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Chapter 21 Love
"He just left?" Ginny asked curiously.
"Yea," I replied.
Ginny and I were sitting on my bed conversing as usual. I had just gotten out of the shower when she arrived.
"What did he say last night when he left?" She asked once again.
"He told me that he couldn't do anything, not when I was in my current state. He then told me he needed to clear his head, so he got up and left." I replied.
"No explanation?" She questioned.
"Nope," I sighed.
The sun was feebly trying to poke its way through my purple curtains. The rolling dark clouds seemed to be reflecting what I was feeling, confusion, and anger.
"Don't read too much into this." Ginny said smiling. "Maybe he doesn't want it to seem as if he was taking advantage of you."
"But he knows how I feel," I replied exasperatedly. "Why are boys so confusing, he wants me and then he doesn't?"
"Hypocrite," Ginny mumbled.
"I heard that." I replied smiling. "I'm not a hypocrite."
"Oh you aren't are you?" Ginny said raising a sculpted red eyebrow. "You're the same way with Harry. One minute you want to be just friends and then the next you're in love with him. You need to make up your mind one of these days."
I hit her with the pillow that I was hugging.
"That's different." I said smiling. "With Harry I don't know how the war is going to end. That's why we held off on making everything official."
"Oh, but now that Malfoy is in the picture you don't know how anything is going to turn out." She said, fixing her hair.
"Exactly," I replied.
"Speaking of Malfoy, what time did he come back from his walk?"
"He didn't come back until about 3am." I replied.
"Well what was he doing until 3am?" She asked.
"I don't know," I replied, lying back down on the bed.
I sat up with a jolt. I had another nightmare. These nightmares have been getting worse and worse with each passing day. I got up out of the bed and yawned. I walked over to the window and pressed my face on the cool glass. The sky wasn't clear at all, which was disappointing seeing how these past couple weeks were full of sunshine. Was it an omen? I shook this thought from my head. After last night's meeting with the Dark Lord everything seemed to be planned. I let my thoughts wander to the events of last night.
I was the last to arrive. There seemed to be excitement in the air. Instead of conducting the meeting inside the house we were out in the graveyard. The Dark Lord seemed to be pleased but angry at the same time.
"Now that all of us are present," His eyes rested on mine. "It has come to my attention once again that our prodigy has completed another task."
He began walking around the circle and he stopped in front of my father.
"Everything is ready, I presume." The Dark Lord hissed.
"Yes my Lord." He replied.
I had no clue what they were talking about but that didn't matter to me. I was supposed to be finding out who this prodigy was but haven't been able too because as soon as my classes are over I come straight to Granger's to make sure my plan is in effect. Plus Cho said that she was going to take care of all of that.
"Tell me Malfoy." He turned to me which snapped my attention back on him. "How many tasks does the prodigy need to have control over ones power?"
"I don't know my Lord," I replied.
"Seven!" He bellowed angrily.
"And how many has our prodigy completed?" He asked angrily.
"I don't know my Lord." I replied.
"Four!" He bellowed once more. "Four of these tasks are complete. As of tonight, this prodigy completed another task. I thought you were going to put an end to this Malfoy."
"Well Chang and I have been working on it together. She's been asking people around since the mudblood takes up most of my time my Lord." I drawled.
He turned to Cho.
"Chang, has your search progressed? Did you come across anything new?" He asked.
"I have a few leads, a couple of them turned up as dead ends but I have a very strong lead that I am currently following at the moment." She replied.
He seemed to be satisfied with that answer because he moved on to new business.
"Tonight is for celebrating, I have stumbled upon news, good news. To celebrate I want you all to decide on a muggle dwelling and have fun. But rest up because I might need all of you sooner than planned. So go, have fun."
Everyone cheered with happiness. I was wondering why the Dark Lord was so excited.
"Malfoy I need to speak with you." He called over the cheering death eaters.
I followed him back into the house, as everyone was disapparating. I was happy not to go along, after seeing what I did to Granger I didn't want to feel anymore guilty than I already did. We walked down the familiar corridor into the study. I took my seat in front of the desk and he took his usual seat.
"How's the plan with the mudblood going?" He asked.
"Swimmingly," I replied. "It would be going even better if I wasn't rudely interrupted."
"Bold aren't we." He said putting his fingers together.
"Well I was about to put her to bed before you interrupted." I said angrily.
"Watch your tone." He replied.
"I apologize." I said taking off my hood.
"So I will have Potter in no time then." He said happily.
"Yes you will." I said fiddling with my hood.
"Good, very good indeed," He said reclining back in his seat. "The plan is falling into place. Weakness is not an option, if one small incident does occur it could ruin everything. Do you understand me Malfoy?"
"Yes my Lord." I replied.
"You may go, but remember, as soon as all of this is over you will receive the mark and be placed high amongst my ranks."
"Yes my Lord." I bowed. I walked out of the office and I had to go some place. Some place where I knew I would get answers.
"So what are you going to do now?" Ginny asked. "Are you going to give him another chance?"
"Sure," I said gazing out of the window. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well if you do end up shagging, I want all details." She said giggling. "I mean you've heard everything back when we were in school. You know how good he's supposed to be."
"Well I wouldn't know, I think the rumors are a bunch of lies, he can't be that good." I said pulling at a piece of my hair. Soon the picture of the witch popped into my head, her face was screwed up in immense pleasure as she threw her head back and moaned loudly. "No he's not that good at all."
"Well you wouldn't know that would you?" She said smiling. A picture of him caressing me soon entered my thoughts. "Just tell me how it is, good or bad."
"Alright Gin, jeez, you should just shag him if you really want to know what it feels like." I said throwing the pillow at her.
"Well maybe I will." She grinned.
I didn't go back to Granger's after my so-called meeting wit the dark lord. I went straight for my house. As soon as I apparated there was a house elf there to greet me.
"Hello, how is my mother?" I asked the house elf.
"She is not well sir, she won't get out of bed anymore, and Master Lucius did not call for anyone sir." The house elf squeaked.
"How long has she been like this?" I demanded.
"For a couple of days now," The house elf replied bowing his head low.
"This is what I want you to do, I want you to call Healer Peters from St. Mungos and have him come here as soon as possible."
"Ok sir, would you like anything else?" He asked.
"No that would be all." I replied. The elf bowed low and disappeared.
I ran the length of the corridor and up the grand staircase to my parents' bedroom. I entered the room slowly. There was my mother pacing the bedroom floor. The room was in total disarray there were papers everywhere. I picked up the nearest one and looked at it. The paintings were of Severus Snape. Most them were torn and scattered over the floor. I dropped it and went to my mother.
"Mother, are you ok?" I asked tentatively.
"No she won't, she won't do this to me, my family…" She mumbled. "I can't take this anymore, not anymore. I must fight for everything we have."
"Mother," I said softly. I touched her shoulder softly. She turned to me. Her eyes seemed out of focus. She continued rambling.
"Black hair and eyes, no one likes the likes of you, you're despicable!" She shouted.
"Mom it's me Draco." I called out to her.
"But I love him father, and he loves me, we will marry at sun down and you can't do anything to stop me!" She bellowed once more.
"Mom," I said loudly. I was getting worried. I didn't know what was going on.
"Love, it's the only thing in this world worth fighting for. Love will never go away, love will never die, and you can't destroy it." She grabbed my hand and looked me in the eyes. "It surrounds us all and it will surround us when we are gone. To have love, to be loved makes you the luckiest person alive and to give your love to someone is the greatest feeling in the world. To have love… to be loved… your soul will arise to the occasion and rejoice; because that is what it seeks the most."
She let go of my hand and began pacing the floor once more. Her hair was sticking out at odd angles. It seemed as though she lost a lot of weight. Her face that used to be flawless was now filled with scratches and blotches. As she placed the marble floor she was twisting her hands in one another.
"Master Draco, he is here sir." The house elf squeaked loudly.
Healer Peters entered the room swiftly and took note of my mother's conditions and rushed over to her. He began working.
"How long has she been like this?" He demanded.
"Two days sir," The house elf squeaked.
"Why wasn't anyone called sooner?" He asked urgently.
"Master Lucius wouldn't allow it." The house elf replied.
"Ok that's all I needed to know, now I must work in peace." Healer Peters said. He shooed both of us out of the room.
"I'm going for a run." I told the house elf. "Please stay here and makes sure that my mother is fine."
I left the house elf and walked straight to my quarters. I haven't been on a run like this for a long time. I grabbed a jogging suit and apparated to my favorite jogging trail on the grounds. The whole path was lit with fairies. I started running.
"So what are you going to do today?"
"Well I have class today, and then I'm just going to relax, nothing special." I replied still gazing at the darkening sky.
"When is it?"
"Not until later but I need to start getting ready soon." I replied sitting up. I rubbed my eyes and stretched.
"You're coming over tomorrow so you can tell me everything." She asked eagerly getting up too.
"Of course, as soon as I can get away ok, and that's a promise." I replied smiling.
"You promise?" She asked again.
"Promise," I replied. We did our secret handshake and she bid her farewell.
The ground was crunching beneath my feet as I ran. I didn't remember the last time I did this. I really on do this when I need to think.
'You're not mad for the Dark Lord interrupting are you?' the voice inquired.
"Not really," I thought back.
'Can you explain to me why?' the voice asked again.
"Maybe because I didn't want to," I replied.
'Denial,' the voice chuckled. 'If you just tell me you will feel better.'
"Oh alright," I thought dejectedly. "I don't think I can go through with this. I really want to be with her but I don't thick I can with this hanging over me. I want her to know everything but if she did, she will probably stop liking me. Not only that but the plan. I already did so much to her I don't need to do anymore."
'So what you really must decide is whether or not you're going to go through with this plan even though you like her.' The voice said.
"Yes." I replied. "The Dark Lord is a very powerful enemy. I do not need him breathing down my back. Hermione is just a girl, just a mudblood."
'For the first time I am going to let you decide, not tell you what to decide. I am going to let your heart decide for you.' The voice said.
I ran on, heart pounding as fast as my footsteps, my mother's voice filling my head.
'To have love… to be loved…'
'Love will never go away,'
'…to give your love to someone is the greatest feeling in the world.'
'… because that is what it seeks the most.'
'To have love… to be loved…'
The same thoughts were going through my head as I looked out at the sky. I didn't know what to do. I needed to get the Dark Lord off my back but I needed someone like Granger in my life. Then my decision was clear, I knew what I had to do.
I went to class. Nothing unusual happened but I couldn't wait to go see Merlin's statue. I went to the fountain but there was barely anyone there. There was only a couple people sitting there reading. I walked to the fountain and kneeled by it.
"Hello Merlin old chap, just wanted to come by and say hello."
"Well Hello Miss Granger, you know you can visit me in your mind." He smiled.
"Yes, well I like being conscious better." I replied smiling.
"Well you shouldn't be here, there's a witch with red hair always lurking around here, and it's too dangerous to talk." He replied.
"Oh ok, I'll talk to you soon then, bye." I replied. I got up and turned around. There was the witch standing behind me.
"Hello." I said as normal as possible.
"Why hello there," she said in a southern drawl. "Don't you just love this statue?"
"Yes, it's nice. Not only do I like it but I like the history behind it." I replied.
"Yea," She replied smiling widely. "You know it can talk to people?"
"Well to those who are worthy, but I never seen it talk to anyone before." I lied.
"Oh ok, well it was nice meeting ya." She said. With that she turned on her heel and left.
I looked back up at the statue and Merlin winked at me. I winked back and decided to head home.
I smelled Granger cooking and then leave for her class. Since I didn't have anything left to do I checked on the potion and to my surprise it was bright purple, which meant that it was done. I now had to put it on ice and let it cool.
I soon wandered around the house. I made myself a sandwich and ate it in the kitchen and then made my way upstairs. The door to her room was opened. I decided to go inside and make sure everything was in order. I walked to the vanity table once again to look at the picture. I picked it up gingerly.
I looked at it and there I was in the back looking at Hermione. I looked once more at my facial expression. It had a dreamy put off look about it. Then realization came rushing at me all at once. I love Hermione Granger. I love her. I just kept repeating it over and over again in my head. I love Hermione Granger. My heart seemed to swell at this feeling. (a/n: as soon as I wrote this, I thought about Dr. Suess's how the Grinch Stole Christmas… I still get all teary eyed when his heart breaks the little measurement tool…awww… and then he saves Christmas…awww) I loved her since the beginning of it all, the taunting, even the slap. That is why I have been taunting her for all those years. I love her.
I placed the photograph back. I had to do something special, for the both of us.
I soon apparated back home, I wondered what Malfoy had been up to all day. He didn't have any classes to day. I entered the house to find it dimly lit. I took out my wand immediately. I walked toward the stairs. There was a note tabled to the banister, it was addressed to me. It said… 'Go up me.'
So I did, I followed the directions on the note. At the top of the stairs I found another note and I opened it. It said. 'Go to your room.' So I did. I wonder what he had planned. I was getting happier as I looked around the room to find another note. There was another on the closet door. I opened it and it said 'Open me.' So I opened the closet door to find all my clothes pushed to either side of the closet. There was one lone dress hanging in the middle. There was a piece of paper that said 'Wear me.'
I took a look at the dress. It was red satin with spaghetti straps. It seemed a little on the short side but I liked it. I went and took a quick shower. I was excited and thinking about what he had planned. I toweled off eagerly and lotioned up. I slipped into the dress. It was a little on the short side and a little on the tight side, but I had to say that it looked good. I would have never ever picked it out but it still looked great. I put on my red strap sandals to go with it. I made sure that my hair was straightened and put on a little lip-gloss. I gave myself a once over in the mirror. I put Asis in the thigh strap that I had for such occasions. I made my way down the stairs and kept my eyes peeled for another note. I found one on the coat rack by the door. It was on a nice red satin jacket that matched the dress. The note said 'Put this on and apparate to Lloyd's.'
So that's what I did. I apparated to Lloyd's which turned out to be a famous wizard restaurant. It was hard and impossible to get reservations to this place. I remembered Harry tried to bring me here. I walked up to the hostess stand, but was stopped by the doorman.
"May I take you jacket Madame?" He asked.
I gave him my jacket and I made my way to the hostess stand. There seemed to be a lot of people waiting for a table. I felt a little uncomfortable because I was getting stares from the men.
"Meess Granger I presume." The hostess said with a light French accent. "Your party is waiting for you. I will seat you now."
She led me away from the hostess table to another table. There was Malfoy patiently waiting for me. When he caught site of me he looked shocked but recovered quickly. He stood up when I reached the table and took my chair out for me.
"You look great," He whispered in my ear. His breath tickled my ear. I sat down in the chair and he placed a napkin over my lap.
"Thanks, you do too." I replied. He did look great. He was wearing black satin dress robes. He had a blood red rose in his front pocket. He was wearing his black slacks and black shoes.
He sat in the seat across from me and too my surprised he grabbed my hand. He gazed into my eyes and I gazed back. Too my surprise I found that his eyes were filled with warmth.
"Hermione these past couple weeks have been probably the best I have ever experienced." He said softly.
"Really?" I said surprised.
"I want to thank you for everything." He said not taking his eyes off mine.
"I'm glad to have helped." I replied. "I wanted to say thank you for the dress, it's beautiful."
"It looks more beautiful on you." He replied smiling.
This was all too much for me. Here we sat at the best table in the best wizarding restaurant. Here was the last person that I ever think to be sitting across from. It was all too much, was he trying to make up for last night, because he really didn't need to do all of this. He didn't need to wine and dine me, but I had to admit it was nice and I could get used to it.
"Do we need to order?" I asked him.
"Don't worry about that, everything is taken care of." He replied.
The evening went by nicely. Everything went planned without a hitch. Hermione was beautiful. Her long hair was gleaming in the candlelight. Her skin was glowing and she looked beautiful, simply beautiful. I couldn't take my eyes off of her.
"So how long have you been planning this?" She asked. We were eating through the first course of the meal. I had soup and she had salad.
"Since today," I told her smiling.
"You did all of this today?" She asked me in disbelief.
"Yes," I replied.
"You know you didn't have to do all of this you know. If you just made dinner that was edible I would have been happy." She said smiling.
"Well can a guy treat his girlfriend out to eat once and a while." I replied. I didn't mean to say the g word. A look of surprise came over her face. "Well you're a girl who's my friend." She smiled once more and turned back to her salad.
Soon the main course came, chicken fettuccini alfredo for her, and steak and mash potatoes for me.
"Mmmm," She said biting her lower lip. She looked so sexy when she did that. "This is good.
"Really," I asked. "Is it orgasmic good?"
She giggled softly. "You know what, it is, you want to try some?"
"Yes," I replied putting down my fork. She wrapped some noodles around her spoon and put her hand under it so nothing would drop and fed it to me. She was right, it was orgasmic good.
"Good thing there isn't a counter for you to be up against, or I would kiss you again." I said, smiling. She smiled too.
Soon dessert followed. It was a crème brulee. It was really good. Soon the bill came and I paid. It was only a mere 500 galleons for the meal, but I wasn't worried about that, I was worried about what was going to happen next. I decided that I was going to let her know my true feelings for her.
I got her jacket and put it on her while I carried mine. I could smell the rain in the air. Outside of the restaurant there was a guy selling roses so I bought one for her, it was white.
"Tired?" I asked her nervously.
"No," She replied. "Thank you for a wonderful evening, Draco. I really had a lovely time."
"The night is still young, we have one more place to visit before we head back." I said grabbing her hand.
We disapparated from the spot and made our way to the picnic spot.
She was holding the white rose in her hand.
"May I have this dance?" I asked.
"Sure," she replied. She placed the rose behind her ear and took my out stretched hand.
We slowly revolved on the spot. I couldn't have had a better night. There was magic in the air. I couldn't wait until I told Ginny. I was happy, and this happiness only seemed to come from me spending time with Malfoy. I felt a raindrop on my head. We still were revolving on the spot. I began to hum that oh so familiar song Sparks by Coldplay. He dipped me and the rain started coming down, pouring actually. I was getting soaked but we were still dancing.
He pressed his head close to mine so I could feel his lips on my ear.
"Hermione," He whispered softly. "I love you."
I stopped dancing. It felt as though my heart had stopped. He said that he loved me. He pulled away from me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I put my arms around his neck. He was so close that I could count the droplets on his eyelashes. He was moving in closer and closer. Our lips finally connected. It sent jolts down my spine. His lips were so soft against mine. I pulled out of the kiss.
"I love you too." I whispered back.
Our lips connected once more. This time the kiss was deeper. I loved his lips, his warmth, and his body against mine. It felt as though he was transferring all of his warmth and love into me. We soon disapparated from the spot onto my front step, which made me pull out of the kiss. I unlocked the front door and he picked me up and carried me upstairs. We went inside my room and he laid me gently on the bed. Next to me on the pillow was a single blood red rose, its tips were dyed black.
He took of my shoes and then his. He then got in bed next to me and kissed me. Passion escaped from our lips as we kissed. The kiss seemed to take our breath away because it was soft and sensual. He then rolled on top of me; his weight felt good on top of me. He pulled back for air and kissed me once again deepening the kiss. Our tongues were battling for dominance. My hands grabbed his wet flaxen locks as our kissing became more hurried.
My heart began beating faster and faster. He pulled out of the kiss and gazed at me. He began nuzzling at my neck, setting my nerve endings on fire as each tender kiss was putting me under his spell. I moaned softly and arched my back. His hands were around my back unzipping my dress. He kissed me on the lips once more and I sat up so I could unbutton his shirt. It was wet from the rain and I had to peel it off of him.
My hands began tracing the outlines of his well-defined body. He soon lay back on top of me and began nibbling on my ear. He slowly kissed my neck as I shivered. My breathing became faster as he slowly moved down. He grabbed the rose that was beside him and began tickling my neck with it. I giggled softly as he kissed where the rose was last. He slipped off one arm of the dress. He kissed my shoulder lightly and moved to the other one, giving it the same treatment. He slowly slid the dress down so that my breasts were exposed.
He began his trail of kissing and sucking once more. The further he went down the louder my moans got louder. He looked up at me and smiled. He took the rose and placed it gently over one of my nipples and began slowly circling it. When he was finished he nibbled on it gently while he cupped the other in his free hand. He did the same with the other.
He slowly slid the dress down farther so that my belly button was exposed. He traced a trail with the rose, and soon after he followed it with his lips. He then reached my belly button. He wet it with his tongue and then blew is dry softly. This surprised me as I moaned the loudest when he did this. He smiled and took slipped the rest of the dress of my figure.
He got off of me and took off his pants and his boxers. And there he was, in his entire god – like glory. He gazed at me drinking me in. His eyes slowly searched my body as I shivered with anticipation. He licked his lips and slowly walked over to me. He slowly took off my underwear.
He then resumed his position on top of me.
"Make love to me," He whispered softly. He nuzzled my neck once more. "Make love to me."
He positioned himself over my entrance, kissing me softly. He slowly entered me and I instantly closed my eyes. He kept still, not moving at all. I opened my eyes to see what was wrong.
"There she is." He said smiling. "Keep your eyes on mine; I want you to be here with me."
He began slowly thrusting and I could already feel myself coming to a climax. He kept his eyes on mine. His eyes sparked as if they were electrified. He kept thrusting nice and slow, my head was soon spinning and there was a roar in my ears. He was whispering something in my ear but I could barely hear it. I could feel everything building as the scent of rain, sweat, and Draco filled my nose. I began moaning his name softly, trying to hold my self back, but I couldn't. I couldn't hold any more and I found my shaking uncontrollably as I came to a hard climax.
Wave after wave of pleasure came over me as my body shook from the after effects of my climax. He just smiled sweetly at me and continued on. The sweat on his forehead was making his hair stick to his forehead.
"I love you," I whispered to him softly. I gently bit at his ear. My hands were clawing at his back, as he started moving faster, his eyes never left mine. Everything seemed so intense and so earth shattering at the same time. I soon felt him beginning to loose control. He began to moan as he pumped faster and harder. I felt myself climaxing once more. He called out my name as we shared an earth shaking orgasm.
When he finished he kissed me softly on the lips, and then again on my collarbone.
"That was amazing." He whispered trying to catch his breath. "I love you."
"I love you too." I replied softly.
He slowly and gently took himself off of me and rolled on to his back. He picked up the rose and tickled my nose with it. I soon felt the familiar pull of my mind.
I watch her beautiful form as she slept. She was amazing; everything about her got me going crazy.
'Weakness is not an option.' the rememberance of the dark Lord words filled my head.
I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to but I had to. I couldn't have the Dark Lord as my enemy. I got up and grab my wand.
"Accio," I whispered softly. I heard the items whizzing through the air as it came to a halt before me. I grabbed it out of the air and I held it gingerly. It gleamed in the moonlight that was streaming through her window.
I kissed her on the cheek. "I'm sorry." I whispered. I took one of the bracelets and put it on, I took the other and put it on her. The single silver bracelet disappeared into her skin. There was a light line of where it once was. A single tear fell from my eye and I wiped it away angrily.
I laid my head back down on the pillow and whispered, "Impregio."
I soon felt like some imaginary force pulled me. I was falling fast and I slammed into the ground. I stood up and brush myself off. I was in a warm stone room, fire roaring in a large grate, and there was Hermione sitting there talking to Merlin. A pretty woman with long brown hair and almond shaped eyes was sitting with them.
"Hermione, your progress has been astounding." Merlin said appreciatively. "I commend you we only have two left."
"These last two are going to be hard though." She said smiling.
"It's okay Hermione, you will get it done, I have faith in you." The lady replied.
"You got done four tasks and another one tonight." Merlin said beaming. "Well done, well done."
Did he just say tasks? I asked myself.
"Soon you will have control over your power and defeat the Dark Lord." Merlin continued. "Have you been practicing your breathing techniques?"
Hermione was the prodigy. She was the one to help Potter in defeating the Dark Lord. I jolted awake. I looked at her sleeping form once again. She was the prodigy; I was supposed to be stopping her. I couldn't do it; I didn't want to hurt her anymore.
I fingered the bracelet that was on my wrist that matched hers and I broke it. Soon her bracelet reappeared and I broke it too. I couldn't do it anymore.
I woke up to find Malfoy sleeping peacefully next to me. I had completed another task. His eyes fluttered and he smiled.
"Hello, Love." He said smiling. He kissed me on the forehead. "I'm going to grab you some orange juice, be back in a few."
While he grabbed the orange juice I decided to put on some clothes. I grabbed a pair of form fitting velour pants and a tank top. I waited in bed for him. It was taking awfully long for him to be getting me some orange juice. I decided to go see if he needed some help.
I heard a mumbling of voices when my foot hit the last step on the stairs. I looked for my wand, but I didn't put it in my pocket.
"Asis," I called out urgently.
My wand soon came to my hand. I walked softly to the kitchen. There was Malfoy bound and gagged on the floor. He saw me and signaled with his eyes to run. I turned to leave to get some help, to call the order but was stopped by a Death Eater. He came towards me menacingly.
"Expelliarmus," He shouted. My wand flew out of my hand.
"Asis!" I cried inside my mind. My wand soon came flying back. "Stupefy!"
The Death Eater fell to the ground. I began to run to the front door when I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I wasn't done with all the tasks, I needed more time, and I wasn't ready for the Dark Lord. My heat seemed to beat out of its chest, I needed to get help, I needed to warn the order.
"Stupefy," voices called out all around me. A spell hit me in the back and I fell unconscious.
A/n: CLIFFIE…. CLIFFIE…. I know you guys probably hate me, but I couldn't give you too much in the chappie. I mean Draco and Hermione finally did the deed I didn't want you to get everything all at once! LOL. But anyways I want to thank all of you for your reviews I really do appreciate it.
Sugar n Spice 522: Thanx for your review, twister was the best game growing up, my sis and I used to play it all the time (P.S. I still play w. my nieces). Other than that thanx for your review… doesn't the Dark Lord always call at the most important times, don't u just hate that. LOL please R&R
Maddudewalking: To clear things up for you, she wasn't asking for Asis help during the prayer she was asking Asis if the Unity task could be filled in that moment while everyone was in prayer. As for the last chapter being the best, I think this on tops that… LOL. I 'm glad I am free too! I don't start classes until the 17th so hopefully I will be done this fic before than. Oh yea, thanx for your review for my other story I was so happy to get it, it really made my day. I am going to be writing that fic along with the sequel at the same time but I still need to plan out the sequel… but I'm glad you like the other story too…LOL… pls R&R
Binnsgirl: Your review totally made my day; you were saving the last chapter just to read it for later… LOL… I didn't think that my story had that much of an effect on people. Thank you so much, I really do appreciate your review and here's another long chappie (not intentionally). I also have another fic that I am writing, I started it today actually it's called The Forbidden, it's a HG/SS fic and if you like you could read that one too. Thanx for your other review too. Thanx again… pls R&R
A special note to my beta, you know who you are. Thanx so much for everything you know I love u gurl, I lurve u and your story. Thanx for letting me get my juices flowing for the sequel… you know which part I mean…lol… I can't wait for you to do the other thing and the other thing we planned and the other thing. LOL… EEK I'm so excited and I just can't hide it! I was really stuck on this chapter and you helped me clear my head… thanx girl and I am so glad u are beta-ing my new story u totally ROCK OUT LOUD AND OFF BEAT (just like me!).
I will post another chapter soon enough probably in a couple of days as always. Please R&R
P.S. I would like to also thank james lee for reviewing… thanx!
As always… Cherbi161