A/N: Alright...well I'm on my seventh chapter now and there's not half as many reviews as I've seen for other stories. But I guess whatever. It's ok I understand. :(

Anyway, just so you know, the story is nowhere close to being over. There are still many chapters to come. This chapter explains what happened after the last one. It's in past tense...

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Chapter 7

Two Years Gone

The next few hours seemed like a blur. She had been yelling at Pansy when she heard screams coming from just outside. Cassie, Pansy, and the girl who had been with Pansy hurried back to the Tower room, and looked over the edge. There was Draco standing over Hermione's body, which was lying on the ground. Cassie, thinking the worst, rushed down the normal way to where Hermione lay.

She looked like she was dead, Cassie could see that she was still breathing, but she looked... too peaceful.

According to Draco, he had seen her falling and he caught her with a levitation spell. She had reached the ground safely, but was unconscious. With the help of Harry, they got Hermione to the Hospital Wing and into a bed under the supervision of Madam Pomfrey. Cassie was furious with her brother, only slightly believing the things that Pansy had said.

She forced him to tell her what really happened. According to Draco, Pansy had told Lucius and Narcissa about him and Hermione going to the Yule Ball together. Pansy thought that she and Draco had an understanding where they were going to end up together. But Draco never made such an agreement. He told Pansy to get lost and get over the fact that he really liked Hermione.

He told her that he was going to stay with her, and there was nothing she could do to stop that. Pansy got mad and wanted revenge on Hermione. She wanted Draco's to be hers and hers alone.

"But why would she throw herself off the Tower because Draco had pretty much slept with another girl? I understand that she was heartbroken, but there has got to be something more to this." Harry had said as the room grew silent. Cassie nodded, then informed them all that Hermione's last boyfriend had cheated on her with another girl.

The guy had been playing them both. He had given them the same beautiful bracelet and said the same cheesy line for both of them, and then attempted the same sleezy move on both of them.

Draco put his head in his hands and took a deep breath. Pansy had nearly killed this girl. Because of her stupid jealousy issues. Cassie watched her brother's reaction and knew that he hadn't been lying when he said that he didn't sleep with Pansy.

"Ok, so now we know why she did it. Pretty much every aspect of it. This is good. But when she wakes up, she's not gonna be happy." Harry said pacing a little bit as they all started thinking of what they could possibly say to Hermione. Harry didn't want to upset her anymore and was unsure of whether Draco should be there when they went to see her at first.

"She might close up if you're there, Draco. I believe you when you say you didn't do anything, but she doesn't know that. So she might get angry with me or Cassie if you're there. So maybe it should just be me or Cassie. You know?" Draco nodded. He understood what Harry was saying, and as much as he didn't want to admit it, it was best if he wasn't there when she finally woke up and could see people.

Suddenly Madame Pomfrey walked over to them and told them that Hermione was awake, but had asked to see no one. Pomfrey handed a letter to Harry and asked to send it to Hermione's parents. Harry nodded and went up to the Owlery. Draco and Cassie followed him, both of them wondering what the letter said. They weren't going to open it and find out, but they were still allowed to be curious.

Over the next few days, Hermione saw no one. Eventually her parents were there at Hogwarts. They didn't talk to her friends as they rushed to Madame Pomfrey and talked in hush voices with her. Cassie, Draco and Harry watched as Madame Pomfrey floated Hermione out of the infirmary with her parents close behind. She told the three friends to stay where they were and she would return in a few moments.

As Draco and Cassie watched the Grangers walk away with their daughter, they were trying to go over the last few days in their mind, wondering why on Earth she wouldn't want to talk to them. Cassie understood why she might not want to see Draco, but Cassie and Harry were always going to be there for her.

That was the last time they saw Hermione. According to Dumbledore, Hermione missed her Muggle friends and her parents and was going to give up her magic and return to the Muggle world. She would not be returning to the school and she was not going to respond to any owls, she was giving up this life.

When Draco heard that she was leaving he immediately went and chewed Pansy out. He yelled and screamed and eventually cried and sat in a deserted corridor wondering what he did to deserve this. Draco vowed that day to remain faithful to her no matter what happened. He would never date another girl, never kiss any one else, never be intimate or romantic or even friendly with another girl until she was his. And then he would never cheat on her, never do anything with another girl because she was his.

Draco remained at the top of the class. Though he felt bad, and somewhat lonely being the smartest in the class. He missed the way she would always know the answer, and the way she would always have advice on homework or how to start or end an essay.

Cassie took it hard as well. With Hermione gone, she had no one to keep her on track. Her grades took a small dip, but eventually got back up. It took a month or two, but eventually Cassie and her brother worked something out so that they would study together and imagine that Hermione was there with them, helping them and correcting them. It really helped and kept them in track and focused on what was important in life.

The next two years passed without too many bad things. Harry saved Victoria, and Fleur Delacour's younger sister during the Second Task, and during the Third Task, he was so caught up in helping Fleur fight off a strangely acting Viktor that Cedric got to the cup, and mysteriously disappeared. It was rumored that You-Know-Who was back and had taken Cedric trying to get Harry.

When Harry reappeared with an unconscious Viktor and a hurt Fleur, Mad Eye Moody went crazy. Dumbledore eventually realized that he was really Barty Crouch Jr. using Polyjuice Potion to get close to Harry. Dumbledore threw him to the Dementors, and Harry was ranked a hero, he technically came in first place what with all his points. But he would always shrug it off and say that Cedric was the real winner.

Harry used some of his fortune to place a small memorial for Cedric near the Quidditch Pitch. He always said it was the least he could do for Cedric who was always there for him.

Cedric's body reappeared months later at the beginning of Harry's fifth year in Harry's dorm room. No one believes that Harry had anything to do with Cedric's death, mainly because of the Veritaserum and questioning they put him through.

Lupin was rehired to be the DADA teacher, and Harry was excelling in classes; he was a close second behind Draco. He still hung out with Draco, Cassie, Victoria, and Ginny. And of course he was friends with Neville, Dean and Seamus. Harry never crashed Cassie and Draco's study things, he knew how much Hermione meant to the two Malfoys and studying was their way of dealing with her being gone.

When they had come back from summer break, Draco had told Harry off on the side, that Voldemort was back and that something didn't feel right. After the Feast, Draco and Harry went to go talk to Dumbledore, and that's when Neville found the body of Cedric Diggory. Dumbledore agreed that Voldemort was back and that cautions needed to be taken. Dumbledore sent a few letters and made some Floo Calls and by the second month of school, The Order of the Phoenix was back together.

The rest of the year was uneventful. Harry had a few weird dreams that Draco immediately saw something fishy about. He dragged Harry by the ear to Dumbledore's office and then helped Harry himself with Occlumency lessons. Within a month, Harry was quite good at Occlumens and was, literally, able to do it in his sleep.

At the end of the year there was a small problem in the Hall of Prophecies and Dumbledore had to reveal to Harry the Prophecy that was about him and Voldemort. Harry was a little outraged at first that he wasn't aware of all this from the beginning, but he eventually got over it and helped the rest of the Order figure things out.

Now it was the start of Harry's Sixth year, and things were going well. Harry lived mainly with Sirius, he only visited the Dursley's for a week so that the protection of Lily's blood would continue to work. Harry helped with the Order as much as he could. He convinced Cassie to convince her brother to convince her parents that they were no longer safe in the same place as Voldemort. Draco was nearly old enough to be admitted into the Death Eaters and unless they did something now, he would be forever branded with a mark that was despised and hated by many.

Draco and Cassie now live in a safe house. They usually go to the safe house during the holidays, but they do spend a lot of time over at Grimmauld Place, what with everyone being there.

Cassie was still going out with Fred, and they saw each other on the weekend and over the holidays. Ron had eventually gotten used to Cassie and they were now on speaking terms along with the rest of her friends, but he had friends of his own now and while they talked every now and then, he hung out with his own group.

Victoria and Harry were still going out as well, and they were pretty happy. Ginny however was done with Viktor, they had said goodbye at the end of the Triwizard Tournament. But towards the middle of the next year, she hooked up with one of Draco's friends, Blaise Zabini. They were doing quite well. Though Draco was always weird around them.

Draco was weird around any couple. The only girl he wanted to be with wasn't there.

Draco hadn't dated another girl since Hermione had left. He hadn't wanted to. He missed her, and he would give up his magic if he could find a way to be with her. He was going to prove it to her, one way or another. Draco never let Pansy live down what she had done to Hermione. She was eventually asked by Dumbledore to transfer to Beauxbatons to keep up the connection and communication between the two schools. Although everyone knew it was because of the tension and friction between her and Draco. No one wanted to be in an enclosed space with the two of them.

Cassie, Victoria, Harry, Ginny, and Draco had all gotten used to a life without Hermione always there. It was a boring life filled with the same things over and over again, but it was still pretty ok. It was better than a life of adventure and death and danger, they admitted. But something had always been off since Hermione left. They all really missed her.

Life was the same as it had always was when Dumbledore called attention to the breakfast. "Can I have Draco and Cassiopeia Malfoy please come see me real quick?" Draco and Cassie shared a look, then walked towards Dumbledore they had a good idea about what this was about. They had been expecting this talk for awhile. Ever since they had convinced their parents to move away to protect themselves from the Dark Lord.

Draco started thinking about how he would manage the estate now that his parents were dead. What he would do with the Elves and how extravagant he would make the funeral. But when he got up to Dumbledore he put those thoughts out of his mind - he had to concentrate on Dumbledore and what he was saying.

"I have some good news for you two." Well that wasn't what Draco was expecting. "You get to skip a few days of school. Though it is because of unfortunate circumstances that brings another into the safe house. Her parents died about a week ago in a car accident, and she has nowhere else to go. She sent me a letter asking me to allow her back to the school and a place to live. I have a feeling the best place for her to live is at the safe house with you two. Will you two mind terribly helping her out in the safe house and getting used to living in this world?" Dumbledore asked looking between the siblings.

"Wait, why is she moving into our safe house?" Cassie asked when no one else would talk.

"Because she has no one else. I would put her with the Weasley's but I'm afraid that might make it a bit more overloaded. And she's not old enough to be at Grimmauld Place. She still has a few more months until she's 17. I wish I could put her somewhere else, but she has nowhere else to go." Draco watched the old man talk, he was trying to figure out why the girl wouldn't have anyone else. It was the Wizarding World, everyone's connected here.

"Well that's only on the Holidays. Can't we help her move some other time? I mean, she's here right?" Dumbledore shook his head.

"Do you mean she's a Muggle?" Dumbledore looked apprehensively at Draco.

"I guess you could call her that."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, let's call her a girl who knows of our world. She is aware of all that is going on, and is not necessarily safe. I had her protected while she was out there, but with her parents gone, there is a good chance people will be able to find her again. And I don't want her to get hurt. None of us do. So I was hoping you could help her with her things, go to Diagon Alley. She'll need a few things now that she's moving in with the two of you. Please it would mean the world to her if she could see some friendly faces."

Draco was annoyed with his vague answers. He had no idea who this girl was, what she was like or even if she was to be trusted. For the time being he didn't want her anywhere near his little sister. But before he could say anything else, she agreed for the both of them. He just hoped that the old man knew what he was doing. It wouldn't be the first time he walked into something completely and totally blind.

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