Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter in anyway, shape or form. The credit goes to JK Rowling! I however, own the plot and only the plot!
A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for bearing with me! I've been busy with school... projects tests and more projects and the start of exams next week! Chapter 11 is almost done, my beta just has to email me back to let me know how it was! Chapter 12 will be a longer wait as I have to study for my final exams! Hurray! I have a simple request from all y'all ... I'm thinking of writing another story but have no idea what to write! Should I write a sequel to this story after or start a completely new story?? Email me and write "Fan Fiction Story Idea" as the subject!! Thank you! Read and Review! Thank you everyone!
Chapter 10: A Cave and An Explanation
Draco sat on the couch stating at the fire. He had had many sleepless nights. The pain was killing him. "I can't live like this ... not any more."
"Draco what are you talking about?" Ron asked curiously. Draco shook his head and whispered 'nothing.' With that, he got up and went to his room. He put on his cloak and took his wand. He was going to look for Hermione on his own. Everyone wasn't doing a good job.
"The only way to do a job right is to do it yourself," he muttered. He wrote Harry a note to find. But little did Draco know, Harry and Ron already knew what he was doing and was going to follow him ... against his will.
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"DAMN MEMORY!" Lucius boomed. He heard a rustling. Hermione had woken up. "Unimpero!" he said quietly. Hermione suddenly felt like herself again.
"Mr. Malfoy? What was the 'unimpero' for?" Hermione asked, weakly staring up at the man.
"I took off the Imperius curse from you. You are no longer under my control," he said with an unusually soft voice. He stared into Hermione's eyes. He walked over to Hermione and sat next to her.
"Why did you take me off of the Imperius Curse? What changed your mind?"
"Because I want you and my son to be happy together. What changed my mind? I was remembering my past," he said. Hermione looked as though someone had slapped her across the face. "Hermione, can you ever forgive me for what I have done to you?" he asked, kindly. Hermione was suspicious. Why was he apologizing to her? Was it all a big joke?
"Sir, why is it all of a sudden you want Draco and I to be happy? After all you were the one who told him to tell me to watch my back. You can't possibly change your mind in a matter of days," Hermione questioned, curiously.
"It took me more then days Hermione. If you were in my situation when I was at Hogwarts, over 20 years ago, you would understand the situation. I pray everyday that my son, Draco never had to go through what I went through. They all told me the final 2 years of Hogwarts were supposed to be the best but mine where the worst ... the worst of all. No one could possibly have a worse experience then I," Lucius said with sadness written all over him.
"Your experience at Hogwarts couldn't have been that bad. I still don't see the point of why you want Draco and I to be happy. It still makes no sense. I mean, you may have remembered your past. But how does that relate to the present?" Hermione asked, politely still waiting to get answers.
"It relates because I had a father who abused me and who wanted me to be a Death Eater," he answered, hoping she would buy it. But by the look on her face, she didn't believe him. Hermione sighed and wondered what questions to ask.
"I still don't see what the point of you saying a father abused you has to relate to anything! Draco has told me all the times that you would beat him and I don't think that you understand that. I know you are lying to me and I think I know what may have happened 20 years ago at Hogwarts," Hermione mentioned. His eyes met Hermione's eyes and said ...
"And what do you think happened with me at Hogwarts?" he snapped. Lucius Malfoy was back.
"Sir, I'm not stupid and I think that you got your heart broken by someone and I cannot figure out who. I think that you were in love and she did something to you and was bound with someone, whom you did not like. I think that you married someone who you were bound with. I think that you and your present wife, have no love for one another. The person whom you love, is that other female figure. I just cannot figure out who it is," Hermione observed. Lucius seemed stunned that she had got the basics of the story right. This is amazing, he thought. It's almost like she's reading my mind; Hermione Granger is a smart girl, he thought.
"That is basically what happened. You are a very smart girl! But it won't be enough to get the entire story out of me," Lucius snapped, glaring hard at Hermione.
"I think you seem to forget, sir, that I too am a witch and with a simple truth spell, I can make you tell me everything that happened 20 years ago ... or you can tell me all on your own and make both of us happy and save the misery," Hermione interrogated him, glaring in his eyes.
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Draco was running when he suddenly stopped only to hear Ron scream at Harry. He hide behind a tree.
"Harry-stop-running-so-fast," Ron panted. Harry tried to explain to Ron if they don't catch up to Draco, he may do something stupid. "He can't face his father on his own." Harry kept running with Ron trailing behind. He ran into someone hard and fell over.
"Nice one Potter!" said the drawling voice filled with rage and anger. Harry stared up at him and Ron stopped behind Harry. "Why the hell are you following me? I'm not four any more. I don't want your help. I have to face this battle on my own. I have no choice but to fight this battle. It is with my father for my one true love. Now leave me alone." With a single spell, Draco was invisible.
"C'mon Harry. We should get back to the castle before Dumbledore realizes we are gone," Ron said with a voice of defeat.
"Ron what in the name of Merlin are you talking about? We are not ... I repeat ARE NOT going back to the castle. Hermione is our friend. We need to help her. She's my friend. After Ginny broke up with me, my world fell apart and Hermione is the only girl that hasn't hurt me and besides what kind of friends would we be if we didn't help her?" Harry questioned. Ron was speechless and agreed to go and continue to look for her. Draco had a big grin come across his face. He was glad to see that Harry and Ron had decided to go and help him; he started to run toward the cave. Although he never admitted it to anyone, he was jealous of Harry. Just a little bit, he mentally joked!
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"You made me put that spell on you! You wouldn't tell me!" Hermione yelled, grabbing her arm.
"I did not ask you to bud in my life especially that part! No one knows about it! You have completely invaded my privacy!" Lucius hollered back.
"All you had to say was 'I was in love with Lily Evans. We were dating when she got pregnant with Harry, who was James Potters son. They were married and had no choice but to spend the rest of their lives together and that is the reason that I hate Mudbloods and Harry Potter!' That is all you had to say! Like I said that would have made both of our lives MUCH easier!" Hermione said, hoping she sounded calm. But that didn't work; she still sounded very angry and annoyed.
"You know nothing about Lucius Malfoy and nothing of my life and how hard it was to go through that. I still love her and may I remind you ... she is dead and there is no way that her and I can be together again! Besides, she didn't love me any more! James Potter.." he spat, "took my place and won her heart over. I was left in the cold with my heart broken. I do not love Narcissa and she doesn't love me. We were only married because we had NO choice. We had a arranged marriage and it was HELL! When we had Draco, I always told him to hate Mudbloods. My biggest fear was he would get hurt the way I was hurt," he shrieked.
"I won't ever do anything to hurt him. I lo..." Hermione started but was interrupted to screaming.
"LEAVE HER ALONE. SHE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING!" he shouted. "Lumos."
"Draco? Is that you?" Hermione asked. Draco walked into the light and Hermione saw the anger on his face. His wand was out and he was ready to attack.
A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for bearing with me! I've been busy with school... projects tests and more projects and the start of exams next week! Chapter 11 is almost done, my beta just has to email me back to let me know how it was! Chapter 12 will be a longer wait as I have to study for my final exams! Hurray! I have a simple request from all y'all ... I'm thinking of writing another story but have no idea what to write! Should I write a sequel to this story after or start a completely new story?? Email me and write "Fan Fiction Story Idea" as the subject!! Thank you! Read and Review! Thank you everyone!
Chapter 10: A Cave and An Explanation
Draco sat on the couch stating at the fire. He had had many sleepless nights. The pain was killing him. "I can't live like this ... not any more."
"Draco what are you talking about?" Ron asked curiously. Draco shook his head and whispered 'nothing.' With that, he got up and went to his room. He put on his cloak and took his wand. He was going to look for Hermione on his own. Everyone wasn't doing a good job.
"The only way to do a job right is to do it yourself," he muttered. He wrote Harry a note to find. But little did Draco know, Harry and Ron already knew what he was doing and was going to follow him ... against his will.
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"DAMN MEMORY!" Lucius boomed. He heard a rustling. Hermione had woken up. "Unimpero!" he said quietly. Hermione suddenly felt like herself again.
"Mr. Malfoy? What was the 'unimpero' for?" Hermione asked, weakly staring up at the man.
"I took off the Imperius curse from you. You are no longer under my control," he said with an unusually soft voice. He stared into Hermione's eyes. He walked over to Hermione and sat next to her.
"Why did you take me off of the Imperius Curse? What changed your mind?"
"Because I want you and my son to be happy together. What changed my mind? I was remembering my past," he said. Hermione looked as though someone had slapped her across the face. "Hermione, can you ever forgive me for what I have done to you?" he asked, kindly. Hermione was suspicious. Why was he apologizing to her? Was it all a big joke?
"Sir, why is it all of a sudden you want Draco and I to be happy? After all you were the one who told him to tell me to watch my back. You can't possibly change your mind in a matter of days," Hermione questioned, curiously.
"It took me more then days Hermione. If you were in my situation when I was at Hogwarts, over 20 years ago, you would understand the situation. I pray everyday that my son, Draco never had to go through what I went through. They all told me the final 2 years of Hogwarts were supposed to be the best but mine where the worst ... the worst of all. No one could possibly have a worse experience then I," Lucius said with sadness written all over him.
"Your experience at Hogwarts couldn't have been that bad. I still don't see the point of why you want Draco and I to be happy. It still makes no sense. I mean, you may have remembered your past. But how does that relate to the present?" Hermione asked, politely still waiting to get answers.
"It relates because I had a father who abused me and who wanted me to be a Death Eater," he answered, hoping she would buy it. But by the look on her face, she didn't believe him. Hermione sighed and wondered what questions to ask.
"I still don't see what the point of you saying a father abused you has to relate to anything! Draco has told me all the times that you would beat him and I don't think that you understand that. I know you are lying to me and I think I know what may have happened 20 years ago at Hogwarts," Hermione mentioned. His eyes met Hermione's eyes and said ...
"And what do you think happened with me at Hogwarts?" he snapped. Lucius Malfoy was back.
"Sir, I'm not stupid and I think that you got your heart broken by someone and I cannot figure out who. I think that you were in love and she did something to you and was bound with someone, whom you did not like. I think that you married someone who you were bound with. I think that you and your present wife, have no love for one another. The person whom you love, is that other female figure. I just cannot figure out who it is," Hermione observed. Lucius seemed stunned that she had got the basics of the story right. This is amazing, he thought. It's almost like she's reading my mind; Hermione Granger is a smart girl, he thought.
"That is basically what happened. You are a very smart girl! But it won't be enough to get the entire story out of me," Lucius snapped, glaring hard at Hermione.
"I think you seem to forget, sir, that I too am a witch and with a simple truth spell, I can make you tell me everything that happened 20 years ago ... or you can tell me all on your own and make both of us happy and save the misery," Hermione interrogated him, glaring in his eyes.
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Draco was running when he suddenly stopped only to hear Ron scream at Harry. He hide behind a tree.
"Harry-stop-running-so-fast," Ron panted. Harry tried to explain to Ron if they don't catch up to Draco, he may do something stupid. "He can't face his father on his own." Harry kept running with Ron trailing behind. He ran into someone hard and fell over.
"Nice one Potter!" said the drawling voice filled with rage and anger. Harry stared up at him and Ron stopped behind Harry. "Why the hell are you following me? I'm not four any more. I don't want your help. I have to face this battle on my own. I have no choice but to fight this battle. It is with my father for my one true love. Now leave me alone." With a single spell, Draco was invisible.
"C'mon Harry. We should get back to the castle before Dumbledore realizes we are gone," Ron said with a voice of defeat.
"Ron what in the name of Merlin are you talking about? We are not ... I repeat ARE NOT going back to the castle. Hermione is our friend. We need to help her. She's my friend. After Ginny broke up with me, my world fell apart and Hermione is the only girl that hasn't hurt me and besides what kind of friends would we be if we didn't help her?" Harry questioned. Ron was speechless and agreed to go and continue to look for her. Draco had a big grin come across his face. He was glad to see that Harry and Ron had decided to go and help him; he started to run toward the cave. Although he never admitted it to anyone, he was jealous of Harry. Just a little bit, he mentally joked!
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"You made me put that spell on you! You wouldn't tell me!" Hermione yelled, grabbing her arm.
"I did not ask you to bud in my life especially that part! No one knows about it! You have completely invaded my privacy!" Lucius hollered back.
"All you had to say was 'I was in love with Lily Evans. We were dating when she got pregnant with Harry, who was James Potters son. They were married and had no choice but to spend the rest of their lives together and that is the reason that I hate Mudbloods and Harry Potter!' That is all you had to say! Like I said that would have made both of our lives MUCH easier!" Hermione said, hoping she sounded calm. But that didn't work; she still sounded very angry and annoyed.
"You know nothing about Lucius Malfoy and nothing of my life and how hard it was to go through that. I still love her and may I remind you ... she is dead and there is no way that her and I can be together again! Besides, she didn't love me any more! James Potter.." he spat, "took my place and won her heart over. I was left in the cold with my heart broken. I do not love Narcissa and she doesn't love me. We were only married because we had NO choice. We had a arranged marriage and it was HELL! When we had Draco, I always told him to hate Mudbloods. My biggest fear was he would get hurt the way I was hurt," he shrieked.
"I won't ever do anything to hurt him. I lo..." Hermione started but was interrupted to screaming.
"LEAVE HER ALONE. SHE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING!" he shouted. "Lumos."
"Draco? Is that you?" Hermione asked. Draco walked into the light and Hermione saw the anger on his face. His wand was out and he was ready to attack.