Harry Potter: Fan fiction
The Healing Touch of Music
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Author's Note: Hello everyone, I just want to say thank you to Story Lover, for such a nice review you made my day. Also thank you for everyone who took the time to read this story, I only meant this story to last 10 chapters and now nearly a year later we are on 25 and counting, so I hope you enjoy and without further ado, here is the chapter.
Chapter 25: Unexpected Advice
Hermione's POV:
When I opened my eyes after apparating, I found myself standing on a large field of grass in front of a massive 3 story square building, we had landed in the back garden. Large glass windows covered the back of the ground floor. Smaller windows were scattered across the 2nd floor and 3rd floor clearly where the bed rooms and classrooms were. The bricks were grey and quite intimidating, but not as intimidating as Malfoy Manor I recalled. When everyone arrived we were led inside.
It turned out the large glass panels on the ground floor were also large sliding doors, we entered into a open planned area. On the left there was a large kitchen with muggle appliances, it would be interesting to see the Slytherin's try and work them. On the right there was there was a lounge area with loads of chairs, couches and even some large bean bags, more than enough to seat everyone. Straight in front of us was a large dining table that extended into the kitchen, clearly were we would be eating.
"This is going to be your home for the foreseeable future. I would like to introduce you to your hostess who will show you all to your rooms and classrooms." James said after letting us look around for a few minutes. A girl who must be around our age or maybe a year older with light blond long hair and light grey eyes, walked into the room, she looked strangely similar to Draco.
"Hello I am Sara, and I am the granddaughter of the owner of this house. The house and garden is protected however in the garden there is a large oak tree with roses and a lake around it, if you go past one foot past the end of the lake there the protections stop and you can be found so please don't go past that point. There is no curfew but please be on time of lessons and any meetings that need to be had. Dinner will be served at 6 each night, and 2 of you will be in charge of cooking each and that will alternate, and the washing up will be done by a different pair and this will also alternate. There will be a rota up later that will tell you who will be with who. You will have to make breakfast and lunch yourselves but all the cupboards are magical so anything you think of will appear in them. For example, if you wanted milk go to the fridge and put your hand on the door think about it, when you open the door the milk will appear. Please keep your rooms tidy and clean cleaning supplies are in the bathrooms which I will show you shortly." She finished and looked to James
"I want you all to be respectful of Sara and the rules of the house. You will still be having lessons while you are here. You will be taught with the person closest to you academically and you will be told who that is later. So without futher ado, Sara and I are going to take you to your rooms. Boys with me, girls with Sara."
Sara led us up to the 3rd floor, were all the bedrooms were, meaning the classrooms would be on the 2nd floor. "Okay, there are 7 girls including me, so that means that 6 will share and 1 will have room to there-selves. As I don't mind either I thought I'd give you the choice."
"Well," Ginny started, "Hermione and I will share a room," she looked over at me and I nodded.
"Can I have a room to myself please?" Luna said dreamily.
"Yes, that's fine," Sara nodded, "Do you to want share a room?" She asked Kia and Jasmine who nodded, "Okay that leaves you and me Pansy."
"Yeah that's fine." Pansy said, why did I get the feeling they already knew of each other at least.
Harry's POV
Ron and I ended up sharing a room, Malfoy and Zabini shared as did Dean and Neville and Nott had a room to his-self. As you walked into our room, my bed was on the left and Ron's was on the right, we had drawers at the end of our beds, and our trunks went under our beds. We also had a ensuite bathroom, which had the cleaning products Sara mentioned previously. It also turned out that our room was next to Parkinson and Sara's and Neville and Dean's.
After we settled into our rooms we went back downstairs in the lounge area and my dad was sat on a couch obviously waiting for us. When everyone came back from their rooms, dad told us all to sit down.
"Right, now you are all settled into your room, I am going to tell you who you will be having your lessons with, remember that the person you have been paired with are the closest to you on an academic ground, we have tried too match you across all subjects so obviously the paring won't be perfect. Anyway these are the pairings, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley and Kia Potter, Blaise Zabini and Dean Thomas, Harry Potter and Theo Nott, Pansy Parkinson and Jasmine Black, Sara Malfoy and Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood. Neville and Luna I know you aren't in the same year group but as you are being taught the same things you will be fine."
I'm really not sure why dad thought it would be a good idea to put me with Nott, theres something about him that puts me on edge even more than Malfoy does and I'm not sure why. When I asked Gin about it, she said that it's because I'm just being protective over Kia. But why would that be it when Kia doesn't like Theo, does she?
Hermione's POV
When I was put with Draco again, part of me wasn't surprised. But we were paired based on academic ability, and I knew I was the top of the class (they didn't call me a book worm for nothing), so Draco must be second to me. I guess that didn't help his hatred of me, I hate coming second and to come second to someone who is not 'pureblood' when pureblood are supposedly more magical than muggle borns must have made his parents tough on him.
I was surprised however to here that Ron was paired with Sara Malfoy, Malfoy isn't exactly a common name in the magical world. So was this Sara Malfoy and Draco related? And if so, how? He's never mentioned that he had a sister, but then again he never really spoke about him self much.
After James gave us our time tables, we found that Ginny and Parkinson was cooking tonight, which was an interesting pairing, I've got to say, and Draco and Dean was washing up, again I'd be interested to see how that turns out.
We didn't really do anything else for the rest of the evening until 5 came and it was time for Ginny and Parkinson to start cooking.
Pansy's POV
Who thought it was a good idea to put and Weasley and I together to cook? Two purebloods, and I don't know about her but I can't cook. To make matters worse everyone left to go to 'settle in' or play music or do anything but be in the kitchen which I was 'highly grateful for' I though sarcastically.
"Can you cook?" Weasley asked me once everyone left. I decided it was easier on both of us if I wasn't difficult with her. Wow I really had changed.
"No, I was never allowed near the kitchen at home and obviously we didn't cook at Hogwarts. Why can you?"
"Yeah my mum taught me a lot over summers and christmas breaks, well she taught all of us bits, but I think I learned the most, cause I was the most interested." She shrugged.
"Well what she we cook then?"
"Lets keep it simple with a spaghetti bolognese anyone doesn't like it then they'll have to make themselves something else, trying to make something that everyone will like will be hard."
"Okay." She taught me a few cooking spells like chopping onion and pepper at once, I couldn't do any more than that but she said that was good for someone who has never done it before.
After a few minutes silent working, out of nowhere she said, "You're killing him you know."
What was that suppose to mean? "Who exactly."
"Dean." Dean. I knew I being unfair to him but I couldn't risk it, I couldn't risk his life, he meant way too much to me.
"Look Weasley, one I don't see how this has anything to do with you, and I am protecting him trust me it would do neither of us good for me to act even friendly with him."
"One he's my best friend, his heart has already been broken, not by me by the way, and I couldn't stand for that to happen to him again. And two your in a protected safe house, speak to him now why you have the chance. Don't leave it under the pre-tense you're protecting him, that's the fastest way to loose him before you even got the chance to see if you would work out."
"Look he may not even like me that much, you don't know that what you're saying is actually true." I was panicking now, I didn't know how to talk to him, I didn't know how to be in a relationship, I didn't know how to love anyone. And I was starting to feel emotions I have never felt before not even for Theo, and quite honestly it was scaring the living shit out of me.
Harry's POV
"It's been ages since it's just been us three," Hermione said, and she was right. We hadn't really hung out just us three all year, what with all the new additions to our group and the on going drama. She was sat on my bed leaned against my head board, and I was sat further down the bed leaning on the wall, and Ron was sat on his bed facing us.
"Well while it is just three are you going to tell us what is going on with Malfoy?" I asked innocently, or I tried to, I wasn't completely dense I knew that something was going on between them.
"Nothing is going on." She replied looking down.
"So you're just blushing for the fun of it then?" Ron smirked. I honestly thought this would bother him but maybe he did finally get over her.
"Look even if something was going on, we couldn't be together anyway, not with the arranged marriages and the fact his father wants to kill me."
"Oh my dad is coming back again tomorrow to talk with some of them about that, apparently there may be a way to get around it. But I'm not sure what because he didn't say."
"It's mental arranged marriages are still things, they are so old fashioned." Ron pointed out.
"I know, but pureblood values are old fashioned aren't they?" I said.
"Well yeah, I guess, its just so controlling, isn't it? I couldn't imagine having the person I'd marry, be picked out for me before I was born. I don't even know who I would now given the choice!" Hermione added.
"So not Malfoy then," I teased.
"No Harry, I would just like the chance to be with who I want to without having to worry about if I want to marry them or not."
"So you do like Malfoy?!" Ron exclaimed.
"I didn't say that," She tried to defend herself but failed miserably.
"You didn't have to Hermione." I said trying not to smirk.
"It's alright for you Harry, you and Ginny are perfect for each other." I knew that would come up at some point."
"Yeah, but look how long it took us to get there? And ost of us aren't even 19 yet, we don't have to figure this stuff out yet."
At this point Ginny came in announcing dinner, so our conversation was cut short.
Dean's POV
Of all people it had to be Malfoy, didn't it? I couldn't be bothered with the snide comments and rudeness, especially since Pansy was his best friend, and I knew they probably knew by now how I felt.
So when the first sentence out of his mouth once we were left alone to do the dishes was, "Can I offer you some advice Thomas?" I was taken aback.
"On dishes, I'm pretty sure I know how to do them better than you."
"Well I meant on Pansy, but it may be a good idea to cut off the water before it goes all over the floor." I noticed he was right and cut it off quickly, I really wasn't with it lately.
"Sure Malfoy, whats your advice on Parkinson then?" Like he'd actually be able to give me any.
"First, lets not pretend that you aren't in love with her Thomas, I'm not blind." Well he's never heard of breaking it in gently has he?
"Nice assumption Malfoy."
"We both know it's not an assumption and I see how you look at her, you'd do anything for her Thomas and I know that.
"The issue is, is that the whole prospect of a relationship, scares the hell out of her. She has never been shown what love is or how to express it, she has grown up with the notion that marriage is for power and status and you have a child to give the money down to and maintain this status and your estates.
"The fact that it's so easy for you to show your love for her, worries her because she isn't able to do the same thing. She has cried once in 13 years Thomas, and if you think a relationship with her, even if you could be with her, would be easy you'd be mistaken. She'll push you away and try hard to get you to leave her, she'll hit you (verbally) with everything she can, because it's the only thing she'll know how to do. You'll have to be stronger, you'll have show her you are going no where and eventually she'll believe you but that could take years.
"Are you seriously up for that Thomas? If you are, speak to her, but do it slowly, don't just tell her you love her, she'll freak out. Start out being friends, you have the chance at the safe house but just make sure you don't break yourself in the process."