Chapter 20

Hannah Potter…Skinnered Over Since 1997

Blaise recovered (Thank Skinner, Fanelli, Faksa, Ben Thompson, Salazar Slytherin, Merlin, whatever deity is out there that he did!), but still walked with a slight limp for a while, which prompted me to get him a cane *NOTE: It was NOT a pimp cane like Lucius Malfoy carried!*

I cracked a joke when I gave it to him. It was just before we went to get the bridesmaids to go get the dresses for them.

"Hey, Blaise, I got you something." I said as Ivy was holding him up. (he got easily winded after the attack.) I handed him the cane.

"Han, you are a fucking doll." Blaise said with a smirk as he leaned on it.

"It's yours provided you don't shit whip Ivy with it like you're her pimp. It's not a pimp cane. You're not Draco's father." I told him, earning laughs from everyone in the vicinity. "Bazinga." I said when everyone was silent, earning more laughs.

"Smart, pretty, and funny." Draco smirked. "Add remarkably phenomenal in bed and you've got my future wife."

I giggled and blushed. "Well, let's go." I said.

"Uh, no." Draco said.

"What?" I asked, cocking an eyebrow.

Draco turned around and had Goyle put me on his back. "Now we can go." he smirked.

"You're an ass." I said.

"No, I'm a steed." Draco corrected. "Get it right!"

"Only in bed, love." I said with a laugh. "Only in bed."

"Try being Blaise." Ivy grinned.

"Ivy Suzanne Zabini!" I said aghast. "And you told me that speaking of the bedroom in public was a no-no!"

"That was before I destroyed her on our wedding night." Blaise smirked.

I shuddered at the thought of my best friend making love to Draco's best mate. "Save it for the bedroom."

"Alright." Ivy grinned as I screamed for Rose and Pansy.

"HURRY UP!" I screamed. "WE'LL GO WITHOUT YOU!"

The girls ran downstairs and grinned at each other before we went down into Hogsmeade.

…

"Hey, Chantelle!" I called when we went into the shop.

"Hannah!" Chantelle said as I hopped down from Draco's back.

I embraced her with a laugh. "Smaller entourage this time around, I see, fiance's still here."

"This time no boot." I told her with a laugh. "He's allowed to see these dresses."

"Speaking of which, afterwards, you wanna get into yours."

"yes!" Draco clapped my shoulder.

"Not with you." I told him, looking to him.

"Shit!" Draco huffed, crossing his arms.

"Don't feel bad, Drake, no boys can see her dress bar the brother of the bride." Blaise told him.

"Ok, who's modeling?" Chantelle asked me.

"Ivy, Rose and…" I smirked to Drosie. "Anne."

"Fuck!" Drosie hissed. "Hate you, Potter!"

I grinned. "No you don't. besides, I saved your life." I pointed out. "You owe me plenty!"

"Fuck, if I knew you were going to play that card when you wanted something, I would have just become a werewolf snack." Drosie muttered.

"I love this." I said, gesturing between me and the bitchy blond. "If you want an eternal butler, just save someone's life and then they'll be in your debt forever!"

Drosie huffed. "Unless I save you from this Z person, and then I'll be free from you for good and I can go back to hating you in peace, Han."

I paled and looked to her. "Did you just call me Han?" I asked her.

"Oh, shit." Drosie muttered.

"You did!" I laughed, leaning on Draco for support. "You called me Han! You want to be my friend!"

"No I don't!" Drosie hissed. "I hate your slimy guts!"

"Annabelle." I started, raising my eyebrows.

"Pothead, I hate you. Don't fucking call me Annabelle."

"Anne." I started again.

"Potty." Drosie growled, staring me in the eyes.

"Drosie!" the coven shouted together, Chantelle included.

"Fuck me, I give! Fine, you win!" Drosie said. "I want to be your friend."

"YES, I KNEW IT!" I said, raising a fist in triumph. "Fifty points to Slytherin!"

Drosie rolled her eyes and we went looking for dresses.

"Ooh, I'd love to see Ivy in green!" I said, holding up a green dress.

"NO!" Ivy said sternly.

"Come on!" I pleaded. "You never wear green!" I pouted. "And I wore your house colour the day of your wedding rehearsal!"

"Fine, for your rehearsal, I'll wear green, happy?" Ivy said with an eye roll.

I beamed. "Very." I said, setting the dress back. "I don't know, midnight blue?" I asked Draco.

"Anything you want, love." Draco said, lounging his ass across the couch as I dug through the racks.

"Hey, Han, how's this!?" Ivy shouted, holding up a red dress.

"Ivy!" I groaned. "Our colours are green and midnight blue, not red!"

"Hey, look at this!" Wolfie said, holding up a yellow dress with black accents to match her house.

"Wolfie!" I groaned.

"I say we respect Hannah's choice for colours." Hermione said. "It's her wedding."

"Yeah, guys." Blaise added. "As much as my wife looks sexy in red, that was our wedding. This is Hannah and Draco's day, we should respect their decision."

I grinned. "Thanks, Watson. Thanks, Blaise." I said with a laugh.

"Alright, guys, green or midnight blue dresses only!" Rose chirped with a laugh.

I laughed with her before looking to my lounging fiancé.

"You could help you know." I said as I dug for a dress. "Dress, a dress, my fiancé for a dress."

"Hey!" Draco shouted, shooting up.

"Good, you're up, help me out!" I ordered, dragging him over. "The dresses have got to be perfect! They have to be flattering, but can't outshine me. They have to be modest, but attention grabbing, but not too attention grabbing. They have to be suitable for the lakeside ceremony, but still classy enough to be accepted in the Great Hall…" I rambled over every possible thing in my head.

Draco kissed me quickly.

"What was that for?" I asked.

"To assure you that we'll be fine." Draco told me, rubbing my arms. "And to get you to shut up, obviously." he added with a laugh, sitting with me as the change room doors opened.

The girls came out in midnight blue evening gowns. Ivy smirked, Drosie fumed and Rose spun around like she was just crowned Miss Universe.

"Here she comes! The bride's best Slytherin friend!" she sang, evoking laughs from everyone.

The dresses were gorgeous. They were fitted and flared dark blue with a slight shimmer. They were strapless with a modest neckline with rooshing.

"I love it." I said with a grin as Rose spun around, selling the dresses further.

Draco laughed. "If Hannah likes it, I'm on board."

I beamed and Rose squealed, spinning around faster. "I love it!" she giggled, spinning until I stopped her.

"Rosie, sweetie. Grow up." I told her with a laugh as she giggled.

"Great!" Chantelle smiled. "Much better outcome than from the wedding dress shopping. Draco can go with my partner to order the dresses, and Hannah, you will come with me to try on your dress."

Draco groaned, standing and going one way as I followed Chantelle to my dress.

…

After putting my dress on, falling in love with it again, Chantelle and I agreed that the store would hold onto it for me until the day of the wedding to keep Draco from peeking at it.

"That went well." Draco said with a grin as I looked through Hogsmeade delivery

I cast him a scathing look before I grinned. "You're so fucking laid back with this, but there's still so much to do! We have to book the flowers, the caterer, the invitations, the DJ, design the marquee, write the vows, plan the ceremony itself," I listed off everything that I could think of.

"HANNAH!"

I jolted out of my agenda planning frenzy. "What?"

"Relax." Draco told me. "We have plenty of time."

"Six months!" I said. "You call six months plenty of time?"

"Hannah, baby," Draco grabbed my face and kissed my forehead. "relax. Breathe. I will handle everything else."

I took a deep breath and let myself relax. "Right, sorry, I'm overreacting."

"Like the typical female." Draco added, wrapping his cloak around me. "You go to the dorms and relax, leave everything to me."

"You won't be an ass in public?" I asked as I raised my eyebrows at him.

"Malfoy's Honour." Draco assured me, crossing his heart and raising his right hand. "You have my word that if you go and relax for a while, I'll get things done with Crabbe and Goyle."

I grinned. "Alright, I guess I can go take a nap." I said with a laugh before reaching up for a kiss.

Draco smirked and I was rewarded. "Sleep well, love."

I grinned and kissed him again before running back to the dorm to change into something more comfortable before lying in Draco's bed, engulfing myself in the warmth of the down comforter and letting myself sink into my warm, dreamy world.

…

I was barely aware of what was going on around me when I stirred to the sound of a loud splash and the feeling of ice water hitting my very soul, making my body scream in protest.

My eyes shot open and all I saw was murky blackness, swirling seaweed and the occasional song of mermaids as I sank deeper and deeper into the depths of the Black Lake.

I was instantly alert, thrashing around to try and break the surface, only to find that it only made me sink faster.

Wand, wand! I thought frantically, looking around for my wand to cast a Bubble Charm to let me breathe. FUCK! FUCK!

My wand was in the dorm! I was going to drown!

I looked frantically for help, hoping that some nut-bar had decided to go for a swim in the middle of January.

But fuck…no one was insane enough to do that. I was fucked.

I looked down, finding that whoever had thrown me into the Lake had tied my legs together, a cinder block sinking deeper and deeper until I hit the bottom.

I looked up, unable to scream for help out of fear of instantly killing myself.

Thrashing around, I tried to break out of the rope that whoever it was had tied to my ankles, wondering who the fuck was going to be the Death Eater with the honour of having the Girl Who Lived on their list of casualties.

Z! I screamed in my head. Z'S DONE IT! She's killed me!

Jerking around and fighting only made things worse, my body was lead, frozen in my clothes. In retrospect, wearing pyjama shorts and a tank top was not a smart choice had I known I was going to be thrown into the Black Lake.

Suddenly I felt light…almost detached. I wasn't even cold anymore, the world had gone white, calling for me.

I let my eyes close.

…

Draco POV

"Malfoy, you're probably gonna kill us all." Alexander told me. She was with Blake Collins

I whipped around, he looked as if he had ran. "What?" I asked.

"Z's at it again." Alexander told me. "Tell him what you saw, Blake."

"I saw Hannah being carried by a figure cloaked in all black. The figure tied a cinder block to her ankles and threw her in the Lake."

"WHAT!?" I shouted. "Please tell me there're still bubbles coming up."

"When we came here, there was." Alexander told me, obviously panicking.

"Ok, ok, Malfoy, you get Potter, and I'll dive in and get her." Blake told me.

I nodded and ran into the castle, going into the common room and running into Potter.

"Where is she!?" Potter asked.

I almost swore. Potter had his Twin Senses tingling. I didn't need to do anything.

"Bottom of the Lake." I told him.

We ran back onto the grounds as Blake shot up with a coughing Hannah.

She was otherwise still and cold, her lips blue.

"Hypothermic." Potter muttered as Blake dragged her out of the lake.

"Bloody Death Eater wanted a clean job of it. Tried to make it look like a suicide. Tied a cinder block to her legs and everything."

I grabbed her. Her skin was cold to the touch.

"At least she's breathing." Blake pointed out. "She couldn't have lost consciousness that long ago."

"Thank Merlin we got to her in time." I muttered, nodding before turning to Potter. "Tell my Mother about this and I'll kill you."

"You have my word." Potter nodded as Potter and I went back to the dorm.

I grabbed all the blankets from my dorm and started to wrap Hannah in all of them when Potter stopped me.

"No!" Potter pulled me back. "Are you nuts!?"

"What?" I asked.

"If her body changes temperatures too abruptly, she'll go into shock, dumbass!" Potter hissed. "Gradually raise her body temperature and she'll be fine!"

"Oh…!" I face palmed myself and wrapped one blanket around her and held her in my lap.

Potter flicked his wand at the fireplace and the fireplace ignited. "Malfoy, it'd be smarter if you just moved up, so she'd warm up a few degrees."

I moved over so I was in front of the fire and instantly saw a change. Her lips regained colour.

"Again, at least she's not dead." Potter muttered, obviously concerned.

I nodded, wrapping another thick blanket around Hannah.

…

Hannah POV

Ok, I'm not dead. I thought when I came around, suddenly perfectly warm, unlike when I was in the Lake.

I heard the door open and instantly almost wished I was dead.

"Draco! How come your fiancee keeps narrowly missing being murdered!?" Narcissa shrieked.

"POTTER!" Draco screamed, somewhat closer that I expected. I guessed I was in his lap. "You said you'd keep your fat mouth shut!"

"It wasn't Harry that told me, it was your sister!" Narcissa shouted. "You said she wasn't leaving your sight! You know that she is not only your lover, but she is my best friend's daughter and my Goddaughter!"

"Mother, I'm not the one trying to kill her. There is a Death Eater loose who is trying to off her to get at the Tome, I told you this!"

"Don't talk to my godmother like that." I muttered, coming around and finding myself swathed in blankets. "Why am I in a human cocoon? I am not a Hannah-pillar!"

Harry instantly started laughing. "At least her sense of humour didn't drown. That was a good one."

Draco wasn't laughing. "Potter, your sister almost drowned!"

"I'm fine." I groaned.

"Hypothermic, but fine." Draco told me sarcastically. "This isn't something to laugh about!"

"She told a joke!" Harry said defensively.

"He's got you there." I pointed out as Draco sat me on the couch. And now I was sort of scared. Narcissa was like a mother to me, but she was the smothering mother.

"Hannah, dear are you alright?" Narcissa asked, touching my forehead.

"Narcissa, I'm fine." I said with a grin. "Just a little cold."

"And wet." Harry added.

"Shut up, Harry." I snapped to him.

"Mel, why did you tell Mother?" Draco asked the tiny blonde in the room.

"I warned you the last time Hannah almost died that I couldn't keep this from Mummy." Mel muttered, running to hug Draco's legs. "I'm sorry."

"It's ok, Mel Bell." Draco hugged his sister and picked her up.

Mel cuddled into Draco's shoulder as Narcissa instantly started fussing over me.

"She's warm." Narcissa told Harry, who nodded. "She'll need to get out of the clothes she almost drowned in."

Harry nodded again and went to get some dry clothes as Narcissa tucked a pillow under my head. "Don't you dare think about getting up, dear."

I nodded. "Yes, Narcissa."

Narcissa grinned and kissed my forehead. "Draco, I'm going down to Professor McGonagall's office to insure that she'll be safe."

Draco hugged his mother before she left with a swish of her robe.

…

Harry tossed me a Pepperup Potion once I was dressed and laying down.

I sighed, having no other alternative but to drink it.

I shuddered, feeling the burn course through my veins and clear my sinuses. "Thanks." I said to my brother.

"No problem, Mei-Mei." Harry said, wrapping an arm over my shoulders with his blanket afterward.

I sighed, curling into him and letting myself think, not able to sleep.

"You sleep." Harry told me.

"But…Z." I muttered.

"Z won't hurt you again." Harry assured me, playing with a lock of my hair. "I'll stay up and keep watch."

I grinned, letting out a yawn and letting my head fall wearily on my brother's shoulder and closing my eyes, letting myself drop off.