Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Raven and the Plot. The rest belong to J.K. Rowling. Thanks for letting me play with your characters. I promise not to steal Draco and share him with all the other fan girls.

Severus appeared back at Hogwarts in a matter of seconds. Once there he was met at the gates be McGonagall, Harry, Ron, and Ginny.

"Where is she Professor? What did Malfoy do to her?" Ron asked in a loud voice.

"Mr. Weasley, please refrain from speaking. Now Minerva, Raven took Hermione to the Dark Lord. She is down in the torture chamber. No harm will come to her until all of his Death Eaters are present. Once he calls them, we will need to be ready to get in there and rescue her and Mr. Malfoy. Now how did you all know to meet me here?"

When Fawkes signaled Hermione's departure, McGonagall was frantic. She called Harry, Ginny, and Ron into her office and told that Hermione had been taken off school grounds. Ron rushed out of the office and down the stairs towards the gates where Severus appeared moments later. After Severus finished explaining and McGonagall explained her bit Harry and Ron were raring to go.

"Stop it you two," McGonagall said to the jittering boys, "We must wait for the Order to get here before we can proceed to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Name's lair."

She noticed Severus wince a bit.

"He's calling me, I must go. The Order can follow later."

Severus stepped outside the gate and apperated. At the last second Harry and Ron grabbed Severus' robes and went with him.

Severus arrived outside of the Malfoy Manner with Harry and Ron.

"Why the bloody hell are you here? You're going to put her into more danger if the Dark Lord finds out you're here."

"Not with the invisibility cloak he won't," Harry stated while pulling it out from under his shirt.

"Very well. But find Draco before you try to save her. He knows his house better than the Dark Lord himself. And remember to keep yourselves hidden. Even if the Death Eaters can't see you, the pictures can."

"Well noted. Come on Harry, let's go find the bloody ferret."

After many shadows, hallways, and doors, Harry and Ron finally found him. Actually they ran straight into him on their way back to the first floor. Draco was on his way to the throne room (it was actually the dining room but no one wanted to clue Voldemort in) when Harry and Ron came barreling down the stairs and didn't see him.

"Hey Ron, I landed on a ferret. Is that considered animal abuse?"

"It's only abuse if you get caught mate," Ron said with a chuckle.

"Alright you idiots, get the fuck off me."

Harry and Ron climbed off of Draco who then proceeded to dust himself off.

"Let me guess, you two hitched a ride on Uncle Sev who didn't notice until you got here and told you dunder heads to find me before you went to look for Hermione because I know where everything is. That about sum it up?"

During the explanation both Harry and Ron's jaws dropped.

"Pretty much," Ron said after recovering from what Draco had surmised.

"Alright than follow me, she's now in his 'throne room' and we'll have to wait for an opportune moment to get her out of here. Also, stay under the cloak. The last thing she needs is for the Dark Lord to find out I'm working with you to help free her."

Harry and Ron nodded letting him know they understood and decided to hold back their questions of how long he had been of the light.

"Okay than, let's come up with a plan."

Voldemort was sitting in the head chair when Hermione came in. She didn't know where she was or what he was going to do to her. Her biggest worry was what had happened to Draco though, she would never forgive herself if he was hurt. A voice suddenly broke through her train of thought and the trance it had caused.

"Well, it looks like the Mudblood is to be tortured in front of all of my loyal followers."

Hermione looked up into those cold red eyes and viciously thought, 'If you've hurt him in any way I will personally kill you!'

Voldemort laughed at this.

"The mudblood thinks I've hurt her precious traitor. Isn't that revolting? Well, you needn't worry about seeing him again."

"What have you done to him Voldemort?" Hermione cried.

Voldemort snapped his fingers, "Raven, tell the mudblood witch what we have done with her precious little boyfriend."

With fear in her eyes Raven stuttered, "W-w-we lo-os-ost him my L-L-Lord."

She shrank away from him as he stood up and brought his wand up in a crucio. He held it for 10 minutes before casting the killing curse on her.

"Severus," he barked, "find him and bring him to me."

"Yes my Lord," he said as he bowed and left in search of the 3 boys.

"While we wait my dear," he said to Hermione, "why don't you entertain us? Give us a scream."

No sooner had she shaken her head no her body was racked with pain. After 5 minutes of not screaming from the crucio Voldemort gave it up just as Severus was walking in with Draco.

"Young Draco, just in time to watch your mudblood suffer. CRUCIO!"

Draco lunged for her but Severus held him back.

"Wait," was all he whispered in Draco's ear.

Draco put his hand into his cloak and pulled out a small vial. He had never taken it out of his cloak since the day he broke up with Hermione because he vowed to kill Voldemort if it was the last think he did. Once the curse was lifted Hermione looked into his eyes and saw him mouth, "Hold your breath."

She gave a slight nod and she, Draco, Severus, Harry, and Ron all held their breath as Draco uncorked the bottle.

(A/N Sorry for such the long wait. I just barely finished it. Thanks to all who reviewed and hopefully Chapter 14 will be posted before the end of the weekend. Once I finish this and the other story I've been writing 'From Hawaii to Happiness' I'm going to start on a battle of the bands thing but am still not sure if I should write the Severus Hermione one or the Draco Hermione one. Leave a review and help me out. Much Love,

Erzibeth-Malfoy!)