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(a/n):here is chapter three.. but i want reviews to post chapter 4... so please please review and tell me what you think.. i dont mind cinstructive reviews.. i' am also looking for a beta so if anyone's interested please contact me as i'm in desperate need of one ..thnx ..enjoy

Chapter three: the great hall

"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts, I hope you all work to your best abilities this year. Dark times are up ahead of us

and we can only defeat them by being united together. And now I have a few notices: the forbidden forest is out of bounds
to all of you students. And the list of the forbidden items is on mr.filch's office door ..."

Harry and run had stopped listening by now and were talking anxiously in whispers "have you seen Hermione Ron?"

Harry asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

"no, I haven't, not since the train incident." answered Ron uneasily.

"and now I would like to congratulate mr.malfoy and ms.granger for making heads this year" Dumbledore's words were

drowned as the Gryffindors and Slytherins were in an uproar.

"Will the heads please stand up?" said Dumbledore pleasantly after all the cheering had died down a bit.

Everybody looked around either to the Gryffindor table or the Slytherin table expecting to see the heads standing up. But

to everyone's surprise neither Hermione nor Draco were there.

Immediately whispers started and eyes began scanning the room for a bushy haired head or a platinum one.

"Where do you think they are?"

"Do you think it has something to do with you-know-who?"

"Do you think they're off snogging in some broom closet?"

"Do you think they're alright?"

professors Snape and McGonagall left the hall after a hushed conversation with the headmaster probably to look for the

two missing students. This continued for about 10 minutes when suddenly the doors to the great hall were pushed open

very slowly and in came a battered looking Draco malfoy lifting the unconscious bloody body of Hermione granger. All the

whispers and chatter immediately died to be replaced by a deafening silence, suddenly it was broken by a loud thumb as

Draco collapsed unconscious on the threshold of the great hall taking Hermione with him. It was as if someone turned all

the voices on again and there was turmoil. The girls were screaming and some even crying most of the boys stood rooted

to their spots. Harry and Ron along with Dumbledore, Hagrid, and professor sprout had ran to the couple the moment

Draco had collapsed. Harry carried Hermione and Hagrid carried malfoy and the group rushed to the hospital wing.

"Poppy, poppy!! Come quickly we need help"

Harry laid Hermione on a bed and Hagrid laid malfoy on the one next to hers. Madam Pomfry almost fainted at the sight of

the two students. She had never seen anything like this. Hermione face was a bloody pulp, her eyes were both blackened

and her cheekbone was showing underneath all the cuts. Her jaw was broken and her lip split and it was covered in so

much blood that you couldn't make out anything. Her body was a whole other story; she had a couple of ribs protruding

form under the skin, a punctured lung, a dislocated shoulder, a sprained ankle and a broken leg. Her whole body was

covered in bruises and that was only the exterior. God only knows what other interior injuries the girl had.

malfoy looked the same although he had a broken nose and a broken hand he had about twenty stabs in different areas of

the body .madam Pomfry didn't waist anytime in ushering Harry and Ron out of the hospital wing and then she started

working on healing their injuries she managed to heal most of their bruises , cuts and broken bones except for Hermione's
leg . It appeared to be caused by very dark magic.

After she had done every thing she could she turned to Dumbledore who was waiting patiently by the opposite bed " I

have done everything I could, it's now up to them to make it or not " she said sadly.

"What do you think happened to them Albus?" whispered professor McGonagall. Who had come in with professor Snape s

hortly after the group?

"I haven't a clue Minerva, I haven't a clue."

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Draco was hearing voices too loud... please shut up he tried voiceing out his thoughts but realized that he couldnt. He tried

opening his eyes but there was too much light. After a couple of minutes trying he managed to flutter his eyes open,"

water "he croaked. His mouth was so dry it felt like a piece of parchment.

He could see people gathering around his bed but he couldn't make out the faces. When suddenly he felt cool glass on his

lips and somebody holding up a glass of water for him. He slowly sipped from it feeling the cool water quench his thirst.

He tried sitting up but the pain was just too much.

"What happened? Where am I?" he croaked.

"You're in the hospital wing mr.malfoy. You have been unconscious for two weeks now. As for what happened that is the

question I should be asking you" answered Dumbledore.

"Where is granger what happened to her?"

"Hermione is still unconscious mr.malfoy, you should rest, here drink this "he handed him a small vial which was filled

with some white-yellow potion.

"It's a dreamless sleep potion Mr. malfoy "Draco downed the potion in one gulp and immediately felt himself getting

drowsy and falling into a dreamless slumber.

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When Draco woke up again, he was still in the hospital wing but no one was around him so he called madam Pomfry.

"MADAM POMFRY"

"What is it dear child? Oh you're awake"

"Well spotted. When can I get out of here?"

"When you can raise yourself out of bed properly"

Draco tried lifting himself out of bed but failed fantastically " oww dammit"

"Well then can I have some breakfast? I'm hungry "he asked.

" of course dear boy " she waved her wand and a tray of food came flying towards them .she put it on the bedside table

and levitated malfoy into a comfortable position , then she placed the tray on his lap and went bustling around making

potions and ointments .

"Did granger wake up?" Draco asked in a low voice. As though afraid someone might hear him.

"No, the poor child"

"Why haven't you healed my stomach properly? It's not like you couldn't "he said nastily.

She replied a little irritated "because whoever did this to you used very dark magic and injuries caused by dark magic

can't be healed by magic"

"Dumbledore said he wanted to talk to me"

"Oh yes. But he wants miss granger awake as well "and with that the both fell into silence again.

Draco finished his breakfast witch promptly made him feel better afterwards. He was sitting alone staring at the ceiling

when he heard the doors open and two pairs of footsteps shuffle in. he knew it wasnt long before potter and weasley

came visiting .so he stayed quiet in order not to alert them to his presence .(a/n : harry is bold writing ron is not . its much

easier this way )

"Hey Hermione "potter said softly.

"Hi " said the weasel.

"How are you doing? We miss you"

"Yeah. It hasn't been the same without you. Please wake up"

"We brought you all of your homework. And all the professors miss you"

"Yeah. Even Snape although he didn't say it but the way he looks at your chair. Its like he doesn't want to teach when you're not there"

"By the way. Ginny and the whole house of Gryffindor says hii"

"The whole school is in an uproar about what happened to you and malfoy"

"Why didn't you come with us Hermione?"

"If that slimy git ever did something to you. He is gonnna regret the day he was born"

"We can't stay here any longer. We've got history of magic, but we'll come see you before dinner okay"

"Bye"

They both gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek and left. Draco wouldn't admit it but he wished for friends to come see

him. He didn't have any friends; all he had were followers who were running around him in hopes of money and power.

Hermione didn't wake up that afternoon and when potter and Weasley came to visits before dinner like they said. Madam

Pomfry wouldn't let them in.

Draco woke up around midnight to the sounds of whimpering and thrashing. He looked over at granger's bed to see if

there was something wrong, he found her thrashing around in her bed sweating and tears running down her cheeks. Her

legs tangled in the sheets.

He raised himself out of bed and went over to her bed slowly. Once he was next to her bed he gently shook her.

"Granger wakes up. You're dreaming "she didn't wake up but kept on thrashing and crying so he shook her a little bit

"Hermione wake up "now he was leaning very close to her face. That's why when she opened her eyes she screamed and

then when she realized who he was she did the most unexpected thing. She grabbed hold of his t-shirt and started

sobbing. Draco didn't know what to do so he put his arms around her

And started whispering stuff to her.

"Don't worry. Nobody is going to hurt you. I'm here .its ok"

He didn't stay that way for long before madam Pomfry came running from her office. "I heard a scream"

And when she acknowledged the situation before her she gasped "oh god miss granger. She's awake"

She then ran to the fire place and called the headmaster even though it was 2 in the morning "Albus! Albus! She's awake"

It wasn't long before professor Dumbledore came hurrying in his night gown. He found Draco sitting next to Hermione on

the bed and hugging her. She had stopped crying but she was still shaking.

There was that familiar twinkle in his eye when he asked "miss granger. How are you feeling?"

"Ok I guess." she replied in a whisper.

"Mr. Malfoy and miss granger I need you to tell me what happened to you once miss granger calmed down a bit"

"Yes professor" they replied in unison.

It took Hermione five minutes to calm down and when she did she pushed Draco away from her. when he was safely back
in his bed professor Dumbledore came back with a tray holding two cups of hot steaming tea .he handed one to each .

"Now are you ready to tell me what happened?" he asked softly.

They nodded and started telling their story to the headmaster "well professor what happened was ..."

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