-His Secret Talent-
Ron and Harry followed closely behind Hermione and Draco, both of them had their wands out now, but were unsure who to point them at, Draco or Hermione?
As Hermione lead Draco down into the dungeons she hoped beyond hope that no teacher would try and get in her way, and much to her luck, they made it to Snape's office without meeting a single teacher or student.
Hermione told Harry to unlock Snape's door and he did, and then she pointed Draco inside.
Snape's office was dark and quiet, and frankly quite creepy, but it was, luckily, empty as well. Hermione motioned Draco to sit down on one of the chairs and although she was a few feet away, she kept her wand pointed at his heart. When she heard Ron close the office door behind them and lock it, she said smiling,
"Harry, I need you to find a nice big bottle of veritaserum, Draco here is for once, going to tell the truth, whether he likes it or not."
Draco's face suddenly took on a terrified expression, and he watched Harry out of the corner of his eye.
Ron, who had been quiet the entire way here, stepped forward and stood beside Hermione.
He had no idea what was going on, but that didn't matter. He didn't care about how much pain she had put him threw a week before, he was going to stand by her… because that's the kind of thing you do when you love someone…
Hermione felt Ron's hand gently touch her arm, and she blinked a couple of times, feeling her normal self starting to come back. But before she could get too comfortable, Harry walked up to her and handed her a round bottle.
She looked down at the bottle, nodded to her self, and as Harry and Ron raised their wands at Malfoy, she lowered hers and stepped forwards.
Draco looked absolutely horrified as he stared at the bottle in her hand, and then he began to shake his head, "I'm not going to drink that! You can't make me!"
"Oh I can't, can I?" said Hermione in a mockingly sweet voice as she leaned over Draco, forcing him to stare up at her,
"Listen Malfoy, you're going to drink as much as I tell you to drink, and if you don't, well… I'll ship your dead body home for Christmas in a wooden crate."
Draco's mouth gaped open as he stumbled to find his voice, "Y-You w-w-ouldn't dare!"
"Oh I wouldn't, would I?" she said innocently as she raised her wand and pushed the tip threateningly into his stiff neck.
She uncorked the bottle with her teeth and leaned the bottle over Draco's lips. He reluctantly opened his mouth and allowed her to drip four big drops down his throat.
Satisfied, she pulled away from Malfoy and stepped backward, still aiming her wand at him. Draco shut his eyes tight, and then blinked several times, as though he had just been exposed to a bright light.
Hermione was now standing with Harry on her left and Ron on her right. She looked over at Ron who looked back at her,
"Hermione… what's going on?"
Hermione took a great breath and she felt her air ways flutter as the air drew into her chest. She closed her eyes for a second, and when she opened them, she saw Ron's beautiful, saddened eyes staring into her own.
As Ron stared at Hermione, he didn't know how to respond.
He was still completely shocked about what was happening, but here she was, the only woman he had ever loved, with great big tears falling from her eyes…
He wanted to hold her, he wanted to comfort her, but he first needed answers.
He quickly found his voice and said, "Tell me the truth… tell me everything."
Hermione nodded and faced Draco again who now wore a blank expression. She found her voice and said, "Tell me why you sent me those letters."
The trio stared at Malfoy who opened his mouth and said simply as could be,
"I wanted you. I wanted to fuck you. I've never been so turned on by another girl before… you've matured so much over the summer." He said with a small, crude smile, and then continued on in the same slow, almost monotone voice,
"Your breasts are huge, your butt is nice and perfectly round, and every time I look at you, I want to screw you."
Ron's entire face was bright red and he had a very strong urge to kick the crap out of Malfoy, but Hermione grabbed his arm and Harry cut in,
"If you want her, why not ask her out? Why send her anonymous letters?"
Draco slowly turned to Harry, "I don't want to date her. I don't want to be seen with a mudblood at my side, I don't want people to know. And I don't want to be her boyfriend, I want her sex." he said shamelessly,
"And anyways, I didn't place my name down on the letter because I didn't know if she would run to a teacher. Instead I sent a key and hoped that she would come and find me."
Harry replied, "But you weren't in the room. Even if she had shown up, you wouldn't have been there."
"I was there." Draco stated, "I was waiting outside the room. I was talking to some girls when I felt something bump into me. I looked around but saw nothing, so I thought it was you. And then I saw the door of the room open almost by its self, there was no one visible so I knew that it was you underneath your cloak."
Harry looked at Hermione, that was all he had to say, and Hermione continued from there,
"And then what happened?"
Draco slowly turned to face her, "I still wanted you. I wanted you so badly but I knew that I needed to convince you that you wanted me just as much as I wanted you."
Hermione sneered and Draco continued, "My father taught me legilimency at an early age; he said it would come in handy against enemies… but I soon realized that I could get into your memories… into your fantasies,"
Ron was listening to this with clenched fists; he was holding on to his wand so tightly, he was sure it was about to snap.
The last thing he wanted to hear was that Draco had been into his and Hermione's most private moments, via Hermione's memories, but Draco continued,
"And when I noticed that you were thinking about this 'mystery man' an awful lot, I thought that I would dig in a little deeper…"
Hermione knew exactly were this was going. She had figured it out while up in the DADA classroom, and the conclusion had hit her like a ton of bricks,
"You also used the imperious curse on me, didn't you?" she stated like a fact rather than a question,
"That's why those dreams were so real; that's why I felt as though all of those things were really happening, you were there, controlling every thing…"
Draco grinned, "Yes, I did use the imperious curse on you, well some form of it anyways. How else could I prove to you that I could be more of a man than Weasley? And it was so easy. I saw it in your head… you both made love so slowly, so passionately… but I felt a need inside of you, a need that I have as well…"
Ron glanced over at Hermione and wondered what this 'need' was when Draco continued to explain,
"It was all in your head… you enjoyed sex with Ron, but a part of you wasn't satisfied. You wanted it harder, more animalistic, more untamed and wild, and in different and risky places, and so I slowly placed my self in your dreams, hoping that I could tempt you…"
Draco sat quiet for a minute, a long tense minute were Ron waited for his next word, Hermione understood, and Harry felt embarrassed for being in the room.
Draco took a long breath and carried on, "When I noticed that you were enjoying the dreams I sent you another letter, a more sexual letter, hoping that you would take the key from before and meet me, but you didn't. You felt guilty, you believed that you were betraying Ron for even thinking about me and you decided not to come and find me after all.
"And so on Halloween I decided I would show my self to you, I decided that I would give you a clue to who I was, to see how you would respond, but something went wrong…
"You were fighting back, a part of you was fighting back and I was losing you, I was starting to get a brutal headache and my concentration was being tested, I kept losing control…"
Draco looked down at the floor, and then spoke with a harsh tone in his voice,
"You didn't want me after all. I showed you who I was, and you pushed away - you pushed away hard!"
Draco paused and Hermione noticed the expression on his face was almost one of rejection, but before she could comment on it he continued on,
"The next day, when I found out you that were in the hospital, I was worried that maybe you had figured out that it was me, and that maybe you would tell a teacher or run to Dumbledore. I tried to read your mind through the hospital doors, but it was blocked, I couldn't get through."
Hermione was confused, "But that doesn't make sense. If you were scared that I would tell some one about you and the dreams, why admit it to Ron? Why provoke him?"
Draco looked up at Hermione with a small icy look in his eyes, "I was angry. You didn't want me. Every other girl would love to have me, but not you, not little Miss Perfect! So I wanted to hurt you. And it was worth the risk of being caught, well worth it…"
Hermione nodded off slowly; that was all that she wanted to know.
Ron however was at a loss for words and stood silently next to Hermione with his mouth slightly open.
Harry was feeling awkward for being in the room, but before he could excuse him self the door to Snape's office slowly opened and in walked Dumbledore with Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape.
Dumbledore looked grim as he surveyed the trio who had now turned to stare at him, and when his eyes fell on Draco slumping in the chair he finally spoke,
"Well… I see that you three have made use of Professor Snape's veritaserum, but I must now ask that you leave Mr. Malfoy here with us."
Hermione was growing increasingly terrified and she opened her mouth to explain their situation when Dumbledore raised a hand and spoke,
"No need to explain Miss Granger, we heard everything. Severus," said Dumbledore turning to Snape, "Will you please notify Mr. Malfoy's parents of his current situation, and Minerva, could you please call Cornelius for me?"
The two teachers nodded without speaking and left the room together.
Then Dumbledore turned to the trio and gave an uncertain smile, "Well… Harry, Ronald, would you be so kind as to escort Miss Granger to the hospital wing? I think Madam Pomfrey will want to have a look at you," he said to Hermione and gave a small nod,
"It's best that you stay in the hospital wing for a little while longer, just to make sure that everything is alright and that Mr. Malfoy doesn't still have control over your thoughts."
Hermione looked into Dumbledore's blue eyes and saw some warmth. She nodded and quickly walked out of the room with Ron and Harry behind her, all three of them were silent.
But when they were out side of Snape's office and down the hall, Ron reached forward and grabbed Hermione's hand.
Hermione stopped walking and turned to her left.
Ron was standing next to her, staring at her with his beautiful blue eyes, eyes that were no longer cold but warm once more.
Her heart melted when she saw him weakly smile and she threw her arms around him and held on for dear life.
A/N - Please tell me what you guys think! I'm dying to know! Thanks - Gabrielle