Chapter 7 is up :] Thank you for all who've read the previous chapters, I'm really happy; all of you just made my Winter Holiday a good one :] Read, enjoy, & review, my lovelies.

"Our son? What about your daughter?"

"Our daughter did nothing to your son."

"Nothing?!" Lucius scoffed, "Your daughter nearly drilled her wand into my son's throat! High treason!"

"Your son injured my daughter!" Monica stated sternly.

"He also disarmed Hermione, not to mention, knocking her onto the floor," Wendell spoke.

The two families sat across from each other in the Slytherin Castle's main hall, arguing nonstop. Narcissa sat beside Lucius, rubbing her temples, surely, there had to be another way to dispute over this, she thought. The continuous arguing over the same concept irked her, how she just wanted to disapparate somewhere at that moment. She sighed and pounded her hand on the table.

"That's enough! All of you, even you, Lucius," Narcissa shouted harshly, "It's obvious both Hermione and Draco harmed or threatened to harm on another, and it's also clear that they don't like one another," she bit her lip before continuing, "Can't we just break off their marriage-alliance? Isn't it much more simple and peaceful to just have a treaty of peace?" Narcissa reasoned.

"Well, after what Draco did to Hermione, there won't be an alliance; he harmed our daughter, the heir to the Gryffindor throne," Wendell stated, "If he shall harm her even once more, the treaty is off and we'll commence war once again; I will not have my daughter be harmed by her own fiancé."

A war sounds more reasonable than having a mudblood and a pureblood marry, Lucius thought to himself, smiling a bit.

"Don't you have any other daughters? A pureblood one? We both know your family has the longest history of being purebloods, so why not just hand over a niece or a cousin of Hermione's? Surely, there has to be someone else in the family, or it could be anyone from the kingdom who is of a god-daughter title? Anyone?" Narcissa questioned.

Monica looked over to Wendell, who just turned his head towards her at the time. She turned to him and questioned, "Do we, Wendell? I know all my relatives are already married to others within the kingdom, we can't break up their marriages, not to mention, my side of the family is very small compared to yours; isn't there someone on your side who's single?"

Wendell sighed, "Not anyone that's a female, most of my nieces are too, already married; my side of the family is mostly males anyway."

"Dear, dear," Monica mumbled repeatedly.

She pondered for a while, causing Narcissa and Lucius to mumble amongst themselves as well.

"Do you think we should've asked Draco about this?" Narcissa wondered, "I mean, he might've had some hidden feelings for – "

"Good gremlins!" Lucius shouted under his breath, "Never, Narcissa, never would our son love, or even like, a mud - … child such as Hermione."

"But, Lucius, what if he does?"

"If he does, he is not my son."

"Lucius! He's our son, our dear son. He may be stubborn, but he has a heart. I've seen the troubles he's gone through, and maybe he and Hermione could help each other out, dear. It's like a puzzle; Draco is stubborn and stuck up – though, he does have his good side as well – and Hermione is kind and gentle; perhaps they could learn from each other. Hermione would learn to be more assertive and the like."

"No, I could care less about that girl, all I want is an alliance between the two kingdoms already, all I want is to do something that'll make history, all I want is to become known throughout the lands unknown and known, and my making a treaty with a kingdom we've been at war for over a millennium, I've made history, Narcissa; don't give me the crap talk you just did. My son wouldn't give her the time of day."

Narcissa looked down across the table at the other couple, wondering if they'd come to a compromise as yet.

"What about," Monica started, "Luna?"

Wendell's head snapped up, "Lovegood? Luna Lovegood?"

"Yes, Hermione's personal maid. Well, she's not really a 'maid', more of a best friend to Hermione who just so happens to enjoy doing chores, though I tell her not to."

"Luna Lovegood," Wendell pondered, "Is she a pureblood?"

"I believe so," Monica stated, "One hundred percent pureblood."

Wendell pondered for another long moment.

"Wendell, dear, I'm still hesitant on offering them Hermione's best friend; won't she feel betrayed that we took Luna from her? Or even worse, she'd think we think she's not mature enough to handle this situation?"

"Dearest Monica, it can't be helped," he placed his hand on hers and turned towards the Slytherin couple.

"Have you thought of someone?" Narcissa questioned.

"Well, yes, we have, but it might cause some problems. You see, Luna Lovegood - "

"Lovegood? Luna Lovegood, as in, Timothy Lovegood's daughter? Isn't he the editor of the Quibbler, dear?" Narcissa asked.

"Yes, he is," Lucius looked at Wendell, "Is she who you're offering to mend this marriage-alliance?"

"We're hoping to do so. Thing is, well, there are two points. She's Ravenclaw-born, and so is her father; they moved here to Gryffindor by Hermione's consent. The second, she's also Hermione's dearest friend; handing Luna over to Draco may cause some negative emotions," Monica explained, her hand still in Wendell's.

Narcissa felt a bit happier inside, this was perfect, Luna Lovegood.

"Do you by any chance have a photo of her? I haven't seen her nor her father in ages, at least, not after her mother passed away," Narcissa asked hopefully.

"Oh, I believe I do," Monica pulled out her wand, "Accio."

A photo appeared in her hands. It was originally in black and white, being taken in the Muggle-world, but Monica had converted it to color, adding vibrancy. It was a photo of Hermione and Luna, not too long ago, perhaps about a month prior to today. Luna and Hermione stood side by side, their arms around one another, smiling brightly. Hermione wore a dazzling, yet simple, lilac sundress, stopping just at her knees, her perfectly slender legs perched atop her slippers. Her chocolate brown eyes matched perfectly with her slight tanned skin. Her hair was pulled up into bun, some strands of her dropped to her shoulders, while the rest was twisted into a bun on the back of her head. She also had on a white sunhat with a light purple ribbon tied atop, which, Monica recalled, had always blown into her eyes when the photo was taken. Luna was absolutely stunning, her pale white skin and her snow blond hair dropped past her shoulders and stopped at her mid-back. She wore a white sundress, similar to Hermione's, with a sparkling grey ribbon tied at her waist, matching her transparent grey eyes; she, too, wore slippers, just as Hermione did that day. They both looked happy, grinning with delight.

Monica handed the photo to Narcissa gently as she took it in her hands. Oh, she was gorgeous, they were both gorgeous. She fingered Luna's sharp face; she looked so much like her own son, Draco – they could probably pass as siblings! She smiled at the thought, it could've happened, she supposed with a smile. She also fingered Hermione's body, she had such a wonderful body, her legs were slim, her hips wide, and her face was just too adorable – the freckles on the bridge of her nose were just darling, "She's lovely, they're both lovely."

"Thank you," Monica replied.

"So," Lucius stated, clearing his throat, "Do we have a compromise? We break off Hermione and Draco's marriage and replace her with Luna instead?"

Wendell and Monica both nodded, "We'll inform Luna and Hermione, but if either of them resists - "

"No worries, dearest Monica, I'm sure Draco would agree; Luna Lovegood has all the qualities."

Monica nodded reluctantly.

"May I borrow the photo – just to show Draco?"

"Oh, of course."

"Pardon? Luna? My best friend, Luna? Luna Lovegood?"

"Me? Why me?"

Luna and Hermione sat side by side on Hermione's bed, a bit shaken up from the news.

"The Slytherin king and queen have discussed this with us earlier this morning. It's just that," Monica looked at Hermione, "you and Draco simply cannot get along without killing one another, so," she turned her head to Luna, "we thought it'd be a better compromise to replace Hermione with you, Luna, dear. It's just that, Luna is a pureblood and her father is a close friend of Queen Narcissa."

Hermione narrowed her eyes, "Because I'm not a pureblood? Is that what's this all about? Draco Malfoy won't accept me because I'm a mudblood? That shallow imbecile!"

Monica placed her hands on Hermione's knee, "Hermione, dear, we love you, both mom, dad, and Luna. We're just trying to make a compromise, if Luna refuses to accept the proposal, then we've no choice but to remain as we are. Hermione, dear, if Luna refuse, you must, absolutely must, compromise with Draco. It's the only way to keep the two kingdoms out of war for good," Monica shifted towards Luna and stroked her hair, "Now, Luna, would you be willing to accept?"

"I'm sorry Queen Monica, but I simply cannot because of the mere fact that I want to remain true to my father; he may not see me everyday or even every week, but the only man I want to be seen with in the future is my father, please understand."

Monica shut her eyes and reopened them, smiling, "I understand, Luna, dear."

Draco held up the photo of Luna Lovegood and Hermione Granger, staring intently at it.

"Would you like to replace Hermione with Luna, Draco?"

He sat up, nearly on the verge of breaking out into hysterical laughter, "Mother, Luna Lovegood is a pureblood, she's attractive, her father is a family friend, and she's probably more tame than that mudblood, Granger."

He continued to look at the photo, his eyes tracing over Hermione's face – since when did she have that group of freckles on the bridge of her nose? As much as it killed him to admit, they were both fairly pretty.

"Answer the question, son, Hermione or Luna?" Lucius questioned impatiently.

Draco stared at the photo once more.

The mudblood has wondrously nice legs and her face isn't all that horrible either – at least, when she's smiling. Even so, she's a mudblood, but she's also princess, so she does probably hold more wealth than Luna. But Luna, she's also fairly pretty, going out onto the streets with her on my arm would probably cause a scene – a good scene. We'd look very good together. Plus, her father is a close friend of my mother's, so the marriage won't be an issue, I suppose, but I could also say that about Granger, her family' s willing to give her to me as well, and Granger herself did also seem eager about the wedding.

He debated with himself in his mind, and after a while, he was madly confused. They both had qualities he desired – Hermione had a wonderful figure, but Luna is a pureblood. With Luna, he could continue the pureblood line without tainting it. With Hermione, well, he'd probably get killed before he even entered the wedding chapel.

He threw the photo onto his desk, "Give me the blonde, then."

Finally, Lucius thought, right before he apparated out of the bed chamber. Narcissa still looked at Draco, "Are you sure, Draco? You do realize if Luna refuses, you'd have to stick with Hermione, yes?"

Draco chortled, "Mother, who in their right minds would refuse me?"

She sighed, but smiled slightly as well, "Alright, then. Good night, Draco."

"As to you, mother."

Narcissa turned and walked out his bed chamber, obviously wanting some time to think as she walked through the hallways. Draco turned and saw his mother hadn't taken the photo with her. He took hold of it and walked to the entrance of his chamber, looking out the door, he saw his mother no where in sight, she probably gave up on thinking and apparated to her room, he thought to himself. He shut the door and looked at the photo one last time. He had to admit, the mudblood was quite the pretty one.

Ooh, I had a few tricks up my sleeve, yes? Kekeke ;] What'll happen next? Dear, oh, dear :P You'll just have to stayed tuned to find out :] By the way, this may be the last chapter I will be writing for this week; the next chapter may come up on the weekend due to the fact that I'm starting school again tomorrow and the load of homework will be massive, but I promise, if I have the smallest speck of leisure time, I will be sure to update :D