A/N: Ish lazy. LAZZYYYY. I have lots of stories just sitting in the Doc Manager section, but I refused to indulge myself in updating them until i've finished this story. Then my HP 1 re-write. Yep, that WAS my first priority, but I like this story better! :D Nom nom. Im not sure why I added a nom nom there... SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT. I love you all! :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
It was like Belinda had remembered, except it wasn't. The lighting was darker, not quite as bright, it had to be that. The store was still full to the burst of people, grabbing at toys and giggling over love potions as they pointed at boys. Little girls reached for the fluff balls that buzzed around in their cage, and assistants in the store were constantly telling off kids for attempting to set off the fireworks. A little girl with blonde hair zoomed past her, followed by an angry looking mother and a laughing father. Belinda's eyes searched the store desperately, it just wasn't the same. Everyone was laughing, like they always had, but there wasn't that happiness that normally drifted in the air. The atmosphere was sadder, more with-drawn. The in-famous Weasley twin, George, was no where in sight. Belinda pushed through the crowds, looking everywhere for him before she decided he was in the back.
She made her way over to the counter where a brown haired woman was winking seductively at a blonde haired guy, who smirked back and left the store. She looked at Belinda as she came over and smiled warmly. "Hiya! Welcome to Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, how can I help you today?" She asked in a cheerful voice. Belinda peered past her, but the door labelled 'Staff Only' was locked. The lady waved her hand in front of Belinda's face and coughed, repeating her previous words. "Is George in?" Belinda asked, and the lady shook her head.
"Why? Did you have an appointment, or would you like me to schedule you in?" She didn't wait for an answer as she dug around and retrieved a pad and a pen with a bunch of names and dates written on it. "Your name?" She asked, looking up at Belinda through her lashes. Belinda sighed and took a small step away from the counter. She decided she ought to look around, see what was different, maybe buy a newspaper before she went to visit him. "Never mind. I'll come back later." Belinda vanished from sight before the lady could say anymore.
The cool air brushed over Belinda's features, and a feeling of hopelessness filled her. She tried to squash any thoughts of her family, but they came back up to the surface and made her eyes water. She thought she'd cried herself out, but it seemed her body had replenished itself and was ready to cry some more. She didn't want to, she didn't even want to think about the fact that she'd lost her family. It hurt too much, made her chest ache painfully. She kept walking, and she smiled as she saw Ollivander's was back up and running. She continued walking, her hands shoved into her pockets until she saw a poster on the window of 'Quality Quidditch Supplies'.
Belinda's eyes widened and she stepped towards the poster in shock. The face on it was just like hers, she was laughing at something happily. Beneath, it said 'WANTED: Missing St. Mungo's Patient!' in bold letters. Belinda read on, and there was a few details about her appearance. She panicked and looked around to see if anyone had recognised her, before she discreetly ripped the poster off the window, tucked it into her waistband and kept walking hurriedly. Now that she'd seen one, she could see that they were everywhere. Clearly, a 3 year patient was desperately wanted by St. Mungo's. She ducked her head and tried to blend in with the crowd, until she walked right into a healer. Belinda cursed her luck as she stumbled backwards and mumbled 'Sorry'.
Suddenly, everyone was looking at her and yelling as the healer's hand reached to grab her. She felt his hand close around her wrist, and the world seemed to slow down as she lifted her wrist, bit his hand and ran off. "Get her!" The healer exclaimed, but she kept running. People jumped out of her way as she pushed herself faster. She wasn't sure why she was running, she just didn't want to go back to St. Mungo's. Clearly, she was fine and didn't need to return but that didn't mean the healer's would listen. "Stop! Please!" She heard his voice, and it only spurred her on faster.
She made a sharp left down a dark alley and she barely took in her surroundings as she kept running. It took her a while to realise she wasn't being chased anymore, and no one was reaching out to grab her. She came to a stop and rested her hand on the brick wall, panting for breath. A hand pushed her hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear, and she looked up in surprise. She was met by a very familiar blonde-haired man with rippling muscles and deep, grey eyes that were swirled with ice blue. "Draco?" She whispered, and he grinned at her. Though the others had always hated 'Malfoy', Belinda had liked him. She'd found him when he was weak, and at first he'd called her 'Mudblood' and 'Stupid girl', but eventually he cried on her shoulder. She never asked why, she just comforted him.
"Draco!" She suddenly squealed and leapt at him, her arms wrapped around him tightly as he patted her on the back. She pulled back and smiled widely, though he tilted his head as a confused look swam in his eyes. "What were you running from? And when in merlin's name did you get out of St. Mungo's?" Draco hissed, as if he suddenly just realised that his best friend was out of a coma. Belinda grinned as she pointed her finger behind her. "I ran away from St. Mungo's, and im wanted everywhere. A healer saw me just then and chased me." Belinda explained, and Draco laughed softly. She'd always loved how easily he'd accepted things.
"Oh, alright. Well, welcome home. I missed you so much, but the stupid red-heads wouldn't let me visit you for half a year," Draco growled, and Belinda giggled. "But I can't believe it, im in shock a bit. You're alive! Wait until Weaselette hears, and Harry, and Weasley, oh and 'Mione. Merlin, 'Mione will be over-joyed!" Draco proclaimed, his eyes shining with love. Belinda tilted her head at him, she hadn't known he was on good terms with Harry and Hermione. She also didn't know that anyone other than Ron called Hermione, 'Mione.
"Wait- what?" Belinda asked, confused. Draco chuckled to himself.
"Oh yes, I didn't mention did I? Well, Harry's really nice. It took 'Mione a while to get me to talk to him, but we got on really well. And erm, im engaged to 'Mione." Draco mumbled, his cheeks flushed lightly with pink. Belinda gaped like a fish, before grinning widely.
"That's so great! I always knew she had a crush on you!" Belinda proclaimed, most pleased. She was glad that Draco was here, for all thoughts of her family had been blocked from her mind. She wanted to see everyone right then, she was desperate too. "Drake? Do you know where they'd all be?" She asked in a small voice. He knew her so well he didn't need to ask who she was talking about.
"Sure I do, Linda. I think they're all at the Burrow right now, they were when I left to pick something up from Borgin & Burke's. Its an old family heirloom that the damn man stole from us, and I wanted it back so I could give it to 'Mione." Draco said in way of explanation, and Belinda suddenly realised she was in Knockturn Alley. She pursed her lips as she looked at particularly old and filthy man eyeing her up. She leant towards Draco in a suggestive way and wrapped her arms around him. His eyes widened and he made to move away, but she held him close and leant up towards him, her lips hovering by his ear. "Ignore this, creepy guy staring at us. Lets get out of here, I hate it down here." Belinda whispered to him, and she felt him let out a relieved sigh and he relaxed slightly in her grasp. She grabbed his hand and lead him through there until she realised she had no idea where she was. He rolled his eyes and led her along until they were back in Diagon Alley.
He dropped her hand and grinned at her as he stepped in front of her to shield her from view of the other people just in case someone recognised her as the wanted girl. She huffed at him and crossed her arms, much to his confusion. "Clearly, just the mere thought of me liking you is repulsive!" She grinned at him. He chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Sorry, Linda, it's just for a moment there I thought you were making a move and I didn't want to have to turn you down cause you're my friend but I really didn't like the way you were holding me either. Felt weird." Draco chuckled, and Belinda grinned. Clearly, Hermione was lucky to have him, he seemed to be faithful. Not that she'd ever doubted him, he'd always been faithful to his family, done all of those horrific deeds for Voldemort just to protect his family. "Good, cause i'd kick your ass if you were un-faithful to Hermione," said Belinda with a tone of warning in her voice. Thoughts of her family came flooding back as she continued to think about his faith to his own, and she felt tears slip down her cheeks. "Did you know? About my family, d-did you k-know?" She asked quietly. His eyes widened and he enveloped her in a hug.
"Im so sorry, Linda." He murmured into her hair as he placed a kiss on the top of her head. She sniffled and requested that they leave, and he did so eagerly. "Where to?" He asked. Belinda desperately wanted to see George, and all of the others, but she needed a friend to cry with for now and comfort her. She had to get that out of her system before she went and saw them. "Your place. I-I need someone to- to," she blubbered, but he silenced her with a 'hush'.
"I know, Linda. You don't have to tell me, I know." He said softly, his tone slightly brotherly. They'd always had a brotherly-sisterly relationship. He whizzed them away to Malfoy Manor, and he hurried inside with Belinda in tow. She couldn't stop thinking about it now, they were gone. Forever. She'd never see them again. She'd never even gotten to say goodbye, life just wasn't fair on her. The happiness of first seeing Draco had faded now, and she just needed him to be her brother once more. The elves bowed respectfully, and when Draco made to move towards the staircase Narcissa appeared at the top of said staircase with her hands on her hips. Her eyes widened as she saw Belinda, and she looked between Draco and Belinda before gasping and falling into Lucius' waiting arms. He chuckled softly, before looking at Belinda with surprise. The parents of course knew Belinda, Draco had spoken of her with highest respect, and she was a major break-through in his not-very-existant prejudice against muggle-borns.
"B-Belinda?" They knew what she looked like as they'd seen her a few times on the platform for Hogwart's. Belinda nodded her head and continued to sob. Draco wrapped his arms around her and looked up at his father meaningfully, who nodded and carried his passed out wife off to the study where they had previously been. Draco lead Belinda up to his room, sat her on the bed, got an elf to make her a hot cocoa and handed it to her. She drank from it greedily before he sat beside her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "You gonna be okay?" He asked. She nodded her head, and went to speak but he shook his head for her to stop. "I know, you just need me to be here for you right now, im just making sure you aren't going to commit suicide when im not here," he joked playfully, and she giggled. "See! I got you to laugh, im truly brilliant," he said proudly, and she swatted him on the head as her head rested on her shoulder. Belinda asked for him to tell her about Hermione and his relationship, and he happily indulged her in the details.
"It was a month after the war, we ran into each other at the ministry. I was training to become an auror - Harry managed to get me out of going to Azkaban - and she was building her way up the new section of the ministry that Harry requested, 'The Rights of Magical Creatures and Co.' Which pleased her a lot. She was practically glowing because she'd achieved so much with house elves, and i'd eagerly donated money to her campaign. Im not sure why I did, but I felt I owed it to Dobby. I heard about what happened to him, really sad. Anyway, we ran into one another and at first she was very hostile, but after she found out that I paid my elves and also donated to much to her campaign, S.P.E.W, she warmed towards me. I asked her out to coffee, and she was rather eager to do so. We had so much in common, and after that one date I felt so strongly for her. It took me a week or two, but I managed to convince her to date me and about a month later I told her I loved her, and we've been together ever since." His eyes had a dreamy look, and Belinda sniffled and wiped at her tears.
"Beautiful," she murmured. She couldn't wait to talk to Hermione, and she also couldn't wait to tell her that Draco was the most faithful man Hermione could find and she was very lucky. He was also very good at cheering up grieving people. "Fine, I admit it, you're brilliant." She giggled and wiped at her eyes. He smirked at her in a way that only he could and ruffled her hair. She huffed and flattened it down with an annoyed glare directed at him. Before she could speak, he'd moved away from her and towards the door. "So, you want to stay the night or go now?" He asked, but with the look in her eye he already knew the answer. "Alright, the manor has a no-apparation charm on it, so we can use the floo or apparate once we're outside the grounds?" He asked. Belinda grinned.
"Let's apparate, i'd feel rude just appearing in their house." She mumbled, and so the duo made their way out of the house after bidding Lucius and Narcissa goodbye and stood outside the manor gates. "By the way, you can stay at my house until you find your own place. Even if that takes a year or two, I don't care. You can have the spare room down the hall, and 'Mione lives with me so you'd get to be with her too." He said, and she grinned and nodded her head before he apparated them to the Weasley's.
A/N: Nice little twist, the Belinda in my head just demanded to be best friends with Draco. Sorry to non-Dramione lovers, but I adore them. Fave pairing and all. Anyways, I know Draco's a little OOC but that's how he's always been with Belinda, she's like his big sister. And also, the war made him a WAY better person. And yes, THERE WILL BE GIRRY. None of this Giville or Ginny/Blaise crap that I hate with a PASSION. Yep, so DRAMIONE, uMad Zoe? I have a major thing with forbidden love, and if you actually think about it Draco and Hermione are really good together. SLYTHERIN PRIDE. Hermione would be such a good Slytherin - SHUT UP RAMBLE RAMBLE. Anyways, IM GETTING THERE. She was actually meant to go to the Weasley's in chapter 5 in my planning, but I have completely given up on my original planning and re-written it. The new one makes this story longer! :D Im hoping this will be 20 chapters, cause I love this story I know that I make a lot of mistakes and toteslly need a beta, but once i've finished writing I just wanna upload. Ye. K.
LittleMissPhysco : Well, you saw how everyone reacts to Belinda, except George and all that! :D I hope you liked this chapter!
ImAStarshipRanger : But ain't it better not to know, Zoe old pal, old buddy? xD HAHA DRAMIONE UMAD?