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Stranger at my Door
Chapter thirteen
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
"We will not fail you, Master. Especially now that we have her father," a familiar voice spoke. He was in a black robe, with a hood covering his face. It was no question who he was talking to. It was Voldemort.
"Good," Voldemort hissed. "And the others?"
"Where she goes, they will follow. There is no need to worry, My Lord," the voice assured him. "Good," Voldemort repeated.
~~*~*~*~*
Hermione woke up with a start. 'I must've fallen asleep,' she thought. What was that about? She wasn't the one that was supposed to have the dreams, that was Harry! She had no doubt over what they were talking about. They were talking about getting Harry. But the question was: Was that just a regular dream? Or did it mean something? Not that she believed in any of that psychic rubbish but-
"If it meant something, I suppose my father-" she didn't even finish her sentence before she ran out of her room and down the stairs. She almost ran into Draco on her way to the kitchen.
Ignoring the dirty looks he gave her, Hermione continued past him and to the kitchen doorway where she stopped. Her dad was sitting there talking to her mom. She sighed with relief. She was so happy about her dad being there that she didn't really notice the looks her parents were giving her. Not until it was too late to turn around and run, pretending she was never there.
~*~*~
Draco got up and made his way to the kitchen, limping down the stairs. He felt dizzy and was rather scared that he might have a concussion. 'All the better,' he thought to himself as he walked (or limped) into the kitchen.
"Or dear!" Mari cried out when he entered the room, "What happened?"
Dan eyed him worriedly but did not make a move to get up. Mari gently touched the back of his head and he winced. "What happened, Draco?" she asked him in a soothing voice.
Before he started his story, though, he put on a frightened face. "She's evil! A witch! I'm telling you the truth! A witch," he pretended to rant. Mari's face paled. "She-she- attacked me! I didn't do anything! All of a sudden I was flying into a wall!"
His knees gave out and Mari helped him stand, bringing him to a chair. Draco summoned tears and cried as he continued, "She went crazy. She was pointing a stick at me and- and- she held me in the air. It felt like someone was choking me! She's evil!"
Mari, trying to get her posture back, said, "Draco-"
"You probably think I'm crazy," Draco said, smiling slightly, "And maybe I am! What was I thinking? It must all me in my head... I've gone mad.. Mad..." he continued muttering to himself and bit and Mari glanced worriedly at Dan.
"Draco...sweetheart, we don't think you're crazy. Do we Dan?"
"Of course not," he answered gruffly, but honestly. It wasn't going to say anything now, not after all he went through to get his wife back, but Hermione was going to pay for this. Damaging someone so valuable. Was she insane?
"Draco dear, why don't you go lay on the couch for a bit?" Mari told Draco in the form of a question yet wanting a certain answer. Draco muttered sure, knowing that nodding his head would make him so dizzy he's fall out of his chair. With some effort, he made his way across the kitchen.
"What are we going to do, Dan?" Mari asked her husband worriedly, "Do you think he's telling the truth?"
"Yes," he answered in a voice that was shaky with anger. "He wouldn't lie. That's below him."
"You act as if you know him," Mari said. Shaking her head she changed the subject back to the one that it should be on. "What should we do? We can't just leave her up there. But we can't just tell her that what she did was bad."
"She should be punished. We haven't done that enough raising her. She needs to learn the limits," Dan told her, after he calmed enough to sound like it was the most obvious thing to do, yet not sounding angry enough to make her think of HOW he would punish her.
Mari, slumped over a little in her chair, her head drooping, and agreed, "For once, you're right. I hate to admit that maybe my daughter isn't the angel we think she is....."
Dan knelt next to her chair and embraced her, "It's okay, love. You didn't know."
When they looked up Hermione was standing in the doorway, looking relieved. But in a second her eyes went from relief to fear.
~*~*~
"I told her she couldn't go," Mari told her husband, looking almost sad.
Dan nodded in acknowledgement. "Good," he said, with no emotion on his face. He didn't want to talk about this anymore. It was dangerous ground.
"She's really upset," his wife pressed. His temper started but he calmed himself before he did something stupid.
"No matter how much she bitches and moans, she's not going to get her way! Not this time. She needs to learn who's in control here," Dan's voice gradually got louder and louder until he was yelling. He took a deep breath to control himself. This never happened for IT happened. He always had control over his temper.
"Well, Dan, who IS in control? Is it you? Or is it both of us?" Mari asked, her voice giving away the anger hidden behind it. Dan knew better than to try to talk to her when she got like this.
He waited about five minutes then took Mari's hand in his and said in a quiet, soothing voice, "I'm sorry, love." When she didn't respond in any way he tried again, "How about I take you out to a nice dinner?"
"Daniel Granger, if you think bribing me with food is going to work- !"
"It's not a bribe," he smiled slyly, "Don't you remember what today is?"
Mari gasped. "Oh Dan! How could I have forgotten?" Mari cried and threw her arms around him.
"Happy Anniversary, darling," Dan whispered into her hair. They broke apart and started discussing the dinner plans when Draco walked in.....
~*~*~*~
"Hermione," her mother started curtly, "What did you think you were doing, attacking a harmless boy like him? Do you know how much trouble you're in right now, young lady?"
Hermione stared at her with wide eyes. HE TOLD HER?! she thought furiously to herself. She stopped worrying about her mother's wrath, though, when she glanced at her dad. Her mother continued her scolding but Hermione didn't hear her as she watched her father. His eyes were lit with a furious flame and when he didn't say anything she started getting scared. She'd rather have him yell and scream at her now than let it build up and explode later when she didn't expect it.
Mari paused for a second to catch her breath as an owl flew through the window and dropped a letter on the table. Hermione cautiously picked it up and read it:
Miss Hermione Granger:
We have detected un-authorized magic usage in your home and are sorry to inform you that if it happens again you will be expelled from Hogwarts. Please owl if there is a problem.
Minerva McGonagall
Head Mistress
Hermione paled and held it out for her mother to read it. Mari sighed, "Hermione, I was thinking of punishing you, but due to the fact that this may very well bring your chances of Head Girl down, I think it's enough of a punishment."
Dan's eyes flashed dangerously but Hermione ran out of the room before he could do anything. She bolted out of the kitchen and to her room, not even closing her door behind her. Franticly she started going through her dresser looking for her diary. On the front was a picture of her, Ron, and Harry, which she'd taped over the original muggle boy band (A/N- [shudders] lol) picture. She held back her tears as she wrote everything that seemed to be going wrong. Not to mention the fear she had from her suddenly changed father.
Hermione looked up to see Pig still flapping around the room. Suddenly she had an idea. Ron and Harry could come and get her. They could save her!
In an instant Hermione was at her desk and reaching for her parchment.
Ron,
My dad's been acting strange lately and he seems really mad right now... I know, he's never hit me before but I think he might do something after what I did. Please come get me!
Hermione glanced slightly at her door when she head footsteps on the stairs. She quickly started writing again:
Please hurry though. I think he's coming! I love-
Her head whipped around quickly when she heard someone behind her. Just in time for Dan's fist to collide with her cheek. She knocked into her desk, spilling her ink all over, some of it getting on the letter.
Pig, somehow sensing that something was wrong, took the letter and flew out her window with all he was worth.
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A/N- WOO HOO! That was one of my longest chapters yet! I think........ [shrugs] whatever, I'm happy! I was more reviews than I thought possible! [does little dance] Go me. go me. lol. Thank you everyone!
Thank you's :
Kyra Potter: They should calm down a little shouldn't they? Hmm... I'll look into that... Oh and thank you so so so so much!
Hestia: I agree, but if everything was all fine and dandy what fun would that be?
Draco lover: Poor Draco will have to survive. Well, he's not supposed to be using his wand anyway, but since when do Malfoys follow the rules? Is this long enough? I tried! Thanks!
sweet_tessi_girl@hotmail.com: I'll try to have it out soon! Really? I actually never thought so but I thought- what the heck, might as well try!
JA: I will! Glad you like it!
Dragon Guardian of the Sea: 911! 911! Please find this girl! We've lost her! This is the one where Draco's the "exchange" student, remember? With Hermione's muggle friend Brandee and stuff? Hope that helped find you! I've been reading your stories, I really have! If I haven't reviewed, sorry, but I thought I did....hmm... I'll make sure to review next time!
Dragon Girl: Thank you, thank you!
Dracoluva99: Hope this chapter was up to your standards... Golly they're high aren't they? I hope I can oblige (I can't spell).... Okay, I don't even know what that means and I'm just kidding.... Can you tell I'm dead tired? THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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Stranger at my Door
Chapter thirteen
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
"We will not fail you, Master. Especially now that we have her father," a familiar voice spoke. He was in a black robe, with a hood covering his face. It was no question who he was talking to. It was Voldemort.
"Good," Voldemort hissed. "And the others?"
"Where she goes, they will follow. There is no need to worry, My Lord," the voice assured him. "Good," Voldemort repeated.
~~*~*~*~*
Hermione woke up with a start. 'I must've fallen asleep,' she thought. What was that about? She wasn't the one that was supposed to have the dreams, that was Harry! She had no doubt over what they were talking about. They were talking about getting Harry. But the question was: Was that just a regular dream? Or did it mean something? Not that she believed in any of that psychic rubbish but-
"If it meant something, I suppose my father-" she didn't even finish her sentence before she ran out of her room and down the stairs. She almost ran into Draco on her way to the kitchen.
Ignoring the dirty looks he gave her, Hermione continued past him and to the kitchen doorway where she stopped. Her dad was sitting there talking to her mom. She sighed with relief. She was so happy about her dad being there that she didn't really notice the looks her parents were giving her. Not until it was too late to turn around and run, pretending she was never there.
~*~*~
Draco got up and made his way to the kitchen, limping down the stairs. He felt dizzy and was rather scared that he might have a concussion. 'All the better,' he thought to himself as he walked (or limped) into the kitchen.
"Or dear!" Mari cried out when he entered the room, "What happened?"
Dan eyed him worriedly but did not make a move to get up. Mari gently touched the back of his head and he winced. "What happened, Draco?" she asked him in a soothing voice.
Before he started his story, though, he put on a frightened face. "She's evil! A witch! I'm telling you the truth! A witch," he pretended to rant. Mari's face paled. "She-she- attacked me! I didn't do anything! All of a sudden I was flying into a wall!"
His knees gave out and Mari helped him stand, bringing him to a chair. Draco summoned tears and cried as he continued, "She went crazy. She was pointing a stick at me and- and- she held me in the air. It felt like someone was choking me! She's evil!"
Mari, trying to get her posture back, said, "Draco-"
"You probably think I'm crazy," Draco said, smiling slightly, "And maybe I am! What was I thinking? It must all me in my head... I've gone mad.. Mad..." he continued muttering to himself and bit and Mari glanced worriedly at Dan.
"Draco...sweetheart, we don't think you're crazy. Do we Dan?"
"Of course not," he answered gruffly, but honestly. It wasn't going to say anything now, not after all he went through to get his wife back, but Hermione was going to pay for this. Damaging someone so valuable. Was she insane?
"Draco dear, why don't you go lay on the couch for a bit?" Mari told Draco in the form of a question yet wanting a certain answer. Draco muttered sure, knowing that nodding his head would make him so dizzy he's fall out of his chair. With some effort, he made his way across the kitchen.
"What are we going to do, Dan?" Mari asked her husband worriedly, "Do you think he's telling the truth?"
"Yes," he answered in a voice that was shaky with anger. "He wouldn't lie. That's below him."
"You act as if you know him," Mari said. Shaking her head she changed the subject back to the one that it should be on. "What should we do? We can't just leave her up there. But we can't just tell her that what she did was bad."
"She should be punished. We haven't done that enough raising her. She needs to learn the limits," Dan told her, after he calmed enough to sound like it was the most obvious thing to do, yet not sounding angry enough to make her think of HOW he would punish her.
Mari, slumped over a little in her chair, her head drooping, and agreed, "For once, you're right. I hate to admit that maybe my daughter isn't the angel we think she is....."
Dan knelt next to her chair and embraced her, "It's okay, love. You didn't know."
When they looked up Hermione was standing in the doorway, looking relieved. But in a second her eyes went from relief to fear.
~*~*~
"I told her she couldn't go," Mari told her husband, looking almost sad.
Dan nodded in acknowledgement. "Good," he said, with no emotion on his face. He didn't want to talk about this anymore. It was dangerous ground.
"She's really upset," his wife pressed. His temper started but he calmed himself before he did something stupid.
"No matter how much she bitches and moans, she's not going to get her way! Not this time. She needs to learn who's in control here," Dan's voice gradually got louder and louder until he was yelling. He took a deep breath to control himself. This never happened for IT happened. He always had control over his temper.
"Well, Dan, who IS in control? Is it you? Or is it both of us?" Mari asked, her voice giving away the anger hidden behind it. Dan knew better than to try to talk to her when she got like this.
He waited about five minutes then took Mari's hand in his and said in a quiet, soothing voice, "I'm sorry, love." When she didn't respond in any way he tried again, "How about I take you out to a nice dinner?"
"Daniel Granger, if you think bribing me with food is going to work- !"
"It's not a bribe," he smiled slyly, "Don't you remember what today is?"
Mari gasped. "Oh Dan! How could I have forgotten?" Mari cried and threw her arms around him.
"Happy Anniversary, darling," Dan whispered into her hair. They broke apart and started discussing the dinner plans when Draco walked in.....
~*~*~*~
"Hermione," her mother started curtly, "What did you think you were doing, attacking a harmless boy like him? Do you know how much trouble you're in right now, young lady?"
Hermione stared at her with wide eyes. HE TOLD HER?! she thought furiously to herself. She stopped worrying about her mother's wrath, though, when she glanced at her dad. Her mother continued her scolding but Hermione didn't hear her as she watched her father. His eyes were lit with a furious flame and when he didn't say anything she started getting scared. She'd rather have him yell and scream at her now than let it build up and explode later when she didn't expect it.
Mari paused for a second to catch her breath as an owl flew through the window and dropped a letter on the table. Hermione cautiously picked it up and read it:
Miss Hermione Granger:
We have detected un-authorized magic usage in your home and are sorry to inform you that if it happens again you will be expelled from Hogwarts. Please owl if there is a problem.
Minerva McGonagall
Head Mistress
Hermione paled and held it out for her mother to read it. Mari sighed, "Hermione, I was thinking of punishing you, but due to the fact that this may very well bring your chances of Head Girl down, I think it's enough of a punishment."
Dan's eyes flashed dangerously but Hermione ran out of the room before he could do anything. She bolted out of the kitchen and to her room, not even closing her door behind her. Franticly she started going through her dresser looking for her diary. On the front was a picture of her, Ron, and Harry, which she'd taped over the original muggle boy band (A/N- [shudders] lol) picture. She held back her tears as she wrote everything that seemed to be going wrong. Not to mention the fear she had from her suddenly changed father.
Hermione looked up to see Pig still flapping around the room. Suddenly she had an idea. Ron and Harry could come and get her. They could save her!
In an instant Hermione was at her desk and reaching for her parchment.
Ron,
My dad's been acting strange lately and he seems really mad right now... I know, he's never hit me before but I think he might do something after what I did. Please come get me!
Hermione glanced slightly at her door when she head footsteps on the stairs. She quickly started writing again:
Please hurry though. I think he's coming! I love-
Her head whipped around quickly when she heard someone behind her. Just in time for Dan's fist to collide with her cheek. She knocked into her desk, spilling her ink all over, some of it getting on the letter.
Pig, somehow sensing that something was wrong, took the letter and flew out her window with all he was worth.
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A/N- WOO HOO! That was one of my longest chapters yet! I think........ [shrugs] whatever, I'm happy! I was more reviews than I thought possible! [does little dance] Go me. go me. lol. Thank you everyone!
Thank you's :
Kyra Potter: They should calm down a little shouldn't they? Hmm... I'll look into that... Oh and thank you so so so so much!
Hestia: I agree, but if everything was all fine and dandy what fun would that be?
Draco lover: Poor Draco will have to survive. Well, he's not supposed to be using his wand anyway, but since when do Malfoys follow the rules? Is this long enough? I tried! Thanks!
sweet_tessi_girl@hotmail.com: I'll try to have it out soon! Really? I actually never thought so but I thought- what the heck, might as well try!
JA: I will! Glad you like it!
Dragon Guardian of the Sea: 911! 911! Please find this girl! We've lost her! This is the one where Draco's the "exchange" student, remember? With Hermione's muggle friend Brandee and stuff? Hope that helped find you! I've been reading your stories, I really have! If I haven't reviewed, sorry, but I thought I did....hmm... I'll make sure to review next time!
Dragon Girl: Thank you, thank you!
Dracoluva99: Hope this chapter was up to your standards... Golly they're high aren't they? I hope I can oblige (I can't spell).... Okay, I don't even know what that means and I'm just kidding.... Can you tell I'm dead tired? THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Draco'sAmericanGirl: Eek! ALWAYS? Doesn't that really suck?! I'll try to have the next chapter up soon and hopefully by then you won't be in trouble!
Lizzypotter13:Wow! I have talent! Woohoo! Thank you sooooo much! You are now like my favorite reviewer! Lol. Just playing guys, I love you all! Thanks again!
HpFre4k: Thanks, I will ASAP!