"What happened?" asked Draco, his arms around a worried Hermione's neck as they sat on the couch. This didn't bother the kids; they were actually waiting for something between the two to happen. Rose and Scorpius were sitting on a different chair. Rose's face was still red with all the crying, but her eyes showed anger. It scared her mother to see Rose in such a state like she was about to kill someone. Draco was proud of that.
"He got off the phone, Scorpius said something bad was happening," Rose said first before Scorpius could say anything, he didn't interrupt her, "Before we knew it, Ron was in my room asking for Hugo. Scorpius didn't even need to tell me something bad was going to happen – it looked obvious when he came in. I told Hugo to come back with me, but Ron said it was important. He said they're gunna visit Harry and Ginny.
Of course I tried to stop Hugo, but nothing was working, and Ron was only getting angrier that I was trying to stop it. He asked if I wanted to go to, but I declined it—"
"Declined?" Scorpius chuckled, "why don't you use the words, 'scream, yelled, and cursed no!' When Mr. Weasley did ask her, she nearly blew all of our heads off. Gods, the words I didn't even think she knew…"
Rose blushed a little, but motioned him to be quiet. "Uh, anyways, he only thought I was saying that because I was getting to be a…" she faded her words as she looked at Scorpius.
"A Malfoy's girl, not to forget that he was yelling 'you're just like your mum- a traitor!' " he added into her sentence. Hermione could feel Malfoy's arms tense around her, he already disliked the redhead, but he was never going to really hurt him since Hermione still cared for him. But now, she didn't really know if she could stop him to do what he wanted to do.
"Yeah, that. As Scorpius would say, I freaked out on him again, and then he just…left. Apparated with Hugo. Now we're here. I want to catch him," with that last sentence, her eyes became deadly. When she said that, she meant she wanted to hurt him in such ways that Hermione could never see her daughter the same way again if she did such things.
"Not if I get to him first," Draco hissed, which made him and Rose make eye contact and smile as if this was a murder contest to see who would get to him first. If she wasn't Hermione's daughter, she would definitely think she's a Malfoy, no doubt.
"Can we not think about killing him first?" Hermione insisted, "I need Hugo back!"
"We will," Draco assured her, "he'll be fine by the time we get him, no need to worry."
"Of course I'm worried!" Hermione cried, "He's my son!"
"Shh," Draco murmured, as he kissed her neck. She felt calmer, but she still worried, and Draco's words weren't going to help her about it. As this went on for a few moments, and he knew Hermione was a little bit better, he talked again. "So, is Potter in this and his wife? Or is it just one person I need to take care of? I wouldn't mind ripping apart another Weasley though…"
"Draco!" she scowled. He gave her a playful smile as she rolled her eyes and continued to talk. "I think it's only Harry. I'm not surprised, he's Ron's best mate. Ginny, on the other hand, I think she's more furious with Ron. I also think she doesn't have much of a problem with you," she looked at Draco, "so I expect if your eyes ever meet you will give her respect."
He shrugged. "As long as she keeps her thoughts to herself, I'll be fine with the redhead."
"We need to go there," Scorpius said, after his little whisper conversation to Rose, "we need to get to the Magical world. We need to do it as soon as possible."
"I know," Draco said, "But we need to do other things first, we need a plan. "
They all had a moment of silence at first, thinking of the best way to get to Ron and take Hugo back from him. Hermione wasn't really afraid of Ron, he wasn't the smartest person alive, but she knew Harry was one of the most powerful wizards she ever met. If Harry was pissed as Ron said he was, he would make sure they didn't get two feet near Hugo. He was a nice man, but when he needed to, he could kill someone in a heartbeat. He wasn't always like that, he just turned out like that when the years got longer and he got older.
"I have one," Rose finally said, and everyone suddenly looked at her. She was a smart child, after all. "Scorpius and I get transferred to Hogwarts. I'm pretty sure Ron already did that as soon as he got to Uncle Harrys. We'll get to Hugo as you get Ron. We could do the Aetalis transform in the Magical world, as well. So you could explain more about it. Plus, I always wanted to go to Hogwarts anyway!"
Draco looked more than pleased. "Don't take my kindness for granted," he said, "But that was simply brilliant!"
Rose's eyes were filled with happiness. Hermione never smiled so much to see her daughter that happy before. She wasn't so happy with moving back yet, but she knew she would have to sooner or later. She let her daughter take in the attention; Hermione enjoyed seeing Rose like that. Better than seeing her murder-hungry.
"So it's settled," Draco said, "We'll be going there as soon as we can. This means, Scorpius and I need to go back home and get our stuff." He stood up, looking at Hermione. "We'll be back in ten minutes, if anything. So hurry up, I'm never the person who likes to be late."
"I figured that," Hermione sighed and stood up. She didn't want to go in her room and remember the memories of her and Ron, but she had to do what she had to do. "Rose, go upstairs and get your books and whatever else." The girl nodded and ran upstairs, making sure she didn't get on Draco's bad side of being late.
"I'll be waiting outside in the car," Scorpius said as he waved Rose goodbye.
"Oh no, we're Vidoring there. I was in a rush,"
"Vidoring?!" Scorpius said, exciting. "I haven't done that in forever!" he ran outside, waiting for his father to say his goodbyes and get back to his house.
"That's what it's called, huh?" Hermione asked as his arms embraced her waist. "I need to learn so much."
"The education is easy," Draco said, bringing her closer, "but actually trying to do it is hard. You'll have all the time in the world to get it right."
He brought her in for a kiss, as their lips collided as if they haven't seen each other in ages. Her arms wrapped around his neck, and she felt some sort of aura around herself. She opened her eyes a little and saw some neon green wrapped around them both. He noticed this too, and he quickly let her go.
He cursed in his breath. "That won't happen for longer, thank Merlin." He gave her a kiss on the forehead as walked out of the house. She watched from the window as he and Scorpius popped away from her house just like that. She quickly got into her room, not really knowing what she needed.
She only brought a suitcase full, consisting of few outfits, accessories, and Ron's note. She knew when she got to the Wizard World, she'd bring Rose to a few clothe stores, so they both can go shopping.
She laid down on her bed for probably the last time. She closed her eyes, sighing. What exactly happened? Just the other day, it seemed like Ron was right next to her, sleeping peacefully away. Now, all everyone else thought about was hurting the guy in many ways. All she thought about was getting back Hugo safe with her again. She knew the future wouldn't consist of Ron anymore, but that didn't bother her as much as she thought it would. Draco was in her future now, and she didn't mind. Having a family with him didn't seem so bad. Plus, she'd be something else. She didn't know if she should be that excited for that or not, but she seemed pretty interested in the new race she just figured out about.
Now she was going back to Hogwarts. This made her a bit nervous; she hated the fame she got after Harry defeated Voldemort. She didn't like when people stopped her saying, "hey, you're Hermione! You helped saved our world!" It was nice the first few months, but it just got annoying afterwards. She just hoped after all these years, people wouldn't really say much. She knew Rose would like it in Hogwarts, though, she would meet new people. She'd be with James, Albus, and Lily. Plus, she could use magic.
"Mom?" Rose came into her room, confused why she was laying down. "Are you tired?"
"No," she said, getting up from the bed and making sure the bed sheet looked perfect. If she ever came back to this house, which she had a feeling she would later in the future, she wanted everything to look perfect. "Just waiting for you to be ready."
"I am," she said, smiling, "and so are Draco and Scorpius. He wanted me to get you so he wouldn't have killed you for being so late,"
She rubbed her temples. "Gods that man is fast. Let's get downstairs before he Avada Kedavra's one of us."
"He what?" Rose asked.
Hermione giggled to herself. "Nothing, a bad wizard joke." She told her daughter as they entered the living room, to see two certain blondes. Both of their hair was gelled back and their amazing pale skin looked exactly the same. They looked so perfect it was scary. She noticed how they had nothing with them.
"Where's your stuff?" Hermione asked.
"I have a nice place in the Wizarding World, my father gave it to me on my 18th birthday, I already brought my stuff there." He came closer to the girls, and took both of their suitcases. He mumbled something and they were suddenly out of his hands. "I'll bring you shopping before you go to school," Draco told Rose, "you have to dress like a Malfoy."
Rose blushed again at this, remembering that before she got to Hogwarts, she wouldn't be a Weasley anymore. She'd be a Malfoy, which made her happy. "Got it," Rose replied.
"Same to you," Draco said to Hermione, looking at what she was wearing. "You're one powerful witch, you know that? I don't get why you don't let people see that. You should flaunt like, like –"
"Like a Malfoy, I know," she smiled. He nodded, with a smug face.
"I wouldn't like the sound of that," Scorpius moaned, "This means I have to go shopping too. Father's a maniac when it comes to that!"
"I won't let him go to nuts," Hermione said.
"That's what you think. When it comes to that kind of stuff, he completely loves it. He could spend the whole day if he wanted to. Trust me, I would know."
"He knows me," Draco shrugged to Hermione. "So, you ready?" he asked, and she knew what was going to happen again. She hated this part.
"Rose never did this before," Hermione said, "tell her what she has to do, please." She was more scared for her daughter to freak out and think she was dying, but she knew in the back of her mind that Rose probably wouldn't react the same way she did the first time.
Draco went closer to Rose, "we're going to do Aetalis magic," once he said that, her eyes shot up with excitement. "It's going to be scary. You have to breathe normally, and close your eyes. If you don't, it's going to be dangerous. Your mother thinks the same things going to happen to you as what happened to her. If you don't think about it, you'll be in our world in a matter of no time."
She nodded. "Don't think, just breathe. Just like sleeping. I think that's easy."
"Yeah, once you become an Aetalis it won't feel as weird, promise." He grabbed a hold of Rose's hand, and Hermione's in the other, while Rose grabbed Scorpius'. "Alright, is everyone ready?" Draco asked, in a mocking way. Hermione nudged him a little and he laughed. "Alright… Exsto Regius Moenia!"
The punching feeling came back to Hermione again. Just as worse as the other times. Her hands felt numb, and the pain could have made her unconscious, she didn't understand why it didn't yet. She would never get used to this kind of pain. Suddenly, she felt like her body was on fire. Only for a second though, and then she found her knees wobbly and she collapsed on the floor again, the same with Rose.
They both opened their eyes. "Rose! Are you alright?" Hermione asked, she wanted to get up, but she still felt the punching feeling in her, it would fade away soon.
"Yeah," she whispered, "it felt…strange. I hope that changes."
"You're still human; of course that magic would be more than powerful. When you turn into an Aetalis, it feels like nothing." Draco said, helping Hermione up as Scorpius did the same with Rose.
They both checked the house out. It fascinated Rose more than Hermione, because most of it was magic. Rose could have died of happiness right there and then. She looked through every moving picture there was in that room. Some were of Draco and his father, some of other famous wizards, and others of some cities. The room was about the size of Hermione's house, and it didn't really surprise her. Malfoys always had to have everything perfect plus some more. The furniture was silver and green, Slytherin colors. With a snap of his fingers, the fireplace came to life. This brought Hermione's attention to the flames as Draco began to speak.
"Father always liked to spoil me," Draco started. "It's an old castle. It's a Malfoy one. It'll be Scorpius' sooner or later."
Draco and Hermione took a seat on the green couch as the kids took a seat in the lounge chair, which was big enough for both of them. Draco placed his arms around her neck again, as he began to talk again.
"Well, I have to tell you everything you're going to get yourself into. It won't be that pretty, I can tell you that."
"Shoot," Rose eagerly said, she just wanted to get transformed as soon as she could.
"Hmm," Draco thought for a moment, thinking of how to start. "Well, you know the procedure will be painful. It would be hard to hide it. Well, for you, Hermione, when you turn into one, you're going to be the same." He could tell she was confused. "You know when I said you'll have all the time in the world to learn what you need to do? Well, I wasn't exaggerating. You do have the time; you stop aging after you find your mate. Well, you actually stop aging after you mate with them. You could die, though, by anything. If no one touches you though, you'll be immortal."
"Does this mean if Rose finds her mate at her age… she'll stay that age forever?!"
"Gods no, she's still a child. Just like any other Aetalis, her powers wouldn't come until her years of 18 through 21."
"So I'm completely useless till then." Rose said, disappointed.
"Not really, you're going to learn using magic with your wand, and since you're going to become an Aetalis as well, you'll be a little stronger than everyone else in Hogwarts."
"Better than nothing."
He nodded. "Plus, she would have to mate first anyway to stop aging. Also, since we're mates, we could read each other's minds. I think I like that one the best. It's not like we hear each other thoughts 24/7, but when we need to talk and we're not close enough we can just call each other through the mind."
Hermione didn't mind that, she could keep close contact with Draco anytime she needed to. She smiled at him, letting him know that she liked that as well. He kept going on.
"Oh, that's right. Aetalis are deadly creatures if you get them pissed off. They'll kill without remorse. I've watched my father rip to pieces some guy that tried to touch my mother. They are really jealous creatures. If I dare saw Weasley lay a hand on what's mine, he'd be dead.
When you're transformed into an Aetalis, you'll officially be a Malfoy. So you could forget your last name right now, it won't be much longer until it wouldn't be your name anymore."
Hermione was honestly disappointed, but she didn't say a word. She wanted to get married and have a wedding, but she guessed that Draco wasn't like that. She took her eyes off of him for a moment, taking in something she really didn't want to, but hid the disappointment from her face when she looked back at him.
"What's wrong?" he asked, he always knew whenever she wasn't perfectly happy.
"Nothing, taking in all of this is a lot," she lied. It was a lot, but she could get used to that change.
He looked at her for a moment, and then started talking again. "Right. This one should be obvious, but just letting it out there, that regular pain for humans are nothing for us. Probably just a tickle. But like I said, obvious. There are a lot of other minor details you'll figure out by yourselves, I just gave you the bigger ones. Oh yeah, the worse one…" Draco paused for a second, over thinking his words, "There's only a few of us left. The leader of the race, Adalhard Johnson, he's the strongest man I know. He knows when an Aetalis is born. Usually, he'll leave them alone…if they're males. He only allows very few female Aetalis, he thinks very lowly of them. Once he knows two females are born, I don't know what he'll think of it. You know everything you need to know."
"I'm still doing it," Rose immediately answered, and then they all looked at Hermione.
Of course she was hesitating! Rose could get hurt by this man! She knew Draco wouldn't allow it though, she knew he would risk his life for her once she became his blood. His fingers massaged her neck as she was thinking, which calmed her a bit. She sighed; of course she knew what she had to do. She wanted to do it anyways.
"I'm in," she finally said, and they let out a smile.
"We'll do it tonight. For now, we really need to buy you clothes. It'll be quicker than you think."
"What a lie!" Scorpius added.
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"Draco, seriously, I think the amount of clothes you got me is more than I weigh. I think we're good for a few years. Especially with Rose, don't spoil the girl. She's going all over the place, buying whatever fits her."
He chuckled. "Good, at least she knows how to shop. Stop complaining and try this on," Draco handed her an outfit, "and this too…"
"I'm going to the dressing room now before you overload me with clothes."
"They'll be more by the time you get out!" he yelled to her as she walked away from him to the fitting room.
"What did I say?" Scorpius said, laughing as he saw Hermione rolled her eyes. "He takes it overboard. He doesn't like when you wear the same thing twice."
"Apparently." She said through the fitting room, trying on something that fit her perfectly. She looked at the price tag, it was more than she ever saw a piece of clothing ever cost. She sighed as she put her regular clothes on; she had to get some way not to make him pay for this.
"How'd it go?" Scorpius asked as she slouched on a chair near the dressing rooms, hoping that Draco didn't catch her.
"It fits perfectly," she groaned, "cost more than whatever I made in a year. I have to get to hide it."
"Yeah, you'd think it would be easy, since he bought you hundreds of other outfits."
"This is our fifth store for Merlin's sake!" she said, as she saw a certain blonde coming her way. "Great. Let's see what I can do."
"I'm going to go before he makes me try on something else, good luck!" Scorpius said as he ran off. She cursed under her breath.
"Does it look nice?" Draco asked as he saw the clothes he handed her before. "Do you like it?"
"No, I hate it," she lied. "It doesn't fit anyway, put it back."
"Liar. I never make mistakes, this is your correct size," he said as he made her stand up again. "Red looks best on you," he breathed onto her neck, "Very sexy, as well."
She pushed him away, rolling her eyes. "This isn't worth the money for. Please, don't buy it."
He looked at the tag, and looked at her with shock. "This isn't expensive! I bought you stuff that cost more!"
She placed her hand on her face. "Wonderful," she said sarcastically.
"C'mon, have fun. Rose is completely taking everything I'm giving her. I think I'm going to like her as a Malfoy, actually."
"Probably will. Please, if you buy this, can we please leave? I think I'm sick of shopping for the next year."
He sighed, he never liked leaving. "If it makes you happy,"
Her smile was ear to ear, "Thank god!" she said as she brought him to a hug.
Rose was sad that she had to leave, as well. Draco promised her that one day it would just be her and him so no one else bothered the two. Scorpius and Hermione had no problem with that, they rather stay at home then get 'tortured' as they said.
"We're here," Draco said as they finally got to the castle. Instead of using magic of getting there, they walked. It was only a five minute walk, it wasn't so bad. Draco had to vidor the clothes back there, though. That was too much to carry. "Appreciate what you see now. Tomorrow, everything will be different."
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Vidoring is just like apparating, except its Aetalis magic. (VIH-DOOR-ING)
Next chapter will be the transform, oh yay! : )
What do you think Rose and Scorpius are going to be sorted in? What's going to happen with them and Hugo?
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