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Forever and A Day	By : Original-Sin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 3727 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Song Lyrics: "Once Upon A Dream" Written by Sammy Fain and Jack Lawrence.
Malfoy Manor
Lucius was pissed. He ended up having to read the article after Draco had shown up ranting about how he wanted to absolutely DESTROY that Skeeter woman in court, and for good reason too. Narcissa was angered to the point of tears, that their engagement had been announced without first telling her, Lucius & presumably Harry, as Hermione's Lord of House. He itched to take his wand to the bitch himself, but his lifelong parole meant that he wasn't allowed to use his wand, or that of anyone else for casting any and all of the unforgivable curses. The elder Malfoy had a special kind of Trace on him to monitor his spell work, and he had to report to the Ministry every two months to get it renewed. Failure to report without good reason (death of spouse or heir) meant a one way ticket to the Kiss.
Now, Hermione and Draco were going to have to release two statements, one a traditional engagement notice, in both The Quibbler & The Daily Prophet, and the second again in both magazine and paper, detailing their anger and sadness about such intimate photographs being taken without their knowledge or consent, and how they were intending to fully pursue legal action against Skeeter, the as yet "unnamed source" & photographer, individually and as a whole.
Less than a week later, The Quibbler sold out in three hours and needed a reprint when the following announcement appeared:
Lord Harry James Potter, of the Noble and Most Ancient Houses Of Black & Potter, in conjunction with Lord Lucius and Lady Narcissa Malfoy of the Most Ancient & Noble House of Malfoy are pleased to announce the engagement of Lady Hermione Jean Granger-Potter to Lord Draco Abraxas Malfoy. Lady Granger-Potter and the younger Lord Malfoy will be planning to announce the date of their magical bonding & nuptials within the next month.
A beautiful photo was beside the announcement of a beaming Draco holding Hermione in a close embrace, her ring proudly on display with her hand resting on his chest over his heart, Harry & Ginny standing behind Hermione, with Lucius and Narcissa standing behind their son. All six of them were holding expressions of complete joy. Harry had personally made sure that Molly & Arthur had a copy of a photo of just the happy couple, much to their delighted surprise. Molly had immediately sent a tear stained letter to Hermione & Draco congratulating the couple and asking if they had chosen a date. She had also told them that she was very proud to call Hermione her daughter, and welcoming Draco to the Weasley family as a new son.
Later that month, Lucius drafted a carefully worded announcement for The Quibbler:
Lady Hermione Jean Granger-Potter and Lord Draco Abraxas Malfoy wish to announce that they are taking legal action against the Daily Prophet for the disgraceful violation of their privacy in the November 14th's edition of The Daily Prophet. Lady Granger-Potter and Lord Malfoy ask the public to respect their privacy at this difficult time.

DECEMBER 17th
Hermione danced around the kitchen singing softly to herself while baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies for Draco.
“I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
Yet I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream”
Ginny walked in and seeing her sister-in-law singing and dancing, just left the kitchen to Hermione's dreamy refrain, tapping Draco on the shoulder as she passed him pointing to where Hermione was.
“But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
The way you did once upon a dream"
Draco walked in behind Hermione and gently pulled her into a waltz, his rich baritone joining in with her soft lovely voice.
“I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream”
Just as he lowered his head to kiss his beautiful fiancée, the buzzer on the oven went off, disrupting the magic of the moment. Hermione laughed, and humming softly, pulled the cookies out of the oven. Instantly, Draco's hand snuck around Hermione's waist and stole one of the cooler cookies.
“Draco Abraxas Malfoy, don't think I couldn't see that! The cookies are for dessert” She chided laughingly.
“I know, love. But you're so in love with me, you'll let me have just this one” He smirked. “Please don't ever forget that I love you, too”
"I know. I love you Draco."

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Two hours later, Harry walked in later than his usual time, looking very grim indeed. He kissed Ginny's cheek, sat down heavily and dropped his head into his hands.

“Harry? Are you alright?” Hermione asked.

“No. We caught a case about an hour and a half ago. It was a young muggle-born prostitute. She had been-- tortured to death. There is also evidence suggesting she was r-r-raped first” Harry let out a breath. “Bloody hell, it was awful. Her corpse had the Dark Mark above it. She had the word 'mudblood' carved into her chest”

Hermione gasped. This was absolutely awful. Draco, who was considerably paler than normal, wrapped his arm around her slim shoulders and squeezed gently. Everyone sat in stunned silence. They were all thinking the same thing: What was coming next? Another war? Merlin only knew what was in store for the wizarding world.

Bow and Arrow, Muggle London.

Ron walked back into his room and slammed the door violently. The Muggle whore was just the beginning of his journey to become a Neo-Death Eater. He smirked as he thought about his next challenge. The bitch would know he was coming for her and her pet ferret.

-March 14 2002-

Hermione’s smile was radiant. She stood up on the dais at the dress shop while the seamstress fluttered around making sure that the dress fit perfectly. It was more than a custom gown. It was a stunningly beautiful work of art, with the style reflecting a time frame of somewhere around the 1870’s. It was a light gold colour that Hermione knew was the colour of Draco’s favourite champagne, with swirls of silver and emerald in delicate patterns up to the waist of the dress where the skirt met the corset which was just the perfect shade of pale gold. Ginny ducked her head as she wiped away her tears.

“oh ‘Mione, you look absolutely stunning!” she said sniffing quietly.
“Miss Weasley- er Ginny- is correct, my dear. If Draco doesn’t lose his heart and mind at the sight of you in this dress, I’ll curse him myself” Narcissa Malfoy agreed. Hermione looked at the delicate patterns on the dress and twirled around slightly. She met Ginny’s brown shining eyes and Narcissa’s ice blue ones in the mirror and softly smiled as she smoothed her slim pale hands down the front of her dress and for a brief moment wished for her mother. Alas, that was an impossible wish for her to even think about making. Shortly after the war her parents were killed in a car wreck after their car broke down on a train track in Adelaide. She blinked rapidly as she remembered the Muggle police looking sympathetically at her as they gently told her and Harry about the accident and how her brave parents had held on to one another right at the moment of impact. Harry had wrapped an arm around his friend’s shoulders thanked the officers and led Hermione away. She remembered the overwhelming pain she felt that night when she had overdosed on over the counter pain pills washed down with her father’s favourite whiskey. Harry had tapped on the bedroom door and following his intuition, kicked the door in and carted an unconscious Hermione to the bathroom grabbed her hair in one hand and with his other hand shoved his fingers down her throat while begging her to keep living. She threw up everything in her system with Harry supporting her. It rocked him to his very core seeing someone he loved this low. He scooped her up in his arms and took her through the Floo and took her to St Mungo’s Hospital and straight into his private Healer’s office. Healer Cobain had no qualms about performing tests in his office to protect Hermione’s right to patient anonymity. Harry held his friends hand as it was explained that her magical core was permanently damaged by the combined efforts of the pills and booze but only time would tell as to the extent.
"In my educated opinion Miss Granger, at this stage, it appears as though you won’t ever be able to cast a spell to defend yourself. This means if you wanted a change of career, you would have to do something that would give you no call to defend yourself or others. To attempt to do so would at best render you a Squib and at worse possibly kill you or others” the Healer had cautioned.

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Hermione felt herself being shaken vigorously. She shook her head and blinked owlishly at Narcissa, who had gone quite pale. “Hermione? Are you alright sweetheart? Talk to me” the older witch pleaded.

“I’m fine, Mrs Malfoy-uh Narcissa” Hermione murmured softly, still blinking like an owl. “I think I just got caught up with a case of I think I just caught up with a case of pre wedding jitters, that’s all.”

“Yes I’m sure that is exactly what it was” Ginny said brightly, but not looking convinced. She continued on saying the wedding invitations looked absolutely stunning. She pulled her invitation out of her purse for the others to look at. It was a pale gold colour with an emerald dragon with silver eyes entwined in a wreath of lilac asters with a scarlet and golden book in the dragon’s claws. The inscription read:

Lord Lucius and Lady Narcissa Malfoy together with Lord Harry Potter and Miss Ginevra Weasley humbly request the honour of your presence to celebrate the bonding and marriage of Lord Draco Abraxas Malfoy & Lady Hermione Granger-Potter.
At sunset on June 14th 2002, Draco and Hermione will say their vows in front of family friends and other esteemed guests and be bound in magical matrimonial bliss.
Please note: This is a black tie event, furthermore, by request of the bride and groom, in lieu of gifts, the couple will happily accept donations made in their name to the Marauders Orphans Hogwarts Trust fund, a cause close to their hearts.
Please RSVP to Lord Potter or Lady Malfoy no sooner than March 16th 2002.

Hermione smiled as she read the elegant script. Narcissa had outdone herself with the design on the invitations with the elegant dragon motif was on all the invitations as well as a juggle photograph of Draco and Hermione, frozen in time looking so happy together. Hermione had put the incident out of her mind for now. Only two and a half months til the wedding, then we'll be together forever she thought smiling softly and touching her engagement ring.
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