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"My Lord what is it you wish of me?" a man spoke, his face covered by a mask.
"If I am to become the next Dark King I will need immense power. I will need power from both sides. I already have the Dark powers, now I need the light." The Dark Lord, Lord Voldermort spoke. "My sources tell me that your son has acquired the powers of the light."
"I did not know of this my Lord." The man said.
"Of course you did not. He would not want you to know of it." The Dark Lord spoke softly. "Bring me your son… alive. If you fail this, death will be emanate."
"Yes my Lord." The man spoke. He stood and bowed to his lord, removing his mask and lowering his hood. He turned swiftly and exited the room. He had much to plan if he was to get his son to his Lord. He also needed to punish him for being… good enough to receive the Light powers. Oh yes his son was going to pay. No one in his honorary family was to be Light… not even Draco Malfoy…
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Christmas morning Hermione woke up with a smile on her face. She quickly got out of bed and put on her slippers. Hermione rushed downstairs and looked under the enormous tree that resided in the middle of the room. Present were placed all over underneath it and all for her as Blaise had gone home to Italy for Christmas holidays. Hermione quickly began opening her presents and admiring them all.
From her parents Hermione received a new book entitled 'The Secret Garden', a new diary that was silver and gold, and a new pen that was also silver and gold. Ron gave her a new book entitled Charms for Fun: Enchanting the Most Amusing of Things. Harry gave her a new eagle feather quill and colored ink (they were still slightly edgy around eachother). Ginny gave her a book on beauty tips along with some cute barrettes. Mrs. Weasley sent her the traditional sweater along with sugar quills. Blaise, surprisingly, gave her beautiful gold bangles that had little diamonds in them. The last gift she opened was from Draco and it was possibly the most fantastic of them all. First there was a book entitled 'History in All Aspects: From Religious Prophecies to the Beginnings of the Magical World'. He also gave her a gold necklace with a diamond tear drop with matching earrings. A beautiful blood red rose was laid on top of it all along with a note that said 'the purest rose for the purest of beings. Love, Draco'.
Hermione smiled and brought all her gifts up to her room. She dressed in tight, light blue jeans and a gold long sleeved shirt that had glittery flowers imprinted on it. Hermione put in the earrings from Draco, put the necklace on and then put on the bangles from Blaise. After putting on a pair of gold high heels Hermione exited the common room and headed down to the Great Hall. Upon arrival Hermione saw that the only person missing from the table was Draco. Hermione sat down next to Harry and tucked into some French Toast (it's tradition in my home to have French Toast on Christmas morning). Soon after that someone placed their hands over her eyes and whispered in her ear "Happy Christmas, love." Hermione giggled softly and turned as Draco sat down next to her.
"Happy Christmas to you as well Mr. Malfoy. I love your gifts."
"As I love yours. Very interesting, I've never had someone give me a cross before, but it was a very nice surprise." Draco replied with a grin. Hermione looked at the necklace around his neck and smiled. She had dug into her savings and bought him a silver cross. The cross wasn't too big and wasn't too small. It was just right. Behind her Harry was seething with anger. He still couldn't figure out why she was with the ferret. What was so great about him? Ya he was attractive to all the girls and yes he was intelligent and rich, but what else could there be about him that sparked her fire? The two did seemed to really like eachother and Harry had heard on more than one occasion, including the one when he had come in, Draco calling Hermione love. He never imagined Draco Malfoy being the romantic type or anything like that. He had always expected him to be one that didn't allow the girl to touch him in public and just bought his way to staying in a relationship. It seemed though that this was the first time he had ever bought something for Hermione and the two were always kissing and hugging in public, save the fact that very few people were at Hogwarts at the moment but still. It was just odd.
At that moment the couple got up from the table and left the Great Hall hand in hand. Harry could only imagine where they were headed off to, though he thought he heard the words 'to my common room' come out of Hermione's mouth. Harry's eyes widened. Were the two sexual active? Harry quickly got up and followed the two after summoning his invisibility cloak.
Silently he followed them as they walked to Hermione's common room. Upon arrival Harry slipped in before the portrait could finish closing and he followed them up the stairs to Hermione's room. What surprised him was that instead of the two beginning to make out or fall on the bed or anything like that Hermione just grabbed a black cloak with gold trimming and Draco helped her into it. The couple then left her room and Harry followed slightly bewildered.
This time the couple led him outside and towards the grounds. Just when Harry was considering heading back he saw Draco spin around, quickly grab the invisibility cloak and yank it off him. Harry stood there with his eyes wide in shock and fear.
"How… how'd you know I was following you?" Harry asked nervously.
"My father taught me many useful things and one thing was that you have to listen for the little things. I've been trained since I was five years old to listen for the quietest of things. The things that are nearly impossible to hear. And you know what? It has saved my life on more than one occasion. So a word of advice Potter, never try to sneak up on me or follow me. Do I make myself clear? Because next time you do you will be hurt… badly." With that Harry ran off leaving behind his cloak and not really caring. Draco sighed and sat down underneath the nearest tree and soon Hermione joined him.
"Would you really hurt him badly if he did that again?" Hermione asked him softly.
"No because I'm not allowed to. But if he ever hurts you, physically or mentally, I will beat the crap out of him even if I risk losing my powers and angel status."
Hermione smiled at him and rested her head lightly on his shoulder. He in turn draped his arm over her shoulders and kissed her forehead.
A little distance away Lucius Malfoy watched them in disgust. A pureblood and a mudblood, his son and Potter's, what looks like, ex-best friend none-the-less! This was unacceptable! It was a disgrace! Draco would pay; he would make sure of that.
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That night after the young couple parted Draco walked down the corridors alone towards the Slytherin dungeons. A small smile was tugging at his lips and his hands were in his pockets. He couldn't help but admit that this had been the best Christmas he'd ever had. The only bad part during it had been the whole situation with Potter, but that didn't really matter.
He was just about to turn a corner when he was stunned from behind…