A/n: wipes the tomato off my face… I know I left a cliffie… but onward HO

P.S. I don't own nething besides the plot and a ton of books that I have to read for my Abnormal Psych class… hehe

Chapter 16 Peace

We reached my door, which was closed, and he turned to me. His eyes were in a dream–like daze. He let go off my hand.

"So I guess this is goodnight." He said quietly. I was surprised and yet a little disappointed. I knew Malfoy would never miss an opportunity to be with a girl, so I didn't know what the problem was. That made me wonder, did I do something wrong?

"Thank you for a lovely evening Malfoy." I replied. He moved in closer, our faces mere inches apart from one another. He then kissed me softly on the lips. He pulled back abruptly.

"Don't call me Malfoy," He said softly, gazing at me intently. "My name is Draco."

"Draco," I repeated, returning his gaze. "That sounds so…" But before I could say anything else his lips were on top of mine. Soon our kisses became more pronounced. He was kissing me with so much fervor that it left me breathless. My hands instinctively gripped his flaxen locks. His hair was so soft, I could get used to this. Soon my back was against my closed door, our lips didn't leave one another. He pulled back panting for air. He soon gave me a peck on the lips and turned to go to his room. I just stood there in a daze.

As soon as I closed the door to my room I began pacing the floor. Back and forth, back and forth. I didn't like the effect she had over me.

'It's me again.' The voice in my head called out lazily.

"What do you want?" I asked angrily.

'Just hear me out and I'll leave you alone to your tormenting thoughts… hey that's me.' The voice chuckled. 'Look, have you ever been truly happy?'

I stopped pacing the floor.

"Just leave me alone," I answered. For some reason that question left me thinking. When have I ever been truly happy?

I walked into my room and found Ginny sitting on my bed, leafing through one of my books. She looked up at me when I entered, her face doing all the talking. I laid down next to her waiting for her to say something. Her chocolate brown eyes were staring at me.

"How long has it been?" She asked.

"How long has what been?" I asked innocently, maybe she was talking about something else.

"Don't play dumb." She said smiling mischievously. "How long has this Malfoy thing been going on, or should I say Draco now?"

"How long have you been here?" I asked, stalling for time. Knowing her, she probably popped in when Malfoy and I were out. Just thinking about what had happened made my head spin.

"Don't try to change the subject," She replied turning back to her book. "How long has it been going on?"

"Well I guess it really started that night at the café," I answered reluctantly, a small smile creeping across my face.

"But wait, have you ever wondered about why he was so keen to get close to you, why he is all of the sudden being nice? It could be on Voldemort's orders," She warned, turning over on her side to face me.

"I have been thinking about that somewhat, but I've just been busy," I replied. "But he hasn't done anything to make me suspicious. Plus I am going to need him to help me with the next phase in finally conquering my powers and helping me defeat Voldemort."

Just thinking about the tasks at hand my blood run faster and my pulse quicken. I had to figure out how I am going to achieve all of these tasks. I think peace is the easiest so I am going to start on that tonight.

"Except for that necklace," She said, interrupting my thoughts. "I asked Snape about it."

"You did?" I asked. I then remembered that I was going to ask him about it but all of those thoughts were driven out when I saw the post about Ollivander. "So what did he say?"

"He did say that it sounded familiar to him, but he didn't know what the necklace meant. He said that he would research it but it also sounded like some extravagant piece of jewelry that Malfoy would by for his son." She replied

I looked to the ceiling and let out a deep sigh. Who knew what to believe anymore?

"So what is the real reason why you came over here?" I asked.

"My mum wanted me to bring over some food since you were apparently sick, but I can obviously see that your better and Draco Malfoy was the cure." She answered, smiling.

I just smiled back. Yes, what was it about Draco that made all the girls swoon, his good looks, or his money?

"So is he a good kisser?" She asked, grinning widely. "Better than Harry?"

"It's not like the kiss is bad or anything, it's just different, a different variation from Harry's and I totally love it." I replied closing my eyes. There was something about his kisses that made me want to strip down to my knickers. I shook this thought from my head.

"So what are you going to do tonight?" She asked.

"Well I got to sort out how I am going to achieve the rest of my tasks and then go to bed. So can we finish this little chat later?" I replied.

"Sure," She replied getting off my bed. "And if you two end up shagging I want all the details."

She let out a light giggle and made her way out of my room. I stayed in the same position, wondering what Malfoy was thinking about.

'Just go over there you'll feel better.' The voice suggested.

"I don't like her… I can't like her…." I kept telling myself over and over again.

'Stop trying to convince yourself that you don't, you know you do.'

"I have to get out of this house." I said out loud. I couldn't like her, I just couldn't. I had to get out of this house. She's off limits, prohibited, forbidden.

'Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest.'

I left the room and disapparated from the front door. I am so confused. I can't believe what just happened. I can't start liking the mudblood; I have to get my priorities in order. Mission first, life later. I ended up at my dorm. I decided that I would spend the night there, just to clear my thoughts. I walked up the musky stairs to the forth floor. I opened the door to find Cho Chang lying in my bed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked curiously.

"I knew you would come back," she said locking her eyes on mine. Her darkened eyes glistened in the soft light. Her long dark hair shined brilliantly.

What better way to stop thinking of that filthy mudblood than to shag Cho Chang's brains out?

"Why wouldn't I?" I replied smirking.

"Look, Malfoy, I knew when I got into this we would be shag mates but …"

I don't know what it was about girls and trying to hook me in. I've heard this speech too many times before. She wanted to have a relationship, as always, and I tried to look interested, even though I wasn't.

"You know what, forget about it." She replied. She picked herself up off my bed and left in a huff.

Good going Malfoy you totally missed your opportunity to rid yourself of the mudblood for good. I sprawled out on the small bed, thinking about the mission on top of everything else. Everything was just a confused jumble. I only had five days, five days with the mudblood before she was mine.

I was sprawled on my bed thinking about the tasks at hand. I knew how I could do some of them very easily. Some would require a little help from Draco while others I could do on my own. Like peace for example, I can either induce it myself or have someone help me get into that frame of mind. I was going to need the help of Draco whether he liked it or not, and I knew exactly how to do it.

The next day rolled around lazily, since the potion was still brewing there was nothing to be done. Draco was nowhere to be found in the house, but I wasn't worried. I decided to make a big picnic lunch. He soon came stumbling around 3 in the afternoon. He looked extremely tired, like he didn't get any sleep whatsoever. I decide d to wait until he fixed himself up.

He came down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"Hello," he said looking around the small kitchen. "There's nothing to eat is there?"

Something was weird, like he was distancing himself from me but I ignored it.

"Actually, I was waiting for you to get back, I thought we could have a picnic." I said showing him the basic already filled with food.

"Sure." He replied eyeing the basket hungrily. "I know the perfect place."

He walked over towards me, grabbed my hand and we disapparated. Soon we were by the same beautiful pond that we danced next to from the previous night. I unpacked everything, while he spread out the blanket. I made him a plate full of food and one for myself and we sat there and ate in silence.

This place was so quiet, yet peaceful. The sky was filled with white puffy clouds that looked like they were about to touch the ground. The sun's rays were making the water gleam as the wind brought the pond to life by causing quiet ripples.

"What it this place?" I asked in a hush voice.

Draco was about to begin his second plate of food. "Oh this place is mine, I inherited it from my grandfather. It's a little over 80 acres of land."

"Well wouldn't your father look for you here?" I asked. I mean, his father probably does know about this place.

"Well my father knows about this place of course, but he would never look for me here, only because he despises this place so much. He wanted to build a second house on this property. I never visited this place much, only because I told my father that I would turn it in to something respectable that would make the Malfoy's make even more money, and that I had no intention of visiting the place until I got contractors." He replied.

I turned to look at him. Did he really believe that I was that dumb? I kept my suspicions to myself, however, and cleaned up my plate and packed it neatly back into the basket. I laid down on the blanket and looked up to the sky. I knew it was now or never to get the ball rolling conquering each task.

Soon Malfoy was putting away his clean plate. He joined me; he put his arm around my waist and brought me closer to him. My head was on his chest. I could hear his heart pounding. It was really relaxing. I turned my head up to the sky.

"I like clouds don't you Draco?" I asked curiously.

"I do too." He replied yawning. Note to self, no turkey the next time.

"I like them because it can be anything you want it to be, no matter how crazy the idea may well be," I said softly.

So that's what we did for a lazy afternoon. We cloud gazed, trying to come up with the wildest interpretations that we could come up with. Soon the sun was setting. The sky turned from light blue to pink, then orange and then light purple. Malfoy was breathing slowly, making slow circular motions on my hip with his fingertips. This was kind of nice, just lying here, with no one or nothing to worry about. I breathed deeply relaxing my body and soon my eyes were closing.

Granger's eyes flew shut; her smell had been clouding my senses for the past couple of hours. I loved how she smelled. I was trying not to get near her but it was now inevitable. I was still gazing at the rapidly coming night sky. I had to admit this was nice. I had always loved this property, it was mine and I had no intention of ruining it, even though my father thought I was going to turn it into another booming Malfoy enterprise. She turned into me, her arm across my chest, clutching onto me tight. I stroked her hair lightly. I could get used to this.

'So you agree don't you?' The voice piped up in my head. I rolled my eyes; this voice was getting annoyingly stupid.

"Agree with what?" I thought lazily.

'That your finally happy.' The voice replied.

I was falling once more through a sea of darkness. Soon I could see a light. It was getting bigger and bigger. Soon the light surrounded me, as I was still falling. I was falling through clouds and sky. I began screaming.

"Miss Granger, calm down," Merlin was besides me falling. On my other side was Asis; she was thoroughly enjoying herself doing flips, her long brown hair flowing.

"Merlin what am I supposed to do?" I asked panicking.

"Just think… why are you here? Which task are you trying to accomplish?" He replied, his gray hair surrounding him.

I am doing the task of peace, but I'm panicking. I have to calm down. I began to slow down, my heartbeat was slowing and my pulse was slowing. We sat on a cloud. Merlin was pleased.

"Now Miss Granger, since you have completed the first part of the task it is time for you to move on to the second." Merlin informed me. In the blink of an eye we were somewhere different. Instead of sitting on a cloud I was on a crowded street. It was packed with people; Asis was standing next to me. People were jostling me around as they went about their business. 'Think peace' I said over and over again in my head. It was really hard to do that. People were bumping into me, cars were screeching to a halt, people were screaming at each other.

I thought about Malfoy at the pond. His slow breathing, his hands caressing me. The sounds of the people melted away and soon I was falling in the sky once more.

"Excellent, Miss Granger, it is now time to complete the last part of the task." Merlin called out to me.

We were hurtling to the ground at an increasing speed, breaking through the cloud formations.

"Neither I nor Asis can help you, you must achieve this task with the resources that you have." And with that he vanished, Asis did so too. I was still hurtling towards the ground; soon it came closer and closer until I could make out two figures on the ground, resting peacefully. I looked to see Malfoy and I on the ground. I was obviously in a deep sleep but there was Malfoy, looking down at me with a small smile on his lips, his eyes filled with the same Malfoy I had seen back on the bench in front of the fountain at MWU.

I dove into my body; it felt like I jumped into a pool of icy water. Darkness swallowed me once more; soon a single candle was lit. I walked towards it, and in doing so noted that I was in a small stone room. I could tell because my feet were echoing off the walls. I stood there for a minute surveying everything. It seemed as though I couldn't leave, there were no doors. I put a hand to one of the stonewalls. I lifted my hand and saw that the place where my hand had just been had was now glowing green. It then faded back into its original color. Just then I remembered what I read in the books that Dumbledore had given me. I had to draw intricate shapes.

So that's what I did. For the next half hour, I drew all over the wall without any results, every time I tried to draw something the color would disappear. Then I realized how stupid that was. I needed to achieve peace while using wandless magic. So I calmed down once more. I had to be peace; I had to feel it in all parts of my body. I soon began pulling on my magic. I could feel it curling up inside me rapidly. Soon jets of green light shot out of my fingertips.

I was drawing on the walls without thinking. Just connecting the lines, it seemed as though my magic had a mind of its own, it was forcing me to move, it seemed as though I was just along for the ride. The room was soon glowing green from the traces of my magic. It felt like I was getting weaker and weaker by the second as I moved on. I was almost finished. I could feel the magic running thin, but I had a quarter of the way to go, and I knew I wasn't going to be able to finish.

Soon my magic had ran out, the walls were still glimmering green but I knew if I didn't finish that I would have to start all over again. I only had a little left to go.

'Use the resources you have', interrupted my thoughts. I knew what I had to do. I thought about Malfoy and how he held me in his arms. My thoughts then flashed to his fingertips circling my hip that was exposed because of the shirt I was wearing. Soon I felt a hand on my elbow. There was Malfoy, standing right behind me. He didn't say anything to me, but just looked at me with confusion. He then grabbed my other elbow and soon silver ribbons snaked around our arms, linking us to one another.

He then placed his head on my shoulder and that's when we started. He was hard to control; the energy that flowed through him into me was wild and untamed. When the light left my fingertips, green and sliver strands of light were intertwined. He was guiding my arms with his, as if he knew exactly what to do. In no time we finished. The room glowed brightly and a door appeared. Malfoy walked through the door and then I followed suit. I knew then that I had left my mind.

I felt weakened, but happy. One down, six more to go, I just hope that Malfoy doesn't become suspicious, or hopefully Malfoy won't have any recollection of it at all. I felt him stirring next to me, and I opened my eyes to find his looking back at mine.

A/n: Ok pplz, yes it has been a long time… A VERY LONG TIME! I can't really do anything about it though only because I have an exam on Tuesday and just drama with a guy… u know how it goes… I don't know when I will be able to post the next chapter but hopefully it'll be soon.

Other than that life has been sucky… I only eat once a day and I only get four hours of sleep every night because of schoolwork, but what's a little sleep deprivation and malnutrition…lol… I hope you guys like this chapter, I really do. So pls R&R!

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