Love Conquers All
Chapter Twenty- Harry's A Deatheater, Nev
"Because he knows where Harry is…"
"What are you talking about, Hermione? Have you gone mad?" Ron was still pointing his wand at Draco.
"I've escaped from the manor. I'm turning over to your side. I'll help you look for him" Draco ignored Ron.
"Lower your wands!" Everyone looked at Hermione. No one followed her command. "Please…just lower your wands. I'll talk to him and it's safe because I trust him now."
"What if he does something?" Neville asked.
"I could jinx faster than he does. There's no need to worry" She replied. Draco and Hermione moved away from them and talked in silence, leaving the others clueless of what really is going on.
"Where is he?" Was the first thing she asked. "Where is Harry? What's going on?"
"I don't know where he is but all I know is that he is on a secret mission" He spoke.
"Muffiliato…" Hermione could see the others trying to eavesdrop. "What do you know about the mission?"
"All I know is that it has to do something with 'Horcruxes' whatever that is. What are horcruxes anyway?" He said.
"It's complicated. I'll tell you later" She replied.
"Didn't you tell Weasley about him yet?" Draco asked.
"Unfortunately…no. It's hard to tell him. His reaction might be violent but I am trying to tell him." Neville joined their conversation.
"I'm sorry, Hermione but I can't help but interfere with this conversation of yours." He moved closer. "What is going on? If it's about Harry then you could tell me. You could tell all of us" He glanced at the others.
Hermione glanced at them too then turned to Neville.
"Well, I'm not sure about telling Ron about this but I can tell you for sure." Hermione was lost in words and doesn't know how to break the sad truth to him.
"The deatheater who attacked me was Harry. Harry's a deatheater, Nev" She forced her tears not to come out.
"No way"
"She's right. She's telling the truth," Draco added.
"H-how?" Neville couldn't believe it. Harry Potter, the chosen one and his idol, is a deatheater. It totally doesn't make complete sense to him.
"He made a deal with You-Know-Who." Draco answered.
"Why? How? He can't do that" False hopes and the feeling of being betrayed distorted Neville's expression.
"It's for the sake of our lives but then he lost control" Hermione answered.
"And he's gone completely evil. He's like a younger version of the Dark Lord only the real one's more morbid," Draco continued.
"So what's your plan? Are you going to look for him or something?" Neville looked at Hermione.
"We will look for him and I haven't made a real plan yet. But before we have to do that we must help Malfoy win the trust of the Weasleys"
"And that's not going to be easy. How do we do that? We can't tell them about the deatheater thing yet" Draco commented.
"We won't. We could just make up a cover up story," Hermione suggested.
"How do you make them believe it?"
"Through Dumbledore" She showed a small smile.
"He's long dead. How do you let him believe Malfoy? Don't tell me you know a spell that could let the dead talk to us." Neville assumed.
"No. That's impossible. No one could talk to the dead. Let me handle the cover up story but before that let's talk to Ron about this" She then called Ron.
"Tell me what the bloody hell is going on because I'm confused and my bum is freezing" Ron complained.
"Nice to meet you, Weasley" Draco greeted. "I see you aren't being friendly tonight"
"Why is ferret boy talking to me? He's a traitor he should be killed right now or if not we should call the aurors because a deatheater is here." His wand was still furiously pointing at him.
"No. Don't, Ron. He's not here to hurt us" Hermione stopped him.
"Don't tell me you listen to the bollocks he tells you!" Ron bellowed.
"Believe it or not, Ronald. I do listen to what he says because what he says is real and I've seen it," She shouted back.
"Seen what?" Ron wondered.
"That Harry's a deatheater," Neville blurted. Hermione and Draco darted their eyes on Neville.
"Sorry…I reckon I spoke too soon" Neville covered his mouth out of shame.
"Harry's a deatheater? What the bloody hell?" Ron was confused.
"Do we have to explain this again?" Draco looked at Hermione.
"I'm afraid so. Look, Ron. Harry made a deal with Voldemort. If he agrees to be a deatheater, he won't kill us" She explained.
"And you expect me to believe that?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes"
"But Harry wouldn't just do that for some stupid reason right? I mean it's You-Know-Who, he could just trick him or something"
"We know. But I guess Harry has some other reasons too" She lied.
"Now, do you believe us?" Draco asked.
It took Ron moments to realised everything and actually believe what they're saying.
"I reckon you're telling the truth, Hermione, and I am not trusting Malfoy yet." He glared at him.
"Well at least you're reaction's better than I expected" She uttered.
"Have you got any plans? To save him?" He wondered.
"No. Not yet. We still need Malfoy to win over your family's trust"
"Why? Don't tell me he has to stay with us?" Ron gave Draco a disgusted look.
"I have to. They're going to be after me. I need your protection. Not exactly yours but the Order!" Draco said without raising a tone at him.
"Well, that's out of our hands. It's your bloody fault" He was already tired of pointing his wand at Draco.
"Ron it's not the perfect time to just think about ourselves now. He's with us and so we must help him. Now, only the four of us and Tonks knows about this. No other person must also know about Harry especially your family members, Ron" She shoved his hand down.
"I Agree" He rubbed his aching arm. "But I don't think mum and dad would trust him. After all he is a Malfoy"
A/N: Sorry for the really late update. I don't have much pc time anymore. Read and Review!!