Chapter 11
Romance Blossoms and People Are in Danger
"What about Ms. Verene?" Dumbledore asked, placing his teacup on its saucer and then the saucer on the table.
"Its not so much Moira as it is her father."
"Mr. Harrison this is beginning to sound quite serious. Will you please make your point."
"I'm sorry professor. This is hard to say. Moira is in danger."
"In danger of what Mr. Harrison?"
**
"Draco!" Moira exclaimed cheerfully, skipping up behind him as he walked down to the Great Hall for dinner.
"Moira! Hello." He said turning around. Moira threw her arms around Draco's neck and giggled as he lifted her into the air.
"What did Jordan need to discuss with you?" Draco asked as he set Moira back down. He took her cold hand into his and began walking towards the Great Hall again.
"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure. We got into a bit of a row over our break up and I stormed off."
"Oh. You don't think he came here to win you back do you?" Draco asked, a nervous quiver hidden by his confident voice.
"I'm not sure."
"Would you say yes if he asked you to be his again?"
"I don't know. I hadn't much thought about it, but I think I might."
"Oh." Draco replied lamely, looking a bit dejected. Moira smiled to herself and stopped walking, forcing Draco to stop walking as well.
"What?" Draco asked, looking quite confused.
"You're jealous." Moira said, grinning impishly.
"I am not!" Draco protested.
"Are too!"
"Am not!
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"TOO!"
"NOT!"
"TOO!"
"NOT!"
"You are TOO!"
"I AM NOT!!!" Draco yelled.
"Ok, you're not." Moira said nonchalantly, turning and continuing to walk.
Draco stood still for a few moments looking quite confused.
"Moira?" Draco questioned, taking her hand in his again.
"Yes?" Moira replied stopping and turning to face Draco.
"What would you do if I said that I was jealous?"
"I don't know. Are you jealous?"
"I might be."
"Then I might do this." Moira replied as she leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on Draco's lips.
Draco flushed the color of Ron's hair and stood completely still in shock for several moments after Moira had pulled away.
**
"Ok, you can open your eyes now." Ron whispered softly to Hermione.
Hermione opened her chocolate eyes and blinked a few times to reacquaint her pupils with the dim light. Hermione was startled to find that Ron had brought her to the astronomy tower.
Hermione smiled softly as she noticed the candles placed strategically around the room. The dim glow of the flames gave the usually cold tower, a very warm feel.
Ron smiled at Hermione's reaction; it was exactly what he had been hoping for.
"Oh Ron, it's beautiful." Hermione commented softly, turning to face Ron.
"I'm glad you like it." Ron replied taking Hermione's hand in his again.
"What was it you needed to tell me Ron?" Ron blushed and looked away.
"Hermione I-" Ron blushed even more than he had been before.
"Ron you know you can tell me anything. I promise that I won't laugh." Ron grinned and blushed more if that was possible.
"I know. I'm just a bit nervous about your reaction is all." Ron took a deep breath and decided to go for it.
"I'm in love with you Hermione."
**
Marie slipped up the staircase that led to the boys' dormitories as quietly as possible. Harry had just left for dinner, which gave her the perfect opportunity to steal his invisibility cloak and the marauder's map.
Marie hadn't been too keen on the idea of stealing, especially from Harry, but Ginny had insisted. How could she be expected to say no to her heartbroken best friend?
After opening Harry's trunk she began looking for the cloak and the map. The cloak was rather easy to find but it took a bit longer to find the map.
After locating both the map and the cloak Marie checked to make sure that everything was back in place. She sighed to herself still not liking this idea, and left the boys' dormitories.
**
"Moira's father is a deatheater." Dumbledore looked pensive at this piece of information. He knew Jordan's father very well and was a good friend of their family; that made it harder for him to believe that Anthony, Jordan's father, wouldn't have said anything to him on the matter.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive. I overheard him speaking to my father a couple of days ago. They were discussing plans."
"Mr. Harrison, is your father a deatheater?"
"I'm afraid that he is professor."
"That's what I feared. Well, this will certainly complicate things. What were they discussing that worried you enough to sneak away to Scotland?"
"Moira's father is allowing Voldemort to use her. Voldemort wants to use Moira's soul-searching abilities for his own purposes. If she doesn't willingly work for him there's a potion that he can take that will allow him to take her abilities from her. It would kill her."
**
Moira smiled and continued on her merry way to the Great Hall for dinner. Draco blinked a few times, realization of what had just happened finally setting in. A huge grin spread across his face and he ran to catch up with her.
The two grinning teenagers walked into the Great Hall holding hands and headed for their usual seats at the Slytherin table.
**
"Y-you're in love with me?" Hermione asked in disbelief. She had thought that Ron liked her, but she never thought that he actually loved her.
Ron blushed, turning bright tomato red, and nodded his head. Hermione smiled and sighed contentedly.
"I love you too Ron." She replied softly.
"Really?" Ron asked, not quite believing her.
"Really." Hermione replied with a bit of a chuckle. Ron grinned and leaned forward. Hermione followed Ron's actions and before the two realized what was happening they were in kissing in a large tangle of arms and legs.
**
Harry sighed dejectedly as he sat down for dinner. Ron and Hermione hadn't come to dinner yet, Ginny still wasn't speaking to him and he didn't much feel like speaking to any of his other dorm mates.
He grimaced as he noticed that Draco had his arm securely around Moira's waist. He then noticed that they were whispering to each other while impish smiles adorned their faces.
Harry sighed and ate quickly. The world was certainly not his friend at the moment.
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