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She had could hear her heart beating and it sounded like a drum. She was trying to focus on her breathing, tying to keep herself calm. They were shouting she couldn't focus on the words though and the pressure of being tied up was cutting off the circulation to her arms.

There were lights it was so much brighter here then in the forest, they'd been careful not to light anything at night, to keep away from the snatchers. Faces she should recognise were being pushed into hers, Blue eyes filled with fear bore into her.

Suddenly she felt herself being pulled, there was the glint of a blade cutting through the rope that bound her, it also cut into the arm of the shirt she was wearing, splitting the seam.

A hand was tangled in her hair ripping her away pulling her towards the floor, trying to turn she saw her friends being dragged away heard a voice shouting out "No Leave her take me!"

She heavily hit the floor, her head bouncing up and hitting it again as she fell. The sound of the door shutting behind her reminding her that she was alone. Looking up she saw straight into dark hooded eyes that spat hatred. Blinking quickly she looked beyond the eyes and saw legs, there were others here. Counting to five in her head she tried to focus on getting her breathing steady, the last thing she needed to do was pass out.

"How did you get into my vault?"

A question, she focused on the words trying at the same time to clear her mind not sure if they were skilled Legilimens.

"No answer? Lets loosen your tongue. Crucio!"

It felt like liquid fire was flowing through her veins every part of her was burning. She tried desperately not to scream out but couldn't stop herself. It felt like eternity but the pain stopped, lying curled up on the cold floor she curled into herself the after shocks of the spell shooting through her at random intervals.

"Crucio"

It began again and again. She didn't know how many times the dreaded word was shouted at her. Loosing track of everything she felt herself beginning to slip away into the pain, there was a darkness that she felt herself edging towards. It stopped, and she was pulled back to the room.

Looking up she saw the fear in the blues that had been pressed up to her earlier. "Malfoy" she whispered, her mind trying to make sense of what was happening. He moved away from her quickly crossing the room to stand over the fire place where his mother stood, eyes at the floor trying to avoid the insanity of her older sister.

Bellatrix leaned closer towards Hermione pulling the hair out of her face. "Cat got your tongue Dearie?" dragging her by her hair across the floor "Tell me how you got into my vault. You disgusting little mudblood." Hermione couldn't stop herself crying out as she was dragged.

Bellatrix turned back towards her as she screamed stamping her foot on the floor and then aiming a sharp kick straight into Hermione's stomach. Kneeling down next to her face almost on top of Hermiones she whispered "How did you get the sword dearie. Tell me now." She started to stroke Hermione's face as she repeated the question over and over again.

Hermione couldn't stop herself from crying she was having almost continuous aftershocks from the crucio she'd suffered. The inside of her cheek was swollen from where she'd bitten it to stop herself from screaming and she could taste the metallic taste of the blood pooling in her mouth.

"You will tell me, you disgusting piece of filth." Bellatrix whispered as she grabbed Hermione's arm, tell me or I'm going to hurt you. Hermione turned to look into the older woman's eyes, her pupils were so wide with psychotic enjoyment that her eyes appeared black. Hermione inhaled deeply, before saying. " I won't tell you."

Bellatrix screamed in frustration and pulling herself up onto her knees reached into her robes and pulled out a blade. It was the same hight as her hand and was an intricately designed piece. It had been a wedding gift from Rodolphus. Pulling the sheaf off the blade she ran her tongue along the blade feeling it slicing into her, still as sharp as the day she'd received it.

Leaning over Hermione who was desperately trying to scoot her broken body away she dragged the tip of the blade down the right hand side of the girls face, avoiding her eye and her lip. Hermione screamed again feeling the blade slicing through her skin. Bellatrix traced the blade down again missing her eye. "Tell Me." Summoning all her courage Hermione shook her head, she was no longer able to speak. Blood was trickling down her her neck she could feel it being absorbed by the grey shirt she was wearing.

Bellatrix glared at her grabbing at her arm again shouted "I will not be denied by a disgusting little Mudblood, that's all you are."

Lifting the arm where her shirt sleeve had already been torn she ripped open the sleeve. Grabbing Hermione's wrist she held the arm our straight and dug the blade deep into Hermione's arm causing her to scream louder then she had before. "Mudblood, Mudblood, Mudblood...Scum." Bella chanted as she carved the word into Hermione's arm.

Hermione could feel the blood pouring from her arm, had the woman cut into her vein she didn't know and didn't care. Wiping the blade against the grey shirt Bella suddenly stabbed it into the mid of Hermiones thigh, she felt it cut through the jeans she wore and deposit deep in the tissue of her leg.

Bellatrix leaned back towards her and said "Tell Me" Hermione was no longer able to say anything.

She could feel her standing up next to her though looking down at Hermione as she lay there. She aimed another hard kick at Hermione's exposed stomach. Before glaring over to where her brother in law was stood. Starting to walk towards him she stood on Hermione as she walked. "We'll have to get the blood traitor, this one doesn't know anything."

Lucius clicked her tongue at her and said "Now Bella, we've talked about this, you do not give orders in my home." Hermione hearing what had been said and realising that it meant they would be getting Ron. She tried to sit up, the pain everywhere was so great. She was looking all around trying to see anything that would help her. Above where Bellatrix and Lucius were stood she saw the chandelier. Focusing on it she tried to remember the word, Diffindo... Diffindo...Diff..in..do. Her eyes darting across chandelier in the motion her wand would follow if using it to cast the spell.

Lucius and Bellatrix both looked up as it began to shake jumping out of the way as it began to fall, the sound of it shattering against the floor. Listening to the crystals crash, Hermione was startled that it had worked. There was a moment of shock in the room afterwards where the Malfoy family stared at the girl on the floor trying to pull herself up, before Bella started walking towards her. Kicking the crystal, her knife drawn ready to make another cut.

Suddenly out of no where a house elf appeared and stood in front of Hermione. She looked into the big green eyes and recognised Dobby who stroked her arm before turning to face his previous masters. "You shall not harm Harry Potter and his friends any more." Bella started walking quicker furious to have been on the receiving end of an order from an elf. Dobby grabbed at Hermione's leg and she leaned forward to wrap her arm around him as he clicked his fingers to apperate them. Just as they were about to disappear Bella threw her knife and smiled as she saw it had vanished with them. Crying out in exasperation and hurtling herself from the room down to the cellar to check the other prisoners.

Hermione knew that they were somewhere between places, it was such a strange experience they were shooting through a pulsating space which was dark but shone with green lights. In her arms she could feel Dobby growing weaker. She tried to focus, unsure how to help. Knowing she needed someone to help, someone she trusted a name came to her and fixating on it she felt them starting to leave the space she could see a bright light shining as they flew towards it. The last sensation she felt was falling as if from a great height, then hitting the ground with a bang.

She lay in the grass unconscious with Dobby still in her arms, her hair matted with blood and it pooling around her. From the house a startled cry arose and a tawny haired woman ran out, her wand raised and her heart beating faster as she saw the girl lying before her, a girl she had never seen before. Holding the body of a house elf.

Quickly she levitated her and moved her to the house taking her into the dining room and placing her on the long dining room table. Turning to the fire place she threw some floo powder at the flames before sticking her head through and Shouting "Albus, bring Poppy its an emergency." She raised the wards around her house and waited from them to arrive.