Previous Chapter: "Alright. But I will wait for you..." Hermione said.

"Okay then, I will come back as soon as possible." Draco said and with pop sound he was gone.

12. First kiss

When Draco apparated to his house, he saw his father talking to his mother. They seemed shocked when they saw him.

"Oh... You came earlier than we expected..." his mother Narcissa said.

"Father, you wanted see me?" Draco asked.

"Well... not exactely..." Lucius said.

"Darling... You must me tired... Do you want something to drink?" Narcissa asked warmly to Draco but she seemed very nervous.

"No, I want to go back as soon as possible, so what is that you wanted see me?" Draco asked.

"You know exactely why I wanted see you..." Lucius said narrowing his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Draco said.

"As you know, the Dark Lord want to kill Harry and I think the war will start very soon, so..." Lucius looked at Draco, not finishing his sentence.

"Father... I told you before that I don't want to be a Death Eater..." Draco said and the anger was rising inside him.

"Nonsense... You are Malfoy... And you have right to be a Death Eater and you should be honored..." Lucius said.

"No father... I won't... And I have right to decided because this is my life..." Draco said very bravely.

But with Draco's surprise his mother said, "Since when did you talk to your father like that?"

"Mother... You know exactely why I don't want to be a Death Eater..." Draco said. At this point Draco was shocked because his mother was always his side.

"Son..." Narcissa said but was eventually stopped by Lucius.

"It is time..." Lucius said.

"Father, I have been living your life not mine. From now on I want to have my life... So please don't force me to be a Death..." but before he could finish his sentence, he felt that his face was hot with pain. Lucius had slapped him.

"Don't be stupid... and now you will go with me to the Drak lord." Lucius said and before Draco could say anything he was already at graveyard.

Draco looked around and their were other Death Eaters aroung him and the Drak Lord.

"So... You are here... Are you ready to become one of the powerful Death Eater?" the Lord Voldermort hissed, then he came closer to Draco. "Oh what a shame... I see... you don't want to be a Death Eater... Is it?" the dark lord said again.

"Yes..." Draco said and this made the Death Eaters half jump, especially his father.

"For give me my Lord... He is still a child, he doesn't know how to..."

"Behave?" the Drak Lord hissed again. "Well... I think he knows how to behave..."

"Please my Lord... Give him a chance... I will make him stronger..." Lucius said.

"Well I don't want to make anyone Death Eater who doesn't wish to be one..." this made Draco happy but he continued. "But if you can make him better, let's do this and in fact I will need him..." and before Draco could react, the Death Eater grabbed him so that he couldn't move and the Dark Lord grabbed his arm and tore the shirt.The Dark Lord pointed his wand at Draco's arm and murmured something. "NO! Arrrr..." Draco shouted with pain and he tried his best to stop the Dark Lord but it was no use. Then the next thing Draco knew was that the Dark mark was on his very arm. 'Oh no...' Draco thought. Everything went so fast he couldn't do anything about it and the worst thing was, he was already a Death Eater.

"Now, You have to do something, but later, so be ready and you can go now." the Dark Lord hissed.

Draco just stood there, lost in his mind. 'What would Hermione's reaction when she knows that I am a Death Eater? Will she still care about me?' Draco thought. He stood at graveyard, alone. Everybody had left already. After a few minutes standing there, Draco realised how painful his arm was. He felt like his arm was burning and indeed his arm was very warm like having a fever and he felt dizzy, too. Everything around him was spinning so fast but before he could lose his conscious and collapse at the graveyard, his managed to apparated to his room and collapsed on the floor.

Hermione was waiting for Draco in her room and she was able to hear the pop sound from her room because the dormitory was very quiet. She was happy. She went down to common toom but Draco wasn't there so she thought she was imaging things. But then she remembered his room. 'Maybe he is in his room, but won't he tell me if he is back?' Hermione thought for a moment and decided to check his room, too. She tiptoed to his room and she opened the door very slowly. She was shocked to see Draco lying on the floor.

"Draco!" she called for Draco but as he was unconscious at the momemt, he didn't answer. 'What had happened to him?' she wondered, and she managed to put Draco in his bed.

"Draco... say something..." Hermione said. She was scared. 'What if he doesn't wake up?...' All the horrible images pass through her head. And then she saw his torn shirt. 'What had happened to him anyway?' but then Hermione remembered about Death Eater. 'He is not a Death Eater, is he? I mean... I just can't be...' Hermione thought and shetook his arm slowlyand she saw the skull with snake coming out of its mouth. She dropped Draco's hand and she stood up. 'Was he a Death Eater all this time? I have to tell to Professor Dumbledore, but if I tell, what Professor can really do? Would he send him to Azkaban? But I don't want to him to be sent to Azkaban...' Hermione thought. Hermione didn't know what to do and the thought that she was facing her enemy made her very sad, because the enemy was Draco. Hermione slowly walked out of his room. She wanted to go to the Lake.

When Hermione was going out of his room, Draco opened his eyes and saw her but everything was so blur but he was sure it was Hermione. 'Oh no... She knows...' Draco thought and he tried to push himself so that he could stand up. He wanted explain everything to Hermione. He didn't want to lose her.

Hermione went outside. It was raining very heavily but she didn't care. 'He can't be a Death Eater... He just can't be... Why always bad things happening to me when I am about to be happy...' Hermione cried but the rain hid her tears. Hermione loved Draco and it was too late to let him go. She didn't want to lose Draco. While Hermione was crying, somebody put his hand to her shoulder. She turned to see who it was, and there was Draco standing.

"Hermione..." Draco started but Hermione stepped backward. "Hermione please... I can explain..." Draco said.

"Have you always been a Death Eater?" Hermione asked and her voice was shaking.

"No... Hermione I didn't want to be a Death Eater..." Draco explained.

"Who are you? I don't know who you are anymore..." Hermione said still crying.

"I am still Draco..." Draco said and he went to her. "You have been crying..." Draco asked.

"Who said I cried? I didn't cry..." Hermione said.

"Yes... the rain always hide the tears for us..." Draco said. "Hermione... I am still Draco and I love you..." This phrase melt Hermione's doupt about Draco and she knew that he was still Draco.

"Draco... Why is this have to be this way?" Hermione asked looking down. She was so sad.

"But I am still Draco..." then Draco made Hermione to see him. "I love you Hermione..." Draco said.

"I love you too." Hermione said and Draco kissed Hermione. It was Hermione's first kiss and first kiss with Death Eater. But Hermione didn't care whether he was a Death Eater or not, as long as he loved her and she loved him, and Hermione knew his heart was still pure. They could feel the rain drops as they were kissing.

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