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Chapter 31

So cautiously she entered the room.

As soon as she entered the bookshelf swivelled back into place leaving her in this dark space.

She put her hands in her robes to reach for her wand but was astonished to find that it wasn't there. She became afraid and reached out for anything.

"Hello… is anybody out there." She called out like a lost child.

Then suddenly the room lit up to reveal a couple holding hands.

The woman was red haired about 5 foot 5, had green piercing familiar eyes and beautiful creamy skin. The Male was a brunette, around six foot and wore spectacles.

Where have I seen you two.

"Hello Hermione, It's so good to finally meet you." The woman said calmly.

Then Hermione realised. "Merlin. You're…"

"Yes that's right, we're Harry's parents. I'm James Potter and this is my wife Lily."

Hermione walked up to them slowly and shook both there hands.

"Well come on we have to go and tell Harry you're here. How did you get here in the first place?"

James raised his hand to stop her from leaving the room.

"That is not possible. You see…"

He looked over at Lily for support which she gave.

"What James is trying to say is that we need to talk to you. And only you."

Hermione looked at them confused but sat down on one of the wooden seats in the room. "I'm listening."

"Think of something that you want right now. It can be anything from a pet kitten to a car." Lily said to Hermione still in her calm tone.

Hermione looked at her as if she was a crazy person but obeyed. She closed her eyes and thought really hard.

What do I want? Um… I want Draco Malfoy to be here right now.

She opened her eyes and there was the Slytherin Prince standing right in front of her.

She got such a fright though that she fell off of her seat.

"Oh goodness, how the heck did you get here Draco."

Casually he pulled her up as if she was a child and hugged her tightly. "You asked for me."

Hermione looked up into his steel silver eyes and saw the Draco she once knew. But as fast as he had appeared he vanished.

She looked over to see a red faced Lily. "Sorry I had to do that."

Hermione realised sadly why she had done this. "This is all a dream isn't it?"

Lily nodded happily. "Yes it is. But we are not a figment of your imagination we are here to give you an important message."

Hermione slumped back down into her seat gloomily.

James then stood up and pulled out a piece of parchment from his pocket. He unrolled it and lay it out in front of Hermione to reveal a collection of symbols with two house crests at the top.

"Do you know what this is Hermione."

She scanned it quickly unsure of what to make of the markings.

"Well… it does look some what familiar. The only thing I really know is the two crests at the top."

"Yes, it is Gryfindor and Slytherins house." Lily said also making her way to where James and Hermione were sitting.

James then turned the parchment around so that it was facing him. "This is a Prophecy Hermione. It is called Lesanium mucello ki platius. That's Latin for…"

"Good always prevails. Yes I've seen it once before." Hermione interrupted.

"Well this prophecy marks the death of Voldemort and the end of the war between good and evil (A/N: I know that's a cliché but hey it's my story.)" James continued.

Hermione's face lit up. "Well what does it say?"

Lily then pulled the parchment from the table and examined it quickly.

"In short it says that the only way Voldemort can be defeated is if two Gryfindor's perform a spell. But this spell isn't just a few words spoken, this is a concoction that could take up to one month to make."

Hermione's high disappeared. "And I guess that's where I come in."

James nodded. "Yes, by way of magic when you wake up there will be a spell waiting for you in your room."

Hermione shook her head in disagreement. "But Joshua is harassing me. He punched me and I blacked out how am I going to get out of that?"

"Actually." Lily continued. "James, Draco and Lucius are in the room with you also. But don't worry about that until later."

"What!? Where the hell did they come from? And why is Lucius there?"

"That doesn't matter at the moment." Lily said reassuringly

"Just one thing is wrong with this." Hermione said in a matter of fact tone.

"What's that?" James asked puzzled.

"Well yeah we do have the spell. But how exactly are we going to lure Voldemort. We can't call out his name and he'll come running."

Lily looked at James and nodded.

"That's why we have given you a month maximum to make this potion. It is also said in the prophecy that he will come to Hogwarts to defeat the one person that he couldn't conquer once before." James said sadly.

"Harry." Hermione said knowingly.

Suddenly Hermione felt a slight pain in both arms. "Ouch. Where the heck did that come from?"

Lily and James looked at each other knowingly. "You're waking up. Look there is one thing that is vital to this Hermione. You must break all ties with Draco Malfoy."

Hermione froze. "No. That's not possible I'm sorry, but after this incident with Josh the one person I need is Draco. I'm sorry but I can't do that. Anything but that please."

Lily held both of her hands with a slight tight grasp. "Hermione, this is important you must not have any friendly connection with Draco what so ever. Understand."

Hermione looked into her emerald eyes and sadly nodded in agreement.

"Okay then."

Lily let go of her hands and took her place back next to James.

But before Hermione woke up she asked Lily a question. "I understand why the Gryfindor crest is on that parchment, but why is the Slytherin crest on there too?"

Lily and James looked at each other nervously.

"Well… um… because…" Lily stuttered like an idiot.

"Because Voldemort is in the Slytherin house of course. Go, you best be off. And remember tell Harry and Ron of what is happening but you musn't tell Harry that you found all of this from us. I'm sure that he would be devastated that we came to you and not him."

Hermione nodded one last time and hugged them both before she evaporated in to thin air. They're hiding something.

"James, do you think we should have told her the truth." Lily asked her husband in a needy tone.

"No darling. She will figure it out all in the end. Don't worry everything will fall into place."

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"What are you talking about son? She really has fucked you up in the head hasn't she." Lucius said still in his calm tone.

Hermione started to stir from her sleep at first she saw blurry figures but then she saw all three of them. Draco, Lucius and Josh.

"Father, I love her."

Hermione's eyes popped open and she sat up quickly causing her head to spin a little. "What the hell is going on here?" She said dizzily.

Draco saw her sit up and sat down next to her cradling her in his arms. Hermione missed this. She loved the way he smelt and felt. But then she remembered.

"Hermione, this is important you must not have any friendly connection with Draco what so ever. Understand."

Suddenly she pushed him away. "Malfoy what do you think you're doing?"

Malfoy felt like someone had just punched him in the face.

She stood up and brushed at her clothes. "Mr Malfoy what are you doing here?"

Lucius shifted nervously. "I had to give a message to Draco. I will be off now. And son I will talk to you another time." And with a pop he apparated out of the room.

The three teenagers stood there in silence waiting for someone to break it.

"Hermione what is wrong with you, I just told my father how I felt about you and all you can do is deny it." Draco said in an angry tone.

Hermione took a few short breathes in and out. I have to do this, it's for the good of the wizard world.

"Malfoy I don't know what led you to think that I would have any feelings for you but they'll have to stop now."

Draco took a step back and examined who he thought was the one person he could trust. He then turned to Josh and headed towards him at full speed with him arms outstretched aiming for his neck.

"What have you done to her you fucken bastard."

But Hermione stepped in the way and pulled his arms down. "Nothing. He's done nothing Malfoy. I suggest you leave."

Draco looked at Hermione then to Josh and angrily stomped out.

Hermione then turned to Josh and pulled out her wand.

"AS FOR YOU YOU FUCKEN IDIOT. STUPEFY."

Suddenly Josh fell to the ground on agonising pain. "Mya… what do you think… ouch stop now…. Please let me be…"

Josh called out between all the pain.

She stopped but then stood over him and whispered in his ear. "If you EVER do anything like that again I swear to Merlin I will cut your left testicle off and make you eat it."

He nodded with fear and she went into her room and sure enough there on her four poster bed was a parchment titled 'Lesanium mucello ki platius'.

As soon as she landed on her bed she cried for hours all the way to morning.

A/N: I must say I'm very proud of myself that chapter came out of nowhere and that's nothing like how I planned it to end. Oh well I hope you guys like it.