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QUEEN HERMIONE

Chapter six

"Good morning, Beth"

"Good morning, Princess"

"Please call me Hermione"

"Ok, Hermione"

"SHIA!" Hermione turned and yelled up the stairs. "BETH'S HERE!"

Shia came racing down the stairs holding a worn cabbage patch doll under one arm.

"Hi Beth"

"Hi Shia"

The girls smiled at each other shyly. Beth suddenly noticed Shia's doll and opened her little backpack.

"Look, I have one too!" she pulled out a similar doll and showed it to Shia who held out her own.

"I called mine Lisa"

"I called mine Diana"

"Lets go and play in my room"

"Ok"

The girls ran upstairs together, chattering about their dolls. Hermione smiled after them and rubbed her Baby bump that was growing at an alarming rate; she had even started wearing Draco's shirts to hide it.

She went into the dining room where Harry was sitting, reading the daily prophet and frowning.

"What's up?"

"Oh nothing" he sighed and tossed the paper aside. "I wasn't even reading the damn thing… I was starting to wonder whether I should go and see the others… I just don't know if I'm ready to be thrown back into all that Voldemort hunting and such… I know everyone's still mourning here but its so relaxing to be in a place were people aren't relying on you twenty-four seven."

Hermione was about to open her mouth when Kellie came in holding a pot of coffee and a two letters.

"These came for you two about five minutes ago. They came with separate owls so I'm guessing no-one knows where Harry is yet..."

She left them with the coffee and they tore open their letters that were written in familiar green ink.

"You have been invited to the Hogwart's five year reunion…" Hermione read aloud.

"Anyone who was in the fifth year and up five years ago is invited on the thirty- first of August to join the celebrations…" Harry continued.

"Your significant other and children are also invited…" Hermione put her letter down. "That's in about a week… are you going to come, Harry?"

"I guess so… I need to face them at one stage or another" he suddenly laughed. "I'll bet Albus sent these out to lure me back… I've received so many letters from him, pleading and tricking me back…"

It was the night before the reunion when Tom struck again. Draco and Hermione had just gone off to sleep and Shia and Beth, who was having a sleep over, were camped out two rooms up.

Hermione was once again in her wedding dress but this time she was pregnant. Tom came from behind this time, wrapping his arm around her body and resting his hand on her stomach. Hermione, once again, felt all the stress of the past few weeks leaving her and, unable to fight back, she fell back against him. He turned her around and smiled charmingly before leading her off in a dance.

"You can still come with me," he whispered, his lips tickling her ear. Panic suddenly seized Hermione as she realised where she was. She tried to pull away but Tom grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her in for a kiss.

"VOLDEMORT!"

"Potter" Suddenly Tom was no longer Tom but the tall skeletal man everyone hated and feared.

The spotlight was gone and the whole hall was alight. Harry, holding his staff, was running towards them. Voldemort pushed Hermione aside and she fell into someone else's arm.

"Stand up, Herm" Draco whispered.

Voldemort sent a curse at Harry. It missed him by an inch but Hermione felt as if her head was tearing in two and she remembered that they were indeed fighting in her mind.

Harry held up his staff, which began to glow green. Voldemort recoiled slightly.

"Hermione, you have to wake up!" he yelled.

Hermione, her whole body numb with pain and magic, tried to force herself to open her eyes. Draco turned her around and began shaking her violently.

Hermione awoke with a sob. She was shaking violently and she had to roll over and vomit over the side of the bed.

Draco pulled her up and held her tightly against him, stroking her hair and murmuring in her ear. Harry stood near the door holding his staff, which still glowed green. Slowly the light faded and Hermione could feel her pain subsiding.

"He wont be back anytime soon, Herm" Harry whispered, Pain flitting across his face.

"Thank you"

"Lets get going, Herm!" Draco called from his office where he was straightening his tie in the reflection of the window. He looked down at his black and green robes, then at his watch and sighed.

The theme of the reunion had been school unity so all the guests had to wear their old house colours.

Harry came in wearing black and red, though he was holding his staff. Shia followed him in wearing pretty pink dress robes.

"Hermione!" Draco called again.

"I'm ready!" she said stepping through the door wearing similar robes to Harry. Harry looked down at her and laughed.

"Jeez, Herm! You've done a pretty good job of hiding that thing! Your frigging fat!"

"Thanks Harry" she replied sarcastically, pulling her robes tighter around herself to hide her bump.

"Ok, lets go" Hermione grabbed Shia and turned sharply.

Seconds later the four of them were standing at the gates looking up at the magnificently lit castle.

"This brings back memories," Harry muttered as they climbed into a waiting carriage that would take them to the doors.

They doors of the castle were wide open and small groups of people were streaming into the great hall.

"You'll be fine, Harry" Hermione assured him as Draco helped her from the carriage.

"I know"

Of course the entire wizarding world had known that Harry had vanished and, as he walked inside beside Hermione, people turned to stare.

"Stay with Harry" Draco muttered. "I'll take Shia to get some pumpkin juice"

Hermione led Harry towards the front of the hall where most of the guests were gathered around a live band. One by one they slowly turned and stepped back, leaving a path for Harry and Hermione to follow. They had almost reached the stage when Dumbledore turned and spotted them.

Harry stopped and Hermione moved away from him, leaving him and the headmaster staring at each other. Dumbledore's face contorted with a mixture of anger and relief.

"Harry Potter!" He bellowed coming down from the stage and striding towards Harry, his arm raised as if he was going to strike. Harry flinched but Dumbledore threw his arm around him and embraced him like a son.

"Harry…"

Hermione smiled at the reunion, the real reason why this party was on, and turned into the crowed to find her husband and daughter but before she could reach them she was met by a furious Ginny.

"You knew where he was!" she screeched and slapped Hermione who was so shocked she couldn't react. "You knew where he was and you didn't even tell us!"

"Ginny…" Hermione started, stepping out of reach of another slap "Gin, it's not like that!"

"Don't try that bullshit with me, Hermione! You're the only one that didn't care when he left! What, have you been hiding him in your basement!"

"Ginny…"

"Forget it, Hermione. You've obviously been spending to much time around the Slytherins…" and, with a blatant glare at Draco, she stormed out of the room.

Hermione looked around to find everyone staring at her. Harry and Dumbledore had left the room but Ron was still there. He came towards Hermione.

"Save it, Ron, I don't need your bullshit either" she hissed.

"No, Herm… I believe you… I knew he would go to you if he came back. Gin's just upset because you were the one to unveil his return when she and the order have been searching for him for years"

Hermione grinned as the rest of the guests went back to the own conversations and dancing. "Thanks Ron."

Draco came and found her after that. He didn't say anything but led her out of the hall and down the quiet corridors. They walked quietly, hand in hand, gathering their thoughts, for some time before Hermione stopped dead in her tracks and pulled Draco into a classroom.

"Remember this one?" she asked, igniting a lamp with her wand.

"How could I forget?" he grinned, sweeping Hermione into his arms for a passionate kiss. The room they were in was the room that had ignited their love and bought about the conception of their daughter.

"I love you so much, Hermione," he whispered, running his soft, soothing fingers over the throbbing red mark that Ginny had left. Hermione closed her eyes and sighed.

"I love you too, Draco"

Draco lifted Hermione up onto the teacher's desk before he trailed his hand down her arm and onto her stomach.

"Sorry I haven't been able to pay you much attention, little fella" he whispered and kissed the swelling bump.

"Do you think it'll be a boy?" Hermione asked, running her fingers through Draco's soft, silver hair.

"Dunno" Draco mused, running his fingers in circles around her bellybutton "but it's a hell of a lot bigger than Shia was. You hardly looked pregnant with her"

"You're a great father, Draco" Hermione lifted her husband's chin to look into his eyes. Very slowly they crossed and Hermione burst into giggles.

"Stop it!" she shrieked, pushing him away.

"Never!" he howled, pulling her into a bear hug so all she could do was shriek and squirm playfully in his arms.

"What's going on here?"

Both stopped their game and looked at the door. Snape was standing there in his long black robes, arms crossed and eyebrows raised.

"Sorry sir" they both muttered out of habit.

"People are looking for you," he said with a smirk. "I suggest you get back to the reunion"

"Sorry sir" they said again and, hand in hand, they quietly left the room. Snape, still smirking, extinguished the lamp, leaving the unused room in total darkness.

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

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