Her Unknown Love

I don't own Harry Potter, like many out there I wish I did but I don't . All the characters belong to one J.K. Rowling.

Chapter 7

Hermione woke up slowly, she could feel the muscles in her body tense up at the small movements. She let out a small whimper as she tried to stretch, and it only made the arm around her waist tighten. A smile broke out on her face despite the discomfort she felt. Draco had been true to his word once again and stayed with her, just one more reason to feel safe in his arms. She could have probably have slept alone, but she really had no intention of finding out if she could do it yet, she rather wake up with him holding her. Slowly prying herself from him she made her way to what she assumed was the bathroom, she noticed that once again she was in transfigured pyjamas. Once in the bathroom she avoided looking at her self, she wanted to gather herself before she saw the new her. The only thought that passed through her head was 'please don't have red hair' simply because she couldn't bear to look like a Weasley, not now anyhow.

Gathering her courage (she was a Gryffindor after all) she walked over to the mirror. She closed her eyes before standing in front of it, and took a peek, she had to stifle a scream stumbling back. Fully opening her eyes she managed to get her breathing under control, and walked over to the mirror once again. She looked at herself closely, at her first she could have sworn that Bellatrix had stood in front of her. Getting over her shock she could see the reason, her hair was just as black as Bellatrix and her hair sticking out in odd angles. That's where the similarities ended and for that she was thankful. Looking at it now she could tell that it had waves to it, of course she would have to brush it to make sure, it could be just like Harry's hair and just be wild. What captivated her the most was the color of her eyes, which were now a vivid hazel. A smile appeared in her reflection, she had always wanted a different eye color and now she had them. She was glad that she didn't have Harry's bright green eyes, since it was a special thing he shared with his mom. Actually Lilly was her mom too, she had new parents, and she couldn't for the life of her feel bad about it, after all her parents had disowned her, it was only fair that she move on.

oOoOo

Harry walked into the bedroom that Hermione and Malfoy had shared, excited to see his sister's new look. Draco had been true to his word and woken him up, letting him know that he didn't know what she looked like because she had already gone into the bathroom, and as her brother he should be the first to see the new look. Harry had to admit that he was excited to see what she would take from her new blood. He stood there watching her as she ran a brush through her hair. He liked the he black hair, although he'd assume that since he looked so like his dad, then she would look like their mom. True to popular belief Potter blood was strong, and once again it had won out. He could see that she looked a little apprehensive about her new looks, but at least not an ounce of disappointment showed. He had to admit that her new look fit her, somehow it just looked more natural on her than her old look. It was like her outer self now fit what she was on the inside. He had to admit that she looked beautiful, many of the blokes that dismissed her before would be lining up to date her, even without her new last name, title, and fortune. As long as it made her confidence grow he would welcome it, he wasn't so sure how Malfoy would take it though. Focusing once more on her he caught a glimpse of her smile and he knew he had to speak up.

"It's nice to see you smile. Does that mean that you like the new look?" Hermione had been so caught up in her reflection she'd missed Harry standing by the opened door.

"Harry you scared me!" Hermione shouted turning around.

"Sorry, but do you? Like it I mean."

Giving him a reassuring smile she nodded. "I do, especially my eyes."

Harry walked closer to her. "They're hazel, do you like them?" She simply nodded.

"That's good. I'm glad that you got black hair too, no offence to our mom but red hair would not be ideal."

"I was thinking the same thing. Um...how did you know that I was up?"

"Draco came and got me when he realized you were up. He thought that I should be the first to see you, since were siblings now."

"That was nice of him. Is he still here?"

"Yeah, he's in the room." Harry could see the she felt uneasy.

"Do you think he'll still like me, with how I look now? I mean...I thought Bellatrix was here when I first looked in the mirror."

"Yes he will, there is no doubt about it. You only changed was your looks, like a permanent Muggle makeover. Second lots of witches have black hair. You don't resemble Bellatrix, and if anyone thinks you do then they are mental. And you are still you Hermione, he..um...he likes you for who you are not your looks, that won't change."

"Thank you for calming me down."

"No problem, come let's go see him." Harry added.

"Alright, but what if he doesn't like me now." She asked as she transfigured her pyjamas to the robes she'd been wearing earlier.

"Not going to happen, go and see I promise, you have nothing to worry about." He said knowing that no matter what she looked like Malfoy would still be very much in love with her.

Walking out into the room she saw Draco sitting on the bed with his back to them, his body gave away his tense state. She guessed that it was understandable after all so much had happened already, and now her looks were changing as well. Her worry about his reaction, had been calmed by Harry's reassuring words, but the doubt was still there. She walked to his side slowly but before she could get his attention his head snapped up. She felt a second of fear, but squashed it down immediately. His face broke out into a smile, she really liked seeing this side of him, where he let his soft side come out.

Draco was almost speechless. "Wow." That was all he was able to say, and even then that took some major work on his part.

"Does that mean that you like it?" She asked shyly.

"Like it?" He said, getting some of brain to work again. "I love it, you look...beautiful...I mean you looked beautiful before but now...I don't have the words." Before he could say more she put her arms around his neck when he stood and started kissing him eagerly, not that he was complaining. His brain might have been slow at the moment, but he could feel his body was working just fine, and at the moment he needed to step away from Hermione before she felt it too.

"So...um when do we get to leave?" Harry asked, wanting them to stop them from going any further while he was in the room. She was his sister, he rather not be in the room while they snogged.

Both Hermione and Draco pulled apart knowing that they would have privacy later in their common room. Hermione was blushing madly, after all it wasn't everyday that she made out with her boyfriend in front of her brother.

"I will go find out, wait here." Draco said, glad to have an excuse to go and get his body under control. Giving Hermione one last brief kiss he excused himself and walked out.

"See, I told you the he would like you no matter what you looked like." Harry said with a smile after Malfoy had closed the door.

"Harry how are you? I mean this has to be a lot for you." She asked as she took a seat on the bed, gesturing for him to sit next to her.

"Mione I'm fine honestly. You're family now, and you know how much I've always wanted a family."

"Thank you Harry, I don't know what I would have done without you by my side. You have given me so much, and the fact that you were willing to share your parents with me is well...amazing. I hope you know that I love you and that I will always be by your side...thank you brother."

"Well I don't think I know what I could say to top that. Except that you deserve everything and more, and I love you as well. I promise that I will do everything in my power to make sure you're safe. Now, no more of this mushy stuff, come give me a hug my dear little sister."

"I'm older than you Harry." She said leaning into his arms.

"True, but you're still smaller than me, thanks to all those potions you made Madam Pomfrey give me. Your age doesn't matter to me, so you shall be known as my little sister, and as your big brother it's my right to protect you."

"You could ask the Goblins to leave you in here for two years then you would really be my big brother."

"Two years?"

"Yeah I'm a year older, plus I used the time turner in third year. That means that if you want to be older you need to be in here at least two years."

"I don't think I could go two years without seeing my little sister. Wouldn't you miss me?"

"You wouldn't be gone that long, not if you were in here, but yes I would."

"I'll think about it, now let's go see Malfoy so we can leave. Lots to do." They walked out of the room looking for Draco.

oOoOo

Draco stood where the goblin had told him to wait, he was still trying to figure out why he had reacted so strongly to Hermione. True he'd thought she was beautiful before, and now she was stunning, but he had been able to control himself until now. He knew that she was the same old Hermione, but she just looked so damn sexy and innocent at the same time. He tried thinking of disturbing things to calm down and until the image of Umbridge popped into his head he hadn't been able to stop thinking of her. Even the goblin that had come to ask if they were ready to leave hadn't put a damper on his arousal. He knew for a fact that Potter had noticed his reason for leaving, hopefully he wouldn't bring it up later. That would be more than he could handle.

'You share a bed with his sister, he should hex you' he told himself, even though he knew that Potter wouldn't. He was glad that he'd asked Hermione out before the transformation, now she wouldn't doubt that he liked her for her and not her looks. At least that's what he hoped, he would hate to lose her now. He would be lost without her, after all she'd given him a glimpse of what he could have for the rest of his life.

'Calm down.' He kept telling himself over and over until his thoughts were interrupted.

"Draco are you alright?" He spun around to see a worried look on Hermione's face.

"Yeah, I'm fine, what about you? Has your dear brother gotten on your nerves yet?" He asked Hermione but kept his eyes on Potter wanting to see his reaction. He still liked to pick on Potter even if now it was in a more playful manner, and Potter's response didn't disappoint.

"Keep it up Malfoy and I might let certain things slip." Potter replied in a calm voice, but he could see the mischief in his eyes.

Malfoy was staring holes into him, and he needed to distract him. Luckily for him a goblin came in and ushered them out. Without talking they made their way back out to Ragnok's office. It felt odd, he knew that it had only been minutes since they had last seen him, but it felt like it had been days instead. He knew that they had a lot to do and only a short time to do it in, and hopefully everything went according to plan. There was still part of him that thought everything they were doing wouldn't deter the Weasley's completely but this was still better than doing nothing. Besides how funny would it be to let everyone believe he was married to his now sister, only for it to come out later that she was actually engaged to Malfoy. He hoped that piece of information would kill some of the more prejudice families, and the would be junior death eaters still left.

They walked into the office only to see a very upset Ragnok sitting behind his desk. 'This is going to be bad' Harry thought to himself.

"Lord Potter, Lord Malfoy, Lady Potter, its good to see that you are all recovered. I should let you all know that you were out longer than we predicted, but only by seven hours, a total of 22 minutes out here. Now I know we have a lot to do so we should begin."

"Ragnok is everything alright?" Asked Harry worried that something had gone wrong with the ritual after all they had been out longer than originally thought.

"As a matter of fact it's not Lord Potter. I have gone over the vaults of those who have wronged you, and I have found something that has upset me a great deal."

"What else have they done?" Hermione asked worried.

"Dumbledore has taken some of Lord Potter's family treasures. Most importantly his late parents portraits."

Harry was stunned, Dumbledore stolen from him, and kept a piece of Harry's family away from him. To say that he was angry was an understatement, he was beyond that. He had thought that Dumbledore would realized that the Weasley's were in the wrong, but now he realized that it would never happen. Dumbledore knew exactly what he was doing, he'd gone through great lengths to keep him away from his inheritance, stolen from him, and taken a piece of his family away. That was the last straw, he would pay for everything.

"How soon can we get them back?" Harry asked with as much calm as he could muster.

"We can retrieve them after the new year. I understand that you want them soon, but if you want to keep everything under wraps you would have to wait until Dumbledore has made his regular visit to his vault. He usually stops a couple of days after new years, before school starts again.

"Make sure that they are removed as soon as that old fart steps out of Gringotts, please. I don't want them there longer than that, even if we have to move up our own timeline." Turning to his sister he asked. "Is that alright with you?"

"Of course Harry, they are my parents now too, and I would like to meet them, even if its only in a portrait. Besides along as we get everything done here today we should be good. Right?" Harry simply nodded.

"I will have them removed as soon as possible. Should I send them to your quarters at Hogwarts?" Ragnok asked making notes of everything important.

"I don't have my own quarters, I thought that only the Head students got them, and even then they had to share." He said thinking that he should really finish reading those books Ragnok had given him, it would probably help later on to know all this stuff.

"As a Lord you can ask your head of House for your own rooms, and as a Lord she can't deny you."

"In that case send them to me at Hogwarts. I will ask for them and it might come in handy to have my own rooms, especially after the "Lady Potter" news breaks." Harry noticed that Hermione and Malfoy had a smile on their faces.

"Now, I can see that Lady Potter's appearance has changed. I'm happy to let you know that everything went according to plan. Here is the paperwork" Ragnok said, handing Harry a packet of parchment. "The new birth certificate, and adoption papers, along with the notice that Gringotts performed the blood adoption ritual."

"Thank you Ragnok, for everything you have done to help us." Hermione told Ragnok.

"Its only right, Lady Potter." Hermione smiled, being called Lady Potter would take some time to get used to. "Now that the adoption is done we should move on to the betrothing contract." After a nod from all three Ragnok continued.

"Here is the contract for all three of you to look over." Ragnok handed them a copy for them to look over. Hermione as the fastest reader was the first read what Draco had done and gasped out loud.

"What's wrong Hermione?" Harry asked.

"Draco he...he is giving me Malfoy Manor." Hermione said in the calmest voice possible considering her shock.

Draco sighed he thought she would miss this until after they had signed the contract. "I signed over the Manor over to her as part of the Dowry. She can do what she wants with it. She can destroy it, renovate it, or give it away, its her choice."

"Don't worry Hermione, when the contract is revoke the Manor will go back to him."

"No Lord Potter," Ragnok said. "Lord Malfoy has given Lady potter the Manor free and clear, it won't go back to him. Its hers to do with as she wishes, after the contract is signed."

"Well that's umm...different." Harry said. "Malfoy are you sure? I mean it is your family home."

"I'm sure, my family needs a new start free of the dark past." Malfoy smiled, looking at Hermione who was still staring at the parchment in shock. "I think that I can see a brighter future already, I just need to work hard to make sure I don't lose it. The Manor should be put to good use." Harry smiled clearly understanding Malfoy. Hermione on the other hand missed much of it as she continued to stare at the parchment.

"Ummm...Draco you wont take it back will you?" She asked even though she already knew the answer.

"No, I really think that you could do good with it, more than I ever could." Draco said truthfully.

"Alright I promise to do something that will make you proud to be the former owner." Hermione already had an idea, but that would have to wait until another day. Turning her attention back top Ragnok she asked if there were any more surprises.

"As stated, if the contract is revoked then all money from the Dowry would be returned, except the Dowry from Lord Potter as that is a 'welcome to the family' gift. It will be added to the Gringotts vault that Lord Potter opened in your name."

"Alright then everything else is to my liking, especially that we have to undergo medical examination for breaking the contract for any reason. Do you have a quill so we can sign it?" Ragnok handed her the quill, she passed it to Harry who had to sign before her and Draco as her head of house and brother. After he signed it he passed it to Draco who also signed it followed by her. Their signatures magically appeared on the other copies.

"I will take the copy that you signed, and the other copies are for your own records. I need to keep the original so it can't be disputed. Congratulations Lord Malfoy and Lady Potter you are now engaged."

"I don't feel any different, do you?" She asked Draco playfully.

"Ummm...no. I have something for you." He said nervously.

"Oh? What is it?" She asked somewhat confused.

"I know we just started dating and that this in particular is part of the plan, but I wanted to give you this." Draco pulled the ring box out of his pocket and handed it to Hermione. "I know that it's too soon to ask you to marry me, but you should still have a ring even if it's only because of the plan."

Hermione opened the box, she liked the idea of getting a ring, she hadn't really expected it. The ring was magnificent, it was a snake covered in tiny black diamonds, but the most striking part were the ruby eyes. The snake looked almost real, she could have sworn that she saw a flick of a tongue.

"Do you like it?" Draco asked shyly, fully aware of that Potter was watching them with interest along with Ragnok.

"I love it really, but it's too much. Where were you able to find such a beautiful ring?"

"About that...it was in my family vault, but I made sure there is nothing on the ring that can hurt you. It belonged to a Malfoy who married a Gryffindor, granted she was a pure-blood but a Gryffindor none the less." Taking the ring out of the box he took her hand in his.

"I added some enhancements, it will protect you from minor hexes, it can't be stolen, it can warn me if you are in trouble or hurt and where you are. There is one thing though, umm...it will bite you when you put it on."

"Wait what? Why would it bite me?"

"It's a magical ring so it needs to bond with you, you're the owner after all. If someone tries to force it off, they will get a nice surprise. It shouldn't hurt but I thought it wise to warn you."

"That was a good idea, now how about you put it on my finger, after all it's your job right?" She said playfully, and she heard Harry chuckle behind her, while Draco just smiled.

"Yes it is." He said putting the ring on her finger, as soon as he did the snake came alive, well sort of it was still a diamond snake after all. It tickled her as the snake slid around her finger before sinking its little diamond fangs into her. Draco had been right it looked painful, but there was no pain. The little ruby eyes glowed before closing, making the tiny snake look like it was sleeping.

"That was different, you have to tell me more about the ring later, but now we should finish this." Draco nodded and they turned back to the goblin, both apologizing for forgetting where they were.

"No apology needed, Lady potter I wanted to ask if you wanted us to put a glamor on you until you are ready to let everyone know who you are now. It will last longer than a normal glamor charm, and can even be charmed to last until a password is said."

"I think that would be best, no need in letting everyone see me like this too soon."

"Before we do that is there anything else that would need my assistance?" They all thought about it but shook their heads not thinking of anything.

"Alright, this is your vault key Lady Potter, if it's stolen just let us know and we will find it for you, or make a new one. Your vault number and information is here." Ragnok handed her a piece of parchment. "Follow me please Lady Potter, Lord Potter, Lord Malfoy we will be right back, please don't worry I would guard her." At their nods he left followed by Hermione who gave them a shy smile.

"You can jump around now, she'll be gone for a bit." Harry said playfully.

"Shut it Potter, don't make me hex you." Harry didn't doubt that Malfoy would hex him, but he could see the smile and hear the humor in his voice.

"It's lunch, should we get something to eat and then do some quick shopping or have lunch at Grimmauld place and then let you both head off to Hogwarts. I don't want Hermione to be out to long."

"I think that we should have lunch at your house, we can shop after christmas. She should have her new robes before we start the new term. Also you should owl McGonagall, invite her over soon."

"I know where you're going with this, you want me let her know about Hermione don't you?" Draco just nodded in answer. "I should make her take an oath, no point in telling her everything only for her to let Dumbledore know."

"That is exactly what I had in mind, but you should ask her to give you your own quarters while you're at it. Don't let Mia know until you have a positive response from McGonagall."

"I'll owl her tonight. That's a real nice ring you gave Hermione, I could tell that she loved it. I don't think she expected one to begin with. Be prepared to answer all her questions about it later."

"She deserved it, and it won't mind answering, even if it takes all night."

Further conversation was stopped as Hermione walked back into the room with Ragnok. She looked like the old Hermione, the only difference was that her new ring was still clearly visible. Even though they had seen her like this for years, both Harry and Draco could agree that her new look just looked more like her. It was odd considering that this was the more real her, or it had been. Hermione took her seat once more, a smile plastered on her face.

"Alright, thank you Ragnok for everything. We should get going now, Hermione still needs to return to Hogwarts and I've yet to feed her. I know it's still lunch time but i feel like we have missed three meals."

"No problem Lord potter, I wish you all the best, and again please let me know if there is anything else that I can do for any of you." With that they said their farewells and they held on to each other and the teddy bear that Ragnok had reactivated to return them to Grimmauld Place.

oOoOo

Once they landed safely in the sitting room (harry on the floor again) they moved to the kitchen silently. All of them having something on their mind. Kreacher having been expecting them had a light lunch made for them. Throughout lunch conversation was light, never really talking about anything important. Harry gave Hermione the teddy bear that they had used as the Portkey.

"Hey sis, you alright?" Harry asked when she became quiet.

"What? Oh yeah I'm fine."

"If you say so. Now we have to return you to Hogwarts, you've been out too long already." Harry said not wanting to pry at the moment, she would let him know when she was ready. "Don't worry I'll see you Thursday night." He added when he saw her sadden a bit.

"Fine, but let me if you need anything."

"Of course." Harry nodded. "Who else would help me?"

After several hugs, and promised that he would send kreacher if he needed her she was ready to leave. Draco apparated them to the same spot from earlier that morning, although to her it felt like the day before.

"Go straight to the Common room, I have to go in through the front."

"Draco thank you for everything."

"I would do everything I could to help you, Hermione you mean a lot to me. I know that we just became boyfriend and girlfriend, and technically engaged but I would have helped Harry from the background if I had too."

"You called him Harry not Potter." Draco swore, how had he slipped up. "I did, just don't tell him, he wont let it go if he knew, besides it was just a slip up, nothing more."

"Sure." She kissed him before taking out harry's invisibility cloak, throwing it over herself she gave Draco another kiss. "You know when we were kissing after you saw me this morning in the time chamber, I felt your...reaction." She told a now stunned Draco. "Oh and I can feel it every morning too." She added and quickly covering her head with the cloak and walking back to the common room the same way she had left that morning.

oOoOo

It took Draco a few minutes to recover, and he made his way to the common room as fast as he could. Making his way inside the castle he ignored the few Professors that he saw on his way in, not that he would have stopped either way. Once inside the common room he saw her sitting in front of the fire reading her new edition of Hogwarts: A History. Before he could make his way over to her a tapping on the window caught his attention. Opening the window allowing the owl in he quickly shut it letting the owl enjoy the warmth from the fire. After taking the letter he sat down to read it.

"Fucking hell."

"Language Draco, what's wrong?" She asked when she saw his face. Walking over to him she took the letter he was handing her.

The letter was written in what she assumed was a hurry as the writing was sloppy but what was worse was that it had a small smear of blood on it. "Who is it from?"

"I have to go, I need to help."

"Calm down Draco." But she knew that at the moment Draco wasn't listening to anything, he was working out a way to help out who ever was in trouble. She could only assume that it was a Slytherin.

"Draco stop, call Kreacher, he might be able to get you out of here. Harry might even be able to help.

"Good idea. Kreacher!" With a pop Kreacher popped in.

"How can Kreacher help?"

"Can you get me to Grimmauld Place, even with the Hogwarts wards?"

"Kreacher can try."

"Mia I will be back don't worry I will be safe, and so will Harry."

"I know, I'll be here if you need me." She gave him a kiss. "For luck, and so that you'll come back for more."

"Always. Kreacher you can try now." He said taking the elf's hand. With a louder than normal pop they disappeared.

Hermione tried to sit and read but her worry kept her from concentrating.

oOoOo

Harry was in the sitting room reading the book that Ragnok had given him when Kreacher appeared with Draco. Seeing his face he went into worried mode. "What happened? Where is Hermione? Is she hurt?"

"No she is fine, but I need your help. Here read this."

Draco

I need help. I have no one else, please I beg you.

I'm in Muggle London, I don't know how long I can hide.

I'm in Kyoto.

"Draco who is this from? They said Muggle London, but they mention Kyoto, that's in Japan."

"It's Pansy, and no she's in London. She's in the Kyoto Gardens, it's near Hyde Park. We went there once, got in trouble but it was worth it."

"Are you going to help?"

"Yes, she wouldn't have owled me unless she was in real trouble."

"Can we apparate?"

"Yes, are you coming with me? I...thank you, come on I'll side apparate, I could use the help."

"I'm ready." Harry said after getting his coat on.

Draco apparated them to Kyoto Gardens, behind some trees as to not be seen if any Muggles were around. They saw her right away sitting in one of the benches, she was the only one there. They drew their wands and walked over to her, she only had a jumper on and the snow was freely falling she was probably freezing but she was unmoving. They noticed that as soon as she saw them she wanted to run away but recognize Draco and stayed sitting. Not wasting anytime Draco took a hold of her hand, looking at him silently asking for permission to take her to Grimmauld Place. After a quick nod Draco finally spoke to her, although she still seemed to be looking past him.

"We are going to apparate, I'm here to help like you asked, stand up." Neither him or Draco mention the great difficulty in which she stood or the pain that reflected in her face.

Once they arrive back at Grimmauld Place Draco started asking her question after question. No sooner had she sat down, and was about to answer him when she passed out. Deciding to move her to a room and ask what happened later he started to move her. No sooner had Draco bent down to pick her up than a glamour charm she had on herself faded. They both stood back as the reason for the pain in her face earlier became visible.

"Dammit."

"Bloody hell who would do this to her?" Harry was surprise that someone went to such an extreme to hurt her, her face was swollen and bloody.

"I don't know but whoever did this really wanted to hurt her"

"Kreacher!" Harry called out.

"Master needs something?"

"Bring me everything we would need to heal Miss Parkinson please, and hurry." Harry said realizing that she needed to be healed. "I'm not that good at this but we can't take her to St. Mungo's, and Pomfrey is also out of the question."

"It's better than nothing, give it your best shot." Harry then began to perform a diagnostic spell just like Pomfrey had shown him. As soon as he knew what was wrong with her he paled.

"How bad?" Draco asked."

"Several broken bones, lots of bruising, several cuts, it can all be healed. The thing that worries me is that some of these injuries are on top of other injuries that are already days old. Whoever did this, well she is lucky she got away when she did. Thank Merlin there are no signs of sexual assault, that I wouldn't be able to help with." Kreacher had already popped back into the room with several potions. "Thank you Kreacher make sure a room is ready for her along with a bath, also ask Winky to come and help but she must keep it a secret."

"Yes master." With that Kreacher popped away.

"What are you going to give her?"

"First Skele Gro, then a dreamless sleep potion, so she won't feel the pain. I'll have Winky give her a bath and put a healing salve on her, and I'll heal the cuts in a minute." He said as he started healing all the cuts he could see. He also gave her the potions. Once he was finished Winky popped in, and after telling her what to do she popped away with Pansy to bathe her and settle her into bed.

"You might as well go home she won't wake up tonight, not fully anyhow, besides knowing Hermione she'll be waiting up for you."

"Alright, but if anything happens let me know. Thank you for this, I know this isn't something you have to help with. Although I doubt it, if they look for her no one will ever guess that she's with you."

"True, now go we'll figure this out tomorrow. It's been a long day."

"Do you mind if Kreacher takes me back? Did you know that he can take us out of Hogwarts? Now I just have to see if he can put me back."

"I didn't, but now I know. Kreacher!" Harry called out.

"Master called?" Kreacher asked.

"Take Lord Malfoy back to his quarters please."

"As you wish Master." Taking Draco's hand Kreacher popped them away.

"This has been a long day." Harry said to himself. Getting a glass he filled it with Firewhiskey, and knowing his luck his night might get worse.

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Hermione had sat around waiting for Draco to come back until she was due for dinner in the Great Hall. She really didn't want to go but it wasn't an option to her at the moment, since she had basically promised Professor McGonagall she would be there. She sat through dinner with a book since she didn't want to be bothered with idle talk, her nerves were to high to be able to sit through that. No sooner was dinner over before she rushed back to her common room. As soon as the painting opened she could tell that Draco was back. She saw him laying down on the big sofa near the fire. Gently shaking him awake she had to levitate him off to bed, only allowing him to strip down to his boxers instead of his usual pyjamas. The room was warmer than usual, and with her in bed he would be plenty warm. At least that was her reasoning for not waking him enough to change, she also had the feeling that he only really slept in pyjamas because of her. Even with all the rest they had, she still felt tired and she could guess that he was worse off than her, as he was a somewhat a light sleeper and he hadn't really stir. Deciding to be bold she striped down to her knickers and bra, it was only fair that they slept the same. Right?

Getting into bed she snuggled into him, only to feel him wrap himself around her. 'Oh yeah, I definitely like sleeping like this' She thought to herself. "Mine." She heard Draco mumbled and instead of feeling like a possession she felt wanted, especially when he pulled her closer to himself. She fell asleep with the thought that not only was she Draco's, but he was her's too, and it didn't matter how little time it had been since her attack, she was falling for him and fast.

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Far away in a home known as the Burrow the red-headed boy was desperately trying to become aroused. It was no use, no matter what he tried he was having no luck, and he was too busy trying to fix his problem that he failed to notice that do to all his heavy thinking he was now completely bald. Not a single hair resided on his head, it was due to all his hard thinking that was making the spell stronger. Of course he didn't know that. Across the hall his red-headed sister was busy making a list of all the things she would have her future husband (a certain green-eye boy) to 'gift' her. She had everything on the list from the obvious jewelry to just plain gold, and his key to his vault. Neither knew that the tide had turn and there was no way they would get what they wanted, at least not anymore.

Their mother was in her bed dreaming of all the tea parties she could throw, in the new house that green-eye boy would buy her. She would invite those people who used to look down on her, except now she was going to be the one to look down on them. Like her children she had taken what wasn't hers to take and she would end up paying the price.

I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter.

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