A/N: Hey guys (and girls), here's chapter number 4, sorry for the delay

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Draco had run out again and Hermione ended up first changing the colors of her bedroom to a dark red with gold trim. Very Gryffindor. It was now dusk and Hermione was starting to get worried. Draco still wasn't home. After they left her parents, around 4 he went out again not offering any information on where he was going.

She put her worrying aside and went downstairs and heated up canned soup. There really wasn't anything else in the house. She made a mental to-do list and put grocery shopping on it. Another hour went by and she started to yawn. Her eyes were bleary and she couldn't really focus on her book anymore. She yawned, set her book on the table beside of the chair she was sitting on, waved her wand and extinguished the torches, and went upstairs after making sure the front door was locked. Draco had a key he could use.

She quickly washed her face, brushed her teeth and hair, climbed into pajamas and then into bed. After that moment, she knew no more.

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Draco apparated outside the door and shook his head. He felt better now that he had all of that off of his chest. He looked up at the windows of the house and noted that they were all dark. Confused he checked his watch. 12:39 am, when did that happen? Hermione was probably asleep and for some reason he felt disappointed about it, then again he really didn't expect her to wait up for him, she did have to get to work the next day. He suddenly felt really sleepy. He shook his head again and walked up the rest of the way to the house. He went to pull out the key from his pants pocket and stopped and he looked up.

When he went to reach for the door knob he couldn't find it. The door was wide open. His thoughts immediately strayed to his father's letter which he received this morning. It couldn't be happening yet, could it! His next thought was, Hermione!

She was probably inside sleeping and now those creatures were in there with her. He wasn't thinking anymore. He send a patronus to the guard at the gate. He was scared and he knew it but he wasn't scared for himself but for Hermione who was upstairs probably in a deep sleep right now. Assuming, of course, that they hadn't gotten to her already.

He decided that he couldn't wait for Aurors to arrive, he had to go get Hermione. Silently he pushed open the door to the house and crept inside. He could just barely make out the dark shadows making their way silently up the stairs to the second floor. They had apparently already searched the first floor. He couldn't fathom why though, it would make sense that since all the lights were off in the house that the occupants were either a) not there or b) asleep and since it was nearly 1 in the morning it was probably the latter.

He went up the stairs in a crouched position behind the death eaters making sure to stay in the shadows. Luckily for him they went to right and went through the master bedroom. Draco quickly sprinted down the hallway and ran into Hermione's room.

He looked and saw her sleeping form laying in the bed. As quickly and as silently as he could he raced to her side. He roughly shook her awake and covered her mouth when she gasped aloud. "Hermione, get up, we've got to go. They're here."

She didn't need to ask. She threw the covers off of her, grabbed her wand from the bedside table and followed draco quietly to the door , her bare feet not making a sound on the hardwood floor. Draco looked out the door and saw the death eaters coming down the hallway towards them. He silently swore and pushed Hermione back into the room. The went through to her bathroom and opened the balcony doors.

The wind was strongly blowing so the doors slammed against the wall with a loud crack. Draco swore again, this time it was anything but silent. Storm clouds were coming in and covering the moonlight. Draco could hear footsteps now running through the house. He looked up and saw the ledge of the roof. He grabbed Hermione who pocketed her wand in her pants and helped her up onto the ledge before grabbing it and swinging up himself.

Below them a half dozen death eaters came scrambling out onto the terrace.

Hermione was breathing heavily as they slowly crawled backwards up the roof. Hermione was thinking. "Draco, where are our broomsticks?" she asked quickly and quietly.

He thought. "Broom cupboard, just outside the backdoor."

She nodded and looked in the direction of the backyards. "We need a summoning charm."

"Hermione, you know as well as I do that the summoning charm won't be strong enough if we don't say the incantation."

"I know, but hun, I hate to say it I don't think it matters much anymore." she said looking petrified in front of her.

He turned back and 15 feet in front of them stood 6 death eaters. They scrambled to their feet and got into a dueling position. Both faces showing an equal amount of fear, resolve and a look of vengeance.

Below them they could hear the sounds of apperating wizards. Hermione put on a grim smile. They wouldn't frighten her anymore. She waited for them to start. At once a short death eater stepped forward to duel with them. He was so cocky he thought that he could take on a fully qualified witch and wizard, granted they were a bit young.

"Flagrate!" he shouted intending on creating painful wounds on the two would be victims, but he didn't realize what was coming up.

"Reducto!" shouted Draco, and a split second later Hermione brought up a large shield charm to cover both herself and draco by shouting, "Protego!"

The flagration charm backfired on the caster who was still reeling from the reduction charm and left him with very deep welts on his arms to deal with.

The shield disappeared leaving Hermione and Draco prepared to duel again, this time with their backs to each other, both facing the enemy. Two more death eaters stepped forward, one for each Hermione and Draco.

Hermione's breath raced. She acted instinctively when her opponent shouted "Immobulus!" at her, she jumped out of the way and went into a roll, when she gained to her feet she pointed her wand again. "Incarcerous!" she shouted and managed to bind ropes around her opponent who went rolling down the slope of the roof. Hermione shouted "Impedimenta!" and stopped her from falling the rest of way. "Wingardium Leviosa!" she shouted again and moved the death eater behind a chimney and let her rest against it before engaging herself in another battle with another death eater.

Draco didn't watch as Hermione took down her death eater but concentrated on his own battle. This guy looked confused. "Expelliarmus!" the wand came sailing towards Draco. "Impedimenta! Incarcerous!" he shouted quickly and soon that death eater as well was tied up. That left two very large death eaters and one tiny petite one who was commanding. The two big ones were slowly, very slowly backing Hermione and Draco towards the edge of the roof.

Draco looked at Hermione who got what he was going to say in an instant. She nodded her head and focused her thoughts back onto the current situation.

"Now, now, isn't this a predicament." The wider of the two said holding his wand up to Draco's chin. "Either come with us or jump."

One of them looked up and down Hermione as if she were a prize, she smiled at him, gave him a wink and then in a very cheery voice for someone who was just woken up in the middle of the night and had to duel two very stupid wizards said, " I think we'll jump." and at that point her and Draco turned and leapt off of the house.

Hermione had never been so scared yet so concentrated in her life. On the rooftop she had been concentrating on opening the locked broomshed with several silent alohomora charms, then sending draco a message using legimens telling him to summon his broomstick. Just before they jumped they both shouted "Accio Broomstick!"

She could hear her broomstick rocketing up to meet her, She grabbed it with her left hand, her right still holding onto her wand and stuck it under her legs and pulled herself up out of a dive. She turned around to see Draco speeding towards her on his Firebolt. They both leaned low over the broomstick, Draco shooting spells over his shoulder while Hermione shouted "Protego maximus!" providing a shield around them as they glided out to the gates where several aurors were waiting.

A/N: I told you this chapter would me a lot more interesting. I think I'm going to start doing review comments through email, so look for them within the next few days, just not now lol.

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