Everything happens for a reason
but the hard part is trying to
figure out what that reason is
Chapter 17- Why?
"Draco I don't think it's appropriate for me to be meeting your mother right now."
"Hermione you have never met her even when we were engaged. Even though she hates the idea of me marrying a muggle born she wants to meet you." Draco squeezed her hand and gave her a small smile.
"That's very comforting Draco."
"You should know though, my mother isn't a typical mother. She's very blunt."
Her laughed, "Draco, no one in your family is typical."
Draco laughed and they continued on the path up to Malfoy Manor. Since Draco had been teaching, his mother was staying there again. Memories started flooding back to Hermione as she started to see the Manor over the hill. Her more recent memories of the home were not pleasant ones. She hadn't noticed but she had stopped walking and was just staring at the house.
"Hermione, are you all right?" Draco waved his hand in front of her face.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Let's just get this over with."
Draco knocked on the front door of the manor and they stood and waited. A few seconds later a small house elf opened the door.
"Master Draco and Miss Hermione, it's so good to see you again."
Hermione brought her self down to be level with the elf, "It's good to see you to Bruno."
"Mistress Narcissa is waiting in the study for you."
Draco took Hermione's hand and pulled her towards the study. She had loved the study while she lived with Draco. It was her safe haven at the home. On the way there Hermione looked at her surroundings. It looked just as she had remembered it dark and mysterious, but home none the less.
"Are you ready Hermione?"
"Ready as I'll every be."
Draco pushed open the door to the study and then closed it quietly behind them. Hermione looked up and Narcissa was sitting in a chair looking out the window. The fire was lit and there was a glass on the table.
"Mother." Draco straightened himself out and pulled Hermione towards his mother.
His mother stood up when she heard the footsteps approached her. She wasn't nearly as tall as Draco was but considerably taller than Hermione's 5'5 figure. Her long blonde hair reached the middle of her back and she carried herself just as Draco did, with arrogance. She walked with her chin high and looked at people down her nose. Okay, Hermione was a little intimidated.
"Draco. You really should come see me more often." She hugged her son and then quickly gave Hermione a once over before walking towards her.
"Mother this is Hermione Granger."
"I know who she is Draco." Narcissa walked in a circle around Hermione and looked her up and down some more, "You should have prepared me though to see her."
Okay, so Hermione was really intimidated. She wasn't sure whether to respond to Narcissa's rude comment or let Draco defend her. With one look at the woman she decided on the latter.
"Have you been doing well mother?"
Okay so maybe Draco wouldn't defend her. Damn.
"As well as can be expected without my son and husband around."
"Mother don't put me on a guilt trip, you know I'm working at Hogwarts."
"Well, I would prefer that you would take after your father and work at the ministry."
Draco scoffed; "I don't want to be like my father."
"Working at the ministry is a very respectably job for a Malfoy. You know people hold us to high standards, it's one thing to go work as a teacher but a something completely different to go and marry a mudblood."
Hermione was dumbstruck. Had Narcissa forgot Hermione was there? Apparently not because just then she gave Hermione a death glare and walked towards her again.
"I will not have you bring down the name of Malfoy. We are highly regarded in the Wizarding World and if it were up to me Draco would never spoke to you to begin with."
"Mother I think that is enough, Hermione-"
"Now now Draco, your mother is entitled to her own opinions no matter how wrong they may be. Mrs. Malfoy you son is very important to me and he will be with who he wants. Now in my opinion the Pureblood society is much too over rated because of people like you and I think bringing me into the family would help you get your head out of your.."
"Hermione I think its time to go. Mother I will be seeing you again shortly."
Draco pulled Hermione through the Manor for a third time that day and Narcissa watched. She was very impressed with the daring that this girl had to stand up to a Malfoy. Narcissa sat back in her chair and smiled as she looked out the window watching them walk away from the Manor.
"Draco how dare you let her speak to me that way. Have you ever defended me against her? Is that what she always does when you get on the topic of me."
"Hermione I think you defended your self enough for both of us in there and I don't think you will seeing my mother for a long time. She's not a typical woman Hermione; I tried to warn you. She knows spells and charms that could rival my father's wicked ways it's not a good thing to push her."
"Draco you're so...UG!"
Hermione apparted as soon as she got out of the gates of Malfoy Manor gates. Draco sighed and then did the same.
doda..
It was now early March and Draco and Hermione were living a great life together at Hogwarts. Strangely nothing out of the ordinary had happened since they had visited Malfoy Manor. Ron had not come around and neither had Pansy or Lavender. Somehow something was not right though.
Harry was visiting the school today and was going to be spending time with Draco and Hermione. He had been offered a position at the school but turned it down. There were just too many painful memories to relive every single day of his life. Now he had Ginny that was all he needed now that most of the Death Eaters were gone.
Hermione left Draco early that morning to go and pick some stuff from Hogsmeade. Two hours after she left, Harry arrived and met Draco in the Great Hall for breakfast.
"How is everything Malfoy?" Harry said as he shook Draco's hand.
"As good as it gets Potter, what about you and mini Weasley."
Harry laughed, "We're wonderful. Married life is treating us well."
Draco nodded his head, "Hermione should be back soon, she just went to pick up some stuff from Hogsmeade. You know how she gets when she goes there."
Harry laughed, "Yeah, she's probably in Flourish and Blotts reading a book."
After waiting about an hour for Hermione to come back from Hogsmeade, Draco and Harry headed down to Hogsmeade to find her themselves. They searched the first couple of stores together and then split up to find her. Draco went to Flourish and Blotts and there was no sign of Hermione anywhere. Harry stepped inside The Three Broomsticks and again there was no sign of Hermione. He even asked Madam Rosemerta.
They met outside The Three Broomsticks and then went on searching the rest of the town for her. An hour later there was still no sign of Hermione.
Draco looked at Harry, "Maybe we missed her and she's already up at the castle, we didn't ever think to check the rooms."
They then headed back up the Hogwarts to check her room and her classroom. Draco headed up to the staff room to find her and Harry to the Transfiguration room.
doda..
Hermione woke up to a dark and damp room. There was no one there, no windows, just a cot and a wooden door. She ran up to it and looked out the small bars at the top. It was an empty hallway. She pulled on the door and kicked at it and then searched herself for her wand. It wasn't there.
"Don't even try to escape. You never will."
Hermione gaped, "Oh my god."
doda..
Harry and Draco had just burst through door of the Headmistress's office and scared her half to death.
"Excuse Mr. Potter, Professor Malfoy, is there something the matter?"
They looked at each other, "Yes, Hermione is missing."
a/n: I'm so horrible. I never wanted to be one of the writers who waited a month to update and look what I did. Hmpf. I do have some sort of excuse though, I've been at camp since Sunday and had writer's block. But I hope that you guys like this chapter, and leave me some reviews it'll help me write. : D
fantazyfinder4vr- Thanks a lot! I just got back from Colorguard camp. lol. I hope you have good shows too!
M.M.