The shade of light

Title: The shade of light

Summary: Voldemort takes over Hogwarts and makes Draco his heir, but Draco spies for the light... Things get even worse when Hermione becomes his slave. He loves her but Voldemort can\'t find out about it...

*Special thanks to my lovely beta-reader: Christi Csonka*

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Chapter three: Strawberries


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Hermione gasped a few times, before she was able to speak again. \"Oh no, no no no NO! Forget it,\" she screamed, standing on the bed.

\"I\'m afraid there\'s no other choice,\" Draco said calmly, trying to calm her down by ta her her hand in his. But it did the opposite.

\"Get your filthy hands off me! I will not give you that pleasure. Go and tell your master that there was no blood and leave me alone!\" Hermione yelled even harder.

Draco sighed. \"I already said there was blood, so unless you want to get raped, I suggest you calm down.\" He said it in a cold and threatening way.

\"I WILL CAL CALM DOWN, BASTARD!\" Hermione yelled almost hyperventilating. \"And what the hell do you mean \'I already said there was blood?\' You told your master there was blood? You lied?\" ‘What? He lied to his Master? Okay, this is really getting weird. First he’s really kind and then he lies to his master... something’s not right’

Draco rolled his eyes. \"I told you earlier, I should have raped you by now. You don\'t understand, do you? Death Eaters like to rape women, hurting them and humiliating them in more ways you could imagine. Please calm down, I need that blood right now.\"

\"Well, guess what... I\'m not a virgin anymore.\" Hermione smirked and jumped from the bed.

Draco caught her in his arms before she could run away. She slapped him everywhere she could, trying to get away. But he was too strong for her. \"Don\'t lie to me Hermione,\" he said somewhat threatening.

Hermione froze by the tone in his voice. It was threatening, but somehow it was disappointed too. And then she realized it; he called her by her first name. What the hell was he trying to pull off. Was it a trick? It couldn\'t be, he spoke to fast. He must have blurted it out.

\"I\'m not.\" Hermione tried to it say without blinking with her eyes, or looking away, hoping he would believe her.

But his eyes filled with even more disappointment. \"I don\'t believe it. Are you that disgusted by the idea of sleeping with me? It\'s commonly known you’re still a virgin. Why lie about that to me?\"

\"Well, I\'m not!\" Hermione said stubbornly.


Draco released his grip on her and stared her in the eyes. \"I know you are, but I could always make a potion to see if you are lying. Or I could do something even simpler. The only thing I have to do is point my wand at you, say a spell and see what color the wand becomes. If it is green, you\'re a virgin. If it is red, you\'re not.\"

Hermione sighed before breaking into tears. \"You don\'t understand. I promised myself once that I would only make love to someone who is not afraid of saying he loves me, no matter what. Someone I can trust. A real man, not a stupid little boy whose hormones are controlling his mind; who tells any girl he loves her just to shag her. I wanted it to be special.\"

Draco knew exactly how Hermione was feeling. He had the same problems with all the girls. They wanted to shag his brains out just because he was a Malfoy. As if he was some kind of trophy. With that kind of girl, he didn\'t make love, he just had meaningless sex. They did everything to please him, they didn\'t dare say no. He liked that at first, but it was getting boring. Hermione was different, she was more than willing to say no.

\"I could try... We have to do it anyway,\" Draco whispered softly, looking at the ground.

Hermione let out a long sigh. \"Ok, lets be rational about this... You already said there was blood, we can\'t just cut my arm, because it\'s not the same blood...We have no books and timoundound here to find out how we could fake it... So that leaves us no choice, right? We have to... Well, I think my first time is going to be just perfect,\" Hermione said sarcastically. \"Anyway, you must promise me you\'ll make it as special as possible. Maybe you could... make it special, I mean. You\'re different somehow... But tell me, why, of all people, did you chose me?\"


Just when she was asking that question, Draco saw a white owl fly before the window. He recognized it immediately, it was Potter\'s! He had to get Hermione out of the room. \"We don\'t have much time, go and prepare yourself in the bathroom while I see what I can do,\" Draco said totally ignoring her question and pushing her softly towards the bathroom door.

Hermione frowned a bit, before walking towards the bathroom and disappearing inside. As soon as she was gone, Draco ran towards the window and let the owl in. Quickly he took the parchment from her leg and opened it. It was a letter from Potter... weird.

It said:

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Draco,

I must say I was quite surprised when I heard what you were doing, you\'re the last one I would expect it from. But I\'m glad you decided to join us, and that I have you with me, not against me.

Professor Dumbledore and me are doing great, we\'re hiding out with a friend of mine. If you want to send a letter to us, just tell the owls to take it to Snuffles, they will understand. We\'re still planning what to do, so you will be hearing from us as soon as we know.

I wanted to ask you if you would take care of my friends: Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. You know the Gryffindors. I\'m really worried about them. Please, tell me in your next letter how they\'re doing.

Harry.

Oh, this letter will destroy itself.

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Draco watched the le bur burn away and sighed in relief. \"They are safe...now back to the room. It needs some work.\" Draco looked around in his r The There was too much light. He grabbed his wand and closed the curtains with it. Now only the fire the room. He muttered a spell making candles appear all over the floor.

\"Lets think, what\'s missing?\" Draco said to himself. He didn\'t want to admit it to anyone, especially not to himself, but Draco loved a romantic atmosphere in his room. The sweet scent coming from the candles made the room smell lovely. Now he remembered what was missing. Rose petals on the bed, strawberries and Champaign. After making those things appear, he went to the fire, changing himself into his best clothes and had just finished when Hermione came out of the bathroom.

He muttered a spell, stopping time outside his room for one hour. His heart was pounding inside his chest. This was the moment he waited for, for so long.


Hermione came out of the bathroom looking around before letting out a soft scream. \"It\'s beautiful,\" she whispered. \'It\'s so beautiful. He really did try. Mmm, the Rose petals on the bed are a bit overdone. But no other boy has ever done this for me. Not even Ron, when he liked me\'

\"Champaign?\" Draco asked, raising one eyebrow. His heart was pounding so hard inside him, he was sure Hermione could hear it beat.

\"But it\'s only ten thirty in the morning.\" Hermione objected.

\"Is it? But it so dark, I could have sworn it was ten thirty in the evening,\" Draco joked. \"Come on, don\'t spoil it.\"

\"Don\'t think you can get me into the bed when I\'m drunk, Malfoy.\" Hermione warned.

\"Come here and sit with me. If you want we\'ll drink something else.\" Draco smiled a bit. \'She obviously doesn\'t trust me yet. But who can blame her? I\'m her enemy just as much as Voldemort\'.

Hermione sat down next to him, obviously feeling really uncomfortable. Draco realized it and tried not to sit too close to her. She was looking at the ground, avoiding his eyes.


\'Why is alw always happening to me? Ok, I knew I had to have sex one day. But not like this, this is so forced, and with my enemy, for Merlin\'s sake. He must be very frightened of Voldemort, lying to him like that. I tried to think of a solution to our problem, but I can\'t find one. Which means I\'lle mye my virginity... and fast\'

It was as if Draco could read her mind. \"You know, we don\'t have to rush.\"

Hermione looked at him frowning. \"But you said Voldemort wanted it now.\"

\"Well, lets just say I\'m really smart,\" Draco smirked, highly amused by the way Hermione\'s face changed.

Hermione raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes. \"You did a time-stopping spell, didn\'t you?\"

Draco laughed, \"Of course I did! But that means we have an hour, in this room of course. Don\'t open the door, it will break the spell.\"

\"I knew that,\" Hermione smiled, \"I still have the highest grades, you know. An hour? Mmm, that\'s really good Malfoy. Not many wizards are able to stop time for that long.\"

\"Yeah, yeah,\" Draco muttered. \"I have some good news for you, I think you really need some good news in these dark times.\"

Hermione smiled a bit. \"Yes, everything seems so messed up.\"

\"Harry Potter escaped.\" Draco smiled a bit. \"It\'s very secret information, so don\'t tell anyone. But Harry Potter is safe.\"


Hermione smile grew bigger with every word. When he was finished, she suddenly hugged him. \"That\'s great! But what do you mean he\'s safe, aren\'t you guys going to track him down?\" she asked, releasing Draco from her hug. Draco\'s heart stood in fire when she hugged him so spontaneously. It hurt him, the way she still saw him as if he would be able to kill other people for fun. But he couldn\'t blame her, he was, in her eyes, a Death Eater.

\"Well, I got the job to track him down. But I think Potter is none of my business. If Voldemort wants him dead, he\'ll have to do it himself.\" Draco said, speaking the truth.

\"So he\'ll be safe?\" Hermione asked a bit confused.

\"As long as they don\'t give anyone else the job, he is. But I doubt that, I\'m Voldemort\'s heir. The strongest wizard.\" Draco said, before a shocked Hermione fell off the couch and onto the floor.

\"You\'re that bastard\'s heir? That is disgusting!\" Hermione said angrily, still lying on the floor.

Draco snorted, \"Well, It\'s good for my reputation. I don\'t have to do a thing, now... being his heir. And I promise it\'s for the best, really\" Draco laughed, reaching out a hand to help Hermione get up.

\"It\'s not funny, Malfoy! You\'re going to be exactly like him.\" Hermione said, ignoring Draco\'s hand and getting up by herself.

\"No, I\'ll be exactly the opposite.\" Draco stated, suddenly very serious. Hermione looked up, surprised by the seriousness in his voice.


\"Do you want a strawberry?\" Draco asked changing the subject. He had said too much. \"I read it once in a muggle novel that strawberry\'s were romantic.\"

\"You read muggle novels? You don\'t want to kill Potter? You almost seem...\" Hermione trailed off.

\"Human?\" Draco smiled.

There was a short silence, until Hermione let out a dramatic sigh. \"You obviously didn\'t read it properly. Give me your wand, you forgot the most important thing.\" Draco smiled, pulling out his wand. But hesitantly pulled it back when he remembered that she could kill him. Hermione sighed. \"Come on! I won’t kill you or hurt you. I promise. I just want to teach you what the most romantic thing is in the whole world.\"

\"A promise from a Gryffindor can be trusted,\" Draco smiled, handing her his wand. Hermione smiled back, taking the wand. She spoke a spell making a bowl with a brown thick liquid appear. \"What is it?\" Draco asked, taking back the wand she handed him.

Hermione rolled her eyes. \"Chocolate of course.\"

\"Why is it hot and fluid?\" Draco asked again, feeling a bit stupid for not knowing.

\"Well, I\'ll show you,\" Hermione said, raising one eyebrow, slapping herself mentally for the flirting way she said it.


Draco watched her grab a strawberry and dip it in the chocolate. \"Open your mouth.\" Herm ord ordered, walking towards him on her knees. She stopped when she was between his legs. \"Open!\" Hermione ordered again, when Draco wasn\'t obeying her.

Draco hesitantly opened his mouth. The strawberry was dripping chocolate all over his clothes and face. But it didn\'t seem to matteat mat much, now that Hermione was sitting on the floor between his legs, holding out the strawberry, ready to put it in his mouth carefully.

He bit a small piece from the strawberry and tasted the sweet chocolate in his mouth and after that, the fresh strawberry. He let out a small moan. Not only because it tasted so nice, because the taste aroused him somehow. \"Want another one?\" Hermione asked, eating the rest of the strawberry. Draco nodded, feeling as if he could be addicted to it.

Hermione grabbed the bowl of chocolate and a strawberry and dipped another one in the liquid. He bit sec second strawberry as Hermione held it against his lips. Hermione snorted, \"You have chocolate all over your face!\"

\"Well, get it off!\" Draco smiled warmly, licking his chocolate lips. Hermione\'s finger traveled over his face. Draco had to suppress a moan, when he saw Hermione lick the chocolate off her finger, still laughing.

\"You should really see yourself right now.\" Hermione laughed, trying to get all the chocolate from Draco\'s face.


\"Ok, my turn.\" Draco said when Hermione was finished. He lowered himself so he was sitting on the floor next to her. He grabbed a strawberry and dipped it in the chocolate. He softly pressed the dripping strawberry against Hermione\'s lips and watched her eat it. Draco wanted to grab another strawberry when he got a much better idea. \"Close you eyes.\" Draco commanded Hermione, pretending to grab a strawberry.

After Hermione had closed her eyes, Draco quickly dipped his finger in the chocolate and put a bit of chocolate on Hermione\'s nose. Hermione opened her eyes quickly. \"You!\" She yelled, laughing. \"I knew you would do something like that!\" Hermione wiped away the chocolate from her nose.

\"That\'s just me!\" Draco smirked, licking his finger.


Hermione took the bowl of chocolate in her hands and began to cover her hand with it. When she was finished, Draco had taken the bowl out of her hands and did the same. Hermione smirked a bit, before covering Draco\'s face with chocolate.
Draco glared at Hermione before attacking her with his hand. By the time he was through, there wasn\'t a spot on Hermione\'s face and arms not covered with chocolate.

\"I\'ll get you for this!\" She yelled again, attacking Draco by pushing him backwards. Draco didn\'t expect it and pulled Hermione with him, making her lay on top of him. They both flushed a bit, but neither of them moved.

\"How long?\" Hermione asked hoarsely.

Draco looked at the time and answered, \"25 minutes.\"

\"Well then, we should getrtedrted.\" Hermione stated, bravely.

\"Yes, we should,\" Draco sighed. \"I was actually having fun, before this came up\"

\"Well, just get it over with. After that we can pretend it never happened.\" Hermione spoke softly, trembling.

Draco nodded. \"Let me clean you and me first.\" Speaking a simple cleaning spell made then both chocolate-free.


Draco took Hermione\'s hand in his and guided her to the four-poster bed. When they arrived there, Hermione took a deep breath before unbuttoning her shirt. Draco watched her, taking over when she started to tremble too much. \"Relax,\" Draco whispered as he moved the shirt over her shoulders, letting it fall on the floor. After that, he took off his own shirt.

Hermione smiled a bit, touching his bare chest and belly. \"How did you get all this muscles?\" she asked, curiously.

\"Quidditch\" Draco simply answered, going through Hermione\'s hair with one hand, while caressing her cheek with the other.

She tilted her head a bit and closed her eyes. \"Could you make this part romantic too?\"

\"Sure.\" Draco reassured Hermione. He smirked a bit before lifting up aup and throwing her on the bed.

Hermione let out a small scream before saying indignantly, \"That is not romantic!\"

\"Yes it is!\" Draco smirked getting on the bed too; lying next to Hermione, he felt his heart beat increase again. Pushing himself up to look in Hermione\'s eyes, he saw her smile a bit at him with a dreamy expression on her face. Draco knew this wasn\'t the time to push things, so he decided to wait until Hermione did something, unless it took too long of course.


After a short silence Hermione suddenly spoke. \"I\'ve made a decision.\"

\"\'Bout what?\" Draco asked, frowning a bit.

\"About this. I\'ve decided I don\'t want this to be heartless. I thought I couldn\'t expect something else than meaningless sex from you. So, this is your opportunity to make me see I\'m wrong. You won’t get this opportunity again, I\'m always right about other things... This has to be special, even if it\'s with you, of all people,\" Hermione said. In the mean while she pushed Draco down again and rolled on top of him.

\"If you think I love to have meaningless sex, you\'re wrong. And I\'ll prove it to you!\" Draco said determined.

\"Good.\" Hermione smiled. \"Step one: Kiss.\"


Draco smirked before rolling over, making a giggling Hermione lie underneath him. He licked his lips when he saw Hermione was doing the same. Softly he stroked his tongue over her bottom lip, asking permission to enter. She opened her mouth and Draco sucked her tongue in his mouth. Satisfaction ran through his veins when he heard her moan underneath him. There was nothing but passion, and from Draco\'s side, love in that kiss. It ended when they both had to gasp for air.

\"Did I pass?\" Draco asked out of breath.

Hermione pretended as if she was thinking before answering with a smirk on her lips: \"You know, you\'re a good kisser, but that doesn\'t mean you\'re capable of not having meaningless sex. So I can\'t quite answer that question yet.\"

Draco rolled his eyes and smirked. \'I\'ll show her that I\'m perfectly capable of not having meaningless sex.\' He grabbed her hand and sucked her fingertips. \"I\'ll… show… you,\" he said in-between kisses.

\"Bu car careful,\" Hermione whispered.

Draco looked in her eyes and smiled, \"I couldn\'t hurt you even if I wanto.\to.\"

Hermione looked at him kissing her hand and realized she wasn\'t scared anymore. She was feeling quite comfortable in his arms.The way he was kissing her hand, so careful; he wouldn\'t hurt her, she knew that. But why not? There was something different about him. He wasn\'t the person he appeared to be. Not the cold, uncaring, hateful Slytherin everybody thought he was. She wondered if anyone knew the real Draco. Because somehow she couldn\'t believe he could be as bad as Voldemort. if Here he was being so gentle and sweet towards her, or was he just a big player?

Player or not, she had to have sex with him. She didn\'t want to think about the consequences if she didn\'t co-operate. Those men with the white masks on would hit her again with all kinds of curses. And Draco would rape her or get in a lot of trouble with Voldemort. She couldn\'t do that to him, not now, when he was being so sweet towards her. But since when did she care about Draco? \'Well since I don\'t believe the Draco I knew is the real Draco.\' Anyways, she was about to have sex, so why not enjoy it?

She was so lost in thoughts that she didn\'t notice Draco was staring at her, but when she did, she asked. \"What?\"

\"I just noticed how beautiful you are when you\'re thinking.\" Draco smiled, kissing her shoulder and neck, leaving a trail of red marks.

\"And I just noticed that you\'re not the Draco I thought you were,\" Hermione moaned.

Draco stopped kissing her and smiled. \"That is the biggest compliment you ever gave me.\"

Before she could answer, she felt his warm lips against hers and she began drowning in a pool of passion.

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I\'m putting up the next chapter as well! Hugs, Cherish