Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; they are property of JK Rowling.

Rating: R

Summary: Harry is the heir of Grindelwald; he is blamed by the Order for Sirius's death; he is accused by the Ministry to be a Death Eater; Hermione is the heir of Voldemort...and she is the only who trusts him...

Dark Harry-Hermione

Chapter Ten

"The Heir"

Harry ran after Hermione, and finally reached her while she was entering the Common Room; nobody was there, as everyone was in the Great Hall, having breakfast; Harry touched her shoulder, and she sobbed:

"Go away, Ron! Leave me alone!"

"Mione...I'm not Ron...I'm Harry..." he whispered to her, who suddenly turned, and hugged him, leaning on his chest; she couldn't stop crying...

They seated on a couch, and Harry tried his best to comfort her, while she was leaning on him, cuddled with her body in his embrace, her head on his cheeks; after a while, she started to feel better, in his arms; she felt safe...Harry was so caring for her...he was always so, and so he will always be, for her...she knew this...

Harry wondered if she could ever get over this tragedy...she seemed so shocked...so frightened...he didn't think to anything...only to comfort her...suddenly, Ron entered the room, and shouted:

"Very well, Potter...first, you ruin the Order...then you became a Death Eater...and now you are trying to steal my girlfriend..."

Harry interrupted him, doing his best to maintain his control, and replied: "Your girlfriend didn't seem so happy to be comforted by you, downstairs in the Great Hall...and however, you took more than an hour to find your way for here...compliments...you are very caring, Ronald Weasel...maybe it is better if you exit from this room..."

"You are fool...I won't let you to stay alone with her...she doesn't want me to leave...do you want, Hermione?"

Tears still flowing from her eyes, she nodded feebly; Ron was disbelieving, but said nothing, and exited the room, anger quite evident on his face...

All the day Harry made his best to help her, remembering how she cared for him every time he had a problem...and she felt so good with him...but she was still Ron's girlfriend, so she managed to leave, and went searching for Ron; she wanted to apologize with him for her rudeness... Around a week later, Hermione somehow succeed in regaining her usual behaviour, more or less; it was because her huge sorrow was balanced by an huge happiness: Madame Pomfrey confirmed that she was pregnant...she would be Mum!

The new excited her so much, that she ran immediately to alert Ron, who was as much happy...he started to cry...he would be Dad! Then, he kissed her, and they remained this way a long time, crying for joy, and kissing...

But during a war, the happiness never lasts long, so two more weeks passed, it was by now the half of May, and Hermione received a letter, which remembered her the death of her parents; it was their will, and with it there was a letter, from her mother; she read it, and almost fainted; Harry took the letter, taking advantage that Ron wasn't there, and read it himself:

"Dear Hermione, if you are reading this, it means we are dead; probably, you will blame us for not having said it to you before, but you seemed so proud of being our little daughter...but now, the dreadful moment is arrived: Hermione, we were not your natural parents! We adopted you, and in those years, from when you started to go at Hogwarts, I had done searches on your family, and I found the worst new I could expect; Hermione, you are the only Voldemort's daughter! His only heir!
Please, forgive me!
Mum"

Harry understood why she almost passed out; she, Hermione Granger, the cleverest witch at Hogwarts, always ready to help who had need of help, was the daughter of Voldemort, the Dark Lord! And he had to kill him, or being killed by her father!

Harry embraced her, who was still shocked; in that moment Ron entered the Great Hall, but didn't notice they were hugged; Harry left her, but Ron saw her dreadful look, sop he snapped: "What have you done to her, Potter?"

"Nothing, Weasel" Harry replied, standing up, and going away with the letter in his robe...he didn't wanted another problem for Hermione..."She would tell him the truth as soon as she will feel ready" he thought, and directed himself to the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class.

Next days, Hermione searched Harry for company every time Ron wasn't in sight, and she discussed with him her real being; he reassured her, and finally convinced her to tell Ron the truth:

"You can't live all your life with this horrid secret...what if he finds out this, without you telling him? This would ruin your relationship..." he said, concluding a long reasoning on the motives for telling him the truth...

Some days later, Hermione decided to face the problem, and after dinner she took Ron in the Common Room, sending all the others away, and she told him the truth:

"Ron...please, don't shout...I have to tell you a secret...I'm the daughter of Voldemort..."

Ron remained some moments astonished, then he started to shout, and then he also slapped her many times in her face, knocking her down, on the floor:

"You slut! You are just like him...a Death Eater...go away of my sight, immediately...this is the reason for your silly defending him, against every evidence...you are like him, like the filthy, bloody Potter..." then he pushed her on a wall

"Ron...please...I find out this only few days ago..."

"And surely you told it first to him..."

"He read the letter, when it arrived...please...make it for our baby..."

"You little bitch! I don't want to hear nothing of a baby contaminated with Voldemort's blood and genes...go away..." and he slapped her so strongly that she fell down on the floor again, hitting her head on the floor; Ron said: "This is what you deserve, stupid bitch..." and was ready to hit her again, when Harry, who overheard the last sentence, entered the room, and said:

"Don't dare to touch her, Weasley, or you'll have to pay this to me...and don't insult her..."

Harry was shaking with rage, his wand raised in his arm, looking ready to kill.

"Oh, Potter...I guess I have to fear you...the Great Harry Potter...Damn you!" then Ron cried:

"Petrificus Totalis" but Harry avoided the spell, then he cried: "Rictosempra!" and Ron flew against the wall; he quickly stood up, but Harry was quicker:

"Stupefy!" and Ron froze.

Then Harry went to Hermione, helping her to her dorm, but before going to bed, he took off the spell from Ron.