After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 12 Book 1

After a War

Draco grabbed Lavenders arm and spun her towards him.

"Where did you get the necklace?" Draco asked.

"From the Gryffindor girls room!" Lavender said.

"Do you know that it isn't yours?" He tightened his grip on her arm until she winced.

"Yes! I know who's it is!" Lavender shrieked and pulled from his grasp.

"Then why don't you give it to her?" Draco asked. Hermione put her hand on his shoulder.

"I'm fine Draco." Hermione said. Draco ignored her and turned back to Lavender.

"Give it back." He ordered.

"Just take it! It was WonWons idea anyway!" Lavender squealed and escaped his grasp. He turned to Hermione with the necklace in his hand.

"Draco!" Hermione yelled. "How are you supposed to change?" She looked at the necklace. "Thank you." she turned around and lifted her hair. He put the necklace around her neck and clasped it.

"I don't need to change Hermione. I'm happy the way I am." Draco said.

"Happy hurting people?" Hermione asked.

"No, just-just, I cant right now." Draco said. He walked out of view into the crowd of people that had developed. She looked around, trying to find Harry or Draco in the crowd. Luna came into view, Neville beside her. Her insides exploded with happiness as her two friends shared their first kiss. She couldn't help it, she squealed. Neville and Luna! So adorable! She shook her head and continued to push and shove through the crowd of students. How had they even gotten there? They were outside and all the student appeared out of nowhere. None of them were making their way back to the castle.

"Why is everyone out here?" Hermione asked.

"There was an explosion in the great hall!" A first year answered.

"What kind of explosion?" Hermione asked.

"We don't know too much. We were going to eat breakfast and someone opened the door and the entire room blew up." The younger kid answered.

"Is everyone ok?" Hermione asked, giving her full attention to the girl.

"Yeah, the people in the room didn't have a scratch, its like the bomb was just there as a prank. To scare everyone, it worked because McGonagall somehow teleported us out here." The girl spoke.

"Are you Muggleborn?" Hermione asked. The way she spoke about the incident reminded her of herself.

"Actually yes." The girl answered. Somebody shoved her out of the way. Hermione helped her up.

"I'm on my last year, I'll help you out of here." Hermione said. She led the girl to the edge of the crowd. "Do you know who put the bomb there?" She asked as they sat in the grass, catching their breath.

"No." She answered. Disappointment in herself showed. "I should have figured it out though."

"I'm Hermione Granger." She said, extending a hand to the girl.

"Destiny Minnel." The girl said, accepting the hand and shaking it.

"Can you guess who did it?" Hermione asked, changing the subject back to the explosion.

"If I could guess anyone it'd be a first year I met earlier. He seemed overly happy and confident this morning." Destiny said. Harry found them, Ginny and George behind him.

"Someone blew up the great hall." Hermione said, looking up at them. Harry frowned along with Ginny. George smirked and nodded.

"Sounds like fun. Iv been replaced." George mumbled. He stared at the grass, plotting revenge.

"Did anyone get hurt?" Harry asked. Ginny, being related to George found it amusing to blow up the great hall but was still concerned over the fact that someone could be hurt though.

"No, it was a prank. Just to scare people." Hermione said she turned to Destiny and smiled. "This is Destiny." Everyone nodded in Destiny's direction and smiled at her.

"So I have been replaced." George said.

"You'll never be replaced." Hermione insisted.

"Tell that to the kid that just did." George said. Hermione stood up.

"I'm going to find that kid, they have to be here, every kid was teleported out of the school. Destiny, what does the kid you saw, look like?" Destiny stood and started walking. The Crowd had spread out and most had sat down.

"Follow me." Destiny said. The four last years followed her. She wove around people until they arrived at a boy sitting by the lake, throwing stones in. "That's him." Destiny whispered.

"Sir, can I ask you something?" Hermione asked, trying to be polite about it.

"Sure but call me Jax." He said and threw another stone into the water.

"Did you blow up the great hall?" Harry asked. Hermione nodded.

"Nope, but I did see who did." Jax said. He looked at the group of five and smirked. He pointed at George. "He did." Everyone turned to George.

"I didn't! I was here all night!" George insisted.

"You went inside for the blankets." Hermione said.

"I was with Harry, Ginny, Luna, and Neville the entire time! Bella went off to get more in another area. She could have done it!"

"He was with us the entire time." Ginny said.

"It was Bella that went off from us." Harry said.

"We should go talk to her then." Ginny said. They started walking. Hermione stayed behind.

"What did he look like more specifically?" Hermione asked Jax.

"Exactly like him but more pale and he had both ears. Happier, like nothing scared him at all. His hair was smoothed out and he had this crazy smirk. " Jax said. Hermione smiled. "Why?"

"His twin brother died a while ago. You just described him. But I think he was a ghost." Hermione smiled. "Thank you." She walked away. The crowd was gone, everyone had spread and sat. Not even seven people stood together. She looked around and found what she was looking for. "Draco." She said. She walked up to a tree he was leaning against.

"I-" She interrupted him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He didn't for the first second or so but he eventually hugged her back.