A Family for the Dragon
Chapter 19: That which was forgotten becomes clear once again
By: Madame Moony
"Hey, tomorrow is the 18th right?" asked Draco the next day at breakfast. Hermione thought for a while and replied positive.
"Yeah, tomorrow is a Friday so it would be the 18th," said Hermione.
"Okay", said Draco mysteriously.
"Why? Is tomorrow something special?" asked Hermione.
"No, nothing," said Draco a little too quickly.
"What? Please tell me?" begged Hermione using her famous or infamous puppy eyes on him. Draco tried really, really, really hard not to give in, but Hermione persisted and like usual won.
"Well..." mumbled Draco.
"What? I can't hear you!" said Hermione pretending to be an old lady. Draco smiled weakly and repeated his sentence.
"Tomorrowismybirthday" muttered Draco really fast hoping she wouldn't catch it. But to his embarrassment, she did.
"It's your birthday tomorrow!!!" squealed Hermione really loudly.
Everyone at the table turned to look at Draco who blushed and blushed.
"Happy early birthday!!" said Albus starting off an attack of well wishes from everyone. Soon breakfast ended and everyone returned to their rooms. Hermione and Draco took off walking to Severus's rooms. (He is totally an 18th person ^_^ Inside Joke!!)
"I will get you back for that," said Draco mock-glaring at Hermione.
"Does that mean you don't love me anymore?" asked Hermione her lower lip quivering as she pretended to almost cry.
"No, I don't" said Draco kidding.
"You don't?" asked Hermione again this time you couldn't tell that she was kidding.
"I do, I do!" said Draco worried that she would cry.
"Good!! C'mon! Let's go!" said Hermione changing from a sad person to a very bubbly person.
"You should be an actress, you act very good," said Draco smiling at Hermione.
"Well, Draco, well! I swear where did you get your grammar taught at? You, Harry, Ron, and the rest of the boys!" exclaimed Hermione turning back into her normal self. They entered Severus's rooms.
"I need to do something. Do you mind not bothering me for the next two hours?" asked Hermione sweetly. Draco smirked at her and asked,
"Research? God, girl, do you ever take a break?" Hermione just smiled and went into her room. There she took out a piece of paper and a quill and wrote:
Things to do for Draco's Party
Decorations:
Food:
Guests:
Looking at her list she filled in the guest part pretty easily.
Guests:
Draco
Hermione
Severus
Katrina
Remus
Arabella
Albus
Minerva
Edward
Marthie
Harry?? (If he wakes up??)
"Now for food," said Hermione quietly to herself. "I wonder what type of cake he likes. Hmm...I wonder what else we should have to eat. Maybe visit the House Elves?" She wrote down a couple of ideas first.
Food:
Appetizers:
Chip and Dip
Potato Chips
Candy (Honeyduke's chocolate, Muggle candy?)
Chips and Salsa
Main Meal:
Pizza (?)
Cheese Lasagne
Deserts:
Ice cream
Cake (?)
Pie (Apple, Lemon)
"That should be okay for right now, but what about decorations. I know that Draco would probably like Slytherin colors and black, but it needs more color," muttered Hermione. Then she wrote down a couple of possible options.
Decorations:
Streamers: Green, Silver
Happy Birthday Banner: Green background, Silver letters, Black outline around the letters,
Balloons: Green, Silver, Black
Napkins, Plates, and Silverware: Green plates, Silver silverware (well duh), black dragons on napkins (?)
"That is good so far, I should go ask everyone," said Hermione and got up hiding the parchment in her robes.
She walked out of the rooms calling to Draco telling him that she was visiting Albus on some private business. Happily humming, she waltzed all the way up to Albus' office.
"Uncle Albus? It's me, Hermione!" called Hermione at the entrance. The gargoyle silently opened and let her in. Smiling at her good fate, Hermione skipped up the stairs and knocked on Albus' door.
"Come in, my dear," said Albus smiling as Hermione came in and settled herself down comfortably.
"Hi, Uncle Albus! I was wondering if you could help me out?" asked Hermione getting to the point instantly.
"Yes, of course. I would be delighted too as long it isn't anything illegal," said Albus peering over his glasses at her.
"Oh no! I was just wondering if I could hold Draco a birthday party in the Great Hall tomorrow at lunch. Since his parents aren't there to do it for him, I thought it would be cool if we could. Can I?" replied Hermione smiling sweetly at Albus.
"What a wonderful idea! Of course, you can. Do you need any help?" asked Albus delighted that Hermione cared so much for Draco.
"Yeah, I was wondering if you could keep him occupied for the morning. I also need some help asking everyone to come," said Hermione showing Albus her parchment of plans.
"Good, good. I can do that easily! For the foods, I am sure the house elves will be more then willing to help you out. Decorations can also be arranged if you ask perhaps Professor Flitwick and Professor Lupin for some help. Actually you might want to ask Professor Lupin and Ms. Figg for help since they are here," replied Albus happily.
"Cool, I suppose I will go get them right now," said Hermione getting up to leave.
"No, no sit down. I will just contact them through a voice ball from here. Vitro a Remus Lupin" said Albus waving his wand and a ball appeared with Remus' face in it.
"Hello, Albus! Did you need something?" asked Remus good-naturedly.
"No, I hope I wasn't interrupting something important," replied Albus.
"No, no!"
"Hermione decided to orchestra a birthday party for Draco, so we were wondering if you could perhaps help her decorate. You, Ms. Figg, Hermione of course and Edward," said Albus into the ball.
"Yes, of course! When will it be and when should we decorate?" asked Remus.
"She was planning to do it for lunch, and I think you can probably decorate the Great Hall just before that. I will divert Draco's attention from breakfast to lunch so you can work. If you will inform Ms. Figg?" replied Albus.
"Yes, of course. Great idea, Albus! Verto a Finis," said Remus closing the connection. Albus smiled at Hermione who happily returned the smile.
"I will contact everyone on the list in the same way as I talked to Remus. I am sure you want to talk to the house elves. Have you thought of a gift?" asked Albus.
"OH! NO! What can I do? I can't go anywhere on this short notice!" exclaimed Hermione worriedly.
"I am sure you can go to Hogsmeade around two o'clock today. If you want, I will accompany you. I too want to buy a gift for young Draco." said Albus his eyes twinkling.
"Thank you, Uncle Albus!" said Hermione happily. She said her goodbyes and went happily down to the kitchen.
"Miss Hermione! Dobby is so happy to see you," said Dobby hugging Hermione around her legs. Hermione smiled down at Dobby and kneeled down.
"Dobby, I have a very important job I need done. Can I trust you?" asked Hermione.
"Of course, Miss. Dobby will do anything for Miss," said Dobby.
"I need you to have these foods for lunch tomorrow in the Great Hall set up. It is a party for Draco because his birthday, you should make enough for eleven people. Can you read?" asked Hermione handing Dobby a copy of the food list.
"Yes, Miss. If Miss doesn't mind, what kind of cake Miss wants Dobby to make for Mr. Malfoy?" asked Dobby scanning the list.
"Can you make chocolate cake with green and silver frosting? If it could say Happy Birthday Draco on it; that would be awesome!" said Hermione.
"Yes, Miss. Dobby will do all this. Does Miss want Dobby to get what kind of muggle candy?" asked Dobby curiously.
"If you could get M&Ms, Hershey's assorted chocolates, Twix, Skittles, and Starbursts that would be very cool!" said Hermione.
"Yes, Miss! Does Miss want anything else?" asked Dobby eagerly.
"No, that is okay, Dobby. Thank you," said Hermione and she walked out of the kitchens in a happier mood then before.
"Katrina, Severus?" called Hermione walking into the Hospital Wing.
"Hello, Hermione. How are you?" asked Katrina smiling at Hermione.
"Should I be asking you, how are you?" joked Hermione.
"Yes, but since you have such a disregard for rules along with your little trio of friends, we decided to break this one," said Severus dryly. Hermione just laughed and lightly hugged Katrina and Severus casually.
"Hermione? I thought you went to visit Uncle Albus," said Draco walking into the Hospital Wing.
"I did. I decided that since I was so close, I might as well visit Katrina and Severus too," said Hermione.
"Are you feeling better?" asked Draco to Severus.
"Yes, thank you" replied Severus looking at Hermione purposefully.
"Madame Pomfrey told us that by tomorrow we will be ready to get out of bed," said Katrina pleasantly.
"I am ready to get out of bed right now, Poppy is just being grumpy." groused Severus making as if he was going to get out of bed.
"Sit down, Severus Salazar Snape! I will not have you out of bed if you want to go anywhere tomorrow," said
Madame Pomfrey coming out of her office.
"But Poppy-" started Severus.
"Don't you dare "But Poppy me" Severus Salazar Snape! You will stay in that bed till I say you can go," replied Madame Pomfrey sternly. "I don't see how you can handle him! He is my worst patient!" continued Poppy to Katrina. Severus who had heard just glared at Madame Pomfrey. Hermione and Draco laughed and laughed till they were on the floor holding their sides.
"Have you two had lunch yet?" asked Madame Pomfrey coming out half an hour later.
"No, not yet," said Hermione and Draco.
"I will bring your lunches out in a minute, I expect you all to eat. You can not go about forgetting to eat!! You are growing teenagers," said Madame Pomfrey.
For the next hour, Severus, Katrina, Hermione and Draco laughed and talked and debated over many, many things enjoying their time together.
"Draco, I need to tell you something very important," said Severus suddenly.
"What?" asked Draco innocently.
"I am really sorry, but the killing curse that was supposed to be for me was deflected and well..." stuttered Severus for another rare time.
"What?" demanded Draco.
"It hit your father..." said Severus. For a second, Hermione thought Draco would cry, but his mask slipped in quickly.
"I don't care," said Draco indifferently. Katrina looked sadly at Draco realizing immediately with mother-like intuition that Draco did really care, but wouldn't let himself.
"My password is Green and Silver if you need it," said Severus softly. Katrina and Hermione instantly changed the topic leaving Draco to sort out his emotions.
"I see you are becoming tired, we should be going anyways." said Hermione pulling Draco away with her. Hermione and Draco went back to Severus's rooms where they talked and hanged until two o'clock. (Hermione did not mention his father at all! Important for later on)
"Hermione?" called Albus as he entered Severus's rooms.
"In here, Uncle Albus," called Draco from Hermione's room. Albus walked in to find Hermione and Draco playing a good ol' game of Speed (the card game).
"Remember our appointment, Hermione?" said Albus as Hermione and Draco started cleaning up.
"Oh yes!" replied Hermione pulling a par of robes over her jeans and tee shirt.
"Where are you going?" asked Draco curiously.
"I am going to visit Hogsmeade to get something for my parents. They are curious about the wizarding world," said Hermione.
"Can I come along?" asked Draco.
"I am truly sorry Draco, but I can not allow that. Your mom is still searching for you, and allowing outside of Hogwarts is very dangerous," replied Albus sorrowfully.
"She is searching for me?" asked Draco confusedly.
"Since your disappearance they have been looking in many places for you. We will soon have to find a way to make you legally a guardian of Severus," said Albus.
"I am ready, Albus. Shall we? Bye Draco, I will be back soon and whip you once again in Speed," said Hermione. Draco just answered to the challenge with his traditional smirk while Albus and Hermione walked away.
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"Uncle Albus?" asked Hermione as they strolled into Hogsmeade.
"Yes, my dear?" inquired Albus as they started walking toward the smaller shops.
"Can we go into that shop?" asked Hermione pointing to a shop named Diamante nel Teppista (Diamond in the Rough) that was slightly shabby and looked uncared for.
"Of course," said Albus and lead her into the shop. As soon as they entered, Hermione immediately knew that this shop was where she would find Draco's present. The shop was much better kept on the inside, and was filled with odds and ends and trinkets and curiosities. As she searched through the wonderful trinkets, she saw a cute little black marble with swirls of white in it.
"Ah...that marble hides more that what it seems," whispered an old man in her ear. Hermione jumped and shrieked.
"Excuse me for not introducing myself; I am the shopkeeper of this humble store. My name is Christian Coulson," said Mister Coulson.
"Hello, I am sorry for yelling. What did you mean by that statement?" asked Hermione curiously staring at the marble. She was smart enough to not touch the marble till she found out about it.
"That marble is one of a kind marble. As soon as it is bought by a person the song in which they think of when they think of the person they bought it for is instantly recorded in it. When they give the marble to that person, whenever the person wishes they will here the song play," said Mister Coulson.
"Wow, how much is it?" asked Hermione instantly picking up the marble.
"For you, it is free. You are destined for greatness, and this marble is just a step to your savior from desperation and to your destiny" said Mister Coulson.
"Hermione, what do you think of this?" asked Albus coming over to Hermione after greeting Mister Coulson.
"I like it!" said Hermione enthusiastically as she admired the green t-shirt that Albus had picked out that said, "Oh, Ah! You wish you were a seeker." Albus nodded and show her the second part of Draco's gift from him. It was a cute little mug that was black with two green dragons facing off, red flames licking the bottom of the cup, and a little spell included to make the cup have a name written on it.
"Look at this" said Albus and tapped the cup with his wand and it turned into a white mug that said Slytherin rule, but if you didn't know that you are dumber then I thought. (That mug is actually exists! But it has my name on it not Draco's! But it doesn't change color and my older sis made it for me!) "Wow that's hilarious! Draco will love it!" said Hermione laughing. Albus nodded and they bought their purchases, Hermione insisting on paying Mister Coulson.
"For your friend closest to your heart, take," said Mister Coulson and pushed Albus and Hermione outside. Hermione opened her palm to see what Mister Coulson gave her and gasped. In her palm laid two necklaces with one necklace having a pendant that was a like the white part of a ying-yang circle, but a black heart instead of a black dot. The other necklace's pendant was exactly the same, except for being black with a white heart.
"Do not lose those necklaces, my dear. They are very valuable," said Albus, internally puzzled why Mister Coulson would give such valuable necklaces to a teenager.
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A/N: That's it, folks!
*Hey, Madame Moony, what's up?*
Hey Draco! Nothing much.
*Cuz I liked this chapter a lot*
Duh, you would. It has you or talked about you almost every single second of it.
*Of course, can't go wrong with that*
Any wayz, Draco would you like to tell the readers my usual plea?
*Sure. Listen up you incompetent fools, review for god's sakes before she gives up on you! Stupid Muggles can't get anything through thei-umph*
Sorry, I had to use some pest control. What he means is that I would love some reviews. Please? REVIEW! (or no more chapters for you!)
~Madame Moony