I have loads to tell you.

Firstly, justme596 has been so kind and agreed to beta! Yippeeeeee! So thats an end to the mess ups which were real spoilers. Thank u for being patient and putting up with my errors, I hope you guys enjoy the forthcoming chapters without the messups.

Secondly, I have been giving daily updates for the story and most of you have appreciated it. Thank you so much :) But please understand that starting next week my schedule will get reeaallly cramped with college and all. So, please forgive me if updates are slower or if I neglect it for a while :/ I truly regret not writing as much as I could during my hols now , which is why I am losing sleep and typing to give more updates. Speaking about neglecting I would rather leave you all with atleast a little dramione romance than otherwise.

Thirdly, I dont know if u have noticed but in the previous chapter there was supposed to be a lot of chaos and commotion. I dont think I captured it. I didnt give you guys a proper picture of it. I am sorry but I just guess I am real bad at it. I am very good at dealing with a few people cause I can give a clear picture of everything going on, like for example dramione. I can write dramione scenes :D I promise to work on the scenes with large groups henceforth but I need some serious HELP with regards to this story. The current chapter will have a smaller group and lots of one to one convos. I would like it if u could tell me which chapter was better, the previous one or this(the forthcoming one you are about to read). It will be of immense help and I could figure out how to write a few important scenes and situations further in the story!

Now on to the story. Enjoy :)

Harry Potter is not mine

Chapter Ten

The fury in him could not be contained. After everything he had done.. How could this happen?! He marched into the room. Sunlight streamed into the room from the large open French window. Spotting the weedy man he lunged forward, pushing away the table ...he picked him by his collar.

"D-Dr-Draco" he whispered.

"You were asked to do one small thing" he snarled "One small thing and you couldn't accomplish even that?"

"I am s-so s-Sor-r-ry. It wa-was- wasn't m-my f-fault. I.." Grabbing his neck he banged his head. It hit the wall with a resounding crash as the man groaned in pain. Anger coursed through him. He could see the fear in the thin man's eyes. He was weak. Why did he even put him to the job, again ?! Inconspicuous, of course. Damn being bloody unobtrusive!

"H-hear m-mee out, dra-draco." he begged.

He gritted his teeth."Why would I want to ?" he asked tightening his hold around the neck. The man choked and spluttered.

"I... I ha-have h-her wand!" Draco's eyes narrowed at the man.

"What do you mean?" The man continued to choke and gasp for breaths. Quickly he retracted his hand and the man slumped onto the ground. Choking and coughing he slouched to see Draco, who had his wand pointed directly on his face. Slowly, the thin man got to his feet. Pulling out a wand from the insides of his robes, he handed it over to Draco. Draco lifted an eyebrow at him.

"After she was released from the Ministry.. I .. I was to escort her..."

"I know." Draco said through gritted teeth.

"We went through the standard security checks. She was too pale and tired. Drained out of her energy. I had striped her of her wand just in case. I had managed.. to..to.. c-r-cross the gua-guards on d-duty w-when.." he spluttered

"When WHAT?!"bellowed Draco

"Dem-Dementors. Th-They attacked us."

"Patronus Charm! Are you a wizard or what?" exclaimed Draco pushing his wand at his chest creating a hole in the shirt he wore.

"I.. I did.. But she had already fain-fainted. Th-The temperature al-alerted the gu-guards I think."

"You had permission, you fool! You fell to the guards?" Draco asked glaring at them. That was some new kind of low

"I-I d-dont know D-Draco. There were j-just so m-many m-men who c-came and th-then th-they took her away."

What were you doing blubbering idiot?! Watching? Draco mused as his eyes glinted dangerously at the man in front of him.

"T-They said the D-Dark L-Lo-Lord wanted her." the man managed to gasp out.

"The Dark lord believes she is in the dungeons with the other prisoners!" Draco said through his teeth." She is not there you fool. Where the fuck is she?!" he bellowed .

With a flick of his wand he sent the man flying across the room. He hit the wall and slowly slid to the ground with a thump.

"Rowle's men." Said a panting Blaise who had just his breath "Rowle's men took her" he said.

Draco met his gaze and turned to the almost unconscious man at his feet. Walking over he lifted his face with edge of his shoe.

"Don't thank your angels yet" he said quickly departing the room with Blaise.

Theodore Nott knew he was in for it as he stared at the retreating figure of Draco Malfoy before darkness engulfed him.


It was cold. She shivered. Her body hurt. Every muscle in her hurt. Slowly she opened her eyes and squinted into the darknesss surrounding her. Where was she? The place recollected the happenings of the past day. She had been captured , caught in the snake's pit itself. She had been the only one taken. Everyone else had escaped. Thank heavens for that.

Slowly she got up trying to understand where she was. It was pitch dark in here and she couldn't see even her own hands. Moving softly she tried to find the expanse of the room. She hit the walls more than once. Reaching out she walked along the corners of the room. It wasn't exactly small but the lack of things gave it lots of space. Due to the darkness it felt like a huge room. She pressed her ear against the world trying to identify any noise. She couldn't hear a thing. The walls were made of some stone and probably had thick floor was cold and so was the room. There was no furniture around. It was a bare and empty cell. There was nothing around her except for dirt and grime. The place didn't even have a door for pete's sake. How was she going to even get out?! Damn! Walking its expanse she judged the size of the room.

Shit, how had she gotten herself into this. She knew her wand was taken. Despite their many flaws Death Eaters were not stupid. Her hand went flying to her neck as she felt for the chain. It hung around her and she clutched the little flower. It was her only reassurance. She sank to the floor. She couldn't believe this. She was in a position where a little locket supported her.

"The locket" she gasped. The hocrux was in her beaded bag. She felt around her for it. Where the fuck was it?!Jumping to her feet, she looked around her. Nope, nothing. OH SHIT! Nervous she paced the room up and down up and down up and down.

Suddenly the wall to her right moved forward. Frightened, she stepped back as the stones moved to the corners. Light streamed in her and she could make a silhouette of a burly man as she shielded her eyes from the light. The man entered as the wall closed and a door appeared. She noticed the stairs that led above

"I see you are awake" said Rowle.

She merely gritted her teeth not wanting to waste her energy on this man again. As he moved towards her she moved back.

He pointed his wand at her. In a matter of minutes she was chained to the wall. She struggled in her shackles only bruising her wrists more and more.

Moving closer he pointed his wand at her forehead. "Do you know how much trouble you have been, Mudblood?" he exclaimed. "I have tried to kill you so many times, each time you have managed to escape."

She whimpered struggling. Swinging her legs she tried to aim for his groin. He merely caught hold of both her legs and threw it at the wall with force. It crashed against the wall as the place thundered. Pain shot through her. Her legs began to feel numb and she knew they had suffered huge damage

"Dont try to act so smart, bitch" he said.

"Trying to gift wrap me for your Dark Lord is it?" she spat

"If I gave you to the Dark Lord he would kill you , we cant have that can we? You have so much to offer."

"You wont get a thing. You will know nothing about the order" she bellowed.

He laughed a loud boisterous laugh that echoed in the room. " I wasn't talking about that" he said his blue eyes darkening. He moved towards her and placed a hand on her knee. Slowly he let his hand trail upwards while grazing his nails over them.

OH NO! NO..NO..NO.. She had to do something, he was moving closer. Collecting as much saliva as she could she spat on his face.

Rowle shut his eyes and sunk his nail into her thigh breaking the skin. His eyes darkened further. He was pissed. She smirked at him.

"We are going to have to pay for that. CRUCIO"

She shut her eyes and gritted her teeth waiting for the pain to shoot over her.

"CRUCIO" he bellowed. She scrunched her eyes further and again felt nothing. She opened her eyes only to find the jets of light issuing from his wand deflect from her. What was this? Whatever it was it saved her from the pain. She smiled. Watching his tensed and angry face she laughed.

"Can't cast a simple spell?" she taunted him.

He gritted his teeth and glared at her.

" Well, well we are going to have to do this manually, then" he exclaimed "And trust me I will make sure it is a hell lot worse."

He pulled her body flush against him, grinding against her . The blood from her face drained. She struggled to escape. He pulled out a shiny dagger from his robes.

"I didn't want to spill blood. But you force me to." He said. "Now, kitten tell me why the curse gets deflected."

"I d-dont know" she said.

Moving closer he ripped her robes off her body. She was left in nothing but her bra and underwear. "Don't lie! Now, tell me else I ll make this worse " he said pressing the flat side of the dagger under the strap of her bra.

"I d-dont know. I really don't know" This was so embarrassing. She had expected torture. But this felt like a disgrace and she tried in vain to cover her body.

"You don't know is it? Really now.." the dagger 's blade broke the skin at her shoulder. Slowly he started sinking the blade into it. She couldn't take this. This was too much to bear.

The door blast open with a bang. Rowle spun around pulling the dagger out harshly, he pointed it at the intruder like a wand. She shrieked in pain.

"Rowle."

"This is private, Draco Malfoy. Stay out of this."

"Well, then don't keep your doors unlocked" he gritted. With a wave of his hand the knife fell out of his grasp. Realising he was grasping air, Rowle pulled out his wand. Both wizards had their wands out and moved in circles as if stalking prey.

"The dark lord will not be pleased." Said Draco

"He doesn't know. Besides, why are you so interested in the bitch?" he spat.

"That is none of your business"

"And the dark lord's going to be pleased with you?" he asked "I know you had sent Nott."

Draco spotted Hermione tied to the wall. Her robes had been ripped off. She had cuts and he could see the blood on her. He ran his eyes all over her and he could see the damage. Someone was going to pay.

An animalistic growl left his throat. In a matter of seconds Draco had Rowle clawing in pain on the floor. He released Hermione from the shackles and scooped her in his arms.

"Let go" she screamed struggling against his grip.

"Granger. When will you ever learn manners? That is not how you thank your savior"

"Thank you." she spat still struggling against his grip. "Now let go. "

He sighed. He pulled her tight against him in an embrace to stop her from struggling. Her skin felt smooth against his rough calloused hands. He groaned.

Before he could do anything a knife flew towards them. She shrieked. He spun them away from the knife. Turning to Rowle he flicked his wand,the man stopped moving falling limp on the floor.

He looked down at her. Black spots were forming in her eyes and slowly she fell out of consciousness. She was clutching his shirt and He noticed the small flower on her chest. Something changed inside him, maybe this was how it felt to be happy. His heart leapt at the sight of her in his arms as he apparated with a pop...

How many of you think Draco is a badass here? ;) Anyways, keep the encouraging reviews coming. :D :D Hope you enjoyed!