Chapter Three: Tell Me What You Know!

I sat on the overly stuffed couch and looked around the strange room examining everything from where I sat. There was noise in the hall and I snapped around to look at it only to see and old man opening a door and looking in as if he were looking for something or someone. There are so many doors in the freakin' place! He turned and jumped a little at my presence. I knew I didn't look very friendly; my eyes are those of a predator......wide, watchful, focused on only one thing.....to kill its prey. He gave me a friendly grandfather smile but that still didn't put me at ease. It just heightened my curiosity.

"Oh, there you are Hermione. I've been looking for you. Draco wanted me to give you this." He said advancing on me reaching into his pocket to take something out. Instinct told me to run. So I got close to doing that. I stood and got into a sort of bent position not making my self smaller though, just making it easier to run to the nearest window. He stopped noting my move to escape if he came any closer.

"He told me you'd be like this. You don't trust anyone anymore, not after what happened to you. I understand, and I'm going to tell you now that I'm not going to hurt you. But I must say Draco certainly has described you a bit differently in his letters." The old man said; I relaxed a little but not too much. I didn't know him but he knew me. Now that just freaked me out a little. He pulled out what he had in his pocket and I smiled for the first time in a while. He had a blood bank packet of blood. I took it from him and pulled on the little straw thing that was attached and drank feeling a bit better after having some blood.

"I've never seen a vampire drink blood before. Never knew they'd take blood from those blood banks either." He said sitting on the couch while I sat on the hard wood table opposite him taking small sips every so often.

"Well, I guess you don't know much about vampires then." I snapped shooting him a glare. "And it isn't as fascinating when you're the victim now is it. We just do it to survive, not for the pleasure of feeling the life drain slowly from someone. Nobody deserves to die like that." I snapped some more getting a little annoyed at the way he was watching my drink. "And no one deserves becoming a monster either." I muttered against the straw thing taking a sip as well so he wouldn't hear what I said because clearly he was fascinated by my kind. Draco walked into the room at the moment and his gaze shifted from the old man to me. He seemed uneasy about what he saw. Our eyes met and I raised an eyebrow.

"C'mon lets go. We're finished here." He said moving quickly to me pulling me up and moving to the nearest window to get away from that man as fast as possible.

"Must you go Draco? I and your friend Hermione were just about to have lovely chat. You don't want to throw that chance away now do you?" He said in a sickly sweet voice.

"No, we have to go. I know what you mean by 'chat' and I'm not going to stick around to watch anyone turn into dust. I know you don't like us, but you can't kill every vampire you see old man. Some have things to accomplish first." Draco said forcing the window open and pulling me closer. I stared at the old man then to the packet of blood and it looked different. I took in a breath but it came short, the room started to spin and my body started to shake.

"Bloody hell no!" I heard someone yell. It sounded a lot like Draco. I couldn't feel my body. OH MY GOD! I can't feel my body! I'm going to die, I'm going to die, and have I mentioned? I'm going to die! Blackness, o lovely blackness.....peace.....

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"C'mon Hermione wake up!" I heard someone yell my senses started to return and my body shook violently from whatever was in my blood. I felt grass under my body and I groaned and opened my eyes. We were outside somewhere in a clearing? I don't know.

"Oh my god Hermione you're alive." Draco said taking me up into his arms and hugging me.

"What happened?" I asked breaking away from him to sit on my own putting a hand to my head but then the world started spinning again and I fell back into his arms.

"He drugged your blood. He hates vampires but he's fascinated by them at the same time. He drugs their blood them cuts them open while they're unconscious and still alive. They never wake after that." Draco told me as I closed my eyes again. The spinning was going to make me hurl. Draco stroked my hair and it felt good to know that I'm loved by someone in this world. He leaned his head on top of mine and I heard him sigh.

"Why did we go there if it was so dangerous?" I asked moving my head to look at him he just stared back at me and didn't answer. He wants to kiss me. I can see it in his eyes. I knew he wasn't going to answer me so there was no point in pushing him to. He leaned foreword hid lips parted slightly. I couldn't pull away because in some weird way I wanted it too. He filled the gap and kissed me. It was my bliss away from my hell. It was starting to get a bit too intense and I pulled away.

"Take me home." I said trying to stand but couldn't. He helped me up, but then decided to carry me home. I don't remember having a home after we left. I don't remember having a home at all. When my parents found out that I was a vampire they kicked me out and that was 4 years ago. I started staying with Ron every summer after that. I closed my eyes trying to relax I still hadn't eaten anything and my stomach was starting to growl. Draco as well was hungry. I refused him to eat Pansy; so I guess we'll have to get something on the way home.....wherever that is. I must have dozed off because we arrived in front of a house. It looked familiar. Where have I seen it before? Oh god no! He's really taking me home!!

"Draco, why are we here? They'll kill me if they find me here!" I gasped struggling to get away. He held tight, guess he was determined to take me HOME.

"You said take me home. The hotels too far away and we're both hungry. I'll put you in bed and find a quick thing to eat for the both of us." Draco explained trying the door then using his strength to open it without breaking it. He moved quietly through the house finding my room and placing me on my stripped bed. My sheets, blankets and everything were piled neatly at the foot of the bed. Draco took a pillow and handed it to me before taking a warm blanket and throwing it over my body. He closed the door and left. I carefully looked around the room and all my things were intact, or replaced after I supposedly died in the masseur, except for the things I took when I left England. I opened my night stand and saw my diary sitting neatly in its corner of my table a thin film of dust starting to collect. I touched it then pulled it out breaking the lock then starting to read. I kept a diary from every year at my stay at Hogwarts. This one was from my sixth year.

'August 31st Dear Diary,

It's hard not being able to go back to my real home and having to go to Ron's house every summer. Ron thinks there's something wrong with me but I'll never tell him what's really wrong with me. I'm having him believe that it's hormones that's making me sleep all day and be out at all hours of the night until sunrise. Percy visited and I managed to stay up late long enough to see him for a while. He was the only one who noticed my change. I had large circles under my eyes when he left which was like almost 1 in the after noon. I was informed of his return a little after sundown when I woke from finally going up into my room locking the door and getting some sleep in. He wanted to see me alone for a moment so we talked out in the back near the far gate so no one would hear. He told me he knew, he felt bad for me but I made him think other wise after a while. I told him not to tell Ron or the others. I would tell them soon. At least I think I will. Who knows?

Hermione'

I wonder where my seventh year diary is. I know I had one. Oh damn it! I left it at Hogwarts in the side table draw!! I have to get it back some how. I stood shakily and moved slowly to the door. I opened it slowly because it creaked if it moved to fast. I walked across the hall to my parents closed door and stared at it before opening it slowly as well. All the doors creak in this god forsaken house. My parents slept peacefully cuddled together. They are still in love with each other, still kind of young in their 40's. I chocked back tears as I stood in the door way. There where lines of dried tears on my mums face. I can't believe it, she cries over me after removing me from the family four years ago. Entered the room and closed the door a little and saw my letters that I had sent them over the years all dating back about 4 years ago. Some were dated back 2 years ago. I didn't write in my stay in the states. I sighed and my mum stirred, she rubbed her eyes and started to sit up. I moved quickly and quietly to the door leaving and closing the door a little too quickly because it creaked.

"Hermione?" My mum asked hopefully as I stood against the door in my room breathing heavily tears almost at the point of falling. I heard her sigh and walk over to their bathroom and enter closing the door. I stumbled over to the bed sat on the floor leaning against it. What ever remained of my heart ached from seeing my parents. Draco opened the door carrying the body of a prostitute, probably the only thing he could find walking around at this time of night.

"I drained a little less then half of her you can have the rest. You really need something to eat." He said placing her in front of me. I stared at the body.

"She could have done more with her life then become this. She went to Hogwarts graduated a few years before we did. She was very smart, she was head girl and had no competition with the other girls got top marks in her year." I told Draco blankly staring at the girls face. She had a pretty face "It's a shame to half to eat her." I mumbled tarring my gaze away from her and looking up at Draco who gave me a look that read 'do it before I make you because you need to eat something or you'll die.' I sighed and brought the girls neck to my mouth biting down in the spot Draco had already made drinking deeply taking in her sweet tasting blood. I finished her quickly and Draco disposed of the body into the sewer system out side before returning just as the sun was rising. He climbed into my bed next to me pulling me close to him knowing that I would probably barf up the blood after he had fallen asleep. He held tight and I must have fell asleep first because as soon as my head hit the pillow it was all dark.

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"We need to get out of here." Was the first thing I told him when I opened my eyes at sundown.

"I know, but not now."

"No, you don't understand we NEED to leave NOW!"

"Why?"

"How would you feel if you were in my shoes and being in the same house as your parents knowing that your mum would not return your letters, that she cries her self to sleep every night over the fact that she thinks your dead and that she loves you too much to get over the fact that she disowned you!" I almost screamed as we stood in my room but held my voice back. "I know you may hate your family but mine loved me. I was their golden girl their little girl that they wanted to shelter from everything. And I loved them." I continued sadly looking at my door hopping to be able to see through it. But sadly I can't, no one has that power.

"Alright.....alright, we'll leave, we need to get back to Pansy anyway. She may die from lack of sex." Draco said heading towards the door and opening it.

"Thanks."

"No problem, I see your point. My mum loves me. It's her I care about." Draco told me disappearing into the hall way. I followed and we left flitting back to the hotel just before sunrise since it is pretty far from my house to Diagon Ally.

"Pansy we're home!" Draco yelled as he unlocked the door. Pansy was curled into a ball in the fatal position crying like a little baby.

"Why are you doing this to me Draco?" She asked as Draco lifted her by the wrist off the bed and held her in front of him.

"You could never have me Pansy, and you never will. Why can't you accept that?" He asked in a cruel voice that surprised me a little.

"We were betrothed Draco. I was just trying to get you to love me before we got married so we wouldn't go into marriage hating each other!" Draco was shocked by this I could tell. No one must have told him this before. He got over his shock quickly and his eyes hardened with cruelty.

"Love is for the weak. Didn't your father teach you that during his short time of being among the living as a death eater?" Draco asked making her flinch. She looked so helpless that I almost felt bad for her. Draco was probably going to kill her if I wasn't here. I told him a taste and that's what he'll get. Draco started moving forward while he was talking and climbed on top when she collapsed onto the bed since they weren't very far from it.

"But you know what Pansy? You have me now. And I just want to kiss you." Draco said with bitter sweetness. Pansy seemed to be over joyed when she heard this. Wrapping her arms around his neck pulling him closer.

"Well in that case. I'm all yours." She said in a silky voice that made me sick. Her lips puckered but he went for her neck teasing her making her think that she wanted him. "Oh, so you want to get into to it quickly eh? I can live with that." She said moaning softly at his caresses. He took aim and bit down making her scream in pain from his bite. He pulled away to look at her face her blood dripping from his lips.

"I told you I wanted to kiss you didn't I?" he said savagely going back down to her neck sucking out even more of her blood.

"That's enough Draco!" I commanded but he didn't listen. "I said that's enough!" I yelled pulling him back and tossing him into the door. "I told you a taste and that's what you're getting. You're not going to kill her." I continued firmly. He had a wild look in his eyes. He stood slowly and growled. My fangs extended and I got into a fighting position ready to fight him off. Pansy made a break for the door and got out clutching her neck slamming the door behind her. He didn't notice his eyes were on me. He lunged and I took him down flipping him and pinning him on the floor at the foot of the bed. I had his hands pinned and his head thrashed around trying to bite me some how.

"Relax Draco, relax." I commanded keeping a firm grip on his wrists. He was relaxing slowly and when he finally did he was just breathing heavily.

"Get off me." He growled glaring at me. I got off slowly and sat beside him leaning against the bed watching him. He stayed still for a moment before getting up slowly rubbing the back of his head. Quickly he grabbed my wrist and pulled me down so that we were in the same position only he was on top this time.

"Can't believe you fell for that." He said evilly.

"Oh, some one help me! I have an evil vampire who I am sire to pinning me down onto the floor." I called mockingly, but not very loud raising my eye brow at him. He grinned evilly at me lowering his head closer to mine.

"Scared of what I might do?" He asked.

"No."

"No?"

"Nope."

"Huh, really?"

"Yup."

"How?"

"I can easily get out of this situation." I said rolling my eyes at him. "I had like nine ten years of self defense training. I can easily back in this position with me on top." I explained like I was talking about the weather.

"Well now, that just turns me on right there." He said smugly. I rolled my eyes again and his head lowered again so that our lips brushed each other as we talked.

"You know what I'm going to do now don't you?"

"Of course."

"And are you going to stop me?"

"No."

"No?"

"Nope."

"Good." He said and kissed me.....Ahh pure bliss.