A/N Thank you to all the people who reviewed, and I hope you like this Chapter as much as you liked the last!
Disclaimer: Not mine… have you heard of J.K Rowling? Yea, they're hers. Not mine but she lets me borrow them sometimes…
Chapter Two: Broken Promises
Draco opened his eyes, and was met with harsh light. He quickly closed them again and proceeded in opening them, slowly.
He was in a small room, with a table, some chairs a picture of the Golden Trio and of course the bed he was lying on. The room was painted a hideous bright yellow.
"They haven't thrown me in a cell. But this is just as bad." He thought as he looked at the walls with a distasteful expression.
"Like them?" Chirped a voice behind him.
Hermione Granger stood at the doorway carrying a tray laden with food and an evil expression on her face.
"Yeah. It's my favourite colour Mudblood." Snarled Draco immediately going in a bad mood.
"That's pretty low to talk that way to the person who has the oh-so-great job of having to care for you the next few weeks." Hermione said sourly, putting the tray down on the table.
"Weeks?" asked Draco panicking inwardly.
"Oh did I forget to tell you? You will be staying at Headquarters for a while." Hermione smirked.
Draco's eyes widened in horror. "Oh god no." he said.
Hermione laughed. "Oh god yes I think. Bathrooms along the hall. Kitchens downstairs and clothes and towels are in this wardrobe."
"Whose room is this anyway?" Draco asked looking at the revolting walls again.
Hermione looked at the picture of her, Ron and Harry and smiled sadly. "Harry's." she said quietly and walked out of the room while Draco jumped out of the bed sheets and wiped invisible grime off him.
Hermione walked out Harry's room slightly less happy than when she had entered it. She had tried to seem cheerful, but it was hard. After what Harry had told her, it was really hard.
Harry had yet again, broken another promise to her. He had left yet again, with Ron to go look for another Horcrux. Leaving her again.
Flashback
Hermione had came out the bathroom in a great mood to be greeted with Harry who was bearing an unhappy expression. He was also slightly twitching and that gave it away to Hermione that something was definitely wrong. He only did that when he was really nervous.
"What's wrong?" she asked him grabbing a brush on her dressing table and running it through her brown/gold locks.
"How are you feeling?" Harry asked ignoring her question.
"I'm better. My arm still hurts if I move it to the side though. But it is better. What about you?" Hermione replied, sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Oh, me. I'm good too." Harry said looking at his feet.
"Um…Harry? What is it?" Hermione asked uneasily, watching him prod his left foot with his right. Okay….
"Er…Hermione. If I tell you something. Do you promise not to get mad?" Harry asked and Hermione frowned.
"Ok. I promise…" she said, still frowning.
"Ron and I are going to Germany." Harry said quickly and quietly.
Hermione reeled slightly back as if hit with a blow. "What?"
"I'm sorry Mione. Really I am. But we found out from a couple of reliable friends there, that Voldemort has been sighted there, and we were thinking, what is Voldemort doing in Germany? So now we're a hundred percent sure that Voldemort has a Horcrux there. You know how important it is for us to be there yeah?" Harry said and Hermione blinked in surprise.
"…"
"I'm sorry Hermione but we have to go." Harry stated firmly and Hermione nodded, turning around.
As Harry headed sadly, to the door, Hermione shot up and called to him "Wait!"
Harry turned around quickly.
"How long will you be gone?" she asked.
Harry looked at her sadly and turned to walk away again, without answering.
"You don't know." Hermione muttered bitterly, but Harry was out of her bedroom by then and didn't hear her.
Hermione sank back down on her bed, and let the bitter tears fall.
End Flashback
"TJ!" Called Molly Weasley from the kitchen
"Yeah?" TJ answered, appearing at the doorway.
"TJ, be a dear, and collect Draco's tray from his room could you?" Molly asked, stirring a large pot.
"I thought looking after His Majesty was Hermione's job?" enquired TJ, juggling with an orange.
"Yes. But she's a bit upset right now. Turns out, Harry and Ron have to go to Germany, and that stupid boy promised her that he wouldn't leave again!" Sighed Molly.
"Again?" TJ raised her eyebrows in curiosity.
"Yes. See the thing is, those three used to be the best of friends in Hogwarts. Harry, Ron and Hermione. Hardly ever fought over anything! So, after Albus Dumbledore was killed, Harry had set his mind to leave Hogwarts and head for Godric's Hollow. Ron and Hermione promised to go with him and after a few days of persuasion, Harry agreed to let them come along with him. But poor Hermione, when she woke up the next day, Harry and Ron had left without her! They didn't even leave a note. The poor girl was distraught! She waited a year for them to come back and then, she finally gave up and got on with life. It's been five years, since all that! And then, yesterday she saw them both in Hogesmade! She was over-joyed! I don't think I had ever seen her that happy, during those five years. And now they've left again." Finished Molly and TJ felt a rush of sympathy for Hermione,
"What kind of friends are they?" She asked bitterly.
"Oh-ho! Not just friends TJ! My son, Ronald and Hermione are in a relationship!" said Molly, deep in thought.
"What! That's even worse! Why is Hermione letting them push her around like this?" TJ exclaimed angrily.
"Ronald hasn't done anything wrong." Snapped Molly.
"Sure." Muttered TJ rolling her eyes and headed upstairs to collect the stairs.
She paused outside Hermione's door and sure enough she could her, soft sobs coming from it.
TJ sighed softly, feeling more and more sorry for the girl.
She entered Draco Malfoy's room with a sour expression. She was furious with Harry Potter.
Leaving Hermione again! After promising her he wouldn't. Why couldn't he take her along? If he could take that Ronald boy with him, why couldn't he take Hermione?
"What do you want?" Draco Malfoy asked angrily as she walked past him.
"Get to hell." She said simply, picking up the tray and leaving the room again.
That shut him up. TJ looked down at the tray in her hands.
Gosh, he must have been really hungry. Not a trace of anything was left, and TJ knew, that there had been a lot on that tray to begin with. She had been with Hermione when she had put them on.
Hermione had put a plate of Scrambled eggs and toast. Some rashers of bacon, a bowlful of porridge, a couple of pancakes in syrup, loads of fruit and a tall glass of orange juice.
TJ walked past Hermione's room again, but this time she didn't hear Hermione crying. TJ balanced the tray on her hip, and opened the door with her free hand.
Hermione lay on her bed, with her hair sprawled across the pillow. It appeared, she had cried herself to sleep, little sniffles could be heard from her, every minute or so.
TJ looked around at Hermione's room. It was plastered with pictured of the Order. Some pictures with her, Lavender and Tonks, in her apartment.
In the corner was a picture of the Golden Trio and Ginny, pulling faces at the camera.
TJ looked closely at Hermione in it, and saw the truth in Molly Weasley's words. Hermione did look much happier there than she had in the five years she had been working for the Order.
TJ sighed softly and walked out of the room again, leaving the sleeping, sniffling Hermione, still sprawled across her bed.
Harry and Ron
"I am not going on an aerowane!" cried Ron sourly.
"For the last time Ron, its an aeroplane! And yes, you are going on it. It is way too risky to fly on our broomsticks to get there, so I have booked flight tickets for us." Harry replied irritably.
"Why did I agree to come with you?" muttered Ron angrily.
"Yea…why did you?" muttered Harry under his breath, so Ron wouldn't hear.
"I'd much rather be at the Order with Hermione." Sighed Ron. Harry turned to him, angrily.
"Well, you agreed to come with me, so stop complaining and put up with it!" Harry snapped.
"Whatever, Harry. She's probably furious with me right now." Ron continued.
"Look, We'll go straight back to her when we've found the Horcrux ok? And then you can apologise to her and then you can make out and do whatever you do when you're alone together. But right now, we need to focus on what we're doing ok?" asked Harry calmly.
"Right. Ok." Ron agreed glumly and remained quiet, during the journey to Heathrow Airport.
"Wake up Hermione! Hermione wake up!" cried Katie nudging Hermione with her elbow impatiently.
"Hmm?" murmured Hermione turning over.
"We've got to go and meet a new recruit!" Katie yelled in her ear and Hermione shot up and rubbed her ear angrily.
"What's there name?" Hermione asked, walking to her bathroom.
"Dunno. Minerva wont tell us. But it must be someone important. I've never seen her look this serious before and I have never seen Remus look this grumpy either." Answered Katie, borrowing Hermione's brush and ran it through her long jet black hair.
"Who else is meeting this new recruit?" Hermione called from the bathroom.
"Just a couple of people. There's me an you. TJ, Deirdre, Alminia, David, Millicent and Goyle." Answered Katie over the rush of water that was noisily running from the bathroom sink.
"Usually they call everyone from the Order." Hermione called back, confused.
"Yeah. That's why I'm puzzled. Hurry up, though. Remember I said, Remus isn't happy!" retorted Katie, setting the brush back down.
Hermione came out from the bathroom, and looked down at her clothes.
"Um…how do these look?" She asked Katie.
Katie glanced her way and answered "Fine. Come on." Then exited from the room.
Hermione looked down at herself anxiously once more and then followed Katie down the stairs and into the large Lounge.
She looked around at all the people that were present. Everyone from Katie's list and Draco sat in a chair far across from her. She threw him a dirty look and sat down.
"Ah, good, you're here Miss Granger! I would like to make an announcement, please." Minerva started when she spotted Hermione.
"As you all know, we are facing more attacks than usual. We fear that You-know-who has allied himself with the Giants." Minerva paused as many people gasped.
"Oh, no. The Giants will win the war for Voldemort." Thought Hermione helplessly, all her thoughts about her friends had vanished from her mind. This was far more important.
"We stand no chance now." Millicent said, echoing Hermione's thoughts.
"Yes! They'll crush us all before we can utter a single spell." Alminia cried out.
Katie and TJ nodded in agreement,
"Yes. Well, I know this is a slight setback for us ("That's an understatement." Muttered David) But we have a weapon now that is far better use to us than a couple of Giants!" Minerva exclaimed and many people including Hermione raised their eyebrows.
"I don't think so." Said Goyle.
"Yeah. What can be more better to us than having the Giants on our side?" asked Deirdre.
"They'd crush You-know-who flat in a heartbeat so we wont need to destroy those Horcruxes. He wont be feared very much if he looks like a platter of mushed peas would he?" asked David and many people laughed.
"This is not a joke!" yelled Remus, losing his temper.
"I see what you meant by Remus being in a bad mood." Muttered Hermione to Katie, who sat next to her.
Katie nodded and whispered back "Who knows? It might be his time of the month."
Hermione looked at her confused. And then realised what she meant.
She let out a loud snort of laughter and all eyes turned to her.
"Something funny?" Remus asked.
"No, sorry." Hermione apologised ignoring the smirk that rested on Katie's face.
"Yes. Well. Like I was saying. We have a far greater weapon now. A weapon that has come to us in the form of Draco Malfoy." Minerva finished.
Draco stood up fast and glard at his ex-professor.
"What?" He asked furious.
"I think you heard Mr Malfoy." Minerva said plainly.
"I am not giving you any information!" cried Draco angrily.
"We will see, Mr Malfoy." Minerva replied calmly.
"So that's the new recruit? No wonder Remus is angry!" muttered Katie.
Hermione's face was clouded with angry disgust.
"Meeting over." Said Remus and everyone got up to leave, slightly more angrier than when they had arrived.
TJ, lead Draco up to his room, ignoring his angry swears and curses.
"Hermione, could you come here please?" called Minerva, and Hermione turned away from the door and headed towards her.
"Hermione, We are going to leave it up to you to get information out of Mr Malfoy." Informed Remus.
Hermione's eyes bulged in disgust.
"Oh, no! No, I don't think so. I am not going any where NEAR ferret boy!" she cried angrily.
"Hermione. It is for the sake of the Order. Innocent people are dying as we speak. If you do this, you will be sparing them mercy." Minerva said calmly.
"Why cant Deirdre do it?" Hermione asked.
"We want you to do it." Remus said and with a look at her, he stormed out of the Lounge.
"Think about it Hermione." Minerva said and followed Remus out of the Lounge.
Hermione fell to the sofa in utter helplessness.
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