The Zabini Twins

Chapter 15 - Case Closed

Hermione POV

"No I wasn't but I do care about you now and I know even though you despised your parents unlike Lucious you loved Narcissa and I know this was important to you" I say and once I said that I realized that I'm falling for Draco freaking Malfoy

"I care about you too as a matter of fact I have come to realize I'm attracted to you and like you a lot" he says leaning in I lean in too and we kiss. Oh my merlin! I didn't know the guy who I spend all my years of school hating was such a good kisser.

We were so lost in our worlds we didn't even see someone enter

"You done" says Clint grinning, we immediately break apart

"Sorry what?" I say as though nothing happened

"We have a criminal to catch remember?" says Clint

"Oh! right, let's go" I say and he exits the room I follow him but come back to Draco give him a peck on the cheek and say "I'll be right back"

"Come soon" he replies and I go out to join Clint

Clint POV

A few moments later I see Hermione over my shoulder coming out after the 'incident' when she catches up to me I say "So you and Draco"

"Ugh, don't start" she says frustrated

"Why not? I mean... I say the next part softly ...you did kiss him"

"One kiss doesn't mean anything" she says

"But you do like him" I say

"Ok fine I admit I have certain feelings for him" she says

"But you're not sure he feels the same" I take a guess

"No he does feel the same way it's just if my brother found out he's dead" she reveals

"Hermione Freya Zabini. You deserve all the happiness in the world and Draco can give you that. Besides Daphne and Blaise are a secret so shouldn't be that hard to hide this too you can tell anyone you want on your own pace. Your secrets safe with me" I assure her as we reach the minister of magic's office.

Minister Shacklebolt's office, Ministry of Magic

Hermione POV

We enter Minister Shacklebolt's office and there she sits the woman who tried to poison me and Narcissa's murderer aka Victoria Johnson.

"Ah Hermione and Mr. Rogers I'm Kingsley Shackelbolt" says Kingsley

"You gave me enough evidence to capture this girl but you did not give me a theory" he says

"Well minister that's because we were not sure of the theory ourselves but now we are certain that she murdered Narcissa Malfoy and tried an attempt on mine as well as my partner's life"

"Explain"" says Kingsley

"Wait a minute what's going on, are you accusing me of murder" says a furious Victoria

"Drop the act Ms. Johnson or should I say Miss Malfoy" says Clint

"What! Now I'm a Malfoy if I was a Malfoy I would not be working as a waitress" Victoria defends herself, then me and Clint begin to explain our theory

"Sir allow us...I say .... Victoria Johnson age 26 elder sister to Pansy Parkinson, daughter of Rebecca Parkinson and Philip Johnson but Mr. Johnson is not your birth father is he" now she looked worried.

Then Clint cuts in "Your birth father is the late Lucius Malfoy you came along when Lucius was having an affair with Rebecca after a year of his marriage with Narcissa your mother told you this at his funeral and therefore you left home you're working and staying at the three broomsticks"

I continue "Now this was a year ago back when you didn't have money, contacts or enough knowledge about the Malfoy family once you found out that after Lucius and his spouse's death all the wealth and property goes to the eldest Malfoy child which is Draco but that's just it it's not Draco it's you so it was just a matter of finding a way of killing Narcissa and claiming your property"

Clint goes on "Now once you saw miss Natasha Ward at the pub with her gun and you knew how to use one so you found out that she was invited to the Christmas Eve ball at Zabini manor and so was Narcissa Once everyone left you snuck into the ball. You turned the lights out, stole the gun from Natasha, put a silencing charm, shot Narcissa put the gun back and apparated away"

I follow on "Framing her turned out better than you imagined the murder weapon was hers and turns out she had a motive as well any other detective would have arrested her but we knew she did not do it when I came to question the band and told you that it was for a murder case you slipped me a poisoned Frizzing Wiz bee you did the same for Clint only you didn't know that you gave him exactly what he wanted"

I also inform her "After Narcissa's death someone has to inherit the wealth and properties and it's going to be Draco because you Victoria Malfoy are going to spend a long time in Azkaban"

After she leaves Clint says "Case closed partner good job now how about we open presents on Christmas afternoon" and with that we apparated back to Zabini manor.