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: So, I've finished writing this story. It sits at 48 chapters, so there aren't many left. I'm going to stick to the uploading schedule that we've been on for the duration of this story. Thanks again for all the lovely reviews. You guys are awesome.
Chapter 42
Dobby returned two days later. He gave Draco a roll of parchment from his Mother. The plan was ingenious really. Narcissa would slip Lucius a dreamless sleep potion before bed the night of their planned attack. She relayed that the following Monday would be a good day to do it. She said that the Dark Lord had a major attack planned the following morning, something about a muggle bridge and everyone would be retiring early so that they could get an early start the next day.
With Lucius down for the count, there would be no one to feel the shift of the wards as Draco dismantled them. Then they could take them by surprise. She also stated that a majority of Voldemort's followers would be at the house that night so that they would be onhand for the upcoming attack. It would be less for them to round up after it was all over.
As for herself, she said that she would ward herself into her bedchambers with Lucius. She never wanted any part of Voldemort's schemes. Draco knew that she never wanted to be a part of it. She was so far under his Father's thumb that she couldn't have done anything about it. She could only stand and watch as her family fell apart and her husband drifted further from her.
Draco's eyes were wet and his emotions were turbulent after he finished relaying the contents of the letter. He loved his mother. She was possibly the only one that he had loved as a human and she was certainly the only one to have ever shown him any love as a child. Hermione could tell that he was afraid for her.
"So, next Monday?" Harry asked.
"Early Tuesday morning," Dumbledore answered. "We'll leave here around midnight. Draco will take down the wards and we'll go in through front door if we can. I'm sure that there'll be a guard or a lookout, but with Hermione with us, we'll be able to pinpoint them. I don't want to risk apparating in and alerting them with our presence right away. If we are quiet, we should be able to get quite a few of them before anyone notices we are there."
"What about the snake?" Hermione asked. Nagini was the last horcrux. They would have to kill her before they got to Voldemort.
"I will take care of the snake," Draco said.
"Marvelous," Dumbledore said. "Hermione, I want you to stick close to Harry. With your connection to Draco, you will know when he kills the snake. And I know that you will do what is necessary afterwards."
Everyone was silent as his blue eyes landed on Harry. "I wish things could have been different Harry. I wish that I could sit here and give you a guarantee of a good outcome. I can't do that. I don't know what will happen after Tom hits you again with the killing curse. I do know that whatever happens, we will stand by your side. We will make sure that this is done once and for all."
Hermione reached out and grasped Harry's hand and squeezed it gently. "Whatever happens, I won't let you down Harry."
"I know," he whispered. "I'm just tired. I want this to be done. It seems surreal to think that it will be over, one way or the other, in just a few days."
They attended a full order meeting later that night. The only thing that he really told them was to meet at Headquarter's on Monday night. It wasn't that he didn't trust them. He just knew that if one of them was captured, the information could be tortured from them or they could be fed veritaserum. Either way, all their plans would be lost. They would go into detail on that night. Then they would go in. They would finish it. Once and for all.
Hermione had decided that she would give Harry her blood once more that morning. Then she and Draco would leave to hunt. They would have to be on their 'A' game. Draco would be killing Nagini. And she would be killing the Dark Lord.
End Note: So, the plot thickens. Things will happen fast and furious from here on out. Five chapters left and an epilogue. See you Friday!
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