Serpent and Scholar - Dramione Fanfiction

The war should have ended years ago. **It didn't.** Instead, Hermione is captured and thrown into Azkaban, where she makes a dangerous bargain with a Death Eater in the cell next door: she will answer **one question a day** and never lie. Of course, all is not as it seems, and Hermione remains compromised by that bargain even after she escapes her prison cell. Obsessed with proving both her sanity and loyalty to the Order, she joins **'The Knife'** - a shadow unit tasked with hunting down Voldemort's favorite soldier... one with the damning ability to **resurrect the dead**. But not until finding him does Hermione finally accept the answer she may have known all along: the only person to capture her mind and heart fights on the **opposite side of the war**. *Draco Malfoy.*

Draco Malfoy’s Eighth Year is a catastrophe in slow motion. On probation and hated by half the castle, he tries a “harmless” repurposing of Harmonia Nectere Passus—linking beds via Vanishing Cabinet magic—to facilitate a discreet fling. Instead, the spell keeps delivering a very unimpressed Hermione Granger into his dorm. Between Divination disasters, owl-delivered doomsday prophecies from Narcissa, a vengeful Durmstrang roommate, cursed curios, and Slytherin schemes, Draco fights his worst instincts while nightly chaos with Hermione upends his careful control. A witty, chaotic, and heartfelt slow-burn full of wandlore, ill-advised plans, and two brilliant rivals who can’t stop colliding.
Rating: MatureArchive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsCategory: F/MFandom: Harry Potter – J. K. RowlingRelationship: Hermione Granger / Draco MalfoyCharacters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Romilda Vane, Thorfinn Rowle’s Son, Sybill Trelawney, Isobel MacDougal, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Garrick Ollivander, Crookshanks, Minerva McGonagall, Luna Lovegood, Cormac McLaggen, Poppy Pomfrey, Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Horace Slughorn
Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year; Divination; Slytherin Dungeons; Vanishing Cabinets; Wandlore; Humor; Polyjuice Potion; Dual POV (Draco & Hermione); Poorly Executed Seduction Techniques; Xylomancy; Astrology; Scrying Mirrors; Numerology; Tarot; Magical Research; Magical Pythons; Fire-Breathing Chickens; Post-It Notes of Doom; Cursed Objects; Strange Tea Parties; Bad Acronyms; Plants with Personalities; Snakes with Glasses; Slow Burn; Sexual Content; Slug Club
Published: 2021-03-06 Completed: 2022-04-03Words: 201,107 Chapters: 69/69
Stats: Comments 4,033 · Kudos 8,444 · Bookmarks 4,212 · Hits 480,209
Notes: Translations available (Polski; Russian). Opening chapter includes a “pushy” content warning.

Draco Malfoy’s Eighth Year is a catastrophe in slow motion. On probation and hated by half the castle, he tries a “harmless” repurposing of Harmonia Nectere Passus—linking beds via Vanishing Cabinet magic—to facilitate a discreet fling. Instead, the spell keeps delivering a very unimpressed Hermione Granger into his dorm. Between Divination disasters, owl-delivered doomsday prophecies from Narcissa, a vengeful Durmstrang roommate, cursed curios, and Slytherin schemes, Draco fights his worst instincts while nightly chaos with Hermione upends his careful control. A witty, chaotic, and heartfelt slow-burn full of wandlore, ill-advised plans, and two brilliant rivals who can’t stop colliding.
Rating: MatureArchive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsCategory: F/MFandom: Harry Potter – J. K. RowlingRelationship: Hermione Granger / Draco MalfoyCharacters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Romilda Vane, Thorfinn Rowle’s Son, Sybill Trelawney, Isobel MacDougal, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Garrick Ollivander, Crookshanks, Minerva McGonagall, Luna Lovegood, Cormac McLaggen, Poppy Pomfrey, Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Horace Slughorn
Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year; Divination; Slytherin Dungeons; Vanishing Cabinets; Wandlore; Humor; Polyjuice Potion; Dual POV (Draco & Hermione); Poorly Executed Seduction Techniques; Xylomancy; Astrology; Scrying Mirrors; Numerology; Tarot; Magical Research; Magical Pythons; Fire-Breathing Chickens; Post-It Notes of Doom; Cursed Objects; Strange Tea Parties; Bad Acronyms; Plants with Personalities; Snakes with Glasses; Slow Burn; Sexual Content; Slug Club
Published: 2021-03-06 Completed: 2022-04-03Words: 201,107 Chapters: 69/69
Stats: Comments 4,033 · Kudos 8,444 · Bookmarks 4,212 · Hits 480,209
Notes: Translations available (Polski; Russian). Opening chapter includes a “pushy” content warning.

Draco Malfoy’s Eighth Year is a catastrophe in slow motion. On probation and hated by half the castle, he tries a “harmless” repurposing of Harmonia Nectere Passus—linking beds via Vanishing Cabinet magic—to facilitate a discreet fling. Instead, the spell keeps delivering a very unimpressed Hermione Granger into his dorm. Between Divination disasters, owl-delivered doomsday prophecies from Narcissa, a vengeful Durmstrang roommate, cursed curios, and Slytherin schemes, Draco fights his worst instincts while nightly chaos with Hermione upends his careful control. A witty, chaotic, and heartfelt slow-burn full of wandlore, ill-advised plans, and two brilliant rivals who can’t stop colliding.
Rating: MatureArchive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsCategory: F/MFandom: Harry Potter – J. K. RowlingRelationship: Hermione Granger / Draco MalfoyCharacters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Romilda Vane, Thorfinn Rowle’s Son, Sybill Trelawney, Isobel MacDougal, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Garrick Ollivander, Crookshanks, Minerva McGonagall, Luna Lovegood, Cormac McLaggen, Poppy Pomfrey, Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Horace Slughorn
Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year; Divination; Slytherin Dungeons; Vanishing Cabinets; Wandlore; Humor; Polyjuice Potion; Dual POV (Draco & Hermione); Poorly Executed Seduction Techniques; Xylomancy; Astrology; Scrying Mirrors; Numerology; Tarot; Magical Research; Magical Pythons; Fire-Breathing Chickens; Post-It Notes of Doom; Cursed Objects; Strange Tea Parties; Bad Acronyms; Plants with Personalities; Snakes with Glasses; Slow Burn; Sexual Content; Slug Club
Published: 2021-03-06 Completed: 2022-04-03Words: 201,107 Chapters: 69/69
Stats: Comments 4,033 · Kudos 8,444 · Bookmarks 4,212 · Hits 480,209
Notes: Translations available (Polski; Russian). Opening chapter includes a “pushy” content warning.

Draco Malfoy’s Eighth Year is a catastrophe in slow motion. On probation and hated by half the castle, he tries a “harmless” repurposing of Harmonia Nectere Passus—linking beds via Vanishing Cabinet magic—to facilitate a discreet fling. Instead, the spell keeps delivering a very unimpressed Hermione Granger into his dorm. Between Divination disasters, owl-delivered doomsday prophecies from Narcissa, a vengeful Durmstrang roommate, cursed curios, and Slytherin schemes, Draco fights his worst instincts while nightly chaos with Hermione upends his careful control. A witty, chaotic, and heartfelt slow-burn full of wandlore, ill-advised plans, and two brilliant rivals who can’t stop colliding.
Rating: MatureArchive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive WarningsCategory: F/MFandom: Harry Potter – J. K. RowlingRelationship: Hermione Granger / Draco MalfoyCharacters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Romilda Vane, Thorfinn Rowle’s Son, Sybill Trelawney, Isobel MacDougal, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Garrick Ollivander, Crookshanks, Minerva McGonagall, Luna Lovegood, Cormac McLaggen, Poppy Pomfrey, Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Horace Slughorn
Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year; Divination; Slytherin Dungeons; Vanishing Cabinets; Wandlore; Humor; Polyjuice Potion; Dual POV (Draco & Hermione); Poorly Executed Seduction Techniques; Xylomancy; Astrology; Scrying Mirrors; Numerology; Tarot; Magical Research; Magical Pythons; Fire-Breathing Chickens; Post-It Notes of Doom; Cursed Objects; Strange Tea Parties; Bad Acronyms; Plants with Personalities; Snakes with Glasses; Slow Burn; Sexual Content; Slug Club
Published: 2021-03-06 Completed: 2022-04-03Words: 201,107 Chapters: 69/69
Stats: Comments 4,033 · Kudos 8,444 · Bookmarks 4,212 · Hits 480,209
Notes: Translations available (Polski; Russian). Opening chapter includes a “pushy” content warning.