Chapter 1:
"Severus! Help me!" Hermione's piercing scream cut through Severus' sleep like a knife.
Severus Snape sat up with a start and flung an arm protectively over where Hermione lay next to him on the bed. When his arm touched empty air, he quickly looked down to see that she was not there! Severus could still see the indentation (or shadow or dent) of where Hermione's head lay on the pillow [a minute before. He touched the pillow. It was still warm.
Severus was on his feet in a split second. He was almost to the door of their bedroom when he heard her bloodcurdling scream again.
"Hermione, where are you?" Severus called out to his wife. Before she could reply, he was running full speed where her scream originated from, and tripped on something in the hall. It was her wand!!
Snape's heart was racing now in fear of Hermione's life. She was not the kind of person who would just leave her wand lying around.
"I'm in here!" He heard his wife shout. There was fear in her voice. It was then Severus realized she was really in trouble: The only time before that he heard her scream was when Voldemort was torturing and trying to eventually kill her during her seventh year. Severus urged his legs to go faster. He raced through the kitchen and noticed there was water on the floor.
He was almost to the living room when he heard an all too familiar voice snarl, "Shut up. You filthy little mudblood! If you aren't quiet, both you and your child will die quite painfully."
Before the man could finish speaking, Severus was in the room. Snape stopped short at the sight. Lucius Malfoy hd Severus' very pregnant wife in a firm grip around her waist. She was kicking and screaming, tears (were) streaming down her face.
All the while Hermione was screaming-sobbing, "Let me go! Please let me go. You can have anything, but please leave me and my child alone!" Severus noticed her arms were wrapped protectively around her bulging stomach.
All through her kicking and screaming, Malfoy kept a firm grip on her. His wand was pointing directly at Hermione's stomach and their unborn child.