Chapter 9: Kidnapped
Draco honestly felt Pansy had it coming to her and didn't pity the embarrassment she had gone through during potions class. He headed back to the dorms and dropped his bag onto the table in the middle of the common room. He then froze upon seeing Pansy looking at him as if she expected something. This caused his eyes to narrow and his mouth to twist up in disgust. "What is it you want Pansy?"
He watched as the girl lifted up her shirt so he could see her side. "Drackie? Didn't you like what you saw during potions class?"
The boy felt the vein pop in his head as his eyebrow twitched. "Parkinson... you do realize that you disgust me?"
The girl froze, blinking a couple of times. She then lifted her shirt up so that her bra was showing. "You don't like this?"
"Go away."Draco flopped down onto the couch and closed his eyes. A few minutes later he heard some of the first years giggling and opened his eyes to see a bunch of them looking at Pansy, who in fact still had her shirt held up. "Didn't I tell you to go away? You're making a fool of yourself."
"But we're boyfriend and girlfriend."
"Why would anyone want a girlfriend as stupid as you?" Draco sat up. "Oh wait... because they can bang you whenever they want to. Why don't you go and find yourself a boyfriend who constantly wants to get laid, like Ron Weasley?"
"But... he's..." The girl paused, looking at the ground.
"I heard him whistling the loudest Pansy, so why don't you go and kiss up to him already. That's what you really want... someone to knock you up, right?"He watched as the girl stared at him blankly before turning to leave, throwing up his hands as he did so. Pansy was still holding her shirt up, staring at him as he left.
As he walked along he couldn't help but feel as if something was wrong and he headed to the afternoon classes. Slytherin was in fact in a different class from Gryffindor, so he didn't see the girl he happened to like. In some ways he was glad of it because Pansy had managed to fully embarress him in the class they had earlier. He did though see Blaize flinch and the teacher... that Professor McGonagall, pull her aside.
He tried to think nothing of it, but found himself stopping short upon hearing Harry and Ginny discussing something. "She's definitely missing, not having gone to class at all. That isn't like Hermione."
"I know it isn't. I hope nothing bad has happened to her. Actually Harry, I hope my brother hasn't done anything stupid. You and I both know that he isn't Hermione's soul mate, but he seems to think he is and he also thinks that justifies him taking advantage of her, including having outside relationships. I mean... if I were in her shoes, I don't know what I would do."
Harry frowned as if he were thinking to say something, only to then notice Draco Malfoy. "What do you want Malfoy?"
The boy took a deep breath. "She really is missing?"
"It's not really any of your business, unless you actually mean to help find her. I don't though see why you would get involved when you've treated us as if we were never worth your time." Harry and Ginny then disappeared.
Draco took a deep breath. "All right then... best to go talk to Blaize right now."He found the girl and saw that she was in a right state of things. "Where is your sister? It is obvious Potter and the Weasly girl are looking for her."He watched as she blinked a couple of times, then shook her head."Please tell me."
"Someone took her. You've heard the rumors about that particular site, right?"
"I've heard the rumors." Draco looked at the ground, thinking carefully. "Specifically I've heard of the location from father as our family happens to have the maps of those places." He felt his throat tightened. "I heard that there was also a lot of death those last year. The training ground used to be a good place for those with powers to train, but now it is considered a death trap for those without powers, unless they know how to navigate it. Actually, I heard a few with powers died too."A thought crossed his mind. "Hermione may die..."
"That is where this person told her he took her." Balize said this as if she had a hard time believing this.
"I'll help look for her. I know she and her friends don't expect me too, but you and I've been friends since we were little thanks to our mothers." Draco turned on his heals and took off. "Please though don't make this his fault. Don't let him be the one to have taken her away from here. It would be just like him to seige onto any kind of power that he likes and we wouldn't be able to do anything about it." There came a pause. "No... if it is him, then I need to stop him. He is family and as such family needs to be the one to stop him."
Draco continued forward, his throat arrived in the room jewels and scribbled a quick map, before heading to another place in the castel that was similar to the room of requirements. He pressed his hand to the symbol and muttered the particular spell, before disappearing down the corridor. It was dark, but a quick lighting of his wand allowed him to see as he traversed the maze. He finally came close to where he could sense Hermione, another thought coming through his mind. "You know the two of you are soul mates if you are able to tell where she is like this."
The boy took a deep breath and stepped forward, only to stop short upon seeing a face that was like an older version of his own. "Draco."
"What have you done father?" The boy looked at his father.
"Years of our family being keepers of this place. Two generations it's been since a member of our family has been born with the gift of the Malfoy line, and you make the third. We deserve to be a part of this Draco. We deserve to have things handed to us, so this time I took things into my own hands beyond what I did during the last generation. You Draco... you will become her soul mate by being her rescuer. Practice cheap tricks to convince her that you have the opposite power, but what ever you do..."
"Shut up." Draco watched his father flinch. "I'll marry who I marry out of love, and they will love me back. Of course, how can I ask you to understand that when you father have the relationship you do with mother."
"Draco... do not talk about your mother and I as you're talking about things I don' understand."
"And you're messing with things you don't understand."
"Draco, you're the only one who can rescue her."
"Yes. I am the only one. If I can help it she won't know it is me. Take your power struggle and leave, before Dumbledore picks up that you've broken through the wards. Actually... I wouldn't be surprised that he already knows, so you best be on your way sir."Draco could feel his throat tightening as his father slapped him across the face. Then the man was gone, heading back through the tunnels.
