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Grangers Apprentice COMPLETE	By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 11073 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Hermione opened her eyes, she stared at the ceiling of the tent for a few minutes and then smiled to herself. They were done with the damn mission and now they were just awaiting their new one to be sent from the ministry in England. The night before, after waiting a week and a half the flower finally bloomed and she and Draco jumped right on it, casting a shielding charm on themselves and then protecting their skin they immediately dug the flower up and transferred it to a protecting jar with a note of warning to wear protection while opening and then they sent it away. Hermione and Draco stayed awake for another hour or so having congratulatory drinks, a feat made extremely awkward due to their constant animosity in school, they had nothing to talk about. The bathroom door opened and she turned her head, the cloud of steam that rolled out smelled amazing because of his body wash. Draco didn't come out but stood in front of the mirror brushing his teeth, he wore only a pair of black slacks and Hermione was struck in awe at his biceps, his pecks and what she could see of his abs. When he turned to leave the bathroom, Hermione turned her head quickly and then rubbed her eyes and pretended to just be waking up as opposed to letting him know that she'd been watching him. His ego really didn't need that.

“Morning sleepy-head” Draco said as he walked over to his side of the tent and pulled a shirt over his head “I made eggs...I burned the first batch”

“Least you got it the second time” Hermione said nicely as she walked over to the kitchen area and looked at the eggs sitting innocently in the pan “They look good”

“The only reason the first batch burned was because I got side-tracked” Draco explained, he'd gotten distracted because Hermione's blanket had slipped off the bed on to the floor and he'd gotten a good uninterrupted look at her naked legs.

“What side-tracked you?” She asked as she sat down to eat.

“Oh you know” He answered “I saw a reflective surface and had to stare at myself admiringly”

“Wow” Hermione looked at him with a bright smile “That's the first time you've ever made a joke about yourself Draco, I like it”

“That's the first time you've used my given name, Hermione” He said with a smile “I like it” Hermione didn't know what to say so she just sat there and looked at him with a stupid, goofy little smile on her face while a few butterflies flapped around her stomach. She was trying to think of something witty to say when a letter appeared by fire between them on the counter.

“That will be our next mission” Hermione said “You want to do the honors?”

“Sure” He smirked and opened it, read it and then frowned and looked a little confused before handing it to her “It just says 'Come back to the Ministry for training' I thought we'd go to another exotic location”

“We probably will” Hermione assured him “I've been out for the last year and a half. They always bring us in for some more training before sending us out again and you're new so they want to show you the ropes, unless...”

“Unless?” He led.

“Well” She shrugged one shoulder “They could be sending us in to a completely magical place in which they will give us time to see our families while being trained so we don't offend any of the creatures we may meet”

“When do you want to leave?” He asked.

“Immediately” Hermione answered “I cannot wait for a hot bubble bath and to see my friends...”

“I can't wait to see my mother” Draco said and she snorted “What?”

“You've only been in the field for a little over a month” Hermione said “I haven't seen my friends or family in over a year...what are you going to do when you're gone that long?”

“Miss my family and do my work” He answered “Let's start packing”

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The ministry was as cold as ever the next day when Draco and Hermione entered it. Hermione had tied her hair back in a messy bun and put on her cleanest clothes but the problem with living in a tent, even a magical one, was the water never got hot enough to truly clean ones clothing and you could hardly stay in the shower long enough to get clean. Hermione felt like a mountain-troll as she walked past all the clean and neatly dressed people while wearing short jean shorts, a tank top that had a few stains on it and had been ripped and fixed so many times you could actually see the spots they ripped. She sneered at the women that nearly jumped away from her as she walked by, rolling her eyes Hermione got on the lift with Draco standing near her still managing to look as amazing as he always did. She envied his cool attitude, the way he could look everyone in the eye and not feel worried about what people were thinking about him. They took the lift to the floor that they were needed on and then to the conference room they were meeting their bosses to learn about what it was that they were going to be doing next.

“Hermione Granger” Mr. Norrington greeted as they walked in “You look good”

“Are you kidding?” She laughed “I look like I need a bath and new clothes”

“You look wild and rustic” He laughed, Draco would have thought that the man was hitting on her if he didn't already know the man was flamboyantly gay “It works for you, you little jungle kitten”

“I know that you're merely being nice but thank you anyway” Hermione said with a laugh.

“Hello Draco” The man greeted and gave him a slow once over “You get better looking every time I see you”

“It's a Malfoy thing” Draco answered as he took his seat near where Hermione was standing.

“His cocky attitude hasn't changed either, as you can see” Hermione laughed and sat near him. A few other people came in to the room and sat down, Mr. Norrington sat down at the head of the table.

“Let me introduce everyone around the table and then we can get down to business” Norrington started “This is Helena she is the head of the New Potions department here at the Ministry” A blonde woman waved “That is Maureen and she is the head of Magical Brewing here at the Ministry and sitting next to her is Perry who is the main Potions Brewer for the hospital with Norman who brews for the ministry” Everyone waved and Hermione and Draco waved back “On the end there are the twins Eric and Erica who are in charge of Magical Charms for the Ministry, Minister Shacklebolt, Headmistress McGonagall, Professor Severus Snape and the head of the Magical Law Enforcement office, Marcel and his assistant Blaise Zabini now that we're all introduced”

“Sir” Hermione said “Why are all these people meeting here?”

“Everyone in this room has an interest in your next mission” Norrington answered “We want you and Draco to find, visit, study and send back whatever you can...Tir Na Nog”

“Tir Na Nog?” Draco asked while Hermione looked confused “Are you...are you friggin serious?!”

“What is Tir Na Nog?” Hermione asked, not liking that she was obviously the only one who had no idea what they were talking about.

“Stuff of fairy tales” Draco answered her “Stories meant to keep kids, muggle and magical, in their beds and behaving correctly” She shook her head “Father always told me to stay in bed at night or the Fair Folk would take me away and make me their slave in Tir Na Nog”

“Its a bad place?” Hermione asked.

“Yes” Minerva McGonagall answered “And no. This is a land that is pure magical, with fairies, nomes, sprites, mermaids...everything we have here but theirs is a different or special kind of magic without hate and seemingly without borders and we just want to understand it better and see if there is some way we can mirror it a little”

“How do we find it?” Hermione asked.

“That's why we decided on Malfoy” Norrington said “We wanted to make sure that you could work together, if he was willing to work hard and because you need to befriend the Veela's and as Draco is part Veela it should be a little easier with him there” Hermione nodded “They will show you what to do”

“Okay” Draco frowned “I guess”

“Take the weekend to do whatever you want but on Monday” Norrington said “You are to be at Hogwarts to meet Luna Lovegood who is going to give you some lessons on Tir Na Nog and the customs of the people there”

“Thank you” Hermione said “It's good to be home”

“Well” He said “Lets finish up here and you can go visit friends and family”

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Harry read the note that Hermione sent him saying that she'd be home for at least two weeks before heading out on her next mission with Malfoy. She promised that she would visit him but he wasn't sure that he wanted her to meet his aunt like she was now. Petunia was given to strange bouts of near insanity which would lead to either cleaning sprees like when he was a child or she would just tell him the most random things about Vernon or Dudley when he was a kid and then she would laugh. He didn't know what to do half the time and only assured himself that he was doing all he could do and hope that she wouldn't hate him in the end. He had written to Molly and explained the situation but all the woman offered was that maybe she was just comfortable having him around even if she won't say it. He smiled at the letter and sent out a note telling her that she could stay with him if she wanted to.

“Aunt Petunia?” Harry called out “I have a friend that's going to be coming here to stay for a week or two...if that's okay with you...”

“Harry” Petunia said from her spot in the backyard where she'd been getting some sun “Did you know that when your mother got her Hogwarts letter I wrote to the Headmaster to beg him to let me go too?”

“I did” Harry said sitting down near her “My friend is going to be staying with us...”

“I was jealous, you see?” Petunia continued “Mum and dad always favored her, how beautiful she was while I was so plain, how lovely her eyes were while mine were so...plain, how smart and driven she was and how...not I was and then when she was accepted to that school” She laughed a shook her head “Well, my parents were over the moon with their happiness...”

“Aunt Petunia...” Harry took her hand but she turned suddenly and grasped his hands, looking in to his green eyes pleadingly.

“Do you think I learned how to be such a hateful bitch myself?” She laughed again “It's how I was raised, Lily was the favorite and I was the leftover, no matter what I did it wasn't good enough but your mother, Lily, she was kind to me, like a real sister is supposed to be so obviously I was terrified to be left alone but when she left I was the one that was spoiled”

“I need to know...” Harry tried again.

“With your mother gone I was finally taught how I should act around the opposite sex” Petunia continued on “To keep a proper house, to cook, to sew ...everything I know now is all because of your mother leaving for that school so in a way I am lucky that she left...but I took out the frustrations I learned early in life on you but I assure you that it wasn't just that...I was so angry when she died, it was all your fathers fault or so I thought at the time but either way I had lost her and they wanted me to take care of his son”

“PETUNIA!” Harry shouted and she looked at him almost afraid “Did you hear me?” She nodded “My friend Hermione Granger is coming to stay here for a while”

“I heard you, boy” She said “I'm not deaf...just dying”

“Don't say that” Harry snapped, he hated it when she spoke about it like there was nothing wrong with it.

“You've been around so much death Harry” Petunia said “How is it that my speaking about my own impending death bothers you?”

“They were murdered...it just happened, there was nothing else that could have happened” Harry ground out “You have a choice here...”

“No, I don't!” Petunia snapped, glaring at him “This is the real world Harry!”

“I have magic!” Harry hissed at her “Did you ever stop to think about how selfish you are being now?!” She looked confused “All I ever wanted was for a family member to treat me like an actual human being that was loved and wanted and the time you choose to treat me as such is when you're dying”

“I never...” She started.

“You're going to make me love you” Harry whispered “And then you're going to die. You are being selfish. At least I never got to know my parents so I couldn't fully understand what I was losing, at least I know that Sirius would have stayed and that Dumbledore would have lived for as long as he could have but you are choosing to leave...and I hate you for it, I hate you for dragging me in to this” He ran his hand through his messy black hair and walked away for a before turning back “Why did you even drag me back here?”

“Because I don't want to be alone” Petunia whispered “Look at me, I'm no prize and I'm old already...what's left for me?”

“Anything you want” Hermione answered making Harry jump “Sorry, I knocked but no one answered so I came in” The green-eyed man laughed and hugged her tightly.

A/N: I hope this chapter is good. I wanted to make Petunia vulnerable and well sad...but she's dying. Please review!!!!
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