The Marriage Contract

Sorry for taking a while to post this. I've got nothing but essays to write for classes. Also, I just finished watching A Very Potter Senior Year. I recommend you watch it too. It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing.

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"Wait! My mother was possessed?" said Draco. "And she's with Hermione!"

Ron and Harry stiffen at the thought of Hermione in danger.

"Don't worry, Hermione is fine with Narcissa." said Anna. "The demon is gone. What we need to focus on is examining Lucius' body."

"But Hermione's pregnant! We can't leave her on her own!"

"Hermione's what?" Harry and Ron said in unison. Both completely surprised at what they just heard.

"Hermione is pregnant." said Anna, since Draco was too worried about Hermione to answer and had dashed off to find them.

"How?" asked Ron.

"With who?" asked Harry.

"She had sex with her husband." said Anna. She waited for the information to register into brains, which she knew would take some time. They had a dazed and confused expression on their face that told her it hadn't sunk in yet.

"She had sex with Draco." she added for clarification.

"Ew!" said Ron.

"Gross!" said Harry.

"Now that we have established that. Let's go to the Malfoy mausoleum." suggested Anna.

"What about Hermione?" said Harry.

"And...Draco..." Ron said shuddering.

"They're fine." Anna reassured them. "Listen. I know you two are surprised at the shocking information I've just told you and you're worried about Hermione. How about you, Ron, come with me and, Harry, you'll stay with Draco."

"All right. You'll need Draco's permission to enter the mausoleum." said Harry.

"He gave it to use already." said Anna.

"When?" asked Ron. "I don't remember."

"When you two were lost in your daze. Let's go."

Anna had apparated herself and Ron to Malfoy manor in Wiltshire, England in the blink of an eye. She could see that he didn't realized how easily she had teleported them there because his mind was elsewhere. He and Hermione had history by the expression one his face when he found out about the pregnancy. She choose him to come with her because she wanted to spare his feelings.

"How are you feeling?" Anna asked Ron as they made their way through the grounds to the resting place of the Malfoy's through the centuries.

Ron was too busy looking down and almost tripped on his own feet. He composed himself and looked at Anna.

"You're upset about Hermione and Draco."

"How can you tell?"

"I've seen that look before. So Draco or Hermione or both?" She added the last art to get him out of his gloomy mood and it was working.

Ron's face was as red as his hair. "Hermione of course! W-Why'd you say Draco?"

Anna suppressed the urge to laugh at his reaction. "I felt a curious vibe from you."

Ron gave her an incredulous look.

They stopped in front of the large stone monument, "We're here." She touched the heavy stone and an opening appeared. As she inhaled the scent from inside, there was a mixture of something foreign that made ends of her hair tingle.

Ron took out his wand and the end lighted up. Cautiously, he stepped forward with Anna following behind him. The opening closed and the light from Ron's wand disappeared.

"Stay close." said Ron as he quickly stepped back and shielded Anna.

Anna appreciated how Ron was trying to protect her, but she needed to get him out of the way if she wanted this demon all to herself. She only needed Ron with her long enough to witness the demon so when they returned to France the others would believe him. There should be a source of light in here for visitors. She touched the stone wall and numerous candles light up the room. Ron was at ease, but kept his guard up. Together they ventured further down the lower chambers.

Draco and Harry had found Hermione and Narcissa just as they were returning to the house. They told Hermine about Narcissa being a host for a demon, which horrified her. She relaxed when they told her that Anna had taken cared of it. Harry took Hermione aside to speak privately with her, while Draco went to see Narcissa after reassuring that Hermione was all right.

"You and him? When?" Harry asked Hermione.

Hermione glanced at Draco. "We...we're in love Harry."

"You and him? When?"

"It suddenly happened." Hermione said shyly, her face reddening.

Harry nervously scratched the back of his head. "Well...as long as you're happy. You have my blessing but what about Ron."

"Ron? What about him? We were over before anything began. I doubt he'd -"

"I know Hermione but still. I think you need to speak to him alone."

"I will." promised Hermione. "Can you watch Narcissa for a moment. I need to speak with Draco."

"Sure."

Hermione went to Draco and lead him to another room as Harry stayed with Narcissa.

"Anna said my mother is fine - she seems normal - well as normal as she could be -"

"Draco," Hermione said strongly, "if Anna said Narcissa is fine then Narcissa is fine. I trust her."

"As do I."

Hermione smiled. "What I want to tell you is that I know why Narcissa doesn't like you."

"Why?"

"She told you remind her of a very mean boy she knows from England."

"Mum was being bullied? Who is he? I'll hex him!" said Draco, angry on his mother's behalf.

The smile on Hermione's face grew so much that it prompted Draco's curiosity.

"Who is he?"

"Your father."

Anna placed a shield around Ron's unconscious body and turned to the demon. Because of the magical wards placed on the chamber, the creature was trapped inside. It had nowhere to go, nothing to eat beside the host it was currently living in. The poor thing had been slowly siphoning what resources he could. It was starving and desperate to feed.

One of them was going to be a meal, but it was not going to be her.