Dark Flower

Chapter 1

Hermione POV

I walked into the infirmary after the war was finally over to see the Weasleys huddled and crying around a body. Wondering who it is, I walked over to see Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks. As I felt the sobs and pain coming Mrs. Weasley noticed me and gave me a big hug. Then the rest of the Weasley family including Fleur followed suit. "I'm sorry for your loss Mr. and Mrs. Weasley."

Mrs. Weasley in tears, "There, there child he's in a better place. Now are you okay."

I croaked out a meaningless, "yes." Just to be hugged and kissed furiously by Ron. But sadly I didn't feel anything. Not like when we normally kissed. Maybe it's all the stress coming up on me with everything that has happened.

Ron slowly pulled me out of the infirmary and into one of the empty classrooms. His lips met mine before I could even question it. His hands slowed crawled up my blouse as he tried to grope my breast. Feeling awkward I pushed him off of me, making him hit the desk opposite of me. "What the hell Hermione!"

I looked into his eyes utterly pissed off. "What the hell are you doing Ronald?"

He looked perplexed as he answered, "Trying to show my girlfriend that I care and I was hoping we could finally move on to the next step."

I watched as his eyes grew angrier, which made me even more furious "I am not ready for the next step and just because you are doesn't make it okay. I know that you just lost your brother but I am not going to give you my first time just because you want some comfort."

I winced at the pain as Ron pushed me against the wall, "DON'T YOU DARE BRING FRED INTO THIS!"

I was frighten and a little scared by his tone. He's never purposely hurt me like this, "Look I miss Fred too but I'm not going to sleep with you and that's final!" I pushed him off and walked to the door, but before I walked out I turned around to say one simple thing, "Were over Ron."

I watched as his face contorted from furious to extreme shock, then sadness, and finally to extreme rage, "Fine you fucking whore. I don't need you. I could easily get any girl here to sleep with one of the Golden Trio."

As those words sunk in I finally realized how repulsive the thought of being with him was and glad that I never allowed him to go further. "You know Ron I'm glad I never slept with you. Your repulsive and not worth my time. Goodbye Ronald."

My anger filled rage fueled me into a desperate run from him while hearing his saddened words, "Wait Hermione." I made my way out of the castle and to the Forbidden Forest. Knowing full well I shouldn't I ran straight into the forest. I sprinted for nearly half an hour blowing off steam until I came across a young girl in a black corset and dress. I wondered what a young girl was doing in the middle of the Forbidden forest.

I kneeled down to take a better look at her. Her face was gorgeous, her black hair caressing her smooth light skin. Immediately I knew I had a crush on this maybe seventeen year old girl, must be an affect from breaking up with Ron. I slowly checked her body to not find any damage along her smooth skin. Not finding anything wrong I knew I had to get her back to Hogwarts.

"Wingardium Leviosa" her body slowly raised with the spell, "now let's get you back to Hogwarts." I didn't realize how far I ran as I made my way back. I started having doubts in my direction after an hour past, but when I saw the smoke rising from above the trees and I knew I was going in the right direction. Nobody really paid attention to me as I brought the girl into the infirmary. Madam Pomfrey immediately made her way over to check on the girl.

Her skilled hands slowly prodded every inch of her body before doing a diagnostic scan of her internal organs. "The girl is fine but there is something odd about her cells. There is a huge amount of magic contained in each one that is slowly dissipating while piecing them together like its healing her. I don't know why but this magic isn't hers."

I looked at her incredulously, "what do you mean it isn't hers?"

She looked at me in confusion realizing she was talking aloud, "I don't know, but I do know I have never seen this girl before, and I'm pretty sure I know most of the children that attend Hogwarts."

"Thank you Madam Pomfrey." She looked at me again and then made her leave. I looked back down with one simple thought, who are you?

I was sitting in the chair next to her reading a book I got out of my bottomless bag, when I looked up to see a infuriated yet sad Ronald Weasley walking towards me. "Hermione I've been looking everywhere for you."

I looked at him with a hint of outrage with his formal talking like what happened only two hours ago was nothing big. "What do you want Ronald?"

He looked at me like he already knew that response was coming, "I'm sorry about how I acted earlier, I know it was wrong to try and force you into it. It's just I took my brother's death so hard that I didn't know what to do."

"So you try and rape your girlfriend."

He looked at me like I just bit him, "I did not try to rape you. I thought you would have been ready to take the next step of our relationship."

This made me curious, "Why would you think that? Also we are no longer in a relationship."

"I thought you would need some comfort just like me after all that has happened in the past twenty-four hours. I was also hoping we could put that incident behind us and get back together."

Now I was pissed, "what makes you think I want to get back into a relationship with you, especially after you purposely hurt me?"

He looked stunned by my words, "I didn't mean to push you."

"That doesn't change the fact that you did Ronald."

Anger started showing back on his face, "Hey at least I'm trying to fix this relationship instead of sitting next to some girl that I never met." I was too stunned to speak, "so who is she?"

"I don't know who she is Ronald. I found her in the Forbidden Forest. Now there is no way were going to rekindle our relationship so please leave."

His face became so furious I thought he was going to swing at me, "Merlin Hermione I'm trying to apologize here and you're just blowing me off. Fuck you I don't think there is anyway were going to work out unless you start trying like I am to fix this mess."

I felt like my brain was steaming before I answered, "screw you Ron, I don't want to work out this crappy relationship that I remind you that you have left me over a dozen times because of stupid arguments you started. Don't get me started on how much I've worked to keep our relationship stable. Now screw off before I hex you."

His eyes still held extreme rage but the shock was clear on his stupid face, "fine screw you too Hermione." He walked away immediately afterwards. As soon as he was out of site I started crying like a two year old. After a couple minutes of hard crying I slowly started gasping for air from the stress. It took me a whole ten minutes to fully calm down. I looked back at the peaceful face of the girl next to me and hoped she would wake up soon. I went back to reading after a couple of minutes, wondering what I was going to do about Ron.

After an hour or so I heard McGonagall's voice. "How are the patients Poppy."

I looked across the room as Madam Pomfrey replied, "They are not doing so well, we also have a patient that I don't know." She pointed at me, "Hermione found a young girl out in the Forest and she has someone else's magic coursing through her cells."

They both made their way over, "Hermione."

A smile came across my face, "professor."

The next thing I knew she looked at the girl in extreme shock. Pomfrey, "is something wrong Minerva."

Her shocked lips slowly started to move, "that's, that's, Bellatrix Lestrange." A gasp came from both me and Pomfrey, "but how is it possible? She looks like she did in her last year at Hogwarts." I looked at the headmistress in shock, this beautiful young woman was the same woman that tortured and killed dozens of people, the same person that tortured me till I couldn't walk straight. How is this possible?

Pomfrey, "that explains why there is someone else's magic within her cells. Those cells must be repairing her to whatever age she is."

I still couldn't talk so McGonagall spoke first, "she looks seventeen or eighteen, Hermione can you check her arm for the dark mark" I pulled down both of her gloves and saw no mark on either arm. I looked back at the two women with inquiries thoughts, "it looks like whatever happen deaged her before she became a Death Eater."

After the talk I volunteered to stay and watch her. Soon after that the rumor spread that Bellatrix Lestrange had deaged and was in the infirmary. Dean Thomas was the first to come barging in, "that bitch needs to die Hermione."

"No Dean, now leave before I make you."

"Make me leave, that bitch tortured you, killed students, and almost killed Ginny. I will kill her right now, so move aside."

I didn't know why but I felt protective of her so it didn't come as a shock when I said, "Petrificus Totalus." He dropped like a rock. I then had Madam Pomfrey remove him from the infirmary. This happen multiple times and I stopped it every time. Soon the least likely of people showed up, Pansy Parkinson.

She had a huge smirk/grin on her face, "Hello Granger."

I looked at her obviously annoyed, "What do you want Parkinson?"

Her smirk/grin grew larger if that was possible, "I came to check on my future aunt, who by the way looks stunning at her young age."

I looked at her with mixed emotions, "future aunt, what do you mean?"

She looked at me incredulously and happy at the same time, "isn't it obvious, me and Draco are getting married soon."

"Married but you aren't even out of school yet."

"Oh grow up Granger, it's a sure thing because I'm pregnant with his kid, also we planned on it anyways don't matter how this war turned out."

I looked at her in shock, "Your pregnant, how far are you."

She looked at me proud, "four months, but it sucks that my belly is starting to bubble."

"I guess so, well congratulations Parkinson."

She looked at me with disbelief, "That's all. I thought I was going to get a lecture on underage sex."

The sex comment defiantly made me blush, "I don't judge that way Parkinson and I know you are extremely happy with a child on the way with your biggest crush that everybody in Hogwarts knows you have. So of course I'm going to say congratulations."

She looked at me with glee, "thank you than, WOW talking to my mortal enemy about my pregnancy."

I looked hopeful into her eyes that were filled with joy, "I know right."

Her eyes slowly changed to guilt, "I want you to know I didn't really want to give Harry to You Know Who, but I was so worried that I might get my baby killed that I wasn't thinking properly." Her eyes started to tear up and then she broke into mind numbing sobs. I stood and hugged her giving reassurances that I knew she was doing the right thing for her and her baby.

As she slowly calmed down I asked her a simple question, "do you want to sit down." I didn't know that simple question would have her crying like her puppy just died. I held her for almost ten minutes as she settled down.

She took a seat on the bed next to my chair and the bed that Bellatrix was on. "Thank you Granger for being so nice to me after all the things I've done."

I looked at her with no grudges anywhere in my thoughts. After all I was never one to hold a grudge, "truthfully I'm glad we had this talk. I'm glad that when we graduate we won't be at each other throats." I saw her sobs coming again and sighed, "Please don't cry again Pansy." Her sobs were broken just as shock crossed both of our face with the use of her first name.

In my shocked stated Pansy was the first to say something, "thank you H-Her-Hermione, for hearing me out, and sorry about the crying, my pregnancy has my emotions in a twist." I watched as she began to stand on shaky legs.

I put my hand on her right shoulder to make her sit back down, "you're shaking Pansy. Just lie down and rest for now, you can go after that and I promise I won't bug you while you're resting, okay."

"Okay." She lied down and in a few seconds was fast asleep. I looked at her in awe as the thoughts of our conversation; yes conversation that ran through my head. I liked this new side of her, maybe we could actually be friends.

Two hours later Mrs. Weasley came in the infirmary with the angriest face I have ever seen on her features. I held up my hand before her rant started, "Pansy is sleeping Mrs. Weasley, so whatever you got to say please keep your voice down."

She looked next to me to see the young girl sleeping and slowly let the steaming anger out of her face so she wouldn't yell. "I have two things to say to you. One do you know that that bitch Bellatrix Lestrange tried to kill my daughter and the fact that I thought I already killed her."

"WHAT?" I saw pansy jerk awake from the corner of my eye when I screamed.

She completely ignores me and continues, "And two what did you do to my Ronald?"