Hermione woke up again, this time in a cold basement, however this time she heard cruel laughter around the room. Sitting up she saw about a dozen robed Death Eaters, and to her horror, in an armchair across the room, Lord Voldemort himself.
"Look, the Mudblood is finally awake" said a voice Hermione couldn't recognize.
Hermione was absolutely frozen with terror. "Oh god, they're going to kill me" she thought to herself, or worse. Voldemort suddenly spoke.
"Bring her here" in his bone-chilling whisper-like voice. "No please! Let me go! Why am I here?!" Screamed Hermione almost crying with fear, but that just elected more laughs and jeers from the Death Eaters around the room, as the two biggest Death Eaters grabbed her arms and dragged the struggling girl towards Voldemort; they flung her on the ground at his feet, causing her to yelp with pain as her almost-naked body hit the hard floor.
Voldemort grabbed her by the hair and forced her to look into his snakelike face. Hermione, whimpering, tried to look away but Voldemort slapped her hard on the cheek "Look me in the face Mudblood! Do you know who I am?" Hermione just whimpered again and didn't answer, tears starting to well up in her eyes. He slapped her again, harder, "ANSWER ME MUDBLOOD!!" screeched Voldemort "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" Hermione's voice broke as she said "L-lord V-Voldemort" "And you are Miss Hermione Granger, a friend of Harry Potter are you not?" She noticed how his slit nostrils flared as he said Harry's name.
Realizing that there would be no mercy from somebody like Voldemort, she decided to show him that she was not afraid (even though she was). "Y-Yeah? And so what if I am? You made a mistake by bringing me here! They will be looking for me! And they will find me and you will have to run because you know Dumbledore can defeat you!"
Hermione stood up when she said these words, and the whole group of Death Eaters started roaring with laughter. Voldemort however, pulled out his wand and screamed "CRUCIO!" Hermione sank to the floor, writhing with pain, but determined not to scream. She writhed around on the floor while the death eaters continued to laugh at her. "YOU DARE TO ADRESS ME LIKE THAT FILTHY MUDBLOOD WHORE?! YOU STUPID LITTLE BITCH YOU CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE MY POWER!"
Voldemort released the curse, leaving Hermione whimpering softly on the floor, but before she could sit up he dragged her to her feet by her hair, and she stared defiantly into his eyes. "You sick fucking bastard! You can do whatever the fuck you want, but you'll have to kill me, because eventually they are going to come for me, and they will kill you once and for all!" shouted Hermione with a lot more courage than she felt.
Voldemort looked livid, but then he had a revelation. "You truly don't know do you mudblood? Dumbledore is dead. There are none left to stand against me". At these words, whatever defiance Hermione had abandoned her, and tears came to her eyes again. Suddenly, Lucius Malfoy stepped forward. "That's right you little cunt, this is the beginning of the new age. The Dark Lord will rule all from this point forward! Once we kill Potter of course..."
Hermione looked like she was about to break down crying. "We brought you here tonight mudblood, because you are the first of many. When the Dark Lord rules over all this is what is going to happen to Mudbloods and blood traitors. Who better to be the first than Potter's best friend?"