Chapter 8-Tragedy

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Hermione woke up the next morning with Draco's arms around her. She snuggled up closer to him and kissed his cheek. Then she went down into the common room and grabbed her book. Then she remembered the events of yesterday. Voldemort had killed her father. She silently swore revenge on him. She brought her book back upstairs with her and lay down next to Draco. She read for a few minutes, until Draco woke up.

Draco's POV

Draco awoke to Hermione looking down on him. "Nice sleep?" She asked him.

He nodded, "Yes, but a little cold," he admitted.

"Then next time you will sleep under the blankets," and at the shocked look on his face she added, "I know you wouldn't do anything to me unless I wanted you to."

He nodded, she was absolutely right, after two years of wanting her, and finally getting her, he wouldn't do anything to her unless she allowed him to. And maybe not even then.

That night they slept together, as they had done the last night, and would do in all the nights to come (A/N no, they do not do anything, just sleep).

Hermione's POV

Her sworn revenge helped her get through her father's death, and the next few months passed uneventfully. Finally it was the winter ball. The prefects were to go together, as were the Heads. Draco had asked Hermione to go with him (of course) and she had said yes (of course). The theme was medieval, with knights and damsels-in-distress and all. Draco was going as Hermione's knight-in-shining-armor (literally) and Hermione was going as a fairy. She would force her wings out of her back (A/N as a half-fairy Hermione has to force her wings out of her back, they are not just there automatically, that is only true with full fairies) and wear a green gown that had a v-shaped waistline and went just below her ankles. In some lights the gown looked red, but in most, green. She had only brought out her wings once, and they were a reddish with a green tinge, it was for this reason that she had chosen to wear a green and red dress. She had not told Draco what she would be going as, she wanted to surprise him. For this reason she had gone shopping with Ginny.

The prefects were currently in the Great Hall setting up the decorations while the Heads were outside, decorating the garden. They were making all the plants of un-meltable ice, which was quite a job for only two people. The great hall looked very.wintery. The tables all had un-meltable snow in between the dishes and everything looked iced over. The Christmas trees that Hagrid had brought in were decorated with an assortment of decorations, not unlike every other year. (A/N I don't know what to put in here that would look medieval, so I just made it wintery looking.)

After that Hermione went into her room and grabbed her dress, then went onto the Gryffindor common room to wait for Ginny. She didn't have long to wait. "Oh, Hermione, you're wearing that, it's perfect, come on," and with that Ginny led Hermione into her dormitory.

"How do you do this, wings first or second?" Ginny asked.

"I'm not sure, I think second, so we'll try it that way, and if it doesn't work, then we'll try them first," Hermione answered, then got changed. "If you could hold my dress flat on my back, that would be great."

Ginny nodded, and then gulped as Hermione placed a silencing spell on the door. Hermione lay on her stomach on one of the beds. She forced the wings out of her back and screamed, then , as suddenly as the pain was there, it was gone. Hermione looked at Ginny, who was staring at her in awe.

Ginny said, "Wow, they're beautiful."

"Yes, and it's painful," Hermione said, "But it is most definitely worth it. Now all we have to do is hair and make-up."

Ginny got dressed too and they started on their hair and make-up.

Draco's POV

He had half a mind to go and wait for Hermione in the Gryffindor common room, she was taking so long. Finally he succumbed to himself and went to the portrait of the fat lady. He said the password, fairy dust (What a coincidence) and walked into the Gryffindor common room. He saw Potty- no, bad Draco, Harry sitting on one of the couches.

"Mind if I wait with you?" He asked.

Harry looked him up and down, taking in his elfin armor. It was of the thinnest steel, that had taken a hundred years to be wrought, and then had a very thin layer of diamond over it all (A/N the diamond is the hardest mineral). On his belt he had a sheathed sword. Over all, there weren't many sets of armor like this, having taken the elves so long to make just one set. "Not at all," Harry said, looking slightly surprised that Malfoy was in his common room, let alone being civil.

Forty-five minutes later Hermione came down with Ginny. Hermione looked like an angel, she had a green dress on that flickered red in the firelight and she had wings that were red and flickered green in the firelight. Her hair was in a complicated twist and she had glitter on her cheekbones.

Draco's jaw dropped. She looked gorgeous. She blushed under his gaze and her wings opened and closed repeatedly.

"You're staring again, Draco, what number is this, a thousand, two thousand, you're just lucky that I don't care anymore," Hermione told him. "Well, shall we?"

"What's wrong with Hermione? She is actually being nice to Draco," Harry asked Ginny behind the couple's backs.

"She is in love, dummy, just don't tell Ron, he would flip," Ginny answered.

Hermione's POV

Hermione and Draco entered the Hall together and all eyes turned to them. Draco and Hermione walked together to the Prefect/Head table and began to eat. When everyone was finished eating the tables were cleared and sent to the edges of the room. Dumbledore announced that the first dance would be only Prefects and Heads and then everyone could join in after that. The three couples walked onto the dance floor. The song was a waltz and so all three couples waltzed across the dance floor. At the end of the song Hermione was flushed as was Draco. Only one pair of eyes noticed this. During the second song Hermione and Draco danced again, but this time several other couples were dancing too. Suddenly everyone saw a flash of green erupt from nowhere, aimed at one couple. At the last moment the second couple got in the way, as oblivious to the flash as the first couple and it hit the young girl in the back. Instantly she crumpled to the floor, dead.