Shadows of their Hearts

By: scarlet-t3ars

Recap:

Regina was singing along the music. She really did have a nice voice. Then someone appeared at her curtain. She turned around to look. She waved her wand and her robe came flying across the room to cover her. When she finally got a clear view of who it was, she said,

"You shouldn't be here."

"I know but… I just can't help it. I just love you so much. Why can't you dedicate a song for me?" he asked.

She sighed and answered. "Because I have no song left for you…"

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Author's Note: The planned sequence of this fic got lost, so I'll just change a few chapters. But the story plot isn't going to change.

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Chapter 10 – The Final Battle: Announced

"That's what you always said before. I remember when we went to visit Dumstrang. Some guy wanted to go out with you but you declined." He answered. "But then, when I asked you the reason, you said you were only interested on one person. Why won't you just tell me who that person is?"

"There's no place left in my heart for that person anymore!!!" she screamed, "Please, not now. If you continue doing this I would really do 'stuff' to you, Carlo."

He looked away and tried to head for the door. He turned his head to Regina's direction and said, "You know what, just call me when the normal Regina comes back. You know, the person that I knew before she joined 'him'."

Then he turned on his heel to leave. Regina was left there. Shocked. She never told anyone besides Draco that she was an assassin of Voldemort. How could he have known??? That question was playing on her mind all night.

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Inside the head's dormitory, you can hear the giggling of two teenagers. Hermione was really trying to cheer Draco up and make him forget about Regina. They were seated at the sofa and Draco was trying hard to catch his breath for he was laughing so hard. Hermione nearly fell down the sofa because of her laughing.

"Really? That happened to you? You are such a klutz!" Draco said between his laughs. Hermione nodded and continued laughing. They were talking about their most embarrassing experiences. It took them a few more minutes to stop their laughing.

"How about you? What is your most embarrassing experience???" Hermione asked. Draco hesitated but then he still said his experience,

"Well, back at the Manor, there was this big glass wall. It was cleaned by about five house elves for it to be very clean for my father. So I was playing at the garden and Crabbe accidentally pushed me towards the glass wall. Not only did I bang my face at the wall but it broke! I went straight to it!"

Once again the two laughed. Tears were starting to well up at the eyes of the two. Then they heard a loud rumble. The castle was shaking. The heads whipped out their wand s and waited for something. The lights went out. Then they heard a loud voice just outside the castle.

"YOU'VE GOT 3 MONTHS TO PREPARE YOURSELVES! AFTER 3 MONTHS WE WILL ATTACK, HARRY POTTER! WE'VE GOT DEATH EATERS LURKING ABOUT! BEWARE OF MY POWER!!!"

Hermione was so scared. She heard footsteps just outside the portrait of Draco and her. It was a good thing that the student's weren't told of where the exact dormitory is. They heard some voices just outside their dormitory. A girl's voice and two other guy's voices.

Hermione heart skipped a beat when she heard the voice of a boy whimpering. She held Draco's hand accidentally. When she realized that she did that, Draco was also already holding her hand. He was holding it ever so tightly. She didn't mean to stare but she stared at their hands entwined. Draco noticed that she was looking at their hands and tried to hide his smile. He finally admitted to himself that he had a little crush on Hermione before. And it might be coming back to him.

"Do you even realize the risk that you are taking?!" the girl screamed. That voice sounded familiar.

"I know all about you and 'him'! Don't think I don't know! Please, just leave 'him' and be the person who you used to be!" he pleaded but he shouted a bit louder. The person holding him was squeezing his neck tightly. It started to hurt him.

"Crabbe, don't hurt him. Carlo, you're leaving me no choice. You just heard him. In three months this castle will be in ruins! I have no choice! I'm his assassin. I have no choice but to kill students like me. When I am given the order to kill, I do it; I'm sorry but I just can't be the sweet little girl you used to know. I am an expert in the dark arts. Just hold still and everything will be fine." She answered. Finally Draco recognized the voice. It was Regina Spence. Who else would talk like that?

"I'm sorry." She said. "Obliviate!" a flash of blue light came out of her wand and Carlo dropped on the floor. She finally erased the memories of Carlo knowing that she was a death eater.

Hermione looked at Draco, horror-struck. He looked at her normally. She opened her mouth to say something. To comment on the conversation they just overheard. But Draco laid a finger on her lips. He didn't want to hear it. It's best if he was the one who explained. Since he knew about it but didn't speak up. He let go of her hand and spoke,

"Yes. That was Regina. I knew. But please don't tell anyone. She might hurt the person who knew about it besides me. You just heard what she did to Carlo. She erased his memory. Please don't say anything." He said.

"That was Regina? I thought it was someone else!" Hermioned joked.

Draco's facial expression changed. Hermione changed her mind and admitted that she knew that that was really Regina. Draco gave a sigh of relief. He wanted to playfully hit her arm but decided not to. The lights were still out. He sat down the sofa and covered his face with his hands. His hands were starting to get cold. Hermione sat down beside him and held his hand. Only this time, she was fully aware of what she's doing. Draco looked up at her and tried to give her a smile. She smiled back and leaned in. She stopped. Draco stayed at his position. She put her other hand on Draco's cheek. She said,

"I'm always here."

Then she continued what she was doing. She leaned in and kissed Draco. She felt this electricity go down her spine. Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione and deepened the kiss. Draco was shocked for Hermione was a good kisser. After a few minutes of snogging, the lights went on again. The two stopped and looked at their wristwatch. It was 2:00 in the morning. Good thing it was Saturday the next day. They looked at each other and almost laughed. Both of them had pink kiss swollen lips. Hermione stood up from the sofa and said,

"Well, see you tomorrow! And you've got a little lip gloss there." She said while pointing at her lower lip. She was trying to break the tension between them and to hide her scared voice. She still hasn't forgotten the announcement of Voldemort.

Draco decided to play along with her and charged at her. He tickled her until she can no longer breathe. She looked cute though. He kissed her cheek good night and said his good nights. When Hermione was gone, he looked outside the window and saw a dozen dementors swooping around. He tried to look for something else and indeed he saw something.

It was Regina with Voldemort. Dementors were surrounding them so they weren't easy to find. He looked away, trying hard to stop the urge to go down to the grounds and beat the crap out of Voldemort. Like he can actually do that. He went inside his room trying to think of the kiss that he and Hermione shared to get the Regina-Voldemort issue out of his mind. He smiled a bit and held his chest. He felt for his heartbeat and sighed.

'What is this? Is this the same as I've felt for Regina?' he asked in his thoughts.

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"Stop this already! And what's with the dementors???" Regina screamed at Voldemort. "My lord…" she continued.

"You heard me, we attack after 3 months. You better kill many ministry officials during your free time. Most especially, kill the Minister as soon as possible." He commanded.

"With pleasure." Regina said with an evil smile. "What do you want me to do with the boy?"

Leave him to me. But, try to keep a close eye on him." Voldemort answered.

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"Blimey, Harry! V— Voldemort has finally announced the final battle!" Ron said. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to do what I'm supposed to do. I'm going to kill him. The Duelling Club must be ready. The 5th to 7th years are allowed to fight. 4th years to 1st years are not allowed." Harry answered. Almost all of the Gryffindors were listening. They heard groans from 4th years. Ron looked at them and they shut up.

"What are you complaining about? You're not allowed and that's final!" Ron said in his prefect-toned voice. He looked back at Harry and said,

"Let's go to your room. We could talk there privately." Harry agreed to that idea.

When they arrived inside Harry's room, there was a figure sitting on Harry's bed. The two whipped out their wand. When the figure sensed that there were other people inside the room besides her she stood up and held her wand at the ready. When the three got a clear view of themselves, they put down their wands.

Regina went to Harry. She was soaking wet. It was because she cast the aguamenti spell on her so that she would feel cold because her mark was burning. She learned not to show her emotions whenever her scar would hurt.

"Harry! You've got to train yourself! Please, I don't want to do this anymore! I'll pretend, I'm at his side. I'll tell you everything next time, but please promise me that you'll beat him!" she acted.

Ron saw her mark and pointed his wand at her clothes.

"Diffindo!"

Regina's clothes turned into pieces of cloth, it revealed her body. She had a nice body. That Harry and Ron can assure. But they saw the mark.

"Please, I'm fighting off the pain. Just promise me. I'm just like Severus. We are both pretending to be at Voldemort's side." She continued. Harry and Ron didn't doubt her. So they gave her their word that they would train to beat Voldemort and that they would also teach her some of their strategies. Regina's face lit-up.

'You are so gullible, Harry James Potter.' She said in her mind.

"I've got to leave now! They might know what I'm doing!" she said then left the room. When she reached her room, she changed her clothes and went to bed. Before she fell asleep, she whispered something.

"All is going according to plan, my Lord."

The dark figure lurking about in her room disappeared. So did the other death eaters and dementors. They left the school grounds. The success of the plan is on Regina's hands.

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Author's Note: So? Did you like it? Tell me! And what do you think would Regina do? Would she betray Voldemort or she would join Dumbledore's side??? Oh! And things between Draco and Hermione are heating up! What do you think will happen to them??? CONTINUE READING AND FIND OUT! Oh and thanks for reading!

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