Chapter 30: Secrets to be Revealed
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The next morning, Hermione awoke early with a feeling of happiness. She then remembered what happened yesterday. She jumped into a shower with a smile. She put on he school uniform and grabbed her bag. By the time she was ready to go to breakfast most of the Gryffindor tower was stirring. She headed to the Great Hall and sat down.
She helped herself to six pancakes, six blueberry muffins, scrambled eggs with strawberry jam and a couple of pieces of watermelon. A pair of hands covered her eyes
"Guess who" She heard from behind her.
"Hmm, your hands are smooth and soft and your voice is just so sexy, is it Ron?" she joked, knowing that it was Draco. The hands moved away from her eyes. She turned around and saw him, standing behind her with a big smile.
"How is it that you eat so much and look so little? I still don't get it" he said as he sat next to her. The hall was empty besides them, but there was food on all of the tables.
"Shut up!" she laughed "And how are you this morning?" she said as she leant in and pecked him on the lips.
"Now is that any way to kiss? Let me show you how it's done" He pulled her in for a passionate kiss, but they heard footsteps a few minutes into the kiss. They quickly pulled away. "Meet me at the same place as yesterday after you finish dinner"
"Hmm, I don't know, I was thinking about looking for another boyfriend, you just don't wan to spend time with me or anything" she joked.
"I have quidditch practice after lunch, if you show up I'll take my top off" he said lovingly. She looked up at him as he walked away from her.
He sat across from her at the other side of the room. The two began to eat as more students came into the room.
After about fifteen minutes, practically everyone was in the hall, joking or eating with friends.
"Hey Hermione" She heard from behind her. Hermione turned to find herself face to face with Harry. "Can we talk?"
"Yeah! Sure" she quickly got up and grabbed her stuff. They made their way to the Transfiguration room, which was their first class of the day, which they shared with the Slytherins.
"Hermione, should I call you that or Emma?" Harry began
"Hermione is fine. It has been my entire life." She tried to laugh, but it was hard in her situation.
"OK. Hermione. I'm sorry about the way I acted yesterday. It was drastic and I dramatic, and I didn't even give you a chance to talk or defend yourself or anything. It's just that that news isn't something that I expected one of my best friends to say and-"
"It's OK. You actually took it better than I did, but you, Ron, Zambini, and Draco are the only people who know that Hermione Granger is actually Emma Ruby Rald Riddle, so I would truly appreciate it if this wasn't discussed outside of the five of us."
"Sure" he said in a soft, understanding voice. "Um, can I talk to you about something?"
"Shoot"
"Um, yesterday I saw you with Malfoy and-"
"Harry, I told you already, the dumbass hates me and the only reason why he goes near me anymore is so he can spy on me for my father." She lied. It hurt her so much to say that.
"Really? I mean, you would never go out with him or anything. Or even kiss him?"
"No, not like he would want to anymo-"
"Cut the bull shit Hermione. I saw you two yesterday"
"Were you spying on me?"
"No. I was looking for you so I could apologize, but now you're lying to my face."
"Harry, you don't understand. If Voldemort found out about us, he would kill Draco. And I can't control the way that I feel. It's like with you, Ron, and me but different. I can't explain it, but it has to be kept a secret." He turned away from her "Please"
"Fine, but you have to promise to be honest with me and Ron. I'm getting tired of your lies." She put her arms around Harry and hugged him. He turned around and wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry Harry" She whispered.
"It's OK" he whispered back. They let go of each other and some of the students began to come into the classroom.
I watched as Harry and Hermione walked out of the room. Satisfied with the way everything was going, I helped myself to another couple of helpings of French toast and pancakes. As I looked up into the sky, I saw Pig looking for someone, WITH THE LETTER STILL TIED TO HIS LEG! I stared up angrily at him until he flew down next to me.
"Pig! You were supposed to mail this last night!" The letter wasn't really important, but it was something that they needed to tell her.
'I'll just tell Harry before he does anything stupid.' He thought to himself.
(A/N WOW that part was pointless, but we felt like writing it so deal with the fact that you just wasted your life reading it...PS that was Ron's POV if you're too stupid to realize)
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(Draco's POV)
I mad my way to the Slytherin table, making sure to sit directly across from her. I saw Potter walk over to her and the two walked away. I knew I shouldn't have, but I got up and quietly followed her. Potter had hurt her enough already, and even though I knew that she could fight her own battles, and I knew, I wanted to make sure that she would be OK. I stepped out into the hallway, but they were gone. I then remembered that we had transfiguration first period and made my way to the classroom.
"Cut the bull shit Hermione. I saw you two yesterday"
"Were you spying on me?"
"No. I was looking for you so I could apologize, but now you're lying to my face."
"Harry, you don't understand. If Voldemort found out about us, he would kill Draco. And I can't control the way that I feel. It's like with you, Ron, and me but different. I can't explain it, but it has to be kept a secret." He turned away from her "Please"
"Fine, but you have to promise to be honest with me and Ron. I'm getting tired of your lies." She put her arms around Harry and hugged him. He turned around and wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry Harry" She whispered.
"It's OK" he whispered back.
I smiled to myself.
'She really does love me' I thought to myself. Did I just say love?
As I thought about it, I realized that not only was she right that the Dark Lord would kill me, but he would also do something to her if he found out. If anything ever happened to her because of me, I would never forgive myself. I noticed some other students coming toward the classroom. As soon as they were close enough so I could enter the room without her knowing that I had been there listening, I stepped into the classroom, not looking at either Gryffindor.
Fudge's POV
I decided to go to the Great Hall a little early, to see of there was any activity there, or hopefully gossip. I had sent a letter to Weatherby earlier today telling him what I had found out so far, besides what sort of protection would be needed and where.
As I came near the double doors, I heard two voices.
"How is it that you eat so much and look so little? I still don't get it" a boy said. I looked around the doors as he sat next to her. The hall was empty besides them, but there was food on all of the tables.
Shut up!" she laughed "And how are you this morning?" she said as she leant in and pecked him on the lips.
"Now is that any way to kiss? Let me show you how it's done" He pulled her in for a passionate kiss, but they heard footsteps a few minutes into the kiss. They quickly pulled away. "Meet me at the same place as yesterday after you finish dinner"
"Hmm, I don't know, I was thinking about looking for another boyfriend, you just don't wan to spend time with me or anything" she joked.
"I have quidditch practice after lunch, if you show up I'll take my top off" he said lovingly. She looked up at him as he walked away from her.
He sat across from her at the other side of the room. The two began to eat as more students came into the room.
I stepped in and looked at the two. Then, Harry Potter walked over to the girl and I then identified her, AS HERMIONE GRANGER! He said something to her and the two left the room. I turned to Malfoy and saw him silently get up and follow them.
'Something is going on' I thought to myself. I quickly excused myself and followed the three teenagers. By the time I found them, it was fifteen minutes into the first class. I sat down in the back of the class and watched the three throughout the whole double period.
The day went on like this. I would go to the classes they had and sat in the back, observing the classes and watching the three and the youngest Weasley boy, who would have given me hints by his actions or something as well because he was Potter's sidekick.
By the end of the day, I saw nothing out of the ordinary except for a few glances between the four students. By dinner, I was about to give up, thinking that it was just a fling, the two smartest students attracted by their intelligence or something, no matter the blood, BUT WAIT! This was a Malfoy! He wouldn't even give her a second thought if she weren't pureblood!
And then it hit me. There was an adoption found out about over the summer! And Hermione changed drastically over the summer (A/N: Yeah, he knows about her life as E.R.), and changed her name to E.R.!!! The real name of the person who was adopted was Emma Ruby Rald Riddle, or something like that. E.R.! I decided to look deeper into it. Maybe our little muggle-born was really a pureblood. That would change everything!
I quickly stood up and went to my private living quarters to write to Weatherby to find out more about the adoption and to find out about the parents.
As soon as I sent the owl off, I decided to take a walk on the Quidditch pitch for some fresh air and to see if any of the teams were practicing.
Nobody's POV
Hermione and Draco were under the bleachers when Fudge came by. None of them noticed, though.
"C'MON GUYS! We have to get ready for the first game!" they all heard Harry shout.
Hermione and Draco quickly looked up from under the bleachers and saw the whole Gryffindor quidditch team and a few people who were there to try out for the open positions.
"I didn't know they'd be here now!" Hermione whispered.
"What do you suppose we do?" Draco asked. Fudge was sitting a few rows above the seats they were under and heard them.
"How about I say that I want to try out for a position and cause a large distraction. You'll run away when they're all trying to help me, or something. If anyone sees you, which noone will except for maybe Ron or Harry, then I'll just say that you were delivering message. Nobody will think otherwise, but Harry and Ron will interrogate me later, probably thinking that you were giving me a message from my father. They would never want to think about me kissing you, you should have heard them when they found out about me kissing you-re friend, Vicktor Krum" She said, making a 'save' and reminding Draco about the beach if he did catch her slip. They kissed and Hermione made her way around the bleachers looking nervous.
Draco watched her as she said something to Potter. He lent her his broom. She kicked off, looking nervous, but after a while she got used to it. Everyone was watching her.
'Wow, you really can learn how to fly from reading, unless you're afraid of heights' he thought. 'Now's my chance'. Draco quickly got up and ran towards the castle, Fudge following him with his eyes.