Chapter 24
Hermione rolled her eyes. All that information, and the only thing that they caught was that Draco was a Veela, honestly? There was so much more to what they were not seeing, and it left her that standard feeling of being frustrated with them not paying attention.
"Seriously you two, you would think that you had never thought about it before." She said with an annoyed expression. Honestly, it was not too far of a stretch if you think about it.
"No, we haven't, why would we be thinking about something like Malfoy being a submissive veela?" Ron asked with a raised tone.
"Quiet!" Hermione hissed. "They are just downstairs."
"Hermione, look, I know that you really want to figure out what Malfoy is, but it just doesn't fit." Harry reasoned with her.
"What do you mean it doesn't fit?" She asked frustrated. "I did all the research necessary. It fits perfectly. For one, he actually looks like a veela, for two, remember early last year? He hardly ever even talked to us, let alone made trouble. And that was the last year it was like that. Although I must admit, he wasn't too bad last year either." Hermione said with a thoughtful expression. "But come on! What are the odds that the very year foreign exchange students come to Hogwarts is the very year that he stops acting like a complete arse around us?" Hermione debated.
"It is possible. But there is the fact that Malfoy is not submissive. He would never let anyone dominate him. SO that doesn't fit with the picture you are painting Mione." Harry threw back.
"Have you not been paying attention at all to the way Malfoy and Riddle interact?" Hermione screeched.
"She's right mate." Ron said, shrugging as Harry looked to him for back up. Ron could not help Harry this time, because even he could see how submissive Draco was with Riddle. If nothing else, yesterday had made such things obvious.
"What in the world do you mean?" Harry asked, incredibly annoyed, and frustrated.
"Well, think about it. Malfoy may act all high and mighty while we're in his presence, but he hasn't really been a git at all. And whenever we've been spying on him, it is like Malfoy is another person entirely."
"That just means that he could be a good actor." Harry argued. "It has nothing to do with the fact of whether or not he is submissive. Besides, if what you are saying is true, that would mean that he's been faking this dominant like personality."
"Well, suppose that's true." Ron muttered.
"Yes, that is correct."
"So, if he can fake a dominanting personality, why won't he be able to fake a submissive one? We already know that he's a good actor, and liar, from all the times he has managed to get himself out of trouble."
"You do make a good point. Though it would be a lot harder for a dominant male to submit to another, it can be done, and it has been done too. It would not be too much of a stretch if you really think about it."
"Hold it, hold it!" Ron interjected. "If they are faking, they are clearly faking a relationship. Why would they fake a relationship. This whole dynamic is all weird, and the idea that they would want to fake, it is odd. The play the part so...so well." He ended rather dejectedly.
"They have to have a reason. I for one know that nobody would fake a relationship without reason. There has to be one. And than we have the problem of who Malfoy really is. Clearly, he could be faking submissive, or he could be faking dominant. We need to figure out which one it is." Hermione sighed.
"If it is any consolation." Harry piped up. "I don't think many wouldn't submit to Riddle."
"HARRY!" Ron and Hermione shouted. Harry shrugged.
"Come on, you can't be saying you haven't thought on it. Really now." He said dismissively. "First of all, he's Voldermort's son, okay, and so plenty of people who were loyal to Voldermort would submit to him just because of that. Not to mention the fact that he is gorgeous."
"Didn't know you swung that way Harry." Ron said with a smirk. Ron's comment had Harry sputtering, shock filled in his eyes and Harry's face turned beet red.
"What? Are you insane? Of course not. But I am straight not blind. Plenty of girls and guys are going to be on him. Plus he just has that demeanor, you know? Danger Danger! Not that I really think much of it, but plenty of insecure people, or shy people are going to either avoid him, or if they can't, do anything they can to please him, in other words-submit." Harry sighed, rubbing his face. "Look, the real point here is that something is going on. Now, I don't know what it is. And either way, I don't get the same feeling around Tom as I did around Voldermort, but that could just be because he is Voldermort's son and not actually Voldermort himself. Either way, something is going on, and I want to figure out what that is. Malfoy's acting weird, and clearly something is going on between him and his family, and I can't figure out what it is yet. Not sure if I even really want to know, but something is happening there. Now we've got the fact that Riddle is the son of Voldermort, which is weird in and of itself, because he doesn't really act a lot like Voldermort did. Next, Snape is acting weird-and don't tell me you haven't noticed it, because it is really quite obvious-so something's up with him. I just want to figure out what is going on here, and I will."
"Harry's right. It doesn't matter what Riddle and Malfoy are, at least not yet." Hermione said. "And I guess more data could be useful. Right now, it is the best option though."
"Right, we have got to watch them, and make sure we know that they aren't gonna do something stupid. Like, take over the Wizarding World." Ron agreed.
"When we get to Hogwarts, we will figure all this out. You guys with me?" Harry asked.
"Sure, why not?" Ron asked.
"We are always with you, Harry." Hermione said.
Oh, yes, watch out, because they were going to figure this out. Whether you saw it coming, or not.