Chapter Forty Three: Who's Who?
They pulled away, and looked into each other's eyes.
"We had better get in, they'll be unmasking soon." Draco said rubbing her cheek with his thumb.
"hmm." She nodded and leaned into the touch.
Draco smirked and removed his hand bringing it down to her hands. He stood up first and helped her to her feet.
"I guess your right." She smiled and they walked in, Draco's arm around her waist and Hermione's hand in his other hand.
*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*
"Attention everyone!" Dumbledore announced the second the two entered the hall.
They maneuvered between the frozen bodies, over to where Hanna and Tom were.
"Did we miss anything?" Draco asked.
"Not yet." Hanna said, apparently excited.
Hermione smiled, and looked up to Dumbledore.
"..Ball to of which our head boy and girl need to be thanked for once we recognize them, but first, and most importantly and my favorite part, the unmasking!" people made lots of noise at this, some even moved to leave the hall, stopped by the fact that all the doors were closed and sealed. "We shall have a count down to prepare you all for some shocks that may occur, we start at TEN"
With a flick of his wand, a blue and elegant number '10' appeared above his head.
"Well,?" he asked, "What are you all waiting for!"
"Ten!" the hall shouted, the number changed to a nine, Hermione could have laughed her head off, "Nine!" they continued.
Draco leaned into her ear as the hall chanted 'Eight!' "I love you," she smiled and leaned on him.
"I love you too," she whispered as the hall said 'Seven!'
"Six!" people started to get anxious.
"Five," Courage regained, some of the chanters lost.
"Four." Quicker now.
"Three." Couples became closer.
"Two." Dumbledore raised his wand.
"ONE!" and everyone's masks vanished.
Draco took Hermione's face in his hands, as he kissed her.
Pulling apart they looked over the damage.
Harry was with Ginny, much to his shock. Hermione giggled a bit. Dean was with Pansy, and they saw her look over and smile, even wave.
That caught Dean's attention. Who looked over, and went extremely pale.
After all, Hermione was being held in a very possessive way by Draco Malfoy. Others in the hall, who were looking over the damage stopped on the foursome. Mainly Malfoy and Granger.
Blaise and many other Slytherins were furious. With the exception of Pansy, who had the entire dance to let the idea sink in.
"well, now, I believe our dance is over, sad to say" Dumbledore started up again, "All to bed where you may rest your feet!"
And the hall started to be emptied.
"I can't find Ron," Hermione was saying to Draco.
"You go find him, we'll head up to the tower." Draco whispered, "Unless you want me to come along?"
"No, you go up, I'll be fine." He glanced into her eyes with the look that asked, 'you sure?' "I told you I'm a big girl, I handle any mishaps that might occur, go on." And she pushed his towards the others.
And she set off into the halls to find her red headed comrade.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Come on, while Draco isn't around," Blaise whispered to a group of Slytherins. Pansy included.
They followed the head girl from the hall.
Pansy had a really bad feeling, which was why she was tagging along.
*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Granger!" She was down a weird hall way that she Harry and Ron often used for an escape route from the hall. She turned to she four Slytherins, Blaise, Pansy, and the two oafs.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Yeah, Granger, you hit me this morning, and you were with Malfoy during the dance, I have no clue what you did to him, but its stopping now!" he pulled out his wand and pointed it at her.
"Would you like points taken Zambini?" she asked nicly, "If not, please put your wand away. First of all I never saw you this morning, I was all over the castle looking for my sister, she might have slapped you, but not I."
"It was you, I know how filth looks like." He spit.
The two goons had also brought out their wands, Hermione looked over and pansy and told her, with out words. ' I know your not in this,' Pansy nodded quickly.
Hermione was relieved. But Blaise wasn't through. "Even if that wasn't you Granger, I saw how you Have Draco hanging all over you! I can't forgive you for spelling my best friend out of his mind."
That was the last straw apparently, as he lifted his wand and cried "CURCIO!"
Hermione looked him in the eyes as the curse caressed her body flying off behind her as if it hadn't recognized a being there.
"You!" he growled.
"That will be enough," she said, in a deadly quiet voice, reaching her hand up to her heart, she held it there long enough four the main colors of each house to shine.
"And what did that do!?" he laughed and prepared another curse,
"Expelliarmus!" four voices cried.
His wand and the two goons went flying. Pansy's stayed in her hand.
"Pansy wasn't attacking me." She explained as the four shadows took form.
Draco Malfoy glared at his fellow house mate, and turned to Hermione, "You called?"
"He cast curtacious Draco, get Snape." With a quick glace he looked over at Ron, "Mind getting him, I'm not leaving her."
Ron nodded and headed off to the dungeons.
"I see you found him before I did," she smiled.
Pansy cast a spell for ropes and tied up the three.
"He was already up at the tower, we were about to call you when you called us." He put his arm around her. "Pansy, thanks." He said sincerely to the girl present. She nodded.
"I think we had better get Dumbledore as well," Hanna suggested.
"Tom, you go, Hanna Stay, we need to keep majority." Hermione decided.
Tom nodded and went off in the opposite direction from Ron.
"What's Going on Draco?" Blaise demanded. "Why are you helping a Mudblood? What if I told your father?" he smirked evilly.
"Don't make hallow threats, Blaise, their degrading." Draco said coldly.
"Hallow?" Blaise whispered, "I'm deadly serious."
"However, Mr. Zambini, considering what must be done, you wont remember enough to send any messages." Snape said darkly coming up with Ron behind him, and Kat beside him, "You shouldn't have attacked Ms. Granger with an unforgivable, or else I wouldn't have to erase your memory so that you can remain at the school, if you had done anything else, your threat would be valid." Snape stood by the boy.
"Tom has been sent to fetch the headmaster," Hermione notified the potions master.
"Very good, Can one of you take Ms. Douglas up to her rooms?" Snape asked, Hanna nodded. "Very well, hurry up now."
"that girl!" Blaise said shocked,
"My sister, my 'twin' sister," Hermione stated, " Kathleen Douglas."
Blaise looked like he had seen a ghost.
"What might I ask is the problem Severus?" Dumbledore appeared, Tom at his side.
"Mr. Zambini here, Cast the curtacious in hopes of attacking Ms. Granger." He said easily.
"Ms. Granger, did you?" The headmaster asked the girl.
"Yes, Headmaster, as a defense only sir. Past that I used no magic on them." She said easily.
"Who used magic on him?" he asked out loud. Everyone but Hermione, Snape and the three on the floor, raised their hands.
"Han to sir." Tom said, "But she obviously has been sent somewhere."
"I see, Well, considering the circumstances don't want to be repeated, Mr. Zambini, I'll have to modify your memory from the second our countdown reached one, until now. Ms. Granger, Please take your court and leave up to your rooms, having you around once this is complete, might cause questions."
Hermione nodded, and signaled everyone to follow her.
Pansy regarded the group oddly, Did the head master just call them her 'court'? "Sir?" she asked.
"Ms. Parkinson, I expect you to get your three comrades down to your common room once I'm done, tomorrow you may talk to Mr. Malfoy." He said kindly as if he could read minds.
"Of course sir."
And the headmaster and Snape both cast 'Obliviate.'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hermione, are you sure your fine?" Draco asked for the tenth time, once they had reached the tower.
Hermione looked at Draco, with worry in her eyes, "I'm fine, I have my perception magic, Draco, I can handle myself in such situations."
"But if he had cast the killing curse!" she could tell he was beating himself up over this.
"Draco," she touched his cheek, "I know you can't help but worry, but I'm fine, look at me," she spun around on the tips of her toes and landed flatfooted. "See?"
He put his arms around her, "Don't scare me like that ever again," she remembered what he had just said to her, about holding her.
"Draco," she put her arms around him and held him close, he looked up at her, and she was smiling the most pure smile he had ever seen.
He wanted to kiss it, to taste its purity, so he did.
When they separated he whispered, "You mean the world to me,"
And it was answered my cat calls and whistles from their audience.
"About TIME!" Hanna shouted.
The two blushed, and smiled at each other.
Hermione leaned into his ear, "I have something to tell you," she whispered.
And they walked off to her room, with a 'we'll be right back' so that no one got any bad ideas.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"What is it?" he asked as they sat on her bed together.
She touched her necklace, and indicated the orb, "Remember when we had dragons in COMC?"
"How could I forget? Snape and riding on the dragons, plus the detentions!"
"Well, remember the crystalline dragon?"
"Yes," he was regarded her oddly.
"He's right here." She tapped the small multi colored clear stone that had formed on her necklace.
"What do you mean?" he took her hands.
"I'm a dragon keeper, so I get a Dragon," she shrugged, "And it's all thanks to you that I'm a keeper." She tapped his nose, "As a dragon who gave me this dragon," she tapped her pendant, "You qualified me."
"well, why didn't you tell me sooner?" He looked hurt.
"He didn't want me to, he asked for some time." She indicated the dragon in her necklace. "Harry has the Devil in his hidden necklace." She added.
"well, you have the better of the two," he smiled, and kissed her hand, "thanks for telling me."
"Draco, Tell me, how long have you wanted to kiss me?" she asked slyly.
"Since I realized how much you mean to me, which would be after your nightmare." He kissed her forehead. "Don't worry, I won't kiss you this much in public."
"Of course you wont." She stood up, " The others might be making up stories now. We also need to get my friends home."
"What about Kat?" Draco Asked, taking to his feet.
"Could your parents watch over her during the weekdays?" Hermione asked.
"Of course," He smiled, "I'm sure they would love to, if only for you."
"Good," Hermione sighed, "She would die if she couldn't go to school."
"Like a certain bookworm I know?" he kissed her forehead.
"Come on, before they really do get any ideas!" and they left her room.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN:
Ok the last part here you go. I added some since it was too short with just the last part in it.
I hope you enjoy!
Review!
RelenaS
They pulled away, and looked into each other's eyes.
"We had better get in, they'll be unmasking soon." Draco said rubbing her cheek with his thumb.
"hmm." She nodded and leaned into the touch.
Draco smirked and removed his hand bringing it down to her hands. He stood up first and helped her to her feet.
"I guess your right." She smiled and they walked in, Draco's arm around her waist and Hermione's hand in his other hand.
*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*
"Attention everyone!" Dumbledore announced the second the two entered the hall.
They maneuvered between the frozen bodies, over to where Hanna and Tom were.
"Did we miss anything?" Draco asked.
"Not yet." Hanna said, apparently excited.
Hermione smiled, and looked up to Dumbledore.
"..Ball to of which our head boy and girl need to be thanked for once we recognize them, but first, and most importantly and my favorite part, the unmasking!" people made lots of noise at this, some even moved to leave the hall, stopped by the fact that all the doors were closed and sealed. "We shall have a count down to prepare you all for some shocks that may occur, we start at TEN"
With a flick of his wand, a blue and elegant number '10' appeared above his head.
"Well,?" he asked, "What are you all waiting for!"
"Ten!" the hall shouted, the number changed to a nine, Hermione could have laughed her head off, "Nine!" they continued.
Draco leaned into her ear as the hall chanted 'Eight!' "I love you," she smiled and leaned on him.
"I love you too," she whispered as the hall said 'Seven!'
"Six!" people started to get anxious.
"Five," Courage regained, some of the chanters lost.
"Four." Quicker now.
"Three." Couples became closer.
"Two." Dumbledore raised his wand.
"ONE!" and everyone's masks vanished.
Draco took Hermione's face in his hands, as he kissed her.
Pulling apart they looked over the damage.
Harry was with Ginny, much to his shock. Hermione giggled a bit. Dean was with Pansy, and they saw her look over and smile, even wave.
That caught Dean's attention. Who looked over, and went extremely pale.
After all, Hermione was being held in a very possessive way by Draco Malfoy. Others in the hall, who were looking over the damage stopped on the foursome. Mainly Malfoy and Granger.
Blaise and many other Slytherins were furious. With the exception of Pansy, who had the entire dance to let the idea sink in.
"well, now, I believe our dance is over, sad to say" Dumbledore started up again, "All to bed where you may rest your feet!"
And the hall started to be emptied.
"I can't find Ron," Hermione was saying to Draco.
"You go find him, we'll head up to the tower." Draco whispered, "Unless you want me to come along?"
"No, you go up, I'll be fine." He glanced into her eyes with the look that asked, 'you sure?' "I told you I'm a big girl, I handle any mishaps that might occur, go on." And she pushed his towards the others.
And she set off into the halls to find her red headed comrade.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Come on, while Draco isn't around," Blaise whispered to a group of Slytherins. Pansy included.
They followed the head girl from the hall.
Pansy had a really bad feeling, which was why she was tagging along.
*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Granger!" She was down a weird hall way that she Harry and Ron often used for an escape route from the hall. She turned to she four Slytherins, Blaise, Pansy, and the two oafs.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Yeah, Granger, you hit me this morning, and you were with Malfoy during the dance, I have no clue what you did to him, but its stopping now!" he pulled out his wand and pointed it at her.
"Would you like points taken Zambini?" she asked nicly, "If not, please put your wand away. First of all I never saw you this morning, I was all over the castle looking for my sister, she might have slapped you, but not I."
"It was you, I know how filth looks like." He spit.
The two goons had also brought out their wands, Hermione looked over and pansy and told her, with out words. ' I know your not in this,' Pansy nodded quickly.
Hermione was relieved. But Blaise wasn't through. "Even if that wasn't you Granger, I saw how you Have Draco hanging all over you! I can't forgive you for spelling my best friend out of his mind."
That was the last straw apparently, as he lifted his wand and cried "CURCIO!"
Hermione looked him in the eyes as the curse caressed her body flying off behind her as if it hadn't recognized a being there.
"You!" he growled.
"That will be enough," she said, in a deadly quiet voice, reaching her hand up to her heart, she held it there long enough four the main colors of each house to shine.
"And what did that do!?" he laughed and prepared another curse,
"Expelliarmus!" four voices cried.
His wand and the two goons went flying. Pansy's stayed in her hand.
"Pansy wasn't attacking me." She explained as the four shadows took form.
Draco Malfoy glared at his fellow house mate, and turned to Hermione, "You called?"
"He cast curtacious Draco, get Snape." With a quick glace he looked over at Ron, "Mind getting him, I'm not leaving her."
Ron nodded and headed off to the dungeons.
"I see you found him before I did," she smiled.
Pansy cast a spell for ropes and tied up the three.
"He was already up at the tower, we were about to call you when you called us." He put his arm around her. "Pansy, thanks." He said sincerely to the girl present. She nodded.
"I think we had better get Dumbledore as well," Hanna suggested.
"Tom, you go, Hanna Stay, we need to keep majority." Hermione decided.
Tom nodded and went off in the opposite direction from Ron.
"What's Going on Draco?" Blaise demanded. "Why are you helping a Mudblood? What if I told your father?" he smirked evilly.
"Don't make hallow threats, Blaise, their degrading." Draco said coldly.
"Hallow?" Blaise whispered, "I'm deadly serious."
"However, Mr. Zambini, considering what must be done, you wont remember enough to send any messages." Snape said darkly coming up with Ron behind him, and Kat beside him, "You shouldn't have attacked Ms. Granger with an unforgivable, or else I wouldn't have to erase your memory so that you can remain at the school, if you had done anything else, your threat would be valid." Snape stood by the boy.
"Tom has been sent to fetch the headmaster," Hermione notified the potions master.
"Very good, Can one of you take Ms. Douglas up to her rooms?" Snape asked, Hanna nodded. "Very well, hurry up now."
"that girl!" Blaise said shocked,
"My sister, my 'twin' sister," Hermione stated, " Kathleen Douglas."
Blaise looked like he had seen a ghost.
"What might I ask is the problem Severus?" Dumbledore appeared, Tom at his side.
"Mr. Zambini here, Cast the curtacious in hopes of attacking Ms. Granger." He said easily.
"Ms. Granger, did you?" The headmaster asked the girl.
"Yes, Headmaster, as a defense only sir. Past that I used no magic on them." She said easily.
"Who used magic on him?" he asked out loud. Everyone but Hermione, Snape and the three on the floor, raised their hands.
"Han to sir." Tom said, "But she obviously has been sent somewhere."
"I see, Well, considering the circumstances don't want to be repeated, Mr. Zambini, I'll have to modify your memory from the second our countdown reached one, until now. Ms. Granger, Please take your court and leave up to your rooms, having you around once this is complete, might cause questions."
Hermione nodded, and signaled everyone to follow her.
Pansy regarded the group oddly, Did the head master just call them her 'court'? "Sir?" she asked.
"Ms. Parkinson, I expect you to get your three comrades down to your common room once I'm done, tomorrow you may talk to Mr. Malfoy." He said kindly as if he could read minds.
"Of course sir."
And the headmaster and Snape both cast 'Obliviate.'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hermione, are you sure your fine?" Draco asked for the tenth time, once they had reached the tower.
Hermione looked at Draco, with worry in her eyes, "I'm fine, I have my perception magic, Draco, I can handle myself in such situations."
"But if he had cast the killing curse!" she could tell he was beating himself up over this.
"Draco," she touched his cheek, "I know you can't help but worry, but I'm fine, look at me," she spun around on the tips of her toes and landed flatfooted. "See?"
He put his arms around her, "Don't scare me like that ever again," she remembered what he had just said to her, about holding her.
"Draco," she put her arms around him and held him close, he looked up at her, and she was smiling the most pure smile he had ever seen.
He wanted to kiss it, to taste its purity, so he did.
When they separated he whispered, "You mean the world to me,"
And it was answered my cat calls and whistles from their audience.
"About TIME!" Hanna shouted.
The two blushed, and smiled at each other.
Hermione leaned into his ear, "I have something to tell you," she whispered.
And they walked off to her room, with a 'we'll be right back' so that no one got any bad ideas.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"What is it?" he asked as they sat on her bed together.
She touched her necklace, and indicated the orb, "Remember when we had dragons in COMC?"
"How could I forget? Snape and riding on the dragons, plus the detentions!"
"Well, remember the crystalline dragon?"
"Yes," he was regarded her oddly.
"He's right here." She tapped the small multi colored clear stone that had formed on her necklace.
"What do you mean?" he took her hands.
"I'm a dragon keeper, so I get a Dragon," she shrugged, "And it's all thanks to you that I'm a keeper." She tapped his nose, "As a dragon who gave me this dragon," she tapped her pendant, "You qualified me."
"well, why didn't you tell me sooner?" He looked hurt.
"He didn't want me to, he asked for some time." She indicated the dragon in her necklace. "Harry has the Devil in his hidden necklace." She added.
"well, you have the better of the two," he smiled, and kissed her hand, "thanks for telling me."
"Draco, Tell me, how long have you wanted to kiss me?" she asked slyly.
"Since I realized how much you mean to me, which would be after your nightmare." He kissed her forehead. "Don't worry, I won't kiss you this much in public."
"Of course you wont." She stood up, " The others might be making up stories now. We also need to get my friends home."
"What about Kat?" Draco Asked, taking to his feet.
"Could your parents watch over her during the weekdays?" Hermione asked.
"Of course," He smiled, "I'm sure they would love to, if only for you."
"Good," Hermione sighed, "She would die if she couldn't go to school."
"Like a certain bookworm I know?" he kissed her forehead.
"Come on, before they really do get any ideas!" and they left her room.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN:
Ok the last part here you go. I added some since it was too short with just the last part in it.
I hope you enjoy!
Review!
RelenaS