Title / Destined to be Mates
Rated / M because I am paranoid
Summary / "What do I have to do to convince you Granger?" He whispered harshly as he gathered her in his arms, taking in her scent. "Don't go. I don't want you to get hurt!" Voldemort and his Death Eaters are ready to attack Hogwarts. Veela!Draco, Mate!Hermione.
Disclaimer / I don't own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does.
Warning/ Most people are OOC in this story.

Author's Note / Wheeeep, early update :) They're back in Hogwarts already, about two weeks and more.


Chapter 11:

"Oi! Malfoy!" Ron's voice came up next to him in the changing rooms. "Good luck at the Quidditch Game. Gryffindor will win anyway."

"Shut it Weasley." Draco snarled.

"Just stating the facts," he grinned as he patted Draco on the shoulder as a friendly gesture. "See you at the pitch."

Draco growled in annoyance as the redhead walked away. He then resumed putting his quidditch gears on. He smiled gently when his senses picked up a familiar scent.

"Hey," she smiled as she came up behind him. "Ron's always like that. You have to ignore him."

He finished putting his gear on and turned around.

"You have to be careful, alright?" She demanded softly as she caressed his cheek. When he opened his mouth to say something, she interrupted, rolling her eyes. "That was a rhetorical question. Merlin knows why you're playing now."

"I feel alright now." He said as he pecked his mate on her head. "Hogsmeade weekend's coming up. We're going together."

Hermione thought silently for a while and nodded.

"I'll see you after the game." She smiled as she kissed his cheek. Hermione gave him one last look before heading up to the stands, leaving Draco in the changing room chuckling to himself.


"Slytherin takes the lead with five hundred and fifty points." Luna Lovegood's dreamy but exciting voice drifted over the entire pitch. "Gryffindor with four hundred points!"

"Great block Theo Nott and Ron Weasley. Unlucky for both Katie Bell and Astoria Greengrass." Luna reported as both teams tried to score at the same time.

"Come on Gryffindor!" Hermione and Neville shouted simultaneously. Ginny was playing chaser, Ron was the keeper and Harry was their seeker. The Golden Snitch was nowhere to be found, yet.

"10 points to Gryffindor for that perfect shot performed by Ginny Weasley!" Luna shouted in glee. "Unlucky, Theo. Better luck next time!"

The Gryffindors cheered loud. Hermione covered her ears laughing as she tried to spot Draco and Harry. Where are they?

"Both teams' seeker has finally found the snitch!" Luna exclaimed. "Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter races down the stands to follow the snitch—Oh look! Slytherin's Pansy Parkinson scores again! Unlucky that one Ron!"

Hermione's eyes followed Harry and Draco's flying figure as they continued to fly side-by-side up and down the pitch. Her heart raced when Harry and Draco flew ninety degrees down to the ground—it didn't seem like they were going to turn soon. She saw the two boys pulled their brooms at the same time in the same direction with their hands outstretch.

"Who will catch the snitch? Draco Malfoy or Harry Potter?" Luna's voice seems to be the only one. Everyone was watching with their hearts on their sleeve.

"And… HARRY POTTER catches the Snitch!" Luna shouted as Gryffindor shouted out in laughter. "Unfortunately, Gryffindor does not win this match. It is a tie between Slytherin and Gryffindor!"

All the players flew down and shook the opponent players' hands before everyone else from the stands run down to congratulate the players.

Hermione shook her head while giggling to herself when she saw Draco's expression. He was scowling like always. She walked to him in the midst of the crowd. Not a lot of people praised Slytherin for a good job even though they'd tied with Gryffindor.

"Great job, Slytherins!" Hermione said as she arrived where the scowling Draco is. Blaise and Pansy gave a smile of thanks while Theodore Nott, Daphne Greengrass, Gregory Goyle and Astoria Greengrass nodded before the latter four stood up and left for the changing rooms. The latter four knows about Draco and Hermione and their parents were still hiding from the recruitment of You-Know-Who since the first war. They themselves didn't believe in His believes too.

She turned to Draco and lightly rubbed her hand up and down on one his arm. "You did a great job!"

"A tie!" Draco said outraged. "A tie! Can you believe this? If only Potter didn't-"

"But he did." Hermione cut him off as she cupped his face in her hands. "You tried your best! That's all it really matters!"

Draco sighed, still frustrated as he ran his fingers through his hair. Hermione tiptoed and pecked Draco gently on the lips and went to Blaise and Pansy.

"You did a really good job!" Hermione grinned as she and Pansy hugged. "You scored most of the goals!"

"Thank you!" Pansy beamed, then moved closer to whisper slightly. "Though, I think Weasley 'accidently' allowed me to score that last one."

Hermione giggled as she looked over her should to see a flustered red-haired boy sneaking glances over to where she is. "I think he did."

"Blaise!" Hermione squealed as she was picked up by Blaise and spun around in circles. It attracted a few curious looks from the other houses. "Blaise! Let me down!"

Blaise laughed and placed her down. Almost immediately, Draco was next to her, giving Blaise a death glare. "Honestly Draco. I was just having fun with my sister-figured friend."

Hermione stifled a laugh and looked at Blaise. "I would love to give you compliments, but you were practically following Ginny around."

Blaise placed a hand over his heart and gave her a mock offence look. "I was watching out for my girlfriend and your best friend! One of the peaks of Quidditch!"

Hermione laughed and embraced Draco from the side, leaning her head on his side. His arm went around her immediately. They heard several gossips starting when they did that, but they couldn't stop what the others are saying so why let go of each other.

"See Malfoy?" Ron boasted. "Gryffindors won."

Draco growled as he stalked up to Ron's face. "It was a tie."

"Was not!" Ron argued. "Secretly, Gryffindor won."

"Whatever makes you sleep at night, Ronald Billius Weasley." Pansy smirked coming up beside Draco. "You let me scored the last goal. You were the one who tied us all."

"You, you, you told her my full name?" Ron spluttered, accusing Hermione. "How could you and I did not let you score that last one, you just got lucky."

"Ron," Hermione smiled as she shook her head. "You were never a good liar."

Pansy smirked and walked up to Ron's face and whispered. "Look at me straight in the eye and tell me you didn't let me score on purpose, maybe then I'll believe you."

Ron gulped and stammered out as he walked a few steps back. "Why should I do that? I know I didn't do it on purpose."

Then, an annoying giggle started behind Ron. "Oh, my Won Won's so adorable!"

Ron paled considerably while Hermione stifled a laugh behind her hand. It was like sixth year all over again. The three Slytherins looked at each other confusedly even more when a strawberry-blonde Gryffindor jumped onto Ron's back.

"Oh Won Won!" Lavender Brown squealed as her arms went around his neck. "You were brilliant out there!"

"Who's that?" Pansy frowned at the sound of the strawberry-blonde's chirpy voice.

"Lavender Brown. My ex-girlfriend." He emphasized on the word 'ex' and tried to pry said girl off him.

"Oh, Won Won!" Lavender pouted. "Surely we can repair our relationship!"

"Sorry, Lavender," At this, Lavender's face fell. "I don't feel the same anymore."

Lavender's face was then plastered with an angry look as she pointed an accusing finger at Pansy. "It's her, isn't it? She stole you from me! I saw you talking and you were stuttering."

"Please blondie," Pansy rolled her eyes. "He just told a lie. Don't accuse people for nothing."

"I don't believe you!" Lavender raged. "You stole my Won Won and I'll-"

"Sorry, Lavender." Hermione apologized as she raised her wand and casted a silencio. Then, Ginny came up behind Lavender and hit the blonde with her broomstick, knocking her unconscious immediately.

"I can't stand her. I was able to hear her half a field away!" Ginny explained sheepishly as Blaise chuckled and moved towards his girlfriend. They greeted each other with a kiss, which had caused more people to look over at their direction.

"You did great, love." Ginny smiled at Blaise as they held hands. "I would actually very much prefer it if you'd play your part in the game. Goyle had a bit of trouble looking for you."

"I had to make sure my girlfriend doesn't get hurt!" Blaise protested again. "Goyle has trouble finding everything except for food and girls."

Ginny laughed, but Hermione can hear from her laughter that something was up. It was apparent that Blaise could feel it too. Blaise and Hermione exchanged a glance and she turned back to Ginny. "Ginny, do you want to come to the Head's tonight?"

"You should, love." Blaise agreed when Ginny looked doubtful. "I need to plan something for you, Draco's helping me."

Draco only nodded- he wasn't entirely sure what was going on.

"Okay." Ginny nodded and pecked Blaise's lips. "I'll go pack now. I'll see you tomorrow okay?"

"Yes, love." Blaise smiled as he kissed her forehead.

Hermione hugged Draco as he kissed her hair goodnight before she left with Ginny. They have a lot to talk about.


That night

Ginny and Hermione's laughter filled the whole common room as they laughed at an old memory.

"I'm completely serious!" Hermione choked out from her laughter. "I was horrified! I didn't know I looked that horrible from the back!"

Ginny laughed harder while Hermione tried not to. Then, after a while after they talked and calmed down, Ginny turned away to face the fireplace.

"Ginny, what's wrong?" Hermione asked as she tilted her head to the side to catch Ginny's eyes.

"Nothing!" That answer came a bit to quickly.

"Ginny, Blaise is really worried and I am too." Hermione said softly as she scooted closer to her redheaded best friend. "The others might not be able to hear it but we can. He can sense your worry and I can tell."

Then, Ginny turned to Hermione and tears were already falling down her face.

"I don't know what to do! Mum is going to be so disappointed! My brothers are going to hate me and-" Ginny sobbed as she cried hysterically. "Harry and Ron! What are they going to think? What about my education? I'm not even done with my NEWTs! Blaise, I don't even know what he's going to feel about this!"

"Ginny, shhh." Hermione soothed as she wiped Ginny's tears away and smoothed her hair down like a mother would do. "What's going on?"

Ginny looked into her eyes and whispered brokenly, as if she had no other choice but to do... whatever she had to do. "Promise not to tell anyone? I want to tell Blaise first then the others."

"I promise, Ginny." Hermione was getting more worried by the minute.

"I'm, I'm-" Ginny choked through a sob. "I'm pregnant!"

Then, she threw her arm around her brunette best friend. The only thing that filled the room is Ginny's sobs and Hermione's words of soothing.


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Author's Note / WOWZA. GINNY PREGNANT? Didn't see that coming! This is an early update because I had a ten-day holiday last week, and I finished my homework. So I had time to write this

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