Chapter 13: Secrets Revealed
Draco stared at where Sarah had been standing just a moment ago. She had heard Hermione say his name; his real name. He sat down on the couch and leaned back to put his head on the back of the couch. His secret was out. He didn't want to imagine what Josh and Mark would say. Hermione said that the girls knew about magic already, but not Mark and Josh. When he revealed he was a wizard to everyone, they were going to be skeptical that he was telling the truth, and they would also be very angry at him for lying to them.
"Draco did you hear me? Hello!" Hermione said a little louder. Hermione came out of the bathroom. "Hey, what's the matter? Who was at the door?" she asked before sitting down next to him.
"It was Sarah. She came in just in time for you to ask Draco where the soap was." He told her. It took Hermione about a second to figure out the seriousness of what he had just said. She knelt down in front of Draco and took his hands in hers.
"I'm so sorry! I can't believe I messed up this bad! It's my entire fault! Now everyone is-"
"It's not you fault, it was an accident. We'll get through this together, all right?" she nodded then reached over and pulled him into a hug. "Besides, we can kind of use this as a warm up to Potter and Ginny." He said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, I guess. Well, let's just finish getting ready and head down to breakfast." They both stood up and went separate ways. Draco went to his room and Hermione took the bathroom. At 7:45 they were both ready.
"Time to face the music." Hermione said as they walked down to the basketball court together. Soon everyone had arrived at the basketball court, and Draco sent them in for breakfast. When everyone was eating breakfast, Draco and Hermione were surprised that no one had asked them any questions that were out of the ordinary.
"What's going on? Why haven't they started interrogating us yet?" Draco asked Hermione in a whisper.
"I guess she didn't tell them, yet." Hermione answered. He nodded and went back to eating his cereal.
The whole day went by as if nothing had happened the previous night. The staff and campers went through all of their activities of the day, continuing to have the time of their lives. By the time it was time to go down to the lake, the night before was far from Hermione's mind. She was having so much fun that the events had seemed to leave her memory for a brief period of time. The second day was as close to perfect as humanly possible, in Hermione's opinion. To top things off, everyone ended the day with a game of ultimate frizz bee. During this game of frizz bee, one of the campers accidentally smacked Draco very hard in the head with the frizz bee, causing a large purple bump to form on his head. After the game, Hermione walked her campers to the Blue Jay cabin, where most of them just left immediately to go and find their friends to hang out during free time. Hermione then left to go to Draco's cabin. She entered his cabin to find him looking at the bump on his head in the mirror.
"That was pretty funny, if I must say. That bump looks rather painful though. I can go get my wand and heal it for you." Hermione offered.
"No, you can't. The campers will notice how fast it healed. They aren't stupid." He said.
"I can cast a charm for the pain, and maybe reduce the swelling a little for you. I just won't heal the bruise."
"How are you so good at healing injuries anyway?" He asked her.
"Probably because I went through 3 years of Healer training before I left to live amongst the muggles." She said with a smirk on her face.
"Okay, fine." He consented.
"I'll be right back." She said kissing him lightly on the lips before going out the door to go and get her wand. Before Hermione even got down the steps, she saw Mark, Josh, Sarah, and Jessie coming up the path toward Draco's cabin. She quickly turned and ran back into the cabin.
"Oh, crap." Hermione said leaning against the door.
Draco turned to her and said, "Wow that was fast."
"They're coming. I knew Sarah was going to tell the others!" Hermione said. Draco peeked out of the window. Just as Hermione said, the foursome was quickly walking up toward the cabin. Within seconds, there was a knock at the door.
"Can we handle this?" Draco asked Hermione.
"Yeah, I believe that we can." She said smiling at him. Draco opened the door to meet four very furious counselors.
"All right, Draco, you and Hermione have A LOT of explaining to do." Mark said.
"Don't worry about our cabins. We left Ben and Callie in charge. So we can stay here as long as necessary." Sarah said.
"Okay, I think I know where to start. Draco, do you have your wand? I would use mine but it's back in my bag in the cabin." Hermione said. Josh and Mark both had confused looks on their faces as Draco headed toward his room.
"Wand? Like those things magicians use? Are you two completely mental?" Josh asked in disbelief.
"No, we aren't mental. Draco is a wizard; I'm a witch, and he's about to prove it to you." Hermione said as Draco came back into the room with his wand.
"You're going to do magic with a stick?" Mark said in disbelief.
"No, I'm doing magic with a wand." Draco said pointing his wand at a book on the table. He made a swish and flick motion with his wand, and the book slowly rose off of the table. Josh and Mark gasped and waved their hands above the book to make sure it wasn't a hoax. Jessie and Sarah smiled, but they weren't shocked because they had seen Hermione do magic before.
"Show off." Hermione muttered.
"What?" Draco asked her.
"This is the first time that you do magic in 6 years, and you do it nonverbally. That makes you a show off."
"NO, I was just curious to see if I still could-"Draco was cut off by Jessie.
"Okay, back on topic. Pease do explain how you too know each other so well?" Jessie said.
"Well, as Sarah and Jessie know, there is a school for witches and wizards called Hogwarts. That's how Draco and I met. The only thing this that during school, we were sworn enemies. I have non magic parents, and Draco is a pureblood; he was raised to hate people like me.
There also was a war going on in the magical world, and Draco and I were on opposite sides. When I met Draco here, he told me he never was truly with Voldemort. Voldemort was the bad wizard starting all the fighting. Over the short time that we've been at C.S.R. together, we've learned that we have a lot more in common than we thought. We just click. It's kind of like magic." Hermione said smiling at Draco.
"Well, that's our history in a nut shell." Draco finished squeezing her hand.
"Wow." Sarah said.
"That explains a lot." Jessie added.
"I have one question, if it's not too much to ask. Did Ron die in that war?" Mark asked.
"Yes, he died the way he would have wanted; he died a hero." Hermione said her eyes getting misty. She stopped the tears before they started and forced a smile.
"Well, we should go and relieve Ben and Callie, even though they probably are already asleep." Jessie said. They group exchanged hugs and then Mark, Josh, Jessie and Sarah headed out of the cabin. Hermione decided to stay a little longer. She curled up with Draco on the couch. He was sitting in the corner of the couch, and she was settled comfortably between his legs. Hermione leaned back against his chest and breathed deeply.
"Everything okay?" Draco asked.
"I think for the first time in three years, I can truthfully answer yes to that question." Hermione answered. Draco smiled and kissed her on the forehead.
"Hermione, can I tell you something?" he asked.
"Sure, anything." She replied turning to face him.
"I think I-" He didn't finish his sentence. Hermione and he had both heard a sound they recognized well. About half a dozen popping sounds had come from outside.
"That cannot be what I think it is!" Hermione said starting to panic. Draco had a look of absolute horror on his face. They both moved to the window to see what it was. Outside, There were about half a dozen wizards, most likely aurors, coming up the path from the main office. Hermione was shocked when she saw who was leading them up the path. It was none other than her best friend, Harry Potter.