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SOMETHING UNFORGIVABLE
Hermione felt a light tap on her shoulder and turned around, only to turn around and stare straight into a pair of beautiful silver-grey eyes that were just visible behind a black eye mask.
"Have we met?" Draco asked, but as Hermione went to reply she was cut off by Harry.
"Yes, I do believe we have" Harry said jokingly.
"Right…" Draco said, ignoring Harry. "Would you give me the honour of this dance?" he asked Hermione, offering her his hand.
Once again, for that night, Hermione was speechless and just nodded, grasping Dracos hand. As Draco and Hermione made their way into the middle of the dance floor, Harry remained, where Hermione and Draco had left him, with a dark look crossing his features.
"Do you know how to waltz?" Draco asked a nervous Hermione.
Hermione shook her head.
"Well, you put your left arm on my shoulder like this…" he placed her arm on his shoulder. "…and your right hand goes in my left hand…" he grasped her hand firmly. "…now we do this…" he counted the steps teaching Hermione how to dance. "That's it! One, two, three. One, two…"
She stepped on his foot.
"I'm so sorry" she gasped, her voice sounding familiar to Draco but he couldn't figure out why. "I'm not very good…"
"You're doing marvellous for a beginner" Draco assured her. "Just follow my lead" Hermione nodded, avoiding his eyes. "Now. One, two, three. One, two, three…"
For the first that night, Draco actually began to enjoy himself. He glanced at the woman before him who was still determinedly avoiding his eyes.
'She really is gorgeous…' he thought admiringly as watched as she twirled around, dress swishing around her elegantly. How beautiful she looked as she concentrated on her steps. How, when her cinnamon eyes met his blue-grey ones, both Hermione and Draco felt as though butterflies were flying in their stomachs.
Hermione was so preoccupied with remembering her steps that she didn't notice that Draco's counting had ceased.
Draco was looking at her so intently that she shook her head slightly, allowing a few perfect curls of hair to fall strategically on her face.
Without thinking, Draco reached out his hand to tuck the loose curls behind her ears. She didn't flinch. On the contrary, she felt comforted and safe (something she hadn't felt since her parents had left), as though nothing could harm her. It was like the world had stopped and it was only them.
It was like magic…
By now, people had started creating a circle around the dancing couple, trying to get a glance of the beautiful mystery girl and the Prince.
Whispers of "Who is she?" and "Do you know her?" were audible.
"How dare she?" Morticia fumed to her daughters. "You two were in the middle of being introduced to the Prince when…ahhh!"
"Seriously mother, it's quite alright…" Katarina was cut off by her mother.
"QUITE ALRIGHT? QUITE ALRIGHT…?"
"Seriously mother, I don't think he noticed me and Blanche anyway…"
"How could he not? He must be blind…"
"…but he was obviously looking for someone and she must be her".
"…So you're going to give up?"
But Katarina had walked away.
"So…" Draco said, attempting to make conversation with the mystery girl.
"So…" she replied teasingly, a beautiful smile crossing her features.
She felt him tense and could've sworn that he had blushed.
"I…ahem…how do you know Saint Potter? Are you courting…?"
"No…"
Draco let out a sigh of relief.
"…we've been best friends for ages. He's like a brother to me".
"Oh".
Silence.
Then Draco remembered…
"Are you the girl in the portrait that Potter has?"
It took a while for Hermione to realise what portrait he was talking about.
"Yes, I am. But that was taken years ago- how do you know…?"
Draco voice was barely a whisper as he asked "can I trust you?" his eyes never leaving Hermione's.
She considered this for a moment then replied "only if I can trust you".
This seemed to satisfy Draco.
"I visited Potter today" he said so softly that Hermione struggled to hear him. "I don't know if he has told you what's going to happen tonight…"
"He has".
"…are you alright with this? Being involved?"
"Yes, although I don't really have a choice…"
"Everyone has a choice"
"But in certain circumstances, there is only one option available".
Draco looked at the beauty, surprised. "There's always a way that you can change certain circumstances. Remember, there are two sides to everything".
Hermione stared into Dracos eyes. "There's only been one side for me and I've realised that I can no longer ignore it…"
"Is that the only reason that you came here tonight?" Draco asked, shocked.
Hermione looked surprised at his question.
"Well…"
She wondered whether she trusted this stranger enough to tell him her deepest thoughts.
"If you don't want to tell me (or feel uncomfortable with me), I'll understand. Trustworthy people (and privacy) are hard to come by these days…" he said, motioning his head to the people dancing around them.
This helped Hermione to confirm her answer.
"…it was mainly because my friends needed me, partly because my intuition told me to come tonight and…" she blushed slightly. "…a minor part of me wanted to come tonight just to see more of the Kingdom- including this palace…" her voice drifted off.
Silence.
"…now would be the perfect time to say some…"
It was as though the world had frozen in time as Draco's lips met Hermione's. As they parted, the world came back into full focus and they could see people pointing and talking about them. Hermione's cheeks had, once again, turned pink and Draco smiled at her.
"That was definitely unexpected" Hermione whispered, causing Draco to chuckle softly.
This brought a smile to Hermione's face.
"I know" Draco admitted. "I don't normally go around kissing random strangers…" he looked into Hermione's eyes. "…but I feel that I know you from somewhere."
Hermione had the same feeling, although she didn't openly admit as Draco had.
"I'm sorry if my behaviour was out of order" Draco apologised.
"Huh?" was Hermiones clumsy reply.
"The kiss".
"Oh… that. Right" Hermione said. "That was…fine"
"Fine?"
"I meant good"
"Good?"
"Fine. It was better then good".
Draco's smiling face was coming close to Hermiones again. As much as Hermione wanted to have another earth moving kiss with this gorgeous stranger, she needed him to answer just one question.
"You said I can trust you?" Hermione asked.
Draco nodded.
"I have to ask you a question…"
Draco's face looked emotionless, but his eyes betrayed him by looking unsure. However, he agreed to answer whatever she would ask him.
"…why did you turn to Harry in your hour of need? I've heard from him that you two have been enemies for a while. Why confide in a foe?"
"He was the only one I could turn too; what with the Dark Lord back in power…are you ok?"
Hermione had started shaking as realisation dawned on her.
"You just called him 'Dark Lord'" she said and, in the second time in their second day of meeting, her voice held spite in her reply to Draco.
She walked off on Draco and into the garden.
Draco stared after her, gobsmacked. People were starting to come over to Draco to ask him for a dance. So he went 'pop' and apparated in the Royal Gardens. There was a maze in front of him.
There was a Dark Mark hovering above the maze.
"NO!" Draco shouted, running into the maze in the direction where the Dark Mark was.
He found Hermione lying unconscious on the ground.
"Enervate" he said, pointing his wand at her.
"What the…?" she said, sitting up.
Then she spotted Draco.
"You!"
"Let me explain, Hermione…" a voice cut him off.
"Ah, son. It is time" Lucius said, walking towards them. "She is Potters friend, is she not?"
Draco considered lying but felt that he couldn't. He knew his father had put a curse on him.
"Yes, but…"
"You will kill her".
Hermione stood up, fury clearly evident in her eyes.
"Is that that the reason you asked me to dance? Out of all the girls in the Kingdom you asked me because I'm Harry's friend?"
"I…"
"Yes he did" Lucius said. "I guess you could say that you're the bait". He faced his son. "Do it now Draco, before Potter comes and 'rescues' her." Lucius laughed.
Hermione looked at Draco. Draco didn't move.
"Now Draco!"
Draco looked at a furious Hermione.
"I'm so sorry" he said, slowly raising his wand.
"Avada Kedavra!"
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