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Too Late	By : Dagger Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 2248 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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“Today we are gathered here to lay to rest the smartest witch of her age, Miss Hermoine Jean Granger.” Headmistress McGonagall stood before the group of her friends and family trying to hold back her tears, as she spoke she thought of the rain falling around her and how it was fitting for the occasion. “None of us ever expected this to happen. She brought many of us joy through her years at Hogwarts and helped save the wizarding world from Voldemort.”


As the funeral continued there stood a young man in the back allowing the rain to soak him to the bone. He kept his head down allowing his hair to fall into his face. He allowed the tears to flow. He couldn’t believe everyone was so blind to her pain that it came this far and he was to late. He loved her and came too late to heal her pain. He stood there till came time to place flowers on her casket and say their goodbyes. He watched at the remaining two thirds of the golden trio and Ginny placed their roses on her grave. He watched her parents place her wand on top of the casket along with the red rose as her father held her mother close. “Why didn’t anyone know she felt this way that she was hurting so badly?” Mrs. Granger asked. Ginny leaned into Harry’s shoulder letting her tears flow. Ron looked at the ground ashamed of himself. “I don’t know Mr. and Mrs. Granger. The last year she had been really withdrawn.” Ron replied with a sniffle. They watched as the man from the back came up to the coffin and placed a two toned rose of deep pink and white. He whispered “I love you Hermoine, I wish I could have gotten to you sooner.” he turned to leave not wanting to draw attention to himself or the pain he felt.


“Malfoy, what are you doing here? Did you have something to do with this you Death eater scum!” Ron yelled after him raising his wand to him ready to hex him if not kill him out of his own grief.


“Weasley I am not here to cause problems.” He continued walking away hoping that maybe, just maybe Ron would hex him or use the unforgivables and put him out of his pain. When he reached the top of the hill heading back into hogwarts he looked seeing the coffin be lowered into the ground. He sank to the ground and sobbed he knew she was gone and there was nothing he could do. When the coffin was fully lowered and her parents walked away with her friends he got up from the soaking wet ground and headed into the school to the head boy and girl dorms.


When he got to the dorms he looked at the portrait and stated the password forgiveness. He entered the dorm and looked at the emptiness that surrounded the room. He sat on the couch in his soaking wet clothes and thought back to the beginning of the year.

August

Everyone was happy to be back at school. The great hall was full of chatter of what people did over the summer and just in general catching up with their friends. There weren’t as many students as usual due to the Battle of Hogwarts that took place the spring before. He remember he sat alone at the end of the slytherin table trying to mind his own business. That was till he saw her walk in. Hermoine didn’t look herself she used to look so happy always wearing a smile, but now she was older and she looked colder. Behind her came in her friends joking and laughing though they paid no attention to her. He knew that there was something wrong but didn’t say anything because he knew she realized life was not what she thought it should be.He turned to the table and started to listen to his good friend Zabini talk about his summer and how he had spent it with Pansy Parkinson and how his mom was trying to arrange a marriage for them for after they graduated. As he talked Draco kept glancing at Hermione as she sat there alone being ignored by her friends. Not even Weasley was paying attention to her and as far as he had heard they were suppose to be an item. Just then McGonagall got up to give the welcome back speech and the sorting ceremony. She also introduced that Draco and Hermione were head boy and girl this year. He was honored went to the front to be introduced when he saw Hermione didn't even want to get up from the table. She stood and moved to the front hoping or acting as if she was invisible. They gave their thank you speeches and went to sit back down. As everyone was dismissed McGonagall called both of them up to talk to them. “Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy you both will be staying in the Head boy and Girl dorm to promote inner house unity. The password for the dorm is forgiveness, which is exactly what we all need to do is to forgive and look to the future. You two will be working together to make sure the prefect schedule is worked out and will be patrolling together on the weekends. Do you have any questions?”

“No ma’am” He answered as quickly hoping no objections would come from Hermione. He was wanting a new start he wasn’t the man that his father forced him to be. When no objections came from her they turned to leave and headed towards their dorm.


“Granger, I want to apologize for the way I treated you. I know the way my father forced me to be is not an excuse for the way I treated you here but I am truly sorry and hope you can try to forgive me or at least give me a second chance to get to know me.” He looked at her as she walked quietly not looking at him. She stopped causing him to stop wondering what was wrong. “Malfoy, is life anything like you thought it would be?” her question caught him off guard. When he didn’t answer right away she began walking again. “Wait, Granger,” She stopped again.

“You don’t have to answer me if you don’t want to.” She said staring straight ahead not even acknowledging him. “No, no, life isn’t anything like I thought it should be.” She looked back at him tears in her eyes. She turned back around and started walking quickly to their dorm. When they reached there the portrait asked for the password. Hermoine gave the password and the portrait moved to let them in. Before she stepped inside Draco placed his hand on her shoulder. “What’s bothering you?” he asked hating to see her with tears in her eyes. He always had hated seeing tears in her eyes. She shook her head and just kept walking in. That night he heard her cry and every night following.

Once classes started he noticed how she still stayed to herself. Her friends never came around looking for her. He knew something was wrong but she would show a hollow smile and continued on. That's when he noticed what looked like a cut on her arm. “Hermoine, Where did you get that cut?” He was concerned she looked so depressed. “I got it from my cat.” She said as she petted crookshanks in her lap. “Hermoine, you seem really depressed do you want to talk about it?” “I’m not depressed Draco.” She got up and went to her room. This went on for months.

December.

He had watch as the despair had started to consume her. He had had enough of it, if her friends wouldn’t intervene he would. She had lost weight from not eating and was starting to look sickly. She was starting to let her marks slide and wasn’t caring. He came into the dorm one afternoon after not seeing her in class that day and found the common room empty. He went to her door and heard her crying. He unlocked the door and went in not caring what she would say.


“Malfoy get the hell out of here.” She yelled at him. That’s when he noticed the blood and the cuts up her arm. “Expelliamus” he shouted as he ran to her. “Are you crazy what are you thinking Hermione?” he used his wand to heal the wounds on her arms and held her to him as she cried. When the tears slowed she finally spoke to him. “Its the only way I feel anything anymore Draco.” He kissed her and at first she froze against him and eventually relaxed into the kiss and kissed him back. When they broke apart she looked to him “Why did you do that?”


“Hermione when I asked you to forgive me it was because I liked you this whole time and have felt like a complete arse for hurting you. Seeing you like this tears me up inside. You are a strong person that has been through alot. I saw you be tortured in my house and cry out in pain. I saw you fight for your friends and family. Every side of you I see makes me care for you more. I see you so lost in darkness right now and I want to help you.” He tried to make her see how much he cared and that started to change things.


He was able to start getting her to eat and open up to him. They started dating he tried showing her happiness existed in the dark. When he would see her down he would go to her if that was sitting with her in class or in the great hall. As break came closer he worried what would happen to her over break. When McGonagall asked them both to stay over the break his heart leapt in relief knowing she would still be there with him. They continued to make progress in trying to bring the light back to her eyes. Break came and went with them growing closer everyday.

January

Everyone came back from break and were catching up with each other. Ginny came up to Hermione and started talking to her about break and how her family had went on a trip. He watched Hermione smile and laugh with her friend and thought that this is what she needed. Things looked in the weeks that followed that Hermione was back to spending time with her friends and him and that there was less and less darkness in her. That’s when all the Slytherins decided they were going to get even with draco for abandoning them. On the way to class they cornered her and tormented her, yelling things like mud blood, she should have been killed, no one wants her around, she doesn’t belong. He came running at the sound of them yelling hoping he was wrong about who they had cornered. He came to skidding stop by the empty classroom and saw them standing around her shooting stinging hexes at her and her curled up on the floor. He saw just how broken she was still and everything he had tried to do had been undone. That's when he yelled stupify at them hitting several them with the spell and ran to Hermione picking her up, carrying her back to the dorm. Her friends later found out what happened and thought he was the one that allowed this to happen to her.


He was shunned by them and when Hermione didn’t come to class they blamed him. Hermione about a week later while lying in bed with him decided to talk to him about why she was feeling the way she was. “Draco, this is hard for me to do but please don’t interrupt me because i don’t know how long the courage will last.” when he said nothing she continued, “I feel as though I don’t belong anywhere that the war killed so many people i knew and I feel like people blame us for not ending it sooner. I walk around like a soldier just going through the actions when I can but I feel down any more. When I was cutting my arm I would feel the pain the hurt go for a while and I knew I was still alive.” He waited to make sure she was finished as slide his arm tighter around her middle. “Hermione, you belong here and no one blames you they blame the war. I am blamed everyday and never do I ever hear people say you and your friends are at fault. I love you Hermione and I don’t expect you to say it back to me yet but understand I am not leaving you ever and will be here for you no matter if you need a shoulder to cry, me to hold you, to listen to you, to snog you senseless so you feel love.” He began kissing her which lead to her letting a laugh out. They stayed holding each other that night and many nights after that.

February 14th

            That was night that changed everything. That night the school held a dance trying to bring some unity into the school and have fun. That night he had taken Hermione to the dance and constantly was complimenting how beautiful she looked in her stunning lavender dress. He had gone to get some drinks for the two of them when he heard a loud commotion. He looked and saw it was Weasley and Hermione having a bout. He walked over there hoping to stop whatever was going on since Potter and Ginny were nowhere to be found.

            “How dare you kiss me Ronald Weasley! You have barely talked to me at all this year and know I am seeing Draco.” She slapped him and walked off.

            Ron chased after her and before Draco could get there he had said something to her that had her sobbing in tears outside.

            Draco ran to Ron and punched him square in the jaw and then went to Hermione. “What did he say?” he asked but she wouldn’t answer. She clung to him and wouldn’t let go. He picked her up and carried her to their dorm and layed her down in her bed. He laid next to her hoping she would tell him what the git said to her.

March

Weeks went by and she wouldn’t tell him what Ron had said. When he had a quidditch game that saturday he had asked Hermione to come watch him like she usually did. She smiled and told him that she would be there. When the game started he had started looking around looking for her to be in the stands with Ginny who would always go with her as a favor to Draco. Harry and Ginny had been told by Hermione she was down before the year started and they always seemed to ignore it so Hermione put up a front. He asked that she watch Hermione when he couldn’t have worried that she might start hurting herself again.
            When he saw them at the match he flew down and gave her a pregame kiss; which brought a faint smile to her lips. This match seemed to last longer than most and it had started to rain so he expected Hermione to head back to the castle before the end of the match. That’s when his nightmare came true. He made it to their dorm and opened the door and saw Hermione hanging from the ceiling he quickly used his wand to cut her down proceeding to yell for help. They took her lifeless body to the infirmary and that was the last time he saw her. The look of her glassed over lifeless eyes staring at him burned into his memory.

Present
He picked up the letter he later found on her desk for him.
            Draco,
                        "I'm sorry, but this world is just not my place I've tried for so long to fix this and fit in and I've come to realize this world's full of sin. There's nothing for me here, I'm just a waste of space and I've got no reason to stay here in this awful place. It's a disgrace, I was misplaced Born in the wrong time, and in the wrong place. It's OK though, 'cause you'll see me soon and You'll know when your time has come, just look at the moon, As it shines bright, throughout the night remember everyone's facing their own fight. But I can't deal with the pain, I'm not a fighter anymore. You'll make it through the night, just hug your pillow tighter So let the world know, that I died in vain Because the world around me, is the one to blame And I know in a year, you'll forget I'm gone 'Cause I'm not really something to be dwelled on That's what Ron told me My presence on this earth is not needed any longer And if anything, I hope this makes you stronger. You're the best friend, that I ever had Such a shame I had to make you so very sad But just remember that you meant everything to me And to my heart, you're the only one that held the key Now it's time to go, I'm running out of space to write And yes I lost my fight, but please just hold on tight I'm watching over you, from the clouds above And sending down the purest and whitest dove To watch over you, and be my helpful eye So this is it goodbye."

He lost everything and asked himself over and over how is this fair. He went and stood by the window looking out to where he could see her grave. “Hermione you can never be forgotten” Just then a white dove flew by and landed on the ledge looking at him. “I love you and wish I was there sooner, then you would still be here with me.”
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