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Chapter 2
Ginny dropped the Hogwarts letter she was holding. "What? You bought us a house?" Ron gave Harry a hard stare.
"Don't you think that's moving a little quick?" He asked quietly.
"Of course not!" Harry replied. "Ron, have you ever heard of newlyweds living in separate dorms? Not waking up to eachother every morning? I only plan to be married once in my life, and I want to start it out right." Ron sighed.
"You're right, it just took me by surprise, I suppose."
"I think it's terribly romantic," Hermione said with a sigh.
"Don't you think that's a little risky Harry?" Ginny asked, speaking up for the first time since Harry had told her about the house. Harry cocked his head inquisitively. "You know," she explained. "With Voldemort back in power and everything?"
Harry had a determined look on his face. "Ginny, Voldemort hasn't beaten me yet. He sure as hell isn't going to ruin my marriage. Besides," he added with a lopsided grin. "I've gone over this whole thing with Dumbledore, and trust me this house has got more protective spells and enchantments on it than Hogwarts does."
Ginny smiled. "You think of everything, don't you?"
Harry puffed out his chest comically. "Of course."
Hermione came forward and kissed Ginny on the cheek. "I'm really very happy for you, Gin," she said, her eyes watery. Ginny groaned.
"Please don't start blubbering, 'Mione. If you're like this now, how are you going to act when your next to me as my maid of honor?" Hermione shrieked.
"Really?"
"Who else would it be? Listen, I don't really care what style your dress is, as long as it's light blue, ok? I know it's a small wedding, but I still want some things to be traditional." Hermione grinned. Ginny turned and faced her brother. "And you, you make sure you're in nice clothes! It doesn't have to be a suit or anything, but at least dress pants and a nice shirt."
"Ronald, we are going shopping right this instant! We'll see you guys later!" Ron didn't even have a chance to utter a protest when Hermione had disapparated, hand in hand with Ron. Ginny laughed.
"She has got him wrapped around her finger pretty well."
Harry's smile turned towards Ginny, his face serious. " I have a question. Now, we won't be living in the house until after the honeymoon in August, but I was wondering if you'd like to see it." Ginny was surprised to see that Harry looked nervous.
"Of course! How do we get there? It isn't already in the Floo Network is it?"
Harry grinned. "Got it registered yesterday." He grabbed a handful of purple powder from the Weasley's fireplace and Ginny followed suit. "I managed to have the house labeled under 'Godric's Hollow', after my parents first house together."
Ginny squeezed his free hand. "That's perfect. You go first , okay? I'll see you there," she said excitedly.
"Right," Harry answered with a wink. He positioned himself in front of the fireplace and threw the Floo powder in. The fire turned purple. Harry shouted "GODRIC'S HOLLOW!" With a flash of flames he was gone. He came out into the living room of he and Ginny's new house, wringing his hands nervously. "What if she doesn't like it?" He thought to himself anxiously. "Oh, God please let her like it."
A second later, Ginny appeared out of the fireplace. She drew her breath in sharply, taking in her surroundings. The living area of the small but cozy house was beautiful. Although unfurnished, she could already see the room as her and Harry's private living space. The floors were a deep mohogany hardwood, and the sides of the room had scarlet windowseats built in. She turned her gaze upward and found herself staring at a ceiling that was high, but not ridiculously so. Maybe fifteen or twenty feet high, she noted. The ceiling was also painted scarlet. The walls were the same deep wood as the floor. Ginny couldn't speak she was so blown away. Harry saw her happiness and extended his hand. She took it willingly and Harry led her through an archway directly across the room into what had to be the kitchen.
Once again, Ginny was speechless, and Harry was grinning like an idiot, so happy his fiancee liked the house he had picked out especially for her. The kitchen was a fair size, with an island in the middle. All of the cabinets and countertops were a light marble, and there was already copper pots and pans hanging from above the island. The stove was black. Ginny noticed all the floors throughout the house must be the mohogany hardwood. The walls in the kitchen were normal plaster, but painted a light yellow color, making the kitchen look warm and inviting.
After Ginny had run her finger lovingly across the countertops, Harry pointed to the right side of the kitchen, where their was a small nook, obviously for a small dining room table. Beyond the nook, almost camoflaged was a small spiral staircase leading upstairs. The staircase was black and didn't go up very far. At the top, however,was a set of two double doors, made entirely of crystal glass. Harry gave a mock bow and opened one of the doors for Ginny. She bounded happily inside, and his grin spread even wider when he heard yet another gasp of delight. He had personally decorated this room himself, the only furnished room in the whole house. Ginny realized why the rest of the house was on the smaller side. This room was borderline enormous. Against the far left wall, in the middle, was a king-sized bed, draped with red and gold blankets and pillows. The colors looked perfect against the backdrop of the scarlet walls.
On the right side of the bed was a wardrobe and a vanity. To the immediate right of the bed was a nightstand. They all were made out of a light colored wood. The exact same furniture pieces were on the opposite side of the huge bed, minus the vanity. Ginny assumed these were Harry's. On the right wall of the bedroom was a huge bay window. Ginny peered out the window and noticed she was looking right into the town square of Hogsmeade. She could just make out the turrets and towers of Hogwarts in the distance. She sighed and sat down on the built in window seats that were also in this room, but gold.
"God, this is so perfect, so beautiful…" Her sentence trailed off.Harry came and wrapped his arms around her.
"I can't tell you how relieved I am that you like it."
Ginny looked at him incredulously. "Like it? Honey, I love it! This whole house reminds of me of, well, me! How many times do I have to say it? You know me way too well." Harry tugged on Ginny's hand again.
"Come on, you still haven't seen the master bathroom."
Harry directed her to door opposite the bed. "Now this, I had made especially for you."
Ginny gave him a mischevious glance. She walked into the bathroom and let out a scream. There was a marble shower that was big enough to fit twenty people in, with atleast ten different shower heads. They each let out a different amount of water, and some just released bubbles. Ginny danced around inside the huge shower, laughing with delight. "That's not all, come here," Harry called to her. As they walked to yet another door, Ginny noticed two sinks with personal cabinets over each one, as well as a smaller door she assumed led to the toilet. When Harry finally opened the door, Ginny thought she was going to faint.
The bathtub was hardly a bathtub. It was more like a pool, but the water only reaching six feet at the very end, because of Ginny's fear of deep water. She touched the silver faucets and turned on a few at once. Hot water, cold water, lavender perfumed foam and fragrance free multi colored rainbow bubbles poured into the tub all at the same time. She laughed and turned them off, and jumped into Harry's arms.
He smiled a little sheepishly. " I did get the idea from the prefect's bathroom…but all the same I knew you'd go crazy over it."
"I could definitely get used to this kind of spoiling," Ginny said, planting a kiss on Harry's lips.
He gave her a stern look. "Dammit, you better! I don't plan on stopping anytime soon."
They sat on the bed for about an hour, talking about furnishings for the rest of the house. Both of them deliriously happy, fantasizing about how perfect their life together would be.
Meanwhile, in Diagon Alley, Hermione and Ron had just sat down to some lunch and a few butterbeers after a long day of shopping. Hermione had finally chosen a spaghetti strap light blue dress, with a corset-like top with a simple, flowing skirt that was just below the knee. She had chosen blue strappy sandals to match. Because they both knew the wedding was going to be semi-formal, Ron had gone with a nice deep red dress shirt and khaki dress pants. Hermione had told him a hundred times over in the shop that the deep red complimented his hair, and that he didn't look silly. After some persuading they were both satisfied with their purchases.
"Oh good lord I was hungry," Ron said, yawning, as he stretched back in his chair after they had finished eating.
"Shopping will do that to you," Hermione said with a grin. "And besides, when aren't you hungry, Ron?" He tossed his napkin at Hermione and she caught it, laughing.
"All this wedding stuff has got me thinking," Ron said, a serious note in his voice. "So I bought something for you."
Hermione couldn't think of anything to say, which was an awkward moment, because she always had something to say. Ron pulled out a large burgundy box from inside his bag of new clothes. Hermione let out a sigh of relief. "Too big to be an enagagment ring," she thought to herself. "Thank God. I love Ron, but there is no way I am ready for marriage." Ron took one look at her face and let out a chuckle.
"No, dah-ling it's not a wedding ring. Come on, I know it's too soon for that. For you and me anyways."
Hermione grinned. Ron blushed and opened the box in her direction. Inside the box was a locket, spun with white gold. The locket itself was small, but across the front, three delicate diamonds were engraved into the center. Hermione looked up at Ron. "I'm afraid to touch it…it looks so fragile."
Ron smiled. "You can touch it. Open up the locket while you're at it, too."
Hermione lifted the necklace out gently, handling it as if it would crumble in her fingers. "Merlin's beard, Ron. I've never seen anything so beautiful, I really don't know what to say."
"Open it," Ron encouraged. Hermione opened up the heart and her eyes teared up. On one side of the heart was a picture of Ron and Hermione, arm and arm staring up into eachother's eyes. Every few seconds, the picture couple would break out into silent laughs and Hermione would jump into Ron's arms and they would kiss. On the other side of the locket, there were words carved in gold. They read, "Locked Into Your Embrace Forever…I Love You"
"I've never seen anything so wonderful," Hermione said tearfully. "It's one of a kind."
"I know, just like you."
At this, Hermione jumped over the table into Ron's lap and kissed him, gently but passionately. After the kiss, Ron reached for the necklace and hooked it behind Hermione's neck, then placed a kiss on the back of her neck. "I love you," she whispered.
"I always have, I always will."
Ron embraced her tighter. "I know, love. I love you too."
"Oh God," said a drawling voice from behind them. "Don't you know this is an eating establishment? Public displays of Mudblood affection really shouldn't be allowed. Good thing I'm not eating right now, I would have thrown up."
Ron felt Hermione tense up at the sound of the word 'mudblood'. "Malfoy," Ron started carefully. "You have got three seconds to get the hell out of my sight or you'll be rolling onto the Hogwarts Express in a wheelchair."
Malfoy smirked. "Right, Weasley. I'm sure you could take me."
Hermione lifted her head from Ron's chest and glared at Malfoy. He had grown since she last saw him, but compared to Ron's towering six foot five, Malfoy at five foot nine was no match. Hermione got out of Ron's lap and faced her arch enemy. Hermione was only three inches shorter then Malfoy, so she wasn't intimidated in the least.
"I suggest, you get the fuck out of here," Hermione said calmly. "If you remember, we can do magic outside of school now and I will throw you so far with a curse you'll end up hitting your ass on the brick wall of Flourish and Blotts," she threatened, gesturing at the store that was across the street a good ways. Draco Malfoy sneered and spat on Hermione's shoes.
"I'll see you at school….and if I were you I'd watch your back. I hear Potter's not going to be there to save your asses this year." With that he stalked away, his robes billowing out behind him, not unlike Professor Snape's.
Ron cursed under his breath. "Babe, I am so sorry. I'm so angry! I wanted this to be a special day."
Hermione smiled. "Come on, Ron. If every time Draco Malfoy called me a mudblood and I took offense by it, I wouldn't have had a happy day since second year. I barely even acknowledge his disgusting prescence anymore."
"That's why I love you."
"Oh, that's the only reason?"
Ron sighed. "Pretty much."
Hermione laughed and Ron threw a couple Galleons on their table. "Let's go home."
Hermione smiled and Ron added under his breath, "and to bed." Hermione smacked him on the shoulder and they both disapparated.
Draco Malfoy hid behind a building and watched a disgustingly happy Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger disappear outside the restaurant they had just been eating at. Malfoy remembered what Granger had said and muttered, "Bitch. She'll get what's coming to her."
He checked his watch and hurried down Diagon Alley until he came to a sign that read in fading black letters "Knockturn Alley". Draco glanced to his left and right and snuck down the narrow, cobblestone street. Going from the bustly, light Diagon Alley to the dark and hushed Knockturn Alley was like entering a different world. He quickly moved past a few small groups of witches and wizards, and past one group that looked suspiciously like hags trying to disguise themselves as humans. He stopped at the entrance to a dangerous looking pub with a sign half falling off the building reading, "Hangman's Brewery."
Draco pushed open the door and immediately walked up to the bar. A bald wizard with a completely tattooed face noticed the young man, nodded, and unlocked a door to the right of the liquor cabinet. Draco slipped in quietly.
"I have been waiting here for ten minutes," said a cold harsh voice from a small table inside the otherwise deserted room. "If the Dark Lord had been waiting for you here he would have killed you on the spot. Thankfully, I am a bit more…compassionate, then he." Draco snorted. " You should be thanking me for your life."
"I shall thank you for nothing Severus," Draco answered lazily, conjuring up a bottle of firewhisky and a shot glass. "You know as well as I do that if the Dark Lord were here I would have been more than prompt." Draco downed a shot and strained his face as the alcohol burned its way down his throat.
"I ran into Granger and Weasley," Draco spat out. "Isn't that the damndest thing? Just the people we need this year."
"We only need the girl, Draco. Whatever happens to Weasley I could care less."
"Is everything in place, then?" Malfoy asked, his voice sounding urgent for the first time that day.
"Of course. But remember, I will take no action until we know that Potter is leading the Order. Be ready to come to me the second I call you." Snape said, talking to Draco like he was still a small child.
"Use that tone with me again Severus, and we will see who is really in charge here," Malfoy answered quietly. "It's time you realized I'm not just another student you can push around. If I hadn't agreed to this, none of this would work and the Dark Lord would have gotten himself into yet another failed plan."
Snape leaned across the rickety table and punched Draco square across the face. Draco clutched a hand to his cheek and looked up with venom.
"If you ever speak poorly about the Dark Lord again, you will receive more than just a bruised face, you miserable little boy." Draco downed another shot of whiskey. "And yes," Snape continued quietly. "Until you have completed this task successfully you are still considered just another useless school boy. Not only in my eyes, but in your master's eyes, your father's, and every other Death Eater's in this country."
Draco let out a growl. Snape ignored him and continued. "So I suggest, you don't fuck this one up. It's all of our lives on the line this time, Draco." Malfoy looked taken aback. He had never, in all his years of knowing Severus Snape, heard him sound so worried. He nodded and left the small, dark room, preparing himself for what eventually would be the downfall of Harry Potter, and also for something he had wanted to take from Hermione Granger out of rage since the third year….her body.
A/N: whoo! Ok 9 pages by Microsoft Word! Now everyone needs to understand this, this isnt a draco/hermione fic, he just wants to take her body….it will all be explained eventually but trust me he is not a reformed bad boy in my story. He's pretty damn evil! So here's another thing, I am moving to a new house on Wednesday, there is no computer there, my new roomate and myself are going to try desperately to get one ASAP, but until then I'll only get to update once a week MAYBE! I'm sorry for that shittiness, not much I can do I don't make a lot of money and computers are expensive! So I will try my hardest to get up atleast one more chapter before then. PLEASE OH PLEASE read and review, I will most definitely be wantin some for that beast of a chapter! I love you all and hope you enjoyed! -MAddie
