It seemed like all of Hogwarts was stopping in their tracks with fascination at the new couple. There had always been rumors, but to actually see Draco Malfoy and Prudence Scrimgeour holding hands and walking through the halls with smiles on their faces...it was captivating. It spread through the school very quickly that the Slytherin Prince had claimed the Minister's beautiful granddaughter.
Harry felt incredibly put out. He heard the whispers before he saw them in the hall outside transfiguration. When he watched Malfoy touch her cheek gently he felt sick to his stomach. She completely blind sided him and it made him feel hollow.
Draco leaned down to kiss Pru's temple sweetly only to look up and find Harry fucking Potter looking directly at them. He felt a surge of satisfaction when he saw Potter's face, it was shocked, angry, hurt...brilliant! There was no stopping the cheeky wink Draco sent Potter before leaning down to whisper into Pru's ear, "Potter's looking at us and he looks upset."
Pru could hear the smile in Draco's voice as he told her that Harry was watching before he turned and went to his own class.
Boys...
Dealing with Harry was going to be awkward. She never thought she was leading him on, but apparently he thought otherwise.
Harry lived his next few moments in an angry haze before he noticed that the girl that was making his heart crack was standing right in front of him...
"A...what?" He asked dumbly.
"I said, I'm sorry about last night..." Her wispy grin was nauseating as he realized it was for someone else, "Draco sort of...makes me act irrationally sometimes."
Harry didn't seem to care too much about what she was saying, he was looking at her with a bored and icy expression, "So you're together then? I'm sure the Minister will loooove that..."
She chose to bite her tongue, he had no idea what he was talking about. "We're...something..." She said with a lethal glare to trump his.
"That's great Pru, real great," he clipped. He had crossed his arms and wouldn't look her in the face.
Harry had always been very sweet to her and it seemed his true colors were now showing. She felt wounded that he would react so mean to her, she didn't know what else to say to him, "...Harry..."
But Harry had enough mortification already, he wouldn't stand there and let her pour her pity over him, "Just save it Pru, you don't have to explain to me why you chose a slimy son of a deatheater-"
"Harry Potter!" She growled, outraged that he would dare talk so thoughtlessly about Draco, "That's enough!" She could feel a surge of power in her gut that she was beginning to recognize as her Goddess trying to break free. Her outburst stunned Harry. How could he be such a twit? "I made this decision, I chose him over you, now deal with it!" She stormed into class, leaving him dumbfounded in the hall and more embarrassed than the night before. Not to mention incredibly intimidated with her definitive scold.
Draco was now thoroughly appeased. He couldn't help but turn back and watch Pru as she approached Potter and then put him in his place. Oh, it was beautiful, just like her... Seeing her so fired up caused a stirring in his pants...all because she raised her voice...
"So, we've heard you had an interesting day so far," Daphne chided Pru as her and Hermione sat down at the lunch table.
"But then again, what's new?" Hermione added with a laugh.
Pru rolled her eyes, "Merlin, what now?"
Her two best friends had to giggle at her. "Well first off, you and Draco are all anyone can talk about."
That wasn't so bad, that made Pru smile, "Oh yeah?"
"And then there's Harry..." Hermione said with caution.
Her smile faded into concern, "Is he alright, he was acting like such a wanker."
"Oh he'll be fine, you just bruised his already flimsy ego."
"I dind't mean to do whatever it is he thinks I did to him..."
"You mean leave him in a cold dark tunnel in the middle of the night to be by Malfoy?" Hermione teased. Daphne had to laugh, but Pru was really bothered. "Honestly, he'll be fine, he has other things he has to focus on anyhow..."
Pru's Harry problem went out the window when she noticed Draco come into the room. Every single time...seeing him walk into a room still managed to take her breath away. She couldn't believe they were getting on so well.
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Draco had not only gone about his day with the satisfaction of seeing Pru drop Potter a few pegs, he also got the approving and jealous looks from all his male peers...and that's on top of spending his morning kissing a Goddess. Pru was a catch, he was fully aware, these other guys didn't even have a clue as to how amazing of a catch she really was.
He bit his lip trying to tone down the smile that spread across his face when he saw her smiling at him from across the room. It was mad how happy her smile actually made him.
She beamed up at him as he finally took a seat beside her while placing a kiss to her temple. "Prudence," he addressed her, "Ladies," he also greeted, not looking away from Pru's face. Pru wanted to squeal like the school girl she was, his affection was dizzying.
"Hi Draco," Pru all but whispered.
Daphne and Hermione felt caught in the head lights of their overwhelming tenderness. Daphne had never witnessed Draco act this way... no one has. Daphne didn't even notice Blaise take a seat right beside her.
Blaise had observed their sap fest the night before, "Sickening isn't it?" He grumbled.
Pru ignored her friends, but she did take great pleasure in the fact that Draco addressed Hermione with out any bother.
"It's like...they can't even see us..." Daphne said with fascination.
"Oh shut up," Pru finally said. She didn't care what anyone had to say, she has never been so happy to be in someone's presence in her entire life.
It wasn't until Pru's last class of the day that she began to feel anxious about her upcoming healing session. She started to remember the horrific pain that she tried so hard to bury. The fact that Draco would be by her side was now more comforting than it seemed that morning. She really hoped she didn't crack in front of him...
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Draco gave her hand a squeeze. He had never been in a position like this before. He had to sit by, unable to do anything, while she endured something that he couldn't even fathom. He hated it, he wished he could taker her place... Then she smiled at him and for the first time in a very long time he wanted to cry.
She was laying on a wooden medical table, her long dark curls tumbling over the edge. He couldn't get over how beautiful she looked, her strength was more attractive than he would ever be able to explain. He wanted to kiss her, but Snape and Dumbledore were watching the two of them closely.
"You'll have to stand back now Draco," Professor Dumbledore told him calmly.
"It's alright," Pru reassured him with another smile. It took him longer than he realized to finally let go and walk away. What kind of man is he? He shouldn't be the one that feels like breaking down, not when she's about to do what she is... but he couldn't help it, he felt like his heart was bleeding.
He took a seat just as the two men began chanting in a low voice. He felt anxious as a white glow began to softly show all around her. She looked peaceful for a moment, that is, until her body gave a violent jerk and then stiffened to stone. He jerked forward, wanting to reach out to her, but then stopped, willing his self control to man up. She was enduring it, he knew it...
He did his best to force his muscles to just relax as he watched helplessly. Minutes passed, maybe hours, he had no way of really knowing... when he noticed that the subtle white glow she emitted was beginning to shadow into a deep red. It grew darker until it looked like her skin had turned black as coal. He glanced at Severus nervously and was alarmed to find the greasy professor's eyebrows arched up into his hair line.
That's when Draco jumped to his feet and realized something was not right, "What's happening?!" His heart shifted as he sucked in air heavily.
They didn't move though, not even a twitch. He felt his body moving closer to her as he watched in horror the black on her skin bubble oddly. Dark symbols, runes, and unidentifiable pictures appeared all over her, rupturing the epidermis, and causing her body to convulse. The pictures grew brighter until they looked like rubys in the hot sun... he felt sick. Why weren't they stopping this! His mind exploded with all the worst scenarios...
What if she dies! How many more times would he have to have this feeling?
Then the room filled with her glutteral scream. Her eyes were squoze tight and her back arched up. Draco was stilled into shock, horrified to see her pain coming through. He couldn't help but think that it sounded angry though, as if maybe she were fighting something, instead of being tortured. He held onto that, he held onto the idea that she was fighting.
Suddenly, as fast as the red and black had consumed her it faded. Pru's body had now relaxed some, although her screams had not, and started to glow as if she were bathed in bright moonlight. The light did not stay sublte. The light grew brighter and brighter. Draco kept his eyes glued to her for as long as her could before the light threatened to blind him. At the last possible moment before he thought his retinas would burst, he turned his head to sheild his face.
Then the room went silent.
Blood came rushing through Draco's body in a gush as his senses returned and he turned back lightning fast to look at Pru.
There she was, curled up on the table in the fetal position completely nude and seemingly sound asleep...and unharmed. Although there were definitely more pressing issues at hand at the moment, Draco still took a quick mental picture to remember later.
A silvery blanket was summoned and placed over her, but other than that the three standing figures in the room were unable to move, still stunned from witnessing something they did not understand.
Draco was the first to be at her side and grab her shoulders to turn her over so he could see her face.
"Gently Draco," he heard Snape warn, his voice still distant with awe.
Draco ran his hand over her cheek slowly. She was breathing slow and even and looked like a slumbering angel, "Pru," he whispered urgently, trying to keep his voice from cracking. He heaved a sigh of relief when her eyes flickered open and her pink lips parted into a small smile. Tears pricked at the edge of his eyes as he realized that she was completely alright, "Oh thank Merlin, you're alright Pru."
Dumbledore and Snape both let out the breath they were holding in when they heard Draco's words. They have never seen anything like what just happened. It was only proof of the truth that they have been waiting to witness, she was indeed the Wand Wielder, the Immortal One.
Pru sat up steadily and took a look at the three men in the room. She smiled a large smile peacefully, "Thank you Professors, you did it."
"Did it?" Snape asked puzzled, "You mean...?"
"Cured, completely."
"...But how..?"
Her smile was knowing, something had changed.
Pru now knew more than all three of them. Escaping the curse had awakened something in her and flooded her with an onsalught of ancient knowledge. "You gave me the push to break it myself." She caressed her wand and then held it out on front of her, admiring it for the powerful object that she now really knew that it was. "Now," she looked up and gazed into the eyes of both of her Professors, "Is there anything you guys need to tell me?" She wore an impish grin that gave them all goosebumps.
Draco wanted to laugh at how she turned her perceptive eyes on two of the most powerful wizards alive.
They both recovered quickly and Dumbledore looked at her seriously, "In due time you will know more Miss Scrimgeour, now is not the time."
Pru figured as much, so she accepted it, "Ok. Now please leave me be so I can get decent."
She dismissed them! Brilliant! Draco bit his lip as he took a good long look at her. She had stood to her feet now, the silver sheet that was draped over her hung low in front. She didn't seem to notice nor mind how thin the fabric was that covered her or how it showed every precious outline of her body. Something had definitely changed. She had an air of pure confidence about her now. She had always been bold, but now it was evident by her posture that she was celestial as well. He didn't mind, his Prudence was still there.
Prudence finally smirked at Draco once they were alone, "You're not freaked out by me?"
Draco bit down on the inside of his cheek, hard. He was having a vicious battle with himself. He wanted to throw her to the ground and snog her madly, he couldn't remember ever being more attracted to her... but he didn't. She just went though something incomprehensible, he doubted she was thinking about kissing him. It's just...she was exuding sexiness and the grip she had on his heart was tighter than ever.
"Why?" He asked her with a smirk just as devilish. "Because you fought off an ancient curse that turned your clothes to dust just by laying on table? Then ended up naked on a platter in front of other men that aren't me? No..." he teased, "Why would I be?"
He couldn't bear to not be touching her for any longer. He snaked his arms around her small frame and began to pepper kisses along her jaw.
"Naked on a platter?" Pru laughed, turning her head to give him better access to her neck.
"It was marvelous," he whispered into her skin. He gripped her hips to effortlessly set her back on the table so she was sitting.
Just a minute before Pru was tingling from her awakening, and now she was tingling for completely different reasons. It was wonderful how relaxed he could make her feel. He brought her back down to Earth, away from the persistent Goddess inside her. It was a good choice to have him by her side.
Draco was thankful for the fine material shrouding her. He could feel every dip and curve of her body as he ran his hands along it. In his head he was thanking Merlin that she was ok and nothing went wrong. He was telling her how worried he was and how loony he felt as he watched her... no, the words wouldn't come from his lips, but he knew she heard them none the less. He kissed the hollow between her neck and shoulder, tasting her.
"Thank you for being here," she told him while grazing his ear with her teeth.
Draco swallowed a lump that was rising in his throat, she was jolting him with her soft words and palpable electricity. "...Of course..." He told her huskily. His fingers involuntarily curled into the soft flesh of her hips when her kisses reached his neck, I would do anything for you... He felt her teeth bite a little harder causing him to pull her body to him closer. He knew she heard that too.
Pru wrapped her arms around his neck as the thin sheet fell from her shoulders to pool at her waist. She looked at Draco to see his humorously shocked expression. She cupped her hands around his jaw to smile at him. It was funny, she had never felt promiscuous before. The need to be so intimately close with him had never struck her with anyone else. "You act as if you've never seen them before."
He was shaking his head seriously, still not looking down to see that her breasts were now completely exposed. "Real funny, how fair that you're literally a perfect goddess..." He had never felt scared to look at a naked lady, he was usually very naughty. But somehow, he didn't think that she would want to get frisky in a dungeon potions lab...and if he looked, he thought that he wouldn't be able to stop himself from ravishing her. She was going to give him blue balls for days...
But he would look, because fuck...she was looking at him so endearing and asking so sweetly with her eyes...
He smirked at her before leaning back slightly and looking down at the two most perfect examples of the female anatomy he has ever got the pleasure of seeing. They were a brilliant size, he wanted to whimper thinking about how he would be fully acquainted with them in the near future. He closed his eyes, "Prudence, it really is unfair how gorgeous you are..."
Her heard her soft giggle chime lightly, "Take your shirt off Draco."
He liked this new Prudence. Any shyness he thought she previously possessed had been trumped by her transformation. His smirk was enormous as he obliged to her request and slid his shirt over his head. The delighted and awe-struck face he was greeted with after was practically heart breaking. How was it possible she made him so happy?
Pru memorized his flesh in just a few short seconds. She took in every toned curved, every lean muscle and the brilliant color of his practically porcelain skin. Then she wrapped herself around him and held her skin flush against his. Her eyes slid close as she relished in the warmth of his hard body touching hers. She completely uncoiled once his arms crept around her to squeeze her body tightly. This was her favorite place. Ever. He felt right...he felt like home.
"Draco?" She whispered. He could tell she was slightly emotional, he could hear the thickness in her voice. He wanted to believe that she was just as happy as he was at the moment, having their bodies melded together, just holding one another contently...
"Yes?" He asked.
"You feel like home."
The ball of emotion he felt erupting in his chest, threatening to spill out as either tears or groans was difficult to overcome. What does he tell her? He wasn't sure if the right words even existed. How does he explain to her that she was the most amazing thing to ever happen in his life?
So he pulled away from her, barely enough to hover his lips over hers. She lifted her lips to his willingly and with out hesitation...then he pounced. He recklessly poured all the words that wouldn't come out into that kiss. He kissed her thoroughly, tasting her tongue, caressing her lips. And she kissed with back with just as much abandon, hearing his unspoken sentiment.
Until a thunderous pounding echoed through out the room.
The two teenagers froze and looked at one another, smiling mischievously, "I can't believe they're out there waiting!" Pru yelled in an astonished whisper.
Draco sighed, but with a smile. Of course they were interrupted, but he was too happy to really care. He took one last look at her beautiful exposed body and then pulled the sheet tightly around her.
Pru smile at how composed he made himself. He was just snogging her sensless...and topless, and now he is setting her upright and covering her up. "Aren't you just a proper gentleman.."
He cocked an eyebrow and concentrated on his hands wrapping the fabric around her shoulders, "You haven't the slightest idea how incredibly hard this is for me right now to refrain myself from shredding this blanket and shagging you proper..." He slid his fingers through her hair and swept it to the side so he could look into her eyes. She looked so innocent...maybe he shouldn't have said shag, he's sure she might be a virgin...
"You really feel that way?" She whispered, "Right now...because of me?"
He wanted to laugh at the lunacy. She had to know how diabolically tempting she was... He cupped her face and brought it close to his, forcing their eyes to keep contact. Her deep caramel orbs stared back at him adoringly. This is the moment he's been waiting for, the moment he let's her know, he finally felt bold enough to say it. He took a racking breath, forcing his voice to not quiver, "Prudence...you make me feel a million different ways...each one better than the last. You're amazing..." He bore his silvery eyes into her honey colored ones and then touched his forehead to hers. "...And I can't believe that you actually feel the way about me like you do..."
She wanted him to stop right there, she didn't want him saying anything negative. Because saying something positive about her was almost always followed by something negative about him. "Believe it." She told him firmly with all seriousness. "I don't care what anyone has to say, all I care about is you."
Draco knew that his eyes had betrayed him and glossed over with the beginning of tears. He couldn't help it, his heart has never felt so full... He briefly thought of the people he held closest to him...Narcissa, Severus, Blaise... but she, with out a doubt, eclipsed them all in his heart. He buried his face into her neck, not ready to let her see his treacherous eyes, "You're all I care about as well, you mean everything to me."
Pru smiled as she ran her hand along the back of his neck. She allowed her silent tears to fall freely, his sincerity was breath taking, "I'm glad I found you..."
He didn't respond with words, but she felt his shoulders tremble lightly with emotion.
The loud knocks rumbled again and they quickly sorted themselves.
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Pru had transfigured the sheet into a full body cloak. Draco couldn't see her face, but he knew that she was unleashing her full Goddess glare onto her two superiors that just opened the door. He could tell by the way their bodies stiffened when they looked at her.
"You're grandfather, the Minister of Magic, will be informed of your full recovery," Professor Dumbledore told her.
Draco watched her head nod, but knew she wasn't finished, "He may know the curse has been broken. He may not know that I broke it myself due to my powers increasing."
The Professors looked thrown by her demanding confidence and blunt statement concerning her Goddess status. So they nodded, almost obediently.
Pru smiled and sighed, letting her overbearing Goddess subside. She seemed young and bubbly again, "Thank you so much Professors! You have helped me lift such an unbeleivably annoying curse, I'm much obliged!"
Draco could see the twinkle return to the Headmaster's eye, "You are very welcome Miss Scrimgeour, good evening then."
Snape had followed Professor Dumbledore down the hall silently, leaving Pru and Draco alone in the quiet dungeon hall.
"That was brilliant love, a bit scary, but brilliant."
Pru smiled and looked over her shoulder, her grin apparent from being called 'love'.
"I'm a bit of a lot of things...love."
He watched her walk away down the hall. He could see the light material cling to her bouncy bottom, he felt his blood rushing south again. Merlin he wanted her. He both loved and hated the fact that she would be the first girl he would ever have to really work for to get it. But he now knew for sure that she wanted him back just as much... Her inexperience didn't matter when her entire body sung out to him...
Draco adjusted himself and ran to catch up with her.