It was more than just something.
Every spell she cast, every curse she sent out- she didn't even think about them.
There was this horrible feeling in her stomach telling her that if she they didn't all come out that way, they would come out as whispers.
Fails, and that meant death.
Hermione didn't want to die.
There was nothing less than this battle that could have ever made her afraid, but she was.
Fear blossomed when she stopped waving her wand, when she stopped to breathe.
So she kept going.
And then someone was right next to her- how had he gotten there?
Despite the fact that she had placed so many protective enchantments around everyone else, she'd forgotten one thing: a vital mistake.
It wasn't until now that she remembered herself.
She felt her arm being snatched, and didn't bother to fight.
He apparated. Of course.
Why hadn't that occured to her? Of course Voldemort had taken away that defense of Hogwarts, too.
He had taken away everything.
It started to wake her up, that brief passage through space, and when she was deposited onto the dirt floor of somewhere, she was ready.
She started to raise her wand, but... it wasn't in her hand.
"Crap."
Then there was the fear again- not just any old fear, but really-real fear that made her heart pound like a bloody hammer on anvil in her chest.
Hermione looked up to see eyes worse than a basilisk's.
His smile was an awful thing, not even a real smile.
It wouldn't have been much less hideous if he had had no teeth, thought Hermione.
Then he turned to her Slytherin captor- Theodore Nott.
"You say she's smart, do you? Resourceful?"
"Yes, my Lord," Nott answered.
"You work for him too? What is in the water down there in the dungeons, people? Pure poison?" Hermione burst out, glaring at the two of them.
They were in the Shrieking Shack, she realized. Huh.
"Do it quickly," Nott muttered.
Voldemort pulled out his wand and tapped her twice on the head.
And then darkness came over her, and she felt herself began to fall backwards before she blacked out completely.
A/N: Okay, so here's my next shot at Theomione and the start of my entry for Bubbley's "Undone Stories" Challenge. Reviews, comments, questions?
