Wow, so many reviews! I never get so many at the first posting of a story, no matter how much chapters I had already written!!!!
hawiian_chick24: It shouldn't take me long to update, don't worry. I know how cliff-hangers can be a real pain in the neck while you read a story (I hate them myself) But I just can't bring myself from writing another ending for the chapters. I have to give you a reason to come back and read the next chapters, right? ;p Anyway, I'm glad you like the story and the E-mail will getting to you every time a new chapter is posted.nr
Samc: thanks for the review. I'm pleased that you like my fic.
TriGemini: I hope you're able to get back into the scenario as soon as you start to read on. Wanna know who shouted? It was…. Ah, no, you just have to read on, everything else would be boring.
Padfootsgrl: Glad you like this story. It is really nice to hear that the plot of my story is a good one. Feeds my small ( and I mean really small) ego, so now, it grew for about 1 inch;p. Thanks a lot.
MysticalRing: Did I have to end it there?-No. Is it more interesting this way and is the ending of chapter 5 nagging at your brain, so that you will come back and check out what will happen in the future?-I hope so. So, I guess I had to stop there. Or didn't I? (the author is really confused by now and turning around in circles around her chair….)
Who said Expelliarmus? Mhm, was it Cinderella? No. Little red riding hood? No. wait I'm totally wrong here…okay, how about…Crookshanks? Okay, I guess I won't give you a sane answer here, but just scroll down and read the sixth sentence, then you'll know. :D
Rachel: thanks for reviewing! Hey, as you can see, I wrote more! (Is now very proud of herself) ;p
Ghetto Superstar: Draco yelling "Expelliarmus"? that is at least a better idea than what I had above ;p. But I guess you just have to read the chapter to find out just how wrong you are ;D
Slim-Shady's-Modeling-Baby: I'm glad that someone loves the fact that Harry and Ron are evil. I was a bit worried about the reactions about this, that's also why I put that little warning in the beginning of Chapter 1. About Damon: well, the studious character seems to be very pronounced in this family, so a teacher was just what fit the best and I also thought it was time that Draco get a intelligent friend, for it has to be boring to stuck with Crabbe and Goyle the whole time.
iris: The explanation why Draco and Hermione are engaged will come soon, I guess the latest in the 8th or 9th chapter.
Chrissy :I left you on a cliff, hu? DON'T JUMP!!!! THE NEXT CHAPTER IS RIGHT HERE!!!! So you can step back from the abyss and relax while you read this chapter.
XOX: I can fully understand you, I tried to read m reviews last night around midnight (since I'm living in Germany it was about 11pm in England or about 2pm-6pm in the USA) And I always get the message 'load denied'.
Mhm, a crazy fan will come after me if I'm not updating soon enough? I'm just wondering if my teachers will take this as an excuse for me to stay home from school???? But then, I posted this chapter, so you don't have to come after me…shit, so I still have to go to school and fight against evil functions and texts about such interesting themes like 'energy- how many coals did Germany need in 1900?' yawn………..z….z….z….z…z…z
What? I'm awake!!!!!
AngelEyes101: Thanks for reviewing and the compliment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MistressDeDraco: oooookkkkkkaaaaayyyy, real long review, will probably get a real long answer. Here it goes:
I'm trying to stop your confusion right here and now.
1. Why Damon wasn't at Hogwarts: I had just written this part of chapter 6 when I read your review and it was like perfect timing! Well, Dumbledore explains in this very chapter.
2. Ron being evil, continuing although she is bleeding…: Explained in Ch. 7, sorry you have to wait a bit.
3. Is someone going to stop him? Right the first few sentences of this little chapter here.
4. Draco and the engagement: Explained in this chapter. The really long explanation will come in chapter 8 or 9. But it's just the simple reason that he knew about the engagement his whole life. They have been engaged since the day Hermione has been born.
5. Hermione, engagement, Lucius, death eaters…: All taken care of in chapter 7- the end of the story.
6. Ginny and Lavender being such bitches: Explained in ch. 7 along with evil Ron.
7. Hermione in love with Draco? I won't say anything about that!
8. Draco in love with Hermione? Find out in this chapter!
9. Marrying: No big secret, just didn't have the right scene to tell the date (I kinda forget it in the newspaper): Hermione's birthday.
10. Has it something to do with her birthday? Maybe more than just the same date……..
Woah, this was really long. Hope it helped you to get out of the confusion a bit.
Shining Star: Thank you a lot for reviewing. Glad you like it!!!
tigerbrat88: Thanks for the compliment. Yeah what can I say, I'm evil. I was sorted into Slytherin by the sorting hat on the Harry potter site, so….
But no, I'm really nice, that's the reason why you are now able to read the new chapter:D
Amanda: What makes you think that there was coming someone to her rescue? It could also have been Lavender who now accuses her to seduce Ron….hey, why didn't I have this idea before I wrote the chapter……;p You just have to read on to find out, right????
Ron: As I already wrote to MistressDeDraco: Why Ron and the others are so mean now is explained in chapter 7, so you have to wait a bit…
Ah, the necklace, I'm just writing chapter 7 where Prof. Dumbledore gets an interesting visit and some hints at what the necklace does, where it came from…. Explained completely later in the story, I don't want to give away to much about it, because it is an important part of the story.
Draco found out about the engagement….Mhm, when do children really understand such things? That would have been the time he found out. He had known about it his whole life, but since Hermione Selene Vipèreblanc was missing, no one thought that engagement would still last.
Why didn't her brother tell her? Mhm, I have more than one possibilities for that:
1. He didn't know how to tell her since Draco Malfoy was her 'enemy' and she doesn't remember anything lese.
2. He wanted to tell her at the right moment along with everything about their family (What exactly you will find out in ch. 8 or 9) but didn't get the time to do so, because Lucius Malfoy put the announcement into the newspaper.
3. Do you have a brother? A big brother? This should be enough for reason no. 3 (Don't get me wrong, I have a big brother and I really love him, but…guys!)
more: very very very very very interesting review ;)
I-LOVE-DRACO: Thanks for reviewing. Is the chapter up fast enough? Did you really think that I would tell you what is going to happen???? Where would be the point in writing chapter for chapter, with cliff-hanger after cliff-hanger, leaving you behind your computer without knowing what is going to happen. :D
Abby Rose: I can promise more surprises to come in the next chapters :D What other language I speak? Well, I'm German, so that makes German my first language, I have English in school since fifth grade, so that means I'm in my ninth year of English and I have French since seventh grade which makes me fighting with it for seven years (although three years ago we started at zero) and after I have finished my last year at school I'm going on another school, like a vocational school, only that I don't have to work, but have full time school and learn the already mentioned languages plus Spanish.
Voiceofdragom: Thanks for reviewing. Ron: Answer is in chapter 7.
Dark Rogue: Hope you get the e-mail :D I'm glad that there's finally someone who is not complaining about cliff-hangers. Maybe I should write some more of them….What do you think????
Stephanie Clare: Glad you like this story so far. Hope the next chapter will just as well be for your liking.
Tanya: Why can't you believe Ron? All you have to know this far is: 1. he's a guy; 2. he's totally OOC in my fic and 3. well, can't think of number 3 right now, you'll have to wait until chapter 7 till that.
aiko-chan13: Hope the chapter is up soon enough for you :D
sarcasticpunk02 thank you for proofreading this chapter!!!
Wow, now, I'm really exhausted. So, I'm laying down on my sofa while you will read this story. And please tell me what you think of this chapter because I'm usually faster able to write more when I now that there are a lot of people waiting for the next part and besides, my small small ego wants food…..
Chapter 6Oh don't, don't cry a tear ·
When you're alone, with all your fears ·
Oh I, I'll be with you ·
If you are sad, and feeling blue ·
Cause I'll give you hope ·
And I'll show you love ·
Oh I give you all ·
You can't get enough ·
Tonight - there is a new chance ·
Tonight - for me and you ·
Yesterday is gone forever, we'll make your dreams come true ·
Tonight - there is a new chance ·
Believe in what you do ·
At the end of the rainbow - someone is waiting for you ·
*Tonight* - Deutschland sucht den Superstar (If I remember right the show was
called "Pop Idol" in England, well this is from the German version)
"Expelliarmus!!"
"Hermione sighed out loud when Ron flew away from her. She heard him hitting the wall, but instead of feeling sorry like she usually would have, she was just glad. She could feel the pendent calming down and relaxing together with her.
"Are you all right?" She moved her head slightly and looked up to meet Draco's icy blue eyes looking worriedly into hers. She was sure that he had said something, but she couldn't hear anything. She just slowly nodded as darkness overtook her and she fell unconscious.
Draco opened his cloak and draped it carefully around her before he turned around to Ron, who was just about to arise.
"Malfoy, you always seem to appear at the worst moments!" Ron growled while holding his aching back.
"It seems that appeared just at the right moment to stop you perverted freak!" Ron laughed at Draco, who was holding out is wand at Ron.
"What? Are you so possessive, now that she's your fiancée, that you won't let some other guys have her? That ain't fair!" Ron grinned
"Stay away for her Weasley! I'm warning you just once! If you or your little "friends" even think about hurting her ever again, in any way, I'll come after each and every one of you. Trust me, you don't want me to!"
"What Malfoy, are you afraid to fight like a real man, right here and now? Are you afraid because you know you will lose?"
"I don't fight drunken shit like you, and believe me, if I could fight Voldemort with my bare hands right now, I would win!"
"Oh yeah? Prove it!" Ron started to step closer to Draco but he decided otherwise. Instead, with a cruel smile on his face, he moved towards the table where Hermione was still lying unconscious.
"You know, she really has become a hot one. Just looking at her almost made me come. It would be a shame if I couldn't continue what I was doing before you interrupted me, don't you think?"
Before Ron could make another move, he was lying on the floor. Draco's fist connected with his jaw and he had to live through two more punches into his face and several hits into his stomach before Draco let go of him.
"I should make sure that you will never be able to take a woman ever again, but I guess that Hermione can take care of that as soon as she's awake again. And remember this Weasley; I'll kill you if you ever come near her again. That is a promise."
With that, Draco left the library with Hermione in her arms. Once he entered the corridor he wondered if he should head to one of their rooms or to the hospital wing. Since the head boy and head girl rooms were closer, he decided to take her there, but he told two third years who were walking by to call for Madame Pomfrey.
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When he reached Hermione's room, Draco placed her carefully on her bed. He sat down next to her and stroked a strand of her black hair away from her forehead. He still wondered hoe it had changed back into her original hair colour over the summer. The blood had begun to dry and the hair stuck to her skin. She looked so pale now, and her lip had started to swell. When he had seen Hermione like this in the library, it had taken all of his strength not to kill Ron right there. But she would be fine right? She was just unconscious and the wounds were nothing serious. They could be healed easily. He wouldn't lose her….again!
"OH MY…." Draco turned around to see Madame Pomfrey stand in the doorway. She rushed over to the other side of the bed and looked down at the unconscious girl, and then up at Draco.
"What happened?" she asked; her voice cold as ice. Draco felt like he had been slapped. Did she think HE had done this?!
He was just about to answer when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sure that young Mr. Malfoy hasn't done this to Miss Vipèrblanc." Dumbledore said in his calm voice. Madame Pomfrey looked at the two with doubt but didn't say anything.
"Mr. Malfoy, would you please go and get Prof. Vipèrblanc?" Dumbledore asked while he pushed Draco gently to the door. With one last look at the unconscious girl, Draco closed the door and headed for Damon's room.
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"How can you be so sure that it wasn't Malfoy, Albus? Do I really have to remind you about the past six years???"
"I know
that he's innocent. Believe me, he wouldn't hurt her."
"But how can you be so sure?"
"You see, Selene Integrum and Michel Vipèreblanc were in the same year as Draco's parents and they were good friends. The Malfoys are the godparents of both Damon and Hermione, as are Hermione and Damon's parents to Draco. The engagement had been fixed on the day Hermione had been born. The children spent almost every day together since their parents often visited each other. She and Draco were inseparable. The day Damon and Hermione were taken away was the day when Draco began to hate muggles and everything that had to do with them. Lucius tried everything to get the ministry to allow Damon and Hermione stay with his family but they didn't allow it. So Draco grew up with the knowledge that his two best friends and the girl he was to marry were somewhere in the muggle world."
Madam Pomfrey had listened silently while she took care of Hermione's wounds.
"Why didn't she start this school as a Vipèreblanc, then? You knew the whole time who she was, right?"
"Yes, I knew who they were since Damon's eleventh birthday, but his parents didn't let him come to Hogwarts. So, I wrote to Jonathan Spell, who lived in the same town as the Grangers and told him about Damon, so he met with him. Since Damon had just been one year in the muggle world he knew everything about our world and his true identity. The ministry had put a memory charm on Hermione, but Damon had been to old. They couldn't just make him forget ten years. Jonathan helped him whenever Damon had any questions about the wizarding world. Then when Hermione was old enough to come to Hogwarts, Damon somehow convinced his 'parents' to let her go."
As she arose, Madam Pomfrey took some medicine out of her pocket and placed it on Hermione's nightstand.
"How is she?" Damon asked worriedly as he and Draco came through the portrait hole.
"She is fine. I put a bottle of medicine on her nightstand. She has to take two spoons of it three times a day." With that, Madam Pomfrey was about to leave when Draco spoke up.
"There is someone in the library that will need some medicine, too." Three pairs of eyes watched him while he headed towards the bathroom.
Madam Pomfrey raised her eyebrows at Prof. Dumbledore before she hurried to the library.
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When Draco came out of the bathroom Damon and Prof. Dumbledore were sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace.
"What happened to her?" Damon asked as soon as Draco closed the door behind him. He looked at Dumbledore who nodded at him.
"Ronald Weasley was trying to rape her." Damon's eyes widened and he didn't know what to say, while Dumbledore only nodded again. Was there anything that guy didn't know?! Draco wondered. Damon rested his head in his hands and sighed.
"How is she now?" Draco asked in nothing more than a whisper.
"She is still unconscious, but she'll be fine once she wakes up. Madam Pomfrey changed her into her nightgown and took care of her wounds, but you need to make sure that she takes her medicine." Dumbledore said while Damon shook his head silently.
Dumbledore arose from his seat and walked towards the portrait hole. "As soon as Mr. Weasley is out of the hospital wing, where he will stay for some time as I believe, I'll make sure that nothing like this will ever happen again. Mr. Malfoy, even though I understand your actions, you will have to serve detention. I will talk to Prof. Snape about it." Draco nodded and sat down next to Damon.
"Have you told her all about the wedding?" Draco suddenly asked and Damon lifted his head to look at Draco
"Does she know?" Damon shook his head. "I hadn't even told her about the wedding before. She found out by reading the newspaper." Draco frowned at this and looked confused. "You have to tell her! After today… Damn it Damon, tell her!" Draco arose and went over to the window.
When he turned around again, Damon had left.
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Draco sat on Hermione's bed for about an hour now, just watching her sleeping and he thought about their childhood. He had loved every moment they had shared. They had shared their first kiss under mistletoe after they had seen their parents do so. They had known everything about each other. He had been happy until her parents had died and she had been taken away from him. As impossible as it may seem, Draco knew that he had fallen in love at a VERY young age. He knew that it was love because no one could ever replace her. His parents had often tried to make him play with other children – that was how he ended up with Crabbe and Goyle as his shadows- but they couldn't get him a new heart. They couldn't give the one thing back to him that made him complete! On the day Draco heard what exactly had happened to Damon and Hermione, he began to hate muggles. They had taken away what he had loved the most! How could he know that all the times when he had been mean to her for being a muggle, that he had been mean to the one person that meant more to him than his own life?
He touched her cheek gently, caressing her soft skin. Hermione moved her head slightly letting her head rest against his palm.
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She relived the events of the evening again and again in her dreams. Just when Ron was about to move under her skirt, he started from the beginning again. But then suddenly he was gone and she felt a hand touching her softly on her cheek. She could have fallen asleep right then if she hadn't been already asleep. All of a sudden she felt safe and comforted. What could happen to her now? There was nothing that could hurt her, right? The tear-shaped pendant was becoming warm on her skin, but it was a comfortable warmth, like the embrace of a mother.
Mother…her mother, father. Damon, Thora, and Sean, and… and? Yes, there was someone else… but whom? She knew that there was someone else. She knew it deep down in her heart, but she didn't know who it was. She just knew one thing. She wanted to sleep…sleep. But she was already asleep, right? Then how could she want to sleep? Oh, this was so confusing! Maybe, if she opened her eyes, she would understand? The necklace became warmer and even more comforting and Hermione relaxed into this warmth and into the hand on her cheek….
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Draco watched her intently when her eyes fluttered open slowly. She looked up at him and at first he thought that she couldn't remember anything. She seemed to look right through him. But then, he saw that she slowly moved her hand towards her face and towards his hand. He felt her soft skin over his hand and her fingers moved between his. Her hand squeezed his lightly before she smiled a weak smile at him. Draco was just about to say something when she closed her eyes again, still holding his hand.
Oh, this sleep was so comforting….
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