Malfoy's Secret - EDITING

|chapter four|

Gryffindor Girl's Dorm Sunday Morning

Today was Sunday, meaning that most students would either remain in their dorms studying or simply sit outside in the relaxing weather. For Hermione and a few others, that wouldn't be the case for today.

Today was the day were Hermione, Draco, Blaise, Theo, and Astoria plan on sneeking out of school to go to the Malfoy Mannor. They have been planning this for a while and Astoria had the job of asking Professor Snape if they can go. (She was his favorite after all.) Hermione would be seeing her family and their friends for the first time since school started and she was more than excited.

It was around 8:00am and Hermione instantly began to get ready. She walked twords the bathroom and saw her roommate Ginny sleeping silently. She took a quick shower, washed her face, brushed her teeth and hair, and then picked an outfit. Once she was dressed, she heard what seemed to be a pecking noise outside her window. She turn around and saw Draco's owl Loyalty holding a letter in its beak and trying to enter her room. Hermione walked over to the window and opened the latch. "Hello Loyalty." She sweetly told the owl while scratching its head. Hermione took letter that the owl was carrying and opened it up. It read:

Good Morning My Love,

Astoria, Theo, Blaise, and I will be waiting outside the R.O.R where we will met up with you to then go speak with Severus. We plan to meet at 8:30am so we shall see you there. I can't wait to see you again.

Your Lover,
Draco Scorpius Malfoy

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Hermione sealed the letter and looked at the clock. It was 8:23am so she should head down soon. "Thank you Loyalty." She told the owl while giving him a treat for his journey. Loyalty flew away and Hermione shut the window once again. She put the letter into her purse and headed to the door. Before she can walk out, Ginny had called out to her.

"Hermione it's still super early, where can you possibly be going?" Ginny asked her sluggishly. Hermione knew she had just woken up. She smiled at her and replied. "I'm going to Hogsmade with a group of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw girls today, we plan to leave at 9:30am." Ginny nodded. "Oh alright. Have fun!" She said. Moments after she snuggled back up into the sheets and went back to sleep.

Hermione quietly walked down the stairs from the girls dorm and into the common room. Thankfully, no one was there to question her. She exited the Gryffindor Dorms and headed down to the R.O.R.

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R.O.R // Blaise, Draco, Astoria, Theo

"Hermione should be here soon," Draco started. "I sent her an owl this morning to let her know when and where we are meeting." "Good cause I completely forgot to tell her." Blaise said in a joking matter. Theo rolled his eyes. "Ofcourse you did." Being the person Blaise is, he took this offensivly. "Shut it Nott, people make mistakes." Theo saw the perfect opportunity to start a mess. "A mistake you say?" He smirked. "Sounds something like your birth!" Blaise nearly lunged at Theo before Draco held him back. Astoria slapped Theo on the back while he was crying of laughter. Blaise rolled his eyes and shoved Draco from behind him.

"It's not even 10:00am and you two are already fighting?" The four of them looked over and saw Hermione walking over to them. Draco smiled and walked twords her. "Hello Mia." He smirked while pulling her into a kiss. While they did so, Blaiss pretended to vomit in disgust, atleast they hoped he pretended. They pulled away after a few moments and then walked over to join the other three.

"So how are we going to do this?" Theo questioned. "Well first of all," Astoria began. "We need to ask Severus if we would be allowed to go. I'm sure he would say yes considering who we want to visit. After that, we would go right outside of the Forbidden Forest and apperate to the manor from there." They all nodded in agreement. "Sounds good to me." Blaise said. "Now lets go find Severus."

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Potions Classroom

Severus Snape was grading a few potions assignments when Astoria, Hermione, Draco, Blaise, and Theo walked in. "Have the five of you ever heard of knocking?" Snape asked in a laid back tone. "Sorry Severus." Astoria said. "I except your apology. May I ask what you are doing this early in the morning?" He questioned. A moment of silent went by until Theo nudged Astoria, signifying her to ask. "Well," she simply began. "The group of us were wondering if we can go to the Malfoy Mannor for the day? We would be back around 6:00pm later this afternoon." Severus gave it a thought and then nodded his head. "I will give you five permission to go. But - you are to be back by 6:00pm sharp and you are to make sure you are not seen leaving by anyone." They all nodded their heads and left the potions classroom. All five of them carefully began to head down to the forbidden forset, making sure no one was watching.

"I'm kind of bummed that my parents are still in London. I missed them and I was hoping I could see them." Theodore came out and said. Hermione gave him a small hug and assured him that they would come back soon. Draco pulled her away from him, making her laugh.

Once they made it outside,they all checked once again the make sure no one was around. "Race you there!!!!" Blaise yelled as he began running. Soon after they all began to bult twords the forest. (Ofcourse they wanted to see who the fastest was.)
Blaise ended up getting their first and did a little "victory dance". Astoria and Hermione laughed while Draco punched him in the shoulder.

"You guys ready to go?" Theo asked them all. Once they were situated, they prepared to apparate. Hermione held onto Draco while Astoria, Blaise, and Theo stayed together. At the same time, they all apparated the the famous Malfoy Mannor.

Malfoy Mannor

After settlingdown from the effects of apparating, they all looked up to see the huge home of the Malfoy family. "Im home." Hermione spoke quietly to herself. Draco heard her and hugged her close. Astoria, Theo, and Blaise began to walk into the manor while Draco and Hermione stayed behind.

"Hermione, I have to tell you something." Hermione looked up into his grey eyes which were completely filled with worry. "What is it, Draco?" She questioned him. He took both of her hands and looked into her eyes. "Today, we are going to talk about something very serious. Something we haven't talked about yet." He firmly stated. Hermione had a look of confusion on her face. Before she could ask what he meant, he cut her off. "I know you're confused but please, whatever happens today, happens. I just need you to be ok." At this point, Hermione's heart was racing. "Draco, you're beginning to scare me..." He kissed her softly then pulled away. "Trust me my love," he began. "You'll understand soon." Hermione nodded in understanding. The couple walked hand and hand twords the main entrance to the mannor. Before they entered, Hermione whispered something to Draco.

"I love you." He smiled. "I love you too, Mia."

They walked inside and were instantly engulfed into hugs from their parents.