Chapter 19-The End Only Brings the Beginning

Draco casually walked out of the Great Hall and caught sight of Harry hugging Hermione, "Hey Potter get your hands off my girl."

Harry stepped back and Hermione ran to Draco, "Why is this happening to me?"

"I asked you if you were ready Hermione. You have to be able to handle this shit. I know it's not right but you have to forget about everyone else."

"But I love my friends."

"I know you do, and they'll come around sooner or later. Right now though, you have to be like me, you can't give a shit about anyone or anything."

Harry watched Hermione and Draco stunned. He had never seen them together and seeing them in that moment together made the sense of the whole situation. Draco was what Hermione needed to balance out her life and vise versa for Draco. It seemed as though he was the only one to see that though. Harry walked up to the couple, "Hermione, God forgive me for saying this, Malfoy is right. You need to forget everyone else for now, this is about your life."

"I know, but I just want everyone to be happy."

"Well you can't make everyone happy." Harry and Draco said at the same time. Draco cringed at the thought of them thinking a like.

Hermione hugged Harry and Draco walked her back to their common room. He tucked her into bed and walked in front of the fire. He heard a pop in his room and peaked inside. He saw his father looking through his things. Draco pushed opened the door and his father glared at him.

"Draco I am very disappointed in you, and so is our lord. He wants you to be initiated tonight. Come now."

Draco glared at his father, "No."

"Excuse me boy?"

"I said no."

"Draco there is no time for this.."

Draco drew his wand and fired a curse, "Impedimenta!"

His father flew backwards from the spell, he quickly regained his strength and shot back at Draco, "Crucio!"

Draco ducked below the curse and yelled back, "Crucio!"

His father fell to the floor in pain. Draco wanted to hold him there forever, that is until he heard a gasp behind him. He lost his concentration as he turned and looked at Hermione. His father stood up and yelled, "Impedimenta!"

Draco flew back into Hermione, he stumbled back up and shot a spell, "Levicorpus."

His father was stuck upside down, Draco called for his father's wand, "Acciowand. You know father it's sad that you got beat by a silly kids curse." He pointed both wands at his father, "I'm so tired of you ruining my life and my mother's. Your time is up father." Suddenly Lucius swung himself up and grabbed Draco's throat. He had a good grip and him and Draco started turning blue. From behind them both they heard, "Avada Kedavra!" and Lucius's grip was lost.

Draco could breathe again as he fell the floor. His father's lifeless body was hanging upside down, the blond hair flowing grandly towards the floor. He looked over and saw Hermione collapsed on the floor. He crawled over to her and took her in his arms. "It's okay, It's all over now Hermione."

"I killed him."

"I know, but it's okay, he deserved much more than that. It will all be okay now Hermione."

Hermione cried in his arms and he held her tight. She finally fell asleep and he carried her to the couch. He first locked his door and then walked out into the hall towards Dumbledore's office. The students were roaming the halls because it was after dinner and Draco walked through all of them. He got Dumbledore's office, said a password and waited for the stairs to take him to the door. He knocked at the door and Dumbledore called him, "Ah, hello Mr. Malfoy."

"Professor."

"Is something the matter Draco?"

"I think you should come with me to the head's room sir, there's been, well not an accident really, but an incident."

Dumbledore only nodded as he started to walk with Draco to the common room. He pushed open the portrait door to see Hermione staring at him wide-eyed. He walked past her with Dumbledore following and opened up his door. Dumbledore and he walked inside and Dumbledore saw Lucius Malfoy's body upside down.

Dumbledore still that twinkle in his eye when asked Draco, "Would you explain this Draco."

Draco went on to explain the whole story to Dumbledore and then Dumbledore sent the body off to the Ministry. "Draco I think you should be the one to tell your dear mother." Draco nodded at Dumbledore and flooed to Malfoy Manor, while Dumbledore took care of Hermione.

Draco walked out the fireplace in the main family room and walked to his mother's study. She was sitting at her desk reading a book.

"Hello Mother."

"Oh, Draco dear, it's so good to see you."

"Well mother I'm not here under good circumstances, well really."

"Oh dear, what's happened?"

"Lucius is dead mother."

"Dead?"

"Yes, he came for me today wanting to initiate me into the Death Eaters. We got into a duel and I killed him, I had no other choice." He really felt bad for lying to his mother, but he had too. He walked towards her and hugged her gently.

"Will it be better like this Draco?"

"Yes mother."

"Okay."

A week later Draco stood at his father's black marble coffin on the Malfoy tomb. His father's face was pale and has no life at all, he was dead after all. All his father's "friends" were there to watch him go and his mother was in the front row, dressed in black and white. For her and Draco it was a mixed feeling about losing Lucius. On the bad side he was a part of their family, a big part. Narcissa and Lucius had been together forever, and Draco had never looked up to a man as he had his father. But on the other hand all the bad in their lives was gone. There would be no more yelling, no more violence, no more hate.

The funeral was over now and Draco walked his mother out to the limo that was waiting for them. The limo left the cemetery and headed off the Hogwarts. The limo finally stopped at the school gates and they sat in the car for a while. Draco finally took his mother's hands and kissed them both. Then he kissed his mother's cheek and left. He walked up to the school with his hands in his pocket. Lunch would be getting at in the school and Draco knew there would be talk. Every since the story hit the headlines people had been talking.

Draco walked in as the students started piling out and walked a little faster towards his common room. He walked into the room and collapsed on his couch waiting for Hermione to come in. He heard talking outside and then the door opened slightly. He sat up a little more straight as he waited for her to come around the door. She closed the door and faced him finally. She started crying when she saw him, ran to him, and jumped on top of him. He held her close for a long time before she let go.

"It's all going to be all right now Hermione."

"Okay."

"You know what would make me happy though?"

"What?"

"Well Malfoy Manor will be kind of quiet without my father around for the holidays, how about you come and stay with me."

Hermione smiled and hugged his neck, he hugged her back and smiled, for real. Hermione was his now, and no one was going to take her away from him.

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