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Hermione was waiting for Harry to arrive, pacing back and forth in the foyer, she didn't know if Ron was going to be there or not, but she couldn't hide the fact that she was nervous. Standing still and taking a couple of deep breathes to try and calm herself down, checking her watch once again, 9:40am, she decides to check on the children again to take her mind of things. They were all still asleep, the boys were in Scorpius's room in big sleeping bags, knowing that they must stayed up well past bed time causing mischief, she turns to the next room to see her daughter sleeping like an angel. Smiling to herself, she decided to let them sleep in. Lucius and Narcissa were both in the kitchen, they had woken early knowing that Harry was going to be coming. Draco had left to meet Theo already to meet with the agent. He had made her promise to contact him if anything happened, which she happily obliged, he had blown up the night before when they were getting ready for bed, it looked like Ron had gripped her arm a little to hard when they were at the ministry, there was a slight bruise showing, she hadn't even noticed it until then. It took a long time to calm her husband down, and he wasn't going to go to meet the agent this morning, it took her and Narcissa to persuade him to leave. Walking down the stairs she hears a ring and her breathe hitches, looking at the watch 9:50, well at least he isn't late she says to herself. Stepping onto the foyer she sees Blaise walking out of the sitting room, he was in his casual wear, jeans and t-shirt, his hair was slightly messy and he looked tired but seeing her he broke into a smile.
" Blaise? What are you doing here?" She asks as he walks over and gives her a hug
" Potter will be here any minute, I wanted to come by in case they needed me for the case" He replies to her, she only half believed him, raising an eyebrow at him
" I came because I didn't like the fact that they were going to be here, don't worry I won't barge into your conversation, but don't doubt that I won't be standing outside" He says rolling his eyes, she smiled at his confession and pulls him into the kitchen.
" Here" She says shoving a mug of coffee in his hands, he looks at it and looks back her blankly
" If you are to protect me, you need to be awake more" She says with a smirk, he smiles back at her and drinks the coffee heartedly
" Blaise, I was wondering when you were going to show" Lucius says standing up and taking his wife's hand, they had finished breakfast already and was just about to head to the sitting room
" I would have gotten here earlier but I woke up late, Clayton kept us awake all night." He explains
Just then the three Malfoy's all get a tingle sensation through them, Blaise notices and mentally prepares himself for the morning, he knew that it was time.
" He's arrived, he's outside, we missed letting him in one of the wards" Narcissa says
" I'll go get him" Lucius said letting go of his wife
" No. I'll go, you two might not get past the front door if he saw you" Hermione says quickly
" I can hold my temper you know" He sniffs
" Yes but who's going to hold in his?" She replies with no venom in her voice
" We'll be in the sitting room if you need us" Narcissa says with a smile, pulling her husband with her
" Let's get this over with" Blaise said putting his mug down, walking out towards the front door with Hermione just behind him, she pulls out her wand and modifies the final ward so that Harry would be able to step into the Manor as Blaise opens the door. It was just Harry, and he was holding a file in his hand, he looked just as tired as Blaise.
" Mr. Potter" Blaise said politely, stepping aside to let him in
" Mr. Zabini" He replies, not really sure why he was here but remembered that he was her 'brother', so he didn't mention anything
" Harry" He hears Hermione say, he sees her just a couple steps in front of him and she didn't have an expression on her face.
" Let's go in my sitting room" She said walking across the foyer, he follows without a word with Blaise walking behind him.
Leading him into a second sitting room, which was smaller than the main one but it belonged to just Draco and Hermione, her and her friends would have group meetings here. Harry looks around the room while she spoke to Blaise just at the door, reassuring him that she would call if something was wrong she closed the door. Turning back around she noticed that Harry was standing by the wall, looking at a particular photo that was hung, going up just behind him she sees that he was looking at the graduation photo. The six of them were all standing together laughing, she was in between the girls and the boys was standing behind them on a step, the group in the picture looked at them and waved.
" That was when we graduated from University" She says softly not wanting to make him jump
" Why is Astoria wearing a white lab coat instead?" He questions pointing at the picture
" Astoria was still training to be a healer, she hadn't graduated yet, her graduation was a year after, we told her to wear the coat because we were all students together. That's her graduation" Hermione explains pointing to another picture on the wall, sure enough he saw a picture of Astoria in a graduation gown, she was being held up by the other five on her side and laughing trying to keep her cap on. They all looked happy.
" Would you like some tea or coffee?" Hermione asks walking to sit at a couch
" Coffee please" He replies, he hadn't moved from the wall, still scanning the photo's. He was so engrossed in the pictures that he missed her calling a house elf to deliver some coffee and biscuits.
" What was this for?" He asks pointing at another framed picture, walking back over to peer over his shoulder she smiles at the memory. The six of them we're all looking rough and battered, but they were all smiling and holding a medal up that was around their necks
" That was when we came third in the National Team-Dueling competition" She replies still smiling
" You...dueled...and came third?" He replies in shock, he had heard the competitions were hard, some of the Auror's had taken part in it and would be knocked out fairly early of the competition.
" Yes, as a team. We haven't done any competitions in a while" She shrugs at his comment.
" You posed on a broom?" Harry asks with a shocked looking expression, point at a picture of her flying next to Astoria both smiling and waving down
" Not exactly, we were just out flying" She smiles at the Astoria in the picture
" You...fly?" He says not hiding his shock at all
" No Harry, someone just polyjuiced as me so I can have a picture of it" She says with a hint of sarcasm, he shrugged the comment away and carried on looking at the pictures.
The two of them stand there looking at each photo, Hermione wasn't sure what Harry was thinking, she had originally hoped that this meeting would be dealt with as quick as possible but watching him staring at each photo she was wondering if he was starting to realise that she wasn't lying. Harry found himself feeling emotional just by looking at the pictures, there were so many on the wall and it looked like it was place in a time line. There was one of the three boys together, looked like they were still in University, arms around each others shoulders and they were grinning at him, one of the girls altogether sitting on a blanket in a park, Pansy was scrunching before bursting into laughter as Hermione and Astoria was laughing already, on the other side there was her and Blaise and an older woman who was standing behind to two, her hands on Hermione's shoulder and Blaise had his arm around her waist, another one of her and Blaise, she was standing in front of him with his arms around her hugging her from behind, they were both beaming at the camera. On the side of their graduation picture he saw one of Hermione and Draco, in an embrace, kissing each other in their graduation gowns, before looking at the camera and Hermione blushes with Draco grinning. There were so many of them, Hermione with all of them or separately, same with Draco. He noticed one of her wearing a long white gown facing Draco who was wearing a tux, they were just looking into each others eyes, like they were the only two around and unaware of the camera, he knew it was a wedding photo, there were more of them scattered around it, he could see that Blaise and Theo were both best man and Pansy and Astoria were bridesmaids. Then he saw a picture of all of them together, but in each of the women's arms they were holding a baby, all six of them smiling with pride. Looking at one at the end, he could tell it was a fairly recent one, the six of them were in the room that they were in, but it looked like a scene from tv, they were all sitting comfortable, Draco with his head on Hermiones lap with his legs dangling at the end of their couch, Pansy sitting on the floor with Blaise behind her, she was leaning on Blaise as he had his arms around her, and Theo had Astoria's legs on his lap while she was leaning on the arm of the couch, they looked like they were in mid conversation before all laughing. They all looked happy, he suddenly wished that he could be part of something like that, maybe not with Slytherins but the way they were displaying affection was obviously not fake, and he wanted that, he had that, with Hermione and Ron, but now he sees that she has that, but not with him, with people that clearly loved her. Shaking his head out of his thoughts, he turns back round to walk over the couch, she follows him when she sees him walk away and sat in an arm chair him.
" You have lovely pictures" He says after an awkward silence of sipping their coffee
" Thank you, I have lovely memories" She replies, noticing he cringed a little. Scrunching her nose at his expression she puts her cup down, placing her hands on her lap.
" What is it you wanted to show me?" She asks
" Right, this came back from forensics yesterday, it was magically stuck on a pillar close to where the bomb was. The picture has a charm placed on it, it's indestructible, the person wanted you to see it. " He puts on his work voice again, sliding a picture across the coffee table.
She gasps as she sees the picture, it was a picture from when they were at Elessa's café, her and Draco with Pansy and Blaise, Scorpius talking to her showing her a book. A red circle was around Cassie's head.
" BLAISE!" She yells finding her voice, he bursts into the room with his wand out, seeing them still sitting on the couch, Hermione was shaking, rushing over to her he puts his arm around her and pull her close, taking the picture out of her hand, he sees why she was reacting that way. Lucius and Narcissa both ran into the room when they heard their daughter in-law cry out, Lucius had already had his wand out was pointing it Harry who had his hands up showing he wasn't doing anything. They see Blaise hugging Hermione who looked pale and shaking, Narcissa goes over and strokes Hermiones hair.
" Cissa check on the children please!" Blaise says, not even questioning him she rushes out to find the children.
" What's going on?" Lucius asks the three, Blaise hands over the photo that was in his hand, the other one still wrapped around Hermione's shoulder. Lucius face looks at it with horror, face pale and in shock. Just at that moment Draco walks in, as soon as he sees Blaise with his wife he rushes over, without saying anything Blaise moves out the way and lets Draco embrace his wife.
" What's happened? Did he do something?" He asks angrily
" No, he didn't do anything" Hermione finally speaks looking up at her husband. Harry fidgets in his seat uncomfortably, not sure whether he should say something or not.
" We found a photo from the explosion, I just showed it to Hermione" Harry says pointing at at Lucius's hands, Draco looks at his father who was still pale, holding out his hand gesturing giving the picture to him. As soon as Draco sees the picture his anger rose quickly.
" Where is Cassie? Is she all right?" He says quickly
" She's alright, she's with the boys, they're awake in Scorpius's room playing. Can someone tell me what's going on?" Narcissa says coming in the room.
" It looks like someone's out for Cassie" Blaise says, Harry could have sworn he heard Draco growl
" Draco, what are we going to do? Cassie's in danger!" Hermione jumps up, Draco stands up quickly and pulls her into a hug
" She'll be okay, we'll protect her, nothing is going to happen to her" Draco says soothingly
" I'm going to assign two of my best Aurors to watch over her 24-7, the forensics should have the magical prints done by the evening, then we can find out who may be behind this" Harry says, trying to ease the tension in the room.
" I don't want one of them to be Weasley" Draco says coldly, snapping his head up to look at him
" Don't worry, Ron won't have anything to do with this, I've kicked him off the case" He replies standing up
" Good, because he was one of people on the list that held grudges that you asked for" Blaise says, Harry understood but didn't say anything about it
" Thank you Harry" Hermione says not even questioning why Ron wasn't on the case any more.
" I'll sort it out as soon as I get back to the office, I'll bring them here within the hour" Harry says, Draco nods at the man in reply.
" Here's some of the letters you requested" Hermione moves out of Draco's arms and picks up a stack of letters from a small table that's against the wall.
" Thanks, I'll be back shortly, I'll see myself out" He says, taking the letters with him he leaves Malfoy Manor.
" We need to talk to the kids" Hermione says as soon as they sense the wards close up as Harry leaves the grounds
" They don't have to know, it might put them in more danger" Narcissa replies
" They'll ask questions why there are Auror's around, it's better if they're aware" Draco says with a sigh, they all nod in agreement.
" I'll take Trent and Parker with me, we've still got to meet at Oblick park later" Blaise says
" What? No! I'm not taking Cassie anywhere, she can stay here with me where it's safe" Hermione cries out
" Mia, Mr. Potter said he's going to get two of his best Auror's to watch over Cassie, you can't let something like this coup you up inside the house. Matalia wanted to spend time with the children, we're all going to be there, you have nothing to worry about." Narcissa says walking over to her and stroking her hair
" Mum's right, we will protect our children and we have two Auror's with us, no one is going to get hurt. Matalia came all this way to see the you and the kids" Draco says taking her hand
" I have a meeting to go to, but I can meet you all there a bit later" They hear Lucius said
" I don't know...I don't want to give them any chance of doing anything" Hermione said squeezing onto Draco's hand
" There's going to be 10 adults there, if anything, we have the advantage and we'd be able to catch them" Draco tries to reason with her
" Okay...but if I feel like something is going to happen-" She replies
" Then we will come straight back to the Manor" Draco finishes off her sentence
" Good, well I'll get the boys and see you later at Oblick Park" Blaise says, giving them a wave before leaving to get Trenton and Parker.
Hermione and Draco had sat their children down to explain what was happening as best they could, Cassie had accepted it with no problem, she didn't seem that phased as she liked the idea of having bodyguards, Scorpius was a bit more on edge, he didn't like that his sister was being threatened. His parents had made him promise to not do anything stupid or go looking for trouble, he didn't like it but he obliged when they mentioned that they didn't want him too far from his sister when they're out. Both Hermione and Draco were proud that their children was being understanding and mature about the situation, they didn't argue but had a lot of questions. As their sense tingle from the wards, they knew that Harry was back with the Auror's. Draco brings them into the main sitting room where Hemione was waiting, they wanted to meet them before introducing them to the children, and because they had woken up late, Scorpius and Cassie were both having their late breakfast.
Draco sits down on the arm of the chair next to Hermione as the three Auror's stand before them. Harry fixes his glasses and introduces the two men
" This is Johnson and Boot, both are senior Auror's and the best of my team"
" Hello Mr and Mrs Malfoy, Andrew Johnson, it's a pleasure to meet you both" The tall man says politely, with a nod
" Hi Hermione, Hello Malfoy" Terry Boot says with a smile
" Hi Terry" Hermione says giving him a smile back
" Bootie, nice to see you again" Draco smiles giving the man a handshake
" Please don't call me that Malfoy" Terry cringes making Hermione and Draco laugh with Harry staring at them wide eyed
" But you're so what was that word Hermione?" Draco grins
" Bootilicious!" Hermione laughs
" Stop! I would have gotten you if you hadn't shocked me with that" Terry says scunching his face up
" Er...So I guess you've talked before?" Harry asks as he saw the display of interaction
" Yes, we met at the national dueling competition many years ago. They both caught me off guard by Hermione calling me that and our team was out." Terry explains, but Harry didn't get a chance to reply as the doors open
" Mum.." Scorpius calls out from the door, his head was sticking between the doors, Cassie pops her head in to see who the people were.
" I guess we should let the floating heads in" Draco chuckles at the sight
" Scorpy, Cassie, come over" Hermione smiles waving them over
" Mum...please don't call me Scorpy in front of strangers" Scorpius scowls as his mum and dad both giggle, holding his sister's hand they make their way to their parents, Scorpius sits on the other arm of the chair as Cassie jumps into their mums lap.
" What is that man doing here?" Cassie asks scrunching her nose just like her mother, her finger was pointing at Harry.
" Harry is the head of the Auror department, his two friends will be your bodyguard, remember you said you was excited by having body guards" Hermione explains softly
" You was the mean man that yelled at my dad at the café " The little girl scowls, Scorpius hadn't said anything, but glared at the man, he knew that there was a chance of seeing him when his parents had mentioned that two Auror's would be around to watch over Cassie.
" Cassie! Remember what we told you, it's rude to point at people" Draco says to the girl, it was a soft tone but still firm
" Sorry daddy" She replies putting her hand down, to everyone's surprise she jumps off her mothers lap and walks over and stops in front of Harry. He crouches down onto one knee for her.
" My name's Cassiopiea Malfoy, Mr. Potter" She says putting her hand out for him
" It's nice to meet you Cassiopiea, you can call me Harry" He says trying to hide his shock, shaking the little girls hand, she switched from the scowling little girl to mature right before his eyes, he doubted that he could get his youngest son to do that.
" Harry, you can call me Cassie" She replies and walks back to her sit on her mothers lap.
Draco and Hermione were both smiling with pride watching their daughter, Harry stood back up, he sees the family in front of him and couldn't help but think that it was a picture perfect scene, the way the two male were perched on the arm of the chair and the older woman holding the younger one on her lap. He nods over to Draco to let him know it was okay to introduced the two Auror's to their daughter. It went better than he thought, Cassie had taken a liking to Johnson straight away as he told her jokes and made her laugh, Terry wasn't as talkative but she didn't mind him. Once they got settled he headed back to his office.
It was afternoon , the Malfoy's and the two Aurors, had arrived at the entrance of the park, they were the last to arrive to meet the others, after explaining why there was two Auror's tagging along with them they made their way to a huge space of the park. The men had brought brooms with them to play a bit of quidditch, the children were sitting with Matalia and Narcissa chatting away happily with Johnson and Boot standing close by. As the three men enlarge the goal posts that they had setted the three wives stand and watch. Hermione was just starting to relax when they spot a group of people walking towards them, amongst the group was two red heads.
" Johnson, Terry? What are you doing here?" The red headed man asks, the children all scowl as they see the the group walking towards them.
" We're working" Johnson replied firmly
" What do you mean working?" Ron frowns at the man, Johnson was taller than him and Ron always jealous at the man for his work, Johnson had made senior Auror way before Ron did even though they had worked the same amount of years.
" We're not allowed to discuss the case Ron, but we are working" Terry replies to his friend
" I'm a senior Auror just like you two, why can't you tell me?" Ron growls at them, the three men that was setting up a quidditch pitch had came over when they saw the group heading towards them. They watched silently as the Auror's talk.
" Because Weasley, you were kicked off the case, so you're not to have anything to do with it" Johnson replies with a frown
" Don't use that tone with me, I can report you to your supervisor for the attitude" Ron snarls back
" And that supervisor is also our head of department who kicked you off the case, I suggest you stop being a git" Johnson snorts, Draco found this highly amusing and was starting to like Johnson.
" Malfoy, I heard about the explosion, I'm so sorry" Their heads all snap to Ginny who was smiling sweetly at Draco
" Excuse me?" He replies with an eyebrow up
" I heard about your firm" She says in a soft tone, looking directly at him
" You're talking to the wrong Malfoy, the firm belongs to my wife" He sneers at the woman, putting his arms around Hermione's waist who was frowning at Ginny.
" Back of Weaselette, you remember what happened when you tried that last time" Pansy sneers at the woman
Ginny huffs seeing him pull Hermione closer to him and looks away, Ron looked at his sister for an explanation but she shook her head.
" Are you guys playing quidditch?" A blonde haired man asks them, as he looks at the goal post
" Yes we were going to, and who may you be?" Theo asks, they just noticed that Ron and Ginny had arrived with four other people that they've never seen before
" I'm Lacey's brother Landon, and these two are my friends, Neil and Patrick" He smiles pointing out two other men, clearly he doesn't know about the animosity between the two red heads and the others.
" Lacey is Ron's other half" Hermione explains gesturing the blonde woman who was holding onto Ron's arm.
" Other half? What is that supposed to mean, I'm his girlfriend" Lacey snaps at Hermione
Draco looks at her properly and wanted to laugh out loud, he wouldn't deny that she was good looking but she was definitely an air-head.
" How about a friendly game of quidditch? We can hire some brooms from the stand" One of the men says, pointing to a shack that was located not far.
" Yeah, that sounds like fun" Lacey's brother says with a grin
" No, I'm not playing with him!" Ron yells pointing at Draco
" Daddy, he's being rude!" They hear a little girl's voice, all turning to see Cassie standing up with her arms folded giving Ron the same scowl as Hermione does, Ron's ears turn red and was just about to say something when Johnson put his hand up to stop him.
" She's a little girl Weasley and she has better manners than you, don't even think of saying anything to her" He says quietly but firm, Matalia had pulled the girl to sit back down and hushing her. Draco and Hermione both felt a new found respect for the Johnson.
" Come on Ron, you don't want to look like a coward in front of my sister now do you" Landon says with a grin, the other six noticed that the way he spoke he wasn't fond of Ron.
" I'm no coward" Ron growls
" Prove it, my sister flies better than you" The blonde taunts him
" Come on Ronnie, it'll be fun when we beat them" Lacey says grinning evilly at Hermione who rolls her eyes back at her
" Fine!" He scowls pulling Lacey to the rent-a-broom stand, with the others following
Draco, Blaise and Theo finish putting setting the pitch up and pulls out their own brooms from the a bag that they had an extension charmed placed, just as Ron and the others came back each holding a broom.
" The teams aren't even" Ginny points out, watching Draco pulling out another broom and handing it to Astoria
" I didn't know you were bad at counting Weaslette but I'm pretty sure the teams are even" Draco drawls handing a broom to Pansy this time
" There's six of us and only five of you Malfoy!" She retorts
" One, two, three, four, five, six!" Pansy counts out loud pointing at each one of them on count, counting as Draco tries to hand her, her own broom
" What? No, I rather stay with Cassie" Hermione shakes her head
" Come on Mia, we only have five people" Theo whines
" Please Mia. Cassie will be fine, Johnson and Boot are there, plus our mothers, and we'll only be a few feet away" Astoria begs
" Hermione!? You want Hermione to play? You're joking!" Ginny laughs with Ron joining in, the others look at the pair with a confused expression
" Why is it funny?" Astoria asks
" Hermione can't even fly, let alone play" Ron says giggling
" She doesn't even like quidditch" Ginny says catching her breathe
Hermione flushed a crimson red in anger, her eyes flared at the two red heads.
" Gimme my damn broom" Hermione says snatching the broom out of Draco's hand
" Oh my Merlin! You're really going to try and play?" Ginny says who bursts out laughing again with Ron
" Well, maybe you have an advantage then" Draco says prolonging the word maybe and grabs his wifes hand pulling her few feet away with their friends joining them.
Draco watches as the Ron gathers the others in a huddle to talk before turning round to face his team.
" Why did you let them think that Draco?" Pansy says frowning
" Because, we have the advantage now that they think I can't fly" Hermione replies with a Malfoy smirk.
It was once very true that she didn't like to fly, she hated flying, she hated the idea of flying that didn't involve seat belts and an engine with comfortable sets. She always felt like she had no control on a broom, plus the idea of sitting on a thin stick in the middle of the air where you can fall off any second terrified her, so no she didn't like to fly, she preferred to be able to feel the ground on her feet. She thought to herself, it's another thing that she has to thank her friends for, yes it was extremely horrible to learn and painful, not physically just emotionally, but they had forced her to go through with the lessons. It's almost like a child playing piano at a very young age and complained about it to their parents but after growing up and having the skill, they suddenly feel very grateful that their parents never let them give up, and that's what Draco did, he wouldn't let her give up on it, even when she demanded to not go anywhere a broom, he would do everything to make her go back on, and she's glad that they didn't give up on her either.
It took forever for the others to persuade her to get on a broom, at first she only ever flew with Draco, but Draco insisted that she had to learn to fly on her own in case of emergencies, she was reluctant for so long, eventually they had broken into her after the many weeks of persuasion. The five of them worked together giving her lessons, it took pretty much the whole of summer before she started gaining confidence on a broom, partly because she'd hide when it was a lesson and they would have to find her.
With quidditch, it was different, she never actually understood the game to dislike it, she found it boring back in Hogwarts because no one bothered to really explain to it her, they assumed that she would never been interested because it's nothing to do with books. It was a lot easier to learn than flying. She originally wanted to research on the game and headed for books, but Draco dragged her out and said ' The only way to learn is to be at a game, you need to feel the atmosphere, you need to see the way they play.'. So the boys all took her to several games, the girls didn't really go, they enjoyed playing but not really watching unless it's the University that was playing or their favourite Draco had explained to her how the game went and what each player did, she found an interest to watch, but again it took a long time for them to get her to participate in a game, she had feared of being hit by a bludger, but in the end she gave in to Astoria and Pansy's pouts as the teams were never even. They had been really supportive and was easy on her in the first few games, but that just riled her anger because she felt she was being pitied, she was more motivated in being able to play and being seen as an opponent rather than a fragile player. She eventually found herself being a natural chaser and seeker, later finding out that it was Draco that thought of the plan of making her feel like she was being pitied, he knew that by making her feel that way would fuel her motivation to excel in something, after all Hermione Granger at the time was not one to back down on a challenge. To Draco, Hermione Granger was brilliant, but Hermione Malfoy is amazing, and he could not be more proud of his wife.
Throughout the years, they've had friendly games now and again, and Hermione had even taught Scorpius how to fly, she had felt wonderful when seeing her little boy taking off with a broom, a sense of pride, that she was the one that was able to teach someone a skill that she once never thought she'd master. Since teaching Scorpius to fly, she understood why men loved teaching their children how to fly, it was an overwhelming experience, just the feeling of seeing the boys face when he managed to lift off the ground had her heart melt. Draco of course had been upset that he wasn't there when their son first flew but Hermione promised him that he would be the one to teach Cassie, as much as she enjoyed the experience she understood that dad's loved being the teacher on flying, it was like how dad's are usually the one's to teach their kids to ride a bike, she already took that away from Draco with Scorpius which she did feel immensely guilty afterwards, she also promised if they ever had another child in future, then he would be giving the flying lessons.
" Brilliant!" Blaise says immediately understanding the plan as the others grin.
" So, seeker or chaser?" Hermione asks him, usually if they were in different teams, both Hermione and Draco would play seeker, but seeing as they were now against others, she wanted him to choose, he was always better at strategy than she was.
" I'll go chaser, seeing as they think you won't be able to fly, they won't really look out for you much, giving you the opportunity to search for the snitch and keep an eye on it" Hermione nods at his reasoning
" Theo you go keeper, I know it's normally your position Blaise, but honestly you're better at being a beater" Draco says slapping the man on the back
" I actually prefer beater, you just normally put me on keeper whenever we're in the same team" Blaise replies with a grin
" You two can take your normal positions" Draco sayings looking at the two girls who nods at him
" I'll give a signal when it's time for you to get the snitch" He says to Hermione
" How will I know the signal? What if I'm too far?" She asks
" I'll whistle, and if I'm too far I'll get one of the others to" She nods at him
" All right, let's do this" Draco says disbanding the group
Theo pulls out a wooden box that had number cards hanging on it, he pulls out his wand and charms the box.
" What are you doing? You trying to cheat?" Ron snarls at him
" It's the scoreboard Weasley, it's linked to the goal posts, I was just activating it" Theo rolls his eyes before putting his wand away
" That's some nice equipment you have" Landon says eyeing the wooden box
" Thanks, it's the best of the best" Theo smirks before turning back to his team
" DAD" They hear the three boys yell, all three men turn round to see the boys waving at them
" SMASH THEM!" The three young boys yell again with big grins on their faces
They smile back at the boys and wait for the other group to walk over, Ron being in front taking the lead.
" May the best team win" Draco says not bothering to shake on it
" We will!" Ron sneers at him
Hermione goes to speak to Aurors before heading to the pitch, they reassured her that they would be okay and Johnson had whispered to her to beat them hard, which made her laugh, Narcissa and Matalia both told her they would not let the children run off and told her to blow off steam in playing. Happy to know that the children would be safe she clears her mind for the game.
Draco could see Ron looking at him from the corner of his eye, he walks over to Hermione and pulls her in to a deep passionate kiss, feeling smug when he heard Ron growl and stomp off to the pitch.
" How's your acting skills Granger?" He whispers
" Granger is it? And my acting skills are average I'd say" Hermione replies looking up at him
" Make this your best performance" He says grinning
" What do you have in mind?" She raises an eyebrow at him
" Not much, just act like you don't know how to fly, or pretend you're scared or something" He says in whispered tones again
" My, how crafty of you" Hermione grins at her husband
" How cunning you mean" He says
" How Slytherin" She replied making him laugh
" Well I am the best Slytherin if I do say so myself" He smirks at her
" Not to boost your ego even though it's already huge, you better beat their asses, our children are watching" Hermione smiles against him as he hugs her
" Don't worry love, just make sure you play the role and catch that snitch when I whistle" He replies kissing her head
" When have you ever doubted me?" She smirks pulling away and walks ahead towards her position
" Never" He says loudly with a grin jogging up and surprising her with a peck on her cheek before running of to his position.
A light hearted chapter, don't worry there will be action soon