Hermione Voldemort's Daughter

Chapter 12: Christmas

I woke up to the sound of hooting.

"Arabella shut up." I mumbled. When she didn't I opened my eyes slowly. There were two owls outside my window and neither of them were Arabella. I quickly shoved on a white t-shirt and a black skirt and opened the window. Hedwig and an owl I didn't know flew in. I took the parcel off Hedwig. Attached to it was a letter.

Dear Mya,

Merry Christmas! Enclosed is a present we bought for you at Diagon ally- I bet you'll love it! We all loved the presents we got, thanks!

Harry.

I quickly opened it and smirked. Of course they'd get me a book. Taped onto it as yet another note.

Harry lies Mya. We bought it when Ron got lost in the middle of Muggle London. Apparently it's your first year at Hogwarts. I don't believe it myself but oh well. How was the ball? I want to know every detail! It's my right as I should have been there.

Ginny.

I had a look at the title. 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. Of course Harry would buy a book about himself. A hoot brought my attention to the other owl in my room. Hedwig had already flown off. I took the letter of the owl's leg and it flew away.

Sophia,

We've been invited to yours today and this is the first time I've been excited to go to Riddle manor. I have your present in my pocket. If I do say so myself, it's beautiful. Like you. I'll see you at 10.

Draco.

My feelings were mixed. I was excited that Draco was coming, embarrassed but happy that he thought of me as beautiful and deep in thought about what I'd get him in return. I bounded downstairs into my father's study where he was reading a book.

"Dad!" I said. He looked up.

"Merry Christmas Sophia." he greeted.

"Dad Draco Malfoy's getting me a present and I need to get him one as well." I told him.

"Give him that book," he nodded to the HP book.
"I can't. Harry got it for me and plus he wouldn't want it. A) Malfoy's don't normally read books, and B) its called 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'."

"Potter's very modest, isn't he." my father noted sarcastically.

"Very. What do I get Draco?" I wailed.

"Why didn't you get him a present in Diagon Ally?"
"Because I didn't like him when we went to Diagon Ally! I like him now and he's got me a present! I'm hyperventilating!" I hyperventilated.

"Here, give him this." he took off his silver and green watch.

"It's yours." I reminded him.

"And now it's Draco Malfoy's." he confirmed. "I'm going to have some breakfast. There's some wrapping paper in the draw." In all I spent around an hour wrapping it in a light green tissue paper, then covering it with an emerald wrapping paper and topping it off with a silver ribbon.

"Sophia, its 9:50." my dad said, walking in.

"Do you think its okay?" I asked him, holding the wrapped present.

"It's okay.," he told me.

"Okay? Okay? I spent an hour on this!" I exclaimed.

"Um... Brilliant?"
"Thank you." I replied. Then Dotti popped her head in.

"Sir, the Malfoy's are here." she announced.

"Their early!" I fretted, grabbing a random mirror and sorting out my hair.

"Sophia, you look fine." my father told me snatching the mirror off me. I pouted. "Promise."
"You just said that to stop me pouting." I commented.

"True that." he shrugged.

We walked towards the room Dotti had left them. I walked in and saw Draco wasn't there.

"Where's Draco?" I asked.

"He's outside on the grounds, dear..." Draco's mother told me. I wasted no time.

"Thanks," I smiled and shot off.

"Hi Draco," I greeted. It was cold and the sky was grey; it was about snow.

"Sophia!" he exclaimed. I hugged him, and he seemed to be shocked.

"Sorry," I gushed.

"No need to be." he smirked.

"I got you a present," I told him, holding it up.

"Sophia... thank you!" he took it and unwrapped it. He held the watch to the light. "Sophia! How much did this cost?" he asked. I thought of how much it would have cost.

"Une petite fortune." I told him in French.

"A small fortune," he translated.

"Your learning." I stated.

"I love it," he told me, strapping it on.

"That means a lot to me." I smirked at him.

"Now for yours," he took a cutely dressed present from his pocket.

"Oh my god what is it?" I asked, unwrapping it. I froze in shock and delight. A silver locket on a silver chain was perched lazily on a soft silk packaging. The locket had a tiny elaborate snake welded on top of it. I stared at it, hardly daring to look away.

"You don't like it, do you." he sighed sadly. I looked at him.

"Draco- it's beautiful!" I cried happily and hugged him for the second time that afternoon.

"Here, let me put it on you," he walked behind me and fastened the clasp, as the first few snowflakes began to fall gracefully onto the crunchy gravel.

"Merry Christmas Sophia," he whispered in my ear.

A/N: Thanks for all the kind reviews- I'm glad your all liking it.

Next chapter they're all on their way back to Hogwarts, and
Ginny interrogates Hermione (Sophia).

To EVERYONE: Sophia hasn't changed her appearance at all, Draco just wouldn't think that Hermione would be a pureblood so he can't see she's Hermione. In other words he's in denial.