"You Only Live Twice"
by Dorthey Star
Chapter Fourteen: Amelia
Dedicated to Mr. Meals, my former principal and superintendent who died yesterday.
Hermione and Draco sat by the lake on a particularly cool May day after their final exams were over. They hadn't spoken yet about everything that had happened in Paris.
"Draco?" Hermione asked, looking over at him.
"Hmmmm?" Draco had his eyes closed and was simply enjoying Hermione's presence.
"Who's Amelia?"
"How did you find out about her?" he asked, suddenly tensing.
"Adelaide told me that she reminded her of me," Hermione said, slipping her hand into his.
"She was my older sister. She was born without a drop of magical blood in her, but we didn't know until she turned eleven and didn't get her letter. Father killed her. He said it was a shame to the family to have a squib. That's why it was so important for me to succeed at Hogwarts. He wanted to prove to everyone that remembered Amelia that the Malfoys were still strong and powerful. But then Potter kept beating me at Quidditch and you kept beating me academically. She he would...beat me. It got better in the end, but at the beginning it was bad. He stopped this summer. I guess he knew that I'd learned his lesson. I was completely ready to follow whatever he wanted me to do," Draco sighed, looking out across the sparkling lake.
"I'm sorry...I didn't know," Hermione said quietly.
"No one did. I was ashamed and I didn't want people like Potter feel sympathetic towards me. And that includes you. No sympathy. I don't think I could take it," he said sadly. She didn't say anything, but leaned on him and shut her eyes.
"Hermione?" he said when she was almost asleep.
"Hmmm?" she murmured opening her eyes and sitting up.
"Will you marry me after we've graduated?" he asked her.
"I don't know," she said biting her bottom lip. He looked crest fallen, so she continued, "I hardly know you. I know for sure that I'm in love with you, but I don't know if I could stand to live with you. I mean, you might snore and kick in your sleep, or you might like to eat garlic," she said. A ghost of a smile appeared on his face.
"I don't eat garlic. I've got vampires on my father's side of the family," he said softly.
"How about this: we get engaged and live together for a while, then we'll decide if we want to get married after all. I mean, I might have some horrible idiosyncrasy that you aren't able to stand."
"I guess there's no other choice, huh?" he asked, blowing air through his teeth.
"Nope," she said cheerfully.
"Okay, we'll try it," he said smiling at her. He handed her a ring box. She opened the box and gasped. It was a simple ring, but it was beautiful. The band was platinum and there was one large rectangular diamond in the middle with smaller square diamonds on either side of it. She slipped it on the ring finger of her left hand.
"It's beautiful," he said kissing him. Professor Snape stood watching them from an upstairs window. He smiled.
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Lucius sat in his St. Mungo's cell bitterly.
"Malfoy!" the large nurse called, "You have a visitor!" She unlocked the door and let an eighteen year old girl in. He glared at her. It was his informant.
"I'm sorry your plan didn't work," Pansy said as she sat down in the opposite chair.
"It's all your fault, you bitch," he snarled.
"How is it my fault? I didn't have any part in it except telling you that they had left. I wanted the bitch gone. I hate her no matter what Draco says. We both hate Potter and the two Weasleys, so it would have been an added plus to have them out of the way. If I would have had a chance to talk to Draco, he would have realized that I was right and he would have gone after them, or he would have led them right to you. Good-bye, Lucius, may you rot in hell," Pansy said cheerfully and walked out of the cell.
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Disclaimer: All the characters, except for poor, poor Amelia, belong to the wonderful and fabulous J.K. Rowling. The story title, You Only Live Twice belongs to the James Bond dude. Amelia belongs to me.
Author's Note: I'm a little sad. There's only one chapter left *sighs* And there probably won't be a sequel. Everything will be explained in the next chapter. The engagement ring that Draco gave Hermione is my dream one....*sighs* I don't have the skin tone for gold...For explanations of Pansy, she the Thank You bit below.
Thanks Section
Poetic Phoenix: You see, Draco and Hermione got together in the end. Of course, they might not STAY together...LOL. I lied when I said it wasn't Pansy. But you see, she's a very complex character. She is still Draco's very best friend and she doesn't want to have anything to do with the Dark Lord, she just hated the three Gryffindors. Of course, she didn't realized that giving Potter to Lord Voldie would mean the Magical Community ceasing to exist as we know and love it. Anyways. THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH for reviewing every chapter! It meant a lot to me.
