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Earth Shattering	By : Luckycharms Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 11678 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. That right goes to the AMAZING JK Rowling. One event however, is based off real facts and no profit is made off this story.

Chapter List
- 1-Meeting
- 2-Unexpected
- 3-Descent
- 4-Almost
- 5-Confessions
- 6-Change
- 7-Breathe
- 8-Remember
- 9-Home
- 10-Release
- 11-Wrong
- 12-Strong
- 13-Quidditch
- 14-Beginning
- 15-Endgame
- 16-Truth
- 17-Epilogue
- 11
- 12
- 13
Authors note: I want to stop and clear the air for just a minute. I hope you guys don’t mind. This rant is mainly for my readers on another site but some parts do apply here. I have had a few reviews from guests over the last two days and two of them I will not allow to be seen on the other site my story is on, since they are rude. But I want to clarify to everyone, that this is a fanfiction. Not everything is going to be accurate and somethings will even be changed in order to fit my story. The one I understand completely and I would have let the review be seen if it was not for the condescending tone they used in their last line. However, I would like to say that I do know that the UK does not have hospital bills. But for my story I added it for the fact that one, I was having writers block and it seemed like a good way to cause some drama, because anyone who has ever received a hospital bill, knows how much drama they can cause. And two, because I needed a legit reason for Hermione to get mad at her friends. No one else has complained about it so I don’t see a reason to go back and change multiple chapters because of it. Also for the people who are saying the story now seems like two different ones, I hear you and I understand. The story itself was actually supposed to end at chapter 8/9 but, I have had a lot of requests from readers on multiple fandom sites, to continue the story and add some smut, so I have and I will. Plus, I love to please you guys! (Not in that way, pervs lol). But I can’t add more, without changing the story somewhat. Although, I do promise, I have a reason for the story going in the direction it is atm. That is the only reason I am still going on Earth Shattering and even my finished 1912 story. However, my 1912 story was mainly longer, due to tying up loose ends. I have had only two complaints about the stories seeming to change but I wanted to let those people know and future readers, why I have continued. But in the future, if you can’t give criticism without being strongly negative, like you are really mad about a fan fiction, then please don’t say anything at all or don’t read the story. Unless it is that much of a fail that needs to be corrected and in that case, PM me before I post multiple chapters that includes that fail, to help me out. Stay positive, stay happy, and help your fellow authors and readers out! Thank you for your patience! Now on to Chapter 12! PS. I had writers block on this chapter too and just winged it, so I apologize lol. I am basically now just making everything up as I go. Replies to reviews will still be after the chapter!
Chapter 12- Strong
Saturday August 13^th, 2005 01:43pm
Two days. Two full days that Draco had not spoken to Hermione. It was like she wanted nothing to do with him anymore. It wasn’t like they were really together anyway, but he had thought, since the day they were trapped, that they were more than friends.
He apparently thought wrong. She had been hanging out with Ron and completely ignoring himself, Harry, and even Ginny. She was always angry when she saw any of them, but she was only angry when she was around Ron. Ginny had even tried telling her the good news, about her pregnancy, but Hermione wanted nothing to do with it. It wasn’t until she showed up to 12 Grimmauld yesterday, before Ron arrived, that she seemed to be her old self. Yet she was forgetting things.
Draco knew then, that the curse she was under was always performed poorly, causing her mind to be addled. He needed to act quickly if he was going to save her, but neither Harry, nor himself, have been able to catch Ronald Weasley using the curse in the act. They had tried keeping a close eye on both Ron and Hermione, whenever they were around them, but nothing ever caught their attention; and Ron had always convinced Hermione to leave as soon as Draco even tried to talk to her. It was suspicious and highly questionable, at best.
“Maybe there is a third person we aren’t considering here.” Harry stated from Draco’s couch; interrupting his thoughts.
“Like who?” Draco asked from behind the island in the kitchen, as he poured himself and Harry a glass of fire whiskey. “The four of us, have been the only ones around Hermione the last few days.”
“Right, and as much as I hate to say it…I think you are right about Ron. All of the evidence points to him; and Hermione forgetting things, matches the Imperius curse being used badly. But I can’t see him being evil enough to use an unforgivable on his best friend since first year.”
“I can.” Draco replied as he walked around the couch and set a glass in front of Harry, before taking his own seat. “You are the one who told me that the reason he and Hermione didn’t work out, was because she was in love with me…I think he is still harboring strong feelings for her. Hence, why she is always so angry at us and hanging all over that prat…I fucking hate it!”
“I don’t really blame you, but I can’t question Ron without making him suspicious that we are suspicious of him. And Hermione can’t recall what she has said or done after the spell is dropped.” Harry added looking down at the sheet of paper on the coffee table with their web of clues splatter across it.
“But she can help us!” Draco sat up from his seat on the couch with wide eyes and set his glass down. “She is the brightest witch of our age; if we can get her alone without the weasel, then she will be normal and can help us figure this thing out. Plus, we can get her away from him until we sort out who is doing this to her.”
“Yeah but how do we get her alone? She won’t see any of us without Ron.”
“Well, we either kidnap her or, we get Ginny to have a womanhood break down, which we both know Weasley would be too uncomfortable to handle.”
“That could work…but then we would have to tell Ginny everything.” Harry replied with a frown.
“Even better! The more distressed she is from finding everything out, the more believable it will be.”
“I guess, but then I have to deal with the after math of hiding Hermione’s condition from her.” Harry sat back in a huff.
“You’ll be fine. You made it this far, didn’t you?”
“True…Still not something I want to deal with.” Harry let out a sigh “Can’t we just kidnap her?”
“It would be hard but-”
“I was kidding, Malfoy.” Harry cut in.
“Still an option.” Draco shrugged.
“We aren’t kidnapping her.” he stated firmly.
“But it is a good idea.”
“No it’s not.”
“Whatever.” Draco claimed, rolling his eyes.
“Okay well…” Harry stood up and let out a breath “I guess I should go inform Ginny.”
“Good luck.” Draco leaned back and crossed his arms.
“Thanks.” Harry stated as he lowered his head and disapparate.
A few hours later, Harry and Ginny apparated into Draco’s flat as he was making a snack for himself. Ginny looked absolutely pissed off as she crossed the room quickly and placed herself in front of Draco. He looked over at Harry while setting the knife he was holding down, not really knowing what to do; and apparently, that was a really bad idea.
Ginny started smacking him, hard, over and over again. He held up his arms in defense as she began berating him.
“How-could-you-not-tell-me-what-was-wrong-with-Hermione!” She yelled as she hit him between words.
She stopped hitting him for a moment and stared him down. Draco looked back over at Harry, with shock radiating across his face.
“Happened to me too.” He shrugged and sat down.
“What the fuck, Weaslette!” Draco yelled back at her. “This isn’t just on me!”
She began hitting him again and once again, he held up his arms to shield himself.
“How-dare-you- not-tell-me!”
“STOP HITTING ME, WOMAN!” he screamed.
Ginny stopped instantly and crossed her arms.
“I should hex both of your balls off this instant!” She looked back and forth between the two men “How could you both not say anything to me?” she stated, uncrossing her arms “Have you both lost your fucking minds? Hermione is my best friend and I deserve to know what has happened to her.” She began tearing up before full out crying.
Covering her face, she walked over to the couch and sat down next to Harry. Harry began rubbing his palm across her back and looked up at a still, very shocked Draco rubbing his shoulder.
“Pregnancy hormones. Course, I think her hitting both of us would have happened regardless.” Harry explained.
“I said get her upset, Potter; to make the story believable. Not have her pissed enough to hit me!”
“Sorry.” He claimed shrinking into his shoulders slightly. “I didn’t know she would react this badly.”
“Yeah well, whatever, it’ll work.” Draco claimed as he picked his knife back up and finished cutting up the meat and cheese in front of him.
Once he was done, he put the food on a plate and walked over to the duo. Setting it down in front of him, he plopped down on the couch. Ginny’s eyes lifted and she looked at the plate like it was a last meal, before looking up at Draco with pleading eyes. Draco popped a piece of cheese into his mouth as he watched the red head from the corner of his eye.
“No.” he stated popping another piece in his mouth.
“Please?” Ginny asked with sad eyes. “I am starving.”
Draco let out a breath through his nose and rolled his eyes, before taking a few pieces of both meat and cheese off his plate and handed her the rest. He might be a slimy Slytherin but he wasn’t evil enough to let a pregnant woman starve.
Ginny jump for joy in her seat and began digging in.
“Do you have any ketchup?” she asked with her mouth full.
“Ewe, really?” Draco questioned with a raised brow.
Ginny nodded her head as she swallowed.
“Oh and pumpkin juice?”
“I am so glad I am not a pregnant woman.” Draco expressed, finishing his last few bites and stood up to walk to the kitchen to get the items Ginny asked for.
“Just a pregnant woman?” Harry chuckled.
Draco turned his head while opening the fridge and gave Harry a death glare.
“I think I have a better plan though, to get Hermione.” Ginny announced as she took a bite of a piece of bologna.
Harry looked as his wife, while taking a piece of cheese and Draco looked up from the glass he was pouring.
“Really? And what, pray tell, would that be?” Draco asked putting the cap back on the pumpkin juice.
Ginny chewed a few times before swallowing and looked back and forth between the two men.
“You have the right idea with distracting, but you are distracting the wrong person.” She began.
“What do you mean?” Harry asked leaning back and resting his arms over the couch.
“I mean…” She swallowed another bite and took the glass and ketchup from Draco as he moved to sit back down. “Hermione won’t just come because I say I have a girl problem. If anything, she would floo me to discuss it; unless it was an emergency, and in that case, my numbskull of a brother would come too…You need to distract Ron, not Mione.”
“And how do we do that?” Draco asked leaning back and crossing his arms; watching the red head disgustingly, squirt ketchup all over her plate.
“Easy…There is a pre-season Quidditch game going on tonight. My team the Holyhead Harpies, are playing the Bulgarians.” She licked her fingers “Bring him there and we can distract him long enough for you, Malfoy, to disapparate Hermione here, where Ron can’t enter via disapparition and…he doesn’t know where you live.”
“So kidnap her? I knew it was good plan, Potter!” Draco threw a hand in the air.
Harry rolled his eyes and looked back to his wife.
“So, we get Ron’s attention on the match and Malfoy…You can use my invisibility cloak to sneak in and grab Hermione…This actually might work.”
“Should have brought me in sooner.” Ginny stated, as a matter of fact, as she dusted off her hands and took a sip of her juice.
“Yeah well, now we know not to exclude you anymore.” Draco stated, wrapping an arm around the back of the sectional. “So what time is this game at?”
“Seven.” Ginny replied setting her glass down. “I’ll get a VIP ticket for Ron. He will most likely be okay with leaving Hermione temporarily, to go meet the Bulgarian team in their locker room. That is when you grab her. I can’t play due to my condition, but I am expected to be there, so it won’t look suspicious if Harry and I go. You will also have to stay under the cloak the whole time so Ron doesn’t see you. We will pull him off to the side and as soon as he is distracted, you make your move…You will have to be quick about it, I don’t see Hermione being someone who will go easily against her will…or, not will” She looked off into the distance, confused. “I don’t know what to call it now that she is being cursed and has no free will. Are we absolutely certain, my git of a brother cursed her? I mean its Ron for crying out loud; he wouldn’t hurt her.”
“We are sure-ish.” Harry answered “But there might also be someone else. I don’t see Ron intentionally using an unforgivable. I think he might be under the spell too.”
“Doubtful.” Draco rolled his eyes “He is in love with her and he said it himself. If it is the last thing he does in life, he will make sure I will never see her again…Don’t you remember when I said he can’t control her? He blatantly said ‘We’ll see’. I think he planned to Imperius her the whole time.”
“If what you are saying is true,” Ginny cut in, holding a finger up “Then he doesn’t have a strong hold on her. He is terrible at even the simplest of spells. But that is good news for us; once she is far enough away from him, the spell will lift.” She leaned her hand against her head “She will never forgive him…I don’t think even I could forgive him if he really is capable of something so dangerous; and he is family. I still can’t wrap my head around it being him…Mione is going to murder him.”
“Not if I kill him first.” Draco added with an intense expression.
“I didn’t mean literally kill him, Malfoy.”
“I did.”
“Okay, well…I’d appreciate it if you didn’t kill my brother, please.”
“I am not making any promises, Weaslette. If I find out, he really is cursing her…He won’t live to see how pissed off Hermione will be.”
Ginny’s face frowned at the realization that Draco was telling the truth. He knew he would do whatever it took to protect Hermione. In fact, they all knew how low he was willing to go, to get what he wants. They experienced it back in sixth year; the year he still regretted to this day.
“I am begging you. Please don’t kill him.” Ginny stated with worry.
Draco sat quietly on the couch, while looking at fingers, not wanting to answer her. No matter what truth he said, it wouldn’t be what she wanted to hear and he wasn’t about to lie to her.
Ginny dropped her shoulders and looked to Harry with pleading eyes.
“Gin, we both know there is nothing I can say or do to stop him.” Harry claimed with a sadden expression. “Let’s just first, get Hermione and then we will sort everything out later, alright?”
She nodded her head but still didn’t look to accept his answer as she entwined her hands around Harry’s bicep and laid her head on his shoulder.
“We should prepare for tonight.” Draco stated, breaking the silence.
“Right…So Ginny will go to the stadium and grab the VIP ticket, I will go and grab the cloak, and Malfoy…Uh, you just wait here until we get back, I guess.”
“Sure, Potter. Whatever you say.” He sighed and kicked his legs up on to the couch.
“Okay, well we will meet you back here at six. Sound good?” Harry asked, moving closer to the edge of his seat.
“I don’t think I really have a choice, now do I?”
“Not really, no. Not if you want to save Hermione.” He replied.
“I do want to save her!” Draco retorted in defense.
“Calm down, Malfoy. I know you do…We all do.” Harry explained calmly “And we will.”
A few awkward minutes of silence passed, before Harry went to stand; but Ginny’s voice broke through the quiet; like a thousand knives coming at Draco all at once. A single question that he was not prepared for, threw him so off track with his thoughts that he just sat there, with a stunned face.
“What was it like…being trapped?” she asked sadly, moving her eyes to look at him. “…I know no one has asked you that since…well, since that day.”
Draco took in a deep breath while lowering his head, as she waited patiently for him to answer.
“You don’t want to know.” He finally replied.
“But I do…I care about what happened to you both. I want to know.”
Draco raised his head slightly to the red headed woman sitting across from him, with tears forming in his grey eyes.
“It was horrible…”He began “I…we, almost died numerous times.” He lowered his head back down.
“How?” she asked, curiously, but with a gentle tone at the same time.
He let out another sigh as the two Gryffindor’s sat leaning forward, awaiting his next words.
“Well, we almost fell to our deaths in the lift… almost got crushed by a muggle car; there was also the fire which weakened the floor and we both hung over it, as we struggled to save two of my employees who didn’t make it…and then.” his face fell to grief “…and then we fell through multiple levels until we crashed into the parking garage, I never wanted placed in the building to begin with. Hermione got impaled and I almost had my head smashed in by a large piece of rubble after landing on top of a car and going unconscious…and all I could think about…was her. She had saved my life more than once that day. She cleaned my leg, helped me walk; she never once complained about it or showed that she was struggling. I owe her…” He looked back up at them “I owe her everything.”
“You helped her too.” Harry chimed in, after no one spoke for a few seconds.
“But I didn’t.” Draco continued. “Yeah the first time she fell I caught her but the second…”
“I don’t mean when she fell, Malfoy.” Harry interrupted.
Draco looked to the raven haired man before moving his eyes to the table; wondering just what he meant.
“You were strong for her when…when she died, for that brief moment.” Harry teared up slightly.
“Was I though?” Draco questioned, confused. “I didn’t feel strong…I felt hopeless, weak…powerless.”
“Really?” Ginny raised a brow “Because holding it together and keeping her happy, while she was bleeding out, sure sounds like being strong to me. And from what she has told us, when she gained that memory back…you were there for her. Even in the hospital, Malfoy, you stayed positive for her.”
“I guess…I just, never had to do something like that before.”
“Sometimes, Malfoy, we don’t know how strong we really are, until being strong…is the only choice we have.”
@saxman66- I meant before you posted that review lol. But it's all good. I just wanted to make sure you didn't forget about me :) And you are right about how people protray Ron; he actually isn't as stupid as some people make him, although he does have his moments of stupidity that outway all his brave and smart moments.
@D_elliot- I can not express to you, how much your review not only made my day, but cheered me up. I legit had a person get mad at me on another fandom because of the UK bill thing and something to do with my other story. After dealing with that matter, I got the notification of your review and I was hesitant at first to open the email, but after reading what you wrote, I cried. You have seriously made me smile and I want to thank you for doing that for me. I honestly, appreciate you!
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