Author's Note: Hey guys sorry I haven't updated in forever, but I want to say thanks for the 46 reviews on chapter nine.
Now to answer two Questions
kaylamarie2012 asked, will we learn why Cormac stares at her all the time? YES! You will in this chapter.
I'm home asked, How are they all cousins? Does it have something to do with the whole 'all purebloods are related somehow' thing? If so, I wish you had explained that in the story, it confused me just a bit.
The short answer is that they are all related through the Black family . The long answer is ...
Pineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint had five children ( Sirius II, Phineas II, Cygnus II, Belvina, and Arcturus II).
Cygnus Black II one of their five children to Black and Flint, married Violetta Bulstrode . They had four children Pollux, Cassiopeia, Marius and Dorea.
Pollux Black married Irma Crabbe having three children one of the three named Cygnus Black III who married Druella Rosier . Cygnus III and Druella had three daughters one of their daughters, Narcissa Black who we all know married Lucius Malfoy and had Draco Malfoy.
Cygnus Black II (the third son of Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint,) who married Violetta Bilstrode. They had a daughter named Dorea Black who married Charlus Potter . Dorea and Charlus had one son named James Potter who married Lily Evens who had Harry Potter.
Arcturus Black II (the youngest son of Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint, also brother of Cygnus Black II ) married Lysandra Yaxley . They had three children. One daughter named Callidora Black married Harfang Longbottom. Starting the Longbottom family tree. Their other daughter Cedrella Black married Septimus Weasley which starts the Weasley family tree.
That's how Draco , Harry, Neville and The Weasleys are related as for Flint , Crabbe and Bulstrode they are long distant cousins.
I hope that helped some.
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Stalking out the Great hall Hermione couldn't believe she told him. 'No one, especially him was supposed to know.' Hermione thought annoyed.
She did not pay much attention to where her feet were taking her. She finally noticed that she was in front of the Heads common room when her feet stopped. Muttering the password Hermione stepped into the room and kept walking until she reached her hide-away, which was, funny enough, her bedroom.
"I think that Ms. Granger is in a very bad mood Mr. Malfoy." The Head's common room portrait of a small girl no older than five warned as the blond boy walked toward her.
Draco didn't bother to reply to the portrait's comment as he snarled the password to the small girl. He walked into the empty common room and took a seat facing the roaring fireplace.
While staring into the flames of the roaring fire, Draco couldn't comprehend why he was so upset by Granger's answer.
'It's not like I fancy the mud...' Draco chocked mentally. He couldn't say the word. Frustrated, he through his head back.
'Ok, she's starting to grow on me.' He told himself, reassuring that the only reason he wasn't happy was because he knew Blaise well enough to know that the Italian boy would hurt her without a care in the world.
Sighing, Draco closed his grey orbs and replayed the scene that just took place in the Great Hall. Soon, the confused and frustrated Slytherin Head Boy fell asleep in an uncomfortable position on the couch.
Hours later, Hermione emerged out of her room, and as quietly as possible, she walked downstairs.
"Why?"...
Hermione stopped dead in her tracks as she heard Draco speak. Turning her head slowly toward the leather couch, she saw Draco frowning with his eyes closed as he laid down, muttering in his sleep. 'Oh, thank Merlin he's sleeping.' Hermione thought, letting go of the breath that she was holding.
Glad that Malfoy was asleep and not looking for a fight, Hermione left the Head's common room quickly to have some lunch.
The second the door slammed shut, Draco bolted up right.
"What the bloody hell." Draco grumbled as he rubbed sleep away from his eyes.
Looking around the room and towards the door, Draco sighed as he stood up and made his way out. Not knowing that Hermione just went through the very same oak door.
Strolling through corridors, the Head Boy's thoughts ran around. Emotions such as anger, sadness, and disgust went through his body that he wasn't able to control.
Anger because she fancy his best friend and in his subconscious not him.
Sadness for he knew that Blaise wouldn't give the Gryffindor any time of day. That alone will break her heart.
Finally disgust because he truly cared about Hermione Granger and hadn't realized until now.
He was so caught up in his own world of confusion he didn't see where he was heading and bumped into someone.
"Watch where you're going!" Draco spat out, focusing on the person he ran into. "Oh, it's just you Lovegood." He snarled.
"Hello Draco," Luna greeted sweetly as she stood in front of a window that gave a view of the courtyard.
Needing to clear his thoughts away from a certain person, Draco asked, "What are you doing just standing there Lovegood?"
Luna turned her head up towards him. She looked at the Slytherin before the Ravenclaw's signature dreamy smile grew wider by the second. "You know you have Phthonosbugs all over you."
Draco gave her a very confused look. "A Phtho...what?"
"Phthonos bugs." Luna answered smiling, "But I am curious to know why. It's not like you really fancy her." She muttered, not caring the Draco was standing right in front of her.
"What are you talking about loony? Fancy who? And what's a Phtho... whatever it's called?" Draco sneered, still questioning himself why he was still standing here and talking to her in the first place.
Luna sighed thinking how blind could really he be. "Draco you have a serious case of Phthonos bugs. Phthonos are tiny green creature that only appear when the person has jealously issues and are envying someone." The blond girl exclaimed looking back out the window.
"I do not have jealousy issues and Malfoy's don't envy." Draco snapped harshly. "People are the ones who are jealous and envy me, not the other way around."
Luna laughed clearly amused. Without turning away from the window, she said, "Whatever you say Draco. I will believe that when you and Hermione date for real."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Snarled Draco as he grabbed her arm and pulled her up against the wall beside the window. He trapped the Ravenclaw in between his arms, making sure she couldn't get away.
"I know that you and Hermione aren't really a real couple." Luna smiled knowingly. "I know that Hermione really fancies your best mate Blaise Zabini."
"How do you know all of this?" Draco demanded, not caring to lie about his and Hermione's relationship not being real.
"I am a very observant person Draco." She answered her big warm steel orbs meeting he ice cold steel orbs." I notice a lot of things."
"Like?" He snarled in her face.
"Like when you asked Hermione to be you girlfriend just so you could get rid of Astoria Greengrass" she paused. "Or spending the whole week taunting Cormac while thinking that Hermione fancied him. When she actually didn't which was quite obvious. Finally, tell me, why do the both of you have feelings for each other?" Luna questioned at the end, talking more to herself then to him.
She remembered being there on the stairs above the two that day Hermione and Draco kissed in front of the three Slytherin girls. She also reflected all this week as she would walk by Cormac everyday and would always see Draco snog, hug or flirt with Hermione nearby as his grey eyes taunted McLaggen to no end. She also recalled that in Defense Against the Dark Arts, after cursing Pansy, She noticed their expressions. She took the first notice at Draco's concerned face when Hermione looked petrified and second, at Hermione's worried face when she saw Draco hide behind a bookcase with terror in his orbs.
"See that were your wrong, I don't have feeling for Granger" Draco lied, interrupted her thoughts as he narrowed his eyes. "What I'd like to know is how you collect all this information? Have you been spying on us, Lovegood?" He hissed dangerously, suspicion tainted in his voice. "Because if you have I will obliviate you right here, right now and leave you for someone else to find.
Luna didn't flinch or looked threatened by his threat. "No, I haven't been spying on you; you both just have some bad timing." Luna claimed.
Draco dropped his arms from caging Luna. He didn't know what to say anymore as he watched her turn to look back out the window again.
"Draco," Luna called not taking her eyes off the glass. "I really hate it when people lie to me."
He looked down at the shorter blond before him confusedly and sighed in annoyance. "I didn't lie to you."
"But you did." She corrected, craning her neck to look at him. "You lied to me and to yourself."
"About what?" He was started to get really annoyed with this loony.
"About having feeling for Hermione." Luna responded off-handedly.
"I told you. I don't have any feeling for her whatsoever!" Draco argued, glaring at the girl who slowly started to smile up at him.
"You're lying and I can prove it." Luna smiled, her grey/blue eyes sparkle with mischief as she grabbed Draco's arm and positioned him to look out the window that she had been staring at a moment ago.
"What are you doing loony?" Draco demanded looking at the girl over his shoulder.
"Will you just look?" She said pointing out the window.
Turning to look out the window, Draco saw students everywhere in the courtyard. He viewed groups of students playing around. Others laying down on the soft green grass looking up at the clouds and enjoying the beautiful day. Then his steel orbs landed on a tree off to the left, under that said tree he saw two people a boy and a girl seated very close. He couldn't make out the boys face from here as his back was facing him, but the girl under the tree was Hermione. She was laughing at something that the boy said to her. "Who the bloody hell is that bloke?" Draco said outraged, anger building in chest as he clenched his fist.
Luna watched Draco, waiting for him to finally see what she saw. She knew he noticed what she wanted him to see as he clenched his fist turning them pale. "That's McLaggen." Luna simply answered as she watched his facial expression go from anger to one of pure hatred at the boy's name.
Having so much hatred, anger and jealousy pulsing through his body, Draco didn't notice small black clouds forming above his head. His icy grey eyes never left the pair under the tree outside.
"Draco you need to calm down." Luna said, looking up and around them as lightening started hitting the grey stone walls.
Draco being too far gone only had one word in mind. 'Kill'. He glared daggers at the back of McLaggen's head.
"Draco!" Luna yelped as she moved swiftly to the side. She almost got strike by one of the lightning bolts that formed, as it fed off his emotions.
Draco was outraged. He pulled out his wand and stormed toward to doors to the courtyard, ignoring Luna's calls.
Luna ran after him immediately and tackled him to the ground inches away from the door, making the thunder and lightning he created to disappear.
"Will you stop!" She snapped as Draco rolled around glaring up at her while Luna sat on his stomach. "If you weren't, looking like Voldemort ready kill." Luna paused then said. "I would have told you that Cormac is gay, but you're to jealous of him to see that!"
Draco eyes grew wide "WHAT?" was all he could say in his shocked state.
"Draco, you surprise me on how daft you are sometimes." Luna sighed with a roll of her eyes. "Haven't you wondered why Cormac stares at you two all the time? It's not because he's staring at Hermione or fancies her! It's because he stares at you Draco! Cormac is gay; he came out about two years ago!"
"What!" Draco repeated, "McLaggen is gay?"
"Yes." Luna breathed out, seeing that Draco calmed down and climbed off him, offering her hand helping him to stand.
"HE'S GAY!" Draco shouted; rage complete leaving his body as he faced the blond girl before him who nodded a yes.
"Yeah and it seem that he fancies you." Luna chuckled softly as he gave a shiver of disgust—not that he dislikes gays. It's just odd to him.
Draco was so relieved that he didn't have to go Azkaban for killing the Gryffindor. "Well I wouldn't blame him." The Slytherin head boy smirked. "Just look at me."
"No thanks Draco, you're not my type." Luna stated as she walked toward the door. "But you know what?" she grinned over her shoulder not caring that he wasn't following her.
"What?" He asked curiously, watching her walk away from him.
Luna threw his infamous smirk back in his face over her shoulder as she opened the doors to the courtyard. "You proved me right." She giggled, leaving him to ponder what she just said to him.
Phthonos, Greek God of Jealousy and Envy.
A/N: School just started for me. So I'll try to update as soon as I can.
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