Breaking Out, Breaking Down | By : Draconis Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 6611 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Hermione swore silently at herself. How could she not notice Malfoy there? He was the only person she knew that had such bright blonde hair. He certainly wasn't following her. Perhaps it was just circumstance. He'd went to the loo and saw her. Yeah that was it.
Looking quickly through her vials, she realized she didn't have enough dreamless sleep potion to make it through the night. There were dangers of mixing it with alcohol but at this point she couldn't care less. She looked at the last vial of potion and the vast amounts of liquor. The brunnette wondered what the fatality chances were. She hadn't read the morbid pieces of potions and counter interactions.
She started scrambling through the books that matted the floor. Advanced Potions, Beginner's Potions...where the hell was it? She fell to the floor and cursed loudly, knowing she couldn't move anymore. She was utterly exhausted. She hasn't eaten at all that day, and it was nearly dusk. Hermione grabbed for the dreamless sleep potion and opened the vial, shooting down its contents. Maybe she'd get a couple of hours of sleep before her mind was haunted once more.
Draco stood outside 12 Grimmauld Place to deliver the news of the worn out heroine. He knocked carefully with the end of his walking stick; the very one hisfather had handed down to him. Damn that bastard, and all that he had done to his family. Ronald opened the door and grimaced openly.
"Harry, the ferret is here." He called up the hallway. He stared at the blonde wizard, noticing that his hair was longer than he had remembered. He stood tall and confident.
"Are you going to let me in Weasley, or has your mum not taught you proper manners?" Draco drawled, looking pointedly at his walking stick. He then looked up at the gaping ginger and let out an exasperated sigh. "Look, may I please come in? It's a little cold. Plus, I have news of Granger."
"You saw Hermione?" The freckled wizard asked, opening the door wider to allow for Draco to enter.
"Yes, and it's not good. She is using enchantments to conceal what's really going on. She looks as though she hadn't slept in weeks, and it's evident that she hasn't had much of an appetite." The wizard stated as he found a chair to sit in. "I tried to talk to her but all I got was a 'fuck off' and I was told to relay it to you two as well." He looked up at Harry as he entered the room. Ron had placed his head in his hands, not sure if he could survive the news.
"I know that she ended things between us because she needed time alone, to figure everything out...but I didn't think it would be like this... This drastic."
"What did you think then Weasley? That she would be perfect and normal after everything that we went through?" He stood up and walked over to the man who couldn't look Draco in the eyes. "Your family pulled together in their time of grief and included Harry and Hermione but I think it really hit her that she's completely alone in the world.She made some pretty big sacrifices." He turned to look at Harry. "May I speak with you, alone please?" He gestured into the kitchen.
Harry stepped into the kitchen and Draco followed, casting a Muffliato charm so Weasley couldn't listen.
"Malfoy I know we asked you to keep an eye out for her, and I appreciate that you've done just that. But we need to know where she's at. She's alone and headed for someplace she might not come back from."
Draco gave his signature smirk and turned around, pulling his wand out of his walking stick and faced Potter once more. A wave of his wand, and two crossed streets on the outskirts of London appeared suspended in the air between them, a known residential area.
"That is the area where she apparated to. She was too drunk to be cautious enough to think of residual magic." His smirk reappeared "My guess is she lives within a kilometre of that point."
A/N
This is the beta'd version. Have I mentioned I love my beta? :D
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