The Results
Hermione was walking on a hill in a meadow slowly. Down the hill there was a peaceful grove of pine trees. Hermione could a small creek running through it. She was dressed in a yellow sun dress that whipped around her ankles as the wind blew softly around her, caressing every curve of her body. Hermione felt at ease and at home. The sun was shining brightly over head. It wasn't very hot but it wasn't freezing either. It was perfect the whole thing seemed perfect.
She walked along the curving hill and then in the distance she heard a faint cry of a baby. Curious Hermione quickened her pace to see where the small cry was coming from. There in the grass was a small bundle of pink. Hermione kneeled down and picked up the bundle. It was a baby swathed in a pink blanket. It was obviously a girl.
Her whimpers softened as she felt Hermione's arms around her. Slowly but surely she opened her eyes. They were a soft blue-grey full of kindness and joy and laughter. Behind her came a laugh and Hermione calmly turned around. Standing behind her was a tall blonde haired man with blue-grey eyes. It was Draco Hermione smiled at him and Draco took her into his arms.
"Our baby." He murmured softly "Our baby." He echoed himself louder than before.
The atmosphere changed very suddenly. Instead of it being bright and sunny everything went dark and a full moon hung above them. Beside her cam a cold harsh laugh. She looked up at Draco to see his eyes turn from blue-grey to a deep plummet gold color. His hair, too changed into a ginger color. His laughter was the same laughter that would haunt Hermione's dreams forever. Her eyes grew wide and she stumbled back a bit. Scared half to death she turned ion her heel and ran. She ran as far as she could before collapsing onto the ground. The baby was crying again and Hermione soothed her.
"Hush baby it's okay." Hermione could still hear the laughter even though she was so far away.
The a loud raucous laugh emitted from the baby. It was the exact same laughter the man had, had the same laughter that would haunt her forever. The baby now had gold eyes and ginger-brown hair. Hermione screamed and dropped the baby.
The baby stood up "Our baby, our baby!" She taunted.
Scared out of her wits Hermione screamed bloody murder and ran towards the woods. Looking behind her she could see the baby running behind her still taunting her. Hermione turned back to look straight and saw a branch. Her mind screamed for her to jump over it but for some reason she wouldn't. Right before she hit the ground she woke up.
Hermione sat bolt upright screaming in her bed next to Draco. Sweat beads came down her face and she trembled under the silky sheets and comforter. She had, had the same dream that would haunt her dreams forever. Beside her Draco too had woken up and was sitting up next to her.
"Are you ok, 'Mione?" Draco asked her resting his hand on her shoulder.
Hermione laid back down shaking. "Yeah I'm okay." She whispered.
"Did you have that nightmare again?" Draco asked leaning on his elbow and setting a hand down on her stomach.
Hermione nodded and a small tear came from her eye. The nightmare scared her badly and now all she wanted was to have Draco wrap his arms around her.
"Don't worry 'Mione those dreams can't hurt you, I promise." Draco pulled her close and buried his face in her hair.
"I know. But that doesn't make them any less scary." Hermione sighed putting her hands on his chest and pushing Draco away.
Draco pushed himself away as he let her stand up. Stretching Hermione looked over at the clock and grimaced. It was time to get up. Bending over she kissed him softly on the lips.
"It's time to get ready and I'm going to go take a shower." She told him turning around and walking into the bathroom.
Hermione went into the bathroom and turned on the water until it was just under scalding hot. Stripping off her pajamas she jumped into the shower and let the water cascade down her back. The water was too hot for her to stay in long so she was done in record time and when she got out Draco was just then walking in. Seeing her in a towel he let his eyes wander and he smirked at what he saw.
Hermione rolled her eyes and walked over to him and kissed his cheek. "Good morning, sunshine." She smirked at the nickname she had christened him with.
Draco's nose scrunched up at the terrible name. "Must you insist upon calling me that?"
"Yeah, I must." Hermione pulled away going to the bedroom door. "Hurry up and take a shower so we can get down to breakfast on time for the post." She called over her shoulder throwing him a wink.
Feeling in a much better mood than before Hermione pulled on a pair of jeans and her favorite gray maternity t-shirt. It was designed to get bigger whenever her stomach grew. Slipping into her white trainers she grabbed a book off her desk before slipping back downstairs to wait for Draco.
Twenty minutes later Draco came padding down the steps and through the tapestry. He was dressed, dry and ready to go.
"Ready to go?" Hermione asked brightly setting her book down on the table.
Draco nodded and yawned. "How can you be so awake this early in the morning?"
Hermione shrugged. "The results are coming back today and then we get to go to California for Christmas!" Hermione squealed taking his hand in her own.
Draco smiled down at her. He loved seeing her happy and she was much happier now than she had been when she woke up. Together they made their way down to the Great Hall. They had barely sat down in their usual seats, at the end of the Slytherin table, when the hall was suddenly flowing with owls.
"Oh good." Hermione muttered to herself scanning the hall for an owl that might be there with her results.
To her and Draco's surprise five owls flew down in front of them. Two for Draco and two for Hermione and one left a letter in the middle. Hermione grabbed the letter that had a St.Mungo's seal on it and set it carefully down beside her before opening the package. To her surprise it was a kit of disguise potions, a two pairs of baby booties and a card with it.
"What do you know." Draco murmured to himself grinning at a card in front of him.
"What is it?" Hermione asked.
"My cousin, Tonks, sent me a broomstick care kit and a card." Draco grinned. looking up at her. "It looks like she sent you something, too."
Hermione opened up her own card to find it was from her. "Yeah that was sweet of her." She smiled. "What's this?" She wondered out loud picking up the letter that was in the middle of the table.
Opening it she found a small letter from Amy and Blaise saying they would be arriving at noon on Christmas Eve. Nervously Hermione picked up the St.Mungo's letter and brought it out of the envelope. Pausing she stared at it for a moment before opening it up. It read...
Dear Ms.Granger,
Due to all the tests you have taken in the past three days we have been able to construct a percentage of your babies health. This is only an estimation and should only be, at the most, 30 off.
Baby 1-90 chance of living
Baby 2-70 chance of living
The reason the second baby's percentage is much lower than the first baby's is because one baby's chance of survival is more likely than the other's in a twin pregnancy. We wish you lots of luck and a happy Christmas.
Sincerely,
The Staff of St.Mungo's Hospital for Maladies and Injuries
Hermione sighed and put the letter back down on the table looking down at her hands in her lap. Draco picked up the letter and read through it.
"I don't like it." He said bluntly.
"Neither do I." Hermione murmured angrily, glaring up at him.
"No I mean it just doesn't seem very...professional is all." Draco shrugged shoving it into his pocket.
"Okay Draco." Hermione sighed standing up. "I'm gonna go pack, ok?"
Draco nodded and pulled her closer by the wrist and crashed his lips against hers. "Okay. I'll see you in a little bit."
Hermione smiled and turned around walking out of the Great Hall to go pack so she could spend the rest of her vacation with Draco. It was sure to be a dream vacation.