A/N - Written for the DMHG Challenge on LiveJournal in 2011. All drabbles are 100 words in length.
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February l Prompt : Veritaserum
Title: The Truth
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
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"Draco Malfoy, do you admit that your testimony was told while under the influence of Veritaserum?"
No. "Yes."
Hermione paused to look at the blond hopefully. "Do you also admit that you didn't hinder the use of the potion and therefore what you said was the truth?"
No. "Yes."
Hesitating, she leaned forward. "Did you ever really love me?" she whispered.
He stared at her unseeingly. Yes. "No."
She left then, her eyes tearing up.
Just as the door closed he focused his gaze. He had watched his mother wait for his father. He couldn't let that happen to Hermione.
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2.
March l Prompt : Murder
Title: A Father's Murderous Warning
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
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The initial bite happened the moment Draco arrived, and it took two minutes to get Fluffy to let go.
"It's a demon," he sneered at her dog as she tended to his 'wounded suit'. "It tried to kill me."
Hermione looked at her pet while it sat politely, wagging its tail. "Don't be melodramatic."
"There! See? The beast growled at me! He's trained by your father to hate me."
"Forget about him! Are you coming over tonight?"
Draco eyed the dog warily. "He sleeps in your bedroom?"
"Yes."
"Then, no."
Hermione sighed. She should have known her father wasn't joking.
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3.
April l Prompt : Fools
Title: Fool for Her
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
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When he was eleven, he was called a fool. His father thought him to be weak.
When he was sixteen, he was called a fool. The Dark Lord found him to be useless.
When he was eighteen, he was called a fool. He ignored the one person who could have freed him from prison.
Hermione. His love, his lust, his everything.
She too would call him a fool; a fool who didn't accept her hand in friendship.
If only she knew why he did this; so he could be better for her.
If only she understood.
If only... she knew.
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4.
May l Prompt : Year
Title: A Year Later
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
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The collective gasp of the older Malfoys echoed throughout the Manor.
Surprised herself, Hermione leaned towards Draco, whispering, "Did you have to tell your parents that we eloped now?" She eyed the Malfoys as they stared at the couple incredulously.
Her husband simply grinned. "If not now, when?"
Her eyes narrowed. "And when will you tell them that I'm pregnant?"
His arm circled her waist to hold her flat stomach gently. "Give me a year until the baby is cute and cuddly."
"That's what you said about our relationship."
He smirked. "And do you see how well that worked out?"
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5.
June l Prompt : Father
Title: His Child, His Dreams
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
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When Draco first found out, he grinned before twirling Hermione in happiness.
His son was going to have his hair and her eyes; his charm and her wit. He would be a brilliant Quidditch player, top of his class, a heart throb among the girls, and, of course, a Slytherin.
His son was going to be the Malfoy heir.
But, when he held on to his child that first time, those dreams crashed disastrously around him, followed swiftly by dreams of educational brilliance, athletic prowess, and a father-daughter dance at her wedding.
She even had his hair and her eyes.
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