After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 21 Book 1

After a War

Hermione sat in the girls dorm, nobody had come in for hours, her throat was dry and if she didn't eat soon, her stomach may just eat her. She laid down and stared at the green, silk, top of the bed. She had never been so bored in her life. She couldn't climb out the window because she was under the lake. The only exciting thing to do was watch the squid swim by, and after a hour or two of that, it also got boring. She needed something to do! She refused to sleep because Bellatrix didn't haunt her nightmares anymore, Lucius did. Bellatrix was a soft and cuddly kitten compared to Lucius now. Hermione sat up, what could she do? Well, she had a snake on her arm that was probably as bored as she was. She pulled up her sleeve and the snake on her arm looked up at her. Hermione gently put her finger a few inches away from the snake, it didn't move. Hermione sighed, great, her snake didn't want to do anything so she really was alone. The door opened slightly. A small grey kitten walked in slowly, the door shut. Hermione leapt off her bed to see the adorable kitten. It had a green bow around its neck, on the front of the bow it said: This is Kit, I hope she keeps you company, D.M.

"Draco Malfoy, I love you so much." Hermione whispered to herself. She sat cross-legged on the floor and picked up the kitten. It climbed up her shirt and sat on her shoulder. Hermione had only told Ron and Harry, but Crookshanks died, a few days after the battle. Harry comforted her while Ron was excited that the 'blasted' cat was gone. He was ridiculous. She kitten purred as she pet it slowly. She put the kitten on her bed and went out to the common room. She knew she wasn't supposed to be there, but who cared? She shut the dorm door behind her so Kit wouldn't get out. She looked around, Draco wasn't in the common room. She walked to the boys dorm slowly and knocked on the door softly. Theo opened it.

"Granger, your supposed to be in there." He pointed at the girls dorm.

"I know, but I wanted to thank Draco." Hermione said.

"When did you become such a Slytherin?" Theo asked.

"When I got my dark mark, now, let me Slytherin to this room." Hermione said.

"Already with the puns? Come on in." Theo opened the door, it was empty other than Draco and Theo. Draco was sitting on his bed, reading. When did he start reading so much? Hermione sat down next to him. He didn't look up from his book.

"Thank you for Kit." Hermione said quietly.

"Who's Kit?" Draco asked.

"Don't joke right now, that kitten was adorable and what else would D.M. stand for?" Hermione said.

"I didn't give you a kitten. It was written in my name?"

"Yeah, D.M. Draco Malfoy." Hermione said. He stood up suddenly. She followed him as he left the boys dorm and walked over to the girls. He opened the door with his wand in hand. From what Hermione could see, the room was destroyed, the beds torn to shreds and the frames crushed. Feathers were floating everywhere. The sound of glass shattering and water filled the room. Draco shut the door quickly and sealed the edges.

"That wasn't a kitten, it was something that took the shape of a kitten sent by my father to kill you." Draco said, his voice was shivering.

"How do you know that?" Hermione asked.

"Who else would send you a kitten that was meant to kill you in my name?" Draco asked. Before she could speak he grabbed her arm and left the common room. "We need to tell the headmistress." Draco said urgently. Hermione would have disagreed but, she was already scared of Lucius without him sending her death gifts. What a great father-in-law he would make. Wait, no, did she just call Lucius her father-in-law? But that would mean that Draco was her husband. No, she didn't call Lucius her father-in-law. It didn't take long to reach McGonagall's office, Draco moved quickly when he wanted to. He burst in the door, McGonagall was sitting at the desk. Her eyes looked at Hermione, then at her hand holding Draco's.