from the table spoke. "How do you know that they don't think it's a one-off right now?"
"Because they're aurors. They aren't going to overlook this that easily. Give them time to relax, to weaken, then strike again."
He kept walking back and forth. "In the meantime, we have to separate them, so that they're easier targets. When they're divided, one will not have her knight and the other won't have his lookout."
He stopped abruptly and looked at the man closest to him. The one with flaming hair. "You'll separate them."
The man looked taken aback. "Me? How will I do that?"
"You'll think of something." He turned around and came face to face with Voldemort. "My Lord." He murmured.
"Since you suffered, it seems you've changed. By a whole amount. If you carry on like this, I'll give you the honour of killing the boy because I understand you had some, how do I put this?" Voldemort shook his hand expressively, "Grudges against Lucius?"
"Yes, my Lord, he blackmailed me."
"On many accounts, to get his own way, I believe." Voldemort turned his eyes to the audience who immediately cast their gazes down. "He was useless, as it turns out, so is his treacherous son." He spat in rage then called softly, almost lovingly for Nagini.
"Nagini is hungry for worthless blood. When you get the girl, inform me." He swept the room with one final glance then glided away, all the tension he brought with him disappearing. It seemed like every one was holding their breaths.
He turned to his audience and smiled. He was much more trusted and respected now, than before.
He turned to the flaming haired man, "Separate them as soon as possible."
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"So how do you like my invisible house?" Draco walked inside the sitting room which was sumptuously decorated.
"And here's me thinking we were going to live in hardship."
"Nah." Draco dumped his stuff onto the floor and did the same with Hermione's. "I'm hungry, are you hungry?" without waiting for an answer, he swiped his wand and food appeared in front of them.
Hermione wasn't hungry, she was famished. To prove this, her stomach rumbled so loudly, she was sure it could've caused an earthquake.
Draco raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Seems like you're hungry."
Hermione's lips curled upwards and began to eat when Draco motioned for her to scoff when he had started himself.
Talk and laughter was like music and filled the room, giving it a warm, comforting glow.
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He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around. "What?"
"I've thought of a way to make her get rid of him."
"Tell me."
He nodded approvingly as the guy told him. "Do this at the first chance you get."
The man smiled.
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Authors Note: Chapter 6 done! Next chapter is going to be not-so-happy because... yeah right like i'm gonna say. anyway, thnx to the regulars who review every time they read a chapter! btw when you finish reading this, as always:
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