Imperiused (Dramione)

12 Grimmauld Place (Part 2)

Kreacher led Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley towards the drawing room. He moved towards the wall covered with a large, old, Doxy-gnawed tapestry.

"Look, Master," the old House-elf pointed. "The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black Family Tree."

Ginny and Harry moved forwards examining the Family Tree. Harry remembered when his godfather Sirius showed it to him when he first arrived here- pointing at the scorched mark where his picture should have been.

"Down here, Master," the old elf called, pointing at Draco Malfoy's name below Narcissa Malfoy's.

The tapestry showed a glowing golden question mark where a name should be under Draco's name- the place were his child's name would be written together with his ancestors.

Then they looked at the portion besides Draco's name where his wife (or in this case, the mother of his child) should appear, but instead of a name, an angry scorch mark was in place on both the picture and name.

"But there's nothing there," Harry pointed out. He still don't want to believe that Hermione is possibly carrying a Death Eater's child. He will surely kill the ferret once he knows he was the one to violate his best friend.

Kreacher moved closer to the tapestry, then using his elf magic, used his finger to reveal what was under the scorch mark.

Ginny gasped as she saw it reveal her friend's face and her name under it. "No!" She whispered yelled. "Harry! What should we do?" She asked, feeling overwhelmed. Poor Hermione, she thought.

Harry was red with fury. He will kill Malfoy with his bare hands. This means he was the one who Imperiused his friend then Obliviated her so she would not remember his assault. He did this not only once but twice. Then he was not yet satisfied doing it to Hermione when she was not herself, he charmed her into thinking he likes her. Malfoy is so dead.

He never thought he could hate someone more than he did Voldemort. Why did Malfoy have to ruin someone as pure as Hermione? Rage filled him, he started moving towards the door of the drawing room, wanting to go to Malfoy Manor and kill the ferret.

"Harry, where are you going?" Ginny asked alarmed, seeing her boyfriend's murderous face.

"I'll kill him, Gin!" Harry replied through gritted teeth.

When he was just outside the drawing room's doors, the door beside it opened, revealing his best friend who has just woken up.

"Harry," the brunette greeted him, still feeling out of sorts due to the potion's effect.

When Harry saw her, he walked towards her and embraced her tightly.

"I am so sorry, Hermione," he told her. "If I just came back to Hogwarts with you, then Malfoy couldn't have targeted you." He feels so guilty, leaving her alone at Hogwarts. He should have just came back with her to finish his studies so he could have protected her from that Death Eater.

"Harry, it's not your fault," his best friend replied. "I understand that you have more important things to do than finishing your studies. Please, don't blame yourself," she said sincerely. She knew it was her own fault, letting her guard down.

"Hermione's right, Harry," Ginny agreed. "The Wizarding World still needs you more than Hogwarts does." She knows how Harry always blames himself when things go wrong.

"I'm going to make this right, Mione. I swear, I'll kill that ferret for what he has done to you!" Harry vowed.

"No, Harry! You can't just kill someone! You are not a murderer!" Hermione protested. "We are also not yet sure if he was the one who violated me," she explained, not knowing they already found out the truth while she was still sleeping.

"Hermione," Ginny called quietly. "You have to see this," she gently pulled the brunette out of Harry's arms, leading her inside the drawing room.

"Look, Kreacher showed us this," the redhead said pointing towards the part where her friend's name and picture were located. "This kind of ancient magic can not be altered and it never lies," she explained.

Hermione saw her name and face on the Black Family Tree tapestry, connected to Draco Malfoy and under their names was a glowing question mark where the child's name and picture will appear once named.

"No!" She sobbed, dropping down to her knees. It's all the proof they need to know that it was Draco Malfoy who Imperiused and Obliviated her. "No! He can't!" She started sobbing.

Ginny and Harry came to her and embraced their best friend. "Don't worry, Hermione, we will make him pay for what he did to you," Harry promised her.

"We have all the evidence to put him in Azkaban. He may have escaped it before, but now we will make sure he'll rot there," Ginny told her friend.

"No, please! I need to talk to him first," the brunette pleaded. Her heart aches for discovering the truth about Malfoy. She thought of the moments they have shared before separating for the Christmas Holidays, believing there was a good side to him.

"No!" Harry protested. "I won't let him near you. Don't you understand the gravity of what he has done to you? He could get the Dementor's Kiss because he used an Unforgivable Curse on you," he said angrily, not understanding why his friend still wants to talk to that evil ferret.

"Please, listen to me first. This is about me, let me make the decision on this. I need to think this through before rushing into things," Hermione pleaded, knowing that if this gets out, not only Malfoy's name be in the mud but also her future child's.

It's not that she wasn't furious with what he has done to her, she really was, but she couldn't help but think of the way he looked at her when they met at Diagon Alley.

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Author's Note:

I know that the Black Family Tree Tapestry does not put the names of Blacks by marriage, but I altered it so there would be a hard, unquestionble evidence that Draco was the father of the child in Hermione's womb. Also that glowing question mark was also added for effect.

I also know that someone should burn the tapestry of the disowned Blacks' names literally, but I wanted it to be made magically for my story since there are no current Blacks present in Grimmauld Place who are available to do so :)