Authors Note: Sorry guys, I have been so inactive. I've sort of lost the plot a bit and I have been super busy because I am busy with my final year of school. CAN YOU BELIEVE THE DRAMIONE ONE DAY FANFICTION TRAILER IS OVER 10K VIEWS? Thank you guys!
"What are you doing here?" I questioned her, I was still baffled to think she came all the way here for me.
"I've been searching for you for a month. You're mother thought you killed yourself," The memory of my attempt of suicide replayed in my head, sending a shiver down my spine, "and I remember you talking about how much you loved Croatia. After going to your flat every day and not finding you there I thought you might just be here."
"You've been searching for me for a month?" I glanced over to the crystal blue waters which welcomed the sand and swished it out into the vast ocean. My eyes followed over to my yacht which bobbed around, waiting for me.
"Yes Draco." She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling her petite figure closer to mine. My heart raced as her body came nearer. Hermione let go and wrapped her hand in mine and we began strolling down the paradisiacal beach.
"Draco, I had this…Dream." She stopped and gazed at me deeply with her dark brown eyes.
My heart froze, her eyes communicated pain and worry.
"What was it?" I forced a smile as my arms tightened around her waist. Her eyes fell upon on the sand, the granules engrossing her toes.
"It all began when we were in Hogwarts together, you introduced yourself as a young boy and I was just a bushy headed girl. You um, didn't like me…You called me a mudblood and we hated each other. I actually ended up punching you for that!" Hermione burst into a giggle and then became serious once more.
"You asked me to the Yule Ball, as your date. I agreed and no one approved as you were put into the Slytherin house and I was put into Gryffindor. You began disappearing more and more and said that you had family issues. Draco, you were changing into a person I didn't know. You became thin and quiet and you were not all there. The one time you said that you couldn't come with us to Hogsmeade because you were "busy". So, we went and I found you there and I questioned you and you said I mustn't worry. There was this…Tree. We would always sit underneath it together. I think it was an oak tree?"
"An oak tree," My body tensed as I remembered all the times I was drawn to oak trees and Hermione and I sat under the one in park. Could the tree have something to do with her dream? My mind raced wildly, I gripped on to Hermione tighter.
"Yes, anyway, we went to the Yule Ball together and we fell inlove. We went back to our homes during our holiday and you became a…Death Eater. Little did I know, is that you had been ordered to execute the headmaster, Dumbledore." The words falling out of her mouth and her eyes raced across the room. A knot formed in my stomach.
"We went to this dinner and I hadn't seen you in maybe 2 weeks. You kept disappearing and you claimed that it had to do with family. After that we barely spoke and then I was in the Room of Requirement… You sat there quietly, thinking. You got up and I asked what was wrong with you. I was so concerned about you. You refused to talk about it until I told you had to tell me or else. Christmas holiday came and we were OWLing each other and you're parents found out. They freaked out and little did I know is that Voldemort ordered you to kill me. The dream bounced to Hogsmeade where I found you shopping for school supplies and you made me promise you that I wouldn't hunt for anymore horcruxes. We got back to Hogwarts and you were still disappearing. I found you in the Room of Requirement and we played this beautiful old piano together. You then told me that we couldn't do this anymore. You broke my heart into one thousand pieces."
Hermione's eyes filled with tiny droplets of water and they slowly trickled down her crestfallen face. My heart being pulverised by each and every word she said. I loved her so much and her actions affected every inch of my body, my mind and my soul. Every single word sounded so familiar, so recognizable that it stung. My mind felt like a satellite being wrenched away from its orbit, as if a meteorite kept hitting in to it repeatedly.
"You became very ill Draco. The Dark Lord ordered you to murder me and you did. You mislead me up to the tower, to say that the last horcrux was there. You cast the Crucio spell on Ron and then told me your plans. I was utterly shocked and heartbroken. If you didn't kill me, you and your family would've been murdered. I understood where you were coming from and I agreed. You cast the spell upon me and I died. As soon as you killed me… it felt as if I was standing next to you. You held my body in your arms and cried your heart out. I placed my hand over you and you became calmer. The next day you read my letter one last time, wore my necklace and walked straight into the ocean. And then… you and I were here."
"Hermione –"
"I understand what you meant by a form of cloud atlas Draco. Life has given me and you a second chance, a chance to finally be together. A chance where I can do this and not worry about it." Her arms slung around my neck and kissed me passionately.
"I don't care where we are together, what we are doing but as long as I'm with you." She said breathlessly.
