Title: Persuasions

Author name: Marianne-Wilde

Author email: Drama

Sub Category: Romance

Rating: R or M (in this case)

Chapter: 1

Summary: Hermione is kidnapped in the middle of the search of the Horcruxes, she is kept alive in order to serve as a bait. But she finds herself in company of Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy and everything changes when she discovers the truth behind Severus's actions.

Disclaimer:This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author's notes: I just wanted to say that English isn't my first language, so is probably that you will find grammar errors. Hope you like it!

Keys:
 'thoughts'
"speaking"

Persuasions

CHAPTER 1

"Ha! I knew it was here!" Harry said as he picked up the Slytherin's locket from Kreacher's bed.

"Thanks God Kreacher stole it or Mundugus would have take it" Hermione said looking at the locket and Harry.

"Yeah, you're right" he said. "I wouldn't know what to do if he had take it" he sighed.

"Anyway, we need to figure it out how to break this" Ron said.

"Let me" Harry gave the locked to Hermione. "Hmm… you can open it, but it won't be wise to do so."

"Perhaps Lupin can help us with it?" Ron suggested and they stood up and walked out of the kitchen.

"I believe he said he was going to be in the study" Hermione said.

Harry nodded and headed toward the study. He walked in and found Remus sitting by the fireplace reading. "Remus? We found another Horcrux. We were right, it was here."

Remus marked the page of the book he was reading and looked away. "So, Regulus went against Voldemort before he was killed." He said smiling sadly.

"So it seems" Hermione added.

"Perhaps this is why he was killed"

"We'll never know Ron" Remus said. "Harry, let me look at it" he said and Harry handed him the locket.

Remus examined t with his wand, casting several spells trying to figure it how to break the Horcrux. After some minutes he smiled. "Harry, go on, open it" he said handing the locked back.

Harry looked at him confused and opened it, soon a mist started to go out of it and after some seconds it was gone. "What…?" he started to say confused.

"It seems Regulus broke it before he was killed. What we saw was the last essence of Voldemort's soul.

"Isn't that dangerous?" Ron asked. "I mean the soul…"

"Don't worry. It was destroyed Ron, it can't return to its source."

"Oh! Well, that's good" he said thoughtfully.

"Now we need to find the other four, which are something related to Gryffindor, something of Ravenclaw and who knows what else. As far as I know it could be Nagini or anything else" Harry said.

"Nagini?" Ron asked.

"That bloody snake" Harry said.

"Oh!"

"So, it has to be something significant, isn't it?" Hermione asked. "The question is where are they?"

"For that we must review Dumbledore's memories one more time." Lupin said.

Harry nodded. "We'll do that tomorrow" he said.

Hermione looked at him and nodded. "Are you ready to go now?"

Harry nodded again. "Yes"

"If you don't return in an hour Tonks and I will go looking for you" Remus said looking at them.

Harry smiled and walked out of the room, followed by Hermione and Ron.

"Are you completely sure about this?" Hermione asked him. "You know we can go there anytime.

"Hermione, I've been waiting for this my whole life. I'm far than ready" he said, trying to stay calm. Hermione had been asking him the same thing since he decided to go to Godric's Hollow to see his old house of the first time after so many years.

"If you are so sure…" Hermione said, "I still think that we should ask Remus to come with us"

"Hermione, Remus will come if he senses something is wrong" Ron said getting a little bit annoyed at her.

"Still, I don't think it's wise to go alone."

"It's a muggle village Hermione, nothing can go wrong."

"All right, if you are so sure…" Hermione said with sarcasm.

Harry, Ron and Hermione walked out of Grimmauld Place and it disappeared immediately.

"So, how are we going there?" Ron asked. "We can apparate there or go in the Knight Bus"

"Let's apparate. I don't want to lose too much time"

·0·

Harry, Ron and Hermione apparated in the backyard of Harry's old house. It was getting dark already. Nobody notice their sudden appearance.

Harry was the first one to move toward the hose. He opened the door and walked inside. Hermione and Ron looked at each other and soon they were beside Harry.

Ron placed his hand on Harry's shoulder and started exploring the room. Hermione looked around, smiled at Harry and walked out of the room. Harry sighed and started exploring his house. He knew it wasn't the same seeing it in his memories than seeing it in the flesh.

The house was still as it should have been sixteen years ago. It seems that no one had been there for a very long time. The broken furniture was covered with dust, there were darkened spots on the walls, evidence of a fight with magic. 'So my father fought before he died.' He thought looking at the wall.

He knew that Hermione and Ron were in the same room but all that matter at the moment was going into his old room to see the place where his mother had died.

He walked into his room and immediately he knew that what he saw in his mind, back in year three with the dementors, had been real. His mother, Lily Potter, had died in this room sixteen years ago.

"Are you ok?" Hermione asked him.

Harry looked at her and smiled sadly. "My mother died in this room" he said looking at the cradle in front of them. "Right here, in this room"

Ron walked toward the cradle and saw a small blue teddy bear, he picked it up, took out his wand and cleaned it. "Here, I believe this belong to you" he said grinning.

Harry took the bear in his hands grinning. "Don't you think I'm a little bit old to have a teddy bear?"

"Well, yes, but perhaps it could help you with your nightmares. That way you won't ask me to hug you in the middle of the night"

"Ron! I never asked you that!" Harry said blushing and smiling.

"I know Harry, but it made you laugh." Ron said smiling. "Now you'll have another thing to remember your family, don't you think?

Harry looked at the bear. "I wonder why no one picked it up before. It was a good thing no one did or Dudley would have end with it.

"Probably" Hermione said sadly. She turned to see her watch, they had been there for forty minutes now. "We must head back soon. We don't want to get Remus worried, do we?"

"No" Harry sighed, he looked at the cradle one last time and saw something odd shinning under it. "Wait" he said and Hermione and Ron stopped.

Harry kneed down and started moving some rocks away and soon a mirror was in his hands.

"Harry?" Hermione called him. "What is it?"

"A mirror" he answered grinning, looking at himself in it.

"I know it's a mirror, I can see that" Hermione said rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, but this isn't just a mirror. It is THE mirror" he said looking at them. "Riddle's mirror"

"Bloody hell!" Ron said and he and Hermione walked toward Harry one more time.

"But why is it here?" Hermione asked him. "We knew that it will be at some significant place, but, here?" she asked examinating the mirror. It was golden mirror with the Riddle's emblem craved in it.

"Well, perhaps he thought we'll never look for it here" Ron said.

Harry started examinating the mirror. "The question is, how did it end in here?" he said.

"Well, well well… what do we have here?" a voice said behind them, interrupting their thoughts.

Harry, Hermione and Ron turned around quickly, taking out their wants in the process. Three Death Eaters were standing in the door frame with their wands pointing at them. The one who spoke grinned.

"Harry Potter, we meet again" the Death Eater said.

"Bellatrix" Harry said hissing without taking his eyes from her.

"It's nice too see you too" she laughed. "I should ask you how are you, but we don't want to lose our time. Now, be a good boy and give us the mirror."

Harry looked at her with hatred. "Oh really? Do you want me to tap dance meanwhile?" he said with sarcasm.

Bellatrix looked at him angered. "Give me the bloody mirror Potter and no one would get hurt."

"You want us to believe that?" Hermione said. "We're young but we're not stupid."

"Shut up mudblood or you will be the first one" she said.

"Take that back!" Ron said angered, stepping in front of Hermione.

Bellatrix laughed coldly. "Or else what? Is the little boy going to hurt me?" this time the other two Death Eaters laughed with her and without a waning the battle started.

"Be careful with that mirror!" Bellatrix ordered as the battle moved toward the backyard.

Harry, Ron and Hermione continued blocking curses and shooting hexes toward Bellatrix and the other two Death Eaters. Harry promised himself that he won't let them recover the mirror. He had had some doubts about it been and Horcrux but if Voldemort want it back, then it was something more than a simple muggle mirror.

Ron fell back, slipping with a rock, while he blocked a curse. Hermione went to his help, blocking two curses at the same time. Harry continued fighting Sirius's cousin.

"Accio mirror!" Bellatrix yelled for the third time that night and failed once again. Harry won't let her win that easily, not after what happened in the Battle of the Ministry where she killed his godfather.

"Harry! Watch out!" Hermione yelled as she saw a curse heading toward Harry from his back.

Harry blocked it successfully and hit the Death Eater with a sectusempra curse on his shoulder. What he didn't notice was that Bellatrix had casted the Cruciatus curse and Hermione had intercept it and now was screaming on the floor.

"Let her go!" Harry yelled at Bellatrix while Ron continued fighting with the other Death Eater still standing.

Bellatrix laughed and lifted the curse. "Now, give me the mirror or she will suffer"

Hermione stood up, her body was aching and trembling, she lifted her wand and pointed to Bellatrix. Bellatrix Lestrange laughed and casted a sectusempra curse on Hermione, hitting her on her chest, making her start bleeding.

Harry's anger grew bigger. "Leave. Her. Alone!"

"If you give me the mirror I might consider letting her live."

Harry looked at Hermione, she was bleeding too much and he knew she'll have to see a Mediwitch soon or she might die.

Hermione looked at him. "No Harry! Don't listen to her!" she said. "You need it in order to defeat Voldemort!"

"DON'T DARE SPEAK HIS NAME!" One of the death eaters said as he walked toward her dangerously.

Ron stepped in front of her, trying to protect her. "Harry, we can defeat them, don't give her the mirror.

"Shut up!" Bellatrix yelled and knocked Ron out with a curse. "Now Potter, I'm loosing my patience, give me the bloody mirror!"

Hermione crawled toward Ron and checked that he was still alive. Harry was looking at them worried, he didn't know what to do. "Harry, forget about us! Remember what we said!"

Harry looked at her surprised. "But Hermione!"

"Go Harry!"

Bellatrix looked at them and apparate right behind Hermione, pulling her up and capturing her. "The game is over Potter, give me the mirror or she will die" she said, grabbing Hermione by her neck and pointing her wand at her face. She moved it down, leaving a small cut on Hermione's cheek.

Harry looked at them, he knew that Hermione needed medical attention and Ron's status could be worse than it seem. He gripped the mirror angered. The mirror or his friends? He sighed. Harry knew he couldn't lose either of them.

He raise the mirror and was about to give it to Bellatrix when a curse passed by him and hit Bellatrix in her hand.

"Harry! Go away now!" Remus screamed, casting hexes and curses one after the other. "We'll take care of them! Go!"

Harry looked at Remus and nodded. He knew that everything will be fine now, Remus had arrived with Tonks and Charlie Weasley.

"Go now Harry! I'll take Ron with me!" Charlie said kneeling down beside his brother and disappearing with a big pop!

Harry looked at Remus, shooting disarming and shielding spells. "Hermione! She's injured!" he yelled and dodged away from a curse directed at him.

"Take her and leave!" Bellatrix ordered pushing Hermione toward a Death Eater, then she continued trying to get the mirror without killing Harry.

"Hermione!" Harry yelled as he saw them disappear.

To be contined...

Author's notes: In the following chapters there are going to be deleted scenes because doesn't allow us to upload NC-17 stories. so I'll try to upload it complete in another site. I'm still waiting for a beta so I can upload it in other place.