(A/N- okay, first let me say I'm sorry for not having updated this in like
a month. Everything just stared happening at school and such, and I had no
time what so ever. And I want to thank my reviewers especially Silver
Dragon Goddess who reviewed every chapter. Ok, now on to the story)
Now Hermione was quite confused. For once in her life she actually had no idea what was going on. Never once had McGonagall asked a student to get supplies, especially not students who were in any sort of danger. It just didn't all add up. If Hermione didn't trust and love Draco with all of her heart she probably would have believed it was all some horrible trick. As it was, she did believe him and knew he would never hurt her in any way. So for the first time ever, Hermione just decided to go with the flow and not worry about it. With that all settled in her mind, she turned to the problem of what to wear. Informal, what does one wear to an informal dinner in the wizarding world. All of her dress robes had been for formal occasions. So she decided to dress in typical muggle attire. She wore a knee-length jean skirt and a pale yellow shirt with a sweater that matched, (one of those ones that button up at the top). She put on a cute pair of sandals and then charmed her feet to stay warm in the cool air. Now what was she supposed to do? She had an hour and a half to kill before Draco was supposed to pick her up. So she did the only logical thing for Hermione to do, started to do homework.
While in the middle of her potions essay there was a knock on the door. When she opened it she found Draco, all dressed up with flowers in his hands.
"Hello Hermione, these are for you," Draco said as he handed her the flowers. "We should probably get going right away." He lead her out of the castle to where one of the coaches they ride up to the school in at the beginning of the year was waiting for them.
"What's going on Draco, I thought you said we had to run an errand?" asked Hermione.
"So I lied, I wanted to take you out on a surprise date, since we've never actually had a real date before."
"Well, thank you, it's very sweet of you!" They spent the rest of the ride to Hogsmead laughing and talking. The coach pulled up in front of a large fancy looking restaurant. The trees surrounding it where being lit up by fairies. It was simply beautiful, and every thing was accented by a light snowfall that had begun earlier that afternoon. Inside it was just as beautiful, but had a very cozy fell to it too. (A/N- imagine the rest yourself please, I can't think of anything right now.) They where lead to there table by a waiter and handed menus.
"Mmm, everything looks so good on here, but it all seems to be muggle!" Hermione was very confused, she had never scene a normal muggle place in Hogsmead before.
"Of course it's all muggle, this is the only fully muggle restaurant in all of England's wizarding world," explained Draco. Hermione couldn't believe that she had never heard of it before. It was called The Smugglers Inn. They finally decided on ordering the Steaks. Once their Steak dinner came they sat and just made small talk. Then Hermione dared to voice something that had been bothering her since the incident with Dean.
"Draco, what happens when this potion wears off completely? I'm afraid that even Dumbledore isn't strong enough to keep your father and his lord away from us." (A/N- read 'your father and his lord' away with a huge amount of sarcasm!) Hermione's voice was quiet and sad, like she was dreading any answer he could possibly give.
"You've wondered about this too! I thought I was the only one" Draco was a little bit surprised that she was the one to bring this topic up.
"Well, the only reason your father hasn't dragged you away from the school yet is because he doesn't want the potion to kill you. What's going to stop him once the potions finally worn off."
"The way I figure it is now he's just doing what the dark lord tells him to. I was to become one of his best deatheaters or something of the sort. I always thought I had no way out of it and gave in to my destiny. But You- Kno., no Voldemort isn't really all that patent when it comes to these sorts of things. Now I would assume he just wants me out of his way, he can have his pick of faithful young leaders. I would assume I've become some sort of threat to him. If this is true, then I know for certain Dumbledore would have guessed something of the sort and would not let my father take me anywhere."
"But Draco, if your father could infiltrate the school once before then."
"Listen to me Hermione, my father trained me to become a little him, I can practically anticipate his moves n any sort of a duel and I know just as many if not more dark curses as he does. I'm never going to let him take me away from you, and I most certainly will never let him hurt you. If we really have to, during the summer we could spend the summer here at Hogwarts, or somewhere else that they could never even think to look for us. Don't worry darling, everything is going to be perfectly okay! I love you and I will never, ever let anyone or thing come between us or hurt you!" Draco's words comforted both Hermione and himself. After all, they were the complete truth. They spent the rest of there date happily talking and joking. They even went for a walk in the gardens of the restaurant, which where simply beautiful and lit by fairies as well.
By the time they had to go back to school Hermione had decided that probably had been the best day of her life, and Draco felt much the same way. They walked back to their room hand in hand you could practically feel the love they had radiating off of them. This was the first on many happy moments they shared in the next few months to come. November faded into December. The potion had worn off more, and was now only half as strong as it once was. Hermione and Draco could be apart from each other for an entire day and feel nothing more than the stronger version of the loneliness you feel when not with your loved one. Christmas came and went, Hermione got a beautiful dragon pendant from Draco, and she gave Draco a muggle disk man, because she knew he was secretly fascinated by muggle things, rather like Mr. Weasley, just less open about it. Months faded, and Hermione, Draco, Harry, Ron and Ginny spent the time being normal teenagers. They studied, went to visit Moaning Mertol and even went exploring parts of the castle with the Marauders map. As February arrived the Loveri potion had nearly worn off. It was on a cold cloudy Saturday that the five kids were called to Dumbledore's office.
Okay, I'm going to end there today, I will defiantly update sooner with the rest of the story.
Now Hermione was quite confused. For once in her life she actually had no idea what was going on. Never once had McGonagall asked a student to get supplies, especially not students who were in any sort of danger. It just didn't all add up. If Hermione didn't trust and love Draco with all of her heart she probably would have believed it was all some horrible trick. As it was, she did believe him and knew he would never hurt her in any way. So for the first time ever, Hermione just decided to go with the flow and not worry about it. With that all settled in her mind, she turned to the problem of what to wear. Informal, what does one wear to an informal dinner in the wizarding world. All of her dress robes had been for formal occasions. So she decided to dress in typical muggle attire. She wore a knee-length jean skirt and a pale yellow shirt with a sweater that matched, (one of those ones that button up at the top). She put on a cute pair of sandals and then charmed her feet to stay warm in the cool air. Now what was she supposed to do? She had an hour and a half to kill before Draco was supposed to pick her up. So she did the only logical thing for Hermione to do, started to do homework.
While in the middle of her potions essay there was a knock on the door. When she opened it she found Draco, all dressed up with flowers in his hands.
"Hello Hermione, these are for you," Draco said as he handed her the flowers. "We should probably get going right away." He lead her out of the castle to where one of the coaches they ride up to the school in at the beginning of the year was waiting for them.
"What's going on Draco, I thought you said we had to run an errand?" asked Hermione.
"So I lied, I wanted to take you out on a surprise date, since we've never actually had a real date before."
"Well, thank you, it's very sweet of you!" They spent the rest of the ride to Hogsmead laughing and talking. The coach pulled up in front of a large fancy looking restaurant. The trees surrounding it where being lit up by fairies. It was simply beautiful, and every thing was accented by a light snowfall that had begun earlier that afternoon. Inside it was just as beautiful, but had a very cozy fell to it too. (A/N- imagine the rest yourself please, I can't think of anything right now.) They where lead to there table by a waiter and handed menus.
"Mmm, everything looks so good on here, but it all seems to be muggle!" Hermione was very confused, she had never scene a normal muggle place in Hogsmead before.
"Of course it's all muggle, this is the only fully muggle restaurant in all of England's wizarding world," explained Draco. Hermione couldn't believe that she had never heard of it before. It was called The Smugglers Inn. They finally decided on ordering the Steaks. Once their Steak dinner came they sat and just made small talk. Then Hermione dared to voice something that had been bothering her since the incident with Dean.
"Draco, what happens when this potion wears off completely? I'm afraid that even Dumbledore isn't strong enough to keep your father and his lord away from us." (A/N- read 'your father and his lord' away with a huge amount of sarcasm!) Hermione's voice was quiet and sad, like she was dreading any answer he could possibly give.
"You've wondered about this too! I thought I was the only one" Draco was a little bit surprised that she was the one to bring this topic up.
"Well, the only reason your father hasn't dragged you away from the school yet is because he doesn't want the potion to kill you. What's going to stop him once the potions finally worn off."
"The way I figure it is now he's just doing what the dark lord tells him to. I was to become one of his best deatheaters or something of the sort. I always thought I had no way out of it and gave in to my destiny. But You- Kno., no Voldemort isn't really all that patent when it comes to these sorts of things. Now I would assume he just wants me out of his way, he can have his pick of faithful young leaders. I would assume I've become some sort of threat to him. If this is true, then I know for certain Dumbledore would have guessed something of the sort and would not let my father take me anywhere."
"But Draco, if your father could infiltrate the school once before then."
"Listen to me Hermione, my father trained me to become a little him, I can practically anticipate his moves n any sort of a duel and I know just as many if not more dark curses as he does. I'm never going to let him take me away from you, and I most certainly will never let him hurt you. If we really have to, during the summer we could spend the summer here at Hogwarts, or somewhere else that they could never even think to look for us. Don't worry darling, everything is going to be perfectly okay! I love you and I will never, ever let anyone or thing come between us or hurt you!" Draco's words comforted both Hermione and himself. After all, they were the complete truth. They spent the rest of there date happily talking and joking. They even went for a walk in the gardens of the restaurant, which where simply beautiful and lit by fairies as well.
By the time they had to go back to school Hermione had decided that probably had been the best day of her life, and Draco felt much the same way. They walked back to their room hand in hand you could practically feel the love they had radiating off of them. This was the first on many happy moments they shared in the next few months to come. November faded into December. The potion had worn off more, and was now only half as strong as it once was. Hermione and Draco could be apart from each other for an entire day and feel nothing more than the stronger version of the loneliness you feel when not with your loved one. Christmas came and went, Hermione got a beautiful dragon pendant from Draco, and she gave Draco a muggle disk man, because she knew he was secretly fascinated by muggle things, rather like Mr. Weasley, just less open about it. Months faded, and Hermione, Draco, Harry, Ron and Ginny spent the time being normal teenagers. They studied, went to visit Moaning Mertol and even went exploring parts of the castle with the Marauders map. As February arrived the Loveri potion had nearly worn off. It was on a cold cloudy Saturday that the five kids were called to Dumbledore's office.
Okay, I'm going to end there today, I will defiantly update sooner with the rest of the story.
