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SMACK!

Hermione was shocked when Draco had ran out of the room. Not to mention that the 'little' bombshell he had left with Harry and her was quite appalling.

"Hermione…" Harry's voice broke through to her, "Do you… Do you really think that the Order killed Draco's cousin?"

Hermione looked up at Harry, "Honestly… Draco would never lie about something like that. I know you've only know him for a small bit, but he wouldn't ever lie about family members like that. And I've been around Draco… I know when he's lying," She took a deep breath, "I think it's safe to assume that The Order did kill his cousin."

Harry shifted uneasily, "I don't think that The Order would try to kill one of Andromeda's kids. So that must mean that The Order killed Bellatrix LeStrange's child," He shivered visibly, "Who would want to have a kid with her? I would feel sorry for that child if they lived. I mean… Bellatrix is insane!"

"Harry! A child is a child no matter who their parents are! And I'm sure someone found her attractive… Like her husband what's-his-face… Rudolph something… And did it ever occur to you that she went off the edge when her child was killed?" She glared at him.

Harry looked properly scolded and said meekly, "It didn't. I'm sorry."

She smiled at him, he was an idiot but he meant well. Though the talk of that murdered innocent was something that she didn't want to dwell upon. She took a deep breath and directed the conversation where it needed to go.

"We have more important matters to discuss, though. The Order has indeed killed an innocent. So what we need to do is decide whether we want to remain on that side."

Harry looked at her slightly confused, "What do you mean?"

"Do you really want to remain on a side that murdered a child? Why shouldn't we go to- to Voldemort's side?"

Harry's eyebrows leapt off his face, "I can see why we might want to join them, but what do we know? We don't know what their true goal is. We don't know what they will do to achieve it. And if they still persecute Muggle-borns, then you'll be in danger!"

"I know the risks, but what if they're good? What if they're better than the Light?"

"I don't think Voldemort could ever be good… Hermione, I saw him! He looked like a human snake! His eyes glowed red! He seemed to radiate evil!"

Hermione put her hands up, "Okay, okay. We'll stay neutral, alright?"

Harry took a few deep breathes and nodded, "Yeah."

"We'll stay neutral, until we can find out which side offers the better deal."

Harry looked at her uncertainly before giving a single nod, "It's a Slytherin move, just what we need. We need to look out for ourselves. Though…"

"Though what?" Hermione asked anxiously.

"What about Padfoot, Moony, and Ron?" Harry asked her with big eyes.

Hermione thought for a moment before deliberately thinking her thoughts through into words, "Well… We don't know if Ron could really be our friend, or not. We'll have to keep an eye on him. And if he is indicating that he isn't our true friend, we'll distance ourselves from him. Padfoot and Moony go hand in hand. We could talk to them to find out why they are in The Order. We'd have to do it inconspicuously. One problem with that is that Umbrige is watching all means of communication."

Harry nodded crestfallen, before he bolted up in excitement, "Of Course! Padfoot gave me a gift over Christmas break! You cautioned me against opening it! What if it's a mean of communication?"

She grinned, "Brilliant! We'll have to check that! One last thing to talk about, though."

"Oh?"

"Yes, we know that Voldemort is back. We don't know what his ideas are, besides revenge. We know that Dumbledore knows that Voldemort is back, too! He's reenacted The Order. We know that they are preparing to go to war with each other! But what else do we know?"

"Uh… That Voldemort doesn't have a nose? Really Mione, I don't know."

She smiled at him winningly starting to pace in front of him, "We know that they haven't bothered to train you. You, who is supposedly going to face the darkest Dark Lord of the century! They haven't bothered to train you! We need to be skilled in combat and healing if we want to survive this war! They haven't started training us, so we need to take it into our own hands!"

"Yeah!" Harry shouted with emotion, "We need to take matters into our own hands!"

Hermione smiled, "We also need to work on your Oclumency," As Harry started to groan, she continued, "Not only will it protect your mind from invasion, it will also help you organize your thoughts and remember things. How do you think I remember so much from my books? I already knew how to meditate, and Oclumency is just like that! It's the magical version of meditation. I had Draco teach it to me, and I can teach you!"

Harry looked at her cautiously, "I don't know, Mione. I'm learning it with Snape and it's not helping. I think it's making things worse."

Hermione hissed, "That's because he isn't teaching you properly! If anything, he's probably tearing down any natural Oclumency barriers you have. I assure you that putting defenses up doesn't hurt! I always thought you'd be a natural at Oclumency! I'll help you build up your Oclumency barriers and we'll both learn how to fight."

For the rest of the weekend Harry and Hermione dodged Ron and researched. They looked for books with Offensive, Defensive, and Healing Spells and Charms. They had many Hexes and Curses written down that they wanted to learn and Healing charms that would be useful on the battlefield. They also had a bunch of books about Counter-curses. Hermione also started training Harry in Oclumency, in a classroom that they deemed 'theirs'. They transfigured desks into mats and dummies and they also wrote their train schedule on the board, which they had placed a charm over to keep anyone from seeing what it really said. It made the writing look like runes theory. They knew that they needed a more secretive and protected meeting place/ training room, but for now it would have to do. All in all it was a very busy weekend.

Hermione also had things on her mind. Sure, not much time was pasted, but she was worried about Draco. Her dragon seemed to have been avoiding her. She bumped into him, quite literally, in the library and she was about to start talking to him, when he ran out of the library. She was shocked and any other encounter she had with him, planned or unplanned, he always managed to get away. She was quite furious when he did it through the first two days of the week.

She could understand that talking about his deceased cousin might trigger some emotions in him, that he didn't want to feel. She didn't understand why they thought that emotions equaled weakness! It was absurd! Granted, you wouldn't want the enemy to know your secrets and your weakness, but she wasn't the enemy! Wasn't she?

After many encounters with Draco in History and Potions, bumping into each other when getting potions ingredients, she had enough. She knew she should be enjoying herself making the Bloodline Potion, but she really couldn't when Draco was avoiding her. She wanted to be there for him and he wouldn't let her. She finally snapped after the last class of the day on Tuesday, which also happened to be Potions. After the Griffindors and Slytherins all exited the room, she acted. She grabbed his arm and forced him to walk with her down a hallway where she knew there would be an empty classroom. Once he started resisting, she stunned him and levitated him into the room where she wanted to have their talk.

"Enervate!"

Draco gasped, coming back into consciousness. He immediately tried to exit, but she had spelled the doors shut, only to be opened by her. Finally shoving and banging against the door; and finding he had no wand, he turned around fuming.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" He yelled at her.

She took a deep breath to keep from yelling right back, "I wanted to talk to you. This was the only way I saw it happening, since you've been avoiding me."

"I haven't been avoid-"

"Yeah. Yeah. Running away the moment you see me, isn't-"

"Malfoys do not run away! We strategically-"

"Run away!" He glared at her, "I know that you've been avoiding me for a reason," Draco made to interrupt, but Hermione stopped him with her next words, "BUT! I don't care! You don't have to talk about it! I just want my dragon back. I want to see him smile and be happy again," She sighed and took out his wand, handing it back to him.

He took it and looked at her before hugging her and whispering into her ear, "Sorry, I worried you."

She smiled into his chest, her eyes watering up, "It's 'kay."

He shook his head, "No. I shouldn't have been avoiding you like that. It's just… I don't like talking about my cousin. I start wondering what it would have been like with him alive. I wonder if he would have been a good Quidditch player. I… I just wonder what it would have been like with him alive. It drives me insane. All those ifs… But now… Now I have you. I shouldn't be wallowing in self-pity. I just didn't want you to see this side of me. To see how weak I am and hate me for it or to think less of me."

Hermione's breath caught in her throat, "Draco… I would never hate you! And I would never think less of you! You're my dragon. My Protector. I love you."

He looked at her. He had tears in his eyes, but only one had escaped and was trailing down his face. His eyes showed fear and hope. Hermione had tears streaming down her cheeks and she looked at him with eyes full of love.

They broke apart and wiped tears away, trying to act like that emotional scene had occurred. Hermione took down the ward on the door that was keeping them in. They both shifted nervously, looking at each other.

Hermione decided to break the silence by saying, "Wow. I can't wait until tomorrow, when the Bloodline Potion is finished!"

Draco smirked in said in an 'I am holier than thou' voice, "I already know my bloodline. It's impressive how long and magical it is."

She chuckled and said, "Draco I didn't know! I thought you'd show it to me first!"

He looked at her for a second, smirking, before they bursted out laughing.

Everything turned out wonderful. She only hoped that tomorrow was dull and boring.

Elsewhere

He was contemplating. He contemplating was never a good thing. He was looking back on his conversation with Sirius.

"Harry Potter…" He mused aloud, "What a problem you are, my little horcrux… Is you dying a good thing? Or is it bad? I need that last piece of my soul back, my little horcrux… I also need revenge… What would it be like to have you on our side? You're powerful… Yes we've only seen each other once, but I could tell. You would be great on our side. The light would be devastated. They would have lost their hero. The Boy-Who-Lived… Aren't you tired of being made to be the hero? Never having a normal life? Having compulsions placed on you by your peers? Living with people who would beat your magic out of you? Muggles! Muggles that would happily kill you. But they restrain… On Dumbledore's orders. On Dumbledore's orders, they beat you! Rape you! Tarnish a beautiful gem! Yes… I've seen through your eyes Harry Potter. I wouldn't wish even that upon my enemies… Why, my little gem? My Emerald, why? Why not come to me? Surely you known Dumbledore is using you! Manipulating you my little ssserpent… Can't you see that My Emerald? My Serpent? Why not come to me? We're not as bad as we seem. We're honest, and just. We could take care of you…. Give you a home my ssserpent… I wish to save you from the pain I experienced…

But how? How? Would you find out about Dumbledore's manipulation and turn to me? What would you do if your friends joined me? Would you join them? Stop your suffering? How would I get them, and through them to you, to join me? How-?"

The door slammed open and he jumped to his feet pointing his wand at the intruder. He slowly pocketed it once he saw it was Bella. He raised an eyebrow, she appeared to be ranting. How amusing.

"—I was so mad! How dare he! Rodolphus was undermining my plans! We need to have the people who were in Azkaban rehabilitate! We need to train! To get stronger so we can kill that Old Goat! But noo! Rudy said that they have to rest! I don't want to rest! Rudy can stuff his plans up his-"

"Bella," He said calmly.

She whipped around to look at him, "You think I'm right, right? I've been planning very hard to make sure we can get back to strength in almost no time! I ran through the plans and I-I-"

"Bella," He said softly walking up to her and caressed her cheek. Her mouth shut at once and continued silkily, "I think it's a marvelous plan. We need to be at our strength soon. I've read your plans and I think we should go through with them-"

"Really?" Bellatrix said her eyes shining, "You really think so?"

He chuckled, "Yes, now please don't interrupt me," She nodded, "I know how eager you are to attack that filthy band of murderers and rapists. It's a noble cause and I admire you for your passion," She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off, "But. But I've decided to go through with a sneakier plan. Assume a new identity and befriend the minister. His relationship with the Old Goat is unsteady and he thinks that Dumbledore is trying to undermind him. Why not further that idea? Why not make him turn to our ways? Trust us. Do what we say. Do what we do. Once we are in the spot where we want to be, we can take over the Ministry. We can do it without anyone noticing. They will bow to us and look at us.

They will look at us without fear, hate, and disgust. They will look at us with admiration, reverence, and hope! We will make them see who the Order of the Flaming Chickens is really like. And they will look to us as the Protector of their safety. Of their children's! We would finally have the upper hand! We would be able to have the power to do the things we want to do! And do you know how we're going to do this Bella?" He caressed her jaw and almost purred, "Like snakes. Sneaky and Silent. We're going to do this like the sneaky snakes we are."

Bellatrix was gaping at him her eyes filled with devotion, "That's a brilliant idea Tom!"

He chuckled, "Thank you. It was your cousin Sirius's."

Her jaw clenched shut, "That mongrel's! We shouldn't trust him!"

He raised an eyebrow at her and turned around and walked to his side table to pour himself a glass of wine, which he then sipped looking back at her, "Oh? What makes you say that? Speak up Bella, voice your reasons."

She stared at him with her mouth in a tight line and began pacing, "He's weird and always happy! He became a blood traitor once! He went to the Light! He only came back to the Dark when he found out about Reggie's kid! Only then! He still had to be convince about how the so-called Light wasn't so Light after all! We had to show him proof! And as much as I'm glad about him betraying the Light… How do we know he won't betray us? I mean after what happen with…" Her voice cracked and she trailed off stopping, "He should be treated cautiously. We don't know when he might betray us."

He nodded solemnly, "I'll take that into consideration."

Bella looked at him and said, "Why were you talking with him? Why not send a letter with Reggie?"

He chuckled dryly, "I've been discussing a matter with him. It may be of great importance to us. Tell me Bella… How do you feel about Harry Potter becoming one of our allies?"

Bella looked at him in shock from a moment before shouting out, "WHAT!?"

The door suddenly swung open as a man jumped in with his wand out, "What's wrong-?" He broke off when he spotted Bellatrix and him in the room. He nodded and pocketed his wand, "Oh! I was just walking down the hall… I'm sorry if I interrupted."

He waved his hand and said, "No, no. Remus please sit down! I was just discussing something with Bella," As Remus sat down, he too, took his seat.

Bella looked between Remus and him, before grabbing a bottle of firewhisky and sitting down. She started drinking as she motioned for them to talk.

Remus spared her a glance and looked to him speaking, "What were you discussing?"

He took a sip of his wine and said, "Drink, Remus?" Remus shook his head no, "Alright, then. We were just discussing and interesting idea, Sirius came up with."

Remus frowned and said, "Oh?"

He nodded, "Yes. An interesting idea that has had me getting insomnia. It's about… Making Harry Potter one of our allies. What are your views Remus?"

Remus nodded once he managed to keep his eyebrows from escaping off his face in surprise, "Well…" He cleared his throat, "Well, then. If he were one of our allies we would probably earn a very powerful wizard. If we made it public, then the Light would have lost its shepherd. They would be terrified of us. That might be able to get some of the neutral families on our side."

He nodded and told Remus about his plans about getting into the Ministry and taking over from there. Bellatrix nodded as she drank more and more, occasionally muttering rude comments about Remus and Harry Potter, which she continued to do as Remus spoke.

Remus nodded, "Well then. He would be very powerful influence there. He could join our… Party. We would get lots of support from the public. However, we would have to convince him about telling the public that Dumbledore forced him to say that… that Voldemort was back. To have him say that Dumbledore has been manipulating him, and to expose his childhood… It would gain us more influence and Dumbledore would be looked down upon even more. But Dumbledore will most likely try to assassinate him. Harry's very powerful with his magic, but he's never learned how to fight. I don't think he's even been taught how to control his magic."

Bella looked at Remus in shock with her jaw open in indignation, "How would they possibilitiess…" She slurred a bit drunk, "Even be so… So-! So re-donk-oh-liss! Remy! That's awful!" She sauntered over to him and collapsed next to him on the couch. She flung her arms around him, "You d-don't know how to control the sparkles!" She gave out a cry, tears streaming down her face as she half-giggled, "You can make it sparkle into soo many sparkly colors!"

Remus shot him a quick look. He sighed and he pulled out his wand and pointed it at Bella, "Stupefy!"

Bella's eyes rolled backwards and he levitated her back to her chair. Remus smiled at him quickly.

"Thank you," Remus said.

He gave him a smirk, "Oh, you haven't seen anything. She drinks a lot. I have this special spell that acts like cold water being dosed on the person its cast at. It also acts like and enervate and a sobering potion. Of course it doesn't drop real ice cold water on her though… I know I should actually dose her with water and leave her without a sobering potion in a room full of bells, but… Watch," He waved his wand at Bella and silently cast it.

They suddenly heard Bellatrix shriek and jump up drawing her wand, "What the Hell-?!" She looked at him and said dangerously, "Oh, no you didn't!"

He chuckled, "Bella, don't be angry. You weren't paying attention and you were draped all over poor Remus."

She scowled at him, "I'm paying attention now," She sat down and smirked, twirling her wand in-between her fingers, "Besides… You're just jealous of Remus!"

He looked at her and said calmly, "I am not jealous. You are, however, trying my patience, Bella…"

Bella paled slightly, sighing, and nodded.

He looked back to Remus and said, "If he were to come to our side, I would teach him how to control his magic. I might even teach him how to fight. Never the less," He said waving his hand in the air as Bella gaped at him, "There are other things to talk about. How are things going with the packs?"

Remus smiled, "Good! They're accepting me as their pack leader. Many packs are coming to join us, because of the town we've set up. We may need to build more, though, to accompany the increasing number of werewolves we are gaining."

He nodded, "Excellent. You can go to Sirius for more money for supplies and such. Any other news?"

Remus grinned, "Yes. We've managed to convince the vampires to send an ambassador to meet with you!"

Bella moaned and stood up, "Werewolves and political talk! Boring! I'm going to find Cissy, maybe play with the house elves on the way there…" With that she walked out the door, leaving behind the nearly empty bottle of firewhisky.

He chuckled at Bella's unique way of dismissing herself, "How amusing…"

Remus laughed, "Indeed!" He looked at Remus realizing that he said that out loud, "Very amusing. Though now that she's gone… I want to thank you for giving Harry a chance."

He nodded and waved his hand, "He's powerful and thus he will make a powerful ally. You're dismissed, Remus. Thank you for advising me, once again."

Remus nodded standing up and stretching, he walked to the door and turned around giving a formal bow saying, "Good Evening," before leaving, gently closing the door behind him.

He took a sip of his wine and spoke a loud, "Of course I'd give him a chance. He's just like me," He sighed, "It appears the stage is set and the game is about to start. I get to spare a valuable knight and it looks like everything's perfect!" He said with a small smile.

Almost.