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Dog Stars Crush, and Margarita Mocha for reviewing again! Evelyn Granger I cant believe you think it's one of the better ones on the site that makes me feel so so so so special , lostinthesupermarket Thanks for the gramatical help. I have grammar issues. I'm sorry my poor skills confused you -.- Rupert Fan and that makes a total of 9 reviews from you. Soo Sooo happy!
When I last checked I had 99 reviews. Wow, I feel so loved!
Almost Finales
That morning Hermione pondered Lori's words. 'Save a soul'? Hermione had no idea who that would be. 'Save a life' that could be anybody. Change a pessimistic person optimistic.' Hermione had no clue. 'Help a couple to their destiny' Hermione wracked her brain. She could normally solve puzzles like these. The only one she could figure out was the greatest evil ever known. It had to be You-Know-Who. (And I think you do) Hermione turned back to her breakfast. She hadn't asked the question so that she could find out, she had asked to make Lori feel better, just like Lori had done for her. Hermione had no right to pry into Lori's business. As if drawn by Hermione's thoughts Lori came to the table and sat down.
"Morning" She said quieter than usual.
"Good morning, Lori" Hermione smiled making room at the table. Neither Harry,
Ron, nor any other student seemed to mind. Of course the other students had been brainwashed and couldn't remember a thing.
Apparently not all the students. Draco Malfoy had approached Lori. "I know"
"Know what?" Lori asked full of smiles. 'She is a really good actrice' Hermione thought to herself.
"I know your secret. I figured it out before the incident last night so the spell didn't work. And I came to tell you that" Malfoy took a deep breath it looked as if he didn't want Hermione, Ron, and Harry there to witness what he did next. "I love you."
Lori sat there in shock and Hermione figured out another mystery about the girl. She loved Draco. "You don't love me." Hermione stared at her in shock. Lori obviously cared about him why would she turn him away?
"I do too."
"You don't love the real me"
"I do too." His voice was filled with determination but Hermione could tell he was faltering. "Don't you love me?" More doubts.
"I can't love you because" Lori didn't want to sound ridiculous but "you think I'm perfect"
"You *are* perfect"
"If you think I'm perfect you're not looking at the real me"
Draco stood back. He realized she was right. When you have a crush on someone you picture him or her without faults, when you love someone you see their faults and embrace them. You don't love them in spite of faults you love them because of them. Draco stood there thinking. "You're a liar. Not because of your secret, but because of your facade. You walk around as if you were perfect. Like a model student. We'll you're not. You like to be silly and you like to get angry and sad. Take off your mask and stop lying." Draco finished and Lori was on him like a bullet, her arms wrapped around his neck her head on his chest her breathing in little gasps.
"You're right. And I love you too."
Ron sat watching his cousin do her homework in the common room. "You love him?" Lori nodded. "Are you sure?" She nodded again. "Aren't you a little to young to fall in love?"
"Aren't you?"
Ron winced Hermione was seated right next to him. "Maybe." He looked over at Hermione. "But I love her all the same."
Hermione sat there unsure of what to do. She wanted to tell Ron that she loved him, but the words just wouldn't come out. Time ticked as she sat there staring at the floor. Her face reddened drastically. 'What do I do, what do I do' repeated over and over in her head? Ron was slowly but surely starting to look more and more worried. Hermione reached out and held his hand. This was all he needed to know. And everything was perfect in the world.
Hermione walked with Lori on their way to the dormitory "Lori?" Hermione asked in a whisper. "There are some more things I don't understand." Lori smiled and Hermione, an only child, felt like she could find a sister in the girl. "The people you have to help, how do you know who there are, are you told?
Lori opened the door to their dorm "I just know for some, for others, my grandfather told me who I was helping; for the most part I don't know what I'm doing. I have to figure out how to make it happen on my own. Anything else?"
"How long have you liked Draco?" Hermione hadn't actually planned on asking this question. "It's kind of a surprise. I didn't know if you two ever hung out let alone fell in love."
Lori seemed to ponder how to say what she would say next. "I have to save his soul."
Hermione was shocked. Lori's words ran through her mind 'I have to save a soul. And I have to save a life. I have to change a pessimistic person optimistic and I have to help to lead a couple to their destiny, which in the end will help to triumph over the greatest evil ever known.' "You have to save Malfoy's soul?"
"Yeah, he was part of my mission so I had to get close to him. I guess I got to close. I fell in love." Hermione nodded completely shocked.
"How do you save a soul?"
Lori laughed. "Actually that was an easy task, I did that one without even meaning to. His family comes from a long line of evil and I managed to turn his hart towards love. I did the pessimistic person optimistic a while ago. That was Snape. He knew I was a fairy right away, and he knew that I had come to bestow gifts, he also knew that I had a gift for him. That helped to make him optimistic. I also talked to Dumbledore about giving Snape the Dark Arts job part time. That helped as well."
"Wow"
"Now all I have to do is save a life and help to lead a that couple."
"And I guess you can't tell me who they are?"
"Nope. Anything else Hermione?"
Hermione thought and then remembered how the night of the lip sink songfest she had remembered all the things Lori had done that helped Ron and Hermione to get together. "You did it on purpose" She thought aloud.
"Hmm?"
"You got Ron and I together. You planned all that out. You even said you heard of me when we first met, and how you had been dying to meet me." Hermione's eyes flicked around searching Lori for an answer. She took a step back from the girl.
Lori flinched. "Ron wrote me letters about his friends, I could tell from the start that you liked each other.
"Oh." Hermione felt suddenly embarrassed. She had no idea why she had gotten so mad at Lori, she felt really confused. "So, how did you do it?"
Lori raised an eyebrow. "You want me to tell you how I helped you two get together?"
"Yeah"
"Um, okay. Before the reunion I caused the commotion with the schedule so that the only place you could sleep was Ron's room."
Hermione gasped, she had expected to feel mad but for some reason she just wanted to know how this girl had helped.
"That first night I told aunt Riana that you two were arguing and hinted at the cuffing curse."
Hermione blushed remembering that night. "But you came in afterwards and asked if something was wrong."
"Because I knew that you could just have gone downstairs and gotten Mrs. Weasley to take them off."
Hermione was realizing "and you knew that I didn't like you and wouldn't want to tell you. I had to lie to Ron that we shouldn't tell the family as an excuse to not tell you.
Lori nodded and Hermione suddenly felt bad
"I hated you, I am so, so sorry. You were just so" Hermione paused "perfect."
Lori shrugged. "If you ever thought I was perfect it's because of my fairy blood. The reason everyone is so attracted to me is because of my magic. Its one of the reasons Wizards don't trust us, we have that natural attraction, sorta' like the Veela but in a lesser amount.
Hermione realized another thing that night "why. Wh- why did those two guys, Justin and the older one, ask me out?"
Lori went to reply but Hermione cut her off.
"You said that I had probably grown. That I could just be more attractive. If that's true why didn't anyone ask me out after that. Was it because of your magic?"
"No It wa-"
Hermione felt loads of hurt flooding through her veins. "If it wasn't because of your magic why did it stop? Only those two guys asked and then never again."
Lori smiled sympathetically at Hermione. You told them that they had to ask Ron. And they have been, Ron's been telling every guy who asks that you are not available. Technically you aren't now, but when you were he wouldn't let anyone have you.
Hermione wasn't sure weather she should be mad or happy at his antics. Before she could decide Lori continued
"I chose to sing the male part in 'At The Beginning' and I drank the potion Neville made on purpose. So that you and Ron would sing together. I didn't die because of the half-human thing. Silicova is actually a medicine for Wizards, and a poison for fairies. Somewhat Ironic don't you think?"
Hermione sat still on her bed. She had learned so much in one go she wasn't sure if she could process it all. She had the sudden desire to go find Ron.
"Ron, Ron?" He had fallen asleep in the common room on one of the big chairs. Hermione crawled over to where he was and snuggled into him. "Ron, because its so much easier to tell you when your asleep" Hermione kissed his forehead "I love you."
A/N. The next chapter is going to be the last. And its going to be staged a few years into the future - I think. The more reviews I get the faster it comes out. Luv ya lots!
Imagi chan
Happy Holidays to those that celibrate And Happy New Year to those who believe that January First has a special meaning.
Dog Stars Crush, and Margarita Mocha for reviewing again! Evelyn Granger I cant believe you think it's one of the better ones on the site that makes me feel so so so so special , lostinthesupermarket Thanks for the gramatical help. I have grammar issues. I'm sorry my poor skills confused you -.- Rupert Fan and that makes a total of 9 reviews from you. Soo Sooo happy!
When I last checked I had 99 reviews. Wow, I feel so loved!
Almost Finales
That morning Hermione pondered Lori's words. 'Save a soul'? Hermione had no idea who that would be. 'Save a life' that could be anybody. Change a pessimistic person optimistic.' Hermione had no clue. 'Help a couple to their destiny' Hermione wracked her brain. She could normally solve puzzles like these. The only one she could figure out was the greatest evil ever known. It had to be You-Know-Who. (And I think you do) Hermione turned back to her breakfast. She hadn't asked the question so that she could find out, she had asked to make Lori feel better, just like Lori had done for her. Hermione had no right to pry into Lori's business. As if drawn by Hermione's thoughts Lori came to the table and sat down.
"Morning" She said quieter than usual.
"Good morning, Lori" Hermione smiled making room at the table. Neither Harry,
Ron, nor any other student seemed to mind. Of course the other students had been brainwashed and couldn't remember a thing.
Apparently not all the students. Draco Malfoy had approached Lori. "I know"
"Know what?" Lori asked full of smiles. 'She is a really good actrice' Hermione thought to herself.
"I know your secret. I figured it out before the incident last night so the spell didn't work. And I came to tell you that" Malfoy took a deep breath it looked as if he didn't want Hermione, Ron, and Harry there to witness what he did next. "I love you."
Lori sat there in shock and Hermione figured out another mystery about the girl. She loved Draco. "You don't love me." Hermione stared at her in shock. Lori obviously cared about him why would she turn him away?
"I do too."
"You don't love the real me"
"I do too." His voice was filled with determination but Hermione could tell he was faltering. "Don't you love me?" More doubts.
"I can't love you because" Lori didn't want to sound ridiculous but "you think I'm perfect"
"You *are* perfect"
"If you think I'm perfect you're not looking at the real me"
Draco stood back. He realized she was right. When you have a crush on someone you picture him or her without faults, when you love someone you see their faults and embrace them. You don't love them in spite of faults you love them because of them. Draco stood there thinking. "You're a liar. Not because of your secret, but because of your facade. You walk around as if you were perfect. Like a model student. We'll you're not. You like to be silly and you like to get angry and sad. Take off your mask and stop lying." Draco finished and Lori was on him like a bullet, her arms wrapped around his neck her head on his chest her breathing in little gasps.
"You're right. And I love you too."
Ron sat watching his cousin do her homework in the common room. "You love him?" Lori nodded. "Are you sure?" She nodded again. "Aren't you a little to young to fall in love?"
"Aren't you?"
Ron winced Hermione was seated right next to him. "Maybe." He looked over at Hermione. "But I love her all the same."
Hermione sat there unsure of what to do. She wanted to tell Ron that she loved him, but the words just wouldn't come out. Time ticked as she sat there staring at the floor. Her face reddened drastically. 'What do I do, what do I do' repeated over and over in her head? Ron was slowly but surely starting to look more and more worried. Hermione reached out and held his hand. This was all he needed to know. And everything was perfect in the world.
Hermione walked with Lori on their way to the dormitory "Lori?" Hermione asked in a whisper. "There are some more things I don't understand." Lori smiled and Hermione, an only child, felt like she could find a sister in the girl. "The people you have to help, how do you know who there are, are you told?
Lori opened the door to their dorm "I just know for some, for others, my grandfather told me who I was helping; for the most part I don't know what I'm doing. I have to figure out how to make it happen on my own. Anything else?"
"How long have you liked Draco?" Hermione hadn't actually planned on asking this question. "It's kind of a surprise. I didn't know if you two ever hung out let alone fell in love."
Lori seemed to ponder how to say what she would say next. "I have to save his soul."
Hermione was shocked. Lori's words ran through her mind 'I have to save a soul. And I have to save a life. I have to change a pessimistic person optimistic and I have to help to lead a couple to their destiny, which in the end will help to triumph over the greatest evil ever known.' "You have to save Malfoy's soul?"
"Yeah, he was part of my mission so I had to get close to him. I guess I got to close. I fell in love." Hermione nodded completely shocked.
"How do you save a soul?"
Lori laughed. "Actually that was an easy task, I did that one without even meaning to. His family comes from a long line of evil and I managed to turn his hart towards love. I did the pessimistic person optimistic a while ago. That was Snape. He knew I was a fairy right away, and he knew that I had come to bestow gifts, he also knew that I had a gift for him. That helped to make him optimistic. I also talked to Dumbledore about giving Snape the Dark Arts job part time. That helped as well."
"Wow"
"Now all I have to do is save a life and help to lead a that couple."
"And I guess you can't tell me who they are?"
"Nope. Anything else Hermione?"
Hermione thought and then remembered how the night of the lip sink songfest she had remembered all the things Lori had done that helped Ron and Hermione to get together. "You did it on purpose" She thought aloud.
"Hmm?"
"You got Ron and I together. You planned all that out. You even said you heard of me when we first met, and how you had been dying to meet me." Hermione's eyes flicked around searching Lori for an answer. She took a step back from the girl.
Lori flinched. "Ron wrote me letters about his friends, I could tell from the start that you liked each other.
"Oh." Hermione felt suddenly embarrassed. She had no idea why she had gotten so mad at Lori, she felt really confused. "So, how did you do it?"
Lori raised an eyebrow. "You want me to tell you how I helped you two get together?"
"Yeah"
"Um, okay. Before the reunion I caused the commotion with the schedule so that the only place you could sleep was Ron's room."
Hermione gasped, she had expected to feel mad but for some reason she just wanted to know how this girl had helped.
"That first night I told aunt Riana that you two were arguing and hinted at the cuffing curse."
Hermione blushed remembering that night. "But you came in afterwards and asked if something was wrong."
"Because I knew that you could just have gone downstairs and gotten Mrs. Weasley to take them off."
Hermione was realizing "and you knew that I didn't like you and wouldn't want to tell you. I had to lie to Ron that we shouldn't tell the family as an excuse to not tell you.
Lori nodded and Hermione suddenly felt bad
"I hated you, I am so, so sorry. You were just so" Hermione paused "perfect."
Lori shrugged. "If you ever thought I was perfect it's because of my fairy blood. The reason everyone is so attracted to me is because of my magic. Its one of the reasons Wizards don't trust us, we have that natural attraction, sorta' like the Veela but in a lesser amount.
Hermione realized another thing that night "why. Wh- why did those two guys, Justin and the older one, ask me out?"
Lori went to reply but Hermione cut her off.
"You said that I had probably grown. That I could just be more attractive. If that's true why didn't anyone ask me out after that. Was it because of your magic?"
"No It wa-"
Hermione felt loads of hurt flooding through her veins. "If it wasn't because of your magic why did it stop? Only those two guys asked and then never again."
Lori smiled sympathetically at Hermione. You told them that they had to ask Ron. And they have been, Ron's been telling every guy who asks that you are not available. Technically you aren't now, but when you were he wouldn't let anyone have you.
Hermione wasn't sure weather she should be mad or happy at his antics. Before she could decide Lori continued
"I chose to sing the male part in 'At The Beginning' and I drank the potion Neville made on purpose. So that you and Ron would sing together. I didn't die because of the half-human thing. Silicova is actually a medicine for Wizards, and a poison for fairies. Somewhat Ironic don't you think?"
Hermione sat still on her bed. She had learned so much in one go she wasn't sure if she could process it all. She had the sudden desire to go find Ron.
"Ron, Ron?" He had fallen asleep in the common room on one of the big chairs. Hermione crawled over to where he was and snuggled into him. "Ron, because its so much easier to tell you when your asleep" Hermione kissed his forehead "I love you."
A/N. The next chapter is going to be the last. And its going to be staged a few years into the future - I think. The more reviews I get the faster it comes out. Luv ya lots!
Imagi chan
Happy Holidays to those that celibrate And Happy New Year to those who believe that January First has a special meaning.