Stories by TheMourningMadam

After the brutal deaths of his wife and parents, Draco Malfoy shows up on the stairs of Grimmauld Place, half dead himself. He has turned coat and he is out for revenge against the Dark Lord, putting forth his every effort to assist the Order in defeating him. Hermione finds herself strangely drawn to the mysterious Death Eater as they work closely, despite her better judgment.

As the Harvester, Draco Malfoy serves in the highest position amongst Voldemort's ranks. But as time wears on, it becomes evident that the world is nothing as Voldemort promised; instead Pestilence, Famine, an unending War, and Death prevail. Gathering a group of similarly disenchanted Death Eaters, Draco vows to bring the Dark Lord's reign of terror to an end.

Feeling suffocated by her mundane, predictable surroundings after the war, Hermione makes a split second decision to be resorted for her 8th year. What she never expected was to be the lone lion in the snakes' den. She certainly never expected Draco Malfoy to consume her mind, body, and soul. Laying aside her own prejudices, she cultivates new friendships in the ruins of the old.

Fragments of stories I have been holding onto for YEARS. Some were previously posted and taken down, and some have never been posted. These will likely never be finished, but they're fun to peek at. No worries-none are really long enough to get attached. They range from a Drabble to 11 chapters in length.

For years, his father's words echo in his head. For seven long years, Draco denies his own feelings. In their eighth year, he finds he no longer can. He puts his father's flippant words into action. COMPLETE

She had a fiery personality that drove him wild. He had an icy way about him that chilled her to the core. A simple story of how two broken, completely opposite people fell in love in the aftermath of War. Slow burn Dramione. Rewritten as of 1 February 2019

A series of ficlets, drabbles, and one-shots based on prompts given. Can range from fluffy to Dark and anything in between.

As the Harvester, Draco Malfoy serves in the highest position amongst Voldemort's ranks. But as time wears on, it becomes evident that the world is nothing as Voldemort promised; instead Pestilence, Famine, an unending War, and Death prevail. Gathering a group of similarly disenchanted Death Eaters, Draco vows to bring the Dark Lord's reign of terror to an end. HEA

When Draco learns of his son, he is determined to help the village that raised him.

Hermione Granger spent the Horcrux hunt obsessively consulting a scrying mirror to watch visions of Draco Malfoy's past, present and future. Now, back at Hogwarts for her "8th year," she is determined to bring the broken, outcasted man closer to her, to make her visions become reality. Part II of The Divined Intelligence Series.

When a boggart and the Mirror of Erised both reveal Draco Malfoy, Hermione finds herself questioning everything she knows about, not only him, but herself as well. (An open-ended story that ends as HEA as a sixth-year story can-with Dramione together).

A time of refuge during war, their dangerous rendezvous comes to a crashing halt when Draco reveals a life-altering secret. Too bad Hermione has one of her own to match.

Hermione was no stranger to making difficult choices. But there's one that haunts her as she catches glimpses of what her life would have been. Open ended

Hermione is no stranger to making tough choices. She deals with the repercussions pretty well, considering. Until she doesn't. A past choice haunts her and she is forced to consider the life she gave up. A life with her husband and son. Open ended

Draco's world came crashing down when he lost what he loved above all else in this world: his witch. An obliviation story. THIS STORY IS ABANDONED AS OF 1 April 2020 AND WILL NO LONGER SERVE AS THE SEQUEL TO THE PRINCESS AND THE PARIAH. IT IS INCOMPLETE SO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT WILL NEVER BE FINISHED.

Emotionally damaged from the burdens of war and physically damaged by a latent curse, Hermione is sent to a rehabilitation center for veterans. While there, she begins to deteriorate rapidly and the one person she least expected to befriend becomes the one person who can Heal her, inside and out.

As Hermione and Draco return to Hogwarts for their seventh year, the Ministry puts a marriage law into place. Unable to stand the thought of Hermione facing a lifetime of unhappiness, Draco proposes an unorthodox solution: get pregnant by another wizard before the marriage contract can be enforced. In turn, their decision sets off a ripple effect with dire consequences. HEA

With a War looming on the horizon, Hermione is faced with a difficult choice. As long as she doesn't look him in the eye or listen to his voice for too long, she can enact her Plan.

The world ruled by the Light is nothing like Hermione had once imagined. When one-time heroes turn to savagery and malice, she makes a split second decision to save a man's life. Draco had wished for the sweet caress of Death to end his suffering but soon finds love from whom he least expected. (ON HIATUS AS OF 31/1/20)

A series of Dramione one-shots. Mostly fluffy ones, but angst may find it's way in. First 12 were previously posted individually.

Hermione finds her way back to Draco, a little bruised and battered, but whole. He ruminates over how strong and brave his fierce little witch really is. A future scene from His Sweet Oleander, but can stand alone as a one shot.

After the brutal deaths of his wife and parents, Draco Malfoy shows up on the stairs of Grimmauld Place, half dead himself. He has turned coat and he is out for revenge against the Dark Lord, putting forth his every effort to assist the Order in defeating him. Hermione finds herself strangely drawn to the mysterious Death Eater as they work closely, despite her better judgment. AU

Hermione convinces Draco to join her team of curse-breakers and it leads to travels all over the world. Despite their obliviousness to the obvious attraction between them, a love unlike any she ever expected to find begins to smolder. ABANDONED

"In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world there is no love for you like mine."-Maya Angelou. Years after the War, Hermione finds Draco a changed man. Seeing just how grief and loneliness have overtaken him, she helps him heal and see what true love can be. An old-fashioned love story that explores the age old concept of twin flames. EWE

Acting as the Malfoy au pair, Hermione Granger finds herself ensnared by Draco Malfoy, despite him being a taken man.

"I carry your heart with me...I carry it in my heart." Hermione and Draco are reluctantly married. Despite all of the adversities-their rocky past, his spiteful parents, their own pigheadedness-they grow to love one another deeply.

Hermione takes a walk with Draco and takes a chance on two dragons. Purely fluff drabble for ravenclaw-sass' birthday!

SEQUEL to Fire and Ice. Draco and Hermione are off to New Orleans to begin their life together. But they will soon find out that being properly in love doesn't save them from turbulence and heart ache. TO BE REMOVED AND REWRITTEN BEGINNING 1ST OF FEBRUARY 2019.

Alone in Azkaban on Christmas Eve, Draco Malfoy is haunted by three spirits who came to show him that he can overcome his past and live the future he desires. A Christmas Carol-themed story. M for imagery.

A collection of five one-shots inspired by aesthetics made by sleepygrimm. Featuring a trick-or-treating Lucius/Narcissa, a vampiric Draco/Hermione, ghost-hunting Draco/Hermione, creature-tracking Harry/Theo and Neville/Pansy visiting a muggle funhouse. All written in pure fun!

"I would rather fight with you than make love with anyone else." Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy know how to fight spectacularly, but can they love even more fiercely?

Draco Malfoy finds himself entangled in the rising Dark Lord's snare, with two monumental tasks at hand during his sixth year-to find a way to get the Sacrifices out of Hogwarts and to kill Albus Dumbledore in exchange for Hermione Granger's life spared. Hermione finds herself trying to assist Draco in his tasks, no matter the cost. A dark!dramione AU.

Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy find each other in a serendipitous meeting on a magical island in Italy. As the heat of summer wears on, the passionate heat between them builds as well. DOES END IN A HEA.

"A storm begins in the distance, looming and just out of reach...the thunder a soft drumming melody—like a heartbeat. It grows nearer, and the magnitude of the storm becomes apparent as it opens and unleashes its wrath, encompassing everything in its wake. And then it leaves, sometimes after only a short while, sometimes after a prolonged stay...like love."

Hermione and Ginny visit Charlie in Romania. While they are there, they visit a fortune teller with an interesting prophecy. How does Charlie's new apprentice fit into all of this?

Draco Malfoy finds himself ensnared in the perfectly manicured hands of a bawdry burlesque dancer who goes by the nickname "Madam Nightingale." Hermione Granger, who never allows herself to mix work and pleasure, finds herself enraptured by a charming flight lieutenant. Can their fiery romance survive the woes of a War? WWII-era Muggle AU.

In the midst of a War, Draco and Hermione both have the aching desire to love and be loved. Despite her better judgment and unable to deny her attraction to the wizard, Hermione allows just that to take place. AU. One-shot.

So...can a witch and a wizard just be friends? Hermione and Draco seem to think so. A lighthearted short story of two people falling together.

Draco and Hermione's lives are both falling apart. But when Draco enlists Hermione's help to save his son's life, old flames that he had thought long-extinguished will resurface and burn brighter than ever.

The one fact Hermione held to be truth was that Draco Malfoy was an evil Death Eater. But as she spends days looking through his memories and listening to his stories, she will soon realize that not everything is as it seems and the truths she was once so certain of may have been no more than carefully mastered illusions. Neither ever expected to fall in love along the way.

After a chance encounter, Draco's life becomes tangled with that of a gorgeous girl he saw on the London Underground. Based on the prompt, "write a story where the dragon saves the princess from the knight." Tackles tough situations, as is The Madam's norm. May not be for everyone. Muggle AU.

Draco is captured and held for ransom by the Resistance. "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." A dark tale of two people falling in love during a War. Post-Hogwarts, dystopian, AU. Werewolf!Draco. Dark!Draco. Semi-Dark!Hermione (at times).

Hermione watches the boys in green more often than she'd care to admit. Turns out the Captain is watching her, too. A Theomione. And just a dash of jealous Draco. Oops. One-shot. Written by request.

Hermione seeks Draco out on the night of his engagement ball, intent on getting a second chance with him. And he is powerless to resist. Written by request. Rated M for light lemon.

Valentine's Day festivities are in full swing at Hogwarts in the week leading up to the day of love. Watch as Draco Malfoy uses a bouquet of flowers a day to win the heart of one Hermione Granger.

Wherein Ron Weasley makes assumptions and then ruins a couple's evening. One-shot. Written for the Houses Competition.

Draco faces Lupin's boggart in third year, and much to his humiliation, Granger is there to witness it. One-shot.

"I'll be your forever, if you'll be my always." She always said that to him-at the end of every conversation, every fight, every day. As Draco picks up the pieces, he'll learn the lengths his wife went to, to ensure his healing.

Draco's twenty-seventh birthday proves to be a special one. Drabble. Fluff.

All witches and wizards, from birth saw in shades of grey—pewter, silver, mercury, ash. When the day came that an individual appeared in brilliant shades of violet and peach and gold, if ever, it was a race against Father Time to create a powerful coupling with that hued being. For, if a soulmates' bond was not forged, both individuals' magic would fade into nonexistence.

Draco Malfoy, sick of the libelous defamation of his family's name, has bought the Daily Prophet. Hermione Granger is looking for a career change and lands a position as a photojournalist. What will happen when long-time foes work in close proximity, attraction welling more and more with each passing day?

A series of four one-shots chronicling the four seasons of a young couple's life together.

Hermione seeks solitude in a little valley in the Scottish mountains after the War and draws comfort in the fact that HE is always nearby. One-shot.

A Drabble I wrote for the Houses Competition. Hermione watches Draco as he works in the library.

Hermione consults a magical mirror to try and locate Ron Weasley when he runs during the search for Horcruxes. Instead, the mirror shows what-or rather WHO-her heart truly desires. A certain blond-haired individual, with haunted eyes and a broken spirit. Part I of The Divined Intelligence Series. **Runner-Up in the "Deep Cuts: Best Canon Based Plot" Enchanted Awards 2019**

Hermione challenges Draco to a little bet. The wager? Loser has to do a strip tease for the other. The prize is claimed, and their night ends in a way neither had expected. Rated M for sexual content and language.

Draco and Hermione both have Dark secrets threatening to ruin their lives. Watch as the difficult situations plaguing them both bring them together, first as friends then as something more. Rated M for a reason-read A/N at beginning.

Hermione has no knowledge that magic truly exists. That is, until she is is kidnapped by a strange family who shows her a whole new world. And a strange boy shows her what it means to truly love another. Completely AU. Based loosely on Tuck Everlasting. Dramione.

Draco and the kids bake Hermione some cookies. A sweet little one-shot I wrote for the Houses Competition.

Draco knows he will have to cross to his parents in the Final Battle. Because nothing gold can stay. M for language, just in case.

It had been ten years, and the thought of him made her heart race just as much as it had at the tender age of sixteen. But he was little more than a memory now, a whisper at the back of her mind, begging to be spoken aloud. One shot.

...the ferret chased the otter...or something like that. a sweet little summer one-shot to warm your winter-chilled bones!

Hermione and Draco set off for their Honeymoon. A cute little drabble I wrote for the Houses Competition.

Draco follows Hermione to the Sea and has an encounter he's not likely to forget. One-shot!

A short lil snapshot in time: Hermione and Ron bask in a warm summer's night at the Burrow and Ron finally "plucks up the courage."

He was the boy who had no choice. But Hermione Granger was determined to give him another option. Read on as Draco goes from scared boy trying to please Voldemort to a strong man with convictions leading the hunt for Horcruxes. Rated M for language, sexual content, and violence.

Hermione and Draco ring in the New Year in the library and she teaches Draco about a silly Muggle tradition. One-shot.

Draco finds a creative use for a couple strands of Christmas lights, effectively distracting Hermione from decorating their tree... Does contain bondage. One-Shot.

Someone wants Draco Malfoy dead so the Order places him at the Burrow. It is there he discovers he and Hermione share an ancient magical bond. Read on as they cultivate their bond and grow to love one another. But all good things must come to an end. Rated M for later.

Hermione receives a 'coupling journal' as part of a Hogwarts gift exchange. She finds herself quite taken with the person writing her notes through these journals. What will she do when she discovers the flirty man from the journals' pages is the same shy Slytherin she avoided? DM/HG Multi-chapter Christmas story. Fluffy, mostly. NOW COMPLETE!

Draco wakes up in St. Mungo's, unable to recall any details of his life. An infatuation with his Healer witch quickly grows, but why does she seem to hate him with every fiber of her being? And how long before Harry Potter hauls him off to Azkaban for his role as a Death Eater? ON HIATUS

Draco goes to Hermione's grave to mourn her loss, to mourn everything he'd never gotten the chance to say to her. A short, but tear inducing one-shot. Rated M for suggested adult content.

Hermione Granger knew what she wanted and tonight, she was going to get it. A story about a timid virgin's first time. Dramione. Obviously rated M for the SMUT. Read and Review, please!