Chapter 7—Memory, Truce and Cupid
Setting: Grentasia Manor
Hermione was shocked by the ununderstandable action, but she was jolted to reality. She walked down the ornamented stairs and found her mother talking to Narcissa in the lobby.
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Draco walked into Hermione and his room, soon walked out seeing after sending something. He was curious to know that why his mother decided to marry Hermione to him, so he went down the stairs and searched for Narcissa.
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"Excuse me, mum," Hermione said, "Would you kindly take off some time and have a talk with you?" Narcissa didn't seem to be angry, she nodded to Elizabeth and walked into the kitchen. Ellis let Hermione to the garden, it was very beautiful, since it's planted with all kinds of flowers. Morning glories, roses, lilies, and so much more. Hermione was stunned by this amazing sight. Her mother seemed to notice this, so she started the conversation.
"When I was young," Ellis started, "I use to walk in this garden all the time in during the summer. I planted a lot of flowers, due to the need for Herbology and my self interest. I watched them grow, just like a proud mother when I had you. I water them, I fertilize them, each summer when I came back home, the first things I was eager to see was my flowers. I was very naïve, of course, not knowing anything.
"One day, my thought was never on the flowers anymore. I am forced to marry to a guy I didn't love, that was your father. I was a very pretty girl in my teenage, so I was admired by some boy in Merfalias. I did have a very good friend who understands me, or a boyfriend if you want to recall it. He was very kind and gentle, and he loved me very much. But one day, when he was supposed to meet me to see some shows, he was late. In fact, he didn't even come at all. So I went to his dorm, and found him……"
Hermione knew what her mother meant, the boy she was talking about had betrayed her mother. She was very surprised that her mother knew what she was going to ask. She found a drop of tear running down her mother's cheek, she shifted her attention to Ellis once again.
"Of course, I was very sad when he betrayed me. But soon, the sadness became sympathy, he needs his own life, it wasn't controlled by me. So I left him, not bothering to find another mate. I was married to your father. At first sight, I did think he was handsome, and he was indeed handsome, but I did not had love for him. He didn't complain, he just listened to every word I said. My heart was touched by him, and soon we got to know each other. He had a lot of things in common with me, I seemed to be more comfortable when I spoke to him than speaking to the boy who betrayed me before I found out. Our understand soon became love, and we did love passionately for each other. And soon, we were two proud parents of a baby girl, guess who it is?"
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Draco listened to his mother closely, he was very attracted to this story. Narcissa paused momentarily, then soon continued.
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"Me…" Hermione answered, she was very startle when she heard this story. She never knew that her mother had that much secrets she never knew, and she never understand. But another question came out from the brightest witch in Hogwarts, "But why do I need to marry Mal-Draco at the first place?"
"I was really hoping that you wouldn't ask this question. Anyway, I had to marry your father, because you might already guessed, we needed to continue the family generations. But after I had you, I wasn't able to give birth anymore, because of apparent reasons of my body, so we had to give you to some of our alliance.
"I think you already know that Narcissa's virgin last name was Black? Harry had probably told you this and you might have probably known since you were at the Order for a summer of time. Narcissa's parent got killed by Voldemort, since they were both brilliant Aurors, but she managed to survive. Narcissa's house was very far away from Sirius's, and she was only sixteen when this incident happened. Our family was very rich, as you know and she was my closest friend. Of course, we lend a helping hand to her, so she could survive till she gets a good family. She and I lived together, our friendship was even stronger.
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Draco was about to ask a question, but her mother started again.
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"You are probably curious about why am I telling you these, you will find out. You weren't exactly pretty when you were born, but you are certainly gorgeous right now. So I was afraid that I might not be able to find a family for you. By then, Narcissa was already married to Lucius. The Malfoys was an alliance of ours, so we are bonded to each other a lot. Since we had lend Narcissa money, she owes us. So my father decided to marry you to her newly born son, Draco.
"We have talked a lot, the whole point I am trying to say is that you should give Draco a chance, maybe you will eventually discover the goods in each other. It's almost lunch time, let's go."
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Draco finished hearing this word without an interruption. He decided to have a new start. So he walked upstairs to Hermione and his room, found Hermione dressed in a pink pajama and covered with a blanket on the bed. She turned toward Draco as he walked in.
"Draco-", "Hermione-". They both said at the same time.
"Look, I'm sorry that I.. I kissed you without your permission. Let forget the past, let's have a new start, like , a truce." Draco said, a bit embarrassed.
"I was about to say that, too." Hermione replied, "My name is Hermione Gran-Grentesia, what's yours?" Hermione smiled as she said this, but definitely not used to the new last name.
"Je'mapelle Draco Malfoy," Draco said in French, meaning "my name is".
"EnChante." Hermione replied in French, meaning "nice to meet you". Even though the sunlight had not fall, the couple had fall deep asleep. Hermione didn't let Draco to sleep on the couch anymore, so Draco moved up to the bed. Of course, they still didn't have love for each other, but there wall had cracked and Cupid is coming soon.