I Love to See You Cry
~hotsleekeyz~
Chapter 22
Snake Charmer
***Draco***
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Walking back, Harry went to the quarters alone. He knocked on the door to Draco and Hermione's room. When no one answered, Harry opened it gently. He wanted to quickly shut it when he saw that Draco as in the middle of reprimanding Hermione.
Draco darted his eyes over to Harry and glared at him dangerously. "What do you want Potter? Don't you know how to knock?"
Harry stared. "I knocked. . . perhaps you just didn't hear it. So. . . you were the one who took Hermione from the tower", hissed Harry with malice.
"Yes and if you can't protect her next time that any danger comes her way, you'll have to face me", spat Draco in seething anger.
Hermione interrupted them with a great yell from where she sat at Draco's desk. "Stop it you two! There's no point arguing over this. Besides, I'M FINE!"
Draco turned to her and snapped, "What if that creature attacked you on the spot? You wouldn't have the chance to tell us you're fine!" He immediately turned his heels towards the window and stayed there as he glared over the mysterious night at Hogwarts.
Hermione lost strength that her head fell down and without looking at Harry, she claimed, "Harry, kindly leave us first"
"All right. If Malfoy would always be around for you, then so be it. You wouldn't need me anymore then. Good night", came Harry's morose reply. He went out feeling bad that he wasn't able to do something to protect her.
But how could that be possible? The woman in black and the stallion came only from the projections of the light from their wands. . . and the snake; it was real. It writhed when Draco imposed the Cruciatus curse. Is it possible that the snake was Draco's other side?
"Draco, you shouldn't have told Harry off like that. I would understand it if he wasn't able to do anything to save me tonight"
Draco turned to her and spat, "You always go on his side! Hermione, you are Head Girl and you're expected to be objective and just. Since Potter has been mediating in our affairs, the quality you give as head is unsatisfactory. I wouldn't allow him to affect your performance!"
At that, Hermione's resolve came to a breaking point only that she was able to hold herself back a bit. "You're just jealous. Is it because Harry and I are in speaking terms again after how many months of not talking to each other? Is it Draco? You should understand that Harry and I are friends regardless of our past!"
"I don't want you talking to him again!" claimed Draco as an order.
Hermione's shot wide open. "Are you mad? Pardon me Mister but I know you can't order me to do that"
"Yes I have. You are my wife and you will follow every thing I say"
"Since when did that ever became law? And just so you know, I refuse to do what you ask of me. If you are jealous of Harry then tell me! Damnit. You even have to excuse as reason my performance as Head Girl"
"Fine! I'm jealous and now that you've heard it, will you stop talking to him?" yelled Draco infuriatedly.
Hermione had her lips parted to come up with a reply only that a voice broke in. The voice hissed echoing as it spoke in Parseltongue. Hermione looked at Draco at once and he didn't seem to be pleased about what the voice was telling him. And so Draco replied in Parseltongue, then so did the voice. They went through a while like that with Hermione trying to decipher a word they spoke. As the conversation stopped, it surprised Hermione to see Draco fall on the floor helpless like a limp doll. Hermione went down to her knees as well and searched for Draco's face.
"Um, Draco, are you all right?"
A sob escaped Draco. He lifted his head up and looked directly into Hermione's eyes. "I hope this won't happen again Hermione. . . if any danger approaches you around Hogwarts, you should know how to defend yourself---especially when I'm not around. Harry refuses to protect you any longer"
Hermione was taken in shock. She knew what danger awaits her given that she was the wife of the Slytherin prince. Death Eaters could be in Hogwarts at any time and capture her for Lucius Malfoy and Voldemort. "Now look what you've done! You really want me killed!"
Hermione quickly stood up from the floor and ran out of their room as fast as she could. She ran out of the quarters towards nowhere. She ran fast only to find herself headed to the Astronomy Tower again.
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Hermione saw the parchments laid in one corner piled up neatly. She took out her wand to emit light from its tip. As the light warmed the empty room, mild wind circled the room and the singing voice continued humming a grievous melody. Hermione read the contents of the parchments one by one crying.
~*~*~*~
'. . . She is a lady of wisdom and character. We have been sworn enemies since our first year and now, I can't fathom what has come over me. If this attraction to that lady pursues, I'm afraid I shall regret all those years that I have made her life miserable. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .This must be the most stupid thing I've ever done in my whole life. . . I asked that pretty lady to for dinner tonight and much to my surprise, she agreed. What am I going to do? I haven't dated anyone formally before!. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . She's nature's best work of art. Her beauty drives me out of my sanity. . . I could not deny the fact that every time she would look at me, my heart would melt and the true Draco Malfoy surfaces. . . the only woman in my life who was able to prove that I'm not at all I think I am. She's let me realize that I too, have a heart just like every body else. And for that, I'm forever indebted to her. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . I had a terrible dream today. Needless to say I don't want to see her hurt. If there would be any other soul who would be hurt much more than she could, I must say that would be the time when I have drifted off to reality. Into my peace. In my death. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .I have never seen her as beautiful as she was tonight. Never have I been this contented in my life---admitting that I'm contented seeing her happy, looking back at me, sharing with her a lengthy conversation. . . I simply wish that this night would never end. If the words that she told me tonight are true, I would be the happiest man in the world. . . the best human that evolved in love for her. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . It breaks my heart into pieces seeing her tonight. How could it be possible that she was able to conjure a Death Mark? Is it all true? Is the prophecy true at all? It didn't occur to me that I would ever be in good speaking terms with that Scarhead. But if settling our differences for my lady would be most important in our situation, I'll never have second thoughts about it. . .only to save her from more suffering. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . You don't know how furious I am with my father! If only I could kill him tonight, I should have. If he lays one finger on her, I swear he'll be first to taste death from my hands. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . I haven't felt like this. I never considered anyone as my friend. And seeing Sirius Black lose his life in front of me, bless his soul, he too shall benefit from the deaths I will bring about. They will pay for losing me a rare, true friend. . . and I wouldn't want to lose the woman I love. I shall die with her if that time comes. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .My evil side is strong and I could not control it. It's excruciating when my alter self would try to win over me. . . it's like sucking my soul dry out of me. It does drain a lot from me. But I will fight it. . . only to make sure my dearest would not take harm from my own hands. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .This must be the hardest day of my life. It never occurred to me that it would hurt this much to say the truth. This fact never bothered me before and now that I've told her about it, it's like killing me bit by bit. How could it be so hard? I love her and I don't believe she is willing to sacrifice a life with me and not able to have her own children. Merlin, why me? If being an Animagi should give up this much, I regret having learned to be one . . .and I regret having learned to love a woman as her. . .'
~*~*~*~
(back at the Astronomy Tower)
Hermione's eyes never stopped crying and her robes were getting moist as she read the most recent entries of Draco's diary.
~*~*~*~
'. . . am I ready to go through marriage? Is she ready to go through this? Oh Merlin, don't make her regret this decision. I love her. . . please don't take her away from me. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . This is the day I've waited for. And yes, Lucius can't do anything about it. Hmmm. . . perhaps you're wondering why until now I haven't told you her name? Her name is not for me to share to you and she is mine alone. She's forever in my heart and I don't reckon there is a need to put her name down. If you're anxious to know her, my ever dearest diary who's an old stock in the manor, you'll have to wait until I decide to write her name on your pages. . .which would probably take me forever to decide upon. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .First night as a couple. . . this should be a wondrous night. But not for me. I hate myself for not fighting this alter ego enough to stop myself from talking ill at her. She doesn't deserve to feel hurt as much as I am. Even in thought of her sharing a night with someone else, I'm fine though I also hurt---because I know she is happy and I don't know if she'll be willing to spend her first night with me knowing that I'm a useless creature. That man should be lucky. . .she still loves him. And I don't blame him. He hasn't done much wrong to her other than have an affair with someone else. How could I be of equal to him in her heart? How could I serve my purpose as husband when I can't give her a child? How would I swallow my pride to admit for the first time I've done wrong? How could I say I'm sorry as easy as she could say it?. . .'
~*~*~*~
(back to the story)
It was already late in the night when the last entry was followed by blank pages. Hermione stared at the parchments when all of a sudden, magnificent gold curls magically formed letters, words, phrases--- thoughts. She continued to read on what the handwriting wrote. . .
'. . . I can't believe I've been hard to her lately. I don't even know where she ran off to. Is my love not enough for her? I've caused her to lose one of the people who shall protect her and of course I wouldn't want harm meet her! If only Scarhead didn't talk to me tonight, I shouldn't have realized how lucky I am to have her---for she loves unconditionally, not seeing faults or incapabilities. . .'
The words continued forming on the blank pages. It came to Hermione that it was actually Draco's thoughts that night that was being magically written on the parchments. And she didn't take any more time inside the tower. Hermione ran back to the quarters taking effort to put the loose parchments inside the pocket of her robes. Hurriedly opening the door, Hermione saw Draco holding the binder that held together the loose parchments. Draco looked at where Hermione stood, seemingly surprised at her sudden appearance.
"I found this while you were gone. I thought it was COMPLETELY lost", said Draco casually with a hint of some humor. Then he found resolve and said, "I thought it was lost as I was losing you. . .", continued he while seeking into Hermione's sorrowed auburn eyes.
Hermione simply stood on where she was and looked back at Draco. "You were not losing me. . . " She held out the lose parchments from the pocket of her robes and said, ". . .and I saw these as I was tracing my way back to you." Without another word, Hermione ran to Draco and captured him in a sweet, longing embrace, just as Draco reciprocated it. At the touch of Draco boring more onto her, Hermione cried even harder.
"Hermione, next time, don't run away unless we have settled our arguments. . . I can't bear it not seeing you, knowing there is hate in your heart. I don't want you to have any of that. . .not a thing like you deserve it", whispered Draco gently into Hermione's ear.
"I promise Draco. . . never again", whispered Hermione back who soon fell asleep in Draco's strong arms.
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"Good work witches! Even if the Lioness read the diary rather earlier than she should, I'll say it's perfect time for her to read it tonight. If the Serpent hadn't realized the diary was missing, he should not have kept his sanity in tact. . .and he should have transformed into the full-pledged Dark Lord if he wasn't able as attached to his thoughts and sentiments over the Lioness. The Dark Wizards made an allowance of one week for Draco to become fully evil after knowing that he was wed with a muggleborn wizard last Wednesday. But they can't win. . . as long as Merlin lives. . .", mouthed Merlin as he watched happily with the Three Witches through the crystal orb.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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I never realized that this contained the mush! Hm. I was slipping. On the next chapter, AUROR TRAINING with Hermione and Harry! Also, there's a little fight scene between Draco and Harry inside the quarters. And lastly, Hermione commits another sin (though it's going to work for the better though). Lol.
Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! I've read every single one of them, of course, and you guys really inspire me to get going! I'm surprised that a lot of you read my other fics too. I'll find time to send you some mail soon, that is if I could afford to spare some time. I'm graduating y'all and I do have to get my priorities straight now. Once again, thank you! You've been helping much with my writing and by far I've gone with being a writer here on ffnet, I've terribly gone better! Thanks!
Chapter 22
Snake Charmer
***Draco***
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Walking back, Harry went to the quarters alone. He knocked on the door to Draco and Hermione's room. When no one answered, Harry opened it gently. He wanted to quickly shut it when he saw that Draco as in the middle of reprimanding Hermione.
Draco darted his eyes over to Harry and glared at him dangerously. "What do you want Potter? Don't you know how to knock?"
Harry stared. "I knocked. . . perhaps you just didn't hear it. So. . . you were the one who took Hermione from the tower", hissed Harry with malice.
"Yes and if you can't protect her next time that any danger comes her way, you'll have to face me", spat Draco in seething anger.
Hermione interrupted them with a great yell from where she sat at Draco's desk. "Stop it you two! There's no point arguing over this. Besides, I'M FINE!"
Draco turned to her and snapped, "What if that creature attacked you on the spot? You wouldn't have the chance to tell us you're fine!" He immediately turned his heels towards the window and stayed there as he glared over the mysterious night at Hogwarts.
Hermione lost strength that her head fell down and without looking at Harry, she claimed, "Harry, kindly leave us first"
"All right. If Malfoy would always be around for you, then so be it. You wouldn't need me anymore then. Good night", came Harry's morose reply. He went out feeling bad that he wasn't able to do something to protect her.
But how could that be possible? The woman in black and the stallion came only from the projections of the light from their wands. . . and the snake; it was real. It writhed when Draco imposed the Cruciatus curse. Is it possible that the snake was Draco's other side?
"Draco, you shouldn't have told Harry off like that. I would understand it if he wasn't able to do anything to save me tonight"
Draco turned to her and spat, "You always go on his side! Hermione, you are Head Girl and you're expected to be objective and just. Since Potter has been mediating in our affairs, the quality you give as head is unsatisfactory. I wouldn't allow him to affect your performance!"
At that, Hermione's resolve came to a breaking point only that she was able to hold herself back a bit. "You're just jealous. Is it because Harry and I are in speaking terms again after how many months of not talking to each other? Is it Draco? You should understand that Harry and I are friends regardless of our past!"
"I don't want you talking to him again!" claimed Draco as an order.
Hermione's shot wide open. "Are you mad? Pardon me Mister but I know you can't order me to do that"
"Yes I have. You are my wife and you will follow every thing I say"
"Since when did that ever became law? And just so you know, I refuse to do what you ask of me. If you are jealous of Harry then tell me! Damnit. You even have to excuse as reason my performance as Head Girl"
"Fine! I'm jealous and now that you've heard it, will you stop talking to him?" yelled Draco infuriatedly.
Hermione had her lips parted to come up with a reply only that a voice broke in. The voice hissed echoing as it spoke in Parseltongue. Hermione looked at Draco at once and he didn't seem to be pleased about what the voice was telling him. And so Draco replied in Parseltongue, then so did the voice. They went through a while like that with Hermione trying to decipher a word they spoke. As the conversation stopped, it surprised Hermione to see Draco fall on the floor helpless like a limp doll. Hermione went down to her knees as well and searched for Draco's face.
"Um, Draco, are you all right?"
A sob escaped Draco. He lifted his head up and looked directly into Hermione's eyes. "I hope this won't happen again Hermione. . . if any danger approaches you around Hogwarts, you should know how to defend yourself---especially when I'm not around. Harry refuses to protect you any longer"
Hermione was taken in shock. She knew what danger awaits her given that she was the wife of the Slytherin prince. Death Eaters could be in Hogwarts at any time and capture her for Lucius Malfoy and Voldemort. "Now look what you've done! You really want me killed!"
Hermione quickly stood up from the floor and ran out of their room as fast as she could. She ran out of the quarters towards nowhere. She ran fast only to find herself headed to the Astronomy Tower again.
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Hermione saw the parchments laid in one corner piled up neatly. She took out her wand to emit light from its tip. As the light warmed the empty room, mild wind circled the room and the singing voice continued humming a grievous melody. Hermione read the contents of the parchments one by one crying.
~*~*~*~
'. . . She is a lady of wisdom and character. We have been sworn enemies since our first year and now, I can't fathom what has come over me. If this attraction to that lady pursues, I'm afraid I shall regret all those years that I have made her life miserable. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .This must be the most stupid thing I've ever done in my whole life. . . I asked that pretty lady to for dinner tonight and much to my surprise, she agreed. What am I going to do? I haven't dated anyone formally before!. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . She's nature's best work of art. Her beauty drives me out of my sanity. . . I could not deny the fact that every time she would look at me, my heart would melt and the true Draco Malfoy surfaces. . . the only woman in my life who was able to prove that I'm not at all I think I am. She's let me realize that I too, have a heart just like every body else. And for that, I'm forever indebted to her. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . I had a terrible dream today. Needless to say I don't want to see her hurt. If there would be any other soul who would be hurt much more than she could, I must say that would be the time when I have drifted off to reality. Into my peace. In my death. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .I have never seen her as beautiful as she was tonight. Never have I been this contented in my life---admitting that I'm contented seeing her happy, looking back at me, sharing with her a lengthy conversation. . . I simply wish that this night would never end. If the words that she told me tonight are true, I would be the happiest man in the world. . . the best human that evolved in love for her. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . It breaks my heart into pieces seeing her tonight. How could it be possible that she was able to conjure a Death Mark? Is it all true? Is the prophecy true at all? It didn't occur to me that I would ever be in good speaking terms with that Scarhead. But if settling our differences for my lady would be most important in our situation, I'll never have second thoughts about it. . .only to save her from more suffering. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . You don't know how furious I am with my father! If only I could kill him tonight, I should have. If he lays one finger on her, I swear he'll be first to taste death from my hands. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . I haven't felt like this. I never considered anyone as my friend. And seeing Sirius Black lose his life in front of me, bless his soul, he too shall benefit from the deaths I will bring about. They will pay for losing me a rare, true friend. . . and I wouldn't want to lose the woman I love. I shall die with her if that time comes. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .My evil side is strong and I could not control it. It's excruciating when my alter self would try to win over me. . . it's like sucking my soul dry out of me. It does drain a lot from me. But I will fight it. . . only to make sure my dearest would not take harm from my own hands. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .This must be the hardest day of my life. It never occurred to me that it would hurt this much to say the truth. This fact never bothered me before and now that I've told her about it, it's like killing me bit by bit. How could it be so hard? I love her and I don't believe she is willing to sacrifice a life with me and not able to have her own children. Merlin, why me? If being an Animagi should give up this much, I regret having learned to be one . . .and I regret having learned to love a woman as her. . .'
~*~*~*~
(back at the Astronomy Tower)
Hermione's eyes never stopped crying and her robes were getting moist as she read the most recent entries of Draco's diary.
~*~*~*~
'. . . am I ready to go through marriage? Is she ready to go through this? Oh Merlin, don't make her regret this decision. I love her. . . please don't take her away from me. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . . This is the day I've waited for. And yes, Lucius can't do anything about it. Hmmm. . . perhaps you're wondering why until now I haven't told you her name? Her name is not for me to share to you and she is mine alone. She's forever in my heart and I don't reckon there is a need to put her name down. If you're anxious to know her, my ever dearest diary who's an old stock in the manor, you'll have to wait until I decide to write her name on your pages. . .which would probably take me forever to decide upon. . .'
~*~*~*~
'. . .First night as a couple. . . this should be a wondrous night. But not for me. I hate myself for not fighting this alter ego enough to stop myself from talking ill at her. She doesn't deserve to feel hurt as much as I am. Even in thought of her sharing a night with someone else, I'm fine though I also hurt---because I know she is happy and I don't know if she'll be willing to spend her first night with me knowing that I'm a useless creature. That man should be lucky. . .she still loves him. And I don't blame him. He hasn't done much wrong to her other than have an affair with someone else. How could I be of equal to him in her heart? How could I serve my purpose as husband when I can't give her a child? How would I swallow my pride to admit for the first time I've done wrong? How could I say I'm sorry as easy as she could say it?. . .'
~*~*~*~
(back to the story)
It was already late in the night when the last entry was followed by blank pages. Hermione stared at the parchments when all of a sudden, magnificent gold curls magically formed letters, words, phrases--- thoughts. She continued to read on what the handwriting wrote. . .
'. . . I can't believe I've been hard to her lately. I don't even know where she ran off to. Is my love not enough for her? I've caused her to lose one of the people who shall protect her and of course I wouldn't want harm meet her! If only Scarhead didn't talk to me tonight, I shouldn't have realized how lucky I am to have her---for she loves unconditionally, not seeing faults or incapabilities. . .'
The words continued forming on the blank pages. It came to Hermione that it was actually Draco's thoughts that night that was being magically written on the parchments. And she didn't take any more time inside the tower. Hermione ran back to the quarters taking effort to put the loose parchments inside the pocket of her robes. Hurriedly opening the door, Hermione saw Draco holding the binder that held together the loose parchments. Draco looked at where Hermione stood, seemingly surprised at her sudden appearance.
"I found this while you were gone. I thought it was COMPLETELY lost", said Draco casually with a hint of some humor. Then he found resolve and said, "I thought it was lost as I was losing you. . .", continued he while seeking into Hermione's sorrowed auburn eyes.
Hermione simply stood on where she was and looked back at Draco. "You were not losing me. . . " She held out the lose parchments from the pocket of her robes and said, ". . .and I saw these as I was tracing my way back to you." Without another word, Hermione ran to Draco and captured him in a sweet, longing embrace, just as Draco reciprocated it. At the touch of Draco boring more onto her, Hermione cried even harder.
"Hermione, next time, don't run away unless we have settled our arguments. . . I can't bear it not seeing you, knowing there is hate in your heart. I don't want you to have any of that. . .not a thing like you deserve it", whispered Draco gently into Hermione's ear.
"I promise Draco. . . never again", whispered Hermione back who soon fell asleep in Draco's strong arms.
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"Good work witches! Even if the Lioness read the diary rather earlier than she should, I'll say it's perfect time for her to read it tonight. If the Serpent hadn't realized the diary was missing, he should not have kept his sanity in tact. . .and he should have transformed into the full-pledged Dark Lord if he wasn't able as attached to his thoughts and sentiments over the Lioness. The Dark Wizards made an allowance of one week for Draco to become fully evil after knowing that he was wed with a muggleborn wizard last Wednesday. But they can't win. . . as long as Merlin lives. . .", mouthed Merlin as he watched happily with the Three Witches through the crystal orb.
~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~
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I never realized that this contained the mush! Hm. I was slipping. On the next chapter, AUROR TRAINING with Hermione and Harry! Also, there's a little fight scene between Draco and Harry inside the quarters. And lastly, Hermione commits another sin (though it's going to work for the better though). Lol.
Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! I've read every single one of them, of course, and you guys really inspire me to get going! I'm surprised that a lot of you read my other fics too. I'll find time to send you some mail soon, that is if I could afford to spare some time. I'm graduating y'all and I do have to get my priorities straight now. Once again, thank you! You've been helping much with my writing and by far I've gone with being a writer here on ffnet, I've terribly gone better! Thanks!