A Family for the Dragon: Chapter 5
Draco woke up and sat up. Looking around, he saw the girl next to me. He waddled over and poked her, but she didn't get up. Whining he poked her again, and said, "Mione, Mione, wakey!"
Once again Hermione slept on, Draco got mad and decided to body slam her. So standing up on the bed he jumped onto Hermione who woke up.
"Who's this?" asked Mione sleepily.
"Me! Me! Mione, Mione!" yelled Draco.
"Draco? There you are, my little ferocious dragon," said Hermione picking Draco up and cuddling him.
"Me hungry fercious dragon," said Draco pointing to his stomach.
"Are you? Lets take a bath then we will have breakfast," said Hermione.
"Okay, hurry up," said Draco jumping out of the bed.
Hermione laughed and followed suit.
"Draco! Draco! Stop that!" yelled Hermione half anhour later.
"Splashy! Splashy" yelled Draco splashing Hermione.
Hermione yelped as her face and hair was soaked.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!" called Hermione trying to catch Draco.
"I heard yells and wondered if you wanted some. . ." said Severus walking to the bathroom staring at Hermione who was half wet and Draco who was drenched.
"Sorry, I was trying to get Draco to take a bath and he decided to give me one instead," said Hermione blushing.
"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy come play!" said Draco bouncing out of the bathtub and towards Severus. Severus caught him and held on as he said, "Perhaps it would be better if I give Draco a bath and you change," Hermione nodded and left the bathroom.
After changing into better drier clothes, she was suprised not to hear shouts from the bathroom. Soon Draco and Severus came out, Severus dry and Draco damp.
"Good work," said Hermione holding her hands out for Draco. Draco refused to come, instead held onto Severus. "How did you get this little fercious dragon to be good?" continued Hermione tweaking Draco's nose.
Draco protested and put his own little fingers on his nose to make sure it was okay.
"I just asked him what I could give him if he was quiet," said Severus.
"Well. . ." prompted Hermione.
"I wanna stay with Daddy today morning," said Draco.
"Oh, is that so? Well it is fine with me since I have lessons with Remus today morning," said Hermione.
"Fine, then I will watch him until your lessons are done then you must take him," said Severus.
"What about Remus? Shouldn't he have a chance to be with Draco?" asked Hermione.
"Why don't we make a schedule right now, so we don't decide every morning," said Severus.
"Fine, may I borrow some parchment and a quill from your desk?" asked Hermione heading over to his desk.
"Yes," said Severus bending over to read the schedule.
When Draco protested, Severus stood up again.
The Schedule:
Day Lessons Draco is with....
Monday DADA Morning: S. S.
Earth Magic Afternoon: H.G.
Evening: R.L.
Night: H.G.
Tuesday Potions Morning: R.L.
Afternon: H.G.
Evening: S.S.
Night: H.G.
Wednesday DADA Morning: S.S.
Afternoon: R.L.
Evening: H.G.
Night: H.G.
Thursday Potions Morning: R.L.
Earth Magic Afternoon: S.S.
Evening: H.G.
Night: H.G.
Friday DADA Morning: S.S.
Earth Magic Afternoon: H.G.
Evening: R.L.
Night: H.G.
Weekends are to be decided by the plans of all caretakers.
"What do you think?" asked Hermione.
"It fine, except for one thing," replied Severus.
"What?"
"Actually we will be able to work around that," said Severus changing his mind.
"Fine, would you please replicate this and send to Remus?" asked Hermione. Severus took out his wand and sent the parchment copy to Remus.
"Daddy! Mione! Hungry!" said Draco waking up from his ultra short nap on Severus's shoulder.
"Of course, shall we?" said Severus holding out his arm.
"Thank you," said Hermione taking it.
They walked to the breakfast table only to find it crowded and full.
"Severus! Hermione!" said Albus beckoning them over.
"Hello, Prof. Dumbledore," said Hermione.
"Hermione, you may call me Albus," replied the sweet old man.
"Albus," said Hermione stuttering.
"Or if you prefer Uncle Albus like young Draco here," said Albus.
"Yes, that would be better."
"Albus" said Severus as his way of greeting and sat down, but not before pulling Hermione's chair for her.
"Severus, always the gentleman aren't you?" teased Albus.
"Yes, I must think that my mother literally roles in
her grave every time I forget to be proper," joked back Severus.
Hermione stared at her teacher, confused to the fullest. She could tell that Severus was definitely more comfortable, but joking?
"You should close your mouth, Hermione and stop staring. Yes, I made a joke. If this gets out, you will have detentions every night till you graduate," said Severus.
"Severus!" lightly admonished Albus.
"Severus, Hermione, Albus," said Remus sitting down and helping himself.
"Draco, what did you eat?" asked Hermione turning her attention away from the main conversation.
"that much," said Draco whose plate still contained half a pancake and some eggs.
"Finish the eggs," said Hermione.
"No!" said Draco.
"Do you want me to feed you?" asked Hermione.
"Yeah!" said Draco.
"Severus, do you mind switching seats with me, I want to feed Draco," asked Hermione.
"Sure," said Severus and switched places with her.
Hermione started feeding Draco, ignoring the conversation.
"So how is your project going?" asked Albus.
"Fine," replied Remus.
"We have been progressing," said Severus.
"Have either of you thought of asking Hermione to help while she is here?" asked Albus.
"Well...I thought we might, but I wasn't sure if
Severus would mind," said Remus.
"Severus…" prompted Albus.
"I…" said Severus thinking about the pro and cons. Hermione was the smartest student in all the school including the upper years. He knew that she had long since slowly lost her know-it-all-ness, but he didn't know what he would do with two Gryffindors.
"Yes, I wouldn't mind if Hermione worked with us."
"Hermione," said Albus, but Remus motioned him nonstop. He told Albus that he would tell Hermione after the lesson when they actually started working on it.
"Yes," asked Hermione after wiping Draco's chin.
"Are you done, we can start out lessons immediately?" said Remus.
"Of course, Severus make sure Draco takes a nap in an hour or two," said Hermione leaving the table.
"Hermione, one second. When do you want those Earth Magic lessons?" asked Albus standing up.
"What about Monday and Friday evenings and Wednesday afternoons," said Hermione consulting her schedule.
"That would be great, I will see you at lunch and if not then, then I will see you today evening," said Albus.
"Yes," said Hermione and walked away with Remus.
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"That was a great lesson, thanks Remus," said Hermione after one hour had passed.
"No problem, it is a pleasure teaching someone who is so eager to learn. I just have one more thing to talk to you about," said Remus.
"oh! what?" asked Hermione.
"As you know, I am a werewolf. I have decided to do my best to improve the medicine for werewolves and possibly even try to find a cure, that is my summer project," said Remus.
"Wow! So teachers' work on things like that during the summer, I always knew that the Hogwarts teachers were over qualified, but wow!" said Hermione.
"Yes, that is certainly true. Severus, being the potions master he is, is helping me with the potion and some other aspects of the work that I am not the best at. I was wondering, if you don't have anything to do if you would consider helping us out. You are wonderful at Charms and Incantations, Edward even said that he would retire if you taught his class, I have the personal experience and am the test subject, while like I said Severus is the potions master," said Remus.
"I would love to, this is such an oppurtunity!" said Hermione.
"We plan to usually do work in the afternoon and possibly into the evening. You will be able to go to your classes with Albus and still help us. Thank you, Hermione, you do not know how much it means to me to have another brillant mind trying to find the cure that could one day set all werewolves free!" said Remus.
"Remus, you don't deserve this curse, no one really does, yet you and many others carry this burden around with them for their whole lives. You deserve a break and we are going to find you one," said Hermione hugging Remus. Remus hugged her back and they walked to Severus's rooms.
"Mione!" cried Draco as they walked in. He rushed over to Hermione and hugged her tight around the knees.
"Hey, my little ferocious dragon. How are you?" said Hermione picking up the boy.
"Fine, Daddy thold me sthories and played with me all day long, but I missed you. Where did you go, Mione? Why didn'th you play with me and daddy?" asked Draco.
"Sorry, dragonet. I was with Remus, having classes. What kind of stories did "Daddy" tell you?" asked Hermione.
"Well, he only tolding me one story. About a pothens mather who made a greath big pothen" said Draco.
"Wow!" said Hermione.
"Mione," said Draco a bit sleepily.
"Yes, dragonet?" asked Hermione.
"Sing me a song!" said Draco.
"I can't sing," said Hermione.
"I wanna songy!!" said Draco sleepily.
"Okay, how about you lay down while I sing to you," said Hermione.
"Okay," said Draco. Hermione led Draco into her/Draco's room and put him down. She started to sing softly.
Otter, go to your home by the river,
Deer, to lie in the woods.
Wolf, run back to your den,
Eagle, fly to perch.
Rabbit, crawl into your hole,
And serpent, slide into your nest.
Wildcat, lay your head on your paws,
And bear, crawl into your cave.
Owl and Moon, watch over them all,
And child close your eyes and sleep with the world.
(L.E. Blare: Girl Talk: The Ghost of Eagle Mountain)
In the room outside Remus and Severus were suddenly silent as Hermione's voice fluttered through the room. Her voice, which she so often criticised, was truly a beautiful voice rich with melody, and she sang with love. Draco slept with a smile on his face curled around the teddy bear Severus had given to him and tucked with the green/sliver blanket of his.
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"You have a beautiful voice," said Remus when Hermione returned from the room.
"You heard?" asked Hermione blushing.
"Yes, you should take voice lessons, dear," said Remus.
"No way, I am sure that Severus agrees with me," said
Hermione.
"Actually I agree with Remus, you should take voice lessons," said Severus.
"So what have you got so far?" asked Hermione veering the conversation away from her voice.
"We have found out that sliver must be in the potion, but not pure silver," said Remus.
"Yes, we might want to put a mixuture of silver and perhaps gold." said Severus.
"Wouldn't silver and nickel be a better combination?" asked Hermione.
"No, the gold would renforce the incantation," Said Severus.
"But, almost cancel out the silver, we wouldn't want that," said Hermione.
"Nickel?" asked Remus.
"Yes, it with the a small amount of silver will subside the beast," said Hermione.
"Yes, I see. We should just add to the Wolfsbane potion making that a basic so that we do not have to create a whole new potion unless necessary. The nickel will subside the beast, but how to kill it?" asked Severus.
"The moon controls it, how about confusing the beast so that it can not be controlled by the moon. Even if it happens once then Remus is free forever," Said Hermione.
"No, he is free till the next blue moon. Then the moon will be much stronger so the beast will get free." said Severus.
"How about strenthing the human spirit while confusing the beast, it will then be under human control" said Remus.
"Yes, that will work only for the strong hearted, but for the others. How about the beast be under human controll till we have an incantation that will bring the spirit of the beast out into another. Perhaps give some wolves two spirites. It wouldn't harm them, and they can not give others the disease," said Severus.
"That is perfect, now we must start finding this potion and incantation," said Hermione.
"Yes, lets get to work," said Remus cheerfully.
They worked and worked and worked, but alas no potion was found. They decided that Severus would invent the potion. Soon it was evening and Draco awoke.
"Mione! Mione! Daddy! Daddy! Mus! Mus!" yelled Draco.
"Draco!" said Hermione and Severus at the same time.
"Mione!" cried out Draco.
"Baby, are you okay?" said Hermione.
"Hurty! Hurty!" said Draco weeping. Hermione pulled his shirt off and gasped. Once again his back was covered with whip lashes.
"Draco!" cried Hermione holding him close and trying ot to cry.
"Levues Painues," said Severus.
"Tantium," said Remus and the scratches disappeared. Hermione started instantly hugging Draco and kissing him on the forehead.
"Hermione, calm down. He is fine, the spell I used takes the infection and hurts away while Severus took away the pain," said Remus.
"Daddy," cried out Draco holding his hands out.
"Come here" said Severus picking Draco up carefully.
"Daddy, I kept calling and no one came then you, Mus, and Mione came," said Draco laying his head down on Severus's shoulder.
"Sorry, Draco. Remember if you ever need anyone of us all you have to do is call. We will have to find someone to watch Draco while we work," said Severus.
"Did I hear some one call for a Draco sitter?" called Albus cheerfully entering the room.
"Uncle Albus!!!" cried Draco.
"Hello, little dragon." said Albus.
"Uncle Albus, could you look after Draco when we are working?" asked Hermione.
"No problem, if it is okay with our little Dragon here." said Albus.
"Yeah! candy! candy!" said Draco.
"Candy?" asked Remus chuckling.
"Ummm," said Albus looking away.
"Albus! You should know better then infest Draco with your sweet tooth," said Severus.
"Uncle Albus!! When and how much?" asked Hermione.
"Umm...breakfast...a couple?" asked Albus.
"Come Draco, we have to go brush our teeth. Uncle Albus forgot to tell me he feed you candy," said Hermione leaving with Draco. (Remember Dentist Parents)
"Thank you, Albus" said Remus.
"No prob. I would love to watch Draco for you, what an adorable child," said Albus.
"No candy!! I don't care if he throws a fit! No candy!" said Hermione coming back into the room.
"No candy? Mione?" asked Draco innocently.
"No candy, my dragonet. Or you will get cavaties," said Hermione.
"Aww! Please?" asked Draco.
"No!" said Hermione and turned away signaling the end of the conversation.
"Now, my little dragon, time to eat dinner and perhaps we will go outside after dinner," said Albus.
"Goodbye, Draco," said Remus.
"bye, bye, Mus," said Draco and he waved to Hermione and Severus.
"Shall we get back to work?" asked Remus.
"Yes as I was saying…" Suddenly there was a loud cry from the hallway.
"Draco," said Remus, Hermione, and Severus racing out of the room. In the hallway they saw Draco crying on the floor holding his knee.
"Draco," cried Hermione. "Are you okay?"
"Mione!" cried out Draco holding his hands out.
"What's wrong, young one?" asked Remus.
"Booboo on my kneeee," cried Draco clutching his knee covering up the cut.
"Let Daddy and Remus see it, they will kiss it away," said Hermione tugging at Draco's hands.
"Tantium," said Remus pulling out his wand.
"Now come back to me and leave Remus, Hermione, and Daddy," said Albus holding out his hands. The rest of the day went by pretty fast, Albus and Draco having a fun time running around outside while Remus, Hermione, and Severus worked inside. Remus, Hermione, and Severus found out they worked well together. Hermione worked on finding the charm while Severus worked on the potion. Remus fluttered between both, looking up things and making suggestions while writing down every new theory, proof, and part of their work.
A/N: That's it folks…at least for now…..REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!
~Madame Moony