AN: I AM SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN LIKE, FOREVER! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! MY BROTHER IS HAVING TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS MENTAL PROBLEMS SO I HAVE BEEN HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME. MY MOM'S GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, AND I DON'T HAVE A DAD THAT LIVES WITH ME. SORRY AGAIN. Here's the new chapter!

Chapter 12:

The beach had been fun. Of course, Hermione and Draco ended up sharing a bed and Brielle got her own. It was a fun time for both. Hough Hermione kept having the same problems over and over again.

No matter what she did, she kept hearing voices in her head. The same song playing over and over again. Once they got back, Draco was going to watch Brielle, and Hermione was going to visit Dumbledore.

"But mommy!" Brielle whined, as Draco was trying to keep her from running to Hermione. "I want to go with you!" Tears formed at the corner of her eyes as she looked at her mother.

Hermione didn't fall for it though. She put her hands on her hips and sternly looked at her daughter. "Brielle, I already told you, you can't come with me. You have to wait until you're accepted to see Hogwarts.'

Brielle pouted and stopped fussing. "But I want to see it now! I've read all about it in Hogwarts: A History! Please please please! Can't I come with you!?" She hugged her mothers leg as she pleaded to her.

Hermione laughed at the look on Dracos face. "No, Brielle. I want it to be a surprise for you when you go to school. Now you're going to play here with Draco until mommy gets back." She patted the little girls head and said goodbye.

The next second, Hermione had apparated to Dumbledores apartment door in Hogwarts. She hesitated a few seconds before knocking three times on the door. A shuffling of feet came closer and closer to the door only to be opened by Professor Dumbledore.

He smiled genuinely at Hermione and welcomed her in. "I was expecting you, Miss. Granger." He led her to purple sitting room that was decorated with eggplant purple furniture.

"You were?" She asked suspiciously. Wondering if he had been reading her mind. She took a seat on the couch parallel to the armchair Dumbledore had sat in. "I have my ways of knowing things, Miss. Granger." He put his hands up and motioned to nothing.

"Tea and cookies? I have a feeling you're here for more then a little visit to say hello." Hermione nodded and noticed a beautiful tray with tea and decoratively placed cookies place themselves on the table in front of them.

"Thank you very much." She picked up her tea and sipped it before holding it in her lap. "I did come here to ask you something." Her smile faded from her face and she looked quizzically at the older man.

"For a few days now, I, I've been hearing voices." She said quietly. "They keep singing to me. Something I've never heard before." Her eyes pleaded for Dumbledore to give her any possible answer to her dire problems.

Dumbledores face suddenly grew very stern as his eyes fixed on hers. It appeared to Hermione like he was thinking, or caught in some sort of trance. All she knew was that she didn't like it. It was starting to creep her out.

"Where were you when it started?" He asked, voice low and eyes darker. "Well…It started the day…I saw Draco in Diagon Alley…Hmm…." She thought for a second. 'Of course! The statue!' Her eyes grew wide.

"It started at this statue I saw with Draco and Brielle!" Dumbledore looked alarmed. Hermione continued though, wanting to get all her cards down on the table. "The statue was a woman cloaked in a cape and old fashioned clothes. And in her hand, was a necklace."

Hermiones hands went to her neck and touched the cold pendant she hadn't been able to take off. "This…necklace…to be exact." She pointed at it.

"My dear Hermione," He smiled, "This necklace was once owned by a beautiful woman who had lost her love to great war." He smiled at her and ate one of the cookies from the platter.

He took his time enjoying it then continued. "She was so grieved from hearing her love was dead, that she cursed that very necklace so that whoever touched it, would wear it until they found and accepted their true love."

Hermione stared at him, mouth gapping. Dumbledore chuckled and watched her for a second. "Though I have heard the same statue where you found the necklace, was the last place she stood before, she disappeared." He sipped at his tea and ate a few more cookies while he let Hermione soak in all this information.

"Wait, so your saying, the statue I saw, was really the same women the necklace belongs too!" Hermione had no idea why someone would want to turn themselves to stone just to be with the one they love.

"Ah, that is exactly what I am saying my dear Hermione." The grandfather clock chimed loudly from the hall. Dumbledore stood up and the tea and cookies disappeared. "Well, I believe it is time for me to leave. I have a meeting with Harry in a few minutes. Come, I'll lead you to the door."

He showed them out, and before Hermione turned to apparate, Dumbledore put his hand on her shoulder. "It'll all be okay Hermione. Everything will turn out the way it is supposed to." He smiled and went back inside shutting the door behind him.

Hermione looked at the necklace around her neck, and sighed. 'I guess this mystery is for me to solve on my own.' She apparated back to her house with a silent pop. Then the whole hallway went back to being utterly silent.

It was well past Brielles bedtime by the time Hermione walked though the front door. Barely any of the lights were on except for the one in the living room, which she noticed right away. She tiptoed in quietly after taking her shoes off and setting them by the stairs.

Silently she walked into the living room and couldn't believe what met her eyes. Draco was asleep on the couch. Brielle sleeping with her head on his chest, a book sitting in her lap. Draco's chin rested sideways against Brielles chin. A small smile on his face. They looked so peaceful.

She smiled and walked over to the pair. She poked Draco in the head. He didn't move. She poked him harder. His head moved to the other side. Hermione giggled a little before blowing softly in his face.

He made a funny face and slowly opened his eyes to see Hermione was home. "Hermione?" He sat up more but felt a heavy weight on his chest. He looked down and saw the top of Brielles head. "I guess we fell asleep while reading." He didn't move. Not wanting to wake the angel in his laps.

"Here let me take her." Hermione bent down and picked Brielle up. She whined in her sleep and layed her head back down on Hermiones shoulder. "I'll be right back ok." Hermione whispered to Draco and walked quietly up the stairs.

Draco just sat there for a few minutes, while slowly nodding back to sleep. Hermione came back downstairs and saw Draco was still on the couch. "Asleep again." She said. 'Brielle must have really worn him out today.'

She sat down beside him and watched him sleep. He looked like an angel. Hair tousled in his face a little, his chest moving up and down in a slow rhythm.

She reached out to touch his face, then suddenly, her hair started whipping around her face and her eyes rolling in the back of her head. She got up and sat on Dracos lap, waking him instantly.

"Hermione, are you okay?" He asked, meanwhile Hermiones hands had found themselves under his shirt, going further and further up. She smiled devilishly and leaned in starting to kiss his neck.

Draco blushed and tried to push her away. "Her…Hermione! Come to your senses!" He was suddenly taken hold of and felt a pair of sweet lips against his. His eyes widened. 'This isn't the real Hermione.' He thought. 'She must be under some sort of spell…'

Then, he too, was gone from his senses as his body willed itself to follow Hermione persuasions. He kissed her back fiercely and moved his hands to her waist, gripping them tightly. Not wanting to let go. "I knew you would come for me." Hermione new voice echoed through the room as a blinding light grew around her.

Draco's new form smiled back fondly. "You know I can never leave you behind. I love you too much." They kissed again, but more tenderly.

"I have to go now," He stated matter of factly, "God calls to me now, he has work for me." He kissed her neck and leaned against the couch. "Fairwell, my only love." The light around Draco disappeared and he was unconscious. Hermiones light faded too, and she quickly fell into the holds of darkness against Dracos warm body.

AN: There's the new chapter! I look forward to the reviews! I also expect the some people will be somewhat mad at me for taking so long to up-date, but I just need your advice people!