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HERMIONE'S P.O.V.

"Let me get this straight. After seeing your sisters going through the same thing you put these poor girlse through for years, you've finally decided that it's wrong." Hermion questioned after half an hour of listening to Draco and Ron explain themselves.

"Pretty much." Ron replied.

Hermione just shook her head.

"That is so fucking selfish!" she yelled, "You've seen enough of these girls being treated like this to realize that it isn't right!"

"But Hermione," Ginny stepped in, "Think about it. They've been raised to think hurting and killing is alright."

"You're defending them!" Hermione yelled looking at her best friend in disgust. "After everything they've done to you. You're honestly trying to justify it!"

"No, that's not it at all!" Ginny yelled back, the hurt apparent in her voice. "All I'm saying is maybe it wasn't selfishness that got them here. Maybe Kat and I being where we are was the wake up call they needed to realize that their mentors were wrong. It takes a lot for a person to forget what they've grown up being told. Look at yourself, when we got you out. You were a mess. Scared of any man who touched you. Afraid to sleep, you felt you needed permission to speak. And, if it wasn't for Neville, you would've slept with any man who told you to. Why? Because that's what you grew up believing was how you were supposed to act."

"That's different, Gin." Hemrione stated.

"How?" Ginny countered.

"I didn't have a choice on how I wanted to grow up." Hermione replied.

"They didn't either! They couldn't ask their fathers to raise them better!"

"Kat chose to walk away! And she was raised the same way as Master Malfoy!"

"Kat had the advantadge of being in Gryffindor! She had an alternative enviornment. Master Malfoy was a Slytherin and was surrounded by people who believed the same things he did."

"Enough!" Draco yelled.

He stepped between Ginny and Hermione who were closing in on each other.

"Look, Ginny, thank you for everything you just said but I think Ron and I should be the ones explaining ourselves. After everything we've put her through, she deserves a better explaination than it's how we were raised."

Hermione was a bit floored. Here was Draco Malfoy, the third most evil man in England, showing a bit of humanity. Maybe, he was capable of changing. Maybe, they both were.

"It better be good. Then I decide if I want to help you or not." she stated.

"Fine!" Draco stated taking a deep breath.

Everyone took their seats once more and he began to tell his story,

"You were right. I did have a choice. Everyone knows that, a year ago, Kat was caught trying to get away from the manor, but only Ron and I know why. Before she ran away from home, she said she come back for me before our father could corrupt me. Well, when she did come for me, I thought it was too late for me. I, also convinced myself that my mother needed me to protect her from my father. I felt that was enough to justify what I was doing but it wasn't. After Kat was made a slave and I began sneaking around to help her, I realized that it wasn't too late for me. It hurt to see her like that and to hear, the man who's supposed to be her father, talk about raping and killing her with pleasure. Though it wasn't until about an hour ago that it completely hit me. If it hurt me to see my sister like that, how much does it hurt the other families who don't know what's happening to there daughters, sisters, or lovers? I know I've done so much wrong by you, Hermione, along with most of the other girls here, but I'm asking for the chance to help make up for it."

"Unfortunately, Master Malfoy, you could never make up for it, no matter how much good you do." Hermione replied sadly. "Some scars will never heal, no matter how many bandages someone puts on them."

"I know." Draco replied.

Hermione could hear the remorse in his voice.

"Ron, do you have anything to say?" Draco asked.

Ron rose and began his story,

"I also had a choice. Even if, I was too young to understand how much was riding on that decision. I was only five when I was told I had to choose between my mom and dad. I had no idea what was going on or who to choose, because I loved them both. When I saw Bill, Percy, and George choose our father, I chose him to. Why? Because I thought they could protect me better than Charlie, Fred, or Mum. If I would've known what we were to become I would've chose mom. By the time I realized, I didn't want to travel down that path, dad had Bill, Percy, George, and I in too deep for us to get out. When I was thirteen, I decided survival was my main goal. I did everything I was told because I didn't want to die. Hating the person I had become every step of the way. At fourteen, I began using you girls as an outlet to my hate, which just made me hate myself even more. That was the vicious cycle. Then two years ago, Ginny was brought here and that added to my self hatred. Which pushed the cycle around more. It wasn't until about a year after she was brought in that I realized, hating myself won't keep Ginny safe or get her out of here. My lack of ideas on how to do this made me even angrier and I started taking that anger out on the girls some more. It wasn't until last night that I realized the only way to stop the cycle and save Ginny was to stop the Dark Lord. And I only realized an hour ago that you girls really didn't do anything to deserve to be an outlet for anyone's hate or rage. I'm sorry and I know nothing either of us can or have said that will make up for what we did. And we don't expect forgiveness. All we want is a chance to stop it and save what's left of this generation, as well as future generations. And keep them from making the same mistakes."

As Ron finshed his story, Hermione looked him in the eye and couldn't believe what she saw. Pain, remorse, fear, and a hint of sadness. She was shocked because all she ever saw there was hate, malice, and lust. She looked at Ginny, who was crying, and realized that if Ginny could stand behind her brother, who has been her enemy since they were four and five, then maybe she, herself, could do it too.

"First, I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive you and there's no way I'll be able to forget any of it, but I'm willing to look past the past to save the future. But there is one thing I need before I can help you with anything. I need a garuntee that I can trust you. And I'm sorry but your word is not going to be enough." she told them.

"We figured that'd be the case and are prepared to do two things to insure your trust." Draco replied. "We are prepared to make an Unbreakable Vow and offer you immunity from the two of us."

"What exactly is an Unbreakable Vow?" Hermione asked confused.

"It's a magically binding promise." Ginny stated. "If any of the parties break their end of the promise, then they will die."

"You would do that?" Hermione questioned highly confused by the offer.

"Whatever it takes." Ron stated. "There's too much at stake for any of us to take too many risks."

Okay, how do we do it?" Hermione asked.

"Ron will bind Ginny and me then you and me. Then I'll do the same for the three of you." Draco explained, "Ginny, we'll start with you so Hermione can get an idea of how it works."

He reached out his hand and Ginny took it. Ron drew his wand and stood beside them.

"Will you, Draco Malfoy, promise to keep everything Hermione and I tell you a secret from the Dark Lord and anyone else who asks, unless we tell you it's okay to tell a certain person?" Ginny asked.

"I will." Draco replied. A thin strip of bright flame issued from Ron's wand and wound its way around Ginny and Draco's linked hands. "And will you, Ginevra Weasley, promise to give us all the information you can to save us?"

"I will." Ginny stated. A second strip of flame issued from the wand and created a bright glowing chain around the hands, combining with the other strip. "And will you swear never to purposefully physically, sexually, or emotionally harm us again, unless of course the Dark Lord tells you to, then you'll have no choice."

"I will." Draco answered. A third flame shot from the wand and braided itself with the others and together they bond the linked hands. The rope of flames glowed for a moment and disappeared. Ginny and Draco dropped hands.

Ginny turned around to look at Hermione and said,

"It's pretty simple. Just phrase everything the way I did, just to make sure neither we nor them can get screwed. You'll be fine."

Hermione reached a shaking hand toward Draco and they repeated the proccess. Then Draco bound Ron with Ginny and Hermione.

Just as they were finishing, the lock clicked and the door opened.

A/N: I had to copy the Unbreakable Vow scene from HBP. I tried to add my own things to it so I didn't directly copy her scene. Not sure how well it turned out. Feedback would be appreciated.