The Dragon's Heart: Chapter 12
By: Teenlaunch
McGonagall stopped dead in her tracks when she walked into the common room. Her two top students were lying on their couch, engaged in lip lock. Hermione's hands entangled in Draco's hair, Draco with one hand behind Hermione's head, the other on her back, beneath her shirt. McGonagall started slowly backing out of the room. Draco and Hermione either didn't notice her or chose to ignore her altogether. She closed the portrait hole quietly and Sir Cadogan smiled sheepishly at her.
"You knew that they were- were.Did you?!" McGonagall sputtered.
"Well-that is-I mean-" Sir Cadogan stuttered.
"You did know! Why didn't you tell me?!"
"I didn't know how you would react. Besides, they have a right to their privacy."
"You're a fine one to talk about privacy! How did you find out what they were up to, huh?! Did a bit of spying, did you?!"
"For your information I did no spying at all, Madam! I am not as dense as people make me out to be!"
"When did this start?"
"Today, nothing like this has ever happened."
"Very well; not tell them I was here." McGonagall bowed slightly to him and left.
"She took it better than I thought," Sir Cadogan said.
Draco had Hermione sitting in his lap with his face buried in her hair. Draco finally broke the silence. "Hermione?"
"Yes?" Hermione answered quietly.
"Are we-you know-together?"
"It would be hard.with me being a Mudblood and all-" Draco growled in his throat, "but I would like to be officially together," Hermione muttered. Draco looked at her and saw that her face was red. He smiled.
"Good. Because I am going to keep that promise I made to you last night. Does that sound good?"
"Extremely."
"Listen, we both know that this is going to have to be .kept under raps for a while. I know it will be hard, but we have to try. We should probably go talk to our 'spies', don't you think?"
"Probably."
"You're not going to move are you?"
"Nope."
"Come on, please?"
"Make me." Hermione smiled.
"Oh, I'll make you alright." Draco started their playtime all over again.
"Why do you-always-tickle me?" Hermione laughed.
"Because it's fun to see you at my mercy." Hermione fell backwards onto the couch and Draco sprang up but kept tickling her.
"You're nice!"
"Only to you." Draco leaned down close to her. "What happens now?" His hands fell onto the couch. Hermione kissed him again. When they broke apart Hermione had an odd look on her face.
"Why do you always get what you want?" Hermione and Draco both got up.
"Because I am Draco Malfoy! Come on, let's go get them." They were halfway to the Great Hall when a thought struck Hermione.
"Draco, where are we going to talk to them at? There's no place we can go."
"Oh." Draco sank deep in thought as he leaned against the wall until Hermione started muttering to herself. "Would you mind speaking up? I see your mouth moving but I don't hear any sound."
"We need a map."
"A map? Why do we need a map? We don't even know where we're going!"
"Why must you question everything I say, all I said was that we need- "
"This map?" Ginny appeared in front of Hermione and Draco and thrust a piece of parchment in her hands before disappearing again.
"How did she do that?" Draco looked behind a tapestry to find the nothing.
"Never mind that! Look what she gave me!"
"It's a piece of old parchment!"
"Don't let Fred and George hear you talking like that, just fair warning. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Hermione tapped the parchment and a spider web of lines started branching out across the paper.
The Marauders Map
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
This heading appeared at the top of the map. Draco just stared at it. "What just happened?"
"I'm not answering that question." A while later Draco, Hermione, and their 'gang' were seated comfortably in the Room of Requirement with the girls singing at the top of their lungs. You know what song, that little annoying one teasing you about being girlfriend and boyfriend.
"Draco and Hermione, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Hermione pushing the baby carriage!"
"Enough! I'm the one that's supposed to be pushing the baby carriage." Draco's companions went bug eyed for a second until they started laughing uncontrollably.
"Where in the world did that come from?!" Hermione screamed as she and Draco continued to laugh.
"I don't know. At least it got those lumps to stir. I thought they might be dead."
"Hey Draco, are you really Hermione's childhood friend? Ginny didn't explain it very well last night," Neville said.
"Yeah, I am Hermione's childhood friend. Why do you ask?"
"I was wondering why you left that muggle school in the first place. I mean, what was the point?"
Draco frowned slightly. "I left because my father found out that I was going to the school. Well, being who he is he demanded that I be taken out of the school. My mother told him that I was going to finish the rest of the year there and he agreed. A few weeks later he found out about my 'muggle' friend at the school. He saw me talking to her one day and that did it for him. When I got home I thought fireworks had gone off in the house. My room was a mess. My mother's things were thrown everywhere. My father had obviously been searching for something. What it was, I don't know. He wasn't in the house and when we didn't see him for two months school ended. I had to say goodbye to Hermione."
"I never would have been able to do that," Neville mumbled.
"I wasn't even sure that I would see Hermione again. I just had to trust what my mother said. She told me that the necklace that I had given her would bring us together again. I also knew about a prophecy that was made when I was born. It said something about me committing the ultimate crime against my family name and my father making his final decision. I don't really understand it but.I guess I'll find out sometime or another," Draco sighed.
"Let's get off this subject," Hermione said.
"Yeah, listen, we'd better be getting back to Gryffindor Tower," Ginny said as she stood up.
"Us too," Goyle grunted.
"One more thing before we leave. Are we all like.friends now? I mean, it will be hard for them when everyone finds out. Shouldn't we, at least, be on the same side since we're okay with this? No one else will understand," Parvati said.
"You're right. That would be stupid. All in favor of no more rivalry between all of us here say 'I'!" Lavender said.
"I!" Everyone answered. ***************************************************************
Three weeks went by quickly for the newfound allies. Draco and Hermione were very happy until a meeting in the Room of Requirement.
"You need to tell them! The longer you wait the madder they'll be!" Ginny yelled.
"You think we don't know that! What do you want us to do? Walk up to them in the corridor and say "We're in love! Have a nice day!" and walk off?!" Draco yelled back.
"Stop being funny!"
"I'm not being funny!"
"Enough! You've both got your point across! What we need is a sensible plan, " Lavender said.
"Hey Neville, do you happen to have a galleon with you?" Hermione asked.
"Why do you need a galleon?" Neville asked while groping around in his pockets.
"Oh, I don't need just any old galleon. I need a special one of yours, one you've had for about three years." Neville's eyes widened in realization. He pulled out the galleon and examined it.
"It says January 30. That's exactly two weeks from today and they're always the first ones here. You can tell them then!" Neville said as he realized that was exactly Hermione's plan.
"Exactly."
"I just totally missed the point," Draco sighed.
On that set date Draco, who had had the plan explained to him very thoroughly, and Hermione went to the Room of Requirement to wait for the DA's leader to get there. "They'll be here any minute." Hermione muttered as she wrung her hands.
"Calm down." Draco put his hands over hers.
"What are you talking about? I am calm. I am collected. I am lying!"
"Then relax," Draco said as he pressed his lips against hers and kissed her hungrily. She collapsed into Draco's arms, forgetting her worries and giving in to him. A couple minutes later there were footsteps and voices outside the door.
a/n: Hope you liked it! Please review!
~Teenlaunch~
McGonagall stopped dead in her tracks when she walked into the common room. Her two top students were lying on their couch, engaged in lip lock. Hermione's hands entangled in Draco's hair, Draco with one hand behind Hermione's head, the other on her back, beneath her shirt. McGonagall started slowly backing out of the room. Draco and Hermione either didn't notice her or chose to ignore her altogether. She closed the portrait hole quietly and Sir Cadogan smiled sheepishly at her.
"You knew that they were- were.Did you?!" McGonagall sputtered.
"Well-that is-I mean-" Sir Cadogan stuttered.
"You did know! Why didn't you tell me?!"
"I didn't know how you would react. Besides, they have a right to their privacy."
"You're a fine one to talk about privacy! How did you find out what they were up to, huh?! Did a bit of spying, did you?!"
"For your information I did no spying at all, Madam! I am not as dense as people make me out to be!"
"When did this start?"
"Today, nothing like this has ever happened."
"Very well; not tell them I was here." McGonagall bowed slightly to him and left.
"She took it better than I thought," Sir Cadogan said.
Draco had Hermione sitting in his lap with his face buried in her hair. Draco finally broke the silence. "Hermione?"
"Yes?" Hermione answered quietly.
"Are we-you know-together?"
"It would be hard.with me being a Mudblood and all-" Draco growled in his throat, "but I would like to be officially together," Hermione muttered. Draco looked at her and saw that her face was red. He smiled.
"Good. Because I am going to keep that promise I made to you last night. Does that sound good?"
"Extremely."
"Listen, we both know that this is going to have to be .kept under raps for a while. I know it will be hard, but we have to try. We should probably go talk to our 'spies', don't you think?"
"Probably."
"You're not going to move are you?"
"Nope."
"Come on, please?"
"Make me." Hermione smiled.
"Oh, I'll make you alright." Draco started their playtime all over again.
"Why do you-always-tickle me?" Hermione laughed.
"Because it's fun to see you at my mercy." Hermione fell backwards onto the couch and Draco sprang up but kept tickling her.
"You're nice!"
"Only to you." Draco leaned down close to her. "What happens now?" His hands fell onto the couch. Hermione kissed him again. When they broke apart Hermione had an odd look on her face.
"Why do you always get what you want?" Hermione and Draco both got up.
"Because I am Draco Malfoy! Come on, let's go get them." They were halfway to the Great Hall when a thought struck Hermione.
"Draco, where are we going to talk to them at? There's no place we can go."
"Oh." Draco sank deep in thought as he leaned against the wall until Hermione started muttering to herself. "Would you mind speaking up? I see your mouth moving but I don't hear any sound."
"We need a map."
"A map? Why do we need a map? We don't even know where we're going!"
"Why must you question everything I say, all I said was that we need- "
"This map?" Ginny appeared in front of Hermione and Draco and thrust a piece of parchment in her hands before disappearing again.
"How did she do that?" Draco looked behind a tapestry to find the nothing.
"Never mind that! Look what she gave me!"
"It's a piece of old parchment!"
"Don't let Fred and George hear you talking like that, just fair warning. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Hermione tapped the parchment and a spider web of lines started branching out across the paper.
The Marauders Map
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
This heading appeared at the top of the map. Draco just stared at it. "What just happened?"
"I'm not answering that question." A while later Draco, Hermione, and their 'gang' were seated comfortably in the Room of Requirement with the girls singing at the top of their lungs. You know what song, that little annoying one teasing you about being girlfriend and boyfriend.
"Draco and Hermione, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Hermione pushing the baby carriage!"
"Enough! I'm the one that's supposed to be pushing the baby carriage." Draco's companions went bug eyed for a second until they started laughing uncontrollably.
"Where in the world did that come from?!" Hermione screamed as she and Draco continued to laugh.
"I don't know. At least it got those lumps to stir. I thought they might be dead."
"Hey Draco, are you really Hermione's childhood friend? Ginny didn't explain it very well last night," Neville said.
"Yeah, I am Hermione's childhood friend. Why do you ask?"
"I was wondering why you left that muggle school in the first place. I mean, what was the point?"
Draco frowned slightly. "I left because my father found out that I was going to the school. Well, being who he is he demanded that I be taken out of the school. My mother told him that I was going to finish the rest of the year there and he agreed. A few weeks later he found out about my 'muggle' friend at the school. He saw me talking to her one day and that did it for him. When I got home I thought fireworks had gone off in the house. My room was a mess. My mother's things were thrown everywhere. My father had obviously been searching for something. What it was, I don't know. He wasn't in the house and when we didn't see him for two months school ended. I had to say goodbye to Hermione."
"I never would have been able to do that," Neville mumbled.
"I wasn't even sure that I would see Hermione again. I just had to trust what my mother said. She told me that the necklace that I had given her would bring us together again. I also knew about a prophecy that was made when I was born. It said something about me committing the ultimate crime against my family name and my father making his final decision. I don't really understand it but.I guess I'll find out sometime or another," Draco sighed.
"Let's get off this subject," Hermione said.
"Yeah, listen, we'd better be getting back to Gryffindor Tower," Ginny said as she stood up.
"Us too," Goyle grunted.
"One more thing before we leave. Are we all like.friends now? I mean, it will be hard for them when everyone finds out. Shouldn't we, at least, be on the same side since we're okay with this? No one else will understand," Parvati said.
"You're right. That would be stupid. All in favor of no more rivalry between all of us here say 'I'!" Lavender said.
"I!" Everyone answered. ***************************************************************
Three weeks went by quickly for the newfound allies. Draco and Hermione were very happy until a meeting in the Room of Requirement.
"You need to tell them! The longer you wait the madder they'll be!" Ginny yelled.
"You think we don't know that! What do you want us to do? Walk up to them in the corridor and say "We're in love! Have a nice day!" and walk off?!" Draco yelled back.
"Stop being funny!"
"I'm not being funny!"
"Enough! You've both got your point across! What we need is a sensible plan, " Lavender said.
"Hey Neville, do you happen to have a galleon with you?" Hermione asked.
"Why do you need a galleon?" Neville asked while groping around in his pockets.
"Oh, I don't need just any old galleon. I need a special one of yours, one you've had for about three years." Neville's eyes widened in realization. He pulled out the galleon and examined it.
"It says January 30. That's exactly two weeks from today and they're always the first ones here. You can tell them then!" Neville said as he realized that was exactly Hermione's plan.
"Exactly."
"I just totally missed the point," Draco sighed.
On that set date Draco, who had had the plan explained to him very thoroughly, and Hermione went to the Room of Requirement to wait for the DA's leader to get there. "They'll be here any minute." Hermione muttered as she wrung her hands.
"Calm down." Draco put his hands over hers.
"What are you talking about? I am calm. I am collected. I am lying!"
"Then relax," Draco said as he pressed his lips against hers and kissed her hungrily. She collapsed into Draco's arms, forgetting her worries and giving in to him. A couple minutes later there were footsteps and voices outside the door.
a/n: Hope you liked it! Please review!
~Teenlaunch~