Hermione ran down the hall, tears coursing down her cheeks. It was the 7th year leaving ball, and her date was Draco Malfoy. It had all been going very well, Draco had complemented Hermione and she had been very happy. Everything was perfect until Ron came over and punched Draco in the mouth.
Flashback
"MALFOY!" roared Ron, Sprinting over to Him and Hermione.
Draco looked a little shocked, but didn't yell back at Ron. Ron came over and before anyone could utter another word, he had raised a fist and brought it to Malfoys nose in a sickening crunch. Malfoy had staggered backwards and fell to the floor, bloody dripping from his obviously broken nose. Ron looked at her, and said,
"No need to thank me for saving you."
Hermione lost it and told (cough, yelled, cough) Ron that Draco was her date. Ron looked stunned, but was short lived as Ginny came over and started yelling at her brother too. Then Harry came over and was shaking his head at Ron. Everybody was giving him angry looks, Hermione sympathetic ones and Draco disgusted ones. Blaise Zabini walked over, and giving Hermione a nod lifted Draco and carried him to the hospital wing. Ron then started yelling at her.
"You stupid cow, how could you go out with a slythrin, he was right, you really are a stupid mudblood!"
Everyone was shocked. Ginny went pale with anger. Harry started to shake.
All of a sudden the Gryffindors all turned to Ron and started to scream at him.
Ginny punched him in the mouth, and for the youngest weasley girl, she was very strong.
Ron ran from the great hall, and when everyone turned around, Hermione was gone.
End of flashback.
Hermione wasn't sure where she was going, but anywhere away from Ron would be good. Suddenly an arm grabbed her by the waist and lifted her off the air. Another hand was put on her mouth so she could scream. This person dragged her into an empty classroom. Hermione heard her captor mutter a silencing charm and the noise of a door being locked. Hermione was dropped onto the floor, she scrambled up and tried to see her captor, but his back was to her.
He turned slowly around, and Hermione was looking into the face of………..