Chap 10
- Sue POV -
I drove my car up towards Forks followed by the boys.
"Sue, what is going on?" Sam asked. His head had been hurting for a while now and I now knew it was because Hermione was hurt.
"When we get there Sam. How is your head?" I asked as the man next to me clutched it again.
"Its throbbing and I don't know why. Wait, MIONE!" He cried.
"Sue, what happened to Mione?" He asked desperately.
"I'm not sure Sam. Charlie says she was mugged coming home from dropping Blaise at the airport," I answered honestly.
I watched as tears welled up in Sam's eyes. I clutched his large hand and felt him trembling. I put my foot on the accelerator and drove faster. I was soon pulling into the hospital car park and Sam jumped out quickly. I followed him as closely as I could and the boys were following me.
Sam stopped in the middle of the room and discretely smelt around. He took off in a direction walking swiftly with us following. We followed him to a waiting room where Charlie was sitting with his head in his hands.
"Charlie, what happened? Where is she?" Sam asked. I heard Bella gasp loudly and turned. She must have figured it out because she started shaking and crying. I walked over to her and wrapped her in a motherly embrace. I felt her crumble and she sobbed into my chest.
"Hey guys. Mione is in surgery Sam. Been there for the past 45 minutes," Charlie explained. Sam slid down the wall followed by Jake and Jared. The rest of the boys took up seats around the room. Brady and Colin sat on either side of me and I rested my arms around their shoulders, Bella had by now walked over to Jake. The boys had begun to depend on Mione as a mother figure. Their own mother had died when the boys were five.
"I'm scared Sue," Brady whispered.
"She will be fine. Mione is a fighter. She will be fine," I whispered to them.
We sat in the waiting room for another two hours until a doctor walked out.
"Hermione Granger's family," a doctor said. I looked over at Charlie but he was in no state to talk considering he was crying with Billy, Harry and old Quil rubbing his back.
I stood up and walked over to the doctor "that's us. What happened to Mione?"
The doctor rested his hand on my back and led me away from the boys. I turned and looked at him expectantly.
"Miss. Granger has suffered some severe internal bleeding. We have removed her spleen which had ruptured. She has three cracked ribs and two broken ones. One of the broken ones came dangerously close to puncturing her lung. We had to put some stitches in her head and back to close up the deep wounds. The shallow ones we have just bandaged up. She has a few bruises on her neck from where I'd say the person who did this picked her up. The bruises on her back are from hitting the trees. But there is something else," the doctor said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Do you know of any domestic violence in Miss. Granger's past?" He asked me.
"I wouldn't know. Why do you ask?" I was extremely worried now.
"It's just, Hermione's body was covered in scars. There was one that sliced her torso in half, a few large ones across her back, some down her arms and legs and one that looked like a bite mark," the doc said.
"You will have to ask either Hermione or Charlie about that. When can we see her?" I asked.
"She is being put in ICU in a private room at the moment. Only three people are allowed in at one time usually but since she has a private room I will allow you all in but if she starts getting agitated you will have to leave," the doctor said. "She is still asleep but the anaesthetic should wear off soon."
"Thank you. I don't think the boys could have handled waiting. What room?" I asked.
"Room 203," He replied. I shook his hand and walked back to the waiting room.
"Well?" Sam asked.
"We can go see her. She is out of surgery and in ICU," I said. Sam smiled and walked over to me. He hugged me tightly and I felt some stress leave his body.
"What room is she in?" Bella asked. Brady and Colin walked over to me and hugged me.
"203. Let's go," I said. I led the way and soon we were all outside room 203.
- Sam POV -
I pushed the door open and gasped at the sight. My Mione looked so small and pale. She was in the large white bed with machines around her and tubes running from her body.
I walked over to her slowly and sat by her side. I grabbed her tiny hand which was slightly clammy. I pressed a kiss to the back of it and rested my head on it.
I noticed Charlie stand at the foot of her bed with Bella whilst Brady and Colin walked to the other side of the bed.
"She looks tiny," Paul commented. I nodded slightly and moved a lock of stray hair from her eyes.
"Someone should call Blaise," I said hoarsely.
"He'd be in the air now. We won't be able to ring him until tomorrow," Leah said softly. She rested her hand on my shoulder in comfort.
We all went silent and looked down at Hermione. She moved slightly but didn't wake up.
"Soon Sam. The doctor said the anaesthetic will wear off soon so just be patient," Sue said to me.
I looked back at my imprint and rubbed my thumb against the back of her hand.
The boys, Leah, Sue and the Elders made themselves comfortable around the room and one by one they fell asleep. I stayed awake though, looking at my gorgeous girl. About one hour later just as I had rested my head against the bed, Mione moaned.
"Sam?" She asked. She sounded slightly groggy but I didn't care - she was awake.
"Hey baby," I whispered. I leant forward and pressed a kiss to her lips lightly.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You were mugged baby. On your way home from the airport. Why did you pull over?" I asked.
"Pulled over? Oh right. My phone rang and I didn't want to answer and drive so I pulled over," Mione said.
"Maybe you should lock your doors next time baby," I said with a grin.
She laughed slightly but broke into a coughing fit. I poured her a glass of water and fed her some of it slowly.
"That hurt," She said as she slumped back against the pillow. I felt tears come to my eyes and I couldn't push them down. The alpha wolf in me registered that his mate was injured and he was crying out in pain. He was also furious at who did it and I wanted to find them and kill them.
"I was so scared Princess," I whispered. Mione noticed my tears and held out her arms slightly.
"Come here," She said. I sat on the chair next to the bed and leant over her. She leant up and pressed a kiss to my lips. I deepened the kiss almost desperately in an attempt to assure myself she wasn't going anywhere. She responded eagerly and tried to fight for dominance but eventually submitted and let me kiss her deeply.
I pulled away breathing heavily as did she.
"I can't lose you Mya," I whispered as I cradled her face in my hand.
"I like that name coming from you," she whispered with a smile.
"Well I'll call you it all the time then. It will help to assure people that you are mine," I said.
Mione smiled before looking around the room.
"What time is it?" Mione asked. I watched as she raised her hand and ran it gently over Brady's head.
"About 11:30 at night. You came out of surgery an hour ago," I replied.
"Oh. I hate hospitals," She said. She looked over at me and I smiled softly. Her eyes, whilst kind of bloodshot from the anaesthetic and purple from the bruises, were shining brightly and I couldn't help but kiss her again.
"Well too bad. You are staying here until the doc gives you the all clear. Even if that means I strap you to the bed," I said with a smile.
Mya smirked and I felt really turned on. "Kinky," She said, her smirk widening. I flicked her nose gently and she giggled before Brady's eyes fluttered open.
"Mione!" He cried softly. She pressed a kiss to his forehead and hugged him.
"We were so worried," Brady said. One by one everyone else in the room began to wake up.
"Hey sweetie. How are you?" Charlie asked.
"I've felt better but I've also had worse," Mya said. Charlie nodded and we were all confused. Sue pushed the button for the doctor before running a hand over Mya's curls.
"Hello Hermione. It is a pleasure to see you awake," the doctor said. "I'm Dr. Rick Marvin."
"Hey. So, what happened injury wise?" Mya asked.
"Well, there is some severe internal bleeding. We had to remove your spleen which had ruptured. You have three cracked ribs and two broken ones. One of the broken ones came dangerously close to puncturing your lung. We stitched up your head and back to close up the deep wounds. The shallow ones we have just bandaged up. There is also some bruising on your back, neck and torso, I'd say from impact of trees when you were assaulted," Doc. Marvin said.
"Ouch," Mya said. Paul laughed as did Jared. The others just shook their heads.
"Yes ouch. Now, we will be keeping you here for a few days until we can be sure your ribs are healing properly," Doctor Marvin said.
"Thanks," Mya said somewhat reluctantly.
He then walked around her bed adjusting various knobs and pushing some buttons.
"You are going to start feeling drowsy soon. Don't fight it. I'll come back in the morning and check on you," Doc Marvin said before he wrote some things on her chart and walked out.
"Mione, would you mind if we head home? We'll come visit tomorrow," Charlie said.
"That's fine. See you guys then," Her words were slurring at the end of the statement so the drugs were kicking in. Everyone kissed her goodbye and Sue looked at me.
"I'm assuming you're staying," she said with a grin.
"Yep," I replied.
Sue kissed my forehead and said "take care of her."
"I will," I said. Sue walked out of the room and I turned back to Mya.
"Sam go home. I'll be safe here in the hospital," Mya said. I chuckled at her voice which was heavily slurred.
"Mya babe, I am not leaving your side ever again. I will be here all night," I said.
Mya shook her head gently before her eyes began to close.
"Sam?" She asked.
"Yea sweetie," I replied.
"Hop in here with me," she whispered. I got up and slid into the bed carefully. In the end, Hermione was lying in between my legs with her head on my chest. We moved the chords and tubes carefully so they didn't get tangled and I smiled as Mya's breath evened out and she fell asleep against my chest.
"I love you Mya. Forever and always," I whispered. I kissed her head and closed my eyes content in the fact that she was safe in my arms.
- Blaise POV -
I apparated back to Diagon Alley after staying in Venice with my family before flooing to the Burrow. My heart was hurting from being away from Leah so I wanted this shit cleared up quickly.
"Hey Blaise," George said as I walked into the kitchen. Molly raced over to me and wrapped me in a hug.
"How is she?" Molly whispered. I knew immediately she was talking about Hermione.
"She's great. Better than great even. She has a new man," I replied softly.
Molly squealed lightly and hugged me again.
"That is good. Sit, everyone should be here soon," Molly said. She walked back over to the stove and kept on cooking the vast amount of food for lunch.
"So George, where is your other half?" I asked.
"Which one?" He asked with a smile. George had married Alicia Spinnet a year ago.
"The scary one," I replied.
"Again, which one?" He said with a smirk.
"Don't let Leesh hear you say that. Where is Fred?" I asked with a grin.
"Fred just closing up the Hogsmeade shop now, we close at lunch on Saturday to spend time with the family. He should be here soon. Now tell me, something seems very off about you. You seem, happier," George commented. My thoughts immediately went to Leah and I found myself smiling.
"You got laid!" George cried out just as Charlie, Maryse, Fred, Bill and Fleur walked into the room.
"Well done Blaise. I told you American chicks dig the accent. And with your mixed Italian-English one, I bet you had chicks falling at your feet," Fred said. He slapped me on the back with a grin.
"I didn't get laid but I did meet someone," I said.
"What is her name honey?" Molly asked.
"Leah. She is friends with Mione's new boy and Mione's cousin," I said.
"Mione has a man? That is great," Maryse said. Maryse was a beautiful woman with long black hair and ice blue eyes. She was a dragon tamer with Charlie in Romania.
"Is he treating her better than Ron?" Bill asked, his brotherly instincts coming out.
"Definitely. In the two short weeks they have been dating he has treated her better than Ron did in their whole two year relationship," I said honestly. I thought back to the past two weeks and what Sam had done for Mione. He would drive her to work and pick her up, he would come and see her if she had a nightmare no matter what time of the night it was, he sent her a bouquet of roses every three days and he took her out for dinner nearly every night.
"I can't wait to meet him," Charlie said.
We waited a few more minutes before Ginny, Harry, Luna and Draco walked in.
"I'm assuming you got Ron's letter," Draco said as he walked over to me.
"Yep. He could have left off the last paragraph though," I said bitterly.
The person in question walked in and all I could do was glare at him.
"Weasley," I said curtly.
"Zabini. Is Herms here?" He asked as he looked around the room.
"No, she is back there. Oh, and she is having a wonderful time and requests that you stop sending her letters," I said shortly.
"I will stop when she writes back," Ron said.
"She doesn't even read them. They go in the bin, get ripped up or are burned," I said. "Besides, you have Lavender now."
The woman in question waddled in and wrapped an arm around Ron.
"Blaise, it is so nice to see you again," She said in her high-pitched nasally voice.
"You too. Molly, what time is Kingsley coming?" I asked.
"He should be here any minute now along with the rest of the order," Molly said. She glared slightly at Ron and Lavender but didn't say anything.
Kingsley soon arrived followed by the rest of the order. We sat down for lunch and made pleasant conversation.
"So Blaise, how is our girl?" Remus asked as we ate.
"She's good. I haven't seen her this happy in years," I said.
"Have she and Sam stopped dancing yet?" Ginny asked.
"They have been happily dating for two weeks now," I said. I spared a quick glance at Ron and smirked at his face.
"Ok, unfortunately, I have some grave news," Kings said once the food was cleared away.
"What's up man?" Bill asked.
"I thought this was confidential," Ron said.
"This is a situation that will require all of the Order, not just you four," Kings said gravely. "Someone has put a hit out on Hermione's life."
Molly dropped the serving bowl she was carrying and gasped.
"What?" I whispered.
"Our contacts have told us that something big is brewing and it has to do with Hermione. We can't be sure what is happening but whatever it is, Hermione is in big danger," Kings said.
"I'll go back and keep on guard," Drake said immediately.
"Me too," Ron cried.
"Ron, what part of she doesn't want you around don't you understand?" Charlie asked.
"Besides, I think Sam and his friends can help protect her very easily," I said.
"What good are a bunch of muggles against wizards and witches?" Ron asked snidely.
"They aren't just ordinary muggles Ron. They can hold their own. Trust me," I said.
Ron huffed and folded his arms across his chest.
My phone started to ring and I excused myself.
"Hey babe," I said once I read the screen.
"Blaise, how quickly can you get back here?" Leah asked. I could tell the she had been crying.
"Why Lee? What's happened?" I asked.
"Mione was mugged coming home from dropping you off. She's in hospital in a serious condition," Leah said before she sobbed lightly.
"Ok baby. I'll leave straight away. I'll be bringing some friends ok," I replied.
"Please hurry babe," she whispered.
"I'll be there as soon as possible," I said before I hung up.
As I walked back into the kitchen, I knew this wasn't a normal mugging. If it was a simple muggle, Mione could have fought him off easily.
"Kings, I need to get back to Mione ASAP," I said as I walked in.
"Why?" He replied.
"Mione is in hospital. I think someone may have gotten to her already," I said.
"Ok, Blaise, Fred, Draco, Bill and Remus, you guys head back to Mione and keep her safe," Kings said.
"Hey! What about me?" Ron said indignantly.
"You, along with the rest of us will remain here to find out what we can. Harry do you mind staying here and helping us?" Kings said in a tone that meant business. Harry shook his head and Ron sighed angrily and glared at Kingsley.
"Go and get packed. Meet me at the airport in one hour," I said. The guys stood up, kissed their girlfriends or wives and apparated to their homes to pack.
"Take care of her Blaise," Molly said as she walked over and hugged me.
"I will, with everything in me," I said honestly. I said goodbye to everyone else before apparating to the airport to purchase the plane tickets.
We were sitting on the plane a few hours later heading towards Seattle.
"Tell me again why we didn't apparate," Fred asked for the 5th time.
"Because Fred, if we apparated there, we would be there in an hour when the trip should take about 9. We will apparate when we get to Seattle," Remus explained. Fred sat back in his seat and nodded.
The plane landed eventually and we walked to baggage claim. We grabbed our things and went to a dark alley and stopped.
Fred, Bill and Remus put a hand on mine and Draco's and shoulders and we all apparated to the Swan's house.
I knocked on the door and smiled when Bella swung it open.
"Hey Blaise," She said. She looked sad so I wrapped her in a hug.
"She will be ok Bella. She is strong," I said to her. Bella nodded and indicated for us to follow her into the house.
"Blaise, your car is on the street as you can tell. Here, I'll give you the directions to the hospital," Bella said. She wrote out the directions and handed them to me.
"We'll go visit her then find a hotel," I said. "Oh, by the way, this is Fred, Remus and Bill and you know Draco."
"Hi there. You guys can stay here. There is plenty of room her. Now go, visit Mione. Send her my love," Bella said.
I kissed her on the cheek and we all headed upstairs with our bags. After we walked back downstairs we walked out to my car and I drove us to the hospital.
I asked for directions to Hermione's room and we all walked towards it.
"Hey Sam, Mione," I said as we walked into the room.
"Hey Blaise and friends," he said.
"Hey B. Oh my god - Remus, Fred, Bill, D, hey guys," Mione said. Sam moved to the other side of the bed and we walked over to her.
"Hey bub," Remus said. Mione smiled and grabbed his hand. After her parents had died, Remus had practically adopted her. She had even taken to calling Remus dad on occasion.
"Hey," She replied. I noticed Sam growled softly and I realised it was because Remus and Bill were werewolves (in Bill's case, half wolf).
"You ok sweetie?" Remus asked.
"I've been better," Mione said. Remus nodded and moved her fringe from her face.
"Who is your friend Mione?" Fred asked.
"Oh sorry, Fred, Bill, and Remus this is Sam my boyfriend. Sam, this is Fred, George and Remus," Mione said. Sam shook hands with the boys and I could tell he was restraining himself.
"Do you want me to give you some time?" Sam asked. His teeth were clenched and his brow was tight.
"Just a couple of minutes please baby. Go get some coffee or something," Mione said. Sam nodded before he pressed his lips to hers in a way that was claiming her. He walked out of the room and closed the door.
"Dating a wolf Mione, quite a step up from Ron if I do say," Bill said with a grin.
"He's the alpha of his pack isn't he?" Remus asked.
"Yep," Mione replied as we all took seats around her bed.
"So what happened babe?" Drake asked.
"I wasn't mugged, I was attacked by a vampire," Mione said. Remus growled and snarled.
"Do you know who it was Mione?" Bill asked.
"Yea. Someone we thought was dead," Mione whispered.
"Who?" I asked.
"Dolohov," She replied sullenly.
The room went silent and we all exchanged a glance.
"What?" Mione asked.
"Mione bub, we need to tell you something. There is a reason why we are here besides missing you terribly," Remus started.
"Someone has put a hit out against you. We think it is a death eater wannabe but we don't know," Bill explained.
"Well shit," Mione said. We all burst out laughing. Remus was the first to sober up as he looked down at Mione.
"Well, we'll let your boy spend some time with you. We will come visit you later," Remus said. He kissed her on the head and so did we before we walked out of the room. Sam walked in and nodded at us as we walked past.
- Hermione POV -
A week passed before I was finally allowed out of the hospital. I wasn't allowed back to work but that didn't bother me because I got to spend a lot of time with the boys.
Remus and I were just hanging out one day whilst Blaise took the boys on a tour of Forks when Remus started asking me questions about Sam.
"Are you his imprint bub? I don't want you to be hurt if you aren't and he imprints on someone else," Remus asked me.
"Yes dad. I am his imprint. He told me a few weeks ago," I said.
"Does he treat you well?"
"He treats me like a queen. Way better than Ron ever did," I said honestly.
"That's good. I just like to keep an eye on you sweetie. You are practically my cub after all," Remus said as he hugged me.
I looked up at his face and smiled. His scars told stories of his werewolf days past and I was never happier that he was no longer forced to change because of the moon.
After the war, some scientists had discovered the gene that triggered the werewolf change and managed to isolate it. By doing so they had invented a cure for lycanthropy. Remus could now become a wolf at will, just like Sam and the boys.
"I missed you heaps dad," I said as I cuddled into his side.
"Missed you to pup," He replied with a kiss on my head.
My phone started ringing and I jumped up to answer it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Mione, how quickly can you guys change and get to La Push?" Blaise asked.
"Pretty quickly why? What is going on?" I said.
"The pack are getting attacked by Dolohov and a few others. They have Bella, Sue and the elders with them," Blaise said.
"We will be there shortly," I said. Rem looked at me and we both ran outside. We made it to the woods before changing into our animagus forms. Rem followed me into La Push where we heard growling and snarling. We made it to a clearing and I noticed Sam, the boys and Leah had formed a protective circle around the humans and were snapping and snarling at Dolohov and five other death eaters.
I nudged Remus with my nose and he followed me. We carefully apparated (it's harder when in animal form) to just behind the pack.
I caught Blaise's eye and he nodded before he changed into his animagus form followed by Bill, Fred and Draco.
I mentally put up a shield around everyone just as Dolohov casted a slicing spell.
"What the hell?" He said. Bill, Rem and I nodded at each other and pounced out in front of the pack.
- Sam POV -
The boys and I were spending the day down in La Push and going for a hike. The elders, Charlie, Bella and Sue had decided to join us but Mya said she wanted to spend the day with her friends.
We had been walking for an hour when the boys and I smelt something.
"Phase!" I cried and we all did.
Just as we had pushed everyone else to the centre, a vampire and five other people popped in front of us.
"Well what have we here? A bunch of puppies and some muggles. They will be good warm ups for when we get our hands on the mudblood," the vamp said. He crouched down low ready to strike and so did we. We spent the next few minutes just growling, snapping and staring at him.
He suddenly pulled out a long stick and pointed it at us.
What the hell? Paul thought. He said some words and a flash of light was heading for us. We braced ourselves for impact but it bounced straight away from us.
"What the hell?" The vamp said. Suddenly, three wolves jumped over us and landed gracefully in front of us.
The one on the left was quite big with orange-rust coloured fur and deep scars down his face. The other male was sandy brown also with scars but his were on his chest. The third wolf was gorgeous. She was chocolate brown with white ears and her tail had a white tip. She had two white paws, one at the front and one at the back.
"More puppies have joined the fight have they? How sweet," The vamp said. We all heard tree branches snapping and out of the woods on the left walked a brown bear and a lion (that last one confused us since lions don't live in La Push). To the right of the vamp, a white tiger walked out and started snarling.
"What the hell is going on?" One of the men with the vamp said. The three wolves looked at one another before turning back to the scene.
As if as one, they started to grow until Mya, Blaise and Remus were standing in front of us. The other three animals did the same until Blaise, Draco and Fred were surrounding the small group.
"Well well well, what have we here? Miss. Granger, how are you after our last altercation?" The vamp said.
"Just wonderful. A few bruises here and there, but to be honest Dolohov, you have done worse," Mya said.
The vamp smiled before he lunged. Mya dropped to the ground and the vamp bounced off something in front of us. The other five men started fighting with Mya's friends and all we could do was watch.
Mya pulled a stick out of her back pocket and said a few words before the vamp was flying through the air.
We watched as various coloured lights shot out across the clearing. The man and Mya fought with ease, like they had been trained for it. It was like watching an intricate ballet.
"You are pissing me off mudblood," the vamp said before he ran straight for Mya, grabbed her around the waist and slammed her into a tree. I flinched and whimpered as I felt her pain.
"Oh, so this little puppy here is your mate. How sweet," the vamp said as he started to walk towards us. Mya slid down the tree as blood trickled from her mouth. I tried to run to her but it was like there was an invisible barrier in front of me.
I snarled and snapped as the vampire walked closer to us. He stood in front of the barrier and smirked down at us.
"I could just bury under or apparate in there," He whispered to himself. He closed his eyes but before anything could happen, he was tackled by Mya, who was now back in her wolf form. She got off him and stood in front of us snarling.
"Let's do this," the vamp said as he lunged. Everytime he clawed at Mya or slammed her into the ground, I whimpered. We heard 5 pops and noticed Blaise, Fred, Bill, Remus and Draco standing in front of us looking alert.
Mya grabbed the vamp again and with one mighty rip, she tore his arms off his torso.
"You think killing me will keep you safe. You are wrong. There are more. We will kill you Hermione Granger. Our new master will get pleasure from torturing you," the vamp said before Mya ripped his head off.
She phased back, breathing heavily and bleeding.
"Bring it on," she said menacingly before saying something, pointing her stick and setting the vamp on fire. She turned back to us and the barrier seemed to drop. We all ran to the bushes and phased back before walking back to the clearing.
"I guess we have some explaining to do," Mya said with a sheepish grin before she spat out some blood.
"You have no idea," Billy said and I agreed.