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"Uhh! My head is killing me." Hermione came to in a dark room. My head feels like it is going to bust any minute. Hermione attempts to soothe her head when she realizes she can't move her hand more than half a foot. Hermione looked up to find her hands shackled to the wall. 'Where am I? Why am I-' She lost her train of thought when something was thrown into the room landing witha loud thud. That something moaned.

"Hello?" Hermione hesitantly asked.

"What do you want? You're the reason why we're all here?" The 'something' said hoarsely.

Suddenly it came back to her. The woods, Potter and his friends, and the Death Eaters. "Who are you?" Hermione eagerly asked.

"You know exactly who I am. You just want to play dumb. Ron? Ginny? Neville?" She knew this voice: 'it was Potter. That meant if he's here then the Death Eaters got a hold of us.'

"Potter tell me right now where are we?" Hermione asked.

"You know where we are. We're at your master's. Voldemort's. Are you happy now? He's going to toy with me for a bit then kill me." Potter spat at her.

"Harry? Where ar-" She was interrupted by somebody calling Harry's name in a barely audible voice called from Hermione's left. It was too hoarse to tell who it was.

"Yeah, I'm right here." Harry weakly answered. Before anybody could get another word out the door banged opened again. Two hooded figures glided past the door and stopped right in front of Hermione. The one on the left raised a wand untied Hermione's hands. They jerked Hermione up and pushed her out the door, keeping a wand pressed to her back the entire time. They pushed Hermione, urging her to keep on walking until they reached two ten-foot high wooden doors. One cloaked figure pushed the doors open and shoved her through them and onto the floor.

Hermione fell and landed on her wrist with a sickening crack following. Hermione could barely hear a snarled, "Get up." through the daze she was in. Her head was suddenly jerked back and she was forced on her knees. She couldn't see anything because of her hair, which was hanging in her face. She felt a cold, scaly hand push her 'rat's nest' of hair out of her face toreveal red, glowing eyes starring into her brown ones.

Meanwhile, Severus and Thyme were working on a new version of Wolfsbane. They were just about to put in Moon Sugar when they both hissed. They clutched their left forearms, shoving their sleeves up to see the mark grow darker and move. They both knew what this meant: they would be feeling pain tonight. They simultaneously pulled out a piece of parchment and quill and scribbled a note to say they were being summoned. Once finished, they sent it to Dumbledore and went to don their Death Eater robes. Once appropriately dressed, they touched their marks and concentrated on their dark lord.

They found themselves in front of two ten-foot high, wooden doors. Both knew that someone had been captured and brought to this place to be tortured. They slid their masks on and opened the doors in time to hear a roar of laughter. They saw a circle around the latest victim, and when they pushed their way to see the night's victim they were stunned momentarily. Hermione lay writhing on the floor under what appeared to be the Cruciatus curse. They were helpless to look away. Severus and Thyme felt so helpless - they couldn't save her unless they took her away and revealed themselves.

"Now show me what I want to know, Mudblood." Voldemort hissed at her. When she didn't respond he released her from the Cruciatus Curse and called another Death Eater over. Voldemort motioned the Death Eater over to him and whispered in his ear. The Death Eater began to smile, the kind that promised something deadly. He moved towards Hermione's fallen form and kicked her in the stomach, causing her fall on her back. He sat on top of her thighs and slowly drew his dagger out.

He drew up her shirt and began to carve into her stomach. She simply stared at the ceiling and didn't utter a sound as the Death Eater wrote 'MUDBLOOD'. Voldemort quickly grew bored of her and called the Death Eater off and had him drag her over to face him. When he still couldn't access her mind, he let out a frustrated sigh and motioned them to grab her by her arms. "Take her away while I talk to some of my most trusted Death Eaters. You, my dear, will tell me what I want to know. Understand?" He hissed at her as she was dragged out of the wooden doors.

When she was stopped at another door, she assumed it was the room she was in before. The Death Eater who had been cutting her took off his mask to reveal his face and shoved back into the room she was previously in. She now knew that she had to get the other three out of here, and soon!

Hermione looked up and saw that Harry had been put into the place shehad at. She crawled over to Potter with a new determination to get them out of here.

"Potter, Potter look at me. I need to get you out of here as well as the other two. Now will you help me get them out when I help you?" Hermione whispered, desperately to him hoping he was awake.

"How do I know you're not playing me for a fool?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"Harry look around you. Who is the one person that is missing since we've been captured? Think about it. I'm here in this room as a prisoner, but one of us who was out there isn't here." Hermione reasoned.

Harry thought about it and then nodded his head in understanding. Hermione reached up and unlocked his hands from the shackles. She helped him to his feet and then began to move towards the other two figures in the room. It was hard to do since Hermione had lost to much blood and felt her body on fire from the Cruciatus Curse. Where Harry felt the same minus the blood loss. When they were close enough, Harry could see the other two were unconscious. When they had freed the two, Hermione dragged theRon to whereHarry & Ginny were at. When she reached Harry she putRon right next to Ginnyand reached into her shirt. She then took out a necklace and gave it to Harry, telling him to grab it.

"What?" Harry questioned, dumbfounded.

"It's an emergency portkey that I keep with me at all times in case something like this happened. It will transport the holder to the headmaster's office in Poseidon. Now grab it and say '30 Seconds to Mars' when ready." Hermione said as she took Ron and Ginny's hands and put the necklace around their necks and extended it to Harry's.

Author Note: Had to put my Favorite Band in here.

"What about you?" Harry asked desperately. They heard footsteps approaching the door and she took his hand and forced him grab it. Hermione whispered ' 30 Seconds to Mars' and she was left alone. Then the door opened to reveal Longbottom with a confused face that lit into fury.

Meanwhile, Thyme and Severus saw her carried out and moved to follow her when Voldemort called them back.

"Eager to get in on the Mudblood?" Voldemort asked.

"You know it Master! Forgive me my lord, but what is she doing here? She's no longer close to Potter. I just don't understand it." Severus asked.

"She is just entertainment. I grew tired of her and sent for Potter. The two redheads are entertainment as well." Voldemort laughed cruelly. Severus and Thyme were shocked.

"Potter? He's here, right now?" Thyme asked shocked.

"Of course not! He's in the dungeons right now - Longbottom is retrieving him." Voldemort responded, barely able to keep his excitement from showing.

Suddenly, the door blew open and Longbottom dragged Hermione into the room.

"Longbottom, Did I not request Potter? Go get me Potter." Voldemort angrily commanded.

"My lord they're gone, and so are the Weasley's. She was the only one in there. I was com-" Longbottom stopped when he was hit with the deadly green light from Voldemort's wand.

Voldemort turned to Hermione and commanded, "Girl tell me where they went NOW!"

"NO! YOU ARROGANT, SLIMEY, EGOTISITICAL, SNAKE BASTARD. YOU KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PURE BLOODS, MUGGLE LOVERS, OR MUGGLES. WELL YOU HYPOCRITE YOU SHOULD KILL YOUSELF, SINCE YOU'RE A HALF-BLOOD!" She yelled, amazing everyone. She was the only one that would dare to yell at Lord Voldemort. Silence ensued until Voldemort began to laugh. Soon everyone was laughing except Thyme and Severus. They thought she would be taken away when "AVADA KEDAVRA!" Screamed out in the room.

"Now I'll never get the information i needed! Damn!" roared and disgruntled Voldemort.

I would like to thank SeverusFan! for helping me by beta-ing my chapter for me.