Here is the next chapter Thank goodness school is over in two days, hopefully I will be able to be on track with my updating during the summer. I hope you guys enjoy this though. We only have to wait 26 days till the next movie! Also, on YouTube I found a couple songs to describe Ron and Hermione and Harry and Ginny, and found them to be truly captivating, so I will post them on my profile

Disclaimer: If I could own Harry Potter… Well I don't even have words to describe how amazing that would be, too bad J.K. Rowling came up with it before me;)

As the carriages drew closer and closer to their second home, happiness began implanting itself on Hermione's features.

'Well she does love it here,' Ron thought.

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he felt Hermione's small hand slide into his own. He looked up at her smiling, and felt immense warmth flood through his body as he watched her smile back, not having realized how much he had missed her smile.

They arrived at the castle and all of the students filed into the Great all for their start-of-year feast. The sorting hat sang its song, Dumbledore gave his speech, and everything was how it had always been.

As the night wore on, elation was clear on Hermione's face. When Neville told them a funny story about fishing with his Gran, she even laughed.

To Ron the sound of her laughter was beautiful…but lately foreign. Ron began to feel confident that Hermione would make it through the night.

They ate until they couldn't get any more food down, and then they were dismissed to their common rooms.

All tired from the day's travels, many students were departing to their respective dorms.

When they entered the Gryffindor common room, Ginny leaned up to kiss Harry.

"Get some sleep, you'll feel better in the morning." He told her.

She playfully rolled her eyes. "I'm not sick Harry, would I have just kissed you if I was sick? I'm not that mean."

"Well… I don't know." He told her, a smirk playing up the corners of his lips.

She smacked him on the shoulder, pecked him on the lips one last time, and headed up to the fifth year girls dormitory. Harry watched her go before leaving to climb into his familiar bed.

Ron turned to Hermione.

"How are you doing?" he asked. She sighed happily.

"I can honestly say I feel good."

"You don't know how happy it makes me to hear you say that."

She laughed. "Good night Ron."

"Goodnight Hermione."

He leaned down and kissed her, then they both parted ways for the night.

"Join us." Bellatrix cooed.

"Look at how much better off the people around you are. You know all the information about Harry Potter. You could be of great use to us."

Hermione shook her head fiercely. "I'd rather you killed me."

Bellatrix laughed. "Now, how did I know you would say that?"

Hermione gulped.

"I know you better then you think girl." Bellatrix spat.

Suddenly, Ron was dragged out before her, Greyback and Lucius holding him by his elbows.

Hermione's chest closed up when he looked at her with pleading eyes and mouthed, "Don't do it. Don't agree to join them."

Bellatrix then walked over and placed a knife to his throat.

"Now you've got a choice. You can help us take down Harry Potter or he dies."

Hermione couldn't get out words. Choose between Ron or Harry surviving?

Suddenly, Ron kicked out of the grasp of Lucius and Greyback, grabbing Greyback's wand and pointing it at Bellatrix. "Pet-"

"Avada Kedavera!" Bellatrix shouted, and Ron fell, his eyes rolling back in his head and the color draining from his face.

"NO!" Hermione shrieked.

Bellatrix then pointed the wand at her. "Crucio!" she shouted.

Eyes snapped open as piercing screams filled the Gryffindor common room. Every dorm awoke, for most had never heard screams so shrill and loud. All the students became very scared; many immediately assuming that there was an attacker in the castle.

The sixth year Gryffindor girls however, were aware that there was no attacker. Hermione was thrashing violently, her penetrating screams filling the dorm. The girls rushed over to try to wake her. Tears had begun cascading down her face.

They attempted to hold her down, but it was no use, for her constant thrashing kept shaking them off.

"Hermione, please wake up." Parvati pleaded.

"Someone go get Professor McGonagall!" Lavender said.

There was no need though, for she entered the room moments later, unfortunately followed by many students who had come to see what was going on.

Ron was awoken by the screams as well, and was rushing to get to Hermione, but was held back by the growing crowd.

"Hermione dear, wake up." Professor McGonagall beseeched. They knew that shaking her was no use; she was doing enough of that on her own.

Ron finally managed to push through and enter the room. He sprinted over to Hermione's bed. He immediately began lifting up her nightgown.

"Mr. Weasley!" McGonagall yelled, but then her eyes met the bandages around Hermione's torso. "Oh my goodness, what happened?"

"It's a very long story, but we need to make sure her stitches stay closed, the thrashing could open them." He explained, sitting down on the bed and pinning her arms down. "The stitches are probably on their last limb."

"Hermione! Hermione love, wake up." He said loudly. Suddenly her eyes snapped open and she was gasping for air.

"R-Ron you-your alive." She choked out.

"I'm right here. It was just a dream."

McGonagall let out a sigh of relief. "Mr. Weasley, could you please transport her to Madame Pomfrey's? I will be along with Professor Dumbledore very shortly."

Ron nodded and picked Hermione up off the bed. She crying turned to sobbing as she buried herself in his chest.

"Shh. Hermione your ok, I'm ok. Were both safe." Ron repeated gently. As he reached the doorframe the crowd parted to let him through.

He met Harry and Ginny's worried eyes, nodded, and continued on to the hospital wing. When he reached Madame Pomfrey's, he laid down with her on one of the beds, still trying to soothe her.

As promised, McGonagall and Dumbledore then entered the room. When they saw Hermione's state, their expressions became solemn.

"Mr. Weasley, you have some explaining to do."

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