Title: When the magic died…
Rating: T
Summary: What the wizarding world had failed to realise all these years was that sometimes things cannot be saved. When Harry Potter sacrifices himself to kill Voldemort, he did not die. However, something happened that wasn't supposed to. All the magic disappeared. But when one magic fades away, another is born. However, this magic was not what anyone could have expected…
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters; they belong to Ms J.K.Rowling and Warner Bros.
Please note that there is going to be a competition concerning this story and details will be at the end.
When the magic died
Chapter Nine
Yearning, in every sense of the word
Luna was getting bored of the house, it was far too big and she needed some fresh air. She considered for a few moments whether she should go into the garden, then decided it was too close to the shadow of the house. Even the beach didn't seem right. Instead she decided upon going to the town and to go to the corner shop down the road. It was far enough from reality without the chance of becoming lost.
The man at the counter was rather handsome, he was tall and lean with black hair and a kind smile. He greeted Luna warmly as she came into the shop and seemed a little put out when Luna avoided his gaze. She looks along the shelves, seeing if she fancied anything, well other than the man at the till. She smiled to herself and looked up, hoping he wasn't looking in her direction, but with no luck, he was. He moved from behind the counter and made over to her. She panicked. She had no make up on, she looked a mess.
"Good day isn't it?" he smiled and she half smiled half nodded. "So… I haven't seen you around here before, you on holiday?"
"Oh!" she gasped, laughing lightly. "No, I live just down the road."
"Move here recently?" he said gently, leaning against a display only to have some of it fall down.
"Kind of, do you know who the Grangers were?" Luna asked, kneeling down to help him clean up.
"I think so… they had a daughter with bushy hair, always reading?"
"Yes, that's the one, Hermione, well I'm living there now," Luna smiled warmly.
"Ah, I see… my name's Daniel Owens," he said extending a hand.
"Nice to meet you Daniel, my name's Luna Lovegood," she smiled, taking his hand and shaking it.
"That's a very fitting name, it suits you," he smiled and she looked down to avoid him seeing her blush.
"Thank you," she smiled, picking the last object up and looking at it before deciding she wanted the chocolate bar and digging around in her pocket for her purse. "Shit!" she gasped, realising she didn't have it on her person.
"Lost your purse?" he asked warmly.
"It appears so," she sighed, going to put the chocolate back.
"Don't put it back, I'll let you have that one!" he laughed, looking briefly at the security camera before digging into his pocket discreetly and pulling out a fifty pence piece and handing it to her. "Let's go to the counter then and get this transition over with-"
"Oh, but I can't, I'll just go instead!" she said, blushing like mad.
"No, you won't, you'll buy that chocolate bar," he winked and took both the coin and chocolate from her, then passing her one pence change. "Always here to help Luna, if you need anything just call!" he smiled.
"Thank you Daniel," she grinned, leaving, hugging the chocolate bar to her chest.
oOo
"Harry!" Ginny screamed, trying to jump up and get the letter he was holding up high. Hermione who was on the stairs swooped over the banister and took it, running out of the house laughing.
"Sorry, Gin, but that letter has private information in it!" Harry laughed, ignoring her raging face.
It was late Monday evening and everyone was back. Luna was working still though and shouted from the study to them to shut up.
"Well how do you know Hermione isn't reading it then?" Ginny whispered spitefully.
"Because she's posting it for me!" Harry laughed just as Hermione re-entered the house, slightly out of breath.
"Hermione!" squeaked Ginny and was about to carry on when a very angry Luna appeared in the doorway of the study looking absolutely fuming.
"Fuck off all of you, go on!" she set a glare on them all that made them hang their heads and rush off down the hall to the kitchen where a rather amused Draco was sitting, drinking a bottle of beer.
"Where did you find that Draco?" asked Hermione cautiously.
"In the garage," he said, waving his hand at his girlfriend submissively.
"Oh, aren't you going to share?" Hermione said and he smirked, pulling her onto his lap.
"For god's sake!" Ginny exclaimed and everyone turned their head to her in shock.
"Gin is everything alright?" asked Hermione, her face falling into concern.
"Oh, it's fine," she said glaring at Hermione.
"We're going to go into the living room, 'Mione, we'll be back once Ginny doesn't hate you," Harry said, rolling his eyes and leading Ginny out.
"Why does Ginny hate you?" asked Draco and Hermione sighed, leading into the story.
Meanwhile in the Living room Ginny wouldn't talk to Harry. He shook his head and went over to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. At first she didn't respond, but then she sighed, turning around and burying her face in Harry's chest, tears falling.
"Gin, love, what's up?" Harry said, kissing the top of her head.
"I don't know, I just feel emotional, that's all," Ginny moaned as Harry sat them down on the sofa.
oOo
"So, Ron how was your date, any good at all?" asked Paul as Ron came into the warehouse Tuesday morning.
"Yeah, she stayed over the whole weekend… and where were you yesterday?" Ron said, slipping on his nametag.
"The whole weekend?" Paul asked, a little shocked, but winking none the less.
"No not in that way, Paul!" Ron sighed. "She got on really well with my friends and ended up just hanging out with us all. But no, where were you yesterday?"
"Sister had a baby, went to go visit it," Paul smiled, beaming.
"I don't see you as an uncle," Ron said, laughing.
"Um thanks?" Paul said, unsure of how to respond to that, and taking a bite into a sandwich. At that moment an attractive co-worker came in, smiling as she skipped over to them.
"I'm working with you two today, my name's Michelle Elliot!" she said, her dark brown ponytail swinging as she jumped up and down with excitement.
"Ron Weasley, and that's Paul Howard," Ron said, pointing to Paul who was halfway through eating something.
"Awesome!" she exclaimed, and Paul's eyes automatically found the bounciest part of her body.
"Ready to get going then?" Ron sighed, rolling his eyes.
oOo
Hermione put down the phone and turned around to see Draco staring at her, she narrowed her eyes at him in question and he simply smiled before turning back to his work. Hermione was now suspicious and when she turned around she nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Sir!" she exclaimed and she heard Draco whiz around in his chair.
"Please call me James, Hermione," he said casually. Then he leant down to her. "Look if my ex comes in can you tell her I'm not here, she'll give the name Natalie Jenkins…"
"Um, yes, of course, sir, I can do that," Hermione said, a little confused. He smiled widely at her and then left quickly to his office.
"What was that about?" asked Draco, wrinkling his nose up as though he didn't agree.
"No idea, Draco," she answered, pecking him lightly on the cheek.
"Interesting," Draco said and Hermione rolled her eyes, muttering something that faintly sounded like "men". "I love you…" he whispered into her ear and she felt a slightly moan escape her lips as his brushed against the back of her neck. "Shh…" he said again very gently. "That's enough of an answer for now…"
oOo
Harry and Luna were hard at work, writing article after article, and it was talking a little bit too long in Luna's case today. In fact it had been taking too long ever since she had met the man at the counter; Daniel. She had been constantly falling into states of daydreaming, something she really could do without. She got up and walked to the kitchen to make tea. She opened the teabag tin, and looked into its emptiness, sighing.
"Harry!" she called out.
"Yes, Luna?" Harry called back carelessly.
"I'm going down to the corner shop to get some teabags!" she called and she could have sworn he laughed.
"Did Ginny drink it all up last night?" he called, making her a little confused.
"I don't know why would she?"
"Oh, she's been having obsessive yearnings for all sorts of things recently!" Harry laughed back.
"Fair enough," Luna said, grabbing her purse and checking it had money inside. She walked back to the door of the study, poking her head around the corner. "Do you want anything?"
"No thanks… actually some chocolate would be nice and can you get a lot of tea, Gin's drinking a lot of it at the moment, that's all," Harry laughed, looking over and smiling widely.
"Okay," Luna said, rushing out of the front door, hoping that Daniel was going to be at the corner shop.
oOo
Draco pulled Hermione to him as they lay on the sofa. Ginny and Harry had gone for a walk and Ron was having a shower and Luna had needed to go and get something from the corner shop, again.
"You don't suppose that Luna is secretly going to meet someone, do you?" asked Hermione, stroking Draco's hair back delicately.
"I don't think so… unless there's someone at the corner shop… oh wait, maybe there is," Hermione smiled as Draco's response became more and more serious.
"That would be great if she did!" Hermione exclaimed, and then she stopped short, staring into Draco's eyes. "I can't decide if you're the type of person who would want children or not, Draco!"
"Do you not think I'd be a good father?" he sounded genuinely upset at that, but all the same shocked at how unpredictable the sentence had been.
"No! That's not what I meant, I just mean… with some people you can just tell they want kids; like Harry and Ginny, and Ron and Luna are the types who don't seem bothered, the types that want them, but they'd just as willingly not have kids depending on the circumstances."
"Okay… I've never really thought I wouldn't have kids! I mean I wouldn't want only one kid, I'd want no more than four, but four still seems a little too much-" he trailed of as he realised she was staring intently at him. "What?"
"Nothing!" she said, laughing nervously.
"I want kids, Hermione, not all hope is lost with me!" he laughed, kissing her avidly. "Hermione?"
"Yes, Draco?" she asked softly, and in a way that suggested she didn't expect what he was to say next.
"Will you be my fiancé? My real fiancé?" he asked gently.
"Are you asking me to marry you?" she asked, shock filling her voice.
"To be honest, Hermione… I wouldn't consider marrying anyone else, if you said no today that would be it… I wouldn't ask another soul. I don't want to get married… I don't want to have kids-"
"But you said-" she attempted to interrupt him and he scowled.
"Let me finish!" he growled at her and she closed her mouth quickly. "I don't want to get married or have kids unless it is with you!" he kissed her nose gently and then closed his eyes tightly. "Look, I don't feel it necessary to propose to you… I was hoping it was almost a given, that I wouldn't need to ask… because I really love you. Look, I'm not good with all this romantic stuff, Hermione…"
"You're good enough," Hermione smiled, kissing him gently. "Draco Malfoy, I will marry you one day if you'll have me."
"I'd have you anytime, anyplace, anywhere…" he opened his eyes but trailed off at the look in her eye.
"Want to have me now?" she said seductively and his mouth curled up into a smirk.
"Hell yes!" he gasped back, as they threw themselves off the couch and he grabbed her hand and they ran up the stairs.
oOo
"Am I ever going to find out what that letter to my parents said, Harry?" Ginny asked as the walked back to the house.
"Of course you will, Gin, once I get a reply," he laughed and she sighed heavily. "Gin, I'm not hiding anything from you, it's just I say personal things in letters, I don't like other people reading them."
"Okay, but when you get the reply, you promise to tell me?" she was persistent, she'd give him that!
"Of course, love," he said, pulling her close to him.
oOo
Ginny helped Dorothy make the first bed of the day and suddenly she didn't want to. She stood back and folded her arms across her chest, and closed her eyes, frowning as she stood there.
"Ginny dear, whatever's the matter?" Dorothy asked and Ginny glared up at her.
"Whatever makes you think there's something the matter?" she snapped and Dorothy look taken back for a moment. "I really, really need to eat some crumpets with blackberry jam… I don't even like blackberry jam!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms up into the air.
"Are you… yearning for this food?" Dorothy asked cautiously and Ginny tearfully nodded.
A/N: okay, so the competition is as follows. I would like it if people would submit pictures which relate to things either mentioned or illustrated in the nine chapters of this story up. You can either draw or write a piece of fiction that can explain something I haven't. This competition will be ongoing until the end of the story, which won't be for a while yet. If you are interested or if you want to submit something to the competition then please say so in your review or alternatively please send me a private message or email me at platinumfrostathotmaildotcodotuk thanks!
On another note; Silidons there he is! Hope he's how you wanted him to be, he's only just appeared so there's a little bit more room for him.
And I wonder what's up with Ginny! Could it be she's finally gone mad? Is she ill from the stress? Who knows?!
This chapter is a little shorter and I'm sorry about that! I'm tired and need to go to bed! I have school tomorrow you see! Okay, so please review!!!!
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