Part 1

Chapter 4

A/N

Yes I did change the title from Tenacious love to The Dance with Dragons, it'll make sense later I promise. Anyways, before you attack me for updating a month later than I said I would, my laptop broke:') I've been writing on my phone for the past month and it's haaaaaard but I'm so sorry for the late update. I've been re-writing the chapters and I tend to change my mind a lot about what happens in a chapter and how it relates to the plot. Now that I've begun to pre-write I'll most likely start updating faster. Also, There seems to be confusion about taking traits from Daenerys and combining them with Draco's. Let's clear it up. Draco, in my opinion, is an incredibly difficult person to write. In almost every single Dramione fic I've read he has a completely different personality— yet need I remind you that in the books and movies we only got to see his personality from HARRY'S point of view, so it is rather difficult to get his personality correct at times. Anyway, I can't really TELL you what and why I'm taking traits from Daenerys and transferring them to Draco without spoiling anything. But what I CAN tell you, is that I'm not CHANGING his personality. In fact, I'm not even taking Daenerys' personality traits. Besides, it would be extremely difficult and rather unnecessary to take her personality and just make it Draco's. That wouldn't be fun thank you loves,

~ Bella

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[Draco]

Draco opened his eyes to reveal the familiar surroundings of the Slytherin boy's dormitory. He Groaned and pulled the silky sheets of green over his head in protest to the cold air the Slytherin dungeon happily provided for its occupants.

Draco lay there, staring at the inner part of his soft emerald-green linen sheets for what felt like hours before deciding to get out of bed.

Sitting up and swinging his feet over the edge of the soft mattress, Draco hissed as the crisp cold air bit at the soles of his uncovered feet.

" Finally up I see," a voice said laced with amusement.

Draco's gaze snapped up to see his best friend Blaise, a tall dark skinned boy with short nappy black hair and soft hickory brown eyes, stretched across his bed at the far side of the room staring at him in unveiled merriment.

" What time is it?" Draco asked, ignoring the urge to roll his eyes at his friends' enthusiasm, it wasn't late enough in the day to be happy yet. He watched as Blaise checked his watch and shook his head.

" 4 am" he replied, a shred of sympathy in his voice. Draco groaned for the second time that morning.

" Fuck," He cursed. " what am I supposed to do for the next 3 hours?"

" I can stop talking to you if you'd like, " Blaise said feigning irritation. Draco could practically hear the oncoming of an eye roll in his best friend's voice.

" Sorry, " Draco gave an apologetic smile, rubbing the back of his neck in a small sense of guilt.

The two stayed quiet for a while, listening to nothing but the sound of their sleeping roommates, and the soft sound of the waves formed from the murky water of the black lake.

" What did he say? " Blaise broke the silence, his voice revealing his barely veiled concern. Draco's face paled as he looked at his friend and sighed.

" A lot more than I expected honestly, how did you know it was from him?" Draco asked as he ran his slender fingers through his disheveled hair, before getting up to walk to his trunk to fetch the letter his father had sent him.

" It's sealed in a black envelope with a liquid gold serpent emblem. The black envelope is one thing but the snake is what got me." Blaise shrugged, " your father isn't very...subtle when it comes to sending you letters."

" Of course he isn't, it'll get him into more trouble than usual though, someday." Draco grimaced as he walked over to Blaise with the obsidian colored envelope.

'muffliato', he whispered. He couldn't risk anyone overhearing their conversation, Slytherin or not.

Handing the letter to Blaise, Draco sat down and watched the features of his friends face gradually change while reading the letter.

Draco,

It has come to my attention that you are almost of age to receive your mark. We, to my displeasure, have done nothing to prepare you for this decision. And after the previous..events held, I believe it's time for you to start your training. Although, there will be consequences because of this tournament...complication. You will start your training in 7 months time. After that, you'll be a proud follower of our rightful ruler.

Also, write to your mother, she misses you dearly.

Remember Draco, Perfection is key.

Lucius.

" Father of the year isn't he," Blaise said in an exasperated manner as Draco shook his head, " I'm guessing this ' training ' consists of killing and crucio-ing muggle-borns?".

" and the raids " Draco added sourly. It really was a disturbing thing to think about, the only people he would be happy to crucio were Weasley and Potter.

" hmm " Blaise answered thoughtfully while folding up the letter and handing it back to Draco. " they're all mental. Following a mad-man who wants to wipe out his own kind. Dumbest shite I've ever heard honestly."

" Honestly, I don't know what got into his head. Mother absolutely despises the idea of me joining. Wasn't able to talk father out of it though. " Draco sneered as he tucked the letter safely into his night clothes. " Thank you for delivering the letter to me. "

He noticed as Blaise suddenly perked up in curiosity, an act which made him nervous.

" what? " he eyed his friend anxiously

" you weren't here that night" Blaise pointed out.

Shite, he thought as his heart began to beat at a rapid pace. Calming his facade, Draco looked straight at his best friend.

" what do you mean? " he asked, trying to feign innocence as much as possible. He watched Blaise narrow his eyes in suspicion.

" you arrived back in the common room at 2 in the morning " Blaise pointed out once again.

" Oh, was it that late? Thought I arrived back at 12 " Draco replied trying to change the subject.

" I'm not a fucking idiot Draco," Blaise said wryly, " if you're going to talk to someone late at night at least make it back at a reasonable time—"

Draco's head whipped around, shock clearly evident on his face.

" how did y— ", before Draco could finish his sentence a tall boy with short brunette curls and blue eyes came barging into the room.

Draco quickly removed the muffliato charm.

" Hello Draco, Blaise " the boy greeted the two Slytherins respectively.

" Jackson " both boys replied sincerely.

" Snape wants everyone down in the common room immediately " Jackson cleared his throat, exiting just as quickly as he entered.

Draco frowned as he looked at Blaise's watch, 5:30 am. 'Oh for fuck's sake' he thought in annoyance.

It only took 5 minutes, 2 shoes to the face and 3 pillows to the head, to wake the rest of the boys up. Theo was especially pissed, much to Blaise's displeasure considering he was the one who had to wake him up.

Once all the boys were up, fully awake, and extremely grumpy, they all descended down the stairs to the common room and into the large crowd of Slytherins.

Draco and his friends waited anxiously as Professor Snape scanned the room.

" Before you all begin to complain," the potions Professor began as he glowered at everyone in the room, " I feel the need to point out that no one wants to be here. You are down here in this common room at this time of day solely because Dumbledore asked for you all to be..."

Draco stopped listening and spaced out for the rest of Snape's lecture. After 15 years, his godfather's words of "wisdom" still went through one ear and out the other. Draco knew he was supposed to listen, but as of lately he had a lot, too much, on his mind.

After a few more minutes he felt a tug on his sleeve, he snapped his gaze over to the direction of the tug and noticed Theo looking at him in annoyance.

" Merlin Drake I've been calling you for minutes," Theo rolled his eyes.

" sorry I was ju-"

" will you two shut up " Blaise interrupted Draco as he annoyingly hissed at the pair. " I'm not getting called out because you two idiots decided to talk during his lecture "

"..and don't do anything stupid. You're all smarter than that, " Snape finished " Go down to the Great hall and try to contain your..excitement. "

Everyone in the room inwardly groaned as they left the dungeon and padded through the darkly lit corridors. It was still fairly early in the morning, and dawn was slowly approaching.

Draco unconsciously played with the signet ring on his finger - a habit he developed whenever he was deep in thought - as he and his friends walked in comfortable silence towards the great hall.

Theo was the first to break the silence, " what do you think he wants??"

Blaise shrugged, " probably some stupid excuse to play favorites with the Gryffindorks again, who knows " Theo's face twisted sourly at the mention of their enemy house.

" House prejudice at its finest " Theo sighed and Blaise nodded in agreement. Both boys looked over to Draco who shifted uncomfortably under their expectant stares.

" Uh..yeah " He shrugged, in truth, it made him furious, but it was too early in the morning to be angry.

Theo and Blaise glanced at each other and shrugged as the trio continued to walk in silence.

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It wasn't long until they had reached the great hall, and with the ongoing chatter from the students in the other houses, no one could've guessed it was almost 6:15 in the morning.

Putting on his famous Slytherin smirk, Draco haughtily walked into the great hall, Blaise and Theo at his side, and scanned the room.

His gaze immediately landed on her. Granger. His smirk wavered as both guilt and disdain swelled in his chest. They could never be friends, his family history and blood wouldn't allow it. Even the smallest thread of hope that silently latched itself onto his heart was not convincing enough.

She had tried to forgive him, and with that action, she had planted that seed of hope in his heart. And he hated her for it.

The ring on his finger started to burn, and he fidgeted with it again. It always seemed to do that.

" Draco come on," Blaise grabbed his elbow. If he and Theo noticed Draco staring at the Gryffindor Golden girl, they didn't say anything about it.

Draco snapped out of his trance and put on his trademark smirk once again, and walked over to his spot at the Slytherin table.

" DRACO " a voice squealed from across the table.

Draco gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

" Pansy," Draco tried to smile, but it turned out to be more like a grimace. Blaise and Theo snickered beside him, he vowed to punch them later for not warning him ahead of time.

Pansy Parkinson was a witch in his year, she had medium long chocolate locks that reached down to her collarbone, and a face that was almost smushed together. She didn't look bad actually, Draco could not deny that she was attractive.

" Get out of my way " the witch snapped at a couple of 2nd years that were blocking her path to Draco. She tossed her hair, best friend Daphne on her heels, and shuffled over to his end of the table.

" I didn't get to see you this morning," she pouted, eyeing him hungrily while placing a perfectly manicured hand on his forearm.

Draco cleared his throat and shifted uncomfortably in his seat, wary of the many eyes in the great hall.

" Yeah..sorry pans I was uhm..sorry" he tried to give her an apologetic smile.

" It's okay Drakey, I just missed you " her hand was moving down his arm and towards his thigh at an alarming pace. " why didn't you come to get me?? I could've kept you..busy" she purred.

Beside him Theo and Blaise could hardly contain their laughter, Draco looked over at them, eyes pleading for their help.

" Yeah, I'm uh .. .I was busy already I'm sorry " he replied, ignoring the growing hardness in his pants. He inwardly groaned, fucking hormones, he thought.

Last year had been a stressful year for Draco, between getting punched in the nose by Granger and being oh so brutally attacked by an ugly Hippogriff, he needed stress relief. And Pansy, being the easiest girl in his house, ended up being the only thing that helped him with his method of..stress relief.

Turns out shagging the easiest girl in his house was the easiest way for Draco to forget most of his troubles. Until she got boring that is.

" Daph And I- " Pansy started again as Daphne cleared her throat," sorry, I would've been more than happy to keep you company " Draco blanched as her hand made its way towards his inner thigh.

Suddenly, the sound of a spoon against glass echoed throughout the Great hall. Draco almost jumped with glee as Pansy pulled her hand away as silence made its way through the hall.

" Thank you all for coming, I know waking up at 6 in the morning on a Saturday is not your ideal situation for the weekend" The headmaster started, students grumbled in agreement. " Although we are all here together, in the hall, unfortunately under unusual circumstances"

Draco's face paled as Dumbledore padded over to the Goblet Of Fire, the tiny hairs at the back of his neck prickled as he felt someone's gaze on him. He didn't need to look to know who it was.

" As you know, there are 8 champions this year. " he walked up to the front of the giant flaming chalice and watched as its flames went from ocean blue to shades of orange and yellow as it spat out 4 pieces of paper. " But, there has also been a change to the competition "

The hall buzzed with curious murmurs and conversation as Dumbledore held the 4 slips of papers in his hand. Draco's heart started beating at an extremely rapid pace.

" These slips of paper—" he held up the tiny slips for all to see, the other professors peered over in curiosity and mild confusion. Indicating that, they too, had no idea what was going on. "—contain 2 of the champions names on each slip. "

Everyone in the hall looked at each other in confusion.

" what the bloody hell is he playing at " Blaise hissed. Draco looked on with wide eyes, panic weighing down on his chest.

" The two champions on each of these slips will be teammates " The old wizard exclaimed.

Dread and panic seeped its way into Draco's brain. It genuinely felt like the end.

" The first team, " Dumbledore opened the first slip of paper, " Viktor Krum And Dimitar Adonov "

The students respectively clapped as the two Durmstrang Champions walked up to the front of the hall and stood next to each other with stoic faces. Dumbledore opened the second slip of paper.

Please don't put me with Potter Godric, Please. Draco prayed in his head, repeating what he said over and over.

" The second team, Elöise Dejarnette And Fleur Delacour "

His palms began to sweat and he chanced a look at Granger and noticed the look of panic etched into her features before quickly training his gaze back up at the Headmaster. The Beauxbatons girls clapped gracefully for their two champions as they walked up to the front of the hall.

" The third team, Harry Potter," Draco held his breath " and Cedric Diggory "

He let out a sigh of relief, barely registering the cheers coming from the Gryffindor table. It took a minute for him to realize the meaning of the situation. If he wasn't with Potter that meant...

Draco's head whipped around to look at Hermione Granger, she looked crestfallen. He noticed that a sudden hush that fell over the hall. Everyone was holding their breath. All eyes were trained on Him and Granger as Dumbledore unfolded the last piece of paper.

No, fuck no. He inwardly screamed I need to hear him say it. It's not true until he says it.

" And the last team, " Dumbledore paused for a moment, " Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger."

Draco's mind went blank, a numb expression etched into his features. He stood up abruptly as cries of outrage came from both the Gryffindor table ( mainly Harry and Ron ) and his table, while excited chatter rippled through the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw tables.

Instead of walking to the front of the hall, Draco walked straight through the center of the large room and towards the two doors. He felt Granger's gaze on him, an action in which only motivated him to walk faster.

Ignoring the yells of concern coming from his friends, he walked right out the doors and immediately burst into a sprint. Anger rolled off of his figure as he made his way to the quidditch pitch, his ring burning and pulsing against his finger. The only thing he could think of was how his father was probably going to kill him, and how much he hated Hermione Granger.

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A/N

WHEW A LONG CHAPTER, I hope it makes up for the time I didn't update I'm so so so so so sorry. Anyways

Hey guys. I'm trying with this story, I really am. I understand I'm not the best writer in the world, I know my writing needs improvement and I do hope that by at least halfway through this fic my writing will begin to improve and flourish. Your reviews and PM's encourage me to continue and not give up on this story. Anyway, I know I skipped the Quidditch World Cup death eater scene but I promise it's not going to be ignored. I know it's weird and annoying how Draco goes from being against Blood prejudice hugging Hermione to hating her. Keep in mind his father does influence most of his decisions, and he knows Lucius would throw a fit if he so much as learned Draco had gone near Hermione. It'll make sense soon I promise, but get ready for some weird Draco mood swings. This story mainly focuses on Draco, but you will get tons of Dramione. Most of the Dramione fics I've read focus Hermione more than Draco, ik not all DM/HG fics are like that but I wanted to do something different. I apologize if any of the characters seem OOC, but I will not tolerate criticism or hate for it because it's my perception of what they would seem like based on MY plot. I think this fic will surprise you, but if you've read about Dany ( Daenerys ) then you probably already have a slight idea of what the plot is about. Also, if you like this fic pls review or send a PM telling me what you think or what you want to happen next. I'll also be throwing in some bonus chapters ( don't really need to read them tho, just there for you all when I can't update as soon as I would like to ) to help you get a better understanding of what's going on. I promise I'll try to update more frequently, a lot has been going on. Reviews motivate me tho!! Btw, I'll be splitting this story into parts as soon as the tasks start!!!

Much love

~ Bella