Hey omh I'm sorry!!! Slap me on the wrist! Our computer got a virus! How shitty is that? Geometry and History homework!!! I had this chapter written so it would be faster to get on the computer. I need a laptop lol. Updates should be way quicker, because now i actually know what i want to put in this story. Unless one of you have some fantastic ideas! (hint hint) Scouts honor. I hope you like this chapter.

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The Greatest Gift Tantum diligo mos reperio

Blaise got to the Granger's house rather quickly. When he stopped he got out and helped Draco to the door. The clock in the entry-way read 11:30 P.M. Andrew and Jane were sitting on the couch chatting about the news, when they heard the door close.

"Hello Draco, Ginny and Blaise," said Jane, she looked but didn't see her daughter. "Where's Hermione?"

Draco looked up at her with red, puffy eyes from crying so hard. Jane's face filled up with fear, Andrew was staring at Draco. It was obvious something bad had happened to Hermione.

"She got kidnapped by two big men outside the club. Draco tried to stop them, but they hit him over the head. Ginny and I were not there when it happened. I'm sorry," explained Blaise.

Jane burst into tears.

Andrew put on a strong face, "We have to call the police. (AN: or would it be scotland yard? Umm i dunno so i put police)

Just as Andrew went towards the telephone, Blaise's went off. He looked down at it. It said Hermione on the caller ID.

"Draco mate! It's Hermione! She's calling!" exclaimed Blaise.

Draco looked up and took the phone, "Hello? Hermione? Is this you? It's Draco."

A voice answered, "Draco? Yes it's me. You have to come get me. I'm not sure where I am. The two people who took me don't know I had my phone. Merlin, they're idiots. Are you at my house? Are my mum and dad there?" asked Hermione.

Draco's heart lifted tremendously by hearing his love's voice.

He choked out a few words, "Yes, we are all here. We just got here."

"Put me on speakerphone please," she said in a trying-to-be-calm voice.

He pushed the button that said 'speakerphone.'

"Hello Mum? Dad? Can you hear me?

"Hermione darling! Are you all right? Tell where you are?" cried Jane.

"Mum! Yes I'm fine. Umm I'm not sure on the location, but I'm in a basement...I think. It's pretty dark, the only light is from a few candles and my phone. I think the people are upstairs."

"Hermione, we are going to come look for you right now," Andrew said leaning towards the cell phone.

"How are you so calm Mione?" asked Ginny, tears still rolling down her face.

"I've been reading," she answered, "It calms me down pretty easily."

Her parents smiled.

"In trouble and still reading Hermione?" asked Blaise laughing.

"Well, I've got nothing else to do but wait to see if they actually do something. So I just took the book out of my purse. They tried tying me up, but that was pretty easy to get out of," Hermione replied.

Draco spoke up, "Andrew I know where to find her."

"How?" he asked.
He pointed down to his watch, "It has a special kind of tracking device you might say."

Hermione who had been listening did not know that his watch could find her.

"Hey! You never told me that!"

"Oh, sorry Love, I guess it slipped my mind."

He picked up the phone and turned the speakerphone off and started talking to her in French. (the letters that are bold are in 'french')

"Hermione, at exactly eight in the morning hold your necklace that I gave you, to your heart. Then say, Tantum diligo mos reperio. I will say it at the same time as you and I will be apparated to wherever you are. Do you understand?" asked Draco, sniffling as he spoke.

"Yes, but you have to do something for me too," Hermione said.

"Anything."

"I want you to go the Burrow, take Ginny with you, and bring Harry and Ron when you come get me," she stated matter-of-factly.

Everyone in the room jumped as Draco yelled 'what!' He started talking to her furiously.

I refuse to go there after what they said to you!"

Andrew and Jane were listening to Draco, now yelling, in French. Jane had an inkling that it had something to do with Harry and Ron.

Hermione's voice became serious now, "If you get here without them, I will not leave this place. I will stay here until you bring them with. I know what they did was wrong but I still want them here. Harry and Ron are still my friends. Don't worry I'll be okay. I love you."

"Still bossy in times of trouble," smirked Draco, "I love you too."

He put the phone back on speaker. Everyone was talking to Hermione, they were still sobbing slightly. After about three minutes Hermione told them that she had to go, to save the battery. Then Blaise went back to his Grandmother's house for the night.

Draco sat in his favorite chair at the Granger's and stayed awake until seven o' clock in the morning. Ginny came down the stairs and nodded at Draco. Blaise was there to take care of the Granger's until Draco brought Hermione home.

Draco and Ginny walked towards the Burrow. Wind whipped their platinum and ginger hair around. Draco looked like he hadn't slept or eaten for five days, even thought it had only been nine hours. His icy, steely eyes were now dark gray and bloodshot. Ginny held his arm sympathetically as if there was a slight chance this would even work. It had to work thought. But Draco knew these chances. He would've had a better shot figuring out what a rubix cube is and solving it instead of doing the plan.

They were about twenty feet away from the entrance of the house Draco thought he would never enter in a million years. He didn't move but he felt Ginny pull his arm forward, gently.

"Come on, we-I mean, you have to do this. For Hermione, you know what she told you," Ginny whispered.

He looked up and cringed at her name. Ginny glanced over and saw tears welled up in his eyes. He took a deep breath and walked towards the brown door.

"Please keep one other thing in mind, don't break anything," said Ginny exasperately.

"Her orders are the only thing that have been on my mind for the last nine horrible hours. And I do not plan on breaking anything in your...home. Unless they start if first that is," he grimaced.

Ginny walked through the door pulling Draco behind her. The warmth filled his body. The strong scent of homemade apple pie filled the air. Draco's eyes wondered to the movement of the Wealsey's infamous clock. He saw a picture of Ginny move to 'home.' He could feel the family spirit in their threshhold. Even though he would not admit it, but he was slightly jealous of this family's relationship with each other. But then he looked in a corner of the living room. Potter and Weasley had expressions on their faces that could kill you...twice. Yes that's right twice. You die once, then rise from the dead and they kill you again. (AN: I had to put that lol)

"What in bloody hell are you doing here?" yelled an angry Ron Weasley.

Draco didn't say anthing, he just looked down so they couldn't see the sorrow in his eyes.

"Ronald! Quiet your voice down immediately!" Molly Weasley turned around and saw Ginny.

"Oh Ginny dear, I thought you were staying at Hermione's for a few more days."

"I was but-we had to come do something here," she started.

Molly did not know what was going on with Hermione at the current time. Molly looked over at the person standing next to her only daughter. She knew who it was; she could tell by the hair.

"Oh, I see you have brought someone with you," Molly's face had no emotion. How do you do, Mr. Malfoy?"

Draco finally said something, "I'm hanging in there, Ma'am."

If Draco was born a muggle, highly unlikely, he could've been a fantastic actor.

"Oh, well I suppose that's good. Where's Hermione dear?"

Silence.

Ron broke the silence, "She's probably switching herself over to the Slytherin House, to be with her new boyfriend," he stressed the word 'boyfriend.'

Mrs. Weasley looked dumbstruck, but regained her composure quickly.

"Hermione is dating him?" she then looked at Draco, "Not that there is anythign wrong with that of course. It's just kind of a shock."

"I understand. So far, some people, have had mixed feelings about it. I'd say you were taking it rather well Ma'am," Draco said looking directly at Potter and Weasley.

"Well for good reason. So don't you think you're girlfriend would be with you or did she finally realize the git you are?" asked Harry.

Draco snapped, "Do not talk about what you do not fucking understand! If you knew what I've been through; what the Granger's, Ginny and Blaise have been through in the past nine hours, you wouldn't be talking like a smart arse."

Everyone was quiet now, you could've heard hair grow.

After a few minutes, Draco apologized to Mrs. Weasley for cursing. She asked again where Hermione was. Draco sat down in a soft caramel (or carmel, however you say it) chair. He put his head down and salty water started falling from his eyes. No one could see them though, his shaggy blonde bangs hid his eyes. Ginny knew that Draco did not have the strength to tell Hermione's friends what happened.

"I don't know what happened for sure, except for what Draco told me," Ginny started to cry.

She choked out, "She got kidnapped the night of Christmas."

Ron finally spoke up, "She got kidnapped and you didn't stop them?!"

"I fucking tried! You think I would stand there and just say 'oh forget it?' No I fucking tried! Except it's kind of hard when you get smacked in the side of the head by some giant bloke! Maybe if you didn't call her a whore, you would have been there too!" yelled Draco. "Sorry again for cursing Ma'am."

"Ronald Weasley! How dare you call Hermione that! I thought I taught you to respect women! Well, I guess I failed at that. Is there anything we can do Mr. Malfoy?" asked Molly.

"Please call me Draco. Well...I was gonna ask those two boneheads. But seeing as it's my fault, I'll just tell her that it didn't work out according to plan. See you later, Ginny."

Ginny stood up and blocked his way to the door.

"You are not going anywhere right now. Do you know how long it took me to get you out of that 'it's my fault phase.' Well I mean you're not as bad as last night," added Ginny.

"I'm not going to sit here and leave her in possible danger!"

"You know what she told you to do! Do what she says, you know she will be right in the end," threatened Ginny, her face flushed from yelling at him.

She now turned to Ron and Harry, who were still glaring at Draco.

"Now Hermione asked Draco to come and get you two gits and help him," said Ginny like a professor explaining a new spell.

"And why did you guys come here and not try to get her?" asked Harry looking at the chessboard.

For the first time in the Burrow, Draco smiled. Mind you, it was just a little smile that you could only see if you were next to him. Ginny saw this, and smiled also.

"She said she would stay there and would not leave until you two 'so-called' friends were there too," explained Draco.

He looked down at his wrist to see the time. A tear trickled down his cheek as he saw the picture of Hermione giving him a kiss on the cheek. He lifted up his shaky head and wiped the tear from his face. Draco glanced at Ginny and told her 'fifteen minutes.'

Harry and Ron had never seen Malfoy in such a vulnerable state. Usually he had a smirk on his face while insulting someone.

"What's in fifteen minutes?" asked Mrs. Weasley.

Draco turned to Harry, "She had her cell phone with her. She called Blaise's phone, and luckily I was still near him. I told her to do something that she is supposed to in now, thirteen minutes. So you have to be ready."

"Where's Zambini?" asked Ron irritatedly.

"Blaise is with Hermione's parents keeping them calm," answered Ginny, "I'm going to grab some supplies quick."

As Ginny went upstairs, there was an awkward silence in the living room. Molly went to go cook something. Harry and Ron continued playing Wizard's chess; ignoring the fact that their sworn enemy was asking them to help him find his girlfriend whom was their friend. He checked his watch, eight minutes time.

After looking around, he noticed Potter was the white pieces and Weasley was the black.

It was Potter's turn and he looked stuck.
"Potter have you even won a game against Weasley?" drawled Draco, still pretty moody.

Ron snorted, "Whatever Malfoy. He's won like seven out of a million games. Now go away until we have to leave."

But he didn't leave instead he asked Potter something.

"Wanna make that eight out of a million Scarface?"

Harry said nothing, just looked at the pieces.

"Queen to D-3," said Draco unemotionally and walked back to the brown chair to wait for Ginny.

Harry smiled as Ron turned his head in shock to see his king get beaten by the white queen.

Ginny scurried down the stairs clutching a black bag with pockets on the front.

"Just some stuff from Fred and George's shop," said Ginny.

"All right, it's time to go. I need-I mean Hermione needs you two to come with, now get off your arses," said Draco his voice slightly cracking.

Draco and Ginny linked arms, Harry and Ron just stared at them.

"I'm not going to kill you...if I had you would be dead already, but then Hermione would kill me. It's worth it," smirked Draco.

Ron glared at him and joined arms with his little sister and Harry warily hooked arms with Draco like he had some deadly disease. Draco put the wrist with the watch over his heart and took his other arm and crossed it over the one on his chest.

He whispered, "Tantum diligo mos reperio."

OOO cliffhanger!!! Maybe Hermione was being forced to stay calm...maybe she's in jail...maybe she's actually safe like she said. You shall find out in the next update!!!

Oh btw, "Tantum diligo mos reperio means only love will find. (Well that's what the translator said. Well toodles I will update a lot faster I swear!!! Please review! No swear words though please.

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