Jeez! It's been awhile since I updated huh? Well I'm very, very sorry. I got side tracked with my new fic which apparently readers love more. *sniffs sadly* I like my serious one too! But I have almost as much reviews for 4 chapters of my new story than I have of 13 chapters on this story! ;_;
Well at the end of this chappie I'll do my 'thank-you and I love you' for my reviewers. I've been really busy but I hope to get my next chap up soon! And the story is almost over! *cries* R/R please! My story feels neglectied! .
Oh yah...I don't own HP! I still don't get why I have to do disclaimers but oh well. I don't mind! They're mindless anyway. I doubt anyone reads them. ~.^ Now read! (Oh by the way! After reading a really great story I've found out a cute way to switch charas! I'm going to use a little symbol like this: --- ^.^ --- And that's how you know it's a chara switch! Ok?! OK!)
Hermione sighed as she was being pulled around by Harry in Hogmeade. She really didn't want to be here.
Harry was looking at Quidditch equipment while Hermione was sitting idly at the Three Broomsticks. He had said he'd be right back but it had already been a half an hour.
Hermione sighed. She was worried. Not about Harry really. She was scared sick that Draco was going to die. What if she missed him? What if she really couldn't save him? She kept fidgeting with her napkin and sipped at her butterbeer.
She was thinking back to Ron. The room seemed to vibrate with the music playing. Ron had been playing "Real Emotion" by Koda Kumi. It was one of Hermione's favorite tunes. It was in Japanese, but it was very upbeat. And since she loved studying even as a muggle she had learned Japanese a little bit before she received her Hogwarts letter. She thought about what he had said too. She wondered how he could have figured out that she...
"There you are 'Mione!" Harry smiled, taking a seat next to her.
"This is where I have been," Hermione said wryly, crossing her legs.
"Sorry for the wait," Harry said apologetically, "But they just got in the Nimbus 2003 and really Hermione it was lovely."
Hermione gave him a small 'it's ok' smile and finished off her butterbeer.
"What would you like to do 'Mione?" Harry asked, gulping down his butterbeer.
"I guess I could go to the bookstore," Hermione said.
"Urm... How long will you be?" Harry asked.
"Does it matter?" Hermione asked.
"Well...I don't particularly share your love for literature and I was thinking that if you were going to be long then I could go back and look at the Nimbus 2003 a bit more."
"...That's fine," Hermione sighed, "I'll probably be a long time anyway."
"Ok," Harry nodded, grinning, "I'll meet you at the entrance to Hogwarts in a couple of hours ok?"
"Sure," Hermione said. But before she could even say another word Harry was already bolting out of the Three Broomsticks.
Hermione frowned. He hadn't even offered to pay.
"That'll be one gold galleon, sweetheart," a cheerful waitress called to me.
"Right..." Hermione said, pulling out some money.
--- ^.^ ---
Draco stood in front of a full circle of dimwits. To his right were a couple of hooded death eaters and to his left stood his father and Voldemort. Draco rolled his eyes. They made a big deal out of everything.
"Draco," Lucius said, sneering, "The map."
Draco carefully took it out of his cloak and threw it at his father. Lucius looked at it, almost as if inspecting to make sure it was the real thing, and then, with a smirk, handed it to Voldemort. Voldemort barely even glanced at it. Draco had a feeling that this was more of a test on his part than Voldemort really needing the map.
This pissed Draco off. He didn't like being used like a little puppet. He genuinely thought Voldemort needed the map. And of course he wasn't gleefully happy to help Voldemort at all but he would have thought that the map might have kept Voldemort busy for a day so that he could watch out for Hermione.
"Your efforts are applauded," Voldemort hissed. Draco wondered if Voldemort ever clapped for someone in his entire life. Probably not.
"Thank you," Draco said, wanting to yawn, "My lord."
"You've shown loyalty to me for quite a long time," Voldemort said, twisting his mouth into something that, he supposed, was a smile, "I have waited a long time for someone so dedicated."
Dedicated? Draco was on the verge of laughing. How had he come out looking dedicated?
'Damn,' he thought to himself, 'I'm a great actor. I'm convincing myself!'
"Thank you," Draco said, keeping his laughter in, "My lord."
"However I feel that it is time to brand you as an official member," Voldemort said.
'Voldemort's special fan club,' Draco smiled.
"We're honored, lord," Lucius bowed, pushing forcefully at Draco's back, obviously noting he should bow too. Draco frowned and held a sigh, but bent forward a little.
"I want to meet with you later tonight," Voldemort said, "At that appointed time I will make you a death eater."
"Yes," Draco said stiffly, trying not to remember the mark burned onto his father's forearm, "My lord."
"So 'til we meet later tonight, Draco, good afternoon," Voldemort hissed and then apperated off.
His father turned to him with a smirk on his face that was cut in between the line of pride and amusement and said, "Well...don't just stand there. Get moving boy!"
Draco glared at him and turned on his heel and walked back up to Hogsmeade's entrance.
--- ^.^ ---
Hermione walked slowly toward Hogsmeade's gates. She was going to leave without Harry. She couldn't help it. He was still staring at that stupid broomstick. She sighed. She wondered if all men were like this. If one day, by chance, Draco asked her out would he act like Harry? Probably not. Harry and Draco were too different people. They were two very different people.
Hermione kept walking steadily until she saw a quick glimpse of the back of a tall, muscular, white haired boy. Her breath caught and she whispered one involuntary word, "Draco."
She pumped her legs and ran after the boy. It couldn't be anyone else.
"Draco!" she shrieked, not even recognizing her own voice.
All she could think of was the prophecy. His death. She hadn't even had time to tell him about her research. Would he be mad that she looked up his dream against his wishes? Would he even listen to her? She didn't care. She just had to catch him, "Draco!"
She watched as the boy was pulled into a quick conversation with an even taller man with white hair. Hermione froze instantly. Lucius. But against her pleading legs, she walked closer to them and hid behind a bench as she ease dropped to their conversation.
"Draco I'm going to invite you mother for tonight."
"Yes," Draco said sarcastically, "I'd love for my mother to see her only son branded by the dark lord."
"Being a death eater isn't so bad," Lucius remarked, smirking, "And loose that attitude. It's going to get you killed."
"Whatever," Draco said blankly.
Lucius smacked his son hard on the right shoulder and apperating into the darkness. Draco sighed and seemed to look much older. Hermione felt the itch to just give him a hug. But what was Lucius talking about?
Hermione stood up slowly from behind the bench and walked over to Draco. He seemed to watch her in slow motion, not realizing that it was actually she.
"Hermione," he said, his eyes enlarging a little bit, "What are you...?"
"Draco," she replied quickly, grabbing his arm, "We have to talk. Now."
"...Hermione," Draco said, holding his ground, "I can't."
"You'll just have to make time," she replied, "This is important!"
"...Fine," Draco said, suddenly switching his tone to icy cold, "What do you want?"
"I have to tell you..." she said quietly, "You're going to die."
--- ^.^ ---
"Die?!" Draco snorted, rolling his eyes. Honestly Hermione picked the worst time to swap jokes.
"I'm not kidding!" Hermione sighed, gripping his arm tighter, "It has been prophesied! I'm really worried about you! And what's this about being a death eater?!"
"So now you're ease-dropping on me?" Draco said hotly, "It's none of your business. What's this babble of a prophecy anyway?"
"...I looked up some stuff about your dream. And it told me what the Sumino realm was basically and then that night I had a dream with Lady Anaxandria in it and she told me so much..."
"Don't be silly," Draco said, "It's just a dream. Let it go."
"No!" Hermione shouted, "I'm not going to let you die! Draco! I lo--"
"Her-mio-ne!" Harry called out, closely approaching them. He hadn't spotted them yet. They were standing in the shadows of a building.
"Here comes your boyfriend," Draco spit, pulling his arm out of Hermione's grip, "Don't worry about me. Just live your life out with Potter and leave me alone."
"Draco why can't you listen to me?" Hermione said, reaching for his arm again.
"Will you just stop?" Draco whispered, "I don't know what you think you're doing...but I want you to stay out of my life. And for Merlin's sake...if you're going to pretend to care about me then...keep Potter the hell away from me!"
"I didn't mean to--" Hermione said, getting cut off again by Harry's call.
"Listen," Draco said softly, brushing her cheek with his hand quickly, "After tonight I won't be able to talk to you anymore. It's essential. I'm going to become a different person. I don't care about this prophecy. When I think about it...death may be the only answer for me...but I want you to be happy forever. So Hermione... Please...be happy."
"Dra--" Hermione cried out, but Draco had already vanished into the darkness. Hermione wasn't sure if he apperated or not but Harry was at her side so she couldn't follow.
"There you are!" Harry smiled, nudging her, "Didn't you hear me?"
"I heard you," Hermione sniffed, feeling the tears fall down her face.
"Hey... What's wrong?" Harry asked, putting an arm around her shoulders.
"I can't do this," Hermione cried, running away from Harry and out of Hogsmeade. She didn't stop crying until she plunged into her pillow in her Hogwarts room. She couldn't get through to Draco. Tonight he was going to die and he didn't even care. Now what?
Oh how I love youuuuu reviewerssss... You make my day! Really you do! So please feel free to continue ~.^
Mystical Stormz: Oh I try not to make them cliffies but honestly I can't help it. ^^ Sorry it took me so long to update! Don't hate me .
Phinex Mirour: Yes! Draco fans unite! I'm happy you liked my story!
Littletiger: *covers ears* What a loud scream! Don't worry I have every intention of finishing this story!
Miss.Hermione.G-Malfoy: Oh yeah the whole choco fudge thing was really random. I felt like some fudge I guess! ^.^'' Cheese is good too. Hey I come from Wisconsin I have cheese in my blood! (Or at least dairy...) Beh I don't want Harry! He's gay in my other story! (Which you know all about cause you have great reviews for me to read! muahaha) *picks up a wand* I will fight! But hey if you want Draco that's cool I can just claim Tom Felton! Muahaha *jumps on Tom* Oh don't worry you're one of my favorite reviewers! So keep them revvies coming! Cause you know you love moi ~.^
Madame Plot Bunnie: Thank you! The author notes is just...me...being...me. lol! I can't help it. That just shows how crazy I am. (Crazy for Draco too. ^^) But I'm glad you like my A/N too! Cause they're put there for added funny-ness too ya know!
Trillium: Sounds like my mom too. ^.^ Thanks for reading!
Rogue Star: Sorry I couldn't make it a little longer but I want to mooch as many chapters out of this story as I can. ~.^ I'm glad you like it though!
LellersD: I want a Draco bobble head too! *buys one* How cute! *pokes it* Yes, I am a big anime fan! And Ranma is quite amusing to me.
MIforever: Good Charlotte does rock. I figured (trying my best to keep Hermione semi-in-chara) that Hermione would never go for the snog fest especially during school hours. ^.^ Ron's always awesome though. I don't like to write much about him but I just can't kill him off like some people. I do like him so I want him to be cool in my story too! Besides Ron deserves some luve just like everybody else. Y'know you'd be grumpy if you was the only one in the story not getting any either. ~.^
Inugurl: Hey MJ! Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad you liked it! I liked your story on InuYasha too... So when you gonna update it huh?!
liar: Ahh last but not least: you! ^.^ Thanks. I like to try and make the disclaimers fun cause...they're boring if you don't do anything to em! And I know I don't have the best of grammer but I'm pretty sure that I have most of it right. And when I type this up I type it all professionally you know. Indents on every paragraph. But when I upload on ff they don't include any of my indents. So this chapter I've tried to make an easier way to tell for the chara switch. On the last couple of chapters I just returned a million times which I like to lovingly call 'return spam'. lol And about the note you made about Chapter 4... I don't recall him making fun of himself. If you review again do you think you could maybe copy/paste what you were talking about? Well Draco isn't too in character if he likes Hermione anyway I guess. Well I'm just curious. ^.^ I hope you review again! I like good feedback like yours! And...*sniffs* I wonder why my story has so few reviews too... IT DOES KEEP ME GOING! So tell ya friends: GirlEnigma likes reviews! Lots! Let's go guys! Sheesh! well keep reading! I hope you'll like the ending I have in store.