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A/N: Well, all in all, the last chapter didn't mess with people too bad. But I did get one threat, lol. It wasn't for death…just a beating to near death. Lol, I loved it. It shows that you care enough about this story to do it:D. So this chapter goes to ILOVERWHPDM just for loving it so much to want to hurt me, lol. And to Bob because of the only real death threat I got, lol. Does that sound weird?

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Hermione rolled over, hearing a strange tinkling as she moved. Her head was pounding and she felt slightly ill. She groaned, trying to get up. She opened her eyes and glanced around the room that she was in. It was a light colored room, maybe peach. It didn't really have homey touches. There was a dresser, a full length-mirror, and a door that probably led to a bathroom if the white tile that she saw was any indication. There was a lantern sitting on the dresser just a few feet away keeping the room lit. The bed she was on was only twin sized. It had a lovely quilt that looked like a lot of love had gone into it. Her heart started pounding in her chest when she realized that something cold was on her wrist. She slowly turned her attention to her wrist and saw a shackle there, chaining her to the bed. She started jerking on it as she remembered somebody attacking her in the corridor at Hogwarts. She felt all over her body for a wand, but it wasn't there.

"So you're awake, 'Mione!" Ron's cold voice said. Hermione looked up at him to see that he was standing in the doorway.
"What in bloody hell have you done Ronald Weasley?" Hermione asked, her voice exploding in a burst of anger. Ron looked a little taken aback.

"He's got you on a stronger potion or spell than I thought, my dear 'Mione." Ron's voice was kind of distant, like his mind wasn't really there.

"What are you talking about, Ron?" She asked carefully, stopping her jerking on the bed post and chain.

"Malfoy…" Ron spat the word distastefully. "Has put you under some kind of spell or potion. I haven't quite figured out which one yet, but I'm still searching." He walked over and sat next to her on the bed. He tried to wipe the hair out of her eyes but she flinched back, making him look a bit angry before it vanished quickly. The Ron she knew couldn't deal with emotions like that. "I've taken you away from Draco so you can get all that spell or potion out of your system. If it doesn't go away after my… tactics… then I'll just deal with him and I know that'll take care of it." Hermione felt her heart jump in her throat in fear. Tactics?

Ron leaned forward and puckered his lips, like coming in to kiss her. She smelled his breath and nearly gagged, falling backwards. He kept coming. She panicked and fell off the bed. He looked down at her amused and started laughing at how clumsy she was acting.

"Come here and give me a kiss, my darling." He told her, reaching for her.

"No, Ronald. Don't you remember?" She asked quickly, her chest rising and falling in fear. Ron stopped, thinking carefully. He shrugged and stared at her with intensity. "If somebody under a love spell or potion goes willingly to another they die." She made up the lie on the spot, but it was rather good. He stopped moving, his eyes turned upward as if he was thinking. He smacked his forehead and smiled down at her.
"I'm sorry, 'Mione. I'd forgotten that little tidbit of information. I won't try it again until you've gotten it out of your system." Then he sighed, looking slightly put out. "But I guess that means that I'm going to have to do this the other way. I'd really hoped that it would have been out of your system sooner or that my kiss would have pulled you out…" He stood, rolling up his sleeves, shaking his head. "But this will work for treatment too." He advanced on her, his face holding a strange look. Hermione backed as far as she could get with the chain on her wrist as he advanced menacingly on her. The last thing that she saw before his fist connected with her jaw was his eyes. Eyes that looked wrong. Eyes that held nothing left of Ronald Weasley.

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Ginny knew that she'd seen him leaving the Room of Requirement on the map. She rounded a corner and smacked right into him. She fell back on her butt, rubbing her forehead. Draco had stumbled against the wall, rubbing his chest.
"Geeze, Ginny, I didn't think you were all that clumsy." Draco said quickly, not trying to be mean. His voice must have brought her back to the task at hand because she jumped up and brushed herself off.

"Enough, Draco." She said with a wave of her hand. "Where's Hermione?" Draco looked up at her with cold eyes.

"How the hell should I know?" He asked with spite. "We broke up last night." He leaned against the wall, clenching his jaw to hide his disappointment. Ginny gaped at him and then rounded her hand and smacked him upside the head. He yelped and held his head tenderly. It had been where Ron had punched him the day before. "Merlin! What is it with you Weasleys and hitting me in the same spot?"

"Why did you break up with her? You were warned that if you hurt her then there would be hell to pay!" Ginny said, her temper flaring and she turned red in the face from her anger. She balled her fist and shoved her sleeve up her arm for a good hit. Draco jumped back, his hands up to prevent another attack.

"She broke my heart! Not the other way around." He said as he started walking around the corner backwards, Ginny advancing on him. He slipped on something metallic and fell on his butt.
"Oh yeah, now who's clumsy?" Ginny asked rolling her eyes. Draco was looking at something on the floor. He picked it up, cradling it in his hands. Ginny leaned closer and saw the locket that he was holding so tenderly. He opened it and Ginny saw the picture of them in the snow, holding each other.

"She never went anywhere without this…" Draco said quietly, closing the locket and rubbing the outside with his hand gently. Running footsteps came to their ears.

"Thank Merlin I found you guys!" Harry huffed as he ran up to them. He bent over to catch his breath, a piece of parchment in his hands.

"What is it?" Ginny asked urgently. Harry couldn't talk through his pants so he held up the note for them. Ginny grabbed it, but Draco grabbed it from her and read it. He looked ill, his face paling even more and then his eyes flashed in anger. He handed the note over to Ginny to read.

'Harry,

I've done what I had to. Hermione is under some kind of spell or something by that bastard Malfoy. I've read up on some old tactics on what to do in this kind of situation. I've taken her to a secure place where nobody will find us. She'll be free of that scum. And then she can testify against him and maybe he'll even get the kiss.

'Mione has always belonged to me. She always will. And nothing that Malfoy can do will change that. She'll love me soon. And that evil snake's magic will be out of her.

Even if I have to beat it out of her…

Ron'

Ginny was red with anger. She let out a scream that sounded more like a lion's roar. Draco and Harry both jumped in surprise and just a little fear. Her eyes were crazed and she looked like she'd breathe fire on the next person that dared say her brother was a good guy. She stood there, glancing around them.

"Well… Mum's only going to have grandkids from Bill, Charlie, Percy, the twins, and me… Cause after I'm through with 'Little Ron', Ron is gonna have to become a monk!" Ginny said dangerously in a low tone. Harry stared at her, as if scared. Then he covered himself in fear, as did Draco.

"We've got to tell Dumbledore." Harry said, looking at Ginny. He turned his attention to Draco who looked livid and just a little afraid of what Ginny was gonna do if she didn't find Ron… and who she was going to do it to. "Draco, you go find the others. We're going to start searching for them." Harry and Ginny raced off to the Headmaster's office. Draco ran for the dungeons first, intending to get Blaise and Pansy. He'd send Pansy to get Luna and then Blaise and he would go get Neville. His heart pounding in fear, Draco ran as fast as his feet would carry him.

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It had been almost two weeks since Hermione went missing. Draco cried on a daily basis, with only Harry and Blaise there. Ginny would be there sometimes, putting a cool wash cloth on the back of his neck when he'd get sick from sobbing. Most of their waking time was searching for her. Harry flooed to the Burrow with permission from Dumbledore. Molly and Arther were terrified and worried, ready to castrate Ron themselves. They started with the castle, searching until they couldn't move from exhaustion. Then they moved to the surrounding towns. They tried everything. Hermione's parents were beyond worried and had already been up to the school five or six times to keep looking. Hermione's mother took an immediate liking to Draco when she found him sobbing over Hermione. Hermione's dad was taking a little bit longer to come around. But the longer they looked, the more discouraged Draco got. He hadn't eaten properly in days and his real sleep that he got was when he passed out from lack of sleep, too tired to fight it anymore…

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Hermione drug herself into the bathroom after another one of Ron's beatings. She bent over the sink and ran the water, splashing some in her mouth to get the taste of blood out. She looked up in the mirror. Her right wrist was raw from the chain. Ron had just let her off the day before when he put up new wards around her room so that she could walk freely, but if she tried to leave the room, she would get shocked. She felt so tired. Her body was bruised. The beatings had started once a day and progressed till most days she got three. She didn't know how much more she could take of it. He'd always said stupid stuff while he was beating her. 'This will help you.' He'd say. Or 'This hurts me more than it hurts you.' Or even 'Soon we'll be together forever.' Hermione had wanted to beat the shit out of him so very badly. But she was so weak. Sure, she got food, but it wasn't enough to keep her nearly broken body energized. She looked a right mess too.

Looking in the mirror she saw a new bruise forming on the side of her neck. If she lifted her shirt she'd probably find a few new ones along with the others that were desperately trying to heal. She sighed and rinsed her mouth again. Busted lips suck.

She didn't really blame Ron. She knew that it wasn't him. It couldn't be. It may be his body and his face. But it wasn't his mind. He was too cold to be her best friend. Her best friend wouldn't hurt her like this. Maybe she should just give up. She didn't know how much longer she could take being like this…

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Harry's broom swerved through the trees at a high rated speed. He didn't know why he hadn't remembered it before. Harry had bought a small cabin a few months ago for when he got out of school. Ron had been put on the house certificate. Ron knew where the spare key was. Would he have taken Hermione there? He didn't think Ron was that simple of a guy. Then again… His friend from his first year at Hogwarts wasn't that much of a smart thinker.

So there Harry was, swerving in and out of trees trying to make it to his house. He came around the big tree and saw it in the distance. Harry went high into the air to come in from above the house. He didn't feel any wards break when he hovered by the house. Ron was an idiot. If he was smart, he would have surrounded the house with wards so he'd know when somebody was coming. He hovered down by a window and then ducked. Ron was searching through book after book at the table. Harry came up slightly and looked at his friend. The books were all about how to break love spells.

"She will be mine…" Harry heard him mutter over and over as he searched each book. Harry didn't understand it. Ron wasn't like this. A plan forming in his mind, he raced back up into the sky and sped for Hogwarts. He would save Hermione, hex Ron into oblivion, and then save him. Something was definitely wrong. He couldn't stop the grin from spreading on his face. Well, he'd save Ron if there was anything left of him after the others got done with him.

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Harry glanced behind him as Ginny and he walked up to the door. He turned back with a smile on his face and knocked on the door. Ginny had an equally excited smile on her face. The door flew open to see a wide eyed Ron standing there staring at them dumbly. He was sweaty like he'd just been running.

"Hey mate, I would have just come in, but I was afraid I'd interrupt you and Hermione…" Harry said, waggling his eyebrows. Ron's face broke out in a smile.
"What are you guys doing here?" Ron asked, his face lightening. He swept

aside, letting them pass.

"We came to visit. We were so glad when you took Hermione away to get Malfoy out of her system." Ginny said, getting on tip toes to kiss her brother's cheek and squeeze him a little too tightly when she hugged him. "We've missed you!"

"Yeah, yeah." Ron said as he blushed. He glanced behind him really quickly then turned back with a smile. "I'm sorry you missed, 'Mione. She just went out shopping."

"Oh no problem." Ginny said, smiling up at Harry. "I just wanted to see how you guys were and see the house."
"After all, the four of us will be living here happily after school. Just one big family." Harry said. He glanced towards the basement. "How about we start with the basement and show Ginny all the Quiddich stuff we've stored?" Ron looked excited and nodded.

"Oh, you'll love it, Gin!" Ron said, dragging them both towards the basement.

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The door to Harry's home opened quietly as somebody stuck their head in and looked about. The coast was clear. Three boys and two girls tip toed inside as quietly as they could. They started down the hall. Checking each door as they went and peeking their head inside.

"This cabin is bloody huge!" Pansy whispered quietly as she looked into another room.

"Potter said it would be." Draco said, his voice tired. He went to touch the door knob of another door but felt the wards that had been put into place. "This one is warded pretty tightly." He turned to the others who were watching him. He smiled softly at Pansy. "You think you can undo them?" Pansy nodded with a wicked smile on her face and stepped up to the door, her wand out.

It took Pansy ten minutes to undo them all. She was panting heavily by the time that she'd finished. She stepped back and nodded at Draco. Draco stepped forward with a steadying breath and touched the door knob, pushing it open and looking inside. He gasped and ran forward.

Hermione was lying on the bed, looking near death. Her breaths were shallow as if she was sleeping. He saw blood on her chin and all the bruises on her visible body. He picked her up tenderly in his arms and cradled her as if she was a hurt child. He felt the tears falling down his face as he kissed her forehead. He turned back to see the others were crying as well. He walked out of the bedroom, carrying her gently without waking her. He made it to the kitchen where he heard voices. He stepped into the room and Ron froze seeing her in his arms. Chairs scraped the wood floor as Harry and Ginny stood, their wands pointed at Ron. Those behind Draco pulled their wands, all pointing them at Ron.

"Look at what you've done to her!" Ginny screamed at him, her voice filled with tears. She sent the bat bogie hex at him, making him scream. Draco walked forward when Ron was on the ground. With Hermione still in his arms, Draco delivered a quick kick to his chin, sending Ron reeling back. Harry looked down at his friend in disgust, not knowing that Hermione had been this bad off.

"Stupefy!" Harry called, the red light hitting Ron right in the chest.

The next few minutes were spent with everyone touching Hermione and tears falling down faces. Harry bound Ron's legs and hands with some tape he found and threw him unceremoniously over his shoulder. They walked out of the cottage that now held such misery for Hermione. Harry vowed to sell the cottage quickly. He never wanted to think of this place again.

With Harry carrying and aparating with Ron, Ginny walked over and stood with Neville to side-along with him. Pansy was going to go by herself. Draco would be taking the unconscious Hermione. And Blaise would be taking Luna. Five pops, one after another sounded in the still forest air. Nobody was the wiser that they were there as they headed back to Hogwarts.

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endnote: I know this is going really quickly, and that this wasn't a long chapter but I knew that I had to get Hermione out quickly or risk being killed, lol. We have one more chapter and then the epilogue which I spent a LOT LOT LOT of time planning out. It was hard! I've almost got 30,000 hits! Yay!

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