Secrets Behind Her Smile Chapter 5: Pureblood, a harry potter fanfic

Author's Note: Thank you for all the reviews, I am very glad that you are all enjoying this fic. I finally have chapter five, I've been sort of busy lately. School just ended this past wednesday and what with finals going on and everything else I was barely ever on to get you an update.

So finally here I am with my update, enjoy!

I also cannot believe that it is already July. Time flies...

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Chapter Five

Pureblood

Severus Snape leaned back against a hard wall. He was supposed to be looking out for some girl that was highly important to Lord Voldemort. He was still confused about this new member and no one had explained much of her to him.

When he saw her he had to gasp; Hermione Granger, why he couldn't have expected her of all people to be the one unless she was here for the order. But he knew that it couldn't be. She was wearing black robes, robes that matched his own. She held a mask and seemed to be looking around.

He walked towards her silently and then when he stood behind her she turned "Hello, Snape" she said "I really would have wished for Draco or Lucius but you will do, now come on, we need to go to wherever this meeting is taking place"

Severus surprised at her just took her by the wrist and apparated the two of them following his dark mark for his destination. No one knew where the meetings were. In fact, only Lord Voldemort knew and sent coordinates through his dark mark. But the location was always hidden.

"Who is getting her, my lord?" this was asked by Lucius as he began to pace. He was getting more and more worried about anything and everything that went on. He wanted to talk to Hermione about it, in fact he had been on the point to at least twice but the topic never came up.

"Lucius, her linage is purer than yours, while she is much more powerful it doesn't mean that she isn't affected" Lucius smiled as Lord Voldemort said this. So he didn't know. This would only work for his advantage.

Death eaters began to arrive around them and they all formed the circle that was needed of them to do. They were now only waiting for the lady Sombroy. None of them knew anything about her but that she was a descendant of Salazar Slytherin and that she was very powerful and their master's new heir.

Since the beginning of the wizarding world blood was important. Harry Potter knew this. He also despised how racism and things such as prejudice could be found in all places. Racism like the care for pure-blood had been around for a long time and so this was what he was focusing on while at the Black family library.

He was looking for something about how to make some sort of virus that could hurt those that were so well bred. Of course it would affect them only if they were exposed to the virus and it would not be contagious. This was what the order was currently working on; some sort of something that could cause the dark order to become weaker and that would allow the order to win.

Harry could find nothing. He was about to give up when a certain paragraph caught his eye.

While the only way to keep the wizarding world pure is to intermarry, marriage between families so related onto themselves is not a good thing. One of the most prominent families, the Malfoys, has been already touched by this illness in the blood. The last recorded time in which this has been was in the Sombroy family.

This to Harry sounded a little strange. The Malfoys and who ever the Sombroys were had already contracted some sort of virus for being purebloods. But he still didn't know what virus and how it had affected them. The Malfoys were powerful enough, so what was the point? It was this which made him a little wary of whatever this illness was.

"Harry" he turned Ginny stood there "mom says dinner's ready"

He smiled at her and nodded. He and Ginny got along fine these days but there was still a slight awkwardness between the two. While the two of them still cared deeply for the other, they would not admit it. Harry knew though that he couldn't because if he would he would put her in danger. Ginny had told him many times that it didn't matter and that by just loving him she was in danger.

"I'll be down soon" he said but then as she turned he had a sudden though "hey, Ginny, do you know of anything at all about an illness that plagues the Malfoys or some family with the surname of Sombroy"

"No, but I did hear, and mind you this might just be a rumour that Narcissa Malfoy gave birth to two stillborns a few years after Draco was born" she shrugged "hope that helps" and with that she walked away.

Harry thought this through. Was this perhaps what was affecting them? He hadn't heard of this happening ever before but if this was affecting the blood then maybe it was like that muggle disease that had shown up in the royals.

Because they didn't allow any other blood in and intermarried each other second cousins, or third cousins then they couldn't really reproduce because their blood was so equal. If they were to survive they would have to start marrying muggles, or muggle borns. This was something that Harry knew was unthinkable.

"I take this oath, I will serve my lord and I will never betray him or then await death. By taking this blood oath I will give my life for him, whom I will serve. I take this above all else. I, Hermione Sombroy, give myself into servitude to him, my lord" with that she smiled and dropped her hand and the dagger held there. The blood from the cross cut across the palm of her hand fell to the ground on top of a piece of parchment. This would make it so that her dark mark could never be taken off her skin or for that matter copied in any way.

As soon as the fifth droplet of blood fell the small wound closed up. Hermione looked around herself, her smile still in place. "Good, my dear" his voice was still as sweet as ever but it had some sort of hissing added to it. He moved around her as she looked at all the others, her fellow death eaters watching her.

His hands were cold; the fingers of his left hand touched her left arm and brought down his wand with his right hand. The tip of the wand touched her forearm and then a sudden warmness ceased her and then a sharp pain. It left her quickly but her arm was still numb. She didn't care for the pain but was not going to show any weakness to the others. She needed their respect not only for being who she was but for her actions.

You can say that you learn a lot about a person by just looking at their actions. You can tell if they get really excited when they talk and they have to gesture, you can learn their facial expressions at things other people do, and you can learn much more about how they express themselves physically. This isn't exactly how you would look at learning a lot from looking at their actions but something that needed to also be looked into.

This was exactly what Jamie Hollins learnt. Jamie Hollins, or rather Mie as she liked to be called had shoulder length hair that covered her left eyes seeing as it was side swooped. It was a sandy brown color. Her skin was caramel and while she was thin she was not too curvy.

Jamie had stayed at Hogwarts rather than go home to be with her dad whom would most likely be working all holiday anyways. Her mother would be with her own family but according to the separation agreements Mie needed to be with her father during the holidays.

It was while Mie watched a girl that she had never really liked much that it came to her. It wasn't big actions that defined a person but the actions that were done daily, and how a person treated others; not only their inferiors or superiors but the ordinary person.

Lavender Brown had always given the air of someone that needed to be put back down into her place. Mie hated the girl for this. Mie was a Ravenclaw and had few lessons with the other girl but they nearly always saw each other in the hallways or in such other places. Mie who at the moment sat in the great hall a notebook out in front of her full of doodling and such other stuff frowned as she watched Lavender flirt with the poor sixth year Hufflepuff.

"Does she not realize that Perin is a girl?" Mie's good friend, and fellow classmate though a Gryffindor asked.

"No" she said "I guess not, but then we didn't know that Perin was a girl either until she had that fit in History of Magic last year"

Dawn Dolohov had layered blond hair with a side fringe. She had a petite body and green eyes. She had never really fit in with people in Gryffindor. The other girls in her year weren't exactly like her and while she and Hermione Granger got along fine Hermione had other friends and she, Dawn, was never much more than just there.

Mie was one of the only people that got along perfectly with her. But that was simply because of their joint hate for Lavender Brown. Mie was much more of a loner, she liked being quiet in a corner reading but also liked to voice out how much she hated Lavender.

"I guess you're right" Dawn sighed "I cannot wait for the rest of the school to get back; it is getting really boring without them"

"We can hex her again" Mie suggested motioning towards where Lavender was now trying to get Perin Frolnur to ask her out on a date.

"Yes, I do believe that, that shall work" Dawn grinned maliciously "I learnt a new curse a few days ago looking through my brother's book"

Dawn had two brothers and a sister. The twins were the oldest. Her sister and brother, and then there was her other brother only older by four years compared to the ten years that the twins were older than her.

Harry had found nothing else after that other night when he found the blood illness. He was still looking through a lot of books for any sort of something that would tell him more about whatever it was that was affecting the purebloods.

"Hey" Ron entered the room and sat down next to him "guess who I just got an owl from"

Harry didn't look up "no time, Ron, who sent you an owl?" Harry had not been around the house much. In fact he was spending a lot more time in the library and had slept there more than just twice.

"Why Lavender sent me the owl" Ron said "she was wondering if I wanted to go to the next Hogsmade trip with her" he was grinning. Ron didn't like Lavender. In fact it was far from that but he did like Hermione and he figured that getting her to go out with him would be easy enough if he managed to get her to be as jealous as she had been the previous year.

Harry looked at his best friend, "You know, Ron, if you admitted your feelings for Hermione she wouldn't get so frustrated with you or annoyed"

"Yeah, well" Ron said "I really don't think that it will work for me" he sighed "Hermione isn't one to really understand this sort of thing, she understands a book perfectly but if she is jealous I can make her feel better about it and actually admit them then and there when she has sort of admitted she likes me too"

Harry said nothing. He couldn't exactly tell Ron that he knew for a fact that Hermione didn't like him. He and Hermione had been spending a lot of time together being heads and he was beginning to see a different side of Hermione. He was seeing not the girl he had known since the age of eleven but a woman. Hermione was much more confident now, and seemed to think of life differently. He didn't know if Hermione still liked Ron. Harry did know though that Hermione had probably already moved on.

Dear Jamie,

I want you to come home for at least three days. I would love for you to come home. There is a dinner that you must attend. The Malfoys, you've heard of them, have invited us to this dinner. Your friend Dawn Dolohov is also to come and should be receiving a letter from her father, as you well know times have begun to change and someone in the wizarding world will be victorious. I have allied myself to the side that will win. He, the dark lord, that is has asked me to bring you along, he needs his spies and believes you would be perfect along with Dawn. Her father is already one of us. Please send me a return letter informing me if you are to come. I do want to see you as well.

Love,

Joshua Hollins

P.S. send me a response, if you do choose to come, come by floo powder to Fire's Den.

Mie sighed; this was how he usually sent her letters. It was always businesslike. The format and such never changed. Mie always knew that her father was somewhat too interested in his own affairs to care for anyone else even the fruit of his loins.

"What are you reading?" Dawn sat down next to her.

Mie handed her the letter "you will probably be getting something that is somewhat the same. I think I'll go"

"Yeah, me too, I got mine last night. I didn't mention it earlier because I didn't know you too were coming" she shrugged "so, she just sent off some letter, we can hex her now"

Mie grinned and got her wand out. They walked around the bookshelves of the library and his behind the closest one to where Lavender Brown sat.

Dawn sent the first hex which would not activate for a while. When it did, it would make Lavender's face turn as red as a tomato. Mie then began doing some strange movements with her wand and without saying a thing sent off a spell. Once it hit Lavender boils sprouted around her face, arms, legs, and pretty much her entire body. On her face though something was written, along with the now red face anyone that saw her would see, I am a Slut written over her face.

Dawn and Mie giggled and walked away containing most of their laughter "I hate her, so much" Mie said "I should send a letter back to my dad though"

"Yeah, we leave later tonight. We should see Dumbledore about it" Dawn said, "how about, I go see him while you write the letter and sent it off then we can go pack at our different dorms and then meet up for dinner in the great hall and then go off to Fire's Den, where ever that is"

Mie seemed to think that the plan was good enough and so nodded in agreement.

"Hermione, dear, what are you doing?" Lucretia asked.

"I was looking for one of my books" Hermione said looking up at her mother from her trunk. "I don't think I left it at Hogwarts but it is a possibility."

"Yes, well, Lucius Malfoy is here to see you" Lucretia told her "I don't know what happened to that maid of ours. I mean the house elves are all working around the house, I've seen them but I can't seem to find Chantel" she shrugged "He is in the drawing room"

Hermione nodded and then walked towards her bathroom to make sure she was not a mess. After fixing her hair which had been everywhere she went to the drawing room.

Lucius was standing with his back to her at a window. Hermione cleared her throat so he would know that she was there. "Hello, lady Sombroy" he said "how has your day been?"

"It's been lovely, and please call me Hermione" he sat down. Lucius took the seat next to her and turned to her.

"Hermione, I was looking through some books. I have never wanted to admit this to anyone" he stood and began to pace "it would disgrace my family completely if anyone ever heard about this" he sighed "but I know I can trust you. I know because I found your family on the list of the infected"

Hermione looked at him confused "infected with what?" she asked.

"The blood disease" he stared at her "we, the purebloods, are dying out, Hermione"

Hermione knew it was happening, and she herself had a secret. "I know" she said "we have to marry muggles, muggle borns, or half bloods for life to continue"

Lucius stared at her "but there should be a way in which to cure it" he said.

"There is" Hermione said "every ten years my family has married a muggle born" she sighed "this began thirty years ago when we found out about the curse. This is why my family is so powerful. No one knows about this of course. The Blacks already died out because of this. Any children that they wanted to have died. Stillborns, the lot of them; the Lestranges share the same problem"

Lucius stared at her "you have muggle blood in you?" he said.

"We all do, even if those family members are disowned, and even if the squibs born are sent away because they are in fact squibs" Hermione sighed after that. "You can do nothing but make Draco marry a muggle born for your family to be cleansed of this"

Hermione didn't mention that her own mother was a muggle born. But Lucius was looking at her "your family has muggle blood" he said "you, you're perfect." He then smiled at her and kissed her on the cheek "things may not turn out as expected" he said and then left running out the door a plan already forming in his mind but then he turned "oh, yes," he said "Hermione, I will be holding a dinner tonight I would love for you to be there"

He had many things to do and needed to do them before the dinner that night.

"So what you're telling me is that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley's best friend is a death eater" Kateriina said "the nice girl that was at the Malfoy's Christmas dinner possibly" she shrugged and looked at Severus who was sitting next to her on her sofa.

"I really cannot believe that the one student of mine that I believed was going to do something great on the light side turned out to actually be, well, on the dark side" he sighed.

Severus had, had a hard time actually getting it through his head that Hermione Granger was actually Hermione Sombroy. He couldn't believe it but then again he should have expected it.

"Kateriina" he said "how do you believe that someone such as her could end up making the worst decision in her life?" he sighed
just getting along with these people is hard enough"

"What do you mean by that, by these people?" Kateriina asked then staring at him somewhat warily.

Severus didn't respond for a few minutes "tell me" he said "would you be involved with people that kill for fun, the last party they had ended up in those deaths in that small town, I can't manage to remember the name now, but well I don't think you would.

"The only reason that I go through with this is simply because I have to. I am not on the losing side. Right now the dark side is winning and that is the side to which I must belong. No one should want to be on that side. Hermione is in for a bad life, as much as she may like it now"

Kateriina, who knew all about this so called "bad" life, said nothing in return to Severus' comment. Hermione was not in for something she couldn't handle. Having met the younger woman she thought that she fit perfectly. Much better than others anyways, and that was saying quite a bit.

Hermione did not expect to see so many people at just a dinner. What she didn't know was that it was just death eaters and two to three other people that were becoming death eaters. It was a celebration. A great celebration and she was just one of the main guests.

"Hello, Hermione" Bellatrix Black who had taken a liking to Hermione hugged her. "Come, come" she said "the party is just beginning"

The rest of her fellow death eaters were sitting around talking, drinking, some of them dancing, and some walking around talking to everyone around them.

It was a few minutes later that two young girls around Hermione's age entered. Hermione noticed Dawn Dolohov a girl in her dorm and Jamie Hollins in Ravenclaw and headed towards them. "Hi" she said "welcome, I guess the two of you are becoming death eaters tonight, joining us"

Dawn stared at her "Hermione Granger?" she said "you are a death eater?"

"Yes and my name is Hermione Sombroy. It's is a very long story that you should hear another day" she smiled at the two of them "but now, I believe dinner is starting"

Hermione turned and began to walk towards the doors into the dinning room but as she made it there a hand touched her elbow and pulled her into a small shadowy corner. Only Jamie saw what happened. Lucius pulled Hermione towards him and smiled at her "I have to show you something, we won't be missed"

Hermione nodded and followed right after him. He led her into a large dark room. "This, my dear, is the library" he said with the Malfoy smirk in place. He led her to a bookshelf in the far corner and got a book off the shelf "I spent a lot of time researching something" he said "your family" he stared at her waiting for a reaction but none came.

"What I needed to know was exactly how your blood related to that of muggles and what to my surprise happened but that I found out your own mother was a muggle born. I never did think her surname was pure, she made me believe otherwise.

"For the sake of something much more than just keeping my family from dying out I want you to marry Draco"

"Hello, my name is Draco Malfoy." Draco introduced himself to Dawn who sat next to him "I don't believe I've ever met you before"

Dawn knew who he was. Everyone at Hogwarts knew who Draco Malfoy was. His reputation for being a heart breaker, a charmer not to mention the fact that he tried to kill Dumbledore the year previous have him quite a reputation.

"Dawn Dolohov" she found herself saying to him then even though she had vowed to herself that she would never fall for his charm as she stared at him she began to think about his lips and how great it would feel to touch them.

Giving herself a little shake Dawn smiled at Draco "so, does it hurt getting the mark?"

"Your arm goes numb for a little bit but the pain isn't too great" he shrugged "have you seen the lady Sombroy, by the way? My father has also gone mysteriously missing. I really sometimes wonder about those two. They can talk for hours, that's for sure" he felt some sort of jealousy built up in him but when he looked at Dawn he couldn't really focus on thinking about Hermione Sombroy.

Mie next to Narcissa Malfoy who sat next to Severus Snape; Mie was smiling profusely while listening to them talk over her as if she wasn't there. Yet it was not only this which made her smile, it was the fact that she knew where Hermione had gotten to. In fact Mie was suspecting a very interesting story to unfold as time went on.

She looked towards Dawn and grinned a bit wider. Yes, a story concerning nearly everyone in that table. When Lucius and Hermione entered the room once more Hermione took the seat next to hers.

"So, how was the talk? Or should I say snog" Mie asked Hermione teasingly.

"It was nothing more than him asking me to marry his son." Hermione huffed. "Anyways, it's none of your concern"

"So, did you agree to it?" Mie asked.

"I told him that I would think about it, Jamie" Hermione said "I mean marriage is a big thing and this would be done within a year or so. I don't know if I could do it so soon. I would like to live life for a bit"

"It's Mie" Mie said then sighed at her "Do you know what I think. I think that you are infatuated with Lucius Malfoy. I saw the way you looked at him earlier. And you wanted that snog, the one I mentioned."

Hermione stared at Mie outraged opening and closing her mouth somewhat like a fish. Hermione knew she could no longer pretend that the feeling was still there. She hadn't admitted it to herself after all. Lucius Malfoy was someone that caught her eye but she wasn't going to do anything about that.

Much later that night Hermione sunk onto the seat next to Mie after a visit to the loo. Hermione and Mie had gotten to know each other a lot better and had begun a bet on how many hours it would take for someone to finally crack under all the firewhisky and do something stupid.

"I passed by the new couple on my way back" Hermione said "the sure are friendly."

Dawn and Mie hadn't talked again since they got there together it wasn't like they were really good friends anyhow seeing as only their mutual hate for Lavender had brought them together. Hermione and Mie on the other hand had clicked since meeting and Hermione had already admitted to her that she did like Lucius if only a tad bit.

"You know I'm getting a bit bored" Mie said "we can go and look around the house. I mean if you marry Draco you'll live here eventually"

Hermione hit her but they did not get to take tour of the house because at this moment Lucius had stood and was talking to everyone there.

"We are here today to welcome new members into our group. And we should celebrate in the best of ways. Muggle hunting anyone?"

The idea was perfect, or at least everyone around them thought it was perfect. Hermione herself had risen up and was now standing by Lucius with Mie at her side. Draco and Dawn had not joined them but everyone else seemed very enthusiastic about it.

"round up your masks, hats, and cloaks for death eating, we shall go" Lucius the second in command to Voldemort, and the one in charge when Voldemort was about gave this out and everyone was soon there, their identities hidden ready to leave. Hermione was taken to the side by Lucius "stick with me; this is your first time. I would rather you not be in the limelight of this"

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