(A/N: You know how the disclaimer goes because I already have the damn
thing in Chapter One. Well, I actually got up early today! Raise the Roof!
(I love that cereal commercial) Sorry for blabbering away but you know I
have nothing else to do.I'M STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWWHERE IN
PENNSYLVANIA! This is why I'm going insane! I've been telling the Schwan
guy who comes to our house that there are gnomes running around our
backyard. That's how bored I am and how insane I'm going, and the fact
that I've read all the Harry Potter books more than Four times in two weeks
is another reason! My mom actually thinks she should take them away from
me.Stupid Gnomes.well, anyway have fun!)
(A/N: I said I'd put lyrics on here that had something to do with this story..and this has nothing to do with the story. I just love it too much..ENJOY!!!!!)
"AERIALS" ----By: System of A Down~~~~~~SYSTEM RULES!!!!!~~~~GREAT CD!!! (Psst.. get it)
Life is a Waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lose ourselves,
But we find it all..
Cause we are the ones who want to play,
Always want to go
But you never want to stay.
And we are the ones who want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Life is a waterfall,
We drink from the river,
Then we turn around and put up our walls.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all..
Cause we are the ones who want to play,
Always want to go
But you never want to stay.
And we are the ones who want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life,
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal Prize,
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.
Draco woke up the next day feeling quite happy and yet kind of sullen. Pansy finally disappeared and he finally had his freedom but then again, he still had to deal with his mother and father.
Draco entered Diagon Alley hoping to meet with the girl again. But to his disappointment he couldn't find her. He continued his way through Diagon Alley until he found his mother in front of the Quidditch Supply Store.
She nodded to him and walked down an alley. He followed her with a bad curious feeling going along with him.
She finally stopped and sat down on a crate at the end of the alley. She looked up at him and smiled. Draco didn't like it. He had never in his life seen her smile. When he was younger, she'd look at him and all he saw in her eyes was a blank stare.
"My Draco. You look so much like your father. You've grown so much."
Draco thought his mother had gone crazy. She was being nice to him.
"Are you alright mother?" Draco asked quizzically.
"No." She replied with tears in her eyes. "I just...it's just that I haven't really seen you since you were three."
Draco searched her face for a hidden emotion to see if she was lying. He could only find love and hurt. It was her all right too but what was this she was saying about haven't seeing him in sixteen years? She was there his whole life with his father to torture him and make him fill useless and unwanted. "How is that mother?" He asked with no feeling.
She sighed and rolled her left arm sleeve up to show him the Dark Mark. "Your father performed the Imperius curse on me, controlling me after you were born. When you were three I, like you, had broken from it. I tried to pretend I was still under the curse but Lucius found out that I wasn't anymore. He performed an ancient Dark curse on me that would place a damned soul in my body. I think it went:
Demon from hell
Use thy soul
To do thy bidding
Use this spell
To combine life and death
Take her body
And torture her soul
And use her well as a tool.
Draco stared at her for a moment. He crossed his arm on his chest and whispered. "Taker of the Soul. Father taught me that when I was fourteen. It's called something else in Latin but I can't remember what it is. I've never used it and I've never wanted to or will. But h-how can this be. Are you.you now?"
"Yes, I am. I don't know how or why but I'm me. From what I see now." She stood up to her full height. "You've grown to be a handsome young man. I was in my body but the demon had control.For the last sixteen years I've floated through what would be space and time compressed together and I could sometimes get loose and see your face." She looked up at her son proudly. "I didn't know your father was a death eater until I found out I was pregnant with you. I was gullible believing him when he said he was going on business trips for months at a time. From what I know.he was accompanying Voldemort on killing sprees. It turns out as soon as I was out of my "coma" I find that I was initiated into the group. And from snippets of conversation your father was having with me.he wants to kill you Draco."
"I know already mother." Draco replied.
"Alright but you should know that on your birthday in August, that's when he'll be after you. He said he wanted to make it special. I suggest you run." Her features darkened for a moment. Will you run or not?"
Draco thought for a moment. He didn't want to act cowardly. He was willing to fight and fight for a good cause.by getting rid of his father. He'd rather see him suffering in Azkaban then killing him. He wanted to expose him.
"NO, I will not run." Draco shook his head. "I'll face him if I have to. Besides, what he says is that I have to uphold the family "honor". I wonder.what honor does a person get from killing innocent people? I was blind for most of my life following his orders. I guess the fog suddenly lifted from my mind and I realized that a lot of people are like me. Lost, confused, hurt and most of all very pissed off. So I'll uphold the family Honor all right. Lucius is going to Azkaban whether he likes it or not. That's where most of the family has already headed."
His mother smiled. "I guess that's the Ratcliff talking in you. My family is exactly like the Malfoys except prouder and good."
"I don't think I've met your family Mother." Draco replied. He searched through his mind trying to find one of Narcissa's family members that he knew.
"Yes you do. Only one though. You know Professor Sinistra.that is if she still works at Hogwarts. She's my older sister."
Draco frowned. "How come I didn't know this and why didn't she tell me?"
"It of course is the only obvious reason. Your father threatened to kill her if she said anything about it. I have no clue why but he threatened her."
To Draco it was probably the longest conversation he had ever had with Narcissa, the real Narcissa. He never really realized that his mother was this loving. (duh! We wonder why) .
"Well, thank you for keeping me informed Mother. I need to be on my way. You're not going back to the manor are you?"
"That's the last thing that I wanted to tell you. I'm not going back to the Manor. Nor will I ever again in the future. I'm going to France to stay with your little sister."
Draco's mouth dropped open. "Sister!? How can I have a sister?"
"Remember how I told you about breaking free from the Imperius curse? Well, that was in the last stage of my pregnancy. Lucius firmly told me while I was under the curse that if it was a boy, he was to stay alive and be trained to be a Death Eater as well as you. I guess he wanted another child so that if you failed he would have replacement. Anyway I had a girl while he was on a trip. He said if it is a girl.I was to have the servants kill her. A week before I had her I broke the curse. When she was born I sent her to France with your Uncle and Aunt. She goes to Beauxbatons and is like a carbon copy of you except she's three years younger. Don't worry.you'll meet with her soon."
"I'm not worried. It's just a surprise to I'm not an only child. I'll think I better get home. This entire discussion still has to sink in. Where is Lucius now?" Draco asked.
"He's hiding. The Aurors are looking for the group. It turns out the Auror Mad-Eye Moody is out of retirement. I didn't know he was out of the business. He's working with Harry Potter. They all scattered around the world. I'm glad too. I hope they find them all. "
Draco put a smug smile on his face. "Potter's an Auror. Now there's something not unusual."
"You know him?"
"In a way I do. We were enemies in school. If I went up to him right now and looked at him the wrong way as usual he'd probably cry to Moody to change me back into a ferret."
"Ferret?" Narcissa looked at Draco with an puzzled look on her face."
"Long story. Tell you later. I am going to go. I'll owl you mother to check on you alright?" Draco asked before turning around. She nodded and Dissapperated. Draco looked at the spot where his mother was just a moment a go. He shook his head and headed back out the alley.
TWO WEEKS LATER
HERMIONE
Hermione opened her eyes and sat up in bed breathing hard. She quickly got up and scrambled for the door and ran down the hall to the bathroom. Her morning sickness started the week before.
"GOD! This sucks." Hermione said standing up to brush her teeth. 'Guess I won't be eating this morning.' She looked into the mirror. She seemed paler than usual. She placed her hand on her stomach and smiled.
'It's all worth it though.' Hermione said to herself. She was trying to figure out what names she might like her baby to have. She continuously debated with her mom over names. Her mom was very old fashion when it came to names. She wanted something like Mary or Esther for a girl, or Edward or John for a boy. On the other hand Hermione wanted something unique but she just didn't know what yet.
Today was the picnic Hermione planned to have with her friends. Kayla was going along with her. She couldn't wait to see what Ron's family and the other wizards and witches were like.
Hermione picked out an outfit that Kayla helped her find while clothes shopping. Kayla kind of went all the way on Hermione and turned her into a full-fledged Rocker Chick. Along with the clothes, she got Hermione black eyeliner, mascara, and light brown rouge for her eyes and cheeks, and dark blood red lipstick. She picked out her baggy khaki pants with an elastic drawstring so she could wear them throughout the pregnancy, she put her ankle socks on and slipped on her Doc Martens, she had an addiction to Doc Martens since she was fifteen, and finally her shirt. It was black and had leather belts on the sides to adjust the size of the shirt, her sleeves were long and at the ends had finger holes for her thumbs and middle fingers. The shirt when on her clung to her small frame. It only had a little bit of skin showing.not too much skin for her. She was very self- conscious as would every girl be. She put her makeup on and smiled at the look. She'd had gotten her eyebrow pierced again. She was glad she had her own free will now.
'I have really changed in appearance but I'm still the same on the inside.' Hermione said to herself. 'A lonely little bitch who is gullible enough to stay with guys that she thought she could trust.'
She grabbed a hold of her wand and cloak and walked downstairs. She grabbed a bag of crackers out of the kitchen and walked out of the house. Ron and Lavender lived ten miles away and she had until 1:30 to get to the Burrow so she decided to go to Diagon Alley seeing it was only 8:00 AM. She walked around for a bit eating her crackers to settle her stomach.
As soon as Hermione was done eating she apparated into Diagon Alley and looked around. It was starting to fill up with the usual customers.
Hermione walked around looking at all the shops. She decided to go into the bookstore to see what was new. She had already finished the book she bought a couple weeks ago. She again headed to the pregnancy and children section and began searching through the books. She found another book she felt she'd be interested in and began to walk to the front.
As she was walking, two little boys were squabbling over a bag of "Exploding Marbles" and began to fist fight. The marbles fell out of their hands and rolled all over the place exploding.
Of course Hermione didn't notice until she heard them exploding underneath her feet. Her foot came across a dozen of them and her feet flew out from underneath her. Hermione cried out as she fell dropping the book a couple of feet from her. She hit her head on the stair behind her and blacked out instantly.
DRACO POV
I finished up work today early so I could go out and relax. It's no easy job being a Dark Arts Caretaker. I have to make a follow up on people who do Dark Arts and keep careful watch on them. Half of them are so good that they blocked me from Observation.
I met with my mother and sister on Wednesday. Mother was precisely right about my sister. Her name is Jacquelyn. Jacquelyn was an exact replica of me except her personality was spunky unlike my usual brooding self. She is short too.
When I met her she gasped and said. "You're.me, well not exactly but you're still me." She laughed. She started talking about life with Aunt Tanya and Uncle Zack whom I have never met in my life.
One thing is for sure is that she's got a mouth on her that I'd gladly pay thousands to see her have a match with Granger. She would not SHUT UP. She's rude, spunky, and looks like me.I like her. We got along fine. She told me also that she is a friend with muggles. I cringed at first but I relaxed remembering that I'm trying to improve my relationship with their people. We finished our conversation and Mother and Jacquelyn left back to France.
Now here I am in Diagon Alley on a Saturday morning with nothing to do. Hmm.convenient isn't it? I walked around for a while staring at nothing and of course thinking of nothing. I stopped in front of the bookstore's door and came out of my reverie when I heard a usual sound of thuds, and a number of explosions, and a girl cry out. I walked into see what was going on and found two young boys, the boys parents (I think) and the bookkeeper crowding around somebody. I slowly walked up behind the young boys to see what was going on and my heart caught in my throat. The girl I've been searching for, dreaming about, and thinking about was lying on the floor unconscious. Her head was up on the step and she had a tiny pool of blood coming from her head.
"Move!" I barked pushing the startled adults out of the way. I crouched down moved her head to the side to put a binding spell on the wound. I guess I'll just take her home for now.
"Do you know her?" The Bookkeeper asked acidly.
"Yes I do. You have a problem with that?" I glared back at her.
Apparently she got kind of scared when I looked at her like that. " N-no I.no I don't." She said standing back up and returning behind the counter.
"I thought so." I muttered. I turned back to her and swiftly placed my hands underneath her body and lifted her up. She was so light that if felt as if I was carrying a child. I turned around careful to avoid any of the Marbles that hadn't exploded and headed out the door.
I apparated into the Hallway of my house and walked upstairs to my room with the girl still unconscious in my arms. I pushed the door open with my foot walked a crossed the large room to my bed. I grabbed a towel and set it behind her head before I set her one the bed. I ran to the bathroom and grabbed a bowl of warm water and a washcloth. I brought it back in and sat down next to her and washed the blood out of her hair. Something so UNUSUAL for a Malfoy to do but I guess I'm going crazy. I finished and sighed removing the bowel and washcloth from the room again. Now all I have to do now is wait for her to wake up.
(A/N: Sorry to bug but I don't whether people can apparate in the books with another person in they arms or holding on to them. Maybe they can if the other can too.. I don't know so I'll just keep that part.)
I kicked back on the chair and placed my feet on the side table. I finally have a chance to really look at her. She was very beautiful. Her facial structure was perfect. An oval face with a few freckles a crossed the bridge of her nose and on her high cheekbones. Her eyelids were partially open and I could see the whites of her eyes. She had hoop going through her eyebrow which I haven't seen before until now. Her lips looked so kissable because of the lipstick she was wearing. She had on a black shirt with belts on the sides and baggy pants.I had taken her cloak off and set it on the couch next to the door. One things for sure is that this look really suited her. I've never seen a person dress so strangely and yet look so right in it all.
I guess I dozed off after awhile because when I was awoken by a hiss of pain and a gasp. I opened my eyes and blinked blearily for a moment taking in the situation. The girl was awake. She had a look of pain on her face as she rubbed the back of her head and looked at me startled.
"W-what's going on?" She asked nervously backing away on the bed.
I stood up and began walking toward the bed. She continued to back off a little faster not realizing that she came to the end of the bed. She gave out a startled cry and fell over the edge of the bed. I walked around the bed and stared down at her with a grin.
"You alright?" I asked her helping her up again.
"Yet again I am." She replied meekly. She stood for a moment and looked dizzy so she sat on the bed again.
"I guess you slipped on a bunch of Exploding Marbles in the bookstore. I was outside the door when I heard some noise. I came in and recognized you but you were passed out, and decided to help you since the people who were around you didn't seem to be the helping kind." I finished. I smiled at her reassuringly hopefully so that she'd see that I wasn't a threat to her.
"Oh," She seemed to remember what happened. She bowed her head for a moment, put her hand on her stomach and than looked back up at me in total disgust. "Why are you helping me Malfoy?" She asked spitefully.
I looked at her for moment. Someone use to say my name like that all the time. I replied. "I was just trying to help...wait, how do you know my name?" I've never seen her in my life either or at least I thought I haven't.
I frowned at her suspiciously. She blushed slightly and turned her head to the side so not to look at me.
I sighed. She is difficult to talk to. I brought my hand to her chin and turned her face toward me. She had her eyes turned from me.
"Hey.look at me." I said to her seriously.
She slowly brought her eyes to mine and again I got butterflies in my stomach. Her eyes showed that she was afraid of me, and she had pain and sorrow along with it. I had no intentions of hurting her. I sighed and than picked up her hand and kissed it. She tensed for a moment and than relaxed again.
"How do you know me?" I asked her.
"Doesn't everybody?" She whispered standing up again. She walked unsteadily toward the window and looked out of it. "I mean.you are the son of a Death Eater. How do I know whether or not you are like him or not?" She turned toward me and leaned into the window frame.
My head was going through millions of things to do to her and I kept telling myself "Don't hurt her!" when I walked up to her and pinned her against the wall.
"Don't talk about me like that.you don't know me." I growled at her. She pushed herself into the wall. "It's just a manner. All you people think is that because Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater means that I am. But I'm not."
"You're hurting me." She said wincing when I tightened my grip on her arms.
Seeing the pain I was causing her in her eyes I let her go gingerly and rolled up my left arm sleeve to show her nothing. Than turned away for a minute so I could calm down.
"I'm sorry.I kind of.lost my mind there for a second. I didn't mean to hurt you." I said taking my hand through my slightly spiked blond hair with frustration emitting throughout my tense body.
She recovered from my little attack and built up her defense.
"I don't know why you'd say that I don't know you when all these years of torture you never even found out what I was like." She said with sarcasm.
"You went to Hogwarts with me?" I asked her.
"Way to state the obvious huh?" She replied coolly.
"Who are you?" I asked sitting down on a chair.
"Think about it Malfoy." She sat down on the floor crossing her arms. "Think about it.who did you hate the most in the whole school? The one you always tortured and spread rumors about."
I sat there suddenly feeling very tired. She really drains my energy. I know whom I hated the most and that would be Potter along with his sidekicks.Ron Weasly and Mudblood Hermione Granger. And then it came to me.Granger. Bushy haired, brain, prefect, and head girl. The one I always made fun of for being a Mudblood.
"Granger." I said quietly. I couldn't believe it was her. That's why she disappeared on me like that. She was afraid of me or didn't want to deal with me. I guess I'll just have to make amends.I still don't like her but I'll just have apologize about being a dick for all the school years. I looked back up at her. "You've really changed."
"Well it all comes from wanting to change ones life." She replied. She stood up and yawned. "Thank you Malfoy for helping me. I wouldn't have expected it from you.but than again you didn't know who I was so that probably changes everything now."
I looked back up at her. "No it doesn't change anything Hermione." I said her name for what would see to be the first time. I saw a shiver run through her when I said it. I grinned at the result of it.
"Why is that?" Hermione asked nervously.
I stood up and walked over to her towering over her.
"So what DID you do to yourself?" I asked her touching her piercing. She shivered again.
"It's an eyebrow piercing.have you never seen one before?" She said stubbornly. I smiled a bit.she was funny when so defensive.
"Yes I have Hermione.but only on goblins and orcs and on a few wizards. I'd never imagine you.the bookworm with no sense of style would change this much, and what are you wearing?"
I of course am a confused wizard with no life so I didn't know much about muggles and their styles. I didn't even take Muggle studies because Lucius refused it. Didn't want them to brainwash me with silly ideas.
"They are muggle clothes. It's a new look I wanted to try and the piercing I had before I got married." She continued.
I don't know what came over me but I actually felt a pang of jealousy. She was married.but no ring. Granger married.surprise, surprise.
"You got married? Well isn't that an unexpected discovery." I said rudely and slowly. " Who did you get married to huh? Weasley or Potter?"
I guess I really pissed her off. She slapped me pretty hard. It stung but I didn't flinch.
She turned for a minute and than turned back to me. Her face was tomato red.
"You know Malfoy.you are such a dick. You need understand that other people have feelings. You know that I'd never marry either of them. They are my best friends! You know that Ron was going out with Lavender at the last year and you made fun of both of them the whole time. I don't know why I'm telling you this but I have no feelings for them. It's all one big mistake.I have to go."
She turned around and walked to the door grabbing her cloak. She opened the door and began to walk out when she gasped. She grabbed her stomach and fell to the ground shaking. I rushed over to her side and she had sweat dripping flowing down her face.
"Bathroom.." She gasped. " Where's your bathroom?" I helped her up and we quickly walked down the hall to the bathroom and she went in slamming the door. I waited outside for her. Ten minutes later she came out pale and still holding onto her stomach.
"Are you alright?" I asked concerned.
Not everyday you encounter a girl you can get pissed at her one minute and than feel so concerned for her the next.
"I'm fine.just a little sick that's all." She said putting on her cloak. ".Draco."
She said my name.my birth name. I had never heard her say my name either. It sounded so strange coming from her mouth.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Thank you for helping me.I would have never expected it from you. I'm sorry I slapped you." She said. She blushed a bit. "I'm just really moody lately. I.don't know why I should bother but why.. Why did you help me?"
I sighed and again pushed back my hair. "Well, its.I think it's because I was.how the hell should I put this.I was interested in you Hermione." I lied. I still was interested in her. What the hell might as well tell her the truth. "Actually.I still am." I could feel the heat actually rise from my face. Thank God my hallway was dark. I don't usually blush.
Her mouth dropped open. It was a quirky scene. She panicked yet again because as soon as I said that she said she had to leave.
"I have to go Malfoy." She spat.
I actually felt hurt. I told her my feelings and she gets all pissed about it.
"Now what's this all about Hermione." I started to say.
"Don't call me that. I only let people I trust call me that." She said dangerously. She had her hand near her back pocket. Her wand was hidden in one of the many pockets she had.
I put my hands down in defeat. I gave up.if this was the only chance I had to mend my relationship with the girl then I guess I'm screwed now. No way you can change her mind. I waved her the direction of the door and walked down the hall to the 2nd floor porch to let out some steam.
She is such a stubborn pain in the ass.
HERMIONE POV
"Damn it!" I yelled. I was outside of his house standing on the step. He was screwing with my mind. I know it. When he said he was interested in me.I almost went in shock. I shook my head. He's probably plotting to do something to me now.
'Why did he let you go huh?' I asked myself.
'I don't know. It's probably part of some plan he's plotting with his father to kill off mudbloods and muggles.'
'But the key words are.I don't know. What if he was saying it because he does like you?'
"That's sick!" I scrunched my nose up in disgust and replied out loud.
'It's not.. You think it's sweet..'
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I put my hands over my ears seemingly trying to block myself out of my mind. I swear I'm going mental. If this goes on any longer I'll either be in a muggle mental ward or in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
I sighed and looked down at my watch. "Oh great! I'm an hour late.. It's already 2:30."
I apparated to the burrow and knocked on the Weasley's door.
(*A/N: I'M SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG BUT I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH WORK, VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE, BABYSITTING, AND BEING SLEEP DEPRIVED. IT'S ALL-GOOD THOUGH. THE NEXT PART WILL PROBABLY TAKE AT LEAST TWO-THREE WEEKS TO FINISH SO DON'T EXPECT THE NEXT CHAPTER TOO SOON.*)
(A/N: I said I'd put lyrics on here that had something to do with this story..and this has nothing to do with the story. I just love it too much..ENJOY!!!!!)
"AERIALS" ----By: System of A Down~~~~~~SYSTEM RULES!!!!!~~~~GREAT CD!!! (Psst.. get it)
Life is a Waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lose ourselves,
But we find it all..
Cause we are the ones who want to play,
Always want to go
But you never want to stay.
And we are the ones who want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Life is a waterfall,
We drink from the river,
Then we turn around and put up our walls.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all..
Cause we are the ones who want to play,
Always want to go
But you never want to stay.
And we are the ones who want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life,
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal Prize,
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.
Draco woke up the next day feeling quite happy and yet kind of sullen. Pansy finally disappeared and he finally had his freedom but then again, he still had to deal with his mother and father.
Draco entered Diagon Alley hoping to meet with the girl again. But to his disappointment he couldn't find her. He continued his way through Diagon Alley until he found his mother in front of the Quidditch Supply Store.
She nodded to him and walked down an alley. He followed her with a bad curious feeling going along with him.
She finally stopped and sat down on a crate at the end of the alley. She looked up at him and smiled. Draco didn't like it. He had never in his life seen her smile. When he was younger, she'd look at him and all he saw in her eyes was a blank stare.
"My Draco. You look so much like your father. You've grown so much."
Draco thought his mother had gone crazy. She was being nice to him.
"Are you alright mother?" Draco asked quizzically.
"No." She replied with tears in her eyes. "I just...it's just that I haven't really seen you since you were three."
Draco searched her face for a hidden emotion to see if she was lying. He could only find love and hurt. It was her all right too but what was this she was saying about haven't seeing him in sixteen years? She was there his whole life with his father to torture him and make him fill useless and unwanted. "How is that mother?" He asked with no feeling.
She sighed and rolled her left arm sleeve up to show him the Dark Mark. "Your father performed the Imperius curse on me, controlling me after you were born. When you were three I, like you, had broken from it. I tried to pretend I was still under the curse but Lucius found out that I wasn't anymore. He performed an ancient Dark curse on me that would place a damned soul in my body. I think it went:
Demon from hell
Use thy soul
To do thy bidding
Use this spell
To combine life and death
Take her body
And torture her soul
And use her well as a tool.
Draco stared at her for a moment. He crossed his arm on his chest and whispered. "Taker of the Soul. Father taught me that when I was fourteen. It's called something else in Latin but I can't remember what it is. I've never used it and I've never wanted to or will. But h-how can this be. Are you.you now?"
"Yes, I am. I don't know how or why but I'm me. From what I see now." She stood up to her full height. "You've grown to be a handsome young man. I was in my body but the demon had control.For the last sixteen years I've floated through what would be space and time compressed together and I could sometimes get loose and see your face." She looked up at her son proudly. "I didn't know your father was a death eater until I found out I was pregnant with you. I was gullible believing him when he said he was going on business trips for months at a time. From what I know.he was accompanying Voldemort on killing sprees. It turns out as soon as I was out of my "coma" I find that I was initiated into the group. And from snippets of conversation your father was having with me.he wants to kill you Draco."
"I know already mother." Draco replied.
"Alright but you should know that on your birthday in August, that's when he'll be after you. He said he wanted to make it special. I suggest you run." Her features darkened for a moment. Will you run or not?"
Draco thought for a moment. He didn't want to act cowardly. He was willing to fight and fight for a good cause.by getting rid of his father. He'd rather see him suffering in Azkaban then killing him. He wanted to expose him.
"NO, I will not run." Draco shook his head. "I'll face him if I have to. Besides, what he says is that I have to uphold the family "honor". I wonder.what honor does a person get from killing innocent people? I was blind for most of my life following his orders. I guess the fog suddenly lifted from my mind and I realized that a lot of people are like me. Lost, confused, hurt and most of all very pissed off. So I'll uphold the family Honor all right. Lucius is going to Azkaban whether he likes it or not. That's where most of the family has already headed."
His mother smiled. "I guess that's the Ratcliff talking in you. My family is exactly like the Malfoys except prouder and good."
"I don't think I've met your family Mother." Draco replied. He searched through his mind trying to find one of Narcissa's family members that he knew.
"Yes you do. Only one though. You know Professor Sinistra.that is if she still works at Hogwarts. She's my older sister."
Draco frowned. "How come I didn't know this and why didn't she tell me?"
"It of course is the only obvious reason. Your father threatened to kill her if she said anything about it. I have no clue why but he threatened her."
To Draco it was probably the longest conversation he had ever had with Narcissa, the real Narcissa. He never really realized that his mother was this loving. (duh! We wonder why) .
"Well, thank you for keeping me informed Mother. I need to be on my way. You're not going back to the manor are you?"
"That's the last thing that I wanted to tell you. I'm not going back to the Manor. Nor will I ever again in the future. I'm going to France to stay with your little sister."
Draco's mouth dropped open. "Sister!? How can I have a sister?"
"Remember how I told you about breaking free from the Imperius curse? Well, that was in the last stage of my pregnancy. Lucius firmly told me while I was under the curse that if it was a boy, he was to stay alive and be trained to be a Death Eater as well as you. I guess he wanted another child so that if you failed he would have replacement. Anyway I had a girl while he was on a trip. He said if it is a girl.I was to have the servants kill her. A week before I had her I broke the curse. When she was born I sent her to France with your Uncle and Aunt. She goes to Beauxbatons and is like a carbon copy of you except she's three years younger. Don't worry.you'll meet with her soon."
"I'm not worried. It's just a surprise to I'm not an only child. I'll think I better get home. This entire discussion still has to sink in. Where is Lucius now?" Draco asked.
"He's hiding. The Aurors are looking for the group. It turns out the Auror Mad-Eye Moody is out of retirement. I didn't know he was out of the business. He's working with Harry Potter. They all scattered around the world. I'm glad too. I hope they find them all. "
Draco put a smug smile on his face. "Potter's an Auror. Now there's something not unusual."
"You know him?"
"In a way I do. We were enemies in school. If I went up to him right now and looked at him the wrong way as usual he'd probably cry to Moody to change me back into a ferret."
"Ferret?" Narcissa looked at Draco with an puzzled look on her face."
"Long story. Tell you later. I am going to go. I'll owl you mother to check on you alright?" Draco asked before turning around. She nodded and Dissapperated. Draco looked at the spot where his mother was just a moment a go. He shook his head and headed back out the alley.
TWO WEEKS LATER
HERMIONE
Hermione opened her eyes and sat up in bed breathing hard. She quickly got up and scrambled for the door and ran down the hall to the bathroom. Her morning sickness started the week before.
"GOD! This sucks." Hermione said standing up to brush her teeth. 'Guess I won't be eating this morning.' She looked into the mirror. She seemed paler than usual. She placed her hand on her stomach and smiled.
'It's all worth it though.' Hermione said to herself. She was trying to figure out what names she might like her baby to have. She continuously debated with her mom over names. Her mom was very old fashion when it came to names. She wanted something like Mary or Esther for a girl, or Edward or John for a boy. On the other hand Hermione wanted something unique but she just didn't know what yet.
Today was the picnic Hermione planned to have with her friends. Kayla was going along with her. She couldn't wait to see what Ron's family and the other wizards and witches were like.
Hermione picked out an outfit that Kayla helped her find while clothes shopping. Kayla kind of went all the way on Hermione and turned her into a full-fledged Rocker Chick. Along with the clothes, she got Hermione black eyeliner, mascara, and light brown rouge for her eyes and cheeks, and dark blood red lipstick. She picked out her baggy khaki pants with an elastic drawstring so she could wear them throughout the pregnancy, she put her ankle socks on and slipped on her Doc Martens, she had an addiction to Doc Martens since she was fifteen, and finally her shirt. It was black and had leather belts on the sides to adjust the size of the shirt, her sleeves were long and at the ends had finger holes for her thumbs and middle fingers. The shirt when on her clung to her small frame. It only had a little bit of skin showing.not too much skin for her. She was very self- conscious as would every girl be. She put her makeup on and smiled at the look. She'd had gotten her eyebrow pierced again. She was glad she had her own free will now.
'I have really changed in appearance but I'm still the same on the inside.' Hermione said to herself. 'A lonely little bitch who is gullible enough to stay with guys that she thought she could trust.'
She grabbed a hold of her wand and cloak and walked downstairs. She grabbed a bag of crackers out of the kitchen and walked out of the house. Ron and Lavender lived ten miles away and she had until 1:30 to get to the Burrow so she decided to go to Diagon Alley seeing it was only 8:00 AM. She walked around for a bit eating her crackers to settle her stomach.
As soon as Hermione was done eating she apparated into Diagon Alley and looked around. It was starting to fill up with the usual customers.
Hermione walked around looking at all the shops. She decided to go into the bookstore to see what was new. She had already finished the book she bought a couple weeks ago. She again headed to the pregnancy and children section and began searching through the books. She found another book she felt she'd be interested in and began to walk to the front.
As she was walking, two little boys were squabbling over a bag of "Exploding Marbles" and began to fist fight. The marbles fell out of their hands and rolled all over the place exploding.
Of course Hermione didn't notice until she heard them exploding underneath her feet. Her foot came across a dozen of them and her feet flew out from underneath her. Hermione cried out as she fell dropping the book a couple of feet from her. She hit her head on the stair behind her and blacked out instantly.
DRACO POV
I finished up work today early so I could go out and relax. It's no easy job being a Dark Arts Caretaker. I have to make a follow up on people who do Dark Arts and keep careful watch on them. Half of them are so good that they blocked me from Observation.
I met with my mother and sister on Wednesday. Mother was precisely right about my sister. Her name is Jacquelyn. Jacquelyn was an exact replica of me except her personality was spunky unlike my usual brooding self. She is short too.
When I met her she gasped and said. "You're.me, well not exactly but you're still me." She laughed. She started talking about life with Aunt Tanya and Uncle Zack whom I have never met in my life.
One thing is for sure is that she's got a mouth on her that I'd gladly pay thousands to see her have a match with Granger. She would not SHUT UP. She's rude, spunky, and looks like me.I like her. We got along fine. She told me also that she is a friend with muggles. I cringed at first but I relaxed remembering that I'm trying to improve my relationship with their people. We finished our conversation and Mother and Jacquelyn left back to France.
Now here I am in Diagon Alley on a Saturday morning with nothing to do. Hmm.convenient isn't it? I walked around for a while staring at nothing and of course thinking of nothing. I stopped in front of the bookstore's door and came out of my reverie when I heard a usual sound of thuds, and a number of explosions, and a girl cry out. I walked into see what was going on and found two young boys, the boys parents (I think) and the bookkeeper crowding around somebody. I slowly walked up behind the young boys to see what was going on and my heart caught in my throat. The girl I've been searching for, dreaming about, and thinking about was lying on the floor unconscious. Her head was up on the step and she had a tiny pool of blood coming from her head.
"Move!" I barked pushing the startled adults out of the way. I crouched down moved her head to the side to put a binding spell on the wound. I guess I'll just take her home for now.
"Do you know her?" The Bookkeeper asked acidly.
"Yes I do. You have a problem with that?" I glared back at her.
Apparently she got kind of scared when I looked at her like that. " N-no I.no I don't." She said standing back up and returning behind the counter.
"I thought so." I muttered. I turned back to her and swiftly placed my hands underneath her body and lifted her up. She was so light that if felt as if I was carrying a child. I turned around careful to avoid any of the Marbles that hadn't exploded and headed out the door.
I apparated into the Hallway of my house and walked upstairs to my room with the girl still unconscious in my arms. I pushed the door open with my foot walked a crossed the large room to my bed. I grabbed a towel and set it behind her head before I set her one the bed. I ran to the bathroom and grabbed a bowl of warm water and a washcloth. I brought it back in and sat down next to her and washed the blood out of her hair. Something so UNUSUAL for a Malfoy to do but I guess I'm going crazy. I finished and sighed removing the bowel and washcloth from the room again. Now all I have to do now is wait for her to wake up.
(A/N: Sorry to bug but I don't whether people can apparate in the books with another person in they arms or holding on to them. Maybe they can if the other can too.. I don't know so I'll just keep that part.)
I kicked back on the chair and placed my feet on the side table. I finally have a chance to really look at her. She was very beautiful. Her facial structure was perfect. An oval face with a few freckles a crossed the bridge of her nose and on her high cheekbones. Her eyelids were partially open and I could see the whites of her eyes. She had hoop going through her eyebrow which I haven't seen before until now. Her lips looked so kissable because of the lipstick she was wearing. She had on a black shirt with belts on the sides and baggy pants.I had taken her cloak off and set it on the couch next to the door. One things for sure is that this look really suited her. I've never seen a person dress so strangely and yet look so right in it all.
I guess I dozed off after awhile because when I was awoken by a hiss of pain and a gasp. I opened my eyes and blinked blearily for a moment taking in the situation. The girl was awake. She had a look of pain on her face as she rubbed the back of her head and looked at me startled.
"W-what's going on?" She asked nervously backing away on the bed.
I stood up and began walking toward the bed. She continued to back off a little faster not realizing that she came to the end of the bed. She gave out a startled cry and fell over the edge of the bed. I walked around the bed and stared down at her with a grin.
"You alright?" I asked her helping her up again.
"Yet again I am." She replied meekly. She stood for a moment and looked dizzy so she sat on the bed again.
"I guess you slipped on a bunch of Exploding Marbles in the bookstore. I was outside the door when I heard some noise. I came in and recognized you but you were passed out, and decided to help you since the people who were around you didn't seem to be the helping kind." I finished. I smiled at her reassuringly hopefully so that she'd see that I wasn't a threat to her.
"Oh," She seemed to remember what happened. She bowed her head for a moment, put her hand on her stomach and than looked back up at me in total disgust. "Why are you helping me Malfoy?" She asked spitefully.
I looked at her for moment. Someone use to say my name like that all the time. I replied. "I was just trying to help...wait, how do you know my name?" I've never seen her in my life either or at least I thought I haven't.
I frowned at her suspiciously. She blushed slightly and turned her head to the side so not to look at me.
I sighed. She is difficult to talk to. I brought my hand to her chin and turned her face toward me. She had her eyes turned from me.
"Hey.look at me." I said to her seriously.
She slowly brought her eyes to mine and again I got butterflies in my stomach. Her eyes showed that she was afraid of me, and she had pain and sorrow along with it. I had no intentions of hurting her. I sighed and than picked up her hand and kissed it. She tensed for a moment and than relaxed again.
"How do you know me?" I asked her.
"Doesn't everybody?" She whispered standing up again. She walked unsteadily toward the window and looked out of it. "I mean.you are the son of a Death Eater. How do I know whether or not you are like him or not?" She turned toward me and leaned into the window frame.
My head was going through millions of things to do to her and I kept telling myself "Don't hurt her!" when I walked up to her and pinned her against the wall.
"Don't talk about me like that.you don't know me." I growled at her. She pushed herself into the wall. "It's just a manner. All you people think is that because Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater means that I am. But I'm not."
"You're hurting me." She said wincing when I tightened my grip on her arms.
Seeing the pain I was causing her in her eyes I let her go gingerly and rolled up my left arm sleeve to show her nothing. Than turned away for a minute so I could calm down.
"I'm sorry.I kind of.lost my mind there for a second. I didn't mean to hurt you." I said taking my hand through my slightly spiked blond hair with frustration emitting throughout my tense body.
She recovered from my little attack and built up her defense.
"I don't know why you'd say that I don't know you when all these years of torture you never even found out what I was like." She said with sarcasm.
"You went to Hogwarts with me?" I asked her.
"Way to state the obvious huh?" She replied coolly.
"Who are you?" I asked sitting down on a chair.
"Think about it Malfoy." She sat down on the floor crossing her arms. "Think about it.who did you hate the most in the whole school? The one you always tortured and spread rumors about."
I sat there suddenly feeling very tired. She really drains my energy. I know whom I hated the most and that would be Potter along with his sidekicks.Ron Weasly and Mudblood Hermione Granger. And then it came to me.Granger. Bushy haired, brain, prefect, and head girl. The one I always made fun of for being a Mudblood.
"Granger." I said quietly. I couldn't believe it was her. That's why she disappeared on me like that. She was afraid of me or didn't want to deal with me. I guess I'll just have to make amends.I still don't like her but I'll just have apologize about being a dick for all the school years. I looked back up at her. "You've really changed."
"Well it all comes from wanting to change ones life." She replied. She stood up and yawned. "Thank you Malfoy for helping me. I wouldn't have expected it from you.but than again you didn't know who I was so that probably changes everything now."
I looked back up at her. "No it doesn't change anything Hermione." I said her name for what would see to be the first time. I saw a shiver run through her when I said it. I grinned at the result of it.
"Why is that?" Hermione asked nervously.
I stood up and walked over to her towering over her.
"So what DID you do to yourself?" I asked her touching her piercing. She shivered again.
"It's an eyebrow piercing.have you never seen one before?" She said stubbornly. I smiled a bit.she was funny when so defensive.
"Yes I have Hermione.but only on goblins and orcs and on a few wizards. I'd never imagine you.the bookworm with no sense of style would change this much, and what are you wearing?"
I of course am a confused wizard with no life so I didn't know much about muggles and their styles. I didn't even take Muggle studies because Lucius refused it. Didn't want them to brainwash me with silly ideas.
"They are muggle clothes. It's a new look I wanted to try and the piercing I had before I got married." She continued.
I don't know what came over me but I actually felt a pang of jealousy. She was married.but no ring. Granger married.surprise, surprise.
"You got married? Well isn't that an unexpected discovery." I said rudely and slowly. " Who did you get married to huh? Weasley or Potter?"
I guess I really pissed her off. She slapped me pretty hard. It stung but I didn't flinch.
She turned for a minute and than turned back to me. Her face was tomato red.
"You know Malfoy.you are such a dick. You need understand that other people have feelings. You know that I'd never marry either of them. They are my best friends! You know that Ron was going out with Lavender at the last year and you made fun of both of them the whole time. I don't know why I'm telling you this but I have no feelings for them. It's all one big mistake.I have to go."
She turned around and walked to the door grabbing her cloak. She opened the door and began to walk out when she gasped. She grabbed her stomach and fell to the ground shaking. I rushed over to her side and she had sweat dripping flowing down her face.
"Bathroom.." She gasped. " Where's your bathroom?" I helped her up and we quickly walked down the hall to the bathroom and she went in slamming the door. I waited outside for her. Ten minutes later she came out pale and still holding onto her stomach.
"Are you alright?" I asked concerned.
Not everyday you encounter a girl you can get pissed at her one minute and than feel so concerned for her the next.
"I'm fine.just a little sick that's all." She said putting on her cloak. ".Draco."
She said my name.my birth name. I had never heard her say my name either. It sounded so strange coming from her mouth.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Thank you for helping me.I would have never expected it from you. I'm sorry I slapped you." She said. She blushed a bit. "I'm just really moody lately. I.don't know why I should bother but why.. Why did you help me?"
I sighed and again pushed back my hair. "Well, its.I think it's because I was.how the hell should I put this.I was interested in you Hermione." I lied. I still was interested in her. What the hell might as well tell her the truth. "Actually.I still am." I could feel the heat actually rise from my face. Thank God my hallway was dark. I don't usually blush.
Her mouth dropped open. It was a quirky scene. She panicked yet again because as soon as I said that she said she had to leave.
"I have to go Malfoy." She spat.
I actually felt hurt. I told her my feelings and she gets all pissed about it.
"Now what's this all about Hermione." I started to say.
"Don't call me that. I only let people I trust call me that." She said dangerously. She had her hand near her back pocket. Her wand was hidden in one of the many pockets she had.
I put my hands down in defeat. I gave up.if this was the only chance I had to mend my relationship with the girl then I guess I'm screwed now. No way you can change her mind. I waved her the direction of the door and walked down the hall to the 2nd floor porch to let out some steam.
She is such a stubborn pain in the ass.
HERMIONE POV
"Damn it!" I yelled. I was outside of his house standing on the step. He was screwing with my mind. I know it. When he said he was interested in me.I almost went in shock. I shook my head. He's probably plotting to do something to me now.
'Why did he let you go huh?' I asked myself.
'I don't know. It's probably part of some plan he's plotting with his father to kill off mudbloods and muggles.'
'But the key words are.I don't know. What if he was saying it because he does like you?'
"That's sick!" I scrunched my nose up in disgust and replied out loud.
'It's not.. You think it's sweet..'
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I put my hands over my ears seemingly trying to block myself out of my mind. I swear I'm going mental. If this goes on any longer I'll either be in a muggle mental ward or in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
I sighed and looked down at my watch. "Oh great! I'm an hour late.. It's already 2:30."
I apparated to the burrow and knocked on the Weasley's door.
(*A/N: I'M SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG BUT I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH WORK, VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE, BABYSITTING, AND BEING SLEEP DEPRIVED. IT'S ALL-GOOD THOUGH. THE NEXT PART WILL PROBABLY TAKE AT LEAST TWO-THREE WEEKS TO FINISH SO DON'T EXPECT THE NEXT CHAPTER TOO SOON.*)