A Muddy Secret

This is LM/HG! If you don't like it, tough. I'm not making you read it. If you do like LM/HG, I hope you enjoy it. I know I like writing it. *wink*

It starts right after Hermione and Ronald go down into the Chamber of Secrets to procure a baslisk fang to destroy horcruxes. Consider most details after that point in DH to be Alternate Universe.

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Lucius stood in the second floor girl’s lavatory of Hogwarts. He had arrived in time to see Hermione and the Weasley boy jump down into a passage behind a sink. He closed his eyes. It would be easier to surprise them coming back out of there. Draco had told him that there was only the one entrance to this chamber.

He had to make sure his muddy secret went back in time. He had to make sure his muddy secret was safe from this battle. He slid into a dark corner of the bathroom where he could see the two teens as they emerged from the chamber.

“Stupefy!” a cold hiss erupted when Hermione and Ron came out of the chamber of secrets.

Ron was flung against the wall by a jet of red light. A thin line of blood trickled down his neck staining the white shirt.

“RON!”

“Expelliarmus.”

Hermione whipped around and shrank back as she saw steel colored eyes staring down at her.

“WHAT DID YOU DO?”

“He will live,” Lucius Malfoy said as he pocketed her wand.

He stalked toward her quietly with his head cocked to the side. He frowned at the way Hermione fawned over the Weasel.

Lying bitch! Only told me when she left! His grip tightened on his wand as he thought of what the lying Mudblood deserved. Saving her is what got you locked in Azkaban. You have to send her back. If you don't, everything will be wrong.

Hermione blocked Ron from being seen by Lucius and carefully plucked his wand into her hand.

He protected her from Avery all back in the Department of Mysteries. Could she hurt someone who saved her life? Curse someone who took her hand and hid her from the other death eaters. Curse someone who cast an Unforgivable on a fellow death eater to save her from the Avada.

Hermione dwelled on the thoughts as she clutched the wand.

He was dangerous. He was on the other side.

“Look at me, Hermione,” he said, whispering her name as he slid a hand into her hair so gently that she did not notice.

“LET GO OF ME!” Hermione screamed as he whipped her up and placed his wand at her throat.

Lucius slammed her into the wall causing her to drop Ron’s wand. Magic seeped out the end of his wand.

“Did you think you would fool me?”

“What are you talking about?” Hermione yelled at him as he shoved his wand more tightly against her throat.

Lucius lowered his head so he was looking into her eyes.

“You owe me,” Lucius said as he breathed out a sigh.

The lavender smell of her shampoo was invading his brain pulling memories of twenty-six years back.

“I’ve had enough time to formulate the spell to do it,” he said, stroking her cheek. “You’re not safe here, right now.”

He stroked her hair with his long fingers as he straightened up and pushed her more tightly against the wall to hold her there with his body so he could reach into his pocket.

Lucius closed his eyes at the feel of the cool metal and glass attached to a chain. He removed it.

“What are you going to do to me?” Hermione asked wiggling her hips.

“Stand still,” he said, hoping she could not feel the twitching of a certain organ beneath his robes.

“Let me go!”

“Oh you are going somewhere,” Lucius growled in her face as he removed his hand from her hair and draped the chain around her neck before muttering, “Twenty-six years older and still crazed.”

“Let me go Malfoy!” Hermione screamed as she tried to shove him off her. “What do you want?”

“Still the little hellcat! And to answer that...it’s about change.” He grunted as she managed to get her hand out from its former trapped place between Lucius and her stomach. “Not knowing what is good for you!”

She launched out and brought her hand across his face.

“How dare you strike me!” he yelled, grabbing her hands in one of his and pinning them to the wall above her head. He raised his hand with fingers still clenched around his wand before bringing it down to brush soft glove covered knuckles against her cheek. “See you soon, Hermione.”

Without mincing further words with her, he pointed his wand at the time turner and cast the silent spell as he released her arms.

Hermione lunged at Lucius as he faded out of view. She charged through the bathroom door and collided with a tall solid form.

“What the hell?” a somewhat familiar sounding male voice yelped from above her and a long fingered hand gripped Hermione’s arm.

“Get away from me!”

“What did I do? I’ll take house points! I’m head-boy!” he asked, staring at her as if she had gone daft. “You should know who I am. You a new student?”

Lucius stared at her white uniform blouse that was soaked through with perspiration and had a some blood stains.

“Don’t screw with me, Draco. I’m not in the mood. Where is everyone?”

“What did I do? And you should not speak to the head-boy that way. And the name is Lucius Malfoy.”

Hermione stared at the Malfoy who was hovering above her and took notice of his shoulder length blonde hair before lifting her hand.

“Where did you get that?” Lucius asked pointing to the chain. “And why do you have so much blood on you?”

“Get away from me! What are you playing at? How are you doing this? Where’s Ron?”

“Slow down! I ought to take you to the infirmary,” Lucius said, and his eyes darted back and forth between her cold sweat and blood soaked blouse staring at her nipples and her frightened brown eyes.

Hermione looked up at him.

“Lucius Malfoy?” she questioned.

He smirked at her as she said his name and stared into the soft grey eyes that were the exact same shape and color as his son’s.

“What year is it?” she asked looking around at the quiet and calm castle around her.

Sun shown through a few windows and lit Lucius from behind making his hair glow.

“1972,” he answered as if it were the most obvious thing before he rose to his feet. “I see the Malfoy name is known even to you.”

Lucius smirked and winked at her before offering a long fingered hand to her.

Hermione glared at the hand suspiciously. “Why did you do this?”

“I haven’t done a thing to you,” Lucius said retracting his hand and scowling back at her. “Who are you?”

“Yes, my name is Hermione Beaumont,” she answered quickly giving her mother’s maiden name. “I transferred from Beauxbatons in France.”

“Oh, you must need to go see Headmaster Dumbledore. I’ll take you to his office. Why did you transfer?”

“My parents moved back here and brought me along saying that I would attend Hogwarts for my last year,” Hermione answered as they walked down the hallway toward the stone gargoyle that guarded Dumbledore’s office entrance.

Looking into the eyes of the future death eater who would save her life made her stomach do a little flip-flop as she remembered what he said.

“Did your parents attend Hogwarts?”

She lifted her hand to her head to quell the headache that had risen as she tried to think.

“Yes,” Hermione answered, wincing internally at the lies that were being so swift to drip from her lips.

“What house were they in?” he inquired.

“My mother was a Gryffindor and my father was in,” she paused at that moment and looked into Lucius’ grey eyes that were watching her. “Slytherin.”

“Gryffindor and Slytherin. Weird match,” he answered. “As long as they are both pureblood…”

Hermione shrugged at him as they stopped outside the gargoyle guarding the entrance to the Headmaster’s office.

“Ice mice,” he said, speaking clearly.

The gargoyle leapt to the side revealing the spiral staircase that led to the office.

“Do you want to go alone?” Lucius asked.

“That would be best,” Hermione answered.

“I’ll wait for you and take you to breakfast in the great hall,” he said, winking at her. “Even if you are a Gryffindor.”

Hermione started to tell him that she was perfectly capable of getting to breakfast on her own, but remembering her story she responded with a quiet okay.

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