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Bulgarian Blunders

By, Rogue Wingweaver

Chapter 6

Female Rivalry

After her talk with Viktor, Hermione needed to take a walk and think about what she had just been told. As she walked through the house she came down a hallway she hadn't been through yet. The walls were covered in pictures of the Krum family. They moved around, some were speaking to each other and others just solemnly stared at her as she passed. One picture caught her eye and she stopped. It was a picture of Viktor, he was probably around seven and his brother was standing a bit taller beside him. They both looked happy as they waved at her. She thought back to what Viktor had told her about Anthony and she was suddenly overcome with sadness. Why had he gone down the wrong road? She could tell that thinking about it still her Viktor. The wound had not healed completely and it probably never would. Viktor's brother reminded her so much of Malfoy, the way Viktor had explained him made the hair on her neck stand up. Why did people like Malfoy and Anthony need to exist? All they were good for was to bring heartache and problems.

After wandering through the house she ended up back in her room. Outside her door, there was someone waiting for her. Hermione had no idea how long Miquain had waiting outside her room or what the hell she was there for.

"Can I help you with something?" Hermione asked in a strained tone. She didn't have any patience for this woman and she blamed her for half of the heartache that Viktor had had to endure. This woman was no more than a stranger to her and she wanted nothing to do with her. Miquain answered in a very sure voice,

"I have some things I want to discuss with you. Can we go in your room? This might take a while."

As much as Hermione wanted to say no, something made her agree to talk.

"Sure, come in." She said. "What is it that you want to discuss?"

"I know you and I did not have the best meeting but I want to defend myself before you hate me without knowing all the facts."

"I had no idea that someone would be here with Viktor when I came. If I had known I was barging in on something I probably would have rethought my plans. So first off I would like to apologize."

Hermione could not believe what was happening. What was this woman thinking, apologizing to her? Did she really think that she could just say she was sorry and they would instantly become best friends? Miquain continued and Hermione was torn from her thoughts.

"I know that telling you I am sorry is not going to fix everything but this is where I chose to start. I don't know how much you know about my past with Viktor but a lot of it is more complicated than it sounds. I am not here to explain everything to you. I just want you to know that I am not planning to ruin Viktor's life and I know that must be what you are thinking. You must hate me. I came in and ruined your time with him and if I were you I would hate me too. I am very accustomed to being hated by others but that means nothing to you and has nothing to do with this conversation. I just wanted to make sure you knew that I don't even know you and you have nothing to do with my business with Viktor. Now that I am here I have to do what I came for. I am sorry that you had to be a part of this." Miquain took a deep breath before she continued.

"You seem like an intelligent young woman and I hope that we can try and be mature about all of this. I have spoken a lot, is there anything you want to say to this?" She asked.

Hermione wanted to respond but for once she had no idea how. What was she supposed to say to this woman? Her mind was such a jumble. She finally forced herself to say,

"What is it that you are getting at? I am not sure what it is that you are saying."

"I am not going to beat around the bush, I came here to ask Viktor to take me back. I still plan on doing this, I haven't changed my mind. Like I said, I am sorry that you will be left alone but I hadn't planed on him having another girl."

At hearing this, Hermione's anger finally snapped into action. Her eyes were flaring and she could feel her heart beat faster.

"Are you saying that you expected him to still be pinning for you, after what you did to him?" She yelled.

"No." Miquain said, raising her voice at the attack. "But I didn't think he would be so desperate that he would be with someone like you, after he had been with me. Things must have been getting really bad if he would resort being with a little mudblood like you." Miquain smirked at this, knowing she had done some damage.

Miquain started to walk out of the room but then turned around

"Oh, to finish what I wanted to say, I am getting Viktor back so don't even try to stop me. If you do, you are far less intelligent that I thought you were." At this, she turned around and left. The last thing that was heard was the door slamming.