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Blood Ties	By : christineyoung Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 62592 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 12
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Chapter 19

Draco ignored her completely after he told her to get dressed. He told her that he had to take her to Dumbledore and explain what he had done. She was anxious about the meeting for several reasons. Draco had closed off his end of the bond after she'd felt his embarrassment. She couldn't get a read on him at all anymore. She wished that she could feel whether he was as worried as she was about meeting Dumbledore.

She was afraid that he would cast her out. Hogwarts had been her only home in the wizarding world. Where would she go if he told her to leave? Another problem was her lack of complete control over her appetite. She didn't want to accidentally kill her Head Master.

Questions swirled in her mind as Draco opened the door to the room she'd been held captive in. She watched curiously as he pierced one of his fingers with his fang and rubbed it on the doorknob.

Blood wards.

No wonder the handle had burned her when she tried to leave. She wondered if she could use her blood now to open the door since technically it was Draco's blood in her now. It was definitely something that she would explore at a later time. If she was allowed to remain at the castle.

"Come," he called as he stepped out of the door.

Hermione followed obediently behind him. He'd already demonstrated that he could make her do as he pleased. There was no sense in trying to defy him. Especially on something so trivial.

She looked around curiously as they exited the suite. His quarters were in the dungeons, as she had suspected, although they were at the opposite end of the corridor from the Slytherin dormitories. They were actually just past the potion's classroom. She had a feeling that Snape's own quarters were nearby.

She turned and watched as the door melted back into a rough stone wall. There was no way to tell that there had been a door there at all. It was a clever piece of magic.

She followed the lithe blond in front of her as they climbed flight after flight of stairs. She was pleased to note that she was not out of breath by the time they reached the main landing and the gargoyle that guarded Dumbledore's office.

Draco muttered the password and she followed him as the gargoyle sprang aside to allow their entry. Her nose wrinkled at the thought of his password, Cockroach Cluster. You couldn't pay her to eat one of those as a human. Now the name made her shudder. Disgusting.

She stopped as Draco knocked on the door to Dumbledore's office. She was tense, literally a ball of nerves as she waited in the semi-darkness. She heard the old Headmaster call for them to enter. She stepped carefully into the office behind Draco.

"Ahh,"Dumbledore greeted them. "I've been expecting you. Have a seat Draco. Have a seat Hermione. What can I do for you?"

Hermione looked at him quizzically. How was he expecting them? She knew that the old man seemed to know everything that went on in the castle but she had not expected him to know anything about this. That could mean that he knew Draco had held her captive in his dorm.

Hermione's eyes narrowed as he looked at them expectantly. She looked into his eyes and was shocked by what she heard. She could hear his thoughts. He was pleased that everything worked out according to plan. He was pleased that he had made the decision not to interfere. He knew what Draco had done to her. He knew all year that Draco would turn someone. In fact, he'd subtly nudged him in her direction.

She saw red. "You," she accused quietly as she stood from her chair in a flash. "You knew! How could you?"

She flew at the old man in a rage before she realized what she was doing. She felt arms wrap around her like steel bands and wrestle her away from the meddling old man. She raged against her captor. She would make him pay. He seemed to like to toy with everyone's life, especially Harry's. He would do it no more.

"Hermione," Draco called out as he struggled to hold her. She was furious. How dare he? "Hermione, I command you to calm down and sit in your chair. Tell me what the problem is."

Hermione's eyes filled with bloody tears as her shoulders slumped in defeat. It wasn't fair. She sagged into her chair and covered her eyes with her hands. She was mortified by her behavior. She would have killed Dumbledore if Draco hadn't intervened. Her throat started to close up.

She breathed deeply and then answered his question. "He knew. He knew all year that you were going to make another vampire. He knew that you took me from the forest and yet he did nothing to intervene. He's been secretly steering us together all year."

Draco looked at her calculatingly. Then he turned to Dumbledore. "Is that true?" he asked quietly.

Dumbledore smiled. "I think the question that you should be asking is how does she know? How did she come by this information?"

Draco turned back to her. Hermione reigned in her chaotic emotions. "I heard him. I heard his thoughts."

Draco turned back to Dumbledore. "Don't you see," he said gently as he handed her a handkerchief. "You are telepathic now, Hermione. Even the strongest Occlumens couldn't keep you out."

"How?" she asked as she wiped the blood from her face.

"Some vampires develop extra senses or powers. More than likely, mind magic was something that you excelled with as a witch. It's been amplified by your change," he explained as he looked at her over his glasses.

"You want us to fight for the order," she stated simply as she plucked the thought from his mind.

"Yes," he confirmed. "Voldemort has been gaining power. I recently came across some disturbing information. Tell me, do you know what a horcrux is?"

"He made a horcrux?" Draco asked incredulously.

"He didn't make just one. He made at least six, maybe even seven," Dumbledore answered gravely.

Hermione looked into Dumbledore's mind and shivered violently as she discovered just what a horcrux was. It was insidious.

"So, you want us to get close to Voldemort and find out just where and what these horcruxes are?" she asked.

"It's of the utmost importance," Dumbledore nodded sagely. "He cannot be killed until we destroy all the pieces of his soul. And by get close, I mean you can be at some distance and still hear his thoughts. He won't even know you were there."

Hermione looked at Draco. She didn't know what side he was on. She had thought, since his father was a Death Eater, that he would eventually be one to. But Dumbledore trusted him enough to disclose all this in front of him.

"What do you think?" she pushed her question silently into his mind and watched as surprise bloomed across his features. He looked at her with something akin to pride etched into his face. He nodded slightly, giving her the go ahead.

She turned to Dumbledore. "We'll do it."

Dumbledore smiled broadly. "I knew that you would make the right choice. Now, as to other matters, do not worry about your place within Hogwarts. You will always have a place here."

"Thank you, sir," Hermione answered. "Can I ask a question?"

Dumbledore smiled merrily, "I'm not sure that you really need to ask, but by all means, ask away. Ask away."

Hermione pursed her lips. "Well, it's just…. I can't smell you."

"Ahhh…" he smiled warmly. "A dampening spell, designed to limit the sense of smell. Enclosed space and all. Do not fret, dear. I'm sure you'll be fine around your friends."

"What?" she asked before clearing her throat. "What are we going to tell them? I look different. I sound different. They're going to notice that something happened to me."

"Irreversible potion's accident," he answered. "Altered your appearance, aging you, and tying you irrevocably to young Draco here. I know things will be bumpy at first, especially with young Mr. Weasley, but they will come around."

Hermione nodded and she stood with Draco ready to leave. "I'll be in contact," Dumbledore stated. "We'll start your missions in a few weeks time. In the meantime, learn all you can from Draco, Miss Granger. We are going to need all the help we can get."

End Note: So, thoughts? Do you like Hermione's special power? I thought that since she was adept with obliviation in canon that it would make sense for her extra power to have something to do with the mind. What kind of power should Draco have, if any at all? See you lovelies on Friday!
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