dazzler aka Nicole: I would have sent you the beginning for this but I was going to put it out on the net sooner then you thought so yeah haha. P.S. I am very attracted to braces for some odd reason.
Eminem-Chick2: Well Harry told him what to do and he just went along with it because Hermione's life was at stake.
Disclaimer: I own nothing...but Draco! He's all mine! We can share, just not too much, because he's all mine. As you can see, this person is a crazy person. Don't go near her.
A/N: I was listening to music when I started writing this and I couldn't think of a title. The music I was listening to happened to be Katy Rose and the song was 'Original Skin'. And it just happened to be a coincidence that Hermione had never really shed her original skin so that's why that is the title. Happy reading!
Prologue
Hermione Granger woke up to Gisela Granger and Delaney Grendell laughing. Hermione opened her eyes and saw her 15 year old sister and the 17 year old squib sitting on the floor trying to put make up on each other with their eyes closed.
"What the bloody hell are you doing?" Hermione asked looking at her alarm clock. It was four in the morning and still dark out.
"Playing our new game, blind make up." Gisela said. She opened her eyes and it looked like she was a clown. Delaney looked like she had just dunked her head in a barrel full of lipstick.
"Oh. My. God." Hermione said. "Is that my make up, Gisela?"
"No, its mine. All of yours is still in their packages. Your saving it for school so you can turn on Draco, remember?"
"I didn't say that. Have you guys gotten any sleep?" Delaney laughed.
"No, but you were out at 8 last night."
"It was 11 smart one."
"No, it was 8."
"Go back to sleep, Hermione. Draco's coming over for dinner tonight, remember?" Gisela said. Hermione bolted up and sat up straight. Delaney hit Gisela in the arm. "Just kidding. Go back to sleep." Hermione caught her breath and lay back down.
"Mum and Dad would never let him come to dinner. They hate Draco." Hermione whispered looked at the clock. The minutes ticked away before she finally fell back asleep.
Hermione woke up at 10 and saw Gisela and Delaney sleeping on the floor. She got out of bed and went to her bathroom. She put her hands on the rim of the sink and looked at her face. It was greasy from her summer job at McDonalds. She desperately needed to find a better job. Hermione turned on the water and put her hands under it. She rubbed her face. Moisture felt good.
She opened the mirror/cabinet and saw a knife that she used to use to cut herself. Those were dark days. She looked at her birth control pills. Draco had come over often when her parents weren't there. Then her make up. Maura Farrell and Amy Brooker had given most of it to her when she had started to change. But somehow she felt different when she was back home. She didn't have the need to feel sexy or say swears.
Hermione took a shower and got dressed in a mini jean cut off skirt. She wore a black tank top and a pink checkered shirt. She pulled her hair back into a messy bun and went downstairs to see her mother and father already dressed in nice clothes and drinking coffee.
"Hello, Hermione." Her mother said. Hermione went into the cabinets and got her favorite box of cereal out.
"Morning, mum." Her mother looked at her outfit.
"You're a little underdressed for the day." Hermione looked at her outfit and then her mom.
"What are you talking about? Everyone is being so strange today." Hermione said.
"Gisela didn't tell you? Oh, well, Draco is taking you out to dinner tonight. Actually he wants to take us all out to dinner with his mother, but first he is coming here to pick you up and go downtown. He's coming in a half an hour." Hermione's mother didn't look happy nor sad about this.
Hermione put the cereal box down and blinked. She turned around and went back up to her room. She hadn't seen Draco in almost a month. What was so important though? Draco had never taken Hermione out to dinner or downtown. She opened her closet and started pulling down shirts and throwing them on the floor. One hit Delaney in the face.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Why didn't you tell me Draco was coming?" Hermione asked pulled out a pink shirt that was off the shoulder and had horizontal white lines. She threw it on her bed.
"Because it was supposed to be a surprise." Delaney sat up and caught the pair of pants that Hermione threw at her. It was much too hot for pants. "Who told you, anyway?"
"My mum." She pulled out a pair of white capris.
"Why don't you just wear that skirt?"
"It would make me look trashy." Hermione said. She changed into her clothes and leaped over Gisela into the bathroom. She put on some perfume that smelt like coconut. She took out her hair and drew it back into a ponytail. Hermione went into her closet once more and found a pair of white shoes without the backs.
She rushed down the stairs and grabbed her purse just as Draco knocked on the door. Hermione opened the door and saw Draco. He smiled. "Bye mum and dad." Hermione went outside.
Draco walked Hermione to his new Lexus. He opened the door and shut it once she got in. Hermione looked around. It smelt new. Hanging from the mirror was a string of beads that said "Draco and Hermione". It was childish but cute.
Draco got into the car and grabbed Hermione's hand. He looked at her and then kissed her. He slid his tongue into her mouth and started to lean on her. She giggled. Hermione had forgotten how passionate he was when he kissed her. He pulled away.
"All is fair in love and magic." Hermione said. She burst out laughing. Draco smiled and buckled up. He pulled out of the Granger's drive way and drove down the street.
"What have you been doing lately?" Draco asked.
"Nothing, Delaney has been over for the past week because her parents are out of town. What about you? Screwed any prostitutes, lately?"
"Only you," Draco said calmly as he made a turn.
"Well, aren't you quiet? I'm surprised you're not getting excited or anything." Hermione said.
"I just got my license. I'm trying not to screw it up."
"Why do you have a license? Aren't you just going to apparate every where?"
"No, cars can be comfortable at night. If you get my drift." Draco said grinning. Draco sped down a highway.
"I thought we were going downtown." Draco sped up. "Shit, Draco, slow down."
"We're going to London of course."
"Draco, slow down."
"Shut up, Hermione. You're making me nervous." Hermione was quiet the rest of the way. They came to a parking lot in front of a big mall.
"I'm sorry," Draco said.
"It's fine; just don't yell at me again." Hermione looked at him. He leaned in and so did she. Draco kissed her neck and nibbled on her skin. Hermione put her hand on his neck and played with his hair with her other hand. Draco's lips went up to her ear and breathed into it, giving Hermione the chills. She looked out the window and saw visions of kids with Hogwarts robes on getting killed in the street by Death Eaters.
"Holy shit." Hermione said. Draco whipped his head up and looked outside.
"What?" Draco looked back at Hermione.
"Nothing, I thought I saw..." Her sentence never finished.
"Saw what?"
"Nothing. Let's just go." Hermione got out of the car and walked into the mall. Inside she saw many teenagers 13 to 19. Some of them looked at Hermione and started whispering. She guessed some of them were witches and wizards.
"I suspect we're famous." Draco said grabbing her hand and intertwining his fingers with hers. Some older girls came up with permanent markers. They looked at Hermione and then Draco.
"Will you sine our-" Hermione almost choked thinking that they were going to say 'our chest'. "Arms. We heard about you guys saving the whole muggle born universe!"
"Not exactly, we just kinda saved our school. I almost had to die for it and Draco was dead for a few minutes." Hermione said. She took a permanent marker and signed a girl's arm. She looked up and saw that the girl almost looked exactly like Hermione. She blinked.
"My name's Carmen. We all go to Durmstrang. Well we went until last year. I'm Brad's second cousin. I heard that you made out with him." Hermione blushed, biting her lip and looking up at Draco.
"You did, did you?" Hermione said. "Well, it was just a drunken kiss."
Draco and Hermione finally got a moment alone while sitting down for lunch. But Draco kept staring at all the girls passing by.
"Why do you stare at them?" Draco looked at Hermione.
"Older women, Hermione. You've been with older guys. After that whole conversation about you being with Brad, well-"
"Oh shut it, that was last year." Hermione thought about Brad and sighed when she remembered that he wouldn't be there her last year.
Later that night Hermione sat down in front of a table with her sister Gisela and her parents. Draco sat at one end and his mother at the other. It was very quiet.
"So, how are you, Mrs. Malfoy?" Hermione asked.
"Fine and you?"
"Great." Hermione stopped. She looked at Draco and forced a grin. Draco looked confused. Hermione looked at her hands and then out the window of the restaurant. She saw a dead body sliding down the window. She tried to find oxygen to breathe but could. She grabbed Gisela's arm tightly and dug her nails into the other girl's skin.
"Hermione?" Draco asked. Hermione's mother looked at her.
"Hermione, what is wrong?" Jane asked. Hermione's mouth trembled as the body appeared to be Amy. She bit her bottom lip and blinked. There was no body. It was an illusion once again. Hermione breathed and let go of her sister. Hermione got up and went to the bathroom. She turned on the water and ran her hands under it. She rubbed her hands on her face. Hermione looked in the mirror and saw Maura's dead body falling on top of her. She turned around and saw nothing. What was wrong with her?
Jane came in the bathroom and looked at Hermione. "What happened out there, Hermione?"
"You wouldn't understand, mum."
"Tell me, Hermione." Hermione hesitated.
"Everytime I look out a window or a mirror there's always blood and dead bodies, mum. Everything that can show a reflection. It's horrible."
"Calm down, Hermione. Just go back out and order your food." Hermione swallowed and went back out. Draco greeted her and wrapped his arms around her. Narcissa was glaring at the girl as she sat down.
The evening went by quietly. In fact the rest of the summer went by quietly. No phone calls from Draco or letters at that matter. It was probably because of Narcissa. She hated Hermione for what she did to her husband when she was 16. She killed him and was capable of killing many more but it seemed like someone was after her and trying to kill her instead..
Chapter 1
Hermione boarded the train just before it let and found Harry and Ron with Amy and Maura and Ginny. Hermione sat next to Harry.
"Well, who is this sexy little thang?" Amy said.
"Are you talking about me?" Ron said with sarcasm.
"How was your summer?" Maura asked. Hermione had tried not to look into things that could reflect people that rest of the holiday. But it still happened. She shut the door.
"Something's possessing me, you guys." Ginny looked at Maura and tried not to laugh. "It's not funny you guys. Every time I look at something that can reflect someone else, I see you guys dying. When I went to dinner with Draco, I looked out a window and I thought I saw you, Amy. Collapsing on the window all bloodied up. And then when I went into the bathroom, I saw Maura falling on top of me. You looked like you had been slaughtered. But when I turned around, you weren't there."
"Usually this kind of stuff would happen to me." Harry said.
"I was wondering about that, Harry. Do you think Occlumency could help me?"
"Possibly, but we'll just have to wait and see." Maura looked out the window and pulled the curtain over it. Ginny did the same.
Hermione got off the train later on and pushed through the crowd that was surrounding two people. Hermione saw that it was Draco and Blaise Zabini.
"Hey listen, why don't you get out of here so we don't have to deal with all of your crap, Zabini?" Draco shouted.
"Well at least I'm not screwing a mudblood."
"Well at least I'm not screwing a dog!" Blaise pushed Draco and then started punching him in the stomach. Maura saw this, went up to Blaise and pulled him away. Hermione walked up to Draco and pushed him away.
"What is going on, Draco?"
"He was talking about how sorry my dad used to be and how you were a poor excuse for the likes of me. He asked all the rest of the people in my house how I could get to the bottom of the food chain if I was at the top when I first came into this world."
"Don't listen to him, he's just jealous, Draco. He's never been in love. He's never had passionate sex." Draco smiled and so did Hermione.
"What's Maura got to do with him anyway?" Draco asked.
"I have no clue. She seems to be close to him though." Hermione wrapped her arms around his waist.
Right after the ceremony, Hermione went straight to her and Draco's quarters: The head boy and girl dormitories. She entered her room to find a big four poster bed with satin yellow and red sheets. Her stuff was already there and Crookshanks was washing himself. Hermione went to the windows and closed the curtains. She went into the bathroom which had a marble sink and a large mirror above it. Hermione turned around to avoid the reflection. She saw an immense bath tub and on the end of it was a separate shower.
"Well isn't this a cozy space?" Draco said from his room. Hermione went to his room. It was exactly like hers but green and silver.
"Mines cozier." Hermione said. Draco looked at her and smiled. He set his stuff down and went over to Hermione. His arms wrapped around her and pushed her towards the bed.
"You wanna bet yours in cozier?"
"I don't bet, I know it."
"Was that supposed to make sense?" Draco asked. Hermione laughed as she fell on top of the bed with him on her.
"No and yes, I don't bet made sense didn't it?"
"Yeah, but the last part didn't." Draco pressed his lips against hers and then kissed her all over. Hermione giggled.
"Draco, get off." She pushed him off laughing. "Now if you don't mind, I have to go see some of the professors about my problem." She stood up and so did Draco.
"Problem? You of all people have a problem?" Hermione crossed her arms.
"You know that there is something going on. I shouldn't be seeing things."
"Things? Like what? Me?" Hermione rolled her eyes and started to walk out of the room. Draco came up behind her and grabbed her butt.
"Draco!" Hermione yelped. His hands went up to her shoulders and then her neck. He filled the little space between them by bringing Hermione closer. Hermione felt the bulge in his pants and pulled away.
"Please, Hermione." He begged her.
"Please what?"
"Please me. You know what I want." Hermione didn't look back, only smiled.
"No, Draco. This is serious."
"I'm serious too."
"Tonight, maybe." Hermione said and then walked out. She first went to professor Dumbledore. She found him in his office.
"Professor?"
"Hermione, I was wondering when I would see you." He said with a cheery voice. "Sit down. Would you like a cup of tea?"
"No thank you." Hermione said as she sat down. "I'm sure you probably already know about Draco and I, being together and all."
"I know everything, I can see everything." Hermione blushed. "When I want to of course. And I know about your problem, seeing those people dying in front of you. It may be the future or it may be visions of the worst invading your mind."
"Well, I need help as you can see."
"I will have to ask Snape to help you?"
"Well I need help as soon as possible because I'd love to look at my reflection and out the window once in a while."
"You only see the illusions in reflective objects?" Hermione nodded. "Well this is serious. This only happens when you can see the future and can stop it."
Hermione followed Dumbledore down the Professor Snape's class room. Dumbledore raised his hand and opened up the dungeons. Snape was of course mixing something new.
"She needs Occlumency." Snape looked up.
"What kind? Potter's kind?"
"No, she can see it happening in reflections."
"Get Trelawney and Honnete." Hermione's mind was racing. What was going on? Dumbledore left Hermione in the room.
"Come here, Ms. Granger." Hermione walked towards the table he was working at. "Do you know what you are seeing?"
"Of course I do. I'm seeing my best friends dying right there in front of me when I look into something reflective. Dumbledore said I was seeing the future if I didn't stop it from happening."
"No, that's not it. Someone is invading your mind and showing you what they want the future to be. Do you have any idea who this invader could be?"
"No, no idea. Except Voldemort."
"Voldemort wants to get to Potter. Not you. Think," Hermione's mind rewound to the school year before last. Pansy Parkinson would surely try but wouldn't get anywhere. Lavender and Parvati would also get no where. Hermione didn't know.
"I don't know, professor." Dumbledore came in with Trelawney and the new Defense professor. She was aging with brown hair and streaks of white and had a white cloak on unlike all of the professors. Her eyes were like Draco's, but instead of the blue they were more of a purplish color.
"Hermione, my good dear, are you okay." Trelawney asked taking her hand. Hermione pulled her hand away from the professor.
"Does it look like I have a broken bone of some sort?" Hermione snapped. Trelawney stood up straight with shock.
"She has some sort of evil in her, I can sense."
"You must be the evil then because when you came in here, the room got cold." Hermione said.
"That's enough, Hermione." Dumbledore said. She rolled her eyes.
"What do we have here?" The new professor known as Honnete asked.
"Her mind is being invaded and this person is showing her visions of all her friends and loved ones dying whenever she looks into a mirror or window." Snape said. Honnete looked at Hermione calmly.
"Occlumency is in order. But I'm sure that all of us we'll have to be the professors for it."
"What exactly will we be doing?" Hermione asked.
"Teaching you how to put up a wall for this invader." Snape said. Hermione looked over and he brought a mirror over to her. "What do you see in this?" Hermione stared long and hard. There was nothing.
"I don't see anything." He put the mirror down and picked up another one. In this one she saw Harry lying on one of the tables behind her, dead. The skin on his face was burnt and droplets of blood were falling onto the floor. Hermione covered her mouth at the sight and backed up into the table. She turned around and made a sound as if she were going to start to cry. Nothing was there. She regained her breath and turned around.
"This is a far worse case then what I have ever seen. Even after we told her that these are fake things, she still is very troubled about it." Honnete said.
"They look so real. I saw Harry, he was dead and burnt and blood was still coming out like there wasn't-"
"Hermione, calm down." Dumbledore said.
"We will have to begin immediately." Honnete said. "We will start tomorrow. All of us. Until then, Hermione, you will have to stay with me. I will be teaching all of your classes tomorrow." Hermione was wide mouthed.
"What? How can you do that? I have other duties too. I am a head girl."
"We have house elves. Now go and get your stuff. After, go to the Defense room and we will start from there." Hermione couldn't believe this. She went back to her dorm and found Draco sitting on the couch reading a magazine about brooms.
"What's wrong?" He got up and grabbed her by the waist. He pulled her up against his body and started kissing her neck.
"Draco, stop. We can't do this tonight. I have to stay with the Defense professor."
"Honnete? Why?"
"She's helping me with my problem."
"Well she scares people sometimes, so don't let her scare you."
"How do you know?"
"She was my father's mother. She's a widow and decided to take her maiden name instead of still being a Malfoy. My father hated her for that. I'll walk you to her office if you want." Hermione put her head against his chest.
"So if we ever get married, she'll be like some part of my family."
"Yeah, isn't that exciting?" Draco said with sarcasm in his voice.
"Sure," Hermione got her stuff together for that night and Draco walked her down to the office. On the way there they ran into Amy and Maura.
"Where are you going?" Amy asked.
"I have to stay with Draco's grandmother for the night." Amy was open mouthed and shocked. She pointed at Draco.
"Your grandma works here?"
"Unfortunately," Maura smacked Amy's hand down.
"Why?" Maura asked.
"Because of my problem that I told you about before and you laughed. My thoughts are being invaded by someone."
"Oh, well, get better soon. We'll tell Ron and Harry." Hermione and Draco didn't talk the rest of the way. Draco was getting nervous. He knew that his grandmother hated Hermione for killing Lucius and hated him for helping her.
They knocked on the door to the classroom. Honnete opened it and saw Draco. They stared at each other.
"Well, haven't you grown up?"
"You've grown too." Draco said. Hermione tried to ignore the rudeness.
"I didn't realize this was the girl. I should have by your mother's description." Draco rolled his eyes and clenched his teeth.
"My mother's description was farfetched."
"How are you doing, Draco?"
"Fine and you, Norma?"
"Just wonderful. Please, come in and have a cup of tea." They sat down in front of a table opposite of Norma.
"So, Draco, How is life at home?"
"Fine, quiet and peaceful. My life is great at home actually." Hermione knew he was hinting the death of Lucius. "Mother actually wants to get a smaller house. She says the white makes everything to cold looking. Of course the blood stains make it seem colder."
"Draco, why did you do that?"
"He tried to kill me first for loving the person I do."
"And it just happens to be-"
"If you wanna call her bad names, say them when you're alone because I can get you fired for degrading someone."
"Happens to be the person who killed my son and your father."
"I hated my father, Norma."
"Really? I hadn't noticed that already. Do you think that killing him was the right thing to do?"
"I already told you, he tried to kill me first." Draco said through clenched teeth.
"Nevertheless, you killed him. Anyway, let's get down to business." Draco was irritated. "Hermione if you are going to date my grandson here, you have to know five rules. Number one, if you guys are going to do 'it', you have to use birth control. Draco is not responsible for the baby unless she wants to be." Hermione was flushed. "Second, if Draco asks you to marry him, make sure you say yes because he's not the kinda person you wanna say no to. And I'll pay for the whole thing. Third, if you get Draco into trouble, I'm going to have to talk to you. If Draco were to die, I expect you to die for him to save him." Hermione rolled her eyes seeing that she had already been through this. "And last, if you are giving him a bad reputation, keep your love secret."
"I've already been through number 1, 3, 4 and 5. I basically did die for Draco until we used a time turner."
"Oh well, if you're going to get married, ask me first."
"Any how, I am going to invade your thoughts and show you an illusion of Draco dying." Hermione hardly had time to think when she look at a mirror on one of the walls and saw Draco dying before her. Somebody had stabbed him. Pain was crashing down on her body. She got off the bench and fell onto her knees in pain. She closed her eyes and pulled her hair. It felt like a thousand nails slamming into her body. She was on her hands and knees now with tears flooding her eyes in pain.
"Stop!" Hermione screamed. Norma didn't stop. Hermione screamed. She looked up and saw Draco bleeding to death. She closed her eyes and screamed again. "STOP!" Norma still didn't stop. Hermione got back on her knees and felt like lightning kept shocking her. The pain was too much. "STOP!" Hermione's voice was spine chilling.
"Norma, stop!" Draco pleaded. Hermione screamed and tears ran down her face. "Nana, stop!" The pain was gone and Hermione collapsed onto the floor. Draco was standing up and Norma had shed a single tear. Draco got down by Hermione whose breathing was harsh. He held her limp hand.
"What the hell were you trying to do to her?"
"That's what it is going to feel like every time you see one of your loved ones dying. It doesn't hurt as much as when they're already dead. But when they are dying and there's nothing you can do about it, it's going to feel like that. Sorry dear." She picked up a pouch from the table and took some of the sand out of it. She blew it and Hermione felt alive again but tears were still racing down her face.
"It hurt so badly, Draco." She whispered as she wrapped her arms around his neck and cried into his chest.
"I'll leave you two with a moment of your own." Norma got up and went to her living quarters. Draco put Hermione on her knees and hugged her tightly. Draco kissed Hermione's neck. Hermione ran her hands along his back and up to where his hair met his neck.
"I wish I could have you to myself tonight." Draco whispered. "I wish that you didn't have this problem. But it seems that every fairytale has a damsel in distress." Hermione picked her head up and looked at him.
She kissed him lightly before he left her with Norma.
Eminem-Chick2: Well Harry told him what to do and he just went along with it because Hermione's life was at stake.
Disclaimer: I own nothing...but Draco! He's all mine! We can share, just not too much, because he's all mine. As you can see, this person is a crazy person. Don't go near her.
A/N: I was listening to music when I started writing this and I couldn't think of a title. The music I was listening to happened to be Katy Rose and the song was 'Original Skin'. And it just happened to be a coincidence that Hermione had never really shed her original skin so that's why that is the title. Happy reading!
Prologue
Hermione Granger woke up to Gisela Granger and Delaney Grendell laughing. Hermione opened her eyes and saw her 15 year old sister and the 17 year old squib sitting on the floor trying to put make up on each other with their eyes closed.
"What the bloody hell are you doing?" Hermione asked looking at her alarm clock. It was four in the morning and still dark out.
"Playing our new game, blind make up." Gisela said. She opened her eyes and it looked like she was a clown. Delaney looked like she had just dunked her head in a barrel full of lipstick.
"Oh. My. God." Hermione said. "Is that my make up, Gisela?"
"No, its mine. All of yours is still in their packages. Your saving it for school so you can turn on Draco, remember?"
"I didn't say that. Have you guys gotten any sleep?" Delaney laughed.
"No, but you were out at 8 last night."
"It was 11 smart one."
"No, it was 8."
"Go back to sleep, Hermione. Draco's coming over for dinner tonight, remember?" Gisela said. Hermione bolted up and sat up straight. Delaney hit Gisela in the arm. "Just kidding. Go back to sleep." Hermione caught her breath and lay back down.
"Mum and Dad would never let him come to dinner. They hate Draco." Hermione whispered looked at the clock. The minutes ticked away before she finally fell back asleep.
Hermione woke up at 10 and saw Gisela and Delaney sleeping on the floor. She got out of bed and went to her bathroom. She put her hands on the rim of the sink and looked at her face. It was greasy from her summer job at McDonalds. She desperately needed to find a better job. Hermione turned on the water and put her hands under it. She rubbed her face. Moisture felt good.
She opened the mirror/cabinet and saw a knife that she used to use to cut herself. Those were dark days. She looked at her birth control pills. Draco had come over often when her parents weren't there. Then her make up. Maura Farrell and Amy Brooker had given most of it to her when she had started to change. But somehow she felt different when she was back home. She didn't have the need to feel sexy or say swears.
Hermione took a shower and got dressed in a mini jean cut off skirt. She wore a black tank top and a pink checkered shirt. She pulled her hair back into a messy bun and went downstairs to see her mother and father already dressed in nice clothes and drinking coffee.
"Hello, Hermione." Her mother said. Hermione went into the cabinets and got her favorite box of cereal out.
"Morning, mum." Her mother looked at her outfit.
"You're a little underdressed for the day." Hermione looked at her outfit and then her mom.
"What are you talking about? Everyone is being so strange today." Hermione said.
"Gisela didn't tell you? Oh, well, Draco is taking you out to dinner tonight. Actually he wants to take us all out to dinner with his mother, but first he is coming here to pick you up and go downtown. He's coming in a half an hour." Hermione's mother didn't look happy nor sad about this.
Hermione put the cereal box down and blinked. She turned around and went back up to her room. She hadn't seen Draco in almost a month. What was so important though? Draco had never taken Hermione out to dinner or downtown. She opened her closet and started pulling down shirts and throwing them on the floor. One hit Delaney in the face.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Why didn't you tell me Draco was coming?" Hermione asked pulled out a pink shirt that was off the shoulder and had horizontal white lines. She threw it on her bed.
"Because it was supposed to be a surprise." Delaney sat up and caught the pair of pants that Hermione threw at her. It was much too hot for pants. "Who told you, anyway?"
"My mum." She pulled out a pair of white capris.
"Why don't you just wear that skirt?"
"It would make me look trashy." Hermione said. She changed into her clothes and leaped over Gisela into the bathroom. She put on some perfume that smelt like coconut. She took out her hair and drew it back into a ponytail. Hermione went into her closet once more and found a pair of white shoes without the backs.
She rushed down the stairs and grabbed her purse just as Draco knocked on the door. Hermione opened the door and saw Draco. He smiled. "Bye mum and dad." Hermione went outside.
Draco walked Hermione to his new Lexus. He opened the door and shut it once she got in. Hermione looked around. It smelt new. Hanging from the mirror was a string of beads that said "Draco and Hermione". It was childish but cute.
Draco got into the car and grabbed Hermione's hand. He looked at her and then kissed her. He slid his tongue into her mouth and started to lean on her. She giggled. Hermione had forgotten how passionate he was when he kissed her. He pulled away.
"All is fair in love and magic." Hermione said. She burst out laughing. Draco smiled and buckled up. He pulled out of the Granger's drive way and drove down the street.
"What have you been doing lately?" Draco asked.
"Nothing, Delaney has been over for the past week because her parents are out of town. What about you? Screwed any prostitutes, lately?"
"Only you," Draco said calmly as he made a turn.
"Well, aren't you quiet? I'm surprised you're not getting excited or anything." Hermione said.
"I just got my license. I'm trying not to screw it up."
"Why do you have a license? Aren't you just going to apparate every where?"
"No, cars can be comfortable at night. If you get my drift." Draco said grinning. Draco sped down a highway.
"I thought we were going downtown." Draco sped up. "Shit, Draco, slow down."
"We're going to London of course."
"Draco, slow down."
"Shut up, Hermione. You're making me nervous." Hermione was quiet the rest of the way. They came to a parking lot in front of a big mall.
"I'm sorry," Draco said.
"It's fine; just don't yell at me again." Hermione looked at him. He leaned in and so did she. Draco kissed her neck and nibbled on her skin. Hermione put her hand on his neck and played with his hair with her other hand. Draco's lips went up to her ear and breathed into it, giving Hermione the chills. She looked out the window and saw visions of kids with Hogwarts robes on getting killed in the street by Death Eaters.
"Holy shit." Hermione said. Draco whipped his head up and looked outside.
"What?" Draco looked back at Hermione.
"Nothing, I thought I saw..." Her sentence never finished.
"Saw what?"
"Nothing. Let's just go." Hermione got out of the car and walked into the mall. Inside she saw many teenagers 13 to 19. Some of them looked at Hermione and started whispering. She guessed some of them were witches and wizards.
"I suspect we're famous." Draco said grabbing her hand and intertwining his fingers with hers. Some older girls came up with permanent markers. They looked at Hermione and then Draco.
"Will you sine our-" Hermione almost choked thinking that they were going to say 'our chest'. "Arms. We heard about you guys saving the whole muggle born universe!"
"Not exactly, we just kinda saved our school. I almost had to die for it and Draco was dead for a few minutes." Hermione said. She took a permanent marker and signed a girl's arm. She looked up and saw that the girl almost looked exactly like Hermione. She blinked.
"My name's Carmen. We all go to Durmstrang. Well we went until last year. I'm Brad's second cousin. I heard that you made out with him." Hermione blushed, biting her lip and looking up at Draco.
"You did, did you?" Hermione said. "Well, it was just a drunken kiss."
Draco and Hermione finally got a moment alone while sitting down for lunch. But Draco kept staring at all the girls passing by.
"Why do you stare at them?" Draco looked at Hermione.
"Older women, Hermione. You've been with older guys. After that whole conversation about you being with Brad, well-"
"Oh shut it, that was last year." Hermione thought about Brad and sighed when she remembered that he wouldn't be there her last year.
Later that night Hermione sat down in front of a table with her sister Gisela and her parents. Draco sat at one end and his mother at the other. It was very quiet.
"So, how are you, Mrs. Malfoy?" Hermione asked.
"Fine and you?"
"Great." Hermione stopped. She looked at Draco and forced a grin. Draco looked confused. Hermione looked at her hands and then out the window of the restaurant. She saw a dead body sliding down the window. She tried to find oxygen to breathe but could. She grabbed Gisela's arm tightly and dug her nails into the other girl's skin.
"Hermione?" Draco asked. Hermione's mother looked at her.
"Hermione, what is wrong?" Jane asked. Hermione's mouth trembled as the body appeared to be Amy. She bit her bottom lip and blinked. There was no body. It was an illusion once again. Hermione breathed and let go of her sister. Hermione got up and went to the bathroom. She turned on the water and ran her hands under it. She rubbed her hands on her face. Hermione looked in the mirror and saw Maura's dead body falling on top of her. She turned around and saw nothing. What was wrong with her?
Jane came in the bathroom and looked at Hermione. "What happened out there, Hermione?"
"You wouldn't understand, mum."
"Tell me, Hermione." Hermione hesitated.
"Everytime I look out a window or a mirror there's always blood and dead bodies, mum. Everything that can show a reflection. It's horrible."
"Calm down, Hermione. Just go back out and order your food." Hermione swallowed and went back out. Draco greeted her and wrapped his arms around her. Narcissa was glaring at the girl as she sat down.
The evening went by quietly. In fact the rest of the summer went by quietly. No phone calls from Draco or letters at that matter. It was probably because of Narcissa. She hated Hermione for what she did to her husband when she was 16. She killed him and was capable of killing many more but it seemed like someone was after her and trying to kill her instead..
Chapter 1
Hermione boarded the train just before it let and found Harry and Ron with Amy and Maura and Ginny. Hermione sat next to Harry.
"Well, who is this sexy little thang?" Amy said.
"Are you talking about me?" Ron said with sarcasm.
"How was your summer?" Maura asked. Hermione had tried not to look into things that could reflect people that rest of the holiday. But it still happened. She shut the door.
"Something's possessing me, you guys." Ginny looked at Maura and tried not to laugh. "It's not funny you guys. Every time I look at something that can reflect someone else, I see you guys dying. When I went to dinner with Draco, I looked out a window and I thought I saw you, Amy. Collapsing on the window all bloodied up. And then when I went into the bathroom, I saw Maura falling on top of me. You looked like you had been slaughtered. But when I turned around, you weren't there."
"Usually this kind of stuff would happen to me." Harry said.
"I was wondering about that, Harry. Do you think Occlumency could help me?"
"Possibly, but we'll just have to wait and see." Maura looked out the window and pulled the curtain over it. Ginny did the same.
Hermione got off the train later on and pushed through the crowd that was surrounding two people. Hermione saw that it was Draco and Blaise Zabini.
"Hey listen, why don't you get out of here so we don't have to deal with all of your crap, Zabini?" Draco shouted.
"Well at least I'm not screwing a mudblood."
"Well at least I'm not screwing a dog!" Blaise pushed Draco and then started punching him in the stomach. Maura saw this, went up to Blaise and pulled him away. Hermione walked up to Draco and pushed him away.
"What is going on, Draco?"
"He was talking about how sorry my dad used to be and how you were a poor excuse for the likes of me. He asked all the rest of the people in my house how I could get to the bottom of the food chain if I was at the top when I first came into this world."
"Don't listen to him, he's just jealous, Draco. He's never been in love. He's never had passionate sex." Draco smiled and so did Hermione.
"What's Maura got to do with him anyway?" Draco asked.
"I have no clue. She seems to be close to him though." Hermione wrapped her arms around his waist.
Right after the ceremony, Hermione went straight to her and Draco's quarters: The head boy and girl dormitories. She entered her room to find a big four poster bed with satin yellow and red sheets. Her stuff was already there and Crookshanks was washing himself. Hermione went to the windows and closed the curtains. She went into the bathroom which had a marble sink and a large mirror above it. Hermione turned around to avoid the reflection. She saw an immense bath tub and on the end of it was a separate shower.
"Well isn't this a cozy space?" Draco said from his room. Hermione went to his room. It was exactly like hers but green and silver.
"Mines cozier." Hermione said. Draco looked at her and smiled. He set his stuff down and went over to Hermione. His arms wrapped around her and pushed her towards the bed.
"You wanna bet yours in cozier?"
"I don't bet, I know it."
"Was that supposed to make sense?" Draco asked. Hermione laughed as she fell on top of the bed with him on her.
"No and yes, I don't bet made sense didn't it?"
"Yeah, but the last part didn't." Draco pressed his lips against hers and then kissed her all over. Hermione giggled.
"Draco, get off." She pushed him off laughing. "Now if you don't mind, I have to go see some of the professors about my problem." She stood up and so did Draco.
"Problem? You of all people have a problem?" Hermione crossed her arms.
"You know that there is something going on. I shouldn't be seeing things."
"Things? Like what? Me?" Hermione rolled her eyes and started to walk out of the room. Draco came up behind her and grabbed her butt.
"Draco!" Hermione yelped. His hands went up to her shoulders and then her neck. He filled the little space between them by bringing Hermione closer. Hermione felt the bulge in his pants and pulled away.
"Please, Hermione." He begged her.
"Please what?"
"Please me. You know what I want." Hermione didn't look back, only smiled.
"No, Draco. This is serious."
"I'm serious too."
"Tonight, maybe." Hermione said and then walked out. She first went to professor Dumbledore. She found him in his office.
"Professor?"
"Hermione, I was wondering when I would see you." He said with a cheery voice. "Sit down. Would you like a cup of tea?"
"No thank you." Hermione said as she sat down. "I'm sure you probably already know about Draco and I, being together and all."
"I know everything, I can see everything." Hermione blushed. "When I want to of course. And I know about your problem, seeing those people dying in front of you. It may be the future or it may be visions of the worst invading your mind."
"Well, I need help as you can see."
"I will have to ask Snape to help you?"
"Well I need help as soon as possible because I'd love to look at my reflection and out the window once in a while."
"You only see the illusions in reflective objects?" Hermione nodded. "Well this is serious. This only happens when you can see the future and can stop it."
Hermione followed Dumbledore down the Professor Snape's class room. Dumbledore raised his hand and opened up the dungeons. Snape was of course mixing something new.
"She needs Occlumency." Snape looked up.
"What kind? Potter's kind?"
"No, she can see it happening in reflections."
"Get Trelawney and Honnete." Hermione's mind was racing. What was going on? Dumbledore left Hermione in the room.
"Come here, Ms. Granger." Hermione walked towards the table he was working at. "Do you know what you are seeing?"
"Of course I do. I'm seeing my best friends dying right there in front of me when I look into something reflective. Dumbledore said I was seeing the future if I didn't stop it from happening."
"No, that's not it. Someone is invading your mind and showing you what they want the future to be. Do you have any idea who this invader could be?"
"No, no idea. Except Voldemort."
"Voldemort wants to get to Potter. Not you. Think," Hermione's mind rewound to the school year before last. Pansy Parkinson would surely try but wouldn't get anywhere. Lavender and Parvati would also get no where. Hermione didn't know.
"I don't know, professor." Dumbledore came in with Trelawney and the new Defense professor. She was aging with brown hair and streaks of white and had a white cloak on unlike all of the professors. Her eyes were like Draco's, but instead of the blue they were more of a purplish color.
"Hermione, my good dear, are you okay." Trelawney asked taking her hand. Hermione pulled her hand away from the professor.
"Does it look like I have a broken bone of some sort?" Hermione snapped. Trelawney stood up straight with shock.
"She has some sort of evil in her, I can sense."
"You must be the evil then because when you came in here, the room got cold." Hermione said.
"That's enough, Hermione." Dumbledore said. She rolled her eyes.
"What do we have here?" The new professor known as Honnete asked.
"Her mind is being invaded and this person is showing her visions of all her friends and loved ones dying whenever she looks into a mirror or window." Snape said. Honnete looked at Hermione calmly.
"Occlumency is in order. But I'm sure that all of us we'll have to be the professors for it."
"What exactly will we be doing?" Hermione asked.
"Teaching you how to put up a wall for this invader." Snape said. Hermione looked over and he brought a mirror over to her. "What do you see in this?" Hermione stared long and hard. There was nothing.
"I don't see anything." He put the mirror down and picked up another one. In this one she saw Harry lying on one of the tables behind her, dead. The skin on his face was burnt and droplets of blood were falling onto the floor. Hermione covered her mouth at the sight and backed up into the table. She turned around and made a sound as if she were going to start to cry. Nothing was there. She regained her breath and turned around.
"This is a far worse case then what I have ever seen. Even after we told her that these are fake things, she still is very troubled about it." Honnete said.
"They look so real. I saw Harry, he was dead and burnt and blood was still coming out like there wasn't-"
"Hermione, calm down." Dumbledore said.
"We will have to begin immediately." Honnete said. "We will start tomorrow. All of us. Until then, Hermione, you will have to stay with me. I will be teaching all of your classes tomorrow." Hermione was wide mouthed.
"What? How can you do that? I have other duties too. I am a head girl."
"We have house elves. Now go and get your stuff. After, go to the Defense room and we will start from there." Hermione couldn't believe this. She went back to her dorm and found Draco sitting on the couch reading a magazine about brooms.
"What's wrong?" He got up and grabbed her by the waist. He pulled her up against his body and started kissing her neck.
"Draco, stop. We can't do this tonight. I have to stay with the Defense professor."
"Honnete? Why?"
"She's helping me with my problem."
"Well she scares people sometimes, so don't let her scare you."
"How do you know?"
"She was my father's mother. She's a widow and decided to take her maiden name instead of still being a Malfoy. My father hated her for that. I'll walk you to her office if you want." Hermione put her head against his chest.
"So if we ever get married, she'll be like some part of my family."
"Yeah, isn't that exciting?" Draco said with sarcasm in his voice.
"Sure," Hermione got her stuff together for that night and Draco walked her down to the office. On the way there they ran into Amy and Maura.
"Where are you going?" Amy asked.
"I have to stay with Draco's grandmother for the night." Amy was open mouthed and shocked. She pointed at Draco.
"Your grandma works here?"
"Unfortunately," Maura smacked Amy's hand down.
"Why?" Maura asked.
"Because of my problem that I told you about before and you laughed. My thoughts are being invaded by someone."
"Oh, well, get better soon. We'll tell Ron and Harry." Hermione and Draco didn't talk the rest of the way. Draco was getting nervous. He knew that his grandmother hated Hermione for killing Lucius and hated him for helping her.
They knocked on the door to the classroom. Honnete opened it and saw Draco. They stared at each other.
"Well, haven't you grown up?"
"You've grown too." Draco said. Hermione tried to ignore the rudeness.
"I didn't realize this was the girl. I should have by your mother's description." Draco rolled his eyes and clenched his teeth.
"My mother's description was farfetched."
"How are you doing, Draco?"
"Fine and you, Norma?"
"Just wonderful. Please, come in and have a cup of tea." They sat down in front of a table opposite of Norma.
"So, Draco, How is life at home?"
"Fine, quiet and peaceful. My life is great at home actually." Hermione knew he was hinting the death of Lucius. "Mother actually wants to get a smaller house. She says the white makes everything to cold looking. Of course the blood stains make it seem colder."
"Draco, why did you do that?"
"He tried to kill me first for loving the person I do."
"And it just happens to be-"
"If you wanna call her bad names, say them when you're alone because I can get you fired for degrading someone."
"Happens to be the person who killed my son and your father."
"I hated my father, Norma."
"Really? I hadn't noticed that already. Do you think that killing him was the right thing to do?"
"I already told you, he tried to kill me first." Draco said through clenched teeth.
"Nevertheless, you killed him. Anyway, let's get down to business." Draco was irritated. "Hermione if you are going to date my grandson here, you have to know five rules. Number one, if you guys are going to do 'it', you have to use birth control. Draco is not responsible for the baby unless she wants to be." Hermione was flushed. "Second, if Draco asks you to marry him, make sure you say yes because he's not the kinda person you wanna say no to. And I'll pay for the whole thing. Third, if you get Draco into trouble, I'm going to have to talk to you. If Draco were to die, I expect you to die for him to save him." Hermione rolled her eyes seeing that she had already been through this. "And last, if you are giving him a bad reputation, keep your love secret."
"I've already been through number 1, 3, 4 and 5. I basically did die for Draco until we used a time turner."
"Oh well, if you're going to get married, ask me first."
"Any how, I am going to invade your thoughts and show you an illusion of Draco dying." Hermione hardly had time to think when she look at a mirror on one of the walls and saw Draco dying before her. Somebody had stabbed him. Pain was crashing down on her body. She got off the bench and fell onto her knees in pain. She closed her eyes and pulled her hair. It felt like a thousand nails slamming into her body. She was on her hands and knees now with tears flooding her eyes in pain.
"Stop!" Hermione screamed. Norma didn't stop. Hermione screamed. She looked up and saw Draco bleeding to death. She closed her eyes and screamed again. "STOP!" Norma still didn't stop. Hermione got back on her knees and felt like lightning kept shocking her. The pain was too much. "STOP!" Hermione's voice was spine chilling.
"Norma, stop!" Draco pleaded. Hermione screamed and tears ran down her face. "Nana, stop!" The pain was gone and Hermione collapsed onto the floor. Draco was standing up and Norma had shed a single tear. Draco got down by Hermione whose breathing was harsh. He held her limp hand.
"What the hell were you trying to do to her?"
"That's what it is going to feel like every time you see one of your loved ones dying. It doesn't hurt as much as when they're already dead. But when they are dying and there's nothing you can do about it, it's going to feel like that. Sorry dear." She picked up a pouch from the table and took some of the sand out of it. She blew it and Hermione felt alive again but tears were still racing down her face.
"It hurt so badly, Draco." She whispered as she wrapped her arms around his neck and cried into his chest.
"I'll leave you two with a moment of your own." Norma got up and went to her living quarters. Draco put Hermione on her knees and hugged her tightly. Draco kissed Hermione's neck. Hermione ran her hands along his back and up to where his hair met his neck.
"I wish I could have you to myself tonight." Draco whispered. "I wish that you didn't have this problem. But it seems that every fairytale has a damsel in distress." Hermione picked her head up and looked at him.
She kissed him lightly before he left her with Norma.