Harry and Ginny arrived to find most of the household gathered together in the living room hovering over the Daily Prophet. Draco then stood up and motioned for them to come, his eyes were red and puffy, Harry was almost positive he had been crying.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked concerned, "Did you tell them what happened?" Harry whispered, Draco shook his head and Harry went over to see what was going on.
Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy Found Dead
Early this morning well-known husband and wife Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy were found dead in the entrance hall of the Malfoy estate. It appears that Lucius Malfoy was murdered by the killing curse, and his wife Narcissa apparently killed herself and was found next to Lucius with a knife through her chest. According to local townsmen Narcissa became utterly depressed when she discovered that her only and beloved son Draco Malfoy was expecting a child with his fiance Hermione Granger. And as most people who know the Malfoy's could tell you that Hermione is not the girl that they wanted for their son. No offense to anyone especially Hermione, but she is muggle-born and belongs to Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. The Malfoy's wanted a pure-blood and a Slytherin.
The article continued on and told about both Lucius's and Narcissa's life and also a little about Draco. Draco really loved his mother, and she loved him, Harry hated both Lucius and Narcissa, but still felt bad for Draco. He didn't mind his father's death, it was only his mother whom he cared about, he also felt kind of bad about not choosing the 'perfect' girl to marry and start a family with but Draco loved Hermione and wouldn't give her up for the world. The article ended with saying "Myself, Rita Skeeter, Special Correspondent, and on behalf of the whole Daily Prophet give our deepest regrets to the living friends and family of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy." Every knew that was a bunch of crap, and that if Hermione didn't know Rita's secret of being and animagus that Rita would have unleashed everything and never stopped. Hermione took Draco outside to talk to him, and try to comfort him.
A Few Months Later: Early May
The whole gang had now been back in school for about four months and they enjoyed being back in Hogwarts, Draco and Hermione no longer had any real problems except for some of the Slytherins, but Draco could take care of that easily. It was an early morning in the second week of May when one major thing happened. Draco, Hermione, Harry, Ginny (who were now still a couple), Ron, Fred, and George were in the Great Hall eating breakfast discussing the final wedding plans. Draco and Hermione were to be married the next week, everything was all set and ready, and they were just making sure of everything. The wedding would be on the lake shore here at Hogwarts and everyone in their little group would be either a bridesmaid or a best man, plus more. They still didn't have a flower girl or a ring bearer, Fred, George, and Ron suggested their little cousin who started her first year at Hogwarts this year. Hermione and Draco decided to interview people, first they interviewed the Weasley's little cousin. Here name was Daisy Weasley, and she was the daughter of Mr. Weasley's brother. After a medium length interview Hermione and Draco thought her perfect for the part of their flower girl, now all they needed was a ring bearer.
They decided to host interviews in the Gryffindor common room to find the perfect ring bearer, since they knew of no one. They decided it had to be a first year, because they wanted someone young, and they wanted a Gryffindor. They had a few people to interview on the first day. There was a boy of the name Gregory Smelkins whom they liked a lot. Then there was Robert Barley (they hated him), and last there was James Clement, they liked him the best. They started interviewing him by asking simple questions like name and age. They asked about friends, family, and what he thought of Hogwarts, then they got down to business.
"James, why would you like to be the ring bearer in our wedding?" Hermione asked.
"Because I always loved weddings and it seems like a fun opportunity," he smiled.
"Good, and why-why, oh no!" Hermione shrieked.
She looked do on the floor and saw a puddle of water below her.
"Oh Hermione," Draco cried, "did your water just break?"
"Mmhm!" She murmured and began to go he-he-who-who, like she was told
Draco picked her up off her feet and began to carry her out the door and to the hospital wing to see Madam Pomfrey. he was heading down the stairs almost at the sixth floor when he saw Dumbledore on the fifth.
"PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE!" Draco shouted still carrying Hermione, Dumbledore turned to see them and came rushing up to meet them.
"Oh my, what's happened?" Dumbledore gasped.
"Her water broke, we need to get her to St. Mungo's immediately before she goes into labor badly!" Draco wailed in panic.
