Draco is ordered to kill Hermione, not Dumbledore. Everything changes. New chapter of smoke signals up now!
Right in time for Sunday, Chapter 43 of smoke signals! Also known as the bank heist chapter!
“We will require your wands,” one of the goblins said, holding out a bony hand. “Part of our new identification measures.”
“My wand?” Bellatrix-Hermione thrust out Bellatrix’s prized possession, just as disdainful and haughty as any pureblood witch he’d grown up around. Pansy would be proud. “I'll show you my wand." Without missing a beat, she fired off a sizzling dark curse, that just barely grazed the top of the goblin's wizened head."
WIP | 268,000 words and counting | Rated E
Summary: Voldemort gives Draco Malfoy a task, but it isn't killing Dumbledore. In the summer before sixth year, a reluctant Malfoy shows up in Hermione Granger's muggle suburb to warn her that he has been sent to kill her parents. Everything changes. The story of how two sworn enemies learn of something far more powerful than hatred: devotion.