Title: I'm With You
Author's Penname: HappyMalfoy922
Author's E-mail: happymalfoy922@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
A*N: This is my first fanfic. I know my story's a little bit the same with others but please review. May it be good or bad, just review so I'll know if I'll continue with my story. Thank you very much.
~ Chapter 1: Reunited~
Reunited and it feels so good
Reunited 'cause we understood
This one perfect fit
Can show that this world is it
We both are so excited
'Cause we're reunited -Peaches and Herb
"Uuuuhhh." Hermione moaned as she sat on her bed. She just finished packing her things for the trip back home tomorrow for the Christmas Holidays. As she was about to remove her Hogwarts uniform inside her private room, she suddenly stood up and grabbed her black school robe with the Prefect badge pinned on it. It was her turn to roam the castle for students out of bed. She lazily pushed open the portrait and stepped outside the hole. She faced the portrait before going down the prefect's common room.
"Don't let anybody in here, alright Danielle?" She told the portrait guarding her room.
It was a little girl, with blue eyes and golden locks of hair going down through her shoulders in a scarlet medieval dress. On her lap was a white cat playing with her little fingers that were massaging its head.
"Yes Miss Hermione." Danielle answered smiling sweetly at the prefect in front of her.
"Goodnight Danielle. See you later!" Hermione smiled and went down the stairs to the prefect's common room.
There in the couch sat Ron, reading a book.
"Hey, Mione! Where you going?" He asked, standing up from the couch and resting the book on the table.
"Ron?! Have you forgotten that it's our turn to check the grounds for students out of bed?" She said in an angry motherly tone, with matching hands on her hips.
Ron looked surprised as soon as he heard Hermione's answer to his question. "Wait here Mione, I'll go get my badge and then we can go." He told her rushing up the stairs to his room to get his badge.
As soon as Ron came down, they both went out the prefect's dormitory and roamed the castle for students. They split up and went opposite ways to make it easier for them to finish and faster for them to get to bed.
Hermione however was very sleepy and couldn't keep her eyes open. All she was thinking about was getting this over with and her big comfy, soft and warm bed. All she wanted was a good night sleep after a hard day's work from a lot of homework for Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology, Arithmancy, and last but not the least Potions.
As she was walking half asleep down the corridor, she bumped into someone and fell flat on her butt. She looked up while rubbing her butt, to see who she bumped into and so she could apologize to whoever he or she is, and her hazel brown eyes met icy blue eyes looking down at her.
Draco looked down at Granger as soon as she fell to the floor and of course, wore his usual smirk. "My, aren't we being clumsy. Huh, mudblood?" He spat at her, still wearing his smirk.
She pushed herself up and faced Malfoy, although she's only five feet and eight inches tall, that didn't stop her from answering back at him. "I wouldn't be falling flat on my butt if you didn't bump me on purpose, ferret boy." She said tiptoeing so she wouldn't be towered upon on by Malfoy's six feet and three inches height. "Are you blind? Look at the corridor?! It's wide enough for six Hagrids to stand on and yet you chose to walk on the side where I'm walking to give me another insult." She continued waving her hand in annoyance.
He just continued to smirk at her, especially since she's on her toes to make her look a bit tall. He put his right hand on top of her head and pushed her down so she was on her feet again. "Work a little bit on your height, Granger." He said sarcastically. "Maybe a growing potion would be fine." Smirking, he walked out on her and headed to the prefect's dormitory, still laughing to himself. He doesn't know why but every time he insults Granger and wins, he feels so satisfied.
"Argh!!" Hermione stomped her feet on the ground. 'How did he become prefect with that bloody rotten attitude of his?!' Hermione asked herself as soon as Draco was five feet away from her. 'I can't believe that guy!'
After an hour of checking the castle, Hermione and Ron met up in front of the Prefect's dormitory portrait.
"Caught anyone?" Ron asked with a wide smile on his face.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "No. Just Malfoy who had another insult for me. AGAIN!" She answered angrily and looked at Ron. She noticed the wide smile he was wearing for the first time. "What are you so happy about? Who did you caught?" She asked.
"Well. Three Slytherins and a Hufflepuff." Ron answered. "But I'm not happy because I caught the Slytherins." Hermione looked at him weirdly. "You see, I'm happy because I caught Ginger Rowland, she's from Hufflepuff and a sixth year." Ron said as soon as he noticed Hermione's looks.
"Tell me about it inside." Hermione said. "Dormiens" She said to the portrait and it swung open.
They both entered the common room and sat on the couch in front of the fireplace. But before Ron could even say a word, Hermione was asleep on the couch already, not to mention occupying the whole couch.
"MIONE!" Ron shouted to Hermione's ear.
Hermione quickly sat up, very surprised and angry. "What the heck was that for?!" She asked Ron rubbing her ears since Ron's voice was still ringing in her ear.
"You told me to tell you about Ginger and what do you do? Sleep!" Ron answered her, irritated.
Hermione stood up and started to walk towards the girl prefect's bedrooms. "Sorry, Ron. I'm just too tired. Maybe tomorrow in the train?" She said in a sorry tone. When Ron nodded in approval, she ran to him and hugged him. "Night, Ron!" She said and went to her room.
"Zachary." She said to Danielle sleepily. Once the portrait opened, she flopped onto her bed and there, she fell asleep.
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"Here Hagrid!" Hermione said happily as she handed two presents to Hagrid. "It's for you and Grawp. Hope you like it." She said.
"Thenks, 'ermione! 'M sure Grawp's going ter be thenkful fer this presen' yer gave 'em." Hagrid said looking at Hermione with twinkling eyes. He reached down inside his pocket and got a little white box. "I already gave Ron and Harry's presen' and here's me presen' fer yer. 'Ope yer like it." He said and gave Hermione a hug.
Hermione thanked Hagrid for the resent he gave and hugged and kissed him goodbye, and went inside the train.
Inside the usual compartment they sat in before, she and Ron found Harry, sitting by himself with a wide grin on his face.
"Hey Harry!" They both said sitting beside Harry and giving him a hug.
"What are you two doing here?" Harry asked, surprised. "Shouldn't you be in the Prefect's compartment?"
"It's vacation Harry, of course we have vacations for Prefect's duties too, you know." Hermione answered.
"So, what are you so happy about, mate?" Ron asked as Hermione sat across them.
"Oh yeah. You know Gwyneth, right?" Harry asked his two best friends.
Gwyneth was the girl Harry had met after Cho and he "broke up" in his fifth year. She's a sixth year like Harry also from Ravenclaw and Cedric Diggory's cousin, and a chaser for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
"What about her?" Hermione asked.
"She's inviting me at their house to meet her parents!" Harry told them excitedly, green eyes twinkling. "You know guys, I can't believe a girl could still ask me to go to their house and let me meet her parents after what happened last year and when nobody believed that Voldemort was really rising again."
"Glad the old Harry's back with us. Not like the grumpy old Harry last year." Hermione said, imitating Harry's grumpiness and moodiness in their fifth year.
"Hey! I wasn't that grumpy. was I?" Harry said and the two burst out laughing.
"Oh yes you were Mr. Harry Potter!" Ron said still laughing and was about to punch Harry on the arm when the train jerked a bit fast and he fell to the floor.
Now Harry and Hermione were the ones laughing hard until Hermione couldn't take it anymore.
"Stop being stupid guys. My stomach hurts!" She said trying to stop herself from laughing.
Everyone sat down on the chair still laughing, but this time just waiting for their laughter to run out. Once they all quiet down, they just sat quietly for moments until Hermione pulled out the novel she's been reading (Artemis Fowl) out of her pocket and started to read, while Ron and Harry talked about Quidditch.
Of course Harry was back at the team since Umbridge was gone already and Dumbledore's back as Hogwart's headmaster.
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"Bye guys! See you at January!" Hermione told her best friends as she gave them both a hug. "Ron, can you give this to Lavender and Ginny?" She asked as she handed two blue boxes to Ron. "I forgot to give it to them. Well, see ya! Happy Christmas!" She said and started to walk towards the barrier.
"Happy Christmas, Mione!" She heard Ron and Harry say in unison as she stepped out the barrier.
Outside, she looked for her parents, and her little brother. As she was walking around for her parents, Crookshanks started to make a riot in her arms and he was starting to rip Hermione's clothes on her side. This caused her to suddenly jump and kick her trolley, not knowing that it was going to crash into someone.
"OH NO!" Hermione shouted as she saw her trolley rolling down, about o hit someone. "MOVE! MOVE!" She shouted, letting go of Crookshanks and followed her trolley.
"Hermione!" Mr. Granger called out to his daughter; in his arms was Zach, Hermione's little brother.
"Dad, can't talk right now. need to stop my trolley." Said Hermione looking back at her father. She saw beside him was her mother, looking a bit worried and beside her was a pale faced woman with a pointed nose and blonde hair, looking shocked.
"Oh no! That's my son!" The woman yelled and followed Hermione.
"BANG!"
The trolleys crashed into each other including the person owning the other trolley.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry, madam. I lost control of the trolley. I'm so sorry." Hermione apologized, kneeling in front of the pale faced woman.
The pale faced woman was checking if her son was okay. "It's okay, dear. I think he's going to be fine." She smiled at Hermione.
Mr. and Mrs. Granger came to them. Mr. Granger shoved Zach in Mrs. Granger's arms and put to right both trolleys and the things.
"Is he going to be alright, Narcissa?" Geraldine Granger asked, kneeling beside Hermione, who was looking everywhere for security to come and help them.
Hermione stood up and helped her father, Joaquin Granger with the things. After fixing her things, she helped her father fix the boy's things her trolley crashed into. She was surprised to see a Hogwarts trunk with the boy's things.
'So, he's a Hogwarts student.' Hermione told herself, as they finished fixing his things.
She stood beside her mother again, who was now standing up with the pale faced woman. "I'm so sorry, madam. I really am." Hermione apologized again.
"It's okay, dear. Nothing's broken or anything." She said as her son stood up beside her.
Hermione looked in shock as she saw the person her trolley crashed into.
"MALFOY?!" She said in shock.
Draco gave a smirk as he saw Granger's expression. He too was surprised, but of course, a Malfoy is good in hiding their feelings. "So, it's the clumsy old mudblood who thought I can be killed by a trolley crashing into me." He said sarcastically.
"Draco?!" Narcissa Malfoy, the pale faced woman warned his son for being a git in front of her friends. "Mind your manners! You're in front of my friends." She said, glaring at her son.
"My apologies, mother." He answered, turning a light shade of pink.
"Miki! Miki!" It was Hermione's little brother, Zach trying to get away from his mother's grasp and into Hermione's arms.
But Hermione couldn't hear her brother; she was too busy figuring out what Narcissa Malfoy just said. 'Friends?' She thought. 'How did that happen?' She asked herself.
"There. Your trolleys are set to go. Now come on outside so we can get home." Mr. Granger said, pushing with him the two trolleys of Hermione and Draco.
Hermione still wasn't saying anything since she's still deep in thought. 'What did she mean by that?' She kept asking herself. Only then that it hit her when she saw Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy riding their van. 'So my parents and Malfoy's parents are friends? But what about Malfoy's father?' She asked herself, yet again.
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"I'm sure the two of you are confused about what's going on here." Narcissa said as she and Geraldine stood in front of Draco and Hermione sitting on the love seat inside the Granger's house.
The two teenagers just looked at them, indeed with confused expressions on their faces.
"Well, you see, Draco. Hermione." Geraldine started, looking at Draco then to Hermione, "Narcissa and I have been childhood friends." She continued, smiling at them.
"And we'll be staying here until the Manor is given back to us." Narcissa said excitedly.
"WHAT?!" Hermione and Draco asked in unison.
"What happened to the Manor? Does Lucius know this? Where's Lucius?" Draco asked in a hurry.
"How did you become friends? Malfoy's going to stay here? There'll be hell here if he stays here!" Hermione, like Draco asked in a hurry.
"Woah! Slow down you two!" Joaquin said as he stepped between the teenagers and the women. "Let the women explain first, and then you can ask your questions." He continued, pushing the two teenagers down to sit on the chair again.
The women sat on the couch and started to explain. "We have been friends since we were four years old until we were ten. Narcissa, one day, got a letter and told me she'll be moving far away from here." Geraldine said.
"I was adopted by a muggle family when they found me on their doorstep." Narcissa explained.
"Wait. But you're Sirius's cousin and your family was never fond of muggles. How did you end up living in a muggle world?" Hermione asked, still confused.
"My mother was different. I was only taken back to them when my real mother died. She wanted one of her children to know about muggles and not hate them, you see." Narcissa continued explaining.
"And now is the time when we're reunited again." Geraldine said, smiling.
"For your question, Draco. The Manor was taken by the Ministry for investigation, since they found out that Death Eaters hold meetings there. As for your father, he is at St. Mungo's without any memory, together with the other Death Eaters." Narcissa answered all her son's questions.
"As for your question, Hermione." Geraldine started, "They are staying here since they don't have their house back yet. And so, we need the two of you to get along since like you said, there might be hell in this house." She continued.
Hermione stood up. "Mum! We can't get along in just a snap. We've been enemies since we were eleven and we've been fighting and yelling at each other for the past five years!"
"That's why the two of you will be staying in one room since our guest room can accommodate only one person." Geraldine told her. "That way, you'll get to spend more time together!"
"Can't he just sleep on the couch?" Hermione asked desperately looking at his father.
"Hermione Kristine Granger! You are not to act like that in front of our visitors." Geraldine stood up, with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry." Hermione apologized as she sat beside Draco again.
"C'mon sport," Joaquin said. "Trying wouldn't hurt."
"Alright. As long as he," she said, looking at Draco with disgust, "doesn't interfere with my things and my life."
"Don't look at me. You might be the one to interfere with my life." Draco said with a smirk.
"See mum?" Hermione said looking at Draco then to her mum.
"Draco!" Narcissa again warned her son.
"Sorry." He apologized, glaring at Granger.
~End~
A*N: Is this chapter long enough? Please Review, may it be good or bad. Thank you!
HappyMalfoy922
Author's Penname: HappyMalfoy922
Author's E-mail: happymalfoy922@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
A*N: This is my first fanfic. I know my story's a little bit the same with others but please review. May it be good or bad, just review so I'll know if I'll continue with my story. Thank you very much.
~ Chapter 1: Reunited~
Reunited and it feels so good
Reunited 'cause we understood
This one perfect fit
Can show that this world is it
We both are so excited
'Cause we're reunited -Peaches and Herb
"Uuuuhhh." Hermione moaned as she sat on her bed. She just finished packing her things for the trip back home tomorrow for the Christmas Holidays. As she was about to remove her Hogwarts uniform inside her private room, she suddenly stood up and grabbed her black school robe with the Prefect badge pinned on it. It was her turn to roam the castle for students out of bed. She lazily pushed open the portrait and stepped outside the hole. She faced the portrait before going down the prefect's common room.
"Don't let anybody in here, alright Danielle?" She told the portrait guarding her room.
It was a little girl, with blue eyes and golden locks of hair going down through her shoulders in a scarlet medieval dress. On her lap was a white cat playing with her little fingers that were massaging its head.
"Yes Miss Hermione." Danielle answered smiling sweetly at the prefect in front of her.
"Goodnight Danielle. See you later!" Hermione smiled and went down the stairs to the prefect's common room.
There in the couch sat Ron, reading a book.
"Hey, Mione! Where you going?" He asked, standing up from the couch and resting the book on the table.
"Ron?! Have you forgotten that it's our turn to check the grounds for students out of bed?" She said in an angry motherly tone, with matching hands on her hips.
Ron looked surprised as soon as he heard Hermione's answer to his question. "Wait here Mione, I'll go get my badge and then we can go." He told her rushing up the stairs to his room to get his badge.
As soon as Ron came down, they both went out the prefect's dormitory and roamed the castle for students. They split up and went opposite ways to make it easier for them to finish and faster for them to get to bed.
Hermione however was very sleepy and couldn't keep her eyes open. All she was thinking about was getting this over with and her big comfy, soft and warm bed. All she wanted was a good night sleep after a hard day's work from a lot of homework for Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology, Arithmancy, and last but not the least Potions.
As she was walking half asleep down the corridor, she bumped into someone and fell flat on her butt. She looked up while rubbing her butt, to see who she bumped into and so she could apologize to whoever he or she is, and her hazel brown eyes met icy blue eyes looking down at her.
Draco looked down at Granger as soon as she fell to the floor and of course, wore his usual smirk. "My, aren't we being clumsy. Huh, mudblood?" He spat at her, still wearing his smirk.
She pushed herself up and faced Malfoy, although she's only five feet and eight inches tall, that didn't stop her from answering back at him. "I wouldn't be falling flat on my butt if you didn't bump me on purpose, ferret boy." She said tiptoeing so she wouldn't be towered upon on by Malfoy's six feet and three inches height. "Are you blind? Look at the corridor?! It's wide enough for six Hagrids to stand on and yet you chose to walk on the side where I'm walking to give me another insult." She continued waving her hand in annoyance.
He just continued to smirk at her, especially since she's on her toes to make her look a bit tall. He put his right hand on top of her head and pushed her down so she was on her feet again. "Work a little bit on your height, Granger." He said sarcastically. "Maybe a growing potion would be fine." Smirking, he walked out on her and headed to the prefect's dormitory, still laughing to himself. He doesn't know why but every time he insults Granger and wins, he feels so satisfied.
"Argh!!" Hermione stomped her feet on the ground. 'How did he become prefect with that bloody rotten attitude of his?!' Hermione asked herself as soon as Draco was five feet away from her. 'I can't believe that guy!'
After an hour of checking the castle, Hermione and Ron met up in front of the Prefect's dormitory portrait.
"Caught anyone?" Ron asked with a wide smile on his face.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "No. Just Malfoy who had another insult for me. AGAIN!" She answered angrily and looked at Ron. She noticed the wide smile he was wearing for the first time. "What are you so happy about? Who did you caught?" She asked.
"Well. Three Slytherins and a Hufflepuff." Ron answered. "But I'm not happy because I caught the Slytherins." Hermione looked at him weirdly. "You see, I'm happy because I caught Ginger Rowland, she's from Hufflepuff and a sixth year." Ron said as soon as he noticed Hermione's looks.
"Tell me about it inside." Hermione said. "Dormiens" She said to the portrait and it swung open.
They both entered the common room and sat on the couch in front of the fireplace. But before Ron could even say a word, Hermione was asleep on the couch already, not to mention occupying the whole couch.
"MIONE!" Ron shouted to Hermione's ear.
Hermione quickly sat up, very surprised and angry. "What the heck was that for?!" She asked Ron rubbing her ears since Ron's voice was still ringing in her ear.
"You told me to tell you about Ginger and what do you do? Sleep!" Ron answered her, irritated.
Hermione stood up and started to walk towards the girl prefect's bedrooms. "Sorry, Ron. I'm just too tired. Maybe tomorrow in the train?" She said in a sorry tone. When Ron nodded in approval, she ran to him and hugged him. "Night, Ron!" She said and went to her room.
"Zachary." She said to Danielle sleepily. Once the portrait opened, she flopped onto her bed and there, she fell asleep.
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"Here Hagrid!" Hermione said happily as she handed two presents to Hagrid. "It's for you and Grawp. Hope you like it." She said.
"Thenks, 'ermione! 'M sure Grawp's going ter be thenkful fer this presen' yer gave 'em." Hagrid said looking at Hermione with twinkling eyes. He reached down inside his pocket and got a little white box. "I already gave Ron and Harry's presen' and here's me presen' fer yer. 'Ope yer like it." He said and gave Hermione a hug.
Hermione thanked Hagrid for the resent he gave and hugged and kissed him goodbye, and went inside the train.
Inside the usual compartment they sat in before, she and Ron found Harry, sitting by himself with a wide grin on his face.
"Hey Harry!" They both said sitting beside Harry and giving him a hug.
"What are you two doing here?" Harry asked, surprised. "Shouldn't you be in the Prefect's compartment?"
"It's vacation Harry, of course we have vacations for Prefect's duties too, you know." Hermione answered.
"So, what are you so happy about, mate?" Ron asked as Hermione sat across them.
"Oh yeah. You know Gwyneth, right?" Harry asked his two best friends.
Gwyneth was the girl Harry had met after Cho and he "broke up" in his fifth year. She's a sixth year like Harry also from Ravenclaw and Cedric Diggory's cousin, and a chaser for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
"What about her?" Hermione asked.
"She's inviting me at their house to meet her parents!" Harry told them excitedly, green eyes twinkling. "You know guys, I can't believe a girl could still ask me to go to their house and let me meet her parents after what happened last year and when nobody believed that Voldemort was really rising again."
"Glad the old Harry's back with us. Not like the grumpy old Harry last year." Hermione said, imitating Harry's grumpiness and moodiness in their fifth year.
"Hey! I wasn't that grumpy. was I?" Harry said and the two burst out laughing.
"Oh yes you were Mr. Harry Potter!" Ron said still laughing and was about to punch Harry on the arm when the train jerked a bit fast and he fell to the floor.
Now Harry and Hermione were the ones laughing hard until Hermione couldn't take it anymore.
"Stop being stupid guys. My stomach hurts!" She said trying to stop herself from laughing.
Everyone sat down on the chair still laughing, but this time just waiting for their laughter to run out. Once they all quiet down, they just sat quietly for moments until Hermione pulled out the novel she's been reading (Artemis Fowl) out of her pocket and started to read, while Ron and Harry talked about Quidditch.
Of course Harry was back at the team since Umbridge was gone already and Dumbledore's back as Hogwart's headmaster.
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"Bye guys! See you at January!" Hermione told her best friends as she gave them both a hug. "Ron, can you give this to Lavender and Ginny?" She asked as she handed two blue boxes to Ron. "I forgot to give it to them. Well, see ya! Happy Christmas!" She said and started to walk towards the barrier.
"Happy Christmas, Mione!" She heard Ron and Harry say in unison as she stepped out the barrier.
Outside, she looked for her parents, and her little brother. As she was walking around for her parents, Crookshanks started to make a riot in her arms and he was starting to rip Hermione's clothes on her side. This caused her to suddenly jump and kick her trolley, not knowing that it was going to crash into someone.
"OH NO!" Hermione shouted as she saw her trolley rolling down, about o hit someone. "MOVE! MOVE!" She shouted, letting go of Crookshanks and followed her trolley.
"Hermione!" Mr. Granger called out to his daughter; in his arms was Zach, Hermione's little brother.
"Dad, can't talk right now. need to stop my trolley." Said Hermione looking back at her father. She saw beside him was her mother, looking a bit worried and beside her was a pale faced woman with a pointed nose and blonde hair, looking shocked.
"Oh no! That's my son!" The woman yelled and followed Hermione.
"BANG!"
The trolleys crashed into each other including the person owning the other trolley.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry, madam. I lost control of the trolley. I'm so sorry." Hermione apologized, kneeling in front of the pale faced woman.
The pale faced woman was checking if her son was okay. "It's okay, dear. I think he's going to be fine." She smiled at Hermione.
Mr. and Mrs. Granger came to them. Mr. Granger shoved Zach in Mrs. Granger's arms and put to right both trolleys and the things.
"Is he going to be alright, Narcissa?" Geraldine Granger asked, kneeling beside Hermione, who was looking everywhere for security to come and help them.
Hermione stood up and helped her father, Joaquin Granger with the things. After fixing her things, she helped her father fix the boy's things her trolley crashed into. She was surprised to see a Hogwarts trunk with the boy's things.
'So, he's a Hogwarts student.' Hermione told herself, as they finished fixing his things.
She stood beside her mother again, who was now standing up with the pale faced woman. "I'm so sorry, madam. I really am." Hermione apologized again.
"It's okay, dear. Nothing's broken or anything." She said as her son stood up beside her.
Hermione looked in shock as she saw the person her trolley crashed into.
"MALFOY?!" She said in shock.
Draco gave a smirk as he saw Granger's expression. He too was surprised, but of course, a Malfoy is good in hiding their feelings. "So, it's the clumsy old mudblood who thought I can be killed by a trolley crashing into me." He said sarcastically.
"Draco?!" Narcissa Malfoy, the pale faced woman warned his son for being a git in front of her friends. "Mind your manners! You're in front of my friends." She said, glaring at her son.
"My apologies, mother." He answered, turning a light shade of pink.
"Miki! Miki!" It was Hermione's little brother, Zach trying to get away from his mother's grasp and into Hermione's arms.
But Hermione couldn't hear her brother; she was too busy figuring out what Narcissa Malfoy just said. 'Friends?' She thought. 'How did that happen?' She asked herself.
"There. Your trolleys are set to go. Now come on outside so we can get home." Mr. Granger said, pushing with him the two trolleys of Hermione and Draco.
Hermione still wasn't saying anything since she's still deep in thought. 'What did she mean by that?' She kept asking herself. Only then that it hit her when she saw Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy riding their van. 'So my parents and Malfoy's parents are friends? But what about Malfoy's father?' She asked herself, yet again.
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"I'm sure the two of you are confused about what's going on here." Narcissa said as she and Geraldine stood in front of Draco and Hermione sitting on the love seat inside the Granger's house.
The two teenagers just looked at them, indeed with confused expressions on their faces.
"Well, you see, Draco. Hermione." Geraldine started, looking at Draco then to Hermione, "Narcissa and I have been childhood friends." She continued, smiling at them.
"And we'll be staying here until the Manor is given back to us." Narcissa said excitedly.
"WHAT?!" Hermione and Draco asked in unison.
"What happened to the Manor? Does Lucius know this? Where's Lucius?" Draco asked in a hurry.
"How did you become friends? Malfoy's going to stay here? There'll be hell here if he stays here!" Hermione, like Draco asked in a hurry.
"Woah! Slow down you two!" Joaquin said as he stepped between the teenagers and the women. "Let the women explain first, and then you can ask your questions." He continued, pushing the two teenagers down to sit on the chair again.
The women sat on the couch and started to explain. "We have been friends since we were four years old until we were ten. Narcissa, one day, got a letter and told me she'll be moving far away from here." Geraldine said.
"I was adopted by a muggle family when they found me on their doorstep." Narcissa explained.
"Wait. But you're Sirius's cousin and your family was never fond of muggles. How did you end up living in a muggle world?" Hermione asked, still confused.
"My mother was different. I was only taken back to them when my real mother died. She wanted one of her children to know about muggles and not hate them, you see." Narcissa continued explaining.
"And now is the time when we're reunited again." Geraldine said, smiling.
"For your question, Draco. The Manor was taken by the Ministry for investigation, since they found out that Death Eaters hold meetings there. As for your father, he is at St. Mungo's without any memory, together with the other Death Eaters." Narcissa answered all her son's questions.
"As for your question, Hermione." Geraldine started, "They are staying here since they don't have their house back yet. And so, we need the two of you to get along since like you said, there might be hell in this house." She continued.
Hermione stood up. "Mum! We can't get along in just a snap. We've been enemies since we were eleven and we've been fighting and yelling at each other for the past five years!"
"That's why the two of you will be staying in one room since our guest room can accommodate only one person." Geraldine told her. "That way, you'll get to spend more time together!"
"Can't he just sleep on the couch?" Hermione asked desperately looking at his father.
"Hermione Kristine Granger! You are not to act like that in front of our visitors." Geraldine stood up, with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry." Hermione apologized as she sat beside Draco again.
"C'mon sport," Joaquin said. "Trying wouldn't hurt."
"Alright. As long as he," she said, looking at Draco with disgust, "doesn't interfere with my things and my life."
"Don't look at me. You might be the one to interfere with my life." Draco said with a smirk.
"See mum?" Hermione said looking at Draco then to her mum.
"Draco!" Narcissa again warned her son.
"Sorry." He apologized, glaring at Granger.
~End~
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