After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 11 Book 1

After A War

Only Hermione, Draco and Maya remained by the lake. Everyone else had gone to get snacks and blankets. The group had decided to sleep on the grounds but Draco, Hermione and Maya weren't needed to help get blankets. Maya had decided to take a walk as a wolf and left the two laying in the grass, staring at stars. Hermione pointed to a picture in the stars.

"That's the big dipper." She said.

"What?" He asked.

"Muggles turned the stars into pictures, its helpful. They named them all too." She smiled, remembering a night when she was five where her mother taught her all the constellations.

"Again, muggles are weird." He said. She rolled on her side and stared at him.

"Your weird." She mumbled. He looked at her and propped himself up on a elbow.

"And how am I weird?" He asked.

"Your a pureblood, I cant even imagine it. Having a family full of wizards and witches." She looked at her arm. She really couldn't help it, no matter how hard she tried to stop, she constantly looked at her arm.

"Stop." Draco said.

"Stop what?" Hermione asked.

"Looking at your arm, I don't care that your a-"

"A Mudblood?" Hermione finished for him.

"I don't care about that, if there's one thing I didn't want to know, it'd be blood, pureblood, half-blood, and Mudblood alike." Draco said. He grabbed her arm and pulled her Jacket sleeve over it.

"Draco?" Hermione asked.

"Hmm?"

"I love you." She said quietly. He froze, the sound of his steady breath stopped. He stared at her, unable to say anything. Thankfully for him, George sat behind them and dropped blanket on them.

"Weasley!" Draco yelled. He secretly mouthed "Thank you." As Hermione folded the blankets and put them at her side.

"Guess what we brought!?" Harry yelled. He sat by Hermione and Ginny sat next to him.

"We got a projector to hover over the lake so we could all watch a movie." Ginny said.

"Where's Maya?" Bella asked. A howl and then panting sounds entered their ears as Maya dashed over to them and sat in between Bella and George. Bella smirked and put Maya's red fur. She didn't seem to mind much.

"What movie are we watching?" Hermione asked after waving at Maya.

"A Christmas Carol." Harry said.

"What's that?" Draco asked. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"M. U. G. G. L. E. movie." Ginny said. Draco had a insult at the tip of his tongue but looked at Hermione setting up a blanket and remained silent.

"We also may have gotten the attention of a few other Gryffindors." Luna said. She pointed at a few people walking over. It was hard to see through the darkness of night.

"Do we have enough blankets?" Hermione asked.

"We'll have to group up." Bella said.

"Ok." Hermione said. She handed out blankets to people that needed them until they ran out.

"Everyone who doesn't have a blanket, find someone who does and share." Harry said. Hermione and Draco sat together, Ginny and Harry, Neville and Luna, Bella and some Gryffindor, George and Maya, Theo had come back out and sat with another Slytherin girl, Ron was sitting with... Lavender... Hermione sighed to herself.

"What?" Draco asked.

"Nothing, lets just watch the movie and go to bed." Hermione said. The movie started.

She was asleep. Faster than she thought she would fall asleep actually. The movie had barely started. A dreamless haze was her sleep. She opened her eyes and looked around, everyone else was asleep and the movies was still up. The sun was still on the other side of the world. She looked at the sleeping Draco next to her, then at where Lavender was. The word Slytherin kept repeating in her mind. She couldn't help it. She stood up slowly and made sure she didn't wake Draco. She walked over to where Lavender was sleeping and knelt down.

"Good luck Lavender." Hermione whispered. She walked over to where she had slept and lay back down. She pulled out her wand and smirked. "Rictucempra." She whispered. Lavender started screaming with laughter as Hermione quickly hid away her wand and pretended to be asleep. Draco shifted in his sleep and then sat up quickly, as he did Hermione did the same and pretended to be surprised to see Lavender curled in a ball laughing her stomach out.

"What happened?" Ron asked.

"I don't know!" Lavender screamed in between laughs. "I cant stop!" everyone gathered around Lavender.

"Finite Incantatum." Harry said. She stopped laughing. Draco pulled Hermione away.

"You got up right before Lavender started squealing." Draco said.

"How do you know that?" She asked.

"I don't sleep Granger. I know when you got up, you were right next to me." He said.

"Why don't you sleep?" Hermione asked.

"Your changing the subject." Draco said "I know you are because I do it all the time, why did you do it to Lavender?" Draco asked.

"She stole something of mine." Hermione said.

"Weasel?" Draco asked, he obviously didn't like the idea of her being jealous of Lavender.

"No, I have this necklace and its really important. I got it last year and left it hidden in the castle. She's wearing it." Hermione said. She looked at the necklace around Lavenders neck.

"Why don't you bring it home with you?" Draco asked. "If it means that much."

"Somebody special bought it for me." Hermione said.

"Still, why not bring it home?"

"Because my parents don't remember me anymore! I don't have a home to go to! Before the war I planted it in the castle so I could find it afterwards. She found it before I did." Tears stung her eyes.

"Who gave it to you?" Draco asked.

"My best friend before Hogwarts! Before I was a wizard." Hermione said. She started crying. "She doesn't even know what happened to me, I haven't seen her since before the letter." Hermione said. Draco walked over to Lavender. Hermione tried to stop him but he was out of reach before she could do much.