UNEXPECTED SURPRISES
Summary: It's the summer before the trio's sixth year at Hogwarts, and Hermione receives some unexpected news. How will Harry and Ron react when they learn what it is, and how will they deal with what their best friend has become?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
CHAPTER 5
TRUCES WITH DRACO AND SHOPPING WITH NARCISSA
After Mum left, Mr. Malfoy left the room, muttering something about a marriage contract. That's right, I had forgotten. I was supposed to marry Mal-Ferret, who was just glaring at me like I was some particuarly nasty rodent he had caught in his house. Mrs. Malfoy was smiling at me with glazed over eyes. Probably imagining all the things she could buy me that would look hideous, I thought.
"--oh, and then it has to have a full skirt--" She was rambling incessantly. I had to cut in.
"Mrs. Malfoy--"
"Narcissa, darling, call me Narcissa."
"All right, Narcissa," I said slowly, "can we not discuss this now? I'm tired and I want to go get some sleep."
"All right, darling, we'll talk about it in the morning. Draco, Mia will be sleeping in the room next to yours. Show her where it is," she said quietly, then swept out of the room. Now Mal-Ferret and I were just glaring at each other.
I sighed. We were going to have to get along eventually. "Look, I know we hate each other," I began.
"More like loathe," he spat. "You're still a Mudblood to me."
"Yeah, well, you're still Ferret Boy to me," I shot back. "Let's just try to get along around our parents though, all right?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he muttered, but I think he saw the wisdom of my words. He started walking away, leaving me in the room. Then he turned around and said snobbishly, "Well, are you interested in finding your room or would you prefer to sleep in the living room?"
Actually, I would have preferred to sleep in the living room. I think Mrs. Malfoy would have had a fit, though. I sighed and followed him.
This house was fucking huge! I'm sorry, but that's really the only way to describe it. There was hallways off of hallways and every room seemed to have its own wing. We had to go up three flights of stairs, go down three different hallways, then go into a library, go through that, go into another hallway, and go through the last door on the right into another hallway that was where Ferret Boy slept. He opened the first door on the left and said, "Pansy usually stays here. Feel free to redecorate. I don't know how she stands it." He went across the hall, opened the door that was located there, turned around, and said, "I guess we will have to call a truce, Mia." He then went into the room and slammed the door.
I watched him go into his room and went to go into my own. I got in there and almost puked. It was Pepto Bismol pink with all kinds of ruffles, bows, and lace. There was also pictures of Draco all over the room and most of them had lipstick marks on them. It was completely disgusting. I waved my wand and the pictures all disappeared. Well, it's a start, I thought grimly. I waved my wand again and changed the pink walls to black with a silver wash over it. The curtains became silver and black, and the bed (which had only been a twin) became a double covered in a black, silver, and deep red duvet with a sword on it. I added some swords hanging on the wall as decoration.
I stood back. It was almost as good as my room with the Granger's, I mused. That room had been a deep purple, almost black color. The furniture was all black lacquer and the only bright thing in that room had been the bed. It was completely covered in silver and lavendar. I'm usually not a lavendar kind of girl, but there was barely any of it. I couldn't have any swords, so this was better than I could have expected. I decided to change anything that I didn't like in the morning and went to bed.
I was running through a forest wearing a red silk dress and heels. I was trying to escape someone, someone who wished me harm. I knew they didn't want me to follow my destiny, but I have no choice. I ran into someone and screamed. He grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me, saying, "Mia, it's Drake. Calm down. It's OK, love, I'm here."
I shot up, gasping for breath. I looked around and saw the sun hadn't even risen yet. All the lights were off and there was no one in the room. I forced myself to take slow, even breaths. "It had all been a dream," I said quietly. It wasn't real, but it sure in the hell fucking felt like it, that's for sure. I knew that it would be impossible for me to get back to sleep, so I got up. I went through my usual routine, and after my shower, I went to the closet for my usual clothes. I opened it and only found frilly, poofy, nasty ass skank dresses. All my clothes from Hot Topic were completely gone. I was pissed beyond belief. The only things I was really comfortable wearing was my Tripps and my T-shirts. I started getting pissed, then decided I could go to the mall later and buy some more. For now, I just Transfigured all the dresses into Tripps and T-shirts, and all the heels lying in the bottom of the closet into tennis shoes. I got changed and sat in the window. It's really dangerous, but I've done it since I was five. I would always sit there and try to figure out whatever problem I had at that moment.
Someone knocked on my door and I was getting out of the window when Narcissa walked in. "Did you find everything you needed, dear?" she asked gently.
"Everything except for my clothes."
"You can't wear those anymore."
"Why not?" I know, I was being childish about it. Hey, if your favorite clothes disappeared and you got told you couldn't wear them anymore, you'd act childish too.
"They don't befit a Pureblood of your station, luv. Now, show me what gorgeous dress you've chosen for today."
I turned around and smirked. "Don't tell me what to wear, Narcissa. I've dressed this way for years, just never at Hogwarts. I don't intend on stopping now, and I do intend on going to get clothes to replace the ones that were destroyed." I stared at her until she sighed.
"I can't control you, this is true. However, you will not wear those clothes to the Masquerade Ball we have planned for you. You will be in a full length dress; you will not complain. I despise those clothes. You look like a boy! We will, however, while shopping for your dress, go to whatever shop you got those...things...from and you may replace half of them."
I decided at that moment I would keep only one dress for this ball and the rest would be Tranfigured into clothes I wanted. She couldn't stop me, the only thing she could do would be to change them back, but I put a charm on them to make them resistant to any spell not cast by myself. I smiled and said quietly, "But half of them, Narcissa, would quite possibly cost around $50,000; they are very expensive."
"All right," she sighed. We just hung around the Manor for the rest of the day. Mum never did show up.
A few weeks, later, she came to get me. "Luv, let's go get breakfast. I've finally got the credit cards from Lucius. We can go shopping today. I don't anticipate this tirp lasting any longer than three hours."
I followed after her. I knew this would take all day. She doesn't even realize how long I could spend in Hot Topic before I even got bored. She had given me one of the credit cards and told me to get as much as I wanted once we got there. We had to take the limo, because we were going to a Muggle mall. Narcissa wasn't happy about that, but it definitely guaranteed I would be in my element, as long as I hit Hot Topic. I didn't care much about the dress for the ball, I just wanted to hit my store. She went to Abercrombie, Maurice's, and Vanity while I was shopping. I ended up spending about $750 on clothes, $374 on shoes, and $589 on accessories. Ah, well, at least next time I can use those discount cards, I thought.
We met up at the fountain in the middle of the mall a few hours later. "How much did you charge, luv?" she asked, not even realizing what a mistake she made giving me that credit card. I had spent about three hours in there, buying everything I wanted and had spent almost $2,000. I gave her the receipt and saw her face pale. She sighed and said, "Well, Lucius can't get mad at you, because I spent almost $20,000 in those three stores for Draco, Lucius, and myself. I also went into that store that you love so much and got Draco some items from there too. Both cards are linked to the same account, so we both have to account for it and give him the receipts."
"All right, Narcissa," I said quietly. Shopping takes a lot out of me. I was tired and wanted to go home and sleep for a few hours.
"Let's go find a dress for you for the Masquerade, dear." I sighed and followed her.
Three hours later, we were in the limo heading for one of the best Wizarding designers. Narcissa could not find anything in the mall that she thought suitable for me for the Masquerade, so we were having it custom designed. "Darling, you will love Jas, he's absolutely superb," she cooed.
"I don't care, as long as I don't look like I belong there," I snapped back. I hated blending into the crowd and always wanted to be as unique as possible.
We got to the studio and I met Jas. He asked me what I wanted. I told him, "Nothing that looks like it belongs at a Pureblood party. What about having it ripped and have an insert in it?" Narcissa looked horrified and Jas looked thoughtful. He waved his wand in the air and a silhouette of a strapless A-line dress appeared.
"Create it how you think it should be, darling," he said quietly.
I had the color be black, and the insert I wanted, which went all the way up to the hip, was silver. Everywhere the dress had been slashed, there was silver underneath. I created black gloves that went to my elbows to go with it, and the mask was silver with black feathers and jewels on it.
I stood back and looked at both Jas and Narcissa. They were both speechless about it. I got worried. What if Narcissa wouldn't allow me to wear it? "Do you like it?" I asked tentatively.
"Mia, it's absolutely gorgeous," Narcissa sighed. "We've been shopping all day, darling, we should go home. Jas, have that dress completed in two weeks, and we'll double your usual fee."
"Yes, Madame Malfoy," he said humbly. He escorted us to the car and watched us pull out. We went home and I went straight to bed. I had gotten up way to early for about six hours of shopping. I turned on the radio and fell right asleep.
FINALLY! Another chapter's done! This chapter took two weeks, and it's actually kinda crappy in my opinion. Well, review. It makes me happy, and when I'm happy, I write more! When I have the time, that is. :D I start school on Wednesday, so with that, work, and trying to keep this going, I have no idea on how often I will be updating. I will try to make a minimum of once at least every two weeks.
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