Title: Healing of the body and the heart
Author: Me—Saiya-jin Girl
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! =(
Chapter Three: Secrets Revealed
Hermione sat on her wheel chair and looked at Draco as he began his tale. He coughed and then looked at her.
"Well, what can I say…" he wondered. She smiled.
"You know, we don't have to talk about this now if you don't want to," she said. He shook his head.
"No, no I really think that I should tell you. Just incase I die or anything, which I think I will…"
"Why are you saying that? You're fine!" she said angrily. He looked at her and sighed.
"It's not that, Hermione, it's the Death Eaters…" he said darkly. She gasped.
"Oh of course! You switched sides, so it's only logical that they would be after you as well…" she said. She shook her head. "They're after Krum too," she said quietly. He looked up and sighed.
"Him too?" he said. She nodded. "The living ones…they're going to hunt us down. Its either they kill us or we kill them. There's no in-between," she nodded again and looked at him darkly.
"So why did you desert them? Chickened out?" she asked. He shook his head.
"Never," he said. "I would never do something like that…but…there were other things…things that I saw that made me just…"
"Just change?" she asked.
"Not change entirely…just my ideas changed…I dunno…" he said. They sat in silence for a while and then Hermione spoke up.
"Well?" she asked. He sighed.
"It all started one day when I saw my father doing something that I never thought I would … see him do… even though I knew that he was definitely capable of it…I didn't think that he would actually do it…" he said. Hermione listened attentively. "I came home and I heard someone scream and shout…it sounded like my mother and I thought that it was just another stupid argument, but I was wrong. I saw my mother run from one room to another and my father was hot on her trail…he…he hit her…he hit her so many times and I ran in to stop him. He pulled out his wand and hexed me and then when I woke up my mother was almost dead…"
Hermione's eyes were as wide as saucers.
"Oh my…" she said. She was speech less. He nodded.
"And well…I did my best to nurse her back to health, and she told me…things…" he said with a shudder. She shook her head.
"I'm so sorry…" she said. He sighed.
"I mean, I knew my father was like that. He was a ruthless and cold man, but to his own wife, who had gave up so much for him…she could be a bitch when she was ready, but…I just didn't understand it…"
"Is your mother…?"
"She died a few days later. He told me that if I took her to the hospital or even called a healer, he would kill both of us in an instant…and well I tried…" he said. Hermione shook her head again.
"I'm so sorry…Draco…" she said. He sighed heavily.
"And when she died, it was the final straw. I packed all of the things that I could carry and I left. I was scared that my father would try to kill me…that's why I went to Dumbledore and told him everything, and he hid me somewhere my father would not be able to reach me…"
"Dumbledore helped you?" she asked. He nodded.
"Yeah, I told him…everything that I knew…" he said. She nodded.
"Well, we probably got loads of help from you and we didn't even know…" she said. He nodded and had a sad smile on his face.
"I didn't know if you all would accept me…" he said. She nodded.
"Well, honestly, we didn't really accept you…when we found out that you had switched sides…we didn't believe it…and we just put up with you because of Dumbledore's conviction in you…" she said. He nodded.
"I know…it would be hard to accept…" he said. She smiled gingerly and reached out to touch his hand.
"Well, I want to apologize," she said softly. He smiled and nodded.
"I…I should apologize to you too right?" he said. She laughed.
"Yes you should, you have seven years worth of apology to do so you might as well get started…" she said with a laugh. He shook his head and looked at her.
"Thanks…" he said. She stopped laughing.
"For what?" she asked. There was a silence.
"For just…listening to me…" he said. She shook her head.
"I'm pretty sure that there's much more to this story and that I have been given the diluted version…" she said.
"Wow, you're good…" he said. She smiled.
"Well I am the cleverest wizard of my age you know…" she said. He laughed.
"Yeah? Who told you that?" he asked.
"Professor Lupin…" she said quietly. He nodded.
"Oh…"
"Well, I should get going then…"
He nodded.
"Thanks for the visit," he said. She smiled.
"I'll come later," she said. He smiled and nodded.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait. This chapter sucked lol. I've been SO busy!! I had finals, and papers and all that good stuff due, and I only recently started back writing. I also have two other stories that I'm working on at the same time. So bear with me! =(
Vacation time on July 02nd I'll be out for three weeks. Sorry!!!!!!!!!
I'll try to update this again this week. Xoxoxoxo
Saiya-jin-girl