"Mom, Dad," Hermione ran over to her parents and gave them a big hug
"Hermione what's going on? Draco came and told us that you needed to talk to us right now but when we got here you weren't here. What's going on?" her mom asked
Hermione glanced and Draco and mouthed, "Is your Aunt still here?"
He nodded
"Follow me please," she said and turned and headed up the stairs with her parents in tow and Draco bringing up the rear.
Hermione pushed open her bedroom door and showed her parents to the armchairs by the roaring fire. She then walked over to the bathroom and splashed some water on her face. Draco walked in behind her and wrapped his arms around her stomach, "I love you," he said
She turned and said, "No Draco please don't."
Her parents must have heard them because she heard them quickly stand up.
"I have to go Hermione," he said quietly, "I've got it arranged with the Order everything is going to be fine."
She could hear her parents sit back down.
"I promise," he whispered in her ear. He pulled out his wand and muttered Silencio so her parents wouldn't hear anything they said and then said to Hermione, "Are you going to tell them?"
"I'll have to won't I," she replied, "But I'm not looking forward to it. They'll kill me."
"Wait for me to come back and then I'll help you. But you have to go and tell them why they are here. And whatever you do don't let them leave. Got it?"
She nodded
"Okay I have to go," he reached into his pocket to make sure his mask was there and then he looked at his watch, "Hermione I have to go now," he said
"Okay, but how are you going to show your Aunt your with them but in the mean time not harm any order members?"
He placed his lips on hers and kissed her and then said, "Do you think I would be that stupid?"
"Well no," she replied
"I've got it figured out."
They walked out into the bedroom and Draco leaned over and kissed her and then muttered, "I love you, and I'm sorry about everything before. And don't worry."
"I love you to," she said
Draco looked at his watch again and then pulled his mask out of his pocket and put it on and pulled his hood up. With a final glance at Hermione he mouthed, "Don't worry."
She nodded and with that he was gone.
Her parents were staring at the spot where Malfoy had just been. Puzzlement was all that could be read on their faces.
Hermione wrung her hands and then walked over and sat down beside them. She pulled out her wand and pointed it at the door and locked it and then said, "Silencio."
"What's going on Hermione?" her parents demanded
"Why did Draco put a mask on and disappear?" her mother asked
"Okay mom, dad I'll explain to you but you'll have to be patient."
"Okay," her father said
"Well in the seventies there was a wizard rising to power. Our world was in the middle of a war against his followers. They called themselves Death Eaters. They stopped at nothing to cause the most pain against anyone that wasn't pureblood and believe exactly what they did. They funny thing is Lord Voldemort was a half blood himself. His mother was a witch but his father was a muggle, but he always hated mudbloods, that's what they call them it means dirty blood so somebody that is not completely of wizard heritage."
"Like you," her father said
"Yes I'm muggle born that's what people that are not on the Dark Side call us. So in '81 Harry caused his downfall. Nobody knows how he did it but Voldemort just disappeared for 10 years there was no trace of him and his followers came back to our side saying that they were forced to become his followers and they had no choice that he threatened them and their families. So at the end of my first year Harry faced him again but he wasn't completely himself. He had found somebody in this case one of our Professors that was stupid enough to give him a body. So Harry stopped him from returning to power and then again in Second year he went up against him again. This time he went to save Ginny and met up with Voldemort. It wasn't exactly him but it's too hard to explain. He wasn't able to return to power again. The next year we found out who betrayed Harry's parents and it wasn't the person that had been blamed for it before. So the real traitor escaped and made his way back to Voldemort's side. In fourth year Voldemort came basically back to life. After 14 years he was back. For a whole year the wizarding world didn't believe Harry. Only a select few, myself included. Dumbledore believed him and tried to tell the Ministry which is the government what was going on but they refused to believe it. So Dumbledore called together this organization hat he at found when Voldemort's first rise to power was going on. They were the ones that fought against the Death Eaters."
"Hermione," her mom interrupted, "Why are you telling us all this now?"
"You need to know. You'll find out in a minute," she answered and then continued on with her story, "So this group was called The Order of the Phoenix. At the end of fifth year there was a battle in the Ministry of Magic itself and the Minister for Magic could not deny it any longer, Lord Voldemort was back."
"Why wouldn't they admit it before?" her father asked
"Good question, so the minister who was an idiot didn't want to believe it was true because being the idiot that he was he thought that if he didn't believe it, it wouldn't be true. Basically he was in denial. He didn't want what had happened years before to happen again. Nobody could go and make friends with anybody off the street because they could have been Death Eaters. The only people you could trust were your friends and even then that was a risk. It was dark times and nobody wanted to believe that the past might repeat itself. So back to my story, my sixth year was the worst. For fifth year Voldemort was laying low but he had come out in full force last year. Every day people were found dead. It seemed that history had and was indeed repeating itself. So we went back to school and everyday learning of more deaths and then Harry and Dumbledore went off one day and came back later that night. And…" she could talk she wiped a tear away remembering her dead Headmaster, "And…," she didn't know if she could and even if she should say it, "Somebody had found a way to sneak Death Eaters into the castle. The person inside the school was told the he had to kill Dumbledore. It was his mission because his father had been quite close to Voldemort and failed him. And Voldemort didn't take that lightly. So he was taking it out on his son. All this person had ever known was to hate muggle borns and half bloods and that they were not worth having around. He made fun of and basically tortured me and other people through out years at school. So he was supposed to kill Voldemort. There was a huge battle throughout the school and the Order appeared to battle the Death Eaters but this person had to kill Dumbledore. His mother had gone and made an unbreakable vow with one of our teachers and somebody that Dumbledore believe to have switched sides and become spy for us. So this unbreakable vow which means they have to carry it out or they die was that if her son couldn't kill Dumbledore that he would. So the person couldn't so our Professor did and…" she wiped another tear, "And Dumbledore who was weak from the potion that he drank on his and Harry's mission didn't even fight back. He said, please just do it. Those were his exact words…" she broke down
"It's okay," her mom said, "Go on."
"I don't feel good," Hermione said
"Hermione, it's happened you can't change it. Don't worry yourself sick over it," her mother said
"No I really don't feel good," she jumped up and ran into the bathroom and threw up in the toilet.
Her parents ran in behind her and when she had finished throwing up they said, "Maybe it's not a good time for this."
"No I have to tell you."
"Okay then but come and lay in bed."
"I'm fine."
Her mom looked at her strangely and then nodded, "Okay."
Hermione rinsed her mouth and then they walked back out to the armchairs, "So The Professor and the person ran for the gates of Hogwarts so they could get away. Harry ran after them but couldn't stop them. So that was the end of it. Well that battle was. A few days later we had Dumbledore's funeral then our new Headmistress told us that Hogwarts might not even be open for the next year. This year. So Harry on the train told Ron and I that even if Hogwarts was still open he wouldn't be returning."
"But I thought he did?" her father asked
"I'll get to it. So we went back to Order Headquarters, that's where I spent the majority of the summer preparing for the Final Battle and the Horcrux search. We went off and found the Horcruxs and then all that was left was to kill Voldemort."
"What's a Horcrux?" her father asked
"Well it's a part of your soul. Most evil wizards might have one but Voldemort had seven. To make one you have to kill one person."
Her parents cringed
"So we destroyed these parts of his soul because as long as they were still out there Voldemort couldn't die. He would take part of his soul and live off that from one of the Horcruxs. So the last battle game and we killed many of the Death Eaters and Harry killed Voldemort himself. The Death Eaters killed included the boy's father. But the boy's aunt survived and because she had been Voldemort's right hand man took up the position. They stayed dormant so everybody thought that since Voldemort was gone it was over but that's why you are here. The Death Eaters have arranged an attack on Cambridge. Tonight."
Her parents gasped, "How do you know?"
"Okay well this boy went into hiding after last June and his Aunt found him and forced him to come back to being a Death Eater but something Dumbledore had said that night on the tower changed him. Dumbledore said that he didn't have to do it and the Order could offer him protection. So he talked to McGonagoll who now that Dumbledore is gone is the Head of the Order and she agreed. The boy turned spy for us. He never had it in him to become a Death Eater. If it wasn't for his Father well I don't think, no I know he would have never even considered doing what he did. He grew up only knowing what his farther wanted him to. So he went to all the Death Eater meetings and promised his Aunt that he would never betray them or his family name. He also said the he was dating this person to get close to the order. No other reason."
Her parents nodded
"So he was at a meeting and found out that there was an attack on Cambridge and he went and informed the Order who jumped into action and I found out. I freaked. I knew that right where the attack was going to be was where you were supposed to be. The Town Square tonight for New Years Eve."
Her parents gasped again. They hadn't realized that when Draco had told them that they needed to come with him that it could mean their lives if they didn.t
"So I found out and Draco came to get you. I was at Headquarters when you arrived. That's why I arrived after you."
"So who is this boy?" her father asked
Hermione turned to him and said, "Draco, the person is Draco."
Her parents gasped, "Oh my god," they cried, "Hermione how can you be around him if he is a Death Eater or whatever they are called and they kill people like you?"
"Draco would never do that. The Order trusts him, McGonagoll trusts him and I trust him. So I just want you to know that you are safe here. Okay? And Draco has gone off with the Death Eaters. He isn't one but he needs to fool his Aunt so he can keep giving information to the Order. He wouldn't hurt anybody though."
"What about all of our friends that are at the party? What's going to happen to them?"
"I don't know you just have to hope for the best. But you are safe," Hermione said. She stood up and said, "Draco's Aunt is down stairs with his mom. She won't be at the attack because she has the Death Eaters doing her dirty work. Also she can't be caught by the Ministry or the Order. I have a feeling the Ministry will be here soon though," Hermione laughed
"But aren't the Ministry and Order on the same side?" her mom asked
"No the Ministry thinks that they are doing the right thing but they aren't smart enough to get the information needed so they hate the Order as much as they hate the Death Eaters. But most of the Order members are Ministry officials and they basically do their jobs at the Ministry but pretend they are cracking down on the Order when really they are feeding the false information. So no the ministry is kinda in the middle. Some things they do stalls the Order and helps the Death Eaters and vice versa. I have to go and talk to Narcissa. I'll be back in a minute. Don't whatever you do leave this room. If Bellatrix finds you she will stop at nothing to get the information I just told you out of you. I'll lock the door so nobody can get in and I'll hide the door so they can't find it. I'll be back in a minute."
Hermione walked out of the door and turned and muttered all sorts of spells and once she was satisfied turned and headed downstairs. 'Now telling them I'm pregnant should bother them so much right now. They were pretty upset when they heard about the attack. They should be relieved that that's my only problem,' she thought
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a/n well the next chapter will be the attack and possibly some more of New Years. Please review and maybe I'll have an update tomorrow. Sorry it was going to be longer but my brother came and said he wants to go on the computer. So got to go. Please review. Thanks to all that have.
