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Chapter 25

The Leaving Prom

"Get away from her now!"

"Draco…!"

"I mean it, you dare!"

"Draco!"

"No, leave her alone!"

"DRACO!" Blaise shouted, shaking his shoulders really hard.

"Huh?"

"Come on man, we're going to be late for breakfast." Blaise said loudly.

"Breakfast?" Draco asked, confused.

"Yeah, the most important meal of the day, remember?" Blaise said.

Draco realized he had had a nightmare. There were beads of sweat across his forehead and the covers had been kicked to the bottom of the bed.

"What the hell were you doing last night man?" Blaise asked, concerned as he picked up three pillows off the floor and put them back on Draco's bed.

"Oh, I was dreaming." Draco said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"I should think you bloody well was." Blaise said as he walked out of the bedroom and out into the common room.

Draco got up, had a wash, brushed his teeth, got dressed and walked out of the bedroom to a patiently waiting Blaise on one of the sofas.

"Ready?" Blaise asked, getting to his feet.

"Yeah but I thought breakfast was served for an extra hour on Saturdays." Draco said as they walked towards the portrait and climbed through.

"Yeah, it is, we over slept. Overslept big time." Blaise said.

Draco laughed at Blaise's comment. Draco couldn't keep up with Blaise who was sprinting down the corridor. Draco just walked slowly behind, and soon Blaise was out of sight.

When Draco entered the Great Hall, it was full of people who looked like they too had only just woken up. The teachers had finished eating and were in deep conversation with the people next to them.

Draco scanned the Gryffindor table for Hermione. He didn't know why he was looking for her, she would obviously still be in the hospital wing. But then he saw a mane of curly brown hair sitting next to two red haired people, a male and a female and sat opposite was a black haired male. It was her! She was back. Everyone who passed her was patting her on her back and asking how she was feeling. Did they know? They couldn't know.

"Come on Draco." Blaise shouted over from the Slytherin table.

Draco looked at Blaise who was waving furiously and patting the seat next to him. Draco didn't even know he had stopped right in front of the doors. He walked over towards the Slytherin table and then turned round and headed for the Gryffindor table. He didn't care anymore, he didn't care what people thought. He wanted the whole world to know. He wanted to show this beauty off.

Once he reached Hermione he stood behind her and put his hands over her eyes. He ignored the dirty looks that the Gryffindors and Slytherins were giving him, the other houses hadn't even noticed.

"I know that touch any day Draco." She said with a smile.

He removed his hands from her face and she turned to face him. He took her hands in his and helped her up. She put her hands round his neck and he put his arms round her waist. And there, in front of half of the school, they kissed. Mouths dropped open, the hall went into silence. People turned round, stretched their necks. Loud, over reactive gasps could be heard and the most annoying sound of whispering and chatting gossips.

They broke the kiss and opened their eyes to bulging eyeballs. Draco smiled to Hermione and whispered 'I love you' in her ear before returning to his familiar Slytherin table to eat.

He could feel eyes burning into the back of his head. He ignored them and sat down next to Blaise.

"I'm proud of you man!" Blaise blurted out.

Draco smiled at him and without another word he ate his breakfast in silence and left the Great Hall. He started taking the root he had taken this morning, to get back to the Slytherin common room. The Hogsmead trip wouldn't be long so he had to get his money.

"Draco!" A familiar, male voice shouted from behind him.

Draco stopped and turned around to Harry.

"Potter? What the hell does he want?" Draco thought.

"I just wanted to say, it's obvious that if you was willing to do that in front of all those people, you and Hermione will be together for a while. We might as well, try to, get along." Harry said clearly.

Draco paused for a moment while he took in all the information.

"Is this some kind of Gryffindor prank because if it is…"

"It's not. I'm being very serious." Harry replied.

"Erm…ok then, we could try. Does this include Ron as well?" Draco asked.

"I'm sure I could persuade him." Harry said with a grin.

"Ok, cool." Draco said while holding his hand out in front of him which Harry automatically shook.

"I remember the last time you put your hand out to me to shake, first year, it didn't go very well did it?" Harry said with a laugh.

"No, it didn't." Draco said whilst laughing back.

They released hands.

"Oh and Hermione needs to talk to you later, it's important." Harry said.

"Ok." Draco replied.

Draco turned on his heel and continued to walk down the corridor and Harry turned round and went back into the great hall.

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"Roll up, roll up. Hogsmead trip! Those with permission forms, come right this way, those without, you aren't going anywhere, so stay where you are!" Filch shouted in his usual dry tone.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco followed the crowds that were trotting along behind Filch. To get to Hogsmead they used the carriage that they used to get from the train station to Hogwarts. They were pulled by thestrals. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco shared a carriage.

"I need to talk to you Draco." Hermione said.

"Go ahead." Draco said.

"I'll tell you when we get to Hogsmead.

"Ok." He replied.

"So…" Ron said.

"So who's your date going to be for the prom?" Hermione asked Harry.

"Pavarti. She asked me yesterday, I couldn't exactly say no." Harry said.

"Oh right. What about you Ron?" Hermione asked.

"Lavender. I asked her ages ago." Ron said looking smug with himself.

"I'm taking Pansy Parkinson." Draco said loudly.

Harry and Ron looked at him seriously.

"Just kidding!" Draco laughed.

Hermione and Harry laughed but Ron didn't get it.

Seeing Ron's confused look Hermione said, "Just forget it Ronald."

Shortly after, their carriages came to a halt. Everyone began flowing out and running off in all different directions.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco walked through Hogsmead, and they split up for a while so that Harry and Ron could go to get their outfits and Draco and Hermione could get theirs.

"Meet up in an hour and a half in the Three Broomsticks." Hermione said to them, they nodded to show they had understood and walked off.

Harry and Ron went to a shop right down the bottom called 'Framorder's Formal Wear', and Hermione and Draco went to a fancy dress shop. They tried on many different outfits, Adam and Eve, which they both found hilarious, Samson and Delilah, Arthur and Guenevere, Robin Hood and Maid Marian and Helen of Troy and Adam. They must have tried on about fifty different costumes until Hermione found one that she absolutely adored.

"Please Draco it's the best I've tried on so far, I love it." Hermione pleaded with Draco.

"Ok, ok." Draco gave in.

Draco payed for their outfits, it was his treat, and they left the shop with a bag full of accessories for the prom. After they had a walk around and brought a couple more things they headed to the Three Broomsticks, where they were meeting Harry and Ron.

They were already in their, sitting in the corner drinking hot butterbeers. Harry waved his hands over to Hermione and Draco. When they spotted them they walked over and sat at the table with them.

"We just got you a drink." Harry said to Hermione and Draco.

There were two butterbeers on the table for Hermione and Draco, they sat down and began gulping them down.

"Thanks." Hermione said, as she stopped for a breath half way through her drink.

"Cheers." Draco said as he drank the last drop of his.

They discussed where they had been but Hermione would not reveal who her and Draco would be going as that night. She wanted it to be a surprise. Harry and Ron had a black tuxedo, with a pair of trousers, a shirt and tie and a pair of shiny, new shoes.

They also went to various sweet shops where they brought countless amounts of sweets.

"So…you needed to talk to me?" Draco blurted out.

"Oh yes…right, when I tell you, I don't want you to freak ok?" Hermione said.

"Just tell me." Draco said.

"Ok, well…last night when you left, not long after Professor Snape came into the hospital wing. I pretended to be asleep, anyway, Dumbledore came in next with Professor McGonagall. The next thing I heard was Dumbledore talking outside the hospital wing. McGonagall stayed in the hospital with me and Snape went out as well. I could you're your father saying how he wanted me dead. Basically, Lucius told Snape to kill me and Dumbledore and Snape set him up. So your father thought Snape was going to kill me right and…" Hermione said quietly.

"I already know." Draco said.

"What?" Hermione asked.

"I said, I already know." Draco said.

"But how?" Hermione asked, Harry and Ron looked confused as well.

"Dumbledore told me after breakfast this morning. " Draco said.

"Really?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah. They let me see my father before he was sent to Azkaban. The dementors are giving him the kiss later on this week." Draco said.

"Oh." Hermione said.

"It's ok." Draco began. "He thought I was going to help him but I just spat in his face and told him he deserves what he gets, if he gets death then he gets death."

"So, why didn't you tell me?" Hermione asked.

"I didn't want to scare you or worry you but looks like you knew anyway." Draco said.

After they had drank their drinks they got up and headed back to the carriages, they were one of the last groups to arrive back so they didn't have to wait long for the rest to get back.

They got into a carriage and they saw Neville and Seamus walk past. Then Pansy with a group of friends. And finally, Crabbe and Goyle who were stuffing their faces furiously with all kinds of sweets. The journey back was quiet; it only took them ten minutes before they reached Hogwarts. Everyone left the carriages and ran back into the school as it just started to rain.

Most people went back to their common rooms to show each other there things that they had spent their money on. The prom would begin at 8:30pm and it was only 6 o'clock so they had ages left.

"I've just got to go back to the Gryffindor common room to get my things. I moved them out the hospital wing this morning." Hermione said to Draco.

"Ok, shall I meet you back in our common room then?" Draco asked as he took Hermione's costume bag off her.

"Yeah, sure I won't be long babe." Hermione said as she kissed Draco on the cheek and went to the Gryffindor common room with Harry and Ron.

She picked up her things from the girls dormitories and came back down to Harry and Ron who were sitting by the fire in the common room.

"I'll meet you at the prom then?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, we'll be there about half eight." Ron said.

"Okay, goodbye guys." Hermione said as she walked over to the door to leave.

"The last time you said that to us, we nearly lost you." Ron blurted out.

Harry shot him a cold glare and Hermione turned round.

"I'm not going anywhere Ronald." Hermione said.

He smiled and got up and gave her a hug. She was caught rather off guard by his actions but she hugged him back anyway. When they broke the hug she left the common room and went to the heads common room.

When she got there, Draco was sitting down with Milo on his lap. She ran over to Milo and touched him and then kissed his head.

"Don't I get one?" Draco asked.

Hermione touched Draco's head and laughed. Then she kissed him on the lips.

"So when did you get Milo back?' She asked Draco, sitting down beside him.

"Just now." He said.

Hermione smiled and leaned her head back.

"I've got a surprise for you." Draco said.

"Have you?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah come with me." He said.

Draco picked Milo up and placed him on the sofa where he had just been sitting. Hermione stood up and followed Draco. They went over to the dining room and when they reached the door he stopped.

"Close your eyes and no peeking." He said.

She closed her eyes and Draco took her hands in his and guided her. He opened the door and they walked into the room. After a few steps they stopped.

"Ok open." He said.

She opened her eyes and scanned the room. There were all the decorations for the prom. Draco did all this for her. A tear rolled down her cheek.

"Hey…what's wrong?" He asked her.

"You are so sweet." She said, now sobbing.

He pulled her into a hug and after a while she felt better. They had to start taking all the decorations down so Hermione managed to get five house elves that were more than happy to help and they took everything down to the Great Hall.

Of course, with the help of magic, the hall was decorated in no time. The house tables were gone and were replaced by circle tables around the room, decorated with a table cloth and flowers, the lights were dimmed, the bewitched ceiling had floating fire balls instead of candles, there was a disco ball in the centre of the room and underneath was a big dance floor. Above the teacher's staff table was a banner saying 'Goodbye 7th years!' which Madame Pomfrey had kindly made.

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"Best start getting ready then." Hermione said as they just got back to their common room.

"God, time flies by when you're having fun." He said. "Your costume is on your bed.

"Ok, thanks." She said.

Sure enough it was half past seven. They went into their rooms and began to get ready. They both washed first and Hermione went over to her bed where Draco had placed her costume.

First she started on her hair; she brushed it and tied it back before taking the black wig from her bed and putting it over her hair. It was a short wig; the hair length came to her shoulders. On the wig was gold plaited embroidery with tassels on the end. She then slipped on her white tunic, which was made from a beautiful cotton material. The only detail it had were gold gems around the bottom of the dress and around the sleeves. She then added the gold collar to her neck. It was an Egyptian like necklace. She put on gold beads to her wrists, luckily covering her scars, and added a gold serpent, arm bracelet to the top of her arm. She slipped on her brown leather sandals, which had a line of gold color across the front.

After she had got dressed she went to bathroom and began with her make-up. She added a light, bronze powder to her face before putting on gold eye shadow, black eye liner, which she flicked out at the corners of her eyes and long, gold, fake eye lashes. To finish off she added a bronze lip-gloss.

Hermione lifted her dress up and took the last item which was on the bed, a gold garter. She slid it up her leg and tucked her wand into it. She went back into her bathroom and looked in the mirror.

"Done." She said.

She walked out of the bathroom, out the bedroom and into the common room. Draco was already waiting for her. He had a Roman-like white skirt on with brown and gold around the hem. He had a plain, brown sleeveless, suede jacket on. Underneath was a white top with a pretty gold pattern around the sleeves. He also had a gold serpent arm bracelet around the top part of his arm. Gold bracelets finished it off. Hermione looked down at his feet and he also had brown sandals.

"You look absolutely beautiful." Draco said, as he stood up.

"Not too bad yourself." She said.

He took her hand and held it as they walked out the common room and down the corridor towards the Great Hall. It was already 9 o'clock, they weren't that late but they expected everyone had already arrived. And they were right.

When they reached the doors to the Great Hall they stopped just outside.

"Ready my Egyptian queen?" Draco asked her.

"Ready!" She said with a certain smile.

Draco pushed open the doors and they stood at the doorway. All heads turned to them and a shining light focused on the pair. All the girls looked at Hermione with an honest feeling of jealousy. All the guys were jealous as well that Draco Malfoy was here with her and not them.

They stood in the doorway for a few more moments, all eyes on them before they walked in. For one night, and one night only, Draco and Hermione were Cleopatra and Anthony.

They found Ron and Harry and joined them. They danced the night away, and Hermione felt the happiest she had ever been. She had the most gorgeous boyfriend who was friends with her two best friends and she was having so much fun. Everyone was too busy getting pissed and partying to notice anything.

But yet did they know that Pansy Parkinson was sitting in the corner in a Dracula's bride costume with her Dracula next to her, watching Hermione and Draco. Pansy had just become a deatheater, and so had her Dracula, Blaise Zabini. Pansy wanted revenge and under the dark lord's orders, Blaise had to kill Hermione or kill himself.

The end

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Well everyone, that's it. I want to thank EVERYONE and ANYONE who has ever reviewed my fic, every single review I got counted. I just couldn't have done it without you.

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Of course, all my other reviewers have been great, but that person's name stuck in my head from day one. I hope when I write my next fan fic, all my readers and reviewers come and join me. Thanks AGAIN lol.

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