"Daddy! Grandmother! Grandfather! Guess what we saw today!" Lyra squealed, running through the house, throwing open doors in an effort to locate her father and his parents.
"They're in the living room, dear." Hermione directed her daughter to the front parlour, where the three were discussing the ball.
"Hermione, love, can I see the dress? I might have some jewelry that would go with it." Narcissa stood up as soon as her daughter in law appeared in the doorway.
The woman swept out the door, one arms hooked on Hermione's. The brunette shot a fleeting look of desperation at her husband, only to be met with a, "Have fun, love."
Hermione sighed, but followed Narcissa to the bedroom where she pulled out the dress.
Narcissa spent a good two minutes looking at it before she turned to the clock.
"Its 4 now. The elves are preparing dinner, so after that you better jump in the shower quick." The older woman instructed. "I have the perfect jewels for this, and then you'll be off."
As soon as the words left her mouth, a house elf appeared. It bowed low, its crooked nose brushing the floor.
"Begging the misses pardons, but Floppy is letting yous know the dinner is ready. The masters and the little miss is already in the dining room."
Narcissa hesitated. "Not that one, i hope."
The Elf, is anything, looked downright insulted. "Floppy would never be putting the Masters in THAT dining room. The Mostest Bad man was there, I is not not letting the little Masters near where the bad bad man was." The elf huffed. "The elves is hoping the Manors eats the room, but the elves knows the Manor gets sick if it does."
"Thank you, Floppy. You may return to the kitchens." Narcissa said.
The two women left the bedroom.
Upon arrival, the food was laid out and the Twins were happily munching away. Neither Hermione nor Draco ate much, anticipating dinner at the ball.
After the small dinner (which was wonderful. The Malfoy elves were truly amazing.), the husband and wife retreated upstairs to get ready.
Pulling on only the family ring Draco had given as a betrothal gift, she chose to forgo everything else. She did, however, let Narcissa's personal elf, Mansi, do her hair.
The dress was a one shouldered long sleeve, floor length design by a Muggle. Hermione loved Muggle couture. The dress shimmered like a thousand stars, as if the designer had cut it from the fabric of space.
Hermione's hair had been braided with dark blue crystals to match the dress and dark eye makeup.
Slipping on her black heels, she turned to Draco.
"Ready, Mrs. Malfoy?"
She smirked. "Of course, Mr. Malfoy."
She pecked him on the cheek, and Apparated away to the Entrance Hall of Hogwarts. The Anti-Apparition ward had been lifted in the Hall for the Ball, but would return as soon as it was over.
Draco had stayed behind to make sure the kids were settled in and tell him parents they'd return sometime around 11.
Hermione took a calming breath and pushed open the doors to the hall.
The Great Hall of Hogwarts was unrecognizable. The long House tables had vanished along with the Head Table. A buffet lined the wall where the Hufflepuff table usually stood, and a small orchestra sat on the platform where the teachers usually sat.
The ceiling showed the clear sky, and stars seemed to rain down, vanishing before they touched heads. It was beautiful.
Out of the corner of her eye, Hermione noticed Pansy Flint nee Parkinson, and immediately made a beeline for the familiar woman.
Eyes swiveled to the opening doors of the Great Hall, and latched onto the striking woman entering. Whispers broke out in an instant. She gave off the feeling that everybody should know who she was, but nobody could put face to name.
"Who's that? She's gorgeous!" Ginny Potter nee Weasley whispered to her husband and her sister in law nodded vigorously in agreement.
"What I would do to get my hands on that dress! It looks like stars!" Lavender Weasley nee Brown was marvelling at the mystery woman.
"I don't know. Ravenclaw, maybe?" Harry suggested, watching the woman as well.
"Hufflepuff? She seems really familiar though." Ron threw his own two cents in.
"She does."
They watched as the woman caught sight of Pansy Parkinson Flint and Harry felt his lips curling in disgust.
"Slytherin." He spat. There was no argument as his family watched Pansy squeal at the sight of the woman and grab her in a hug.
"Oh my gods!" Pansy squealed, grabbing Hermione in a hug.
Draco's friends had instantly welcomed her after they saw how much their impromptu leader loved her. It was insignificant that she was a Muggle Born as well as a Gryffindor.
People reintroduced, and Hermione soon found herself in deep conversation with Daphne Nott nee Greengrass.
"Where's Draco?" She asked. "He mentioned he was attending."
Hermione waved off her worries. "He's making sure the Twins are settled in with his parents. He should be here shortly."
"Hermione!" A willowy blonde hurried across the Hall at the brunette, and Hermione was caught in a crushing hug.
"Luna!"
There was a collective intake of breath. Hermione? Hermione Granger? 1/3 of the Golden Trio and saviour to the Wizarding World.
"Hermione?!" Ginny exclaimed, and rushed over to where the woman stood.
Harry looked at Ron desperately before following his wife. Ron, in turn, shrugged to his own wife before heading over as well. Lavender sighed, before going to try and do damage control to whatever situation was about to unfold.
For once, she was the most competent Weasley.
"Hermione!"
The brunette looked away from Luna to the approaching red head. Hermione's face instantly morphed from joy to a Malfoy Poker Face (TM).
"Ginny Potter. Nice to see you." She said cordially.
"Its been so long, how-" Anger flashes within Hermione's brown eyes.
"'Its been so long!'" She mocked the younger witch, "i wonder why. They did tell you, didn't they."
All Ginny could hear in her head was a broken record of 'fuck fuck fuck', and subsequently did not think about the next thing that came out of her mouth.
"Tell me about what?"
Hermione laughed. It wasn't the laughter that Ginny remembered hearing during her school days. No, this laughter was cold and hollow, the laughter of someone who was a predator and had just found their prey.
Pansy watched the Potter woman with disgusted amusement. She's going to walk over and pretend she didn't know what her family did to hermione ten years ago? Pathetic.
"Hermione I-" Harry says hurriedly, coming to stand behind his wife.
"Go away, Potter. I've preferred your lack of presence in my life these past 10 years." Hermione snapped and turned back to Daphne.
The other woman looked at sympathetic eyes. The emotional turmoil she must be going through seeing these idiots again.
"'Mione!" Ron grinned, standing next to his best friend.
"Go. Away." Hermione said viciously. "I have no intention of repairing what tiny fragments of our friendship are still left."
The Potter/Weasleys (minus Lavender) looked taken aback. She just sighed. She had married the stupidest man on the planet. Brilliant yes, a hero of war, but he was stupid nonetheless.
Harry opened his mouth to speak, but was swiftly cut off by a deep, yet extremely familiar, voice.
"She said go away, Potter, and yet you're still here."
Draco Malfoy, ex-Death Eater, glared at him, arms crossed. Dressed impeccably as always in a tailored suit and in possession of a good amount of stubble, the man looked every bit as threatening as he had when he was sixteen and an (albeit unwilling) member of the Dark Lord's forces
Harry's holly wand was out in an instant. The wood was shoved under Draco's chin, upwards as the pureblood was at least 5 inches taller.
The Slytherins behind them began to draw their own wands, preparing for a confrontation.
"Put that away!" There was an insistent tugging at the hem of Harry's robes, and, without thinking, the man turned around, wand still drawn.
It ended up being pointed at a small blonde child. A Malfoy blonde child.
Hermione moved instantly.
"Super Terram!" She brought fists down, as if to slam them on a table, while simultaneously sliding her right foot forward.
The earth moved under Harry, throwing him backwards where the stone reached up to grab him, encasing his arms and legs in stone shackles.
"Lyra." Draco said at the same time Hermione cast the spell. The girl ran over to her father, gripping his pant leg.
"Harry!" Ginny dropped to the ground, tapping the stone with her wand. "Finite. Finite. Finite!"
The stone didn't move, impervious against Ginny's magic and Harry's struggles. "What did you do?!"
Hermione wasn't paying attention to her, looking around for her other child. "Scorpius!"
The boy materialized next to her, holding her dress in his fist.
"Hermione? What did you do?!" Ron exclaims, his brain finally having processed what just happened.
"She protected her daughter. Right?" Lavenday says quietly. "Harry pointed his wand at her. Hermione acted."
Ron turned red. "Daughter!?"
"Yes Ronald, daughter." Hermione rolled her eyes as Draco turned to the children.
"This, kids, is why your mother and I moved and have forbidden you from ever attending Hogwarts."
"Release me, Hermione!" Harry grunts.
"[Release]"
The stone moved back, and the previously trapped Harry stands up.
"You married Malfoy?!" He says dumbly. "You, a muggleborn, married him, a death eater."
"Ex-Death Eater." Draco corrects, as Hermione simply says yes.
"MISS GRANGER!" McGonagall had finally found her voice after being dumbstruck by the altercation between the former best friends.
"Professor." Hermione greets. "It's lovely to see you again. However, I must ask to take my leave as my children have been thoroughly terrorized by other guests."
McGonagall looked wide eyed at the two small children in between the former Head Students.
She took the relationship in stride, if now without some complications that would need to be worked out later.
"I apologize for that, I do. However, before you leave, I must ask for a favour."
Hermione looked intrigued. "And what would that be."
Hermione, frankly, was not going to say yes to anything she wanted. Curiosity killed the cat and satisfaction brought him back after all.
"I need a new Transfiguration professor. Hannah- Hannah Abbott she was a Hufflepuff in your year- is retureing and I'm at my wits end."
The former Gryffindor looked at her old Professor amused. "Are you offering me a job?"
Draco snorted. "Because my wife needs a second teaching post."
"Second?" McGonagall echoed.
"I'm already a Transfiguration professor. I doubt my boss will let me go. She loves Draco and I." Hermione shrugs. "After all, my children are already enrolled in school. It would be stupid to pull them out."
"Louisiana French isnt exactly going to help them at Beauxbatons." Draco remarks.
"Louisiana..." McGonagall rounded on Hermione. "You work at Laveau's?!"
There were gasps from those who knew about the American school.
Hermione beams. "The Headmistress likes to brag that she has the best Potions and Transfiguration professors. Now, if you'll excuse us, it's high time we left. Have a nice rest of your night."
She held out her hands for her son and husband and turned to the Weasley-Potters. "Do say hello to the Twins and Charlie and Bill for me! The kids miss them loads. Scorpius has talked about nothing but dragons since Charlie's visit, and I think Lyra is excited to see Dominique again."
The Potter-Weasley Clan looked like they were about to pass out. "What?!"
"Goodbye, Professor. It was nice seeing everyone again."
Her husband snorted. "Mostly."
The family turned on the spot and vanished, leaving the Great Hall with the answer to one of the biggest questions they'd had since the end of the war.
What happened to Hermione Granger? Well, she married a Malfoy for one.
So I never really got around to answering reviews and for that I am sorry.
Chapter One:
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Chapter Two:
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