Chapter 4 – Uncle Lucius and Aunt Narcissa
It's been a week since the Order meeting. Hermione and her parents were supposed to attend dinner tonight at Malfoy Manor along with other members from Voldemort's inner circle.
"Come on Hermione, we're going to be late if you don't hurry up!" shouted her mother.
"I'm coming!"
Hermione walked down the stairs dressed in a strapless lavender dress..
"You look beautiful honey," said Monica once Hermione was downstairs.
Hermione chose not to respond since she didn't really want to go to dinner in the first place. She grabbed on to her father's arm and the three of them apparated to Malfoy Manor.
The Simmons arrived at the front door where Narcissa was greeting the guests. When she saw them she smiled and walked over to them.
"Hello Monica, Charles. Glad you could make it. This beautiful young lady must be your daughter Destiny," said Narcissa.
'Narcissa isn't that bad' thought Hermione 'let's hope she won't freak when she finds out who I really am.'
"Please call me Hermione aunt Narcissa. I'm not quite used to being called Destiny," said Hermione.
"Very well then Hermione."
Narcissa led them to room were all the guests were. Among the guests were the Lestranges, Goyles, and the Crabbes.
Chatting with Goyle Sr. was the person Hermione was dreading to meet. Lucius Malfoy.
"Come on honey, I want to introduce you to your uncle Lucius," said Monica. Charles had gone off to talk with Avery.
"I don't think that's a good idea mom."
"Why not dear?"
"He's not very……nice towards people."
"Nonsense, you haven't even met him yet."
"Trust me, I have and it wasn't very pleasant," muttered Hermione.
Lucius saw Monica heading towards him and ended his conversation.
"Lucius, I want you to meet my daughter Hermione."
Lucius' face was blank but if you look in his eyes, you could tell that he was beyond shocked.
"Hello uncle Lucius." said Hermione with a fake smile plastered on her face. "I thought you were still in Azkaban."
"Let's just say I had a few connections."
Soon it was time for dinner. Before dinner started, the Simmons introduced Hermione to the rest of the Death Eaters. Some of them were just as shocked as Lucius while others, like Severus didn't even react to the news.
After dinner, the adults went to the living room to talk, which left only Hermione and Draco. They walked up to Draco's room and surprisingly, they had a civil conversation. They talked about many things like books, Hogwarts, and the Order. Sometime during the conversation, they agreed to call each other by their first names. Soon it was time to leave and Hermione couldn't believe that her and her ex-archenemy had so much in common.
Later that night, Draco was lying on his bed thinking about the same thing.
'Maybe this year she won't be so bad ' he thought.
A/N – I know it's short, but please review anyways.