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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
- 14
- 15
- 16
Chapter 15- Endgame
Saturday August 13th, 2005 09:42pm
"Draco?" Hermione questioned, walking down the long hallway, fixing her shirt. "I thought I heard Ginny's voice."
Draco turned around and saw Hermione now standing at the end of the hall.
"Mione!" Ginny squealed, rushing in to give her a hug.
"Hey Gin." Hermione hugged her back "What are you doing here?"
"Well besides apparently interrupting happy time between you two; "she giggled before her smile turned into a frown "Ron is coming. We need to get you both out of here now; to give us more time to one, find out if he was really the one who cursed you and two, because he wants to kill Draco and get you back."
"I'm sorry, what?" Hermione asked confused.
"I don't have time to explain again. Malfoy can fill you in when you get to Malfoy Tech."
"Malfoy Tech? What the he-"
"Hermione." Draco interrupted "Right now, it's the only place we can go where Weasley won't find us. We-"
Draco was cut off by loud banging at his front door.
"MALFOY! I KNOW YOU ARE FUCKING IN THERE YOU FUCKING GIT! OPEN UP! I KNOW YOU TOOK HERMIONE AND I AM GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU BLEEDING BASTARD!"
"Shit!" Ginny whispered, grabbing a hold of Hermione's wrist. "You guys have to go! Now!" her eyes widened.
Draco quickly grabbed Hermione's hand as Ginny let go and disapparated them both away; only hearing the sound of a loud blast in the background.
Landing on their feet in front of Malfoy Tech, Draco took a moment to gather his thoughts, before he looked at the remains of his building in shock. He had not seen it since they had been rescued and the idea that his company, once stood where he was looking, made him almost sick to his stomach. It brought back not only memories of when they were trapped, but memories of when he witnessed Hogwarts in the same fashion.
Gripping Hermione's hand tighter, he took in a deep breath.
"Are you okay?" she asked looking up at him.
"Hmm, oh yeah, I'm fine."
"You're not fine. You're shaking." She turned to him "What is wrong?"
"Nothing."
"That is not a nothing nothing, that is a something nothing, so tell me what that nothing is."
Draco turned his head and looked at Hermione with wide eyes.
"Did you…did you just remember-"
"You saying that to me?" she cut in "Yes…I remember you saying that…after the fire incident; when we got lost in the halls."
"So…so being back here, is helping you remember somethings?"
She nodded her head and looked back to the building.
"I don't remember this place like you do, but I feel…connected to it, I guess you could say; almost like it wants to tell me something."
"Tell you something? Like what?" he asked raising a brow.
"I don't know." She tilted her head "But it feels like it is something important." She looked back to him "Can we go in?"
Draco looked up at the sky and noticed the storm clouds brewing over head, before looking back down to the ruins.
"I don't think we have any other choice. It looks like it is about to rain and the parking garage is the only cover we will get right now. Plus, we don't want to be caught in a DO NOT ENTER area."
He took another deep breath and let it our slowly, before taking a step, and walking towards pile of torn and shredded metal. Walking into the area that was once the Main Lobby, Draco looked around the vast and vacant room. All of the furniture was gone and the front desk, that once stood tall, was half in splinters due to the vehicle that crashed into it.
"I remember being here." Hermione said calmly walking up to the desk and gently touching it with her fingers "I remember arguing with a blonde woman at the front."
"Ms. Tate." He added.
"She was so rude." She continued "But then, you came down and defended me and fired her. I didn't know what to think. I thought you hated me still; hated my blood."
"I never actually hated your bloo-"
Hermione held up a hand to stop him as she tilted her head and continued to look the desk over. Turning her head she looked down the broken hall, showing only metal beams now, and began slowly walking in that direction. Draco watched as he followed her, leaving her some room so she could remember on her own.
"You made your way down to the lift but I didn't follow right away…I was still in shock that you, of all people, stuck up for me. A much as I wanted to tell you then, how much I was in love with you, I couldn't. I was sure you would hate me even more and then cancel the meeting."
"I would never cancel on you…I wanted to see you." he whispered, looking down at the floor.
He thought she didn't hear him, but if he was looking up, he would have seen her gazing at him in adoration.
"I wanted to see you too." She smiled.
Draco lifted his head as a smile rose to the corner of his mouth. Hermione bit her bottom lip and lowered her eyes before turning around and continuing down memory lane.
"I remember the lift…and the car; you saving me." She paused when she stopped in front of the opening to the elevator shaft. "But there is something not sitting right with me."
Draco moved to stand next to her and looked down the empty shaft.
"What is that?" he asked, leaning back.
"How did an EF3 tornado throw a large SUV from the countryside into the tower? They aren't strong enough to do that. They can take roofs off of houses and lift cars but not throw them at that distance."
"What are you saying? That that muggle contraption hitting my building…wasn't an accident?"
"I am not completely saying that, although it is very strange."
"Hermione that is not just strange, that is insane; you know that right? I may have enemies but not any that are capable of throwing a large vehicle into a building. The tornado was just stronger than we believed."
"You don't actually think that do you?" She faced him and crossed her arms "The news said it was EF3. They have wind speeds of 158-206 miles per hour, 254-332 if you measure in kilometers. Yes that is enough force to lift a car, uproot most trees, over turn trains, but Draco, come on; the farthest a tornado that size can throw a vehicle of that proportion is about half a mile. You don't find it a little bit of a coincidence, that your company was at least three plus miles away when the first tornado hit?"
"No. Muggle news likes to over or under exaggerate the truth, depending on what will get them more views. Trust me; I watched that bloody contraption in your hospital room, longer than I care to admit."
"Well I know what I know and I know that that car hitting where it did, when it did, from where it came from…is suspicious to me."
"I think, that you are overthinking this. You are a Gryffindor who has been through a war. You crave and you miss the action of solving puzzles and running into battles, Hermione." Draco explained crossing his arms and leaned against a beam. "You are trying to make something out of nothing. I don't blame you, I get it; it is who you are and it is one of the reasons I fell in love with you. You are so brave, Hermione, and smart," he chuckled and shook his head "Merlin, you are so smart; and strong minded…but what happened, to us, was just nature doing its thing. Say what you want, but that is all it was."
"Yeah well, I don't believe that." She stated firmly, before uncrossing her arms and walked passed him, back to the Main Lobby.
"Didn't think you would." He muttered under his breath.
Following her back to the lobby after giving her a minute to gather her thoughts, Draco stopped when he saw her standing at the top of the ramp leading down to the parking garage. The same ramp they were both brought up from once they were found.
Hermione stared at the entrance with a blank expression. A face not even the Slytherin Prince could read; but a face he knew all too well.
"What are you thinking?" he asked stepping up next to her.
Hermione took in a deep breath as she looked into the dark hole.
"That all of this is just so unbelievable." She began "First we both have hid our feelings from each other in fear that they won't be reciprocated, then we get trapped in a building that fell apart with us still in it, we both had multiple near death experiences, and now…now Ron wants to kill you; which really is nothing new, but to put me under an Unforgivable just keep me away from you…It is all just…unbelievable."
"Yeah…but we found each other and we made it through." He replied, taking her hand "As long as we have each other…we can make it through anything." He smiled.
Hermione turned her head to look at him and half smiled back.
"Well," she continued "since we might be here for a few hours, would you mind, if we went down there?" she asked, pointing down at the entrance.
Draco moved a hand to rub the back of his neck as he contemplated whether to please Hermione or give in to his coward-ness and avoid going down to the place he almost lost her.
"It will be okay, Draco. Like you said, we can make it through anything as long as we have each other." She smiled.
Draco let out a sigh as he looked at the woman before him. He honestly did not know if he should commend her for using his own words against him, twice in one day, or if he should defend his thoughts of not reliving that horrible nightmare that occurred only weeks ago.
"You, are sometimes too smart for your own good." He finally stated squeezing her hand and letting out a dry chuckle. "I guess we are going down."
Hermione smiled and began walking carefully down the ramp. Reaching the bottom they stopped and looked around for a moment before Draco felt Hermione let go of his hand and walk off. He went to follow her when a car, that was not removed yet, caught his eye.
Making his way over, he noticed why the vehicle had not been removed. Its top was crushed by a large piece of concrete; weighting it down. Draco walked around to the front and his heart almost fell out of his chest. He recognized the car, for it was the same one he fell on to. The front windshield was shattered now and the whole front top end sunk in. Bits of his blood, dried on the hood, smeared off to the ground where he slid down.
The whole thing looked surreal to him. Moving his gaze to the pillar he fell in to, Draco raised a hand and held his right shoulder at the memory of when he discovered it was a dislocated. Looking back to the car, he let out a sigh and lowered his head. That is when he heard it, the screaming. It was so loud it made his head snap up. Running to where he heard the noise in a panic, he stopped when found Hermione standing still and looking down. Down at the area, still covered in her blood.
"Hermione! Are you okay? I heard you scream!" he asked rushing up to her.
But Hermione didn't say a word as she looked down at the cut rebar.
"Hermione?" he asked softly, touching her shoulder. "Why did you scream?"
She turned her head, ever so slowly, and looked up at Draco with tears forming in her amber eyes.
"I didn't scream."
"But I heard you, it was so loud and-" He replied, letting go of her shoulder.
"Draco…I didn't scream."
That is when he realized, it was all in his head. But to him, it felt so real and so close. He had really thought she was in trouble.
"I lost a lot of blood." She cut in on his thought.
Draco took in a breath and looked down at the dry pool of liquid on the floor.
"Yeah, I had to donate my blood to you. It's a good thing I'm O-negative." He put his hands in his pockets.
"Sorry what?" she asked turning her head back to him.
"Uh, it's a good thing I'm O-neg."
"No, before that." she held up a hand.
"I donated my blood to you." he raised a brow "We already told you this in the hospital."
"Yes, well I don't remember…wait, Draco…Has there ever been a blood transfer between two people in the wizarding world before?"
"Um, not that I know of…why?"
"Oh my Godric! Draco that's it!" she exclaimed grabbing his wrists with a bright smile.
"What is, it?" he asked confused, pulling his hands out of his pockets.
"Your blood." She began "Your blood is the reason the Imperius curse couldn't fully control me! It's also the reason I could use your wand without receiving any resistance from it."
"Hmm?" he folded his lips in.
Hermione rolled her eyes playfully before looking back to him.
"Don't you get it?" she asked cheerfully.
"No, no not really. I mean I understand the wand part but everything else…"
She let out a chuckle as she moved her hands down to his.
"Your blood flows through my veins too. That doesn't make me half-blood or anything but it does make it harder for one to be controlled. Blood replenishing potions are not made of real blood; you know that since you were the best in Potions Class."
"Yeah." He stated, releasing her hand and crossing his arms. "But how does that have anything to do with the curse?"
"Because, having your blood replenished by a potion, only makes that potion act like it is yours. Having a real wizard or witch, give you blood…like the amount you would have had to have given me-"
"Doesn't mold with yours." He chimed in.
"Exactly! It would still help me live but for someone to try and use a spell that controls someone…wouldn't work completely. It's hard to explain but essentially, your blood, since it is magical, protected me. It acted as a small barrier of some sort."
"So…You are saying my blood, fought the curse being used on you? How? The curse affects your brain, Hermione."
"Yes, but the brain is still covered in blood, Draco. That is why I said it created a barrier of some sort. The curse basically had to fight its way through you to get to me; hence why I wasn't fully controlled. I know it sounds crazy but just think about it."
"It sounds farfetched is what is sounds like, but…somehow it kind of makes sense. I know whoever cast the spell was not strong enough and I figured it was because they didn't want to do it."
"Because I didn't!" Someone interrupted, breathing heavily through their nose.
Draco and Hermione quickly turned around and came face to face with Ronald Weasley.
"Ron!" Hermione exclaimed "What…What are you doing here? How did you find us?"
Draco took a step to stand in front of Hermione and hid her behind him.
"Well it wasn't fucking easy and I had to ask for some help, again!" "Ron began, cracking his neck "Tracking spells are hard to come by."
"What do you want Weasel?" Draco asked furrowing his brows.
"I want you dead, for one, you bloody no good ferret! And I want Hermione back!"
Draco let out a hollow laugh as he went to reach for his wand.
"Ah ah!" Ron ticked, pulling out his own wand and pointing it at Draco's chest "Not so fast you git!"
"What did you mean, you didn't want to?" Hermione asked, looking around Draco.
Ron's eyes moved to Hermione and his face instantly softened.
"I allowed myself to be put under the Imperius so that I could use it on you because I didn't have the guts to do it myself."
"What?" Harry asked, walking up to the trio.
Everyone's heads turned to the right as Harry Potter walked closer to them; eyeing his friend in disgust.
"You were supposed to be our friend, our best friend! Why on earth would you want to hurt Hermione?" he asked with his wand stretched out in front of him.
"I didn't want to hurt her! I just wanted her away from Malfoy and I wanted her to see why she chose me in the beginning!"
"By cursing her?" Draco chimed in "You can't make someone love you by cursing them!"
"Shut the hell up you troll! You don't know shit! I figured out on my own that she would not love me again, which is why I slipped her love potions while she was with me!"
"Merlin Ron!" Harry interjected "You were that desperate to do something like that to her? What has gotten into you? She was your bloody best friend!"
"Everything was fine until the fucking ferret came into the fucking picture, Harry! And then he had to go and save her fucking life making her love him even more and making it harder for me to get her away from him! He ruined my life and I want it back!"
"Who helped you?" Hermione asked holding back tears "Who in their right mind would help you do that to me?"
Draco turned slightly and hugged Hermione close to him as tears began to cascade down her cheeks.
"STOP TOUCHING HER!" Ron screamed in anger.
Hermione looked up at Ron with hatred taking over.
"How dare you!" she began, pulling away from Draco and slowly walked over to Ron with her hands in fists at her sides. "How dare you tell my boyfriend, what he can and cannot do! How dare you curse me and how fucking dare you betray me!...I have done everything for you Ronald Billius Weasley! Everything! I saved your life during the battle, I kept you alive during the hunt for Horcruxes, and I helped you both," she pointed to Harry "solve problems neither of you could do on your own! I was there for you when you got poisoned and I was there for you when your brother died!" she stopped right in front of him and slapped him hard across the face, making Draco smile while letting out a chuckle "How dare you! I hate you and I never want to see your face again!" she slapped him hard again on the other cheek when he lifted his head to look at her. "You make me sick!" She spun on her heels and walked back to Draco. "Give me your wand, Draco!"
Draco didn't even hesitate this time. He pulled out his wand from his suit jacket and handed it to Hermione with pride.
"Hermione, No!" Harry stepped forward and placed himself between her and Ron. "He's not worth it."
"Oh, I think he is plenty worth it, Harry." She turned around and lifted the wand. "You might want to move or else you will be hexed too."
"Hermione, please? We can arrest him and take him to Azkaban. He will have a trial and we can make sure he pays for what he has done."
"HE MADE ME KISS HIM, HARRY!"
"What?" Harry asked, slightly lowering his wand.
"He made me kiss him and Merlin knows what else he tried to make me do! He voluntarily put himself under the Unforgivable so he could have me the way he wanted me! You don't get to try and be the middle man this time, Harry; he dug his own grave and now he gets to lie in it! There is no fixing this!"
"We can sort this out, Hermione. He is still Ron." Harry begged.
"No he isn't." Hermione claimed, a little too calmly "If he was, He wouldn't have done what he did. He wouldn't have hurt me and turned me against everyone. He would have still been a git, yes, but he wouldn't do anything to ruin our friendship. This is not Ron…he stopped being our Ron a long time ago."
Suddenly clapping was heard echoing through the garage; a slow clap that got louder as a person's heels clicked across the cement floor. The group looked around for the source of the noise but could not see anyone. Draco's eyes landed back on Ron, hidden slightly behind Harry, and he noticed the evil smile playing across his lips.
"How very touching, Mud blood." A woman's voice stated, as the clapping stopped and a figure could be seen in the shadows to their left. "Well go on then; kill your best friend. I will wait."
Draco squinted his eyes at the figure, knowing he recognized that voice. His face fell as the woman stepped into the light. He quickly rushed to Hermione and pushed her behind him, holding her there as the woman stepped closer and closer.
"Are you serious?" Harry exclaimed. "She is the one helping you Ron?" Harry turned his head at his friend in anger. "You had her of all people help you with your ridiculous plan?"
"Now now, Mr. Potter. The plan was perfect until Draco went and messed it up." She turned her head to look at Draco.
"Draco." She stated.
Draco furrowed his brows in hate before replying with little emotion.
"Mother."
Sorry for the delay guys! Work and getting last minute stuff for my wedding next month has been hectic. Also I had a minor problem trying to explain the blood thing. It worked in my head but I don't know how well it works written down, so I do apologize if it doesn't make much sense. Anyway only about maybe one or two chapters left before the epilogue!
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