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A/N: Do I have anything to say? Hmm, well...

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Chapter 43
Portkeys and Tomorrow

"Draco, do you have it?" Voldemort asked his youngest Death Eater.

"Hermione has it," he answered.

The Dark Lord eyed Draco suspiciously. "She doesn't know what it is, does she?" he asked.

"No, I never told her. She doesn't even know that she has it actually," Draco said.

"So where is it?" Riddle asked.

"It's in her ring."

"Wonderful," Voldemort said. "Very good thinking, young Malfoy."

"Thank you, sir," Draco replied.

Dumbledore sat with Snape in his office.

"Are the potions in full effect yet, Severus?" he asked.

"They are madly in love with each other, sir. Zabini and Weasley, Potter and Parkinson, this will work wonderfully, headmaster."

"Very good. We shall await their attacks, I do not want to be the first to strike."

"Then wait we shall."

"Pansy, how could you not see me do that move? You were watching me weren't you?" Harry asked.

"Yes, I was watching you, but I was too attracted to your perfect arse that I didn't actually watch the move."

"Well, keep your eyes off my perfect arse and watch me fly," he said as he pulled her into a deep, languid kiss then flew back off on his broom.

Pansy looked dreamily up at her boyfriend, she hoped that when the time came he would choose her over Dumbledore, that would be good, because that is exactly what Voldemort was expecting of her. Soon she would get her mark and become a Death Eater, just like Draco and Hermione.

She was still surprised by the news of the Princess of Gryffindor becoming a Death Eater, but she figured that it was another pawn that would lead Harry over to their side. Hermione would help convince him.

She was so preoccupied by her thoughts that she missed Harry doing his move on the broom again, but this time she pretended that she had seen it.

"See, you can't say that that wasn't cool," Harry smirked as he landed next to her on the quidditch stands.

"It was amazing, Harry," she said.

"I know," he said, looking into the eyes of his girlfriend. He was in love with her, he knew. He also knew that that was a very bad thing, knowing that he would have to choose sides. But not wanting to think about that now. That was a different day, not now. Now he just wanted to be happy with the love of his life, Pansy Parkinson.

He planted a kiss on her lips. No one else was here, they were alone.

Alone to do whatever they felt like.

Alone to love each other without thoughts of good or bad.

"Blaise, no. You can't leave. Not now," Ginny cried as Blaise held her in his arms.

"I have to go Ginny, I am being summoned."

"No, you can't be on the opposite side of the war as me, stay with me on this side," Ginny cried.

"Ginny, I can't. I owe Lucius so much and this is the only way I can repay him."

"By becoming a Death Eater?" Ginny said angrily.

"Ginny, join me, we can do this together," he said as he kissed her mouth softly, the crumpled letter falling from his hand.

"I don't know if I can. I am on this side of the war, Harry's side," she said.

"No, you are on Dumbledore's side. Ginny, the man is senile. I mean, he didn't even send anyone to get Hermione from a dungeon that she was kept in. He figured that her love and Draco's would lead Draco to help her escape. He didn't even think of the consequences. Ginny, Hermione is a Death Eater," he finished.

"No, Hermione would never do that!" Ginny screamed.

"Do you want me to prove it to you, Ginny. I have a letter from her and Draco. They are doing very well, Hermione has even come to care greatly for Voldemort," he said, reiterating what the letter had said.

"It can't be," Ginny said. Blaise handed her the letter and her hands shook as she looked over Hermione's hand writing and then Draco's. "Oh dear, Merlin."

"Just come and see Hermione, you don't have to commit to anything," Blaise said, Ginny wiped her slightly teary eyes and nodded softly.

Blaise grabbed the note back up of the ground, he had ten more minutes until the portkey was activated. He kissed Ginny, stealing her thoughts away from what she had just agreed to, hoping she wouldn't change her mind in the next few minutes. But in that case, he was ordered to take her with him anyway.

Ginny pulled away though, "all right, but I have to get Crookshanks for Hermione."

"That's fine with me," Blaise said and they walked back to Gryffindor tower. Ginny ran up to her room and got Crookshanks, then she walked back into the common room and hugged Blaise close to her. He grabbed Ginny's hand in his and wrapped them both around the crumpled note, waiting for the inevitable.

It is time.

Make sure Potter comes.

9:30

She knew exactly what it meant, she had to get Harry and go. But 9:30 meant that she only had ten minutes to find him.

She ran out of her common room and all the way to Gryffindor tower. Stopping in front of the portrait and muttering the password to the fat lady, who had given up on trying to keep the Slytherins out.

She walked in and spotted Harry on the couch beside the fire, sleeping. She didn't wake him, just silently walked up to him and grabbed his hand in hers, the letter between them. Four…three…two…

"Mina, get up," Draco prodded her.

"Why?" she asked sleepily.

"They're going to be here any minute."

"Are they really?" she asked.

"It's quarter past already," he said. Hermione stood up from the bed and threw robes over her pajamas.

"All right, lets go," she said, taking his hand and letting him lead her out of the room.

Hermione and Draco walked down to den where everyone was supposed to arrive momentarily.

At twenty-five past, Blaise and Ginny arrived holding each other tight and kissing. Hermione smiled and walked over to her friends.

"Ginny," she smiled. Ginny pulled away from Blaise and looked at Hermione, who looked happier than she had ever looked before. Ginny smiled and hugged her friend loosely.

"Hermione, we all thought that you were dead," Ginny said. "I got Crooks for you," she said happily holding out the half-kneazle cat to her friend.

"Thank you so much, Ginny. I have missed him like mad."

Draco and Blaise nodded to each other in a masculine way but suddenly Blaise grabbed Draco into a hug. "Missed you buddy," he said.

"You too, Zabini," Draco said breathlessly through the tight hug. Blaise released Draco a moment later and walked over to Hermione, pulling her away from Ginny and giving her a hug as well.

"Good to see you, Hermione," Blaise said as he hugged her.

"You too, Blaise," Hermione said.

At half-past, Harry and Pansy arrived. Pansy was kneeling on the ground and Harry was next to her, looking as though he was sleeping.

Pansy looked up from him and spotted Draco, Hermione, Blaise and Ginny. Two of which she was friends with, one she had always hated and one that she wasn't sure could ever forgive her.

Blaise pulled Pansy to her feet. She looked guiltily at Draco and Hermione.

Harry stirred on the floor and looked up to see Hermione. "I must be dreaming," he said dismissively, putting his hand to his head and groaning. He nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard Hermione's voice.

"You're not dreaming, Harry. Get up," it said.

"Why are you here, Hermione?" Harry asked a little more rudely than he intended.

"Because I have been living here for the last four months, the better question would be is why you are here?" Hermione said.

"Where am I?" he asked.

"You're in my house, Potter. So if you would be nicer to my fiancé it would be nice," Draco said.

Harry looked up at the voice and slowly registered what he had said. His face showed confusion but he got up and hugged Hermione. "I've missed you so much, Hermione."

"I've missed you too, Harry," Hermione said, slightly breathless because of the tightness of the hug.

"Well, I see no one here cares about me," Draco said dismissively, Hermione looked up at his sad face and stepped away from Harry, she stood up on tip-toe to give Draco a kiss.

"I care about you," she said, ignoring the rest of the people in the room for the time being, and gave him a sweet kiss.

He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him.

He broke their kiss and looked into her eyes. "As long as you do, I don't care about anyone else."

"Ahem," Blaise coughed.

Draco and Hermione pulled away from each other and looked back at the group of people standing there. "Sorry," Hermione apologized.

"So, now that we are all here," Draco said. "Let's move on to the bedrooms."

All of them made their way upstairs. "Will someone please explain to me why I'm here," Harry said as he walked with everyone else.

"I'll tell you in a minute, dear," Pansy said, holding Harry close to her.

They arrived in the upstairs corridor, where Draco's room was. Draco stopped in front of his room. "This is where Hermione and I sleep, if you need anything, this is where to find us," he told the group of people. They all nodded. "On we go."

"How long are we going to be here exactly?" Harry asked Pansy.

"Not exactly sure," Pansy said truthfully.

Draco moved on and passed another two door before he came to one carved of mahogany. "Potter, you and Pansy will have the mahogany room," he said and opened the door for his guests.

Harry walked inside and took a good look around, a huge bed with red hangings, a wardrobe, dresser, bathroom, bookcase, fireplace. It was amazing.

"Blaise you know where the Green Room is," Draco said to his friend after they had dropped off Harry and Pansy.

"Thanks buddy," Blaise said, he grabbed Ginny's hand and walked down the corridor to his room.

"Breakfast is at eight tomorrow," Draco yelled to them.

Blaise nodded an acknowledgment.

Draco and Hermione walked back to their room and made a stop at the Harry's room to relay the same message to them about breakfast, everyone could find their way to the kitchen because Blaise and Pansy had both been here before.

Draco put an arm around Hermione's waist and pulled her towards the bed. Hermione hastily threw her robe up over her head and lay back down, and Draco curled up next to her. "Do you think any of them noticed?" Hermione asked.

"No one said anything, I think my robe was big enough on you," he smiled.

"I think I'm going to have to tell them tomorrow though," she said softly to his chest.

"Tomorrow is tomorrow," he said. "Let's get some sleep now."

"I have a surprise for you tomorrow," she said sleepily as she drifted off.

"And what would that be?" he asked.

Hermione just smirked a tiny smirk. "Tomorrow is tomorrow."

And so it would be.

A/N: Er...okay...review!

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Brittany