I Love To See You Cry
~hotsleekeyz~
Chapter 6 The Letter
After washing his face, Draco sat back on his bed, recovering from the dream. It was so sad.
//SO WHAT?//
Draco held his hand inside his pocket and almost forgot about what he had put inside. The note that Hermione gave him was inside his pocket.
Draco laid it our in front of him, and placed it above the bed sheet. He just stared at it. He admired Hermione's neat handwriting. After what seemed like hours staring at it, he opened it only to find a very short notice.
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Draco,
Don't forget, 7pm!
Hermione
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He let out a small smirk. He almost forgot that they were going out tonight.
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Harry came up to Hermione after Transfiguration. Ron and Ginny stayed a distance from them to give them some privacy. They were ready if any one would be jinxing the other. They all wanted it to end.
The Weasleys knew how much Hermione and Harry were keeping inside to be able keep their friendship. They just wanted them to be happy again the same way they were before. They have never seen Hermione smile fully since Harry broke up with her and Harry was always found staring at nothing.
"Mione, can we talk?", Harry asked in a caring plead.
Hermione didn't answer.
"I know how big a lie I was living and I am totally sorry about it"
"Why do you have to bring this topic up? I thought we have agreed to shun our past behind"
"Yes we did but I can't hold it in any longer. I still love you Mione, and I want you to know that. Even if you'll get mad at me for breaking my promise, I just hope you could forgive me for being a friend you always had"
Hermione stood startled. She was, in her first time, speechless.
She was crying since the time Harry called her. It was only the time Harry said that he was still her friend that she decided to face him at last.
"Harry, I love you as well, and I too, broke my promise. . . But I had enough. You hurt me too much. I did nothing to deserve this. Your infidelity was too much. I thought I knew you better. If only we could get back togeth-"
Harry cut in immediately "We still can Mione. Let me love you again the same way we did before. I promise you I'll never hurt you again"
"No. You tore me apart and now you are promising again. You already broke a thousand promises Harry. I could not go on any further with your promises. Enough is enough"
Hermione cried even more as Harry took her in his arms. She was crying in his arms like she did when they broke up. It never occurred to her that it would hurt even more that time around. Hermione denied to herself that she wanted nothing more of Harry's love.
She pushed him away and ran towards the dormitories. A voice came storming in.
"Potter, 10 points from Gryffindor for causing disruption of silence on the school grounds!"
It was Draco. He was standing behind Harry.
Harry grabbed for his wand, indignantly positioning himself to hex Draco. It was all because of Draco that he and Hermione had a hard time patching up. Draco was the man in his dreams, who would be the one to break Hermione's heart but again by the time the war will begin, and that will be soon enough. He had to grab the opportunity to warn Draco about what is about to happen. Harry even knew that Draco himself did not want to be a Death Eater like his father. Harry turned to face Draco but he had his wand pointed at him already.
"Think I am foolish enough for you? Think again Potter"
"You one piece of s***! You caused all this! You better stay out of our lives. You don't belong in our world", Harry spat.
"Really now? And why would a wounded stallion come before me right now telling me to stop interfering?"
//How did he now about the dream? Am I really the stallion in that dream?//, Harry thought.
"Because, I can give her a better life than you do. She is more than willing to venture into new territories, looking for refuge in my arms. Yes Potter, you loved her, but it wasn't enough"
"How dare you!. . . EXPELLIARMUS!"
Draco's wand flew from his hand away from him. Dumbfounded, Draco saw Harry throw away his own wand.
"Fight me like a man Malfoy! Prove to me that you can do better than I did"
"My pleasure"
Harry gave a fist straight at Draco's face but Draco grabbed Harry's wrist before it could reach him. With his other hand, he punched Harry hard at the jaw. Harry winced but blew a punch at Draco's left cheekbone. A punch reached Harry's stomach causing him to fall down on the floor.
"Think you have defeated me, eh? Think again!"
Harry kicked Draco at the stomach as well, making him drop to the floor.
Both of them had to bear the pain while at their back. Harry regained strength again and sat over Draco giving him punches in the face left and right. Draco was nearing unconsciousness when he realized he couldn't lose that chance to prove to Harry that he was capable of fighting for Hermione. With all effort, he tackled Harry onto the floor, doing the same punches on the face, with more rage than Harry did. They were both out of their cool and both of them were tired and bruised. Blood has spilt on the floor in different directions.
"What is going on here?", a mighty voice come in.
Professor Dumbledore approached the two with no emotion on his face.
Draco came off Harry, rolling on the floor as he had lost too much strength himself. It had been about a quarter of an hour since they were strangling each other in the corridor.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape came a few seconds behind.
"I shall meet the both of you in my office 6p.m. sharp"
Dumbledore Disapparated and the two went in different directions after they gave each other threatening looks.
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Hermione was finished fixing herself inside the bathroom. She wore a velvet midnight blue haltered dress that tailed to her ankles. She held her hair in a half ponytail to keep her hair away from her face. Hermione looked exquisite. She didn't even have make-up on. As Draco would put it, 'She is naturally beautiful'.
She went out the bathroom to look for a purse she could match her dress with. Hermione wanted to look good that night for it was a special night for her.
Hermione went to the common room to see if Ginny was there. She needed help on what purse she would be using. Thoughts of Harry didn't come to her mind after her relaxing time in the tub, complete with her aromatherapy oils and scented candles around.
Just as she thought every thing was going to be fine, she spotted a bleeding man by the fireplace. Harry sat there almost unconscious.
She ran down to him. He could not bear him looking like this. Even if they argued about their past, she wouldn't forgive herself if she let a friend die alone in the common room.
"Harry! What did you do to yourself?"
"Kill myself perhaps?", Harry said groggily. He didn't have enough strength to hold a conversation right now.
"Harry, what are you talking about? You can't do this alone? You're beaten up? Who did this?"
"YOUR Draco. He almost killed me back there if Dumbledore didn't come"
"Why in good heavens did you two wanted to kill each other? You're both acting like kids!"
"Would kids fight over the love of a woman I hold dear in my heart?"
"Stop it Harry! You've gone far beyond your limitations. Draco was just trying to ease my pain. Maybe in him I could find faith. You lacked that Harry. You weren't faithful enough. And I wouldn't help you now if you aren't my friend!"
Hermione cried on how far the first day of classes had gone. She treated Harry's wounds with healing spells but bruises still showed and the pain inside his body was at its extremes.
With one eye almost shutting close, Harry tried mouthing last words before drifting off to another place. . .
"This may sound stupid but all I said was a lie. I said I don't love you anymore but I still do. I said it's just okay but it isn't. I said I am through all the pain but it is still there. I said I accepted my defeat but anger still rages through me. I said it's okay if we'll only be friends, but deep inside it hurts. I said I'm willingly setting you free only to cause me deeper into my agony. I don't have anything left because you got it all. Every time I close my eyes it is still you that I see. Even if you've broken my heart it still loves you, not knowing exactly why. Even if my heart is in pieces it still loves you whole. Never did I dare try to affirm this before but my soul yearns for you, looking for that someone who once loved me too. . ."
Harry rolled over to the floor with eyes closed. There was a smile on his lips. a peaceful smile. Hermione hurried to him, crying her heart out. She held him in her arms, hugging him closer to her.
"Harry, you said too much! Now don't leave me hanging like this! Wake up! We have lots of things to talk about!"
Hermione was desperately screaming at his ears but he didn't awake. She shook him violently while cursing and crying more and more.
"Harry wake up! We're still not done talking! You can't leave me Harry! Don't leave me Harry!"
With her words, it slapped her with the truth that Harry could already be dead.
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Hermione was getting out of her mind. She ran up to her room to find Ginny already there, going through their homework.
"Mione, what happened?", Ginny queried.
"Harry, he's downstairs. Draco beat him badly. Now, he won't wake up."
Hermione's voice was trembling as she was already bawling. Ginny was so confused that the she left Hermione in their room and went down for Harry. Shock filled Ginny's senses. She went straight the portrait hole and opened it, only able to scream "HELP!!!" and ran back in. She panicked and didn't know who to attend to first. She went up to their room only to find a woman on the floor, filled with blood. Hermione had just cut her skin in the right cheek, another from the bottom of the ear across the neck down the shoulder, and long slits on the wrists with blood still making its way out to the floor.
The pool of blood says death has fallen on the "lady in black". From her blood sprung red roses, enveloping her body. Ginny stood there not knowing what to do. She didn't saw Hermione on the floor. It was another lady in her mid-twenty's.
//Wait, she does look like Hermione!//
She went straight to Hermione's body and searched for a pulse. She was still alive. The door came open and a scream came from it.
"Anyone here?", the voice said weak.
"Help! We are here in the ladies dormitories!"
In a matter of seconds, the man stood by their bedroom door. A blonde- haired guy who looked beaten up appeared by Ginny's sight. He ran to the lady she saw, wearing a "velvet blue dress". His hair fell to his face as he reached for her body and lifted it up. He ran through the common room to the corridors towards the hospital wing.
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Three bodies were on the beds of the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey rushed here and there to attend to the patients. Professor Dumbledore and the other teachers talked in deep concern of what the whole thing was about.
"Professors, the Three Dark Witches has cast a spell on these students. We should try our best to alter the end of their story. If we are successful, the prophecy long-before-told could be at-last broken. Many times have wizards try to break this before but to no avail. At this point, the curse has just started. Terrible things will happen soon after based on what happened today. It is only the first day of classes and things like this had already happened. I expect this is the year that the Three Dark Witches were able to gather all their power to cast a curse on innocent lives"
"Why is it so hard for them to cast their curse this time around? They are only students and the former victims of this curse were already full grown adult wizards", McGonagall asked.
"Minerva, these two students are known to be enemies from birth. They are not bound to be together. Think of their roots Minerva. Mr. Malfoy is of pure wizard ancestry, and Ms. Granger is of pure muggle ancestry. If we are seeing any remarkable change from them, it is because someone who had too much love in his heart was willing to sacrifice his life for the happiness of the other. This person was the bridge that linked two opposing worlds together. Their lives are parallel and not bound to intersect, until he came. Mr Potter has been able to alter the beginning of the curse. Hopefully he would be the one to be able to put an end to this prophecy. The Serpent loved the Lioness so much he wanted revenge for her, for he knew how much she had gone through. In revenge, he turned mad and forgot about turning selfless again and ended up killing thousands, millions of lives until their death. And one of the Serpent in the years before was Salazar Slytherin. If these three are not able to fight this curse, I'm afraid, we even have to face our end"
"So that explains why there were years in history when only a few wizards existed. The Serpents has killed them all. And that explains why he wanted all wizard students to be of pure wizard ancestry. He tried to conceal his pain of losing the one he loved, in his own hands. He killed the Lioness, wishing they were going to be together in after life not knowing that he was going to live a thousand cursed years more as a punishment"
"You got it Minerva"
"What can we do now?", Snape interrupted.
"I'm afraid we have to let them handle this on their own. We should not interfere. If the case is inevitable, that is where we come in. Death of one of them is not a reason to meddle. I reckon we could tell them about this. At least, they would be ready when the time shall come that the Serpent would have to choose for the last time, whether or not he shall join the Dark Side. Mr. Potter, and Mr. Malfoy had already seen a part of the future in their dream. Only Ms. Granger has no idea about it."
"Albus, I would suggest I would cast a Memory Spell on them about what happened tonight. It wouldn't help if they know about this. It's not yet time. They all have to be trained to be Aurors so that they would be capable of fighting when the war has begun"
"Even Mr. Malfoy?", Snape asked.
"Yes, Severus. Mr. Malfoy has to go under training as well"
Snape left the room after Dumbledore's reply.
"He is going to tell Lucious Malfoy about this"
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Morning came and Hermione opened her eyes. She saw the ceiling, trying to see if she was already dead. She looked to her left and saw Harry, with yet a smile on his face. She looked towards the window to her right and saw Draco sitting up on the bed. Draco's hair covered his face while viewing the lake outside.
"Draco, why are you here?", Hermione asked.
"You didn't come up last night. We were supposed to have dinner remember?"
"I'm sorry. I couldn't remember from what happened last night"
"Neither could I"
"Why am I here?"
"Granger, you have so many questions in mind. Could you let me be for now? I want to think"
"Fine. Have it your way then"
Madam Pomfrey came to Hermoine's sight with a smile on her face.
"You two could go back to your dormitories right now. You still have classes today"
"Umm, excuse me, may I ask why am I in here?"
"Oh, you had severe stomach aches last night. But you are fine now"
"How about Dra-, umm, Malfoy?"
"He had a bad head ache. He was shouting here the whole night, lucky for you, you were sound asleep"
"And Harry?"
"He passed by the Whomping Willow. It was fortunate for him not to be beaten up that badly. He needs to miss classes today and rest. I have been giving him healing potions to alleviate the pain and swelling"
"Could I go now Madam Pomfrey? I need to be ready for class"
"Right then"
Hermione went to her room without looking behind her. As she was about to say the password to the dormitory, someone held her by the wrist.
"Granger, I don't know what you did to me. I don't care and I don't mind. It just bothers me why all of a sudden us three would end up in the hospital wing together. I can't get a headache because I haven't done anything yet during classes. You can't have a stomachache because I ate the same food last night so if it was because of the food, everyone should have stomach ache. And Potter! The famous Scarhead. I know he is not stupid enough to go near there. It isn't possible that he was beaten up by a tree"
"Your point is?"
"The reason why we were there in the hospital wing this morning has something to do with last night. You promised me dinner but you came out of your dormitory before seven so I stood there for fifteen minutes and lost patience and went to the Great Hall instead, finding you there"
"And? Malfoy, for a man, you talk too much"
"Nothing. Just wanted you to think about it, 'coz now, I can't think of a better reason why we were there. Since you are a smart bitch, maybe you could figure out why it all happened like that"
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Students started filling the Great Hall. Hermione and Draco had taken a bath earlier and were back to their old selves. Hermione told Ron and Ginny what happened. She didn't let it further bother them, so they talked about other stuff. like Quidditch (much to her dismay-only to steer the conversation away from the incident).
Owls came swooshing in again and an owl headed for Draco. It dropped a roll of parchment in front of him.
Draco knew from who it was. It was the family owl that sent it to him. He rolled open the parchment revealing the message of his father:
Son,
We heard about what happened last night through Professor Snape. I thanked him for his loyalty to the Dark Side. He told me about the occurring prophecy and the curse of the Three Dark Witches. I still have not much to say about this matter. We will have to talk about this during Christmas vacation while you are here at the Malfoy manor. Don't forget to look for the girl you are going to marry in school. Remember, I do not want Parkinson. Is this clear? Her father screwed our plans again. He showed his face to the muggle that he was going to torture. The muggle, unfortunately, was able to escape and told the officials they have in the muggle world about it (I reckon they are called policemen).
Lucious Malfoy
He rolled the parchment and placed it neatly on the table. He wasn't in the mood to eat, so he eyed Hermione at his far left, trying to push herself to eat something. She, too, didn't want anything to eat. Draco gave her a small smile while the Slytherins were busy chatting. Hermione smiled back, not knowing why she had done that.
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Weeks went by and Draco and Hermione seemed to be acting civil towards each other personally. Every time they were with their own company, they would snap at each other like they used to be. But they didn't mean it at all. Snapping at each other didn't appeal to them anymore.
Draco changed a lot from the day he came out of the hospital wing. He still was a bully to every one else, but from the time entered his life, he had a heart. He secretly loved Hermione Granger, her enemy.
Draco also had forgotten about the prophecy, the curse, his paintings, the Potions class, and their dinner date.
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As Draco sat through Divination, he was reminded of the dinner date they should have had months before. He planned things out in his head, wanting to make everything perfect.
After classes were through, he went to Diagon Alley to reserve a table for two at Magnifico's, the fine dining restaurant that serves Italian food in style. Dining there cost much, and he didn't care. He had nothing to lose, having much money, that is. He went to the famous flower shop and bought a large bouquet of Holland tulips in bright colors. He also went to the jewelry shop to look for a gift.
"Sir, how much is that diamond necklace displayed by the window outside?"
"7,500 galleons. Son, you don't have a plan of buying that, DO YOU?"
"I have. I'll take it."
He pulled out a black purse containing at least shrunken 10,000 galleons giving the owner utmost shock. It sure was heavy. But he didn't mind at all. He wanted his first date with her to be perfect. It was quite odd to himself why he suddenly opted to date Hermoine after all those years of snapping at each other. It was only then the storeowner recognized that the young man in front of him was none other than a Malfoy.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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There's another edited chapter for you.
By the way, POINTS TO CONSIDER :
*when Harry and Draco were having verbal assaults thrown at each other, Draco mentioned about a "wounded stallion". It's not that he suspected Harry to be the stallion but it was the Serpent, living in Draco, who was speaking to Harry that time.
*Hermione was supposed to be wearing a velvet blue dress, though Ginny saw Hermione on the floor in a black dress. It was the Lioness that Ginny saw that time and the moment that Draco arrived to rescue Hermione, it was the real Hermione that they saw.
*okay, let's just say that since the hospital wing snapping session, they've acted civil towards each other. [Come on you guys! Don't tell me that you still expect them to be enemies to the end! As it was in the second movie, Draco's "obsession" was evident the day they were all at Flourish&Blott's to buy their books. Lucius asked Draco whether or not the know-it-all girl in front of him was Hermione Granger. . . and take note, Lucius said "Draco's told me all about you. . . and your parents. . ." (okay, it weren't the exact words, that still works to the same effect) I've been draining all possible theories on what will happen on the 5th (er, I haven't read it still), 6th, and 7th book of the HP series. All theories that I have, I put them in my fic. Well of course it has my personal touch!]
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Chapter 6 The Letter
After washing his face, Draco sat back on his bed, recovering from the dream. It was so sad.
//SO WHAT?//
Draco held his hand inside his pocket and almost forgot about what he had put inside. The note that Hermione gave him was inside his pocket.
Draco laid it our in front of him, and placed it above the bed sheet. He just stared at it. He admired Hermione's neat handwriting. After what seemed like hours staring at it, he opened it only to find a very short notice.
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Draco,
Don't forget, 7pm!
Hermione
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He let out a small smirk. He almost forgot that they were going out tonight.
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Harry came up to Hermione after Transfiguration. Ron and Ginny stayed a distance from them to give them some privacy. They were ready if any one would be jinxing the other. They all wanted it to end.
The Weasleys knew how much Hermione and Harry were keeping inside to be able keep their friendship. They just wanted them to be happy again the same way they were before. They have never seen Hermione smile fully since Harry broke up with her and Harry was always found staring at nothing.
"Mione, can we talk?", Harry asked in a caring plead.
Hermione didn't answer.
"I know how big a lie I was living and I am totally sorry about it"
"Why do you have to bring this topic up? I thought we have agreed to shun our past behind"
"Yes we did but I can't hold it in any longer. I still love you Mione, and I want you to know that. Even if you'll get mad at me for breaking my promise, I just hope you could forgive me for being a friend you always had"
Hermione stood startled. She was, in her first time, speechless.
She was crying since the time Harry called her. It was only the time Harry said that he was still her friend that she decided to face him at last.
"Harry, I love you as well, and I too, broke my promise. . . But I had enough. You hurt me too much. I did nothing to deserve this. Your infidelity was too much. I thought I knew you better. If only we could get back togeth-"
Harry cut in immediately "We still can Mione. Let me love you again the same way we did before. I promise you I'll never hurt you again"
"No. You tore me apart and now you are promising again. You already broke a thousand promises Harry. I could not go on any further with your promises. Enough is enough"
Hermione cried even more as Harry took her in his arms. She was crying in his arms like she did when they broke up. It never occurred to her that it would hurt even more that time around. Hermione denied to herself that she wanted nothing more of Harry's love.
She pushed him away and ran towards the dormitories. A voice came storming in.
"Potter, 10 points from Gryffindor for causing disruption of silence on the school grounds!"
It was Draco. He was standing behind Harry.
Harry grabbed for his wand, indignantly positioning himself to hex Draco. It was all because of Draco that he and Hermione had a hard time patching up. Draco was the man in his dreams, who would be the one to break Hermione's heart but again by the time the war will begin, and that will be soon enough. He had to grab the opportunity to warn Draco about what is about to happen. Harry even knew that Draco himself did not want to be a Death Eater like his father. Harry turned to face Draco but he had his wand pointed at him already.
"Think I am foolish enough for you? Think again Potter"
"You one piece of s***! You caused all this! You better stay out of our lives. You don't belong in our world", Harry spat.
"Really now? And why would a wounded stallion come before me right now telling me to stop interfering?"
//How did he now about the dream? Am I really the stallion in that dream?//, Harry thought.
"Because, I can give her a better life than you do. She is more than willing to venture into new territories, looking for refuge in my arms. Yes Potter, you loved her, but it wasn't enough"
"How dare you!. . . EXPELLIARMUS!"
Draco's wand flew from his hand away from him. Dumbfounded, Draco saw Harry throw away his own wand.
"Fight me like a man Malfoy! Prove to me that you can do better than I did"
"My pleasure"
Harry gave a fist straight at Draco's face but Draco grabbed Harry's wrist before it could reach him. With his other hand, he punched Harry hard at the jaw. Harry winced but blew a punch at Draco's left cheekbone. A punch reached Harry's stomach causing him to fall down on the floor.
"Think you have defeated me, eh? Think again!"
Harry kicked Draco at the stomach as well, making him drop to the floor.
Both of them had to bear the pain while at their back. Harry regained strength again and sat over Draco giving him punches in the face left and right. Draco was nearing unconsciousness when he realized he couldn't lose that chance to prove to Harry that he was capable of fighting for Hermione. With all effort, he tackled Harry onto the floor, doing the same punches on the face, with more rage than Harry did. They were both out of their cool and both of them were tired and bruised. Blood has spilt on the floor in different directions.
"What is going on here?", a mighty voice come in.
Professor Dumbledore approached the two with no emotion on his face.
Draco came off Harry, rolling on the floor as he had lost too much strength himself. It had been about a quarter of an hour since they were strangling each other in the corridor.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape came a few seconds behind.
"I shall meet the both of you in my office 6p.m. sharp"
Dumbledore Disapparated and the two went in different directions after they gave each other threatening looks.
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Hermione was finished fixing herself inside the bathroom. She wore a velvet midnight blue haltered dress that tailed to her ankles. She held her hair in a half ponytail to keep her hair away from her face. Hermione looked exquisite. She didn't even have make-up on. As Draco would put it, 'She is naturally beautiful'.
She went out the bathroom to look for a purse she could match her dress with. Hermione wanted to look good that night for it was a special night for her.
Hermione went to the common room to see if Ginny was there. She needed help on what purse she would be using. Thoughts of Harry didn't come to her mind after her relaxing time in the tub, complete with her aromatherapy oils and scented candles around.
Just as she thought every thing was going to be fine, she spotted a bleeding man by the fireplace. Harry sat there almost unconscious.
She ran down to him. He could not bear him looking like this. Even if they argued about their past, she wouldn't forgive herself if she let a friend die alone in the common room.
"Harry! What did you do to yourself?"
"Kill myself perhaps?", Harry said groggily. He didn't have enough strength to hold a conversation right now.
"Harry, what are you talking about? You can't do this alone? You're beaten up? Who did this?"
"YOUR Draco. He almost killed me back there if Dumbledore didn't come"
"Why in good heavens did you two wanted to kill each other? You're both acting like kids!"
"Would kids fight over the love of a woman I hold dear in my heart?"
"Stop it Harry! You've gone far beyond your limitations. Draco was just trying to ease my pain. Maybe in him I could find faith. You lacked that Harry. You weren't faithful enough. And I wouldn't help you now if you aren't my friend!"
Hermione cried on how far the first day of classes had gone. She treated Harry's wounds with healing spells but bruises still showed and the pain inside his body was at its extremes.
With one eye almost shutting close, Harry tried mouthing last words before drifting off to another place. . .
"This may sound stupid but all I said was a lie. I said I don't love you anymore but I still do. I said it's just okay but it isn't. I said I am through all the pain but it is still there. I said I accepted my defeat but anger still rages through me. I said it's okay if we'll only be friends, but deep inside it hurts. I said I'm willingly setting you free only to cause me deeper into my agony. I don't have anything left because you got it all. Every time I close my eyes it is still you that I see. Even if you've broken my heart it still loves you, not knowing exactly why. Even if my heart is in pieces it still loves you whole. Never did I dare try to affirm this before but my soul yearns for you, looking for that someone who once loved me too. . ."
Harry rolled over to the floor with eyes closed. There was a smile on his lips. a peaceful smile. Hermione hurried to him, crying her heart out. She held him in her arms, hugging him closer to her.
"Harry, you said too much! Now don't leave me hanging like this! Wake up! We have lots of things to talk about!"
Hermione was desperately screaming at his ears but he didn't awake. She shook him violently while cursing and crying more and more.
"Harry wake up! We're still not done talking! You can't leave me Harry! Don't leave me Harry!"
With her words, it slapped her with the truth that Harry could already be dead.
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Hermione was getting out of her mind. She ran up to her room to find Ginny already there, going through their homework.
"Mione, what happened?", Ginny queried.
"Harry, he's downstairs. Draco beat him badly. Now, he won't wake up."
Hermione's voice was trembling as she was already bawling. Ginny was so confused that the she left Hermione in their room and went down for Harry. Shock filled Ginny's senses. She went straight the portrait hole and opened it, only able to scream "HELP!!!" and ran back in. She panicked and didn't know who to attend to first. She went up to their room only to find a woman on the floor, filled with blood. Hermione had just cut her skin in the right cheek, another from the bottom of the ear across the neck down the shoulder, and long slits on the wrists with blood still making its way out to the floor.
The pool of blood says death has fallen on the "lady in black". From her blood sprung red roses, enveloping her body. Ginny stood there not knowing what to do. She didn't saw Hermione on the floor. It was another lady in her mid-twenty's.
//Wait, she does look like Hermione!//
She went straight to Hermione's body and searched for a pulse. She was still alive. The door came open and a scream came from it.
"Anyone here?", the voice said weak.
"Help! We are here in the ladies dormitories!"
In a matter of seconds, the man stood by their bedroom door. A blonde- haired guy who looked beaten up appeared by Ginny's sight. He ran to the lady she saw, wearing a "velvet blue dress". His hair fell to his face as he reached for her body and lifted it up. He ran through the common room to the corridors towards the hospital wing.
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Three bodies were on the beds of the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey rushed here and there to attend to the patients. Professor Dumbledore and the other teachers talked in deep concern of what the whole thing was about.
"Professors, the Three Dark Witches has cast a spell on these students. We should try our best to alter the end of their story. If we are successful, the prophecy long-before-told could be at-last broken. Many times have wizards try to break this before but to no avail. At this point, the curse has just started. Terrible things will happen soon after based on what happened today. It is only the first day of classes and things like this had already happened. I expect this is the year that the Three Dark Witches were able to gather all their power to cast a curse on innocent lives"
"Why is it so hard for them to cast their curse this time around? They are only students and the former victims of this curse were already full grown adult wizards", McGonagall asked.
"Minerva, these two students are known to be enemies from birth. They are not bound to be together. Think of their roots Minerva. Mr. Malfoy is of pure wizard ancestry, and Ms. Granger is of pure muggle ancestry. If we are seeing any remarkable change from them, it is because someone who had too much love in his heart was willing to sacrifice his life for the happiness of the other. This person was the bridge that linked two opposing worlds together. Their lives are parallel and not bound to intersect, until he came. Mr Potter has been able to alter the beginning of the curse. Hopefully he would be the one to be able to put an end to this prophecy. The Serpent loved the Lioness so much he wanted revenge for her, for he knew how much she had gone through. In revenge, he turned mad and forgot about turning selfless again and ended up killing thousands, millions of lives until their death. And one of the Serpent in the years before was Salazar Slytherin. If these three are not able to fight this curse, I'm afraid, we even have to face our end"
"So that explains why there were years in history when only a few wizards existed. The Serpents has killed them all. And that explains why he wanted all wizard students to be of pure wizard ancestry. He tried to conceal his pain of losing the one he loved, in his own hands. He killed the Lioness, wishing they were going to be together in after life not knowing that he was going to live a thousand cursed years more as a punishment"
"You got it Minerva"
"What can we do now?", Snape interrupted.
"I'm afraid we have to let them handle this on their own. We should not interfere. If the case is inevitable, that is where we come in. Death of one of them is not a reason to meddle. I reckon we could tell them about this. At least, they would be ready when the time shall come that the Serpent would have to choose for the last time, whether or not he shall join the Dark Side. Mr. Potter, and Mr. Malfoy had already seen a part of the future in their dream. Only Ms. Granger has no idea about it."
"Albus, I would suggest I would cast a Memory Spell on them about what happened tonight. It wouldn't help if they know about this. It's not yet time. They all have to be trained to be Aurors so that they would be capable of fighting when the war has begun"
"Even Mr. Malfoy?", Snape asked.
"Yes, Severus. Mr. Malfoy has to go under training as well"
Snape left the room after Dumbledore's reply.
"He is going to tell Lucious Malfoy about this"
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Morning came and Hermione opened her eyes. She saw the ceiling, trying to see if she was already dead. She looked to her left and saw Harry, with yet a smile on his face. She looked towards the window to her right and saw Draco sitting up on the bed. Draco's hair covered his face while viewing the lake outside.
"Draco, why are you here?", Hermione asked.
"You didn't come up last night. We were supposed to have dinner remember?"
"I'm sorry. I couldn't remember from what happened last night"
"Neither could I"
"Why am I here?"
"Granger, you have so many questions in mind. Could you let me be for now? I want to think"
"Fine. Have it your way then"
Madam Pomfrey came to Hermoine's sight with a smile on her face.
"You two could go back to your dormitories right now. You still have classes today"
"Umm, excuse me, may I ask why am I in here?"
"Oh, you had severe stomach aches last night. But you are fine now"
"How about Dra-, umm, Malfoy?"
"He had a bad head ache. He was shouting here the whole night, lucky for you, you were sound asleep"
"And Harry?"
"He passed by the Whomping Willow. It was fortunate for him not to be beaten up that badly. He needs to miss classes today and rest. I have been giving him healing potions to alleviate the pain and swelling"
"Could I go now Madam Pomfrey? I need to be ready for class"
"Right then"
Hermione went to her room without looking behind her. As she was about to say the password to the dormitory, someone held her by the wrist.
"Granger, I don't know what you did to me. I don't care and I don't mind. It just bothers me why all of a sudden us three would end up in the hospital wing together. I can't get a headache because I haven't done anything yet during classes. You can't have a stomachache because I ate the same food last night so if it was because of the food, everyone should have stomach ache. And Potter! The famous Scarhead. I know he is not stupid enough to go near there. It isn't possible that he was beaten up by a tree"
"Your point is?"
"The reason why we were there in the hospital wing this morning has something to do with last night. You promised me dinner but you came out of your dormitory before seven so I stood there for fifteen minutes and lost patience and went to the Great Hall instead, finding you there"
"And? Malfoy, for a man, you talk too much"
"Nothing. Just wanted you to think about it, 'coz now, I can't think of a better reason why we were there. Since you are a smart bitch, maybe you could figure out why it all happened like that"
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Students started filling the Great Hall. Hermione and Draco had taken a bath earlier and were back to their old selves. Hermione told Ron and Ginny what happened. She didn't let it further bother them, so they talked about other stuff. like Quidditch (much to her dismay-only to steer the conversation away from the incident).
Owls came swooshing in again and an owl headed for Draco. It dropped a roll of parchment in front of him.
Draco knew from who it was. It was the family owl that sent it to him. He rolled open the parchment revealing the message of his father:
Son,
We heard about what happened last night through Professor Snape. I thanked him for his loyalty to the Dark Side. He told me about the occurring prophecy and the curse of the Three Dark Witches. I still have not much to say about this matter. We will have to talk about this during Christmas vacation while you are here at the Malfoy manor. Don't forget to look for the girl you are going to marry in school. Remember, I do not want Parkinson. Is this clear? Her father screwed our plans again. He showed his face to the muggle that he was going to torture. The muggle, unfortunately, was able to escape and told the officials they have in the muggle world about it (I reckon they are called policemen).
Lucious Malfoy
He rolled the parchment and placed it neatly on the table. He wasn't in the mood to eat, so he eyed Hermione at his far left, trying to push herself to eat something. She, too, didn't want anything to eat. Draco gave her a small smile while the Slytherins were busy chatting. Hermione smiled back, not knowing why she had done that.
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Weeks went by and Draco and Hermione seemed to be acting civil towards each other personally. Every time they were with their own company, they would snap at each other like they used to be. But they didn't mean it at all. Snapping at each other didn't appeal to them anymore.
Draco changed a lot from the day he came out of the hospital wing. He still was a bully to every one else, but from the time entered his life, he had a heart. He secretly loved Hermione Granger, her enemy.
Draco also had forgotten about the prophecy, the curse, his paintings, the Potions class, and their dinner date.
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As Draco sat through Divination, he was reminded of the dinner date they should have had months before. He planned things out in his head, wanting to make everything perfect.
After classes were through, he went to Diagon Alley to reserve a table for two at Magnifico's, the fine dining restaurant that serves Italian food in style. Dining there cost much, and he didn't care. He had nothing to lose, having much money, that is. He went to the famous flower shop and bought a large bouquet of Holland tulips in bright colors. He also went to the jewelry shop to look for a gift.
"Sir, how much is that diamond necklace displayed by the window outside?"
"7,500 galleons. Son, you don't have a plan of buying that, DO YOU?"
"I have. I'll take it."
He pulled out a black purse containing at least shrunken 10,000 galleons giving the owner utmost shock. It sure was heavy. But he didn't mind at all. He wanted his first date with her to be perfect. It was quite odd to himself why he suddenly opted to date Hermoine after all those years of snapping at each other. It was only then the storeowner recognized that the young man in front of him was none other than a Malfoy.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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There's another edited chapter for you.
By the way, POINTS TO CONSIDER :
*when Harry and Draco were having verbal assaults thrown at each other, Draco mentioned about a "wounded stallion". It's not that he suspected Harry to be the stallion but it was the Serpent, living in Draco, who was speaking to Harry that time.
*Hermione was supposed to be wearing a velvet blue dress, though Ginny saw Hermione on the floor in a black dress. It was the Lioness that Ginny saw that time and the moment that Draco arrived to rescue Hermione, it was the real Hermione that they saw.
*okay, let's just say that since the hospital wing snapping session, they've acted civil towards each other. [Come on you guys! Don't tell me that you still expect them to be enemies to the end! As it was in the second movie, Draco's "obsession" was evident the day they were all at Flourish&Blott's to buy their books. Lucius asked Draco whether or not the know-it-all girl in front of him was Hermione Granger. . . and take note, Lucius said "Draco's told me all about you. . . and your parents. . ." (okay, it weren't the exact words, that still works to the same effect) I've been draining all possible theories on what will happen on the 5th (er, I haven't read it still), 6th, and 7th book of the HP series. All theories that I have, I put them in my fic. Well of course it has my personal touch!]
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