Slytherins

Slytherins


Chapter 7
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…I raise my hands and I surrender,
I don’t wanna resist cause your touch and your kiss,
Have shattered my defenses, I surrender,
I surrender to this feeling in my heart,
I surrender to the safety of your arms,
To the touch of your lips, to the taste of your kisses....
Laura P., Surrender
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Disclaimer: I don\'t own Harry Potter or its characters, Joanne Kathleen Rowling does, therefore I here declare that the use of which I make of them in this story is for pure money-free fun. I earn nothing from it except the delight of writing how I imagine it in my head.

Notes: This is a Draco/Hermione. This is also my first Harry Potter fanfiction by this I\'m not asking you to be gentle because I will accept any review as long as it\'s constructive...Ok, so as to make it easier to read I\'ll tell you when I\'m going to change POVs.

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LAST TIME:

Suddenly Draco burst into her room wearing a worried expression, one she had never seen him wear., \"what is so important to make you barge in my room at the crack of dawn Malfoy?\" asked Hermione as she picked up her wand and opened the curtains. Outside the sun was barely beginning to rise.

\"I have just seen a thestral leave a small bundle near the lake, since you\'re a genius I thought you might want to come and see what it is. The thestral just flew away seconds after leaving it behind,\" informed Draco with a serious expression. Grabbing her wand Hermione nodded at Draco telling him they should go check it out before it disappeared.

Soon they were both running out of the castle reaching what appeared to be two parcels wrapped in a white cloth.


In the corridors…

Ewan was walking down a corridor towards Madame Pomfrey\'s when he heard someone walking behind him and so he turned around.

\"What are you doing up so early?\" he asked looking at his brother.

\"Well it\'s not that early. Anyway I\'m heading to Pomfrey\'s,\" answered Lestaw showing Ewan an identical mark on the palm of his hand.

\"You\'ve got one too?\" asked surprised Ewan as soon as he saw what Lestaw was showing him.

\"Don\'t tell me you got one too,\" rebounded Lestaw surprised, \"how are people suppose to distinguish us if we even have the same scratch?\" asked annoyed Lestaw.

\"Well sorry but you see, I didn\'t actually ask for it. It just appeared last night,\" replied Ewan mindlessly while examining his brother\'s \"scar\". Soon they both reached the infirmary and walked in.

The Lake…

Hermione walked slowly up to see closer what it was. Suddenly one of the parcels moved bumping on the other one and two distinctive voices were heard.

\"Ow!\" grunted a boy\'s voice.

\"Stop moving!\" responded a sweet girl\'s voice.

Surprised, Hermione walked closer and knelt in front of them. Draco was a bit unnerved, he didn\'t know what to expect so he simply walked closer to Hermione and wand in hand he looked attentively as the two beings moved a bit more under the cloth.

Hermione lifted the cloth, before her sat a little girl and a little boy. They were identical so she presumed immediately that they were brother and sister if not twins(). The little girl had shoulder-length hair that was curly only on the tips, it was white blonde and her eyes were light grey with golden stripes. She had delicate features, for instance her nose was small and pointy. The little boy as said before was identical to the little girl except for his hair cut that was shorter and fell slightly over his eyes. The little girl wore a crimson velvet skirt and an immaculate white blouse with beautiful embroidery sewn on the rim of the neck and nice expensive-looking shoes and socks. The little boy wore black velvet pants, a dark green cotton shirt and black shoes as expensive-looking as the little girl\'s. When they looked up at Hermione the little girl asked the same question Hermione was thinking to ask, \"hello…uhm, who are you?\" Hermione couldn\'t help but smile at them. They were so sweet.

\"My name is Hermione and he,\" said Hermione as she turned and pointed at Draco who was looking at them with curiosity, \"is Draco. What are your names?\" she then asked back.

\"My name is Cade,\" said the little boy with a proud look on his face.

\"Well Cade, that\'s a very important name you\'ve got there,\" said Hermione smiling at the little boy earning a pretty blush from him, she then turned to the little girl and asked the same question, \"and what\'s your name sweetheart?\"

\"Briana,\" she answered promptly with the same air of confidence that Cade had.

Hermione was about to comment Briana\'s name when suddenly Draco asked his own question, \"do you know why you are here?\" His demeanour seemed to instil respect in Cade for he looked at Draco and answered firmly like a soldier answered his commander.

\"No sir,\" said the boy.

\"How old are you?\" asked Hermione calmly looking from Briana to Cade and back.

\"We\'ll turn seven on October thirty-first,\" answered Briana making her curls bounce as she nodded her head proudly.

\"What are your parents\' name?\" asked Draco again interrupting Hermione from making another question.

At this question both children took a sad expression and looked down before Briana answered, \"I only remember daddy calling mommy love…\" she said.

\"Mom called dad sweetheart,\" finished Cade standing up. After that they both looked away not listening to Hermione and Draco talk.

\"I think it would be best if we brought them to the headmaster, what do you think?\" asked suddenly Hermione standing up.

\"I agree, however he\'s not at school today,\" informed Draco.

\"Then what do you suggest we do with them?\" asked Hermione as Cade and Briana played near the lake, \"Cade, Briana! Stay away from the lake it\'s dangerous!\" admonished Hermione.

Seeing her react so maternally Draco wondered how it would be if they had children. Would she care more about them than about Cade and Briana? Letting such foolish thoughts flow out of his mind Draco thought about what to do with the two young ones, \"maybe we should keep them in your room while we wait Dumbledore\'s return. God knows what Snape or McGonagall would do, they\'d probably call the whole ministry of magic,\" said Draco taking out his wand.

\"Why my room?\" asked Hermione while they were walking towards Cade and Briana.

\"Because you\'re a woman and women know much more about kids than us men,\" explained Draco matter of factly.

\"Ok, but I\'m not taking care of them on my own,\" said Hermione clearing her position on the matter.

Draco only smirked, of course she wasn\'t. He wanted to be there too so they could play parents together and then, maybe she could get to know the real him better.

\"What are you planning to do with that wand anyway?\" asked Hermione eyeing suspiciously Draco\'s armed hand.

\"Well since we can\'t walk back in without attracting attention, I thought I\'d call my broom and fly us there,\" answered Draco. He then aimed his wand to the air and summoned his broomstick. Hermione on the other hand had called Cade and Briana and was explaining to them where herself and Draco were taking them to.

Back at Hogwarts…

When Ewan came back to his room he was arguing with Lestaw. Madame Pomfrey hadn\'t been able to explain what such marks meant. She had however given them something for the pain even though Ewan had insisted he felt none. He then dropped himself on his bed and let Lestaw continue screeching about Pomfrey\'s stupidity and ignorance. Soon sleep caught up with him even though he had slept quite a lot last night he was soon walking in the land of none.

Lestaw slammed Ewan\'s door as he came out. He couldn\'t believe it. The moron had fallen asleep in the middle of their argument…well, maybe he was the one who started it but that was no reason to treat his preoccupations with so little attention. Grumbling he walked out of the room that Dumbledore had assigned him after the famous argument in the Great Hall. He decided to go look for Blaise and ask him to play Quidditch. On his way out of the prefect\'s tower he bumped into no other than Cho Chang. The seventh year Ravenclaw looked him straight in the eyes.

\"May I help you?\" asked Lestaw coldly. He hadn\'t been to keen to an encounter with a Ravenclaw today. However the girl only blushed deeply and shook her head in a voiceless no, \"well then good day,\" added Lestaw, he then bowed his head slightly and walked past.

As he walked down the corridors towards the dungeons he met a couple of giggling Slytherin girls. Was it him or were girls giggling too much lately? When he came upon the entrance of the Slytherin common room he was asked the password.

\"Immortality,\" as soon as Lestaw said the word a door swung open revealing the Slytherin common room. It was the first time he ever came here actually. It was…cold. However he soon spotted Blaise as he was talking to a blonde girl…oh no. It seemed Pansy Parkinson was back from her trip to Beauxbatons.

Prefect Tower – Hermione\'s Room…

\"Colloportus!\"

\"There was no need to lock the door,\" said Draco flying into the room through the open window.

\"You never know who\'s eves dropping,\" answered Hermione turning around after making sure the door was protected. She walked towards Draco who was dismounting Briana and knelt down in front of the little girl making sure she was ok.

\"You know? You need to find a stress reliever, too much stress isn\'t good,\" suggested Draco gaining a glare from Hermione.

\"Malfoy…\"

\"Draco is enough,\" offered Malfoy as he watched Briana fall asleep.

\"Anyway, I think we should get as much information about their background as we can before we talk to Dumbledore, it will save us a lot of time,\" said Hermione changing subject.

\"Well Briana is asleep so I guess we\'ll have to ask Cade,\" said Draco looking at the little boy who sat in front of the fire with a contemplative look. Hermione walked closer to him while Draco sat on an armchair. Hermione sat Indian style on Cade\'s right and waited some seconds before she spoke.

\"Cade?\"

\"Yes miss Hermione?\" at this response Hermione heart constricted, he had the tone of an adult but his sweet boyish voice made his answer sound so sour.

\"Oh Hermione is fine,\" said Hermione, Cade turned around and looked at Hermione and she could see the traces of dried tears. Suddenly she felt sad for the little kid and she softened her expression. \"What\'s wrong Cade?\"

\"I don\'t know if I can…\" said Cade before his small nose became red. Somehow Hermione knew this meant he was in the brink of crying.

\"If you have anything to say you just need to tell me and I\'ll do anything I can to help you. Now tell me Cade, what\'s the problem,\" said Hermione drawing closer to the little boy until she embraced him. A couple of seconds later Cade began sobbing and fresh tears sprung from his eyes.

\"Hermione and mister Draco, please help my mom and dad…they fell asleep and they won\'t wake up…t-the scary man tricked Briana and me…and…and w-when mom and dad came…to save us he…he hexed them,\" Cade then lifted his head and looked Hermione in her eyes before he continued to explain, \"I know they\'re not…d-dead because the old man said so...he said that he would have our powers…an-and when he tried to touch us a white light came and then we woke up and you found us and…please Hermione, help my mom and dad…\" and then he cried for a good half an hour before he fell asleep. All the time Hermione held him in her arms as a soothing mother would, telling him everything would work out and he would soon see his mom and dad.

\"I will go see if Dumbledore has arrived,\" said suddenly Draco walking out of Hermione\'s room and out of the prefects\' tower.

Hermione didn\'t even have the time to agree because she had just laid Cade on her bed next to Briana. She then picked up her wand from her night-table. Swaying it above the two sleeping children she made them levitate. She then waved her hand motioning for the bed covers to move. Then placing them back on her bed she tugged them in with her own hands.

In the halls…

Draco walked down the moving stairs. He could still feel the small shivers that Cade\'s words had given him. He knew what it felt like to have everything you could ever want and then loose it in one instant. When his father had let him down for the first time he had known that he had lost someone that was never truly there. His mother hadn\'t been much of a warm hearted mother either. Narcissa Malfoy had always indulged him with sweet and such only to compensate her absence in her son\'s life. All the nights he had woken up alone and scared because of the storm outside he had never had anyone to turn to. He surely couldn\'t find comfort in his mother because hell would turn ice before Mrs. Malfoy ever embraced her only son.

When he had seen Hermione hug Cade he knew instantly what pain the boy was going through and he knew that no matter how much it would cost him he wouldn\'t let these children go through the same loneliness he had. He wouldn\'t leave Hermione alone either because if the man Cade was talking about was truly after the kids power then he wasn\'t sure one to be stopped by one witch. He wouldn\'t leave that witch alone. He suddenly felt a paternal bond towards the two kids and he be damned if he would leave them to their fate if he could do anything about it. It was like he had been given a chance to save himself, the child he had never been…

Before he could realize it Draco was in front of the gargoyle, the entrance to Dumbledore\'s office. As prefect, but most of all as Slytherin, he knew the password to the headmaster\'s office and so he said it and soon enough the wall and gargoyle shifted revealing a twisted stair case that led up. Climbing it up fast Draco soon reached Dumbledore\'s office only to find it empty. Grunting he walked back down and aimed to Hermione\'s room. He didn\'t want to leave her alone, with a mysterious old man out for Briana and Cade\'s power he didn\'t want her unguarded. The kids too needed protection.

In the Slytherin common room…

Pansy was happily talking with Blaise when all of a sudden a male replica of Mudblood Granger walked up to them. She noticed that as he passed through, several Slytherin girls they all giggled and blushed. Wondering who the guy was Pansy remained silent, which was strange coming from her, she would find out soon.

\"Hey Blaise,\" said Lestaw with his smooth voice.

Pansy suddenly felt a tug in her stomach. The last time she had felt such a thing was when Draco had asked her to go to the Yule Ball with him. Now that she looked up closer she could understand why the girls were acting like stupid Hufflepuffs.

\"Who is this Blaise?\" she asked suddenly, \"aren\'t you going to present us?\" she asked again.

Blaise came out of his reverie and looked at Pansy with an ironic stare.

\"Pansy, this is my cousin Lestaw. Lestaw, this is Pansy,\" said Blaise dully before turning his attention to the book he had been reading before Pansy came to disturb him.

\"So you\'re Blaise\'s cousin. You know, you remind me of someone I know and I suggest you stay away from, it\'s an advice,\" said Pansy wearing one of her most seductive stares.

\"Are you talking about Hermione?\" asked Lestaw. Looking Pansy from head to toe. She wasn\'t much of a girl let alone a woman, all her features would have been breathtaking on any other woman but she seemed to have the capacity to wear them so badly and by so making herself look like a complete slut. Her seductive smile hadn\'t gone unnoticed by poor Lestaw who had the urge to laugh in her face.

\"I see I arrived to late with my advices,\" said Pansy wearing a disgusted look. However such a discovery didn\'t stop her from checking him out. He was very tall actually and his short auburn hair was nicely messed up so that some of it fell over his gold/amber eyes. His face\'s features were purely perfect if she could say so and the way he stood showed he had quite some confidence. Maybe as much as Draco…shit! Here she was again thinking about the only man she had been trying to forget ever since he refused her as a girlfriend a week ago…for the umpteenth time to be precise.

\"It would be weird of me not to know who the prefect of my house is,\" answered Lestaw sitting next to Blaise and taking the book he was reading away, \"how about a nice Quidditch match?\" he then asked his cousin totally ignoring Pansy as if she hadn\'t been there.

\"But you\'re cousins, I thought you would be a Slytherin,\" said Pansy astounded that a Gryffindor had dared to come in their common room, gaping from Blaise to Lestaw.

\"Oh but I am a Slytherin,\" said Lestaw with a smirk before he stood and left the room with Blaise.

\"I don\'t understand…\" were Pansy\'s last words.

\"Ask your girlfriends,\" said Blaise glaring at Pansy\'s ignorance.

In the corridors…

After they had left the Slytherin common room Lestaw and Blaise walked their way to the prefect\'s tower so they could get Lestaw\'s broom and gloves.

\"I cant believe Draco went to the Yule Ball with such an ugly…I don\'t even know how to call her,\" admitted Lestaw.

\"He actually wanted to ask Hermione but he couldn\'t, back then she was still known as a \'mudblood\',\" confessed Blaise as they made another turn.

\"You mean he likes her?\" asked Lestaw curiously.

\"I already told you more than I should have and if Draco comes to know about it I\'m dead meat,\" confessed Blaise when suddenly he stopped on another turn and dragged Lestaw behind the corner.

\"What? What did you see?\" asked Lestaw curiously.

\"Not what but who,\" answered Blaise looking at the other corridor.

\"Ok then, \'WHO\' did you see?\" insisted Lestaw as he too moved to see but when he looked no one was there. He then looked back at Blaise with a curious gaze.

\"Tell me,\" he urged his cousin.

\"It was Draco,\" answered Blaise looking up at the ceiling and trying to think up a reason that would explain what Draco Malfoy was doing in front of Albus Dumbledore\'s office.

\"Malfoy? If it was only him then why did you stop. I thought you had seen Potter killing Filch or something…\" said Lestaw with an annoyed face.

\"No. I was surprised because he was alone and in front of the entrance to none other than Dumbledore\'s office,\" explained Blaise still partially immersed in his thoughts.

\"Really, why do you reckon he was there for?\" asked Lestaw him too starting to think of reasons. Blaise was about to give one of his motives when the wall moved again and Draco came out with an angry and worried glare.

\"Where\'s he off to?\" asked Blaise.

\"Well the only way to find out is to follow him,\" suggested Lestaw gaining a smirk from his partner in crime.

\"Finally some of that good \'ol slytheriness is out huh?\" whispered Blaise before they took off on their silent way.

\"What did you take me for? I\'m a brave snake I am, all thank to grandma and grandpa…\" replied Lestaw with a smirk.

\"Ahhh cut the crap or we\'ll loose him,\" muttered Blaise rolling his eyes at his cousin\'s antics.

Some corridors and stairs later, Draco stopped in front of the prefect tower whispering the password. The two cousins slid quietly after him just in time before the entrance closed. Even if Lestaw knew the password it still would have caused too much racket opening the entrance for the second time and the noise would have surely caught Draco\'s attention.

Soon they were following him upstairs to where the bedrooms were but to their surprise he turned towards the girl\'s side of the floor. Blaise and Lestaw smirked at each other for they were eager to know which female prefect Draco was going to nail, would it be Padma Patil of Ravenclaw or Hannah Abbot of Hufflepuff or even his fellow Slytherin girl prefect Evelyn Mystific. Hermione was for obvious reason out of the list for she was the Slytherin princess and Gryffindor prefect but then, Draco Malfoy walked directly into Hermione Slytherin\'s much to the cousins horror. As soon as the door to Hermione room was closed they walked to it and listened to any noise coming from the room hoping that they wouldn\'t put a silencing charm, as soon as they would hear Malfoy move onto Hermione they would barge in and cut his balls of.

\"If he so much as touches my sister he\'ll get the ass kicking of his lifetime,\" grumbled Lestaw his eyes were now read and his words came out like hisses mixed to his words.

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() I\'ve heard from an ex of mine who\'s father is a doctor, that twins of different gender can\'t be identical and then he went into detailed doctor-ish crap about D.N.A. and something of the sort. However I would like you to know that this is a particular case of incredible resemblance in a non monozygotic ( - is that spelt right?) case.

What will happen next?? I don\'t know…wait…I do! Haha!!!

:†: Nephiel Nephilim :†: