In the Eyes of the Enemy

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In the Eyes of the Enemy- Chapter Eleven Explanations

On Tuesday night Hermione slowly opened her eyes for the first time in three days. Despite the face that she was unconscious she had been vaguely aware that someone had saved her from the attackers and that somehow she was back at Hogwarts. In the chair beside her she saw the sleeping form of Draco Malfoy. Aside from him resting in the chair Hermione noticed the hospital wing appeared to be empty.

Hermione reached out and gently placed her hand on Draco’s arm to wake him. The moment her hand touched him his eyes flew open. In a split second he was kneeling on the floor beside her bed holding her hand. He whispered, “Hermione your awake, oh thank god, I was so scared I’d lost you.” His eyes were soft and forlorn as they began to fill with tears. As she sat up to try to calm him his arms wrapped around her and he sobbed into her ear “I don’t understand what happened between us, but when I found you out there like that, I knew it was all my fault. If I hadn’t kissed you none of this would have happened.”

Before Hermione could speak Madame Pomfrey shouted “Draco Ma lea leave the poor girl alone. She has barely just woken up and doesn’t need you distressing her. Now go tell the Headmaster she is awake that is the reason after all he has allowed you to stay.” Draco tensed as he pulled away from Hermione. Without a word he left the room wiping the tears from his eyes as he went.

Madame Pomfrey preformed several spells on Hermione to ensure she was sound. Aside from some lingering exhaustion, which was not unexpected she was declared fit. Hermione had broached the subject of the attack with the mediwitch, and was relieved to learn that they had been unsuccessful in their goals of raping or killing her. This news came as a relief to Hermione, but when she asked how it was she was saved, Madame Pomfrey merely said, “There are some things which the headmaster has chosen to explain.” As if in cue the doors opened and in came Dumbledore. Madame Pomfrey nodded to the headmaster and headed to her office in order to leave the two alone.

Once she was out of sight Dumbledore pulled Hermione into a hug and said “You are to promise me you will never give me such a fright again dear child. I feel as though I have aged a 100 years in these past 3 days alone.”

Hermione smiled and said, “I’ll try but I can’t promise, since for some reason or another trouble always seems to find me.”

Dumbledore gave her a stern look and replied, “Promise me you must for it is more than just yourself that you must worry about now.” Hermione gave a quizzical look to the old man before her. Seeing her confusion he began “Hermione are you aware of how you were saved?”

She nodded “Draco said he found me. I’m not sure how but he must have stopped the three men.”

Dumbledore shook his head “Draco only found you afterwards. You were unconscious and one of your attackers was also. Even if he had found you while they were attempting to harm you he was wandless and wouldn’t have stood a chance against men of their size and strength.”

Hermione shook her head and said, “I don’t understand then who was it that saved me?”

Dumbledore placed her hands in his and replied, “it was you dear, or more precisely a part of you which it appears until now you didn’t know existed. Like your mother the gift of life has saved your own.”

Hermione’s eyes widened as she tried to comprehend what she had been told. Her mother had been spared from death bee she she was pregnant at the time of her attack. As the realization struck her she gasped “I’m pregnant, but there was only the one time.”

A soft smile crossed Dumbledore’s face as he said, “that seems to be all it takes in this family.” He cleared his throat before continuing “I was a bit surprised though when I cast a spell to checked to see who it was I should both thank for saving your life and strange for making my only granddaughter a mother before she was even a Hogwarts graduate. That the father wasn’t Harry as I had suspected but Draco.”

Hermione paled as she muttered, “it was before I knew. Oh this is terrible. What am I supposed to do?”

Dumbledore hugged her once more before explaining “now no one can harm your child, but that doesn’t mean that you can not chose to end your pregnancy. It is only by your hand that it can be done and of your own free will that the potion is taken. If that is your choice Madame Pomfrey will be more than happy to provide you with it. You however have a much more difficult decision to make, for the magic that saved your life has taken away any chance you might have of having another.”

A fearful Hermione looked into his eyes and asked, “no matter what I choose this is the only child I’ll ever have?” He simply nodded yes. Hermione quickly asked, “How long do I have to decide?”

The headmaster simply replied “according to Poppy about a month.” Hermione nodded in understanding.

Dumbledore moved to leave and said, “I better let a certain young man take you back to your room before he tears the door down. He was not happy with me for making him wait in the hall. You’d think after three days straight of not leaving this room he’s be happy for a change.”

Hermione quickly asked, “He was here the whole time?”

Dumbledore nodded and replied, “Poor Poppy was furious. He refused to leave for so much as a meal. She finally conceded to allowing him to stay after he promised he’d fetch me as soon as you woke.”

Before he left Hermione mustered the courage to ask “Are you angry with me?”

To which he responded “Never.” A soft smile crossed her face as he left the room.

Within moments Draco was back at her side reaching out for her hand as he said “The Headmaster says it’s ok for me to take you back to our quarters do you need a hand with anything?” Hermione found her first few steps a bit awkward and tumbled forward into his outstretched arms. She quickly righted herself and walked slowly down the hall until she found her equilibrium.

As they entered the common room Hermione felt an impeding feeling of dread, as she would need to talk to him about what had happened. As they sat on the couch in silence Hermione took his hand in hers and began “Draco what happened wasn’t your fault, in fact I don’t know what would have happened to me if you hadn’t found me. Thank you.”

His eyes softened again but remained dry as he said “but it was because of me that you were out there to begin with.”

Hermione lifted her hand to stop him as she said “I was the one who chose to go into the park at so late. There were a million places I could have gone but I chose the wrong one and the fault is mine not yours. I was embarrassed about what happened and worried about what people would say.”

Draco smiled and said “you shouldn’t be everyone’s too busy talking about Potter and the little Weasley snogging while we were gone.”

Hermione’s face lit up as she said “Harry’s with Ginny now that’s fantastic.”

She knew she had said the wrong thing the moment the words left her mouth. Draco’s face-hardened and his eyes whirled with anger. He growled “not exactly the response I’d expect from a jilted girlfriend but it does make sense if you were never really a couple. I want to know right now what’s going on. Since the day you broke up with me this has all felt wrong, and now I know why it was all a farce, but why Hermione, I want to know the truth this time.”

Without taking anytime to think Hermione said, “The night of my birthday I learned your father was responsible for murdering Ron’s oldest sister and her husband. I decided it wasn’t safe for me to be with you anymore, because what would he do to me when he found out his perfectly pureblooded son was in love with a mudblood. What if he tried to hurt my parents, their only muggles what could they do to stop him. I had to do it for my family and for myself.”

Draco shouted back at her “Damnit Hermione I’m not my father I didn’t know he killed Ron’s and Ginny’s sister but I’ve never lied to you about what he is. Why couldn’t you have told me instead of turning your back on me?” Hermione was silent, he was right, and she had no answers. He took the opportunity to pull her to him in a kiss. She yielded almost immediately as their lips, pressed firmly together, and their mouths opened to each other. As the intensity subsided and they parted and he said “I love you Hermione and I know you still love me, so please stop trying to push me away.”

Hermione sighed as she said “Draco I know what you want me to say, but I just can’t at least not right now. Please just give me some time.” With out even looking at Draco she turned and went to her door. She didn’t bother to whisper her password to her likeness, and disappear into her room.

Draco smiled to himself as she left the room. Despite what she said 6 weeks earlier Hermione had not changed her password, and even though she was unable to say she loved him, he took it as a sign that maybe there was hope for them after all.

He entered his room and took a hot bath before going to bed. His sleep though was short lived as he was woken by screams coming from Hermione’s room. He rushed with wand ready not knowing what xpecxpect and found her thrashing around the bed fighting some invisible force. Draco wrapped his arms around her and tried to calm her by saying “Hermione it’s ok, I’m here.” She slowly started to relax in his arms and woke.

Her eyes filled with tears as she looked up at him and sobbed, “they were touching me and they wouldn’t stop… I couldn’t stop them.” Her head fell against his chest and he held her close while she cried wholeheartedly on him.

Once Hermione had calmed down Draco moved to leave, but Hermione caught his hand and said, “Please don’t go.”

He replied “Are you sure you want me to stay?” Hermione nodded so he slid under the sheets beside her. They drifted off to sleep with Draco’s body firmly pressed behind Hermione with his arm protectively around her.

The remainder of the night passed smoothly, until dawn when Draco was waken by the sounds of knocking, from the common room door. Careful not to wake Hermione he left the bedroom and headed down the small hallway. As he opened the door he saw before him Ron, Neville, Harry and Ginny who were holding each other’s hands.

Ginny blushed a bit at seeing Draco wearing nothing but long black silk pants. She had no idea that under his robes he was so muscular.

Draco sneered and asked “What to you lot want at this hour?”

Ron was the first to speak and said “We went to see Hermione in the hospital wing but she wasn’t there, Madame Pomfrey said she woke up late last night and had gone back to her room. We wanted to see her and make sure she was ok.”

Draco quickly replied, “She’s fine, now go. She still sleeping, just like anyone in their right mind, would be at this hour.“

Neville quietly asked, “Maybe we could wait in your common room for her to wake up.”

Draco shook his head and replied, “No, now go back to your tower before I start deducting points from Gryffindor.”

Harry snapped and shouted “Your not her bodyguard Malfoy, You have no right to turn us away. She’s our friend and we want to make sure she’s alright.”

Draco angrily retorted “And you’re no longer her boyfriend so her well being is none of your concern.”

Before Harry could answer a furious Hermione stepped between the them and said “both of you stop this right now. Neither one of you is my rienriend, and I will decide for myself who I want to see.” Draco glared at the group standing before him and left, a loud bang could be heard as he entered his room. Hermione frowned, as she said “don’t be angry with him, I think he is just being over protective of me because of what happened.”

Ginny softly asked, “What did happen Hermione?”

She glanced down at the floor before saying, “come to my room and I’ll tell you the story, I don’t want another fight if Draco comes back out.”

She told everyone about the attack, although she left out the details, of how she had been saved. She decionlyonly to say, that some unknown lights in their area had scared off the men. She told them how Draco had found her and brought her back to Hogwarts. The group nodded in understanding and didn’t pry for any further details of the event.

Hermione then listened to Ron and Neville’s stories of what had happened on the trip after she had left. The boys laughed about the amazing rides at the adventure park and how both boys had cried out in fear, of being eaten by the shark in the Imax Theater. Harry and Ginny shared their story of getting caught snogging in the library after confessing how they really felt about each other.

Hermione asked Ginny to stay while everyone else went to breakfast. Hermione needed to talk to someone and said, “Ginny, I’m pregnant.”

Ginny frowned as she said, “I didn’t realize you and Harry had.”

Before she could continue Hermione stopped her and said, “it’s not Harry’s, we never did anything like that. We only snogged a little and even that was just for show. It’s Draco’s. It only happened one time. It was the night we were under the love potion. Oh Ginny I’m so confused I just don’t know what to do.”

Ginny suddenly realized and said, “That was the light that saved you.”

Hermione nodded as Ginny continued “Oh Hermione that night you passed out, after you were gone my sister said that you were the only child she could have afterwards.”

Tears slowly crept into Hermione’s eyes as she said, “Dumbledore told me last night. He told me I could choose what I wanted to do. A big part of me wants to keep it. I love Draco and even if we can’t be together at least this way a part of him could be in my life. My parents will be heart broken though and if Draco or his father ever found out they might take the baby from me.”

Tears were rolling down her cheeks now as she said “Ginny this is the only baby I’ll ever have I don’t want to lose it.”

Ginny wrapped her arms around her best friend and said, “Then don’t Hermione. If you want this baby keep it. We’ll figure something out when the time comes. What about Draco, aren’t you going to tell him?”

Hermione shook her head and said, “I can’t Ginny it’s just not safe. He says he’s not his father but what if I’m wrong about him and he is. His father, might do terrible things to the baby or me, he might even hurt Draco. I just can’t tell him, at least not right now. Promise me you won’t either.”

Ginny nodded “I promise Hermione.”

Hermione relaxed a bit and cleared the rest of the tears for her eyes before saying “I don’t feel much like breakfast this morning, I’ll just have some fruit from the common room and head to class. Tell Harry I’ll see him and Ron in Hagrid’s class later.” As Ginny left the room Hermione rushed to the bathroom feeling terrible nauseous. As she rested her head on the toilet the reality of the situation hit her, she was going to be having a baby, and no matter what anyone said she was going to keep it.