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Draco woke up early the next morning and let Harry sleep in slightly. The night before he'd asked Lola before she went to sleep herself to organise the letters they'd received into two piles pertaining to the Warrens family and the Potter family respectively. Lola greeted him with a smile and handed him a cup of coffee as he grabbed one of the letters from the Warrens pile and slit it open with an emerald letter opener he'd stolen from Lucius but had loved. Besides which in all the chaos Lucius hadn't missed it. He pulled out the letter and opened it reading it to himself.
Dear Mr/Lord Draconis Warrens,
I was not sure how you would prefer to be addressed so I have chosen to put both titles in and you may tell me yourself how you like to be addressed later on. I wish first of all to congratulate you on your marriage to the wonderful Mr Potter. My family and I are delighted for you. We wish to give you both a wedding gift of your own choosing so please whenever you have time write back to me with whatever you would like and I shall make it so.
I am writing to you with a request and I would be most honoured if you would consider it. This alone would be an honour. Should you accept what I ask of you I would naturally be over the moon! Anyone with eyes can tell the dark Lord is back. I realise the Ministry thinks that lying to everyone about it is wise but it truly is not and may even be their downfall. If I know one constant it is that not only is Harry Potter right but he is light as well. You would not have married him were he dark I can but assume. It is after all the most logical choice.
As for what I am looking for I have a daughter who would be in danger in this upcoming war in which my family refuses point blank to support the dark side. I don't care what happens to me as a consequence of that choice but my daughter is different. Whatever about me I mean I've made my bed and I will lie in it but she shouldn't have to suffer with me. Would you please consider making her a ward or vassal of House Warrens? I would be forever in your debt if you do. Either way whatever choice you make I endeavour to fully support you and Mr Potter in any way I can. My daughter Felicity Spume is sixteen like you are. My name is Albert Spume. Thank you for taking the time to read my correspondence.
Signed,
Lord Albert Spume.
Draco read the letter his eyebrows rising higher and higher the more he read it. If he had thought correspondence might say anything this would not have been it. "Lola please fetch me pigeon hole trunk in which I can put these letters for consideration. I'll discuss this with Harry later and see what he advises me to do. If I get a lot of letters like this I'll need to be careful with how I deal with them all. I don't want everyone to get mad at me!" he said as she summoned the trunk he'd asked for. It was a special trunk with openings on the top which sorted your letters and correspondences into pigeon holes to be saved for later. He decided as he still had some time to open one more letter.
Dear Draconis and Harrison Potter Warrens,
I trust that my package arrived well and in good time. I thought that the designer cloaks with the birthstone fastenings on them were a classy touch of elegance you two deserve. I am sure you will find them most wearable. I mean black does go with everything and the unique pop of colour in the clasps will not have been seen by many people for sure. I am trusting that my English is well enough to send you a congratulations message. We do have many more packages coming for you too but they have not left us yet as we are putting the final touches on them. What Harrison did for my youngest daughter has never been forgotten saving her life like that. I offer to you both a tour of my Ministry whenever would be convenient for you both. You will always have a second home here in Paris should you ever want one. Thank you Draconis for bringing such joy to this wonderful young man he has truly earned it.
Take good care of yourself now,
Signed Mr Pierre Delacour Minister of Magic en France.
He gasped at that the letter falling from his hands as Harry approached him smiling.
"Good morning handsome man! What is that?" he said gesturing towards the letter which Draco wordlessly handed to him so he could he read it for himself. Harry did so and then gasped as well.
"The Minister of Magic in France is writing to us of all people. I think we're the ones who should be honoured. That's Fleurs father. He's lovely. We'll have to take him up on the offer to tour the French Ministry of Magic. That would be awesome. Maybe in the summer we can do it or over the winter holidays we'll see" Harry responded kissing Draco deeply. He loved him so much.
They dressed up in their uniforms to head down to breakfast and after a quick shower was ready. When they arrived in the great hall Dumbledore looked both furious and highly relieved about something although they couldn't tell what and decided to leave him be until he asked to speak them later on. His looking that way may have nothing at all to even do with them. Last night at dinner something had felt different. That difference was of course the potion Snape had put into all the food. Now everyone who had ever been poisoned knew why they had been poisoned or at the very least what the poison was designed to make them do. The Weasley twins were on the receiving end of some furious looks from various houses and although they felt the same way couldn't understand why ire was directed at them. It hadn't yet occurred to them that everyone else also felt that way and not just them because that potion had been given to them all last night. At the head table Severus watched in satisfaction as everyone dawned on everything this morning. It would be interesting around here from now on. Hermione met Cormac in the unused classroom on the first floor as he asked of her. She entered to see him sitting down looking highly pensive.
"Come in and take a seat please. I have been advised that not only were you under the influence of a dangerous potion last week but that you told Professor Snape you'd take it again. My question is why? Look Hermione I think you're the best thing since sliced bread or the bee's knees whichever you prefer. You're so gorgeous and when we're together I genuinely feel like the luckiest guy alive. You agreed to be my girlfriend the other day and I wish to know where we now stand. How could you be so reckless? Did you know that the potion you took was designed to get you to do everything you normally wouldn't feel comfortable with!?" he snapped slapping the table with his fist as she jumped in her seat.
"Cormac I don't know what to say to you. I can't tell you who gave it to me as I gave him a vow I wouldn't tell anyone who he was. Professor Snape should really mind his own business. I only told him that if he asked me to take it again I would do so. He may never ask me to take it again we don't know. I…" she was cut off mid-sentence by herself as she ran to the bin and promptly threw up in it.
"Hermione are you alright?" he asked rushing over to her and rubbing her back gently. She looked highly conflicted.
"Yes I'm fine. I ate something funny yesterday and my tummy hasn't been right since. I'll be fine I'm sure of it. I still want to date you Cormac if you're willing but I don't usually um screw people in the library much less at all. Considering we've already done that and I loved it I am not about to say let's stop just next time we should probably screw in the room of requirement or something!" she said blushing deep red as he looked at her feeling deeply conflicted. How should he feel? What should he do now? It was such a mess.
"Ok fine but you need to give me a vow right now that you won't take that potion ever again or else I can't do this. It will break my heart but I could never be with someone like that!" he urged as she looked furious and burst into tears.
"I am sorry Cormac but I cannot give you that vow because as I told Professor Snape yesterday if the person in question asked me to take another I would do it without fail because of who he is. I trust him with my life and I cannot change that feeling inside of me. I know for sure he'd never kill me or cause me intentional harm and I can guarantee if I asked him to give me a vow to that affect he would do so!" she said adamantly. He stood then looking at her as tears welled in his own eyes.
"Is the Minister of Magic really worth it Hermione?" he thundered as she gasped.
"It wasn't him! I'd never take anything that fool gave me! I am not a total fool you know!" she snapped once more clutching at her stomach and trying hard to stop the rushing feeling of nausea within her. Her head ached and she had extreme nausea. She simply didn't need this right now.
"Then I can think of only one other person and I am bitterly disappointed in you and indeed him. I love you Hermione. I can no longer deny that any longer. I am sorry you couldn't see sense. Goodbye!" he said getting up and kissing her lips gently as he left the room tears streaming from his eyes. He'd always been an overly sensitive guy. He'd fallen hard for Hermione and was essentially having his own heart broken. It just wasn't fair. Feeling very sobered he walked slowly to breakfast feeling his heart break with each step he took. In the classroom Hermione stood stock still trying to register everything which had happened just now and failing to understand any of it. Maybe she should have given Cormac the vow I mean it's not like Albus would find out about it if she didn't mention it to him right? She got up quickly and ran from the room to find Cormac only to faint and pass out right behind him as she touched his shoulder making him scream in fright. She was taken to the hospital wing where Madam Pomfrey checked her over.
"Miss Granger I trust that you know our bodies are different from that of muggles. Then I must tell you..."