Chapter Eleven: 1997, Hogwarts 7th Year- Part Three

Hermione woke up to a scratching at her window. She groggily looked at her clock and walked over to the window. "Who sends something at 3:30 AM?" Opening the window and letting the owl in, she grabs the letter and sits on her bed, lighting her wand to read.

Mione, You must be under some freaky Malfoyspell. I'll save you, send me a letter with your common room password so I can come in and break his face. I love you and I know you love me! Ron.

She gaped at the letter and looked out her window. Ron was standing down there with his wand lit and looking up at her expectantly. "Bugger off Ron." She says to him. His jaw drops and he shouts back at her.

"You are under a spell Mione, I'll save you, just listen to the letter."

Draco, now, had woken up from Ron's yelling and stumbled into Hermione's room. "Babe, what's up?" She looks at his disheveled appearance and chuckles.

"Barely you." He smiles at her and she rolls her eyes. "It's just Ron thinking you put a spell on me." She sighs and motions for the window.

"I'll take care of him." He walks over to the window and shouts down at a fuming Ron. "Listen here Weasel. Hermione isn't under some stupid spell. She, for some wonderful reason, loves me. And I feel the exact same. She is my life, I'd do anything for her."

"Yeah, you're full of bullshit Malfoy. You don't love her, you're using her."

"Am not!"

"Are too."

"Boys, this argument makes you sound like 4 year olds. Draco loves me and Ron, you're an ass. Just leave me alone. You obviously can't see that I'm happy, so you should just leave me alone."

"But Mione..."

This set her off completely, "Don't Call Me MIONE! You only want me now that I'm taken. You didn't care about me when you had your precious Lav-Lav, so why should you care about me now?"

Draco was soothingly rubbing her back, to calm her down. She was breathing hard and her eyes flashed dangerously. "Just leave Ron, NOW!" He scampered off like a frightened puppy. Draco chuckled softly at his reaction and Hermione turned to him. He noticed her eyes filled with sadness and immediately wrapped her in a hug.

"Mione, I know he's your best friend, but he shouldn't treat you like he does."

"I...I know Dray, but...but he's...my...my best friend. I...He's my friend and I don't want to lose...lose him." She sobbed.

"It's his loss. You still have Harry and I'm always going to be here for you."

"Thank you Dray."

"No problem. Now you should go back to sleep, we have classes tomorrow.

"Okay." she yawned and crawled back into her bed. He tucked her in and kissed her forehead and turned to leave. "Wait, Draco, stay with me tonight."

"Sure." He, too, crawled into the bed and hugged her close to him. She yawned again and snuggled to his chest. "Good Night Mione."

"Night Dray." They quickly fell asleep and were woken at 7:30 AM, to prepare for classes.

Throughout the day, many people were staring at them, some Slytherins, sneering. Draco and Hermione just ignored them, going about their business.

That night, as Hermione and Draco were getting ready to fall asleep, a big bang was heard in the castle. Jumping from their beds, they ran to see what it was. Rouge Death Eaters were attacking people, killing left and right. They apparently didn't believe Voldemort was really dead and were trying to stay in his good books.

Hermione and Draco fought hard, trying to protect themselves, the other, and all of their friends. Bellatrix almost killed Draco, she hit him with some dark spell, splitting his thigh open. Hermione dropped down next to him, ripping off part of her night dress and wrapping it tightly around his leg, creating a tourniquet/bandage. He protected her while she was saving him and when she was done, she hid him in a corner and disillusioned him. He continued to send spells at unspecting Death Eaters while he lie there. Hermione took off, fighting to save herself and others. Soon, the aurors arrived and the remaining Death Eaters fled.

Hermione limped back to Draco's hiding spot to find him missing. "DRACO!" She screamed, tears streaming down her face. "DRACO!"

She ran, searching all over for his face, but she couldn't find it. She looked everywhere, but couldn't find her Draco. She stumbled back to his hiding spot and sat down, sobbing. "Dray, where did you go?" She didn't know how long she sat there, bawling, but someone found her there and took her to the Great Hall with the rest of the survivors.

She kept her head down, not wanting to look at anyone. She felt like she failed, Draco was gone. She sat down in a corner, ignoring everyone else. As she was brooding, Draco was groaning in pain. He had been firing spells at everyone, stunning many and tying them up. But, someone must have figured out what was going on because he was hit with a petrifying charm and levatated outside the castle. From there, he was apprated to some dark room in a house he wasn't sure of.

He was reillusioned and looked up into the face of his kidnapper.

"What?" He mumbled, looking at the face.

"We've think you've been bad, dating that little mudblood, and I think it's time to lure her here."

"LEAVE HERMIONE ALONE." He bellowed, struggling against the bonds.

"Never." The person cackled, waltzing out of the room. Right before they shut the door, they said one last thing. "Night, Drakie."

"LET ME GO..."


A/N: I'm so sorry about taking forever. That's all I really do with this story, apologize for taking forever. Anyway, I hope this sort of makes up for it. I hope you like it, please review! Love you all, and again, I'm super sorry!

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Mia