A/N: Hope your liking my story so far. Not long to go now until you have all read the last chapter…then it's onto the sequel...!

DISCLAIMER: I only own the plot. Although I reckon it would be awesome to actually own the Harry Potter series!

Chapter 13: Telling Ron.

"Bring her to me" hissed a voice from the shadows. A hooded figure bowed to some one and left the room. The person hurried off down the corridor of the dark mansion.

Lord Voldemort had taken up residency in his father's old mansion. It was deserted and falling apart. None of the townsfolk came near the mansion since old Frank Bryce had been found dead and with the same look of fear on his face as was when the three Riddle family member's had been killed.

Pansy Parkinson walked out of the Slytherin Common Room and out of the castle. She made her way to the gates that would lead her out of the school. She had felt her Dark Mark burn slightly and when she was out of the Hogwarts grounds, she pulled her hood over her head and apperated to her master's hideout. She opened her eyes to see a large mansion that was covered in moss. Most of the windows had been boarded up and the roof had some of its tiles missing. She made her way up the dirt path towards the double oak doors. She put her hand on the rusted doorknob and turned it. The door creaked open and Pansy walked in. The foyer was dark and empty. The only light came from upstairs and judging by it flickering quality, it was a fire. Pansy made her way up the rickety stairs and was met at the top by another hooded figure.

"Evening Bellatrix. The Dark Lord has requested to see me. Am I right?"

"Yes. Follow me" Bellatrix walked off towards a door that had a blue flickering light coming from it. She knocked on it and pushed the door open when someone hissed,

"Come in."

"Miss Parkinson is her My Lord." Bellatrix announced Pansy's presence.

"Leave us Lestrange." He hissed without bothering to face her. Bellatrix slipped out of the room but hung around near the door hoping to listen in on what he wanted with Pansy.

Voldemort turned to face Pansy once he had heard the door close. Pansy bowed to her master. He spoke to her in parsletongue.

"I have another task for you." He hissed. Pansy was one of the few Death Eaters who knew the strange language. Bellatrix, not understanding what was being said stormed off to find a Death Eater who knew how to speak it.

"What is it master?" Pansy asked nervously.

"You are to keep and eye on Harmony. I want you to report back to me every 3 weeks. She will start showing the signs that she is pregnant and I want to make sure Dumbledore will do nothing to waver my plans. I am sure he has informed her that he is her Grandfather by now."

"Yes my Lord. Is there anything else?"

"For now that is all. Remember to watch her from a distance and make sure you do it discreetly. We can't have you following her too much or she may become suspicious. You may leave now."

"Yes my Lord." Pansy bowed again and left the Riddle Mansion and apperated back outside the gates of Hogwarts. Lord Voldemort had given her an easy task. Hermione was in most of her classes so it would be easy to keep an eye on her.

In the past 2 months life had been better than Hermione could have expected. She had grown a little bump and despite the trauma behind her pregnancy, Hermione was starting to feel excited.

Draco was being true to his word by being there for her and he knew when she wanted to be alone just by looking at her.

Harry and Ginny had been there for her whenever she had needed someone to talk to and Ron was still in the dark about everything that had been happening to Hermione. He didn't even know that Dumbledore was Hermione's Grandfather. She knew of course that she would have to tell Ron soon because you can't hide a pregnancy forever.

Hermione woke late one Saturday morning in early April. She had decided the night before that she would tell Ron about her baby and just say the father was a muggle and he didn't want anything to do with her once he had found out that she was expecting. Hermione showered and dressed, wrote a quick note to Draco telling him where she was and departed for the Gryffindor common room. Being Head Girl and a Gryffindor, Hermione knew the passwords to all of the common rooms. The only reason she didn't go into the other three was because she didn't know their location in the castle. Hermione reached the portrait of the fat lady.

"Password?" The Fat Lady mumbled half asleep.

"Nettle Wine" Hermione told her. The Fat Lady nodded and opened the portrait to let Hermione in. Ron and Harry were sitting at a table reading through the schoolwork from the previous week. Hermione walked over to them.

"Hey guys. What's up?" she asked taking a seat next to them.

"This stupid bloody essay we have to do for McGonagall." Ron scowled at his messy work and slammed his book down. He looked at Hermione and smiled,

"How are you Hermione? I haven't seen you much this year. Mind you I have been busy doing all these stupid assignments and homework."

"Well I wanted to talk to you about why we haven't seen each other much. Can we go for a walk?" Hermione said earning a look of approval from Harry.

"Sure. You coming Harry?" Ron asked his best mate.

"Nah…I think I'll stay here and finish this." He pointed to his potions homework. Ron shrugged his shoulders and he and Hermione left the Gryffindor Tower. They walked along in silence for a few minutes before Ron spoke up.

"So you were going to tell me why you haven't come to see us most of this year."

"Listen Ron. I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just going to spit it out. I'm pregnant. Almost 4 months along." Hermione hung her head.

"I know." Ron said simply.

"What? How?" Hermione looked taken aback at his words.

"I have to older brothers who, and I remind you, both have a wife. Both women have been pregnant twice and when I saw you a few weeks ago I noticed that same 'pregnant glow' about you."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just wasn't sure how you'd react." Hermione said quietly.

"It's ok Mione. Besides you are 17. I am sure it took you time to come to terms with it yourself. Is Malfoy the father?"

Hermione's mouth dropped open. How did Ron know she had even slept with Malfoy? He didn't even know they were together.

"Ron…I…"

"Hermione, I may be a little slow and daft sometimes but I saw the way you two were glancing at each other over the Christmas table. I asked Harry; well I bullied him until he told me you two were together. I don't care either. If you think he's a changed man that's good enough for me."

"Thankyou so much Ron." Hermione hugged him and they headed back to the Gryffindor tower. Hermione stayed and helped them both with their homework. It took 3 hours for them to finish it all and by then the three of them were starving so they headed down to the Great Hall for lunch. The talked and laughed like old times and when they had finished eating, Hermione asked them if they'd like to go down to her living quarters. She knew Draco would be there and was hoping Ron would be civil towards him. She didn't have to worry though because, once Draco and Ron got talking, they realized they had more in common than they thought. Hermione was overjoyed that her best friends had been able to accept her relationship with Draco. It made her realize that Harry and Ron were truly good friends. It also made her feel closer towards them and they didn't even mind when she gave her boyfriend a kiss. Ron looked at her and she felt that he was happy for her. Finally everything was working out for Hermione. Even though she was pregnant with the heir of Lord Voldemort, she kept herself together having full confidence that Harry would find a way to defeat him before it was too late. Unknown to any of them, Professor Dumbledore had just left the school on a mission. He had set off to retrieve the last of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes.

A/N: OK. I am once again posting three chapters. I just wanna get this story posted and finished because I want to know what you all think of the ending...wont say no more here.