We're finally here! The last chapter, I feel so proud, this is my first, fairly long fiction that I've finished. I hope that y'all are satisfied with the ending, but if not…well deal with it. Don't flame anything though.
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(Roughly 6 months after Voldemort and Lucious intruded)
Hermione sat in front of her vanity, absentmindedly running the brush through her hair over and over again.
The only sounds she could hear were the constant swish of her brush, and the soft babble from the people that she had herded out of room, being queasy enough without the bustling and constant nagging of her family and friends.
At this moment, Hermione was in a daze, and the entire day had felt like a surreal, blurry experience. She had never lived a day such as this one.
Swish
Swish
Swish
A knock interrupted the silence, and Hermione felt her stomach knot tighter than it already was.
A certain red haired girl entered the room, looking slightly frustrated and red in the face.
"Listen, I hate to be so rough, but Hermione Jane Granger you've been sitting in this damn room since the moment you got here! Now I know you're nervous, who the hell wouldn't be? But we've got some work to do, so if you don't cooperate and let everyone in here to help you we'll never get you ready in time!" Ginny Weasley ordered quickly in one breath.
Hermione sighed and cracked a smile.
"Fine. But please, would you all stop being so girly about the whole thing? It gives me the jitters just hearing all of you talk like that about it. My nerves are bad enough without all of you giving me heart attacks"
Ginny nodded in agreement and ushered all of the people who had earlier been forced to leave, back into the room. But not before muttering a quick warning to everyone that the girl was a bit "testy" at the moment, and that it would be best to not start gibbering about the next few hours.
"Don't worry so much 'Mione! Things are going to be fine" Lavender Brown said reassuringly as she entered the room.
Hermione sighed at her friend,
"I know that. It's just, well, this isn't a mistake is it?" she asked, furrowing her brow slightly.
Everyone in the room rolled their eyes. This was not the first time that she doubted her actions. Ever since all of the trouble she had been through a few months ago, she seemed to doubt every decision she made.
"I hope you're joking" Parvati Patil intervened.
"Up until now, this is the only thing you've been able to talk about. I mean, sure, there are quite a few people that aren't happy with everything that's happening, but that's expected. I know that you're doing the right thing, we all do. And I know, that you know, that you both want this" Parvati spoke as Ginny placed her hands on her friend's shoulders reassuringly.
"Don't worry so much 'Mione. This is probably the farthest thing from a mistake. And if Harry and Ron were here, they'd be telling you the exact same thing" Ginny said with a small smile.
Hermione sighed, they were right. She'd spent a lot of her time being worried about this, but her friend's words helped her feel a lot better.
The next hour or so was spent preparing. And as the clock ticked closer and closer to the hour of 3 o'clock, everyone felt their stomachs tightening and the uncontrollable need to talk girly about everything, despite Hermione's strict dislike of it, was satisfied. But in fact, she found herself joining in the "mindless conduct", or at least that's what she chose to call it, seeing as it contained much talking of subjects that only a girl their ages could comprehend as interesting.
"Are you ready?" Lavender asked, giving Hermione a reassuring smile.
"No" she said meekly, gripping her stomach. If she had been nervous a few minutes ago, this was utterly queasy.
Lavender let out an exasperated before she and Ginny wheeled Hermione out of the room, where they met up with a few more people, including Luna Lovegood, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Tonks, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and a handful of Weasleys.
Now, I know what you're thinking. All of those people, including Ginny Weasley, were supposed to be very much dead. But this was in fact a lie. To everyone's great surprise, the deaths of all of those people had been feigned, while they were taken prisoners to Death Eaters, that way the "survivors" would not come after them. God knows why they hadn't been killed, but Hermione and the others were beyond greatful.
After the happenings at the Malfoy Manner, the fateful events led to the discovery of their friends, and the resurfacing of the Order.
Unfortunately, the story was not the same for Hermione's family. They had indeed been killed, to her great distaste.
But the support and love of all of the returned prisoners helped her greatly through the loss.
And now here they all were, on this significant day.
"How are you holding up?" Tonks asked Hermoine, her hair a light purple color.
"Umm…well I can honestly say I never knew it was this hard" she answered with a light laugh.
"Don't worry so much. Once this whole thing is over, you'll be happier than you've ever been" Lupin advised, walking over to them. Hermione smiled genuinely at both of them, happy to have them back.
She watched as people left the entrance way they were currently standing in to enter the main room of the building, where all of the other people were currently waiting. After a while, the only people left with her were Ginny, Luna, Dean, Seamus, and a slightly annoyed Sirius.
Because of the fact that her father was…unavailable to help her through this, she had asked Sirius, who had been like another dad to her to take his place. Although he could never really replace her dad, Hermione felt that it fit, and he graciously accepted.
"I want to thank you again Hermione, this really is a great honor" Sirius said for the billionth time as he turned towards the nervous girl.
"Really, don't mention it Sirius. I wouldn't want anybody else doing this for me, except of course…" she trailed off, feeling sad just thinking about it.
Sirius pulled her into his arms and gave her a gentle hug.
Luna had opened the doors to the main room and turned back to the group,
"All right everyone, show time" she said in her usual dreamy voice, but with a hint of excitement.
Hermione's four friends paired off and left through the doors to the main room. Hermione then linked arms with Sirius and followed the others.
Just before they walked through, Sirius had to mutter to Hermione to loosen her grip on his arm, since the blood had ceased to circulate for a few moments.
She apologized softly as they continued into the room.
Hermione couldn't help but smile widely at the sight before her as she and Sirius walked towards the head of the room. On either side of them was all of her friends, and others that other people had invited.
When the couple reached their destination, Sirius left with a quick kiss to her forehead to seat himself with the others.
As the event passed, Hermione found herself flooded with emotion. The whole thing was a surreal blur as she looked around her. Smiling as she her eyes rested on Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, her best friends in the entire world. She felt her heart swell at the sight of them, remembering when she had almost lost them.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Bodies slumped to the floor.
Hermione felt her heart stop, staring at the bodies before her.
Lucius Malfoy and the Dark Lord himself lay motionless on the ground. Harry and Ron's wands pointed at their mortal enemy, and Draco's pointed at his father.
"Is it…are they dead?" she asked quietly, mustering the last of her strength.
Draco jumped, almost forgetting that she was there. He bent down next to her on the couch, brushing a stray piece of hair from her face.
"Everything's gonna be alright now Mya. They're gone. No ones after you anymore" he told her quietly. A weight was lifted from both of them.
Hermione was snapped back out of her daze at the words of a certain person before her.
"And do you, Hermoine Jane Granger, take Draco Lucius Malfoy to be your lawfully wedded husband?" the minister asked.
Hermione smiled widely, staring into the icy blue eyes of the one she loved.
"I do" she said, breathing heavily.
And before the minister could barely utter his next words, Hermione and Draco shared the first kiss of their married lives.
The kiss that started the rest of the unbearably happy lives together.
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Finally! I hope that you all liked it! I myself am quite proud of it! I will most likely be starting my next fiction as soon as possible, and it will most likely be a Hermione/Malfoy fic…I just can't get enough of them! Reviews would be greatly appreciated! Just because the story's over doesn't mean I don't want to hear what you think! Thanks to everyone who's helped me to finish it! -Erin
