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Chapter twenty three: Son of a Death Eater
"Gin, When are you going to tell your mum that you know?" Hermione asked as they sat in Ginny's room at the Burrow. It was around eleven o'clock and they had been banished from the living room.
"I'm not sure if I will tell her Mione. Even if she isn't my biological mother, she's still my mother. She raised me she will always be mum to me." Ginny said. "I don't want her to feel that I will leave her or ever think that I am mad at her." she said looking at her hands suddenly.
"Gin, you still need to tell her, she is you mum like you have said three times in that last sentence." Hermione said and they both laughed. "I told my mum, she went ballistic when I did but still I told her."
"You haven't told our mother about Draco, I will tell mum when you tell mother about Draco." Hermione laughed, they had only recently came up with that system, Molly being mum and Amethyst being mother.
"Touché." Hermione said blushing, she had her reasons for not telling her mother about him. She had heard her talk badly about him and his family, her mother though him to be a death eater. In all honesty he was, he had gotten his mark the previous week and she knew he hadn't wanted it. Hermione had cried all night when she found out he had it, it had torn her apart internally and she wanted to take away his pain.
"When the war is over would be a good time to tell them, that way they don't have
to worry about us turning evil." Ginny said tuning her wand around in her hand. "Like that would ever happen." Ginny said looking out her window.
"Yeah, and then mother cant call my boyfriend a Death Eater." Hermione said looking blankly at the page of her book.
"When do you think Harry is going to come?" Ginny asked trying to change the subject seeing as Hermione had become upset. "Hey, I think I'm going to go get a glass of water." Ginny said a few seconds later as she got up from where she sat on the window seat. "Do you want to go with me?"
"No, I think I will just wait up here." Hermione said she skimmed through her book.
"Okay, but if I run into Phlegm you will feel the wrath of Ginny Alice Riddle." The girl said quietly as she walked from the room. They both started laughing.
"Don't forget that I'm one too!" She shouted to Ginny as she turned the page.
"Hermione!" Ginny said running back into the room. "Harry is here."
Hermione dropped her book and jumped up all within seconds. "Ohmyriddle really?"
"Yea, apparently he got here ten minuets ago." She said and the quickly made their way down stairs.
"Harry!" Hermione said running up to him and hugging him. "How have you been?"
"Oh, I have been… Horrible really. The Dursley's get worse every summer." He admitted after a few minuets.
"I'm so sorry, Harry." Hermione said to him as he sat down. "I know how hard it is to live with people who don't like you or only put up with you for their own selfish reasons.
"You cant possibly know that." He said and then Mrs. Weasley made them all go up stairs.
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"Wow!" Hermione said staring at Weasley's Wizards Wheezes. "How are they doing it? I mean almost every other shop is closed or blown apart."
"People need a good laugh every now and again." Ginny said to her as they stepped closer.
"Oh dear lord, they will be murdered in their beds!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed as she looked at the sign in their window, she was almost as white as Myrtle.
"You No Poo, The constipation sensation that is sweeping the nation." Ron read out loud, "I think it's funny." He said smiling.
"The Death Eaters don't." Hermione said and everyone looked at her. "I am assuming." She quickly said seeing Molly's concerned expression.
"You know you're not supposed to assume right?" Ron asked trying not to laugh.
"Yes Ronald and that makes you an immature ass as well, seeing as it makes an ass out of you and me." Hermione said quickly and with out missing a beat.
"Geez Hermione do you have to spoil all of my fun?" He asked angrily as they walked into the shop.
"Whoa!" She heard the boys say when they saw how much stuff was actually in the shop and they left Hermione and Ginny standing there.
"What should we do now?" Hermione asked Ginny as they stood there looking at all of the people.
"Oh, PYGMY PUFFS!" Ginny said and dragged Hermione over to what looked like a cage full of pink and Purple dust bunnies, but you have to admit they are kind of cute.
"They are so cute." Hermione said picking one up and playing with it.
"I have wanted one since I was five, Mum wouldn't let me have one." Ginny said picking out a little pink one. "I shall call him Arnold and my Arnold he shall be." She said admiring how cute it was as Hermione put the one she was holding back into it's pin.
"Do you not think they're adorable.?" Ginny demanded as she watched Hermione put hers back.
"Ginny, they are the most adorable creatures on earth, but I have Crookshanks." She grinned.
"Ohh, Good point." Ginny said walking g over to a fountain filled with what looked like pink bottles.
"Amortamia, love potion. The best there is." George said walking up behind them. "Can make the handsomest man fall in love with the ugliest woman. Smells good doesn't it?" He asked and both girls just nodded their heads. "They smell different to every single person in this room." He said in mater of fact way and then walked away.
"What do you smell, Hermione?" Ginny asked curiously.
"Spearmint tooth paste, fresh parchment, The scent you get just before it rain's and Draco's cologne." She said turning red when she realized what she had said. She even noticed a little girl looking at her, and Ginny just laughed at her.
"Hermione it isn't any thing to be embarrassed by." The girl continued to laugh, "It is a scent that attracts you, It's what the potion does."
"Okay then what do you smell?" Hermione asked hoping to get some dirt on Ginny.
"I smell Roses, Cinnamon, and Honey suckles." Ginny said smiling.
"Oh, yeah thanks Ginny all of yours are perfectly normal." Hermione said turning around to go find Harry and Ron who were rushing out of the door.
"Where are you two going?" She asked making them freeze.
"Oh, um we are following Malfoy. Him and his mum look like they are doing something suspicious." Ron said and Harry slapped his head in frustration. Harry hadn't wanted her to know.
"After that scene you made in the robe shop, you two are going to be killed yet." Hermione said shaking her head. "Well, if that's what you are doing then I am going with you." She said as Harry pulled out his cloak and threw it over all of them.
"We have to hurry before they notice we are gone. Gin is already looking for me." She said and they hurried out of the door and followed Narcissa and Draco into Knockturn ally.
"Where do you think they are going?" Ron asked quietly.
"No where good that's for sure." Harry said.
"Borgin and Burkes…" Hermione said watching them walk in to a store that she had heard a lot about from other people.
"Quick get an extendable ear." Ron said to Harry who was pulling out one of Fred and George's long magically charmed wax ears.
"…You know how to fix it?" The three heard Draco say to someone unseen.
"Possibly, can you bring it in for me to see? Maybe if I…" The man said but was rudely interrupted.
"No, I cant… It isn't a small item people would wonder if I brought it in here." Draco snapped.
"Maybe I can…" The man tried.
"I don't have time for this, just keep that one safe." He snapped and turned to leave. "Stupid Voldemort, why cant he just realize I don't want to do his dirty work." Hermione and Harry both heard Draco say but Ron didn't.
"Hermione you should go see if you can find out what he was looking for." Ron told her when Draco was gone, he even practically pushed her from under the cloak.
"God Ronald, do I have to do everything just because he's…" She said stopping herself mid sentence. "Never mind, it's not important." She said walking quickly into the shop.
"Horrible morning isn't it?" She said to the shop keeper a little to cheerfully as she walked in.
"Can I help you with something." He said.
"Yes, that boy who was just in here, Draco Malfoy, He's my friend and I am looking for a good birthday present for him." She said and the man began glaring at her. "And what I am getting at is that I don't want to get him something that he has reserved or may have purchased." She said looking at a beautiful necklace made of silver and Opal charms that was labeled 'cursed'
"Out!" The man screamed at her suddenly.
"Excuse me, why are you throwing me out when I plan to purchase something!" She demanded in her most arrogant slytherin like voice, she was a riddle of course and that helped her.
Shock crossed his face when she didn't run from the store in terror. "I-I.." He stammered.
"I will never shop here again, especially if I cant bye my best friend a gift with out getting yelled at!" She shouted and left the store.
"Miss I am sorry I thought you were being nosey and had been spying." The man said rushing into the ally. It even caught Draco's ,who was standing with his mother, attention. She stopped and made eye contact with them her expression said 'help me'.
"Well I can say that you assumption was false." She snapped and She turned back around to see Draco standing behind her and she jumped slightly. "I wanted help but, Ron is under the cloak with Harry don't do anything rash." She begged.
"You were spying." He said in a gentle voice but his expression would have fooled everyone that he was even being nice.
"Of course, I didn't know what they would have found out. I wasn't even supposed to know about their plan to spy, I was afraid they would find out." She told him.
"Is there a problem?" Narcissa asked loudly walking over to them, "Hello Hermione darling, I haven't seen you in ages." The woman said kindly with a harsh look on her face.
"Hello, Narcissa, It really has been a long time." Hermione said trying to look frightened.
"Hermione." She heard someone whisper to her and she spun around. "Ron isn't listening, I slipped him a day dream potion and he's in another world."
"Good than we can act this one out." Draco said.
"Mr. Borgin?" Draco asked as Narcissa put her hand on Hermione's shoulder in a comforting way.
"Yes, Mr. Malfoy." The man said nervously.
"Why were you so rude to Miss. Riddle." He said angrily as he used her proper name. "According to her she only wanted to purchase a gift for me."
"R- r- riddle." the man said now looking terrified, "I-I had no idea…"
"Hope that she doesn't tell her father, and it's not me you should be apologizing to." He said smirking at the man. "Hermia, are you going to forgive him?" He asked her.
"No, but I will have mercy and not tell father." She said and then the tree people walked around the corner and away from the man.
"That was brilliant." Harry said taking the cloak off. "I thought he was going to die with terror." Ron started to move.
"We need to get him away from here, he will be confused if he sees me talking to Draco." Hermione said.
"Yeah you are probably right, come on Ron, The magical fountain of glitter rainbows and sunshine is this way." Harry said laughing as he pulled the red head towards Diagonally.
"Magical fountain of glitter rainbows and sunshine…?" Both Hermione and Draco said laughing.
"I will have to remember to tease him with that one." He said turning to her. "I've missed you over the summer." he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Luckily Narcissa had gone into a jewelry store.
"I've missed you also." She said wrapping her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Missed you more." He said a few minuets later, "You haven't been trapped with horrible sole less people all summer." He said smiling at her.
"Excuse me young man, am I horrible and sole less?" Narcissa asked from behind them and Hermione and Draco let go of each other and turned to face her. The blond woman was smiling now holding a small bag.
"Sorry mum, I meant people like dad and Aunt and Uncle Lestrange." He said holding Hermione's hand in his own.
"I know what you meant, I just wanted to see how you would react." She said light heartedly with a smile.
"I better get going," Hermione said to Draco. "My sister is gong to be mad at me."
"Do you have to? Cant we just tell every one and you stay with me and sit with me on the train?" He asked pulling her into him again.
"Drake, you know we cant do that. Not yet anyways but someday we can." She told him as she looked into his silver blue eyes.
"Well then I guess I will let you go." He said before kissing her releasing her from his grasp. "I love you 'Mione." He said.
"I love you too Drake." She said before turning and walking away, and as she turned a corner she heard Narcissa say…
"You two are so cute together, I knew you two would be together ever since that day in the ice cream parlor." And Hermione smiled.
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"He's a Death Eater." Ron said for the millionth time as they closed the door to their compartment of the train.
"We don't know that for sure Ron." Hermione said knowing that he actually was a Death Eater, a very nice Death Eater, she couldn't help but think and the thought made her giggle.
"What's so funny about that Hermione?" he asked
"Nothing," she said simply. "I was just thinking about the magical fountain of glitter rainbows and sunshine." She said playfully and he turned sheet white.
"I was on daydream potion, so layoff." He snapped as a boy stepped into the compartment.
"I'm supposed to give these to Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter." He said handing the letters to them.
"Oh, thank you." Harry said taking his and then the boy left quickly.
"Who's Slughorn?" Neville asked Harry as he read his letter.
"New DADA teacher I think." Harry said as he got up, "I guess we should head that way." Harry said and both boys left the compartment.
Hermione took her book out of her bag and began talking to Draco, It was going to be a long ride.
"Oh great, talking to your boyfriend are you." Ron joked when he saw her write something.
"He is my friend who is a boy, so I guess that term would work." She said and he looked at her like she was stupid, "Never mind."
D: Who is this?
Mi: I'm guessing this isn't Draco…
D: Of course it is now answer my question…
Mi: No you are not Draco, He would know who this is Pansy, am I going to have to go find him and tell him you have his book.
D: Oh my god, Hermione I am so sorry, I went to the bathroom and when I came back she had it…
Mi: It's okay Drake. I am not mad.
D: I cant really talk Pansy wont leave me alone now and I am going to have to change my pass code, I love you.
Mi: Okay, I love you too.
She shut her book and put it back into her bag as Ron got up to go to the snack trolley. She leaned her head on the window and looked out across the landscape and she closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
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A/N: I didn't end it how I would like it but I ran out of time… I hope you liked it… I have big plans for the next few chapters… Mira-Bella returns in the next one : ) Review!