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Author Note: GUESS WHAT!?!? I got my laptop back! I'm sooooo happy it's not even funny! I had to have the motherboard fixed, but somehow, nothing go erased, so I'm ecstatic! Now, enough of my blabbering, on to the story for those of you that have stuck with me!
Chapter 28
Dinner at the Malfoy's
The next morning Hermione and Draco got out of bed and dressed; Draco in his school robes, and Hermione in a light green robe, laced up nicely. She was only about two or three months pregnant, but with twins she looked farther along, and her stomach was noticeably rounder.
"Good morning Sweet Pea, how're the babies doing?" Draco said as he bent over and kissed her stomach.
"They're fine, and absolutely wonderful for not giving me morning sickness. Well, I've not had any yet, but I'm hoping it will stay that way," she replied as she took his hand and they walked down to breakfast. Today was the first day back for students, and Hermione was receiving many looks, not being in school robes.
Draco and Hermione made their way to the end of the Gryffindor table where they sat with Ginny and Deimos, who were already eating. As soon as she sat down, Hermione began to pile her plate up with food, more than Draco and Deimos.
"Do you have enough food Sweet Pea?" Draco asked laughing at the amount she had.
"I think so, we'll see, but you have to remember, I'm eating for three now, so I'm gonna be hungry. It's a good thing our rooms are directly connected to the kitchen," Hermione replied smiling evilly.
Before Draco could reply however, owls began flying in delivering the morning mail. A barn owl swooped towards Draco and dropped a letter off before flying back out. Draco opened it, read it, and then passed it to Hermione.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy,
Your presence is requested at dinner tonight at approximately nineteen o'clock. It will be a gathering of others like us who are marked. Do not be late, and attendance is mandatory. If you do not attend, those you hold dear will die. Oh, and as for having to leave school, you and the other students are attending under the pretence that this is a viewing of a close friend, Johnson Malfoy, a distant cousin who has, conveniently enough, just passed away.
Thank you for your time,
Lucius Malfoy
Hermione and Draco just stared at each other and then looked over at Deimos and Ginny who had just finished what was surely an identical letter. "Well, I guess we had better inform Professor Dumbledore." Draco said, but before they got up, the Headmaster stood up after talking with Severus a moment.
"Attention everyone: It has come to my attention that Johnson Malfoy has passed away, and there will be an invitation only viewing tonight at 19 o'clock for him. Any students or staff members who will be attending, would you please stand so that the other Professors and I know whose classes to cancel or who to excuse from classes today as many of you will be taking the train in a few hours?"
Draco, Hermione, Ginny, and Deimos stood up from the Gryffindor table. Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle stood up from the Slytherin table. Professor Snape also stood. They all looked at each other, some more surprised than others, at seeing who the other death eaters were. Pansy looked as if she were going to pass out from the shock of seeing the perfect Hermione Granger stand.
"Okay, thank you. You seven will be excused from today's classes. Carriages will be waiting out front at 11:30 precisely to take you to the Hogsmede station."
Professor Dumbledore sat back down while chatter broke out in the great hall again. Hermione and Ginny exchanged looks before getting up.
"Where are you going?" Deimos asked.
"We need to get ready. Remember, we have to show we can measure up to all the other wives." Ginny replied as she and Hermione hurried back to their dorms to pick out what they would be wearing.
Back at the dorms they quickly showered and began helping each other do their hair. Ginny decided to twist back the front sections of her hair and clip them with delicate clips fashioned to look like live white roses. The rest of her hair she curled and pinned onto the back of her head, allowing some stray curls to fall down around her neck and shoulders. Her dress robes she put on were sleeveless and made from a dark green satin that was fitted to her waist, and fell into a flowing skirt that just brushed the top of her heeled feet. Ginny wore matching gloves that came to the elbow, the reason being that the dark mark could not be seen by any of the other students in the school. The dress also came with a sheer white lace shawl to wear with it. It complimented her skin and hair perfectly, and matched the green eye-shadow she wore. Other than that, Ginny only had on some lip gloss and light mascara. As for jewellery, she wore the emerald rose necklace Deimos had given her along with some small silver studs.
Hermione, after showering, had Ginny apply smoothing gel and de- frizzing gel to her hair before pulling it back into a sleek chignon at the base of her neck. She then pulled out her dark red dress robes with the silver trimming and put them on. The robes had long sleeves that were off the shoulder and flared out at the wrists and ended in some silver lace trim. The bodice of the dress was like her maternity robes and laced up in the front, similar to a corset. The lacing was silver, and the bodice itself was made of silk. The skirt was also flowing like Ginny's, but had a sheer over layer that had silver sparkles grouped here and there on it, and came to rest a few inches above the floor. She wore some light silver eye-shadow and some dark red lipstick that was the same blood red colour as the dress. She also looked striking. She wore a silver ribbon choker that had a small ruby dangling from it that rested in the hollow of her throat, and she too wore some small silver studs.
Just as they were finishing up, their husbands came and knocked on the door. Hermione and Ginny had been getting ready in Draco and Hermione's room while Draco and Deimos got ready in Ginny and Deimos' room. The girls opened the door to see Draco and Deimos in their dress robes looking impeccable. Draco was in black robes with the Malfoy crest on the chest, and Deimos was wearing dark green dress robes the same colour as Ginny's that had his title and family crest on the front of the robes.
"Pansy, Crabber, Goyle, and Professor Snape are downstairs in the common room. We decided just to all meet here and head to the entrance since we will all be in formal attire, and people won't question us if Professor Snape is with us." Draco said after he and Deimos recovered from their shock and kissed their wives.
They headed downstairs to their common room to see Crabbe, Goyle, and Professor Snape all in black dress robes, like Draco, with their family crest on the chest. Pansy was looking rather pretty in a strapless dark blue robe. The dress robe was form fitting the whole way down and had slits on both sides coming to a stop a few inches above her knees, but they weren't trashy looking. She also wore gloves like Ginny, but hers came a few inches below the shoulder. She also had a matching wrap that she was wearing and she had on a diamond solitaire necklace with matching earrings.
The eight of them made their way out of the common room and towards the entrance hall to catch the carriages. Many students were there, out of curiosity to see them, but scattered with a glare from Professor Snape. Outside there was a single carriage that looked small, but inside had plenty of room for all of them. It took only a few minutes for them to reach the station and they quickly boarded the train for the long ride to Malfoy Manor.
* * * * *
Malfoy Manor was looking rather pretty and enjoyable, except for the fact that Hermione knew what was going to happen. She and Ginny would be watched during dinner and evaluated and critiqued by the other wives. After dinner they would retreat to a sitting room for some wine and "girl talk" while the gentlemen went to a drawing room and had their whiskey and talked and the like. Tonight was a test, and they had to pass.
At the entrance to the manor, they were greeted by a butler who took their wraps and coats before directing them to the large ballroom where they would mingle until dinner was ready at 20 o'clock. Currently, it was about 19:15 o'clock, so they had a good forty five minutes to kill. Before they walked down the grand staircase, they gave their names to the announcer standing nearby.
"Announcing Lord and Lady Deimos Ferdinand Alejandro Guadalupe." Deimos and Ginny began walking down as everyone turned their attention to them, and then to the next couple waiting to be announced.
"Announcing Mr. and Mrs. Draco Malfoy." They also began to descend and at the bottom, began the customary mingling. Draco and Deimos kissed their wives and left them with a group of other wives before going to mingle with the other men.
"So, you two are the youngest death-eater wives in history are you?" A woman with a cold, calculating look said as they came into the circle of women who had been observing them.
"Yes. I'm Hermione Malfoy, and this is Lady Virginia Guadalupe. A pleasure to meet you all," Hermione said pulling herself up to look confident.
"Hmm, yes, I'm sure it is. I'm Catherine Nott, this is Marie Goyle, Tatiana Parkinson, Christiana Crabbe, and I'm sure you already know Narcissa Malfoy and Lady Claudia Guadalupe." Each woman nodded in turn as they were introduced, and Narcissa and Claudia both kissed their daughter- in-laws on each cheek as protocol demanded. Even though they had never actually met, it didn't matter, they were now related, and since divorce was unacceptable and not allowed for death-eaters and their wives, the only way that would ever change would be if they died.
After a few moments silence, the women all began discussing beauty tips. Hermione and Ginny were also included in the conversation, and were beginning to relax. This topic was something they were used too after talking with Lavender and Parvarti all the time. The conversation switched topics, and soon Ginny and Hermione were being questioned about their grades at school and the teachers. Both girls made sure to praise Professor Snape, criticise Professor Dumbledore, and denounce Harry Potter. This seemed to satisfy the women, who appeared to be accepting them as 'a proper death-eater wife,' at least when it came to conversational skills. They were interrupted by the announcement that dinner was served, and would they all move to the dining room?
Hermione and Ginny were both collected by Draco and Deimos, as were the other wives also collected by their husbands before being led to their places at the dinner table. Now the real test would come, and they would be watched by the other women to see how they behaved. Ginny and Hermione took their places and sat perfectly straight, hands in their laps, and throughout dinner demonstrated perfect etiquette. The other wives they had been conversing with earlier smiled slightly. It was good to have some new blood in the death-eater society.
After dinner the two girls were once again left with the same group of women as earlier as they retreated to one of Narcissa Malfoy's sitting room where they were all given glasses of White Zinfandel. Conversation flowed easily, the topic this time concerning hexes and curses that they favoured when torturing other people. Hermione and Ginny had been warned by Deimos and Draco that this might come up, and had them research some extremely dark hexes and spells.
"What about you my dear?" Tatiana Parkinson suddenly turned towards Ginny.
"I beg your pardon, but could you repeat the question? I'm afraid I was lost in my thoughts," Ginny said as she tuned back in to the conversation.
"Quite alright, I simply asked if you had any favourite curses or hexes you like to use." The woman repeated her question.
"Well, the Cruciatus is always fun, but I think my favourite would have to be the Bone-Breaker curse," she replied.
"Oh? I don't believe I'm familiar with the Bone-Breaker curse. Perhaps you could enlighten us?"
"The Bone-Breaker curse is exactly what it's name implies. When used, it will begin breaking a victim's bones, starting with the bones in the toes and feet, and gradually moving up to the legs, pelvis, ribs, hands, arms, and finally breaks the neck and skull. It is an agonising process that ultimately results in death. However, the curse, when breaking the bones, breaks one bone at a time, and extremely slowly so that the pain is excruciating. Another provision of the curse is that is keeps the victim from passing out, allowing them to feel the pain."
The women all looked faintly impressed that she knew something like that. They all agreed that the Bone-Breaker curse was a wonderful curse, and Tatiana said Virginia would simply have to give her the spell for it sometime over tea. Hermione smirked to herself. They all sounded as casual as if they were talking about exchanging dinner recipes.
"And what curses or hexes do you prefer Hermione?" Marie posed the question this time.
"Me? I have several. The Bone-Breaker, the Cruciatus of course are favourites, but one of the others I like to use is the Cuerpo Incendio. When cast on someone, it begins to burn them from the outside in, but only in spurts. It will start with the stomach, and cause horrible burns, but not bad enough so that it can't work. It does this to all the organs; burns them badly, but not enough so that they won't work, thereby extending the pain for several days, until it finally just starts burning the whole body at once, causing the victim to, in essence, be burned alive." She smiled evilly as she airily explained the curse.
"I like that one. It'd be useful on some of those mudblood children who come to my door trying to sell cookies." Christiana said. "Oh, no offence to you Hermione, of course."
"Of course. Now, if you'll excuse us, our husbands are waiting outside the door for us. We do have a curfew at school, and it is nearing 23 o'clock. It was a pleasure to meet you all." Hermione said standing up and looked at Ginny and Pansy, who had also been in the room listening.
"Yes, we'll have to do this again. Maybe over the summer Deimos and I will host a ball if time allows of course. Oh, and I'll be sure to send you the spell for the curse Mrs. Parkinson." Ginny said as she and Pansy stood up.
"Call me Tatiana dear, it's only proper as we're all now friends."
"Of course Tatiana. Have a good evening everyone, and thank you for inviting us Narcissa."
"Not at all."
The three girls escaped from the room and met Draco, Deimos, Professor Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle outside the door.
"How did it go?" Professor Snape asked before Draco and Deimos did.
"It was interesting. We exchanged information on our favourite curses." Hermione said laughing at their shocked faces as they all grabbed a portkey, which transported them back to the entrance hall at Hogwarts. Everyone said good night and quickly made their way to their rooms, glad that the night had gone smoothly.
Now they could look forward to other things, such as the Valentine's day dance, and Hermione's children coming. However, not everything on the horizon was going to be fun, as we will learn later on.
A/N: Okay, here's an extra long chappie for you all, since I took a while to get it out. It's 2,750 words long, so please review, it makes me happy! Oh, and let me apologise now, but there will most likely not be another chapter out before the end of August. I'm going on a cruise in less than two weeks, and the cruise is for 11 days, so I'm not going to have a lot of time to write, I'm sorry, but hang in there. I'll do my best, so check back every now and then!
Author Note: GUESS WHAT!?!? I got my laptop back! I'm sooooo happy it's not even funny! I had to have the motherboard fixed, but somehow, nothing go erased, so I'm ecstatic! Now, enough of my blabbering, on to the story for those of you that have stuck with me!
Chapter 28
Dinner at the Malfoy's
The next morning Hermione and Draco got out of bed and dressed; Draco in his school robes, and Hermione in a light green robe, laced up nicely. She was only about two or three months pregnant, but with twins she looked farther along, and her stomach was noticeably rounder.
"Good morning Sweet Pea, how're the babies doing?" Draco said as he bent over and kissed her stomach.
"They're fine, and absolutely wonderful for not giving me morning sickness. Well, I've not had any yet, but I'm hoping it will stay that way," she replied as she took his hand and they walked down to breakfast. Today was the first day back for students, and Hermione was receiving many looks, not being in school robes.
Draco and Hermione made their way to the end of the Gryffindor table where they sat with Ginny and Deimos, who were already eating. As soon as she sat down, Hermione began to pile her plate up with food, more than Draco and Deimos.
"Do you have enough food Sweet Pea?" Draco asked laughing at the amount she had.
"I think so, we'll see, but you have to remember, I'm eating for three now, so I'm gonna be hungry. It's a good thing our rooms are directly connected to the kitchen," Hermione replied smiling evilly.
Before Draco could reply however, owls began flying in delivering the morning mail. A barn owl swooped towards Draco and dropped a letter off before flying back out. Draco opened it, read it, and then passed it to Hermione.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy,
Your presence is requested at dinner tonight at approximately nineteen o'clock. It will be a gathering of others like us who are marked. Do not be late, and attendance is mandatory. If you do not attend, those you hold dear will die. Oh, and as for having to leave school, you and the other students are attending under the pretence that this is a viewing of a close friend, Johnson Malfoy, a distant cousin who has, conveniently enough, just passed away.
Thank you for your time,
Lucius Malfoy
Hermione and Draco just stared at each other and then looked over at Deimos and Ginny who had just finished what was surely an identical letter. "Well, I guess we had better inform Professor Dumbledore." Draco said, but before they got up, the Headmaster stood up after talking with Severus a moment.
"Attention everyone: It has come to my attention that Johnson Malfoy has passed away, and there will be an invitation only viewing tonight at 19 o'clock for him. Any students or staff members who will be attending, would you please stand so that the other Professors and I know whose classes to cancel or who to excuse from classes today as many of you will be taking the train in a few hours?"
Draco, Hermione, Ginny, and Deimos stood up from the Gryffindor table. Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle stood up from the Slytherin table. Professor Snape also stood. They all looked at each other, some more surprised than others, at seeing who the other death eaters were. Pansy looked as if she were going to pass out from the shock of seeing the perfect Hermione Granger stand.
"Okay, thank you. You seven will be excused from today's classes. Carriages will be waiting out front at 11:30 precisely to take you to the Hogsmede station."
Professor Dumbledore sat back down while chatter broke out in the great hall again. Hermione and Ginny exchanged looks before getting up.
"Where are you going?" Deimos asked.
"We need to get ready. Remember, we have to show we can measure up to all the other wives." Ginny replied as she and Hermione hurried back to their dorms to pick out what they would be wearing.
Back at the dorms they quickly showered and began helping each other do their hair. Ginny decided to twist back the front sections of her hair and clip them with delicate clips fashioned to look like live white roses. The rest of her hair she curled and pinned onto the back of her head, allowing some stray curls to fall down around her neck and shoulders. Her dress robes she put on were sleeveless and made from a dark green satin that was fitted to her waist, and fell into a flowing skirt that just brushed the top of her heeled feet. Ginny wore matching gloves that came to the elbow, the reason being that the dark mark could not be seen by any of the other students in the school. The dress also came with a sheer white lace shawl to wear with it. It complimented her skin and hair perfectly, and matched the green eye-shadow she wore. Other than that, Ginny only had on some lip gloss and light mascara. As for jewellery, she wore the emerald rose necklace Deimos had given her along with some small silver studs.
Hermione, after showering, had Ginny apply smoothing gel and de- frizzing gel to her hair before pulling it back into a sleek chignon at the base of her neck. She then pulled out her dark red dress robes with the silver trimming and put them on. The robes had long sleeves that were off the shoulder and flared out at the wrists and ended in some silver lace trim. The bodice of the dress was like her maternity robes and laced up in the front, similar to a corset. The lacing was silver, and the bodice itself was made of silk. The skirt was also flowing like Ginny's, but had a sheer over layer that had silver sparkles grouped here and there on it, and came to rest a few inches above the floor. She wore some light silver eye-shadow and some dark red lipstick that was the same blood red colour as the dress. She also looked striking. She wore a silver ribbon choker that had a small ruby dangling from it that rested in the hollow of her throat, and she too wore some small silver studs.
Just as they were finishing up, their husbands came and knocked on the door. Hermione and Ginny had been getting ready in Draco and Hermione's room while Draco and Deimos got ready in Ginny and Deimos' room. The girls opened the door to see Draco and Deimos in their dress robes looking impeccable. Draco was in black robes with the Malfoy crest on the chest, and Deimos was wearing dark green dress robes the same colour as Ginny's that had his title and family crest on the front of the robes.
"Pansy, Crabber, Goyle, and Professor Snape are downstairs in the common room. We decided just to all meet here and head to the entrance since we will all be in formal attire, and people won't question us if Professor Snape is with us." Draco said after he and Deimos recovered from their shock and kissed their wives.
They headed downstairs to their common room to see Crabbe, Goyle, and Professor Snape all in black dress robes, like Draco, with their family crest on the chest. Pansy was looking rather pretty in a strapless dark blue robe. The dress robe was form fitting the whole way down and had slits on both sides coming to a stop a few inches above her knees, but they weren't trashy looking. She also wore gloves like Ginny, but hers came a few inches below the shoulder. She also had a matching wrap that she was wearing and she had on a diamond solitaire necklace with matching earrings.
The eight of them made their way out of the common room and towards the entrance hall to catch the carriages. Many students were there, out of curiosity to see them, but scattered with a glare from Professor Snape. Outside there was a single carriage that looked small, but inside had plenty of room for all of them. It took only a few minutes for them to reach the station and they quickly boarded the train for the long ride to Malfoy Manor.
* * * * *
Malfoy Manor was looking rather pretty and enjoyable, except for the fact that Hermione knew what was going to happen. She and Ginny would be watched during dinner and evaluated and critiqued by the other wives. After dinner they would retreat to a sitting room for some wine and "girl talk" while the gentlemen went to a drawing room and had their whiskey and talked and the like. Tonight was a test, and they had to pass.
At the entrance to the manor, they were greeted by a butler who took their wraps and coats before directing them to the large ballroom where they would mingle until dinner was ready at 20 o'clock. Currently, it was about 19:15 o'clock, so they had a good forty five minutes to kill. Before they walked down the grand staircase, they gave their names to the announcer standing nearby.
"Announcing Lord and Lady Deimos Ferdinand Alejandro Guadalupe." Deimos and Ginny began walking down as everyone turned their attention to them, and then to the next couple waiting to be announced.
"Announcing Mr. and Mrs. Draco Malfoy." They also began to descend and at the bottom, began the customary mingling. Draco and Deimos kissed their wives and left them with a group of other wives before going to mingle with the other men.
"So, you two are the youngest death-eater wives in history are you?" A woman with a cold, calculating look said as they came into the circle of women who had been observing them.
"Yes. I'm Hermione Malfoy, and this is Lady Virginia Guadalupe. A pleasure to meet you all," Hermione said pulling herself up to look confident.
"Hmm, yes, I'm sure it is. I'm Catherine Nott, this is Marie Goyle, Tatiana Parkinson, Christiana Crabbe, and I'm sure you already know Narcissa Malfoy and Lady Claudia Guadalupe." Each woman nodded in turn as they were introduced, and Narcissa and Claudia both kissed their daughter- in-laws on each cheek as protocol demanded. Even though they had never actually met, it didn't matter, they were now related, and since divorce was unacceptable and not allowed for death-eaters and their wives, the only way that would ever change would be if they died.
After a few moments silence, the women all began discussing beauty tips. Hermione and Ginny were also included in the conversation, and were beginning to relax. This topic was something they were used too after talking with Lavender and Parvarti all the time. The conversation switched topics, and soon Ginny and Hermione were being questioned about their grades at school and the teachers. Both girls made sure to praise Professor Snape, criticise Professor Dumbledore, and denounce Harry Potter. This seemed to satisfy the women, who appeared to be accepting them as 'a proper death-eater wife,' at least when it came to conversational skills. They were interrupted by the announcement that dinner was served, and would they all move to the dining room?
Hermione and Ginny were both collected by Draco and Deimos, as were the other wives also collected by their husbands before being led to their places at the dinner table. Now the real test would come, and they would be watched by the other women to see how they behaved. Ginny and Hermione took their places and sat perfectly straight, hands in their laps, and throughout dinner demonstrated perfect etiquette. The other wives they had been conversing with earlier smiled slightly. It was good to have some new blood in the death-eater society.
After dinner the two girls were once again left with the same group of women as earlier as they retreated to one of Narcissa Malfoy's sitting room where they were all given glasses of White Zinfandel. Conversation flowed easily, the topic this time concerning hexes and curses that they favoured when torturing other people. Hermione and Ginny had been warned by Deimos and Draco that this might come up, and had them research some extremely dark hexes and spells.
"What about you my dear?" Tatiana Parkinson suddenly turned towards Ginny.
"I beg your pardon, but could you repeat the question? I'm afraid I was lost in my thoughts," Ginny said as she tuned back in to the conversation.
"Quite alright, I simply asked if you had any favourite curses or hexes you like to use." The woman repeated her question.
"Well, the Cruciatus is always fun, but I think my favourite would have to be the Bone-Breaker curse," she replied.
"Oh? I don't believe I'm familiar with the Bone-Breaker curse. Perhaps you could enlighten us?"
"The Bone-Breaker curse is exactly what it's name implies. When used, it will begin breaking a victim's bones, starting with the bones in the toes and feet, and gradually moving up to the legs, pelvis, ribs, hands, arms, and finally breaks the neck and skull. It is an agonising process that ultimately results in death. However, the curse, when breaking the bones, breaks one bone at a time, and extremely slowly so that the pain is excruciating. Another provision of the curse is that is keeps the victim from passing out, allowing them to feel the pain."
The women all looked faintly impressed that she knew something like that. They all agreed that the Bone-Breaker curse was a wonderful curse, and Tatiana said Virginia would simply have to give her the spell for it sometime over tea. Hermione smirked to herself. They all sounded as casual as if they were talking about exchanging dinner recipes.
"And what curses or hexes do you prefer Hermione?" Marie posed the question this time.
"Me? I have several. The Bone-Breaker, the Cruciatus of course are favourites, but one of the others I like to use is the Cuerpo Incendio. When cast on someone, it begins to burn them from the outside in, but only in spurts. It will start with the stomach, and cause horrible burns, but not bad enough so that it can't work. It does this to all the organs; burns them badly, but not enough so that they won't work, thereby extending the pain for several days, until it finally just starts burning the whole body at once, causing the victim to, in essence, be burned alive." She smiled evilly as she airily explained the curse.
"I like that one. It'd be useful on some of those mudblood children who come to my door trying to sell cookies." Christiana said. "Oh, no offence to you Hermione, of course."
"Of course. Now, if you'll excuse us, our husbands are waiting outside the door for us. We do have a curfew at school, and it is nearing 23 o'clock. It was a pleasure to meet you all." Hermione said standing up and looked at Ginny and Pansy, who had also been in the room listening.
"Yes, we'll have to do this again. Maybe over the summer Deimos and I will host a ball if time allows of course. Oh, and I'll be sure to send you the spell for the curse Mrs. Parkinson." Ginny said as she and Pansy stood up.
"Call me Tatiana dear, it's only proper as we're all now friends."
"Of course Tatiana. Have a good evening everyone, and thank you for inviting us Narcissa."
"Not at all."
The three girls escaped from the room and met Draco, Deimos, Professor Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle outside the door.
"How did it go?" Professor Snape asked before Draco and Deimos did.
"It was interesting. We exchanged information on our favourite curses." Hermione said laughing at their shocked faces as they all grabbed a portkey, which transported them back to the entrance hall at Hogwarts. Everyone said good night and quickly made their way to their rooms, glad that the night had gone smoothly.
Now they could look forward to other things, such as the Valentine's day dance, and Hermione's children coming. However, not everything on the horizon was going to be fun, as we will learn later on.
A/N: Okay, here's an extra long chappie for you all, since I took a while to get it out. It's 2,750 words long, so please review, it makes me happy! Oh, and let me apologise now, but there will most likely not be another chapter out before the end of August. I'm going on a cruise in less than two weeks, and the cruise is for 11 days, so I'm not going to have a lot of time to write, I'm sorry, but hang in there. I'll do my best, so check back every now and then!
