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Confessions and Fake Photos
The crowd created a circle around the five students. Draco was still standing there the paper held in his hand. The three Gryffindors stood together nearby, but standing completely opposite all four was Pansy. Hermione knew what was coming, she'd known in her head all along that this would be how it happened. Pansy Parkinson was going to reveal Hermione's secret to the world right there in the middle of the entrance hall, and there was nothing that she could do to stop her.
"Go on Draco, what's in that paper?" Pansy said narrowing her eyes at him.
"Shut up Pansy." Draco said in a deep angry voice.
"What's going on?" Harry asked looking between the two Slytherins.
"Potter are you sure you want to know the answer to that question?" Pansy asked taunting Hermione.
"Harry I think we should do what Malfoy said." Hermione said quickly.
"No Mudblood, stay. I would love for you to be here when I let everyone know of the happy news." Pansy said sarcastically.
"Pansy don't say another word." Draco said his voice losing it's calm and the intensity growing.
"I will say whatever I damn well please. And it will be my greatest pleasure to ruin her worthless little life Draco."
"What is she talking about Hermione?" Ron asked looking down at her. Her two best friends were both staring at her expectantly.
The entire population of Hogwarts was now staring at Hermione and everyone seemed to want an explanation. Hermione looked about at all the eyes thinking about the situation. As she thought however, Hermione remembered her conversation with Marra only a short time ago.
'I might have been intimidated a few times, but I'm never afraid of Slytherins.' She remembered saying.
'Oh really. Well there's one you should watch out for.'
'I'm not afraid of Pansy.'
After remembering that short exchange Hermione's eyes landed on Draco. They looked at one another and Hermione suddenly felt angry. Draco's eyes connected with her own and she knew that it was time that she did something she should have long ago.
Her eyes slowly turned and locked on Pansy. She narrowed them and stepped forward her wand still held tightly at her side. Her entire body was rigid as the fury built up within her. This complete change in demeanor took many by surprise. Hermione was normally the calm collected one of the group, never really loosing that for any reason even when they were in peril. Pansy smirked at Hermione, glad to accept this obvious challenge.
"You know what Pansy. I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of destroying my life. You can spill every single secret that you know, but you can't hurt me. We both know the truth Pansy; it's not because of your hatred for me that you're doing this. It's not because I have what you've always wanted, what you've always claimed was yours."
"Hermione don't." Draco said softly. He knew what she was about to do.
"Oh you believe that little speech do you? You think I have other reasons for wanting nothing but misery for you." Pansy said her voice quite calm. She was speaking slowly in a low tone as if she were talking to a child.
"I know what the real reason is, and I'm hardly ever wrong."
"What's going on here!" cried the voice of Professor McGonagall. "Into the Great Hall immediately! All of you!"
The students, seemingly disappointed and some even angry, all began heading into the Great Hall. They looked back over their shoulders at where Hermione and Pansy still stood glaring at one another. McGonagall hadn't moved from her spot where she'd walked in and was making sure that all the students were going for lunch.
"We'll continue this another time." Pansy said softly as she strolled past Hermione, slamming her shoulder into the smaller girl with enough force to knock her down, however Hermione barely swayed.
Hermione turned and watched Pansy sauntering away. There was a possibility that she would spread the news through the school during lunch but that wasn't Hermione's concern. She had the two people who needed to know first and she intended to tell them.
"Let's go." She said starting toward the marble staircase.
"Where are you going Miss Granger?" McGonagall asked walking toward where the boys all stood still confused.
"Professor I believe it's time that I told them the truth."
McGonagall looked at her a moment before merely nodding. She gave Hermione a soft smile because she knew that the hours to come would be terrible. No one really knew what Harry and Ron's reactions would be, but everyone knew that there wouldn't be a party to celebrate the momentous event.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy please accompany Miss Granger to the Heads common room."
Without a word but with two very confused glances in Hermione's direction Harry and Ron started towards the staircase. Draco sauntered along behind not wishing to go at all. He knew that most of the blame would initially be placed on him. They would probably accuse him of cursing her, hurting her, even raping her. Hermione would be his only defense and he hoped that she was as good at arguing with them as she was with him.
They walked along in silence. Hermione walked ahead of the boys, her fists still clenched in anger. However she knew that she would have to calm down. Nothing good would come of her being angry when she delivered this news to the two people that she trusted most in the world.
They reached the fifth floor and started down the corridor towards the portrait that hid the Heads dorm. Hermione gave the password having calmed down significantly. She was frightened now but she knew that she had to be strong. There was nothing that she could do about the situation and Harry and Ron would just have to accept it. They were apart of her life and now, so was Draco.
When they entered Hermione walked to the couch. She took out her wand and conjured two chairs. She took a seat in one as Draco sat in the other. Harry and Ron sat slowly on the couch both still looking about the room in curiosity. Hermione sat there wondering how to start explaining that their best friend was married to their enemy.
"This place is nice Hermione." Harry said looking her in the eye.
"Thank you Harry. This is the common room that we share."
"What was going on down there Hermione?" Ron asked his eyes filled with confusion. "Why did you start arguing with Pansy Parkinson?"
"There's a lot of things that I have to fill you guys in on. My memories have returned. I realize that I probably should wait and speak to the Order as well but there doesn't seem to be enough time for that since the entire school is bound to know by dinner."
"Know what Hermione?" Harry asked his piercing green eyes not wavering for a second.
"Know what happened to her while she was kidnapped Potter. Know the truth about what happened this summer." Draco said leaning forward.
"I was kidnapped that's true, but in all honesty I wasn't treated like a prisoner. I was kidnapped because of a prophecy, most of which has come true. The prophecy however also involved Draco."
"You were kidnapped too?" Ron asked.
"Some what. I went to the manor willingly, but I was never allowed to leave and like Hermione I was constantly under surveillance." Draco said softly.
"We were forced into it."
"Forced into what?" Harry asked.
"The prophecy stated that I was to marry a specific girl two days after my seventeenth birthday on the hottest day of the year." Draco said looking at Harry. For a moment icy blue clashed with vivid green.
There was silence for a moment, the most unbearable silence. Ron was staring at the floor and Hermione knew that he was about to explode, however Harry was seated staring off into space, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. She wondered more what was going through his mind than what was going through Ron's. She knew what Ron was thinking, but Harry was a mystery.
"You're married to him?" Ron asked softly, lifting his head and Hermione saw the tears that were running from his eyes.
"Yes." Was all she could say. His watery blue eyes were staring at her, almost hopeful that it was all a joke.
"How could you?"
"We were forced into it Weasley." Draco said. "During the ceremony Hermione and I were forced to say what we said. Someone was controlling us. We tried, believe me, we tried so hard to get out of it. Granger even tried to run away, all that got her was a lashing."
"But I still don't understand!" Ron cried out standing and moving away from them. He walked behind the couch suddenly turning to face them again. "Why Hermione! What's the point of marrying her?"
"There's more to the prophecy." Hermione said.
"Hermione has to get pregnant with a male heir before our first anniversary."
"Why?" Harry asked speaking for the first time since the announcement. Everyone's eyes turned to him.
"If I don't have a male child something bad happens to the Dark Side's army. They'll loose the war. If I don't Harry I die. We both die." Hermione said softly.
"You too Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"Yeah. They'll kill me." Draco said looking at Harry again.
"How can you be so bloody calm Harry!" Ron cried. "Hermione's married to a Death Eater. She's being forced to turn to their side."
"I'm not being forced to turn to their side Ron. I'd never do that! And Draco's not a Death Eater. He's to become one, but he's not one yet."
"Sure Hermione. That's what they've told you."
"No Ronald! You have no idea what I've been through this summer, what I've seen. I know more than anyone what's happening right now!"
"Ron calm down." Harry said softly. "Just sit down and let her explain. We need to know everything Hermione. That's the only way we'll understand it all."
Ron walked about the couch, listening to what Harry said and taking his seat. He still looked angry but at whom no one could really tell. His eyes were still filled with unshed tears but he held them back. Hermione had half expected Draco to say something about the fact that Ron had started to cry, but was glad when he didn't. But now she focused and started to explain.
"I was kidnapped and taken to a mansion that Voldemort's living in. There's really no point in searching for it because it's obviously unplottable. I was kept there for most of the summer. A day or two after I was kidnapped someone attempted to murder me."
"I saw it." Harry said softly. "I saw it through Voldemort's eyes. I saw you pronounce her dead."
"How is that possible?" Draco asked but Harry only shook his head.
"It's to long a story to tell now." Harry said adjusting his glasses. "Continue Hermione."
"Well I was revived and Voldemort put a spell on me to protect me. Not much else really happened after that. I stayed in my room for a few days until I was well. Draco's friends came for a visit before his birthday. There was a ball that I had to attend in his honour for his birthday. We went to his house to be measured for our wedding attire and that's when I ran away."
"She ran into the woods behind my house. When we were brought back to the manor the Dark Lord gave her a punishment, she wasn't to eat until the reception and after that she would be lashed fifty times. I tried to get her out of it, but when he makes a punishment there's nothing that will stop it from being delivered." Draco said. He had tried to get him to change her mind, but stopped when he was threatened with a punishment himself.
"Voldemort performed the wedding. All my vows were forced as were Draco's. There was no way out of it. After the wedding however I was almost murdered again. Someone who disguised themselves as Draco came into my room and stabbed me. I was carried to a lake where I was thrown in and left to die." Hermione said remembering the memories of that terrible day.
"That night I was whipped. I was cured later on by a house elf. The next day we were taken to our house. They gave us a house. We hadn't even been there a day before we were being forced to go to a meeting."
"A meeting?" Harry asked.
"Yes. The Death Eaters aren't a bunch of followers. It's really more like an army. The Dark Lord is giving my father the title of General and forcing me to take his place as First Minister. Since I will be made a Death Eater in the spring and I had started a new family amongst the Death Eaters the Dark Lord wished me to be inducted into his inner circle immediately. Hermione, being my wife was inducted as well. Two members of each house must be present at meetings."
"You're in Voldemort's inner circle." Ron said flabbergasted.
"I was forced. I had to learn everything the day of the meeting. Everything that happened to me this summer, they were all tests. Voldemort has been testing me since the day he took me from Grimmauld Place. I have to learn all these things or face more lashings. If I go through another beating like that I won't live." Hermione said tears coming to her eyes now. "It wasn't long after the meeting that I got sick."
"She was ill with a flu or a virus, no one's quite sure what it was. She was on the verge of death for a while. My mother kept watch over her, giving her potions and things to keep her alive. The illness didn't really go away fully until shortly before we gave her back to you."
"He's trying to take you away from us." Ron said softly.
"He's trying Ron, but he won't. I know what I stand for and nothing and no one can change that." She said her voice regaining strength.
"The day you came back I knew you were married." Harry said looking at her. "I saw the rings. I saw them and something within me knew it, almost like I'd seen it happen."
"What are we going to do then?" Ron asked.
"What do you mean Ron?" Hermione asked.
"How are we going to get you out of this? You can't have a baby. You cant let his side win. There has to be something we can do."
"Well Weasley if you think there's a way to get her out of the marriage your wrong, you should know wizard marriages are binding for life. As for the baby thing, well that's another matter all together."
"Have you had sex with him?" Ron asked suddenly realizing.
Hermione blushed furiously. Draco's eyes narrowed. Harry looked at Ron as if he'd just slapped someone. No one really expected the question yet at the same time everyone knew that it was coming.
"She didn't have a choice." Draco said deciding to handle this matter. "The Dark Lord threatened to force us if we didn't willingly. He's much more powerful than you think he is Weasley. It's hard to defy him when you're so close to him. We saw him every single day."
"Your not pregnant are you?" Ron asked.
"I don't know Ron. That's really been the least of my worries for the time."
"And what about you Malfoy?"
"What do you mean Weasley."
"You act like you were against the whole thing. But what's in it for you in the end?"
"You think I'm getting something out of this?" Draco said angrily.
"I wouldn't be surprised if all this wasn't an act. I bet you only told her you tried to get her out of punishment, you probably asked for her to be punished more. You may not be a Death Eater yet but you're just as uncaring as one already. Why would you want to protect her, you despise her and her kind remember."
"You know Weasley, you think you know who I am, but you really don't have any idea. Your right, I did hate Hermione, the first night she woke up we got in a terrible fight and she threw a vase at my head. A few days later she even slapped me and I chased her around the library. We fought worse than ever before then, but then I realized that she's in the same boat as me. I was the one who saved her life after the person tried to kill her the first time. They'd impaled her using voodoo, but I got her breathing again. If it hadn't been for me she would have died. I took care of her when she was sick. We have the same problem to deal with, we're in it together, and there's no point in causing problems for myself by hurting her."
"Ron you have to realize that Draco's not at fault here, in fact it's the opposite. So don't blame him, because everything that's happened to me has happened because of one person and that person is Voldemort."
"I just can't believe this. There has to be a way that we can stop this. You can't get pregnant." Ron said angrily.
"I know Ron but when Voldemort's watching us like a hawk he'd know if we were trying something. He'd know if we weren't trying." Hermione said feeling awkward again.
"We really need to talk to the Order." Harry said softly.
"What could they do Potter?" Draco asked.
"I'm not sure, probably not much more than us, but they need to know anyhow." Harry said.
After a few minutes of silence Ron excused himself, he said that he needed air. He left the dorm to take a walk, something Hermione could understand. She'd always known how he'd felt about her; she'd even tried before the summer really even started to start a relationship with him. But now Hermione knew there were no romantic feelings in her heart for Ron. She'd always love him but not in that way.
She sat there with Harry as Draco went into their room for a moment. She was looking at him as he sat staring off into space. So he'd known the entire time that she was married to Draco. That was what he was hiding, that and the fact that he'd probably seen most of what was happening to her through Voldemort's eyes because of their link. He'd had more time than Ron to take it all in.
"You were so calm about all of this." She said suddenly.
"I knew already, mostly. I knew you were married but wasn't quite sure to who." He said slowly turning to face her.
"What am I going to do Harry?" she asked.
"About the marriage or the baby?"
"About everything."
"That's up to you Hermione. You can't ask anyone what to do. It's your life, all you really have to worry about is what you think, not what anyone in this room or this castle or this world thinks. Do what you think is right."
"Harry, he's so different." She paused looking toward her bedroom before continuing. "He was Malfoy in the beginning, but something changed, he changed. He's not really the same anymore, he tries, sometimes he gets like his old self, but it's so easy to see through."
"Just be careful. I'm not saying I don't trust him, and I'm not saying I do, but he is what he is, so just be careful."
"I love him Harry."
"Are you sure?" Harry asked.
"Yeah. I can't even explain it. I can see what's inside of him. I know what he could be, if only he'd see it too. He's scared to defy Voldemort, which is understandable because he's been taught to respect him, but Harry he could help us so much if only he'd see. Dumbledore saw it too. He's powerful, he's strong, he's just stuck in his ways."
"I know. I saw it that night; I know what he could be. If he switched it would be a toss between him and I who killed Voldemort everyone knows it. Try and make him see Hermione, but be careful like I said, even if he doesn't want to hurt you, he might be forced to. He was right when he said Voldemort's hard to defy, and for Malfoy it would be hardest."
"I bet everyone down there knows."
"If Pansy didn't tell them the Prophet would." Draco said as he entered the room.
"It's in the Prophet?" Hermione cried.
"Yeah take a look." He picked up the paper from the floor where he'd placed it while she explained things to her friends.
There was an enormous headline that said MALFOY HEIR MARRIES! Underneath was a picture of Hermione in her gown locked in a kiss with Draco. As they parted Hermione saw herself smiling. Draco was standing beside her looking quite joyous as well. And standing in the place where Voldemort had most certainly been was a little old man in a priest's outfit.
"That's not at all what it looked like." Hermione said softly.
"Yes well they're trying to make it seem happy not forced. My family is all about appearances, hence the terrible story they printed to go along with the photo."
I, Rita Skeeter, was invited yesterday to the home of the illustrious Malfoy family to speak with Mrs. Narcissa Malfoy. She revealed to me exactly what happened this summer with her son. For it is well known that Draco Malfoy was accused of the murder of Albus Dumbledore, but was cleared of all charges by a testimony by none other than school yard rival Harry Potter.
"He came home after being cleared, but it wasn't long before he left again for a short time." Narcissa told me a small smile on her face. "It seems that he and a young girl he'd been known to argue with for years at Hogwarts had actually been seeing each other."
According to Mrs. Malfoy, Hermione Granger, a Muggleborn and Harry Potter's best friend had been secretly dating Draco Malfoy for over two years. They used their hatred and public arguments as a cover for their relationship. They'd felt the need to hide their love because of the current war and the fact that she was a Muggleborn and he a pureblood.
"He was gone for a week or so." Narcissa went on to say. "But when he came home for his seventeenth birthday ball he brought her along. It seems that they'd eloped."
Hermione Granger, who everyone assumed was kidnapped by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named hadn't actually been kidnapped at all. She'd met the young Malfoy heir and they'd flown off together to Paris where they were married. They were spotted and photo graphed walking the streets in France together smiling and quite content.
Mrs. Malfoy who has since welcomed the girl into her family is happy for her son. While the entire wizarding world was looking for the young witch she was living happily in her countryside manor with her husband. However there are still many questions about why Miss Granger suddenly turned up in an alley near the Leaky Cauldron.
"She'd been shopping that day, I remember because I'd offered to go with her. She'd insisted on going alone. She'd gone to Muggle London to avoid being seen by wizards for she was still nervous of her friend's reactions to her marriage to Draco. Hermione had been quite ill as of late but she seemed to be doing much better. However she relapsed and in an attempt to get home via Floo passed out in the alley way."
Narcissa went on to tell me of Draco's frantic search for his wife but alas she'd already been discovered. Wizard officials who believed that Voldemort had kidnapped her kept her under lock and key so Mr. Malfoy was unable to get his wife back.
However things are much better now. Hermione and Draco have made their last journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as husband and wife, and also have been given the positions as Heads. They are currently the only two Heads in Hogwarts history to have ever been married while still attending school.
We here at the Daily Prophet would like to extend our congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy. We wish them nothing but happiness in their years ahead. This has been the lovely Rita Skeeter reporting.
In the following pages there were pictures of Hermione and Draco together. There were ones that seemed to be shot without them noticing, for in the picture they were walking with their backs to the camera down a street and entering shops. There were more of them together in their wedding attire smiling and laughing as if they loved one another.
"All these pictures are fake." Hermione said softly as she stared at herself holding on to Draco's arm as they walked down the aisle after being married.
"My family created them as a cover story. Now people will think you never went missing. My family won't be implicated in the abduction." Draco said as Hermione folded the paper up.
"Voldemort was worried about that?" Harry asked looking at Draco.
"Yeah. He was worried that I'd be sent to Azkaban for kidnapping her and then we wouldn't be able to have a baby. He's taking every precaution to insure that his plans are going correctly."
There was a knock on the door and everyone knew that it was Ron. Hermione walked to the door and let him inside. He'd cooled down quite a bit by then and walked to the couch where he sat down. He looked however like he had something to say.
"What is it Ron?" Hermione asked as she took her seat as well.
"The school knows. Pansy told some people and it's spreading. Everyone said something about a paper."
"Draco's parents put it in the paper. It's made the front page. Everyone believes the papers story."
"Pansy probably didn't say anything about the kidnapping. If she revealed that she knew where you were she would get into a lot of trouble. I guarantee that the Ministry knows we didn't elope." Draco said softly.
"We'll have to talk about this more, there's a lot to discuss. We should talk to McGonagall tonight and maybe call the Order together. They have to know. Malfoy you're probably going to have to be there as well." Harry added.
"We'll see Potter." Draco said.
"You guys go ahead to lunch. I have to talk to Draco." Hermione said, as the boy's rose to leave.
She let her friends out giving them both reassuring smiles. Before they left they told Hermione that things would be all right. Hermione wasn't sure how much she believed that. She would be the topic on everyone's mind, her and her marriage to the Slytherin that she hated so much. People will expect them to be close, expect them to be in love. Hermione knew what she felt, but that wasn't the way he felt, that wasn't the way he acted.
After the portrait was closed behind them Hermione turned back to Draco. He was staring at the folded paper that sat on the table. He looked up at her as she walked back over. His blue eyes were focused so closely on her that she felt as if she'd done something wrong.
"They took it better than I'd expected." Draco said softly.
"I know. I thought that Harry would be a bit more emotional. But I forgot about his connection."
"What was he talking about when he said he'd seen me tell Voldemort you were dead?"
"Ever since Voldemort's rebirth Harry has been linked to him. When either of them feel extreme anger or fear or anything like that the link pulls the other in. When Voldemort got angry that day Harry was pulled into his mind and saw everything through Voldemort's eyes. Voldemort can control it better than Harry."
"And that's all because they took Potter's blood for the Dark Lord's rebirth?"
"Yeah." Hermione paused. "Ron's reaction was even more tame than I'd expected though."
"He loves you." Draco said turning to look at her.
"What are you talking about?"
"Weasley is in love with you. That's why he cried when you said that we were married. He can't ever have you."
"He doesn't love me. We're just friends."
"Hermione, it's so obvious. It's been obvious for the last three years. Weasley's been head over heels with you since forth year." Draco said smiling at her confusion. She really never noticed it.
They sat in silence for a few minutes. Hermione felt awkward for some reason, talking about another man loving her with her husband. She knew that Ron had feelings for her, but she hadn't thought that he'd had them for so long, or that they were so deep. So many things ran through Hermione's mind now. The weight of what to do about her friends was lifted off her shoulders, however now there were many new problems to think about.
"What are we going to do about all this." Hermione said motioning toward the paper.
"We'll have to go along with it. That's obviously why my parents made up that story. We'll have to pretend like that's what happened, not a kidnapping. Even though most of the Slytherins and your friends know the truth. Either way though, people know we're married."
"I cant face them." Hermione said softly looking at the floor.
"Face who, the other students? Why should they matter? All you have to care about just walked out of this room."
"I know but I just cant take all the questions. I hate so much attention. It's not me. I don't want people talking about me and my personal life over breakfast lunch and dinner. I just want things to be normal again."
"Hermione things will never be normal again. That's something your going to have to realize. Now lets go to lunch." He said standing and holding out a hand. Hermione looked up at him, giving him a small smile.
"By the way, thank you for being civil with Harry and Ron." Hermione said as they stepped through the portrait hole.
"That was a one time thing. I'm still a Slytherin you know."
Hope you enjoyed it...now if you'll excuse me I have a story to continue and you all have reviews to write and a movie...namely Surrender The Trailer...to watch...hop to it...lol
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