Totally non canon this is my story but of course I don't own any of the characters they are all JK's! I would like to thank her for letting me play with them.

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Hermione was lying in her bed hidden behind her curtains. Her sixth year had just started and she was miserable. She had been attacked over the summer by Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy; when the Order found out Severus told them that he had to do it so Lucius wouldn't know that he was an Order member. But, Hermione didn't believe it; she knew that the two of them had done something to her. Poppy couldn't find anything wrong with her; she had run every test imaginable.

It seemed like every time Hermione got close to Professor Snape she experienced terrible pain in her stomach. It was worse than any cramps she had ever experienced. Trying to sit in the Professor's class was almost impossible and when he got close to her it could put her to her knees. The professor always sneered when she grabbed her stomach; he told her to grow up and realize that she was just afraid of failure.

Since Hermione had just came from a double potions class her stomach felt like it was going to explode. She had gone to Poppy as soon as the class was over for a pain potion and was now trying to deal with the after affects. Ron had helped her to the infirmary. Thinking of Ron made her think of Ginny; and Hermione became sad.

Ginny had abandoned the Order and went to the Death Eaters over the summer. They had found out that she had been slipping information to Voldermort and Percy all along. From what they had heard Ginny was living with Voldermort. There were even changes in Voldermort, he no longer looked like a snake he now looked like he would have if he hadn't made Horcrux's. The Order had only been able to find 3 of his Horcruxes and the rest of them he had saved. From what they had found out Voldermort and reattached one of his pieces of soul and that's the reason he didn't look like a snake any more.

Hermione sighed, life seemed so complicated, Harry had gotten very mean. No one could talk to him without him yelling and stalking away. He had been like this since Dumbledore's had been killed; and he hated Snape so badly that he had dropped potions even though it meant he couldn't be an Auror. He had said that if he helped win the war no one would care if he had taken potions or not.

Starting to feel better Hermione got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face and comb out her hair. Looking at herself in the mirror Hermione wondered what was going to happen with the war. If the light lost she knew that she would have to give up her magic and probably go to America. France and Germany's Ministry of Magic had already fallen to Voldermort. The muggles in those countries had been imprisoned or made slaves to his death eaters. The half-bloods that had swore allegiance to Voldermort before the ministry fell were safe but those that hadn't were treated as second class citizens.

Hermione gathered up her robes and a book and headed to the Great Hall for dinner. She was glad that her stomach felt much better she had lost about 20 pounds in the last four weeks. Entering the Great Hall Hermione looked around; the Slyterin table was full of purebloods that sneered when she came in. Hermione went to the Gryffindor table and sat down next to Ron, Harry was on his other side and Neville was across the table. Harry looked up as Hermione sat down, "Are you feeling better Hermione?"

Hermione nodded, "yes the pain potions that Poppy gave me helped a lot. I am actually hungry for a change."

Ron nodded, "I'm glad if you lose any more weight we aren't going to be able to find you."

Hermione actually laughed for the first time since her abduction. "Ron I'm not that skinny, I know I've lost some weight but not that much."

Neville looked at Hermione with sad eyes, "I don't know Hermione Ron isn't that far off. I was shocked when you got on the train at how skinny you were and you have lost more since you got back to school."

The friends talked for a while and just as Hermione started to pick up a spoon to add more vegetables to her plate she gasped. She didn't even need to look to know that Professor Snape had entered the room. Ron looked at Hermione and saw her holding her stomach; "Hermione I know it's really something you didn't even have to know he was in the room to start hurting. That git has done something to you."

Snape was watching Hermione through his curtain of hair. The bond was getting stronger every day; it wouldn't be long and the Dark Lord would take over and Hermione Granger would be his. The Dark Lord had agreed that even though Hermione was a muggle born she was an extremely strong witch and would be a perfect mate for Severus. Of course she would have to be controlled; but Severus knew how to make her obey. So during the summer with Lucius's help she had been captured and a combination spell and potion had caused her to be bound to Severus.

He hated to see her hurting but it was the only way to guarantee her fidelity to him and also make it so no one else could touch her but him. The pain would continue to get worse if the Weasley brat kept trying to get close to her. He knew that she had been spending less and less time with the Weasley brat and Potter his spies in Gryffindor were keeping a close watch on her. He hoped that the war would end in the next few weeks; he wanted to take his betrothed as his wife and give her the potion that would stop the pain. On top of that the potion to stop the pain would also make sure that she became pregnant quickly.

Severus ate his meal slowly and thought about what he would do when the Dark Lord won this war. He would soon have a wife that he could talk to with intelligence and he would soon have a strong son to carry on the Prince name.

Severus wondered what Hermione would think when she met back up with Ginevra Weasley-Voldermort. Severus still found it strange to know that Voldermort loved the child; but somehow when he had possessed her during her first year they bonded. The child loved the Dark Lord with her whole heart and you could see it in her eyes. And as Belletrix discovered the Dark Lord loved her. He still couldn't believe that Dark Lord had killed Belletrix. But, then again who would have thought that Belletrix was stupid enough to try to hurt Ginevra.

Snape was totally lost in his thought of the Dark Lord and Ginevra; he had actually come to like the child. She was smart and had changed the way the Dark Lord worked. No longer did Severus have to suffer if he didn't have anything new to tell his Lord.

Severus noticed at the last minute that Hermione had rose from the table and was leaving with his spy. Lavender Brown's parents had been long time supporters of the Dark Lord but very few people knew that. Lavender herself carried the mark but it had been hidden by a strong concealment charm. Lavender had been betrothed to Miles Bletchley over the summer. She was aware that Hermione had been given to Severus; and had been told to make sure that the Weasley brat didn't get close to her.

Severus watched Lavender let Hermione lean on her as they left the hall; just as Severus decided to join them he felt his Dark Mark begin to burn. So instead of following his betrothed he headed to the dungeon and out into the night.