When Hermione got the Daily Prophet the next morning, she nearly threw up when she saw the front page. The article read:

Harry Potter Beats Up Long Time Enemy, Draco Malfoy and, Who Was That Young Girl Who Would Not Let Go of Him

Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter have been enemies for as long as anyone can remember, and it seems it was about time before they really went at it. "He deserved everything that was coming at him," Ginny Potter (nee Weasley) said. It seems as if Potter was mad about something, he was always one to be hot headed and violent… Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter have been unavailable for comment… A bystander noticed a young child crying in Ginny Potter's arms and, automatically ran to Draco after Harry was pulled off of him. The oddest thing was that she had whitish blonde hair and something that closely resembled the Malfoy family necklace. "I have known Draco Malfoy all of my life and, I think I would know if he has had any children," close friend Blaise Zabini commented… Reports have been made that Rose Weasley could have been the young girl; unfortunately, no one is certain. Perhaps the child was a cousin or friend but, surely we will keep our eyes peeled for any news.

There were two large pictures at the bottom of the page. One of them showed Harry on top of Draco punching him; it looked as if Harry hesitated because of something that Draco said but, then he started punching him again. The other one was a close up picture of Draco's pants; a young pale girl hugged one of his legs. The girl's curly whitish blonde hair was fluffy enough to be seen from behind his pants. Then, the girl shook her head no and, enough of her face was shown to reveal her eyes were a sparkly silver color. It did look like she was wearing some kind of necklace but, it was too hard to tell. Hermione knew at once that the little girl was Rose for sure.

She had to pick up Rose before any more damage was done so, she Flooed Harry right away. He answered at once.

"Hello Mione," he said casually.

"Oh, Harry. I'm so sorry I haven't answered your calls I was… I had some things to contemplate and think over," Hermione said sheepishly. "I saw the Daily Prophet this morning…"

"Well, I'm sorry I got Rose involved in it…" he said flatly. Hermione's face went pale.

"Yes, Hermione. I know everything so, don't you dare look at me like that. I can't believe you didn't tell me! After everything we have been through, too. I'm your best friend; we are supposed to be able to tell each other anything and everything! I know about Ron, also. You should tell him… about Rose; and Arthur and Molly, too." Harry said assertively.

"You aren't mad? I… I would have thought… you… Oh Harry…" Hermione said and started to cry.

"Mione, why would I ever be mad at you? Yes, I personally think having a child with Malfoy was a terrible thing to do but, I'll never be mad at your decision. Rose is one of the most adorable children I have ever seen. I'm happy that I have gotten to call her my niece all these years; and I will always be her uncle… Even if she was Ron's kid we wouldn't be blood related anyway so, it doesn't make a difference," Harry said and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Harry you are the best friend anyone could have! I… I don't know how to express how grateful I am that you are accepting and understanding with all of this…Is Rose still mad at me? I want to see her," Hermione asked Harry not pulling away from their hug.

"You're welcome Mione. Yeah, well, about seeing Rose… He um… He took her," Harry said.

"Who took Rose, Harry?" Hermione asked her face filled with worry. "Tell me Harry! Who took my baby?

"Who do you think? Malfoy of course. Man, he has his hooks in her so deep. He trained her well in the few hours that we couldn't find her. I think the last Halfblood that mocked blood status was Voldemort," Harry said.

"He has been teaching her about blood status?! How could you let her go with him? I trusted you, Harry!" Hermione flipped. She started pacing back and forth, not knowing what to do.

"Hey, how was I supposed to know that she wasn't allowed to go with him? I just thought that it would be better for her to come with us so, you would know where she was at. Oh, gosh, Hermione… you don't mean that you just told him recently… do you? I… well I thought… you were continuing to cheat on Ron with him…"

"That's none of your concern… yes… he just found out in the last few weeks and… it wasn't even me who told him… I- I told Ron yesterday about Rose… I haven't cheated on Ron since she was born Harry… why… how… I don't understand how you could think that!" Hermione said and started to sob on Harry's shoulder.

"He wasn't supposed to know… No one was supposed to know… I kept it hidden for so long and… and everything blew up in my face… He's not going to give her back, Harry… I know he is mad at me for not telling him… I can see the love spilling from his eyes when he looks at her…" she sobbed. "I'm one of the worst people in history, Harry! How could I keep her from him? None of this would have happened, if… if I would have just acted like a true Gryffindor and told him! I'm a failure to Gryffindor… I'm not brave or… or courageous. I'm a coward and-"

"Mione, stop. If he really loves Rose, he will let her come home with you," Harry cut her off.

"But, what if she doesn't want to come home with me Harry? She was so mad at me, before. She probably likes it there better. The Malfoys have more to offer her than I do… with all their fancy stuff and money. I'm sure they have already bought her love in gifts…" Tears spilled down Hermione's cheeks.

"Rose, loves you Hermione. I lost track of how many times she asked if you were coming to get her. I don't think she would leave you for Malfoy," Harry reassured her.

Hermione nodded; she knew what she had to do but, she didn't know if she could bear to do it- she had to get Rose back; no matter how hard it was going to be on her.

O.o.O

Draco went into Rose's room and watched her sleep. Her light hair was sprawled out across the pink silk pillow she was lying on. She had the silver sable fur blanket pulled up closely to her neck and it looked like she kicked the pink silk comforter onto the floor. Her lips were curled into a smile and her eyes fluttered slightly when he brushed her soft rosy cheeks with his fingers. In her arms she clutched an emerald stuffed dragon and a pink stuffed unicorn. As he sat on her bed he thought about the previous night:

"Rose I have something to show you," he said as he set Rose down from Apparating into the Manor.

Rose followed him up two flights of white marble stairs and down several corridors. She couldn't believe this was actually her Daddy's house. Her Mummy's house was a lot smaller and she couldn't possibly ever get lost in it. She hoped Draco knew where he was going and how to get back because, she was afraid that if he got lost they would never find their way back downstairs. They walked for a few minutes longer and, her feet started to get tired.

"My feet hurt!" she whined to Draco.

"Well, don't worry about that because, we are here," Draco said. He stopped walking and slowly turned the silver knob on one of the doors.

Rose gasped as she walked inside the door. The room was absolutely ginormous; several of her mother's master bedroom could fit in the room. The walls were painted baby pink with shiny silver abstract designs and swirls on it. There was a large king sized bed in the middle of the back wall with a pink silk diamond encrusted comforter, a real silver sable fur blanket, pink sparkly silk pillows, pink silk sheets, and pink silk curtains tied back around the silver bedposts. Three pink couches surrounded an entertainment center that had a 52 inch flat screen 3D T.V on it (Draco knew Hermione had one of those boxes with moving pictures on it and, Rose liked it. They only had a wizard one that showed Quidditch, Potion recipes and guides, broom flying lessons, and lots of commercials for advertising wizard products. Rose had the Muggle one that had lots of shows on it. Of course he bought one of the nicest ones the Muggle store had for Rose to make her feel more at home). There were mountains of assorted toys and stuffed animals in one corner of the room. There was a large silver dresser, a desk, and a large silver book shelf; that was currently only filled with a few children's books. A large set of French doors opened to a princess fairy tale like balcony that had an amazing view of the horizon. Another set of French doors opened into a huge walk in closet.

Rose squealed in delight when she walked into the closet. It was lined top to bottom with clothing racks (6 rows around the entire wallspan). Each rack held more clothes then it was supposed to; there were dresses, robes, night gowns, and various Muggle shirts, pants, shorts, skirts, and pajamas.

"Are all these clothes mine?" Rose asked smiling her 1000 volt smile.

"Of course but, this isn't all," Draco said and pressed a button on the wall. A few of the racks turned sideways to reveal a silver door. "This is the accessory room."

The room looked like a shoe store, a jewelry, store, a sunglasses store, a real gemmed tiara store, and a hair bow/headband store all in one. Rose tried on several necklaces and bracelets because she couldn't decide which ones to wear.

"Thank you soooo much, Daddy!" Rose said and hugged Draco.

"You're welcome my sweet angel," Draco said and ruffled her hair. "Pinksy will pick you out an outfit to wear and bring you down for dinner when you are ready."

"Daddy, why were you watching me sleep?" Rose asked bringing Draco back to reality.

"I don't know. Maybe I like when you sleep," Draco said.

Rose stared at him intensely with her stormy silver eyes, not looking away or blinking.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked wondering why she was trying to stare him down.

Her face broke out into a big smile, "Nothing's wrong… you just love me! You never say it but, I heard you thinking it!"

"How did you… Rose try to figure out what I am thinking right now," Draco said in an excited voice.

"You think I might have started getting my magic and, you think that maybe I'm doing Le-gilli- men- cee on you," Rose said.

"Yes," Draco said and smiled. Normally young wizards started developing magical abilities around the ages of 5 to 9 years old. Rose was one of those few people who exhibited their talents early on like both Draco and Hermione. "Well it's already 10:30. We need to start getting ready for the day."

O.o.O

Hermione arrived at Malfoy Manor feeling extremely sick. She was on unfriendly territory and, she didn't know how this whole thing was going to go over. Luckily, the front gates were opened so, she didn't have to use the callbox. He would have never let her in the gates for sure if he knew who was calling.

As she approached the front door she saw a few house elves tending the front landscaping. She quickly hid behind a pillar when an elf walked in her direction. He soon left and she quickly rang the doorbell hoping a nice house elf would answer the door, not one of the Malfoys.

"Oh, welcome Miss Hermione," Pinksy the house elf said as she answered the door. "What brings you here?"

"I… Can I come in? I need to have a talk with Draco and see Rose," Hermione said hoping Pinksy did not have orders to keep Hermione from coming in the house.

"Sure, come in. Pinksy will go find Master Draco and young Mistress Rose for you to see,"

Hermione stepped inside the front door. It looked so much different from the time she was last in there. Before everything seemed grayed out and gloomy now, it was white and shining with beauty. Her Mudblood scar on her arm tingled slightly and brought back bad memories from when she was tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange.

"Mummy!" Rose cried and ran over to Hermione after Draco and her Apparated downstairs. Draco swore under his breath.

"Oh, Rose, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you that you were going to stay at Uncle Harry's house for that long. I hope you aren't mad at me anymore. I've missed you so much! I love you Rosie angel," Hermione said and picked her up into a hug.

"I love you too Mummy! I'm sorry I said I hated you and called you and Uncle Harry a Mudblood. Daddy said it was a bad word and, I shouldn't say it," Rose said and hugged her mother.

"What did you just say?" Hermione questioned.

"I'm sorry I called you a bad word. I hope you can forgive me," Rose said and got a little but scared that Hermione was not going to forgive her.

"Oh, baby, it's ok. Of course I will forgive you!" Hermione reassured her daughter. "But you said Daddy…"

"James told me Draco was my Daddy," Rose said happily, not seeing her parent's obvious discomfort. "Do you want to see my room Mummy? It's really pretty! Daddy can you take me and Mummy to my room?"

"How about later angel?" Hermione said. Draco stood off to the side staring at the floor.

"Why not now?" Rose said impatiently.

Hermione didn't respond.

"Why are you uncomfortable here Mummy? Why do you wish things could have turned out differently?" Rose said looking into Hermione's mind.

"Rose…" Hermione said as realization dawned on her. "How about you go play while Draco and I have a little chat?"

Rose shrugged and went into a different room, leaving Hermione and Draco alone together.

"I can't believe you kidnapped her, Malfoy! She was perfectly fine staying with Harry and Ginny!" Hermione shouted.

"Right, so, she could wander off again and someone who wants to hurt children finds her? No, I was not going to let that happen again. Potter has enough children that he doesn't know how to take care of. Besides it's not kidnapping if there are not court decisions that gives the mother full custody of the child. As far as I can tell we both have equal custody of her every day of the week. So it's like if I was taking her out while you were at work. That is by no means kidnapping, Hermione!" Draco concluded.

"Whatever, you are still a git, Malfoy! You shouldn't have taken her! She is my baby, and you knew that she was supposed to be at Harry's house! You knew I wouldn't have found out unless Harry told me!"

"Oh, grow up, Hermione! She is my baby, too! What can I do to make you open your eyes and see that I love her more than anything else in the world? I tried to make you see by getting her gifts and giving money; I sent back those papers because, I want to keep her and be her father. I didn't know what else to do; taking her was the only other option I had left. Rose is the only good thing I've ever made; I just can't let you take her away from me, now…" Draco said sincerely as few tears slid down his face.

"Oh, Draco I-I'm so sorry…" Hermione said tears had begun to fall from her eyes, too.

O.o.O

So here are a few things you should know about this chapter: in the fake newspaper the … means that Hermione skimmed/skipped the article. Also I know the whole real silver sable fur blanket can be a controversial topic. I am totally against real fur on anything I think it is cruel and unjust to skin animals alive for their fur. I just thought Rose needed an expensive soft blanket and real animal fur came to mind.

P.S. I know no real Dramione action happened but I felt like it needed to end here. Maybe in the next chapter.

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