Chapter 24: Help from the Veela
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or any other character and that includes Draco.
Thanks: Sushie-chan, Nathalie, Callisto Star, angelsmeldoy13, K7o7 of BaCa PrOdUcTiOnZ, Kumiko Eharu, Sky Brooks, Angela, BlueStariNight88, Rebecca, Akili, Draco'sAmericanGurl, PsychoAngel, and Draco-luver.
A/N: Okay, not too much too say as of right now. Sorry if this is a tad short.
Hermione and Draco just stood there staring at the deserted alleyway for several minutes. Hermione could not believe what she saw. She had just rescued Blaise and escaped from Beauxbatons, and Lucius STILL found them. It was rather sad actually. Hermione bit down on her lip as she thought about all the horrible things that have happened. She bit down so hard that it caused her lip to bleed, and it left a trail of blood going down her chin. Draco winced, and turned away. He felt just as scared as Hermione did.
Hermione finally got enough courage, and began to speak softly to Draco, "What are we going to do?"
"This is your fault, you do know that Hermione?" Draco said without looking at her.
Hermione felt herself get angry. How dare that spoilt brat judge her? "My fault? Excuse me, but did YOU just say it was MY fault?"
Draco sighed, and still avoided Hermione's eyes said, "Well, maybe if we hadn't left them alone, they would still be here. But NO! You had to run away like that, and I had to chase you."
Hermione flushed, and them snapped out, "Oh! SO you are going to say everything is my fault! You selfish bastard! You were the one that chased me! Next thing you are going to say is that Jewel's murder was my fault too!"
Draco's gray eyes became cold, "Leave Jewel out of this!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and shrugged, "Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Do you want to hear what I truly think Draco? I personally think that Lucius is just going to keep tracking us down, until he gets what he wants. So you know what? How about we just let him catch us? I would rather be dead, then be alive and running from him twenty-four hours a day."
Draco gasped, and shook his head at Hermione, "You can't mean that! Hermione, are you going to let Dumbledore's death be for nothing? How about Nilam? And how about Jewel?"
Hermione shut her eyes tightly, and when she did she thought she saw Jewel in her memories. She saw Jewel laughing under the tree near the lake, which was her favorite spot in the short two months that she sent to Hogwarts. Hermione saw Jewel making faces in the Great Hall and making fun of various people. Lastly she saw Jewel praying in her angel costume right before she was murdered, never to laugh or smile again.
Hermione felt the tears in her eyes, and suddenly threw herself into Draco's arms. He caught her, but was sort of surprised, and he patted her softly on the head. Hermione whimpered, "I am so sorry Draco. I am just so frustrated! What can we do?"
Draco looked up at the sky, with a determined expression on his face, "I don't know what we can do, but we have to do something! I don't want Lucius to kill my friends, like he killed my sister."
Hermione gasped, "Your friends? I thought you could not stand Harry, Ron, or Ginny. I knew you were a little friendly Pansy, even though you broke up with her during fifth year. And Blaise, well, from what I saw you never really liked her either."
Draco smiled, "Hermione, I may not be all 'buddy-buddy' with the Gryffindors that you just mentioned, but I do not want them to die. I do care for their well being."
Hermione laughed and hugged Draco tight. He smiled and hugged her back. Hermione whispered in his ear, "We can't just stand around here. Come on! Lets think of a possible plan. We need to figure what Lucius did with our friends, and we need to find a way to free them."
Draco nodded, and said, "Come on! Lets find a place to stay for awhile, and that will give us the time to figure out what we are doing."
Hermione agreed, "Yes, we can't just sleep out here in the alleyway, but where are we going to go?"
Draco reached into his pocket and pulled out dome wizard money. Hermione grinned, and Draco grinned back, "I never leave without having some cash on hand. Now, the only thing I am concerned about is where we are going to go without anyone recognizing us from the Daily Prophet."
Hermione nodded, "Well, we have to have a disguise of some sort, but that would be a bit difficult. Let me think. Well, we could hide out in the muggle world."
Draco wrinkled up his nose in disgust, "You have got to be kidding me right? The MUGGLE world?"
Hermione shrugged and replied, "They don't read the Daily Prophet! That is the only safe place I can think of, and Lucius probably would freak before he step foot in there!"
"But we might still get caught!" Draco objected, "Lucius is evil, but he is NOT stupid! He will find us eventually."
Hermione was about to argue back, but she knew that Draco was right. No matter where they would go, Lucius would surely pursue them. There was no escaping him. None.
Hermione was about to answer Draco, but he put a finger to her lips, "Not a word. Come on. We have to hurry and find someplace, anyplace to stay, until we are sure of what we are going to do."
Hermione nodded in agreement, and was ready to follow Draco, but then she heard someone calling their names, "Draco? 'Ermione? What are you doing out 'ere?"
Hermione and Draco spun around, and saw Fleur standing there holding a bunch of shopping bags, with her sister Gabrielle standing next to her. The bags were huge, and had fancy letters of different boutiques written on them. Fleur must have preferred a shopping spree instead of watching an operation.
Fleur gave Hermione and Draco a warning stare, "What are you two doing out 'ere? You should be back at school!"
Hermione felt her eyes fill up with tears, "We can't go back, Fleur. We can't! We can't!"
Gabrielle tilted her head, "What are you talking about, 'Ermione? What 'appened?"
Hermione suddenly began spilling her guts out about what happened, and Draco kept saying that the new professor was really Lucius. And surprisingly Fleur stood there and listened with astonishment.
Hermione was gasping loudly, "Fleur! We don't know what to do! This is horrible! And our friends-"
Fleur held up her hand, "I think zat I 'ave 'eard quite enough. I believe zat you do 'ave strong evidence against Dulandez, but, well, I do not know. Gabrielle?"
Gabrielle looked up at Fleur, "Oui?"
Fleur nodded, "Take zese two back to our 'ouse. I do believe zat they need some rest after all zat ze 'ave been through. Meanwhile, I will confront Dulandez myself about all of zis, and find out what iz really going on."
Hermione felt her mouth go dry; "You can't go talk to him all by yourself!"
Fleur laughed, "Don't be silly. I will be just fine! Gabrielle you may take zem."
Gabrielle nodded, grabbed the shopping bags, and beckoned Draco and Hermione to follow her. The two looked at each other nervously, and Draco said, "You haven't read the Daily Prophet have you?"
Gabrielle laughed, "Me and my sister do not read zat! Everything zat newspaper says is usually an absolute lie!"
Fleur nodded, "Zat iz very truth. I will see you later shortly."
Fleur turned around, and left leaving Draco, Hermione, and Gabrielle. Gabrielle smiled and said, "We 'ave better start moving. It iz not a very easy walk to our 'ome."
The three continued walking down the streets of Paris, and Hermione felt butterflies in her stomach, with the feeling that she and Draco were going to be caught. But just like in the owlery, all the people in the streets were way too busy with their own problems to even notice two convicted murderers walking down the street. Well, they may have been dim, but this was an advantage that Hermione did not want to lose. The last thing she wanted was to be in prison before she could help her friends.
Suddenly Gabrielle sighed, "It iz beautiful izn't it?"
Draco and Hermione looked ahead, and saw a very beautiful sight indeed. They were in the town square, and ahead of them were two glorious statues that looked unreal. They were the princesses in their glory: Pansee and Helen.
This is getting very interesting to write. Very interesting. And FUN!!! ^_^ More to come!
~*Sophiebabe
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, or any other character and that includes Draco.
Thanks: Sushie-chan, Nathalie, Callisto Star, angelsmeldoy13, K7o7 of BaCa PrOdUcTiOnZ, Kumiko Eharu, Sky Brooks, Angela, BlueStariNight88, Rebecca, Akili, Draco'sAmericanGurl, PsychoAngel, and Draco-luver.
A/N: Okay, not too much too say as of right now. Sorry if this is a tad short.
Hermione and Draco just stood there staring at the deserted alleyway for several minutes. Hermione could not believe what she saw. She had just rescued Blaise and escaped from Beauxbatons, and Lucius STILL found them. It was rather sad actually. Hermione bit down on her lip as she thought about all the horrible things that have happened. She bit down so hard that it caused her lip to bleed, and it left a trail of blood going down her chin. Draco winced, and turned away. He felt just as scared as Hermione did.
Hermione finally got enough courage, and began to speak softly to Draco, "What are we going to do?"
"This is your fault, you do know that Hermione?" Draco said without looking at her.
Hermione felt herself get angry. How dare that spoilt brat judge her? "My fault? Excuse me, but did YOU just say it was MY fault?"
Draco sighed, and still avoided Hermione's eyes said, "Well, maybe if we hadn't left them alone, they would still be here. But NO! You had to run away like that, and I had to chase you."
Hermione flushed, and them snapped out, "Oh! SO you are going to say everything is my fault! You selfish bastard! You were the one that chased me! Next thing you are going to say is that Jewel's murder was my fault too!"
Draco's gray eyes became cold, "Leave Jewel out of this!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and shrugged, "Well, it doesn't matter anyway. Do you want to hear what I truly think Draco? I personally think that Lucius is just going to keep tracking us down, until he gets what he wants. So you know what? How about we just let him catch us? I would rather be dead, then be alive and running from him twenty-four hours a day."
Draco gasped, and shook his head at Hermione, "You can't mean that! Hermione, are you going to let Dumbledore's death be for nothing? How about Nilam? And how about Jewel?"
Hermione shut her eyes tightly, and when she did she thought she saw Jewel in her memories. She saw Jewel laughing under the tree near the lake, which was her favorite spot in the short two months that she sent to Hogwarts. Hermione saw Jewel making faces in the Great Hall and making fun of various people. Lastly she saw Jewel praying in her angel costume right before she was murdered, never to laugh or smile again.
Hermione felt the tears in her eyes, and suddenly threw herself into Draco's arms. He caught her, but was sort of surprised, and he patted her softly on the head. Hermione whimpered, "I am so sorry Draco. I am just so frustrated! What can we do?"
Draco looked up at the sky, with a determined expression on his face, "I don't know what we can do, but we have to do something! I don't want Lucius to kill my friends, like he killed my sister."
Hermione gasped, "Your friends? I thought you could not stand Harry, Ron, or Ginny. I knew you were a little friendly Pansy, even though you broke up with her during fifth year. And Blaise, well, from what I saw you never really liked her either."
Draco smiled, "Hermione, I may not be all 'buddy-buddy' with the Gryffindors that you just mentioned, but I do not want them to die. I do care for their well being."
Hermione laughed and hugged Draco tight. He smiled and hugged her back. Hermione whispered in his ear, "We can't just stand around here. Come on! Lets think of a possible plan. We need to figure what Lucius did with our friends, and we need to find a way to free them."
Draco nodded, and said, "Come on! Lets find a place to stay for awhile, and that will give us the time to figure out what we are doing."
Hermione agreed, "Yes, we can't just sleep out here in the alleyway, but where are we going to go?"
Draco reached into his pocket and pulled out dome wizard money. Hermione grinned, and Draco grinned back, "I never leave without having some cash on hand. Now, the only thing I am concerned about is where we are going to go without anyone recognizing us from the Daily Prophet."
Hermione nodded, "Well, we have to have a disguise of some sort, but that would be a bit difficult. Let me think. Well, we could hide out in the muggle world."
Draco wrinkled up his nose in disgust, "You have got to be kidding me right? The MUGGLE world?"
Hermione shrugged and replied, "They don't read the Daily Prophet! That is the only safe place I can think of, and Lucius probably would freak before he step foot in there!"
"But we might still get caught!" Draco objected, "Lucius is evil, but he is NOT stupid! He will find us eventually."
Hermione was about to argue back, but she knew that Draco was right. No matter where they would go, Lucius would surely pursue them. There was no escaping him. None.
Hermione was about to answer Draco, but he put a finger to her lips, "Not a word. Come on. We have to hurry and find someplace, anyplace to stay, until we are sure of what we are going to do."
Hermione nodded in agreement, and was ready to follow Draco, but then she heard someone calling their names, "Draco? 'Ermione? What are you doing out 'ere?"
Hermione and Draco spun around, and saw Fleur standing there holding a bunch of shopping bags, with her sister Gabrielle standing next to her. The bags were huge, and had fancy letters of different boutiques written on them. Fleur must have preferred a shopping spree instead of watching an operation.
Fleur gave Hermione and Draco a warning stare, "What are you two doing out 'ere? You should be back at school!"
Hermione felt her eyes fill up with tears, "We can't go back, Fleur. We can't! We can't!"
Gabrielle tilted her head, "What are you talking about, 'Ermione? What 'appened?"
Hermione suddenly began spilling her guts out about what happened, and Draco kept saying that the new professor was really Lucius. And surprisingly Fleur stood there and listened with astonishment.
Hermione was gasping loudly, "Fleur! We don't know what to do! This is horrible! And our friends-"
Fleur held up her hand, "I think zat I 'ave 'eard quite enough. I believe zat you do 'ave strong evidence against Dulandez, but, well, I do not know. Gabrielle?"
Gabrielle looked up at Fleur, "Oui?"
Fleur nodded, "Take zese two back to our 'ouse. I do believe zat they need some rest after all zat ze 'ave been through. Meanwhile, I will confront Dulandez myself about all of zis, and find out what iz really going on."
Hermione felt her mouth go dry; "You can't go talk to him all by yourself!"
Fleur laughed, "Don't be silly. I will be just fine! Gabrielle you may take zem."
Gabrielle nodded, grabbed the shopping bags, and beckoned Draco and Hermione to follow her. The two looked at each other nervously, and Draco said, "You haven't read the Daily Prophet have you?"
Gabrielle laughed, "Me and my sister do not read zat! Everything zat newspaper says is usually an absolute lie!"
Fleur nodded, "Zat iz very truth. I will see you later shortly."
Fleur turned around, and left leaving Draco, Hermione, and Gabrielle. Gabrielle smiled and said, "We 'ave better start moving. It iz not a very easy walk to our 'ome."
The three continued walking down the streets of Paris, and Hermione felt butterflies in her stomach, with the feeling that she and Draco were going to be caught. But just like in the owlery, all the people in the streets were way too busy with their own problems to even notice two convicted murderers walking down the street. Well, they may have been dim, but this was an advantage that Hermione did not want to lose. The last thing she wanted was to be in prison before she could help her friends.
Suddenly Gabrielle sighed, "It iz beautiful izn't it?"
Draco and Hermione looked ahead, and saw a very beautiful sight indeed. They were in the town square, and ahead of them were two glorious statues that looked unreal. They were the princesses in their glory: Pansee and Helen.
This is getting very interesting to write. Very interesting. And FUN!!! ^_^ More to come!
~*Sophiebabe