HP double drabble: Ancestors [Draco/Hermione, general]
Title: Ancestors Author: celandineb Fandom: HP Pairing: Draco/Hermione Rating: general Length: 200 words Summary: Hermione and Draco walk on the Malfoy estate. Note: For felaine, who asked for Draco/Hermione, "family ties."
"How long has your family lived here?" Hermione asked. She ran her fingers down the edge of one of the standing stones and stepped back into the high tangled grass, shivering.
"Practically forever," said Draco, taking her cold hand in his own, "or so I was always told. According to my father, we—the Malfoys—came over with William the Conqueror, and married into a wizarding family that had lived in this area for untold generations." He gave her a rueful smile. "All pure bloods, of course. Until now."
"Mm. I half-expect some ancestral Malfoy ghost to rise up and threaten us for daring to marry." She put her arms around him, tilting her head to look up at his face. "Should I be worried?"
"No," Draco said, but as they stepped apart to walk back home he gripped his wand for reassurance. He wouldn't put it past one of his ancestors to do exactly that. More had happened in this place than he wanted Hermione ever to know; doubtless more than he himself knew. Draco resolved to search through the manor's library to learn what spells might have been cast here, if he could without alarming her unnecessarily.