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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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A/N: Thanks again for all the reviews. I've had some complaints that the chapters are way too short. I've said this before and I'll say it again. This story started out as a drabble challenge. the readers gave me a word or phrase and i wrote a chapter incorporating their suggestion. a drabble is usually only 300-1000 words, so some of these chapters are actually a bit too long, believe it or not. I ended up lengthening this fic from the original challenge but I will not make the chapters longer.

Chapter 25

Hermione watched Dumbledore's face carefully as he processed her words. He was good, she had to give him that as his face remained calm and serene. His thoughts however were a totally different story. They were anguished and perturbed.

"There's no use in hiding it," he said finally. "Not with your ability, dear girl. I had suspected since Harry's second year. Tom's ring had a most peculiar reaction when it was placed near Harry."

Hermione sagged in her chair as he confirmed her worst fears. Harry was a horcrux. Harry would have to die for Voldemort to be killed.

"What do we do, sir?" she asked quietly. She didn't try to hide her bloody tears as they slipped down her cheeks. She didn't want to believe that Harry's life would be forfeit to defeat the madman. It was unfair.

"Well," he mused. "For starters, we are going to have to tell him. I've kept him in the dark for far too long. I had hoped to spare him as much as possible. He's had a very hard life and that is my fault. I've failed him in the past. I put him with his only living relatives to exploit the blood protection that Lily Potter had provided him with and they mistreated him. Abused him even. I don't want to withhold any more from him. He has a right to know."

Hermione nodded her head. She agreed wholeheartedly with his statement. Harry did have a right to know.

"And then," Draco prompted after a few moments of silence.

"And then we research. Hermione has provided us with the information we needed to destroy Tom's horcruxes," Dumbedore stated gravely. "Now we have to search for a way to save Harry."

"Are we going to tell him about me?" Hermione asked.

"We will," Dumbledore answered. "He deserves to know. Not only that, he will curious how we found out about the horcruxes to begin with. Sometimes the truth is the easiest way."

Draco snorted. "Well, this will be dandy. I'm already not his biggest fan and now he will learn that I basically killed his best friend."

Dumbledore smiled kindly. "Yes, well I'm sure his reaction will be rather negative but you need to get over your differences now before the fight really begins. I have no doubt that it will be you three that finally take down the Dark Lord."

"When are we going to tell him?" Hermione asked as she got up from her chair. She was exhausted, mentally and emotionally.

"I'll call a meeting right before the end of term. I'll meet with the three of you before you leave for the summer. I'll be extending an invitation for the three of you to stay at Number 12 Grimmauld Place for the summer. It will make it easier for you to hunt and destroy the other pieces of Tom's soul. We'll tell him everything then. In the meanwhile, do as much research as you can Hermione. I'll be searching as well. There must be a way that we can pull it off."

"Thank you,sir," Hermione stated quietly. "I'll do my best."

Dumbledore smiled warmly. "I know you will. Good luck and good night."

Hermione followed Draco down the stairs, surprised to see that darkness had fallen over the castle already. They glided past the Great Hall, neither of them really up to the task of pretending to eat.

Hermione wanted to go to the library to get a start on her research. She also needed to go to the room of hidden things. One of the horcruxes was there within the castle itself.

"Come with me," Draco entreated as if anticipated her leaving him. "I have something for you back at the dorm."

"You've already given me far too much today," she retorted. "All those clothes and jewelry that I'll never wear. It's ostentatious."

He smirked as he twirled her around. "Ahhh… but this something I know that will tickle your fancy."

Hermione huffed quietly. "Fine… but I'm going to hex you if it's another piece of jewelry or another set of lacy under things. I'm beginning to think that you bought all that stuff for yourself."

"Deal," he smiled as he pulled her along. "And some of those things were for me as much as they were for you."

Hermione watched him as he lead her down the winding staircase. She decided that she rather liked it when he smiled. Not the smirk he usually wore, but an honest to goodness smile. It made him look so much more open and sincere.

He ushered her inside and sat her on the bed. Then he reached into the closet and withdrew the package that he'd picked up from Borgin and Burkes. Hermione raised an eyebrow as he handed it to her to unwrap. She hoped it wasn't something that would harm her. That store had a nasty reputation. She dismissed the thought. Her life was tied to his, he wouldn't harm her on purpose.

She unwrapped it carefully and nearly squealed with delight when she saw what it was. She caressed the cover of the book reverently before she set it aside on the end table. She launched herself at the blond standing across form her and kissed him for all that she worth. Maybe he really did care about her. Maybe he wasn't just using her. The proof was on the end table. The candle light flickered softly across them as she thanked her maker, casting soft shadows on the book The Newly Undead's Guide to Everything That You Ever Needed to Know or Didn't Want to Know by Vlad Dracul.

End Note:Thoughts? Please, do take the time to rate or review, even if it's just to tell me how much you hate this story. I really do thrive on your reviews. I'll see you Friday!
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