By Purple People Eater
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I have written ANOTHER fic. Don't ask me why. I have writer's block on my others, though. So that might be why.
Disclaimer: I don't own it dammit! I should. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The characters, places, etc. all belong to JK Get-The-Next-Book-Out-NOW-Dammit Rowling. The song is Vanessa Carlton's.
Dedicated to Rob, Ivy, Robert, and Trista, the coolest people in the world. Usually.
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I was stained, with a role,
In a day not my own
but as you walked into my life
you showed what needed to be shown
"I was told from the day I could understand human speech that I was a Malfoy. And that I was born a pureblood, and that I was superior to all those who weren't. I was made to believe that the Dark Lord was good, and that little Harry Potter, being the cause of his apparent demise, was to be hated and scorned. And I believed it all."
And I always knew, what was right
just didn't know that I might
peel away and choose to see
with such a different sight
"I guess I always knew in the back of my head that the way I was living wasn't right. But it never occurred to me to act on it. Until that day.
"I was taking a walk when I heard laughter. I felt a pang - my life didn't allow room for happiness or fun. I turned, about to sneer and mock whoever was laughing purely out of habit, and I saw you.
"Your hair was messy, and parts of it were falling out of the loose ponytail and framing your face. Curly really was your look, I found myself thinking. I shook the thought off and was about to continue walking when you caught my eye.
"I don't know what it was, but something happened to me then. I would stay awake at night, repeating your name over and over again. I would spend mealtimes staring over at you laughing with those two idiots. Then you came up to me one day and shyly asked me to the sixth-and-seventh-year ball, and as I looked at you in amazement and slowly nodded, I knew my life would never be the same."
And I will never see the sky the same way
and I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday and
I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high cause I've seen, cause I've seen twilight.
Never cared, never wanted
never sought to see what flaunted
So on purpose, so in my face
Couldn't see beyond my own place
"Before, I had been an arrogant bastard. I never realized, though, how bad it was until I accepted that question. You came to me the next day in tears. I asked what was wrong and you just sobbed harder. I held you and comforted you until you sobs quieted down, then asked again. You told me between sniffles that those bastards Potter and Weasley had rejected you when they found out you were going to the ball with me. I was shocked and asked why they would do that. You said that I had been such an ass-hole that they couldn't accept it. Then I realized the magnitude of my earlier mistakes."
And it was so easy not to behold
what I could hold, but you taught me
I could change whatever came within these shallow days
And I will never see the sky the same way
and I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday and
I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high cause I've seen, cause I've seen twilight.
"When I approached the two at the Gryffindor table after you had left in tears after something Weasley had said, they looked at me warily. They asked what I wanted and what I was going to do to you. I took a deep breath. I apologized for the way I had treated them in the past and assured them that I wasn't going to do anything to you. All I wanted, I said, was for them to apologize to you, since you were making her miserable and the woman I loved deserved better. Their mouths fell open, but they nodded and I turned away. But instead of going back to the Slytherin table, I left the hall. I found you in the Entrance Hall, crying silently. I took you into my arms and smoothed your hair. And that is how the two found me when they left the Great Hall early to do some homework."
As the sun shines through it pushes away
and pushes ahead.
It fills the warmth of blue
and leaves a chill instead and
I know that I can be
so blind to all that is so real
but as illusion dies
I see there is so much to be revealed
and I will never see the sky the same way
and I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday
and I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high cause I've seen, cause I've seen twilight
"Now those days, those beautiful innocent days are over, and we have been out of Hogwarts for three years and are living together in a small flat in Hogsmeade. You are the Arithmancy professor at Hogwarts, and I am an Auror. And I think back to what I was before, and how you changed me. Instead of fighting for Voldemort, I am now fighting against him. Instead of scorning you and other muggle-borns, I am in love with you and don't care about one's heritage anymore. And I have to say that I am so much happier than I would ever have been otherwise. You have changed my life, Hermione, and I am most grateful for it."
I was stained, by a role,
in a day not my own
but as you walked into my life
you showed what needed to be shown
"So, Hermione, I have a request to make of you."
I always knew, what was right
I just didn't know that I might
Peel away and choose to see
with such a different sight
Hermione's eyes widened and she smiled happily as Draco finished his talk, pulled out a small box, and knelt before her. He knelt and opened the box to reveal the most beautiful diamond ring Hermione had ever seen.
"Hermione, will you marry me?"
Hermione opened her mouth, but couldn't speak for shock and happiness. She nodded and his face lit up in the most wonderful smile she had ever seen. He rose to his feet and embraced her. Tears of happiness stung his eyes and he looked down at her.
"I love you, Hermione."
"I love you too."
And I will never see the sky the same way
And I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday and
I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high cause I've seen, cause I've seen twilight
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Please review!!!!!! That took me forever to write, I deserve some feedback here!!!!!!!