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The war began on a Thursday, but if you asked Hermione Granger, the war had begun their very first year. Eleven years old, knobby knees shaking as they faced Voldemort in the school dungeons.
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- Part 1 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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“Will you not be one of my subjects?” She asked. “Sharing in the fortune of having such a clever Queen?”
“I am no subject.” Malfoy said after a moment, voice soft in the cool air. The sun had faded completely, the fire in the sky turning to the ash of twilight. “I belong to you, not the Kingdom.”
“Not my father?”
She could feel his eyes on her, watching her in the low light. Even and unblinking, unafraid to stare at her when he’d killed men for doing less.
“No, princess.” He said. “I belong to only you.”
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- Part 2 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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She knew who could free her from the pain. All she had to do was use her name.
“Tell him Hermione Granger is here.” She said in a tired voice, “I’m ready to claim my bargain.”
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- Part 3 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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Being married, Hermione supposed, was a lot like being dead.
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- Part 4 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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An Incomprehensible Inconvenience by pixydustworld
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
08 Feb 2024
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Malfoy stirred beneath her, his hand curving around the edges of her wrist, a tight grip. Hermione glanced down through the blood and the snow to find that he was already looking up at her. An open gaze, liquid and warm.
Unguarded on the threshold of death.
“Hermione.” His voice was a broken thing, soft, only for the two of them to hear.
“I know.” She soothed.
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- Part 5 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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“Do you want to live?”
“Yes.” She was still spitting, still ready to kill him. But truthful, too. Never lucky, but always clever and bright. If he wanted to free her to soothe the ache in his unredeemable soul, she would let him. “I do.”
Malfoy grinned. Soft and slow, like the sunrise, like the beginning of something wonderful and terrible. “Good.” He said. “That, I can work with.”
And then: “Give me your hand.”
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- Part 6 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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Neville Longbottom married Pansy Parkinson on a bright summer day, the air thick with warmth and magic; glittering flowers and overflowing champagne. A perfect day, undoubtedly the event of the season.
Hermione Granger spent the reception hiding behind a very large plant.
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- Part 7 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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“I don’t need your help.” Hermione said. She wasn’t afraid of him. Not when she was sixteen and he’d pressed his wand against her neck in Umbrdige’s office, and certainly not now. “I don’t belong to you.”
His fingers on her neck, brushing her curls aside; she could glamor the scars away all she liked, but he could still feel the indentation his teeth had left behind on her flesh.
He frowned, condescending and full of fake sympathy. “I think you do, baby.”
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- Part 8 of slowly at first, and then all at once
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His smile was different than before, less soft. Dangerous. “I can be sweet now, if you’d like.”
Hermione took great care in pretending to consider his offer.
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- Part 9 of slowly at first, and then all at once