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A/N: I like it so far but it's not that much entertaining yet so wait until the later chapters before you completely say you don't like the story. Enjoy. R&R
Chapter 1: Meetings with friends
Hermione sat in her office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Professor McGonagall had to become the Head Mistress when Dumbledore went to go fight in the war. With Dumbledore gone and McGonagall Head Mistress Hermione was the Transfiguration teacher. She really liked her job. The kids were entertaining and she still got homework (But this time around she's the one correcting the homework).
She had graduated a few years before. She decided she wanted to continue her learning experiences going into teaching. While Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, her two best friends, went into the Ministry of Magic and became Auror's.
She really worried about her friends now and again. With them being Auror's and the war with Voldemort going on, they were on the battlefield almost everyday. She was afraid they would get hurt, or worse they could be killed.
She couldn't bare the thought of losing her friends, especially Ron. She had had a crush on Ron since her first year at Hogwarts, gradually over the years it grew into something more. She had never told Ron about her feelings. Of course she had told Harry and Ginny but she was too afraid to tell him. She knew for a fact that he wouldn't laugh in her face but she was still scared.
Hermione put her quills and ink away. She staked the parchment into a neat pile at the corner of the desk.
She looked down at her wristwatch. It was Noon, she was now late, she was suppose to meet Ginny at The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmade. She grabbed her cloak and her wand, then proceeded out the door to meet Ginny.
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Hermione walked in and the first thing she did was ask Madam Rosmerta where Ginny was. She already knew Ginny was there because Ginny was never late for anything.
Madam Rosmerta pointed to a quiet table in front of the window, and sure enough Ginny was sitting in a seat watching the crowds pass by.
Hermione silently approached her. She took a seat across from her and that was when she noticed the water stains on Ginny's cheeks.
"Hi." Ginny said turning to greet her.
"You've been crying." Hermione stated. "Why?"
Ginny's hand automatically went to her cheeks to wipe them. "I'm just having problems that's all."
"What kind of problems Gin?" She asked. She knew during school she hadn't paid much attention to Ginny. Now that about a year later when she discovered how lonely Ginny was, she wanted to make up for it by being her friend. In the beginning of the friendship she had known she was only being Ginny's friend out of pity. Over the months she had become to really know Ginny like the back of her hand. Now there was nothing she wouldn't do for her or tell her.
"You know you can tell me anything" She reassuring her.
"Well," She began. "Draco proposed to me last night." She gestured to the ring on her finger as her eyes filled up with tears.
"That's good isn't it?" Hermione asked uncertainly. Ginny loved Draco, she wasn't sure why Draco proposing to her would make her cry, Ginny had been waiting a long time for him to ask her.
"Yes and No." Ginny answered moving her engagement ring around, staring at it. "I love Draco very much, you know that."
Hermione nodded with agreement.
"I'm very worried about him."
"What did he do THIS time." She asked drawing out the word this.
Ginny gave her a watery smile she knew Hermione was going to say that.
"Well you know that he's an undercover Death Eater." She took a deep breath. Just thinking about it was hard. Telling someone was worse. "I overheard a conversation with Draco and this man. I don't know who he was because I couldn't see the face. Well basically the man told him that he knew that Draco was being disloyal to the Dark Lord. He also said that if Draco didn't stop being Disloyal and didn't prove his loyalty, he would go to Voldemort himself and have Draco killed."
Hermione remained silent. She wasn't sure what she was suppose to do. She knew no matter what she said wouldn't reassure Ginny that her fiancé would be alright.
"From the way I see it, it's a lose, lose situation." Out of frustration Ginny slammed her fist onto the table. Which shook it violently and made Hermione jump. "Damn it! I told him to go into hiding, but he refuses and says 'I'm not a wuss.' and 'A Malfoy doesn't run away from their problems.'"
She looked at Hermione with pleading eyes. "Please Herm, I need your help. I need you, Harry, and Ron to gang up on him with me. It's the only way I can get him to see that I want him to be safe even if I eventually have to force him into doing it."
Hermione stared into Ginny's big brown eyes that were now going blurry because of all the tears forming at them. How could she refuse a reasonable request from her best friend? "I'll help but I'm not sure if I can get Ron and Harry too. You know how much they hate Draco. And to the fact that Ron doesn't know you're marrying him yet."
Ginny wiped the newly made tears away. "Thanks Hermione you're the best." Ginny said as she stood up. "I'll have to owl you later to set up a time. Right now I'm late for my other meeting with Draco."
Hermione nodded standing up as well. She walked to the girl and pulled her into a friendly hug. "Be careful and I promise I'll get Harry and Ron to help me."
"If anyone can talk some sense into those two boys it's you." Ginny ran out the door waving good day.
Hermione just stared at the door. Was she crazy? Had she really just said she'll make Harry and Ron have a civil conversation with Draco Malfoy? The Draco Malfoy, the one who had made her and they're lives a living hell at school. The Draco Malfoy who had called her Mudblood and made fun of her everyday.
Well there was one thing she was absolutely sure about and that was this wasn't going to be a friendly visit.
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Hermione knocked on the door to Ron's apartment. She had asked to meet with him and Harry at his place.
Ron smiled at her as he opened the door and gestured that she come inside. "Hey just in time."
"Yeah." Hermione muttered as she walked over to the couch Harry was sitting on and flopped right next to him. "Hi Harry."
He smiled at her. He would've said hi back but his mouth was already full with Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. He offered her some but she declined because she had already ate.
Ron sat down on the other side of her, making her feel even more closed in then she already was. She was already uncomfortable about the situation, she didn't need to be anymore. "So what's up Hermione?"
Hermione jumped up, she didn't want to be sitting in between them when she told them this. "Ginny came to me today because she was having a problem." She said automatically getting exactly to the point.
Ron stood up just to be shoved back down again by Hermione.
"What's wrong? Is she in trouble?" Harry asked stuffing more beans into his mouth.
"Let me tell you something first." Hermione began but stopped. She had known them both from a really long time. She knew how Ron was going to react but she wasn't sure about Harry. Hopefully Draco will be alive to be at the wedding.
"Hermione!" Ron snapped impatiently pulling her out of her thoughts before she could dwell on it anymore. "Quit thinking and tell us already."
"Well, Ginny's getting married." Hermione said pausing to let the thought take root.
Ron stared at her. "MY GINNY?" He asked. "Is getting married?"
Harry looked at Hermione with the look of confusion written all across is face.
"Yes Ron, she got proposed to last night and she agreed."
He just continued to stare at her. "But she's only 19 years old. She's to young to be getting married."
"She's old enough to make her own decisions and besides she loves him." She said defending her best friend.
"Who is he?" Ron asked curiously.
"Well you know she's been dating him for quite a while." She said rather quickly, to quickly.
"Oh, hell no!" He yelled bouncing up from the couch. "She can not marry him. He's a Malfoy. She's a Weasley. It won't work. I forbid it!"
"If you forbid it she will still marry him anyway. You want to know why? Because she LOVES HIM! She loves him Ron." She glared at him as the anger swelled up inside her. She should've known she would get into a fight over this. She should've been prepared for it. "And if you try to stop this, I swear I will NEVER talk to you ever again Ronald Weasley." She ran from the room wanting to get as far away from him as possible.
Harry stared at Ron. "She's going to marry Draco Malfoy?" He asked completely and utterly shocked.
"Yeah, can you believe her?" Ron answered with bitterness in his voice.
"Who her or Hermione?"
"Both! Ginny because she said yes to the bloody git and Hermione for being the most impossible girl I know!" Ron fumed.
"And because you love them both." He smiled at him.
Ron felt his heart stop. Harry knew? Then he mentally smacked himself. Of course Harry knew just because you never told him doesn't mean anything.
Harry noticed the shock on his friend's face and he laughed. "Did you think I didn't know? Ron, you show it all the time, it's just Hermione's to busy thinking about other things to see what's going on."
"Do you think I'm a chicken because I haven't told her?" He asked Harry uncertainly.
"I'm not going to answer that. I'm just going to ask you to promise me you'll tell her soon before it's to late." Harry was dead serious and Ron could tell it too.
He nodded. "I promise."
"Now I think that you should go apologize to Hermione and then we should hear the situation we never got to listen to."
Ron frowned. He knew Harry was right. He didn't have a choice he would have to apologize, so he walked to the kitchen and over to the table where she was sitting. He took the seat that was across from her.
"I came here to say I'm sorry." Ron looked down at the perfectly crafted wooden table. "You're right it's really none of my business who my sister marries." He squeezed the side of the table until his knuckles were completely white. "I just can't stand Malfoy. I don't want to think of the fact that he will be taking my little innocent sister away from me."
Hermione removed his hands from the table. "Ron, She's old enough to take care of herself, she doesn't need you protecting her all the time. She had it enough when she was at Hogwarts." She sighed. "Now as for Draco, that is the problem."
Ron glared at her. "I knew that stupid git was going to do something." He said letting his anger rise once more.
"That's not Ron, calm down and I'll explain everything." She turned to the door. "Harry you can come in. You have to know too."
"Right." He walked in and sat down.
A/N: I know it's really sucky so far but it will eventually get better. Please Review. Thanks.
A/N: I like it so far but it's not that much entertaining yet so wait until the later chapters before you completely say you don't like the story. Enjoy. R&R
Chapter 1: Meetings with friends
Hermione sat in her office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Professor McGonagall had to become the Head Mistress when Dumbledore went to go fight in the war. With Dumbledore gone and McGonagall Head Mistress Hermione was the Transfiguration teacher. She really liked her job. The kids were entertaining and she still got homework (But this time around she's the one correcting the homework).
She had graduated a few years before. She decided she wanted to continue her learning experiences going into teaching. While Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, her two best friends, went into the Ministry of Magic and became Auror's.
She really worried about her friends now and again. With them being Auror's and the war with Voldemort going on, they were on the battlefield almost everyday. She was afraid they would get hurt, or worse they could be killed.
She couldn't bare the thought of losing her friends, especially Ron. She had had a crush on Ron since her first year at Hogwarts, gradually over the years it grew into something more. She had never told Ron about her feelings. Of course she had told Harry and Ginny but she was too afraid to tell him. She knew for a fact that he wouldn't laugh in her face but she was still scared.
Hermione put her quills and ink away. She staked the parchment into a neat pile at the corner of the desk.
She looked down at her wristwatch. It was Noon, she was now late, she was suppose to meet Ginny at The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmade. She grabbed her cloak and her wand, then proceeded out the door to meet Ginny.
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Hermione walked in and the first thing she did was ask Madam Rosmerta where Ginny was. She already knew Ginny was there because Ginny was never late for anything.
Madam Rosmerta pointed to a quiet table in front of the window, and sure enough Ginny was sitting in a seat watching the crowds pass by.
Hermione silently approached her. She took a seat across from her and that was when she noticed the water stains on Ginny's cheeks.
"Hi." Ginny said turning to greet her.
"You've been crying." Hermione stated. "Why?"
Ginny's hand automatically went to her cheeks to wipe them. "I'm just having problems that's all."
"What kind of problems Gin?" She asked. She knew during school she hadn't paid much attention to Ginny. Now that about a year later when she discovered how lonely Ginny was, she wanted to make up for it by being her friend. In the beginning of the friendship she had known she was only being Ginny's friend out of pity. Over the months she had become to really know Ginny like the back of her hand. Now there was nothing she wouldn't do for her or tell her.
"You know you can tell me anything" She reassuring her.
"Well," She began. "Draco proposed to me last night." She gestured to the ring on her finger as her eyes filled up with tears.
"That's good isn't it?" Hermione asked uncertainly. Ginny loved Draco, she wasn't sure why Draco proposing to her would make her cry, Ginny had been waiting a long time for him to ask her.
"Yes and No." Ginny answered moving her engagement ring around, staring at it. "I love Draco very much, you know that."
Hermione nodded with agreement.
"I'm very worried about him."
"What did he do THIS time." She asked drawing out the word this.
Ginny gave her a watery smile she knew Hermione was going to say that.
"Well you know that he's an undercover Death Eater." She took a deep breath. Just thinking about it was hard. Telling someone was worse. "I overheard a conversation with Draco and this man. I don't know who he was because I couldn't see the face. Well basically the man told him that he knew that Draco was being disloyal to the Dark Lord. He also said that if Draco didn't stop being Disloyal and didn't prove his loyalty, he would go to Voldemort himself and have Draco killed."
Hermione remained silent. She wasn't sure what she was suppose to do. She knew no matter what she said wouldn't reassure Ginny that her fiancé would be alright.
"From the way I see it, it's a lose, lose situation." Out of frustration Ginny slammed her fist onto the table. Which shook it violently and made Hermione jump. "Damn it! I told him to go into hiding, but he refuses and says 'I'm not a wuss.' and 'A Malfoy doesn't run away from their problems.'"
She looked at Hermione with pleading eyes. "Please Herm, I need your help. I need you, Harry, and Ron to gang up on him with me. It's the only way I can get him to see that I want him to be safe even if I eventually have to force him into doing it."
Hermione stared into Ginny's big brown eyes that were now going blurry because of all the tears forming at them. How could she refuse a reasonable request from her best friend? "I'll help but I'm not sure if I can get Ron and Harry too. You know how much they hate Draco. And to the fact that Ron doesn't know you're marrying him yet."
Ginny wiped the newly made tears away. "Thanks Hermione you're the best." Ginny said as she stood up. "I'll have to owl you later to set up a time. Right now I'm late for my other meeting with Draco."
Hermione nodded standing up as well. She walked to the girl and pulled her into a friendly hug. "Be careful and I promise I'll get Harry and Ron to help me."
"If anyone can talk some sense into those two boys it's you." Ginny ran out the door waving good day.
Hermione just stared at the door. Was she crazy? Had she really just said she'll make Harry and Ron have a civil conversation with Draco Malfoy? The Draco Malfoy, the one who had made her and they're lives a living hell at school. The Draco Malfoy who had called her Mudblood and made fun of her everyday.
Well there was one thing she was absolutely sure about and that was this wasn't going to be a friendly visit.
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Hermione knocked on the door to Ron's apartment. She had asked to meet with him and Harry at his place.
Ron smiled at her as he opened the door and gestured that she come inside. "Hey just in time."
"Yeah." Hermione muttered as she walked over to the couch Harry was sitting on and flopped right next to him. "Hi Harry."
He smiled at her. He would've said hi back but his mouth was already full with Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. He offered her some but she declined because she had already ate.
Ron sat down on the other side of her, making her feel even more closed in then she already was. She was already uncomfortable about the situation, she didn't need to be anymore. "So what's up Hermione?"
Hermione jumped up, she didn't want to be sitting in between them when she told them this. "Ginny came to me today because she was having a problem." She said automatically getting exactly to the point.
Ron stood up just to be shoved back down again by Hermione.
"What's wrong? Is she in trouble?" Harry asked stuffing more beans into his mouth.
"Let me tell you something first." Hermione began but stopped. She had known them both from a really long time. She knew how Ron was going to react but she wasn't sure about Harry. Hopefully Draco will be alive to be at the wedding.
"Hermione!" Ron snapped impatiently pulling her out of her thoughts before she could dwell on it anymore. "Quit thinking and tell us already."
"Well, Ginny's getting married." Hermione said pausing to let the thought take root.
Ron stared at her. "MY GINNY?" He asked. "Is getting married?"
Harry looked at Hermione with the look of confusion written all across is face.
"Yes Ron, she got proposed to last night and she agreed."
He just continued to stare at her. "But she's only 19 years old. She's to young to be getting married."
"She's old enough to make her own decisions and besides she loves him." She said defending her best friend.
"Who is he?" Ron asked curiously.
"Well you know she's been dating him for quite a while." She said rather quickly, to quickly.
"Oh, hell no!" He yelled bouncing up from the couch. "She can not marry him. He's a Malfoy. She's a Weasley. It won't work. I forbid it!"
"If you forbid it she will still marry him anyway. You want to know why? Because she LOVES HIM! She loves him Ron." She glared at him as the anger swelled up inside her. She should've known she would get into a fight over this. She should've been prepared for it. "And if you try to stop this, I swear I will NEVER talk to you ever again Ronald Weasley." She ran from the room wanting to get as far away from him as possible.
Harry stared at Ron. "She's going to marry Draco Malfoy?" He asked completely and utterly shocked.
"Yeah, can you believe her?" Ron answered with bitterness in his voice.
"Who her or Hermione?"
"Both! Ginny because she said yes to the bloody git and Hermione for being the most impossible girl I know!" Ron fumed.
"And because you love them both." He smiled at him.
Ron felt his heart stop. Harry knew? Then he mentally smacked himself. Of course Harry knew just because you never told him doesn't mean anything.
Harry noticed the shock on his friend's face and he laughed. "Did you think I didn't know? Ron, you show it all the time, it's just Hermione's to busy thinking about other things to see what's going on."
"Do you think I'm a chicken because I haven't told her?" He asked Harry uncertainly.
"I'm not going to answer that. I'm just going to ask you to promise me you'll tell her soon before it's to late." Harry was dead serious and Ron could tell it too.
He nodded. "I promise."
"Now I think that you should go apologize to Hermione and then we should hear the situation we never got to listen to."
Ron frowned. He knew Harry was right. He didn't have a choice he would have to apologize, so he walked to the kitchen and over to the table where she was sitting. He took the seat that was across from her.
"I came here to say I'm sorry." Ron looked down at the perfectly crafted wooden table. "You're right it's really none of my business who my sister marries." He squeezed the side of the table until his knuckles were completely white. "I just can't stand Malfoy. I don't want to think of the fact that he will be taking my little innocent sister away from me."
Hermione removed his hands from the table. "Ron, She's old enough to take care of herself, she doesn't need you protecting her all the time. She had it enough when she was at Hogwarts." She sighed. "Now as for Draco, that is the problem."
Ron glared at her. "I knew that stupid git was going to do something." He said letting his anger rise once more.
"That's not Ron, calm down and I'll explain everything." She turned to the door. "Harry you can come in. You have to know too."
"Right." He walked in and sat down.
A/N: I know it's really sucky so far but it will eventually get better. Please Review. Thanks.