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The Inner Peace	By : Katay Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 16047 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N:
This was by far the hardest chapter to write, simply because I think there are
so many ways this can be interpreted and really no one is going to be happy
with any way but their own. Therefore, I simply state that this is my take on
how events would play out in this situation.

Chapter
22:

The group arrived at a restaurant V knew to
be just off of Regent Street.
She was surprised at the Dark Lord�s choice of such a busy area, but also knew
that they were less likely to be seen that way. Hog�s Head fiasco anyone?

She turned to the Dark Lord as they
approached the restaurant front and said quietly, �I know I haven�t said it
before, but I wanted to say thank you. I know how hard this all was.� She made
sure to squeeze His arm lightly as He escorted her inside.

He replied even more softly, �You will come
to realize, V, that I would do quite a lot for you.�

She ducked her head as he took her cloak
from her shoulders to give to the maitre-d, a lower rank Death Eater she had
never gotten to know. She shivered as the cold air hit her practically naked
body and thanked Merlin for the band aids she had used to cover her nipples. If I didn�t know that it was Harry�s job to
kill Voldemort, gosh darnit, I would do it right now.
Stupid, damn, bloody, thin dress. Who the hell would
come up with this anyways?!

The Dark Lord leaned down to her after her
third involuntary shudder, as they walked through a dimly lit hallway towards
the restaurant, and said, �Cold my dear? I�m sure I could do something to �
say, warm you up?�

I
won�t spit on him, I won�t choke him, and I will wait until the time is right!

�Nnno
my Lord. I simply love
the feel of this dress against my skin.� She forced a grin.

He nodded and straightened up, saying, �I�m glad, I had Miss Parkinson come up with it for you.�

Oh
just another reason to kill that bitch, V thought grimly. She took in the restaurant as the main room came into
view and had to fight back a giggle. All of the Inner Circle were
there, sitting at separate tables for two, three or four depending on their
faithfulness. The Parkinsons were there with their
daughter who was shooting envious looks at a table across the room seating
Lucius Malfoy, his son and his date, Ginevra Weasley.

Voldemort followed her line of sight to the
slightly pouting Weasley and said, �You did well with
her. I think, however, that she goes soft in Draco�s hands. Perhaps they have
an understanding?�

V looked up at the Dark Lord as he held her
chair out for her and said softly, �Perhaps. Malfoy and I speak only of what we
must my Lord. It keeps our missions clean and simple. Plus, I can not imagine
an interest in any normal man my Lord, so perhaps I am a poor judge.� She slid
her hand lightly over his own as she sat and noticed his eyes follow her
cleavage down. She bit back bile and repeated her mantra, It ends tonight, it ends tonight, it ends tonight.

Her table with the Dark Lord sat on an upper
level, overlooking the rest. She glanced about for where Harry might be hiding,
but couldn�t place his individual aura out of the crowded restaurant. She hoped
that he had a decent angle and would not hesitate too much that night.

Voldemort ordered them both a glass of Chianti
and they sat talking over the Inner
Circle and the family relationships. �My dear, I
think you are one of the only purebloods who isn�t
fully related to most of this room,� commented Voldemort after V had pointed
out her own parents sharing an appetizer of tomatoes and mozzarella.

She nodded, �Indeed, I think that it may
also be the reason the women are so stand-offish. They fear me because they
have no hold over me. I come from purer blood than most of them can even attest
to, and my parents are two of the most powerful people in our qorld.� She nearly screamed when she felt a hand slide onto
her leg. She shot Voldemort a surprised glance to see him staring at her with
insane eyes.

�And what of my influence? Do they not fear you because of my
connection to you?� His hand began rubbing circles on her flesh. �Shall I warm
you up a bit, little one?� He said, in what she guessed he thought was a husky
voice.

She controlled her urge to slap His hand
away and pull her thigh out of his reach. Instead, she smirked slightly and
said, �Oh they fear you, but I think they don�t quite believe we are serious.�

She knew she had chosen the right words when
His hand still and His eyes shot over the crowd below. She watched with a sneer
on her face as the two women at the Bulstrode table, the two at the Parkinson
table, the one at the Malfoy table, and various other females across the room
flinch and clench their left forearms. All eyes flew to the table overlooking
them as Voldemort took V�s hand in His own and laid it on the table.

He scowled at the room and muttered to her,
�That should keep them hushed.�

She raised an eyebrow and said simply, �If
you say so my Lord. I�m glad you have control over such vicious and curious
creatures.�

He was interrupted in His response by their
appetizer of calamari being laid on the table, by none other than Fred Weasley. She quickly loaded her plate, hoping that if her
hands and mouth were kept busy, the Dark Lord wouldn�t bother her too much.

V was ready to jump out of her skin and
never return by the end of the main course. She had of course enjoyed her
simple filet mignon, but the fact that the Dark Lord was literally pawing her
everywhere He could, made her want to throw up everything she�d eaten in the
past week.

She was debating the pros and cons of escaping
to the bathroom and having to deal with every other female in the room
following her, when two flutes of Champaign
were set down on her table. She heard the room below hush and watched in slight
shock as Voldemort scooted back his chair and bowed to her.

�Veronique Lestrange, you have turned our
small world upside down with your skill at magic, your passion for battle and
your cunning in tricky situations. You have personally turned my head so that I
no longer see the world in simple black and white, but in shades of green and
silver,� he fingered her dress as he said the last bit and she heard twitters below
her. �Veronique Lestrange, become my wife, my Queen and help me take our Dark
side to new heights.� He held out a small ring box, a huge diamond set on a
simple white-gold ring lay on the bed of velvet.

She noted the lack of a question in His
little speech and placed her hand by her heart. She looked down to see Draco
staring at a spot near the kitchens, nodding his head slightly. Taking a deep
breath, she said, �My Lord, I know not how to express my emotions at this
unexpected �� A spell came flying through the air, missing Voldemort by merely
an inch and bypassing V.

Voldemort glanced over his shoulder, cast a
protection spell around the two and said quickly, �My dear, now is not the time
for niceties. An answer would be lovely as I need to organize my troupes.�

She growled at Harry�s poor aim and said
loudly, so that she could be heard over the gasps and loud yelling below, �My
Lord, I have just the answer you�ve been waiting for,� she stood gracefully.
Taking a step towards him, she suddenly swung her foot back and the brought it forwards
with a sickening thump as it made contact with his crotch. The Dark Lord
crumpled quickly and V cast an immobilizing spell on him, saying as His eyes
narrowed at her, �all your miserable life, you great Snakey-Git.�

She felt a few spells whiz towards her and
spun to deflect them off. She heard footsteps coming up the stairs and only
hoped that it was Harry. Suddenly a figure materialized beside her and said
sheepishly, �Guess I missed.�

She growled �Damn right you did. Now get to
it, He�s bound � never mind.� She watched Voldemort stand up, wand drawn at
both her and Harry. She grinned unabashedly at the Dark Lord, �You know you
should check references, My Lord.�

She mocked, �I did in fact go to Hogwarts,
but I was never in Slytherin. I do believe the Hat�s
words were �GRYFFINDOR!�� As she yelled the last in imitation, she waved her
hand at her clothing, changing it to her leather bandeau top and pants, now
lined with red and gold. She shot a spell at the stunned insane creature in
front of her. He barely threw it off
when Harry cast another at Him from a little ways away.

He snarled at her, �I�ll deal with you
later, you traitor� he threw a tunnel of fire towards her and she quickly
changed into her phoenix form to fly out of the way. Voldemort frowned at her,
dismissed her as another shot came towards her from below � forcing her to dive
and spin, and turned to Harry, �Potter, you�re even less intelligent than I
thought, coming here like this.�

He flicked his wand right as Harry shot a
spell of his own and the two connected, much as Harry had described from years
before. V felt some of her tail feathers singe and flew down to V watched the
scene in shock from above, but did another roll in the air as a water charm
splashed towards her. She flew to the head of the stairs, just behind Harry�s
back and began hexing the Death Eaters attempting to climb up.

She could see sporadic fights out across the
room and soon heard popping sounds to signify the appearance of the Order. She
could only make out spells being cast as the Death Eaters quickly transfigured
themselves into their signature robes. She watched Draco and the others of her
group do the same and knew that it would cause fabulous general confusion
later. She winced as she was caught off guard by a Stinging Hex and pulled her
samurai sword out to sever the neck partially off the offending Death Eater.

She turned to check on the battle behind her
and heard Harry and Voldemort behind her trading insults. �Potter, you haven�t
changed much; you still fight like a boy.�

Harry laughed harshly, �Is that really the
best you can do Tom?� He batted his eyes mockingly and shot another few spells
in quick succession across the room while throwing off a Crucio.
�You insult my power? You take away my girlfriend, divide your soul, and have
every minion on the lookout for me; am I really going to think you don�t fear
me? You�re weaker than I thought Riddle.�

Voldemort snarled, �She was a whore, your
girlfriend, I didn�t have to take her away � she came. Don�t get so cocky
Potter, you will die for it.�

�You know, I�m not so sure of that anymore. You
couldn�t even tell that your precious Miss Lestrange was the former Muggleborn Gryffindor you hated so much,� Harry shot back.

He grinned as he saw something slither up
behind the insane wizard, heard Voldemort hiss, �Get the boy!� and watched as
the snake nodded slightly.

Harry took advantage of Voldemort�s
distraction and shot a Slicing Hex at His wand arm. Voldemort let out a scream
and quickly summoned His wand with His other hand, stumbling slightly.

Harry smirked and walked slowly towards the
insane wizard. He said in a deathly voice, �or that your snake is a fake.� He
watched Voldemort�s eyes widen and he hissed to the
snake, �Show your true self - attack!� The snake turned quickly and struck at Voldemort�s legs numerous times. Harry stalked towards the
now shocked wizard, easily deflecting any spells Voldemort managed to send. �You�re
finished Tom. Do you feel the poison coursing through your veins?� He pulled
out Godric Gryffindor�s
sword from an invisible scabbard and raised it high above his head.

Meanwhile, V had been having a grand time changing into her
various animagi. She had taken out four at once while
in her lioness form and was able to sneak up behind another five using her fox
form. After ensuring the Order members were holding their own down below, she
transformed into her phoenix form and flew up to where Harry was poised with
the Dark Lord. As she perched on the banister, she heard a scream from the
level below and turned to see the four Weasley men
converged around one shaking Death Eater. She smirked, Looks like they found the spy!

She heard a gasp behind her and whipped her head back
around, only to watch in horror as Voldemort thrust a knife into Harry�s back
as he thrust the sword into the Dark Lord�s chest. After watching Harry fall to
the ground, she quickly cast a stasis spell on him to ensure he wouldn�t get
any worse before Madame Pomfrey could tend to him. She
stalked quickly over to the Dark Lord and bent down to look in His red snake
eyes. She heard Him rasping for breath and knew He wouldn�t last long. She
leaned and whispered in His ear, �I was never innocent you know. I�ve been with
Draco since before I was even introduced to you.� His eyes shot to her own. �I
even fucked him in the hall while you were waiting below tonight,� she smirked,
�and you didn�t even notice.� His eyes shot wide open and he gave a last deep
shuddering breath before his life force stopped completely, the snake�s venom,
different than the one he was rebirthed with, finally
taking over his body.

V closed her eyes tightly for a moment. Then she moved
quickly, portkeying Harry to the Hogwarts� Infirmary, transfiguring the Dark
Lord into a toothpick, and pocketing it. She walked swiftly down the stairs and
saw that most Death Eaters were in cages by then, although the floor was
littered with a number of them. She didn�t see any of the Weasley�s
and assumed they were taking care of their family problem. She saw her mother
and father dueling with Alecto and Amycus off to the side and moved to join them.

Spells, however, were sent her way by another masked figure
who had just taken down Dawlish and she swiftly gave
him her attention. She shot a stunning spell with her wand while she sent a
revealing charm with her other hand. The Death Eater was able to deflect the
first, but not the second. She saw Dolohov as his
hood was thrown off and snarled. She sent a series of hexes until she saw him
collapse on the floor, unconscious. She conjured up a cage for him and looked
around the room once more. Her mother and father were the only alive ones left.
She spotted a few dead Order members, but wasn�t able to identify them. Her parents
began portkeying who the caged Death Eaters to the Ministry, while she placed
all the dead in a group and portkeyed them out as
well. She caught up to the Order members outside who had just taken down the
last of the patrolling Death Eaters and motioned them inside to take care of
all the wounded.

She walked up to her parents and said brusquely, �Let�s go,�
and all three apparated to the Malfoy estate where
Voldemort had held his headquarters.

The fight was still raging there and the three jumped in
quickly. V was flinging hexes and curses right and left, using her skill of
stealth to avoid notice in the evening darkness. She managed to make her way
into the house, leaving her parents a few others to deal with the decreasing
chaos outside.

She stepped into the main hall and found that the main fight
was happening within the house itself. The last of the Death Eaters crouched
behind various objects of the sitting room, while the rebels and members of the
Order rained spells on them from the balcony above.

She sighed and conjured up a few cages, banishing the
unaware Death Eaters into them as they attempted to fend off the other oncoming
spells. The members on the balcony gave a great whoop and charged down to
finish the last few who had escaped V. She motioned to Lupin,
Tonks and Moody for them to hurry outside and help the
other aurors and Shacklebolt,
who she had saved earlier from a rather nasty cutting curse which only took off
a bit of her hair as she lunged in front of him.

She caught a flash of light from the back lawn and
transformed into her fox form. She padded out the door and spotted Draco, along
with Blaise, encircled by Parkinson Sr, the four Crabbes and Goyles, the younger Nott and Marcus Flint. V watched from
the shadows as the two in the middle fought back to back. She transformed and sent
a few stray hexes, taking down Goyle Sr while Draco took down Crabbe Jr. Nott and Goyle Jr soon followed the other
two and V was fairly sure she had gone unnoticed. She began to slip from shadow
to shadow watching as Blaise took out Crabbe Sr, but then crumple as Flint hit him with a purple hex V recognized rather
well from her 5^th year. She looked over and realised
in horror that Draco hadn�t registered Blaise�s
collapse and therefore his danger in concern to the quickly approaching Flint.

She knew if she attempted to mentally contact Draco he would
be thrown off of his furious duel with the older Parkinson, so she began to
quickly head towards the duel. She was attempting to put barriers between Flint, who had been
brought out a ways by Blaise, and Draco who was still
battling fiercely with the enraged elder man. She couldn�t get a decent enough
read on Flint to
shoot a hex at him, but knew he was headed back towards the duel. Just as V saw
Draco cast a particularly nasty hex, she saw Flint fire a spell at him. She didn�t think
for a moment and launched herself towards Draco, watching as Parkinson crumpled
to the ground, Draco turned with a shocked look and Flint appeared out of the shadows. She cast
the killing curse at the far Death Eater just as she was hit by his own spell. Complete blackness surrounded her as she
heard Draco�s gasped, �No!� and a muffled thump beyond her.

A/N: I admit that I
left a lot out, but I think that it was necessary for you all, so you can use
your imaginations a little to decided exactly what revenges were met and which
ones weren�t.
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