ROOTS ~~ dramione, hinny, bluna

2: pairs

Dm

I stared at the name on the bottom of my letter. A Gryffindor. A muggle-born. A know-it-all. Hermione Jean Granger.

"Theo?! Blaise! Who did you guys get!?" I asked quickly, before they could ask me.

"I got Luna Lovegood... not terrible, but not the best either." Blaise said, clearly happy about getting Lovegood.

"Well, I got Astoria, so I'm pretty happy with it, what about you Draco?" Theo said, smiling evilly.

I shook my head and Blaise said, "You got Pansy, didn't you!?"

I was about to say no when Pansy, Astoria, and Daphne burst in.

Astoria ran straight for Theo and jumped into his arms. They were both obviously glad to have gotten their friends.

"Parkinson, did you get Malfoy?" Blaise commanded her.

She shook her head, "I wish, I got Dean Thomas, some Gryffindor." I shivered slightly, my two best friends and I were going to be with three of the people who had been tortured in my house. I zoned out for a minute, thinking about that, and when I realized they were talking to me, I looked up.

"Hello? Earth to Draco? Ok good, you're back. Did you hear anything we said? I got Thomas, Daphne got Longbottom, Zabini got Lovegood, those two got each other..." She said, motioning to Theo and Astoria, who were sitting on his bed, now... kissing? "Who. Did. You. Get? It can't be any worse than longbottom!"

I shook my head again, picked my letter up and ran to the great hall, changing my clothes with magic.

I heard them running behind me screaming, but I kept running. I looked back for a second, and bumped into someone.

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Hg

I had woken up that morning to Lavender, Ginny, and Parvati giggling.

"Hermione! The letters came!" Parvati squealed.

Before I could ask who they got, they started telling me.

"I got Harry! Obviously! Parvati got Seamus, and Lavender got Ron!" I nodded, happy for them but slightly upset.

Lavender had gotten Ron, that meant I hadn't. I didn't even like Ron anymore, but I wanted someone I knew. My vision became blurry as tears filled my eyes, but no one noticed. Someone shoved a piece of paper into my hand and I opened it.

The letter said:

Dear Ms. Granger,

You are a 8th year in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, meaning you will participate in the Parenthood Class. Today at noon, you must go to your new dorm to meet your partner. Then, you will begin the journey of your life. Below is your partners name, birthdate, house, and other information you need to know:

Draco Lucius Malfoy

I looked from the name at the bottom to my friends faces. I knew they would ask me who I got and I didn't want to tell them, so I got up. I accioed clothes with me and changed on the way, holding the letter and running toward the library. I was crying now and couldn't see anything much, so I bumped into someone.

"Sorry" I muttered, stepping backwards to see who it was. It was Draco Malfoy. My future husband and child's father.

"It's fine," he said, still looking over his shoulder. Then he turned around and saw me. I looked down and saw he was also holding his letter.

His mouth twitched slightly before it turned upwards in a smirk.

"Are you crying?" He asked me, still smirking.