A/N: thanks a bunch for all of those who have reviewed. I would have thanked you all individually, but then it would take even longer to get this one out, and I didn't want that. So, just thank you.
This probably isn't the best chapter, but it took me forever to get it through, I believe I was suffering from a little writers block, but here it is.
I also noticed that the chapter breaks are missing the font that was supposed to separate them. Well, I'm trying something new, hopefully It works.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, besides Emma and Carrington, and the plot. and that also goes for the last chapter, since I forgot to put one of these in the last chapter.
Hermione's POV:
The rest of the week flew by, and before I knew it, Emma and I were waiting in the common room for Draco, so we could head to St. Mungo's.
Emma was ecstatic, she could not wait to go and visit the hospital, or more like anywhere else that was magical and not the school. She wanted to see the 'outside world', or at least that was how she put it
Already she was in love with Quidditch, watching Harry and Ron, or Draco and Blaise practice anytime that I would take her out to the Pitch.
She already had Draco read her Quidditch Through the Ages to her for a bed time story, claiming that the seeker is her favorite player, 'because the game counts on them, whether they catch the Snitch or not.'
She was also in love with Potions, claiming that 'potions is the only class that I can not understand' and she loved learning difficult courses.
Soon I was pulled away from my thoughts as Emma started to pull my sleeve.
"Mione, why do I have to wear these?" she asked referring to the black robes that I bought for her awhile back, but decided that she didn't have to wear them, and kept her in her muggle clothing.
"Because, we are going out into the wizard's world, and I don't want to draw anymore attention to you than I have to." I told her as I picked her up and settled her on my hip.
"Ok" she sighed, "but there so itchy." she continued to complain.
"I know sweetheart, but you will be able to change out of them in a bit, I promise." I told her, as the portrait swung open, to reveal a very stressed Draco.
"What the matter?" I asked, as I saw the distress in his eyes.
"What....." he said, as he came out of a trance like state. "nothing, it's just..... I feel so guilty about what happened to them, I mean, what if Tonny hates me."
"She won't hate you." I said, as I put Emma down, and she ran and wrapped her little arms around Draco's legs. "My parents died because of me, but Emma still loves me. Carrington will be glad that you are coming to visit her." I told him, as he picked Emma up.
"I guess." he said, still a little down, "well, let's go." and with that, he turned around and started to walk out of the castle, towards Hogmedge
"How are we getting there again." I questioned, as I ran slightly to catch up with his long strides.
"We are going to the Three Broomstick, and then were going to take the floo network to the Hospital." he said.
"But Emma had never used floo power." I told him, starting to pant from having to keep up with his pace.
"Well, there's a first time for everything." he said, and continued walking.
Half an hour later we arrived at the fireplace, as Draco stepped into it, holding an intrigued Emma in his arms. "St. Mungo's" he stated clearly, disappearing in a cloud of green smoke.
Soon I followed, falling from the fireplace, while most gracefully onto my bum.
"Mione, that was so much fun!" Emma cried out in joy.
"What?" I questioned, as I saw the look that he was giving to me. "I hate traveling by floo power, so most of the time, I try and avoid it."I told him sheepishly.
"Whatever, let's go"he said, as he helped me off of my bum, and over to the elevators to floor three.
As we got off at the floor aforementioned, he walked down the hallway to a set of doors that were heavily protected, for there were locks, as well as magic to keep anyone from going in, or from coming out.
After a few swishes with his wand, we entered the room, and saw two beds, one with a pale women, and the other one with a young girl.
"Mother" Draco whispered, as he crossed the room to her bed.
He sat by her side, whispering into her ear, telling her stories. Emma and I sat on a bench across from them, not wanting to intrude.
As time went by, with Draco still talking softly to his mother, when Carrington awoke with a cry.
"Tonny," Draco breathed, barely saying her name.
"Ceo." she said, starting to cry, "Is it really you?"
"Yes, it is." he said, as he walked away from his mother, over to her bedside.
As Carrington and Draco met after the traumatic event, the reunion was a tearful and special one.
"I'm so sorry, Tonny, it was all my fault." Draco said, as he hugged her, cradling her in his arms.
"No, Draco, it's daddy fault." she said, holding onto him like her life depended on it.
"Well, I'm gonna make sure that he never touches you again." he said, starting to cry a little.
"Emma, lets go and find something to eat." I said to her, as I picked her up, and we left the room, giving Draco and Carrington some time alone.
We went down to the canteen, and I bought Emma and myself something to eat.
After half an hour, me and Emma made our way back to the room, to see Draco and Carrington sitting on the bench that we once occupied, and talking small talk.
"Hermione, Emma, this is Carrington. Tonny, this is Hermione, and her little sister Emma." Draco said, as he noticed that we entered the room again.
"Hi Carrington." I said, as I went and sat next to her on the bench, with Emma crawling up onto my lap.
Carrington is a pretty girl. She had long, curly hair, that was almost white, and a heart shaped face, with high cheekbones, and fine features. But what draws the attention the most is her eyes, which were big, and a clear blue, that were holding the expression of so much pain and sorrow.
"Hi" she said shyly. As she crawled up next to Draco.
"Tonny, why don't you go and show Emma some of your toys." she said, referring to a few of her magical toys that were in the corner, probably brought from her home once she woke up.
"Ok," she said, as she jumped off of the bench, grabbed Emma's hand, and led her to the corner.
"Here, I brought you some lunch." I said, as I gave him a paper bag filled with a couple of sandwiches, fruit, and cookies.
"Thanks," he said, watching the two little ones as he accepted the bag. "She's so scared, she doesn't want to stay here anymore. Said that she doesn't like to be confined to the room, without anyone to talk to."
"Hermione," he said after about fifteen minutes of being quiet, eating his lunch, and watching as the two little ones played and laughed together, "What is this order, the one that is on the light side, against Voldermort?" he asked quietly.
As soon as he said that, my head whipped to the side, and I stared at him with my eyes wide.
"Draco, it's not something to ridicule, it is a serious matter, and it is not a joking matter." I said, thinking that he meant to joke about the order, and belittle it.
"I know, Hermione." he said, as if her were talking to a child. "why do you think I asked about it. So that I can help the good side take down ..... He-who-must-not-be-named." he said, as though he was going to say Voldermort, but after a glance to his sister, he chose not to. "Or at least get some revenge on Lucius." he said that last part under his breath, but still loud enough.
Again, I stared at him in complete shock, for I took his interest the wrong way completely.
"Maybe you should talk to Dumbledore, for not only was I not involved in the order over the summer, he's the one in charge of it.
Oh, not to mention, he has an uncanny ability to read people." I said, with a hint of a smile on my face.
"That is true." he said, and then left it there, finishing of his lunch.
"Tonny, Emma, why don't we go for a walk." I suggested ,to give some time to Draco alone with his mother.
"Ok," they both said, excited to go and explore the hospital.
"Well then, let's go." I said, as I grabbed two outstretched hands and led them out of the heavily protected room.
"Mione, can we go to the canteen?" Emma asked, "I want something to drink."
"Me too," Carrington called out after her.
"Alright, lets go." I said, as we went done to the canteen and had a snack of apple juice and carrots.
As soon as we were done with our snacks, we just sat there, talking.
"Mione, when are we going to go, I'm tired." Emma whined, seeing as it was a little past her nap time, and I had to wake her up early, to come to the hospital.
"Soon, baby, soon." I said, as I was watching her eyes start to droop, showing her exhaustion. "Come here," I said, as she came and sat in my lap, curling up and falling asleep right away.
"So, Carrington, do you know if your going to stay here, or come back to Hogwarts with Draco?" I asked
"I don't know, hopefully, I wanna stay with my mommy, but I know that she is ok here, because Ceo is doing all that he can." she said, as she stared at her hands, that were folded in her hands. "But I miss Ceo, and I don't wanna stay here alone anymore." she said, tears starting to well in her eyes.
"Come here," I said, as she also got off of her chair, and crawled into my lap, and cried on my shoulder, "I'm sure Draco will let you come with us." I whispered, as she too fell asleep in my arms, crying herself to sleep.
As I sat there, with two sleeping girls on my lap, I just sat there, thinking. About an hour later, Draco came to the canteen, and sat at the table, taking Carrington into his arms.
"Have they been asleep for long?" he asked quietly, smoothing hair out of Carrington's face.
"About an hour," I told him, shifting Emma in my lap, so I could get feeling back into my arms. "Are you gonna keep her here, or bring her back to school?" I asked, wondering if he was going to leave her here. "she really wants to be with you"
"Yeah, I know that." he whispered, "I'm gonna bring her with, leaving her here would be a good idea, but I know she will be safe at Hogwarts.
Come on, lets go back, I locked up my mum's door, and I had all of Carrington's stuff sent to Hogwarts." and with that, he stood up, and we walked to the elevator and went to the ground floor.
As we walked to the fireplace, I just stood there, not knowing what to do.
"Here, hand her to me." Draco said, seeing the distress on my face.
"No, you already have Carrington." I told him, yet he still managed to take a still sleeping Emma into his arms.
"It's not a problem, just throw some powder into the fireplace, and it will be fine." he said, stepping into the green smoke after the floo was into the fireplace.
As soon as he disappeared, I followed shortly after, and landed on my bum again, this time covered in soot that was at the bottom of the grate.
"Just great." I said, as I stood up, and wiped away most of it, but not able to get away the blackened dust.
I heard light snickering, and turned and saw Draco trying to hide his laughter, and not doing a good job at it.
"Quiet you" I said, transferring Emma from his arms to mine, as we left the Three Broomsticks, and made the trek back towards Hogwarts.
----------------------------------
As soon as we arrived back in the common room, Carrington's belonging's were packed in the corner of the room. But as soon as we entered, a door appeared at the top of the stairs, next to Draco's, with Carrington's name on it.
Soon the door flew open, and all of Carrington's belonging's were lifted and placed in her room, quickly and safely.
"I do believe that Dumbledore now know's that she's here." I said, as we ascended the stairs and walked to Carrington's room.
After they were both placed in there bed, and after I changed Carrington and Emma into there pajama's, I grabbed my favorite Muggle book, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and headed down to the common room, and snuggled up on the sofa, in front of the fire.
"Hermione, can you watch Tonny for me for a bit, I have something to attend to." Draco said, as he walked toward the door.
"Sure." I said, but was only answered by the slamming of the door.
After an hour of reading, Emma came down the stairs, wiping her sleepy eyes.
"Hi sweetheart." I said, as I placed my book down, and wrapped my arms around her as she crawled up into my lap. "How are you feeling?" I asked as I noticed she still looked a little tired.
"My head hurts, and so does my tummy." she said, as I felt her head, and she was burning up.
"Just lay here, and I'll be right back." I said, as I laid her on the sofa, and ran up the stairs, and grabbed a cold washcloth to lay on her burning forehead.
I also grabbed a bottle of children's liquid medicine from my room, and walked down to the common room, and found Emma laying on the couch, with Carrington at the end of her feet, as they were talking.
"Here, Emma, take this," I said, as I had Emma sit up as she took the dose of her medicine, and had her lay back down, placing the washcloth over her head.
As the girls started talking again, I sat by Emma's head and started to read my book again, absentmindedly playing with Emma hair.
"Mione, were did Ceo go?" Carrington said, as I looked up from my book and looked over at her.
"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure he shoud be back soon." I said, as I heard the portairt open. "As a matter of fact," I said, as I pointed to the door "There he is."
Draco entered the room, with a blank expression on his face, not conveying any of his thoughts, or clues of to where he had gone to.
"Ceo, where did you go?" Carrington asked, as she got up and ran to hug him.
"I had to take care of something, Tonny, don't worry about it." he said, as she picked her up, and walked over to the sofa, were she was sitting before, and sat down with her in his lap.
"Emma, what the matter?" Draco asked, as he saw the washcloth covering her forehead, and the pained expression upon her face.
"I have a tummy ache, an my head hurts" she said, as she burrowed further into the couch.
"How about we go and get some dinner?" he said, as it was already seven o'clock.
"Ok, lets go." Carrington said, as she jumped off of Draco's lap, and ran toward the door, trying to tug it open.
"Hermione, are you two coming?" he asked, as he walked to Carrington, and picked her up.
"Umm, I don't believe so." I said, and looked at Emma, "sweetie, are you hungry?" I asked her.
She only shook her head
"Nope, were going to stay here." I told him, as I leaned back down into the overstuffed sofa.
"Ok, I hope you feel better, Emma." and with that, he opened the door, and walked out of the room.
"Mione, can were watch a movie?" Emma asked, as she looked up at me from her spot were she was laying.
"Of course," I said, as I conjured up a big TV, and started her favorite movie, Beauty and the Beast.
As she was watching the movie, I shifted her around a bit, so that I was laying beneath her, as she layed atop of me, as we watched the movie together.
Half way through the movie, Draco and Carrington arrived back, with a plate of food for Emma and myself, with the explanation of 'if you get hungry later' and then they sat down on the opposite couch, to watch the rest of the movie.
When the movie was done, emma's fever had gone down, but she was still a bit sick.
"Mione, can we watch another movie" Emma asked, as she looked up at me with tired eyes.
"Sure, what do you wanna watch this time?" I asked, as I looked down at her.
"Um, how about........Mulan." she said, as she looked back at the TV, waiting for the movie to start.
As the movie was halfway through, she fell asleep, as it was past her bed time.
As I started to get up, to place her in her bad, Draco stood up and wordlessly took her for me.
After he came back down, I thanked him, and then we finished the movie, Carrington falling asleep soon after the movie was over.
"What is this called?" he asked, as he pointed toward the television set.
"It's a television, or a TV. Most Muggles us it as a for of entertainment, to past time, or get rid of boredom."
"So....I went and saw Dumbledore today, you know about the order." Draco said, about ten minutes later, quietly. "He said that he knew what happened over the summer,and that it would take a lot for work to convince people that I have changed, but it could be done. I told him everything that I knew from what Lucius had taught me, including places that I had know were the Dark Lord had been staying, a few of the undercover death eaters that often would come to the manor, and also a few plans that I knew of, and hadn't been carried out yet. He also told me exactly what the mission of the order was, and how I could help, but first he wanted to get approval from the rest of the members. I told him about the attack, in more detail then what he knew. I also told him how I just want to protect my mum and sister from Lucius, and from further situtions that I cannot control."
"That's great." I said, as I walked over to the plate of food sitting on one of the desks, and started to eat the chicken after I said a little heating spell. "Now all you have to do is wait." I said.
Which is probably the hardest part." he whispered under his breath, which I barley caught.
"Don't worry about, Dumbledore accepts you, and everyone in the order will accept you, not only because you have changed, but because they will see that Dumbledore is right." I told him, as I magiced my finished plate away.
"Well, I'm gonna head to bed." I said, as I looked at the clock and saw that I was already ten o'clock, and when the day was long and busy, ten o'clock seems like forever. "Goodnight" I said, as I walked up the stairs, and took a quick shower, getting rid of soot that I felt had covered me from head to toe, even though there was none there.
As I crawled into bed fifteen minutes later, I fell into a deep sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow, but certainly not a dreamless one.
A/N: I know, how bad is it to not update in like, a months time. I didn't give up on this, that for sure. I could blame it on school, but since that doesn't start for another two months or so, that not the problem. It would be the job, the one that has me working five days a week. I'll try and update more often, but if I do, then they might be shorter. So, we'll see what happened.
Also, in order to get it up fast, I only did one quick read through, and might not of caught all of the errors, my apologies if any got through.