My Next Door Neighbor
By TragicTealeaves
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Chapter 10
More Discoveries And Moving News

After cleaning up, Draco was exhausted. Never having to clean at home, the poor boy was tired and angry at Hermione. Now Draco was in no mood for surprises so when he opened the door, he was ready to kill. He barged into Hermione's room and saw she was asleep.

"Get up mudblood!" yelled Draco.

"What?"

"Why the hell are the two little boys in my room?"

"Well, they need somewhere to sleep. You can sleep on the couch. Now go, I'm sleepy," said Hermione oblivious to the fact that Draco was angry.

"No. Get them out of my room. You didn't even ask! I am not sleeping on the couch," yelled Draco.

"Stop screaming. I'm tired and you'll wake the boys up! Now stop being selfish and just go to sleep," Hermione said angrily.

"Me, being selfish? What about you? Why can't they have your room?" Draco demanded.

"Look Malfoy, I'm tired and I don't feel like arguing with you so why don't you just go and sleep on the couch? We'll figure something out tomorrow okay?" Hermione said and she fell asleep.

"I don't think so," Malfoy muttered. If he couldn't have his own bed, he was going to take Hermione's. He was not going to spend the night sleeping on the couch. He was a Malfoy for god's sake. Malfoy's always get what they want well, that's what Draco believed. He crawled into bed with Hermione and saw Hermione was asleep. 'I can't believe I'm sleeping in the same bed as a mud blood, for the second time in one day!' he thought angrily. But Draco was tired and so he fell asleep right away.

"Mark, hey Mark. Get up," Mike said while shaking his twin brother.

"I'm up. What do you want?" Mark said.

"I don't know. I'm bored. Should we wake the others?"

"Nah, what if they get angry?"

"But I'm bored! Besides, it'll be fun," Mike pleaded. "I don't wanna do it alone."

"Fine but we better not get in trouble," Mark warned.

"Hopefully."

"Who first?"

"Draco!"

"Okay."

Both boys sat there for a little, trying to think of a the perfect plan. Mike would come up with the ideas while Mark would turn them down. Mark was never the one to go looking for trouble however his twin just loved pulling pranks. Both boys had no idea what Draco's reaction could be. After ten minutes Mike gave up.

"Fine. Then how are we supposed to wake him up?"

"We can poke him. That always gets mommy up," Mark said.

"Okay," And so the twins headed downstairs and looked everywhere but couldn't find Draco. "Where could he be?"

"Probably upstairs in the other room," Mark said. They went into Hermione's room and found Draco and Hermione asleep. Mike looked at Mark and said:

"You first."

"No you."

"It was your idea."

"But you wanted to wake him up."

"Fine we'll both do it."

"On the count of three?"

"One."

"Two."

"THREE." Both of them poked Draco's arm and after a minute when nothing happened, they tried again. After five minutes of poking, they quit.

"Water?" Mike asked.

"Okay." They went into the kitchen as quietly as they possibly could and came back a few minutes later with two glasses filled with ice cold water. On the count of three, they poured it on Draco. Draco shot up and grabbed his wand. After seeing the two boys, he put it away. Needless to say, Draco was furious.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he yelled. However, he hadn't realized his yelling would wake Hermione up. The twins looked fearfully at Draco and ran to the other side of the bed where Hermione was now wide awake and glaring at Draco.

"I knew we shouldn't have woken him up," Mark whispered.

"You're right, he looks really angry," Mike said.

"I don't like getting in trouble," Mark whispered as he started to cry. As soon as he did, Mike did too. Hermione wrapped her arms around the twins and tried to get them to stop.

"Draco," Hermione glared.

"They…they poured ICE COLD water on me!" He protested. He knew an angry Hermione equaled trouble.

"That doesn't mean you could yell at them. They're only little kids!" Hermione said furiously. Hermione wiped the tears off the boys faces and sent them off to their room. "I'll be right there to give you a bath okay boys?" Hermione said gently.

"Okay," Mark sniffled and both of them walked out.

"Draco Malfoy, you had no right to yell at those boys. I know you're pissed I gave your room to them and that they pour water over you but they're little boys. They meant no harm. It was probably a little joke of theirs. How could you even YELL at two adorable little five year olds? And you made them cry!" Hermione yelled. Draco sighed. He had no idea what to do or say but before he could even think of something to say, Hermione stormed out of the room. 'Today's going to be a long day', Draco predicted.

After everyone was showered and fed, Hermione sat down on the couch to relax a little before Dumbledore and Lupin arrived. She was exhausted. Mark had been calm throughout the bath while Mike would do everything Hermione told him not to do. No matter how big the mess was, Hermione just couldn't get mad at the little kid. Draco had apologized again and Hermione decided to forgive him since she didn't have the strength to yell or fight at the moment which Draco was grateful for. Hermione conjured up some toys and some movies to keep the twins preoccupied in their room.

"Draco, did you ever get anyone pregnant?" Hermione asked randomly.

"No, why would you think that?" Draco smirked.

"I'm not sure if you've noticed, but those kids look exactly like you," Hermione said quietly.

"I know and it's a little scary," Draco replied, frowning. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't seem to figure out what was going on and why the two kids looked like him. Draco sat there thinking and enjoying the quiet when Hermione suddenly decided to break it.

"MALFOY!"

"What?" he replied angrily.

"Oh not you! The other one! You're father!" Hermione said.

"Are you kidding me? My father would NEVER sleep with a muggle let alone get her pregnant and keep the kids!" Draco said.

"Maybe Dora was a witch?" Hermione said.

"No way. If she was a witch, the ministry would know she died and be at her doorstep the minute it happened. All witches and wizards are registered there," Draco replied.

"But what if she wasn't registered? OR what if the ministry already thought she was dead and what if she was under the imperious curse and the death eaters were using her!" Hermione said all very fast.

"Granger, breathe. Now start all over and go slow," Draco demanded.

"What if Dora WAS a registered witch and what if the ministry thinks Dora's already dead?"

"You mean, what if Dora faked her death before?"

"Yeah."

"Nah, it's not easy to fool the ministry." Before Hermione could say anything, Dumbledore, Lupin, Tonks and Snape apparated into the room.

"We found out more information on Dora," Lupin began.

"What we're going to tell you might come as a shock to you, especially you Mr. Malfoy," Dumbledore said slowly. "Dora is a witch and I'm assuming Ms. Granger figured that out. Dora had a twin sister, Linda, who died 8 years ago. Both twins were registered. Dora's file states her as dead and Linda's file is missing. So your neighbor could be Dora or Linda, there's no way knowing. Their DNA will be the same and there is no test that can be performed by a mediwitch to tell you who is who. We have looked at the body and found a Dark Mark so to find her true identity, we have to find a death eater. The twins do belong to Dora but they also belong to Lucius Malfoy. Yes Draco, your father got Dora, or Linda pregnant."

"We believe Dora was helping Zabini out." Lupin added.

"I knew it!" Hermione said excitedly. "That's what I was telling Draco before you guys arrived. Now it makes a little more sense as to why the children look so much like Malfoy. I have a question, what if Dora, or whoever she is, was under the imperious curse?"

"That's one possibility but I think the answers to these questions can be found if we find Zabini. The only thing we know for sure is that both the twins are now dead," Snape said.

"Speaking of Zabini, the next time you two see him, you need to be well prepared. You cannot just let him walk away. I want you to first get him alone and then stupefy him and bring him straight to the headquarters. I've also been doing some research but I can't find much on Dark Woods Town. I sent Lupin to Dark Woods Town and he was not successful either. As you know, we have other things going on and other places to fix so we haven't had much time to go exploring. Also, Ms. Granger, I am still trying to find out who Elizabeth is but it's a very difficult thing since we do not know her last name and we do not have her body," Dumbledore continued.

"There's a lot that needs to be told to you but it would take all day to explain everything and most of the things we've discussed last night were assumptions. There are too many pieces still missing. First we need to find the missing file on Linda which Ginny is currently doing. Since we've involved her, she may also drop by with any bits of information she finds. If you two find anything, you may owl one of us or just come to the headquarters," Tonks said.

"Lastly, Mrs. Weasley has agreed to take care of the twins and so we will take them today," Dumbledore said.

"Alright, they're in Malfoy's room. Should I go get them?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, how about we all come with you?" And so the group of them headed to Draco's room where the found the twins glued to the TV. 'It's a good thing they like Finding Nemo,' Hermione thought, smiling.

"Mike, Mark," Hermione said, distracting the twins.

"Hi Hermione!" Mark said happily.

"Hi," Mike mumbled, not taking his eyes off the TV.

"I have some exciting news. You two are moving. You're going to be staying with a lady named Mrs. Weasley," Hermione said.

"But…but we don't want to go!" Mark said, frowning.

"We like it here," Mike added.

"Can we stay?" the twins pleaded, pouting.

"I'm sure you'll like it at the Weasley's house," Lupin said, smiling down at the two kids. Tonks was busy gathering up the twins belongings.

"You'll love it where you're going. I'll be there too!" Tonks said happily.

"Will Hermione be there?" Mike asked.

"No, sorry," She replied.

"Then we don't want to go," Mark said stubbornly.

"God Malfoy, they're just as stubborn as you!" Hermione whispered.

"How about Draco?" Mike asked randomly.

"Draco won't be there," Lupin replied.

"Then we definitely don't want to go," Mark said.

"Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger are very busy. They'll still come a visit you but they won't be able to take care of you as well," Dumbledore said.

"No. We want Hermione and Draco!" Mark said, starting to tear up.

Well that was the end of Chapter 10. Sorry for not updating in a long time. I don't know why but I haven't been in the mood to write but now I'm back on track. Yay for me.

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