Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny ❯ chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3

When they reached the base, they saw that all the plates of food were gone on the table. The only thing on it was two plates of food and two goblets filled with pumpkin juice. They put their bags in the corner in a pile. Then Patty appeared. "Oh Miss Granger and Master Malfoy is back all ready? Patty left food on the table for Master and Miss incase you were hungry." and as if on cue, Hermione stomach started growling. Draco and Patty turned her and she started blushing. Draco smirked at her.

"Thanks Patty. I guess that some of us are.” he looked at his watch "We still have about forty-five minutes left so I guess we can eat." Hermione walked over to one of the seats, sat down and started to eat. Draco was right behind her and sat down in the other chair. They ate in silence. Not daring to talk to each other, keeping their heads down.

"How could you be such an idiot, Draco?" Draco thought to himself. "You knew she would have never kissed you, but you still had to try." He let out a huge sigh, which made Hermione stare at him.

"Are you okay Malfoy?"

He looked up "Yeah I'm fine." he replied and went back to looking at his food. All this thinking was making Draco frustrated. Hermione saw his frustrated face.

"Are you sure there's nothing wrong?" She asked him. He looked up again.

"Yup. Right as rain! That what I am" he replied sarcastically.

"Well sorry. I didn't know I couldn't care about you..." she replied back, an annoyed look on her face.

He looked up and grinned. "So you do care about me," Hermione was about to say something but Draco interrupted her. "It's not your fault, I mean it me we're talking about. How can you possibly not care?"

"You wish..." she muttered to herself.

Draco looked at his watch. "We should be leaving now. It's almost 10:30." he said and got from his seat and walked over to the fireplace. Hermione nodded and followed him. Then Patty appeared.

"Oh Master and Miss are leaving now?" Draco nodded. "Yeah. We should be back in about an hour or so." Patty nodded. "Okay. Bye." she waved at the two. Hermione waved back. "See you later Patty." Draco took some floo powder from the pot. "Hogwarts!" he shouted and then emerald flames in gulped them.

When they reached Hogwarts, they were in a room that they didn't recognize. They hadn't notice a figure in one of the corners. Hermione jumped when she heard it talk.

"Hello Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy so good of you to come."

Chills ran down her spine. Only one person she knows has a cold dark voice that can do that to her. "Professor Snape." Hermione and Malfoy said in a union, Hermione's voice more panicked than Draco's. Snape stepped out the corner and walked in front of them.

"Follow me." He said. He turned around and starting walking, his black cloak trailing behind him. Hermione and Malfoy followed him. It took about five minutes for them to get to Dumbledore's office.

"Sour Powers." he said and the steps started to move upward like an escalator.

Snape stepped on first followed by Hermione and Malfoy. Then Malfoy started to whisper something.

"What are sour powers?"

Hermione couldn't help but giggle. "It's a type of muggle candy. They're really good." When they reached the top, Snape knocked on the door.

"Come in." they heard the friendly familiar voice of Dumbledore say.

Snape opened the door and Hermione saw Dumbledore sitting at his desk, smiling at them as they walked in.

"Good morning Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy. Please have a seat." Dumbledore said pointing to two seats in front of his desk. Hermione and Malfoy slowly walked over to the seats. Dumbledore turned his attention to Snape.

"Do you wish to stay with us while we discuss this situation that is taking place at this moment?" Snape didn't look at Dumbledore when he replied.

"I suppose I should."

And I suppose you don't...Hermione thought to herself but dare not say it.

He walked over to a wall and leaned his back against it. Dumbledore turned his attention back to Hermione and Malfoy who were now sitting down. "Now I'm sure you know why you're here." Hermione looked confused. No one told her why she was here.

"Um...not exactly. I have no idea what is going on.”

"Didn't Mr. Malfoy tell you?" Hermione looked at Malfoy then back at Dumbledore. "Tell me what?" Draco almost jumped out of his seat. He saw that Dumbledore was about to say something but he cut in just in time.

"Professor Dumbledore, can I please talk to your alone. Dumbledore looked at him and nodded. The two got up and walked up the stairs and in a corner where no one could hear them but just to make sure, Draco whispered to him.

"Professor, she doesn't know why she's here. I didn't want to tell her right now it's too soon." Dumbledore nodded and stared at Draco with his twinkling eyes. "All right Draco. I trust you to tell her when the time is right, or do you want me to tell her?" Draco shook his head. "No I think I should tell her." Dumbledore nodded and then started to smile. "You seem a bit protective of her." Draco tried to protest but Dumbledore put his hand up for silence. "Do worry about it. Now let's go back down so that we can get things settled.”

"I wonder what they're talking about." Hermione thought to herself. Everything was so quiet. She turned to Snape who was glaring at her coldly. Hermione quickly turned around, nervous of Snape's glare. Dumbledore and Malfoy finally came downstairs. When Malfoy returned to his seat Hermione whispered to him. "What was that all about?" He stared at Hermione and then in front of him. "Oh...um...n-nothing." he whispered back. Hermione looked at him skeptically, but he ignored it.

"Now Mr. Malfoy how long have this base of ours have been there?"

"About a year before I was born. Why?" Dumbledore stared at him. "Well then I expect that your father will find it pretty soon." Draco looked confused. "Your father has many ways of getting or finding things that are sometimes impossible to find out." Dumbledore said looking at his confused face. Draco turned around to see Hermione with a bored and confused face.

"So Professor Snape has generously offered to let you stay with him for about two weeks until school starts. Right Professor Snape?" All Snape did was grunt.

This time Hermione was the one to jump out of her seat. She looked at Malfoy who was very calm. "Oh great." Hermione thought to herself. "Mr. Malfoy, didn't you say that there was someone that you could stay with for a while?" Malfoy nodded. "Yeah his name is Jason. He was a death eater, but he ran away from the dark Lord and the others." Dumbledore nodded in understanding.

"Like what happened to you?" Malfoy didn't reply and continued with what he was saying. "He lives in America. New York I believe. I informed him that I was coming and Granger was coming with me."

"Alright. So I believe that we've got everything settled. You should leave as soon as possible. Make sure that you only bring things that you actually need. Nothing more. Is there any other questions."

"Yeah. Professor Dumbledore can I write a letter to Harry and Ron." Hermione asked. Dumbledore shook his head. "I'm sorry Miss Granger, but you can not contact anyone. It's too dangerous." Hermione frowned.

What was she going to do all summer? Plus they were probably worried about her. They haven't spoken since a week after school was over. "Oh okay." she said sadly.

When they got back, Hermione jumped out of the fireplace first. "I can't believe we have to stay with Snape for the last two weeks! Why would Dumbledore do such a thing?" Draco got of the fireplace. He looked at Hermione angry face. "He isn't that bad once you get to know him. In fact he's my favorite teacher at Hogwarts."

Hermione folded her arms. "You're only saying that he's your favorite because he's head of Slytherin and he always take points from Gryffindor when ever he gets a chance." Draco laughed, "Yeah you're right." Hermione stuck her tongue out at him. He shook his head and smirked. Then he started walking over to the chair to sit down. "NO!" he yelled and ran over to the table and bent down.

His yell made Hermione jump. She couldn't see what he was yelling about because the couch was blocking her view. "What happened?" She walked past the couch and almost screamed. She saw Patty in Malfoy's arms, barley alive. "What happened to her?"

"I d-don't know." he answered.

"Patty can you hear me! Patty! Patty answer me! Please."

"Master Malfoy." Patty said in a quiet, weak voice.

"Patty what happened?"

"When Master Malfoy and Miss Granger left, Patty decided to clean up the base. When Patty was finished, Patty came back in here. Then, Emerald flames came from the fireplace. Patty thought it was Master Malfoy but it wasn't. It was Master Malfoy's friend. Patty wonder why he was there and when Patty asked him, he held Patty by Patty's throat. He demanded Patty to tell him where Master Malfoy and Miss Granger were. When Patty didn't say anything, he hexed Patty which two of the unforgiving Spells."

Draco could believe it. Dumbledore was right. They found the base. "Patty who was it? Where is he?" There was no responds. "Patty?" Again, nothing.

"No. You can't go. I still need you.” he whispered. He put his head down and wrapped his arms around the dead house elf.

"No why is this happening to me again." He wanted to cry but he dare not to.

But Hermione on the other hand, was crying her eyes out. "Oh Patty." she said. She could tell that Malfoy was even more hurt than she. "Malfoy, I'm so sorry." Hermione said and put her hand on his shoulder. He didn't move. "You're pathetic Malfoy. Crying over a house elf. I can see why the Dark lord wants you dead." Hermione and Malfoy both turned around to see who was there. Malfoy placed Patty on the floor and stood up. "You!"

Hermione was on her guard with her hand on her wand. But she was still confused. "Err...Malfoy who's this?" she said staring the girl in front of them. "Her name is Aurora. She's a death eater." He replied not taking his eyes off of her.

The girl had on a black cloak, just like all the death Eaters. Her hair was red and her eyes were blue and she was very tall, almost the height of Draco.

Aurora chuckled quietly. "I'm flattered you remember me."

"How can I forget you?" He looked around "I'm surprised that you're by yourself."

"You shouldn't speak so soon." voice said behind Hermione and Draco and they whipped around to see who it was. A man suddenly appeared from nowhere. He had black hair and the same blue eyes Aurora did and just as tall. There was also a long noticeable scar across his left eye. “Eric." Draco said with hate. "Hello again Draco." Eric said and walked over to Aurora.

"What is it that you want?" Draco said even thought he knew the answer. Eric shook his head. "Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?" he said. He stared at Hermione. "She's prettier than I thought, at least for a Mudblood. Hermione was confused.

"Excuse me?" she said looking at Eric. Aurora smiled "You shouldn't flirt with our mission Eric. Especially if she's for the Dark Lord."

"That's Enough!" Malfoy shouted and it made every head turn to him. Aurora stared at him for a second and then started laughing.

"Oh my god! I can't believe it. You didn't tell her! She kept on laughing for about two minutes. Eric started to grin. Hermione was getting annoyed. She could tell that Malfoy was pissed off. "Oh poor little girl. Doesn't know what going on. Well it won't matter once we take her to the Dark Lord." Aurora and Eric started to get closer to Hermione. She was too confused and scared to move.

Draco took out his wand and ran in front Hermione, trying to protect her. "Don't you dare touch her!" He said with anger. Aurora and Eric were shocked but quickly snapped put of it. Then Aurora spoke up. "Well isn't this touching? Our Draco Malfoy caring for a Gryffindor Mudblood. You shouldn't show too much emotion Draco, it'd ruin your reputation." Hermione was shocked. He was really keeping to his word. She stood behind Malfoy silently.

Aurora and Eric took out there wands from their death eater robes. "We were going to wait to kill you and it would have been quick, but since you want to interfere, we're going to kill you right here and we're going to do it nice and slow." Draco raised his wand higher ready to attack even thought it was two against one. "Malfoy don't! You're not going to win if you fight both of them." Hermione said behind him in a worried voice. "Don't worry about me. I have to keep my word and protect you. Even if that means I have to die doing it."

Hermione couldn't believe it. Did Malfoy her enemy for the past 7 years was trying going to protect her with his life? Hermione couldn't help but cry. "Please don't..." but she was inter interrupted when she heard Malfoy yell and flew across the room and hit the stonewall. Even though He was hit with two spells at once, he got back on his feet. He raised his wand again but couldn't say spell in time before two other spells were cast at him. He hit the wall again. This time it took him longer to get up. When he was on his feet again, the two death eaters hit him with another spell. This kept on happening until the 5th time. This time he couldn't get up.

He was lying flat on the floor on his back. Hermione thought his dead but he moved his hand to try to get up but failed. She saw that Aurora and Eric getting closer to him. She got scared. Was this it? Was he about to die? Her question was soon answered when Eric spoke up. "It's a shame we have to kill you Draco. You would have been a great death eater, but you let your emotions get the best of you and looked what happened." He put his wand to Malfoy's heart.

Hermione felt anger. She couldn't explain why but she had feelings for Malfoy. "DRACO. NO!" she yelled and felt that something was different about her. She felt stronger and didn't fell helpless anymore. Draco weakly pulled his head up to see Hermione. She had a large bright white Aura surround her body.

Draco wasn't sure but it looked like she was changing. "What's going on?” He thought mentally. “I thought the Dark Lord said that she hasn't discovered her powers."

Aurora said put her hand up to block the bright light. "She must have tapped into it just now." Eric said, who doing the same. "We have to get out here and tell the Dark Lord what happened." Aurora and Eric put their wands inside their pockets and in an instant, Draco heard a pop and the two death eaters were gone.