Deadly Attraction
Summary: He's a death eater, she's an auror. He fights for Voldemort, She fights for Harry. They hate each other but one kiss is the start of a deadly attraction.
Starring: Draco/Hermione (eventual), Harry/Ginny, Ron/Lavender, Neville/Hannah, Luna, all the Weasley's and ever and others as they appear!
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
A/N: Hey sorry guys I forgot to mention how they get leads for Horcruxes. Basically Ministry put out a notice for anyone to tell them where any objects from the four founders of Hogwarts are located. No one knows its Horcrux's, except the Ministry lot. Anyways enjoy this!
And this chapter is dedicated to SHAT! :D
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Chapter 20:
Diagon Alley
Hermione was in her apartment, ready to leave. She grabbed her bag. None of the leads they had received led them to the real Horcrux. All the items that each Auror found were normal items. None of them had Voldemort's soul in them; meaning that the seventh and final Horcrux was out there somewhere.
Pop.
"Hurry up, Potter wants you now!" Snape barked at her.
"I'm coming!" Hermione replied. Snape was gone. She knew he wouldn't stay while the Harry took the Horcrux potion. When Hermione got there, she was the last in the office.
Hermione locked all the doors in the office. Harry, Ginny, Luna, Ron and Neville were in the office. Hermione sealed all the doors and windows magically and then put a silencing spell around the room.
Ginny held the potion bottle in her hand looking fearful, "How is this meant to work?"
"The potion kills the Horcrux inside Harry," Hermione explained. "It will hurt, probably a lot but you will be ok. If the worse happens, we have a healer on standby. I'll unlock the door; Ron will leave and get her. She's next door."
Harry nodded; he looked at Ginny, "I'll be fine."
Ginny nodded and kissed him before he took the potion from Hermione.
They all watched as Harry drank the potion in one go. Ginny had taken his wand, in case Harry lost control. They waited for a reaction. Then all of a sudden, Harry let out a deadly scream. He fell to the ground holding his head.
Ginny fell beside him, trying to calm him, "Its ok, it's nearly over." She kept repeating that.
Harry's eyes widened, as his face became red. He screamed louder, Hermione turned away not wanting to look. He screamed again and again. Ginny was in tears as Harry curled up into a ball. Then through his mouth, dark gas and light exited. It all left his body. They all watched. Ginny held onto Harry who looked as if he was having a fit. Then it stopped. The black smoke was gone/ Harry had stopped screaming. He was sweating and panting as Ginny hugged him. The Horcrux in him was gone. And Harry knew Voldemort had felt it.
"Harry," Ginny cried. "GET THE HEALER!"
Hermione unlocked the door, Ron ran out and got the healer. She looked over Harry.
"I'm fine," Harry said weakly still lying in Ginny's lap on the floor.
"Mr Potter, you'll need a strengthening potion," The healer advised.
"Yeah we can get that," Hermione nodded to Luna who went off down to the potion supplier shop to pick it up.
Ron showed the healer out.
"Man you looked like…" Neville stopped.
"It felt like my soul was being torn into pieces," Harry admitted.
Ginny kissed his forehead, "Just one more battle to go, and then all this is over."
Harry nodded.
"Luna will be back in a bit," Hermione said. "Until then you two stay here, me and Neville have to get to work."
"Thanks," Ginny said to Hermione and Neville as they lost.
Outside the office Hermione looked at Neville, "We need the final Horcrux as soon as possible. I need all files reopened and we need to speed up."
"Yea got that," Neville agreed. "There are a few more leads I can some training aurors to pick up a few and the order can help."
Hermione nodded, "Lets get to work then."
Neville nodded as they split up. Hermione headed to her office. She didn't have time to think about Draco. She had spent New Years Eve with him and he had told her again that he had loved her and she had said it too and meant it. Hermione was too busy to dwell on him. There were so many possibilities for the next Horcrux, it could be anywhere.
Luna entered the office, "Hermione, there's an attack."
"Where?" Hermione grabbed her wand.
"Diagon Alley!" Luna said as they both ran out of the Ministry. "Death Eaters trying to take over, most people are barricaded in shops. A fight is starting."
Hermione and Luna apparated to Diagon Alley, curses, hexes, spells were being fired in every direction. Luna had to duck to avoid one curse. Hermione and Luna both had their wands ready as they began to fire curses.
There were two dozen death eaters on the scene and an equal number of aurors and order members. Hermione saw Tonks fighting a death eater. She recognised him as Blaise Zabini. Hermione sighed as she was grabbed from behind and pushed into an alleyway.
"Well, well Mudblood," Lotin grinned. "How's it going?"
Hermione grabbed her wand, "Avada Kedavra."
Lotin ducked, "Bad mudblood."
Hermione was face to face with him. A jet of green light erupted from behind him and Lotin fell. Another death eater had killed him. The mask was taken off slowly. Draco. He turned around quickly before he was seen. Hermione left the dead death eater before rejoining the fight. Tonks was injured, bleeding badly. She apparated to her and grabbed her and apparated her to Grimmauld Palace where Shacklebot was forced to stay. Hermione left Tonks with him and left. She returned to the fight. There were too many people down. The death eaters were winning. Harry stood up; he had been knocked down by Clen, a known death eater, a ruthless arrogant killer. Harry raised his wand and killed him; he killed three other death eaters in five minutes. The death eaters stood on one side, the aurors on the other.
"Potter, you haven't won, look at the injuries your people have suffered," Zabini smirked.
"And you've lost at least half your number if not more," Harry replied, his wand raised. "Feel like dying?"
Zabini smirked, "The boy who lived, when the Dark Lord is ready you'll die."
Draco snarled as he sent up the dark mark, "Before you look at us, look in some of those shops. Then you'll now how many of you lot have died."
With that the death eaters left. Harry and the others were panicking as everyone ran to a shop and took down the charms. Some shops were untouched and then there were five shops. In each shop there were no charms on the outside and on the inside…dead bodies, at least a dozen in each if not more.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Harry shouted.
"What is it with Malfoy; he can do anything and everything!" Ron wondered aloud.
"He's different then the ferret we used to know," Ginny said sadly looking at the bodies.
Hermione shivered. Did Draco do this?
"Where's Tonks?" Remus demanded.
"Back at headquarters, she was hurt," Hermione replied. Remus nodded.
"We need damage control, and healers as many as possible," He looked at Hermione. "Apparate to St. Mungo's and get some healers."
Hermione nodded, she apparated to the hospital and asked for healers. Six volunteered, they apparated to Diagon Alley, she went back and got a few more. Some of the people were alive, not all of them had been killed. Everyone was checked out.
Hermione was trying to stay calm. How could he? How could Draco…my Draco, how can he do this? How can he hurt so many? His mum…but this far. Hermione was scared; she knew he would come to her tonight. She knew it. Yet she didn't know how to react. He had stopped Lotin from killing her, he killed him for her. Hermione had felt scared, she was petrified of Lotin killing her, and how could she let her guard down in a battle? Hermione was even more scared when Draco had turned up and killed Lotin. The look in his eyes, scared her…he didn't seem to care. He just killed. His eyes were so cold.
"HERMIONE!" Luna shouted.
Hermione looked at her, "What happened?"
"I was talking to you, you just…you were away with the fairies," Luna said.
"Sorry I just…" Hermione looked around Diagon Alley.
"Yea I get it," Luna looked at the street to; the bodies were being identified and moved.
"What were you saying before?" Hermione asked.
"Oh Harry said, all the bodies have been identified and the names have been sent to someone at the Ministry to contact the next of kin," Luna replied. "You can home and work from home now, it's been a long day."
Hermione nodded, "Let me just go around one more time…"
"No, you've done too much today," Luna said. "And plus I know you killed Lotin."
"You…you do?"
"Yea I saw you come out of that alley and then I saw Lotin there…so I know how much that fight must have taken…Lotin is strong."
"Yea it was a hard fight, tired me out a bit," Hermione lied.
"Yep I guessed, go home," Luna smiled. "Lotin is one of the top five."
Hermione nodded, "I better go then."
Luna waved as Hermione apparated to her house. She fell onto the sofa when she arrived.
"Miss, are you okay Miss?" Pinky asked frantically.
"I'm fine Pinky, I don't need anything, go rest," Hermione said, Pinky left. Hermione sighed. She got up and got into the shower, washed away the blood on her, and the pain. She changed into black jogging bottoms and a red t-shirt. She tied her hair up messily and returned to the room. She sighed; she knew what she had to do.
She apparated to Malfoy Manor, she was in his room; Daisy appeared in the room, two seconds after she did.
"Master Malfoy is downstairs, in the courtyard," Daisy informed.
Hermione nodded as she headed downstairs and out into the court yard. Draco was in his death eater clothes, staring at the fountain.
Hermione walked up to him. He looked at her. Hermione was frightened as she saw him in his mask.
Draco saw the fear in her eyes, he took off the mask and put down the hood, "Do I scare you?"
Hermione didn't answer.
"Do I scare you?" Draco repeated.
Hermione looked into his eyes, "Sometimes."
Draco turned his head and continued to stare at the fountain.
"Only when you're…" Hermione whispered. "Killing."
"I kill for a reason," Draco said coldly.
Hermione nodded, "I know it just…"
"You knew what you were getting into when we started this!" Draco shouted.
Hermione looked at him; there were a few tears in his eyes. Hermione hugged him.
"I…I can't have you hate me…I need you," Draco whispered. "Especially after days like this…"
Hermione kissed his neck as she hugged him tighter, "I know."
He pulled back, "I didn't kill them, one of the young death eaters got carried away, I just have to take the credit."
Hermione nodded. "Draco when you killed Lotin…you had a look in your eyes, so cold…so murderous…it scared the life out of me."
"I'm sorry," Draco whispered. "I knew what he was thinking… legilimency, I read his mind…"
"What was he thinking?"
"Take advantage of the mudblood, and then kill her," Draco repeated, his teeth clenched. "I couldn't bare his hands on you, or be near you, or do that to you."
"Oh," Hermione replied. "Its just…"
"No Hermione, you cannot tell the order!" Draco hissed.
"They can help you!" Hermione argued.
"No they can't. They won't be able to help my mother because no one without a dark mark can enter the hospital!"
"I did!"
"Because you were with me!" Draco persisted. "If I change sides, even if I become a spy and he finds out, my mother is as good as dead! I have lost one parent, I refuse to lose another!"
Hermione nodded, "Ok, I get it. I'm sorry."
"I love you," he kissed her. "Right now that's the only thing I'm sure of."
"I love you too," Hermione replied.
Little did they know that their love was going to be tested very soon…
A/N: First off I want to thank my brilliant beta Isadora120! She's amazing! :D
Second, thanks all of you for reviewing! :D
I'm glad your enjoying this and keep the reviews coming if you want to know what happens! :D
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